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The  Now  Scotia 
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Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  baat  quality 
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of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apacificationa. 


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plua  grand  soin,  compts  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  l'axamplaira  film*,  at  an 
eonformit*  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 


Original  copiaa  In  printad  papar  covara  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  onding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  iliustratad  impras- 
aion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraaaion. 


Tha  last  racordad  frama  on  aach  microflcha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  — ^  (maanitug  "CON- 
VINUED"),  or  tha  symbol  V  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  applias. 


Laa  axamplairaa  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  aat  ImprimAa  aont  fi!m^  an  commorient 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarmlnant  aolt  par  la 
darni*ra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration,  aolt  par  la  aacond 
plat,  aalon  la  cas.  Toua  laa  autraa  axamplairaa 
origlnaux  aont  filmte  an  commandant  par  la 
pramlAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraaaion  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  tarmlnant  par 
la  darni*ra  paga  qui  comporta  una  talia 
amprainta. 

Un  daa  symbotaa  suivanta  apparaltra  sur  la 
darnlAra  imaga  da  chaqua  microflcha,  salon  la 
caa:  la  symbols  —^  signifia  "A  SUIVRE",  la 
symbols  V  signifia  "FIN". 


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diffarant  raduction  ratios.  Thoea  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  includad  in  ona  ar^posura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  cornar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  framas  as 
raquirad.  The  following  diagrams  llluatrata  tho 
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da  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  *  droite, 
et  de  haut  an  baa.  en  prenant  la  nombre 
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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES 
ON  A  BICYCLE 


By  KARL  KRON  ^p-^^.^J 

Author   ok  "Four   Years  at  Ya.e,  bv  ^   Gradual  o,  -69 " 


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MaILKD    by    the    I'lBUSHBB 


ON    RECEIPT    OF    M(,NKV-OKDEa    TOR  TWO     DOLLARS 
PAYABLE  A'  SlAnON  1). 


PUBLISHED   BY   KARL   KRON 

THE   UNIVERSITY  BUILDING.   WASHINGTON   SQUARE 

NEW  YORK 

1887 


TO  THB 


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M  E  IVIORY 

OF 
(tHB  very    best   dog   WH0S8    PRESENCB   EVER    BLESSED   THIS    PLANET) 

THESE    RECORDS    OF    TRAVELS 

WHICH    WOULD    HAVE    BROKEN    HIS    HEART 

HAD    HE    EVER     LIVED    TO 

READ    ABOUT 

THEM 

ARE  LOVINGLY  INSCRIBED 


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By  UiMiir  Stkiitik, 


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PREFACE. 


Assumptions  for  a  special 
class  of  travelers. 


_     .       ,  ,,  This  IS  a  book  of  American  roads,  for  men  who  travel  on  the  ticycle.     It* 

More  of  ine  ..,.,        ,  ...  ..' 

'       -'  ideal  IS  that  of  a  gaietteer,  a  dicuonary,  a  eye  opjedia,  a  statislicjl  guide,  a 

voluiiu.  thesaurus  of  facls.  The  elaborateness  of  iis  indexing  shows  that  it  is  designed 
less  for  reading  than  for  ref.n-'ice, — 'esi  for  amusement  than  for  instruction, — and  'lebarsany  one 
from  obj-ctiii;;  to  liie  inullipiiciiy  of  its  details.  No  need  cxisis  for  a  weary  wading  through  the 
mass  of  (li.sj  by  any  s.;eker  for  sp.;cial  knc- •'ledge.  Thj  iiiform.uion  which  he  wants  can  be 
found  .11  unci:,  if  contained  in  the  book  at  all ;  ."ud  the  pages  which  do  not  interest  him  can  b« 
left  severely  alone. 

In  reixitling  my  oww  Iravelb,  t  iiave  assumed  that  the  reader 
(as  a  bicycler  who  may  plan  to  ride  along  the  same  routes)d.-sires 
to  know  just  what  I  was  most  desirous  of  having  advance  knowl- 
edge of,  ill  ev  ry  case ;  and  '  have  tried  to  icll  just  those  things,  in  the  simplest  language  and 
the  most  conip.ict  form.  1  h.ave  accounted  no  fact  too  trivial  for  record,  if  it  could  conceiv- 
ably help  (ir  interest  wheelmen  when  touring  In  thrt  locality  to  which  it  relates  ;  and  I  insist  that 
no  critic,  save  one  whose  road-experience  iiia '.■  ■■  niin  more  competent  thai:  1  am  lo  predict  what 
such  tourists  want  to  know,  ..as  iiiy  riglit  to  censure  mt.  on  this  account,  as  "  lacking  a  sense  of 
perspective."  My  power  to  p'easc  these  particular  people,  by  offering  them  these  micro.scopic 
details,  can  be  proved  by  eMperim.'it  only  :  but  1  object  ii:  advance  l.i  h;'ving  any  one  muaiiwhile 
misrepresent  me  as  endeavoring  to  please  people  in  general.  "  The  geri-ral  reader  "  m.iy  justly 
demand  of  the  critic  that  he  give  wa'iiiiig  .igaiiist  a  writer-of-travels,  .is  well  as  .igainst  a  novel- 
ist or  verse-maker,  who  is  so  precise  and  exhaustive  as  to  Le  tedious;  but  a  chronicler  who 
avowedly  seeks  to  be  precise  and  fxha'istive,  in  coirpiling  ?  special  son  .if  gazetteer, — and  who 
disclaims  any  desire  of  restricting  it?  seope  to  points  whhh  aie  salient  ai:'.l  notably  significmt 
and  universally  interesting,— may  as  justly  demand  oi  the  critic  that  he  (io  not  condemn  ttie 
work  "  because  uiisuited  to  the  general  reader." 

Fair  warnini^s for"  the  As  regards    'le  latter  all-prA-erfiil  personaite,  I  recognize  that 

general  reader."  "  '"^  '"""^V  '^  "^  5°°^  as  anybody's  ";  and  I  intend,  incidentally, 

to  sell  him  a  go<-'l  many  copies  of  the  book;  but  I  am  bound  that 
he  shall  buy  it  with  his  eyes  open,  if  he  buys  i:  at  all,  and  shall  have  no  pretext  for  pretending  that 
I  catered  to  his  t.iste  in  preparing  it,  or  relied  upon  his  patronage  in  making  it  a  success.  I  aim, 
rather,  to  pique  his  curiosity  by  proving  that  profit  may  bf  ained,  in  defiance  of  him,  from  the 
support  of  a  world  of  rciders  whose  existence  he  never  .  amed  of ;  and  I  exptct  that,  when- 
ever  his  cuiiosity  forces  hin:  to  pay  me  tribute,  in  order  to  study  ;he  manners  and  customs  of 
those  readers  who  inhabit  this  new  "  world  on  wheels,"  he  will  be  civil  enough  to  remember 
the  motive  which  induced  his  expenditure,  and  to  refrain  from  reviling  me  as  having  baited  him 
m  by  false  pretences,  or  failed  to  give  him  his  money's  worth.  As  regards  "  the  general 
reader,"  then,  I  say:  "Caveat  emptor!  Having  paid  up,  let  him  shut  up:  If  I  welcome 
him  to  my  show,  it  is  avowedly  for  no  ^iher  reason  than  that  his  coin  may  help  fill  the  yawning 
chasm  at  my  banker's.  I  have  not  planned  the  performance  to  please  him,  nor  have  I  varied  my 
ideal  of  it  one  iota  to  avoid  the  danger  of  his  derision.  I  shall  be  glad,  incidentally,  to  win  his 
good-will ;  but,  if  his  ill-will  be  aroused  instead,  I  protest  against  his  proclaiming  it  in  such  way 
as  to  obscure  this  truth:  that  what  I  chiefly  aim  to  win  is  the  good-will  of  the  3000  wheelmen 
who  have  subscribed  to  my  scheme  in  advance,  and  of  the  300,000  wheelmen  whom  those  sub- 
scribeis  represent." 

"  Well-written  and  readable  beyond  the  common  "  was  the  verdict 
which  the  reviewer  of  the  Times  passed  upon  my  opening  chapter,  when 
It  first  appeared,  in  a  mn-^nzme,  four  years  ago ;  but  I  have  not  en. 
deavored  to  make  any  of  my  regular  touring  reports  "  readable,"  to  the  uninitiated,  save  only 


Attempts  ai  verbal 
attractiveness. 


IV 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  one  called  "  Straightaway  for  Kortv  Davs  "    Th;.   ..  ,  j 

earth'.  h.Mory  when  .u  .u.f  Jce  was  2wVd  for  .!„  Jc"  .t;  '""""k"'  T  '"'  """=  '"  ''" 
of  a  bicycle.  .ee.ed  worthy  of  exceptional  t  ea  ^en  b  eaT  J  h"e  H  """""T  '"" 
pre„i,.«  .he  inuginat.on  of  the  unconverted  wi..,  the  LcuUaTThal  ^H  .  '"  "  ^T  '"'  '"- 
bilitie..  c;  "  wheeling  large."     I  do  no,  asser     haV  ^  .      '      '*  ""  "'^K'""""'  P"-- 

power.-but  .in,ply  L.  I  J .t  cl  Td  Ve  eaL" "lo  :Z:  ""'T"  '"'  '"'' 
3o5.h  p.ge.  in  .h,s  descrip.i...  ha,  iuerar  force  cnoih  o  '  .gT  '  c:eL,:"T"'"  """ 
>n.nd.  -he  strangest  scene  in  my  long  tour  ;  and  so   wiihou,  n,«f,-       .k         u  '  "'''  °*" 

accord  ..  the  graphic  .uali.y,  ,  LntL  u  „  :,e  on'ly  ^ge  ^w^  ^h',  '^11;:  ['T  '"?" 
do  any  verbal  scene-painting.  "^'  '"  '*"  attempted  to 


Amusement  and  instruction 
for  non-cyclers. 


As  regards  my   two  extraneous  chapter,  (pp.  407-472). 
.he  general  reader  "  is  quite  as  -ilcely  as  the  cycling  reader 

dog  that  .  loved  and  the  queer  ho!,::  .tatTre  in  "  tl  ' ^:iTt  '""'  """"''"«  ""  ''" 
necessarily  have  value  to  thousands  of  people  who  T 'ow  nn..  r  "''  *"'""."  "'  "^''''  ""'^ 

year  finds  a  larger  number  of  Ame.  leans  seeLTg  rec  eJi  n  ;,' d  .  '"''  t  ''"""'■  '^"'' 
and  by  carriage^nves  acvoss  long  s,re.ch-s  o  cou  v  uh?'^ '  r""  T  ''""''^'"  '°""' 
hackmen  and  teamsters  (and  .hdr  fash  onable  127'  t''^.""  ""i  '""^^  "  •""^"'="»  "' 
"tally-ho  coaches",  ma    have  power  r    eg  "^^^^^^  °" 

corpora.ing  into  ,he,r  s-ock  of  stable  V      ,T      T^  ^'^tements  m  this  book  as  worth  in- 

"KoughingI,,"byLrk  Twin     '  nf  '"  "''    "   "'"   "'''    '"    ""    •''^'-'   <" 

p.c.....Lou.of^Z;er.""'^:^ 

:^-^:::^«r:^:b,:^ii-ir:i---- 

Simplicity  0/  liter-  I  ^*  regards  my  'tyle  of  expression,  though  I  may  not  have  mastered 

ary  ideal  "L"  '^''^''""  '"'"'  °'  ''^"'"^  *  'P^^'  =  'P^'^^-  '  "'^v'  =>«  ■'^ast  used  every 

.  ,  .  ■  '  °«'"''  '°  ""^s'"  «.  fi^om  the  day  in    ,860  when  I  first  took  up  the  pen  • 

and  I  have  striven  to  win  nothing  else  of  the  literary  art.  The  putti,  g  of  ider.s  into  written  form 
has  ever  been  to  me  a  painful  process,  which  I  have  sought  to  shorten  as  much  as  possible  I 
nave  always  kept  quiet  unless  I  had  something  to  say ;  and,  though  this  rule  may  not  always  have 
made  my  ac  •  ,1  words  seem  to  other  people  worth  the  saying,  it  has  certainly  prevented  me  from 
bemg  classed  with  "  the  mob  of  gentlemen  *ho  write  with  ease."  Chatterers,  for  the  mere 
pleasure  of  hstening  to  the  noise,  of  their  own  mouths,  may  perform  an  acceptable  function  in 
.'musing  Mks  who  are  too  stupid  even  to  chatter  ;  but  that  function  is  not  mine.  I  have  about 
ashttle  hkmg  for  "literary  men"  as  has  the  elder  Cameron  of  Pennsylvania,  and  am  often 
tempted  to  apply  to  them  the  same  damnatory  adjective.  In  fact.  I  hardly  know  of  a  class  of 
Jellow-humans  whom  I  like  less,-^xcepr  "  the  political  machinists  "  of  the  Cameronian  type 
ar.d  perhaps,  also.  "  the  athletes"  and  "sporting  men." 

My  book  aims  to  be  practical  rather  than  "  literan-."  and  my 
desire  to  see  it  serve  as  an  effective  instrument  for  "  setting  the 
,  ,._  *°'''<1  °"  wheels "  forces  me  to  be  very  explicit  in  showing  that 

I  am  as  different  a  person  as  possible  from  the  "author"  who  is  presumably  conjured  up  in 
the  minds  of  most  men  by  the  first  sight  of  its  title.  I  am  not  "  an  athlete."  and  have  never 
a  tempted  anything  difficult  upon  the  bicycle.  Whatever  tours  I  have  taken  with  it,-whatever 
pleasures  or  advantages  1  have  gained  from  it,-may  be  readily  taken  and  gained  anew  by  any 
man  of  average  strength  and  activity.  Whether  or  not  I  may  be  believed  to  resemble  Gold- 
am,  h  s  more  distinguished  "Traveler"  in  being  "remote,  unfriended,  solitary,"  it  is  certain 
that  I  resemble  him  m  being  "  slow."  The  restless  rush  for  the  cemetery,  which  the  English, 
speaking  men  of  to-day  seem  absorbingly  anxious  to  reach  "  in  advance  of  all  foreign  oompeti- 
t.on.  IS  a  race  I  have  no  share  in.  If  my  book  v.ere  big  enough  to  momentarily  block  the 
progress  of  the  generation  now  on  the  down-grade  of  life,  I  would  wish  it  might  in  that  moment 
•ay  to  them  :  Look  here  at  the  bicycle !  I,  is  a  slower  and  more  comfortable  vehicle  than 
he  hearse,  mto  which  you  are  all  trying  to  crowd  yourselves,  with  such  unseemly  haste  !  " 


The  bicyclers  slmvness  its 
charm  for  the  elderly. 


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PREFACE. 


Quiet  tourists  [not  showy  racers)  the  """"  •"'■'^  »ipiificance  of  the  bicycle  at  a  health- 

trut  "knights  of  the  v<hfei:'  Pf***"^*'.  a»  a  freshener  and  prolonger  of  life  for 

everyday  locomotion.-ha.  been  ob«:ured  in '.h,!''"',''  "  *  ""'""«  ^"'"P^"'''"  '"J  »W  »<> 

.H.  ferv..  .bee,,  of-..  ract:::rb:Vr".'T::^^^^^^^  -  '7 

the  racers  »re  nothing  more  than  the  foam  inH  fr„  k         .i  T         ^  ^^"^        ""' 

they  are  pre..,  to  .ooi:  at  and  convenU.To  c".    bou.  ""yet   a.^;  "rlaf  '''^'"'\  *'""^'  = 
the  pool  lie  hidden  in  it,  depth,.  ,o  the  true  .oirU  anH    '  \         ^^"  "'"'  ""^'^'^^  "' 

The  plain  story  of  an     I  Th.  valu,  of  my  worK,  a,  a  contribution  to  human  knowledee 

average  man.  depends  largely  upon  the  circun.s.ance  that  .being  simply  a  slow- 

average  physique)  I  am  wil   n^ToM  T  '""''"'  °'  "°  '""''=  "*"  ""^'''"'^  »'"'"«  »nd 

P.r.up  of  u'ncon  d  red  tri  V°  ^e^e'  Z  ''"""  ''"'"'^'  """^  ""^"*'^'  ""'^  "-'  -  "  '  '-P- 
have  less  significance  to  m.  of  ~.  mT  ^'",7 '"'1?'"  "^' "-="' ">V  «ory  could 
about  my  prowess,  depreciate  my  hrdrivaU^^"'"  ""''^  '""'  "=  '""P'^"""  '°  '^"K 
brow.     Knowing  no  rivals    1  wheeling  Jr  ".•'"""?  *""'  '*  '"'"^  "  ''""'  "-"^  mj 

^.uarely.  As  a  part  of  my  plait  ;rovc  hT.  Ta™  Y  si  '  'k  T  1^°^'  '"  ''^^''  ""^  '""^ 
notes  showing  ho.  other  tourists  on  the  L^^L  have  ^Ltdtie  .''''  ^""^  '^"'  ''~"'- 
ndmg  ,0,000  miles  in  five  years  was  omt.  r„„         »"-^ve  wheeled  faster ;  to  prove  that  my  mere 

aged  EngMshman  wno  r  Je  "^2  13"'  '  '"'  ^""  '""  '''='='"*  °'  "'•=  '"^"^'^^'^■ 
happening  to  be  the  earliest  mChon^.m''",''  '°  "■""""  '''"'  "''  '''»'°""'  f^"^'  «' ">/ 
™i.es  in  .0  days."  was  not  „rbi:  as  an  e;^:.  'Ttav?''''  "T  '"'  ""'"'  '"^'^^  "  '- 
pool's  boyish  phenomenon,  who  wheeled  stratht'  !„'"'"%?"'="  '"'  !""-'-»  --^cord  of  Liver- 
with  only  ten  hours'  sleep.  "^  '  """^  ^■■'=^'  ^"'^'"'  86.  miles  in  five  days. 

Scientific  and unol^  There  is,  indeed,  no  boastfulness  in  this  book  anH  „,.  •        r   , 

they  appeared  m  a  cycling  monthly  -and  hi!  woT  T  °^  "'^  '°"""8  "''^P'^"'  *hen 

Jorthem.     The  precise.  pUnal  «y.eo        r^,    ^^^f^T^'"^"?''  "^^  "^ '"^^^'^ 
the  purpose  in  hand,  is  certainly  "painful  "  in  Z  u  ■  P"''  *'  '"°'"  »""=''''«  '«' 

diPicult.    An  idea  of  its  difficuL  J^  shL  J  '  '  "^"^ ''""'""  '°  "  "  ""-"^'v 

thebookto  be  thus  -  egotistS-'-mavr    '^     7?'"'"" '"  ^"''"■'S  other  contributors  for 
Ve.erans"(p.  50.). exhibiting  t  esseraUanhTof    TkT';  ""'^ '°  " '"^^^  f^"  "'^ 
myself  a  great  man,  that  I  feel  free Te  ve  an 7   H      ''"^•'/"'"'^•"     ''  "  "ot  because  I  think 
one,  would  interest  the  great  worS  luts  de  '"  ^         ,Tk°   ''"°"''  '^'^"='  "'>'='''  '^  '   «"«= 
solutely  no  account  to  that  outsid    wo^M      be  1     "I-  ^''""  '  "'"''  "^  P^^^^'-'y  °'  ^^ 
outsiders' studying,  even  as  a  basis  for  s;7casmrnH    '."^  '"'u''"''  '°°  '''^'°"' '°  •"=-"■■"> 
unreservedly  to  the  little  "  world  on  wS  ^ i^i     "      '7'':' "' '"'  '''"  '° '''''''  -^-'^ 
Pathy  with  the  inhabitants  thereof  that  I  have  d,    ,  ,T"'       '^'  '"'"s"'  °'  ""^  ''P-^^'"^'  "V"- 
to  a  multitude  of  personal  strangers  with  a,  mul  f     T  "^"   '^l'  "'""  '^°"-"'--  ^"d  '^'k 
I  believe  they  will  no.  misinterpTe^iror  misTud .e  h"       '"  "■ "  "''  ""'^  '"'™'''  '-"''^• 
clearly  as  I  do  that  my  "  egotism  "  has  norh        f     '  T-'""'  "■     ^  ''="'=^=  "^"^^  *"'  '^e  a. 
It  simply  fills  a  needed  fu^Z  irutl"  »?!!=': '"^ '•'-^■<^''f  ^^''PW  or  vaunting. 


nocence  robs  it  of  offense  :  the  necessarv  na.„„^f  .u-        •      ■.   ~ '  "'  '•""""™xi,— its  m- 

upon  my  story  and  no.  upon  myseTf   iLw   "  h        T  '"'      "     '  """"'"     '"'"'  "'"' 
seems  .0  need.    If  ,  canT^he  coTfiden.X  of  ate  '"^Tl  r "'°"  v    ""^"^  ^'  '''  ^'°^ 

air  01  a  life  which  has  done  nothing  .0  be  concealed  or 


tiiC'?:L 


Vi 


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T£.V  TH^^SAND  MILES  ON  A  DICVCLE. 


as  won  nothing  wurlhy 
niciil," 


r«tretfcd,  there  goe.  along  with  it  the  conciHaiory  nolic,  of  a  ilfe  whch  h_,  „ 

of  public  Uunt,  and    wh.ch  cxi«:cls  no  ,,ub.,c  honor    i..  ihi  rulure.     •'The  iwrjonal  c'c 

ai  l'.o(«»«r  hill  »ay5.  "  need  not  b:  in  th--  l..-a.t  an  esoli,tic  intrusion  of  srlf." 

An  autobioi^raphy  bi-  \  •'•ci'l'-mally,  ihtn,  the  volunu-  is  a  sort  of  autobiography   and  i|« 

tio^m  llu  luus.         ";.'•*'."'  *""'i.'^*  "-•"^"y--'^  ''  "  "-^  P"»""'>'    ^q"a....i.  •■  could  be 

''"'""•"«^-      1''- complexity  and  far-rc-acl.in,.   relaiu.n.hi-   ,.f   niun 

^ne   atTa.r.  are  oddly  .l,.,.n  by  th.,  exam,  ,c  of  how  .n.cT.ty  and   tl,o,...«hneH,,  *v.n  when 

.p,  bed  to  .,  rcn.o,c  and  .mp..r...ul  an  ob,..ct  a,  r.por.in,  th.  road,  of  a  continent   have  powe" 

to  r.flex.v.ly  exh.bu  th.  re,H.rtc,N  habit,  and  character.     A,  rc«..rd,  mys-lf,  ,hi,    ...h  b  cam" 

early  c.v,d--n,,  that  th.  ......Im.n  who  w.r.  pl.av.-d  w,th  my  pr...ted  facts  al ,  touring.    "„ 

grew  to  have  a  feel.ng  ,      a.  p,  .,n.ance,h.p  with  th:  narrator  of  ,h.m,  coupled  with  a  f    .ndly 

pe;::randT'  I"  T:'-  '"  '"^'^  "'"""■",  "'"^•'"  *^^'-  '"^■"  -'•'^  "•-"•-  '"---.com! 
pet.lor,  and  f.cl  bored  by  non-omp.t.tor.  who  n„i.t  on  "  talkiuij  shop  "  ;  |„„,  ,,t  n',v    llu-v  ar. 

on  c,.,nn,o:,  ground    andean  n.ver  h.ar  ,00  much  said  in  prais- of  th.  particular  hobby  which 
has  th..  abtl.ty  to  drl,,h.  th.n  1,  .arts.     Reflecting  „n  thi,,  th.  notion  graduallv  posse,,,  d L-  that 


my  own  poi)ularity,  as  a  n'])res;ntativ 


'  posse„(  (1  me  that 

r, ■   ,  ,  ,  ,  '  ,poke,mai,  among  ih,.«  player,  who.e  h..l,by  i,  the  bicy. 

c  c,  m,g  „  b-  gre.,.  enoui;h  ,0  try  to  conjure  with.      Henc-  it  happen,  that-consuhring  I  ow  my 
.fe.  w,  h  all  ,„tr,als  and  trouble,,  has  been  a  rather  amusing  experience-I  now,  on  reaching 
the  end  of  ..  (s.nce  the  fun  of  th=  thin^  must  need.  b.  finished  a.  forty),  p.tnt  tins  plain  record 
of  the  things  which  have  amns-d  me  most. 


Praise  not  sous^/it  for, 
but  moiify. 


I  do  it  a,  a  duty,— "/^«r  tn:ourt=;er  Us  n-ilrf,  ";  but  f  do  it 
because  I  b--lijve  "the  others"  will  pay  me  well  for  "  enconr.iKing  " 
them.  I  do  it  to  make  money.  Yet,  a,  almost  all  bonks  are  written 
•s  a  matter  of  vanity,  I  'ear  few  people  will  Relieve  me  when  I  declare  that  this  one  is  written  ai 
a  matter  of  business  ;  and  that  its  chief  significance,  so  far  as  concern,  the  outside  world  is  as  a 
ui.u;uc  business  enterprise,  rather  than  as  a  literary  curiosity,  f  n  the  latter  category  I  think  it 
inisht  also  stand  alone,  as  I  am  not  aw.ire  of  any  previous  "  autograph  edition  "  approaching  in 
tnagmtuJ.:  to  jooo  volumes,-"  each  one  specially  numbered,  signed  and  ad<lres,ed  to  nearly  that 
inany  individual  subscribers,"-thoush  possibly  the  records  of  bibliography  may  show  such  a 
phenomenon.  But  it  is  certain  that  from  the  day  when  the  crew  of  Noah  won  the  great  human 
race,  by  b<.ating  in  the  Ark,  this  planet  of  ours  ha,  known  no  sport  or  pastime  of  surh  absorb- 
ingly personal  interest  as  would  enable  an  obscure  and  se'f-appointed  representative  of  it  to  per- 
«uade  3000  strangers,  scattered  all  over  the  globe,  that  they  pledge  thei.  money  to  him  for  con- 
structing a  monumental  record  of  their  enthusiasm. 

Though  all  the  other  pages  in  this  volume  be  judged  of  no  im- 
portance, those  serried  columns  of  subscribers'  names  (pp.  7^4.796) 
will  stand  as  an  everlastingly  significant  record  of  the  strength  of 
human  <«-mpathy.  Appealing  simnly  to  this  sentiment,— working  alone  •■•  d  single-handed  wuh 
my  pen  Uiteially,  left-handed,  d.iring  the  third  year  of  the  struggle),-p.,5  i„g  no  money  to  the 
press  for  advertisements,  anc'  iffering  no  premiums  or  discounts  or  rewards  of  any  sort  to  private 
c..ivass:rs,  I  have  done  a  thing  which  the  most  powerful  publishing  house  in  the  world,  resort- 
iiie;  to  the  vast  machinery  of  the  organized  book-trade,  would  have  been  quite  unable  to  do.  No 
other  American  (with  the  possible  exct  uion  of  the  man  who  founded  the  Pope  Manufacturing 
Conipai^y,  for  the  making  of  bicycles,  at  a  time  when  all  the  wise-heads  thought  such  conduct 


Utii(]ttt  power  of  the  cv 
cUn^  enthusiasm, 


and 
the 


the  wildest  folly)  has  staked  as  much  as  I  have  thus  staked  upon  a  belief  in  the  permanence 
"potentiality  "  of  cycling.  I  recognized  it  as  an  absolutely  new  thing  under  the  sun,  in  .... 
sense  of  binding  its  votaries  together  by  a  stron-er  personal  sympathy  than  Pnv  sport  previously 
known  in  the  world.  The  men  who  like  yachting  and  b  iting  and  ball-plaving  and  fishing  and 
shooting  and  horse-racing,  and  other  less  prominent  diversions,  have  an  incomparably  smaller  in- 
terest in  one  another  as  fellow-sportsnien.  No  competent  and  candid  critic  can  deny  that  I  have 
impressively  proved  this,  when  he  seriously  reflect-  upon  the  utter  impossibility  of  any  other 
unknown  enthusiast's  persu.ading  3000  strangers  to  each  "  put  up  a  dollar,"  out  of 
mental  regard  for  any  other  sport. 


mere  senti- 


««»:« 


PREFACE. 


Tke  teUintr  o/y,yx>  hooh 
Ust  notable  Ifuxii  'hifiUJe- 


^ 


.howin,  of  a  wor,d.w.dc  bro,h„hood  wh..:^,v;;Tu  1  ;'"""' 

Whether  or  not  I  .h,,II  re.tp  ,h=  ex„ecte  1  rewar  1  Z\        ^7"^^"''"^.    P*--"'-^  «nd  Japan. 
r.r.  .„  well  that  th-y  will  cjuicUly  force  I  „,!  of  ,1         C  "T'  ^''^  '^'"■■'"-  '""''  J-*'  «""- 

me  «,  phenomenal  a  pr.K.f  of  the  peculiarly  p.;.!  p^'^^.TV^'V' *'"  ""'  '"">  '° 
p-el,mmary  exploit  it.elf.      I  wish,  too   that  befor,  u     "^  ^"'  '""■"^i"'"  a,  doe,  thi, 

-..^cation  a,  a  colossal  conceit.  C^I^Tm  T T"  l"T''  "'^  ''■'"''•  '"  ^"•■''-""  'h'' 
human  animal's  indisposition  to  pied"  mo  f'  ";'  "  ""'=^''  '^"'"  '^  l*"-'-'^-  cf  the 
30..00  boo.,   by  a  simple  apoeal  I  thTfZd  ,  'r  :^  ,': T"'  ""^  ""'"^-  '"'  '''='"« 

"CM-I.ke  and  unpromising  and  .inrea«,nable  a,  wa  mvfir  ,  r  '""•  "'  "  '""^  '"  ""•"'*'■ 
nthy  of  those  3o<«.         J  '  "  "'^'  "^^  '^"'  »"P  f°r  proving  the  substantial  sym- 

liusiness  necessity  ,  f  my  I   ,      '  '"^«  =  "•'^h'  '»  >»si»t  <hat  that  K,!id  nhilanr  of 
pr^sonal  rr.el.Uons:     f  .-^j' --^  b=  .-.nor.d  i„  .he  judgment  of  ttlw-T^r.'e': 

-..em...  While  d..c,awlt  It  :';t  Z^""  ""m  ""  "^  '-'-^'  '^^  '-■'-- 
-"e  push  of  a  pen.  in  behalf  of  any  o.';  ' '^  .T  r  "";  '""'■  ''""  —"-".  l'/  'he 
hWief  that  even  thi,  phalanx  of  cyclers  „. M.T;  '  '"\^^^''"^'  '  «'"  ■""  ^'S-t  a  mock-modest 
vai-ing  opinion  that  .l,.e  was  a  Ln  b=Z  .Tp":  "  ?7:rr"r"'  ':"?''  "^  °'  ^^  "- 
censured  or  ridiculed,  because,  a,  a  mere  matter  of  b  '  ^^■'•,"'"^f°'-''-  '^a.  I  ou^ht  not  to  be 
Chapter  xxxviii.  0.p  70,.,,,)    „  teMilh  u     !"""""'  '  '^^^ote  consider.ible  fine  type   in 

.h,u  f  have  any  rillu  I  ^^  th  s/peoll  ^e'^':  "'^"  '''  ^'""'  '^="'^'  "^^  ^"^  ■"  ^^^^^ 
.0  placate  them,  by  showin,  .he  sorc^^Mh  rar"'  '  "  '>~'<-Sen'».  my  mere  attempt 

.hat  I  am  no.  .ryi.„  ,h.ro  ,0  exhibit  mv«  f "o  ImI  T'"^'  ?"""'  '^^'  condemned.  I  insist 
no.  bound  there  to  search  in  pursuit  oT^:om  tS,:'!'  s^  ;  '  ^b  '""  "  '"=  «^-"'  ^^''^  "  '' 
of  an  Idea  "  which  ha,  (by  im-^ercen.ible  rr.AW  .  """""'  '"  "'"<'/  *'  "'«  growth 

■•business..)  led  n,e  i,.-!  \  ^chemTth     /  r:;;    .^^^f  "^  "'^  '-^'^  of  publicly  and 

.he  most  notorious  inhabitant  of  ,he  "  wheel  wo  'd'.hcTr  .V  ''""  '"  ""^^^  -y"^" 
but  he  must  remember  th.nt  I  do  no.  assume  hircurL-,.  '^  ""  ^''"  '^'^'^''^  ""^^=  E^ven  ; 
other  than  a  purely  prncical  purpose.  IfT  m  .0  sT  '  '"  ,  T'  ""'  '"  ""'  ^''''  ""="'  '^  -"» 
..ores.-wi.hou.  gr.n.in,  discour.  .0  eye  i  g  ,  ad:!;''"  '^°"'".""''°"'  '"-'"'S  ">  the  book- 
ou.  paying  much  advertising  money  ,0  the  wheel  toT  .  """'"""  '"  ''"'''"=  agen.s.-wi.h- 
■s  plainly  inc.mben.  upon  me  .0  .ell  my  prosp  ive  a  ,  ""  "'  ■■"'  "^  "''  ^'"^•"'  P-""" 
and  exactly  why  I  hon.  for  .heir  h- Ipl  v  ir  ,  ",  '""  "'"'^  "''^'  '  ^^^'  ""=-"  '"  do. 
business.  The  gis.  of  my  end.-avor  is  o  ensure  con^-  7  k'  '^  '"'^"'■'"'^'  '"'"  "'  '"-  boolc- 
book  have  b3.,  spen.  sobly  ;,.  .hoirntes  IthatTr"  '  ""  *'"=  ^=^"  '^^'"■^"'^=<^  ^y  .hi, 
mdependence  and  hones.y  ■  '     ^*'  ^  """=  ""^'^ "Cted  it  with  absolute  personal 

"  **y  ™°"'''«»  P"« :  my  satire  free  from  call  •  chi-f  of  m        M 

'Malice  t^^rOs  «.«.  wjii^J^jJ.",  ™'"  '  ^  --"  - 

calling  t?dol:xtr.olr''"^^^•'^^'^^^ 

.ion.  I  alone  am  resplns  b  le  for  v'r'  T  '"  '  "  ""'""'  ''='*''^  "^  P"-'- 
.s.  no.  ,;mply  .ha.  the  original  act  of  wrZf  s  eTn'd  dTl  "'.'M  K  ^  "^"'=  '°^  '""=• 
electrotypmg  itself  has  extended  .hrou-^h  near'v  two  T   "  '°  ^'  ''"'  ""^^^  "-a.  .he 

and  farther  beyond  the  limits  first  se.  for  i.  TLVe TesIrTT  '''  "."^  "^^  '"'  «™*"  '-"'" 
condensed  forms  of  expn=ssion.  The  proDor  ion  f  T  """''  '"''  """''^  '"  ^-bbreviations  and 
the  indexes  of  names  have  been  unoleZX  "  ia  .T'  ""'  "^^  "^'^  -^"^  '"-eased,  and 
Ev«  "  Mr."  ha,  been  banished.  «t  worth  i.^  rZ  '  n"7  ^"""^^  '""^  '"  ^'='^"'=^'  ""  ^""- 

,      not  worth  ..3  room.     Ry  .wo  personal  rcaJiugs  of  the  proofs, 


Typography  and 
proof-reading. 


Vlil 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I  have  beon  able  ,o  "  fill  in  "  nearly  every  line  which  most  books  wo„M  h.v.  was.H  in  blank-  • 
and.  as  „,y  excellent  proof-readers  have  perused  each  page  four  .in,es,  I  thinr.  a"  ew  p  eW 
typographic  errors  can  ha"e  escaped  iheir  well-trained  eves       Ac  ,.  /  ^      ^ 

my  other  readers  have  not  yet  be'en  di^.ed       f.y'/ear ^  usa   '    ,  Tst"  h'  f"'  ""^'"^  '" 
..pe  will  not  prove  try.n,  to  then,    for  all  of  ,t  i^  cleaL^:t":;;r;ee ::::erun'v  irtoTres^'^' 
Imperfiction  of\  ^       ^  "°"Sh  I  hope  my  ^h  pages  of  indexes,  with  their  2 2, References   mav 
the  indexes.      I  ''"'"  "T''.  '°  "°"'"=  '^"""^"y-  =>=  f----  i"    nemselves  a  sort  of  phen'ome- 

ofi,      f,  r         """'     "^""°°"'"  P'''"°f""='^""l*  ^vhich  falls  so  far  below  mv  own  ideal 

of  .t.     Its  earliest  nispir.ng  cause,  as  I  have  explai-.ed  on  p   ,02   was  a  wish  fnr 

mately  perfect  indexing;  but  the  growth  of  thLain  .ext^fr^^.r';  t^ ^  r-^rre'd 

reading,  of  35.  b  ,-and  this  total  swallowed  up  .'y  L  io.Z':;,^^'  7l  elle^thth 
..me  latest  n,  „,y  r  ading  for  the  general  index  (embracing  pp.  472-  90)  were  dven  mnch 
ewer  references  there  than  they  deserved  ;  for  on    ".pril  .,,  .he'foTrti/  nnTv  rrar^otny  bl   • 

IZIT'  L!:  ,  ""'.'  "'"'"'  "'^'   "'^  -d^ngtoafinish";  and   I   did/  O    "ec    s t 

also,  the  2, ,600  words  ,n  the  "Addend.,"  written  after   the  nuiexes  were   put  in  type  (07   h' 
ece,ve  sl.ght   reco,  ,.,„,,   fron,  the  latter.     The  whole  number  of  hours  spem  on  t   e    is  pa  J; 
of  this  book  exceeds  by  far  the  number  of  study-hours  in  my  four  years'  college  cor.rse 
SuzS'^Si/orts  to  "  ^  ''^  "'"'^  "f  gentlemen  who  write  with  ease  "  reviews  which  censure  and 

reviewers.        ',  "''  "°'"  '"''"''^  '"^=-  ■'"  "-^  "  'i'^^'T  d^'pnrtments  "  of  journalism,  will  not 

mpn.h  ,  ,  ?  """'™""""' '"■"''■'"  P--"^"'!"?  them  with  the  book,  or  with  sneci- 
men  chapters  thereof,  even  while  proclaiming  that  its  chief  significance  is  not  "  li.e  ary  ''  1,  hJ, 
been  said  of  old-time  that  "  the  title,  publisher's  name  and  price  of  a  new  book  or  pamihtt 

or  author        and     therefore  hope  that  the  reviewers  whom  I  hurl  mv  v.ork  at  mav  be  v     1  L 

will  be  accepted  by  m.  as  fully  covering  every  obligation  in  the  case  ;  but,  if  more  be  said   I  ha -e 

b,7a  d'lh  r.Tf ';'"  '^  '"'  '°  '"^  -'^•"  ""^"^^  °f  -^  -^^-     T'-  theory  m"  be  caL 

bad  and  the  work  bad  but  I  may  not  be  fairly  called  ,0  account  for  not  working  on  some  otic- 
theory.  For  reasons  by  no  means  "  literary,"  ;  :hink  many  reviewers  mav  find  mv  fTcts  1 
Restive  and  my  opinions  provocKi.-eo^  comment  bu,  ,  expect  from  them  merely  'Ml  sir  oi 
attention  which  is  a  wavs  bestow  /      rwi  a  mr.r,  ,.,t,„  1  1       .  me  son  01 

means  to  have  it."         '  "  *''°  "^"""^  "'''^'  ^^  -"^""'^  --'"''  ^''''^-^  '»>-'  !'e 

Three  hopes  for  \         "^"^^  "='''""■  °f  -•»  moribund  magazine,  to  whom  I  once  tried  to  seiche 
the  future.        I  '"^""^"'P«  "f  "'y  Kentucky  chapter  (in  the  humble  hope  that  lie  minht  \  v 
J  \  printing  it,  help  hast-n  the  .l.served  death,  which  soon  hanpened)    siiiH 

when  he  remailed  the  pages  :   "  Thon.h  not  without  merit,  they  have  a  little  too  m  ch  ^f  tie 
Anabasistic  flavor  of  Enteutk.,.  e.elau,.i  st.t,„„ous /.„■  ,0  interest  the  average  read  r"     I 
remark  was  an  eminently  tn„hf„;  one,  and  it  offers  me  a  fair  excuse  for  saving  that  rs  I  L  <,    . 
unambitious  in  regard  to  posthumous  remembrance,  ny  ghost  will  be  quite  conti    ^se     ' 
present      Story  o   the  Ten  Thousand  '^  shall  last  as  long  as  Xenophon's      Nevertheless  as     ,  v 
■  ng  modern  man   I  shall  be  vastly  disappointed  if  I  fail  to  make  more  money  from  i     h an  'm  t     t' 
^     en   Grecian  from  his  immortal  chronicle.     Besides  this  prospective  profit,  there  are  two  thi  e 
which  I  hope  for  :  firs,,  ,ha,  1  may  always  keep  mv  private  life  and  my  family  name  "  out  of  tie 
newspapers     ;  second,  that  I  may  always  live  "  on  the  Square." 

Washington  Square.  N.  Y.,  Mav  4.  1887.  Karl  Kron.     • 


TABLE    OK    CONTENTS. 

elers.  iii.  Fair  vJarni,,,,  f;.'  • 'he  ™i  rT  r;.'-"'-  1"""""'°"^  '"'  =>  ^P^'^'  ^'"-f  «- 
Amuse.nent  and  instruction  for  non-cyclers  iv  Sin  nii.lr  ?7''  *'  ""^''^  attractiveness,  iii. 
.siowness  its  cl.arm  for  the  elderly   iv      O  n  Uon  iT      V  "'  "*"'•  '"■     "^''"^  ''-><^''''^ 

>he  wheel.-  v.  The  plain  story  of' In  av^r  g  IT'l^"  Sc^"7/  '^T'  '"^  ''"'  "  ""'«'-  "^ 
An  antobiosr.phy  between  the  lines  vi  Prai  -.T?'  ^^"/""'^'^  ^"'^  unobtrusive  egotism,  v. 
of  the  cycling  enthusiasm,  vi.    The  s'e  in.!  Til  '"'  '"'  '"°"^^''  ^'-     U-<1-  P^-r 

s..bscrib.rs,  vii.  BusinesL  nece.s.  y  4  Za  "t^ir.^  "°""^  "^'  '"^  P'^^«'"«  "^  ^cxx. 
reading,  viii.  Imperfection  of  the  .Ilexes  viii  wl  !  ""'  "■  ^^P^e^P^'  -'d  P-"f- 
forth.i«jnre,viii.    (Klec.ro.  in  Oct., '86  exc        p  v  if  c^nU    "  7'"""^' "''•     '''"^^  ""P" 

TAlrf^K  OK  CONTENTS,  x.-xx/:  t'v  of  the  f  r  °"k'°°°"°^''-  ■'^-''^P- ^^  > 
tive  he.-,dlines  for  their  principal  ^ara^rapts      iUnr  I      'T"  "^"'""''  "'">  '57  descrip. 

GENERAL  INDEX  xxlSxir  •  il  h  K  ''',1  '"  ^"''■'  ''' =  ^'"""  -.°<«  «ords^ 
ences  and  many  special  alphabets.     (Elec'tr'o   i.,  Aor   and  m'  "^'J'"  "u^^""'"'  "'"'  "^°  ''^"- 

INIJEX   OF    PEACES   xxxt   Ixll.  ?'''''  ^''°"' '^•'^  ^''^ds.) 

same  ;  followed  by  these  special  lists  :"The  U  -  Fo/eifn'c  '"''"''  I""-'*"  '•^^'-"^""''  '^  ""^ 
Mountain  Peaks,  lix.  ;  Mountain  Ranges  H.ikrr  f  rT  '"•'""■  '  '^^-'-■^""d  Valleys. 
Krooks,  Waterfalls,  Bays  and  other  dilio  is  o  '^a  I  ^  p:;,':  "s^"^  "°"^%"'-  '  ^'^^^  -<^ 
leges,  Public  Bn.Idings,  Ixii.,  Oco^ranhicil  \\\JJ        f     ,  ^^"^'^''  '^="''°ads,  Ix^.  ;  Col- 

INDEX  OF   PEksON.S    ulr^nr^ 
ences  to  the  same  ;  followed  by  these  special  hsts  •  Tn  .    K  "      ,  1'"''''"'"'""'  *'"'  ^'^^  ^^f"" 
•he  Wheel,  Ixxii   ;    Literature  of  the  Wl    e  Iv       N         ""I        T'''''  '''^'-  =  J""™''^-  "' 

Authors  and  Journals,  Ixxvii.;  Bicycles  UxviiTri;  f""7^''"«  «-'^^'  '"-.  ;  Non-cyclin^ 
Wheeling  Autobiography,  Ixxx.  ;  ^rhis'  Z^^i  M  f  Uxli  "  P  1?^'  ■"'  r^^^""^''  '"''^-  ^ 
Incdents  and  Accidents,  Ixxxili.  ;  Women    Ixxxiii      rF  I^    '  .^'"  "'"P"^'"'  ^"'^  ■''<^=ial,  Ixxxi.  ; 

ADDENDA    KT   CORRIGEV     ^S/c  ,'  p'r  ^^ 

Assurance  :  the  retention  of  office  by  ^e;  -Ed  of  r  T  /■  " '"7"'  '""  '"  ''''  ^°"'^"'' 
"  N.  C,  U."  and  "  amateurism  "  xc^i      Boot        ,  u,'  "  =°"f«^ion  of  forgerv,  xci. 

n.ileageof.80.cvi.     (Elec.r,  .  i;  ^ra     .8fr.;6r  17^^  Jouma.sm,  c.     Notable 

MAV  FOUKTH.  .33.  e.U,.  :^_e^Js^f^^„,^  3_  ^„.^^^^^^^^ 

I-     ON  THE  WHEFI     1  1i  •     tu        i^ 

III.     WHITE    Fi,ANNEL   AND    NICKEL   PI  \TF    l«.«o       au       ,- 

K.vmg  about  costume,  ,6  M.^ral  idv^ntn-..  ,  t  f  ,  '  " '  Absurdity  of  advice- 
'"«gage.r„n,  .,.  Objection  to  b;b;Us  ';„":""  f "".  "-"r'^""  "^  '"^  ^^"^'-•'" 
Benefits  of  velveteen.  ,,.     Mora.  mflu;!,^^''n. el  ;;.:':!  'TZ  T^  "'"''  ^"^  ^^^''  "'• 

(Electro,  in  Mar., '85  ;i;„  words;  Fro;;';h;l;;t/;;;'X:°':;!8i  "^^  '''=""'"  '•""• 


II 


X  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

T.    FOUR  SEASONS  ON  A  FORTY-SIX   24.14.     m     k    i,        •. 
,,on„  f„r  ,!>..  I    ,  L  J  •  **•'»*'     My  broken  elbow  as  a  cornrr- 

^<I  !I '" l^tT'  '';  '"'  """'^"'^'  ■"'"•  '"  ""="°"'  ^5-  Karly  exploratior,  of  New  York 
n..l.a5.e(742.n.  ...  7c)  .7;  (.^^^m.  ,„ '80),  zS ;  (.956  ,n.  in '81),  29;  (.s.,  m  n  '82)  ,0 
'oi.r.i.g,  34.     Its  cl.arm  snow.,  by  a  parody  £r<„n  Calverley,  34.     (tlecuo   i..  Mir     N.  •    ^ 

,.i.i, I  ;,      M     r  '        .    '",■  *"■•*'  '     """'""'^  ^^""'^■■'"^  ^'-"  '-''"  " '  »'ory  worth 

tul  ,,=;.  35.     My  d.scla,.T,er  of  .^ecl.an.cal  knowL-dse  a.,d  of  pa.-.iali;y,  36.      Wear  and  tear  of 

ff  baT  "■'  ".  "^r"'"'  "'  ""^'  '^-  '''°'"  '"i"^^-'^  "^y  carcLss  .o.ishi„g.  -8  Breaking 
"  ex  ras  "'irclar  •  f',  "-'""'''  '^^^''^^-^  ^^^  -«  par.s.  40.  Costs 'of  repa.r  ,g  o 
JiT\  "'  ■''  '■■•■'"^■"'■'•-'•■on.  4..     Last  day.  of  the  machine,  42.     New  backbone 

and  handle-bar,  43,  46.     Miraculous  escape   f.om  the    mnles,  44.     Vain    ^xp.rirrenT  a    s,»ke 

aver:^4r;^t^^i:r---;^-rt'^^ 

stays  .n  saddle,  5.     A  blazing  strange  trial  on  Long  Island,  54.     Fa  U  a,  d  h     d  ;.  '        7 
con.,ters  with  road-hogs,  horses  and  mules,  57.     Thefts  and  n  Ishans    c,      i  '^         i 

a.id  of  hill-,-limbi.,2  c8     Wrinhf    I,»;m,.   I  ^'"="5  ana  mishaps,  57.     Specimens  of  speed 

t.^P.  „f  "^'"^•.5'*-    ^^'='8'".  ''e'g'iMeg-measurement  and  sizes  of  wheels  t.led  tt    /dvin 

t.  ges  of  an  und.r-size  machh.e,  60.      Tests  of  physiq.ie   in   an.e-bicyc'in.  davs    af     hT,' 
of  exercise,  ba.hin,  and  eating,  6,.     Long  immunity  frl  illness,  6.      Sw e^^tii ^..id  dW  I 
w.th  some  ex,rn.d,y  rhymes  for   the  abstemious  Dr.  Richardson,  63.     (E       ^o    in  t,;     -t" 
8S00  words,      f  rom  the  //-■///•?/,«,7«    Anr     '«,  .  ■        ,,  vr.it.Ltro.  in  Mar.,    85, 

VIII.      AROUMD    nTvV-YORK     gTi^'T"""^','-   ":'^''"'^' ^^^y  ^9.  '85.) 

riding,  67.     Macadamized  roadways  around  and  above  the  PnrW  ft«      v    ,     j  ^'Oewalk- 

winch  to  enter  or  Bet  aroui.d  Ih-  cilv  fi.  Ro,„„  f  t.  i  .  ^""^''^^  ^^5"".  "3-  Fc-ries  by 
»od  .,„„,,„„  dock,,  !,  S  „,;,.  rf  wheeS  ,.  he  ,  t^^'"  ""  ""■  """"""=  "»  '"" 
The  hi,   hrite,  ,.,     Routed,',       ;h*:L'';X  XTT'°'°;''i'''*°  "■■»'■ 

:i~::'';r.on'";i":]sr' ""  ^?  '^^  -  -iJir—m:: 
•■  eoj,„r...  o„ -rrk:i,:r:;o:r;;;Sr;;:tr'' ""■'*■  ^ 


''4- 


-icLiio.  Ill  may,  -85 ; 


'f^:  i  "^'d^P^     "^Z  ",'     '^;:^V^^^!W^'^^'^ 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


addle    WK     -ut  repetuio...  ..3.6.     Maps  and  gu.de-b  ot       6  .       m"',    °"'  '°"'''  ^''''^^  '"  ">« 

^^  .nbutanes,  .,,.     Experiences  as  boat-race  mana'It  at  N  ^'     ?"""  ''     "^'"^  '^'''-""  "" 
N.  L.    o  New  Haven,  ,3 ....     Routes  betw-e,     M    w     ''  .""r  ^°"'^--  •30-    Aiong  the  shore 


ig  tlie  shore, 

Notable  rides  be- 

y.    139-42.      The  hills  of  i.i.chfield 

l^on  to  the  htUs  of  Berkshire,  .46.S.     Map,' 

„  ';    ;;f"t-  «"^d^.  '"cl.  ,.^  i,.  fi,„  ,,p^' 

!3ee  "summary"  of  Dec,  '86, 


N.  L.  .0  New  Haven      , ,  2      Ro  ,     , '"""  '"'"'^i-''-''-  at  New  Londur 
•  a»=ij,  131-2.     Koutes  between   N    M    ,    i  -r 

.ween  N.  H.  and  N.  Y.,  ,33.,.     Up  the  N     ^LkJ  I,       "''°^'''  ■"-^• 

.43..       he     arn-inston  valley,  .,3.     from  th^^      '  ''''' 

explorat.ons  of  S.a.en  Island,  .56.  "  B  Cu"  e's  "  n!  '  1  S^'^e-books,  ,54.5,  ,53.  ^  ,g, 
words,  ,nc,..;oo  in  fine  type.  From  Z...  ;  ^  ^ZT^'m  ^^'^'^ '"■'-■ '«5 ;  6300 
2S,  -82.     See  pp.  84,  86-^2,  ,7,  5S3.(,  )  "'  '^""^  ^^'  ^  •   ^^X  -^o,  '8, ;  Mar.  24  and  July 

S.atfSojSt:;;:::^.^.'"'^'^^?^   hills.  ^5C.nS:    Nota^.  map  by  the 
CoasUn..  ....3.     MorriL^::';,:;^;^  D^  ^^^  wr  g""  ^  '"^  """^^  ^i^in^-dist^^c'^^ 

and  Ft  Lee,,r,s-S.  Elizabeth  a„d  New  B  swick  .6.  r^"' n'"'  ^"='^™"' "-^ensack 
bur,',  .69-7,.  "Z.  &  S."  tourto  Greenwood  -  kl  .  '  s  '''•  ./^"'•'"•''  "°«hward  to  New- 
.7.-3.  Tow-path  from  Easton  to  Hacket"  ow  ',  n  \T  •  ''"""'"  '"^  P'"'-:--'P'-. 
•■-'-■'  -  ,  •'-'veitstown,  173.    Basaltic  columns  of  Orance  Af  in     . 

-ensne  Road-book  of  Pa.  and  N    I    "  ,„  s     7p,  '  ^^'^■ 

in   finp  ,.,„.        c-.__.  ,  J'      '77-8-     (Electro,  in  June, 


Mjps  and  gin'des,  174.8. 

'85;   13,250  words,  incl.  4850  in   fine  tvne        P.V  ,     "    '  7"*  "'  ■''      '""°-     (E'ectro.  in  June 

From  the  lake  down  the  valley  ,0  Hudson    .So!^      0,  '„  '     r      ""  '^'''  '"  '-^^  ^""'^''ills,  .8;.,. 
t-r  to  the  lake,  .92-3.     Poughkeepsie  to  V    V     io.  7l  f  '  T'""  '""'  '"■     '  ^-  &  ^" 

a.on,  the  river,  .,7.     -.  Hi,  ^our  "  tour   „T    fl/.  WalP  P  "   ""'^°"',:'^'     '^'^^  ^^^^^^ 

a.  -"ecS'.:?'T£^:L:":S,!;^:if  ^;  ^ ^-^^^^     ^"^'^--  on  the  tow-path 
The  Rid.e  road  along  Lake  Erie   20.-^     ir  T     Cananda.gua,  202.      Niag.tra  ,0  Buffalo,  203 

Water  Gapand  acros:  N.w  Je  'v  f  v'  if  ^T.r  '"  TT""'  '"'■  ^°"  '"^^  '"  "«^'- 
■•n  J>n.o.'85;  6,50  words,  incl.  ,„  of  fine  vp  '  F  V;  ,^  ^T  "  °'^=""' ^°^-  <'^'^-- 
XVI.  NI.AGARA  AND  SOMF  Yv^ZT^.Z'  ^'''  '''  ^"'"^  ^'  '"•  '^'  '8>) 
Trenton  Fans.  2o>,o.  Sut^-^-stions  'rthl' A^^  WATERFALLS.  200.-3:  Utica  to 
-^.  Geneva  Lake  ,0  Avon  SpHn"  1  ^^^t'T'^'^^''  T"'  '^"^'"''=  '^  ^^^^^  '-'". 
2.7.  Report,  from  Nia-^ara  ,,c  '"•'  R;!r  ,  ^'"'^  '''"''^  ^"^  '^^  fails  at  Portape.  2.3-,4, 
'h^  -.enesee  Falls  and  thf  Ka  .e.skiP     '.      R„  r'r'  "'f "  '^  ^-•'-'"'  -5-     V^ses  on' 

'he  Erie  r.  r„  Cornin.  to  Bin.h   m  o;\'  1,,^"^::;  TJT'^  T'  ""'"''"'  '"  '^     -^'""^ 
bnrre.  2.0-20.     Weather.  hotnU  ,„.,  -..l.  J^'     ^'."".'^. '^e  Susquehanna,  Towand,         Wilkes- 

ern   New-York   Rmd-Bonk,"  22,-,      (Fl^r''  "'r'""  ',""  '"'  '"'"'  "''     Abstract  of  "  West- 
'ype.     From  the  ;f^,/««„,  j„,  ^83/3^:';;  '^.l^^l''  '«5  =  -,800  words,  incl.  5400  of  fine 


^^^ 


I 


XII 


TE.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 


XVII.      KENTUCKY   AND    ITS   MAMMOTH   CAVK,  224-237:      How  the  Bue 

Grass  Region  welcomed  ii,e,  on  the  first  summer-day  of  '82,  224.  Coviii^.0.1,  Georgetown  n.d 
I,ex;i>gto  1  ,-6.  The  midnight  moon  li;lits  my  way  to  Harrodsniirg,  227.  Crawford's  Cave 
and  th_.  bnttie-fi.ld  of  Perryville,  22^.  Rain,  mud,  and  brook-fording,  for  a  groc  ■ry-store  sup- 
|)..'r  at  Lebanon,  229.  Springfield,  liaidstow-  and  New  Haven,  229-30.  Acros?  the  clay 
Kulches;  the  hard-st  day's  journ.y  ,n  four  years,  230-31.  IJy  train  and  «a;on  to  Mamiroth 
Cave.  231.  An  escort  out  from  Louisville,  232.  Frankfort,  Genrgetowi,,  Pari.ard  Mi.lersburg 
233.  Blue  Lick  .Springs  to  Maysville,  233-4.  (leiieral  advice  and  speci.il  praise  for  the  limestone 
p.kes  of  the  Kentucky  hills,  234.  J.  M.  Verhoeff's  summary  of  450  m.  of  road  explo.ed  V 
hmi  (s^counties  of  Indiana  and  9  nf  Kentucky;  in  brief  trips  from  Louisville,  257.  (LL-ctro.  i.^ 
June,  '85;  9200  words,  incl.  2500  of  fine  type  in  the  V.  report.  From  the  IV/uelm.Tn,  Oct., 
'83.     Se.-  "  summary  "  of  Dec,  '86,  p.  590;  also  pp.  486,  ^)^l.) 

XVIII.  ALONG  THE  POTOMAC,  288  245:    Centennial  inspiration  of  this  'S.  tour 
238      Frederick,   Hagerstown  .nd  WilPamsport,  239,  2,3.     Benighted  among  the  bed-bugs  01' 

the  brick  house,"  239.  By  canal-boat  through  the  tunnel,  240.  Tramping  the  muddy' tow- 
path  (with  hunger,  solitud.-,  f,.g  and  d.irkness  as  attendants)  to  Cumberland,  240.  A  path  of 
pain,  also,  in  returning  :  Harper's  Kerry  to  Washington,  24..  Description  of  the  Chesap-ak- 
&  Ohio  canal,  242,  243-4.  VV.  H.  Rideing's  sketch  of  '  The  Old  National  Pike,"  242-3  \n 
•83  tour  of  ,000  m.  by  a  pair  of  Southern  cyclers,  244.  Ohio  men's  ride  to  Was'liMi-ton  245 
"Picturesque  IJ.  &  O.,"  245.  (Electro.  i„  June,  '85;  5S50  words,  incl.  2S50  of  fine 'tvpe 
Prom  the  Bi.  H'orld,  June  23,  July  ,4,  '82.       See  pp.  384,  497,  590,  782  ) 

XIX.  WINTER  WHEELING,  246-254:     Its  general  advantages,  246.     New  Vork 
to  Port  Chester,  2,6-7.     Across  Connecticut,  24S-5..     Mv  6ooolh  mile  finished  in  a  snow-storm 
251.     Christmas  excursions  around  Springfield,  252.    Blown  to  Hartford  in  January   253      Brad- 
ley's chart  of  the  Springfi.-ld  riding-district,  254.     (Electro   in  June,  '85  ,   4900  words,  incl.  500 
of  fine  type.     From  the  H'heelmm,  May,  '83.) 

XX.  IN  THE  DOWN-EAST  FOGS,  255-281  :     Independence  the  distinctive  charm 
of  bicycling,  255.     Why  I  onc3  sacrificed  it  for  the  pleasure  of  the  discomforts  which  b-'ong  to 

touring  in  a  crowd,"  256.    E'v,ll's  glowing  prospectus,  257.    The  three  dozen  "  partiHpants  " 
m  this  earliest  of  cycling  excurs  ons  on  a  large  scale,  257-8      Steamboat  ride  from  Portland 
259-     Stnrt  of  the  cavalcade  at  Eastport,  and  "  first  blood,"  260.     Good  c'inner  and  bad  rain  at 
.Jobbmston,  26..    Alone  I  wh-el  to  Calais,  262.     Fascination  of  conquerins  the  mud  and  storm 
263.      Humors  of  "  personal  journalism  "  on  the  border,  263-4.      A  day's  halt  in  the  rain  and 
fog,  265.     The  making  of  boots  and  language  m  Nc  .   Brunswick,  265.     Dancing  through  the 
stormy  night,  266      Adieu   to   Calais  and  its  charmers,  from  the  steam-tug's  foggy  deck    266 
Second    dinner   at    Robbinston,    ar.d    a    ghostly    retnrn-ride   to    Eastport.    267.'    Steamin- 
through    the    mists     to     Lubec,    268.        Voting     for    Grand     ALinan     and     getting     Campt^ 
bello,   269.      An    agreeable   afternoon    on    that    island,   270.      Blazing   sunshine,  at   last    for 
the  ride  to  Machias,  27-2.      The  p!easu:es  of  I-told-you-so  and  of  Sunday  loitering.  272-3 
My    only    "  square "    headers   in    eight    years'    riding,    273-4.       Scenes    from    the   homeward 
steamer  s  deck,  274.     Mt.  Desert  as  a  place  for  gratifying  the  "  club-run  ideal,"  bv  a  long  and 
tiresome  scramble  for  "  mileage  "  over  the  rocks,  275.      Details  of  our  actual   sera  nble  '  illus- 
trative of  the  general  report,  "  Six  b.mt  handle-bars  out  of  a  possible  ten,"  276-8.     Mornin^ 
J.-iunt  to  "  the  Ovens,"  278.      Happy  finale  of  the  tour.  279.       Pictures  of  its  scenes  and  of  the 
participants,"  279.     Explanation  of  my  own  rule  against  giving  away  mv  likeness   2S0      The 
discomforts  of  notoriety,    280-8,.     A   personal   photograph  worth   publishing.   28..'    Map  and 
guide  to  Mt.  D.sert,  28..      .Electro,  in  June,  '85  ;    i6,.)oo  word",  incl.  2.00  of  fine  type       Pp 
275-9  ^re  from   the   Sf,ringfuhi  H'heelmc's  Grz^tte,  Julv,  '85,  and   pp.   2'o.,  from  the    Bi 
World,  May  22,  '85.     See  "  summary  "  of  Dec.  '86.  pp.  573-^  ;  also  pn.  765.^  ) 

XXI.  NOVA  SCOTIA  AND  THE  ISLANDS  BEYOND,  282-294:  Mvsteries  of 
the  custom 5  rules  and  the  express  business,  282.  Yarmouth  to  Weymouth  in  the  rain^  282-3  A 
moist  p.cmc  of  the  Acadian  French,  283-4.  Digby,  Annapolis  and  Kentville,  284-5.  Grand  Pr^ 
and   Windsor,  286.     A   rainv  ride   thronsrh  ilm   fr,r<.si  t«   ifnKfav    ~<t.      v.,..: t    ti      .     , 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


.  .  xiif 

stal.sMcs  of  the  co.st  route  to  Yannouth   2SS    ,n,      c. 

^«S.     Description   of  Pn,.c..   Edward   ,;,  S.  ^^     ?::' 7'"' ?  ?«=  ■^'-'^  "^  Cape  Breton. 
wM,dsa„dru.,y.oads,.,..     Impressions  of  Ha  .Tax  ad  its  •'r'^^"'''  "'"^^''^'^  -^  i- 
mry  of  .he  fort„,g,u>s  tour  and  its  varied  eujoylmt      ,    *■"»'        '""'°'''^''"'^'"  ^"-     «"- 
(fc-lecro.  .n  June,  '85  ;    8000  words,  incl.  70c  of  fin      v^'      p        ^r"''"'^    g"We-books.    ,,3. 

XMI,  S I-RAIGHTA WAV  FOR  FOHVn  ;;,<;'  '■  ^"  PI'  33°.  636,  790  ) 
;".dd,e-a,e,  .,,  Longdistance  .onri.^l^reLnil'  '"'■'"' ^  ^'^^  ''"^'-^^^^  '-- 
"".f :;»  '"  "  -"'  l-ee,"  ,55.  Gradual  grow  h  o/jhe  id  M  "'',  '•  "'"'"'^  "'"'  "^  '""-"'^ 
.-■■  from  Michigan  ,0  Virginia."  3^.  Mil  ag"  ^  i '!  "'^  '  ""S'"  '-•«=  -  monumental 
of  .  e  weather-changes.  ,,^.,^.  tZ  rain-sormM  L  r  ^""''  '""''  ^'^'^  S-n-y 
--Is,  .,;.     Mud  and  moisture  in  cross.ng  N  w  V  Jk    "  S      P  ''"'""'"'  "'■"'  ^'i-^- 

^y-'a».a.  .99.  Indian-summer  haze  in  Vi^^inia  ,0^  7  ^"^/"'^^"'^  snow-.qualls  in  Penn- 
fir^t  long  trail  in  cycling  history,"  300,  S«°  r  d  ^in  O  ""^"''  ""  '^''"°  "'^^'''''  «»'>  "  'he 
.nem,  30..  Outline  of  the  obJect-lLons  w  ,  ^  L^"'  ^T  ^  '  '""'"""  '°  ^  '^  ")">■ 
Potomac.  30..  Distinctive  intellectual  charm  o  cT,o  '  "  v  """  ""^  ^'^  ^^*^^"«  -'^  "'e 
crcumstances  amid  which  I  completed  "  the  fi^  Amer  c  ',  ^"7  '"""''  '°'-  ^""^  -^ 
away,"  304.    The  sensation  of  triumph    ^s  'JZ  i    T  '"''  "^  '^  '^""''"'^  -"iles  straight- 

scone  in  aU  mv  travels  ^->n.l  ,h  '"  "'^  ^'^'^"  o'  "  H.  H    "  ,oi     Th     ,       ^'" 

■  ^  ^'^"d 'he  only  one  whicl' this  hnni,  ...  ^^'    -f^ht^sTangest 

'■'S  ).  305      Falls,  night-riding  and  mishaps  o   tl     for     ^   '"':^'  "^  "■  "'^'"^  '^-^  "  "-^^-P^h"- 
306-;.     Clothes,  shoes  and  baggage-supplL    30        m','''.''' ^°'-^;     P^-'-'-'g-al  observations, 
ounng  „,sa,iable,  30;.     My  comp'iime  ts  to  'the  phv    s  /t"  '°""^^r'''^  '""''•  ^"'  '"^  ''-  « 
o.n,„en,al  wheeling  as  an  equally  respectable  game    or  f    "'m  "f  ''°''"'"'  ""'  '"^  P"'-  "' 
life,  as  portrayed  by  paraphrase  of  George  A  nokPs  "'-'■  "^^     '^''"^  ■'^^«'  "'  a  quiet 

words,  incl.  600  of  fine  tvpe.      Ftrst   ha  f  f^       el "'""'  '°^-     ^^'"•™-  '"  O^'-  '85  ;   .0  6<» 

riding,  fr„mVLs^o?o'tTlVn"Jhtlafa:Ti[^^  ^'''^"^  f-  - -■  of   swif. 

cumbersome  customs  regulations  against  bicycl  'ng  3  '..  M  '  "'''  "'  '  '^'""^^  *"  ^■^-<^'''» 
C.odench  and  Mi.chel!,  3,.-.4.  Pr.s.  Bates's  "e^o  "in  N  f  TJ"'  "'"  '"  ^°  ^.-London, 
Hanulton,  3.4.  C.  H.  Hepinstall's  ,00  m  strai^hnwa  '  "v  '  ™*''^  ""''  ^''^--"^  -"^ 
...Western  Ontario,  3  .s-.ft.  Summary  of  mrfoni^^'mr'  '^™"^ '"-'^'^' -P°«s  of  roads 
e..d.ng  n,  the  frosty  moonlight  of  eariy  m^n,  3  ?  "^'^J'  l'^,,  ^"  «°--  -  '"  Toronto, 
.o.>fl.c.,  ,g  r.ports  from  the  twc  Chicago  to  ;i  ,1  '  ,„e,  r""'^  f ,  ^'^™"'°  ---^--ders,  3.8-,,, 
b;->  ween  Toronto  and  Kingston,  3.0  De  ils  o  fi'  .  /"  ''  "  '"  "^'^  '"''  ^^^""^ 
Cobourgto  Kingston,  3...,.     Bio^raphv  of  th  ^'f   Am.r.can   straightaway  road-race 

men's  Canadian  tour  of  Aug.,  '85  "3 "      '    olr  '  V'  ""    "°'"'  ^""^^     ^lencal   whee K 

f-m  K.  to  Prescott.  to  com;iete';he  n  i  of  6  "m Tt;:  t"""  """'''""'  '''■'■  '^-'"^"  -'^^ 
3^5-6.  Routes  to  Montreal  and  to  Ottawa  and  7,'  "'r'""^"'  <^^-^.-  "-ade  by  me  in  .4  Hays 
Je.ikins,  Ottawa  to  Montreal  and  SoreT;;  S  "'t.^-"-  °<  ^^  3.6-7.  Tour  of  F  M.  S.' 
0"eb^c  330.  The  firs,  bicycle  trail  in  t'he  Western  \v'm'°  r""'  '''■  ^''^""'-^  f-m 
^'■^.v  of  ,S;4,  330.  Description  of  the  "  C  W  A  C n^  P  'T  -^  "'  ''""'"''''  ""  "  ^'""■"■•"■■ 
3^0-3..  Maps,  33,.  (Electro,  in  Nov  '8-  •  "^ ■^^^'''''^'-J'^"^  ^"<^  ^""'mary  of  its  routes, 
/-.  A    ,r.  Bu/i,ti,.,  Nov.  and  Dec,  '85;'   lluri^^jt'  T      "'"^  "'  '"'  '>'P-     f™- 

^a,f^Sve™^i:::Lt:r^-™---^   .KIDCK,  aaa..:      Kingston 

;;■•;•  Jervis,  340.      Reporld  Ze's^tnc?:.  '/ „"::   "   "r''''''  ""'      '''---P-^  - 
Delaware  to  the  I.ehi..h.   ,.,       t,..   .,."  """  .""''^""  ""^  'o  Scrantnn,   ,.0.      F.n^  .k. 


xiv  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


:  nobis  "  Valley  pike  "  to  Stnunton,  344-6.     Topography  of  the  Slienandoali  region,  fi 
Pond's  "  Canipai-ns  of  1S64,"  346-S.     Tour  of  \V'a,h:„slo,i  ,11-1.  in  'ii,  {run.  Harper's 


om  G. 

erry 


the  nobi 

E.  Pond  =  ^.u..i,...i;„3  ui  1004,  340-3.  lonr  01  wa,n.iiglo.i  nun  in  'ii,  [rum  Harper's  •■ 
to  the  Natural  Bridge  and  back  to  W.,  34S-9  My  own  pedestrian  trip  to  the  liridge,  34,;-5o. 
Suggesled  combination  of  r.  r.  routes  to  the  Uridge  and  Luray  Caverji,  350  i.  Other  rcj  <,rltd 
roads  in  Virginia,  351.  Military  maps  in  "  The  Campaigns  of  the  Civil  War,"  352.  (El.ctio. 
in  Nov.,  '85;  14,200  words,  incl,  O500  of  fine  tyi)e  First  part,  from  Springfield  niuclnunt 
Gctz-tte,  Djc,  '.S5.     See  pp.  29S-308,  sn-yo,  4S6,  4^5-8,  578,  5^.) 

XXV,    THK  CORAL  REEKa  OK  liERML  UA,  3«a  370:     A  winter  invitation  from 
Maine,  353.     Geography  and  topography  of  the  islands,  fnsn  various  authorities,  354-6.     Maik 
Twain's  ailuring  account  of  the  coral  road?,  356-7.     Ouv  .iir-vai  at  Hamilic.n  on  Sun(!ay,  35S. 
Sunset  and  moonli-ht  a'ong  the  Nortli  road  to  St.  George's,  35).     The  South  road,  31:0.  '  'Ihe 
Midd:.-  rord  and  Somerset,  361.     My  race  lor  the  return  steamer,  362-3.     Incident's,  expenses 
and  conditions  of  the  ocean  voyage,  364.     Pleasant  impression  of  the  blacks,  364-5.     I'rnise  of 
"  the   incomparable  L,qiiot,"  365,  367.     Almanac,  maps  and  guide-books,  366-7.     Exact  details 
of  the    process    called  "  free  entry  "   at  the  New  Voik  t.  vist.  m  House,  36S-9.     MycomjanKn 
appeals  against  our  unjust  tax,  and  wins  a  new  djcision  from  the  Treasury  Department,  36>j-7o. 
This  d.-cision  classes  passengers'  cycles  as  "  personal  effects,"  to  be  admitted  wiihout'duty  or 
delay,  370.     Four  names  for  wheelmen  to  bold  in  graceful  memory,  370.     (Electro,  in   |an.,  'S5, 
exc-'pl  the  List  3  pp.  in  Dec.  ;   11,600  wo.ds,  iiicl.  i  joo  rf  fine  type.     From  Sprhis^ficld  \Hieel- 
me„'s  Gizcttf,  Jan.,  'S5,  except  the  las    3  pp.  from  0:itins,  Mar.,  '85  ;  reprinted'iii   Tricycling 
Jouruil,  of  London,  and  Austr.ilian  Cycling  .V.-ws.    The  fust  15  pp.  were  issued  as  a  panipl.let 
—  1000  ill  Jan.  and  2000  in  El!    ,  '35-for  the  attiaclinn  of  subscribers.     See  pp.  -06   710   7.  o  ) 
XXVI,     HULL  RUN,  LURAV  CAVERN  AND  GETiySBURG,  STl-Wo:    kn'A^ 
tour,  inspired  by  my  hope  of  seeing  "  one  good  parade  of  the  League,"  371.     Throni;h  Philadel- 
phia  and  Delaware,  372.    Stuck  in  the  Marylai.a  mud,  373-     (^ood  riding  from  the  s'.squehanna 
to  Baltimore  and  .-.Uicotl  City,  3/3.     By  Cl.irksville  pike  to  Washington,  373-4.      Fairfax  Court 
House  and  CentervilL-,  374.     Across  the   Bull  Run  batlle-fi.lds  to  Warrenlon,  375.     Washing- 
ton's  environs,  as   reported    by    W.    F.    Grossman,  376.       liallimnre's  subinban    routes,    37;. 
Springfield  clerks'  tour,   Ne.v  York   to  Washington,  377.      Susquehanna  tow-path,   Havre-de- 
Grace  to  Columbia,  37S.     My  muddy  advance  from  Warrenton  and  passage  of  the  Rappahan- 
nock, 378-9.     Sweet  strawberries  at   Sperryviile  before   I  climb  the  mountain,  3.79.     Thunder 
and  lightning  c.  I  brate  my  four-miles'  desccit  of  the  ISlue  Ridge,  380.     Luray  and  its  Cavern 
contrasted  and  compared  10  Mammoth  Cave  and  Natural  Bridge,  3S1-2.    Over  the  Massanutten. 
381-2.    Broiled  frogs'  legs  at  Mt.  Jackson,  3'?3.    Down  the  Shenandoah  to  Harper's  Ferry,  3S3-4.' 
From  the  Antietam  to  Gettysburg,  3S4-5.     Sunday  morning's  reflections  in  the  National  Ceme- 
tery, 385-6.      York,  Columbia,  Lancaster,  All  ntown  and  Easton,  3S6-7.      The  1000  m.  circuit 
which  initiated  "  No.  234,  Jr.,"  3SS,     H.  S.  Wood's  swift  ride  from  Staunton  to  Columbia,  and 
other  excursions,  3S8.      His  summary    of  the  Philadelphia   riding-district,  including    rules  of 
Fairmount  Park,  3S9-90.      Artistic  and  literary  treatment  of  the  '69  vfloce,  390.      (Electro,  in 
Dec,  '85;    14,400  words,  incl.  7200  of  fine  type.       First  part,   from  Sprivgfield  ir/iechnen's 
Gazette,  Jan.,  '86 ;  last  paragraph  was  crowded  out  from  p.  404  of  "  Bone-Shaker  Day.s."     See 
pp.  I  •'2-3,  23S-45.  .HI-.53,  4%,  495-S,  578.) 

XXVII,  BONE-SHAKER  DAYS,  391.406:  H  the  Wonderful  Year,  "  ,869," 
rolled  in  on  a  velocipede,  391.  The  load  of  obligations  wh-  bound  mr,  a  Senior  in  Ya'e  Col- 
lege, to  waste  no  time  in  trifling,  392.  First  experiences  at  the  rink,  and  decision  to  resist  its 
alhiremints,  393.  A  sidew.ilk  visioii-of-beauty  on  the  twn-wheeler  scatters  my  prudence  to  the 
winds,  393.  I  submit  to  destiny  and  become  a  vclocipedist,  39*.  The  old  white  horse  whose 
ghost  I  sent  galloping  through  the  newspapers,  39;.  Proof  that  the  undergraduate  world  forms 
the  or.ly  real  and  universally-recognized  aristocracy  in  America,  396-7.  Trustworthiness  of 
"journ.-.lism,"  as  shown  by  eight  variations  of  the  fictitious  "  hor.se  storv,"  397.S.  The  bone- 
shaker welcomed  at  Yale  in  1S19  as  well  as  in  '69,  35''-9-  The  Yale  Lit.  ^r.^gaz■■ne's  careful 
chronicle  of  the  three  months  which  marked  the  rise,  decline  and  fall  of  velocipediiig  at  New 
Haven,  400-2.     Other  testimony,  from  Goddard's  scrappy  book  and  the  newspapers  oi  '  ,9,  402-4 


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XV 

^s<.e  also  p.  390).     PosKoUegiate  reminiscence,  of  th-  Pl.l,.  • 

bone-shaker,  i„  -;..  a.  ,1„  Crystal  Palace  dog!s„owt-N !'"*''  '7'-  "^^  ""="  '"=>'  °'  'h. 
••  -mpornn^  .he  first  .ubbcr-.ircU  bicycle  into  ,he  Un  ,  ^,  .  ^  "i  '"  ''^  "'"^■''  '  '-''-^''  »' 
Kland  in  April  of  ',6.  40O.      (Klectro   i„   W    t  """;     *""'  '  ■^•"-^  """"^  f'-"  ^n- 

>.alf  fro,,.  ^.^:u.  /^W«.V,  Ga^^tU.  Sep!"  '  !  ^^T^r^  '  '"tr^  "  "'"  ""-*•  "'"' 
Oct.,  -85;    r.prin.ed  also  by  /-..^c/.,,;  /  «.w    nl^  ^7'"   '^'^'^  '^''-'''''  "^   London. 

XXVIU.    CURL,  THE  UEST  oTuU^  ooSr^  4l-^"'r:^"'  ""^-  -'  '«»  > 
and  e,>v„o,.,„,„,,  40;.     The  gentle,  of  hearts  beneaM,.f^'  ''     '^"'""'  characteristics 

ances  and  ■'  ,x,n,ts,"  ,0,  General  i.npres  ,on  Zll^T  """°'  '°''  ''^■^^""''  ^P»'-- 
of  /'«.X,  ,0,.  Leaping  through  the  window-Trss  2  ,h  """:'  f.'  """"^^'  ""'  ""^  »-« 
..o  Relations  with  Lack  Jacic,  ostensible  rd^V'U. "'-A  T  ",•"=""='  """'•" 
tended  barr,  r  for   bravery,  4,,        Verses  nf  I.  f       .  ^  S'^"^'"   *'^""  as  a  pre- 

Raffianisn.  towards  a  pair  ll  ^^ .''..e  w  I  .g"  r^^  ^  '"^  "."'^''"^  ''°=^  "'  "-  %h.,..  r.. 
fata,  fascination  of  fi.-.orics.  ,,.  Conv:ft  ^^  'rest  ^rT'L'V/^-'''^^'"-^'  ^'^^  ''' 
movements  4.3-14.      Winter  sport  with   sno«  cnv^       T,  '"'  ''"""  "°'^"  ^"d 

boating  and  swinnning,  4.,     A  furtive  d  i.Z^  A  '''"'°  ^"^ /'<•-"«.  ^'4-      Hatred  of 

wards  the  cn.s,  4,6.  Tricks  in  food-takin  "  4  ;  '  'ccl  >T"'":  ,  ''"'"'"•■'  """»-•-""  '<>- 
4.7.  Kxpl„i,s  ,s  a  fence-jumper  and  he:<  1.  4  7''./"^,  ]'"  '"""T'  '"  ""'''  ^^'"<="=' 
eater,  4,8.     Victorious  over  the  woodchnrk  l„„  T   .  ^*  "  ''y-'^^'cher  and  candy, 

"y  .he  elephant.  4.S.  The  w.^U  fl'a  4.  "'T^'f  '^  "^  '^"■"'^'e-bees.  4.8.  Abashed 
Religious  rites  with  -he  saw-horse,  4.9.  k  fetich  of\lT  <  T  "  ""'"=""°"'-"  ''iversion,  4,9. 
.ratified  by  head-bumping,  4.,.  bL  ,  and  ^1  '  ^'p^';  "'  '""'";,  ^  ^'"""'^  =''<=--- 
sfrnng  t.n.es  of  '6..  433.  Rare  lapses  from  v  rTu^  path  1'  "S  \  ''  "  ^^■'"°"»'  "  '"  ">' 
I'V  po.son,  4...  Dislike  of  .nirrors  and  bed-chamb4  4  ''  o  ,  ,  ""^  ''""^"'  "'■^P-^'^'^'l 
and  v,s,ons  in  sleep.  4.3.      Deliberateness  of  r  tirtl  for    h  ."      """°'  "^'"^  P"-^"'-"" 

.oken  o   „:d  a,e,  434.    Refusal  to  tarry  in  a  world  which  m       ■'"'     '  '"'''■      "^'"'"^  P^^''^^  ^ 
-l.an  to  ■•  crcling."  ,.4.     E.xceptional  .obr.,,io    fo"    |     n  ""  ^"""  "'""^ '°  "  ^^^""8 " 

I-.,  on  the  final  nl.ht,  4.5.      Dead,  at  the     Is    of     o  or       "'"T,  "'"'  "^^  ''"'^  '°  ^"-^ 
words,  incl.  3..5  of  fine  type.     W.iuen.  July'.;  o  A   "  r'-r''    I''-"'"-  "'  ^"^'^  ''^  ''  "'^ 

~^^^^i,T::^^^  -■«.:      Karity  of 

pared,  43.,.;.  The  only  two  modern  cities  whose  1^^  "  '\''""'""  ''""  ^^^  '^-'^  com- 
and  renders  individual  Isolation  possible,  437  The  "r^'r  "'  ""•^•"  ""^  ''^"^^  "'  '-•^'■'v 
traced  by  a  quotation   from    Howells,  4;;/     U^^IT     "^T  ''""'  "^  ™P"sonality  iUus- 

-  .,ed,uddingof,helea.,.censorio  scityonthtr  .T'^'  """"^^  "  '"  "^-^  --- 
,<^o'lese,  '  tn  Theodore  Winthrop's  novel  of  ,S6,  4:5^  r'  '  v.""""''""  "'  "'  ^'  "  ^""rvsalis 
1  l.ree  oth.r  accounts,  in  .S^o,  43..      Historv  of  \V    k  '""■•  ^'  '''^  "'  ^^'^"<^^-  '"  "^'>6,  430 

pa.!.e.ic  pictur .  of  i,  .s  -« the  ,nost  d  ■       S    "•  4T;      tT"v  r^^'  *'"   "'"''  •^'^-'^  -- 
qunre,  ,„  .,,s,  433.     Pictures  and  statistics  of    he  Hu  d        '"     '"""''  ''■'^"""■""  "^  •'^' 
Its  corner-stone  laid  in  .S33  and  its  chances  of    ndowf      -  T"  '"  '"'°"  ''""""^  "°^''^'  «4. 
37,  «3-4.     A  more  massive  and  in.pcsi  .Tcoll  f'    ,''"''°^='^  ^'  "'=  ^"-"^^^  Pa-  ic  of 

;h^,Wes.rn  Wo.ld,  434-5.  Dream  of  Ih!  ,n  r  ah  ^^-^^  "^"^"^'^  ^^^"  ''"°*"  '^ 
JeK.  by  the  .nflu-nce  and  cash  of  several  powerfu  Tc"s  L  ""l'"'''"''''"  combination  "  up. 
between  the  "  University  nf  the  fitv  of  M  V  "  h  .<,'  "•"■.  ^"^"^"  confusion  of  identity 
"Collegeof  theCitvofN   Y  "  and  th-,t  n,l,  ^,      """'"'■^">'  "'  "''^  State  of  N.  Y.."  the 

'-er:,i,y  by  its  friends,  4,.      N    1  o         f      r.::  j'^^'^"'  ^''/^^^  '"  "^  ^'V  ^hich  is  called 
4,V,.     A  meritorious  Institution,  but  Wf^    h  i:;"'^'  '"'  ""  '"''  "'  '''"^'  ^'--.ion, 

■wo  hundred  students  and  instructors,  wh  I  ,v  h  o,  -  i  s  h^l,  '  '"""'  "■''"'^'  '"^-  ""^^  "- 
"f  the  thirty  or  fortv  nerm.inen,  „.,„.'..    .  o     v!  ^   ^^  '"''  '''^'  ="  '''  '^'"■■'k  ^"^  "'e  iden.itv 


m^rSk%im^.m-^^ 


XVI 


TEA'  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  BI^^XLE. 


Dreeme,"  438-9.  :sketch  of  I'heocorc  Winthrop,  439-40.  Tlie  mystery  of  so.''tude  protects  the 
Building  from  the  incursions  of  the  evil-minded,  440- 1.  As  regards  us  relations  to  womankind, 
441-4.  "  Castle  "  and  "  Custom  "  contrasted,  444-  "  -Social  pressure  "  in  England,  which  ob- 
literates  individual  freedom,  445-S.  Testimony  of  Hainerton,  Burrow  and  Nadal,  44f)-7.  The 
lattc  's  showing  why  "society"  car.not  exist  in  Anurica,  44S-9.  Relentlissncss  of  servants' 
tyranny  over  the  wealthy,  whether  their  envronment  be  aristocratic  or  democratic,  44<)-5Q. 
Evils  of  hotel-life,  45°-  Disquieting  social-shadows  cast  by  the  peculiar  system  of  street-nuin- 
bering  in  use  on  Manhattan  Island,  451-2.  t  ifth  .Avenue,  as  described  In  'S5  by  J.  II.  Howard, 
jr..  453-4-  Brief  escaiK-s  from  the  "  servitude  to  serv.mts  "  gained  by  a  resort  to  the  woods,  or 
to  the  constant  changes  of  travel,  454.  :  he  only  house  in  the  world  where  the  yoke  of  con- 
formity need  never  be  worn,  45..  How  the  simple  savagery  of  the  Far  West  may  be  enjoyed, 
with  less  expense  and  discomfort,  by  the  solitary  camper-out  on  Washington  Square,  455.  Ai. 
elegant  and  elaborate  system  of  liviiis  also  possible,  without  abandonment  of  impersonal  con- 
ditions, 456.  The  janitor  and  his  assistants,  457-^,1.  Contrasts  pointed  by  "the  niiKhty 
concierge"  who  tyrannizes  over  I'aris,  45S-9  Lack  of  conveniences  and  of  good  business- 
management  atoned  for  by  s-ifety  and  independence,  4()o-i.  The  inspiring  fiction  of  sole 
ownership,  402.  Rarity  of  personal  contact  among  tenants,  463.  The  Nestor  of  the  Castle, 
464.  Artists  and  ccUege-bred  men  its  chief  admirers,  465.  Pleasures  of  undergraduate  life  re- 
called without  Its  labors,  466.  Peace  secured  at  the  Castle  wiih:)ut  the  sacrifice  of  companion- 
ship, 467.  Hamerlon's  remarks  on  the  compensations  of  solitude  and  independence,  467-9. 
Bohemianisin  and  Philistinism  contrasted,  469.  Visit  of  the  Prince  of  Wales,  in  iS'jo,  to  this 
"  freest  spot  in  free  America,"  46<>-7i.  Analogy  between  the  lUiilding  and  the  liicyde,  472. 
Poem  by  Robert  Htrrick,  472.  (Electro,  in  Sept.,  '85;  31,700  words,  incl.  11,700  of  tine  type. 
Written  in  Sept.,  '84,  and  Aug.,  "Ss  ;  se  •  p.  710.  A  special  ed.  of  1000  copies,  on  heavy  paper, 
with  cover  and  small  picture  of  the  Castle,  li.is  been  published  and  will  be  mailed  fur  25  c.  each  ) 

XXX.  LONG-DI.STANCE  ROUTES  AM)  RIDERS,  473-aOl  :  Thomas  Stevens 
and  his  8000  m.  trail,  of  1884-5,  fi"ni  California  to  Persia,  473-4  (see  also  pp.  570-2,  for  ad- 
ventures of  '86,  in  Afghanistan,  India,  China  and  Japan,  completing  his  round-the-world  tour). 
San  Francisco  to  Boston  in  '8.;,  475-80.  '  iverpool  to  Teheran  in  '85,  4S0-3.  Comparisons  be- 
tween his  three  years'  journey  and  my  ow.i  three  years'  task  of  putting  together  this  book,  483-4. 
Hugh  J.  High's  'S5  tour  of  3000  m.,  Pennsylvania  to  Nebraska  and  back,  4S4-6.  Long  ride  in 
'83  by  Dr.  H.  Jarvis,  486-7.  St.  Louis  to  Boston  in  '85,  by  (1.  W.  Baker,  487-8.  Ohio-to-Bos- 
ton  tours  of  '80  and  '81,  48S.  Illinois  to  Wyoming  in  '82,  by  Will  Rose,  489.  A  July  fortnight 
of  '84  in  California,  by  H.  C.  Finkler,  48i>-gi.  Vosemite  Valley  trip  of  '85,  by  the  Rideout 
brothers,  491-2.  Notable  all-day  runs  in  California,  '7910  '05,  491-4.  W  B.  Page's  summer 
exc.irsions  from  Philadelphia,  '82  to  '85,  494-9  (see  also  pp.  574-8  for  1400  m.  tour  of  '86). 
Eld»rly  and  "  professional  "  tourists,  499.  Southern  trios'  tours  to  Sp  ingfield  in  '85  and  to 
Boston  in  'S'i,  500.  M.  Sheriflf's  Manchester-Montreal  circuit  of  700  m,  in  '84,  500.  E.  R. 
Drew's  routes  in  Ohio,  501.  W.  P.  Cramer's  three  days'  straightaway,  501.  (Electro,  in  Jan., 
'86:  26,000  words,  incl.  only  250  of  coarse  type.  Stevens's  ride  to  Boston,  pp.  473-So,  was  printed 
in  Whrrlme't  s  G.izf/te.  Jan.,  '87:  and  the  rest  of  the  story,  pp.  4S0-4,  570-2,  in  Feb.  issue.) 

XXXI.  -STATISTICS  FROM  THE  VETERANS,  502.530:  Difficulty  of  persuad- 
ing  men  to  prepare  personal  records,  502-3.  C.  E.  Pratt,  503-4.  J.  G.  Dalton,  504-5.  L.  J. 
Bates,  505-6.  C.  A.  Hazlett,  506-7.  W.  V.  Oilman,  507-S.  L.  H.  Johnson,  50S-9  (see  also 
530,  5S8),  J.  W.  Smith's  tabulation  of  20,000m.,  July,  'So.  to  Dec,  '85,  509.  R.  D.  Mead,  509-10. 
N.  P.  Tyler,  510-11.  H.  W,  Williams,  511-12.  S.  H.  Day,  512-13.  T.  Midgley,  5;3-is.  W. 
L.  Perham,  515,  T.  Rothe,  515-16.  A.  S.  Pardons,  516-17.  W.  Farrington,  517-18.  E.  A. 
Hemmenway,  517-1S.  B.  B.  Avers,  518-19.  N.  H.  Van  Sicklen,  519.  F.  E.  V'ates,  519-20. 
O.  J.  Taylor,  520.  T.  B.  Somers,  520-1.  J.  D.  Dowllng.  c2i-i.  G,  F.  Fiske,  522-3.  Y.. 
Mason,  523.  W.  R.  Pitman,  523-4.  H.  E.  Pucker,  524.  I.  J.  Kusel,  524.  A.  Voipig,  525. 
E.  II.  Corson,  525  (see  also  577,  670-1).  A.  Bassett  and  J.  G.  Dean,  525-6  (see  ^lso  6^)3-5).  H. 
B.  Hart,  526  (see  also  660,  678).  My  unanswered  letter  to  C.  D.  Kershaw,  526.  A.  Ely  and 
'V.  G.  Kendall,  526.     Greatest  American  mileage  in  '85  :    J.  D.  Macaulay's  6573  ni.  and  C. 


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TABLE  OF  CO.^TEi.  iS. 


xvii 

Nr  (;e>ocl,Ws5c-6m..5,7.     j.  p.ey„„,H,  ,„d  ^j,^  W    F    W  w 

Ka.hercr  m  '85,  5,5^.      J.  w.  Hdl',  long  „av  i„    '  n,  ^^"'^ks's  467,  m.  a,  .  new,. 

S.eph.Mson,  5..,.3o.     L.  B.  Crave,.  V.  A    FUH     A    f  n   V''      "^^  ^^  ^^""""'''  5^9-      J.  V 
«'.r„l.a.n.  530.     Tri.  record  of  5,5    „,   ^s     k   '.^ '  '"•""'  ^^  "^^  ^"''^'"''  ^"d  E.  !• 

■n  Jan..  •S6;    .5,500  word,.  ■JZ^ZJ^li^'-^l:--  "'  0-n.^  53o.     (Klecro. 
'«<•'/•!  r?^z<-<,^,  .\I.,r.,  •86.)  *P*-       Pi'-  So<-7,  from  Sprin^fitld  UhrrI 

)"-nal,s,,  report,  .0,053  m.  covered  i.f 'S,  and  7J^'  "'  ^^  T'S-^""-"-  a  I.o,^o„ 
"■■  -/'''f-dKradua.e  of  'So  and  a  U.y;^^^^:^"  "  >■""•  "-3.  H.  R.  Reynold, 
-ly  of  ge,.n,g  abo,„,  533.  "  Kned,"  a  w  .od  en-  ra  ■  r  '  ,  '  T"'  "''"''''  "  ""  "— -•" 
npen-a,r  spin  for  3  years,  «,„,  onlv  5  e.xcep.l,  Clf  ""'  ."^"-'s'"^''.  -i">-  a  dailv 
..«dw,n   a. Manchester  W.ler.  takes  a   .TTay'.   ot"  °'  '"''''"•' "^"^       "'< 

...ncCnsh.refartner.  ro„s  np  53,3,3  n,.  in  a  de  e  "3,  /  T  T't"'-^'  Z'  '■"•  •^'-  '^^-"-  ^ 
C.,  covers  3600  m.  nf  separate  .....d,  i:,  a  ,  years'  re'cnr'l     f    I  "'"""'  °'  ""^  "overstock  C. 

•■ondon   lea,her-d..le..  report,  30,.. .  n,.    nTvears   i "  '•°"  ■"•  "'-^°-     ^"-'>  "'Ves.  a 

more  than  ,.«  successive  Sunday  rides,  5,0^/  '  R  p  ''  "''^^-  "'  "  ""«''  '•'^'"-  ^^'^y^'e  -nd 
'"  ^  -^■"■•■;;  •^''"'•^-'  by  -on.h,  and  snppL,en.ed  bv  o,h  """ T  *""'''  "'"^  ">■  "^  *""'"'« 
54.-3.      Reports  fron,    Ff .  T.  Wharlovv   .,"1        7i  "^'  '"=°"^'  "^  ""=  '^''''i"  B.  C 

V-s  .  and  W.  Hinns,  a  Salford  draper.'  JT.I  ^  "^  '     '"'"  ''    "^^   ^^   "™*"-   '^'°«  -•   - 
nd.ns,  40,3 .9  m.,  by  Rev.  H.  C   Courln  ■    v'  r  w  ^  '"'"'  ^^^     '^'°""''y  '^-We  of  „  years' 

"M  .S.  Wha.ton.  ex-cap,.  Can!  J^li'; '  ,  C  """•p'n  ■'^""  ^-"'--d.  .o,;LT. 
.7.4.9m.  ,n  '8,.',,,  5„.5.      .,^^^  a  eoums-'f "'•    /\^^'^^"^''  36  monthly  tables  of 

Rushvvorth,  of  Bradford    c ,5       .„„  '^""""'s       f™'"    F.   W.   i^ock.  of  Bristol   and  P     H        ' 

ences.  and  who  intends  to  print  a  book  nt  ,  e  t';;'  t'  \''''  ''"''  °^  cydin/ex'peri- 
nsh  country  gentleman,    Wm.    Bowles,   5,6       H     F  h     •  '    ^' '  "'^"^''^    M.-o^m.,  of  an 

/' /i^^/.«^,  546-8  (see  also  689-no)      H    S  ,  ..   '^"'"'"•"•°".    projector   and   proprietor  of 

;">-;U^.".  ....thor  of ..  Over^th"  Pvrenees  ^T,;-  Th'  '"'f'T'  ^^^^  ^'^  ^'^  W     A 
---books,  55a    G.  L.  Bridgman'.  S.  Goide    and  G  tT  ""■  "^^  ''"'""""'  ^"""^"^  "' 

I  «.h,  of  Ivan  Zmertych.  a  young  Ma.^yar  ,-,  „  p  r'"'  "''  ^"'"  '"  '«3,  London  to 
v..  3.,  '84,  Saxony  to  Naples 'and  b  '  ^i..  Tj/T  '''"^'"  "'  ^"°  ■"'  J-  «  "> 
,  rr M  •  '.^r^'  "'■  '^-•'e-edal  ride  o  '8,  "  1'"°"  "'",?  ^^-^  ^""-^  """nnd 
553.  ^otabIe  ndes  in  '8s  bv  (•  H  R  r  ....  "^'  ^-""'P°°"""g-^!stance  men  ofs. 
[o-nath  annual  winners,  •„  ,0  'S5  ,-^  P  j'  ''"^  ^^  "'  A''^"'  ^-^d  others,  554  Londm  ' 
V3  .0  '86.  554-7.  '.V..nde;  ul  cr  :.  ountrvTh  ,  'T  '"'  ""^  '"''"^  '--  Job  O'CW  " 
nde  .n  p  ,^,      •^t^STR.^^rsS^^^P  J'^^.'V's'' --,  •-'!:^'  "'^^     ^='->'s  '-r  n-' 

;:■■--  -3  m.,  svLrt^.s:::;:trJ::kir.°^  f  ^-  s.3.;"  .^::^.';;, 

'-.  I..    Budds  and  J.  F.    R„gg,   ,6c  6       Th     1  ^      '         '  '"  '^'^  ^'-  ^^"  by  A.  Fdwards 

;tawc.,  to  Sydney,  made  i'^M       ^6    bv   m'tI  '7'''''"^^  •-''  ^  Australia      ^r. 
Zealand's  advantages  for  cycling    5^6  7c,    /        V  '^'    ^"'^  C.    H.   Lyne,  565^       nTw 

'fiir  n  '82   and  of -i       5'  5™-7,  S7o  (see  also  652).       I    F    V,^..;.'  '  ^"5-"-      ^ew 

»2,  and  of  ,00  m.  riders  in  '84,  5C7      f    r,"„   .  ^^'  ^  accntmt  of  2.2  „, 

f-ng  ndes  from   Christchurch   by   H     r     TenkV      "  7^ '"^  """■  ="   "^=  ^'"^^  "f  '^3  5^^' 

''"wn's    ,2   n,ontl,s'  recoH  of  So  ■*  ''"'^  ^-  ^^    Pointer,  568-0       W    H  i 

-'-  of  .85,  569-70.     Gu  ..:,";;;,:  -f  J^'^Vcle,  including  a'  ^o^of  ^s  m  itTht 
^'evens's  round-the.w...^  .„...  .    T  ^"'  'be  Ant.pcxles,  570  (see  also  6.=.6l      rJl.JP      ,'.'= 


xviM         TEN  THOUSAxVD  MILES  ON  A  DICYCLE. 


'87  ;  37i35"  words,  incl.  only  300  of  coarse  typo.      I  irsl  3  pp  ,  ii<  OutiHg,  Au-.,   '84  ;    Ust  j  pp. 
Ill  HhettmiH  s  Gi'ztttc,  Feb.,  'S7.) 

XXXIIl.  SUMMARY  IJY  STATES,  673.5C02  M.iine  imUx,  573.  F.  A  Elwcll's 
K<.Miiit.-Uji.  .iii>l  M.K)s.'luM  1  I.ak-  parlies  ol  '^(-5,  5/;-(  VV  li.  Ri^i-'-,  'Sr,  tour,  574-5.  Guide* 
and  maps,  575.  New  llampaliire  index,  575.  Vaiious  tourisu'  reports  ui  wlieclii.s  in  ihe 
White  Mliu.,  '81  to  '06,  575-7.  Guides  and  maps,  577.  Vermont  index,  57S.  Various  rrportd 
from  \\\c  lircen  Mins.,  IJonn.  Valley  and  Lake  Lliani|)lain,  578-9.  Massacliusutt.s  index,  57i>. 
My  latest  explorations  around  Springfield,  at  end  of  'So,  57>-Ho.  Kcference-bocks,  5S1.  RluKie 
Island  and  Connecticut  indexes,  5S1.  My  '86  ride  acros.s  Conn.,  with  oilier  rtj  orts,  5S1-J. 
Ni-w  York  ind'.x,  5SJ.  Corrections  and  changes  for  [he  Kmjj.sbridgo  region,  5SJ-3.  New 
ferries  .old  r.  r.  lines,  58,-4.  "  Long  Mind  Road-Uock,"  581.  Latest  reports  about  Central 
Park  and  Prospect  I'ark,  5S5-6.  Club-house  changes,  5%,  Palisades  route  to  Nyack,  and 
g(H)d  road  thenco  to  Suffern  and  Port  Jervis,  5S6-/.  Chautauqua  Lake  and  Piiflaln,  587.8. 
New  Jersey  index,  5SS.  Recommendation  of  t,ast  Orange  as  a  pL-asant  place  for  ladies'  !■  s.son« 
in  tricyclin;:,  5.S3.  P^-st  routes  between  Newark  ind  New  York,  5SS-.}.  Pcni'.syUania,  Dela- 
ware tnd  Maryland  indexes,  58;.  District  of  Columbia,  VIr-inia  and  Kenlucky  iniiixes,  590. 
Scheme  for  a  Mrai^lilaway  race  tlirough  llv;  Shenandoali,  590.  Kentuiky  routes  by  P.  N. 
Myers,  590.  Time  and  sjiace  cut  short  my  roll  of  States,  590.  (Wiitten,  Nov.  22  to  Dec.  31, 
'86.   Klectro.  \n  Dec,  'S6,  and  Jan.,  '87  ;   16,000  word?,  incl.  only  300  of  coarse  type.    See  p.  710.) 

XXXIV.  TIU:  TRANSPORTATION  TAX,  S'Jl-OOO:  Important  distinction  be- 
tween r.  r.  and  s.  s.  baggage,  591.  Power  of  each  individual  tourist  to  r.-sist  an  cx.ra-bapgage 
tax  on  water-routes,  591.  S.  s.  lines  pledged  by  me  to  the  free-list,  592.  League's  arrange- 
ments with  a  fjw  s.  5.  agents,  593.  Scheme  of  r.  r.  trunk  lines  granting  concessions  to  League, 
594.  Alphabetical  lists  of  r.  r.'s  which  seek  the  patronage  of  bicyclers,  59J.  Rules  and  limits 
for  handling  bicycles  on  r.  r.  trains,  595.  Tariff-charging  roads,  596.  Lib.-ral  policy  of  South- 
ern lines,  597.  Free  carriage  in  Canada,  55S.  C.  T.  C.  table  of  r.  r.  rates  in  Great  P.ritain,  598. 
I'ractices  of  the  Pritish  s.  s.  lines,  home  and  foreign,  599.  Customs  regulations  of  France, 
Switzerland,  Germany,  Belgium,  Holland,  Italy,  Mexico,  Canada  and  the  U.  S.,  599-600. 
(F.Iectro.   in  J.ily,  '86;    8goo  words,  incl.  only  50  of  coarse  type.) 

XXXV.  THE  HOTEL  QUE.STION,  601-014  :  My  hatred  of  ilie  bcd-bng  and  hum- 
bug policy  called  "reduced  rates,"  601.  Testimony  of  ll'/ueling,  Bi.  ll'orU  and  others 
against  the  C.  T.  C.'s  cheap  device  for  securing  cold  victuals  and  contempt,  602,  ^4.  A  plea 
for  League  influence  in  r-  sing  the  standard  of  country  taverns,  603.  The  special  comforts  and 
privileges  needed  by  touring  wheelmen,  602,  604,  606,  614.  Landlords'  estimate  of  jiatrons  who 
ask  fc  "  the  leavings,"  605.  A  reformed  formula  for  hotel  certificate,  605.  Distinction  be'ween 
city  and  coimtry  hostelries,  606.  "Special  rates"  proper  for  special  cccasiii.s  cr.ly,  ^-07. 
Analysis  of  I'le  "C.  T.  C.  tariff"  for  Great  P.ritain  and  France,  607.  Proof  that  it  is  more 
expensive  than  the  standard  $2  rate  ot  America,  60S.  California's  certificate  against  "  League 
hotels,"  6o>  List  of  towns  whose  hotel-keepers  (146)  have  subscribed  for  this  book,  60).  Rea- 
sons why  it  should  ht  kept  for  consultation  in  th;!  hotel-offices  of  as  many  towns  as  possible,  610. 
Restaurants  and  lodging-places  in  New  York  City,  611.  Index  to  holels  named  in  this  boo!', 
612.  A  plea  for  quiet  bed-rooms  and  portable  bath-tubs,  614.  (Electro,  in  July,  '86;  i.j,ooo 
words.     See  later  testimony  against  the  "  danger-board  hotels  "  of  the  C.  T.  C.,  pp.  639-41.) 

XXXVI.  THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  WHEELMEN,  Cl.->  C33:  Organized 
at  Newport,  May  31,  '80,  to  protect  cyclers'  rights  upon  the  road,  615.  Padges,  616.  Annual 
meetings,  '81  to  'S6,  616-18.  Geographical  statistics  of  membership,  617-18.  Evolution  of 
L.  A.  It^.  nulii.  ' I  from  Di.  World,  !f'/>ye/ and  amateur  gazette,  618-20.  Facts  and  opinions 
about  this  official  weekly,  620.  Two  chief  arguments  for  the  attraclion  of  members,  621.  Sum- 
mary ot  constitution,  622-4.  Form  of  application  for  membershi]),  including  the  definition  of 
"  amateur,"  624.  Road-books  published  by  the  State  Divisions,  625.  Pnnphl.t  issues  of  the 
I.<ague,  625.  Local  eUction  reform  by  the  New  York  Division,  626.  Seven  annual  boards  of 
executive  officers,  iSSo-87,  626.  Committeemen  and  State  officers  in  service  Oct.  30,  '86,  627. 
Exuulsion  of  all  the  swift  racers  for  offtMulintr  arralnsi  "  amateurism  "  ''••'*      I>r,u,.>rl<.<:ct^oec  nf 


\j£Dtj^^iJ 


Table  of  coxtents. 


xix 

cm,  C  yclMV  Union  "  ,or-.ed.  ,„  help  .he  SpH^M  ,'  '  ^^''^NS.  «WI^a.    ..A„,eri- 

"cl-K  rules  ^,,.     Ka.lureof pro.n,  euT^    f.'^ '.rrr'"'' '''•     ^'-•«"-<'"  -d   road- 

,"■ ■■;«  ^  '"'■•••  ^.'^-  su„...^ ./• ,  rn.i.,^:tr '■;' "u'T' •"  "^  '■''''-''  -^^^ 

f-rors-  ,cMin,ony  n.,ai,„,  i,.  -  dangcr-board  hotels  "tl'  Hna,  "  """  !"''  ''■'"'«"■  "'"•  •'^"'• 
...lor,,,,  concrn,-  64..  .„  .ocial  s.a.u,  i„  A,„  r  ca  {!',  Al  h"  '""f  "*  "  "  '■'-P'"'iv. 
-  Apr..  '8S  645.  Local  a,.d  se„eral  office,,  fheK'r  ,''  '■''^'"^.""'  ''•^'  <>'  i'»  councilor,, 
a.Kl  •S6,  6,6.     Ohiec,-,  and  ,.ode  of  goverZ      6  I       .•       '     ^^T^  '>^''^--  l'"'""."  '8 

.lan",cr.bo.„d,,  650.  Wheelmen',  union,  i„  Germ.nv  MM  f^  """"'■  '''^"'•>-'  ""''-i'  •""■d 
New  Z...l,,„d.  Australia  and  Ireland  ^v-.  mir  "";^;""'' ."^'s'"'".  France,  S«„zerland, 
f.om  ••  \VI,  .elnien's  Reference  liook,"  pub'  M  'v'^"'  "c     "  '  '" '  ^^''^  «-'^»-     »'«>  pan. 

XXXVU.     LrrKRATURE  OK   TlIK    w,?k.m"„':V'''-^''"''^''> 
a.lver,.siuK  of  all  book,  and  paper,  devo.ed  ,0  cvclin'    ;,?;"?'  ,  ^'■="'""'  '°^  '^'  '-« 
)"'>">als,  A..,,.  ,.  -86,654.    American  book,  and  r,in,n  l,"         \  "'  '^""™-''"  =""*  ^^"g'^^h 

Amencau  CyciuR  Press  in  An,.,  V,   66,  n!.';    .  )-"alis.ic  cemetery,  655-60. 

advertisi...  pr„u,  i„  Amenca.'  ^n-S^      E  Hisif  o         '''""""'  "'  '""■"•  P''"'^'"'='»  ■■""<  ""'" 
Australian  journalism,  6S«.^.    C  "t^ent.^^  e^^^^^^^^^     IT  'V''!-  ''-''■     "^"''^^  ^^ 

'"  '^"'-■-  '■--'  ^T'  .  '«f-.  wi.h  correction,  in  r  ee  ' ' ''T    '"""=•' «"'<'".  7oo.    (Electro. 

XXXVIII.     THIS  1KK)K  OK  MINE    AND  TMKMr'^n''''  "''  '  ^'"^ 
and  wnrnin,,,o..     Unique  pecuniary  idea.    70,      Gerl       h  '•  "*•"     •^'-P'-"""" 

and  mfluences,  70,.  Arrangement  wi'h  c"  Pone  t,,  M  T""""""'  '°"  ''^"^  -""- 
prophecy  from  l.oston.  704.  H.w  "  ,00  -  fixed  me^or  ..^""  .^"''•"'^'  "'  P^-PeCu,,  70,.  A 
c.nvass,  ;o5,  K.,r,.al  promi,e  .0  fi,  ish  '  Ttr  "  •  '7'  '"'■  ^""^"^  "^  "-"•"  ""V 
l.elpatSpringneld,;o6.     Defense  of  the  ,^W.  fee  ad"  "f  "''   '"^'^°"''  ^°^-     ^"-''' 

ton  a.d  elsewhere.  70;.  Ineffectiveness  of  .nel^,f"\'?.  ,/"^' -^""""S'--  Hos- 
■rnde."  70,,.  Progress  in  writing  and  elec  rotvn.nr'"  w  f '  '"'■  '"''^ff-^ce  of  "  .he 
7.0.     Co!.  Pope's  reply  .0  second  propta       'r  "co't^d  °^""  ^'""''"^^  ^^^'-S  ^o.. 

H..rmlessness  of  my  "Columbia ''  adv  ;„  fndef  d'"""",  "  '""""'*"'  i'"^«"'  7" 
Objections  to  gift-taking,  7.3.  Need  of  ^r  v., e  he  „  and  ""  '"  '''"'"  ""^  P"*""'  'J' 
of  road-book  making.  7,5.  Proposals  for''"  My  Wnd  Te*;: 't?"'"  ^.'li  """'''  =""^  '°"'''"°- 
sona  stansfcs,  7.7.  Hint,  ,0  authors  and  publishe  T  '  tT""';  ="''■  ^^^l""' ^^^  per- 
a^v,"  7.8.  The  doctrine  of  intelligent  selfishn  ss  ^  'n  H  7  """"^  P''"  =""'  "»  "  f^« 
«■-/</ experiences  as  a  non<o  ^peLr  7.,  n  '  'u  "'  '  ^''  '"''"^^  ^"^  '""""K-  7^o. 
f-"  genealogy,  7...  Preference  C  mil  and  sp  da  7. ';"°"  '^^,  '"''''•  ^"-  '"--'-, 
7^4.     Anecdo,eofGen.Grant,7.,.      Dehy  and  f  '  ^'f'    '"^"'-'^  beyond  my  wishes, 

■cal  interruption,  736.   The  ran  J  of  n,  '^  ""'"''  '^^  "side-issues,''  7=5      a  polit 

.        '/■="•    *"<=  range  ot  mv  acquaintance   7->6     "  r  ;.  •.  •"      '*  P""t- 

7=7.     1  he  stgntficance  of  "  society,"  ,,8      My  'e  "  n.        ,  "'''      '^"^  •''"''  "'"P'-nson,, 

and  „s  compensations,  ,,,.     The  ;iens, Ls  of'    eaC    "      ?'  "'"  "^'"  '  ^'^-     Sincerity 

published  in  the  /.-^l.,/ of  Jan.  5  '3  afd  mv  fr  '  '"'"T"'"  ^'  ^^^-  ^'  •«3."  was  firs 
(n  d..ys  later).  .„oo  on  Oc  .  ,8  (,8  weeks  IdTol  T,  "':"""'  ^""^  ^"^''"^'^  -  Apr.  , 
of  Keb.,  .84,  which  was  5  weeksVom  ,,«'„;';  Hf^he:"  ''  'I''  ^^"'^^'  «"  "^^  '-'"=' 
»s  monthly  growth  from  that  point  may  beZln  l'  ""^ '  '.'f  ="'^-  '■^'  ^'^^  ''  5.9 ;  and 
•■■,;;   ....V    h         -  ' 


'yj-'340i  June,  8s-,43,;  July,  ,,3- 


i~'SUi  Aug.,  2S7-,8oi;  Sept.,  ,4,- 


/J— 07a;  Apr.,  28,— 
47—1948 ; 


Ti:X  TllOUSAMJ  Af/LFS  ON  A  BICVCLE. 


Oct  ,  6s  — joi  J  ;  Nov  ,  Sj — io-)5  ;  I)ec  ,  177— >J7>  ;  J»n.,iii — J184;  f'rb.,  1  ij— ai>)7  ;  M,ir  , 
149 — a6*6  ;  Apr.,  ijq — 17^7;  -May.  101  — iH8«,  June.  X7-  1975;  July,  i]8 — J103;  Aug.,  4b — 
J149;  Sept.,  43— J '9*  i  l>ct.,  37— 3Ja9;  Nov.,  35— 3164  .  Dec,  $4—331*  ;  J»n-.  3»— 3357  i 
Feb.,  1}— 3j8j  ;  \Iar.,  36—3418;  Apr.,  108— 3^16.  Krom  M.iy  1  to  l>ec.  31,  'S6,  there  werr  jo 
accenioiK,  at  fi  jo,  raising  the  total  of  the  "  autofp-aph  edition  ''  to  357<i.  (Klcctro.  in  Feb., 
'*> ;  abdut  ly.o^xj  words.      See  p|i.  794-6,  (or  supplementary  list  of  100  ii.-imes.) 

XL.  DIKKCroKY  OK  WMKtLMfcN.  TUmIW  :  Name*  of  3100  «uli.cribeni, 
Uri.ipe  I  .iccordiiii;  to  residence-towns,  which  are  alphabetized  by  .States,  in  the  following  geo- 
Kr.iph  c.il  ordt.*r  :  Me.,  ij  towns,  4;  aubscribers,  765  ;  N.  H  ,  14  I.,  jo  $.,  ^^)l>  \  Vt.,  14  t.,  47  s., 
7'>«i;  M.iss.,  Sq  t  ,  341  s.,  7^)6  ;  R.  I.,  j  t  ,  ?o  i.,  769;  Ct.,  31  I.,  171  ».,  769 ;  N.  V'.,  k/)  t.,  671 
»  ,  770;  N.  J,  55  t  ,  157  «.,  776;  Pa.,  96  t.,  38a  s,  77S;  Del,  a  t.,  4  s.,  781  ;  Md,  8  t.,  81  s., 
7H1  ;  Dist.  of  Col.,  .,37».,7Sa;  W.  Va.,  4  I,  6  s.,  7Sa  ;  Va.,  10  t.,  17  s.,  7Ra  ;  N.  C.  a  t., 
6  »  ,  7Sa  ;  .S.  C,  a  I,  4  s. ,  73a  ;  (ia.,  4  t.,  ii  ». ,  7S1  ;  Kla.,  a  t,  a  s.,  783  ;  Ala.,  4  t,  la  %.,  783  ; 
Miss.,  3  t.,  4  ».,  78;  ;  l,a.,  ■  t.,  s  •',  7S3  ;  Tex.,  6  t.,  9  »  ,  7S3  ;  Ark.,  a  t.,  7  s. ,  7S3  ;  Tcr.n.,3  t., 
16  »..  783  ;  Ky.,  15  t.,  53  ».,  783  i  <).,  48  t.,  154  s.,  7R4  ;  Mith.,  -.1  t.,  66  s  ,  785  ;  Ind.,  ai  t.,  60 
1.,  78$  ;  I.I.,  as  t.,  116  s.,  7S6-7  ;  Mo.,  8  t.,  25  s.,  787  ;  la,  '4  t.,  ao  s.,  7S7  ;  Wis.,  11  t.,  16  »., 
787;  Minn.,  13  t.,  aa  s.,  787;  Dak.,  3  t.,  5  s.,  78S;  Neb.,  a  t,  a  s.,  788;  Kan.,  14  t.,  ai  s.,7S8; 
(Ind.  Tor.,  o);  N.  Mex.,  i  t.,  1  s.,  7S8 ;  Col.,  4  t  ,  9  ».,  788 ;  Wy.,  3  t.,  9  5.,  788  ;  Men.,  3  t., 
5«.,  788;  Id.,a  t.,  14  5,  ;88;  Wash.,  3  t.,  3  s.,  788;  Or.,  8  ».,  a8  s.,  788;  Utah,  a  t.,  7  s.,  788  , 
(Nev.,  o  t.,os.,  7S9);  Aril.,  I  t,  I  «.,  789  ;  Cal,  9  t.,  aa  s.,  789  ;  Ontario,  ai  t.,  79  s  ,  789  ;  Mani- 
toba, I  t,  I  ». ,  7i>o ;  Ijf^ljcc,  I  t.,  5  ».,  790;  New  itninfcwick,  a  t,  6  9. ,  790;  Nova  Scotia,  9  I., 
37  ».,  790;  Uerinu'^a,  3  t.,  5  s.,  790;  Mexico,  i  t.,  i  s.,  790;  F,ngland,6i  t.,  138  s.,  790;  Scot- 
land, 6  t.,  la  s.,  79a  ;  Ireland,  51,7  s.,  792  ;  Coiitinent.il  Kmoiie,  9  t.,  9  %.,  79a;  Asia,  4  t., 
4  ».,  79a  ;  Australia,  la  t.,  86  s.,  7(93  ;  New  Zealand,  5  t.,  a4  s  ,  794.  SuppUmtntary  List  0/ 
Subicribers  (Feb.  to  Nov.,  '86),  794-6.  Triiie  Dirfctory :  Alphabetical  list  of  122  subscribers 
in  whose  offices  this  Ixxik  may  be  consulted,  t/>-t.  (leograpliical  list  of  the  same,  798-9. 
(Electro.  March  to  May,  '86,  except  last  six  pasts  in  Nov.  ;  aa,ooo  words.) 

XLI.    THF:  last  word,  SOO:      Pliiaforic  chant  at  the  League's  first  annual  ban- 
quet, Newport,  May  31,  '80.     (Electro,  in  Nov.,  '86;    100  words.) 

A  summing-up  of  the  estimates  for  the  41  chapters  shows  a  total  of  585,400  words,  whereof 
j6a, 400  are  in  fine  t;  e  ("  nonpareil  ")  and  223,000  in  larger  type  ("brevier").  I  have  esti- 
mated the  latter  at  600  words  to  the  page  (44  lines  of  14  words  each),  and  the  nonpareil  at  900 
words  to  the  page  (53  lines  of  17  words  each),  except  that  the  66  pages  devoted  to  subscribers' 
names  have  been  credited  with  18,400  words  /ess  than  the  latter  estimate  would  give  them. 
The  half-dozen  blank  lines  at  the  fop  of  each  chapter,  and  the  short  blanks  at  ends  of  para- 
graphs, arc  fully  offset  by  the  repetitions  of  chapter-t'tles  at  the  lops  of  pages.  Owing  to  the 
great  number  of  abbreviations  in  last  ten  chapters,  I  tiiii.k  their  number  of  nonpareil  .vords  e 
ceeds  the  estimate, — for  my  actual  count  of  p.  497  revealed  1088  words.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  brevier  words  may  fall  a  trifle  short  of  the  estimate, — for  actua'  count  of  p.  35S  revealed  only 
573.  My  printer;  have  charged  n^e  with  372  brevier  pages  ;  and  a  multiplication  of  that  num- 
ber by  600  shows  223,200  words,  o.  almost  exactly  the  result  gained  by  adding  the  chapter  esti- 
mates. Of  the  311,600  words  in  first  39  chapters  (472  pp  ),  all  but  92,60c  are  in  brevier;  while, 
of  the  2;ig,8oo  words  in  last  12  chapters  (328  pp  ),  which  may  be  clnssed  as  an  appendix,  only 
4000  are  in  brevier.  My  own  road-reports  and  wheeling  experiei.c>:.'  nr?  jii  ■•<  t  ail  included  in 
the  181,000  brevier  words  of  the  first  26  chapters  (390  pp.),  which  ^\ftt  .  ''i  77,000  non'  1  e 

words,  mostly  ;iven  to  others'  reports  and  ge.ieral  information  Ti.  <  h.ips.  ,  33  (pp.  473-590) 
are  104,850  words,  almost  wholly  given  to  others'  pergonal  slatistics  ;  and  Chaps.  34-37  (pp.  59:- 
699)  contain  97.550  words  of  general  information.  Of  the  273,800  words  in  last  12  chapters,  the 
29,400  in  Chap.  38  are  the  only  ones  personal  to  myself.  Adding  these  to  the  6800  brevier 
words  of  Ch'ip.  27,  and  the  181,000  before  specified,  gives  a  total  of  217,200  words  which  refer 
in  some  way  to  my  own  wheeling.  Even  if  th?  11,000  words  about  "  Curl,"  and  the  20,000 
brevier  words  about  "  the  Castle,"  be  charged  to  me  as  "  personal,"  my  entire  share  in  the  book 
rises  to  only  24?  >oo  words,  which  is  much  less  than  half  its  text  (585,400). 


^I^S^ 


GRNERAL   INDEX. 

L  ..on  a,  are  no,  named  here  are  indexed  an,on«  '  tL     •        .  '"''"•     ^"=''  =^'-""  "'  me 

."dcxe,  are  n.adc  pro„..ncn.  by  fnli.raccd  ty]^'         ^^  '^"""*  ^•^'"•"  "   'vm.     Other  .pc," 


AbbrevUtlOM  or  the  U.  S..  w„h  index  for 

each  Stale,  Ivhi. 

Abstinence  from  fire-water  and  tobacco,  Ca.« 
"'•  "^  "8,  5J^.  SJ7.  544. 

\i:cidenl»(«,  "/ncidenis") 
.VUIrc.s.hM  of  ,..oc,.  American  cycler.,  66.. 
•^>l-..,.„,R,Kxdusionoffroml      k.  for  sake 

""'"•'•""•^''ty,  7.4  ;.pecimen,  of  calendar, 
a.Kl  catalogue,,  67,  ;  rate,  in  cycling  paoer. 
"S^O^.     (^«-Freeadvertfsi,:;'.r"*' 
AiTKR  Uehr  (verses),  ,5 

Agriculture  a,  a  basis  of  prcperi.y,  30. 
Allegory  of  the  New  YePr,  ■•.869,"  ' 

Alnw.ck  Castle,  Bone-shaker,  a7  39     404 
Amateurlim"   a,  defined   byL    A    w 

''-M,  633;  by  A.  CU,  63,:  bye.  W.  a' 
Oi5.byNc.U..63,S.  Folly  of  at-empfed 
...a  d,s,„,c.on,  in  ,ac.n«.  shown'  by 
"  ^"^"'£-  and  J.  K.  HoKc  63S  v  7 
-•ofa,i.hes.if.racin,t.f:s.Jr: 
f""-,  6„,  649.  Supporters  of  theS.^' 
M„n«d  by  ,h.  London  A„,  650 

American  CycllBta-  Union"  (A.  C  n  ^ 

J-33:    Adve-tof.   asaref!,tSr    l; 
•-«ne•sexpelled■'ama.eurs,•'63.     Co" 
;■-"".    officers  and    ^ove^-nmel  .    6^  ' 
;fi^^..onsofsocialstanding.63..    Scheme 
^.ra..^^.n.erna.,onal   alliance"  of  ..acing 
Americari  Division  of  C   T   T     a    •    -: 
•^■-'".eofGcn.Uran,:J/-''^'"'^^-''- 
Answers  for  i:,e  curious,  4 
Ard.itectnre   of    Fifth    Avenue,  453  ;  of  the 

L'n.verst.y  Building,  4,8-34 
Aristocracy  i.,  .AnuTica,  396   448   ^„ 

Asia.  T.  Stevens-    ride  acros,,  480-3.  570-. 


j^H     Asphalt  pav^„.„ 


-iO.Uy  01,  5S4,  j88. 


Au.tralU.558^,     Book,  ..  J  pap^. ,   . 
*-yti.s,»'   Umon  "6«  "P^P'-'.  5;o. 

t.       ,  '     "S^-     Juurnahsni.  6oh 

Koad-iacei.   ic,w..<       t   1        ,  '">  oyo. 

^.8    ,n.  .•     ^"'^^~^'''<-"  to  book, 

558,  7of^  793-4.     Tourmp,  y^  ' 

AiMtrla:    c  T  c  \t     , 

4H..55.,5S1  ^    ^^^^"•'^'■'''-'^. 

^:ojrvr£r'''''-^'>y-.'-« 

asicedfor.;.^'"^"'-'"--'^™.... 

Autoblopaphie.  of  Wheelmen.  4.,.„,  . 

"^extr  i!:-"^  --  -- 
/"."-ndhistor;r::i::r""""- 

-r:,:::;^ '"'^'^"'•"- "---•». 

"Average    man,"    My  attempt,    ,0    report 
wl,eehngofandfor,he,5o     c,.  '^^ 

,.*•'-•   ^-  <-.  039;  c.  w.  A    61. ■ 
Central  Park,  Q  ■    cs,  .  r     a    „r  ^' ' 

C.  U..650.  ''•^•'^■^•'<"^!  N- 

I     liasgag.  carrying.  ,3,  .7.  ^^^    g 

liaggagemen  :  awed  by  n.ckel-plate  ,0  •  Civil 
.-tn.n.   of,   3.7;Feesfor.8;,;^     ' 

596;  Remedy  for  extortion,  595.    98  ' 

Bagsob;ec.,onaUeonab.cycle   .V' 
«ar.>e.f,  (Gen.   W.    F.)  manly  message    ,f 

forgiveness  to  the  South,  386 
Basaltic  columns  at  Orange  ,74 
Ba.es    (President),    on    p^h^etl    power    of 

m:r:;:^"''"-^°™"'^-«"egover:! 
t;?  AXt^r-- '"  --- 

^mS;-";  ""^--^-t-     and    Land- 
mark.:   Anna;x>lis.  ,85.    An,i.,amT 

n^':5Vl|;'r'--^^^""^--3.B'ri\^: 
n!:2-..!'f.'*.""'."S-     <''".erv,lle,,,4. 

'"*^  ^'a.hmgton,  7,,  Gettysburg,  385^. 


.  t- 


xxu 


7-Zr.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Goshen,  143.  Great  Bethel,  439.  Green- 
wich, 139.  Harper's  Kerry,  2^1,  384.  Jer- 
sey Lily,  168.  !.ak-(;..;rge,  185-7.  Leete's 
Island,  132.  Lexiiigtun,  103,  386.  Morris- 
town,  163.  Newburg,  171.  New  York,  isS. 
Perryvilic,  22S.  Saratoga,  186.  Sliarps- 
bnrg,  3S4.  Sheffield,  147.  South  Mount- 
ain, j;**.  Spiinnfield,  127.  Staten  Island, 
158.  Tarrytown,  76.  Ticonderdga,  186, 
West  Springfield,  127,  White  Plains,  74. 
Winchester,  '345,  383.  Wyoming,  220. 
Yiinkers,  78. 

Bays  and  Gulfs,  Index  tn,  Ixi. 

Bed-bugs  at  the  "  danger-board  bote!'  of  the 
C.  T.  C,"  639-41  ;  at  the  M.iryland  canal 
house,  .'39;   in  Ans^tralia,  566, 

Bed-rooms,  Sn.iliglit,  quiet,  good  air  and  bath- 
tubs wanted  for,  602,  612,  614. 

I'eginners,  I'ooks  of  advice  for,  678. 

Belgitun  :  C  T.  C.  members,  656.  Cycling 
Union,  651,  700.  Free  entry  for  cycles,  599. 
Journals,  699.    Tours,  522,  546,  549. 

Belts,  My  dislike  of,  iS,  22. 

Bermuda,  The  Coral  Keeps  of,  353-70, 
xiv. .  592,  790. 

Bicycles,  Index  to  makes  of,  Ixxviii. 

Bicycling  :  as  a  bridge  to  social  intercourse, 
5,  ,  729;  as  a  chance  for  charade  -study, 
3,  5,  10,  20,  729;  as  a  cure  for  malaria, 
292,  30S  ;  as  an  ini'oduction-card,  14,  730; 
as  a  solace  for  the  solitary,  14,  34,  255,  309, 
729  ;  as  a  source  of  health,  53,  25S,  27S,  295, 
537>  5&S1  6S5-6,  6S8  ;  as  a  token  of  sincerity, 
14,  701,  729.  Business  advantages  of,  501, 
507,  510,  524,  52S.  Cost  of  four  years,  41. 
Elation  in  long-distance  riding,  303.  Knthu- 
siasmfor,  Unique  power  of  the,  vi.,  484,  705. 
Kreei'om,  the  distinctive  charm  of,  255,  472. 
Gracefulness  of,  6. 

Biograpllies,  Index  to  contributors',  Ixxi. 

BiKiiiDAv  Fantasie  (verse),  22. 

Blrihdayd,  Index  to,  Ixxi.  Request  for, 
717-8. 

Blue  Ridge  in  a  thunder-storm,  My  four  mile 
descent  of  the,  380. 

Boat-race  management  at  New  London,  130. 

Bone-Smakek  Days,  391-406,  xiv.,  523,  511, 
543.  547- 

Book  ok  Mink,  and  the  Next  (This), 
701-331.  xix.,  Ixxxi. 

Books  and  FampMets  on  Cycling:   Lists 

oi  Americ.in,  in  the  market  Aug.  i,  '86, 
655.     Descriptions  and  reviews  of,  672-80. 


Continental  publications,  696-700.  English 
books  and  maps,  68 '-8.  Record-keeping, 
Blanks  for,  676-7.  Index  to  all  the  fore- 
going, Ixxiv.  Index  toajthors,  publishers 
and  printers  of  the  same,  Ixxvi. 

Books  quoted  or  referred  to  by  me,  Index  to 
non-cycling,  ixxvi,  ;  index  to  authors  of  the 
same,  Ixxvii. 

Boots  and  shoes,  18,  21. 

Boston,  Out  from,  101-114,  x.  :  Books  and 
papers  of  cycling,  654-9,  662-5,  673-go. 
Clubs,  105,  767,  793.  Hotels  and  horse- 
c.irs,  105.  Indilference  to  my  subsciiption 
scheme,  704,  708.  Irish  .«ea-coast  settle- 
ment, 372.  L.u'dmarlis,  105-6.  League 
parades  at,  371,  616,  618.  Maps  and 
guides,  112-13.  Pembcrton  and  Scollay 
squares  contrasted,  104-5.  Po'ice  ineffi- 
ciiiicy  at,  371,  616.  Prince-of- Wales  pro- 
cession, 471.  Roadbook,  1 1 1,  677.  Scene 
of  my  learning  the  bi.  (March  28,  ■''79),  25. 

Breeches  vs.  trousers  as  an   "  extra,"   17,  22. 

Bridges,  Bicycling  on  the  big,  8;,  203,  225. 

Bristed's  (C.  A)  admirable  defense  of  indi- 
vidual freedom,  727-8. 

British  and  Colonial  Records,  531-72, 
xvii. 

P>fokerage  in  the  New  York  Custom  House 
cxp). lined  in  detail,  368-9. 

Brooklyn:  Clubs,  97,  586;  Fc-ries,  87-8, 
97;  Prospect  I'aik,  89,  92,  585  ;  Routes  to 
and  through,  86-90. 

Bugle  calls  and  tactics,  Books  on,  679. 

Bull  Run,  Luray  Cavern  and  Gettys- 
burg, 371-90,  xiv.,  34S,  350-1. 

California:  Danger  signal  against  League 
lioiels  in,  Locj.  League  road-book  of,  625, 
799.  Touring  routes,  475-6,  489-94.  Wel- 
come to  T.  Stevens,  572. 

Camel-traus  in  Asia,  480. 

Campobello,  Our  afternoon  on,  270. 

Canada,  Mv  Fortnight  in,  3!o-32,  xiii. : 
A.  C.  U.'s  claim  to,  631.  Cursed  by  cheap 
hotels,  653,  320.  Deplorable  customs  regu- 
lations, 311,  324,  575.  New  Brunswick 
references,  2'i5,  270,  274,  790.  Nova  Scotia 
touring,  282-94.  Priiice  Edward  Island, 
290.  Ouebec  to  Montreal,  575.  .Subscrib- 
ers to  this  book,  7S9-90.  Superiority  of 
roads,  297-  Support  of  C.  T.  C,  636-7. 
Tanieness  of  ^ceiiriv,  301. 

"Canadian  Wheelmen's  Association"  (C. 
W.  A.),  633-636  :    Badge  and  motto,  O35  , 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


Constitution  and  government,  6,4  ;  Defini- 
lions  of  socia,  status,  635;  Finances  and 
mjn.bersliip,635;  Fonnders,  ^,34  ;  Monthly 
or^.-.n,  63s,  65 J,  669-70;  Road-b(3ok,  3i5-,r,, 
l^^l.  330,  636,  677.  Railroads  on  free 
lists,  598. 

Canals,  Index  to,  Ixiv.     {Sfe  '■  To«-path,") 
Castle    Soi.ituue    in    thb    Metkopous 

(/.  e  ,  the  University  liuildins;),  426-72    xv 
I  lis'  irentment  by  do;^s,  409,  4',6,  425. 
Ci;nieteii.'s,  Index  to,  Ixiv. 
Charm  of  bicycling,  iv.,  i,  14,  ,-,    ^j- 
Ch .ap  and  nasty  hotel-syslcm'not'cconomical 

606,  condemned  by  C.T.C.  s„fJerers,639-4o' 
Clergymen:     Air    of   condescension,    727. 

I'n/es  for  essays  on  wheeling,  658.     Rela- 

tionship  to  cIleRe  fonndat-'ons,  435      Tour 

'"  5'"'^'''''  ^'J-« ;  '"  f'"^"P<-.  499.     V.I.ci- 

pedists  H.  '69,  39,,  ^03.     Wheeling  reports 

'7'^'  5'2,  5(4,  5^4. 
'I"tl.es,,3,   '^'-".  307-8,  475,  4S5,  494,  508, 

5"'',  537.  552,  5''>5- 
Clubs  (index,  Ixiii  )  ;  Directory  of  Ameri- 
cnn,  765-90.  Drill  books  for,  679  Goy's 
Directory  to  Knglish,  6S8.  Formation  of 
proves  the  sociability  of  cvcling,  ,4.  Houses 
mful.nm.r.,590;  lioston,  ,05,767;  New 
York   and  Brooklyn,   96-7,    5S6;  Philadel- 

Ph^-|,589;  St.  Louis,  652  ;\Vashing,on,59o 
Conchn,g  on  the  old  National  Pike   243  ■  as 

iniKated  on  the  tallv-ho,  iv.,  28.    396       ' 
^oAST.m;  ON  THE  jHRsrtv  H„.,.s',  ,59-78,  xi 

CoUeges  (index,  Ixii.),  as  abodes  of  tl,e;,lv 
rcMl  aristocracy  in  America.  396:  Conduct 
"f  youth  at  N.Y.  U.,429;  Endowments, 
435-7  ;  Fmances  of,  437  ;  Newspaper  treat- 
ment of,  397;   Religious  control  of  4,5 

Columbia   College,  References  to,   ,,,2,6 
43'''-7-  '  ' 

"Columbia.  No.  234,"  3S-48,  X.  :   Axle,  37 
40,  45,  46.     nackbone,  39,  ,„,  43.     n.arl 
'"K^.  37.  40,  42.     Drake,  40,  42.     Bushing, 
40.     Cnm-bolts,   40.     Cranks,    36,    40.    46. 
Handle-bn..   43,   45,    46,    306.     Head,  43 
Hub,  40.     Mileage   memorial  plac.^ul,  4^ 
•^^••--k.  38,  40.     Nickeling,  38,  40,  „,     Oil 
<-"P^    37.     Overlapping.     43.     Pedal-plus 
45,  47-     Pedals,  37,  47.     Rawhide  bearin-s' 
43,336.     "nebnilding"pb„s  .abandoned' 
47.    Repairs,  Cost  of,  4,.    Rims,  45,  ,6,  350.' 
^.^^dles,  37,  4.5.     Spokes.  38,  45,    46,    30. 


■*^pr!nc  ■;- 


59.       iut:^,  V>,  37.38, 


47.  48.     Wrecked  by  runaway  mules,  44, 


XXIU 

Concierge  in  Paris,  Tyranny  of  the,  458 
CoNNHc ,  tcuT.  Shore  and  Hil.-to.  in.  .29. 
M9,x,     248-54  (index,  58,);    League  road- 
book of,  625.    (^.."  New  Haven,"  "Yale 
College.")  * 

Contents-Table,  ix.-xx. 
Co,uras.s  between  bicycling  and  other  modes 
01  Jong-distance  travel,  303 

Contributors'  Records,    Index  to.  Ixxi  ■ 

Rules  for,  71-  ■  •  1 

Convicts  as  road-builders,  355,  563 
Corduroy,  Praise  of,  ,9,21,307 
Costumes  for  touring,  .6-22,  307-8,  47s,  485, 
4')4,  50S,  537,  552,  565.  * 

Creeks  and  Brooke,  Index  to  ixi 

Cl^L,  THE  Ii..sTOK  BllL-IW,  407-25,  XV.; 
Alus,onsto.305,  3,3,  ,7..   p,  _^^^^^ 

ot  (facing  title-iiage). 

Custom-Hoi^e  rules  as  to  cycles:  Bel- 
gium, free  entry  ordered  IVb.  6   '84    jgg. 
li^rmuda,  discretionary,  358.     Canada',  pro- 
l'ibUoryred-tape,Aug.s,'S,,3,,.    k,^,,,^ 
varying  practice,  599,  600.     Germany,  vary! 
ins    practice,   59^.     Holland,   free    ..iitry 
590-     Italy,  free  entry  ordered  June  ,6  '((s' 
600.     Mexico,   ten    cents   a  pound    grosii 
weight  600.    .Switzerland,  varying  practice, 
59.^    United  .States,  free  entry  ordered  Apr 
9,  84,  370;  first  classed  as  carriage,  instead 
of  machinery.  May  29,  '77,  25 
Cu.toms  officers.  Experiences  with,  282,3,, 
■•'  =  4,333.  358,  3^..S-;o,  5, ,9,  575 

"Cyclists-  Touring  Club"  of  England 
(C.  T.  C).  636-646  :  "Amateurism,"  D..fi 
•mions   of,   638,   643.     American    support 
636   642-4;  allusions  to,  6,9.     Badges  and 
uniform,  639.     "  R.  T  C."  .^s  fir.st  named 
6-5,636,644.    Bi.  /^W.A„o(ices  of,  60.-4' 
643-4.     Canada,   Slight  support  given   bv" 
636,643.     Chi-.f  Consuls,  6,6,  645       "  Co 
oper.ative   tailoi.ng  concern,"  6„.     Conn 
cil   of  ,25  IS  constituted,   ilow  the.  6,6-7 
Councilors     i„     Apr.,    '86.    List     of,    645 

Creed"  of  L.  A.  \V.  vs  C  T  C  6 
Custom-Honse  reforms  attempted,'  ;<„',  6^!' 
Danger-boaid  hotels,  602-4.  639-4..  Dan- 
Ker-boards,  643-4,65,.  Divisions,  .Si.e  of 
Jhe37,636.  E.xecutive  power  all  lod.,ed 
in  the  Secretary,  642.  Finance  committ.. 
638.  Finances  in  the  U.  S..  643.  Finan- 
Cial  report  of  'Sr  ^,~~\-.-.^.\    ^.,      _ 

member..  "Amateurism  "  ^f.^jS.    FWry 
confessed  ,n  court  by  the  Secretary-Editor, 


xxiv         rZTA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Ixxxix.     Gazette,  The  official,  641,687,691, 
Ixxrix.     Goverument,  Abstract  of  seventy 
rules  for,  637-8.     Handbook,  682,  637,  687. 
Hotel  policy  denounced  by  Wheeling  and 
Bi.  IVorld,  602-4,  641  ;  by  other  sufferers, 
639-40  ;  tariff  shown  in  detail,, 607.     Humor- 
ous schemes  for  "a  great  fulure  in  the  U. 
S.,"  643-4.     "  f  nternational  "  pretensions, 
644.     League  tolerates  C.  T.  C.  in  U.  S. 
only  as  a  social  sentiment,  642,  644.     Life 
memberships,  644.     London  region  supplies 
a  third  of  the  membership,  636.     Maps,  682. 
Meetings,  637,  642.     Membership  statistics, 
636.     Journalism  denouncr  '     by   the  pre- 
siding judge    of  a   London   ;aw-court,  as 
"  ihe  lowest   and   vulgarest    abuse,"    xci. 
N.  C.   U.,  Affiliations  with,  638,  646,648. 
Officers,   Election  of,  637;  in  U.   S.,  645  ; 
list  of  in  Apr,,  '86,  646.     Publications,  638, 
642,  687-8,  691.     Quorum,  642.     Railroads, 
Tariff   for,    598.     Renewal   list,    638,   688. 
Representative  Councilors, 636, 645.    Road- 
book promised  for  '8/,  642,  687.     Secretary- 
Editor,  Appointment,  salary  and  duties  of, 
637-8  ;  autocratic   power   of,  642  ;  compla- 
cency of,  as  to  badges,  hotels  and  Gazette, 
639>  ^4'>  691 ;  portrait  gallery  uf,  6iji  ;  repri- 
manded  in   court  f(,r  literary  forgery,  xci. 
State  consuls  in    America,   List   of,   643. 
Tailoring  and  trading  accounts,  641.    Tariff 
^r    hotels,   607;   r.    r.'s. ,   598.     Unimpor- 
tant allusion.-.,  601-8,  615-16,  619,  665,  667, 
669,  68i-88,  693-5,  ("^i-yo^i  ?(>$■     Usurpa- 
tion   of   League   functions  resented,   644. 
Voting  for  officers,  System  of,  637.     Weak- 
ness of  perambulatory  Council,  642.    U'/tcel- 
iHg's  crifcisms  of,  602,  639,  641.     Women 
nicnibers,  63S. 
Cyclometers:    Butcher,  114,  127,  135,  147, 
322,  374,  4S2,  50^,  506-8,  511,  517,  519-21, 
524,  526,  52S,  529,  530.     CInircli,  524.     Ex- 
celsior, 12S,  138,  189,  508-11,  524,  528,666, 
714.     Hernu,   546,    555.     Lakin,   37S,  508, 
524,   526-8,  797,   799.     I^amson,  506.     I^iv- 
ingston,  714.     McDonnell,    13S,    149,    237, 
248.325.  38S,  484,  5o3,  509,  510,  511,  512, 
5'3.  5>5-7.  5'9-2o.  524,  527-30,  553,  569,  575, 
714.     Pope,  24,  135,  508,  511,  5,,,  517,  520, 
523,  581.     Ritchie  Magnetic,  172,  507,  511, 
523.     SpaMing,   499,     508.     Stanton,    508. 
Thompr.nn,    517,     533.     Underwood,    508. 
Wealemefna,  533,  532. 


7)elaware  (index,  5S9). 

Denmark  ;  C.  T.  C.  members,  636-7. 

DiKECTORV  OP  Wheelmen,  765-99,  xx. 

District  of  Columbia  (index,  5<;o). 

Dog  as  a  companion  in  touring,  562,  565. 

Dogs,  Anecdotes  of,  in  biograpny  of  "  Curl, 

the  best  of  bull-dogs,"  407-25. 
Dow.n-East  Fogs,  In  the,  xii,,  255-81. 
Down-East  tours  of  '84-'85,  575-4. 
Drill  books  for  bugle,  tactics  and  singing,  680. 
Klectrotyping,  Dates  of,  ix -xx.,  710. 

England  and  the  English,  444-8,  530-60 

636-51,  68S-96,  790-94.  "Amateurism" 
satirized  by  the  Bat,  650.  Aiisiocracy  in 
the  newspapers.  Treatment  of,  396.  Auto- 
biographies of  wheelmen,  531-45,  547-58. 
Hook  of  bi.-tour  made  by  Americans  in 
'79.  673-  liooks  and  pamphlets  on  cycling, 
681-3.  Class  distinctions,  446-7.  Conven- 
tional attempts  at  "  naturalness,"  448. 
Crystal  Palace  doi;  show  of  '72  405.  Cy- 
clists' Touring  Club,  636-46,  681  (see  spe- 
cial index,  "C.  T.  C").  "Danger-board 
hotels  of  C.  T.  C,"  Testimony  of  suflerers 
31,604,639-41.  Diet  of  tourists,  537,  544. 
Evolution  of  bicycle  from  bone-shaker,  402. 
Halifax  has  an  English  atmosphere,  292. 
Hogg's  (J.  R.)  exposure  of  "amateur- 
ism," 649.  Humor  in  wheel  literature, 
Ideal  of,  693.  Individuality,  Obliteration 
of.  445-8-  Journalism  of  cycling,  547-8, 
68S-95,  706.  Land's  End  to  John  O'Groat's, 
53''i  554-7-  London,  426-7,  436  {see  spe- 
cial index).  Longest  19  days'  ride,  535-6. 
Longest  year's  record,  531-2,  558.  Manners 
and  customs  in  social  life,  444-8.  Maps, 
681-7.  My '76  tour  which  i.ever  too)  place, 
406.  Narrow-mindedness  of  business-men, 
484.  National  Cyclists'  Union,  646-51  (see 
special  index,  "  N.  C.  U.").  Newspaper 
gossiper  sent  to  jail  by  Lord  Coleridge,  280. 
Newspaper  prattle  .ibont  the  nubility  and 
gentry,  396.  Prince  of  Wales's  visit  to 
America,  4f'9-7>-  Pacing,  532-44,  547,  553-4. 
Racing  men,  H''ieeiiHg's  social  classifica- 
tion of,  629.  Railroad  and  s.  s.  rates  for  cy- 
cles, 598-9.  "  Rights  and  Liabilities  of  Cy- 
clists," Law  book  on,  684-5.  Road-bouks 
and  guide--,  550,  6S1-S.  Ko.ul  lacfs,  532-44, 
553-8.  Self-suppression  the  supreme  law, 
445  Servitude  to  servants, .,44-7.  Snobbery- 
of  the  middle  classes  shown  by  "  amateur- 

IGir.,  "  050.      --  society  01  Cj-Ciiaia,"  Dl-Kleil- 


ire, ' 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


XXV 


ardson's,  647.  Social  conditions  shown  by 
iiiu-keeping  custom-!  and  ideals,  602;  by 
.ibi  /e  porsonalliies  of  cycling  press,  695. 
Subscribers  to  i,  book,  Attraction  of, 
706;  Names  of,  790-2.  Subscribers  to 
iVhtetmeHS  Gazette,  66i.  Sunday  riding, 
Statistics  of,  541-2.  "  Tri.  Association" 
and  "Tri.  Union,"  in  N.  C.  U.,  647. 
Wlieeling  biograpliies,  472-3.  Worship  of 
wealth,  446.  Wales,  Tourii.  ,673,681. 
Yates  (E.)  sent  to  jail  for  1  r,. 

"  Er  "  a  better  termination  ti     .         •,"  673.J 

Soo. 
Khie  Canal  and   Lake  Erie,  The,  ig-j- 

2u8,  xi. 
Kvarts   as   a   wlker    for   business   only,  724. 
E.-ceniBtion  from  duty  for  tourists'  cycles  en- 
tering the   United   States,    How  my  Ber- 
niud.i  trip  brought,  36S-70. 
Expenditures:     Baggage  and  express,  41. 
Jijrnuida  trip,  364.   Custom-House  cliarges, 
599-600.   Elbow-breaking,  35.   Elwell'stouri 
257.     Fees  to  baggagemen,  86,  96,  221,  596. 
Horse-scaring  in  '6g,  395.    Mammoth  Cave, 
231.     Nova  Scotia  hotels,   2S8,   and  tour, 
292.     Repairs    of    ..lachine,   41.     Riding! 
clothes,   41.     Scotch  tourist,  546.     Veloci- 
pedes of  '69,  400. 
lathers  and  sons  as   cyclers,  494,  517, '521, 

52t,  5J',  564- 
Fees:    A.  C.  U.,63,;  C.  T.  C,  638,  643; 
I-  A.   W.,  624;   N.  C.   U.,  647,  649;   Bag- 
gagemen,  86,  96,   221,   596;   Ferries,  96; 
Horse-car  lines,  86. 
rifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.,  65,  45t-4,  5S3. 
First  bicycle  ride  in  America,  330  ;  in  United 

States,  406. 
Fir;t  "thousand-mile    trail,"  304,   532^    j^^^ 

55'- 
Food  of  long-distance  riders,  4S0,  537. 
Fording  the  New  Zealand  rivers,  568. 

Foreign  Countries,  Index  to,  Iviii. 

FoKTNi.ihiT  i.v  Ontario,  A,  310-32,  xiii. 

KoKTv  Days  Straightaway,  294-309,  xiii. 

Four  name.s  t(jr  cyclers  to  honor,  370. 

Hoik  SKAsnN-,,,N  a  Forty-Six,  24-34,  x. 

France  and  the  French:  Autocratic  rule 
of  the  concier-e,  458.  Books  and  papers, 
6;'^-9.  Cycles  at  the  custom  house,  599' 
f«o-  C.  T.  C.  m-r.ocrs,  636.  Hatred  of 
originality,  46S.  Invention  of  cycling  in 
"Men  time,  i.  I.allernent  at  Anso^-.i.T  .-.t-H 
New  Haven,    ,39-42,  394.     Long-distance 


ndes,  552-3,  558.  Maps,  682.  Paris,  Allu- 
sions  to,  2,  99,  2S0,  403,  406,  426,  44S,  458-9, 
■t'*°.  545.  55 >,  5SS,  5^,  611,  645,  65,,  698-9, 
79J-  Racing  free  from  "amateurism," 
C.8.  Railroad  rates,  559.  Social  ideals, 
468.  Stevens's  ride,  4S0.  Subscribers  to 
I  this  book,  792.  Union  Velocipedique,  651, 
I         6>S.     Velocipeding  in  'tS,  3.;o,  403. 

"Free  Advertising":   Explanation  and  de- 
fense of  the  pohcy,  653,  707,  7,8.     Gained 
by  authors  and  publishers  from  my  scheme, 
fc53.  7'3;  by  hotels  which  give  their  best 
treatment  to  wheelmen,  602,  607,  609,  6,2, 
6m;    by   hotels   which    subscribe   for   thij 
book,  60s ;  by  r.  r.  and  s.  s.  routes  which 
c:ass  cycles  as  baggage,  59,  ;  b  •  this  book 
from  the  cycling  press,    704-g,    7,S-,g;  by 
wheel  literature,  653.     Given  by  Dt.  li^orld 
as  League  organ,  618;  by  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co. 
to  the  trade  in  general,  659,  679;  by  r°icing 
men  to  cycles  which  win,  628;    by  T.  Ste- 
vens to  the  trade  in  general,  <t84 ;  by  trades- 
man  to   cycling  books    and    papers,   653. 
Neglected  chance  at   Coventry,  684.     St. 
^^  Louis  sarcasms  in  Am.  IVIuelman,  671. 
"  Froth  and  foam,"  Racers  likened  to,  v. 
Genealogy  as  a  scientific  study,  722. 
^     r.eo-raphical  miscellany  (index,  Ixiii.). 

Germany  and  the   Germana:  Barthol's 
(H.)  2S00  m.  tour  of  '84,  53,-2.     Books  and 
papers,   697.     C.   T.    C.   members,   636-7. 
Cycles  at  the  custom  house,  399.     Fiske's 
(G.    F.)   tour,  522.     L.  A.   W.   members, 
6,7-'".     Roads,     480-,,     522,    55,-2,     Ste- 
vens's (T.)  ride,  480-,.     Subscribers  to  this 
book,  792.     Wheelmen's  Union,  651,  697. 
Ghostly  whee'''-en  in  the  fog,  268. 
Gloves,  My  preference  as  to,  ,?,  733. 
Gossip,    Distinctions    between    verbal    and 
printed,     2S0;    American     collegians     and 
English  nobility  lied  about  by  newspapers 
for  similar  reasons,  296-7. 
Grandfather's  cycling  record  of  ,7,600  miles 
H.  ihree  years,  ,883-5,  An  Australian,  562 
Grand.ather's  luckless  contract  as  a  cvcling- 

path  builder,  in  1825,  My  maternal  ,So. 
Grant's  (Gen.)  sagacity  as  to  personal  peril, 

.'\necHotc  of,  724. 
Great  American  Hog,  The,  10,  596,  -^,,5,  62, ; 

Road  law  for  checking,  584,  6<'o 
Grfieting  :   to  my  3000  Co-partners  (verses), 


Halifax,  Pleasant  impressions  of,  292. 


XXVI 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Haniorton's  (P.  G.)  reflections  on  solitude 
and  iiulcpeiidi'iice,  <C7-9. 

Harvard  College :    Hartlett's  (Gen.  W.  F.) 

noble  speuL^i  at,  in  1S74,  jS6.  Buildings, 
434-5'  Guide  book  Ij,  113.  Jealousy  of 
Yale,  25,  256.  Newspaper  lies  about,  397. 
Stupidity  as  to  b<)a.-...^c  management  at 
New  London,  131.  Successful  financial 
policy,  437.  Unimportant  allusions,  loi, 
'03.  494.  5 '4.  i>3^>  i^i,  l^T-  Velocipeding 
in  '69,  403. 

Hats  aid  caps  for  touring,  i8. 

Health  is  won  by  cycling.  Books  showing 
how,  6?5-6,  688. 

Healtlifuliitbs  of  cycling,  Lxnmplcs  of  the, 
53,  25«,  :7'<,  295.  537.  S^S- 

Hills  and  Mountains,  Index  to,  Ix. 
Historical   Statistics :    Bermuda,    354-7. 

Brooklyn  Bridge,  86.  Central  P..ik.  92-5. 
Long  Island,  155.  New  Haven,  132  ; 
Velocipei'ing  at,  400-2.  New  York  Cit'-, 
Scttleineiii  of,  64;  University  of,  4335, 
437-8.  Prince  Edward  Island,  290.  Pros- 
pect Park,  89.  Shenandoah  Vall»y  346-S. 
Staten    Island,   155.     Washington    Square, 

64-5.  432-4- 

Hog  who  thinks  the  roads  of  this  continent 
are  his  private  property  {see  "  Parens 
Att:ericn>ius  '"). 

Holland  and  the  Putch:    C.  T.  C.  mem- 
bers,   636-7.     Cyclers'    Union,    651,     700. 
Free     entry   for  cycles,    599.     Long  day's 
"de,    553.     Subscriber,    792.     Tour,    522 
Wheel  literature,  700. 

Holland  (Dr.  J  G.)  as  "  the  American  Tup- 
per,"  Carl  Benson's  exposure  of,  728-9. 

Honor  these  four  1  370. 

Horseback  trafHc  in  Kentucky,  226  ;  traveler 
in  Europe  beaten  by  bicycler,  558. 

Horses,  ('yclers'  treatment  of,  10  ;  Runaways 
never  caused  by  my  bicycle,  57 ;  Various 
allusions  'o,  237,  293,  321,  3S0,  jr^^,  529, 
566,  571. 

Hotels,  I'he  Qihstion  of,  601-14,  xviii., 
639-41,  Ivii.:  Alphabetical  list  of,  146.  Bath- 
tubs wnn'ed  at,  601,  602,  614.  Clerk's  in- 
solence rebuked,  338.  Constraini  of  life  at, 
450.  Index  to  those  nancd  in  this  book, 
6i.-.  Overcrowdca  b_.  louring  parties,  320. 
Recimmendations  of,  201,  221,  231,  23'', 
33'.  3«5.  34''.  3''''  Where  this  book  may 
be  consulted,  600.  Women  patrons  of, 
442,  450.     Wcnen  "'aiters  at,  13. 


Hudson  and  Lake  George,  179-98,  xi. 

Humors  of  the  Bcj4:  .\cadians'  picnic 
in  the  rain,  283.  Asionislinient  at  the 
novel  vehicle,  8,  272,  379.  Australians' 
greetings,  560.  Binghamton  B.  C.'s  con- 
tempt for  my  long-distance  trophy,  30?. 
Brave  passenger  and  his  apology,  The, 
380.  Car-drivers'  repartee,  105.  Cartoons 
of  velocipeding,  3.,o.  Coaching-club  photog- 
raphers take  my  back  for  a  background, 
281.  Compliments  from  the  Small  Boy,  6, 
'3.  4?.  54-  Cooking  chickens  in  Virginia, 
350.  Diffident  introductions,  3.  Dogs,  18, 
140,  565.  Facetiousness  of  the  Erie  canal 
lers,  8-9.  Forced  to  mount  the  mail-coach, 
5'>o.  Free-lunch  at  East  Machias,  271. 
Frogging  in  the  Shenandoah,  383.  Good- 
bye chortle  to  the  charmers  of  Calais, 
266.  Great  American  Hog,  The,  10,  jr  '•, 
615,  621.  "  Journalism  "  on  the  border, 
263.  Larrig.ms  for  the  Blue  Noses,  265. 
Martineti  3n  Mt.  Desert,  275-8.  Mis- 
taken for  an  undertaker,  195.  Newspaper 
lies  about  Rosenbluth's  horse,  397;  theo- 
ries as  to  "riding  in  the  rain,"  263.  Re- 
torts courteous,  8-11,265,  3</),  56S.  Scissors- 
grinding,  Request  for,  225.  Scouring  the 
Cojmecticut  River  tow-path,  in  search  of 
"my  lost  inheritance,"  180.  "Watching 
for  the  circus"  (me  in  Me),  264.  Women's 
wayside  rudeness,  9,  11.  World-wide  ad- 
vice to  T.  Stevens,  477. 

Hundred  mile  road-race  of  '85  in  Canada, 
320-2  ;  English  annua'  '77  to  '85,  554,  532-3, 
5^8;   Reference  to  lioston,  516. 

Hungarian  tourists,  481,  551,  553,  792. 

Ice  velocipede  of  '69,  404. 

"  Impressions  "  :  Bermuda,  365.  Gettys- 
1>"''S.  3^5-6-  Halifax,  292.  Litchfield,  [42. 
London,  406,  425,  448.  Luray,  381-2. 
Mammoil,  Cave,  232.  3S1.  New  York 
H,ubor,97.  Peinberton  Square,  104.  To- 
rniiio,  31S.     WashinKton  S.,-iare,  432-3. 

Incidents  and  Accidents  U.-e  spc  cial  index, 

lxx.xiii  ;    also,   "  Humors  of    the  Road"). 

India,  T.  Stevens's  1400  mile  ride  through, 
in  the  sumn)i>r  of  '."6,  571-2. 

Indiana:  League  membership,  617-18.  Road- 
book, 625.  Road-ropnrts  finm  5  counties, 
235.  Subscribers,  785-6.  Tours,  479, 486-8, 
5    ),     If^h'e/men's  Re,'^    '   ^r-'W. 

Indian  chief's  longinj,  T  731. 

India-rubber  cloth  for  lugf  ,~  -roll,  22;  cups 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


xxvn 


and  pouches,    i8,  57;  drinking-tiibes,   21; 

overshoes,  21;  soles  uiisuited  for  louring, 

20. 
Insvitutions,  Minor  Cycmnu,  633-52,  x. 
Iiiventidiis  and  patents,  520,  5:6,  ■,50. 

Ireland  and  the  Irish:  Author  in  Amer- 
ica, 674.  Bull-dog  fanciers,  406,  409.  "C. 
r.  C.  hotels  "  denounced,  ft  Dublui  and 
Kiliaruey,"  Faed's  "  trips  Journal- 

ism,  65 »,    695.     Maps,  ^.       lembers 

of  C.  T.  C,  6(5-6,  68S.  Pamphlet  of 
tour  in  Kngland,  6S6.  Racing  governed  by 
I.e.  A.,  652.  Road-guides,  6S5.  Soldiers 
in  our  civil  war,  422.  Straightaway  ride, 
by  W.  M.  Woodside,  499.  Subscribers, 
722.  Touting  report,  545.  Wheeling  statis- 
tics o.  VV.  Howies,  545. 
Islands,  Index  to,  Ix. 
"1st"  inferior  to  "er"  as  a  verbal  ending, 

h/M,  669,  800. 
Italy:  Uarthol's  (H.)  tour,  552.  Bolton's 
(.\.  M.)  tour,  549  Cycles  at  the  Cusiom 
House,  600.  Railroad  rates,  599.  Sub- 
scribers, 792,  79S.  Tricycling  in,  Pennells' 
book  of,  530,  6S7.  Wheel  literature,  700. 
Japan:  Stevens's  tour,  572.  Subscriber, 
792. 

Journalism  of  the  Wheel,  65  ,.700.  Alpha- 
betical imljx  to  all   cycling  and  sporting 
pai)ers  quote-i  or  referred  to  in  this  book, 
Ixxii.    American  press  of  '86,  661-72.    Argu- 
ment *ir  free  advertisement  of   it,  653-4, 
and  by  it,   718-9.     Australian   pape.s,  byb, 
570-    Belgian  papers,  697.     Bound  volumes 
for  Ibraries,  662-3,  691.     Circulation,  State- 
ments and  opinions   about,  654,  656,  659, 
661,    665,     669-70,    691,    69J-4,    6)7,    707. 
"  Consolidation,"  Fallacy  concerning,  659, 
66S,  6)o.     Dutch,    700.     Editors,    Sugges- 
tions to,  719.     English  press,  Sketch  of  the, 
683-95,  650,  547-9  ;  French,  69S-9  ;  Gerinan, 
697.  699;  Hungarian,   697;    Italian,   700; 
League  policy  unaffected  by  press  clamor, 
61S-20,  630.    List  of  22  AiTi.  and  Eng.  jour- 
nals,  Aug.    .,   -86,  654.     Norwegian,  700. 
Official  organs,  6i3-2i,  650,  720.     Personal 
abuse.  Specimens  of,  694-5.     Postal  regis- 
tration for  second-class  ratas,  619-20,  667. 
"  Readi  ig-notices,"      Ineffectiveness      of, 
70S-9.   7>8.     Rivah/   between    "Coventry 
ring"  and  "  Wheeling  crew,"  690,  694-5, 

2^; -J-       ■   i*.^-!:rii,     ~rz::i.       :rjY,C.\  .'mi;     rtiiti    Dili- 

side  papers    support    cycling,   672,   695-6. 


Southern  papers  (U.  S.),  670,  672.  Supple, 
mentary  details.  May  .,  iSS;,  xciv.  Swed- 
ish,  700.  Touring  reports  less  attractive 
than  race  reports,  716.  Treatment  of  my 
subscription  scheme,  704-9.  Western  paper* 
(U.  S.),  660-1,  669,  671-2.  Writers,  pub- 
lishers and  printers.  Index  to,  Ixxiii. 

Journalism  in  fcenaral :   index  to  r.ll  non- 

cycing  periodicals  quoted  as  referred  to  in 
this  book,  Ixxvii.      Injury  of  printed  gossip 
m    "soci.-ty  papers,"   281.     Inventiveness 
of  local  editors  on  the  Down-East  border, 
263-4.     Lies   told    "  for    revenue    only "  : 
against  the  nobility   in    England,— against 
the  collegians  in  America,  396.7.     Remaik- 
able  run  by  my  white  horse's  ghost  of  '69, 
spurred  by  editorial   scissors,   from  Maine 
to  California,  397-8.     Reminiscences  c-  six 
years'   Atlas-business,   in    holding   up  the 
^^^rlti,  720-1.     Suggestions   to   reviewers, 
viii.     Tupperism  and  Greeleyism  rebuked 
by  Chrrles  Astor  Rristed,  727-3. 
Kenti;ckv    and     its    Mammoth    Cavb, 

224-37.  xli.  (index,  ^90). 
Khorasran  and  Koordislan,  T.  Stevens's  ad- 
ventures in,  4S1,  4S3,  570. 
I.AKH  Georce  and  the  Hudson,  179-98,  xi. 
Lakes  and  Ponds,  Index  10,  Ix. 
Lakiii  cyclometer  i^rize  for  1885  mileag;,  527-8. 
Lallement  at  Ansonia,  139-41,  394. 
Lanterns,  18,  516,  518. 
Larrigan  manufactory,  265. 
Last  Woku,  The,  800. 
Lawyers  as  wheelmen,  503,  511,  533. 
Lea(;ue  of  American   Wheelmen,   xviii., 
615-33  :  Amateur  Atklete  as  oSicial  organ, 
619,  667-8.    "AmateiT,"  Definition  of,  624  ;' 
racing  men  expelled  by  the,  629.     Appoint- 
ment of  officers,  622,  624.     Bi    IVorld  as 
official  organ,  618,  663,  665.     Badge,  616, 
639-     Bookmaster,  623,  627,  586.     Builetin, 
Expenses  and  receipts  of,  620,  661,  Ixxxiv. 
Californ:a's  certificate  against   League  ho- 
tels,  609  ;  roadbook,  625.     Chief  Consuls, 
617,622,623.    Committees,  622,  627.    Con. 
suN,  624.     ''Creed"  vs.    C.   T.    C,   644. 
Defalcation    of    Secretary-Editor,    Ixxxiv. 
Elections,   623,  626.     E,.„,ish    editors'  at- 
tempt  to   discredit   its   "time,"    547,   626. 
Executivr    Committee,  622-3,  627,   Ixxxiv. 
Founded  on  my  broken  elbow,   24.     Gov- 
ernmental   reform,    Pres.    Bates   on,    626. 
Hand-books,  625,  677.     Hostility  to  C.  T. 


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xxviii       7£JV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


C.     encroaclimenis,    644.      Hotels,     Policy 
denounced,  601,  641.     Hotels,  Appoiiitiiiciit 
of,  by  chief  consuls,  614,  609.     Incorpora- 
tion proposed,  026.    Life  nieiiiberships,  624. 
New  York  Division,  Election  law  and  sta- 
tistics of,  620.     Marshals,  623,627.     Meet- 
ings,   623.     Membership,    Committee    on, 
622,67;;  IJeogr.iphical  statistics  of ,  (      -18; 
Modu  of  applying  for,  624  ;  Two  arguaients 
for,  621.     Officers,  Duties  of,  621-24  ;  Elec- 
tion of,  623,  62O  ;   Meetingsof,623  ;  Names 
of,  626-28  ;  Praise  01,  618,  621.     Offshoots  ; 
A.  C.  U.  and  C.  W.  A.,  628,  633.    "  Organ- 
ship  "ill  '84,  Bids-  of  various  papers  for,  619. 
Para-ies,    '80  to  '86,  615-18,   21,  225,   371. 
Political  power,  Pres.  Bates  on,  621.     Presi- 
dency, Argument  against   "  rotating  "  the, 
617.     President,   616,    622-3,   627.     "  Pro- 
fessional," Definition  of,  624.     Publication 
of  road-books,  625.     Quorum,  622.     Races 
at  N.  Y.  and  Boston,  616.     Racing  Board, 
623,  627,  629-30,  633.     Racing  men  expelled 
for  "  amateur'sm,"  629.     Railroads  clars- 
ing  bicycles  as  baggage,  594.     Representa- 
tives,  617,  622-3.     Kights   and  Privileges, 
Committee  on,  621-2,  627.     Road-books  of 
State  Divisions,  625, 677,  5S1-2,  584.   "Rota- 
tion," Protest  against  official,  618-21.  Rules 
and  Regulations,  Committee  on,  622    627. 
Salary  of   Secretary-Editor,  622;  of   Sec- 
Treas.  N.  Y.  Div.,  626.     State  Divisions, 
622,  625-6  ;  officers  in  service  Oct.  30,  '86, 
627-S.     Steamship  routes  on  free  list,  593. 
Subscribers  to  this  book,  Name=  ut  officers 
who  are,  765-89.     Touring  Board,  623,  627. 
Transportation    Committee,    Appointment 
of,  622  ;  names  of,  627  ;  effective  work  for 
r.  r.  crncessions,  591  ;  neglect  of  the  water 
routes,  593.     Treasurer,   617-19,   622,  627. 
Unimpo'tant  allusions,   94,   113,    119,   128, 
•54,  176-',  199.  224,  242,  2S1,  37i,  372,  4S8, 
493,  504,  f^,  510,  516-19,  523-6,  530,  603-8, 
665,  667-8,   670,  675.  693,   704-5,   715,  717, 
720,  765-89,  800.     Washington  parade,  371. 
Wheel  as   official    organ,   619,  667.     Vice- 
President,  616,  622,  623,  627.     Votes  con- 
trolled by,  615,  621.  Voting  for  jfficers  of, 
623,  626,  Ixxxix. 
I.eeal-Ti'nder  decision,  Retrret  for  the,  464. 
Legislation  against  Cycling :  Attempts  in 
Ohio,  621;  ill  New  Jersey,  588,  725.     Com- 
mon  law   a   defense,   c8<     61c     680.     Test      I 
case  at  Central  Park,  93-5,  5S5,  xr.  I 


Library  of  N.  C.  U.  at  London,  650. 
Litchfield  as  a  typical  village,  142. 
Loadstone  Rock,  Comparisons  to,  354,  724 
Log  keeping  by  tourists.  Books  for,  676. 
London  (set  "  England,"   "  C.  T.  C."  and 
"  N.  C.  U.") :  Books  and  pajiersof  cycling, 
681-8.    Characterization  of  by  Cowper,  406  ; 
by  Dr.  Joiinson,  426,  436,      C.  T.  C.  takes 
one-third  its  members  from  region  of,  636. 
Dog  show    of    1872,   405.     Halifax    as  a 
reminder    of,    292.     Journals    of    cycling, 
688-95,  654,  547-<>-      Maps,  681-2.     Queen's 
progress  through  the  mob,  441.     Seclusion 
in.  My,  405-6,  427,  471.     "  Secretary-Editor 
of  C.  T.  C."  rebuked  for  forgery  and  vulf,ar 
abuse,   by    Mr.   Justice    Wills,   xcii.      oo- 
ciety  journalist  sent  to  jail,  by  Lord  Cole- 
ridge, 2S0.     Subscribers  to  this  book,  791. 
"  Views"  inferior  to  those  of  N.  Y..    99, 
452- 
Lo.Nf;  -  Distance    Routes    anu    Riders, 

473-50',  tvi. 
Lo.VG  Island  and  State.n  Island,  150-58, 

xi.  ;  Road  book  and  maps,  584,  625. 
Loquot,  The  inconip?rable,  365. 
L".gS''i.?e-carriers,  Lamsjn  and  Z.  &  S.,  17, 

22,  45,  7>4. 
Luray  Cavern,  Praise  of,  381-2. 
Macadam  in  the  U.  S.,  The  first,  242  ;  Primi- 
tive   mode    of    applying   it   on   the    Shen- 
andoah pike,  345. 
Machines,  Breakage  r.-id  repairs  of,  37-41,  487, 
402,496,498.     Guides  to,   550,  675,683-7. 
Maine  (index,  573),  Touring  pr.rty  in,  255-81. 

"  Maker's  Amateurs  " :  Expulsion  of  by 
L.  A.  W.  and  N.  C.  U.,  629-3'-,  648-9. 
C'assed  as  "  promateurs  "  by  A.  C.  U., 
632.     Definition  of,  632. 

Makes  of  bitycles  and  tricycles  mentioned 
in  tlii.i  book    Indexes  10,  Ixxviii. 

Malaria  ci'red  by  bicycling,  295,  308. 

.Mammoth  Cave  of  Kentucky,  231-2,  381-2. 

Manhattan  Island,  Geography  of,  64 ;  En- 
trance to,  84.    {See  "  New  York  City.") 

Maps:  Adironuacks,  187,  211.  Berkshire 
Co.,  Ms,  112.  Boston,  113.  Brooklyn, 
99.  5S4.  Buff.ilo,  588.  Canada,  331.  Cats- 
kills,  1S7  Cnnnty,  <y},  112,  177,  187,68-'. 
Connecticut,  99,  112,  113,  148,  177,  293. 
England,  6S1-7.  France,  682.  Ireland, 682. 
Kentucky,   590.     Lake  George,  99.     Lon- 

, -.  ' ■/-/,  'j»,  3-4,0:5- 

Maine,  575.     Massachusetts,    1 12-13,    '?('■ 


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GENERAL  INDEX. 


XXIX 


Mt.    Desert,  jSi.     New   Brutuwick,   jji. 
New  Knjilaiid.  113,331.     New  Hampshire, 
577-     New  Jersey,  100,    159,  176-7.     New 
York  City,  100.     Nova  Scotia,  293.     Ohio, 
625.     Ontario,     331.     Orar)ge,      175,     584, 
5SS.     Rhode  Island,  581.     Scotland,  6S1.3. 
Sprinsfi  Id,  i2\  254.     Stale,  112.     Staten 
Island,  9),   15,?,  625.     Vermont,  578.     Vir- 
giiiia,  3^2.     Westchesur  Co.,  99,  100. 
Maps  Published  by  Adams,  100,  113,  i.,,, 
■/:.  33 •.  35^-5     Barkman,  584,625.    Beers, 
9),  12'.,  i('<-9,  <74-5.  <77.  1S7,  577-     r...rtley, 
251.     Hromley,  176.    Collins,  6S3.     Coltons, 
99.  113,  >49,    15"!,    '77,    iS?.    293.  33>,  352, 
5/5.    577,    579.    S*',    59"-      Ciipples,    Cp- 
hr.m   &    Co.,    1 12-13.     C.iM,   6S3.     Hea!d, 
i?t.     Jarrold   &  Co.,  683.     Johnson,  352.' 
Knight    &    Leonard,   245.     Letts,    681-2. 
Mason     &     Payne,   68.-2.     Merrill,     ,98 
I'anl   &    Bro.,  588.     Philip  &  Son,  682-3. 
Smith,  176.     Steiger,    loo.     Stoddard,   187, 
2.1.     Taintor,   198.     Walker   &  Co.,    113,' 
.-"S.     Wallins;,  576.     Watson,  154. 
MP.S8a3hU8ett8  (index,  579)  :    Road-reports, 
nr-2S.     (Jeneral  B.inlett's  message,  as  Ihj 
representative    soldier   of,    386.     Algernon 
Sidney's  motto  variously  interpreted,  3S6 
466.     Myself  as  a  native  of,  367,  372,  7:.2.' 
May  Fourth,  1887  (verses),  xcvi. 
Medals  f.ir  long-di.stance  riding,  553,  559,  562. 
Medical   men's  experience  in  wheeling,' 5, o^ 

522  I  testimony  for,  62,  658. 
M  -mnri.-.I  tributes  to  Cen.  Bartleft  and  Maj. 
VVinthrop,  as  typical  Yankee  heroes  in  the 
civil  war,  386,  439. 
Mexico:    Cycles  at  the  custom  house,  600; 
subscribers  to  this  book,  790. 

Mileage  statistics,  Annual(American), 503-30; 

(Ai.stralasian),  562-9;  (Enslish),  531-5S 
Mi^l.rint  of  price  (irjofor  $2),  732,  734,  799. 
.Mistresses  and  wives,  442-4. 

Mountain  Peaks  and  Ranges,  Index  to, 

Mt.  Desert,  Two  days'  wheeling  on,  275-9. 
Mules  perversity,  9,  44,  ,99,  j„s   ^,^ 
^^.S1C  and  songs  for  wheelmen,  679,  (-'^o  693 
My  Autoblograi.hy,  Index  to,  Ixxix 
My  bull-dog's  life  an:^  adventures,  407-25 
My  pnze  essay  (which  didn't  take  the  prize) 
''  On  THE  Whhhl."  ,-,4,  657-8,  702,  iii.     '     i 
My  Second  Ten  Thousand,"  Proposals  for,     j 

7if>-7.  21  r.   COT.  K.'7i.   zr-^.  I 

Mv  234  R-DES  on"""No:  234,"  49-63,  X.  ' 


Nadar.s(E.  S.)  imprjMion*  of  social  life  in 

Ix)ndon  and  New  York,  447-9. 
Names:    Alphabetical  lists  of   ,4-,6  persons 

mentioi.ed  in  the  main  text  of  ilij,  book. 

Ixv.-lxxi.  ;  of  3400  subscribers,  734-64,  794. 

6  ;  of  34S2  towns,  Ixviii.-lxxviii. 

"National  CyclUU'  Union"  of  England 
(N.  C.  lT.),646-05i  :  "Amateurism,"  Defi- 
nilion  of,  638  ;  financial  dilemma  produced 
by,  64S  ;  propo-.ed  abolition  of,  649  ;  vacil- 
lation in  treatment  of,  630,  649.     "  13.  U.  " 
as  first  named,  647.     Championship  meet- 
mgs  and  gate-money,  649.    Council  of  Dele- 
gates,   647.      Danger-boards,    651.     Exec- 
utive Committee  in  'ij6,  646 ;  in  '87,  Ixxx  • 
functions  of,  648 ;  logical  criticisms  of,  by 
J.    R.    Hogg,  649;   threatened    libel-suits 
against,  630,  649.     Financial  gains  in  '85 
and  losses  in  '86,  648.     Libel  suits,  Dange? 
of,  630,  649.     Librarian's  appeal  for  dona- 
tions, 650.    Local  Centers,  officers  of,  in  '84, 
646  i  finances  of  in  '86,  648  ;  functions  of, 
648,  651.     Medals  for  record-breaking,  651. 
Membership,  C47 ;  Dissatisfaction  of,  649. 
Mismanagement  of  '86  races,  648.     "Ob- 
jects "  officially  defined,  647.  Officers,  Elec 
tmn  of,  647  ;    Names  of,  646,  xciii.    Publi- 
cations,  650.     Quorum,   547-S.     Races  of 
8A  m.smanaged,  648.     Racing-register  pro- 
posed,  649.     Record-medals,  65..     Refer- 
ence hbrary,  650.     Representation,  Mode 

0  ,  647-S.     Reserve-fund,  648^.     R,yi„,, 

1  he  official  quarterly,  650.  Roads,  Efiforts 
for  improved,  6.;7,  650.  "T.  A."  and  "T 
U."  absorbed,  64-.  Unimportant  allusions. 
6'5,  6S6,  '')93,  695.  H'lueling'i  criticist.-s. 
629-30,  648-51,  xciii. 

National  Pike,  The  Old,  242-3. 
Natural  Bridge  and  Luray  Cavern,  Sugges- 
tions for  visitors  to,  349-5,,  382,  495. 
Negroes'  amusement  over  bicyclincr,  272,  379 ; 
dread  of  the  medicine-men,  43,;  neat  ap- 
pearance at  Bermuda,  364. 
New  Brunswick:     Larri-ans  at    St.    Ste- 
phen's, 265,  270.  Our  afternoon  on  Campo- 
bello,  270,  5,5.     Tour  to  St.  John,  271 
New  Hampshire  fi-Hlex.  575)  :  Tours  among 

the  White  Mountains,  575-7. 
New  Haven  :    Bone-shaker  davs  of  1S59  at 
391-405.     East-Rock    Park    (verses'),    ,,6' 
Lallemcnt    at,    ,39,    ,94.     pi^n    „f     ,„ 
Koaos  around,  ,32-3,  ,38,  ,49.     Velociped- 
'ng  at,  391-405.     {See  "  Yale  College.") 


XXX 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCI.E. 


New  Jersey  (index,  s««)  :  Koa-'-reports, 
i5'j-7».  buie  Geological  Survey  and  Uffi- 
cial  Atlas,  159,  176. 

New  'iouth  Wales:  Cyclists'  Union,  652. 
JounuIisMi,  5O4.  Subscribers,  793.  Tour- 
iiu',  5^j4-0. 

Ne  vspa|)cr  lyinj,  A  celebrated  case  of,  395-S ; 
i  circunibtantiai  case,  263-4.  American  and 
Eng iisli  ideals  of  compared,  396-7. 

newspapers  as  factories  for  the  making  and 
spreadin;;  of  gossip  by  steam  niacliincry,  23i. 

New  Yokk  C'itv  :  64-ieo,  x.  ;  426-72,  xv. 
(index,  5S2)  :  Applelons'  Dictionary,  luo. 
Artists'  studios,  430.  Battery,  yS.  IJIg 
bridge,  86.  Dlackwell's  Island,  6<;.  Books 
and  papers  of  cycling',  5^4,  6;  j-s,  665-9,  674, 
677.  Brooklyn,  S7-90,  97.  Central  Park, 
67,  93,  5S.  5'^5-  Ckib-liouses,  96-7,  586, 
772-4.  l.irectories,  100.  Elevated  r.  r., 
98,  584.  I'ees  on  horse  cars  and  ferries, 
86,  96.  J'erries,  81,  85,  87,  88,  91,  i6S, 
583.  tiflli  Avenue,  65,  451-4,  5S3.  I'ort 
Lee  ferry  as  entranre,  84.  Ceograpliy, 
64-5.  High  Bridge,  70,  5^3.  Htitels  and 
restaurants,  611.  Lightness  of  "social 
pi^ssure,"  427-8,  448-g.  League  parade 
and  banquet,  61 7.  Maps  and  guides,  jg-ioo. 
Novelists' limitations,  448-9.  Obelisk,  Erec- 
tion of  the,  465.  Pavements,  66,  5S4.  Police 
rules,  67,  452.  Prince  of  Wa'-.'s's  visit, 
469-71.  Public  .spirit,  or  "  sense  of  local- 
ity," Lack  of,  427,  436.  Races  of  League 
in  'Si  a  failure,  616.  Restaurants  611. 
Sidewalks,  67.  Social  life,  Limitations  of, 
448-52.  Storage,  of  wheels,  86,  96.  Street- 
system,  65,  451,  5S6.  Subscribers  to  this 
book,  772-5.  "  ThirtLili  Street,"  Con- 
trasted ideals  of,  452.  Trade  addresses, 
100.  Views  f.om  Trinity  spire,  99.  Veloci- 
pcding  in  '6-),  403.  Wheets  support  of  my 
cnnv.T;":,  yot-*^. 

New  York  State  (index,  582)  :  Road-re- 
iviits.  i;o-S.  179-223,  246-8. 

New  Zealand:  "  Cvcli'<ts'  Alliance,"  652. 
Journnlism,  696.  Population,  railroads  and 
telegraph.  570.  Subscribers,  794.  Touring 
and  road-ridinjr,  567-70. 

Niagara  and  Some  Lesser  Watei^fali.s, 
209-223,  xi.,  202,  586. 

Nickel  plaf.  Advantages  of,  19-22. 

Nijht    riding.    493,    49S,  516,    533,  537,  539, 

Norway:  Cycling  paper,   700;  iouiiiig,   549. 


Nova  Scotia  a.sd  the  I:>lancs  Bhvond, 

3^2-94,  xii. 
Obituary  'if  Cola  E.  Stone,  323. 
"  Object-lessons "     in     long-distance    tours, 

301-3  ;  Ml  neat  riding  costume,  19. 

Ocoans  and  Sounds,  Index  to,  Ixi. 

Ullio:  .Ailempled  legislation  against  cycling, 
621.  Cycling  monthly,  526,  660.  League 
looks  and  maps,  625,  677.  Mileage  re- 
ports, 526.  Railroads,  594.  Touring  re- 
ports, 245,  479,  488,  501,  519. 

Omnibus  roof-iiding,  99,  406,  584. 

O.NTAIilO,     A      Foi(TNK,HT    I.V,     3IO-32,     xiii. 

{Sie  "Canada.") 

Outside  Dog  i'l  the  Fight  (verses),  412. 

Parades  of  League,  615-18;  badly  managed 
at  Boston  and  Washington,  371;  Cincin- 
nati velvet'. en  at  Chicago,  22;. 

Paris:  AntocrT^y  of  ilie  concierge,  458-9. 
Cycling  litei.iiure,  698-9,  792.  The  invisi- 
ble countess,  2^*0.  Velocipeding  in  '68,  390, 
403,  40'j.  "  Views"  and  "  fickleness  "  con- 
trasted with  New  York's,  99,  586. 

Park  Commissioners,  Contests  with  N.  Y., 
92-95,  5''5-6,  xciii. 

Parks  and  Sqixares,  Index  to,  Ixi. 
Patch  (Sam)  ?t  Genesee  Kalis,  215. 
Pathology  :  cramps,  59-60  ;  faeces,  307,  536  ; 
fever,  552 ;  saddle-soreness,  307,  537  ;  thirst, 

Pennsylvania  (index,  589)  :  Scenic  impres- 
sions of  .ny  autumn  ride  across,  302-3,  341-4. 
Senator  Cameron  tis  a  phrase-maker,  iv. 
\.,e€  "  Philadelphia.") 

"  Personal  "  quality  of  the  wheel,  as  ;egards 
its  rider,  592. 

Personal  statistics.  Specimens  of,  473-572  ; 
Request  for,  717. 

Perscnifications :  nicycle,  246.  Church, 
324,  447.  Custom,  444.  Death,  254,  259, 
732.  Devil,  8,482.  Evil  One,  401.  Fame, 
465,  728.  Fate,  45,  62,  92,  396,  731.  For- 
tune, 380.  Freedom,  472.  (Jlobe,  304. 
God,  481.  Government,  447.  Justice,  459. 
Life,  14,  472.  733-  Memory,  136.  Moon, 
444.  Nature,  25,  5t,  63,  303,  3S2.  Nep- 
tune, 364.  New  Year,  390,  399.  North, 
386,  439.  Old  Year,  591,  590.  Past,  309. 
Pioudeiice,  457.  Safety,  505-  Saw-horse, 
420,  Scythe-Swinger,  725.  Seventy,  44. 
South,  385,  3S6.  Sun,  444.  Time,  391, 
465,  472,  656,  725.     Truth,  63.     Universe, 


V  ClUCipCUl.,    4^1 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


XXXI 


P.TSons  named  in  this  book,  Index  to  i^/t 
(exciusive  of  the  3400  subscribers  named 
on  pp    7U-W),  'xv.-lxxi. 

Philadelphia:  'Association  for  Advance- 
ment of  Cycling,"  5Vj.  \\ook%  and  papers 
of  cycling,  654,  660,  674.  Riding  routes, 
'''4.  Ml.  :t'<'<-9.  4'»5.  4'y;,  '.<¥>,  521. 

Phllo«ophicil  and  Social  (index,  ixxxi.). 

I'lMiUigrapli.ii-,   Amateur,  260,  jOy,  271,  546. 
I'lcture.  and  sketches,  27,,  475.493.  534,  552, 

SS'.,  6;'.-'.'),  C^.,  W.5.75,  ^,Sj-()3. 
Poetry  and  Veriea   (set    "Quotations"): 
vtnuas     to    l)ido,    305.     After     Beer,    15. 
Apostrophe  to  the  Wheel,  246.     Birtliday 
Kantasie,   A.    2,.     lioating    at    Bermuda, 
353-4.     1^7-     liuU-Dosgerel,     409,   411-12, 
420,425-     Carmen  liellicosum,  186.    Carpe 
Diem,  472.     Champion  linll-Dog,  409,  4,,. 
Cui  liono?  309.      Drink  Heartv.  63.     East 
Knck,    i3f>.     (lather  the    Roses     while  ye 
May,  472.      Creeling   to   my    Co-pariners, 
xcvi.        Ho:yo'<e      Valley,    ,36.        In     the 
Yacht     Kulinda,    3;--4,    ^67.      Kaatcrskiil 
Kails,   216.     Last  Word,  The,   800.     May 
I'ourlh,    1SS7,  xcvi.      Outside    Dog  in  the 
Fight,  The,    4,2.      I'innforic   Chant,   800. 
Ouashiboo,  444.     Springt  der  Sam  Palsch, 
216.     Sursum  Cord.i,  701.  Touring    Alone,' 
34-     Triolet     to    "  Two-Thirty-Kour,"   49.' 
Triumph,  304.     Velocipede,  401.  Wheeling 
Larse,  309.  Wheelocipede,  390. 
R.iiticaUlIusions,  305,  370,  3S6,  421-2,  4-2, 

450.  460,  464,  547,  5S5,  724,  726-7, 
"  Politics"  :  as  affected  by  wheelmen's  vol.,, 
5^*5.  '"S.  ^21;  as   ccntrasted  to  -.vheeling, 
309'.  a^  related  to  N.  Y.  parks,  92,  5S5. 
Pope  Mi'g.  Co. :  Advertising  pamphlets  and 
cale.idais,  67S-S0,      D;.  II -^rfruiiture,  664. 
Columbia  bicy-;  s  .-nd  tricycles  mentioned 
in  this  book  O'ndex,  Ixxviii.),  24-63.    Offices 
in    four   chief    cities,    799.       Portiaits  and 
biographies   of   its    president,    Col.    A.   A. 
Pope,   6S0;  my    estimate  of  his   business- 
standing  and  sagacity,   7,2,  vi.     Prizes  for 
essays  and  pictures  on  wheeling,  657-S,  702. 
■Support of  my  publication  scheme,  703' 7,,! 
^  '3.  799-      ir/ie^:„ian,  published  by,  659-60. 
/'crcH.  A,„ericamts{lhs  Horse-driving  Hog, 
who  assumes  the  Ingluvays  of  this  contineni 
as  his  own  private  properl\\    10,  57,  596, 
6>5.  621  ;  road  law  for,  5G4,  6S0,  684-5. 
''•^^'^™'^;^  Lists   of    wlieelmen's,    675,    680, 

■•-;--•,  •-■;5,  091,  i„^j_ 


Portraits,  Th;  exchanging  cf,  180. 

Postage  of   C.  T.  C.   GuzelU.bu;  oi  L.  A 

H'.  Bultttin,  619.20. 
PoTuMAC,  Aloni;  tub,  238-45,  xii. 
Pkbface  (5000  words)  iii.-viii. 
Price  inispiinted  (";fi.5o"  for  "  J2  "),  732 

734,  799- 
Prince   of   Wales'.,    visit  to  the  room  where 

this  book  was  wr  t.j  1,  469-71. 
Vx\ti  competition-,,   Literary,  artistic,  657-8. 
"Professional,"  as  defined   by   L.    A.    W., 
614,633;  A.  C.  L  ,  632;  C.  W.  A,  635;' 
N.  C.   U.,  63S.     (^>,  "Amateurism.") 
"  Promate   r,"  A.  C.  U.  definition  of,  632 
Proverbs  :  604.  6S0,  702,  722,  727  ;  (Utin)  62, 

2S0,  444,  42.,,  459,  6S'j. 
Psentionyms,  Request  lor,  718. 
Public  BiUldingg,  Index  to,  Ixii. 
Publishers'     reciprocation     and    cor..a!ons 

asked  for,  718-9. 
Qunshiboo  ludl  (verses),  444. 
Quee.n«land:  Cycling,  652.  Subscribers,  793 
Ouorum:  L.    .1.   W.,    622;  A.   C.    II.,  6j,  ; 

C.  T.  €,,642:   N.  C.  U.,  647-8. 
Quotationa:     Trench  vi..   ,,   24,   7»,  727. 
Oerman,  2,6.     Greek,  viii..  457.  7,3.  7,4. 
Ilal,an.64o.     Latin,  iii.,62,  .,0,  2,80,305, 
3S6,   429.   437,    444,   ^5,^    ^f^_    j^j_   ^^ 
Verses,  vii.,  34,  36,  ,36,  .S6-7,  2.6,  246,  26^,, 
304,  ^05,  309,  323,  35,-4,  367,  ,,,,  ^02,  406, 
409,4..,  4,2,  420,  425,430,  444,  447,459, 
465-6,  47^  S^S.  6'5,  701,  727-31. 
Eaces:  Australia,  559.67;   Kngland,  532-58  ; 
for   .00  miles,  5,3;    not  known   in   bone- 
shaker days,  399;  on  the  road,  127,  320-2  • 
participants'  allu.sions  to,  509,  5,6,  523,  529,' 
537  :  straightaway  course.s   in  Canada  and 
Shenandoah  Valley,  297,  590. 
Racing,    Government   of   in    America,    622. 
627-30.     Australia,    652;    Canada,    633-6' 
England,  629-30;   France,    62S,  65,;  Ger' 
many,   651;   Ireland,   652;  New  Zealand, 
652.     Social    insignificance   of,   v.     Speed 
more  desirable   than  social  subtleties,  629, 
630.     Statistics,    American    books  of,' 675,' 
6"?o.     'I'rnde  promotion  of,  v.,  716. 
Railroads  {see  "  Travshortation   Tax  " 
591-600,  X,;  .ilso   index,  Ixi.)  :   Cycling  on 
thetracksof,26,  73,  ,2,,  ,28,  .83,  190,  ,93, 
'94,    19;,  212,  237.      Latest   free   list,  xc 
Tasmania,  563,     New  Zealand,  570. 
Rain,  Riding  in  the,  2^1.  r-,.. 
Record-keeping,  Blan'.:  books  for,  676,  xcv. 


xxxii         TEN  THOUSAND  Afff.ES  OX  A  niCYCI.E. 


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:-9  '- 


Records  of  Contr'outori,  4-3-572  (indcxc*, 

xvi  ,    xvii.lxxi);    Suggeslions  for  prepar- 
ing. 7"  7 

Ke!ttaurant5  in  New  York,  611. 

Rrvoliilioiis  of  111,  whi  els,   SMlistics  of,  5^3. 

Rhode  Island  (mdex,  581) 

KiKhls  and  liabilities  of  vvherlinrn,  I.cK'TI 
ti.-ali9cs  on  ..le  (American),  5S4,  680  ;  (Kn- 
Rlish),  684-5. 

Rinks   for  \elocipeHinf;  in   iR^,  103-4,  4oo-3- 

Rivers  and  Valleys,  Index  to,  lix 

Road-books:     "American    liicycler,"  The, 
ihecailiest,  674.      ittrksliire  Comity,  Ms, 
700.      Fioston,    III.   f)55,    677.     (alifrirnia, 
^125.     Canada,  330,  636,  677.     Cape   Ann, 
f'S5.     Connecticut,    5S2,    677.     Co^»s    ami 
conditions  of  making,  715.     C.  T.  C,  ''142, 
687.     Knsland,fiSi.2.     Essex  Connty,  Ms  , 
112,655,  677.     Ciloncester,   Ms,  ^155.      In- 
diana,   ^.25.       KcntMcky,    5')o,    C^-jH.      Long 
Island,  sSj,  625,  f>55,  67S.      Maryland.  sSq 
Massachusetts,  581,  ri25,  677-8.     Michigan, 
677.     New  Jersey,   177,  589.     New  YorK. 
Ixxxix.,  5'(4,  625,  678(221).    Ohio.  625,  677. 
Pennsylvania,  177,589.     Springfield  (map), 
254.    Vermont,  579.     Western   New  York, 
221,  6-/. 
Road-records,  I.og-books  for,  676-7.     Sugges- 
tions for  keeping,  717. 
Roads:  Asia  Minor,  481-2.   Rermuda,  355-7. 
('hina,  572.   Kngland,  _•  ,1-58,681-2.  France, 
480,552,558.    Germany,  480,  551-2.    India. 
571-2.     Japan,    572.     Persia,    4S1-2,    570. 
Danger-boards  on   bad   hills  in   Kngland, 
643-4.  64S,  651.     Defense  by  me  of  Amer- 
can  roads  as  suitable   for   touring,    11  ;  of 
Canadian  as  superior  to  U.  S.,  297,   300, 
330   (opposing  testimony,    320,   324).     Im- 
provement and  maintenance  of,  as  shown  In 
"Agricultui^l  Reports  of  Massachusetts," 
680;  "  N.  C.  U."  pamphlets,  647.     Legal 
books  as  to  wheelmen's  rights  on  the,  584. 
647, 680,  684.     Sign-bo.-'.iu.-i  less  needed  than 
road-books,   64)      Superiority   of    asphalt, 
584,  5f'S- 
"Rotation"   in   office.   My   prote  •   again',!, 

6t7-i8. 
BnSlia:   Book  of  tourinf  from,  687.     Czar's 
absolutirm,  Allusions  to  the,  458,  721      T 
Stevens's    proposed    route    through,    570 
Subscriber,  792,  799. 
Sardine  industn-  in  Maine,  The,  270,  274. 
Scs!^!C  GSscriDtions,  .Altemnts  at.  f^.  inx   734 


22/,  268,  l<,2,  19.,,  301-5,  357,  365,  380-2, 
42'<-M 

Scotland  and  the  Scotch :   P.o^ks  of  roa.ls 

and  tours,  6S4.6  C.  T.  C.  Courcil,  645-6 
H  Callan's  touring  retxirt,  545.  Journals, 
695,  xciv.  Maps,  681-3.  Knad-raccs  to 
John  ()'(;roat's,  553-7.     Subscribers,  791 

Separate  roadway,  Knglish  i  limates  of  mile- 
age on,  532-54  ;   My  own,  31. 

Servants  as  rulers  of  sonctv,  445-50,  458-9, 
729- 

.Shoes,  Mileage  statistics  of,  21,  719. 

Sidewalk  riding.  Rules  abfiul,  in  New  Haven, 
395.402;  in  N.  Y.,  67;  in  I'rospect  Paik, 
92,  586-7. 

.Small  llov's  relation  to  lyc'ing,  Tho,  13,  48. 

Snow   and   ice    cycling,    246-54,    404,    475-6, 

491-2.    507,    532,   527,    555,    559,    570. 

Social  and  Philosophical  (index,  Ixxxi  ) 

"  Society  of  Cyclists,"  Kvolution  of  the,  from 
the  Knglish  '"T.  V."  647. 

Solitude  and  ind:peiidence,  as  described  and 
illustrated  by  P.  {).  Hamerton,  467-g. 

.'"ongs  and  music  for  cyclers,  655,679,  686,693 

South,    Political    allrsions   to   the,  386,  724. 

South  Australia ;  Cydisf' Union,  652.  Re- 
ports of  touris.s,  560-r.     Subscribers,  793 

Southern  type  of  county-towns,  303. 

Spain:  A.  M.  Polton's  story  of  cvrling  ir. 
549,  683.  l^eloci/>edo  published  at  Madrid. 
700. 

Si'RiNr.FiEi.D,  The  P"n-vi  \s  of,  ti5-ij>., 
''i-.  251-3,  579-So  :  Hicvcle  Club  forms  " \ 
C.  U."  to  provide  "amateurs"  for  its 
tournament,  63 1.  P.irthplace  of  myself  and 
my  ancestors,  722.  "  Coventry  ring  "  jour- 
nals of  England  profess  to  doubt  fast  rac- 
ing "  time,"  547.  Maps  and  guides,  126-7, 
254.  Printing  Company  and  its  contract  to 
manufacture  this  book,  vii:.,  706,  710-11. 
799.  Wheelmen  5  Gazette,  661-2,  706-7. 
"  Wheelmen's  Reference  Dook,"  675,  710. 

Squares  and  Parks,  Index  to.  Ixi. 

"Star"  bicycle  excels  in  coasting,  270,  274. 

State.s,  SiMMARV  BV,  573-90,  xviii.  Index 
and  abbreviation.4  of,  Iviii.  Representation 
of  m  League,  617,  618,  62S.  Residences 
of  subscribers  to  this  book,  classified  geo- 
graphically  by,  xx.,  765-.S9  (705). 

Statistics  from  the  Veterans,  502-30, 
xvi.    (See  "  Historical  Statistics.") 

Steamships  (see  "  Transportation  Tax," 


Yi 


GENERAL  LWDEX. 


xxxiii 


Stev-ii'i  (T.)  Tour  rmmd  the  World  : 

San    Krancitco  to  Boston,    47-.Sc ;   I.iver- 
P.KJI    to  Teheran,    480-3  ;    I'erMa,  Afghan- 
i'tan,  India,  China  and  Japan,  570-1, 
Mocking*,  Mileage  statistics  of,  ji,  ,08.  73,,. 

>TKAI>.HTAWAV  POH  KoRTV  Davs,  J94-JO.;, 
(iii 

StraiKhtaway  courses  for  long-distance  rac- 
inj».  Best  American,  jg;,  jgo. 

Straightaway  day's  rides  of  100  m.  (Aireri- 
cii').  113-14,  III,  uS,  138,  154.312,7.4, 
J">.  3'>-J,  37S,  4''o,  493,  49^,  515:  (Ausira- 
l-isMn)  55,-67;    (Kngli,h)5,4,  536,  547,  55,, 

55;  ;■ 

Siramhiaway  rides  of    3  and  4  days,  Longest 

American,  498. 
StraiRhtaway   stays   in   saddle,  53,  ,21,  tiR, 
I3'',    148,   183,  20J,  258,  3,3,  3,,,  3„'  jgj,' 
4)3,  49■^  510,  5'4,   5'6.  5".  5^7,  SJo,  534, 
SW.  5»o-i,  546,  559,  575 
SIHSCRIBERS,       T„K       Thrbb       THOUSAND,      | 
714-^4.  xix.  ;   Allusions  to,  vi  ,  vii..  64,  35,, 
472,  4''4,  55^*,   5<>9,   573,   701-20,  73         V,zv. 
graphical  directory  of,  765-94,  (705;.     Sup- 
plementary list  of  .atest  200,  with  "  trade 
direclriry,"  794-g 
"  SwelK  "  not  patrons  of  cycling,  695. 
Switzerland:     Custom    House    .;.les,    599 
Cycling    Union,  650.     C.  T.   C.    D,v'ision, 
637-     Knglishmen's  tour,   532,   542.     Sub- 
scriber, 752. 
Tables  of  mileage,  509,   535,    540,  54,       ,,_ 

57!-4- 
Tasmania:    Cyclists'    Union.  652.      Excur- 
sionists' r.  r.  guide,  563.     Road-racing  and 
touring,  563-4.     Subscribers,  794. 
Taylor's  (G.  J.)  patent  crank  lever,  520. 
riiames  and  its  tributaries,  The,  129,  681. 
rHoiisAND  Islands  to  Natural  Kkidge 
333-52,  xiii. 

Tires,  Excellent  service  of,  37.38,  47,  52,,  538. 
lool  carrying,  18,  22. 

Toronto,  Impressions  of,  318. 

Touring  parties'  reports,  183,  187,  ,92,  ,97, 
'98,  215,  216,  218,  244,  245,  257-79,  314-F5,' 
320-5,  348,  377,  500,  501,  51S,  542,  560,  5S0. 

Touring  Routes:  Adirondacks,  211,  587. 
Australia,  564-6.  Baltimore,  377,'  589. 
Berkshire  Hills,  The,  121,  142-3,  147.8, 
'93-4,  208,  581,  700.  Boston  to  Ports- 
mouth, 101-2;  to  Providence,  107;  to 
Sprmgfield,  103,  no,  ,,7,  ,28.  18,.  ,r,s 
Huaalo,     588.     California,    475-6,    489-94. 


(  atskilh,    ,B7.9,   4)«,  <,,.     Conn.    Kivcr 
'■;•'",    < 79-84.   S7> :V     KngUnd.    j,,^,. 
55J-8.      Euro|,*,  4X0.   521,  J45.  „,.j,  jjg 
Hudson  River.  71-2.   75-82,   i4(WJ,   ,69-72, 
'''7-98.    5>o.   582-3,    586.7.     Ireland,     546. 
Kenneb-c  Valley,  573.4.      Lake-shore,  .70, 
203-^    301,  310.     Lm,    Island,  84,   86.,,, 
Mo-4       Louisville.  232-7.     Mohawk  Valley' 
■97.199-202,208      Mt.  Desert,  275-9    574' 
Newport,   ,08.      New  York  to  Boston.  73 
'03.  ..0,  ,,7,  ,22,    „8,  ,3,-9,    ,„,    ,7^8, 
J4'>-54.  580-2;   to  Philadelphia.  82,  84.  15.S, 
■^7,  '72,  389-90,  5<W.q.    l-.ewZealand,  567M,' 
Ontario  (conden.scd     from     gul-k-),    3,5.6, 
33.-2.  Orange  and  Newark  triangle,  ,59.62' 
583,    588.     Outline   tours,    ,.-„.    ,y,.,o,; 
Philadelphia,  ,88-go.     Providence  to  Wo-- 
cester,   ,0,.     St.    Lawrence  River,  3,5.30, 
5"^,  575      St.  Louis  to  Boston,  487-8,  525 
St.   Ixjuis  to  Staunton,   485-6.     San  Kntn^ 
CISCO   ,0  Boston.  475-80.     Scotland,  553-7 
Seashore,  90,    ,08,   ,32,    „H.,,    ,50-8,    ,74 
J83.     Shenandoah  Valley,  204.  296,  344-5,, 
382-4,388,  49,.  5TO.     Springfield,   1,5-, 28* 
579-So.     Staten  1  .land,  ,56-8.     Toronto  to 
K>"gston,   2^5-8.  30:,  306,   3,8-25.     Wash- 
">«'on,    37^     Western     New     York   (con- 
d--nsed    from    guide),    22,-3,    S87.      White 
^I'""  .  575-7-     Vosemite  Valley,  49,-2 
TourlatB  :     Books  of   reports  by,  4,89,    549, 
673,   683-7,  696.     Clothes  and  equipments 
for,  ,6-32.     Duty  of  demanding  that  wheels 
be  classed   as  baggage  by  all  s.  ,.  agents 
59'.     Freedom  of  choice   as   ti  scene   of 
tour,  where  no  extra-baggage  ...x  is  levied, 
592.     Hotels,  Special  attentions  and  privi- 
le.ges    needed    at,     602-4,     6,4.       Reports 
wanted  from,  7,7.     Toilet  articles  needed 
I7-     Wishes  disregarded  by  perfunctory  ad- 
vocates  of  "  League  hotel  policy."  60, 
Tours  from  '79  to  '82,  Outline  of  n.y  personal, 

"-'2,  26-3j. 

Towns  n.a,ed  in  this  book.  Alphabetical  list 
of  3482,  with  84.8  references,  xxxv  -Ivii 

Towns  supplying  3200  subscribers  ,0  this 
hook.  Geographical  list  of  887,  76c.„,  • 
index  to,  xx.  /   3  vt  . 

Tow-pa,l,  touring,  9.  ,,,    ,73,   ^^     ,g^    ,^ 

'92,  .99-202,  .o7-,8,  2,2,  23^42.  244  5,  304-5,' 
340,342-3,378,384.479,488. 

'''!*S.°*!^°'°'^.-  Alphabetical  list  of  ,22 
-•■  --.r::  :;:  i;r.„»c  u.ntes  this  t)ook  mav 
be   consulted,  7,6-7.     Geographical  Ikt  of 


xaxiv       TE^V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 


n 


Mine,  798-<}.  Significant  omiuion*  o'.  the 
indifferent,  ;>j4 

Trad*  In  Cycles :  AgentS  guide  tor  the,  6;q, 
Mj.  Hciiehi  leceivcd  (rnni  clrculjlinn  o( 
Wlu«lmaH,  !>•,•),  Indifference  to  my  book, 
71J.     Statistics  of  1S77;  656. 

Traininu,  ItcMiks  on,  674-5,  684-6. 

Tkanm'Oktation  Tax,  Tub,  501-600,  x  ; 
fee*  on  N  Y.  ferries  ai'd  lorse-cars,  86, 
96;  touring.  111.  Latest  r.r.'.  on  free  list, 
xci.  Slor.ige  cliarge  for  wheels  at  Knglisli 
railway  stations,  5.>S  ;  in   N.  Y.,  8^). 

Trloyclas,  Index  to  ni.ikes  of,  Ixxix. 

"  rniycle  I'liion"  and  "Tricycle  Associa- 
tion," History  of  the  defunct  KiiRli-h,  647. 

Tricycllas:  Books  on,  684-7;  Ladies'  les- 
sons at  Orange,  5S8.  Long  rides,  509. 
Mile.ige,  509,  511,  517,  5J1,  525-6,  5J0. 
Racing,  523.  Tours  in  Austiali.i,  5'2-6; 
England,  534,  543,  554;  France,  55S,  600; 
Italy,  509,  600,  6.S7. 

Triumpli,  defined  by  "  H.  H."  (verses),  304. 

Uniform,  Two  essentials  of  a  cUib-,  iq  ;  I'rice 
of  C.  W.  A.,  635  ;  Profits  of  C.  T.  C  ,  541 ; 
Wanamaker's  L.  A.  W.,  xt. 

Unions  (Cy^iiig)  in  Europe  and  Australia, 
651-2. 

Unitsd  States,  Abbreviations  of  the,  with 
index  of  chief  references,  Iviii.  Geo- 
graphical rjll  of  the,  from  Main-  to  Cali- 
fornia, with  alphabetical  list  of  residences 
of    subscribers  to   this   book,   734,    765-81). 

University  Building,  The,  42'>-72,  "v.: 
Architecture  described  by  several  observers, 
428-34  ,39.  Business  management,  457, 
461.  Collegians'  conduct,  428,  459,  466. 
Danger  of  fire,  460.  Defects  as  a  lodging- 
house,  456.  Eminent  residents,  431,  434, 
464-5,  4,"o.  Historical  statistics,  43-,-5,  437-8. 
Janitor,  .138,  443,  450-80,  461-2.  Lack  of 
camaraderie,  462.  Pictures,  430,  434. 
Prince  of  Wales's  visit  in  i860,  469-72. 
Seclusion  of  tenants,  438-9,  454-6,  463-4- 
Servants,  456-8.  Women  residents  and 
visitors,  441-1. 

Valleys  and  Bivers,  Index  to,  Hx. 
Vandalism  and  va.iity  in  Mammoth  Cave,  3?t 
Velocipeding  in  1S69,  390-406. 


Velveteen,  Excellences  of,  19,  11. 

Vetkranh,  SrATisiics  from  tub,  502-)n, 
xvi. 

Victoria:  Cyclists'  Union,  651.  Journal*, 
^S-^'i  5S^'  K(^d  races,  559-6].  Subscrib- 
ers, 55>(,  706,  793-4.      Louring,    560-3,  56$. 

Virginia  lindcx,  5^,0),  University,  350,  435 

Washington  City  Undcx,  5(^0,  Ivi.). 

Washington  Square  (index,  Ixi.) :  a*  it 
apiKared  in  iSj5,  i860  and  1878,432-3  ;  a« 
a  camp  in  the  desert,  455 ',  as  scene  of 
elbow-breaking,  24;  as  the  real  center  of 
tliL  eWorld,  64-65;  my  proposed  battle-field 
for  \\\i  be  I,  16;  its  i'hiladelphiau  name- 
sake, 494,  497. 

Waterfalls,  Index  to,  Ixi. 

Weather,  Pointers  as  to,  209,  221,  256,  297- 
300;  Summary  of  weather  changes  ir  my 
1400  m.  ride,  297-300. 

White  I-i.an.nei.  and  Nickel  Platb, 
16-22,  ix. 

Wind    as   a   fac'or    in    riding,  253,  263,  290, 

207-9.  3'3.  326,  556,  57°- 

Winter  Wheelini;,  246-54,  491,  xii. 

Winth-  ip  (Maj.  T.)  as  a  typical  hero  of  the 
civil  war.  Tribute  to,  439. 

Women  {.see  special  index,  Ixxxlii.). 

Xenophon's  fame  as  a  standard,  vlii. 

Y.'.cht  Kullnda,  In  the  (verses),  353-4,  367. 

Yachting  In  the  Paleocrystic  Sea  (verses),  23. 

YachtinRs  by  wheelmen,  504,  532. 

Tale  College :  Advent  of  the  bone-shaker 
in  i86<j,  391-5.  Ricycle  races,  660.  Boat- 
race  management  at  New  London,  131. 
Books  about,  133,  405,  466,  711,  722.  Build- 
ings in  1830,  434-5.  Class  biographies,  732. 
Class  of  1837,  464.  Directory  of  New 
York  Graduites,  464.  President  Dwighi 
on  the  Connec.ic'.:'.  V^alley  reads  in  1803, 
127.  Graduates  alluded  to,  25,  3,  140, 
304,  424.  439.  447.  464.  494.  657,  ;27,  728, 
732.  Gr-iduates  as  tenants  of  the  Univer- 
sity Building,  465-6.  Harvaid's  riv.-'.lry,  25, 
256.  Libraries  on  sub. -list,  770.  Veloci- 
pedinj;  in  1819  and  1869,  398-402.  Utopian 
ide.il,  465. 

Yankee,  Types  of  the,  36,  386,  439,  722. 

Zme  '■_  ,;  's  (I.)  tour,  London  to  Pesth,  551. 


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INDEX  OF  PLACES.  „„ 


.  '9j. 
Ad- 

Acl- 


A()bot»l)oro,  P.r,388.      Abboltufown,   Pa 
jRft.      Abcrd^n,  Mrt  ,  49;.      Ab«rdM„,  J-^<,/.' 
5S5.  599,    615.    7,,.       AbiriKton,    A'»^ ,    5,6* 

Ab.nKt,,,,,  M.I.,  ^q^.     Ablnfton.  \f,'.  .,/, 
AckIlthv,  I'a  ,  60.,,  77,,     Adanu.  Ms, 
700     Adams  Ctuter,   N   v  ,  ,4^.5 
.vnvown,  i'.i  ,  3S7.     Addi»on,   N     v., 
•Adel,  la.,  7S7.     Adelaide,  OhI.,  13,.  ' 
r'.iid.,  ,V.   /f«,,    5.K>-5.       AdelonjCrossine, 

•V  -i-  'i'.s^S     •Adrian.  Mid,..  785     Ad- 

runople,  Tur.,  4S..  Ag.wam,  Ms,,  ,„ 
^^\  14'.,  .79,  .80-,,  ,5,,  5S0.  ARr,!,  /«,/' 
571.      A.l^i   Craig,    <:l„'.,    _,„.     Airolo,    // 

^;j.     'Akron,  o,,  501,  595,  609,  784.    Ak! 

rnn,   P.r,    ,87.     Alabama.    N,    Y,,    „, .   a1. 
amoocl.y,  N.  J  ,  ,63.       'AlbMiy,  N,  v'    ,, 
'9,,W,  5.    75,    76,    85,    .54.  .S7.  .90-,,  ,97.8,' 
'"9,  2..,  37S,  47..  479,  4S7-S,    50,,    507.    5.3, 
5M-4,  i/.,  4.  597.  604,  655,  770.     'Albla,  la 

50.,  7V  'Albion.  111,485.  'Albion.  Ind" 
7.S5.  'Albion.  N.  Y.,  „7,  „,,  ^88  ^i" 
bt.ry.  A'.  5-.  ,K,  564-5.  Alconbury,  Eng 
540-I.5S3  Alden.  NY,  208,2.5,  „,  Al' 
d.nv^Ie  Pa„33,.  Aldie,  Va.,  348,  Alcxan. 
'1-r,  NY,,  ^;2.     Alex.-'.ndria,  Ky.,  590     ^Al 

exandria.  Va  ,  373,  376,  465  Alexandria 
Bay,  .N.  Y,,  333-4.  Alfred,  Ont.,  „8.  Ali- 
ab.iri, /'^r,,s7,.      .Allahab.id. /„rf    ,    ,      Al 

legany.  N.  v  ,  223.    Allegheny  City.  Pa 

77S.     Alk.nd.ile,N.J.,  ,69.     Allenford,  O;,/' 

3.6.   Aiientown.N.Y.,220.    •Allentown.' 

P^  ,  339,  3S7.  773.     Alliance,  O.,  594     a!- 

''"ton,  0,/,,3,6.     Allow.iystown.  N    J     52, 

All!ton,  Ms.,  766.  Almond.  N  Y  '2,7 
^■^  223.  Alpine,  N.  J.,  8..  586.  Al-en' 
bur?,  w«rf.,  48,.  Altnamain,  Eng ,  .-,(, 
AI.Oe„i„g,C.r.,48,.  Alton.  Ill,  50,,  594' 
AUonn..y.N.H.,577.  Altoona.  L,  47J 
Altoona,  Pa.,  496, 530,  609,77s.  Alvarado. 
LaL,  493.  Alvinston,  o«/.,„j.  Amenia. 
..  ;^'' '^'^7,  .S8.  Ameabury.  Ms.,  .02, 
766.  -^mhen.t.Ms.,  .,3,„4.  .2o,M2,.86, 
5^3,  579,  766.  Amherst,  N.  .?.,  289,  790. 
Amity.  Or.,  788.  Amityville(L  I)  N  Y 
■50-4.    534.      Amosville,     Pa..    37,.'     Am- 


545'      Aiiiaterdam.  N.  Y. 


■97.   .00,   ,o«,   2,6.      Ampthill.    Enr.,   5,, 

J«'-«r.M,,..2,2o8,  ,23.  579.  766.  .j;. 
Selica.  N  Y..  2.7.  Angola.  N.  Y..  47, 
Angora.  r.r.,  48,-2,  79,.  Ani.a  Spring! 
I^y  ,  2,6.     An>,a,,oli,,  A'.  X,  282,  2S4.5,  600 

6,"     7,^'^A^""''   ''"'•    '"•■    ""•   S- 

vUle.P.1.,34,.    An.onla.0,.39,.40,,,,, 

'!?■  ^""''■""'  ^'''  .  .15a,  334.  Anti,o„i»h, 
^■•i,  J39,  79„.  Antwerp,  B,/.,  5,2  ,., 
599  Antwerp.  N.  y.,  3,4.  Analachin 
N.  v.,  2,,s  Appleton  City.  Mo.,  7s, 
•Appomattox,  V.,.,  346.  Ararat,  K;r/  560! 
'.  5'.^.  M.  Arcidia,  Mo.,528.  Arcoli,  N 
J  .  165-6,  .59.  Ardmore,  Pa.,  3S9,  609,  77.S 
Arsyle.A-.  .y,  29i.  .A.gyle,  N.  y!  "3' 
Arkona,    Oh/..    332.     Arkport,    N.    Y      222 

Arkwright,  o«/  ,    3,6.    Arlington.  Mi„n.; 
7S7.    Arlon.  5,/,  5,5.     Armad..     Mid,  . 

735.   Arnheim,  ^,/.,5„.     ,r,..„,.„,.,    '     ,„ 
Arran,C)„/.,,,5.     Arthur    "«/„  3,6         ,^l' 

0.'.3.2.    •A.hevllle.  N.  c.  500.    Ash! 

ford,  ^«^.,  7<^.     Ashford,  N.  Y.,  7,    ,„   «„ 
A.hland.    Ky.,   590.   783.      Ashla'nd,"M^ 
....   ^iJihland  N.H.,577.    •A.hland.  O.; 
784.     Ashland,   Pa.,  77S.    Ashland.  Va 
3^5..    Ashmore.Ill..489,786.    AshUbul*; 

■,  ij,  28,  3,,  50,  J05_  ^^g_  ^g 

Ashton,  R.  I.,  .0,.  Asht  n,  Md.,  373  37, 
497-  Ashton-under-Tyne  i^'w^.,  64c  Ash' 
"•^l"'.  N.  H.,  579.  Ashville  N  'y  5,7" 
A.sterabad,  /?w.,57,.     Astoria  (L.    J)    N 

;88  '''.if  'J;  ■"•  '"■  5'*-     'Astoria, 'or.. 
7S8.       Atchison.  Kan.,  594.    Athol.  Ms 
4S8    579.     Athole,    sc./.,   556.     Athens.' 
N.  V     770     Atherton,  o«/.,    33,.      Atkin- 
son. III.,  479.    .Atlanta.  Ga.,  352,  594.  597 
Attica   N^Y.,  2.6.  222.      .Aubur^r'JaY; 
476.    'Aubum.  Ind.,  785.    'Auburn  NY 
201,  20S,  2.2,  770.      A.ickl.ind,   //.   z     566' 
56:,  568,   794.      Augsburg,   Ger.,  48..  'au- 
gusta,  Ky.,  590,  609,  783.    'Augusta,  Me 
573,  574,  597,  609,   765.      Auma,   C,r  ,    c„' 
•Austin.  Tex.  ,s.     A"-"—   —    -        - 

Aurora,  N.  yv  2;,  ''pz::ci>::: '^ 


xxxvi        TE,V  THOUSAND  .TILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Ausab'.e  Chasm,  N.  Y.,  211.  Auxy-V. 
Chateau,  Fr ,  55S.  Avenal,  Vict.,  5  j. 
Avcndalc,  I'kt.,  565.  Avon,  Ct.,  145. 
Avon,  N.  Y.,  232.  Avondale,  N.  J.,  ifj6, 
167,  169,  533.  Avondale,  O.,  784.  Avon 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  30,  213,  21*^.  Ayer  Junction, 
Ms.,  13S.  Aylmer,  Ont.,  315,  319,  327,  331 
332,634.     Ayr,  0«/.,  317.     Ayr,  i'ro/.,  6S6. 

Babylon  (L.  I.),  N.  V.,  150,  152-4.  Dad- 
deck,  ^V.  6".,  2S9.  Dadcn,  Ont.,  316-7.  Bad 
I^nds,  Wyo.,  477.    Bainbridge,  N.  Y.,  493. 

'-  ''vi.,  571.  Ilalcony  Falls,  Va.,  347, 
^5.-  .idock,  A"»^. ,  540.  Baldwin,  111.,  52S. 
-.  \v,\r\,  N.  Y.,  1S6.  Bale,  Switz.,  599. 
)  .,lara!,  ''•,539,560-2,793.  Ballardsville, 
Ky.,236.  •Ballston,  N.Y.,  197,208.  Bal- 
timore, Md.,  .J,  31,  233,  241-4,  349,  373, 
37<>-7.  390.  427,  4S6-7,  497,  513,  523,  575,  5S3, 
5S9,  502-4,  609,  627-3,  643,  652,  7S1.  Bangor, 
.ffw^.,645.  *Bangor,  Me.,  273-9,  3';:,  5'5, 
jJJ.  574,  592,  ^f*',  7'J5-  BarboursvUle,  W. 
Va.,  351.  'Bardstown,  Ky.,  2?g,  230,234, 
237,  5=7,6091783.  Bar  Harbor,  Me.,  271, 
278,  279,  515,  574.  Barkhamsted,  Ct.,  144. 
Bar-le-Duc,  Fr.,  4S0.  Barnebville,  Pa.,  245. 
Barnet,  Fug.,  539,  540,  541.  Barr,  Col.,  501. 
Barre,  Vt.,  57S,  766.  Barrie,  Out.,  316. 
Harrington,  A''.  i'.,2R3.  Barryfield,  0«/.,325. 
Barrytown,  N.  Y.,  510.  Bartlett,  N.  H., 
576-7.  Bartleyvillo,  N.  J.,  164.  Barton,  N. 
Y.,  219.  Bartow,  N.  Y.,  31.  Bartville,  111., 
479,  Basle,  5'm///'-.,  532,  545,  552.  Paiainitz, 
Slav.,  481.    *Batavia,  N.  Y.,  208,  215,  217, 

222,  4Sy,  501,  770.  Batli,  Eii£.,  4,  532,  538, 
544.  55'.  554.  567,645.  79°-  "Bath,  Mc.,  577. 
B,ilh,  N.  H.,  578.  Bath,  OhA,  325.  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  785.  Battle  Mountain, 
Nev.,  476.  *Bay  City,  Mich.,  785.  Bay- 
field, O^/.,  3f3,  314.  33=-  Bayonne,  N  J., 
158.  Bay  Ridge  (L.  T.),N.Y.,  90,  5.33  Bay 
Shore(L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  152.  Bay  Side  (L.  I.), 
IV.  Y,  150.  Bealton,  0«^.,  332.  Beamsville, 
Ont.,  315.  Beard,  Ky. ,  236.  Bear  VVallow, 
Ky.,  230.  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.,  514-5,  778. 
Beaufort,  Vict  ,  560.  Beaumont,  Ont.,  330. 
Beccles,  Eng.,  539.  Becket,  Ms.,  121,  i  );. 
Bedford,  E>ig.,^},2,  540,  541,  557,645.  I'.td- 
ford.  A'.  .S".,  287,    •Bedford,  Pa.,  496,  530, 

609,778.  Bedfordshire, /"w^,  532.  Bedford 
.Springs,  Pa.,  244,  496.  Beech  Cliff,  Pa., 
778.  Beeston,  hng.,  790.  Beeston  Castle, 
Eng.,  536.     Bei   Bazaar,    Tur.,   482.     *Bel 

Alo      \IIA  ....       ,-,       ..-.  Pul.,     P,t-.r.bo        T*,,- 


4S1.  BelcUertown,  Ms  ,  T13,  144,  57').  Del- 
fast,  Ire.,  499,  645.  'Belfast,  Me.,  574,  765. 
Belfast,  N.  Y.,  217,  223.  Uelfort,  Fr.,  590 
Belgrade,  Sen/.,  481.  Belgrave,  Ont.,  332. 
Belhaven,  Ont.,  316.  Bellefontaine,  Mo., 
525.  •Bellefontaine,  O.,  "joi.  Belleville, 
N.J. ,84, 166.  Belleville,  C>«/.,  297,  ",319, 
320,    321,  322,    324,  325,  327.  33>,  63^,   789. 

Bellevue,  O.,  479.    Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  n, 

■9,  31,  118,  119,  181,  183,  184,  578,  766.  Bell- 
ort  1,1^.  I.),  N.  Y.,  150,  153.  Bell's  Corners, 
Ont.,  327.  BeUville,  O.,  7S4.  Belmont, 
Cal.,  493.  Belmont,  Me.,  574.  'Belmont 
N.V.,223.  Belmont,  Pa.,  339,  389.  Belolt, 
\Vis.,7S7.  Belone,  Kan.,  4S5.  *Belvidere, 
111.,  786.  Bemis  Heights,  N.  Y.,  186,  190. 
Benalla,  Vict.,  565.  Benares,  Ind.,  572. 
Benk'iCman,  Neb.,  501.  Bennettaville,  Ind., 
235.  'Bennington,  Vt.,  186,  191,  193,  594, 
b2j,  ^(16.  Beowawe,  Nev.,  477.  Berea,0., 
7S4.  Beruen,  Den.,  599.  Bergen,  N.  V., 
215, 2:2.    Bergen  Point,  N.  J.,  84,156, 158, 

163,169,583.  Bergerae, /"r.,553.  •Berke- 
ley Springs,  W.  Va.,  496.  Berkliamsted, 
A'«^.,  473,  4S0.  Berkshire,  Ms.,  193.  Berlin, 
Ct.,  128,  136,  137,  nS,  149,  191,  5S1.  Berlin, 
Ger.,  426,  552,  646,  651,  697,  792.  Berlin, 
Ont.,  316,  317.  Bernardston,  Ms.,  31,  38, 
119,182,576(723).  Berne,  ^w//^.,  545.  Bem- 
viJle,  Ind.,  4S5.  *Ben7ville,  Va.,  244,  381, 
^84,497,782.     Beithier,  C^;;/. ,  330.     Berwick, 

S.,  285,  293.  Berwick,  Pa.,  497,  778. 
Btrwyn,  Pa.,  389.  Besangon,  Fr.,  545. 
Bethany,  Ct.,  582.  Bethel,  Me.,  576-7. 
Bethel,  Vt.,  578.  Bethlehem,  N.  II.,  577. 
Bethlehem,  Pa.,  3S7,  389,  778.  Bethune- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  211.  Beverly,  Ms.,  655,677, 
766.  Beverly,  N  J.,  173,  522,  776  Bic, 
Que.,  329,  330.    Biddeford,  Me.,  575,  627. 

Biggleswade,  Eng.,  540-1,  557-8,  645.  Billa- 
bong,  .V.  S.  IV.,  564-5.  Billerica,  Ms.,  113. 
Bingham,  Me.,  573-4.  "Binghamton,  N. 
v.,  21,  28,  31,  206,  218,  219,  302,  308, 
337.  33^^.  340.  50'.  ''27.  770.  Birchton,  Ont., 
327.  Bird-in-Hand,  Pa.,  378  Birdshaw, 
Pa.,  484.  Birjand,  /Vr.,  57r.  •Birming- 
ham, Ala  .783.  Birmingham,  Ct.,  139, 140, 
142,  769  Birmingham,  Eng.,  4S0,  532,  539, 
546,  551,  6)2,  6 15,  6(6,  617,684,  638,695,  790. 
Bin,  Ont.,  31;  Bishop's  Gate,  Ont.,  332. 
Bishop  Stortford,  Eng,  541.  Bitter  Creek, 
Wyo.,  477.     Blackhealh,  £■»,«•.,  686.     Black 


f^DEX  OF  PLACES. 


;°l  ,  "'=''''"^^»'^.     Md.,    ,44.     376.     Blair 
Aihole,  i-<r^/.,  5,6.     DIairstown,  N    J     ,6, 
.07.     BlairsviUe.  l>a.,  496.     Elakelcy.'pa 
34..     I3!a..dforci.  Ms..  ....  ,08.     Blanshard' 

Ont.,ii2.     Blaubeurcn,  C-^.,  48,.     Blawen- 
'^"'^■.  N-  J ,  >72,  377.    Bloomfleld.  Kv 
-^37-    Bloomfleld.   N.  J.,  38,  56,  ,5?    ,5, 
.6.,  776.    Bloomingdaie, N.  J. ,  ,70.    .Bloom- 
mgton,  HI.,  50,,  5,g,  555^, 78^    Blossburg 
i'a.,   77S.     Blue   Bonnets,  Oni.,  328.     Ulue' 
C.i..yon.  Cal.,  476.     Blue  Lick  Spring    Kv 
2«.     Blue  Stores,  N.  Y.,  ,93,  ,96.     Ely.he' 
<W.,332.     Boardville,  N.  J.,  .70.     Bodmin, 
^^-",,-.,536.     Bogalong,    N.     S.     U^      ,(,, 
♦Boise  City.  Id.,  609.  788.     Bokhara, 'ifL  ' 
570.    IJoiac,  Vict.,  s6,.     Bold  Bridg^  Eng' 
557-    Bologna,  It.,  55..     Bolton,  N.  Y     ,86* 
nonar^.^    536.     Bonn,  (7.r.,  697.     Jook' 
l'am,A,5.  ;<^.,565.     Boonaboro.  Md    242 
349.     Boonton,    N.    J.,    84.    •Boonville,' 
Mo.,    7S7.    Boonville.    N.   Y.,  20,      B„r 
deaux,/-r.,552,599,699.     Bordentown    N 
J-.  323-  5",  609,  776.     Bordentown,  ^-  A    s 
56..     Borough  Bridge,  £,^.,  55,.     Borriso- 
'e.gh,    Ire.,    546.     Bo-scawen,    N.    H       „, 
Boston,  Ind.,  485.     •Boston,  Ms.,  2   4    L 
-.^5-9,3.,   33,36.48,5.,   5S,  8s,  94,'.o.: 

.7,U6.8,,33.  .38,  ,5.,  ,8,-3,204,208.249, 
=58-60.76,  .79.  2S2,  .8S-9,  292.3,  320.2,  324 
356,  366.7,  37c^2,  376,  37S,  384,  3S6,  388,  427 
43,,  446,  468-7,.  473-5,  479-80,  485,  487-9,  492 
499,  Soc.  503.5,507-8,  5,, .,4.  5'6-.8,  522-6' 
552.  570,  573-4,  577,  579-8o,  5S2.  5S4,  5S7' 
592-4,  597,  600,  602,  607,  609,  6,s.,7,  62.  -' 

63,,  643.4, 646, 653, 655.8, 662, 664,  ,;,s' 

67,i-4,  676-7,  680,687,  703,  7.5,707-8,  7.,  7,2' 
7..^  766.  Boston,  Ont.,  332.  Boston  Cor-' 
"ers,N.  Y.,,88.  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.,  ,67, 
'"2,  377,  776.  Bowmansville,  Ont  '  3,9' 
,^^5.  liowmansville,  N.  Y.,  2,7.  Bowna,' 
•>'  -^.  "  .  565.  Bowning,  A^.  s.  IV  ,66 
no,.cl,ervilIe,^«,.,32S.     Boulogne,   /-..„,,; 

w    •Bozeman,  Mnn.,  7S8.    BracevUle 

I:'  '    '^''     B^ddook.    Pa.,  4S5.     Bradford 
^■"f<  5'7.  545,  644.5,  790.    Bradford  Vt 
578^     Brady  Island,  Neb.,  478.     Brampton,' 
■ii   'm'^     ''^^"^hville,  C,  ,38.     Branch. 
'"e.  N.  J..   ,64,  5,0.    Brandon.  V,  ,  ,,. 

Worda.,3o,,32-3,,49,5..,769,     Br';: 

iorovT''"'"''"'-"^''^^^-     ^'»«'«- 
foro.Vt.,  „,  29,  31,  5,,  ..9,  ,82,  ,9,   579 

f«,,  766.    'Brazil,  Ind.  .86      n;„,V,"?; 
*'"■').  v.,  578.     Bremen,  <7,..,si:-B;e;it; 


XXXV!i 


wood,  Cal.,  500.      Breslau.   O^..   3,^    ^., 

Brewerton,N.Y.,335.     Brewster.  N  Y      ^g'' 

Bnc    Church.  Md..  373.    Brick  ChurcbN 

J-,776-     Bridestow,  .£■»»•    „f,      n-j     , 

to"  (L.  I.),  N   Y     ,«      rI     fi^dgehamp- 

•;,  i-«.  ».,  155.     Bridge worlh    A--. 
536,  554.    •Bridgeport    ct     J  ^ ' 

Bridgeton,  Me.,  57'      -'„     '«  -j''   '°°'  ''9- 
9     ,<  1,    J        '  ''^'''      '^"dgetown.  A^ 

^■,    =84-5.     Bndgewater,    £„^,^    ,,(,       '_• 

Bndgewater.   Ms..  767.    B-^idp::':  "t*' 

67    682"' 7',^"^'  ^^'°'  "3,  547,  98,6:6.' 
6     ,682.     Bnghton.    Ms.,  29,  3..  .07,  .^ 
^..-,.,4.     Br,gh,on,N.Y.,770.     Brig^: 

-.w;B;i^^id:lis-29^1Sr: 

Bnstol,£,^.,536,5„  5        7^- 

^1   R    I.,  ,07,   .0,.,  ,42.  58..     Bristol  Arms, 

Brock  »    F^^''^'   ^-   v.,  2,7.  222.' 
JjrocKton,   Ms..    ,06,   ,09,   ,,,    ,,-=    .^ 

Brocton.N.Y.,587.    Br  J'vilie  ■J''32S- 
f„^   li-d'-adsville.    P...    3,,      BroLeJ: 
^-r.,790.     Bron,co. //.,  552.     Brookfleld 
Ms..  ,04.  ,,4.     Brook  Haven  (L    I)   N   V 

;«,'£,,'- •'k^JXjr: 

Ind      '':°*"J^-='P'Va..   348.     Brownsboro 
Id    236.     Brownsboro,  Tex.,  783.     Brown.s.' 
vile.  Md. ,  245.    Brownavilie,  Pa. ,  496, 609 
778.     Brucefield,    0„t.,    3,3.     Bru^h,    C^' 
SO..     Brushv,l,e,    N.     v„    „,.     „^,;^^^,^ 
^y-,    228,    234.    Bruiujv^ck,    Me..    765 
Brunswck.  C..,   687.     Brussels,  Bel.,  64  . 
65.,  699.    Bryn  Kawr,  Pa.,  389^,  ,,; 
Buangor,    ;../.,  560.     Buckden,  ^^    ^J). 
Buckhorn,   O.t..   33,,     Buckingham,   S„. 
539-     Buckland,  Va..  375.    Bucksport  Me  ' 
^78.  574.     Bucksville.  Pa  ,  497.     .Bucyrtw,' 
O,   488,   7S4.      Budapest,    //«»^.,    48,     „, 
792.     Buelville,  N.    Y.,  336.     Buftalc'xv' 
=30.     'Buffalo,  N.Y.,  9,  .2,  28.  so.  52.  .78.' 
'98,203.6.  208,  2,4.,7,  22..3,3.5,  3.7,  320, 
321,  475,   479.S0,    487.8,    50,,   524,   573_   53^. 
8,    594,   609.    6,7,    620,    627,    77..       Buffalo 
Cap.  Va.,  486.     Bull  Rum,  Va,  375.     Bunder 
^'UZ,Ifus.,s7i.     Bungay,  £-„^.,  5,,,.     Bunin- 
.r-..6,    ►.<•/.,    559,    5„3,     Bunker  Hill    M^ 
386.     Bunker  Hill,   Va..  348,   388.     Bureau,' 


xxxviii     TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


111.,  489.  Burford,  Old.,  317.  Burgoyne, 
0«/.,  315.16.  Burke,  N.Y.,  771.  •Burluig- 
ton,  la.,  485-6, 787.  Burlington,  N.  J., 390, 
522.  •Burlington,  Vt.,  578,  594-5.  766- 
liurntislaiid,  Scot.,  536.  Bury,  Ettg.,  790. 
Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Eng.,  645,  790-  Bush- 
kill,  Pa,  207,  299,  341,  497-  Bushnell, 
Ill.,4S5-6.  Butte,  Mont.,  7SS.  Byron  Center, 
N.  Y.,  215. 

Cabin  John  Bridge,  D.  C,  376.  497-  <-"=- 
couna,  Out.,  329-3°-  Cahir,  /  ,  546- 
•Cairo,  111.,  595.  Calais,  Fr..  558,  599. 
•Calais,  Me.,  262-8,  573,  609,  765.  C;  Icutta, 
/«./.,  571-2.  Caldwell,  N.  J.,  58,  161-2, 
609,776.  Caldwell,  N.  Y.,  11,  29,  32.  '5*6. 
191-2,  211,  510,  771.     Caledonia,  N.  Y., 

208,  222.  Caledonia,  Ont.,  332.  Caledonia 
Springs,  Ont.,  327-8.  CalistOga,  Cal,  490. 
Callan,  Ire.,  792.  Calumet,  Mich.,  785. 
Camac  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  158.  Cambridge, 
Eng.,  533, 539. 54',  544, 557.646, 790.  ♦Cam- 
bridge, Ms.,  29,  51,  loi,  103,  113,  402-3. 
435.    485.    517.    627.  657,    767-       Cambridge, 

N.  Y.,  193.  Cambridge,  O.,  345  Cam- 
bridgeport,  Ms.,  516,  517,  767.     "Camden, 

V  J.,  173,  218,  389-90,  521-2,  776.  Camden, 
//.  5.  W^.,  565-6.  Cameron,  N.  Y.,  218. 
Camillus,  N.  Y.,  208,  212.  Campbellsburg, 
Ind.,  236.  Campbellton,  0«/.,  329.  Camp- 
belltown,  N.  S.  H^.,  565.  Campbelltown, 
Tas.,  564.  Camperdown,  K/r/.,  559-60. 
Campobello,  M  5.,  270,  279.  Campton  Vil- 
lage, N.  H.,  577.  Canaan  Four  Corners, 
N.  Y.,  148.  Canaan,  Ct.,  700.  Canaan, 
N.  Y.,  197.     ♦Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  28, 

30.  3».  33.  S"'.  201-2,  20S,  212,    213,   297,  479, 

488,  772.  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.,  200.  Can- 
astota,  N.  Y.,  208,  336.  Candleman's 
Kerry,  Va.,  383,  497-  Caneadea,  N.  Y., 
214,217.  Caniflteo,  N.  Y.,  217,  218. 
Canmer,  Ky.,  230.  Canterbury,  N.  Y.,  510. 
Canterbury,  £'»^  ,  530,  6S7.  Canton,  C/i/., 
572.  Canton,  Ct.,  145.  Canton,  III,  7S6. 
•Canton,  O.,  501,  595.  '  >9.  7S4  Canton, 
Ms.,  27.  Canton,  Pa.,  499.  778-  t'ape 
Town,  S.  A/.,  696.  Capon  Springs,  W.  Va., 
495-7.  Cap  Rouge,  Que.,  330,  Capua,  //. , 
552.     Car.imut,  Vict.,  561.     CarbOU,   Wyo., 

477.    Carbondale,  Pa.,340.    Cardiff,  fw^., 

683,  790.  Caribridge,  Scot.,  556.  Carlin, 
Nev.,  477.  Carlisle,  Eng.,  545,  55 1,  642, 
6S7.  •Carlisle,  Pa.,  45,  303,  344,  485-  ^'ar- 
low,    Unt.,    315.       Caristadi,     N.     j.,  03-4, 


166-7,588.  •Carmi,  Il!.,786.    Carpenter,  Pa., 
77S.     Carnavoii,  A'k^.,  790.    •Carson,  Nev  , 
478.      Carte-,   Wyo.,  4,7,  480.      CanoUton, 
N.  Y.,  223.     Casey,  la.,  478.     Cashel,  Ire., 
546.    Cassadaga,  N.  Y.,  5S7,  772.    Cass- 
burn  Corners,  Ont.,  32S.     Castlle,   N.   Y., 
222.       Castlemaine,     Vict.,    560-1.       Castle- 
martyr, /r*.,    546,   792.      Castleton,    N.    ".' , 
148,  190,   197.    Castleton,  Vt.,   184.    Cas- 
tres,    Fr.,    552.       CastroviUe,    Cal.,    490. 
Calford    Hill,   Eng.,  790.      Caihcart,   Ont., 
317.    •Catlettsburg,  Ky  ,  486,  59°-     Ca- 
tonsville,    Md.,  373     •Citskill,    N.    Y.. 
187-S,  191,  198.    Cattaraugus,  N,  Y.,  223. 
Catte.-ick,    Eng.,    545.     Cauheme,    Roum., 
481.     Cave  City,    Ky.,    31,   231-2,    234.   597. 
609,    783.      Cawnporc,   Ind.,   572.     Caxton, 
Eng.,  c,^o-l.    Cayuga,  N.Y,,  :  J,  20S.    Ca.'.6- 
novia,  N.  Y.,  43,  219,  296,  298,  302,  33C, 
609,  772.     Cedar  Grove,  N.  J  ,  166.     Cedar 
Rapids,  la.,  594.      Center   Harbor,  N.   H., 
576.     Centerport   (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  151.      Cen- 
tertown,   Mo.,  4S5.      Centerville,  Cal.,   493. 
Centerville,    Ct.,    135,    138,    149.    ^49.    S*"- 
Centerville,     <y.,   233.      Centerville,  N.   J., 
164.     Centerville,  N.  Y.,  335,  497-      Center- 
ville, Va.,  374.    Central  City,  Neb.,  478, 
489.     Central  Square,  N.   Y.,   335.     Cliadd's 
Ford,    Pa.,    388,    390.      Chaplin,    Ky.,   237. 
•Chambersburg,  Pa.,  303,   344.  485,  »95. 
497-8,    609,    77S.      Champaign,    III.,    786. 
ChancellorsviUe,  Va.,  347,  352.     Chao-choo- 
foo,    C/ti.,     572.     Chappaqua,    N.    Y.,    76. 
Charing  Cross,  /r«^.,   531.      Charing  Cross, 
Ont.,  332.     *Chariton,  la.,  7S7.      Charles- 
bourg,  Ont.,  330.     •Charleston,  111.,  786. 
•Charleston,   S.    C,    355.     •Charleston. 
W.    Va.,    351.     Chariestown,    Ind.,    235. 
Charlestown,    Ms.,    767.     Chariestown, 
N.   H.,  575-6.      *Charle8town,    W.    Va., 
383-4.     •Charlotte,  N.  C,  500,  782.     Char- 
lotte, N.  Y,  333.     Charlottetown,   P.  E.I., 
2S9-91,   5(2.    •Charlottesville,  Va.,    348, 
350-1.     Chnrtiers,  Pa.,  594.     Chate.     Richer, 
();«.,  330.     Chatham,  ^«^,  598.     Chatham, 
N.  J.,  163,  174,  776.    Chatham,  N.  Y.,  148, 
197,   500,  609,   772.     Chatham,   Ont.,   331-2. 
Chatsworih,    Ont.,     3 '6.     *Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,    501,   783.     Chautauqua,  N.   Y.,  223, 
587.      •Cheboygan,    Mich.,    785.      Chelms- 
ford, Eng.,  645.     Chelsea,  Ms.,  525,  530, 
66?,  767.    Chelsea,  Ont.,  327.     •Chelsea, 


»'-.   )3lO- 


i,  w»;'.,  55*. 


A\     EX  OF  PLACES. 


xxxix 


V  v.,  2i8.  Chenanso  Forks,  N.  Y.,  336-8. 
( .'herbourg,  Fr. ,  599.  Cheshire,  Ct. ,  30,  3 1| 
4'<.  134-5.  >38-9.  250,  58",  609,  769.  Chesh- 
ire, E»g^.,  645-6.  Cheshire,  Ms.,  ,93. 
Chesterville,  III.,  ,05.  Chestnut  Hill  Reser- 
v)ir,  Ms.,  29,  114.  Chester,  £n^.,  jjg. 
Chester,  Ms.,  .121,  194.  Chester,  N.  ]., 
.73-  Chester,  .V.  S.,  2SS,  293.  Chester,' 
N.  y.,  340,  3S7.  Chester,  Pa.,  244,  372, 
17;,  390,  77S-  Chesterton,  Ind.,  479.' 
Lheticamp,  A'.  S.,2'ig.  *Cheyeniie,  Wyo.^ 
475.  47S.  4S9,  609,  62S,  788.    *Chicago,  111.,' 

'•2'.  30.  3',  33,  33,  50,61,  113,223,225,231,' 
!42,  245,  296,  310,  3'2,  314,  3'7,  320-1,  324, 
4^J.  436,  474,  475,  478-80,  487.9,  499,  50., 
5o5,  508,  5.7-19,  523.4,  5,9,  57^_  j35_  jg^  ^' 
S'A  616,  627,  643,  655,  672,  677,  679,  683 
:>>.     7-2,      786.       Chichester,     E„jr,^    (^^ 

Chicopee.  Ms.,  3.,  38,  1.8.  .23-6,  ,81,  580 
7"7  Chicopee  Falls,  Ms.,  124-5,  181  767' 
Chiltern,  ZV.A,  565.  Chinese  Camp,  'cal 
49..  Chittenango,  N.  Y.,336,  488.  Chit-' 
tenden,  Ky.,  225.  Christchurch,  A'.  ^., 
5^7-9,  652,  696,  794.  Christiania,  JVor  700' 
Churchville,  N.  Y.,  2,5.  ChurchviUe! 
M'l;  373.  Cicero,  N.  Y.,  335.  .Ciucin- 
liatl,   O.,   3.-3,    ,,3,  223,    „5^_    ^j^_    _^gg^ 

i^'.  594,    S.J5.    597.   67S,    784.     Cincinnatus, 
•^-    ^-t    33'J-7.    772.       Cinnaminson,     N   J 
776.    Cirencester,  if^^.,  790.    Clacion,  ^„»-'' 
.^59.      Clandeboye,  0«/.,3,2-,3,332.      CUp! 

"»'.  ^T  ,  534.    Claremont,  N.  H.,  574  579 

Clarence,  £«^.,  544.     Clarence,  6>„/.,  j,,.^ 
Clarendon,     OrJ.,    3,3.      Clarendon,    K,c/ 
559.      *Clarion,    Pa.,    778.     dark's   Ferry' 
l'a>496      Clark's  .Summit,  Pa. .,4,.    Clarks' 
v.ile,  Md.,  373,  376,  49,     Clarksville,  Mo 
122.     Ciashmore  Inn,  Scoi.,  536,  555      t'lav 
erack,  N.   Y.,    ,97.    Clay  Center,   Kan 
485-6    *Clearfleld.  Pa,  204,  530,  593.  60.' 
778.    Clear  Spring,  Md,  243.  344.    Cle.^r- 

vMe,  t^«/.,3,o.,2,  3,4.     Clearville,  Pa.    496 
*  lemensport,  .V,  S.,  2S5.     Clermont,   N    Y  ' 

■/..    *ClevelanrJ  o.,  3,5,  479,  ^g^.^^  ^^' 

5.M    52^  59-v  .  ,4-5,  627,  643-5,   784.      Cleve- 
'■"><i=^M,IUal.,  490.     Clifton  (S.I)  N  Y 
J77.    Clifton  Forge,  Va.,  350.     Clinton' 
'••.   '32.    Clinton,    M»,    ,28.     Clinton 

,  ,.   ^''   "'•     '^■•■'""'"-    On:.,    „3,    3,5,    33,; 
"Wer  Gap,  Cal.,  476,  480.     Clos.er,   N    f       1 
^o.      Cloud.nan,    Cal.,     49,.       Jloverdale' 
'  ■11  .    490,     Clyde.    Y     V      .•.'•-•      .•■:  ! 

■'  -^  .  293     Coal  Dale,  Pa.,  '778?'  Coate's-^    \ 


Villo,  Pa.,  3S8,  495-      Coblentz,   Gtr  ,   545 
Cobourg,  0«/.,  ,98,  204,  297,3.9-2.,  323.325, 
523.     Cocheclon,    N.    Y.,   570.     Cockshutt 
Ont.,3ii.     Coffee  Run,  Pa.,  244.     Cohasset. 
Ms.,  ,,2.    Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  ,9,-3,  772.      Co. 
lac,  7/.  5'.  /K.,  56,,  565,    Colac,  K,W.,  560-,, 
563.     Colborne,  tJ«/.,3,9,  325.      Colchester,' 
A>.r,     541,     647.      Coldbrook,    Ms.,    579 
Cold  Spring,  N.  Y.,   .94,   ,97,   ^00.    Cold 
Sprmg  Harbor  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,   28,   5S4,  772 
•Coldwater,   Mich.,   7S5.     Colebrook,' Ct., 
"44,   .46.     Coleraine,   Ms.,   579.      Colesville' 

Md.,  376,  497.    Colfax,  Cil.,  476.    Colfax. 

In.,  479-  ColIec:c  Hi;i,  O.,  7S4.  Collinsby, 
Onf.,32S.     Collingswood,   0«/.,   3,6       Col- 

linsvUle.  Ct.,  .45.     •Colorado  Springs. 

(.01.,  733.     Colosse,   N.   Y,  335.     Columbia. 

Nf.  J.,  .64.  Columbia,  Pa.,  3.7,  37s,  386, 
3SS-9,  4S6,  499,  609,  77S.  •Columbia,  S.  C  ' 
782.    •Columous,  On.,  782.    *Columbu8,' 

Ind.,  7S5.  •Columbus,  Miss.,  783.  Co- 
lumbus, N.  Y.,  5S7.  'Columbus,  O..  245, 
487-8,  50.,  595,  627,  784.  Concoid,  Ms.,' 
■03,  112,  597, 767.    *Concord,  N.  H.,  576-7 

766.     Conewango,  N.V,,223.     Coney  Island,' 

N.  Y..   27.     Conneaut,    o.,   479.     Con- 
nellsviUe,  Pa.,        ,.      Conrad's  .Store,  Va 
348.    Conroy,  0„,  ,  332.     Conshohn-keni 

P^-,3S9.     Constance,  5;w//z.,  552.     c      stan- 
tinople,  Tur.,  474,  480-3,    552,   57,,  609,  792. 
Conway,  Ms.,  767,      Conway,   N.  H.,  5.5, 
577-      Conyngham,   Pa.,  498.      Como,  '/l.tfy', 
468.     Como,  0«A,  328.     Cook's   Bay,   On/., 
3.6.     Coolaloo,  r,c/.,  560.     Cookston,  On/.', 
3>6.     CooksviIle,0«/.,3,3-,9.     Cooma,  Cal  .' 
492.    •Cooperstown.  N.  Y.,  ,97,  2.5,  378 
Cooperstown,    Pa.,    3S9.      Copake    Falls, 
N.   v.,    .33.     Copenhagen,   Den.,    599,  645. 
Cordelia,   Cal.,  491.     Corinne.   Utah,  477 
♦Corinth.  Miss.,  352.     Cork,  /re. ,  546,  645 
♦Coming.  N.  Y.,  30.  2,6-.9,  50,,  772.     Cor- 
nish,   N.     H..    577.       Cornwall,    Ct.,    ,43 
Cornwall,  N.  Y.,  ,7,,  .94,  ,„,  „3.   Cornwall. 
On/-,   327.       Cornwall,    Vt.,    579.     Cornwall 

iir.dg-.   Ct.,  5,0.     Comwall-on-Hudson. 
N.  Y..  609,   772.    'Corpus  Chriati,  Tex 
783.    Corry.  Pa.,   587,   609,  778,     'Cort^ 
land.  N,   v.,  772.     *Corydon.   Ind..  235 
Cote  .St.  Antoine.  (?«*..  328.     Cote  St.  Luke 
C«'.,328.     Cnteaudu  I,.ic,   C>w.,  575.     Cot- 
'•iK<-,  N.    Y  ,   223.      •Council  Bluffs,   !a.. 
47^-*,  4S9.  595.     Court    Mouse   Station  (S.  I.). 
N.  Y..  .55.     Courtland,  On/.,  332.     Coven^ 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


try,  £(»/•.,  480,  53J,  546,    551,    554,    557,  654 
6»3,  68«,  690,  6gj,  (J94-6,  790.     *COVini^Il, 

Ky..  30,  225,  351,  590,  67?.,  7S3.      *Covii)g' 
too,  Va.,   ^■ib.    Cozaackle,   N.    Y.,    190. 
ijoyott,  Cal.,   492.     Craig's   Ivleadows,    Pa. 
341.      Cranberry,    O.,    488        '"rane's   Flats 
Cal.,   491.     Cram'      Village,    N.    Y.,    479. 
< '  awford,  Scot.,  ^^b,  576.     Crawford  House 
N.  H.,  576-7        Cresson    Springs,    I'a.,    496. 
Crocker's,  Cai.,   491.     Croton,    N.    Y.,    194 
Crotoii    Falls,    N.    Y.,    iSiS,    772.     Croydon 
Eng.,  480,  533,  790    Cro«.n  Point,  N.  V. 
186.     Cruni's  Point,    lud.,  479.     CuuJeback- 
vil'-  ,  N.Y.,  340,  587.     Culberison,  Neb.,  501 
OiUpepu',  Va.,  348,  350.    •Cumberland, 
Md.,  12,  29,  31,  238,  240-46,  782.     Curwens- 
ville.  Pa.,  609,  778. 

•Dallas,  Tex.,  628.  Dalton,  Ms.,  121,  193. 
Dalton,  N.  Y..  222.  Dalwhinnie,  Scot., 
556.  Damascus,  Md.,  376.  *Danbury,  Ct., 
769.  Dr.nforih,  t>«/.,  316.  Oansville,  N. 
v.,  33,  213-14,  218,  772.  'Danville,  111., 
489.  Danville,  N.  J.,  164.  Danville,  Pa., 
778.  Darby,  Pa.,  372,  390.  Darieii,  Ct., 
139,  248.  Darkesville,  W.  Va.,  244.  I)ar- 
lington,  Vict.,  559.  Darinian,  Per.,  571. 
Dauphin,  Pa.,  496.  *Davenport,  la.,  478- 
9,489.  Daventry,  Eng.,  556.  Davisville, 
Cal,  490-1.  Dayton,  Ky.,  62S,  7S3.  'Day- 
ton, O.,  501,  594-5,  7S4.  Dayton,  N.  Y., 
221,    223,    772.      Dealton,     Out.,    310,    332. 

•Decatur,  111.,  485-6.    *Dedham,  Ms.,  29, 

33,  102,  107,  112.  Deerfield,  Ms.,  119,  182, 
579,  767.  Detr  Park,  Md.,  486.  Dectli, 
Nev.,  480.  *Defiance,  ().,  609,  784.  De 
Kalb,  N.  Y.,  :34.  'Delaware,  C,  784. 
Delaware,  Ont.,  331,  332.  Delaware  Water 
Gap,  Pa.,:8,  163-4,  172,  189,  207,  341,  378, 
497.  Delfihaven,  Hoi.,  553.  Delhi,  /«</., 
572.  *Delhl,  N.  Y.,  497-8.  Delhi,  Ont., 
332.  Delle,  France,  599.  De  Mossviile, 
Ky.,  590.  DennlBon,  U.,  784.  Dennys- 
ville,  Me.,  264,  266,  271.  *Denver,  CHI., 
501,  628,  788.  Denville,  N.  J.,  163,  170, 
207  Derby,  Ct.,  140,  142,  769.  Derby, 
Eng.,  539,  645-6,  790.  Derringalluni,  I'ict., 
560.  Deschanibault,  (?;«•  .  575.  'Des 
Moines,  la.,  479,  489,  595,  7S7.  'Detroit, 
Mich.,  21,  48,  204,  210,  225,  296-8,  300,  304-5, 
311,  315,  321-3,  333,  505,  592,  594-5,  625, 
628,  677,  785.  Devon,  Pa.,  3'q,  609,  778. 
De  Witt,  Neb.,  485.  De  Witt,  N.  V.,  479. 
Dexter,  Me.,  515,  574,  765.     Dexterville,  N. 


Y.,  223.  Dieppe,  Fr.,  4S0,  552,  599,  600. 
Digby,  iV.  S.,  282,  284-5,  592.  Dingman's 
Ferry,  Pa.,  164.  Dingwall,  Scat.,  556. 
Disco,  111..  485-j.  Diss,  Eng.,  538,  790. 
Dixon,  Cal.,  491.  Dobbfl  Ferry,  N.  V., 
77-9.  Docking,  Eng.,  537-S.  Dodgeville, 
Ms.,  107.  Doncaster,  Eng.,  539-40,  790. 
Dorchester,  Ms.,  517-8,  527,  767.  Dorset, 
^^"gt  646.  Dorval,  Ont  ,  328.  Doshan 
Tepe,  Per.,  483.  Doup's  Poir  ,  Ky. ,  236. 
•Dover,  Del.,  781.  Dover,  Eng.,  551,598- 
9.  *Dover,  N  H.,  575.  Dover,  N.  J., 
if'SM,    173     Dover   Plains,    N.    Y.,  582. 

Dover  Poi.ii,  Me.,  575.  Downlngtown, 
Pa.,  3^9.  *Doyle8t0Wn,  Pa.,  778.  Drakes- 
town,  N.  J.,  164.  Drak-sviUe,  N.  J.,  163, 
20-J.  Dreaney's  Corners,  Ont.,  324.  Dres- 
den, Ger.,  114,  427.  Dllfton,  Pa.,  497-<>. 
Dubhn,  Ire.,  642,  645-6,  652,  654,  686,  695, 
792.  Dublin,  Ont.,  313.  Dulaney,  Kan., 
788.  Dulaney,  Ky.,  783.  *Duluth,  Minn., 
787.  Dumfries,  Scot.,  554-5,  645,  686. 
Duiia  Pentele,  Hun..  481,  Duiia  Szekeso, 
Hun.,^'ii.  Dunbar,  ^.n/.,  554.  Dunchurch, 
^"S-yiSl-  Dundas,  0«A,  318.  Dundee,  iV/?/., 

792.  Duncan,  Neb.,  478.  Duncannon, 
Pa.,  4i;6.  Dunedin,  N.  Z.,  567,  652,  794. 
Dunelien,  N.  J.,  172.  Dungarvan, />■».,  546. 
DunkeUl,  Ont.,  315.  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  28, 
31,  58,  223,  772.  Dunstable,  Eng.,  541. 
Durham,  Eng  545,  645  Durham,  Ont., 
316.  Dusseldcrf,  Ger.,  54=  Dutch  Flat, 
Cal.,  ^    J. 

Eagle,  Ont.,  312.  F.aling,  Eng.,  790. 
Earlbam,  ?a.,  479.  E.  Almond  Centre, 
N.Y.,217.  E.  Attleboro,  Ms.,  107.  E.Au- 
rora, N.  v.,  208,  222.  E.  Avon,  N.  Y., 
213,2:6.  E.  Berlin,  Ct  ,  769.  E.  Bethel, 
Vt.,  578.  E.  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  202,21a, 
216,  21S.  E..  tbourne,  Eng.,  532,  544,  790. 
E.  Brinifield,  Ms.,  767.  E.  limokfield,  Ms., 
no,  128.  E.  Brookfield,  Vt.,  578.  E. 
Bridgewater,  Ms.,  376.  E.  Cambridge,  Ms., 
767.  E.  Canaan,  Ct.,  146.  E.  Chatham, 
N.  Y.,  148,  2o3.  E.  Fryeburg,  Me.,  577. 
E.  Gainesville,  N.  Y.,  222.  E.  Greenwich, 
N.  "' ,  1)3  •£.  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  512, 
581,  769.  Easthampton,  Ms.,  :'8-2o.  sSo, 
767.  E.  Hartford,  Ct.,  123,  149,  582.  V.. 
Haven,  C"t.,  149.  E.  Lee,  Ms.,  148,  208.  E. 
Leon,  N.  Y.,  223.  E.  Lo.igmeadow,  Ms., 
124-5,  254i  S^io-  E.  Lor.;  Branch,  N.  J., 
776.     E.    Lyme,  Ct.,   131.     E.    Lynde,  Pa., 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


xli 


tS;.       E.    Machias,    Me.,    27,.       Eastman 
Springs,  Ont.,  327.     E.   New  York  (L.    I.), 
584.     E.   Northwood,   N.   !i.,  577.     E,   Or-' 
«nge,  N.  J.,  508,  588,  643,  776.    'Easton, 
Md.,  593.    •Easton,  Pa.,  173,  342,  378,  387, 
497.  609,  778-    EMtport,  Me,,  J57.8,  260, 
265,   267-8,   274,   276,   279,   282-3,   573,   572. 
E.    Portland,    Or.,    78S.      E.    Providence, 
K.    1.,    107.      E.    Randolph,   Vt.,   578.      E. 
Rochester,     N.     H.,   525,    654-5,   670,    766, 
E.    Saginaw,    Mich.,    785.       E.    Schodack, 
N.    v.,   20S.     E.    Springfield,   Pa.,   205.     E. 
Stroud.sbiirg,  Pa.,  341.     E.  Tarrytown,  \.  V., 
76.     E.  Wallingford,  Vt.,  579,     K.    Windsor 
Hill,  Ct.,    ijj,    254,    76>      Eastwood,    Oni., 
317-      Eaton-Socon,    Eng.,    540-4,.       Echo,' 
Ut.-.h,   477.     Echuca,     Vict.,    560.       Eckley, 
Col.,    50,.       Eddington,    Vict.,   566.       Edeii 
Center,  N.   V.,  223.    Edgerton.  O.,  479. 
Edgewatcr,  N.  J.,  81,  83.     Elinburgh,  Scot., 
513-4,   544,   554-6,   599,   642,   645.7,  6S6,  792' 
Kdinburg,  Va.,  346,  388.     Edward's   Corner, 
N.  v.,  223.     Edward's  Ferry,  Va.,  497.    Ed- 
wardvilb,   Ind.,    235.      Edwardsville,   Kan 
485.     •Effingham.   111.,   488.     Eggerstown,' 
111.,  488.     Eketahiuia,  N.  Z.,   c68.       Elaine 
Vict.,    559.       Elbeuf,   Fr.,    480'     Elbridge,' 

N.  V.,ro8, 212.  Elgin.  111.,  7S6.  •Eliza- 
beth. N.  J.,  .56,  ,58,  ,64,  .67,  ,72,  „5,  ,77, 
5^3,627.   776-     tlizabethixirt,    N.  J.,2j,  3, 

'56.  158,  583-     •EUaabsthtown.  Ky  '237' 
EUzabethtown,  N.  V.,  2,,.     Eik  Grove, 
Cal.,    491.       Klkhorn,     Neb.,    489.     'Elko' 
Nev.,   477.     'Elkton,    Md.,   244,   372,  497.' 
•Ellicott  City.  Md..  340,  373.  376-7,  497. 
b-llnigton,    Eng.,    540,     Ellington.    N.   Y., 
223,  772.      Kllis,   Ms.,   ,07.      •Ellsworth,' 
Me.,  278,  574.     Ehnira,   Cal.,    ,  5,    49, 
•Elmira.   N    Y..  2.6,  2.8,   50.,  ^4,  772. 
tliisford,    N.    Y.,   75,   76.     Elmwood,   Ct., 
136-7,  250-     ELsinore,  OHt.,i  16.     Ely,  Eng., 
532,539-     'Elyria,  0.,479,  609,  784.     Eke,' 
f/Vr.,   522.     Emmitsburg.   Md.,  3S5,  388. 
•Emporia,    Kan.,   660,  788.      Enfield',  Ct.. 
253-     Knfield,  Eng.,  790,     Enfield.  Ms..  123^ 

■25,  181.  5S0.    Englewood.  N.  J.,  30,  5, 

80,,  84,  ,66-S.  Ennis,  Ire.,  646.  s'nnis! 
kellen,  0«/.,  3,5.  Ephratah.  Pa.,  387.  Ep. 
pnig.  Eng.,  539.40.  Ernmosa,  Ont  318 
•Erie.  Pa.^  ,2.  28.  3,,  50,  58.  85,  202.  204.6, 
2",  3  1 1,  3>7,  487-8,  501,  594-5.  Erin,  Ont., 
316.  Erianger,  Kv..  225.  Erreroum.  T:!^  . 
4S2.     Esbjerg,  Den.,  550      Eski  Baba,  T14,  ' 


[  482.  Essex  Center,  Ont.,  3,0.1,.  Eszek, 
I  Slav.,  48..  Eton,  EHg.,  533.  •Kugone 
I  City.  Or..  788.  Evans  Hills,  N.  Y  334 
•Evatfton.  Wyo.  ,477.  'Evaasville.  'l  „d  ' 
595.  Everett.  Pa.,  244, 496.  Ex.^er.^;,^' 
533,  536,  554.  'Exeter,  N.  H..  575,  766. 
Exeter,  Ont.,  3,3-5.  3,^,  33,.  Eydkuhneu, 
^^'".,687.     Eye,  ^•w^.,  539. 

Fabyan  House.  N.  H.,  .7^7.  Fakenham, 
E»g,  537-3.  'Fairfax  C.  H.,  Va.,  374,  376 
•Fairfield,  Cal.,  49,.  Fairfleld,  Ct.,  .3S-9 
148,248.  Fairfield,  Ky.,  237.  Fairfield.  Me  ' 
765.  Fairfield,  N.  J.,  84,  .6,.  Fairfield,  0«  ' 
310,789.  Fairfield,  Pa.,  385.  Fairfield,  Va  ' 
349,  495.  Fair  Haven.  Ct..  .33.  .38,  .„. 
Fair  Haven,  Vt..  ,84.  Fairmount,  Ber 
362  Fairmoimt,  Ind.,  236.  Fairview, 
Md.,  243.  Fairview,  N.  J.,  84.  Fairyland, 
Ber.,  36..  Falkirk,  Scot.,  404.  FaU  Brook, 
i  a-,  594.     Falhng  Waters,  W.  Va.,  344  348 

Falls  Church.  Va.,   374,   376.     Falls  City, 
la.,   245.     *Faribault.  Minn.,  787.     Farm- 
ers' Crossing,  Ky..  485-0.     FarmersviUe,  Ms 
I     109.      Farmingdale  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  58,  ,5.v3 
larmmgton,  Cal.,  49,-2.     Farmington,  Ct., 
'37,  MS,  149,  581-    Farmington,  N    H 

576-7.  Farms  Villar-,  Ct.,  ,45.  Farnbor-' 
ough  Station.  Eng,  646.  Farrah,  A/g 
571.  Farnngdon,  £•„.£..,  532.  Father  Point' 
Q';''-,  329.  Fayette,  N.  Y.,  336.  Favette- 
viUe,  Pa.,  495.  Featherston,  .V.  Z.,  568-0 
Feeding  Hills,  Ms..  ,23,  ,25-6,  ,44.  \,^. 
Fergns,    Ont.,   3,6.      •Fernandina.    Fla 

597.  628,  783.  Fern  Creek,  Ky.,  236.  Field- 
mg.A'.  Z.,s68.  r^U,Scot.,^ri^.  Fillmore, 
N.  \.,2,7.  FinchviUe,  Ky.,  236.  Finchley. 
^^«^-.,  53.-2.  *Findl»y.O.,4S?,784.  Fish- 
ers H,ll,  Va.,  345,  „s.  Fishersville.  Ms 
109.    FishklU-on-Hudson,  N    Y      .04  .' 

258,582.  Titchburg.  Ms.,  ,.4,  s'oo,  s;;; 

579,  594,  597,  767.    Fitzwilliam.   N    H 

766.  Five  Stakes.  (9«^.,  3.2.     Flanders,  Ct" 
13..     Flanders.    N.    J.,    .64.     Flatts,    Ber' 

359-6'.    365.    •Flemington.    N.    J,    733' 

Hesherton.    Ont.,    3.6.     Flint,    Eng.,    645." 

Flint.  Mich.,  5,5.     Florence.  .>.,  429,  552. 

Florence,  Ky.,  225.    Florence.  Ms.,   ,.n 

767.  Florida,  N.  Y.,  772.  Florin,  Pa..  779. 
Floyd,  N.  v.,  2,0.  Flume,  N.  H.,  The,  6, 
576.    Flushing    -..  I.),  N.  Y.,  ,2,  2,,  3,-2. 

Folkestone,   Eng.,    599.       «Fonda,    N.  Y., 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


too,  »o8,  III.  Fontenoy,  Fr.,  4S0.  Foots- 
cray,  Vict.,  S5J.  Fordham,  Ni  V'.,  7J,  772. 
Kordham  Landing,  N.  Y.,  583.  Fordwich, 
Ont.,  314.  Forest  Hill,  Bug.,  645.  Forks 
of  Kennebec,  Me.,  573-4.  Forres,  Scot., 
645.  Forrest,  Ont.,  332.  Ft.  Albert,  Ber., 
iba.  Ft-Bridger,  Wyo,  477.  'Ft.  Dodge, 
la.,  595.  Ft.  Edward,  N.  Y.,  29,  51,  5'<, 
189,191-3.  Ft  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  90.  Ft. 
Hunter,    N.    Y.,    200.      Ft.    Jefferson,    Mo., 

4.^4.  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  628,  78S. 
Ft.  Lee,  N.  J.,  30,  32,  72,  81-5,  165,  5S3, 
612.  Ft.  Loudon,  I  485.  Ft.  Mill-r,  N. 
Y.,  igo.  Ft.  Morgan,  Col.,  501.  Ft.  Ni- 
agara, N.  Y.,  222.  Ft.  Plain,  N.  Y.,  200, 
208,  48^  Ft.  Porter,  N.  Y.,  588.  Ft.  St. 
lleorge,  licr.,  358.  Ft.  St.  George,  N  Y., 
583.  Ft.  SchuyL-r,  N.  Y.,  74,  246.  I  -id- 
ney   Col.,  475.     Ft.  Steele,  VVyo.,  47I     *rt. 

Wayne,  Iiid.,487,  595,  786.  Ft.  William, 
0>U.,yio-  Ft.  Worth,  Tex.,  783.  Foatoria, 
0,784.  Fowlerville,  N.  Y.,  214.  Fox- 
boro',  Ms.,  107.    Frimingham,  Ms.,  29, 

51,  113-14,  117,514,680,  767.  I'rancesiown, 
N.  H.,  575.  Franconia,  N,  H.,  576-7. 
Frankford,  Pa.,  3SS-9.  *Frankfort,  Ky., 
51,  225,  232-4.    Frankfort,    N.    Y.,    200. 

Frankfort,  Ger.,  552,  700.  Franklin,  N.  J., 
161-2,169.  Franklin,  N.  Y.,49S.  •Frank- 
lin, Tenn.,  352.  Franklin  Fp.ll8,  N.  H., 
577.  Franklinville,  N.  Y.,  20S.  Frank- 
town,  Ont.  327.  *Frederick,  Md.,  29,31, 
33i  238,  242-3,   349,   ,37'S--     487.      Frctlericks- 

bur?,  Ind.,  235.    Fredericksburg,  \'n.,  352. 

Fredericktown,  Ky.,  230.  *Frederick- 
town,  Mo.,  787.  Freeaom,  N.  H.,  577. 
Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  50,  205-6,  223,  587,  772. 
Frceport,  Ont.,  316.  Freibonvg,  Ger.,  552. 
•Fremont,  Neb.,  478.  *Fremont,  O.,  479. 
Fressingfield,  ting.,  559.  Freutlenstadt, 
Ger.,  481.  Friendship,  N.  Y.,  223,  772. 
Frizinghall,  Eng.,  ryo.  *Front  Boyal, 
Va.,  3i;i.  Frostburg,  Md.,  243.  Frye- 
burg,  Mc.,  576-7.  Fulcla,  Ger.,  552.  Fnl- 
lerton,  Ont  ,  332.  Fultonville,  N.  Y.,  200. 
Funkstown,  Md.,  J44.  Ferrim.Tn,  Per.,  571. 
Gainesville,  N.  Y.,  223.  Gainesville,  Va., 
375.  Galena,  Ind.,  235.  Gait,  Out.,  317, 
324.  491.    •Galvestoii,  Tex  ,  7S3.     Oam- 

bier,  O.,  7S4.  Gananoque,  Ont.,  317,  325-6, 
333.  Gang  Mills,  N.  Y.,  210.  Gan  prcs 
Pan,  ./^z-.,  792.     Garden   City  (L.    I.),  N.  Y., 

152, 530.    Gardiner,  Me.,  573.    Gardner, 


Ms..  S79.  767.  •Qamett,  Kan.,  788.  Gar- 
rison's, N.  Y.,  29,  193,  fx>9,  772.  Garstane, 
Ens-,  556.  Garwood,  N.  Y.,  222.  Gasport, 
N.  Y. ,  2.7  Gateshead-on-Tyiie,  Eng.,  790. 
Gaulcy's  bridge,  \V.  Va.,  351,  486.  Gay- 
lord's  ISridge,  Ct.,  5S2.  Oeddes,  N.  Y., 
201,  217       Geelong,  ^7t^,  551-61,  563.     Gel- 

vlngton,  Ky,,  590.  Oeneseo,  Fl.,  479,  489. 
•Geneseo,  N.   Y.,  213.    Geneva,   N.  Y., 

20S,  213,  772.  Geneva,  O. ,  4S,S.  Geneva, 
Siuitz.,  545.  Genoa,  111,,  786.  CJenoa,  //., 
552.  Georgetown,  P.  (".,  12,  241-2,  374, 
37''.  497.  7^2.  'Georgetown,  Ky.,  51,  226, 
233-4.  GeoigetOWn,  N.  V.,  337.  George- 
town, A'.  S.,  2'jo.  Georgetown,  C«/.,  3 18-19 
Gera,  Ger.,  551-2.  Germai;town,  Ky.,  5i;o. 
Germantcwn,  JV.  S.  IV.,  565-6.  German- 
town,  N.  Y.,  197,498.  Germanlown,  Pa.,  389, 
779.  Gerry,  N.  Y.,  58-,  772.  *Getty8burg, 
Pa.,  242,  303,  347,  352,  3S5-6,  3SS,  486,  495, 
499>  779.  Glialikue,  /1/g.,  571.  Ghent, 
N.  v.,  197.  Gilroy,  Cal.,  490,  492-3.  Gi- 
rard.  Pa.,  12,  205-6,479,  488,  779.  Girtford, 
Eng.,    5IO-I.       Glasgow,    Scot.,    534,    545-6, 

555.  '"'45-7.  (")$•  698,  792.    Glassboro,  N.  J., 

390,  522.  Glenbrook,  Cal.,  490.  Glendale, 
Ms.,  148.  Glenfield,  P.i.,  779.  Glen  House, 
N.  H.,  577.  Glenrowan,  Vict.,  566.  Glen'8 
Falls,  N.  v.,  i"6,  189,  191-3,  609,  772. 
(;icn  Station,  N.  H.,  577.  GL-nviile,  Ct., 
138.  Glenwood,  Md.,  7S2.  Glenwood,  Pa., 
341.     Glniicester,  £'«^.,536,   539.  554-7.  ■^45- 

Gloucester,  Ms.,  505,  512,  609,  055,  674-5, 
767.     Gloucester,  N.  J.,  390,  522.    God- 

ericli,  Ont.,  204,  301,  313-5,  123-4,  33'.  789- 
•Goldendale,  Wash.,  7S8.  G,  Id-hill,  Cal., 
476.     Gold  Run,  Cal.,  476.      Golspie,   Scat., 

556.  Gor dons ville,  Vn,,  348, 350-1.  Gor- 
ham.  Me  515.  Gorham,  N.  H.,  576-7. 
Goshen,  Ct.,  143.  *Goshen,  Ind.,  236, 
479.  *Goshen,  N.  Y.,  340,  5S7.  Goshen, 
Va.,351,   486.     Gotlingen,  Ger.,  522.     Gonl- 

burn,  JV.  S.  IV.,  561,  564-6,  793.  Gouver- 
neur,  N.  Y.,  334.  Govanstown,  Md..  377. 
Grafton,  Ms.,  103,  378.      Grafton,  Ont.,  319. 

Granby,Ct.,  145,581.  'Grand Island,  Neb., 

478,  489.  Grand  Metis,  (^//c  ,  329  Grand 
Pr^,  iV.  S.,  284,  2S6.  'Grand Forks,  Dak., 
""■o^,  788.  'Grand  Rapids,  Mich,,  505,  519, 
5T5.  785.  GranCjOr,  Wyo.,  477.  Granite- 
ville  (S.  I.),  N.  v.,  157.  Grant,  N.  Y.,  210, 
Grantham,  Eng.,  540-1,  553.  Granville, 
Ms.,     144,    146.      Granville,  //.    S.,    284-5. 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


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(;ravesend,    Eng.,    599.     Gravcscnd  (L.  I.), 
N.  Y.,^.    Grav(;is,  Mo.,  525.      •Grayson! 
Ky  ,   35'.  485-     f"-iy's  bumiiiit,  Mo.,   485-6 
Great  Harrington,  Ms.,  ,4s,  700.     Great 
lied,  N.  v.,  2S,  3,,   207,  33S,  34,.     Great 
lierkliamsled,  Eug.,  473,  480.     Great  Bethel 
Va.,  439-     a««»t  Falis,    N.    H.,   627,  766. 
(ireat    Fails,    Va.,    24.,    376-       Greenbush, 
-V.    Y.,    ;^(,    197.    •Greencastle,    Ind 
4S5-6.    Greencastle,  Pa,,  46,  2./,,  303,  344, 
4J5     Greene.  N.  v.,  336,  498.     •Green- 
field, Ms.,  .,,  27,  25  3,,  5,,  ,,,_  ,gj.3_  ,^^_ 
3/8,   500,    579,    767.      Greeiilnnd,    Pa.,   244. 
^.remcKk,  Scot ,  792.    Qreenpoint  (L.  1.), 
N'-V.,9..    Greenport  (L.   1  ),  n.  Y.,  ,2,' 
2.S,  32-3,  150-5.     'Green  Elver,  Wvo.,  '477' 
•Greenaburg,  fnd  ,   7S6.      *Green8burg, 
Ky.,    229.     *Green8buret,    I'a.,   529,    779. 
Creeii's  Farms,  Ct.,  138.     Green  Tree',  p'a.^ 
3S9.     Greenville,  Ind,  235.    Greenville,  Me.,' 
574-     Greenville,  Midi.,   785.      Greenville' 
N    J.,   776.    GreenviUe,    Pa,   34,.    779' 

•Greenville  C.  H.,  .S.  C.,  7S2.     Greenville, 

Va.,  349-  Greenwich,  Ct.,  ,38-9,  248, 58,-2 
6og,  769.  Greenwich,  N.  Y.,  772.  Green! 
wood,  N.  Y.,  171.  Grenoble,  Fr.,  698 
(iretna  Green,  Scot.,  553,  556.7.  Grimsbv, 
'W.,3.5.  Grinnell,  la.,  475-9,787.  Gris- 
wold,  la.,  478.  Groton,  Ct.,  ,53.  Grotto, 
It-.  552-  Grotzka,  Serv.,  48..  Grovcland,' 
ta!.,49i.  Groveport,  O.,  785.  Grovesend, 
Ont.,n,^.  Groveton,  Cal.,  ,92.  Groveton, 
N'H.,576.     Groveton,  Va.,   375.      Guelph, 


i  3i5-7.3>9,33'-    Guildhall  Falls,  N.  H. 


O 

577  Guilford.  Ct.,  ,32.  Guillimbury 
Ont..^  3,6.  Gulf  Mills,  Pa.,  389.  Gundagai, 
A,  .S.  /F.,  565-6.  Gunnersbury,  Eng.,  645 
'^""ning,  N.  S.  ir.,  56,,  565.6.  Gutten- 
l^^rg,  N.  ].,  S,,  S3,  i63.  (Juymard  Springs, 
^'    V  ,  497.     Guysboro,  A^.  ^._  289. 

•Hackensack,  N.  J.,  30,  84,  ,65-6,  ,68-9 
776.    Haokettstown,  N.  J.,  ,64,  ,73,  776* 

I'addonfield,  N.  J.,  390,  522,  776.  Hadley 
Ms.,   120.     *Hagerstown,  Md.,  29,  238-9,' 

^^=-5.  3'3,  344,  346,  34S,  350-1,  384,  387-8, 
4-*f>7.  495,  609,  782.  Hagersville,  0»t  332 
Hulle,  a-r.,  522.     Halleck,  Nev.,477      Hal- 

■fax.A^.i-.,  282,286-9,  292.3,  355,  364-5,  592, 
'«>,-,  790.  Haigler,  Neb.,  50,.  'Hailey, 
J.,  609,  7S8.  Hamburg,  Ger.,  55,.  599. 
Hamburg,  Ind.,  235.  Hataburg,  N.  Y., 
'23-  Hamburg,  Ok/  ,■•,•■;.  H.atrh«r=-  P.  ' 
U2.     Hamden,  Ct,,    .34.     Hamilton^lafr 


3  55,  35S-9,   36i-2,  592,  609,  790.     •Ham. 

ilton.  O.,  SOI,  594-5,  785.     Hamilton,   Om/., 
3'4-S.  3<7,  324,  331-2,  593,   634,   789.     Ham- 

•lion,    Kif/.,  560-6.    563,  793.     HamUton, 
Va.,    244,497.      ll.mmersmuh,    Eng ,  ^ 
Hammondsviile,  N.  Y.,  2.1.      Hamn.onlon" 
N-  J  ,  522.    Hampton.   N.    H.,    ,02,   51, 
Hanip.on    Court,    E.,g.,   4.    53,,    545,    548. 

Hancock,  Md.,  23,^40,    ,42,    J44.5,    ^g^. 

Hancock,  Vt.,  57S.  Hanover,  Ct.,  ,34 
Hanover,  C*r.,  522,  65..  Hanover,  N  H 
766.  Hanover,  N.  J.,  ,63-4.  Hantsport,' 
A'.-S-.,2S5.  Hin«ell,i-«^.,646.  Hanley, 
^"^••,  665.  »■  ardington,  N.  J,  522.  Har- 
densburg,  Ind,,  235.  Hardwick,  Ms.,  579. 
Harford,  Md.,  377.  Harlem,  N.  Y.,  30, 
32-3,  55,  57,  249,  582,  612,  772,  774.  Har! 
^'gen.  N.  J.,  ,72.      Harper.den,   £„g.,  553. 

Harper,  Kan.,  788.    Harper's  Ferry,  W. 

Va.,  ::9,  3',  240-2,347.8,  350,  384,  496.  »Har- 
riSburg,  Pa.,  244,   303,   343,   352,   496,    498, 

779.  Harrison.  Me.,  574.  .Harrison- 
burg, Va.,  34^8,  382,  38S,  497-9,  628,  782. 
•Harrodsburg.  Ky.,  5,,  226.7,  234,   236. 

Harrogate,  Eng.,  6j6,  642.     Harrold,  Eng 
540.    'Hartford,  Ct.,  ,,,  ,2,  26-7,  28,  30-2,' 

37,  39,  42-3.  46-7,  118,  ,22-3,  ,25,  ,28,  .33, 
136-8,  ,45,  ,48-9,  ,7,,    ,79-8,,    .83,    .9,,  234, 

249-5', 253,  372-3,  377-8,388,  40,,  50, ,5,0,  523, 
524,  5S0-2,  593,  609,  615,625,  627-8,  632,655, 
675,677,769-     Harud,  4/^,57,.     Harwich, 
^"g--.    599-        Hastings,     Eng.,     641,     682 
•Hastings,  Minn.,  487.     Hastings,   N.  Y., 
335-     Hastings,    A'.    Z.,    56:,.     Haslings-on! 
Hudsor,    N.    Y.,   75,   77,    sS6.     Hatte  Bay, 
C«'.,329-     Hatfield,  >?«,o-,,  540-,,  790.    Hat- 
field,  M.S.,    .,9,    ,82-3.      Hatton,   Eng     5 
•Havana,    111.,  485-6.      Havant,  Eng     79^ 
Haverford  College,   Pa.,  389,  779.      Haver- 
hill, Ms.,  523,  577,  767.      Ha\re,  Er  ,  599 
Havre  de  Grace,  Md.,  244, 372,  377-^,  497' 
Hawkesbury,    Oni.,    327-8.     Hawley,    Pa., 
340,  609,  779.    Hawthorne,  On/.,  327.    Haw-' 
trey,  Ont..  332.     Hayden's,  Ct.,  3,,  ,8,,  25. 
H     Renville,     Ms..      .,9,    767.      Hazelton, 
Kan.,    7S8.      Hazleton,     Pa.,     498,    779 
Healdsburg,    Cal.,   490.     Hebron,   A'.   S., 
2S3.     Hebronville,    Ms.,    107.      Hecla    Pa.' 
49S.       Heidelberg,     Ger.,     522,     545,'   552.' 
•Helena,  Mont.,  788.     Helensburgh,  Eng 
646.    Hempstead  (L.  I,),  N.  Y.,  138,  150-2.' 
.-54.      ^Heuuerson,    Ky.,    590,    609,    783.' 
•Henderson,     Minn.,    7S7.       Hendrysburg. 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  T,  I  CYCLE. 


I 


O.,  485.  *Hennepln,  111.,  4S9.  Herat, 
■^/e-<  4S1,  571.  Hereford,  Eng.,  539. 
■Herkimer,  N.Y.,jo8.    Kcrmouli,  i?(»K/«., 

481.  Hertford,  Eng.,  540-1.  Hcspeler, 
Out.,  317.  Hettingen,  Bel.,  545.  Heuvel- 
ton,  N.  v.,  334.  Hicksville  (L.  1.),  N.  Y., 
51,  152-3.  Highgate,  Eng.,  540.  Highland 
Creek,  Oni.,  319.    Ilishl.ind  Mills,  N.V.,  171, 

(Kxj,  772.  Highland  Park,  111.,  7S7.  High- 
Kinds,  N.  v.,  172,  198.  High  Top  Gap, 
Va.,  348.  High  Wycombe,  Eng.,  645,  790. 
Milliard,  Wye,  477.  Hillsboro,  N.  H.,  575. 
Hillsbiirg,  Ont.,  316.  Hillsdale,  N.  Y.,  188. 
Hill's  Valley,  Cal.,  490.  Hind  Head,  Eng., 
777.      Hind'!  Corners,   Pa.,   339.       Hinghain, 

Ms.,  112.  Hinsdale,  Ms.,  121.  Hinsdale, 
N.  H.,  579,  Hinsdale,  N.  Y.,  153-3. 
Hitcliin,  Eng  540-1,  557-8.  Hitchcockville, 
Ct.,    144.      Hobart,    Tas.,    560,    563-4,    652, 

794.    Hoboken,  N.  J.,  32,  82-3,  85,  168, 172, 

583,  776.  Hodnet,  Eng.,  555.  HofTnian's 
Ferry,  N.  Y.,  32.  Hoguestown,  Pa.,  343. 
Hohokvis,  N.  J.,  169.  Hokitika,  N.  Z., 
569.  Holland,  N.  Y.,  222.  Holland  Patent, 
N.  Y.,   210,  213.      Holland's  Landing,  Ont., 

316.  *Hollister,  Cal.,  492.  HoUiston, 
Ms.,  767.  HoUowville,  N.  Y.,  188.  'Holly 
Springs,  Miss.,  783.  Holmesville,  Ont., 
313,  Holmsdale,  Scot.,  556.  Holycross, 
Ire.,  nil.  Holyhead,  £'«^.,6.'<6.  Holyoke, 
M-..,  31,  58,  117-S,  120,  125-6,  135,  183,  igl, 
251,  524,  527,  609,  767.  Homer,  Mich.,  323. 
Homestead,  la.,  479.  Homestead,  N.  J., 
83-4.  Homestead,  Pa.,  779.  'Honesdale, 
Pa.,  44,  302,  339-40,  50'-  Hope,  N.  J.,  164. 
Hopedale,  Ms.,  767.  Hoptown,  Cal.,  490. 
Hoosick  Corners,  N.  Y.,  193,  510.  Hoosick 
Falls,  N.  v.,  193.  HomellsvUle,  N.  Y., 
30,  216-7,  222.     Horseheads,  N.  Y.,  216. 

Morton,  N.  S.,  286.     Housatonic,    Ms.,  148. 

•Howard,    Kan.,    788.    Howard,    Minn., 

787.  Huddersfield,  Eng.,  645.  Hndson, 
Col  ,  501,    *Hudson,  N.  Y.,  29,  32,  51,  121, 

190,     IQ2,      195-8,     258,      4SS,      510,      609,      772. 

Hudson,  Ont.,  32?.  Hiighsonville,  N.  Y., 
194-5.  Hulett's  Landing,  N.  Y.,  29,  32. 
Hull,  Ont.,  327.  Hull,  Eng.,  545,  599. 
Humboldt,  Nev.,  476.  Hummelstown,  Pa., 
343.     Hunter,  N.  Y.,  505.       Hunter's  Point 

(L.    I.),    N.    Y.,  28,  31-2,   5S,  9,,  g,'>7,    gg,    ,5,, 

.53.  Huntingdon,  .£'«^.,  5jg,  541.  'Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa.,  244,  779,     •Huntington,    Ind., 

786.    Himtington,  Ms.,  121,  194.     Hunt- 


ingtOn(L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  151.  Hurunui,  iV.  if., 
S(>7-<).  Hutonburg  Corners,  Ont.,  327. 
Hyde  Park,  Ms.,  767.  Hyde  Park, 
N.  Y.,497- 

Ichtinian,    Roum.,  481.     Idlewild,   N.   Y., 

197.  lUon,  N.  Y.,  200,  20S.  'Independ- 
ence, .Mo.,  4S5-6.  'Indiana,  Pa.,  610, 779, 
'Indianapolis,  In<l.,  4S5-S,  501,  595,  610, 
628,  7S6.  'Indianola,  la.,  7S7.  Indian 
Castle,  N.  V.,  479.    Indian  Orchard.  Ms., 

29,  104,  no,  117,  J24-0,  181,  252.  Ing  ;side, 
Ms.,  125.  Ingersoll,  Ont.,  324,  332.  .nver- 
may,  c>«/.,  316.  Inverness,  Scot.,  536,  554. 
Inwood,  N.  Y.,  72.     lona,  Ont.,  312.     *l0Wa 

City,  la.,  479,  4S9.  Iowa  Falls,  la,  6i8, 
7S9.  Ipswich,  Eng.,  532,  538-9,  59<j.  Ips- 
wich, Ms.,  112,  510,  512.  Ireland  Parish, 
Ms.,  iiS,  125.  Ireland  Point,  Ber.,  358. 
Irkutsk,  Rus.,  570.  Ironsides,  Out.,  jiy. 
Irving,  N.  Y.,  2ot,  527.  Irvington,  Ind  , 
786.  Irvington,  N.  Y.,  75,  79,  162,  164. 
174-5,  198-    Irwin,  Pa.,  779,     Ishpeming, 

Mich.,  7S5.  Isle  .Madame,  jV.  S.,  289.  Isle 
Parent,  Qne.,  32S.  IslipCL.  I.),  N.  Y.,  150, 
152.  Isniidt,  7'ur.,  481-2,  570.  'Ithaca, 
N.    Y.,    497-S,    772- 

Jackman's  Plantation,  Me.,  574.  *Jack- 
son,  Mich.,  501,  7S5.  Jackson,  N.  H.,  577. 
Jacksonville,  Cal.,  491.  Jacksonville,  Vt., 
579.     Jacktown,  O.,    4S6.     Jagodina,  Serv., 

481.    'Jamaica  (L.   I.),  N.  Y.,  go,  151-4, 

772.     Jamaica    Pletin,  Ms.,    575,     767. 

Jaman's  Gap,   Va.,  347.  Jamestown,  N. 

v.,  221,  587,  610,   772.  Jamestown,  O., 

7S5.  Jamestown,  Pa.,  206,223,485.  Jar- 
vis,  Ont.,  332.  'Jefferson,  la.,  62S,  787. 
•Jefferson,  Wis.,  787.    *Jefferson  City, 

Mo.,  4S6.     Jeffersontown,    Ky.,  236.     'Jef- 

fersonville,  Ind.,  235,  595.  Jefferson- 
ville,   ().,    245.     Jenkintown,    Pa.,    779. 

Jonksville,  Ms.,  104,  no,  117,  126,  181,  252. 
Jericho  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  151-2.  Jerome  Park, 
N.  Y.,  71,  73,  5S2.  Jersey,  Ont.,  316. 
'Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  30,  51,  82,  85,  97.  149, 
156,  168,342,  3S8,  510,  583,  628,  :.76.  Jer- 
sey Shore,  Pa.,  779.  John  0'Gro.-i''s,  Scot  , 
297.  532.  536.  544,  548,  553-7.  6S5.  Johnson- 
burg,    N.    J.,    163,  207.     Johnston  Corners. 

<:;«/.,  3 1 5.  'Johnstown,  N.Y.,  196.  Johns- 
town, Pa.,  496,  530,  779.    'Joliet,  111.,  501. 

524.  Jonesport,  Me.,  274.  Jordan  River,  .V. 
S.,  293.  Jordanville,  Ct.,  131.  Ju.iiontr,  A'. 
S.  IV.,  564-6.    'Junction  City,  Kan.,  788. 


/^'D£A'  OF  PLACES. 


KaaterskilJ,  N.  Y.,  2,6,  582.    Kak!u,  P,r 
;r     Kalora,  f',^/.,  563.    Kamouraska!  (?«,  ' 
'•    '°     'Kankakee.    III.,   787.    Kawa^ 

CUy.  ,\ro.,  473.  4S6,  595,  78/.     Karapoi.  .V 
7    5''^-^-      ^^■^''^■^'    ^'"-.    57'.     Karrthia, 

•-''«/.  55.!-    KatoD  X  N.  v.,  77J,    .Kear- 
ney. Neb,  475,  478,480.    KeeeevUle  N 

\.^'r     Keilor,    ^V/.,  563.     KeUogg.'la  ' 
47.,.     Kel8eyville,Cal„49o.     Kd.on,  r.ah 

v,'i.«  ^'■^'■'''  '*""^'   ""•  555.    Kendall- 
viUe,  Ind.,  479      Kennebec,  Me.,   Forks  of 
'I  ■■   S7V4.    Kennedy,  N.  v.,  223.    Ken- 
aettSquare,  K,.,779.     Ken.n.s.on.  AW. 
554.   645.     Kentv;!-..    .V.     .S"..    ,85.     Kern.,: 
"■«".  Va.,  345.     Kessork,  ^„^.,  53,.     ^es- 
wick,   EHg^,  646,    79,.     ifeswick,  0«/     3,6 
KMcuwr,    Eng.,    540.     Ketile    Pt.,    0«/ 
n..     Khoi,  Z',..,  48,.     KiUrney,/.,.,;,^; 

O'lL,  3,5,  789.    Kinderbook,  N    \    .^g 

Kingsbridge,  N.  v.,  64,  66,78,^,5/' 

Kn,Ks!„„,  A„^  ,  5^^.     Kingston,  N.  J.,  37/ 

•Kingston,   N.    y..    ,S3     .,,^     v 
.  '••    '*^"    ".>'•     Kingston, 

'"'■.   "4,   ^37.  300,   3.7,    3.9-^6,    333,    52, 
'^.0.78,.     Kn,gston,Pa.,22o.     Kingston'!' 
■-'«..  560.     Kn.gussie.  ^../.,  555.5,     Kings- 
ill^,  t;.,/.,  30,,  3.0.     Kintnersville,  Pa    407 
Km.o,ea«/.,332.     Kio.o,/,.^.,  79,.     K^rt 
^".^^«^332.     Kittery,Me.,,o,.246,575 
l-H,  K.ang,  Chi.,  572.      Knisht's  Kerry,  C^l 
4.-3.     Knotty  Ash,  Eng,  557.     Knowlton, 
N.J,  .64.     •Kokomo,   .nd..  786.     Kresge- 
^J'-      Pa.,     34,.      Kurracl-^e,     /nj.,     57, 
Kiitztown,   Pa.,  387.     Kyamba,   .V    .i"    /A' 
S^'S-     Kyneton.    A^/r/.,  55,,  56,.3. 

l-aceyviUe,  Pa.,  2.9.     I.achine,  Qu..,  328 
U   Chute    Mi„s,    o«,.    ,39.     Lackaw^xen; 
^'..  ..o.    Lacona,  N.  v.,  335.    Laconla, 
■^     H.,   576-7.    .La  Crosse,    Wis.,   787 
l.^faram,  ^„,,   5,,      ^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^7J- 

535,  7S6.    'Lagrange,  h.d.,  236.    Lahore,' 
"■■•"'■    I--""'.  Neb.,  50,.    'Lake  City 
'--7S8.    'Lake  George,  N.Y.,  609,  J: 
'  'ke  Pleasant,    Ms.,    378.      Lakevilie^   Ct 
■'.!,    .47.     L.ikeviile,    N.    V.,     ,93      L-^e' 
-"-I.  N.  Y.,  223.     Lan,be.h,C?«/33,5' 
^amoille,  I,,..  479.     Lamonte,  Mo.'4'    ' 
' -caster.   E.g.,   554.     Lancaster,   Z, 
^7).    ^Lancaster,  N.  H.,  c,,.,  6,6   ^^s 

Lancaster  N  v    ,^<«  L   ^  '  '^ 

«i.er,  IN.  Y,,  20S,  2,5.     •Lancaster, 

:;•  '^*-  ^-t^'  3'7,  323. 378,  38C.  ,88.0. 

■   -.  ^v3->,  7/9.     L.andisville,  Pa.,  389,  77,. 


xlv 


Und-sEnd^,^,.„,,53,_,3, 

68s       Lanesboro.  M,.,  .2,.     Une.ville,  Ky 
235.     Langenweddmgen,   ^«,,,  eg,.     ,^     ' 

si^h  *'  '"^''-s-- 505.595, 785.  L^: 

"ingburg,   N.   Y.,   .9,.      Laona,    N.  T 

788.     Larrabee'.   Po„.,.  V,.,  5„.     ^a  .Sair^ 

r         ■',."'•      ^^to*.     Pa.,    6,0,    779 
Laurel,    Md.,   377.     La„„l    Hill,    P^    "?• 
Laumo,,^,^j^3      Launceston,    r^^.'.    .^i 
563-4.    Lausanne.  .S-,„//^.,  5,5,    .Lawrence 
Kan..  4  5.  738.     •LawreL  .e.  Ms.  ..2,  5,! 
768.     *LawTenceburg,   ind.,  236      i  a* 
rencetown,  A^.  ^,   285.     Lawrenceviile.' n" 
inul^'r'     ^'"""""■'■"^■Md..376.     Lead, 
cnham    Eng,   539.     .LeadvUle,  Col.,  643, 
783.     Leamn,gton.    Ont..    3,0.     .Lebanon 
K-y  -  2^,   234,   6.0,   783.      Lebanon,   N    Y 
•97.     •Lebanon.  O..    785.     "Lebanon,  Pa" 
303,34,,   485,779.     Lee,  Ms.,  ,2,,  ,46,  .48,' 

?l.h'''',     L"ds,^„^.,636,645V79. 
Leesburg,  Va.,  497.     Lees.own.    Pa   '    ' 

LeesSun,n,it,  Mo.,  486.  Lee.e's  Island 
^t.>32.  Leeuwarden,//^/.,553.  Leghorn, 
f-:  7°°-  Leh.ghton,  Pa.,  2,,.  3,,,  ^.^ 
Leicester,  ^„^.  53,,  53,,  „3_,^^"—; 

•er,  Ms.,,03,    MO,   ..4.     Leipsic.   Ger.,   .,. 

t'     llTV"":'''-      L-'-burg.Md, 
35.     Le    Mans,    Er.,   6^.     Lemay    Kerry, 

I     11:  •  ''I     Dempster,   N.  H.,   575.      Lenox, 
M»..  .48,  700.     Lenox.  N.  Y..  208.      Lenox 
Jurnace  Ms.,.48.     Leominster,  Ms..  579 
Leon.   N.    Y..   223.     Leonardsv.lle,    NY 
!    772.    LeKoy,   N.   Y..  208,  22,,  479,  487.' 
772.     Lesniore, /r^  .  546.    I.ethbridge,  /.-,,/ 
559.      Level,    Md.,    373.     Level,    0„    78,' 
Lewes,  Eng     539.     .LewisbuTg    W    Va 
35.,  486.    Lewl«ton,Me.,7r,5.    Lewiston,' 

tn^'n,''     ''"=«''^'o"-^"^-325.      'LewU- 

town   111..  4S5-6.    •Lewistown.  Pa..  244 
496.    LewisviUe.  fnd..  48s.     •Lexington.' 

*^y.,  226,  233-4.    50..  527,   783.     Lexington. 

^^.  ^9.  s'.  .03,  3S6.  5.7,   768.    .Lexing- 

"^°.    va.,    347,    3^g.5,,    ^^j       Leyton.stone 

^»^..7o.  Lima  N.v,  208, 2,3.  .Lima.' 
a.  48^,  so..  Limekiln,  Pa..  389.  i.i.n- 
erak  /^^.,  792.  Lin^erick.  Me.,  577  Lime 
Bock.  Ct.,  769.     Lincoln,  f„^.   5;;    ^^ 

,  ,, ••'■■>'///■     Linlithgow,  i-(-(,/ 

645.      'Lmn,    Mo.,   485.      Lisbon,    N.   H  , 


xlvi 


TEN  THOUSAND  Mll.ES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I 


577.  Llile,  NY,  497-8.  L' Islet,  Qm., 
jj(j-3o.  l.iMoweli,  Ont.,  314-5.  'Litch- 
field, Ct.,  141-5,  148,  jSi.  Little,  Ky.,  23'). 
'  Little  Boar's  Head,  N.  II.,  51a.  Little  KalK, 
N.  J.,  30,  84,  16s,  167,  i6<).  Little  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  200,  202,  joS,  4S8,  772.  Little  Metis, 
Qu*.,  32'>-3o.  Little  Mount,  Ky.,  236. 
Little  Neck  (L.  L),  N.  Y.,  151-3,  155. 
•Little  Rock,  Ark  ,  7S,  Littleton,  N.  H., 
61,  570-7  "LitUe  Valley,  N  Y.,  223. 
Livcrimol,  En^  ,  99,  406.  473-4,  480-2,  527, 
53J.  553.  55'>-7.  ^7°.  5;=.  6j6,  642,  645-7,686, 
791.  Liverpool,  ,V.  S'.,  288,  Liverpool, 
AT.S.  IV.,  561,  5^5-6  Livingston,  N.  Y., 
220.  Llanchff,  ^«^  ,  55S.  Llandyssiil,  £»/■., 
791.  Lloyd's  Neck  (L.  L),  N.  Y.,  151. 
Lodge  Pole,  N»b  ,  47S.  Lockerbie,  Scat., 
536.  •Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  779.  Locklaiul, 
O.,  7S5.  'Lockport,  N.  V,  216-7.  222, 
325,  501,  772.  *Logansport,  Ind.,  7S6. 
London,  Eng.,  63,  99,  129,  280,  292,  353, 
365,  402-6,  426-S,  436,  444,  448,  464,  467, 
470-1,  474-5.  4^^i,  5>7.  5^4.  5'4'>4i,  544. 
547-8.  550-1,  553-8,  567,  59S-9,  602,  6n,  627, 
636,  642-7,  654,  656-9,  662,  670,  6S1-91,  693, 
695-6,  698-9,   791,   798.     London,  Ont.,    204, 

3".  3>4-5.  3'9.  3»'.  33'.  33J, 634-5.  ''"St.  669, 
789.  Londsboro,  Ont.,  332.  Long  Island 
City,  N.Y.,  97,  09.  Longmeadow,  Ms., 123-4, 
181,254,580.  Longneuil,  ^«*. ,  328.  Long- 
wood,  (?«*.,  331.  Lookout,  Wyo.,  478.  Lo- 
rain, O.,  595.  L'  Original,  Que.,  328.  Lor- 
raine, G*r.,  480.  'Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  7S9. 
Loughboro,  Eng.,  539.  Louisburg,  C.  B., 
289.  *Loiasville,  Ky.,  31,  33,  51,  225, 
131  7,  486,  501,  525-6,  530,  590,  595,  597, 
628,  783.  Loup,  Fr.,  545.  Louvaiii,  Fr., 
699.  Lovell,  Me.,  577.  Lovelock's,  Nev., 
476,^80.  •Lowell,  Ms.,  112,  378,  500,508, 
5'7>  597.  6**^.  7*^"^.  Lower  Lachine,  Que., 
328.  Lowestaft,  Eng.,  539.  Lubec,  Me., 
264-70,  279,  516,  573,  610,  765.  Lucan,  Ont., 
312,311.  Lucindale,  S.  Am.,  560.  Luck- 
now,  O'lt  ,  315,  332.  Ludlow,  Vt.,  579. 
Lunenburg,  A'.  .?.,  283.  Lunenburg,  Vt., 
577.  'Luray,  Va.,  244,  34651,  3S1-2.  Luth- 
field,  JV.  Z.,  56S.  Lutton,  Eng.,  537.  Lyme, 
Ct.,  131,792.  Lynchburg,  Va.,  346.  Lyt'd- 
hurst,  N.   J.,   i65.     Lynn,  Eng.,  537-S,  557. 

Lynn,  Ms.,  101,  516,  573,  597,  631,  76S. 
Lynn,  Ont., -^26.  Lynns,  /"r. ,6.78.  Lyons, 
111.,  479.  •Lyons,  Kan.,  628.  *Lyon8,  N. 
Y.,  7;i. 


McCainsville,  N.  J.,  163,  207.  McCook, 
Mrb.,  501.  *McConnellsburg,  Pa.,  485. 
•Machlas,  Mc,  270-4,  279,  575,  592.     Ma- 

chias|OTrt,  Me.,  257,  173-4,  279.  573-  Mcln- 
tyre's  Corners,  Ont.,   332.       McKinstryvillr, 

N.  Y.,  19S.  McMinnville,  Or.,  78H.  'Ma- 
comb, III,  787.  'Macon,  (la.,  7S2.  Mo- 
Veytown,  P.i  ,  241.  Madison,  Ct.,  132, 
523.  •Madison,  Ind  ,  595,  7%.  Madison, 
N.  H.,  577.  Midison,  V.  J.,  30,  16),  174, 
777.  Madison,  N.  Y,  772,  Madison,  O., 
479.  •.M.iilison,  Va.,  3)8.  M.idrid,  S^  , 
700.  Madrone,  Cal.,  490,  491  Magnolia, 
Ky,  230-1.  Mihwah,  N.  J.,  169.  Maiden- 
head, Eng  ,  5^17,  792.  Maidstone,  Eng  , 
646.  Mainz,  Ger.,  552.  Maitland,  //.  S  , 
283.       MaUland,      Ont.,      326.        Maketoke, 

A'.  Z.,  5'.8.    Maiden,  Ms.,  29,   lo-.  768 

.Maiden  Bridge,  N.  Y.,  20S.  ^L^ln.esbury, 
Kii:/. ,  560.  .Malvern,  .£'«^.,645.  Malvern, 
Ont.,  316.  Malvern,  Pa.,  389.  ^amaro- 
neck,  N.  Y.,  247.  Manassas  Gap,  Va.,348 
Manchester,  Eng.,  46S,  535,  539,  550,  642, 
645-7,  683,  688,  792.  Manchester,  Ms.,  113 
Manchester,  Me.,  627.  Manchester,  Mo., 
322,  525,  52S.  •Manchester,  N.  H.,  500, 
575-6,  766.  Manhasset  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  151. 
Manliattanville,  N.  Y.,  32.  Mannheim, 
(7?r.,552.  Mannsvillo,  Pa. ,  335.  .ianotick, 
Ont.,  327.  MansQeld.  Ms ,  107,  109,  76S. 
•Mansfield,   C,    75^.     Mansfield,    Pa., 

779.     Mantes, /!"r  ,  480.     Maplewood,  N.  H., 

577.  M-  .lehead,  Ms.,  112, 7S1,  515, 768 
Marcellus,  N.  Y.,  208,  479.  Marcy,  N.  Y., 
210.  Margate,  Erig.,  599.  •Marietta, 
C,  595.  Marietta,  Pa.,  244.  Mariner's 
Harbor  (S.  I.),  N.  Y.,  772.  Marion,  N.  J. 
82,  168,  582.  Marion,  Pa.,  495.  Markdale, 
0«/.  ,316.  Markham,  N.  Y.,  223.  Mark- 
ham,  Ont.,  316.  Market-Deeping,  En^., 
539,  5ti  Marlboro,  Ms.,  514.  Marlboro, 
N.  Y. ,  172.  Marlboro,  Vt.,  579.  Marlen- 
h'im,  Ger.,  481.  Marlow,  Qne.,  574. 
Marlton,  N.  J.,  390.  Marmande,  Fr.,  552. 
Marseilles,  Fr.,  698.  *Mar8hall,  Mich., 
4,785.  •Marshall,  Minn.,  787.  •Mar- 
si:  lUtown,  la.,  ,87.  Marshfield,  Ms.,  113. 
Martinsburg,  N.  Y.,  201.  *Martin8burg, 
\V.  Va.,  242,  244,  300,  303,  344-5,  349,  3S8, 
495-8,  590,  7?2.  Martinsville,  N.  Y.,  217. 
Maniirm,  A^.  6-.  W.,  564-6.  •Marypville, 
Kan.,  ^85.  Marysville,  Vict.,  560.  Mask- 
iiion^e,  v/***.i  S/i'     iJiiooUiOil,  O.,  407,  ^01, 


INDEX  Or  PLACES. 


his,  ftJ7-8.  785-  Masterton,  A^.  Z.,  568-9. 
Matane,  Qu*  ,  jay.  Matiin,  Uuli,  477 
Maliituck  (I..  1),  NY.,  .50,  ija,  ,55.  Jjat- 
toon,  111.,  4S.      *Mauch  Cliunk,  Pa.,  210, 

»'«.  34a,  Si".  77'i-  Mi'vfkld,  Cal.,'49,.' 
M.iyaice,  <,Vr.,  545.      •MajnvUJo,    Ky,  30, 

31. 39,  aji-s.  50'.  590-    •MayvUle,  N.  v.," 

206,    2j,,    4h'^,    5,^7.       Maiiiian,    /iui.,    57,' 
•Meadville,  I'.i  ,  779.      Meafcrd,  OhJ.,  ,.' 
Mechanlcsburgr,  I'.'-.  77')     Mechanic»villci 
Mil.,  37^1.    Mechanicavilio,    N.    Y     ,,o, 
19a-    MechanlcBville,  Pa,  34,.     -.iedU, 

I'a.,    3'X)      M.f'ina,     Kan.    485.     Jtledlna,' 

N.  Y.,  ai7,  2J2.    •Medina.  O.,  501,  785' 
Medina,    0,u.,  Medford,    Ms.,    5,6, 

7'.8.  Meininseii,  G,r.,  55a.  Melbourne,' 
'W,  33,.  Mdboiirne,  K/ir/.,  559^6,  570,' 
"51.  f'St,  69s-f..  706,  793.  Melpetas,  Cal., 
4')o.  Melton  Mi.wbray,  j5"»r^.,  547.  •Mem- 
phis, Ten,..,  628,  632,  65,,  670,  783.  Mend- 
''■"'T-.     N.     J.,     ,7,.       MendoU,     III.,    479 

Menekaunee,  Wis.,  737,  Meningie,  ,y 
■^us.,  sOo.  Menio  Park,  Cal..  49a.  Mentor, 
O.,  735.  •Mercer,  Pa  ,  779.  Merchant- 
vlie,  N.  J.,  390.    Meriden,  Ct.,  u,  28,  3,, 

•°.    "8,    133-5,    I37-S.    149.    igi,  250;,  377,' 
.10,    581,   610,   769.      Meredith,    K/ir/..  559. 
Merion  Square,  Pa.,  389.     Merioneth,  £»g^ 
645.     Merrick,  Ms.,  768.     Merrick  (L.  I.)' 
-V.  v.,  152.     Merrimac,   Ms.,  768.      Merritt- 
v.lle,  N.  J.,  .7,.    Merv,  A-w.,  570.    Meshed, 
^''r.,    570.1.       Meshoppen,    Pa.,     32,    j,, 
Metcalfe,  0,t/.,  327.    Meteghan,  A'.  5-  ,  283-4 
Me.uchen,    N.    J.,    .67.    377.     Met2,    G<rr.', 
599-      Mexico,    Afejr.,    790.      Mexico,    Pa 
244.    Meyersdale,  P.1.,244.     Mianus,  Ct  ' 
148.    •Middlebury,  Vt.,  ,97,  57S.9.     ^id- 
die  Forge,    N.    J.,    ,70.      Mlddleport,    N 
y  ,  2.7.     Middleport,  Pa.,  342.     Middlesex, 
Vt.,  578.    •MiddJetown,   C,   769.    Mid- 

dletown,   Ind.,    236.     Middletown,  I,-.,  484, 

*^s,  4S6.     Middletown,  N.  Y.,   198,'  340' 
*'>'^-    587,    772-      Middletown,    O    '  78c' 
Middletown,    Pa.,   345,  35,,  495.     Middle- 
town,  R.  I.,    ,08,   58..      MiddleviUe,   N    J 
.62.     Midway,   Va.,   349,  495.     Mifflin,   Pa  ' 
^44,  49S.    M.Ian,  /A,  552,  792.     Milford, 
t-t-.  "o,   ,34,   ,38,   ,40,  ,42,  249.     Milford, 
^"gj  546.    Milford,  Ms.,  768.    Milford, 
N  H.,  579,  766.    'Milford,  Pa.,  .64,  ,qS 
»99.  587.  779.     Millbank.   Oh/.,  325.      Mill- 
brae,    Cal,   492-3.     MUlbridow    M.      ... 
Millbum,  N.  J.,   ,62,    ,64,    172,    ,75.     Mlli- 


bmy   Ms     .09.7,8.      Mil.  City.  Ncv..  476. 
M.ll   Creek,    Pa.,    389.      MiUertbUTf    Ky 
^33.      MUler'i  Fain.   M,..  7^.     Miller'^ 
-St.il.on,  lnd.,479.     MUleritoWn,  Pa      ,8, 
MUlertviUe.  Pa..  779.    MUlerton    N    Y 
•  W.     M,ll  Crove.   N.    Y.   2.7.     M.Uhaven.' 
Ox/.iis.    MlUtown,  Me,  266.    Mill  Vil 
l.««e,    AT.    s ,    293.     MiUvllle.   Ms      .«. 

MillviUe,  N.  J..J90    ,,0    77/    mm'    ^' 
,,  J-.JV".   S20.   777.     M:llwood, 

PJ,  49t.  MUton,  Ms  ,9,  ,02  .,,  ^« 
M"-.  N.  il.,  577.  M  L.  n.'y'  ,'!'■ 
Milton.  Vt.,  500.  Milton  /alls,  N  h'  577 
Millon  Lower  falls.  Ms..  58,  ,06,  .09.  .'mU- 
W-.Ukee,  Wis.,   2,9.437,    5"..  5.9,  524.  595 

0A643,7«7      MineLaMotte.Mo    787 
M.neoIa(L.l.),  N.  Y,  .5,,    ,53.      .Minn., 
apolis.     Minn..    324,    5JO,    595,    6;.8,    787 
Miran.arc.  Ww/.,   55,.     MMM,  S,,^    -aa 
MUhawaka.    Ii.d.,   479.      Mitchell.  Om/.] 

204.    3I3,    3'4.    317.    3'4.   33».       Mitta  ong' 
AT.  S.    IV.,   561.   564-6.     Mittineag.ie.    Ms 
'2o.    ,22-3.     •MobUe.   Ala.,   2.     Molinel 
Jl'-.   479,   489,    787-     Moncton.  N.   B.,  598 
MoninoLth.  Eng    539.     •Monmouth,'  111 
787.     'Monmouth.   Or..  78 J.      Mono  Cen- 
ter, 0«/.,  3,6.     Mon-oe,   N.  J.,  .63.     Mon- 
roeville,   O.,   488.      Monson,    Me.,    ,74 
Mo,„ank  (L.  I.),   N.   Y..    .55.      MontcllI^; 
N.  J..  .60-2,  ,67, :        Monterey,  Cal.,  490, 
492,494.     Monterey.    Ms..   488.     Monterey 
Pa..  385.     •Montgomery,  Ala.,  6.0,  627, 
670,   707,  783.      Montgome.ry,  N   Y     ,oS 
Monticello,  N.   Y.  5.0.     MTnticello",' ;f 
35..     Montinagny.   Que.,  32S.     Monlowese.' 
;    »•  '*''■       'Montpeiier.   Vt..    500, 
578.     Montpellier. /-..,  48.,  699.    Montreal. 

^-.   .85,   .87,  293.   326-8.  330-,,  3,33,  500, 

•Montrose,  t-a.,  594.  779.     Montville,  Me 
574.    Monument,  Col..  47T    Moolap,  K,i-/ " 
559-       Moonambel,    y^i.,    566.      Moorea-' 
town,    N.  J.,   .77.8,   3,0,    52,.   522.   777. 

Mooresvilk,  Ind.,  235.  Moore.sville,  Pa 
343.  Moose  River  Plantation,  Me  574' 
Morecan.be,  Eng.,  ,45.  Morehous;ville,' 
N.  Y.,„,.  Moreioyn,Vt.,578.  Morges. 
Wz.,  545.  Morpetl,,  Oni.,  3,0,  3.5. 
Moms,Ct.,   ,,2.    Morrisaaia,  N.  Y.,  96. 

•Morri8tOWn,N.J.,3o,84..63-4,,73,  .Ts! 
333,    5or,    610,    777.     Mortlake,    Eng     646 

792.     Mortlake,  f'ir/..559^,.     Moscow,  la.! 

479-     "fu^cow,  AIM.,  79a.     Moshclu,  N   Y 

78.     Mott   Haven.   N.   Y..   ,3.    Mountato 


xlviii        rEi\-  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 


▼i«W,  Cat,  4'S>-  Mountain  View,  N  J., 
ibj,  169-70.  Mt.  Carbon,  I'a..  i\i.  Ml  Car- 
inel,  Cl.,  ■J4-S>  '49.  486.  S^'  *K'-  CST- 
mal,  III.,  4K6,  787.  Mt.  Crawford,  Va., 
34^>.  Mt.  DcMrt,  Me.,  130,  274-7,  >79i  '^'t 
5"-'3.  5'5.  573-  Mt.  Edoii,  Cal.,  495.  Mt. 
Kden,  Ky.,  ajft.  Mt.  Ephraim,  N.  J.,  jijo, 
pt.  Mt.  lorest,  0»/.,  jib.  Mt.  (JanibitT, 
Vict  ,  560.  Mt.  iierinoii,  N.  J.,  164.  Mt. 
Holly.  N.  J.,  777  Mt.  H(.i)e,  N.  J.,  164. 
Ml.  Hope,  Ohi.,  33J  Mt.  Jackson,  V.i  , 
.u<>.  348.  3S3-3-  Mt  Joy.  I'.i.,  4./J.  Mt. 
Kitko,  N.  v.,  76.  1S7.    Mt.  Morrli.  -M.  v., 

S.-l,  213.     Mt.  FICaMnt,  fa.,  339,  779.     Mt. 

PuUakl,  111.,  4S5.  Mt.  St.  Viiitciu,  N.  Y., 
78,  to.  Ml.  Salcm,  Ont.,  331.  Mt.  Sidney, 
Va.,  346,  J5i-a,  s'ib.  Mt.  Stewart,  /'.  E.  A, 
J90-1.  Mt.  Uniacke,  A'.  J)".,  287.  Mt. 
V«raon,  N.  v.,  79,  38,  5S3,  772.  Mt. 
Vernon,  <>.,  501,  785.  Mt.  Vemon,  Ont., 
317.  Mt.  Vernon,  Va.,  370.  Mt.  Wasliin^r- 
lon,  Ky.,  236  Much  Weiilock,  Eng.,  792. 
MuUica  Hill,  N.  J.,  31)0.  Muinford,  N.  V., 
2.12.  Mundarloo,  A'.  S.  H'.,  564.  Munich, 
(rrr,,  48 1,  651,  697.  Miircl.!  on,  I'iir/.,  562. 
Murphy's  Corner*,  On/.,  332.  Murr.iv, 
N.  v.,  -■•2.  Mustapha  I\.slia,  Tur.,  482. 
Myerst^jTO,  Pa.,  343,  610, 779. 

Nagasi»ki,ya/.,  572.  Nancy,  Er.,  139,  4S0, 
545.  Nanuet,  N.  v.,  586.  'Napa,  Cal. .  490. 
Napanec,  Oni.,  319-22,  324-5,  506.  Nape**- 
Ville,  III.,  479-  Napier,  A^.  .?.,  568.  Naples, 
/A,  551-2,  600.  •Napoleon,  O.,  479.  Nar- 
racoorte,  K/i-/.,  560.  'Nashua,  N.  H.,  128, 
137,  500,  507-8,  575,  627,  643,  766.  •Nash- 
ville, Tenn  ,  231,  352.  500,  595,  597,  783. 
Nassau,  N.  V  ,  479.  Natick,  Ms.,  iit-12, 
114,  208.  Natural  Bridge,  Va.,  348-51,52;, 
610,  782.  Naugatuck,  Ct.,  141,  582.  i.a- 
\eiihy,  E»f.,  ti^q.  Navoo,  0«A,  332.  Naza- 
reth, Pa.,  779.  Needham,  Ms.,  20,  33,  768. 
Neenah,  Wis.,  787.   Negaunee,  Mich.,  785. 

Nenajjh,  fre.,  546.  Nevis,  N.  V'.,  196.  'New 
Albany,  Ind.,  235,  486,  595.  New  Albion, 
N.  v..  223.  New  Alm^den,  Cal.,  7S9.  New- 
ark, Eng.,  539-41.    •Newark,  N.  J.,  29-33, 

"  '1  5S>  58>  82,  84,  121,  156,  i59-6o,  162-4, 
.  6-70,  t72,  174-5,  177,  207,  220,  317,  372, 
387-ci,  501,  509-10,  583-4,  587-9,  6io,  632,  654, 

669,711-12,777.  'Newark,  O.,  785.  New 
Baden,  111..  485.  New  Brighton  (S.  I.),  N.  Y., 
32,  156.  New  Britain,  Ct.,  128,  134,  136-8. 
•<ii,  at..  Mv.  --y-.  i?;.   S=i-i.  77"-    *New 


Brunswick.  N'  J  ,  ,t.,,  ,/j,  3...,.  „,,  4,,,, 
777  Newburg,  Ind  237  •Newburgh. 
N.  Y  ,  74,  121,  14(1,  171,  194,  197,  340,  4<^, 
5H2,  (no,  702,  772  Newbury,  Eng  ,  M,^^^ 
•Newbixryport,  Mi  .  101-2,  512.  518.  New 
(..i-ilc,  Ala..  7S,.    Newcastle,  t.d.,  476, 

Newcastle,  Del.,  522.  .Newcastle,  Eng  , 
59),  642,644,(.t().7.  •Newcastle,  Ind  ,  236, 
7S6.  Newcastle,  Ont.,  319-20,  u'5.  "New 
Castle,  I'a.,  779.      Newciwle-on-I  yne,  fw^., 

554.  64''.  687-K,  791.   New  Concord,  <;.,  245, 

485.  New  Uorp(.S.  !.),  N.  V..  158.  New- 
tic-ld,  N  J  ,  522  Newfoundland,  N.  J,  610, 
777  New  Hartford,  Ct.,  143-5.  'New 
Haven,  Ct.,  12, 27,  30-3,  50,  54,  61.  99,  m, 

127-8,  132-6.  138-40,  142,  144-5,  mS-),  151, 
171,  246,  249-50.   377-8,  391,  394.  3<)»-9.  401, 

404,  435,  438,  464-5,  501,  510-11,  522-3,  581. 2, 

593,   627,  643,   722.   770.     Newhaven,  Eng., 

480.    New  Haven,   Ky.,  229,  234.     N.  w 

Hollaud,    I'a.,   486.      New    Hurley,    N.    V., 

198.  Newington,  Ct.,  136-7, 250  New  Leb- 
anon, N.  v.,  488.  New  Lenox,  Ms.,  148. 
'New  London.  Ct..  32,  85,  129-31,  145, 
148.  150.  153.  581,  593,  597,  610.  New 
I.onj;bach.  Atut.,  481.  Newmarket,  Eng., 
539.  Newmarket,  Md.,  377.  Newmar- 
ket, Oni.,  316,  789  New  Market,  Va.. 
244,  346-8,  351,  3S1.3,  388,  49<;,  498.  New 
MUford.  Ct..  142.  582,  770.  New Milfoid. 
:'a.,  341.    *New  Orleans,  La.,  2,  140,500, 

501,  527.  595.  597.  628,  654,  670,  783  New 
Oxford,  Pa.,  351,  486,  495.  New  Paltz,  N. 
"  ->8.  New  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  342.  Nc* 
Plymouth.    N.  Z.,   568-9.       Newport,    r)el., 

3-2.  'Newport.  Ky..  590.  784.  Newport. 
N.  H.,  500.  Newport,  Pa.,  496.  'New- 
port, R.  I.,  12,  24.  28,  31-3,37,  108,  ic'  516, 
523,  526,  5H1,  615-6.  525,  800.  Newport 
News,  Va.,  595.  Newportville,  Pa.,  377. 
New  Preston,  Ct.,  770.  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.,  91,  138.  247.  627,  772.  Newry,  Eng., 
792.     New  .Sarum,  Ont.,  331.     New  Tacoma, 

Wash.  788.  'Newton,  la.,  479.  Newton, 
Ms.,  31,  1S5.  517,  530,  631,  768.    'Newton, 

N.  J.,  777.  Newton  Corners,  N.  Y.,  211. 
Newton  Lower  Falls,  Ms.,  iir,  114.  New- 
tonville,  Ms.,  631.  Newtonville,  Ont.,  319, 
325.  Newtown,  (  I.,  i;i,  582.  Newlcwn(I,. 
I.),  N.Y.,  58,  90.  Newtown,  Pa.,  345.  New 
Utrecht  (\,.  I.),  N.  Y.,  90.  Neusatz,  Sen>., 
4S1.    'New  York  Ci*y,  N.  Y.,  2,  n,  12, 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


xlix 


«4  5.  87-0».  ^^-^,  99,  loo,  105,  lo.,,  j,i-j, 
1J'<,  'Jl,  Ij8.  iso-9,  iW,,  ,ftg,  ,;,^  ,^^^  ,g^_ 
H;,  iS>-;o,  lyj,  ,,;.8,  107,109,  134,  IJS,  141, 
J4'>.  »«>,  I5J,  2%%  »64,  175,  179,  18S,  1,6, 
JA  30s.  JoS,  ,11,  310,  jij,  ]j,,  ,45,  35o_ 
351-ft,  361-70,  37,,  374,  J77.S,  38^_  jS8,  3  J,, 
JT)  4C.H,  407,  Ml-i\  4,S-54,  45.S-,,  464-6, 
V.J.  472,  474,  48,,  4S7,  4,4,  4,9.50,,  504,  5,0, 
5.---.  5i|,  5''h7o,  5;J.  5S2-8,  59^-4.  5>7,6io-,,. 
'15-2".  f.25-'*.  f'43.  ''SI-;,  659,  (,6,,  667,  671, 
'i;S,  6So.  M;.  700,  70,,  70S,  71,-1,  718,7,0,' 
711.   77-'  5,  7W       New  Yor"!   M1U«,  'A    V  ' 

jift  Ncjinifl/, //«„., s,.  Niagara  Faiu' 
.N  V,v.,,i,i3,  :,,  50,  51.  55,  ..».  101.4.' 
2.4.2.6,115,1-1,193,196,3,5.3,7.3,3.5^ 

33.,  333,  3SJ,  4.HH,  500-,,   5S2,  58^,,  593,  6,0, 
775-     Ni.iiilic.  U.,  130.     Njceunvii,  pj     377' 
N^l-,    N.    v.,   113.     NUes.    O..    594,    785: 
Ni-cli,^^rr',  48,-2.     Nisli.ipoor.  /V,      57, 
Nissouii.    o»t.,    332.      Noank,    Ct..  '  7-0 
NuMebboro,  N.  V,  2  ■ ,.    •NoblesviUa,  I.ul 
'-•^    7%-     N.Tfolk,  Ct.,  143-4,  700.      Nor- 
folk, V.,.,  352,  782.     Nor.na.Kly,   Xy  ,  ,,6 
Norm.,n's  Cros,,  Eng.,  532,  539.  5,,.    ,5, 

•Normtown,  p.,..  389,  77,.    n.  Adams, 

M  V  ,  ..;3-4,  500,  ;i. ,.  N.  Adel.iidc,  ^•.  Aus  , 
S'-o,  7'H.  N.  Amherst.  Ms.,  ,20.  Noril,! 
am, .inn,  £»g.,  5,9,  „,     'Northampton 

Ms..3r,  ..4,  ..S-2..   ,27,    .83,    .91,314,  6.0,' 
7M.      N.    Andovcr,    Ms.,    768.      N.   A.ison 
Me,  574.     N.  Becket,  M.S.,  ,2,.     N.  Bend' 
N^b  .   47S.      N.    lila.ulford,   Ms.,    ,1,,  108. 
Northboro,   Ms.,   29,   5,,   ,03,   ,,,_    ,,3.^ 
'.7,5.4.     Nnrthbridge.  Ms..  ,09.     N.  Cf.m- 
bndge,  .Ms.,  ,03.     N.  Canaan,  Ct.,  .43      N 
Collins,  N.  Y.,  223.    N.  Conway,  N    H 
576-7.    N.  Creek,  N.  Y.,  21..     N.  D-  -,icn' 
R.  I.s'i'.    N.  East,  Md.,  7S2.     N.  East! 
C«/.,3.3.    N.  East.  Pa.,  50,10,-6,37,     N 
E.iston,    Ms.,    58,.       Ncrthfield,    Ct..    ,41 
Northfleld,   M..,    5,7.     Northfield,  N    J  ' 
■^'3.  .75-      Northfleld,   Vt..   578.      N     Fork' 
Ky..i33.     N.  Fork,  Va.,  3S1.     n.  Hadley.' 
M^.  579.     N.  Hatfield,  Ms.,  3,,  ,,9,  .g, 
N.  Haven,  Ct,  .33.5.     N.  H  ,osick,  N.  Y  . 
■93.     N.  Lisbon,   N.  M.,  576.     N.  London, 
^"^.534,543.     N.  Otselic,  N.  Y.,  337.     N. 
ietersburc,  N.  Y.,  ,93.     N.  Pitd.er,  N.  Y 
337.    N   Platte,  Neb.,  478,  489.    North- 
P<»t(L.  L),  N.  Y.,  ,5,,  ,sS.    N.P.wnal, 
vt.,    .93.      N.    Plandolph,    Vt,,    578.       N. 
..        :,^"f:.  '^^5-6.  792.     N.  T.,rner,  M-  , 
::^       -■■.    vaiic^o,    Cui.,  491,      JNorthville, 


N-    V.    .55.   1,,.     N.    Waipole,    Mr,    ,07. 
N.    W.il.lu.n,    ^•«^.,    6,6.     N.    Wcare     N 
'  ,  500.       N.    W,lbr..luni,    Mr,    ,10   ',,7 
Norwalk,  Ct..  ,3,.   .4,.  1,8,  657.    '•Nor- 
walk,  u.,  483,  7.S5.     Norway,  M..,   574. 
Norway,  O^t,  3,9.    •Norwich.  Ct ,  129.30 
573.770.     Norwich,  .e„^,  5,8-9,6,83.    Nor- 
wich,  N.  Y.,   ,5,,  336.      Nornich,  O..  ,4, 
Norwich,   Oh/.   3,,.       Norwood,    Ms,    ,07 
376.     Norwood,  N.  Y..  775.     Norval,  Ont  ,' 
3''<-i9      Notre  I),„nc  du  Porta-       (;«r.,  319. 
30.       Notl..>Kh..n,,     £:„g,     „,,     j53_    ,,^^^ 
f.nkhab,    /Vr.,    5;,.      Nimda,    N.    Y      2,4 
''^*;'',    [^.^■3".3^.5.,75,So,„8,58^7; 

Oakfleld,    N.    Y  ,  ,21.     Oak     Mall,    Ky 
133.     Oakham,  £•«,,..,  J39.     •Oakland,  Cal.,' 
475,    ioo.    4,11.3,    78,.     (,aklaiid,    I„d.,   485 
•Oakland,  Md..  if       Oakland,  N.  J  ,  170 
Oakv.U..,     Ct.,     ..  ),n,a,„,   ^    ^     .^^^ 

Oberkirch,  G^r.,  40        Oberlin,  ().,  501,  7.IJ. 

Ockh.i-,,,  A'«^,  54,.    Oconomowoc,  Wis 
50..    •Ogallala,  Neb..  47.'<,  4S9.    'Ogden! 
f  t.ih,  475,  480,  ,-■•»     Ogdensburg,  N.  y 
4S,  lA  29S,  303,  3,7,  316,  3,3,  j,,2,  5,^; 
Ohinemutu.  A'.   Z.,   567.     Ojata.   Dak..  7,88 
Okehampton.    £-,^.,    536,   554.     old    Ham- 
burg.  Ky..   136.     Oid    Lyme.  Ct..  ,3,.     Old 
Orchard   Heach,    Mcv,    575.     Olean,  N.  Y., 
20S,  122-3,  775.    OlmstedvUle,  N.  Y.,11,' 
•Omaha,  Neb.,  475.  47'',  4S0,  4S9,  628,'  783" 
Onehunga,  .V.  Z..  56S.     Oneida,  N.  Y.,  18, 
31,201-1,    2o3,    2,2,    220,    336,  479.     Oo'ern-' 
gasse./J,   '.,545.     Ophir,  Cal.,  476.    Oporto, 
I'ori-.i..       Opun.-ikc,  A'.  Z.,  569.     Oramel, 
>■•    Y.,  1,7.     Oran,    N.    Y.,   336.      Orange, 

^l'''    ^'t  ?'*^**'     ^^^'     "*'    579.    768. 

Orange,  N.  J.,  27, 19,  30,  33,  5.-2, 81,  ,6,-4. 

'74-5    207,  220,  509,  584,  588-9,  610,  67S,  71, 

777-  •Orange,  Va,  ,48.  Orange  Valley,' 
N.  J.,777.  Ora.igeville,  0«/.,  3,6.  O.an- 
more. /r,..  545.  Oregon.  Pa..  3S7.  Orillia. 
0»/.,  316.  Oriskany,  N.  Y.,  20,,  2,0.  'Or- 
.ando,  F/ar.,  783.  Orleans,  />.,  55S  Oro- 
no,  Me.,5,5.  OrrviUe.O.,  78..  Orwell,0«/ 

33..   O'-wigsbur;,  Pa..  342.  498,779.   Qshawa,' 

C''.,3>9.    •Oshkoah,  Wis.,  787.     'Oska- 

loosa,  la.,  643,  737.  Osprey.  0»/.,  3,8 
•Oss.pee,  N.  H.,  575-7-  Ostcnd.  He/,  522 
5S>,  59<;  Oswego,  in.,  479,  •Oswego' 
Kan.,  78S.  •Oswego.  N.  Y..  1,9,  333,  77  ' 
Otego,  N.  Y.,  775.  Otis,  M..',"^";; 
Otisville,  N  v.-o.  •o*.t.-=^2  !.-._  -it 
Ottawa,  Oh/.,  3,1.  327-3,,  635,  789      •Otter^ 


1 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Tille,  Mo.,  485-6.  •Otttimw»,  la.,  672, 
787.  Overbrook,  Pa.,  389-90  Ovid,  Mich., 
687,  -85.  •Owenaboro,  Ky.,  590,  784' 
OWo.  >,  Mich.,  785.  Oxford,  Eng.,  533. 
539, 5U.  646.  Oxford,  Md.,  4S6,  593,  782. 
Oxford,  Pa.,  386,  388.  Oyster  Bay  (L.  I.), 
N.  Y.,  151. 

•Paducah,  Ky..  590,  784-  Pahiatau,  A'. 
Z.,  568.  Paignton,  Eng.,  551,  792.  Painted 
Post,  N.  Y.,  218.  Paisley,  C»«/.,  3>5-  Pa- 
lenville,  N.  Y.,  188,  498.  Palermo,  Me., 
574.  Faliaade,  Nev.,  477.  Palmer,  Ms., 
110,117,  128,  181,  2o3,  479.  768.  Palmyra, 
Ind.,  235.  Palmyra,  Pa.,  343-  Palo  Alto, 
Cal.,  492.  Panama.  N.  Y.,  587-  •Paoll, 
Ind.,  235,  237.  Faoli,  Pa.,  378,  ;88-9.  Par- 
adise, Pa.,  495-7.  Paradise,  R.  I.,  108. 
Paradox,  N.  Y.,  ru.  Paris,  Fr.,i,  99.  280, 
403,  4o5,  426,   448,   458-9,  480,  545.  55'.  558, 

5S6,  611,  645,  651,  698-9,  792.  •Paris,  111., 
485-6.  *PariB,  Ky.,  233-5.  •Pari>:  Me., 
515,765.  Paris,  0«/.,  317,  315.  332-  Park- 
ville  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  775.  Parrsboro'.  .V.  S., 
289.  Parsippany,  N.  J,  163.  207-  PaSBaiC, 
N.  J.,  169,  777-  ratchogue  (L.  I.),  N.  Y., 
«5o,  I53-5-  *Pater8on,  N.  J.,  30, 33,  84,  164- 
70,  216,  588-9,  777.  Pau,  Fr.,  558,  651,  699. 
792.  Paulus  Hook,  N.  J.,  168.  PaviUOP, 
N.  Y.,  222.  Pawling,  N.  Y.,  188.  "aw- 
tacket,  R.  I.,  106-9,  580-'.  628,  769.  Pax- 
ton,  Ms.,  579.  Peconic,  N.  Y.,  775.  Pe- 
cowsic,  Ms.,  580.  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  194, 
627,  775.  Pekin,  Chi.,  570.  Pekin,  N.  Y., 
222.  Pelham,  N.  Y.,  247.  Pelton's  Cor- 
ners, Ont.,  332.  Pemberton,  N.  .'  ,  777 
Penfield,  Pa.,  610,  779.  Penacook,  N.  H., 
577.    Pennington,   N.    J.,    173-    Penrith, 

^T.  53&-  Penryn,  £'«^.,  646.  Pensliurst, 
Vict.,  563.  Penzance,  Eng.,  554-5.  645- 
•Peoria,  111.,  489,  501,  787.  Pepperell,  Ms., 
128.  P4re  Marquette,  Ont..  595.  Perry, 
Me.,  261.  Perry,  N.  Y.,  222.  Perrysburg, 
NY.,  223.  Perrysburg,  0,479.  Perrys- 
ville.  Pa,,  372-3,  377.  Perryville,  Kan.,  485- 
6.  Perryville,  Ky.,  226-g.  Perryville,  N. 
Y.,  188.  Perth,  Ont.,  37'.  Perth,  Srot..  53^, 
555.  Perth,  Tiix,  563.  Perth  Amboy,  N. 
J-.  "55.  158,377,  777-  Peru,  Ms.,  121.  Pes- 
cara, //.,552.  Pesth, //wn.,  551.  Petaluma, 
Cal.,  490,  789.  Peterboro,  Eng.,  538-9,  541, 
557-8.  Peterboro,  Of/. ,  593.  Petersburg,  N. 
Y.,193.  Peiersburg,0«J'.,.<:7.  •I'etersburg, 
Va.,    J51.      rciersficiu,    Eug.,    544.      i'clcri- 


thal,  Gtr.,  4S1.  Peterwardein,  Slav.,  481. 
Pfalzburg,  Ger. ,  480.  Fbiladolpbia,  N.  Y. , 
334.    *Philadelphla,  Pa.,  29-33,  158,   164, 

168,  172-3,  175,  177-8.  »20.  237,  »4J,  »44-5. 
258,  303,  35'.  354,  372.  377-8,  38S-9,  406, 
426,  434,  453-4.  •i57.  4^5.  487.  494,  496-500, 
504,  521-2,  526,  530,  574,  577-8.  581,  584-s, 
589,  593-4,  596,  605,  610,  618-20,  624-8,  643, 
652,  654-5,  660,  674,  677-9,  686,  779-80.  Phil- 
ippopolis,  Roum.,  481.  Philipsburg,  Pa., 
341.  Phlllii)8btirg,  N.  J.,  173-  Phoenicia, 
N.  Y.,49S.  Pickering,  <?«/.,  3 '7-  Picton, 
N.  S.  W.,  565-6.  Pictou,  N.  S.,  289,  59J. 
Piedmont,  O.,  487-  Piedmont,  Wyo.,  477- 
Pienront,  N.  Y.,  80-1,  586-7.  Pierrepont 
Manor,  N.  Y.,  335.  Pigeon  Cove,  Ms.,  512. 
Pike,  N.  Y.,  21S.  Pike,  Ont.,  322.  Pim- 
lico.  Eng.,  645.  'Pine  Bltlff,  Ark.,  610, 
783.  Pine  Bluff,  Wyo.,  478-  Pine  Brook, 
N.  J.,  84,  162-70, 207.  Pine  Grove,  Pa., 
498.  Pinneo,  Col.,  501.  Pinos  Altos,  N. 
Mex.,  788.  Pipersville,  Pa.,  497.  'Pipe- 
8\,one,  Minn.,  787.  Pirot,  Serv.,  481.  Pisa, 
//.,  552.  Pitman  Grove,  N.  J.,  390.  'Pitts- 
burg,   Pa.,    485.     495-6,    530,     587,    594-6, 

672,  ^%^■  •Pittsfleld,  Ms.,  112,  121,  126, 
144,  148, 170,  188,  197, 500,  700, 768.  Pitts- 
fleW,  N.  H.,  577.  Pittsford,  Vt.  579. 
Pittston,    Pa.,    30,     32,    34'.       Pittstown, 

N.  Y.,  193,  219,  220.  Plalufleld.  N.  J., 
164,  172,  '77,  388,  777-  PlainvUle,  Ct., 
137,  142,  145,  250,  582.  Piano,  111.,  479- 
Plantagenet,  Que.,  328.  Plantsville,  Ct., 
250,  770.  •Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  186,  211, 
775.  •PlattsmOUth,  Neb.,  478.  Pleasant 
Corners,  Pa.,  342.  Pleasant  Gap,  Mo.,  787. 
Pleasant  Hill,  Ky.,  226.  Pleasant  Vnlley, 
N.  J.,  32.  Pleasant  Valley,  Pa.,  341. 
Pleasantville,  N .  Y.,  96, 187.  *Plvun  Creek, 
Neb.,  478,  480,  4S9.  Plymouth,  f«^.,  645-6. 
•Plymouth,  Ind.,  7S6.  •Plymouth,  Ms., 
1.2.  *Plymouth,N.  H.,  576-7.  "  Podunk," 
607.  Point  Claire,  C'"'-,  328.  Point  Fort- 
une, Que.,  328.  Point  Levi,  Que.,  330,  575. 
Point  of  Rocks.  Md.,  5r,  241-2.  Pomp- 
ton,  N.  J.,  30,  164-70.  Pont-a-Mousson,  Fr., 
139.  Pontoise,  Fr.,  558.  Pontook  Falls, 
Me.,  576.  Pontypridd,  Eng.,  683,  792. 
Poplar  Hill,  Ont.,  332-  Poplar  Spring?, 
Md.,  349.  Portage,  N.  Y.,  30.  214-7,  222, 
5S2.  Port  Arthur,  Ont.,  789.  Port  Burwell, 
Ont.,   331.     Port   Carbon,    Pa.,   342.     Port 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


y^,s97      Port  Clinton,  Pa.,  ,99,  3^,.    pg^ 
Deposit,  Md.,  372-3,  377.     Port   Dickinson, 
N.  Y    338.     Port   Dover,  £?«/.,   33,.      p^^ 
Khzabeth,  S.   A/.,  696.     Port   Elgin,    OHt 
304.3«5.33',34o,  7S9.    Port  Hastings,  A'  J  ' 
289.       Port    Hawkesbury,   N.    S.,     a8o-oo' 
Port  Henry,  N.Y..,„.,„.    ?„«  ^; 
ont..  3.9, 324.5, 530.    'Port Huron,  Mich 
i3J.  595-    Port  Jefferson  (L    I )   n    V  ' 
.58.    PortJervis.  N.  Y.,  28,  3.', '46,', s,! 
.98,  207,  2.9,  296,  298^,  305,  307.8,  340, 378. 
497,  50.,  5'o,  582,  587,  6.0,  775.     Port  Kent. 

,7;/"'  ^°"''"'^'  '^y-  =■"•  'Port- 

l*nd,  Me.,  ,„,  257^,  268,  273-s.  27^80, 
503.  5-5-6,  573-5,  59*,  594,  596,  6,0,  6,6,  627 

;6^.  Portland,  N.  Y,,  206,  775.  Port- 
land,  Or.,  492,  788.  Portland,  Pa.,  ,64 
I'ortLatour,  N.  S..  288.  Port  Mulgrave,' 
y.  S  289.  Port  Republic,  Va.,  347.8 
Port  Kichmond  (S.  I.),  n.  y.,  84,  ,,6.8 
Fort  Rush,  /re.,  499.  Po^  Ryerse,  Oni  ' 
332.     Portsmouth,  E„^.,  539,   5^^^  6  ' 

647, 792.    'Portsmouth.  N.  h.,  ,2, 29  3, 
33,  .0,-2,  .,2,  ,92,334,500,  506.7,  5,2,  5,6,' 

575.  577.  6,0,  766.     -Portsmouth,  O      78, 
Portsmouth,  0„t.,  325.      Port  StanIey,'o«/' 
33..     Portville.N.  Y.,223.     Potter,  Neb' 
478.     Pottersville,N.Y.,2.,.      Pottstown.' 
P»-  35«,  484.  486,  578,   780.     'Pottsvllle 
Pa.,  296,  342,  498,  780.     •Poughkeepeie' 
^^V.,  29, 3.-3,  99,  .2,,  ,42.3,  .46-7,  ,7.-2, 
■88,    .94-8     404,    498,    5.0.    523,   S82,  775. 
Powell's    Gap,    Va.,    348.      Prague,   A^t 
552,697.     Frees,  £-«^.,  536.     Prescott,  0„/ ' 
^96-8.    30,,    3,7,    3,6.7.     pressburg,   Hun', 
48.,  55..     Preston,   ^«^.,    535.  5 

Preston,    Minn.,   787.     Preston,    O.     785 
IVston     Out.,    3,7.       Priest's,    Cal.     49  ' 
•^mceton   111.^79,  489,  ,^7.    .iCV 
^-  Ky..  784.    Princeton.  Ms.,  6.0,  768 
Princeton,  N   r    J7,  .,.  V^  ■ 

/)-/  n  "'  *^*'  "^-     Pi-'nceton, 

^"^.,324.  Proctor,  Vt.,  579.  Profile  House. 
I^-  "•  577-  Promontory,  Utah,  477 
P^mpton,   Pa.,  339.     p,„,p^.,,_  J^  ' 

Prospect,  I,d.,  235.  Prospect,  N  Y  ■ 
3.0.  Provins,/..,48o.  Providence,' Ind'! 
235     •Providence,  R  i    ,28.   ,„.'       „ 

;^3.58.,593.597.6;7.628:"4'3     C'puS 
-.  Pa      496.     Puho,.   A..    ^.,    ,67.     k. 

'""•Pa.,  335.    Punxsutawney,  Pa.,  6,0, 
7'*o.     Purcellville,    Va.,   497.     Putney,    Vt 
^9,  5',  119,  182-3,  19,. 


li 


477.     Quebec,  Que.,  ,95,  ,97.8, 

578.    592     598.       Queenscliffe,     V'.^t^ 

Queensvlle,   C?^.,   3.^.     g„i,.,,,   ^s ,    ^ 

Bahway,  N.  J..  .58,  .67,  ,„ '.  8   „« 

Ramseys,  N.  J     ,60       R,  J     '7^-^78,  778. 
D     J  n   r,  .  ^'     Ramsgale,  £•«*-.,  rgo 

RanHa!)   Bridge   C    -ner,  N   Y     ^2,      ^' 
dolDh    N    V  '    ^"    **°* 

ooipn,  N.  Y     2,5,  223,  7:5.     •Bawlins. 

Wyo.,  47S,  478,  480.    '^aveiaia.  o  T^ 
Bavenswood(L.I.),  N.  Y.,,.     r,;„'' 
'-".   N.   Y.,   ,93.    R,y.,  Hm    Pa     1 
Beading,  Ms.,  768.    Reading,  Pa'  242 
^96,2^.302.3,342-3,387,389,522,578,4' 
780.     ReadviIle,Ms.,27.     Reamsto^.,  Pa^' 

S.    ^  ^J^'    ^-    J-  ^78.      Redbui' 

Awr,   646,    792.     Redfern,  J^T    S    fV.    t6<: 
696,  7"3.     Bed  Hook,   N.  Y.,   ,96.     .^d! 
wood  City     Cal..   492.      Reilly-r  CrosTng 
g-.328.    BeistertOWn,Md.,377.     Relay 
Ma.  377-    'Beno.  Nev.,  476.7  ,„,      r,„ 

-'aerKa,,,N.Y..334:"B;y;Lsh'S: 

beck.    N.  Y..   29.    ,94-6,    .98,   378,   498 

R'cely,   Er.^.,    539.     Eichmond    Ind     488 

786.    . Richmond  (.S.,.).n.y.,,57rS: 
mond,  Ont.,  327,  332.    Eichmond  Va    228 
347,  35.-2   593,  628,  782.     Richmond  Hi'u  (L.' 
i-h    W.    Y..    775.      Richville,    N     Y       ,w 
R.dgefield,  Ct.,  .38.     Ridgefidd,  N.  J.,"'- 
84,   .65-6,   .68,   778.      Ridseville,   Md.,  377' 
R.dgev,ne,  O.,  479.    •Bidgway.  Pa.    'Z 
R.gaud.^«,.,328.     Rimini./.,  55,.     rL 
ousk..     Que.,     329.30.      Ripley,   ^ 
R.Pton,Vt.,578.     Rivcrdare,I11..5,rRiv: 
erdale,  N.  Y.,  80.   Biverhead  (L.  I )  N  Y 
3..    .50,   .52-5.  775.     Riversdale,  Onl.,  3,5' 
Biverside,    Cal.,    49.,    789.     Riverside,  N 
V.    2„.      Riverside,    Va.,    350.      Rjverton. 
^'•,    .44,   770.      Riviire   Quelle,  Q„e      328 
330.    Roach's  Point,  0«/„  3,6.    'Eoaioke' 
Va.,   350.      Robbinston,    Me.,   261.3    265-7' 
274,279.   Robesonia,  Pa..343.    Eochester,' 
«.  M.,  577.8,  6,0,  766.  *Boche8ter,  N  Y 
",  '98,  202,  2,5-7.  222,  320.  333.488,  50,,' 
594,  775^  Bcckaway,  N.  j.,  .63,  „o,  207. 
Rock     Creek,     Wyo..     478.       Rock    Enon 
Spnngs    Va     495-7.    Bockford.    III.,   787. 
Rock  Glen,  N.  V.,  222.    'Eock  Island   III 
475,  478-9. 489.  595.    'Bockland,  Me..  279' 
5 '5.  574.    Rockland  Lake,  N   Y  ,  77c     Roru' 

tin      r',1         ._.,         ..._     , .  '//.I        •■^I'CK- 

^   ""      ZL      '£'       °-"^^   Bpiijlgb,    Wyo.,    477. 

643.788.    BockvlUe.C     770.    R^oeivlu": 


J 


Ifi 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Va.,  347.  376  RoSg<?n.  Col,  501.  Rome, 
111.,  4:15.  Koine,  //.,  2,  427,  552,  600,  700, 
713.  Boixie,  N.  Y.,  201,  208,  210-11,  336, 
594,776.  RomforH,  A'h^.,  792.  *Komney, 
W.  Va.,  345.  Rondout,  N.  V.,  340.  Ron- 
neburg,  Gtr.,  552.  Roselle,  N.  J.,  15S,  778. 
Roseville,  N.  J.,  509.  Bo«lyn  (U  I.),  N. 
Y.,  91,  151.  Rothenburg,  Cr^r.,  481.  Rolher- 
ham,  N.  Z.,  569.  Rothrocksville,  Pa.,  387. 
Rotterdam,  HcL,  553,  599.  Rouen,  Fr., 
480,  698.  Round  Lake,  N.  Y.,  378.  Round 
Plains,  Ont.,  im.  Rowley,  Ms.,  29,  31, 
101-2.  Koxbury,  Ct.,  142.  Roxbury,  Ms., 
109,  114,  768.  Royaltoi),  Vt.,  57S-9.  Roy- 
erville,  Md.,  4S6.  Royston,  Etig.,  541. 
Ruggles,  O.,  7S5.  •RusbviUe,  Ind.,  628, 
786.  Rush  worth,  Vict.,  566.  Russell,  Ms., 
121,  20S.  BussiavUle,  Ind.,  7S6.  Ruther- 
ford, N.  J.,  166-7,  778.    oRutland,  Vt.,  n, 

29,  31,  119,  1S4-5,  191-2,  154,  578-9:  594,  610, 
627.766.  Rutledge,  N.  Y.,  223.  Ryckman's 
Corners,  Ont.,  332.  Bye,  N.  Y.,  247.  Rye 
Beach,  N.  H.,  512.  Rye  Patch,  Nev.,  476. 
Saalfeld,  Ger.,  552.  Sabbath  Day  Point, 
N.  Y.,  1S6,  211.  Sackville,  A^.  B.,  790. 
*Saco,  Me.,  575.  'Sacramento,  Cal..  ^^i■^, 
491.  Sadieville,  Ky.,  31,  51,  226.  *Sage- 
Ville,  N.  Y.,  2  T.  St.  Albans,  Eng.,  539, 
553.  St.  Albanfl,  Vt.,  500,  766.  St.  Andre, 
Que.,  330.  St.  Andrews,  A''.  B.,  274.  St. 
Andrew's,  N.  Y.,  196  St.  Anne's,  Que., 
326-8,  330,  575.  St.  Armand,  Que.,  500.  St. 
Catherine's,  Ont.,  324,  326,  634-5.  'St. 
Cbarles,  Mo.,  525.  St.  Charles,  Ont.,  322. 
•St  ClairsvUle  O.,  245.  'St.  Cloud, 
Minn.,  610,  787.  St.  Cloud,  N.  J.,  163-4.  St. 
Come,  Que.,  575.  St.  Fabian,  Que.,  329.  St. 
Flavie,  Que.,  329.  St.  Foy,  Que.,  330. 
St.  Gallen,  Switz.,  792.  St.  George,  Que., 
575.  St.  Oeorge'?,  Bet:,  353,  355,  359,  362, 
610,  790.  St.  Gothard,  Switz.,  552.  St. 
Helena,  Cal.,  490.  St.  Helens,  E,.^.,  ^^j. 
St.  Heliers,  Eng.,  792.  St.  Henry,  Que., 
575.  St.  Ives,  Eiifr.,  5,9.  S:.  Jean  Port, 
Que.,  330.  St.  John,  A^.  B.,  274,  282,  293, 
635.  790-  St.  John,  Ont.,  312,  314.  *St. 
Jobns,    Miclj,,    7S5.     St.  Johns,   Que.,  500. 

•St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  184,  192.    St  Johns- 

vllle,  N.  v.,  200,  7o%.  St.  Joseph,  Que., 
574-5.  'St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  595,  787.  St. 
Joseph's,  Ont.,  327-8.  St.  Lambert,  Que., 
500.     St  Louis,   Mich.,  785.    St.  Louis, 


575.  594-5.  627-8,  632,  643,  652,  654,  671-2, 
677.  679.  737-  St.  Luce,  Que.,  329.  St 
Mary's,  Kan.,  788.  St.  Mary's,  Oni.,  331-2, 
789.  St.  Matthew's,  Ky  ,  236.  St.  Neotts, 
Eng.,  539,  541.  'St.  Paul,  Minn.,  486-7, 
595,  627,  7S8.  St.  Peters,  C.  B.,  289.  St. 
Peters,  P.  E.  /.,  291.  St.  Petersburg,  Rut., 
2.  St.  Pierre,  Que.,  330.  St.  Roch,  Que., 
330.  St.  Simon,  Que.,  329.  St.  Stephen, 
//.  .5.,  265-6.  St.  Thomas,  Out.,  301,  312, 
3'4-5.  3'9.  330-1,  634-5,  78).  SL  Valier, 
Qtte.,  330.  Salamanca,  N.  Y.,  206,  223. 
•Salem,  Ind.,  235.  'Salem,  Ms,,  16,  29, 
31,  101-2,  112,  512,  52),  673, 768.  *Salem, 
N.  J.,  390,  521.  'Salem,  N.  Y.,  193. 
•Salem,  Or,  783.  *Salem,  V.n,  348.  Sal- 
ford,  Eiig.,  543,  792.  *Salin?s,  Cal.,  490, 
494.  Salisbury,  Ct.,  147,  700.  .Salisbury, 
Eng.,  539,  645.  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.,  766. 
Salmon  River,  N.  S.,  283.  Salop,  Eng., 
645.  'Sa'.i  Lake  City,  Utah,  788.  Salt- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  222.  Samarkand,  Eus.,  570. 
Sandhurst,  V/ct.,  5'J2-3,  566, 612,  793.  'San- 
dusky,O.,  595.  Sandwich,  111 .  479.  Sandy 
Creek,  N.  V  ,  335.  Sandy  HiU,  N.Y.,  189. 
Sandy  Spring,  Md.,  376.  San  Felipe,  Cal., 
489.    *San  Francisco,  Cal.,  2,  48,  204,  397, 

43'.  473-5.  4S0,  4S9,  492-3,  499,  570,  572,  595, 

625,627-8,  632,  661,  672,  7S9.  *San  Jose, 
Cal.,  489-94,  789.  San  Juan,  Cal.,  490. 
San  Lorenzo,  Cal.,  490,  493.  'San  Luis 
Obispo,  Cal.,  789.  San  Pablo  Cal.,  475. 
•San  Bafael,  Cal.,  490.  Santa  Clara,  Cal., 
491-2.  'Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  490-2.  'Santa 
Fe,  N.  Mex.,  594.  •Santa Rosa,  Cal.,  490. 
Santee  Agency,  Nob.,  78S.  Saratoga,  N. 
Y.,  186,  192  3,  197-8,  208,  211,  378,  497,  5?3, 
578,  627,  776.  Sardinia,  N.  Y.,  222.  Saren- 
gr.ad,  Slav.,  481.  Sarnia,  Out.,  332.  Sas- 
seraw,  /«</ ,  572.  Sangatnck,  Ct.,  13S-9. 
S.Tumur, /^/- ,  645.  Saundersville,  Ms.,  109. 
•Savannah,  G.n.,  292,592.  Saveme,  Ger., 
481.  Savin  Rock, Ct., 138,  400,  402.  Saybrook, 
Ct.,  132.  Sayre,  Pa.,  7S0.  Sayville  (L.  I.) 
N.  v.,  12,  51,  54,  150,  152-3-  Scarboro', 
Eng,   792.     Srarbovo',  (9///. ,    316       Schells- 

burg.  Pa.,  485-  *Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  9, 
12, 28, 32-3,  199-202,  208,  479,  408,  610,  776 
SchenevuB.  N.  Y.,  776.  Schod.ick,  N.  Y., 
29,  51,  190,  342,  510,  552.  Schnylersville,  N 
Y.,  71.  186,  190,  192, 246,  610,  776.  Schuyl- 
kill Haven,  Pa.,  498.    Scio,  N.  Y.,  223 

^^rlnin      Pn       ijf         f^rnlrli  Plains     N      I    .    |7? 


^^DEX  OF  PLACES. 


Scoiland,  Ont.,  33,.  Scott  \  .ven,  Pa.,  ,80 
•Scranton,  Pa.,  340.  50,.  6,0.  780.  Sea! 
bn-ht,  N  J.,  7;8.  beabrook,  N.  H  ,02 
.Seaforth  0«/.,  3.3,  3.5,  3,^^  ^^^  '  g^^j 
Harbor,  Me.,  27(,-7.  Seanport,  Me  s,. 
•Seattle,  Wash.,  783.  SebringviUe,  ' Oh7 
).7-  Sditan,/'<.r.,s7,.  Selkirk,  W/  5,6' 
.•>emendri.r  i-^rj,.,  48,.  Semon's  Cap  Va  ' 
US.  Senate,  N.  Y..  .08,2.2.  Seneca Faiia,' 

•N.  y.,   20S,   2,2,   776.       Seniien,    Eng     =;<:•: 
Serra  Capriola.   //.,   552.     Set.  uket  (I.'   I  ) 

^./'J^u     ■"^"^'"°^'<'^' ^''^-   645.    *8ew- 
ard    Nab.,    485.6.      Sewick  dy    Pa     -so 
Seymour,   Ct.,    ,40.     Seym.a,,     r,c,'   L' 
Se...nne,  /•>.,  4S0.     Shady    Side,    V    J      g,' 
»!.     Shaftesbury,  E^^,  536.     Shak.  rs    Ct  ' 
^5t.     Shak.rs,  Ky.,  226-7.     Shakers,     "   v' 
')7-     ShakespePre,    0,U.,   3,6-7.     Sha„gl,a,' 
''"•"'■     «'■•-•?  t-ell^.  ^«^.,  536.     Sharing: 
';«'.    0'"-,    soo.       Sharon,    Ct.,     .43,     , ,! 
M>aro„,   Ms.,  27,   .o5,  .09.     Sharon,  N   Y 
-5.     Sharon,    0«/.,   3.6.       Sharon  Springs,' 
^      ^  '     "9;,    378.       Sharcod,     /Vr       c,, 

Shirpaburg,   Md..    384.     Sheakle^vUle' 

ia.,7So^  Shed's  Corners,  N.Y.,  33;     sheer' 
"ess-on-Sea,   ^„^,,    645.       Sheffield,    £«^ 
539,557,793.     Sheffield,  111.,  47^.     .sheffieli; 
■"s.,    143-I,    147,   579,   700.     Shefford,  E„o- 
'"       Shelbnn.e,    .V.    S.,   288.      Shelburne' 

1^1'  '/'.    ^'''"'-''  ""•  '^•'  "^-     *Shelby- 
ville,  Ind.,  7S6.    *ShelbyvilIo.  Kv    2,2 

^^i<'-7.537.     Sheldon,  III..  78,,     Shellsburg' 

^^-  4Ss,  497-1    Shepherdstown,  W  Va 
"4,384,6.0,782.  *Shepherd8ville,Kv    2,7' 

Nherbrooke.    (7«..,    3,3.       Sheridan,   n'   Y 
"'■    ^''"•'f^'-'./'-..57..     She„„an.Coi:: 
477.     Sherman,  N.Y.,  5 V.  776.      Sherman 
Renter,  N. v.,  5S7.    Shippensburg.  Pa    ,.4 

Snoeinakersville,  Pa      ,■,      ci       1 

■■-,   i-a.,   342.      Shorehani,   Vt 

57).      Short    Hills,    N      r       ,„     ,, 
«^eve,   O.,   785.     Shrei;.,;:    '^^  H^ 
S^.,6.3.      Shrewsbury,     Ms,    „o,    .f,"!' 

vo  5'-'-  S'';^-""^'^'-.v,  N.  J.,  778.  .sitiney, 

^eb  ,  47.S,  4S,.     Sidney.   A'    ..,  28,.     .Sii 

nay.  O.,  50.,  7S;.    silver  Creek,  N  y 
N    V    .22,     S.lver  .Sprin.    Md..  376.     Sim- 
j,^)-    Sunpach,  w,„/.,  ,s..    Simpsonviiie 

•^v.  2,,,, ,6,485.     Simsburv,  Ct.,  ,23,   ,2, 

M5     Sinclalrville,  N.  y     2^,   ,,6     q- 
-J^c,  N,_j.,s^.,fi,.    SingSlnK,  N.  V    ,a 
'•      *^"^  ^"y.  'a-.  787.     Sivas,   7-«r.,' 


liii 


Ac'es  M""""'"'":;f ''^-  5^7.  79-   Sixteen 
Acres,  M...  ,24.    •Skowhegan,  Me    ,„  ^ 
5'5.     Sligo,  Md.,  34g    „,    „rM        u"""' 
N    V  o       ,       ""•'  ^7        Sloatsburg, 

fieid    k"\      ""'"-■"•^'"^■•"9.     S,nith 
boo'v'v'        S.nith's,iJ,...,^.     s-nith- 
boroN.  v.2.9.     Smith's  Creek,  Cal     4cv> 
Smith's  Falls    ««/     ,  c       ,  .         ^'^^ 

rails,   c«/.,    327.      Smith's    Kerry 

Ms.,   31,   118-20,    ,26-7     ,2.     c.      c      7,' 
MiUs,  N   Y     22,     V'-,       "^'     ^'""^» 

V;..8.     Sm„hv,Ue,Ky.,2,,7.     Smithville. 

£••    J.   67.,    77S.     Smithville,    O     24? 
Stakes  anks     ..„..   ,,,      ,„,.^,;,^  ■^.^;;  • 

va-,    3«3-      Snydersville,    Pa      ,,,        <;„« 
/;w      ..«.       •o   1  '    ^4'-      Sofia, 

.S:rst-^:'**S'3r;'--^---. 

,  «r^.,  35s,  361.  Somerset,  E„p- 
645.  646.  .Somerset.  Pa  ,  4^.  Somfr: 
vaie,  M...,  70s.  »Somerville,  N  j  .64 
■72,  377,  6,0,  733,  7^g  Somerville.'  Va 
334.  Sorel,^,...3,8.,.  Souiis,  .V.  ^',  Ji' 
S.  Abington  Station,  Ms.,  5,2.3  ,58^' 
Amana,ia.,479.    Southampton  [l  I )  n 

^.    >55-       Southampton.     0»r,    ,,r      '»a 

f«nd,  Ind.,  479.    S.  Bethlehem   Pa    ,s„ 

Southboro-    .Ms     ,,.  an'  '   '  °- 

768  a^fTK    -■•'"*    S- Boston,  Ms., 

70^.  SouthbriuKe  Ms    iM    c  d   j 

Tas    c6,      Q    ,,*''•'  7'^^-   S-  liridsewater, 

•""•,5D3-     S.  Canaan    Ct     t.-.       c    i- 

Me     .^      a    <-L.         '^'••'■»3-     S.Canton, 

J;id,'^s..';9''r8T's'o'''^^-^-'- 

.         ,119,  .»2-3.    S.  Dover,  N.  Y.,  <;82 

S.  ^,?renu„,^  Ms  ,  ,48,  700.     Southfiel  ,  n' 

...7.SFramingham,M,,2.,.o3.'.... 

768.    S.  Hadley,  Ms  .  ,  ,„.,„     ^    „.,  ' 
Falls   M^  ,  "9-0.     .1.    Hadley 

i-ils,  Ms.,  ,20,  .26, 5S0,  76S.    Southlngton 

vVn:to,'';'°-    '•  •''•■"^^'  ^''  ^^-    «^il- 
v.n,ton   ^„^..  7,,.     s.   Lee,   Ms.,   .48.     s 

I^yme.  Ct.,   .30.     S.  Meiiden,  Ct.,  L      s 

Mountain.  Md.,  349.     S.  New  Market  N 

"■•   575.    766.      S.    Norfolk,   Ct       ,./   a' 

Norwalk,  Ct     ,,s-o     «   A  ^^'    °' 

"•,  ^i-,  138-9     s.  Orange,  N    r 

;w:H^L.i)^t'r''"^-^'^' 

S.  Platte    Neb.,  478.    Southport.  Ct.        g' 
^9.      S.    Pownal,    V,.,    „3,     S.  E^yaltJ^,' 
V.     578.     S.   .cituate,  Ms.,  768.     Sonthsea. 
'^"S;   599.     S.   Vallejo,   Cal.,   4,,      s    Ver 
"-.  Vt.,  .83,      Southwell,   En^.,   5,,      J' 
West   Harbor.   Me.,    574.     Soutli^ict  M, 
"'.  '-'3,  .25,  .44.  .46,  579.     s.  Yarrn,  Vict' 
S63,    704.       Spanish    Point,    Ber.,    358,    ^fi," 
Sparkd,,    N.  Y..   So,  50^7,     .gpar^l  V^,^'; 

■'      ■'         ^'■'-,  552-    Spencer,  M'    ,0, 
'■°.  "4,  768.     Spencerport,  N.  y.,',,;.' 


Hf 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Sperryville,  Va.,  35?,  379-  Spciia,  It.,  552. 
Spiegeltown,  N.Y.,  193.  Spofford's  Point,  N. 
Y.,96.  •Springfield,  I'l,  486,  501,524,610, 
787.  Springfield,  Irt.,  546.  *Sprillgfield, 
Ky.,  229-30,  234.    'Springfield,  Ms.,  11-2, 

»6-33i  42.  46,  58,  61,  103-4,  109,  113-29.  '38, 
144-6,  149,  151,  171-2,  179-83.  '9'.  '93-4.  196, 
208,  251-4,  259.  294-5.  32I-3.  333,  353.37'. 
376-7,  388,  391,  400.  404.  47°.  488,  49'.  493. 
500-1,  508,  510,  519,  523-5,  527,  547,  569, 
579,  580-2,  593,  597,  603,  60s,  607,  610,  617, 
619,  627-8,  631-3,  654,  660-6,  672,  675,677, 
679,  703,  706,  709-10,  712,  722,  768.  Spring- 
field, N.  J.,  164.  'Springfield,  O.,  245, 
485,  488,  501,627,  785.    Springfield,  Out.,  318. 

Springfield,    Vt.,    766.     Springville,  N. 
Y.,  157.     Suatsburg,  N.  Y.,   196.     Stafford, 
Eng.,  539,  792.     Stafford,  N.  Y.,  222.    Staf- 
fordville,   Ont.,  332.     Stamboul,    Tur.,  4S2. 
Stamford,   Eng.,   539-4',  645-      Stamford, 
Ct.,   48,   138-9,  248-9,   582,  610,   770.     Stan- 
ford River,  Eng.,  792.      Stanhope,    N.   J., 
51,163,    173,    207.     Stannardsville,  Va.,348. 
•Stant03,  Ky.,  590.    Stapleton  'L.  I.),  N. 
Y.,  156.     Stark  Water,  N.  H.,  576.  'Staun- 
ton, Va.,  46,  48,  242,  296,  300,  305,  317,  335, 
345-5',  376,  382-3,  388,  495.  497,  5oo,  6'°.  782. 
Stawell,    Vut.,  561-2,    565-6,  696.     Stayner, 
OHt.,i\b.     Steelton,  Pa.,  244-      Stemlers- 
ville,  Pa.,  341.     ♦SteubenviUe,  O.,   485- 
Stevenage,  Eng.,  541.   Stiermark,  /l«i/.,  552. 
Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  186,  190,  192,  610,  776. 
Stockbridge,  Ms.,  148,  510,700.     Stockholm, 
Swe.,  700.      Stockport,    N.    Y.,   527-8,   776. 
•Stockton,  Cal.,  491-2.     Stockton,  Me., 
574.     Stone,   Eng.,  480.     Stoneham,  Ms., 
769.      Stoneham,    Ont.,   330.      Stonehenge, 
Eng.,  539.    Stone  House,  Nev.,  476.    Ston- 
ington,  Ct.,  85,  593.     Stony  Ci:;ek,  Ct.,  132. 
Stony  Kill,  N.  Y.,   194.     Stony  Point,  Ont., 
332.       Stouffville,    Ont.,   316.      Stow,     Ms., 
579.      Stowe,   Vt.,   579.      Stoyestown,   Pa., 
485.    Strafford,  N.  H.,  577.   Strasburg,  Ger., 
481,    545.    552,   697.      Strasburg,    Mo.,  485. 
Strasburg,    Va.,    244,    345,    347-8,    35°-'. 
610,  782.    Stratford,  Ct.,  37, 13S,  142,  249. 
Stratford,  £«;?.,  645.     Stratford,  iV,  Z.,  569. 
Stratford,    Ont.,    315,    317.    324.    332.    635. 
Stralhallan,  OiU.,  317.   Strathburn,  Ont.,  331. 
Strathroy,  Ont.,  J19.  332-     Streetsville,  Ont., 
318.    Strenburg, /<»«<.,  481     'Stroudsburg, 
Pa.,  296,  299,   302,   341.    Stuart,  la.,  478. 
Btuy vtiHiuii.   jjArniingi    r^;.   v.,   i9=i    '-^'^ 


Suckasunny,  N.  J.,  164.  Suez,  Eg.,  571. 
Suffem,  N.  Y.,  i6g,   171,   192,   198,  582,  587, 

610,  776.  Suffleld,  Ct.,  122-3,  '25.  '46,  77P' 
Suisun,  Cal.,  475,  491.  Summerdale,  N.  Y., 
587.  Summerside,  P.  E.  I.,  290.  Suoiinit, 
Cal.,  476.  Summit,  N.  J.,  669,  778.  Sum- 
mit, Pa.,  245.  Summit  Hill,  Pa.,  323. 
Summit  Point,  W.  Va.,  7S2.  Sunderland, 
Eng.,    545,    645.       Sunderland,     Ms.,    579. 

Surbiton,  Eng.,  551.    Susquehanna,  Pa., 

2ig,  296,  338,  780.  Sutton,  Ont.,  316. 
Swainsville,    N.    Y.,    222.      Swansea,  Eng., 

645-6.  Swedesboro,  N.  J.,  390.  Swift 
Run  Gap,  Va.,  348.    "Sycamore,  111.,  787- 

Sydenham,  Eng.,  405,  792.  Sydney,  N.  S. 
IV.,    561,   562,     564-6,   570,    652,    696,     793. 

Syosset(L.  1.),  N.  Y.,  151,530.  •Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  12,30,32-3,44,  50-1,  2oi-.i,2o8,  212, 
2:;,  298,  300,  305-6,  335-6,  343,  346,  479,  488, 
577.  594.  776-     Sieksard,  Hun.,  481. 

Tabbas,  Per.,  571.  Tabreez,  Per.,  482. 
Ta-ho,  Chi.,  572.  Tain,  Scot.,  645.  Ta- 
kapo,  N.  Z.,  568.  Talbot,  Ont.,  332.  Tal- 
bot, Vict.,  560.  Tamaqua,  Pa.,  299,  302, 
342,  497-8.  Tamworth,  N.  H.,  576.  Tan- 
nersville,  N.  Y.,  188,  49S.  Tappan,  N.  Y., 
30,  80.  Tara,  Ont.,  315.  Tarawera,  A^.  Z., 
567.  Tarcutta,  Vict.,  561.  Tariffville,  Ct., 
145.    Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  27-32,  50-3,  75-80, 

91,  98-9,  139,  '7'.  '87.  "33-5.  '98.  258,  275, 
281,  343.  404.  582,  587.  6'o.  776.  Tarsus, 
Per.,  4H2.  Tartar  Bazardjik,  Roum.,  481. 
Tashkent,  Rus.,  570.  Tatham.  Ms.,  252. 
Taunton,  .Ew^.,  554.  'Taunton,  Ms,  12, 
28,  31,  33,  106,  109,  511,769.  Tavistock, 
0«/.,  315-7.  Taylor,  N.  Y.,  336.  *Taylors- 
ville,  Ky.,  2^6-7.  Taylorsville,  Pa.,  341. 
Taylorworth,  Ont.,  327.  Tecoma,  Nev.,  477. 
Tecumseh,  0«/.,  301,  311.  Teheran,  Per., 
473-4,  4S0,  4S2-3,  570-1,  792.  Telegraph, 
Mo.,  525.  Telford,  Pa.,  388-9.  Temple- 
ton,  Ms.,  579,  769.  Tempsford,  Eng.,  5(1 
Tenafly,  N.  J.,  80.  Terang,  I'ict.,  559-6" • 
563.  Terrace,  Utah,  477.  'Terre  Haute, 
Ind.,  486-7,  595,  786.  TerryviUe,  Ct.,  142. 
Thamesford,  Ont.  324,  332.  Thamesville, 
Ont.,  3J1-2.  Thomaston,  Ct.,  142,  770. 
'Thomasville,  Ga.,  782.  Thompson,  Pa.. 
339.  Thompsonville,  Ct  ,  32-3,  122,  125. 
181.  Thorndale,  Ont.,  332.  Thorndike, 
Ms.,  104,  117,  181.  Thornhill,  Ont.,  316 
Thornton,  N.  H.,  577.  Thorold,  Ont.,  789. 
T';. -,--.-,-_     ,•?_-     -■-      Thrive    P.iver?..  M-'.. 


f^DEX  OF  PLACES. 


»9,    »o4,    117.     Three    Riven,    <?«,      ,„» 
Throgg's   Neck,    N.    Y.,   ,4     '  6      Th 
(;»^      ,,S       T^  ^.    '  '  ^        Thurso, 

Lffin,  la  479.  488.  Tiflis,  Rus.,' 
Md.78..  Tioga,  Pa..  59,.  Tioga  Center 
vUle,    Pa.,  6,0,    78..     Tiverton,    Ont    T^ 

^nd,C.,.49.      Tolland,  Ms.,  .44.     Tomah. 
WIS.,  787.     TompkinsvUle  (S   I)   N    Y 
.55,  .57.    Tomsk,  ^,„.,  5,0.    Tonawaiiia' 

SH     'sr'r' ^"■•\:'--      -°P«ka,  Kan., 
59.,    .S8.       Torbet-i-Hai     rie,     />,n,     57. 

ioro„.o.O«/.,  300..,  30s,  3,s-.o,  3.4-6,33.; 

«3- 530,  593.  59s,  633-5, 6.K,,  789.    Torring: 
ton,  Ct.,  .44.    Tottenville  (Si)    n    Y 
'55,  .58.  377.     *Towanda.  Pa.,  ii,  30',  3," 
-9,  6.0,  78,.    'Towsoa,  Md.,  37       Tra 
cad.e,  A'.   S.,  .89.      Tralee,  /.;     I,   '  ^ 
Tremont,  N    Y     „     c«,  ^T.      .        ^'*- 
.M.    .TrentoZ'N^J  ^'^   Tr*""'  "'' 

6.0,778.     Tren.;n,N    Y^',;'t'    'V"' 
,_„    ,,   .  '         '-.210,582.       iren- 

•on,CW..3.9.32.,  323.  Trenton  Falls,  N 
x.;  'V^'  1'°:  ^"'  334,  336.  Trexlertown; 
,''■'  3«7.  Irmngle,  N.  Y.,  498.  Trieste 
^•^^t.,  SS2.  Trochsville,  Pa  ,4,  ^  ' 
.T  .r       '  ^^"3°-     Trouville,   i^y      .g^ 

S.   5i6,  790.      Tubby  Hook,  N.  Y..  7.,  80 
'.l>.ngen,  <^.,  48,     Tuckahoe.  N.' Y.    ^i 

An. ^789.  Turners,  N.Y.,  587.  Turner's 
Falls,  Ms.,  .83.  Tuscarora,  N.  Y  2./ 
1  uscarora,    Pa      i..,        •'-r...i.  ' 

7S,     T  r  'TuBkegee,    Ala., 

7^3-     Turin,    //.,    427,    ,„     ^no       t       j 
N     V„587.     T^xford    "V    ,40       T      ■ 
Monntniu  House,  N   H    f"     t       p  T"'" 
X,    ,      ,        ^     '  ^"^  "  >  577-     Two  Bridges. 
>J_J.,.69.     Tyngsboro,  Ms.,  508.  ' 

P,     4  '""'.Trfr.'    ^'^'    ^^^-      Uhlersville, 
S.         ;n,ba,la.    /„^.,    ,,,.      ^,„^„;^    ^^- 
.49.      Und.,wood,    C?.,..3,3.     .^^i 

K  I'p      ^'"'°'     "^^     ^-   -8-        Union 
f-,.e,    Pa..   49S.     .tmiontown.    Pa.,    24c      ' 
4"^f..o,  78..    Unlonville,  Ct     „r     vt 
P'?'-    Hartlett,    N      H       ,  ^       ,7     ^"        '^ 
'^^    SfK).     Upper   Lachine,    Que      „« 


Iv 


tVpT  Lis!p,  N,  Y. 


w'ppcr  Muuiciair,     j 


N- J... 67,  778.    Upper  Red  Hook.  N    V 
,?•     ''"'^r!"''   ^"-   -'^-     Upto'n    Ky- 

S/^imSrY  ?2^?;- ,^'-r  • 

tod^i-'Mtv^*'  "• '°''  "^-  ^'- 

Valatie,  N.  Y.,  .48.  .„.  Valley  Creek 
Pa.  389.  VaUey  Station,  Ky  2,/  vl^  ' 
Out       jj<(      V,       L  ^■'    37-      Valois, 

y**,    3J8.     Vanceboro,    Me.,  596      •V»n 

d^a.   I"-.  595.      Vandalia.   O    ,i,      vT 
derbilt's   Landing  (S.  I)    N   y'  I 

Deusenville,    Ms       ,48    '  V       »  '"•      ^'° 
N     V      ,J      ,;'      ■*        ^*"  Hornesville, 

<i-i:'S'  3r8""v\'""'M^''-  ^'"- 

•    vw.,   328.      Venaken,    N.    T     ,„ 
Venice,    //..    j,,.      y,„,,^.,       ^-  '^■ 

Verche.es,  C)-,..  3.8.  Verdi.  Nev  4^" 
Verdun,  ^..,  j,^  Vemon.  Ct  »6  ™ 
Verona    V    r      /;       ,  '   57o>  770, 

Ky.    :.33.    236.       Versailles,    N.     Y^,' 
N  i     1' V    "*■  ,"'■  "'•  "'      '-"»" 

Volusia,  N.  Y..  587.  '     ^*- 

•Wadena,    Minn..   788.     Wadsworth 

^-  ^^  568-9.  Waikari,  A',  z.,  568  Wai 
pawa,A^.  ^..  3^.  Wakefield,  Ms  T" 
575.75.     Wakefield,    N.H.,   5-77-8    •  Wat 

T.'  W.I.  ''  ■  "'■  W^-'kerton,  Onf., 
3.5.     Wallacetown,    0«/.,    3,2,    3,,.      y,^{ 

'-.^-^564.  Wallingford,C.,  .„.' 
M9.    5^..     Wallingford,  v,,  ,,,;    ^j; 

7      «^,       '   '"•      W'"'""*  Grove,   N     T 
;  4.     Walpole,  Ms,,    .07,    .  Walthai; 

Ms..  29,   5,,  .03.    579,769.  ,hon,  £„^ 

590.  Walton.  Ky..  225.  Wanaque  N  j' 
.70.  Wandsford.  ^„^.,  „,.  ^,„Zo^;, 
Common.  ^„^.,  79,  wanganui.  M  ^., 
568   57a     Wangaretta,    K^/.,   564.5.     Wan- 

ra^lB  n'y      ■  '""•  '"'■     ^»PP^Ser'. 

,..         '  "'*"5'   -^76      Wardsvillc,  Oni 
33..     Ware,  ^«^.,  5,,     Ware.  Ms.,  29   c," 
p„V,'°' "3-4.  "7,  .8.,  579.     warehow 
Point.  Ct.,  580,  582,  559.    Warren.  Ms. 

'04,   110,  114.   ,,,      ,s,        *Tir .^_       _ 

warren.  r;i., -.07:8: 323:xr;:;."^ 


Ivi  TF/V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


renaburg.  N.  Y.,»ii.     •Warpenton,  Va., 

J50,  3:2.  374,  376,  fiio,  7Si-  Warrington, 
Eng-,  480,  556.  Warrnambool,  Vict.,  55<>-6i, 
563,794.  •Warsaw,  N.Y.,  22a  Warwick, 
Eng.,  537.  Warwi-k,  Out.,  112.  •Watll- 
tngton,  D.  C,  22,  25,  28-9,  3'.  33.  37.5'. 
5S,  116,  173,  iijS,  241-2.  244,  258,  296,  323, 
346-52.  370-4.  3A  377-8.  382,  384.  388.  464, 
484,488,495.497.  409.  5<».  508,  5".  5>3-5. 
523-4,  58S.  591,  C"o.  f'52,  658.  ("7.  6'9. 627-8, 
724.  733.  782-  Washiiiglon.  Ms..  121,  193. 
Wasl.insto.),  N.  H,.  575.  ■Washington, 
N.  J.,  610,  773.  Washington,  O.,  245. 
Washington,     Pa..   245.    379.    49^.    78'. 

Washinaton  Corners,  Cal.,  490.  493-  Wash- 
ington Heights,  lU.,  388.  Washington 
Heights,  N.  Y.,  33.  583-  Washington  Hol- 
low, N.  Y.,  510.  Waterbury,  Ct..  «4o,  142, 
582,  770.  W'.terbury,  Vt.,  766.  Water- 
ford,  Ire.,  546.  Waterford,  N.  Y,  1902. 
Waterloo,  N.  J..  163,  .73-  'Waterloo,  N. 
v..  207-8,  212.  Waterloo.  Ont.,  316.  Wa- 
terloo,   Pa.,    379.     Watersford,    Ind.,     237. 

Watcrtcwn.  Ct..  142.    *Watertown,  N.  Y., 

»oi,  210,  594.  776-  Watertown,  0,'t.,  333, 
336.  \Vaterlnwn,  Pa.,334.  *WatertOWn, 
Wis.,  787.  VVatervilh,  Ct..  582-  Water- 
ville,  Kan.,  485.  Waterville,  Me.,  573-4, 
610,766.  Watford,  Ont.,  332.  'Watkins, 
N.  Y..  216.  49S,  776.  Watsessing,  N.  J., 
160.  Watsonville,  Cal..  490,  492.  Wa- 
▼erly,  N.Y.,  30,  32.  50,  5«,  »'8-9.  Waverly, 
Pa.,  341.  "  Wayb.ickvilIe,"6o7.  Wayland, 
Ms.',  76*  Wayland,  N.Y.,  216.  Waymart, 
Pa.,  340.  Wayne,  Me.,  574-  Wayne,  N.  J., 
,65.  Wayne,  Pa.,  30,  3''9.  Waynesboro, 
Pa..  3S5, 388,  610,  781.  Waynesboro,  Va., 
350-1.  •Waynesburg.P.T  ,610,781.  Weedon, 
Etg.,  553,  557-  Weedsport.  N.  Y.,  776. 
Weehawken,  N.  J.,  81,  85.  Wens.  N.  H.. 
576-7.  Weissport,  Pa.,34>.7Si.  Welcome, 
Ont.,  319.  Wellesley,  Ms.,  29,  103,113.  7^. 

Wellingore.  Eng.,  539.  Wellington,  Eng., 
536,  556.  Wellington,  .V.  Z.,  566,  5r>8-7o,  660, 
794.  Wellington,  5.  Atis.,  560-1.  Wells, 
Nev.,  477.  "Wellsboro,  Pa.,  610,  781. 
Wellsburg,  N.  V.,  21S.  Wells  River,  Neb.. 
489.  Wells  River,  Vt.,  576-8-  Wellstown, 
N.  Y.,2ii.  Wellsville,  N.  Y.,  217,223. 
.  Welwyn,  Eng  ,  541,  792.  Wendover,  Out., 
328.  Wenham,  Ms.,  loi.  Wcrcfordsbnrg, 
Pa.,    496.     Werribee,     P'ict.,  559.     Wesley, 


N.    Y..   223. 


W.    Ansonia,    L,t.,    770.      vy. 


Avon,  N. v.,  213.  W.  Baden,  Ind.,  235.  W. 
lietket,  Ms.,  121,  20S.  W.  Bethel,  Vt.,  578. 
W.  Bloomfleld,  N.  Y.,  20S.  212.  West- 
bOPO,  Ms.,  iso-i,  128,610,  769.  W.  Brat- 
tleboro,  Vt.,  182.  W.  Brinifield,  Ms..  26,  31. 
110,  117,  128,  208.  Westbrook,  Ct.,  132. 
W.  Brookfield,  Ms.,  29,  104,  117.  W.  Ches- 
ter, N.  Y.,  99,  246.  'W.  Chester,  Pa., 
244,  388-9,  781.  W.  Claremont,  N.  H.,  576. 
W.  Cornwall,  Ct.,  147-  W.  Cornwall.  Vt., 
57S.  W.  Coventr5',  N.  Y.,  497-8.  West- 
erly, R.  I.,  769.  W.  Farms,  N.  Y..  95. 
Westfleld,  Ms.,  120-6,  144.  M9,  '92,  488, 
527, 769.  Westfleld,  N.  J.,  172, 588, 778- 
Westfleld,  N.  Y.,  50,  55.  58,  205-6,  222. 
313,  488.  W.  Gardner,  Ms.,  500.  W. 
Granby,  Ct.,  MS-  W.  Hampton  (L.  1.),  N. 
Y.,  154.  W.  Hartford,  Ct.,  137.  W.  HSr 
ven,  Ct.,  128.  134,  ii8,  140.  149,  249-  W. 
Henniker,  N.  H..  50S.  W.  Livingston,  N. 
J.,  163.  W.  Long  Branch,  N.  J.,  778. 
w'.  Milan.  N.  H.,  576.  •Westminster, 
Md.,   377,   782.     Westminster,  Ms.,  579. 

Westminster,  Ont.,  331.  Westminster,  Vt., 
184.  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  776-  W.  Nas- 
sau, N.  Y.,  208.  W.  New  Brighton  (S.  1.), 
N.  Y.,  157,776.  W.  Newton,  Ms.,  113. 
W.Newton,  Pa.,  781.  Weston,  Ct.,  139. 
Weston,  Eng.,  694.  W.  Orange,  N.  J.,  610, 
778.  W.  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  576-  W.  Philar 
delphia.  Pa.,  7S1.  W.  Point,  Oa.,  594, 
610,  7.S3.  W.  Point,  Ind.,  237-  W.  Point, 
N.  Y.,  194,  198.  Westport,  Ct.,  138-9.  248-9- 
W.Randolph,  Vt.,  57S,  610,  627,  651,672, 
766.  W.  Ro.\bury,  Ms.,107.  W.Rutland, 
Vt.,  184.     W.   Saugerties.   N.   Y.,    1S8.     W. 

Springfield,  Ms.,  29,  30,  42,  5'.  58,   "o,   "7. 

120,  122-3,    125-7.    >79.   '8',    '83.    >94.   252-3, 

5S1,  769.  W.  Springfield,  Pa.,  205-6,  470 
W.  Stockbridge,  Ms.,  148,  208.  W.  .Suffield, 
Ct,  146.  W.  Sydney,  .V.  5.  ;j^.,  793.  W. 
Troy,  N.  v.,  192.  Westville,  Ct.,  140, 
394,  582.  Westville,  N.  S.,  790.  W.  War- 
ren, Ms.,  no  114.  W.  Woodstock,  N.  Y., 
336^7.  ".".  Worthington,  Ms.,  121.  Wey- 
mouth, .Cng.,  685,  689.  Weymouth.  Ms., 
769.  Wevmonth,  N.  S.,  283-4,  79«- 
Whately,  Ms.,  119.  Wheatlcy,  Ont.,  3-0. 
Wheaton,  Md.,  376-  Wh^atville,  N.  Y  , 
222.    •Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  242-3,    »5,  487-8, 

501,  595,  610,   628,  782.     Whippany,   N.   J.. 

163-4.       Whltbv,  Ont.,   3'9-20,    7''9.      Whit- 
„ .^ .....       •nrhitfifisld.    N.    H  , 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


577.     Whitehall.  N.Y..  „.„,,„,  .3,,  .36, 

Z\'  '\r        "  "°""'  ^■'■'  39°.  'White 
Plains,    N.    v.,   7,,  7,.6,    ,33.,,     ,        J 

White3towa.y  y....,.„J.3:",-^jf^ 

^u  phur  .Spnnss.    N.    Y.,    ,g,,  ,,7.     -^^hlte 
Sulphur  Spring,,  W.Va.,  35,,  3S,.    w,,,. 

WK,;  ■•'"  WhitinsviUe,  Ms.,  769 
Whitney's  Point,  N.  Y..  33,.  whi.'ey. 
-  e,    C...   ,35.       Whi.neyvillc,     Me.,     .7,. 

7SS.  Wichita  Falls,  Tex.,  7S3.  Wick, 
^^"'■y  53  ',  555.    556,   645.     Wickliffe,    Vict 

03.  W.cklovv,  Ont.,  32,.  Wilbraham' 
Ms.,,. 4.    •Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  30,  33,  .^o' 

340-.,  7S,.  wiii.,,,  N.  Y..  337.  wi,,;; 

90.  Willianisburg.M..,., 5,  ,„.  Williams: 

^rT^i.""-  '■•""•'«■     Williamsford, 
^^«A,3.6.  Williams;.  ort.Md... 9,5,,  ,38   ' 

^4.,.44,  .,0,,.,, 4,  3,;,  3*9,  3»4,3SS,  495,497-8.' 

•Williamsport,  Pa.,,s,.  *Willianisto4i 
Ky,  3',  2.-5-6.  Williamstown,  Ms  ,,/ 
■^',579,6,0^700,76.,.  Williamstown,' 
N  J,  522.    Williamstown,   N.   Y     ,n,  , 

Wiiiinmsiown    Vt    c^s      wi".  .,,' 

325.     W,|,,mansett,  Ms.,  ,24-5.  5S0.      .Wil- 
hmantic.  Ct.,  „9,  770.     Wiliow  Grove   p" 
4'>7.       Willow   Island,    Neb.,    47S        .Wil' 

mington    Del.  .44.  372.    377,383.390,497, 

5  2,  5.^  6.8    73..     ^Wilmington,  N.  c 
7S2.    Wilmington,  V,.,  57,.    wiw,  Ce,,: 

ler,C«A,3,7.      Wilmot  Corners  N     Y     ...o 
VV.Isonv.lle,     I„d.,    ,36.      Wi;,on,    C.'ns'     I 
WMican.on,  ^.,^.,  53,.     Wind.eKen,   '^^V     I 

\'^.     *^if'=^««»'^'-'  'V-.  4H5.     Winches^ 
ter,  ^.   n.,  5^,,    •Winchester,  Va     47 


Ivii 


^44,  345-S,  350.  3S3,  494-9.  573,   7S2.      Wind' 
''^m,    Ct.,    ,48.       Windham,    N     Y      ,8, 
W.ndsor,  Ct.,    ,45,    ,5,.     Windsor,    N    S 

259,286,289,293,6.0,7,0.    Windsor    n' 

\.,    204^     Wind..or,    0„f.,    29O,    3.0-.,  3,4,' 
Look,   ,''''••"'■  5^^'-^      Windsor 

1,0CJ£S,  Ct.,  12.,     ,,.     ,,.     ,v„ 

,  '--,  1-3,  i4j,  jbo,  2;,,  fjy    i-«„ 

s^-  winfu.id(L.  I.),  N.  Y„;;.'';v  °: 

am,  0«..,  33,.    .Winnemucca,  N'cv   ^z' 
\V"m,pes, .)/.«..  4S7.  635,  790.      *Winona. 

Plete  and  rehable  lis,  of  hotels  i     ,he  U.  .S  and  Cana^-.' I        '     r'"'''^' ''■''■'''«-"  ^  "-"- 
and  also  sutrirrier  and  winter  rc..,rt,      I.  ;'"..:"'''  ^':^'  ^'"^  '""'"'  '^^dir.g  and  otherwi,. 

■^-..".orpass.n,the.o«.orcit...;;nt;e^^^3^i~r-- 


M;nn  4^^  7S8.  Winona.  Wis..  787 
W,nsIow,./.5.,„..  Win,ted,C,.;./J 
•Winterset.  la.,   787.     Winthrop    Me 

^«.  '''^''^■•;^'-/''^-  538. 357.  wi.ha:: 

aston'?         ^^-^-"•'.^■■^..285.      Woli: 
aston,  ^«^..    5^„.      VVolverha.np.on,   £„j. 
530.   546,   f,5.     Womelsdorf,    Pa      ,f,' 

Woodbridge,Cal.,49..    Woodb,  d..eC     !^' 
Woodbridge,N.j.,,58.,66.   .wo^i-^; 
J^.  J.,  390.  522.     Woodbm-y  (L    I)    N    Y 
•5^..   Wood  :ord,c9«/..  3.6.  'Woodia'nd  Cal" 

:woodstoc..^a^^;.:;;;,-3S-.;j- 

•Woodstock,Vt.,57,.  Woodstown^N  J 
39=>.  52.-2,778.      Woodsville,  N    H     cU' 
Woodvill.  .V.  z.,  5„,     Woonsocket.'R 

I-.    '09,    53..     Worcester,    £„^      .,„     ',     " 

;Worceste..,  Ms.,  ,2,  27'.  ..^Z  '3 

•09-M..,7.  .28^.  20S.2S8.  479,433,5.3.4 
5^3.576.  579.  594.600,607,627,  680,769 
Worthnicrton.  Kv    ,,r,       \v    .1  ■  '' 

.2.       \Vr.       ^  ,'  ^         ^V»>-">'",?ton,  Ms., 

.0  ■     w     I'        '-    '°'-      ^^>'^">hnm.    M.,., 

P°  ,86  vv'";^"-^-'"-  W'iKhtSville, 
^■-•.,336.     Wyalnsn,.    P.,.,    ,„.      ^ 

"I  .479.  Wyoming.  III.,  7.7.  vVyLing 
N.J...53,  .62.  VVyomins,  Pa.,  220,  78^ 
Wysocknig,  Pa.,2.9.  ' 

*Xenia,  O.,  50.,  7S5 

Vantic     Ct.,    530.    532.     770.       Yaphank 

^"iT-,  636.     \armomh.  Me  ,  660,  766      Yar 
mo"th,    Ms.,    592.     Yarmouth,  .v\y '282. 
'   '^^   =''-   519.    790.     Yarmouth,    Ont 
T  V  ^,^°"*^*^'"«.    l^Ie..    766,      Yass,' 
^V.    S     //..,    5,,.5.     veovil,  yr„^..    536.645 

\okoha,„a,y.A,572.  Yonkers,  N  Y  26 
39,53,S8,75-9,S.,95,93,  ,00,, !;7,  ,„;'„/ 
376,  523,  533-4,  536,  6,0,  776.  Yck!^' 
533,  514,645-6,792.  ♦York,  Pa  24^  ,,," 
336495,497,6.0,78..  York  Mills'cw,  3  6' 
Vorkshne,   N    V       ^,^<i     ,,        M-n-     , 

Vi    ,,s     .V   I;'.,.    '     ^'    *Yorktown, 
t,;^  n    ^°''''^'JJ«>  "I- 479.    'Youngs- 

town,  0,6.7,785.     Vonngstown,  Pa.,  ,S5 
Zanesviue,  0,245,  785.    Zar,b,od,i«/ 


Iviii  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


THB  UNITED   STAnS. 

This  alphabetical  list  of  the  States  and 
Territories  of  the  Union  is  given  chiefly  for 
the  sake  of  showing  their  abbreviations.  The 
geographical  order  in  which  the  Slates  are 
inserted  in  the  "  Directed  of  Wheelmen  " 
(765-91)  may  Le  found  on  p.  734,  also  on  p. 
XX  ;  and,  in  the  latter  case,  the  number  of 
towns  and  of  subscribers  representing  each 
State  in  the  "  Directory  "  are  likewise  shown. 
On  p.  617  may  be  seen  the  league  representa- 
tion of  each  State,  June  i,  '84;  and  on  p. 
618  the  increase  of  the  same,  Jan.  1  and  Sey-i. 
I,  'S6.  P.  628  shows  the  League  officers  of 
State  Divisions,  Oct.  30,  '86;  and  p.  631 
shows  the  apportionment  of  States  into  "  rac- 
ing districts  of  the  A.  C.  U."  Full  indexes  of 
the  13  States  in  which  I  have  done  the  most 
touring  (Me.  to  Va.  and  Ky.)  are  pointed  out 
by  the  star  (•) ;  and  the  General  Index  may  be 
consulted  for  additional  references  to  many 
of  the  other  States.  Numerals  higher  than 
764  refer  to  subscribers  to  this  book  : 

Ala.,  Alabama,  2,  352,  670,  783.  Ariz., 
Arizona,  789.  Ark.,  Arkansas,  352,  783. 
Cal.,  California,  2,  473-6,  489-94,  500,  519, 
609,  661,  672,  789,  79<j.  Col.,  Colorado,  177, 
501,  788.  Ct.,  Connecticut,  '58 1,  769-70. 
Dak.,  D.\kota,  177,  4S7,  788.  Del.,  Dela- 
ware, •589,  781.  D.  C,  District  of  Colum- 
bia, 's-jo,  782.  Fla.,  Florida,  177,  352,  597, 
783.  Qi.,  Georgia,  177,  352,  500,  610,  782. 
Id.,  Idaho,  788.  111.,  Illinois,  31,  224,  244, 
258,478.80,  485-9,  519,  524-5,  658,  672,677, 
786-7,  7.19.  IntL,  Indiana,  31,  235-7,  H79, 
486-8,  519,  7S'-  "^  la.,  Iowa,  478-80,  486-7, 
501,  672,  787.  Kan.,  Kansas,  99,  485-6,  500, 
788.  Ky.,  Kentucky,  224-37,  'SOo.  7S3-4- 
Iia.,  Louisiana,  2,  140,  500-1,  527,  595,  597, 
654,  670,  724,  783.  Me.,  Maine,  •573,  765-6. 
MtL,  Maryland,  •589,  781-2.  Ms.,  Massa- 
chusetts,*57g, 766-9.  Mich.,  Michigan,  42,  99, 
177,  2'o,  296,  311,  3. J,  476,  490-2,  609,  660, 
729,  785.  Minn.,  Minnesota,  487,  519,  5^0, 
570,787  Miss.,  Mississippi,  352,  783.  Mo., 
Missouri,  9),  322-3,  473,  485.7,  500,  524-5, 
671-2,  787.  Mont.,  Montana,  454,  519,  788. 
Neb.,  Nebraska,  478-So,  484-6,  4S9,  501,  570, 
788.  Nev.,  Nevada,  476-7.  N.  H.,  New 
Hampshire,  's?;,  766.  N.  J.,  New  Jersey, 
•588,  776-S.  N.  Mex..  New  Mexico,  788. 
N.  Y.,  New  York,  ^582,  770-6-  N.  C,  North 
C.iri);ina,  54,   176,   352,  500,  7S2.     O.,  Ohio, 


»8-i»i  39.  57.  f),  »o5,  134,  240,  242,  245, 
479-iio.  48s.  487.  500.  501,  5 '9.  594.  625,  660, 
677-8,  784-5-  Or.,  Oregon,  492,  519,  788. 
Pa.,  Pennsylvania,  'sSg,  778-81.  B.  L. 
Rhode  Island,  'sSi,  769.  S.  C,  South  Caro- 
lina, 54,  352,  782.  Tenn.,  Tennessee,  176, 
352,  500,  670,  672,  7S3.  Tex.,  Texas,  352, 
500,  783.  Ut,  Utah,  477.  520.  7S8.  Vt, 
Vermont,  •578,  766.  Vft.,  Virginia,  '590, 
782.  Wash.,  Washington  Territory,  455, 
519,  788.  W.  Va.,  West  Virginia,  31,  42, 
242,  245,  344.  352.  3*4.  486-7,  500,  590,  782. 
Wis.,  Wisconsin,  177,  258,  487,  524,  787. 
Wy.,  Wyoming,  473,  475,  477,  479-80,  489, 
S70,  788. 

FOREIGN   COUNTI^IES. 

References  higher  than  764  are  to  subsci  V 
ers  outside  the  U.  S.,  the  numbers  of  whom 
are  also  shown  on  p  xx.  Details  for  sev- 
eral countries  may  be  found  in  General  Index  : 
Acadia,  286.  Afghanistan,  571.  Angora, 
4S1-2.  Asia,  480-3,  570-2,  792.  Australia, 
558-70,  652,  695-6,  706,  793-4.  Austria,  232, 
481,  558,  636-7,  792.  Bavaria,  480-1.  Bel- 
gium, 522,  546,  549,  599,  651,  699,  700.  Ber- 
muda, 353-70,  592,  790.  Brittany,  542.  Bul- 
garia, 481.  Canada,  265,  282-334,  598,  603, 
633-7,  669-70,  677,  789-90.  Cape  Breton,  288. 
China,  312,  474-5.  477.  49'.  572.  Croatia, 
481.  Denmark,  636-7.  Egypt,  453,  571. 
England,  403-6,  426,  444-50,  4t)-72,  53 '-58, 
598-9,636-51,654,681-95,  790-2.  France,  480, 
522,  530,  552,  557,  599,600,628,636,651,682, 
698-9,  792.  Germany,  546,  552-3,  636-7,  651, 
697,  792.  Holland,  522,  553,  599,  636-7,  651, 
700,  792.  Hungary,  474,  48.,  792.  India, 
571-2.  Ireland,  499,  546,  640,  652,  665,  682-3, 
688,  792.  Italy,  530,  549,  551-2,  599,  600, 
687,700,792.  Japan,  572, 792.  Khorassan, 
570.  Koordistan,  481,  483.  Manitoba,  635, 
790.  Mexico,  2,  600,  790.  New  Brunswick, 
265,  331,  515,  790.  New  S.Wales,  564-5,  652, 
793.  N.Zealand,  566-9,652,  794.  Normandy, 
480,  542.  Norway,  549,  700.  Nova  Scotia, 
282-94,  33'.  355,  364-6,  499,  592,  790.  On- 
tario, 296-334,  598,  633.6,  789.  Persia,  473, 
480-3,  570-1,  792.  Prince  Edward  Island, 
290-2.  Quebec,  327-30,  574-5,  592,  790. 
Queensland,  652,  793.  Roumelia,  474,  481. 
Russia,  570-1,  687,  724.  Saxony,  551-2. 
Scotland,  545,  553-8,  645-6,  6S1-6,  695,  792. 
Servia,  474,480-1.  Slavonia,  474,  481.  South 
Africa,  696.      South    Australia,    560-1,   652, 


/A'DEX  OF  PLACES. 


TO       Spam,    549,    Mj.    700.      Styria,    48. 
^w.d.n,549.^».79,.     S*iuerland,  5,0  5,,' 
5^^.549.55>.  599.637,650.  79,.     Tasmaiua' 
559.  563-4,  65,.  794.     Turkey,  48,.,,  474   „, 
7V.     Vic.ori.,,55S^.,5,,^^_^^^.^     '^'Z,^  • 

5' ^  5JO,  533.  536,  539,  544.  546,  550,  790-.. 

HIVERS   AND   VALLBYS. 

Agawam, 122-1. I70  ici     4~.„ 

'  *■•  J''/9,  25>.   Ammonoosuc  C76. 
7-\.noor,57o.    Andro.coggi,,,  5,3.,.   ^rquc,. 
4^So      Avon,  .89.    I3ear,   477.       lieaver,    5,5 
H.^elow    ..9.      lilackberry,  ,43.     BiacUt,  ne 
.<.;.     Hlanche,  3,0       Ura„dywi„e,  37,         v' 
H-.X,  74,  75.     byram,  73.     Cassadag;',  "5,7 

K.dge,,,5.     Ch.copee,  MO,  .,7,  „,.     eole- 
brook,  ,44.     Conemaugh,496.     CcLcIc, 
".3^,6,,„7.,8,.45,  ,,,,   ,^8.3^_  ' 

.9S,  25, .4,   5„.g,      Conmallis.  285.     fow- 
P-sture   486^     Cro,on.76.     Cumberland,  30. 
347.    Danube,  48,.     Delaware,  28,  44    ,6,, 
■7-3.     .89,    ,98.    207.     299.    30..    34;    3..; 
37^  378.  390,  497.  5",  587.     East  (N.  Y  ) 
'>4.  86.    97.8,  5S3.      Eden,  223.      Elk.  479 
KIkhar,.479.      Elkhorn,   478.       Farming.on, 
■37,    .44A    58..     Fen.on,29.      French,    ,20 
•'^-HKes,  572.     Ca.lneau,  327.     Genesee,  30 
]['■''■      ^"'"='"-    '73.      Green,    230,    477' 
Hackensack.    82.    .65^,    .68^.    ,89       H^;. 
'•■".    ^5.   27,    64.    66.    68,    70,    72.    9..    95-8 
=47,58a-4.     Harnd,   57..     Hills.  490      H, Is! 

Hop,  .28.  Housa.onic,  .,2,  .38,  ,40,. 43!;' 
M7..88,700.  Hudson.  ,,,44,  5.,  64;.  9,' 
7.    .4.-3.    M6,,.8..5..    .6..-6,    .79-98,.!o 

Humoold,,  476-7.     Ill„,ois,489.     Indun  3.7 
Inn.  48..    Jackson,  486.    James.  346-7.    Jock 
3^7.     Jun,ata.496.     Kanawha.  347.     Kansas. 
4^6.     Kennebec,  353,  573.4.     Kentucky,  227 
Kowa,,  568-9.     Lehigh.  299.     Ligonie;,  485 
rmle  .23.    Loire,  54..     Luray,  347.  35..  38'' 
MnffaIloway,575.    Mahoning,  342.    Mamaro- 
-ck.    74.     Mari.za.   48,-2.      Maumee.   479 
Meri.cne    Bow.    478.      Merrimac.    .02,    500 
"e.,s.3.9.     Middle  (Ct.).  ,29,     Middletown' 
'M'  '7     ^^r'^'^P'-  ">«.  347-S,  473,  478-80, 
'/;  '^^-     ^''^^"""'    t;;,   478-9,    486.  4% 
^'"'"-1<.   ,2,   .3,32,  85,  .97,  .99,  .02.    Mo- 
n;'cacy,3^9.      Morava,  48..      Mt.  Hope,  ,29 
N-^PH,490^    Na,chaucr,,29.     Nau^atuck,  ,3,: 
^J.'J^J.      Nepperhan,  75-8,98.      Ninntic.  .,, 
■'•'■  """■     ^'"°.39.   245,   485.  5.5,  590. 


lijc 

°7"""o:ee"      '''"''"-'  347.  497.     Orange. 
Z-S     7Z''"     "'«''^'3-'"7.    Ottawa 

-r58r"';a't:icT-37:"i:r---3: 

-wcatuck..2,.^P.aU:37;'^pZ;,;;r 

,•  '  '■""-  "'S'  '»8<'.  489,  Pleasant  ,,6 
t'ompton,  .65.  Potomac,  .7,  29,  5..  55  '8 
^^5.30o.3o;.344,3,,,3^,  '/^       5^^^^^^^^ 

fc    '^9-    vjuninipiac.  m.i      Ha™, 
17,    ,,,8   -I,        I,  '    34.    Kamai)o, 

■7.,  .98,  5S7      Rappahannock.  379.     Ken  h 

'  ^'"■"•.48,.s».     R.deau,3,7.     Kigaud 

4.A        i.aco,    576.     .Sacondaga     „,        c, 

::rzn:'^  ."^^'"  ■'''  ■^•'  «t:: 

"ny.293.     St.Cro,x.263.    St.  Lawrence.  .87, 
'A  .04    2,0,  293.  30,-3,  3.6.  329.  330  33J' 

500.  Sahnas.  490.  Salmon.  ,45.';s  .'  s^^,  ,' 
237.  San  Benuo,  489.  Santa  Uara.  4go 
Saugatuck,  .28,  ,38.  Sawmill,  75^  Schrl^ 
-.    ^chuylki.,  299.  389-90,  57rsea:.  re  : 

S;8?'4'i!;:o^''5"'-^'sr"°°'^°^'^^^'' 

.2>(      S,r,l  '^^     ^'''P'"8.M3.     Still, 

2  ^    S trasburg.347.    Susquehanna,  2.8.  30,: 
3.  308,  338,  343.  372-3.  3,8,38,,  386,  498,  589 
Tarfjoux,    339.      Thames.     .29      .„      fi« 
Trough   Creek.   244.      Tr.'.ckee  '  4       '  Tut 
un,ne     49..     Virginia.   346,   382.'  Wablh^ 
4S6.     Wa.para.  568.9.    Walil.iU.  ,98.    WeUs 
4S9,    576.     White.    578.     WiUimantic       2  ' 
W.noosk.,    578.     Wissahickon,    389.  \^1 
'n'"S,22o.     Yosemite,  49,.  ^      ^^ 


MOUNTAIN    PEAKS. 

Ararat   482.     Bald,  575.     Bald  Eagle,  496 
Battle    Nev.),  476.     Kig  Sewell,  486.' Black 

9  ■  cZ%  "'■  "^'"^  ^^"^'  -'«•  ^-X 
Con.  r  n  "'-'•  *''■  5''-  ^■=«°"i".  349 
Cone,  485.  Dogwood,  4S6.  Elk,  478  Ever' 
green      ,48.     Gambier,    560.     Green    (Me   ,' 

27S.     Hamilton  (C'al  )  son      h.j     u      ,.. 

v^ai.;,  490.      Hedgehocf^Ct  ) 

.45.     Holyoke  (Ms.),   .20,  ,35.     HortoIcN*: 

S.),286.     Jefferson,  382.     Jenny  Jump,  ,64 

K'neo,     574.       Kaa.erskill,     ,98.       Langton 

(Ber  ),    359-62.     Little    North.    497      Li  tie 

^:\C  M '^"^^^°^'     -  ^^'^^ 
I      ;  ".!?•         "'-''   '^^-     Nescopeck,  498 
;^-th    (N.    S.),  284.5.     Orange.    .58     '!: 

CM-er  (Peaks 00.  347.      P.catinn;',7o.  'p.Ts: 

p'iu'?!;.  ^!y^°"'^-  •*2.  pma.ski.  485. 

"/ ■""'  ^~5=.     Kuimnenield,  219.     San 

Juan,  494.     St.  Gothard,    ,87.     St.  Helena 


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TEN  THOUSAND  Af/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


(Cal),  470.  Sargent  (Me. ),J78.  Shciiandoab, 
5SJ.  Sclioolcy'ii,  173.  Simplon,  1,17.  Smiih, 
J49.  Mi)riii  King,  1'^/.  biigarloaf,  i»J.  Tom 
(M».),  iiS-jo,  127,  i?j,  J5>.  579  Vesuvii.v 
55J.  Waslinmtoii,  aj;,  515.  5'}.  575-7i  670-1- 
Wilcox,  145. 

MOUNTAIN    RANGES. 

Adiroml.ick,  185-7,  j  10-11,  5S7.    Alleghany, 

»43.  '45,  347.  35°.  ^'^'  ^^^S-^".  49''.  5<».  5''^- 
ApcMiinie,  551.  lialk.in,  4S1.  lll.ick  Ili.N, 
47».  liliic  Creek,  477.  lUue  Rid-e,  23S,  2  (i, 
346-S,  374,  379-'*'.  495-7.  500-  t'atskill,  1S7-S, 
i()8,  116,  4'*S,  4i>7.  Elbiii/,  571.  Ki2,  552- 
Fruska;;!)!.!,  4S1.  Grccii,  1S4,  it>8,  574-8. 
Hanz,  114,  5='  Himalaya,  477'  N'>rih 
(M.  S.),  2.S4.5.  l.aiircnli.ui,  317.  l-iitlc 
SavaKi',  144-  Massaniittcn,  34  ',  35"-'. 
3S1-J.  Mud  Creek,  4S6.  N(irlli(N.  .),2.S4-5. 
Orange,  158,  174.  IMot,  57'..  I'ronionlory, 
477.  I'yrcnocs,  5(0.  Red  l>omc,  477.  Kucky, 
455,  47'"*.  4^*'  i5i"^rra  Nev.ula,  243,  476,  41)2. 
Soulh  IN.  S.),  284.  Ta^liconic,  147  Wn- 
chnng,  174.  Walisalcii,  477-  VVhitc,  61,  192, 
i<jS,  293,  503,  513,  57f>-8,  076. 

HILLS. 

Albanian,  552.  Alconbury,  540.  Ahim 
Rock, 490.  Anus's,  124.  Armory,  117.  ISarn- 
door,  145.  liarrylield,  3.'5.  Uatesfoid,  559. 
Bear  Ridge,  139.  Belmont,  3S9.  l!eni;al, 
572.  15eri;en,S2-4,  166,  16S,  58S.  Hcrkshire, 
12',  i2(),  581,  5S4,  700.  lilue,  109,  516,  577. 
Box,  51.;.  "  liruakncck  "  (N.  v.),  71,  5S2. 
Cave,  23(>.  Cliaplain,  22S.  Cliestnut,  102,  uifi, 
111,114,128,523.  Chicopee,  124.  C'ohnnbi.i 
Heiglus,  88,  97.  Corey,  525.  Corydon,  235. 
Crescent,  124.  Cumboiland,  io>  Drniil, 
239.  Eagle  Rock,  175.  East  Rock,  135. 
Eds^water,  165-6.  Kwingsville,  118,  126. 
Fisher's,  145-6,  498.  Foundry,  142.  Fox, 
170.  Gailows,  Si.  C.ates'.s,  118-9,1^3,  579. 
Oibbs,  361.  Gl.icier,  491.  Grimes's,  158. 
Hanipstcad,  403.  Hanging,  250.  Hoi-pen 
Ridge,  139.  Hotham,  562.  Indian  Rock, 
389.  Knapton,  360.  Laurel,  485.  Marl- 
boro, 567.  Mono,  316.  Moore's,  327.  Mull- 
ica,  390.  Old  Ford,  3S9.  Orange,  i6j.  P.ili- 
sad-'s,  77,  79,81,  5S6-7.  Panama  Rocks  (N. 
Y.),  5S7.  Pine,  121.  Pleasant,  226.  Prns- 
~cct,362.  Ray's,485.  Red,  237.  Remataka, 
(68.  Richmond,  316.  Rideau,  327.  River- 
dale,  78,  So,  583.     Rocky,  102.     Round,  2S5, 


496-7.  Sainly,  58-9,  1S9,  1)2.  Seebach,  317. 
SliinneciKk,  155.  .Slirewsbuiy,  514.  Sidling, 
243.  Snake,  169.  Turkey,  123,  146.  Wa»h- 
iuKton  Heights,  64,  72,  75,  3S8,  583.  West, 
540.     Windtor,  122. 

INLANDS. 

Antigua,  592.  AM.Mitic,  355.  Barbadoes, 
592.  ULTinuJa,  35;-7u,  5JU.  Ulackwell's, 69, 
70,  90,  469.  Brady,  478.  Campob-'Uo,  160, 
265,  269.  Cape  Breton,  289,  29-5,  311,  366. 
t:apri,  552.  Coney,  27,  47,  8;,  155,  523,  583-5. 
Dominica,  592.  (;ie'i,9i.  Grand,  47^,  489. 
(liand  Manan,  36S-9.  Hebrides,  467.  Ire- 
land (Bcr.),  355,  3fiS.  I.iaj;ue,  214.  Long 
(N.  v.),  12,  28,  29,  51,  5'<,63.,,SS,  </i,  97,  99. 
148,  150-9,  177-3,  28»,  530.  Long  (N.  S.), 
286.  Magdoieiie,  351.  Mt.  Djsert,  5,  574. 
Manhattan,  52,  61,  69,  70,  71.  84,  116,  154, 
158,  168,  187,  427.  M.ntiniciue,  5)2.  Mon- 
treal, 575.  Newfomullaiul,  170,  293,  j66. 
Parent,  328.  Perrot,  575.  Prince  Edward, 
289-92,  331,  592.  Rhode  (R.  I.),  108.  St. 
George's,  355  St.  ilekna.  355.  St.  Kitts, 
592.  St.  Lucia,  5)!.  Sandwich,  492.  Sochia, 
552.  Somers,  36).  St.iten,  28,  30,  57,  64,  84, 
88,  97,  09,  i;o,  1559,  177-8,  377,  5S3.  Thou- 
sand, 333.  Trinidad,  5  )2.  West  Indies,  355. 
Wig  It,  517.     Willow,  478.     Wolf,  333. 

LAKES   AND    POND.^. 

Androscoggin,  575.  liantam,  142-3.  Bloody, 
1S5  lilue,  41)0.  Bond,  316.  Bras  d'Or, 
28j.  Cayuga,  212.  Champlain,  32,  185-6, 
211,  500,  578-g.  Chautauqua,  206,  223,  488, 
587.  Clear,  490.  Conesus,  216.  Croton,  194. 
Crystal,  170.  Peschenc,  327.  Eagle,  27S, 
281.  Echo,  170.  Erie,  39,  171,  203-6,  225, 
310,331-2,588,596.  Garland,  2S3.  George, 
11,  29,  32,  51,  57,  171,  179-5S,  211,  578. 
Go'-enior's,  288.  Great  Salt,  477.  Green- 
wood, 170,  584.  Hemlock,  216,  Huron,  204, 
30'.  3'3.  3'5.  332-  Lauderdale,  193.  M.v 
hopac,  582.  Mashapnug,  129.  Memphre- 
niagog,  i;8.  r»Lchig.in,  479.  Mirror,  491. 
Mohonk,  198.  Moosehead,  574-5.  Napa, 
491.  Ontario,  2o(,  214,  222,  301,  310,  314, 
3=0.  333,  593-  Otsego,  197.  Piscco,  211. 
Pleasant,  211,  37S.  Quinsigamond,  110. 
Rocky  Hill,  120.  Rogers,  131.  Round,  378. 
St.  Clair,  301,  311.  Saltonstall,  133.  Sara- 
toga, 192.  Schroon,2ii.  Seneca,  212.  Sil- 
ver, 155,  216,  222.     Simcoe,  316.     Southwick, 


/ADLX  OF  PLACES. 


us.     Superior,  3j,.     Th<„i„nd  Island,.  333. 

Iue..clics,3.;.  Twin,  ,4;.  IVo  Mounlami. 
3jS.  Wl,„„ey,  ,35,  ,^n.  ,4,.  Wiiu.ipiseo- 
U".  J9J.  5/<- 


CKEEKS    AND   DKnoKS. 
Amiclam,,47,3S4.     l!;,H:k.  ■„.,.     Bloody 
K"".    .^5      liutla:..,    „,.     ij^ii    K„n,   3,5 
i-aiurauii,,.,    204.     C.b    Hum,    374.5.     Uk 
»J(..    hu.nac,  .„j.     i  I  an  Oil'.,,  ,36.    Kmaka' 
5"S.     Mill,  ,„.     Ncwion,  ,;,.     Norlh.  ,,,' 
Ovcrpcck,      ,0s.     I'luM..      ,3;.     p„le,      ^^3 
'-•""..'s.  3,7.     Roaring,  „,.     Rondout.  ,g3. 
Spnytcn  Dnyvil,64.  7.-2.  7VS0,  5^3.    Sm,.l,\ 
4-^0.    Sunswick,  .;o.    WesiCai.ada.jio.     Vel- 
low,  477. 

WATERFALL." 

nri<lal  Veil,  40..    Chaudiire,  3,7.    Clifton 
1^-  J),  170.     Franklin,  577.     (>„esee,  2,4 
^'('■     Cniiidl.all,  577-     (;reat    Kails   of  Poto- 
">■•«:.  3 7f',  <97-     il.iines,  216,      Hemlock,  509 
Horseshoe  (Niagara),  202.     Kaaterskill,  a. 6. 
KezJi     (.\Ie.),     577.         Mon.morenci,     330 
Moxey,574.     Nevada,  4,..     Niagara.  28,202 
''4-.6,    293,    3S2,    488,   5S5.     Paterson,   ,67 
P..ntook,  576.     Portage,    2,4.     Sciota,    34, 
Seneca,  208,  2,2.     Tren.on,  2.0,  2.2,  334-6. 
Vernal,   49..    VVannon,   jr^,  563.     Wappin- 
ger  5,194.5.     Yosemite,  4,,,. 

BAYS   AND  OTHER    DIVIMONS   OP  WATER. 

Adriatic   Sea,    552.     Atlantic   Ocean.    48. 
64,  176,  405,  4''7.  473,  5  n-     AI -xandria  Bay 
^o.,.     liasn,  of  :.M„as,  2.S6-9.     Bedford  Basin,' 
2«7-8.     l!ic  Bay,  .,29.     Bosporus,  48a.    Bos- 
ton   Harbor,    ,,3,   282.     Canso.    Strait     of, 
^*).     Caspian  Sea,   57,.     Chedabucto,    289 
Chesapeake,  35^,  377-     Cold  Spring  Harbor 
(-l.),.5o.    Fresh  Kills  (S.  I),  .57.     F„„,y, 
P-  "*■     G.-orgian,  3, 5., 6,     Gowanus,  83 
'■^•issy.  35%  3&2,  365.     Great  South  (L   I  )' 
■55.    Gulf  Stream,  364-5.     Hamilton  Harbor,' 
35S.     Harnngton  Sound,  359-60.     Hell  Gate 
9°.  9S.     Katskill  (Lake  George),   ,86.      Kill 
van  Kull,  84,   ,55.     Long  Island  Sound,  6., 
^-4.  74,  8s,  90,  96,  ,28-9,  .42,  249.     Mahone, 
^SS,  293,     Mediterranean  Sea.  593.     Morris 
Cove,  ,33.     Mt.  Hope,   ,08.     The  Narrows, 
'4,15s.     Newark,  84,  ,55.  5S3.     .^  .w  York. 
W    !n   ''/,■     ^"""*«'  Arm,  287.     North 
West  Ray  (Lake  George),  ,86.     Owen  Sound. 

21<;-l6.        Pacific  Or-T:^      .;2     .„ 

'•''eocrysttc  Sea,  23.     Passamaquoddy.  268. 


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Pelham.  73,  ,«,  ,^^     PrOYJdence.  ,08.     Sa, 
Harbor  (L.  I,. 5,     St.  Lawrenc;  Gulf.  ,'2 
Sanborn.on.   57;,     St.    Margaret'.,  288.     S, 

Inland  .V,.„K|,   ,55.     Tappa,,  Sea,  80.     Tr,- 
cadie  Harbor.  291. 


■ARKS    AND  SQUARE.S. 

battery,  N.  Y.,  9S-9,  433,  583.  Bidwell. 
i"ffalo,2o3.  lilueGras.,,Ky.,224.  Boston 
Com,m,„,  ,o5A  Howiing  Green,  N.  Y.,  43, 
Bronx  N,  Y..  95-^  Brooklyn  (  Ity,  ^ 
Ccmr.nl,  N.Y..  64-8.  ..  ..5.  OS-o.  98,  ^. 
.«7,  .97-8.  376.  403.  ,32.  45..  453.  465 
6»«.     Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  Boston,  ,02 

Hall.  N.    Y..   86.    ,00.     Claremont,    N    Y 
96.     L<'Plcy.Sq.(calleu'- Trinity  "),,),„„„; 
?/■,  "*•     ^^°"">-^.  N.  Y.,  96.     Uruid  Hill, 
Halt.,  238.   78,.     Last   Rock,   New   Haven 
.35-6.     Ldgewater,  N.  Y.,  96.     K.  '        ^^,\ 
Pliila.,   389,    679.      Fleetwood,    N     v       ,, 
Front   Buf!alo,5S8.    Gilmour'.,,  327.     Ham^ 
den.  Spnngf,eld,  ,,7,  57,.,So.     U,n^^,^  Sq 
•o',    >o3.     International,   Niagara,   ,99,  585' 

Jerome,  N.  Y.,  7,-,,  ,,    ,,«    ^g,      ,  ■       ,   ' 
,     _      '  >  /'  J>  75,  '3'».  5^2.     Luicoln, 

Buffalo.  203.     Llewellyn,  N.  J     ,60-,    ,7, 
Manhattan  Sq..  N.  Y.  95.     Mary's,  N    Y 
96.    Morningside,  N.  Y.,  70,  9s.    Mt.  Morris,' 
•64.     Pelham    Bay,    N.    Y.,   <A     Pemberton 
hq..  Boston.  104.5,  MO.  ,2,8.  662.     Pleasure 
R'dse.    237.     Pt.    Pleasant.    287.     Prospect. 
Brooklyn,   27,  87.9,  02,  94.  97.  5^3.  685-6. 
Public  Garden  of  Boston,  ,05-f,,  ,,4.     public 
Gardens  of  Halifax,  2S7.     Riverside    N    Y 
68,  94,  585.     Rowley  Green,  ,02.     Van  Cort! 
■a""lt,    N.  Y.,  95-6.      Washington   Athletic, 
573.     Washington  .Square,   N.    Y.,   ,6    23-6 
28,33.  Si-2,   54,  04.6,82,9,,  98,  .0,',  ,68' 
'9'.  207,  368,  383,  39,,  42S.3,,  432.4.  45, 
;«53,  455,  461-6,  470,  583-6,  6,,,  774.     Wash- 
ington  Square,    Phila.,  494,  497-     Wesifield 
Creen,  N.  Y.,  206.     West  Springfield   Com- 
mon, ,20.     Woodward's  Garden,  San  Fran- 
cisco, 492. 


RAILROADS  (See  pp.  59,-8). 
Baltimore  &  Ohio,  238.  242,  245,  350 
Boston  &  Albany,  26,  ,28,  479.  Buflfalo. 
N.  Y.  &  P.,  222.  Chesapeake  &  Ohio,  350-,. 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy,  ^86.  Con- 
cord 500.  Conn.  River,  ,27,  ,98.  Canadian 
*'acific,32S.    D..L.&W..82.588.   Erie.  8a, 


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^5,  165,  iqS,  ai6-i8,  iiJ-3i  I04-5'  F'"  River 
Ik  Newport,  19A.  Grand  Trunk,  3]g.  Hud- 
■oil  Kiver,  190,  191,  195,  198.  intercolonial, 
'S5,  J19.  Lehigh  Valley,  J19,  iii.  Long 
Ulanil,  154.  Missouri  Pacific,  486.  N.  J. 
Central,  8j,  85.  New  London  Northern, 
129.  N.  Y.  Ceiitral,  191,  198,  101,  209.  N. 
Y.,  P.  &  O,  ail.  New  Zealand.  5^>9-7o. 
Pacific,  475.  P.  D.  &  E.  (Ill),  4S6.  Penn- 
sylvania, 8j,  389,  5S8.  Prince  Kdward  Is- 
land, 291-3.  Richmond  &  Alleghany,  350. 
Union  Pacific,  473.  Valley  Branch  of  H.  & 
<>. ,  350.  Vermont  Central,  184.  Wabash, 
486.     West  ^    >re,  83-4,  i^8,  $89- 

COLI.BGBS. 

Acadia,  285.  Amherst,  113,  142.  Bowdoin, 
565.  liutler  Univ.,  7S6.  Cambridge  Univ., 
4^9,  434.  544,  544,  557-  79".  "  Chrysalis," 
428-9.  Columbia,  (131),  216,  436-7.  Cornell 
Univ.,  772.  Dartmouth,  50S,  766.  Dickinson, 
344,  512.  Drew  Theol.  Sem.,  344.  Kton, 
533.  Georgetown,  233.  (ilasgc  v  Univ.,  545. 
Haileybury,  544.  Harvard,  25,  loi,  103, 
113,  131,  256,  386,  397,  403,  434-5,  437,  494, 
514,658,605,  767.  Haverford,  25,389,503, 
779.  Iowa,  323,  669.  Kentucky  Wesleyan 
Univ.,  233.  Kenyon,  784.  King's  (Cam.), 
429,  434.  Kind's  (N.  S.),  2S6.  Knox,  658. 
I^fayette,  173,  669.  Lehigh  Univ.,  7So.^ 
Maine  Agricultural,  257,  277.  Middlebury, 
196.  New  York,  436.  New  York  Univ., 
428-44,  454-72.  Oxford  Univ.,  469,  471,  533 
Pennsylvania  Univ.,  38S,  494.  Princeton, 
434.  777-  Rutgers,  159.  J^warthmore,  508. 
Toronto  Univ.,  318  Trinity  (Cam.),  544. 
Trn't'  'Hartford),  136.  Virginia  Univ.,  350, 
47  Poin.,  194.    Williams,  185.    Yale, 

I  ,  127,  -3,  140,  256,  304,  800-405,414, 
434-5.  43  447.  464-6  94.  657,  660,  711, 
722-3,  72S,  732,  770. 

PUBLIC    DUILDINGS. 

Agriailturni  Hall,  London,  547-8.  Alex- 
andra Palace,  ..ondon,  535,  Alnwick  Castle, 
390,  4,o\.  Alumni  Hall,  Yale,  398-g.  Ar- 
mory, Springfield,  114,  124-5,  580.  Arsenal, 
N.  Y.  '•5.  Benedick,  N.  Y.,  65,  440.  Bicy- 
cle Club  Houses  :  Baltimore,  5';o,  781 ;  Bos- 
ton, 105-6,  767;  Brooklyn,  97,  586;  New 
York,  96,  586;  Philadelphia,  589;  St.  Louis,  ' 
652  ;  Washington,  500.  Boston  Cyclorama,  | 
385.     Capitol,  Albany,  192.     Capitol,  Wash-     i 


ington,  371-2,  501.  Centennial  Building*, 
I'hila.,  389.  Cheshire  Academy,  Ct.,  134, 
250.  "Chrysalis  I  ollegc,"  428-9.  Citadel, 
Halifax,  287,  >'>2.  City  Halls  :  Boston,  105  ; 
ItriMiklyn,  H8;  B.iffalo,  52  ;  New  Haven,  ijj  ; 
New  York,  48,  7S,  82,  85,  8.''  99,  100,  ^ft\ 
Philadelphia,  389;  SpringficW,  117,  120, 
124-5;  Yonkers,  78.  Cosmian  Hall,  Florence, 
Ms.,  119.  Court  Houses:  Boston,  105; 
Brooklyn,  90;  New  York,  48.  Ciystal  Pal- 
ace, l^ondon,  405.  Custom  Houses  ;  Boston, 
105;  New  York,  369.  Elm  City  Kink,  401. 
Equitable  Building,  N.  Y.,  91.  Kaneuil 
Hall,  Boston,  105.  Cirace  Church,  N.Y  ,66. 
Grand  Central  Depot  N.  Y.,  99.  (irey- 
stone,  N.  Y.,  79-80.  Insane  Asylum,  Balti- 
more, 377  Institute  of  Technology,  Boston, 
106,  582.  Kentucky  State  House,  233.  Lick 
(Jtjservatory,  Cal.,  490.  Litchfield  Mansion, 
N.  Y.,  5S5.  Ludlow  St.  Jiil,  N.  Y.,  8<>. 
Lyndehurst,  N.  Y.,  79-80.  Manor  House, 
Yonkers,  78.  Massachusetts  State  House, 
104,  113,  116.  Mechanics'  Pavilion,  Port- 
land, Or.,  492.  Memorial  Hall,  Dedham, 
Ms.,  T07.  Metropolitan  Methodist  Church, 
Toronto,  318.  Monastery,  N  1.,  *<!,  589. 
Morgan  School,  Clinton,  Ct.,  134.  Ml.  Hol- 
yoke  Female  Seminary,  120.  Museum  of 
Fine  Arts,  Boston,  106.  Music  Hall,  New 
Haven,  398,  400.  Nassau  Hall,  Princeton, 
N.  J.,  434.  Nat.  Hist.  Museum,  iM.str..-, 
106.  Naval  Hospital,  N.  Y.,  -S  Oraton 
Hall,  Newark,  N.  J.,  83,  170,  174,  589. 
Penn.  Military  Academy,  ('hester,  372. 
F'hillip^  Academy  at  Andovcr,  208.  Post 
Offices:  Boston,  105;  Clevel.ind,  500;  New 
York,  48;  Paris,  458.  Pottstown  Opera 
House,  484.  R..salie  Villa,  Chicago,  529. 
Royal  Courts  Chambers,  London,  550.  "Rub- 
bish Palace,"  42S-9.  St.  Botolph's  Corner, 
102.  St.  Croix  Hall,  Calais,  Me.,  265 
Shenandoah  Academy,  Va.,  345.  Soldiers' 
Home,  D.  C,  376.  Springfield  City  Library, 
126.  State  Fishery,  N.  Y.,  222.  State  Hos- 
pital, Worcester,  Ms. ,  no.  Stewart's  Cathe- 
dral, Garden  City,  L.  I.,  152.  Sunnys'de,  N. 
v.,  79.  Trmity  Church,  Boston,  106.  Trinity 
Church,  N.  Y.,  87,  99,  437.  Tuileries,  Paris, 
390.  University  Building,  N.  Y.,  65,  428-44, 
454-72.  Union  Depot,  Worcester,  Ms.,  514 
U.  S.  Armory,  Springfield,  Ms.,  114,  124-5 
Villa  of  D.  O.  Mills,  Millbr-e,  Cal.,  492. 
Williamsburg  Savings  Bank,  \       ^klyn,  92. 


IMDEX  OF  PLACES. 


CKOGRAPHICAL   MltCSLLANV. 

Adironcl-ck  W.ldcrnes..  .86-7,  58;.   Adrian- 
••Pl«=  Hla,,...  lur.  «8j.     BUck  Forest,  <;er 
.'<■       Ulue    GraM     Region    of     Ky.,    t^J 
',i-J.     Ur^klyn     Bndge.         ^.     u.ookly,.' 
^avy^.^d,  88.  ,46.     Cape  M,      5,3,     e,, 
H"le    Pa.^,    Lt..     ,„.     Crawford',    Cave 
i^j  ,    nS.     Crnton     Reservoir,    N      Y      70' 
.5      r>e,ert  of  Despair,  57,.     l,„ir.  Hole" 
llermuda,    jto.       i,|u„,p     j^      „      ^_ 
KoreM   „f   I,,an.   5^0,  (.,   ,      Forks  .if   ,he 
K^mubcc,    Me.,    573.,.      Kor.y    Mile  Hush, 
N    Z.,  5f>8.     Forty  Mile  Desert  of  Nevada 
476.     Furca     Pass,     53a.     (;„a,    Ame  xa„' 
>""t,    4/7.     Great    Plain,    of    Utah,    475 
Hanging    Rocks    of    Ncw|x,rt.     ,08.     Hi/h 
MruJKe  o„  the  Harlem,  707..  583.      Holborn 
\'a<Iucr,   554.     Hoosa-    Vunnel,    Ms      ,,,, 
'-H.  488.     Horse  Shoe  Curve,  496.     Hudson 
K.ver  Tunnel,  433       Kittery  Navy  Yard,  ,0, 
"6.     Laramie  Phins,  478.     Uwis.own  Nar' 
r-'ws,    Pa      4,6.     Luray   Cavern,   Va.,   34S, 
38I-J.     Mammoth  Cave,  23,-2,38,.,.     m,„. 
awa.u   Gorge,    N.    Z.,   56,8.     Meeling    Pa„ 
572.     Middlesex  Notch,  Vt.,  578.     Milldam' 
Hoston,    ,06.     Norambega.    279.     Northern' 
Ma.ne   Wilderness,   575.     Obelisk   of   A,ox- 
atKlna    465.     Ottawa    Long    Soult    Rapids, 
3.8.     Ovens,  Mt.   Desert,   279.     Ox  Bow  of 
•he  tonn.,   ,20.     Pack  Saddle  of  the  Cone- 
maugh,   496.     Pan",,,    Hook,    N     J       ,58 
Ked  Desert  of  Wyoming,  477.     Royal  Dock' 
yard   at  Bermuda,    358.     Sliad.      A  Death 
Va..    243.     Stony    Rises,    56,.     Streathatv,,' 
Ma.ns   56,.     WekaPas,,s68-9.    West  ShorJ 
Tunne,589.    Weyer's  Cave,  Va..  382.    Will- 
i.mis  Monument  at  Lake  George.  ,85. 

CYCLING  CLUBS. 

•.Subscribers  to  book  are  marked  thus  (•) 
•Adrian     785.     ^olus,    769.    777.      Akron, 
784.     Albany,  679,  770.     Albert,  793.     Alle- 
Khany  Co.,  772.     Alls.on,  766.     Alpha,  778 
Amateur,  792.    Amherst  Coll.,  .,3.    Anfield' 
551,    557-8.     Ann    Arbor,  785.     Ararat,  56, 
Ariel,  775,  78g.  Atalanta,  777.  Auburn,  785 
Auckland,  794,  Augusta,  783.  Avondale,  784' 
'•^llarat,  56,,    793.      .Baltimore.    78..     Bay 
^"y,789.    Batavia.770.     Bath,  544.    Beaver 

775.    Belleville,  32s,  793.     Belsize,  53,-2   54,. 
2.791.      Berkshire  Co..  768.       Bin-hsrj^t.-.r. 
-■".308,770.     Birmingham,  783.     Birchfield,'     , 


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790.       Bloomington.    786.      Bordelai,,     ,6, 

5'4.    5.^.8.   5aj.    5.5A    6.,,  ,j^  ,,   /7J' 
rn.      ..r,gh.on,    784      Bn.U...e,    79/    .C! 
•0.-554.      Brondey,  ,54.      Bro..klyn?97    5^ 
770     775.      ....nswick.  777.      Buckeye       84 
"f;""'"'„^^'-».  7*5.      California,   ;'h^. 
Cambridge    Un.v.,  544,  79..     Camden.     76 
Canandaigua.    77,.      Canonbury.    ,42      „, 
■m.     Canton.    778.    78,,     (ape    ro",;,   ''; 
Capitol    348.  ,76.  5,5,  5,0.  ,,,,  ^,^      Cart 
'"n.     56.-.,    '  armi,    786.     Cazenovia,    336 
772.    Centaur,  543,  789      Chambersburg    778* 
Champion  City,  ,,5.  ,,5      Cha.lestown   JtV 
Charlotte,  782.    Chatham,  7.2.    Chelsea,  679 
767.    Chemekefa,  788.    Cheshire,  769.   Chev- 
enne7S8.     Chicago,  225,  29^,  320^.9,  529. 
571,  679,  786.      Christrhurch,   567.  652,    794 
Cincmnatt,   224.   784.     -Citizens,   96-7.   Zl 
5«6.6.2.773.     City.  563,  767.     Clarence.  544. 

^TZ.     T-     ^■'"'''''*'     "«•     ^-''veland. 
.6660.784.     Cohoes.772.     Coldwater.  785. 
Colle.     Hill.  784.     Colorado.   788.     Colum- 
l^'a.  776,  778.  782.    Columbus.  782.    Connect- 
■C".,769.     Cornell  Univ..  772.     Cornet ia.  770. 
Corn.ng.    772.     -Cortlandt.    775.     Covent^v. 
790.     Cre«:ent.    783.     Dakota,     788.     Dan- 
bury     769.     Dayton.     784.     Delaware      77, 
Derby,    769.      Detroit.    3..,     3».    505.    7".' 
Dorches,„,  527.     Druid,  78..     Dunkirk,  772 
Laglehawk-Uni.ed,      793.      East    Saginaw! 
78s.     tlgtn,  786.     Elizabeth,    164,660,776 
tlmira,   772.     Elyria,    784.     Emporia.    78?' 
^.ssox,  .64,  777.     Eureka.  793,     Eurota,  787 
Facie,  .56.    Fail  River,  767.     Falls  City  783 
Fanbault,   787.     F.tchburg,    767.     Florence. 
767.     Forest.  789.     Ft.    Schuyler.    776.     Ft 
Way„e.    786.     Fostoria.    784.     FriscT,    787 
Oalveston.783.     Garden  City.  493.  789.    Ge': 
mantown.  779.     G,en,    776.     Goderich,   789 
Oolden  City.  789.     Grcenfud.  767.     Green- 
w.ch.  772.     Hackensack.  776.     Hagarstown. 
782.      Hamilton,  789,  793.      Harlem,  96,  586 
772.  774.     Hamsbu.-g.  779.    Havcrford  Coll  ' 
779.     Haverhill,    767.     Ha/erstock.    538-4," 
79'-     Heights.  97.  770.     Helena,  788.     Hen^ 
^lerson     78,.     Hermes,    529.     Hobart,    563. 
Holyoke,767.     •Hud.cn,  772.     Hudson  Co  . 
776.   Huntingdon,  779    I„diana,  7.^5.    Indian- 
apolis.   786.     fndianola,   787.      'Ixion.  96-7 

'^64_.  .97. 524, 5S6, 6<-,7, 774.  j,,k^„  ^,;; 

'':"■"""'"■"'■    -'""■"r.  377.  78.     Kankakee. 
787.     Kansas  City,  787.     Kennebec  Co..  765 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Kent,  70O.  Kenton,  783.  Kentucky,  783. 
Keystone,  780.  •Kit:-'»  Co.,  97,  Jib,  no. 
Kingston,  789.  Kiswaukae,  7S6.  La  Crosse, 
787.  La  Kayjtte,  781.  786.  Lafayette  Coll., 
173,  669.  Lancasler,  779.  L.namie,  7S8. 
Lawrence,  514,  660,  7(>S,  7SS.  Lelilgli  Univ  , 
7£o.  Leroy,772.  LtxinstoM,  783.  Liveriiool 
Cycle  linslers',  791.  Lombard,  694.  Lon- 
don, 5v?,  5tt,  5'''8,  7')i.  LouiUm)  Scotlisli,  553. 
Long  Island,  97,  s'*'''.  77'-  Louibville,  527, 
783.  Lowell,  517,  7&8.  ALicon,7S2.  Madison 
Co.,  7S7.  Maiden,  768.  Manchester,  500, 
766.  Manlialtan,  1S7.  Mansfield,  779.  Mar- 
blehead,  7f>8.  Mannlon,  563,  794-  Mary- 
land, 5<K>,  652,  7S1,  •A^assacliusolts,  105-6, 
113,  25H,  271,  504,  S08,  512,  5'7,^'79.  767.  774- 
Massdlon,  ;S5.  M.uicli  Cluink,  779.  Me- 
dina Co.,  7S5.  Melboiin-.e,  55S-9,  561-3,  706, 
703.  Mcrv.|-.lils,  7S3.  Mercury,  772,  7?5,  7S7. 
Meridin,  128,  138,  769.  Merriniac,  768. 
Metropolitan  of  Iowa,  7S7.  Middlesex,  554, 
5h7.  Middlelo'\n,  769,  772.  •Milford,  76S. 
Millbury,  768.  MilNille,  777.  Milwaukee, 
519,767.  Missouri,  787.  Monmouth  Co.,  778. 
Moiitclair,  777.  Montc^omcry,  7S3.  Montreal, 
330,504,790.  •Montrose,  779.  Morris,  776-7. 
Mountain,  779.  Nacionel,  790.  Nashua, 
50S,  766.  Nasl-.ville,  783.  New  f5r;tain,  770. 
Newburg,  772.  New  Haven,  660,  770.  New 
Jersey,  777-S.  New  London  Co.,  770.  New 
Orleans,  500,  7S3.  'New  York,  24,  g*"'.  5'54> 
586-7,  772-3.  Niagara  Falls,  775.  Nobles- 
viUe,  786.  Nonantum,  768  Normamby, 
793.  Norristown,  779.  Norti.  Adelaide,  793. 
Noithanipton,  127.  ?''''•  North  London,  534, 
543,791.  North  Otap;o,  794.  !  U.th  Road, 
557.  Oakland,  492,  789.  Old  Domini"-!,  7S2. 
Oiean,  775.  Oin.iln,  78S.  Oran<;e,  509,  530, 
725,  76S,  776-7.  Ore.^on,  788.  Osk.loosa, 
7S7.  Oswepo,  775.  tittiwa,  3./,  330,  789. 
Ottunv.va,  ^87.  *Ovid,  6f-o,  7S5.  Owl,  ,29, 
776.  Oxford  Univ.,  568.  Pahquioque,  769. 
Park  City,  7S3.  Passaic  Co.,  778.  Paw- 
tucket,  769.  Penn  City,  500.  •Pennsylva- 
nia, 589,  652,  7S0.  Pr  .ria,  783,787.  Pequon- 
nock,  769.  Perth  Anihcv,  777.  •Philadel- 
phia,  5S9,  652,  ,-77.     Pickwick,  567.     Pilot, 

793.  Pine    Tree,    765.      Pioneer,    567,    569, 

794.  Port  L'.sin,  315,  789.  Portland,  =59, 
1/5,766.  Portsmoulh,  785.  Pottstown,  484, 
78"  Preston,  566.  Princeton,  787.  Prii.oe- 
ton  Coll  ,  777.    •Providence,  769      Ramllers. 


ing,  780.  Rcdfern,  565.  Rho<Ie  Island,  iii 
Rochester,  775.  Kockford,  787.  Rorkinj- 
ham,  766.  Rockville,  770.  Rome,  201,  ;oo, 
776.  Roselle,  77S.  Rovers,  784.  Rubh<'o., 
786.  •Rutland,  766.  St.  Catherine,  326. 
Jl  Cloud,  787.  St.  John,  790.  St.  Louis, 
4S7,  785.     St.   Louis  Star,  787.     St.  Mary's, 

789.  St.  Tl'onias,  314,  789.  •Salem,  768. 
Salt  Lake,  7SS.  Sandhurst,  562.  San  Kran- 
cisco,  4S9,  7S9.  Saratoga,  776.  Schenectady, 
776.  •Scrinton,  340,  7S0.  Seaside,  782. 
Sefton  and  Dingle,  791.  Sinicoe,  7S9.  Sit- 
tingbourne,  792.  Somerville,  768.  Sparta, 
7S7.  •Springfield,  114-15,  '49i  182,254,508, 
524,  547,  C61,  768,  793,  799.  Stamford,  770. 
Star,  315,  351,  766,  768,  7S2.  Stoncham, 
769.  Surrey,  543,  547,  564.  Susquehanna, 
7S0.  Swallows,  791.  Sydney,  564,  793.  Syra- 
cuse, 776.  T^smanian,  563.  'I'aunton,  769. 
Temple,  547.  Terre  Haute,  786.  T'-orn- 
dike,  766.  Titusville,  781.  Toledo,  785.  To- 
ronto, 3 19-20,  789.  Fremont,  517,  767.  Tren- 
ton, 778.    Troy,  776.    Trumbull,  7S5.    Truro, 

790.  Turin,  700.  Tuskegee,  783.  Unadilla, 
772.  Valley,  785.  Valley  Cily,  785.  Ver- 
mont, ^(,a.  Vernon,  772,  785.  Victor,  779, 
783  Victoria,  56c.  Waittmata,  794.  Wake- 
field, 769.  Wa'dcn,  776.  Wanderers,  789. 
Wappingers,  776.  Warrnambool,  559,  794. 
Washington,  -174  782.  Wattrbiny,  770 
♦Weedsport,  7/  VVei.'ington,  794.  Wells- 
boro,  7S1.  Wesiboro,  7C  j.  Westminster.  782. 
West  P-^int,  783.  Weymouth,  769.  Wheel- 
ing. 7S2.  Whiiling,  781.  Wilkesbarre,  781. 
Williamsport,  781.  Wilmington,  782.  Winni- 
peg, 790.  Winona,  787.  •Wood  River,  788. 
Woodstock,  789.  Woodstown,  778.  Wor- 
cester, 769.  Woronoco,  769.  Xenia,  785. 
Vale,  660,   770.     Vourgstown,   785      Zanes- 

ville,  785. 

CEMETERIES. 

Greenfield,  L.  L,  152.  Greenwood,  L.  L, 
90,  469.  Machpclah,  N.  J.,  84,  589.  Mt. 
Auburn,  Ms.,  103.  Nationnl,  Pa.,  384-5. 
Pine  Hill,  Ms.,  120.  Sleepy  Hollow,  N.  V., 
76.    Woodlands,  Pa.,  390.   Wotdlann,  N. V., 

7'.  Uf.  583- 

CANALS. 

Chesapeake  ^  Ohio,  12,  29,  32,  39,  51,239- 
245.  Conr..  i^kC'-,  180.  Delaware  ^  Hud- 
son, 44,  1S9.  340.  Krie,  8,  28,  32,  57,  197- 
208,  2'6-i7,  48S.     Juniata,  496.     Morris,  173, 


787.    7891  793- 


Randolph,  215,  775.     Tiead-     I     207.     Raritan,  16;,  172.    Susquehanna,  377-8 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS. 


The  following  list  is  designed  to  give  the  f.- 


Ixv 


b,K.k,  and  also  of  many  who  aTe^'anu^ed".';  Zy^^Z^"^"  °'r"'  '^"""  "«'"''°«d  '"  thi, 
are  enclosed  in  parenthesis.  Quota.ion-.a:  L  e  7s  uZ:^  ^f''"«—h  allusion.: 
so»s.     Xhesta.(,po.„t,.o..,da.s.    Xheli^colr^::^^^^^^^^^^^ 


Aaron,  .77.8,  6.9.j,,6,4.627,lxxxiv.(6o4, 
707,  764).     Abbott,  556.  595.     Aberfro.nbie, 
.85.     Ackerman,  404.     Adam.  444.  568,  645, 
^S4.  720.     Adams.   ,co.   .,3,   ,49,    .„,   J^^ 
-'41,    33'.  533,    5,3.4,   557^,    68^       - XAo\^^ 
c.M.„     500.     ".Enea.,"   305.     "Asonistes." 
^,o.     Ahem,   5,,.      Albert-Edward,    469.7, 
■•^  !>""e,  557-8.     Albu..,  645.     Aldrich,    ,3, 
Alex.inder,   33,.     "Algernon."  64..     Albn' 
S;^-     Allen,  ,54,  .86.  339,  34S.  554,  674,  688." 
All.n-,   627,  657.     Aim,  *b2i.     "Am      Ih.  " 
41'.     Ames,  ,24.     Amherst,  ,27,  18;  nis 

(>.a     Ammen,    352.     "Ananias,"  ",  ' 

Anderson  (232).     Ander.on,  537.     Andr^.  76, 
80,  ,69.     Andrew.,,  645.     App,  500.     Apple. 

..-,700.     Appleyard,4.5S4,5S7.     Archt     , 
b.>kl,    470.    Anst.des.     7,8.     Arming,     564      ' 
Am.,rong   466.     Arnold.  ,5,   ,59.  30,,  728 
Ar.y,"  84,.     A.sh,  564.     /.shbv,  347,  3,8 
Ash..ead.  646.     "Asmodens."    .4.  '  Aikinsi 
■•■.655,677.     Atkinson.  64s,  653.     Atwater, 
6  -  (.^0.  423,  722.3).     Aube,458.     Aurelius. 
466.     Au.stm,.628.     Au,en,663.     Au.y,  644 
Averv,  674.     Avers    *i,'<       „  i 

675.  '.6(70,).  *■«--  55..  594. '627.8, 

.J'!'**^'?"'"'-  '^^'^"-.'J-  Bxdeker, 
^93,6,0.     Bagg,  .83,20,,  209-.0,  6.0  (,3c., 

[r.;,f"".''^'°''^'-  ^^^i'^y.-t03.  Haird, 
560,  668  (020).  B.ker,.487.  Baldwin,  38/ 
57?,  5S2,  609,  65s  (395).  bale,  696.  Ball' 
55..     1  allantyne,   635.     Bancroft    (2,,    405' 

.      Bar,    609.     "Bard."    50V     Bardeen 
h'^y    Bardwell,6,o.    Barkman,  .530,  584.; 
5;.  625,  655,  677.     Ba.ow,  564.  "B;rnaU' 
Barnes,  323  600,  635,  .668.9.     Bamet, 
":  '''•  ''"'■     B^^--"'.  609.     Barrick,    376 
;-o%  553,689.     Barthol,  55.-2.     BaVtS 
i    '.  6-:8.     Barton,   20,,    jio-i,      n    , 
5' -•■"45  (369).    Bashall,645.   "  Basil  "'^' 
U:7-S).    Basilnn-  700     B.^      T     .^"^' 
•-,-   »r       ^^  B.ison,562.     Lassett, 

--M29.  633,657(3...  673,      BaL^.^:: 

--37.- Baw^;;;na.r  «;::;;• 


;      Beck     '   '''.   ^'^'''•''^    «-''y. 
627,^,575(633).     Beddo.(232).     Beeb... 
609.     Beecher,403.     Beers.  99,  ,c..  ,26.  .77 

Begg,  635.     Bell.   .529,  533.     b,,,^^    "5. 

„t;?''T    '^'="'■-'"'355.  483.  66.. 'Be': 
499.m'';;      '•     "'="^°"'"o.     Ben.lev. 
499    (.3.).     Benton,     5.0.     Bernhara,     .54 
Berrnyer69,.     Bettison.  530.     "  Bibl  op    " 
^9.     B,dwe„.  ^,    ,s,,   _,^^_    ^^^  ^      ^P; 

',4  5.     Biederman,  66,.     Bigelow.  523,  .oc. 

Pnn.    482,     543      Bird,  2  Bi,.hop.  43, 

550,     -3-4,  652, 728.     Blue..         64,       RI     J' 
^;,    B;-Ha,^,    ..ack,;am,S.    bS 

..        Ble      .     ""'^''='^''   '^^-     ^'^'^''U 
Rnt     f'"^'      «3-      B'yh.  658.      Bly,he,635 
Bogardu,,  493.     Bolton,  548,  683.     Bon.n,  . 
69.        Bones."  ,3,.     ,..,„e,l,628.     Boot.v 
B     -,     r  ™*'     ''''■■     '^°»*°"h,    65s 

554.     Bous,e.,634.     Bowen,  22,.2,  563.  5«-, 

I  Brar  r"'"^'*5*'-  f^—n  ,'584^' 
B  aclcock,  243.  Bradford  (463,  607).' Cd: 
'^y.   ^54,    579.     Bradney,   645.     Brady,  ,7, 

foTTT     '"'^'^^^•''•-     Brewster   3  o*- 
94.627,643,657.    Br,dgman,.55..   Brierl 
330,    63  ,.5,    .669.     Briggs,    .,,,    5 
Wham,  „4.     Bristed,  .7.7.     Br"o  J„ 
roadbe,u,562      Brock.  3.S2. 545.     Bro^.e.r. 
'77.      Brooke,   609,  645.     Brooks,  679  (4.2) 
B-mley,    ,76.     Brown,    .4..  ,70.   Z^^ 
3S4.  47,,  .537,   5,  ,  „j_    55,,  5oo.   627,  6S^ 
-wn."92,,^,5„,,^^^^,,      Brownin,, 
655.     Bruce,   470,  .628.     Brunelleschi,   429 
Bryan  700.     Bryan,,  ,„,  ,,^,  ^^      ^'^ 

6  6      p'r'        '      '''•    '*'■     '^-hanan 
OTO.      Bucking  .am,  sirr    C,6,i       R„jj         . 

"R„ff,.        5'U-',i8r,  ,9,,  ,97)      Bujk,64, 

Buff,      424.      Bull,  22,.    222.    "402,"  5S 
bI"*''^^''^^^^"-'^).     Bullin,r.  L 

b:r;r:.^;:rr^'^.---^.-7). -Bur- 

n„..„„  '     •-/J,'//,     "urchard  (460) 

^2    66 '";"'■  f-     ^"^''^■'^7.     Burn  645 
^5^.  665,  69,.     Burnett.  645,     Bur.,ham,  jjf, 


Ixvi 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


675,   6<33-     B"",    157.     Burrill,    627.     Rurs- 
toii,  S5S-0,  5(>o.     Burt,  632.     Bury,  647,  6S7. 
Busby,  5>'<.     Butcher,  ii.(,  127,  135,  147.320. 
322,374.  500.  50^-^.  5".  5'7.  5'9-»'.  524,  52*^. 
52S-30    (7m)-       Butlur,    2o8,     517.     554,    'J'-l- 
Buzi.inl,  s'>o.     "l!yng,"42S.     liyron  (>,  224)- 
Cable,  331.     C,-.klcli.nigli,  G45.     Callaliaii, 
4-^3.     Call.iii,  •545.     Callander,  553.    Ca'ver- 
Ity,   34,  466,  472.     Calveii,  56...     Cameron, 
iv.     Campbell,  127,  330.  4»»-     C:..npling,  537. 
Canary,  47,  133.  f'93-    CamUeman,  383.    Can- 
fie!(l,2i5.    Candy,  "Gi 3.    Cann,5(7.     Caples, 
492.     Carl,  101.     Carlcy,  610.     Carman,  326. 
(.barney,  S7).     Carpenter,  643.     Carroll,  63*. 
Carter,  14.,,  384,  560.     Carver  (25>),  274,  286). 
C-'rv,  542  681,731.    Case,  73,  583,646.    Cas- 
»ell,6S7.    Castiglione,  2S0.    Caiherwood,  657. 
"  Cerberus,"  458.    Chadwick,  158.    Cliamard, 
62«      Chambers,    652,    675.     Champe,    169. 
Champl.ain,    185.      ChancUer,    128,    370,    673 
(25,   261).     Cliase,   628,    658.     Chapin   (464). 
Chatfield  (405).     Chatham,  444.     Chickering, 
322.     Child,  5-7.     Ihilds,  3S9.     Cbinn,  112, 
655,677(258,281).   Christ. .phrr,  646.    Chubb, 
315,     Churili,  524(726).     Churcliill,656, 663, 
672,  678-9,(428.).  Cist,  352.     Clapp,  627,  727. 
Clare,  331.     Clark,    132,    5S9,   6io,  627,  643 
(475).     Clarke,  244,  S'"".  57°.  5^1,  628,  678-9 
(168,727).    Clay,  243.  .142-    Clegg,  689.  Clem- 
ens (iv.,  356,  640).    "  Clericus,"  688.    Cleve- 
land (547,  726).     Close,  645.     Cobb,  106,  109, 
646.     Cod<liiigton,  631.     Coe,    im.     Coftee, 
668.     Coffn,628.     Cole,  559, 65r.     Coleman, 
646.     Coles,  610.     Coleridge,   14,  2S0.     Col- 
lamer,  5<)o,  627.    Collins,  •128,  138,  315,668-9, 
683.     Colombo,  611.     Colt,  464.     Colton,  99, 
113,    149.  ■5"',   '77.   •''7.    '93.    321.   352.    575. 
577.9.581,590.     Columbus,  429  (j)-     Colvin, 
III.    "Comus,"  706.    "Cond.ir,"  506.    Conk- 
ling,  643.    Conway,  553,  557-     <-'""k,  159,  174, 
316,  •493,  553,  609,  645,  675,  6S7.     Cooper, 
170,  553.  555.  5'''9.  6»5.  ^'^^-     -opland,  564, 
696     Corbin,  137,658.    Corcoran  (422).    Cor- 
dingley,  686,  630-1.     Corey,  321, '627,  •679. 
Comwallls,  169,  1S6.  238.     Corson,  22,  *525. 
577.   655,  •670-1  f257,     67,  269-71).     Cortis, 
4,   6S4.     Coselino,    4Q3.     Costentenus,    239. 
Coster,  635.     Cottereli,  644.     Coventry,  6S(, 
Couch,  645.    Courtney,  519,  5«3.  6t5-     Cons- 
ens,  645.    Conser,  •107.    Co-van,  324-  Cowen, 
490.     Cowles(t2i'>.    Cowper,4o')      Cox,  320, 
352,538,  5'«-i.      (,"oy  ((oo).      Cia:  .    i  10,  s/v, 
580.     Craigie,  645.     Craigin,   488.     Cramer, 


501.  Crane,  670.  "Crapaiid,"  141.  "Cra- 
poo,"  141.  Crawford,  22S,  590.  Crawshay, 
645.  Cripps,  675.  Crist,  675.  Crocker,  610. 
Croll,55.9.  Crooke,553,557.  "Crookshanks," 
4S9.  "Crorcroran,"  422.  Crosby,  609.  Cross- 
man,  376.  Cruger,  194.  "Cruncher,"  410. 
'  rusoe,"  V.  "Cuff,"  506.  Cummings,  627. 
Ciinard,  592.  Cunni.igham,  221,  503,  517, 
523,651,656,666-7,712.  Cupples,  112,113, 
655.  "Curl,"  407-25.  Currier,  112.  Cur- 
tain, 491.  Curtin,64S.  Curtis,  519.  Cutten, 
56,. 

"Daggeronl,"  429.  439-     Daguerre,  43'- 
Dalton,  •5o(,  655,  674,     Dana,  403.     Daniel, 
553,  558.     Daniels,  407.     Dante,  429.     Dar- 
nell,  •244,   4</>,    589.     Davies,  645.     Davis, 
127,  403,  563,  698.     Day,  127,  281,  •512,  557, 
5S1,  658  (258,  272,  277)-     L)ean,  325,  526,  602, 
663-5(719).     Dear  (379).    De  Baroncelli,  645, 
651,   688,   •GrjS-g.     "  De    Bogus,"  429.   439 
De   Civry,   552-3,   697,   699.     Decrow,    133. 
"  D.>dlock,"  466.     De  Forest  (452,  724.  727) 
Defoe  (v.).     De  Garmo,  400.     De  Uline,  700. 
De   Ligne,  645.     Delisle,  611.     Delmonico, 
611.   "  DeMolletts,"429,  439-    Demosthenes, 
457,   724-     "  Densdeth,"    429.      Derri^'gtnn, 
646.     De  Senanconr,  468.    Destree,  561.    De 
Villers,  699.     Dickens,  349,466,  728(354,  410, 
724).    Dickinson, 90,  344,  512.    "  Dido,"  305. 
Diederich,  679.    Dieskau,  185.    Dignam,669. 
Dimock,    293    (274,    2S6).     Dinsmore,    666 
Diogenes,    14.     Disraeli  (724).     Dixon,  493 
Dodge,  6io,  657.     Donly,  3,^".  59"<.*634.  655. 
669,677.     Doolittle,*3'9. '('34      Dorion,  33f> 
Dm r,  366-7.    Doublelay,  352,385.    Doughty, 
154.     Douglass,    33C1,     3.}0.     Downey,     38.1, 
610.     Dowling, 'sii.    Downs,  658.     Draper, 
,31,   470.     Draucker,  609.     Dray,  646,  651 
"  Dreeme,"    429.    43'.    43S-4'-     I^i^ew,    5"". 
537,  512.     DruUard,   573.     Drummond,  6.(6 
Drury,  68S.     Drysdalc,  356.     Dubois,  'biT. 
697,  699.     Ducker,  •524,  *5f>'.  58°.  615.  ^'J'. 
655,  661-2,  675,  693,  710.     Duncan,  552,  \<^. 
687,  6<)7,  "699.     Dinin,  625,  627-8.     Dunsford. 
567.      Durrant,   687.      Duryea,    388.      Dm- 
ckinck,  434.  439-     Dw'Sh'.  '27- 

Eager,  634.  Eakin,  66g.  Eakins,  330-!, 
634.  F.arly,  347-  Kastman,  577-  Ka-^^lon, 
639.  Eddy,  327.  Ediin,  4-  Edward,  2J! 
Edwards,  499.  5'>4,  6)5.  695,  696  (;.''•] 
Ef'ndi,  481.     Egali,  481.     Kgan,  667  (i?4) 

•377.   378.     "  Klias."    679.     Elizabeth,   45' 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS. 


i:!mcr,  60,.  E!we!l.  'sjo.  57,,  57,.  .627 
-5;.  =''9.  353-4,  358,  362,  365,  368.70).  Ely 
■-?,  5Jf>,  643.  «»  (3ii^>).  E.nerson,  72,,  73^ 
K.npson,  560.  Ei.Rleheart,  553.  English,  6,0, 
I't",  f.75-  Eiislow,  35,.  Eniler,6io.  Erics- 
s..:.,  593-  Eri.berg,  jSg.  Ernst,  697.  Ers- 
kw,.-.  f,S4.  Etherington,  524,  •546-8,  648,  6S5, 
'''<).  O.J2-3.  EuripiUos,  466.  Evans,  211,' 
3^o-'.  334,  37S,  609,  645,  669  (386).  Evarts 
7.M  ((64).  Everest,  •6.,S.  Everett  (.79,  ,89' 
>';U      Kverts,  581.     Ewell,  347. 

"  *'a«^'"  534,  543,  55',  (>M,  643,647.   Fair, 
5M.    lanfu-lU  (.OQ,,,4).    Falconer,  555, 686. 
i  ariH.iy,  403.     Farnsworlh,  55,.      Earrsj, 
Inrr.m,  6K5.     Farrar.  575, 645.      Farrell',  5^7' 
'•'■■    '■••"■""Ston,  5,7,645.   Favre,698    Feldt' 
ma„n,  645.     Fell,  553,  628.     Fenoglio,   700 
renwicl<,635.     Ferguson,  62S.     Ferris    470 
KessL-mlen,3i,.     Field,  80.   Fields,  .5     Fink 
ler    4S9,  492.     Fish  (276).     Fisher,  345,  6^„ 


Ixvii 


Oroom, 
Ou.'ick, 


^.^k,4,8.    Fiske.»„3,,42..,,,,    Eitton,  5% 
5^.7.    Klag!or,475.     Flei,,6.2.    .t-ieming,  245 
500.^57.    I'-letcher,  555,  556.7,  646.    Florence' 
.144.     Floyd  (2,4).     Folg.     370.     Eontaine,' 
2^4,523.     Koote,55<,.     Fo,ce,352.     Former, 
55V     Foster,   93,   5,3,   635.    655,  •6r,7,   674, 
W)     I'oiilkes,  562.     Foiirdriiiier,  663    •665 
lowler  (224).       Fox,   686,  688-9,    693  '  (4,4)' 
^>-klln,3,S6,702.    Fraser,329,553     Frazer, 
33'.  645.     Freer,  20..     Fremont,  42,.     Fri 
b»rs,529.     Fuller,  574, 645  (4.0).     Fumivall, 
675      I'usscll,  685.     Fyffe,  560. 

Gadd.645.     Cade,  570.     Gaines,  c.r,  379 
<'.'.n..,e(,64).     (iambitz,  494.     Gamble,  553 
^S<     (Mmbrinus,    6.2.     Garfield,     93     ,24' 
;-nTd,.698.     Garrett,  282,688.     Garriso : 
70?).     Cates,     .,S-9,     .83,     ,86,     579,    587. 
;;•'»",  5'«-..     CJebert,  698.    Geddes,  559-60. 
t-eesee,     28,.     Genslinger,  •670.     George 
^■7,     5^-.,     5^.4.     Getty,     6,0.      Gibb,     645' 
"l>es,668.     Gibbs,35,,3^7.     (.-bbons.  69. 
■'bson,   4S9,    493,    625.     Gifford,   658.     Gil! 
''".,562(4.>5).     Gill,  ,27,  560,  6,83.     Gilman, 
^'  '•  5"!,  507,  576,  •627,  643,  663-4,  6<Ki.      Gil- 
-^"r,     ,4;      Gimblette,    60.     Giotto,    429 
'^",'.50.    Gn.T>dinger,  534.    GoddaxI,  402-3' 
".6SS.     God.,,35.     Goetze.2..     Golder," 
5..     (.oldsm.th    (iv.).     Goodman,  326,  6,5 
"33.  'S5,  675.     Goodnow,   .527.     Goodwin,' 
3"o,    '535-7,    5„,  553.^_    ^^g       ^.^^^^_^_  ^^^^ 

[3^.    ....rman,244.    Gormully,  6S3.    Gornall,     | 


Coyne,  562.  Grace,  96.  Gracey,  65S.  Grant 
4^-5,  724-5,  719,  732.  Graves,  ,,4,  ,,,,  ,24 
530,627.  Gray,  56,.  Greatrix,325.  Greeley,' 
497,  727.  Green,  .38,  62,,  646.  Greene, 
327,  352-  Greensides,  56,.  Gregory,  348 
564.  Gr.ffin,  646,  683,  685,  689,  6.^.  Griffith 
(3^4;.  Griggs,  609.  Grime.,  581. 
645-  Grout,  545.  Guerney,  553. 
*627,  Gurney,  644.     Guy,  552 

"Hal."  6.8.  Hale,  73,.  Hal],  „,  ,3^ 
5^(40.).  ilallam.  55  ,.503-4.  Halsa.l,  6  7' 
"amel,  330.  Hamerton,  309,  446,  468.9,  73, 
722).  Hamlin  (202,  727).  Hamilton,  658 
f'75,6S7.  Hand,  340.  llandford,  560.  Han! 
■o",  403.  Hans,nan,  348-9.  Harding,  ,27 
.87-3.      "  Hardrider,"   506.      Harn.an     ,54' 

Harper    .58,242,355.3^-.,  402.4.  475.483. 
700.     HarnPston,    4..       Harns,    ,64,   627-8, 
643.  645   (v.,  24,    111,  380).     Harrison,  328 
553.  5'i3, 663-4.     Harrod,236.     Harslon,  560' 
H^"^',  526,  589,  620.  645.  655,  .660,  674,  673. 
Haslett,   *628.     Haskell   (733).      Hathawav, 
^•23   (25,).      Hawley,    65S.     Hay,    645,    695. 
Hayes,  236,   322,   539.  '540,  543.  53.,    •627 
Haynes,   2,7,    546,    625.     Hazleton,   559-60. 
->eu...4.   .2,,   ,49,244.3.4,506,5"^, 
5     .675  (.02,  .79.  673).     Hcald,,54.    Heard. 
645.  679.     Heath,  503,  62S,  685,  656      Heck. 
-nu39).     "  Heep,"   424-5.     HelmerM 
Hcnmenway,  .5,7.     Hendee,  629,  675.  693 
-3.  254).     Hepinstall,   3.4.  3.9.     Herbert 
645.     Hernu,   5,6,    555.     Herrick,  472  (,95 
295).    Herring,  597,     Hesketh,645.     Hether! 
>"gton,  3,0.     Heymer,   574.     H.bbard,  598, 
627.655    679.     Hicks,  528.9.     Higgins,336 

239)       H,g,35.,4S4,.485,493,552    5S9.i. 
675-     Hig.nbotham,    529.     Hildebrand,  645 
H.ll..,,,  ,52,40,,  5«,,  ft_,7.     „i|,.  • 

643,   686-7.    6S^9o,   692-3,   694.      Hills,    557' 
639,645      Hi„chc.ifTe,.45.     Hitchcock.  675 
Hoad.     398,400-,.   HoadIcy,4oo.     Hodges, 
664,674.704(67-8).     Hodsi„s.r>g5.     Hodc- 
";an,562.     Hoffman,  323.     Hoffmaster,  2.f 
Hogg,  628.  645.  649,  695.     Holcombe.  323.4 
H<l.ind,5.3,  527,  58..  72S.     Hollister,  4,2 
Holmes.  645.     Holt.  429,  439  (,„3).     „,„„ 
6.0.     Homer,  390,  430.     Hnok-r  34^      Hnr 
5'K>.     Horsman,   ,00.      Honghto',,,   386.    402' 
504,65s.     Housser.633      Hovey.2o,.     How! 
•■"•".  .27,  34''.  453,  5.2.  549.  •550.  6^,6-7,  68,-. 
(1)3,  320,651).      How,.M.67.:.      H.-.-.i^^=!U    -.-' 


554     Gould,   79.     Gowdy 


,    527-     Gay,  688. 


423.     Howland,    •6 


56-7  (659)-     Hov 


Hubbard,  482,  696.     Hudson,  ,85.     Hn'gh. 


404. 


sk: 


Ixviii 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  DICYCLE. 


553.  645-  Hugo,  429.  Hull,  5J9.  Hume, 
561,365.  Humphrey,  35J.  Hunt,  122  (304). 
Hunter, '•670,  675.  Huntingcloii,677.  Hunt- 
ington, 5S2,  635,  628.  Huntley,  675.  Hunts- 
man, 557.  Hurd,  402.  Hurlbert  (431,  441, 
463,  720-1). 

lUingWOrth,  645.  Imboden,  347.  Ingall, 
5W.  'MS-  Inwards,  68<;.  lliffe,  548,  550, 
64S,  G84-87,f)8i>-i)2,  594.  Irons,  646.  Irving, 
79.  Irwm,  559,  •()28.  "  Is.il)el,"  115-6 
(427-8;.     Ives,  675.     "  Ixion,"  sivS,  673,  688. 

"Jack,"  4'o-J5.  Jackson,  347,  643.  I 
Jacques,  f)98.  Jacquin,  611.  Jacquot,  651, 
699.  Jaman,347.  James,  432,  543.  Jarrold, 
683.  Jarvis,  •486.  Jefferson,  339,  351,  435, 
Jeffery,  68j.  Jeffries,  546.  Jenkins,  •187, 
•3»7.  330.  559.  567-8.  •627.  635.  •f'66-8,  677 
(617,619,704-8).  Johnson,  185,323,347,352, 
40S,  4J7.  43^  470.  50S.  5 '3.  588.  615.  *('i8, 
643.  fM5.  '^'77.  f>7').  7''5  (■'").  Johnston,  470, 
634.  "  Jonathan,"  402  Jones,  69,  283-4, 
538.  '539.  6^7.  645.  ^4.  7'<)  (368).  Joshua, 
733.  Joslin,  •197  (22,  107,  171).  Joy,  sfxj. 
Judd,  5S2,  685,  •689,  692.  "  Juggernaut," 
444.     Jumcl,  72.     "  Jupiter,"  688. 

iUUm,  '34  Kaltell,  218.  Keam,  ■;^2. 
Kecfe,  561,  565.  Keen,  547,  686.  Keith- 
Kalconcr,  1,55.  Kellogg,  493.  Kelly,  690 
(706).  Keinble,  728.  Kemmann,  697.  Ken- 
dall, 112,  526,  •627,  675,  686.  Kendrick, 
182.     Kenworthy,  645.     Kerr,  598.    Kerrow, 

553.  Kershaw,  526.  Kctcham,*ig7.  Kider- 
len,  553.  Kiilits,  349.  Kinch,  588,  658. 
King,  1 13,  ij6-7,  672,  61)8.  Kirkpatrick,  '627, 
677.  Kirkwood,  575.  Khige,  675.  Knapp, 
675.  Knight,  562,  645,  688.  Knowlton,  336. 
Knox,  •628,658.    Knox- Holmes,  645.    Koch, 

554.  Kohont,  553.  Kolp,  •340.  Kostovitz, 
481,  551.  Kron,  23,  48,  6j,  279.  3J6,  367, 
526,671,679,706,  720.  Krug,  523.  Kurti, 
M)S.     Knsel,  '524. 

Ladish,  671.  I.afon,  156.  Laing,  645. 
Laird,  62S.  I.akin,  378,  508,  526-8.  Lalle- 
ment,  139-42,  394.  I.amb,  114,  434.  Lam- 
son,  17,  22,  41,  45,  616,  714  (260-1,  269, 
273).  Landy,  675.  Lane,  330  (399).  Lang, 
686,  722.  Langdown,  *if^.  Langer,  697. 
Langley,  '530,  635  (319).  Lansdown,  327. 
Lansing,  656.  Larette,  693.  I.arkin,  177. 
Lathrop,  127.  Lawford,  504.  T,jwrence, 
93,295.  Lawlon,*627.  Lazare,666.  "Lean- 
der."  216.  Lee.  55S,  679.  Leeson.  645. 
Leete,  132.     Lrfger,  699.    Lennox,  554-5,  645,     I 


686.  Leo(ji4).  Leonard,  fio^.  Leslie,  323. 
Lester,  559.  Letts,  681-2.  Lewellyn,  559. 
Lewis,  7,  '524,  62S,  631,  652,  696  (463). 
Lil'ibridge,  128,  578.  Lincoln,  127,  422,  447, 
465.  7J4-5.  I-iiie,  554-  Lippincott,  1,  i68,  658, 
702.  Lister,  5to.  Little,  47'  5i,  680. 
Livingston,  594,  627  (714).  Llo,u,  151,  555. 
Locket,  645.  l^gan,  609,  645.  Long,  5?k-,. 
Longfellow,  430.  Longman,  6S7.  L»ng- 
strelli,  618,  Loomis,  527.  Lord,  237.  Lord- 
ing, 561.  Lossing,  700,  Louis  (24).  Lover- 
iiR.  5^5.  '>79.  I-ow.  523,  54S,  659,  689,  •690. 
Lowry,  5^.9.  Luke,  645.  Lyne,  566,  696. 
Lyon,  218.     Lyons,  470. 

Macaulay,  •527.  McT.ride,  319,  634. 
McCall,  378.  McCandlish,  548,  689,  •690. 
McCann,  527.  McCaw,  326.  McClellan 
(422).  McClintock,  680.  McClure,  515, 656, 
658  (702).  McCook,  228.  McCormack,  523. 
McCray,    655.     McDonnell,    128,    138,    149, 

»37.  ■  1'^.  325.  3S8,  484.  508-13,  5'5-'7.  5'9-2o. 
524,  527-30,  553,  569,  575,  714.  McC.arrett, 
114,631.  "Mcllillicuddy,"  433.  MacGowan, 
'97.  579.  Mclnturff  (345,  3S3).  McKee, 
41.  McKenzie,  660.  Mackey,  100.  Mc- 
Manus,  611.  McMaster,  186.  McMillan, 
587.  McNathan,  670.  McNeil,  582.  Mc- 
Nicoll,  598.  MacOwen,  619,  674.  Macown, 
325.  McRae,  652.  Macredy,  640,  645,  652, 
695.  McTigue,  315.  MacWilliam,  548,  680, 
693.  Maddox,  645.  Mahan,35i.  "Mahher," 
422.  "Major,"  658.  Manny,  666.  Marche- 
gay,  698.  "Margery,"  506.  Markham,  223, 
Marriott,  553-5,  557,646,  685.  Marsden,  627 
Marshal,  578.  Marston,  659.  Martin,  2S1, 
564,  652.  Marvin,  *66o,  6;^.  687.  Mason, 
121,  323,  523,  559-60,  645,  681-2.  Mathews 
(438,457-61).  Matheys,  245.  Matthews,  500, 
587.  Maveety,  323.  Maxwell,  245,  500. 
May,  567.  Maynard,  610.  Mayor,  553. 
Mead,  164,  •509.  Meagher  (422),  Meeker, 
493.  Menzies,  686.  Mercer,  553,  557,  686. 
Merrill,  198,  401,  476,  ^492,  609.  Mershon, 
67S.  Meyer,  547,  645.  Meyers,  668,  6-vS. 
Midgely,  iii,  •513,  515  (258,  274,  276-7,  270) 
Miles,  672.  Miller,  244,  j6f,  •627,  634,  643, 
6;>;,  675,  679(338,  630).  Milner,  542-3,  fW- 
Mills,  492,  553,  555-8,  645,  686  (v.,  338,  6jo), 
Mitchell,  645.  Mobley,  242.  Moigno,  6<)S. 
Monk,  645.  Monod,40o-;?  Mont'  'm,  i?5 
Moody,  560,  652.  Moore,  172,  210,  3.7,  535, 
^48.  S54-5.  68?,  68q,  •690,  691-3  (720).  Moor- 
house,  557.     Morar.,  245.     Morgan,  499,  oio 


f^DEX  OF  PERSONS. 


MoncVe,  7„.  Morley.  645.  Morris,  645 
'Sj.  Mornson.  ,„,  S3£.  670,  693.  Morse' 
4  (■,434,  470-  Mosby,347,37,.  Moses,  733 
\l'il,47o,s6..  Mountfort,  S67.  MucW,6i7 
"«.  Mudge,  (.63.4.  A/unger,  3:,,.,,  67c' 
.M>.nroe,  ,,8,  6,5,  626,  627,  7.0  (24).     Myers' 

iC;.  500,  'sryo,  62S,  •678. 

Nftdal,  447-9  (444.  721).  Nairn,  ^40,  55, 
'  ^'.,  (.x-,.,;o,  6yj.3.  "Nauticus,"  684.  Need' 
l>..m,5r,4,  Neilson,67s.  Nelson,  660  Neu 
li"tf->,  552-  Neve,  686.  Newcastle,  470 
Ncwma,,,  .86.  Nicholson,  .75.  Nimmoi 
'."'.    Nisbet.69S.     Nix,  553.      Nixon,  55.^ 

n"',',''    "     r-M    '"•      ^''"'''    ^'^'    ^'°- 
.N^tl.ur     ^87.     Nungesser,  83.     Nunn,645 

O'Brien.  39.,  65S.     "  Ocopus,"  690     CV 
;l  ".  -QS      Oliver.  6,7,  645.  66<.7.     ()i,ap„d, 
■'.';.  .^""'"^'''   93,    95.  33S.     O'Mara,    3.7 
N-1.    3.7.     Ord.     645.      O'Keilly,     65. 
-,urke,     .74.     Orr,     635.     Osborn,     .,7 
"-l-".e.  660      Osgood,    ,5,    ,„,    3,6,    3<:J 
5,-5.   577-     Otis,  674.     Overman,  662-5    (^76 
'V».     "Owl,"  667.     Oxborrow,538   ,„'  „   ' 
Padm^.5r..6.     Page,  4,;.V4,'3'^'S; 
;'>-V".     l'ag,s,   6s.,     6y8.     Pag„i.,u<,,     699 
■'"""'  567-9.     "r^keha,"566,   569.     Pa^. 
-v.353,3S6.     Palmer,   .49.  589.  628,  687. 
.'"Kborn,  245.     Pari.schke,  697.     p,,k,678 
"'>".    «o5.  562,    S69,  6.0.     Parmely,    57, 
annenter,  488.     Parry,  793.     Par«,„s    "' 
5.6-7,6,6, .627.    Patch,,67,2.5-,6.    Pater- 
^™,   532.    539.40,    542,    68..     Patt,son,    64c 
."ion,  500,  .670.     Paul,  ■'442,-588.     Pay,,e 
JU,    68.-2.     Peabody.     5.5.     Peacock,'"' 
i'^'">,55!.    Pearce,686.    Peavey,  576     Peek 
■-     P-ce  627.     PelIecontre,698.     Pd.on,' 
3!-.    ~I1,  530,  6,6,627,655,687,    Percy 

;:;;.  ^'-"-".  ^.s,  573  (257.  277,279.' 

-.-,.00      ■.perker,",A56;      Perki'^s, 
,   ■    645.     lerreaux,    648.     Peterkin,    645 
'•-,..)o-,,672.     Pe.tengill,  628,  799(375 
:).       e...e(26o,276).    Pe.ter,  645.  ^^p  [ 

5^-.63,,645,646,  656,   658,    683  (258    277) 
''l"!p"l,   646,  650.     Piatt      „,      p- 

'^^^'  i>ick,  5:..  Picte'ri. ;  ■  39;":rr 

;-M.     Pickett.    386.     -.mw;^,.^:;^' 
"^'■-.3.7.    Pitman,  523     Pi..r444)     PI  ce 

-     ;"ol,643.     Pond.  346.     Pope,  24,  ,06 

o-  77;r-^;^^-'''"'^^5'^^«.'68o. 

'       .^»     711-14.       l^niiQyiij       .0.         Ii,,_i 

'■^5-^''     '79,     .5.     (.73).'   678.      PosCXl' 


Ixix 

"Poliphar."  433.     p„„ 

eii,  348,  645.     Pratt,  106,  I,,     ,,Q   ,^,  ,, 

f'.  6.5,  625-7,  643,  656:,.  6;3r',^VS' 
"7..  67s,  678,  688^,  ,„3  (       ,;  .        '•  ^. 

;:-^e47o:525n7s.;T'pS:::.:::- 

i^u..646.    P.„.„,,,,,^,,^^    .,^-59. 

Badcllffe.430.  Raleigh.  57,.  Ra],..628 
K^IPI'.  .54.  Kand.  674.  Ranken,  65 
Kan„,e,698.  Ray,  500.  Read, ._,.  'Reed 
kdd'V-    f'"''^^^'^-     Regamey,lS: 

472^   Rennert,6o9.    Revell,  249,  542-3.    Rev 

nods,527-8,.333,553-4.646.696"Rh<Si 

675-     Kice,    564  (1.     ,r\      p;^i,  ' 

u-  ,       ,      '    ■>  <   <'4.   35;.     Kich,    loi.    A,, 

K.chard,  698.  Richards,  .678.  ^Z^, 
J.  63,  22.,  646,  658.  68s.  Richelieu,  459 
K.de,ng  242.  Rideout,  *,^,.  Rij'  \"- 
57-.  R,dley(3,o).  Rie„y,  3,,.  ^,^^^^; 
^-goley,  r.,8.  Ritchie.  .72,  507,  s,.''!- 
K...enger,  697.     Roach,  3.6.    V'bbi,  s'.    4  ' 

-^-.27^     H^kwe.,r;.9.T36.4.t- 
678^.     Roether,3,5.     Rogers.  2,8,  474.  5 
6   i,   632,  .67..     Rollins    499.     Ronai:.-\„; 
56      Rood,,97.   Roorbach,,64(,72).    K.ose- 

Rosahnd."  439.  Rose.  489.  Rosenbi  h 
305.  Ross,  579,  .627.  635.  Rothe,  .5,, 
Kound.687.  Rousset,  .552-3.  Rowe,  543" 
620.675.     Roy,  330.     Roylance,  646.    Rucker,' 

6  6      r"'!'   ''f-     ''''^«'"'   598.     Rumney 
646.     Rushworth,  .545.     K„,3,„  J- 

H-.^  .38   (58.).     R.„er.  599.  .;6"^Ryt 

Sage.  St.  Germain.,.  470.     Salsbury, 

544.  -Sandham,  279,  348,  5.. -,2  (258,  274) 
^Sargeant,  .64.  Saveall,  646.  S..vi  e  646 
Jwten,  377.  378.  Sawyer.  679.  s;haap; 
628.  Scherer.  62S.  .Schmied.  697.  Schu 
-Cher,  592.  Schwalbach,  586.  Scott,  4  4 
^".527  (.398,  727).  Scribner,  346,  35,'  '  ■ 
04.57.65565868,     Scn,t,on.646.^k;u<;: 

Selah,  ,54.  Senseney.  677.  Serrell.  .77 
Servce,  567.  Servoss,  ..2.  Seward.  724 
t^eymour,   332      Shafpr     ,.,;      0,,..  ^  *' 

|07(4.9).  Sharp,  529, 673. 69,.  siavr:;;; 

.47.     Sheam,   3.4.     Sheffey,    484.     Shelley, 


Ixx 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  DICYCIE. 


454i  4'''8.  Shtparil,  114,  517,  5SS  (;oS). 
Shrppcc,  f>4'i.  SlKTbiirnc,  578.  Slieriiiaii, 
344,  j;o,  48S  (101,  2i>i>-io,  3J4).  Shuiff,  500. 
iSliei riff,  6^0.  SIikIiIs,  •(>j3.  bliiiniiiin,  jOi. 
Shiploii,  fi^1-4,  fi(^>,  fiS7,  6<;i.  Sliults,  594, 
617.  Slirivpi,  5S7.  Siild.ill,  71S.  .Si<l<.M ,  fi^fj. 
Siiliicy,  4f/i.  Sllbercr,  dv/.  Sill,  vi.  .Siiiip- 
Miii,  i<»),  ^itf).  Slnj5cr,  f"/).  Skinner,  370, 
jfn^  Ski>;;liiiiil,  5'hi.  Sliicimi,  503.  Slopcr, 
564.  Siiiilli,  71,  "i;J,"  112,  iiS,  126-7,  176, 
i8j-3,  223,  y(>U,  4^2,  4')3,  ^ly),  502,  5™),  513,  5^h), 

57<».  5^').  "<'"7."  d^'',  ('55i  <7'.  ^9',  "7''^" 
Siifll,  152.  Snicker,  244,  3S?.  Snow,  h%-;. 
Socrates,  4M..  Soley,  T,<i,\.  Solomon,  343. 
"Solon,"  477.  Sonicrs,  •520-21.  SoiileinKin, 
481.  Spalding,  loo,  ^<Y),  50S.  Spcad,  \-;^. 
Siwncer,  554,  6S5,  6S7,  Spicor,  sCm,  (.jj. 
Spinner,  2uS,  Spoffurd,  i/).  Spong,  jfi). 
"Spot,"  410.  Spr.ikur,  200.  Spurrier,  •6^4-1;, 
688.  Stabler,  376,  41)7  (373).  Stalilex,  (,,S4. 
Stacpoole,  64(1.  St.ill,  323-4,  378,  r.75  (;7i, 
3S6).  Slanliin,  31C,  jo.S,  <;,'.,  547,  561-5,  (m.). 
Stalk,  i,S6,  3(i<>.  Slarkey,  s'm.  Stead,  fum,  (.42, 
64().  SlelTner,  yto,  Steiger,  100.  Stei>lieii, 
733.  Stephenson,  *^ii-).  Stevens,  i^'<,  15S, 
ao4,  3aj,  •473-S4,  'ssi,  552,  55!<,  570-2,  5)0, 
655,  657,  668,  675,  6)S.  Stevenson,  5^10,  yi*.. 
Stewart,  152,  244.  Stiles,  403.  "Stilllleet," 
42S-9.  Stillnian,  450.  St<HUlard,  185-7,211, 
S^Si  67<).  Stoke.',  55i)-<)0,  674.  Stune,  321-2. 
SaS,  661,  671.  Stimer,  646.  Stoiiey,  U\U. 
Story,  5'io.  Streeler,  ii.  (727).  Slronp,  176. 
Stion;;  (102).  Sirulliers,  1 12.  Stnrniey,  525, 
•548-1),  643,  6,^4-6,  Oi),),  (.  )2.  ".Miiyvesant," 
433.  Siiberlie,  6i)o.  "Sncliaplace,"  446.  Sul- 
livan, 1 58.  Sumner,  601).  Surprise,  •(>2S, 
632,  '(370.  Sutton,  554,  (146.  Swallow,  'ijS, 
Sweeney,  612.  .Sweetser,  127,  203  (577). 
Swiss,  13S.  Sylvester,  520.  Synionils,  520. 
Sin'der,  i<x>. 

Tag^rt.  551.  T.iintor,  iqS.  Tanner,  639. 
Tate.  5S3.  Tatnm,  520.  Taylor,  16S,  21)5, 
344,  '520,  fxT.).  Te;etmeicr,  531,  534,  5^2-3, 
55S,  50')  (v.).  Teller,  i.)6.  "  Telzab,"  102, 
171),  50(1,  5-5,  673.  Tennyson,  673.  Terrnnt, 
4,547.  Teriv.  626-7.  Thatcher,  400.  Thayer, 
576,6-2  Theoilore,  61 1.  Thomas,  244,  400, 
546,6(fv  Thompson.  202,  2<*,  216,  5?!.  561, 
663.  IMiomson,  646.  riiorbnrn.  ,  n).  1  home, 
55g-6o.  Th(.rnfelHl,  562,  565,  6)6.  Tibbits 
(131V  Tibbs,  330,  63).  646,66).  Tichener, 
21R.  Ticknor,  10;  Tift,  6oo.  Tiklen,  7, 
(464).       'unins,   51.  ,        1  niker,  OSo.      1  isilale, 


615.  "Titanambnngo,"  535.  Tims,  658.  To- 
bi.is,  f.^r,,  "67,,."  To.ld,  58.J,  646  (633). 
Tolstoi,  729.  Tonkin,  562.  Toiniel,  099. 
Toscani,  700.  Tough,  652.  Townscnd,  669. 
Tciwnson,  646.  Tracy,  505.  Trigwell,  540. 
'I'rocdel,  6i/>.  Trow.  100.  "  Tulkinghorn," 
4(/..  'I'upper,  728.  Turner,  558.  Turgciieff, 
72S.  Turrell,  646.  Twain,  iv.,  356,  64a 
"Twidillc,"  t,n'>.  Twiss,  138.  Tyler,  128, 
'35.  '?"<■  •149,  510,  t,9\,  •627. 

Uphatn,   112-13,  s/J^.  655.    Upstill,  562. 

Undorculiler,  3.S7.  Underwood,  508.  Ure, 
646. 

Vail,  171.  Vaiulerbill,  32,  156,  1S5.  Van- 
derveer,  </>.  Van  Loan,  1S7.  Van  Sicklen, 
321,  511),  •627,  675  (630).  Varlct,  651.  Var- 
ley.  (.46.  Varney  (257,  274).  Vaux,  95,  666. 
•Vclox,"  688.  Verhoeff,  •235.  Vermeule, 
176.  Victoria,  471.  Viele,  94.  Viltnrd,  651. 
"Viola,"  439.  Viollct,fxj8.  "Virginia,"  442. 
Virtue,  570.  Vivian,  322.  Vogel,  552.  "Von 
Twiller,"  433. 

Wade,  6  (6.  Wagner,  80.  Waite  (464,  726). 
Wainwright,  625  (597).  '.Vales,  93,  94,  469-70. 
W.dker,  112-11,  55),  562,646,  651,  679,  697. 
Wallace,  609.  Waller,  4,  547  (130).  Wallcy 
(372).  Wallis,  646.  Walmcsly,  55).  Waltcr- 
inire,  492.  Wapj  u  ,  489.  Warburton,  543. 
Ward,  65S  f73c).  Waring,  553.  Warne,  6S5. 
Warner,  286,646,  683.  Warren,  55S.  Wash- 
ington, 25,  72,  74,  77,  127,  143,  163,  171,  186, 
■97.  350.  367,  30>.  434,  702-  W.assung,  643. 
Waterhouse,  557,  627.  Waterman,  516,  559. 
Watson.  112,  154,  554.  Way,  635.  Way- 
n)oulh,646.  Wayne,  3S0,  f«o.  "Wealthy," 
506.  Webb,  352,  55).  Webber,  655,  *674-5. 
Weber,  351-2,  629,  675.  Webster,  320.  Wedg- 
wo<id,  470.  Weili,  315.  Welch,  628  (294, 
401V  Welford,  5;o,  6(1,  687-S,  691.  Wells, 
62.S.  Wenley,  646.  Wentworth,  631.  West, 
320,  325.  Weston,  504,  643-4,  646,  •656-7, 
6'>3-4,  676-7,  712.  Westbrook,  634.  Westcr- 
\elt.  114,  1S2-3,  321.  Wetmorc(i75).  Wh.ir- 
io«  "543.  Whatton,  '544,  646.  Whcatlev, 
59).  Wheeler,  650,  655,  r.(.fi-7,  674.  Whtler, 
3,^5.  Whipple,  III,  1S2-3.  Wbitall,  5:0. 
Whitcomb,  592.  White,  201,  244,  526,  559, 
598,674(238-9).  Whiting,  •138-9, 676.  Wig- 
glesworth,  646.  Wiicox,  666  (91,  702).  Wi'd, 
542.  Wiikint.on.  677.  210,  62S.  William,  7.'3 
Williams,  9;.,  185,  316,  510,  558,  577,  *";Si, 
652,  673,  6<)3  (10;,  25S,  272,  275-6,  452).  W)II- 
lams'.i-   ■.-,      WillisoniOjS.     Willoughby,  5;o, 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS. 


Ixxi 


"n      Wilson,  ,00,  jSi,  5J5,  53^,  558^  f,^_  ^93 
i^m)      Winchell,   114.     Wimliroj),  4J9,  „, 

^"•^♦'''"°      Wistar,6^7(3„).     Witty,  400.' 
Woo.l.    ,5.S,    ,72,    ,75,    ,77_   3,^_    ^^^.j,^  ^3^^ 
•iSS.,,,  400,  4,,S,  56,,  584.  5,,,,  6,5^  »627,  675-7 
-■It).  Woo(lburn,658.  Wofxlinan,  530.  Wood- 
'■"'f''.     6.iS.      Woodruff,    3,4.     W,«ds,    646. 
VVocdsidc,  4.,<,,  675.     Wo<Hlward,  19S.     Wool- 
Aorth,    .4S.      Wormley,     241.     Worth.     390 
-^     Wrn^,.c,56o.      Wright,  .8,  2j,  93,  •6,8,' 
■n,  (i)i\  r/K>,  665,  674,  677. 
Xenophon  viii. 
Yapplewell.   538.      Yates,   •  ,,.20  (,86). 

\"P|.,    6=S.      "Vorick,"    402.     Vorkc,     68,. 

\  .n,,,;.:,  ,05,  'j,;,  .556,  57._  646,  655,  679,  686. 

\c)ilil;;rii,iii  (3S7). 

Zacharias.  712  (.70-,,  ,74,  ,92.3).    z^h, 
;-i      /n.iincrnian,  638.     Zmerlych,  551.    Zu. 

'•'WIlZ,   55S. 

{'oNTKiDUTOR.s'  Records. 

(.Mrs.)J.  H.Allen^4.      E.  /sh,s64 
1;     Ayers,  'jiS.     G.    W.    H.ikcr,    •487, 
II    l!..rkman,  •530.     E.  G.  Hanictt,  245 
li-'»li"'.     55'-2.     J.     M.     l!arl„„,     20. 
I'.iv.ctt, 'sj;.     (.,  D.    llaicl.elcUr,  575-6      ^ 
J.   liates,  505-6.     J.    W.    Iltll,  •529.     p.    L 
IJ^rnhai.l,    ,54      w.     Jjinns,     •543.     R.    q 
Hi.liop,     563.      H.     ni.ickwoil,     t54.     J     L 
Uley,    Vij-     A.    M.    Holton,    549,  683      W 
Howies.  •546.     w.  J.   Bown,:,,,,  492.     G   L 
liridsman.  'sso.      C.  P.    Bri:;l,ani.  377       G 
K    llroadbent,  562.     F.   VV.    Urock.  545      j' 
W    M.  Drown,  •537.     G.  I,.  liudds.  565      H 
'■'ll-i'>.   *5(:;      W.    W.   Canficld.  215      W 
'  "1"'^.   •'-'•<,    138.     J.   K.  and  T.   B.   0,n- 
*'iy.  .■^53,  557-      K.    R.   Cook.  •493      J    fop 
'""1.  V4-5.     K.   H.  Corson,  525,  57;.     h 
I'.  Courtney,  544.     M.  \V.  Couser,  •,97.     \v' 
!■    Cr<,ssman,  376.      R,  C.  Cox,  560-.       J   G 
"'lton,»5o4.      W.  W.    Darnell,  •244      Pc' 
l>'rrow,    xcii.       S.    H.    Day,   *^m.      J     S 
1>.M",  52''.     P.   K.   Doolitile,   •3,9.     15  \v 
Kousl.ty,  ,54.      J.  n.  Dowlinj;,  '52,.      S    B 
l-nwncy,  3S9.     f.  E.   Dndlard,  574.     HE 
''"cker,  *524.     A.  Edwards,  565.    F.  A.  El- 
■''«',    ♦377-      H.    Ellierin-ton,    *546-S.      \V 
''     •■■•^■•'"s.    378.     r.    K.    F.ilconer,  555      w' 
l>rnn5ton,5,7.      H.  C.  Kinkier,  4S9.92      (; 

u-  T^'i^'  '•^'  "'■  *^'^-    J-  ••'''•""•  s-^^-S- 

W    1.  Flemnis,  245,  500.     L.  Fletcher,  554, 


B. 
A. 
H. 
A. 
L. 


W.  V    G 


'l"ian.    "so?-     S.    Colder, 


M  Ooodnow,  J27.  ir.  R.  Goodwin,  •335-7. 
55 (.  C.  H.  R,  Gossett,  554.  L.  B.  Graves, 
'■4.  r.  \.  Hallaui,  563.  H.  B.  Hurt.  526. 
A.  aye,,  .5,0-,.  y,  D.  H.-lmer,  2,6.  E. 
Z  ''""'^""='>''  'S'?.  C.  H.  IIcpinstall.jM. 
y.K.   Hicks,  52s.     H.  J.   Hi«h,  .4S5. 'c. 

^4S6.  F.  Jenk.ns.  •.87.  F.  M.  .S.  Jenkins, 
327.  330.  H.  J.  Jenkins.  568.  H.  J.  Jones, 
538-40.  J.  T.  Joshn.  .,97.  e.  D.  Ker! 
^haw.526  R.Ke,charr,,..97.  A.  J.  Kolp. 
•340.  I.  J.  Kusel.  .524.  W.  H.Langdown 
5  >9-70.     C.  Lanpley.  .530.     J.  I,„„,„,,  ' 

Wew.s.VM.      C.H.Lyne,  565-0.  696.     J 
D.   Macaulay.  .527.     R.    h.  McBride.   3,9 
<-    P.    MacGowan,    ,97.     T.    R.    Marriott^ 
55t-5,557.     E.  Mason,  •523.     R.   D.   Mead 
507.    C.  B.  Mercer,  55,,  557.     K.  T.  Merrill' 
4';2.      I.    Mulpely,    •5, 3., 5.     A.    K.    Miller 
^44^    G.  P.  Mills,  ♦555.8.     A.   N.xon,  554-5' 
J^  F.   Norris,  567.     H.   C.   Ogden,   .9S.     A 
H.    Padntan,    560-,.     W.    B.    Page,    .494.9, 
573-8.     R,  VV.   Parmenter,  488.     G    L    Par' 
'"'-■'cy,    579.     A.    S.    Parsons,   *^,(,      £    V" 
Poayey    576,     J.    a„d    E.    R.  Pe„nell,  '530 
W.    ..  Perham,  .5,5.     R,   j..   PLin;,,,,  .^  „ 
C.    t.    Pratt.    *5o3.      H.    R.    Reynol.l.,    jr  ' 
^533-4     A.  C.  Rich,  .93.     E.  and  W.  Rideom' 
491.     A.  E.    Roberts,  563.     R.   p     h.  Rob- 
erts, 54,.     S.Roether,3.5.     A.  S.  Roorbach 
■&4.     W.    Rose,  489.     T.    Rothe,   •5,5      p' 
Rousset,   .552.     J.    F.    Rn,R,    565.     g!    H.' 
Rushworth.  '545.     T.  S.  Rust,  ,38.      F   Sals- 
b"fy.    544-     E.    E.    Sawtell,   •377      l     W 
Seely,   34,8-g.     M.   T.    .Shafer,    2,6       F     W 
.Sherburne,  .78.     H.  P.  and  G.  H.  I^hinimin; 
f '•     \    '■^-    ■^•^'P'«".   69,.     T.   B.   Son,ers. 

520.     S.  G.   Speir, ,     c.  .Spencer,  554 

J.  W.  Stephenson,  'sig.     G.  T.  .Stevens,  55 , 
T.    Stevens,    •473.84,    570-2.       H.    Sturn.eyi 
54S-9.     F.     O.     .Swallow,    128.     F      p      Sv 
--d.s.5a9.     J.    E.   R.   T.igar,,   553.     (/j, 
Taylor, '520.     E.  Tegetmeier,  53,-3      ^    ,. 
Thayer,    576.      R.    Thompson,    2.6.      r'  a' 
and  T.  H.  Thompson,  56,.     M.  Thornfeld. 
562,  5^,5-6,  696.      C.   E.  Tichener,  21S      N 
PT.vler,  .28,  ,38-9.',49..5,o.     N.  H.  Van 
.Sicklen.5,9,     J.    M.  Verhoeff,  •235-7,    J    S 
Whattnn,  •544.      H.    T    \Vh.-„l„w    •543       J 
K.  Whuing,     ,3,s.      F.    K.    Van  Mee.'beke,' 
xcv.       H.  &  VV  J.  Williams.   ,,6.      H     VV 
VViiiia 


551- 


A.  J.    Wilson.  • 


•5>>->2.       W.      W.     Willi; 


534 


5^8. 


S-     H.   S.   Wood,  •333. 


Ixxii        IlC.y  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  B/CVCLE. 


C.  C.  Woolw'jitli,  •14S.      F.   E.  Yaiei,  •;i9. 
A.  Young,  '525.     1.  Zmertych,  551. 

Journalism  of  tub  Wheel. 
The  history  of  cycling  journals  and  books 
may  be  found  between  p  ^.53  and  p.  700,  and 
most  of  the  following  ri  (ertnces  arc  within 
thoac  limits,— full-faced  type  show  :ig  the 
more-important  ones  : 

Algemeine  Siiort-ZiilunK((',er.),  697.  Ama- 
•  teur  Athlete  (N.  Y.),«ltt.20,  667-8.  Ameri- 
can Bicycling  Journal,  26,  504,  534,  643,  6fi5-6, 
^4>  687,  715.  American  Wheelman  (St. 
Louis),  52S,  654,  671-2,  716,  7i>9.  Archery  & 
Tennis  News,  W13,  668.  .'\rchery  Kield  (Bos- 
ton), 658-9,  Wjj,  668-9.  Athletic  News(Eng.), 
693.  Athletic  News  &  Cyclists'  Journal 
(Eng.),  6S8.  Athletic  World  (Eng.),  688. 
Australasian,  696.  Australian  Cycling  News 
(Melbourne),  558,  562-5,  652,  654,  605-6, 
706.  Australian  Cyclist  (.Sydney),  564,  606. 
Australian  Sports  &  Pastimes,  6<>6.  Bicy- 
cle (Hamilton,  Ont),  661.  Bicycle  (Mel- 
bourne), 695.  Bicycle  (.Montgomery,  .■\la.), 
060,670.  Bicycle  (N.  Y),  660.  Bicycle  & 
Tricycle  Gazette  (Kng),  688.  Bicycle  Ga- 
zette (Eng.),  6S8.  Bicycle  Herald  (.Spring- 
field, Ms.),  ./2.  Bicycle  Journal  (Eng.), 
687-8.     Bicycler's  Record   (I^awrence,    Ms.), 

660.  Bicycle  Rider's  Magazine  (Eng.),  688. 
Bicycle  South  (New  Orleans),  654,  670,672. 
Bicycling  News(K.ng.),  541-2,  544,  548-9,  557, 
6S3,  687-8,  680-00,  693-5.  Bicycling  Times 
&  Touring  Gazette  (Eng.),  547.8,  688,  692. 
Bicycling  World  (Boston),  23,  27-9,  74,  92, 
101-2,  104-5,  '°7.  "•■  "4,  "t.  128,  150,  152, 
157, 161-2,  164,  171,  179,  181,  199,202,  214,  217, 
2j8,  249,  251,  253,  2S1,  314,  322,  340,  4S7-9, 
492-3.  5"o.  503-4.  506,  508-12,  514.  517-iS, 
522,  525-6,  530,  553,  573,  575-6,  57,S,  591,  600, 
(>02-4,  615-18,  629,  643-4,  656-9,  662-6,  6«)-7, 
669,  671-2,  673,  675,  677-80,  683-6,  684-5,  702. 
704,798.     California  Athlete  (San  FrancisL     , 

661,  688.  Canadian  Wheelman  (London, 
Ont.),  315.  319,  321,  326,  5^),),  635,  641,  654, 
660,  660-70,  707.  Cleveland  Mercur>  (O.), 
660.  Cycle  (Milford.  Ms),  660,  666,  678. 
Cycle  (Boston),  664-S,  79S.  Cycling  (Cleve- 
land), 245,  526,  660.     Cycling  (Eng.),  6SS-g, 

691.     Cycling  Budget  (Eng),  .     Cycling 

Times  (Eng.),  6S6,  689,  79S.  Cyclist  (Eng.), 
534,  537.  540.  648.!>,  551-2,  554,  56S,  599,  b^^. 


(Bel.)   700.     Cyclist  &  Athlete  (N.   V.),  663, 
666,  668-9.    C.  T.  C.  Gazette  (Eng.),    599, 
636-44,  651-2,  687-8,  691,  694-5,  798.     Cyclos 
(Eng.),  688.      Elizabeth    Wheelmen  (N.  J,), 
660.     Field  (Eng.),    531.     Hamilton  Bicycle 
(Ont.), 661.     Hamilton    Wheel  Journal  (O), 
660.      Illustrated  Spirts  (Eng.),  695.      Ingle- 
side    (San  Francisco      6o<>,   661,    672.     Irish 
Cycling  &  Athletic  News  (Dublin),  654,  695. 
Irish    lyclist  &    Athlete  (Dubhn),  640,   652, 
654,  695.     Ixion   ^Eng.),  688.     Journal   de» 
Sports  (Bel.),   700.     Land  &  Water  (Eng.), 
642,  695.     L.  A.  W.  Bulletin  (Phila.),  310-11, 
323,  3.SS,  500,  572,  578,  583-90,  594,  614,  618, 
620-21,   624-r,,   629-30,   633,   635,  654,  661, 
W.2,   665,   668,   674,    679,    707-8,    717,    720. 
Maandblad  (Dutch),  700.     Maine  Wheel,  661. 
Mechanic  (Smithville,  N.  J.),   522,  577,  671. 
Melbourne    Bulletin   (Vict.),   6<;6.     Midland 
Athletic  Star  &   Cycling   News  (Eng.),  688, 
695,     Mirror  of  ..merican  Sports  (Chicago), 
672.     Monthly  Circular  of  C.   T.  C.  (Eng.), 
636,  691.     N.  C.  U.  Review  (Eng.),  648,  660. 
New    Haven    Bicych   Herald,  660.     N.    Z. 
Referee,  (xfi.     Olympia   (Eng.)  .     Out- 
ing (Boston),  105,  108,  114,  121,  149,  198,  244, 
279,  2S2,  320,  323,  330,  474-8,  481.4,  504,  506, 
511,  512,   526,  534,    599,   600,  667-9,  674-5, 
678.     Outing  (N.  Y.),  571,  655,  669-60,  668. 
Pacific  Wheelman  (San   Francisco),  672,  799. 
Pastime  Gazette    (Chicago),   672.     Philadel- 
phia Cycling  Record,  245,  4*'5.  522,  526,  6«0, 
674.     Radfahrer  (Ger.),  552,  651,  686-7,  798. 
Recreation  (Newark),  600,  654,  663,668-9. 

Referee  (Eng.), .     Revue  V^Iocip^dique 

(Fr.),  698.  Revista  V  'locipedistica  (It),  700. 
Revista  degli  Sports  (:  ),  700.  Scottish  Ath- 
letic Journal,  695.  Scottish  Umpire  &  Cy- 
cling Mercury  (Glasgow),  695.  Southern  fy- 
I  ler  (Memphis,  Tenn.),  654,  670,  672,  707. 
Spectator  (St.  Louis),  323,672.  Sport  (/r.), 
695.  Sport  (It.),  700.  Sport  &  Play  (Eng.), 
695.  Sport  du  Midi,  699,  Sporting  & 
Theatrical  Journal  and  Western  Cycler  (Chi- 
ciij;o),672.  Sporting  Life  (Eng.),  693.  Sport- 
ing  Life  (Phila  ),  666,  672.  Sporting  Mirror 
(Eng.),  689.  Sportsman  (Pittsburg),  672. 
S;uirtsman(Eng.),686.  Sport  V^locip^dique 
(Fr),  651,  69S.  Springfield  Wheelmen's  Ga- 
zette, 42,  64,  129,  255,  294,  323,  333,  353,  371, 
391,  4S5.  487,  49',  493.  so'',  5>9,  524,  5S8,  603, 
605,  610,  660,  661-2,  668,  676,  693,  706-7. 
oiaiiirauioer.;,  700.  Star  Advocate  (E.  Koch- 


INDEX  OF  PERSONS. 


Ixxiii 


ister,   N.   H),  515,   57,,  654-5,  670-1,   707. 
StL-rl  Wheel  (Ger.),  700.     Tidning  for  Idrott 
(>we.),  700.     Tireur  (Kr.),   699.     Tricycling 
journal  (Eiig.),   545.  600,  654,  685-6,  690-1. 
TiKyclist  (Eng.),    543-4,    547,    555,    654,  686, 
(i!H>,  692.     V^lo  (Fr.;,  6j9.     Veloce  (Fr.),  699. 
Vcloce  r.e)ge  (Bel.),  69.;.     VJloceinan  (Fr.), 
(•«.     Viiloce  Sport  (Fr.),  6>J9.     V^loce  Six)rt 
It  Vdloceinaii  Rt'uiiiis,  xcii.     Velociped (Ger  ), 
63 1,   6<>7.     Vdlucipede  (Grenoble,    Kr.),  699. 
Vclocipide  (Paris,  Fr.),  6.>8.     V^locipMe  11- 
lustr,<  'Fr),  6.^8.      VelociixJdie    Uelge  (ISel), 
I'f).      Velricii>^die   Illustree  (Fr.),  698.     Ve- 
l..upcdist(.\.  v.),  698.     Vflocipcdist  (Ger.), 
'•;,-.    Velocipedsport  (Ger.),  697,  699.     Veloci- 
|>cdo  (Sp.),  700.     V^Io    Pyr^neen  (Fr.),    651, 
'y.;      Vermont    liicycle  (W.   Randolph),  578,' 
'M.OJi.  Vite,sse(Fr.),699.   Wayfarer (Kiig.), 
xni.      Western  'Cyclist  (Ovid,  Mich.),  060, 
'"^,672.     Wheel  (N.  Y.),  53,  74,  93,  96,  .09, 
M4,  128,  138,  .54,  ,6.,  ,64,  .87,  197,215,217, 
-H,  320,  326,  34,,  382,  487,    489,    492-3,  500, 
502,  504,  S'7,  523,  529,  568,  574-5,  5S3,  5S5-6, 
;■<  ^.A),  604-7,  019,  643,  660.7,669,  699,  704-s, 
707,   70S,    712,  799.     Wheeling  (Eng.),  524,' 
SjH,  547-8,  553-5,  564,  572,  602,  628-9,  639-41, 
'47-5'.  662,  6S3-4,  686,  689-90,  693-5,  706,     | 
T'l<  7'9,   798.     Wheel  Life  (Eng),  000-92, 
(.94,   706.     Wheelman  (Boston),    i,  24-5,  30, 
3.1,  35-6,  42,  49,  62,  82,    106,  115,  i3r,-4o,  155, 
■  5}.  2o8-<;,  224,  246,  25s,  258,268,  270,277! 
•.'7!»,296,  314,  348,    388,   390,    399,   495,    504, 
5"'-7.  5>2-i5,  S'7-iS,  522-3,  555,  621,  656-0, 
'".■,  672,  679,  695,  699,  702,  703,  720.     Wheel- 
men's  Gazette    (Springfield),    558,    55,,   56,, 
5'>".  _579,   6>7->8,    619,   63,,  654,  662,  674' 
70(1-7,     70S-10,    799.     Wheelmen's    Record 
(Indianapolis),  xcii.       Wheel    World  (Eng.), 
3)o.  475,  548,  647,  657,  685,  688,  689-91,  692 i 
6)4.  798.     Vale  Cyclist,  660. 

Editors,    writers,   artists,  publishers  and 
t-y inters  0/  the  foregoing :     American  News 
Co.,   660,  669.     (',.    Atkinson,    693.     J,   De' 
Aiieste,  xcii.        :      W.    Auten,    668.      H.   C. 
H.igot,  6j6.      Baird  &  Co.,668.     H.   S.  Bale^ 
6/j.     J.  W.    Barnes,  668-9.     H.  A.  Barruwi 
'■^9.     R.    Basilone,   700.     A.   Bassett,  663-5,' 
704,   708.     L.    J.    Bates,   506,  657,   673.     S.' 
Ij.ixtLT,  600,   657.     N.   M.  Beckwith,   666-7. 
I-  nenjamin,  661.      Bicycling  World  Co.,  664^ 
'"*5-     C.    A.   Biederman,   661.     P.    Bi'^elow 
657-9-     B.  B.>nami,  697.     J.  S.  Brierley,  660.' 
■•■    A.  iJ.yan,,  007.     L.  H.  Burn,  695.     (Miss) 


M.   H.   CatherwoocI,   657.     Central  Press  & 

i'ub.  Co.,  666.     Chatto&  Windus, B 

Clegg,689.    W.  F.CofIee,jr.,668.    W.Cole' 
650.     E.  R.  Collins,  668.9.     J.  Copland,  696.' 
C.  Cordmgley,  691.    Cordingley  &  Sharp,  69,. 
E.    H.    Corson,   670-1.     Cycling  Pub.    Co., 
666-7.     Cyclist  Printing  Co.,  668.     P.   C    & 
<;.  S.  Darrow,  xcii.      J.  S.  Dean,  663-4.     E. 
I'e  Ghne,  700.     P.  De  ViJIiers,  699.    J    B 
Dignam,  (^,.     B.  W.  Dinsmore  &  Co  ,  666* 
C.  R.  Dodge,  657.     H.   B.   Donly,  669.     H 
E.  Ducker,  66,-2.  706-7.     H.  O.  Duncan,  699. 
C.  Drury,  688.     W.  G.   Eakins,  669      T  A 
Edwards,  695-6.     F.  A.  Egan,  667.     A.  Ely, 
jr.,    660.      H.      Etherington,    689-90,     692-3' 
Evangelist  Co.,  672.     W.  K.  Evans,  669.     v" 
Fenogho,7oo.     C.  H.  Fisher,  660.     Flemine 
Brewster  &  Alley.   657.     E.  Forestier,  698* 
S.  C.  Foster,  667.     C.   W.  Fourdrinier,  663 

688.    C.  H.  Genshnger,  670.  A.  Gibbons,  69, 
.V  H.   Giobes,  668.     W.    E.   Gilman,  663-5' 
W.   V.   Gilman,  666.     P.  Gornall,  696      H 
If.  Griffin,  689-90.     L.   Harrison,  663.4      C 
E.  Hawley,  658.     Hay,   Nisbet  &  Co.,  695' 
G    L.    Hdlier.  547-8.   689-90.  693-4.     E.  C. 
I     Hodges  &  Co.,  664.     J.    G.    Hodgins,  695 
J.  R.  Hogg,  628,  695.     C.  J.  Howard,  666-7 
W^B.  Howland,  656-9.     E.  W.  Hunter.  670. 
Ihffe   &   Son.   548,  689-,,.      Hiffe  &   Stur- 
•"ey,  690.     J.  Inwards,  6S9.     L.  G.  Jacques. 
698.     F.  Jenkins,  666-7.  704-8.     H.  A.  Judd 
689,  692.     H.  A.  King,   672.     W.  C.   King' 
698.     K.  Kron,  720.     D.  M.  Kurtz.  668.     L.' 
C.  S.   Ladish,  67,.     C.   Langer.  697.     P    B 
Lansing,    656.     M.     Lazare,   666.     W     H 
Lewis,  652.  696.     E.  A.   Lloyd,  690.     F   p' 
Low.  54S.  689.90.  693.     S.  Low.  Marston  & 
Co.,  659.     W.    McCandlish,   689-90.     J     p 
McClurc,  656-9.    S.  S.  McClure,  656-9.    JC 
McKenzie,  660.     G.  D.  McNathan,  670      R 
J.  Macredy,  652,  695.     W.   McWilliam,  548 
689,  693.     C.  O.  Manny,  666.     W.  C.  Mar! 
vin,  660.     C.  L.  Meyers,  668.     S.  Miles,  672 
G.  Moore,  692.     T.  Moore,  548,  689-90,  693. 
A.  G.  Morrison,  690,  693.     F.  X.  Mudd   660 
A.  Mudge  &  Son,  663-4.  C.  W.  x\airn,  689-90 

w'm'!;,''''    ^'^"''"'   ^^-      ^-    Oliver,   666.' 
\V^N.Ohver&Co.,666.     Oliver  &  Jenkins. 
666-7.     M.    M.   Osborne,  660.     Outing  Co 
659.     H.  Pagis,  698.     F.  Pagnioud,  699.     A.' 

Pliilpot.  650.     J.  S.  Phillipsr6'56!9'."'  PkkeN 


Ixxiv        TEiW  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


iiiS&  Davis,  (^'l.  K.  II.  I'.ilk,  f.fo.  A.  A. 
Pope,  65-;.  I'ope  Mfg.  Co.,  '157-0.  C.  E. 
Pratt,  65(>-<),  6(.j-4,  667.  1'.  P.  i'rial,  666. 
C.  W.  Rei-d,  655,  65S.  C.  S.  KceVLS,  660. 
K.  M.  RitlMigcr,  697.  Roi;kw.:ll  &  Cliurcliill, 
656.       J.  S.  K..^cTs,  f.;..       •     •  ■    !l,r,57, 

664).  E.  J.  Scliinii  il,c.)/.  t  !'..  i»ai,  r.,691. 
V.  Silbcrcr,   6.^7        '.  .  :.  .  ( ,i.     C.  I'. 

Smith,  xcii.  J  I.  .11.. ,,(.71.  II.  n.  .Smith 
Machincl'o.,  ,1.  bpriiij/ficld  Prim.  Co. ,661- 
2,675.  W.  J.  Si.urrier,  638.  T.  Stevens,  655. 
W.  r.  Stone,  661.  H.  iiturmi'y,69o,  6<;j.  L. 
Suberbie,  (>./;.  W.  I,.  Surprise,  f.70.  I  P. 
Thayer,  672.  W.  H.  Tlioriipson,  663.  11  S. 
Tibbs,  66<>.  C  Toscini,  700.  Tomici ,  1..)). 
C.  H.  'rowiiseiul,  6(19.  C.  Trocdel  &  Co., 
6.;6.  T.  H.  S.  W.ilkcr,  6,^7.  \V.  I).  WVl- 
ford,  638,  6ji.  F.  W.  Weston,  r.53,  ''5;, 
663-4.  A.  I).  Wheeler,  666-7.  Whcelin.in 
Co.,  656-8.  Wheel  Pub.  Co.,  666.  J.  Wil- 
cox, 6f>6.  P..  Willi.ims,  6()3.  A.  J.  Wl!s<in, 
690,  6 j3.  W.  M.  Wright,  660,  665.  Vjux& 
Co.,  666. 

"  Literature  of  the  Wiicni.,"  053-700. 

A.  I!.  C.  of  Piicyclins,  'J55.  ''7^  Abridg- 
ment of  Velocijiede  Specifications,  550.  ,\d- 
v.mlagcs  of  Cycling,  67S.  Agent's  C.uide, 
The,  679,  6S5.  Almanach  des  V(^!(icipedes 
for  '69,  69S.  Alni.tii.ich  du  V^locipjde  for 
'7o-'7i,  f«;><,  Alm.mach  lllnstrjde  la  Veloci- 
p^die  pour  '84,  699.  Amateur  Ijicycle  Re- 
pairing, 67S.     American   llicycler.   The,  504, 

672,  703.  Annuairedela  Velocipddie  Pra- 
tique, 699.  Aroimd  the  World  on  a  I!icycle, 
474,  655,  657,  698.  Athletes,  Training  for 
Amateur,  684.  Athletic  (.'lub  Directory  for 
'82,688.  Australian  Cyclists'  Annual,  The, 
6g6.  Australian  Tour  on  Cycles,  An,  565, 
696.  Autograph  liook.  Palmer's,  6S7.  liet- 
ting  I<aw,  Cyclists'  Liabilities  as  regards  the, 
685.  Hicyde  Amiual  for  '80,  The,  686,  692. 
Bicycle- liuch,  6<)7.  Bicycle  for  '74,  The,  687. 
Bicycle,  The  Modern,  685.  I'icvcle,  A 
Pocket  Manual  of  the,  687.  liicycle  Primer, 
679.  Bicycle  Ride  from  Russia,  .\,  6S7.  Bi- 
cycle Road  Book,  6S5.  Bicycle  Tactics,  615, 
679.     Bicycle  Tour  in  England  and  Wales,  A, 

673.  Bicycling,  Complete  Guide  10,684.  Bi- 
cyclists' Pocket-Book  rnd  Diary  for  '78,  687. 
Blank  Road-Bonk,  676.  Boston  Road-Book, 
655.  British  Hish  Roads,  686.  Bugle  Calls, 
679.     Bundes-Aimanach,  697.     Canadian  \V". 


A.  C.uide,  315-6,  319,  326-7,  330-1,  655,  677. 
Canterbury  I'il^rini.i^e,  A,  530,  655,  687. 
Cape  Ann,  In  ,ind  .Arciund,  655,  (,74.     thest- 

uui^i^iyJutliHg's  Chrilmasis.sue  ol  '86), . 

Clipper  Almanac,  494,  6.S0.  Club  Directory, 
CJoy's  Athletic,  688.  Club  Songs,  655.  Co- 
luinbia  Calendars,  67.;-.So.  Columbia  Testi- 
monials and  Scrai>  Book,  678.  Connecticut 
Ro.id-Book,  5S2,  677.  Construction  of  Mod- 
ern Cycles,  On  the,  6.S3.  Construction  of  the 
Tricycle,  A  Treatise  on  the  Tluoretical  and 
Practical,  683.  C.  T.  C.  Handbook  and 
Guide  for  '86,  59S-9,  607,  687.  ('.  T.  C. 
".  T-'wals-List  for '85,687.  C  yelc  Directory, 
The,(>87,  I,  ycledom  I  C^rZ/.i/'j  Chiislnias  issue 
of  '.86),  xciv.  Cyclist  and  ir/uel  H'cr/d  An- 
nual, 692.  Cyclists'  Guide  to  Nottingham, 
635.  Cyclist's  Guide  to  the  Roads  of  the 
I.aki  District  and  Isle  of  ALin,  687.  Cy- 
clist's P.)cket-Book  and  Diary,  6S5.  Cyclists, 
The  Ri;.;hts  and  I.iabi'ities  of,  684.  Cyclists' 
Route  Book,  The,  6S4.  Cyclist's  Toniing 
and  Road  Guide,  rhe,68(,  685.  Cyclonia,  A 
Journey  throu,L;h  {Cyt/ist's  Christmas  issue  of 
'85),  534. '^'92-  Cycles,  684.  Dublin,  A  Racing 
Trip  tn,  xciv.  Einerald  Isle,  Two  Trips  to 
the,  xciv.  England  and  Wales,  A  Bicycle 
Tour  in,  673.  Essai  theoricpie  et  pratique  sur 
le  vi!hicule  Bicycle,  6i)S.  Essex  Co.,  Ms., 
Wheelman's  Handbook  of,  112,  655,  677. 
Forty  Poets  on  the  Wheel,  505,  655,  674. 
France,  Le  Guide  en,  699.     Golden  Rules  of 

Training,   The,  685.     Great  S ,  The  (t>- 

c/ist^s  Christmas  issue  of  '85),  692.  Guaid- 
ians.  The,  688.  Guide  to  Bicycling,  The 
Complete,  684.  Guide  to  Machines  and 
Makers,  xcv.  Guide  to  North-West  Kent, 
686.  Guide  to  Tricycling,  Penny,  6S6.  Hand- 
buch  des  Bicycle-Sjiort,  697.  Health  upon 
Wheels,  684.  He  would  be  a  Bicyclist,  688. 
Holland,  N.  V.  B.  Ofificial  Road-book  of, 
700.  Holyhead  to  London  on  Tricycles, 
From,  686.  How  to  ride  a  Cycle,  684.  Hotel 
Charges  Directory,  685.  Hygiene  du  Veloci- 
pede, 698.  Icycles  {H'hrel  Worlcfs  Christ- 
mas issue  of  'So),  692.  In  and  Aroimd  Cape 
Ann,  655,  674.  Indispensable  Bicyclist's 
Handbook,  The,  6S5.  Instructions  to  Wheel- 
men, 67S.  ItAliani,  Statuto  della  Societa 
Ciclisti,  700.     Italy  on  a  Tricycle,  Through. 

6S7.     Ireland,  Two  Trips  to, .     Kentucky 

Rnad-Book,  590,  67S.  Killarney,  A  Touring 
Trip  to, .     Lake  District  and  the  isie  of 


INDEX  OF  PERSO.\S. 


Man,  Ro.ir!  Ciiide  for  the,  687.     I..indS  F.n.l 
to  Jnlii,  0'c;ro..t'»on  a  l'ricycle,68s.    Ung„e 
Ha.uibooks,    •«,    and    's^,    615,   677.      Legal 
Aspcci,  of  Red  Repair,  650.      I.eltcrs  of  Ti,- 
lercsl  10  Wheeimei.,.  678.     Library  of  Spoils 
(Cyclii.g),  6S5.     Lrg  Il,x.k,  My  Cycling,  l,^i, 
I.o„i;  Island  Road-liook,  655.     Liverpool  t  y- 
clisl^'  I'ocket  (mi.le  ami  Club  Directory  for 
•M5.6%.     '•yral)icyc;ica,5„5,f,55,674.     Ma,,, 
lie!  du  V,!locc,nai,.  6>8.      ALu.uel  du  Yttloci- 
l>>de,    6.;S.       Massacliiisetts    State    Division 
K<.ad  Hook,  5S1,  677.     Mecha„ical  Ditium- 
ary,    6S.S.      Micl,i-ai>   Road-book,  (,77.      Mi,. 
sonri  Handbook,  677.     Moden,  Iticydc,  The, 
'.•<=;       Modern    Cycl-,,    On  ,l,e  Construclio,,' 
»i,<<'^l.     Mo<leni  Velocipede,  Ibe,  r,8S      My 
CychoK  I>i-„ds,  6S7.     My  (  ydlng  Log  Hook, 
'.;o.     Mv   .Second  Ten  Tlio„sand,   2,,,  50,, 
5')0,  7if'      Nanticus  in  Scotland,  6^4.     Naiiti- 
eus   on    his    Hobby-Horse,  xciv.       Nervons- 
ness,  How  I  Cured  Myself  of,  6X8.      No„|ng. 
Iiam,  Cyclists'  Cnide  to,  f.85.     official  Hand- 
l.nok  of  the  Clubs  of   K>sex,  6^7.     Qcean  t„ 
Ocean  on  a  Ilicycle,  Krom,  xciv.     Ohio  Road- 
Hook,  677,  682.     On  Wheels,  (,88.     Our  Ca,np 
(t>//j/V  Ci,ri.stmas  i.ssnc  of  '84),  692.     Over- 
land  to  Sydney  on  Cycles,  565,  696.     Over  the     I 
Handles,  673.     Over  the  Pyrenees  on  a  liicy-     j 
i-lf,  54),  6S3.     Paris,  C.uide  des  Environs  dc- 
'.gg.      I'leasnres  of  Cycling,  xciv.     J'ocket  iJi! 
rectory.    The    .Scottish    A.   C,    6S6.     Pocket 
.Manual  of  the  Hicycic,  A,  6S7.     Pocket  Koad 
'Juides,    550.     Pope,    liiogtaphy    of   A.    A 
^■So.      Radfahrer's   Jahrbnch,    697.      Record 
liook  for  To«,ists,  676.     Repair  and  Maintc- 
'■ance  of  Road<,  650.     Repairin-,-  of  Hicycles 
by  Amateurs,  678.      Report  of  the  "  .So'ci,«te 
Pratique  du  VelocipMe  "  for  '69,  69S.    Rhine 
Handbook    for    Wheelmen    along    ij,,.     C97' 
Rhymes   of  the    Road  and    River,  655,  674 
Rights  and  Liabilities  of  Cyclists,  684      Road 
nnd  the  Roadside,  The,  6S0.      Road  Book  of 
(.  .  T.  C, ,  Proposed,  687.     Road  Guide  to  the 
Southern   Counties  ox   Scotland,  686      Road 
Kepair,  696.     Roads  of  Kngland  (Carv's)  68, 
Roads   of  Kngland    (Howard's),    5,0    68.  2' 
Ko.idsof  Kngland  (Paterson'sl,   5,2,  539.40' 
'•^t.     Romances   of  the   Whet;,    6S5,     R„i  i 
Vit.T,r,85.     Route   Hook,  The  Cvclist's   r,s,' 
Kv-s.a,   A   Bicycle  Ride   from,  6S7      .Safe  v 
UnycL-s,  684.     Scotland,   Cyclist'-    I.inerarv 

"t,    550.        Srnfl.Tnd.     N.T!!t:.-.:5    :..      .-..•.  c---. 

I.<nd,  Road  Guide  to  the  Southern  Counties 


Ixxv 


"  .   686.     Scottish   A.  C.    Pocket  Directory, 

1  he,  686,     Self  Propulsion,  683.     Sixty  P„eU 
c"  the  Wheel.  674.     .Song  of  ihe   Wherlist. 
l'.^   636,     .South    Attica,    A    Tour  in,  696. 
Southern  Counl,„   Camp    lJ,K,k,   686.     Star 
Kider's  Manual,  655,  67,.     Steel  Wings  674 
.Suggestions  for  Choice,  Care  and   Repair  of 
Ihcyde,  and  Tricycles,  67,8.     l ,,.  Thousand 
M.les  on  a    liicycle.    45,   4S,    353,    37o,   4.6. 
■•^3-4,  ''55.   7"'-33.     'I  heorio  du    VelocipMe 
f>.)8.     Things  a  Cyclist  Ou;.ht  to  Ki,o«,  550' 
Jour   de    Monde    en    V.<kH:i,,^de,    Le,   6.,8 
lounsts'    (;uide,684.     Tourists,   Rights  and 
I.Mhintie,   of,   6S5,      T.ade   catalogues    a,,d 
adverliscments,    65,,,     67.;.So,     T.aining   f„r 
Amateur  Athletes,  084.     Training  Inst.uc.or, 
Ihe,   6.86.     Tricycle  Annual,   685,     Tricycle 
and  Tricvcling,  The,  686.     "IVicycle  et  Veloci- 
pede i  Vapeur,  698.     Tricycle,    I,,  Relation 
to    Health    and    Recreation,    6,^5.     TricycN 
l.md's    i;„d   to   John  0'(;roat's  on  a,   685' 
1  -icycle,  Through  Italy  on  a,  687,     Tricycle 
A    Treatise  on  the  Theoretical  and  Praclicai 
Construction  of  the,  683,     Tiicvcles  and  How 
to  R,de  Them,  686.     Tricycles,   K,om   Holy- 
head  to  London   on,    686.      Iricycling,  Cor- 
dingley's    Penny   Guide  to,  6,86.     Tricyciing 
for   Ladies,   684.     Tiicyclist's    Indispensable 
Annual  &  Handbook,  684.     Tricyclisfs  Vade 
Mecnm,    The,  686.    T«o  Pilgrims'  Progress 
6S7.     Vade  Mecum  du  Tourisle  V^l.ceman' 
£"W.     Vade    Mecum,    The    Tricvciisl's     686' 
velocipede,    Le,  69S,     Velocipede  Spccifica- 
l.ons.  Abridgment  of,  550,     Velocipede,  The, 
f>73-     Velocipede,    The,     6,88.     Veloci^ 
p.       •,   688.     Velocipcdia,   688.     Velocipddie 
i  rntique.  La,  699,     Velocipedisten-Jahrbuch 
for   84,  6,,7,     Western  Adventures  of  a  liicy- 
cle  Touri.     4S9,     Western  New  York  Road- 
Book,  22,.     Westward,  Ho!  on  a  .Sociable 
687.     What     and    Why,     67S,     Wheelman's 
Annual  for '8,  and  '8.,  ,6,673,707.     Wheel- 
man s  Hand-book  of  Kssex  Co,,  112,655   677 
Wheelman's  Log  Hook  for  '81,  677.'    Wheel 
man's  Record   Cook,  677.     Wheelman's  Ref- 
erence Hook,  6,5,  655,  675,  7.0.    Wheelman's 
Vear    Book,    The,   686.     Wheelman's    Year 
Book,    Diary    and    Alman.ick    for   '82,   6S7 
Wheel  Songs,  655,  674,     Wheels  and  Whims 
f'55,    674.      Uheel    WorhCs    Annuals,    692' 
Whirling    Wheels,    673.      Whizz.    The      rM 
Vv-or.d    on   Wheels,  The,  6S0.     Year's  Sport 
The,  6S7. 


Ixxvi 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


A  titkart,  cam/nUrs,  publUhtrt  and  prinitrt 
t/  Ik-  fartgoiMg :  V.  Ailier,  698.  A.  L.  At- 
kiiii,  III,  (>sSi '>;7'  UalUiityiie  I'reu,  The, 
6!)6.    A.  II.  lUrkmaii.bss.     C.  D.  lUlchelder, 

676.  K.  lienastit,  09S.  A.  iterruyrr,  b>^.  C. 
H.  Uinglum,  700.  A.  M.  liultun,  549,  683. 
O.K.  Itroolts,  679.  J.  S.  Hr<iwiiing,655.  C. 
W.  Itryaii  &  Co.,  700.  H.  Huclunaii,  686. 
W.  S   Bull,  111,677.     J.  P.  Burbaiik.  16,673, 

677.  (Lord)  Uury,  687.  Caivill  &  Co.,  687. 
A.  IJ.  Ch.indler,673.  G.  Chiiiii,  655,677.  J. 
C.  Clark,  679.  R.  Clarke  &  Co.,  678.  W. 
Cdlliiis,  Son  &  Co.,  6bj.  R.  Cook,  687. 
C.  Cordiiinley,  686.  \\.  D.  Corey,  679.  E. 
H.  Corson,  655,  671.  H.  I,.  Corlis,  684.  T. 
Coventry  &  Co.,  683.  Cunningham  Co.,  The, 
''53> ''79-  Clippies,  Upham  &  Co.,  655.  J. 
(1.  Dalton,  505,  655.  A.  De  ISaroncelli,  688, 
0^8-9.  W.  Diederich,679.  H.  I).  Donly,  655, 
6//.  Ducker  &  (io<xlm."  1,  615,  655,  675.  N. 
r.  Duncan,  6S7.  Durrant  &  Co.,  687.  C). 
Ernst,  6j7.  (Miss)  K.  f.  Erskine,  684.  H. 
Etherington,  685.  Falconer,  686.  A.  Favre, 
o.,S  S.  C.  Foster,  65s,  674,  679.  «'.  J.  Fox, 
686.  S.  Fi::^ell,  685.  J.  T.  G'ddard,  402, 
673,  688.  Goy,  6s3.  L.  U.  (Ml,  683.  H. 
H.  Griffin,  683.  Griffith  &  Farran,  685. 
Hamilton,  Adams  &  Co.,  687.  Hammer- 
smith Printing  Works,  686.  E.  S.  Hart  & 
Co.,  655,  674.  H.  li.  Hirt,  655,  660,  678. 
J.  R.  Heard,  679.  W.  H.  Heath,  685.  A. 
S.  Hibbard,6s5,  674.  G.  L.  Hillier,  687.  E. 
C.  Hodges  &  Co.,  674.  C.  Howard,  550,  6S1. 
C.  Hubbard,  696.     C.    G.   Huntington,  582, 

677.  lliffe  &  Son,  683-7.  "  Ixion,"  688. 
L.  G.  Jacques,  (k)8.  Jacquot,  699.  Jarrold 
&  .Son,  683.  ^.  Jenkins,  677.  J.  H.  John- 
son,  677.  F.  W.  Jones,  6S3-4.  H.  A,  Judd, 
685.  "Jupiter,"  688.  A.  Kenmann,  697. 
H.  KendaU,  686.  T.  J.  Kirkpatrick,  677. 
A.  H.  Lang,  686.  Lee  &  Walker,  679.  V. 
Legcr,  bqf).  J.  Lenno.\,  686.  Letts,  Son  & 
Co.,  681-2.  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  6S0.  Long- 
man  &  Co.,  6S7.  J.  N.  McClintock,  680. 
(Mrs.)  F.  T.  McCray,  655,  674.  A.  H.  Mac- 
Owen,  655,  674.  Mason  &  Payne,  6S1-J.  J. 
Menzies  &  Co.,  686.  W.  L.  Mershon  & 
Co.,  678.  T.  S.  Miller,  655,  6/9.  A.  G. 
Morrison,  693.  G.  Mcx)re,  692.  F.  Moore, 
685.     Morris  Dros,,  6S3.     P.  N.  Myers,  590, 

678.  C.  W.  Nairn,  686,  692.  "  Nauticu.s," 
6S4.  E.  Neve,  636.  "  Old  Wli.elm.m,"  678. 
Overman  Wheel  Co.,  676.  6-, si.     C.  A.  Pal- 


mer, 6S7.  A.  Palmer  &  .Son»,  68/.  \\.  Park, 
678.  J.  Pearce,  686.  M.  D.  Pelleiiconire, 
698.  J.  PenneU,  655,  687,  (Mrs.)  E.  R. 
Pennell,  655,  687.  L.  G.  Perreaux,  698. 
G.  Pinllip  ift  Son,  6Sa.  R.  E.  Phillips,  550, 
6i9,  <>83.  Pype  Manuf.icluring  Co.,  678. 
L.  H.  Porter,  530,  678.  B.  W.  Potter,  680. 
Charles  E.  Pratt,  504,  672,  678,  688,  703 
F.  A.  i'iatt,625,  678.  "Rae  Banks,"  686. 
Rand,  Avery  &  Co.,  674.  J.  M.  Rankine, 
698.  F.  Regamey,  698.  H.  R.  Reynolds, 
jr.,  531.  fx/'-  Richard,  698.  C.  M.  Rich- 
ards, 678.  li.  W.  Richardson,  62,685.  J<ol>- 
erts  Bios.,  687.  Rockwell  &  Churchill,  656, 
672,  679.  Root  &  Tinker,  680.  Will  Rose, 
489.  H.  T.  Round,  6S7.  J.  P.  Russell,  696. 
H.  N.  Sawyer,  679.  C.  Scribner's  Sons, 
655,  687.  Seeley  A:  Co.,  687.  F,.  M.  Sen- 
seney,  677.  J.  C.  Sharp,  jr.,  673.  E.  R. 
Shipton,  687.  W.  S.  Y.  Shuttleworth,  687. 
V.  Silberer,  6<j7.  (.Miss)  K.  L.  Smith,  655, 
674.     I    Snow  &  Co.,  6  J.  .-Jpencer,  685, 

6S7.     Springfield  Prin  .0.,  675, 710.     W. 

J.  Spurrier,  684, 685.  W.  G.  Stables,  684.  T. 
Stevens,  473-84,  655,  657.  Stoddard,  Lev  1- 
ing&Co.,679.  Strand  Pub.  Co.,  683.  \^. 
Sturmey,  684,  685.  G.  B.  Thayer,  576. 
"Velox,"688.  T.  H.  S.  Walker,  651,  697. 
F.  Warne  &  Co.,  685.  J.  S.  Webber,  jr.. 
655,  674.  W.  D.  Wclford,  687.  F.  W.  Wes- 
ton, 676.  "  Chris  Wheeler  "  655,  674.  W. 
H.  Wheeler,  650.  White,  otokes  &  Allen, 
655.  674-  C.  H.  Whiting,  676.  J.  Wilkin- 
son Co.,  The,  677.  A.  Williams  &  Co.,  673. 
J.  A.  Williamson,  684.  A.  J.  Wilson,  ,34, 
693.  H.  S.  Wood,  177,  675-7.  T.  H.  Wright, 
677.  A.  Young,  655,  679.  G.  E.  Young, 
686. 

Non-cycling  Books. 

Adirondacks,  Illustrated  Guide  to  the,  186. 
American  Literature,  Cyclopedia  of,  434,  439. 
Agriculture  of  iMass.,679.  Among  the  Stu- 
dios, 431.  Androscoggin  Lake  and  Head- 
waters of  Conn.,  575.  Atlantic  Islands,  355. 
Australia,  The  "New  Chum  "  in,  570.  Aus- 
tralian Pictures,  570.  Baddeck,  2S6  7.  Bart- 
lett,  Memoir  of  Gen.  W.  F.,  386.  Berkshire, 
The  Book  of,  700.  Bermuda,  An  Idyl  of  the 
Summer  Islands,  366.  Bermuda,  History  of, 
355.  Bermuda,  Illustrated  Guide  to,  366. 
Bermuda  Pocket  Almanac,  366-7.  Bleak 
House,  466.  Boston,  Dictionary  of,  113. 
Boston.  HandbGok  of.  ::t-     H.'^.itr-.r.  H~rV--.r 


INDEX  OF  PERS0,\'S. 


Handbook  of,  i,,.  C^mpiign.  o(  the  Civil 
War,  35,.  Cecil  Dreeme,  438^,  43  r,  438^. 
4)1-  <-incinnati,  I'ocke:  Boolcof,  113.  Col- 
lege Journalism,   A  HiMory  o(,  ftjg.     Conn 


B..t 


De. 

Modern 

ica,    688. 

Hovoliitior, 

iSij,    700, 

(Jeologist 


Valley    in     M»s».,    Hist. 
jcnplivt  Amrrica,  177.      I 
l-.f--,    M5.      tncycioj)  d.4 
F  leld    ll<K)k    of    the    n.  •■ 
700.     Field  Book   of  t' 

our  Year,  a.  Vale,  .C5,  7  „,„,^„ 

of  New  Jersey,   Rep„rt  for   o,   ..  ,he  State 
.74.    Orafton  County    ;a„...  yj.    Grant's 

Memoirs,  73,.     Harv  ,   Surround- 

ings,  1.3.      How  to  Pay  Church  Debt,   3,3 
Hudson    River   by    Pen    and     Pencil  '    .^^ 
Human    Intercourse,     446,    468-9.     Hunting 
Ir.psofa  Ranchman,  455.     Intellectual  Life, 
Ihe,  467-ft.     Lake  GeorRe,  Illust.   (Juide  to' 
'^■f>.     I-.berly,     Equality,    Fraternity,    733 
I.on.lon    Social    Life,    Impressions    of,   448 
Lutheran  Year  Book,  323.     Maritime  Prov- 
inces, The,  293.     Mcthodi.    Yearbook   324 
Middle  Slates,  Guide  to,  ,93.     Minute  Phi- 
losopher,  .08.     Modern  Gymnast,  The   685 
Moosehead    Uke   and  N.   Me.   Wilderness^ 
575-     Mt.  Desert  on  the  Coast  of  Me    j8i' 
Navy   in    the   Civil    War.   The,   352.    *New 
hngland.  Guide   to,  293.     New   York    Dic- 
tionary of,  65,  8,,  87,  89,  96,   ,00,  ,55      New 
Vork,  Hist,  of  the  City  of,  434.     Note,  of  an 
Idle  Excursion,  356.     Open  Letter  to  J   (; 
Holland,  An,  72S.    Picturesque  America,  3S2 
4,14,   700.     Picturesque    B.   &   O  ,  245,  282' 
Religion,  My,  729.     Roughing  It,  iv.     Sara- 
toga, Illust.  Guide  to,  186.     Shenandoah  Val- 
ley  i"    .864,    346,   352.     Split   Zephvr,   466 
Spnnpfield,  Handbook  of,  .,3,  ,,6.'  Stolen 
White  Klephant,  356.     Stories  b-  American 
Authors,      466.     Tasmanian     Excursionist's 
Guide    c  ,3.     Their  Wedding  Journey,  2.5 
42I     Ihankless  M;ise,  The,  73,.     Traveler' 
The,  iv.     U.    S.  Army  Table  of  Distances' 
"o.     Vicar  of  Wakefield,  205.     Visits  to  Rei 
tnarkable  Places,  404.     Yale  and  the  City  of 
Elms,, 33.    Yale,  Four  Years  at,  405,  7.r,  722. 
Walking  Guide  to   Mt.  Washington   Ran-^e 
;  Washington    Square,   432.      Western' 

Mass.,  Hist,  of,  58,.  White  Mtn.  Guides 
^r,.  577  Winthrop,  Life  and  Poems  of  Theo' 
dore,  439. 

NON-CVCLING    Al/THORS. 

T.B.  .Aldrich,43..     D.   Ammen,352.     Q. 
ArtinlH,     .r      ^_^,-.      __o       t^     «,     _. 


Ixxvii 

H  A.  Beer,,  466,  70,.  S.  G.  W.  Benjamin 
355.  4  3  W.  H.  Bishop,  43.,  7>8.  C-.  a' 
Bristed,  727.8.  L.  P.  Brockett,  ,77.  f.  W 
»ryan,7oo.  W.  C.  Bryant.  „6,  700.  „ 
B.  Bunce,  700.  H.  C.  Bunner,  727  r  s 
talverley,  ,4,  A.Cary,73,.  H.  Child,  5,7 
M.H.  est    352.     P.   CUrke,  570.     G.    H 

^'Tt       ■'•  ^'    ^■°*".  3^4.      W.Cowper, 
406^    J.  DC,,.,  35,.     W.  Decrow,  ,33.     d 
^efoe    V.     C.  |.ickens,354.466,72,.     J.,; 
K.   Dorr,  366.     A.  Doubleday,  35,      E    \ 
nuyckinck,  434,  439.     T.  Dwight,  ,27     S  C 
Eastman.   577.     r.  w.   Emerson.    7,,    7,, 
.  H.  Everts,  jS,.    C.  A.  J.  Farrar,  575!    m. 
F.  Force,  352.     B.  Frankhn,  702.    G,Klet,3,5 
O.  Goldsmith,   iv,   205.     U.  S.  Grant,  73. 
t.  V.   Greene,   352.     M.   Male,  73,.     p.  ,; 
Hamerton,    446,    468^,.      J.  f.    Harris,  v 
'4,  380.     R.    H.rrick,    :72.     J.   G.    Holla.ul' 
5j.,    72S.     W.    I).    Hov/ells,   3,5,   4,8.     W 
Howitt,  404.     A.   A.    Humphreys,  352      H 
H.  Jackson,  304.     H.  James,  432.     S.  John- 
son,  408,   427,   436,  755      p     Kembit,    72X 
M'  King,  „3,   ,26.     M.  J.   Lamb,  434      a 
Lang,  722.     H.   W.   Longfellow,  430      I!    | 
Lossing,  700.     J.    F.   McClure,  658      A     i' 
Mahan,   352.     C.    B.    Martin,    .-8,.     J     a 
Moore,729.   E.  S.  Nadal,  448.   F.  J.  O'Brien' 
39'.     F.  W.  Palfrey,  352,  ,86.     J.  G.  Pangl 
bom    245.     T.    L.   Peacock.   2,.     T.   Percv, 
65,  8t,  87,  89,  96,  100,  155,  ,98,  43,.    w.  H 
Pickering,  577.     G.    E.    Pond.  346.     B    W 
Richardson,  685.     J.  C.   Ropes,  352.     E    R 
Sill     vi.     J.    R.    Soley,  352.     S.    Stall.   32,. 
J.  H.  Stark,  366.     J.   F.  Stephen.   733.     T 
Stevens,  474.     S.  R.  Stoddard,  ,85-6.     M    F 
Sweetser    293,    577-      L.     Tolstoi.    729.     I. 
Turgeneff,    728.     M.    Twain,    iv,.   356,  640 
C.  D.  Warner,  2S6-7.     A.  S.  Webb,  35^       H 
Willoiighby,   570.     T.   Wi.  .hrop,  428-9,43,, 
438-^,  44'.     J,  D.  Woodward.  ,98. 

NON-CVCLING   JOURNAUS. 

Advertiser.  Boston,  ,,3.  Advertiser,  Calais, 
Me.,  263.4.  Argus,  Melbourne,  570.  Army 
&  Navy  Journal,  N.  Y..  346.  Atlantic 
Monthly,  Boston,  430.  Australasian,  N.  Y,, 
570.  Bat,  London,  650.  Bulletin,  Mell 
bourne,  55S.  652.  Cape  Ann  Advertiser 
M!*,  674,  Catskill  Mtn.  Breeze,  N.  Y., 
'98.  Century  Magazine,  N.  Y..  4S3,  687.' 
Chronicle,  Moorestown,  N  J,  17?.  Chmr-.i! 
cle,  San  Francisco,  43,.     Christian  at  Work, 


Ixxviii      TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


N.  Y.,  658.  Church  of  Ireland  T.-mperniice 
Visitor,  i-jSO.  Cli|>per,  N.  Y.,  494,  6S0.  Con- 
tinent, Phila.  (viii.).  Coinitry,  London,  6S7. 
CoiiriL-r.  liall.ir.1t,  Vict  ,  5'.i.2  <"oiirier, 
IJuftalo,  14.  Y.,  5'!S.  Courier,  Rochester, 
577.  I>,-&cii|>;ive  Aniericn,  N.  Y. ,  177.  Dis- 
patch, I'ittslmr;;,  323.  Kveping  News,  Des- 
cret,  520.  Kxaniiner,  London,  551,  71  r.  Kx- 
press,  lli.ffalo,  N.  V.,  5SS.  Fran!;  Leslie's 
Sunday  M.ignzine,  N.  Y.,  323.  Free  I'r-ss, 
Ah'r.U-en,  Scot.,  555.  C.entlemen's  Maga- 
line,  London,  403.  Glob:?,  liuston,  61S. 
Ciood  Words,  London,  62,  U%^.  Harper's 
Magazine,  N.  Y.,  i5S,2(2.  Harper's  Weekly, 
N.  Y.,  310-1,  402-1,475,4^3.  Hari>er's  Young 
People,  N.  Y.,6.5.  Herald,  .Auckland,  567. 
Herald,  lloston,  114.  Herald,  N.  Y.,  49), 
5.S3,  657.  .lerald,  Rochester,  216.  Herald 
&  New-i,  W.  Randolph,  Vt.,  6-2.  Jonrnal, 
London,  Out,  fi(j).  Journal  &  Courier,  New 
Haven,  3)S,  401.  Knickerbocker  .%r>-azuie, 
N.  Y,,  216.  Kno.x  Student,  C.alesbnri;,  65S. 
Lake  George  Ripple,  N.    Y.,   i;,S.     Lippin- 

cott's   Ma-azine,    Phila 6S,    65?,    702. 

Manufacturer's  Gazette,  Boston,  525.  Mes- 
senger, NLirbhliaad,  Ms.,  2S1.  Massachu- 
setts ^LlJ,^^zine,  lioslon,  6S0.  Mrs.  Grundy, 
N.  Y.  (vii.).  Morning  Call,  San  Krancisc  >, 
492.  Nation,  N.  Y.,  2S1,  354,  433,  437,  450, 
570,614.  News,  Chelsea,  525.  News,  Ham- 
burg, Ger.,  551.  News  &  Chronicle,  Stawell, 
Vict.,  s''/!,  696.  Norfolk  Reformer,  c;,,,^.^^ 
Ont.,  331,  634,  669.  Northwest. rn  Christian 
Advocate,  Chicago,  499.  Once  a  Month, 
Melbourne,  5^10.  (\\x  Young  Folks,  lioston, 
43 >•  I'e'tit  Journal,  Paris,  617.  Pilot,  lios- 
ton,  657.  Post  X:  Trilnnip,  Detroit,  505. 
Po^t-Dispalrh,  St.  Louis,  52S.  Press,  Phila- 
deljiliia,  454.  Puck,  N.  Y.,  15,  l(^,  24C,,  409, 
499,  669,  673.  Record,  Phila.,  627.  V  'for- 
nier,  lie.miugton,  Vt.,  627.  Republican, 
I-ansing,  Mich.,  505.  Republican,  Sprmg- 
ri-'ltl,  Ms.,  115,  527.  Royal  Gazette,  Bermuda, 
3''A  Round  Table,  N.  Y.,  135.  Saturdny 
I'ress,  N.  v.,  15.  Scienlitic  Ar.ierican,  N. 
Y.,  403.  Scribner's  Monthly,  N.  Y.,  431, 
504, '.5S.  Stamboul  Jouninl,  ConMnntinople, 
4'^2.  Statesman,  Marshall,  Mich..  323.  itu- 
dei.t,  Amherst,  Ms..  114.  Sun,  N.  Y,  i;», 
403.  I'able  Talk,  Ottuinwa,  la  ,  672.  Tas- 
m;,nian  News,  5^^.,.  Telegram.  N.  Y.,  2S0. 
Texas  Siuings,  66S.  Times,  Ca'ais,  Nte., 
it'5.      T'mes,    N.  Y.,  ii.,  336,   45,.     Tirr.es, 


PhiLidelphia,  177.  T;mes,  Sydney,  N.  S. 
W.,69'i.  Tit  l-'its,  London,  xciv.  Tooth- 
pick, Ashmor",  III  ,  4S9.  Transcript,  Port- 
land, 257,  627.  Tribune,  Cambridge,  657. 
Trib  .,  Chicago,  323.  Tribune,  N.  Y., 
t  -  5)7.  724,  7-;-  Union,  Springfield,  Ms., 
5^0.  UiiiversityQinrte.  ;•  N.  Y.,4f>9.  Van- 
ity Fair,  N.  Y.,  444.  Yale  Courant,  New 
Haven,  39S.  Yale  Literary  M.igazine,  New 
Haven,  399-402.     World,  N.  Y.,  584,  720-1, 

723- 

Bicycles. 

American  Club,  509.  American  Rudge, 
50S.  Arab  Light  Roadster,  535.  Apollo 
Light  Roadster,  321.  Ariel,  504,  519,  541, 
5(6-7.  I)aylis.&  Thomas,  34S.  Bone-sh.ak- 
cs,  394,  400-.-.      Britisli  Cnallenge,   183,  50S, 

520,  543,  5(5,  559,  56,,  56.;.  Carver,  50^. 
Centaur,  523.  Challenge,  330,  537,  CluL, 
505,  50S,  523,  5'S5,  569.  Club  .Safc'v,  566. 
Columbia,  i,i,S,  1S9,  324,  4S7,  501,  505,  507, 
511,52^,521,524,  525,565,  709,  712-3.  Co- 
lumbia Lxpert,  (7,  59,  149,  237,  24(.  3,^,^,  474, 
484,402,503,  506,  50°,  510- fi,  5T3,5'7,5'9-20. 
523-30,  575-''.  5:  ^-  Columbia  Light  Roadster, 
527-9.  "  Columbia,  Number  234,"  35-48, 
S6.     Columbia  Special,   503,   507-8,  511,  520, 

521.  Columbia  Standard,  48,  59,  1S3,  244, 
37S,  474,  4^4.  fSii-9.  494.  500,  503,  508,  511. 
5<3.  5'?.  5").  523.  52S-9,  376.  Covensry,  330. 
Coventry  Gentleman,  537.  Coventry  Ma- 
chinist Co.,  663.  Cunni.igham  Co.,  653,  656, 
666-7,  679,  712.  Desideratum,  537.  I).  K. 
H.  F.  Excelsior,  546,  569.  D.  E.  H.  F. 
Premier,  519,  559,  561,  5C,9.  Duplex  Excel- 
sior. 517  524,  546.  Ecliiise,  5(1,  547.  Ex- 
traordinary. 4S7,  505.  Facile,  :6i,  509,  536. 
537.  i..  %  .=  53.  55(.  o.t.  Gentleman,  567. 
Gentleman  s  (nib,  569,  Gentleman's  Road- 
ster, 5(2.  Go-.iiully  S;  Jeffery,  683,  79ft. 
Hartford,  401.  H^.rvar.:.  138,  iS.),  493,  502, 
50S,  520.  52J.  Hollow  Spoke  Roadster,  542. 
Howe,  552.  Humbtr,  ;,  ;,  516,  517,  e;24,  542. 
Ideal.  493.  Interchangeable,  546.  Invinci- 
'>'<",  5';.  551-  Ivel  Safely,  557-8.  John 
Bull,  C07.  Kangaroo,  50S-9.  Keen,  547. 
Lynn  Express,  537.  Matchles--.,  508,  532. 
563.  Monod,  401.  Newton  Challenge,  508. 
Olio,  521,  529.  Overman  Wheel  Co.,  662. 
663-5,  676.  Paragon,  504,  517.  Porfectio.i, 
546.  Pickering,  392,  400-5.  Pony  Star,  509. 
P"!  Mfg.  Co.,  24-t,  36,  40,  42,  47-S.  86,94, 
'39,  '89,485,501  2,511,523,526,  565,657.60. 


INDEX  OF  PERSGNH. 


'xxix 


6-4,    702-3,   711-13,   79.;.     Premier,  327,519, 
5^1.  S5'J.  5'",  SV     President,  491.     K.  &  ]>., 
6s7.     Ke-ent,  540.     Rover  Safety,  535,  i;4i;.' 
Rival    Mail,    50S,    527.      Rucker,    509,    530, 
53^-.  W,    .';43-     Kiulge,    ,2S,    ,39,    ,»,,  jj,,' 
5^)o,  50S-10,  6  ;>;,     Riidge  Light  Roadster,  388, 
5'iS.    5"3,    526,    56J,    567,    578,  67^.      i.,„,gj 
.Safety,  527.     Safe'.^ ,  505.    Safety  (King),  672. 
St.  NIcIh  la?,  524.     Sandringham,  538.    Sans- 
parcil,  324,  50S.9,  jio,  524-5,  5JO.     Shadow, 
5')S.     Siii-er,   348,    527.      Singer    Challenge, 
5!7      H,  I!.  Smith  Machine  Co.,  671.   SpL-cial 
Cliij,  50S.     Stanley,  517.    Stanley  Head  Ex- 
crlsior,  546.    Star,  164,  ,72,  257,  267,  26.,-7i, 
274,    3=0,  50S,  520-1,  525,    530,  549,  57,,  577' 
Union,  508.     Velocity,  50S.     Victor,  487,  493, 
S"'^.  S""'.  5>9,  5^4-5.  527,  ('ify.     Xtra,  348,  505.' 
Vale,  508,  509,  516,  519,  530. 

Tricycles. 
Reeston  Humb.-r,  537-8,  5SS.     Carver,  535. 
Centaur    Tandem,     535.      Challenge,      6S6. 
Cheylesmore  Club,  5^,2,  565-0.     Cheylesmoie 
.Sociable,  589.     Club  Racer,  535.     Club  So- 
ci.iblc,  5,5.     Cohnnbia,    503,    508,    509,  5,,, 
5:!^.     Coventry  Convertible,    517.     Coventry 
f^'tary,  5,3,  686.     Crsscent,    526.     Cripper, 
517,  526,  552,   554,     Dearlove,  543.     Diana, 
'.^6.     Excelsior,  503,  rf,,.     Humber,  509,  530' 
5!-";.  5t3,  54**,  551,  554-''>,  686.     Humber  Tan- 
'!'^»..  509.     Imperial  Club,  535,  554.     i,,,-;,,. 
cible,  5.7.     National,   5,,.     Omnicvclc,  6S6 
Premier,    524,    686.       Quadrant,    535,     6S6. 
'^"'a'-y,  535.     Royal   Mail,  526,  554.     R„\al 
Salvo,    503.      Royal     Salvo     Sociable,     5', 7. 
Kucker,  686.     Rucker T.uidem,  509.    Rudge, 
5.;6.      Rudge   Tandem,  525.     Special   Cha!- 
I'^'ige,  535.     Tandem,   535.      Traveller,   509, 
326.     Victor,  50S,  509,  526. 

AuTOBroCRAIMIIC  AND  Pni^SOVAL. 
Ancestry,  722-3.  Appointments  for  «heel- 
m;,',  730.  Authorship,  iv.,  405,  722-3.  Aver- 
.'.ge  man  in  physi<iue,  An,  v.,  473.  Awe  an 
unknown  elem.M.t,  47>,  727.  Birthday  Fan- 
tasie  (verse),  A,  23,  lioat-race  manager  at 
Now  London,  130.  fione-shaker  days,  39,- 
4"'->.  no-ik.  History  of  this,  701-719.  Busi- 
ness-man, in  spite  of  myself,  A,  vii.,  483 
Centenarian  kinsman,  My,  723.  Change  of 
"Kol  Kron"  to  "Karl,"  720.  Class  poet 
a.ul  historian,  392,  40,.  Collector  of  post- 
a;^e-stamps,  722.     "Coll.  Chron."  of  World, 


720.  723-     Companionship  the   highest   hap- 
piness,  /67.     Compensaiions  of  a  quiet  life, 
^f'?,  7.V       Conceit,  732.     Co,tuuie  for  riding' 
1O-22.    D.-ath,  3.80,  733.    D.viatioi.  in  career, 
caused  by  cycling,  406.     Digging  my  way  out 
to  freedom,  725.    Disclaimers  :  as  to  a   ,bilion, 
309.    732;  athleticism,   iv.  ;  b<5astfulness,  v., 
5S2  ;  culL-ge  honors  and  prizes,  722  ;  competi- 
tion, v.,  484,  7,1.3;  egotism,  v.,  vii.;  envy, 
v..  303,  471,  722,  730;  fame,  309;  hermit-life, 
467;    h-ro-worship,    464;    literary   skill,    iv 
7'^';    notoriety,    vii.,    28,,    729;    ostentalioni 
729,  732;  partisanship,  726;  praise,  vi. ;  van- 
'ly,  v..  70.,   716,  732.     Di.slike  for  "literary 
men  '^'  ,-.nd  "  athletes,"  iv.  ;   for  "  medicine- 
men,"  62.     D,verth,e:nent  as  the  permanent 
clement  of  life,  722.    Karly  days  with  "  Curl," 
407-2.=;,   47'-     Kditor    of    college     ma.gazin'o, 
302-3,    399.     Emersonian    maxims,   7^3,  73^. 
Enemies,  731.    European  travel,  405-6.    I'orty^ 
vi.,    725,    732.     Fri.Muls,    467,     725.7.     (j2„; 
ealogy,  A  student  of,  722.     'Jift-iaking,  Ob- 
j-ciions  to,  713-4.    tJolden  Fleas  (verse).  My 
■search  for  the,  23,  406.     Government  by  in- 
terference. My  hatred  of,  726.     "  Great  ex- 
,.ectations  "  as  a  bookseller,  vii.      Happiness, 
Ideal  of   future,  30,,  467.      Health,  62,  204, 
307.     Hopefulness   as  a   self-deception,   716' 
Hopes  for  the  future.  Three,  viii.     Humorous 
sense,  721-2,727.    Illness,  62,  29,.    L.lcbted- 
ness  to  family  and  friends,  727.     Independ- 
ence   protected   by     obscurity,    2S0.     Ind'v- 
imker  in   college,  392-3,  401.     Indi.:n  as  an 
ideal,^  295,    466.     Inliff.rence    to    "  recogi.i- 
tion,"  727.   Impartialiry  towards  "  ihe  trad'e," 
'li.,    7'2-4.     Lament    for    tie    Legal-Tender 
decision,  464,     League,  nusiness-stake  in  the, 
720.      Left-hand   penmanship    acquired     vi.^ 
4S3.  710.     Life  as   viewed  in  retrocp.-ct     vi' 
Luerary  and   theatrical  people,    Indift  .-renc- 
to,  IV..  7^8.      Literary  ideal,  Simplicity  of   iv 
London    life,    405-6,    427,    47^.     Longevitv 
Chances  of,  723,  732.   .Lost  inheritance,  iSo' 
Marriage,  472,  723,  73,.   Mochani.al  aptitud" 
L.,ckof,36,7,3.    Middle-age,  44,  29,.    Mind 
and  character,  732.     Money-making  capacity, 
VI.,  392,  720,  725.    Mount  Tom,  Affection  fori 
252      "  My   Second    Ten    Thousand,"    Pro- 
posals  for.   211.  50.,  57:,   590,   7 "--7.     N.ir- 
row  escapes,   45,  4,3,   733.     Observation  of 
prominent    people,    "out   of   harness,"   727 
Optimism,  73,.     Overwork,  Attempts  to  es- 
cape, 720,  725.     Personal   revelations  a  busi- 


Ixxx         TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 


ness-nfcessity,   vii.     "  Philately,"    A   writer 
on,  722.J.     Phj'siqiie,  v.,  59,  61,  63,  153,  394, 
307.     Political  prejudices,  736.    Portrait  never 
"exchanged,"    2S0.     Preference    for    small 
tasks,  723.     Pride,  73J.     Procrastination  pre- 
vents English  tour,  406.      Publisher,  Pay  as 
a,  715,  724.     Relations  with  wheelmen,  729. 
Representative  spokesman  for  the  hobby,  As 
a,  vi.     Respect  for  fellow-residents  of  the  U. 
H.,  462.     Right-hand  disabled  by  too  much 
pen-work,  vi.,  4S3,  710.     Rowing,  fii.     Rule 
of  non-inenibership,  720.     Running,  61.    Sar- 
casms of  destiny,  724-5.     Self-reliance,  722. 
Slowness,    iv.,    731.     Siiappcr-up   of    uncon- 
sidered  trifles,  Asa,   v.,    716.     "Solidarity" 
with    Stevens,  484.     Solitude  in   the    U.    B., 
Experiences  of,   463.     Spectator  ci'  society, 
As  a,  467,  722,  72S-9,  731.     Sports  of  child- 
hood, with  "  Curl,"  413-21.     Statistical  show- 
ing of   my   personal   part   in   the   book,  xx. 
Steadfastness,  725,     Subscriptioii-sniicilor  as 
undergraduate,    392.      Suspension    from   col- 
lege, 392,  404.     Swimming,  61.     "Thirtieth 
Street  "  reminiscences,  452.    Tourinir,  Equip- 
ment   for,    1^1-22 ;    I.cisine   gained    for,    720. 
Travels    in     Europe,     405-6.     Two    exjiloits 
I  should  have  been  proud  of,  464.     Two  sol- 
diers  whom    I    admired,    3S6,    439.     Uiuler- 
graduAte    reminiscences,  391-405,  4f/>.     Van- 
ity disclaimed,  701,    716,   732.     Verses   voic- 
ing my  philosophy,   15,  23,  34,  63.  304,  309, 
7JS,    729,    730,    731,    Soo.      Visitors,    Recep- 
tion of,  729.     Volubility  as  a  book-agent,  724. 
Walking,  61.     Weahh,  15,  720,   731.     Work- 
hours    favorable     for   touring,    720.      ll\>rl,i 
work    as    college    chronicler,    7.>o-i.     Vale, 
Rook  about,  405,    711,  722.     Vale  graduate, 
Hiographv  as  a,  732.     Vankee   from  Yankee- 
ville,  .\  thoroughbred,  ift,  722-3      Yale   men 
•n  New  York,  Directory  of,  464. 

WlinFLIN'C.    AlTlinidCRAPHV. 

Analysir.  of  234  ride!^  49-^3.  Ankle  sprained, 
241.  loathing,  61.  Ped-bugs  in  Maryland,  231. 
Rernnida  trip  forces  U.  S.  Covernment  to 
class  tourists'  cycles  as  "  personal  effects, 
exempt  from  duty,"  36S-70.  Hone-shaker  ex- 
periences in  iS(K),  391-406,  Roots  immortal- 
ized. 279.  Roston  pilgrimage  for  purchase  of 
"  No.  234,"  25.  Clothes  for  riding,  Cost  of, 
41.  Club-swinging,  61,  395,  405.  Coasting, 
^t,  q').  233  Cold  weather,  7(6-5(,  29<t.^,  34; 
Cramps,  59,  263.     Cyclometers,  Experiences 


with(Rutcher),  147,  374,  378  ;   (McDonneD, 
24S  ;  (Pope),  24,  26,  47,  582  ;  offer  to  test,  714. 
Daily  riding  averages,  49.     Drinking,  54,  62, 
St'i.     Eating,  61.     Elbow  broken  by  first  fail 
from  saddle,  24,  62,  307.     Ealls  of  my  1400 
m.    tour,    306.      Eastesi    rides,    58,   233,  313, 
362.     Eifty-mile  rides,  '80  to  '82,  50-ji,  54. 
First  sight  of  a  velocipede,  in  '69,  393.     First 
trial  of  a  bicycle,  in  '79,  156-     Food,  61,  313, 
362.     Foot,  Injury  to,  306.    Fording,  228,  241, 
375.  378-81,  383.      Headers,  55,  23S,  273,  363, 
373-      Hill  climbing,  53,  5S,  272  (71  corrected, 
582).     Hotel  miseries,  13,  150,  205,  209,  227, 
229,  230,  241,   326,   338.     Hundred-mile  run, 
312.     League  founded  in  my  hor.or,  24 ;  my 
business-stake  in  its  success,  720.      Leis-ure 
for    touring,     How    gained,     720.       Longest 
tour.  Inspiration  of  my,  295.     Long  stays  in 
saddle,  52-53,  .22,  313,  343.     M.ilarial  sweats 
cured    by      iding,    294-5,    308.     Mt.l.anical 
aptitude,  l..,.kof,  36,  7,3,     Mileage  of  sepa- 
rate roadway  estimated,  31.     Aiemorial  plac- 
ard on  "  No.  234,"  48.     Moonlight,  Longest 
ride  by,  318,      Mud-clogging,  22S,    349,   373. 
Night-riding,  56,  205,  227,  240,  241,  248,  252, 
20S,   3'i,3>3,   3iS,   33^',    338,    344,    ?,(^,   377- 
Objections   to   bags,    17;    bells,    iS,   22,    55; 
belts,  iS,  22  ;  crowds,  256,  272  ;  large  wheels, 
59;    medicine-men,    62;    tobacco,    62,   63; 
whistles,    55.     Pedestrian,  Record  as   a,   61. 
Physique,   Tests   of,   54,  61,   153.     Queerest 
ride  of  all,  3S0.     Railroad  mileage  summary, 
.V.     33-      Road-riding    summaries,     i879-'82, 
2f'-3'.    40-5'-     Race,    My  only,   362.      Rairy 
rides,  228,262,  2S3,   298,  304.5,  3S0.     Risks, 
53. '53,  3^12,  380      Saddle-soreness,  307.     Sea 
voyages,  282,  292,  3r8,  363.     Size  of  wheel. 
Preference  as  to  small,  59.^1.     Snow-storms, 
25'.    298.    34'-     Statistics    of    mileage    com- 
pared, 3",  296,  317,  3S4,  3S8.     Sunstroke  in- 
vited on    Long  Isl.ind,  54,   153.     Thefts,    57. 
Thunder-stonn,  Descent  of  the  Blue  Ridge  in 
a,  380.     Touring  as  related  to  working  hours, 
720:  equipments  for,  16-22,     Tours  outlined, 
Earliest,  11,26-31,42.    Training,  62.     Trium- 
phant  finish  of  the   thousand-mile  trail,  30). 
Vow  to  refrain  from  riding,  388,  733,     Water 
routes.  Summary  of  mile.-ge  on,   32.     Wear 
and  tear  of  machine,  37-41,      Weariest  day's 
tour  in  four  years  (Ky.),  230,     Week's  mile- 
age, I, ingest,  296,     Weight   and  height,  59. 
World's  record  for  straightaway  touring,  won 
by  1400  m.  ride  of  18S3,  300,  532,  549,  551. 


This  Book  of  M,vr.  70,-733. 

Advenisements   excluded,    as   a  pledge  of 

"/•"■'"'.-"'y.   TM.    7...     Anu,semen.   and  i,. 

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;"^S7oS.      Hnll-<,,.,asa„„,spi™ion,7or 

1.   -n..ssl,as,3ofs„od-wi!l,vi.,vii.,7o,    7,, 

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yvnpnnson  of  ,ny  scheme  ,o.S,eve„s-s'rou,„: 
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>p..n,Md..,n.,„,Co.,707.7.o.    Copartne 

S".pw..l,3*K,advanc..sul.scnbers,  vii      '! 

.    •/"•     ^"^'.r  ?^  '•'^''-'^-k  making  in 
-■>/■'.    7.5.     Crmcsms    invited,   7,5     ,,„ 

'  ■■■-'■yo;  literature,  As  a.  vi.,,,j^'nl^ 

;---....     Deliys     and    internip.iL.. 
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"-.".,  709.     i-^'-nate,  of  cost  and  chances 

-hKxx.     "Iree  advertisement  "begrnd  J 

;--.  704;  but  cheerfully  offered  a.'aU 

*'""'"''    7°^^;   given    by   my   book  to 

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-^..-lva,ita,eof,.53.     Geo.raphi:.,;;^  !; 
V  subscribers,  vii..  X,.     Gift-taki,,.,  of 
■"    -".7.a-,4.     Hotels  and  libraries:  Sen. 
,  .l,e  book  to,  7,4.     Impartiali.y.bo,,,,' 
exc„„ouof  advertisements,  ;,.      ,„,,." 
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>  /"■>  732-     Opinions 


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PlIILOtOrHtCAL   AND   SoCIAL. 
Affectations  of  societv    Af.t       n  a      ■ 
sympathy  iucvchngM-     f  ••''^"°"  and 
Tl,„  ,       -'^""K.  '*,  729-     Appear.- ices 

,T'ecostof,7.g;deceitfiilnessof  o.-keen 
'"S  up  of,  in  En-land  ^.fi  \^°  ■  keep. 
5n^,  ,  o  ^".-^I'lnci,    446.     Aristocracy 

3  >7.  448.9.  Bachelors'  chambers.  440 1' 
4,  -  .  Bashfulness  a  form  of  vam  y.';°  ' 
I^l'tlulnys,  50,.  BoastfUness,  50,  ji'' 
-nanism,  469,     Bores,  5,  30.   ij"  °''^- 

•■^"re     inspires   curiosilv      -,0      ri 
e-w.h,4.5;  estimate^;,'     ;    "^  l^ij  "^.^^ 
egotism  Charming,  73.     Class  •en:,,:t^ 

^••H'-g'.-.  39'.   Clothes,  ,6    (  oHe..;,,.  ,- 
I'.v,.,  >J"egMle  nuances 

Jioper  mami,;mfnt   of    .,,,      r-  1    ,  ' 

"f  " -ciety  people"  4/:  ,''•,  ^"'"'"^-^^ 
-"up.  The  cost  of',.''' J;;-  ^-""'a-on- 
law  of     ,„.  ,"■     ^""'l"^"=a;,.,ns.  The 

pThs    ;••'''"■     ^^"^'-^«  as  autocrat  of 
Pans,  ;„e.  45s.    Condescension  in  the  cl 
727.     Conformity,  The  Yoke  of,  4^3.,;    '//, 


Ixxxii       TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


454.     Contempt  best  shown  by  silence,  596. 
Courage,    Suggestions    about,    725.     Custom 
as  Juggern.uit,  44(.     Danger  as  a  fascination, 
380.     Death,  1  hi  fear  of,   4"^  ;  I'le  mystery 
of,  732-3.     DLMiiocracy,  An  ideal,  396;  social 
drift  low,\rils,  448.      I'.ccen.riclty,  Pain  in  the 
con3ciousni.-s-iof,  443,  455.      Eonomy  of  pay- 
ing a  good  price  fur  the  best,  606.      Egotism, 
v.,  732.     Elegancies  of  living  not   foi bidden 
by  isolation,  45'S.      Endowments  for  colleges, 
Influences  alTecting,   435-7-      Knglish  house- 
hold  comfort   superior   to    American,    444-5, 
449-50.     Enlightened    selfishness,   719.     Ex- 
cliisiveness,   449.     Fallacy  of  getting  some- 
thing  for   nothing,   60  (.     Fame,    Eniplincss 
of,  i5>  309.  430.  4'i5.  7i''-9.  733-      Familiarity 
kills   literary  curiosity,  731.     Family   perma- 
nence not  possible  in  America,  732.      Fatigue 
of    false    pleasure,    309.      Fighting   for  con- 
science' sake,  3S6  ;  for  peace,  4^)6.      Freedom, 
The   charm  of,  255,  2S0,  4^)2,   ii<^(>\  the  costs 
of,   444,  46S ;  the  ideal   home  of,   428,   472. 
(jenealogy,    Scientific   lessons  of,   723.     Gen- 
erosity  of  wealthy  Americans,  435.     Genius, 
The   secret   of,    14.     Gossip   harmful  by   ex- 
cess, 280.     Graduation-year,  The  memory  of, 
391.     Gravity     defined     by     Rochefoucauld, 
727      Happiness  in  keeping  boy-like,  14  :  con- 
ditioned on  health,  294 ;  of  congenial  work, 
468  i  of  mental  freedom,  469  ;  of  wheeling  in 
foreign  lands,  309.     Hermits,  Apparent  and 
real,  467-8.      Hobby-rider  as  a  bore.  The,  5. 
Hoggishness,  10,615,621.      Hospitality,  Per- 
fect machinery  for  (in    England),  442  ;  diffi- 
culties of  (in   America'*,  449-50.     Hotels,  442, 
450,  601-6.     Humor  of  disappointment.  The, 
256.     Hypocrisy  of  "  amateurism,"  628,  630, 
649.     Imitation,  The    servility   of,  446,    453, 
468.   Independence  defined  by  Hamerton,  46S. 
Intellectual  exhilaration  in  long-distance  tour- 
ing,   301-3.      Insularity   of    P.ritish    business- 
men, 484.     Janitors,  A  study  of,  457-60.     Lit- 
erary faculty  a  form  of  weakness,  728.     Local 
limitations  of  "position,"  448.     Local   pride 
as  a  spurto  public  spirit,  436.     Love,  15,  136, 
409-10,442-3,472.  73'-     I-ying,  6,  20,  397,  733. 
Matrimonial  ideals,  442.     Memory,   F'allibil- 
ity  of,    391,    399.  4ot.     Mental   liberty,    454. 
468-9,  472.     "  Money  "  a  universal  language, 
284,   701.     Motto  for  an  honorable  life,  680. 
Negroes'  behavior  at  Bermuda,  364.     Origin- 
ality,   French   hatred   of,   46S.     Ostentation, 
467,469.     Philistinism,  469,     Pleasure  of  "  I 


told  you  so,"  The,  276.     Politics,  A  citizen'^ 
duty  towards,  726  ;  a  less-dignified  g.Tme  than 
wheeling,  309;  a  topic  for  conversation,  450. 
Publicity,  The  curse  of,  28 1  ;  privacy   made 
by,  429,  443.     Puffery,  The  mistake  of,  718. 
Respectability,  English  ideal  of,  446  ;  French 
ideal,   468.     Repute  and  reality,  72S.     Rich 
and  poor,  630,  720,    729.     Rivalries   of   men 
and    women    contrasted,   721  ;   of    Western 
cities,  436.     Savage,  Suggestions  of   the,  61, 
62,255,309,  454-5,466-9,  731.     Sectarian  con- 
trol  of   colleges,    435.     Self-absorption,    An- 
tidotes  for,  4f)6.     Self-confidence,   Rarity  of, 
448-9.     Self-suppression  in  London  and  New 
York,    427,    447.     Servitude    to   servants   (in 
America),  449-50 ;  (in  England),  445-7.   Silence 
the  bitterest  form  of  contempt,  596.     Sincerity 
of    "last   words,"    730;   in    soblude,     4679. 
Slaughter  as  the  chief  basis   of  renown,  465. 
Snobbery  shown  by  "  amateurism,"  650.     So- 
cial significance  of  various  residence-quarters 
in  N.  Y.,  65,  452.     Society,  as  an  ancient  and 
interesting  game,  72S-9.     Solitude,  Pleasures 
of,  7,  34,  255,  406,  432.  454-6,  467-9;  solace  for, 
14  ;  terror  of  to  evil-doers,  441  ;  test  of  char- 
acter,  462.     Sophistry   as   a    lawyer's   main- 
stay,   724.     Sport's    highest     fiiiction,    732. 
Superstitions,  409,  413,  430,  4A-.     Sympathy 
in  a  coiTimon  hobby,  vi.,  5.     Theatrical  life 
defined   by    Fanny    Kemble,    728.     Thieves' 
shrewdness,  441.     Tonic  quality  in  hard  work, 
309,    46S.     Travel,    Advantages    of     foreign, 
2.   469 ;  necessity   of   for    Engii.^hmen,   447  ; 
relative     isolation '  in.    454.      Triumph,    Def- 
inition  of,    304.     Undergraduates    as   demo- 
crats and   aristocrats,    ■x,r)<^.     Vanity   as  a  lit- 
erary  inspiration,    701;   in  portraiture,    280: 
melancholy   tokens   of   at    Mammoth    Cave, 
3S1  ;    density   of    in    "social    leaders,"    455; 
solitude  as  a  deliverance  from,  46S  ;  shown  by 
bashfulness,  502  ;  twists  ihe  street  numbers, 
586.    Veneration,  448.     Verbosity   of    F'.varts 
defended,    724.     Votes,  The  significance   of, 
726;  the  power  of,  for  rebuking  the  preten- 
sions of  the   Great  American  Hog    615, '■: 
War  and  peace,  386,  439.  Wealth,  15,  396, 41  \, 
469.     Whims,    Distinction    between   positive 
and  negative,    281.      Wives  and   mistresses, 
441-4.     Woods,  A  home  in  the,  as  an  escape 
from   conformity,  444,  454-''\  ^'^l  ^      Youth  : 
its  generous  '    illusions  "  def'  r  'n'  by  Renan, 
472;     its    pricclcssness    proM.Kmed   by    the 
hopeless  lorging  of  TurgenefF,  /28. 


/^•DEA-  OF  PEA^SOXS. 


iNcinnNTs  AND  Accidents. 
Ankle    sprained   on    the   tow- pall,      ,r, 
■""       "■"'    '"'y  a'    I'or.  Chester,   54   '   He' 
n.«l..ed     i„     Virginia    ,r,ucl.    3;,.     ,.„,,„„ 
r..ffi..,„.n.   at   lantern-parade,   37,.     c.nal 
'»"'-».     340.     Clothes  rent,  307.     c„I- 
'-"-"*.  55,  7,33,  5=9.     Crossing  an  engine- 
'H.se,5.6.     Descending  the   IJlue  Kidge  in 
a,hunder-s,or„,38e.     I.og.'oi.e  at  Vonkers, 
■>*      lJc.«  earned  on   .ncycle  by  Australian 
"-St     5.5.     Elbow-breaking   of   .ny  ear- 
'«.   rule,  ,,.  62,  307.     Knglish„,en-s  mis- 
''-■P^  53.MU.      Kails  and  breakage  of  bicy- 
^'•-■.    3  7MO     54,    306-7.     Fleeing    fr„„,    ,he 

customs  officers,   1:7?       y,„,\  ^,.„    • 

'   J/S'     '  ora  crossing   m  ^ 

arn,er.sc.,rt,3,.S,3S3.     Ford.ng  the  rivers 
'"New  Zealand,  56^.    Forgetful  inn-keeper 
''-,3.8.     Hard  h,ck  at  liagg-s  Hotel,  ,09' 

fK.adersoftheDown-K.^s,party,.Oo,.;?; 
"1  1.   .Stevens,  47c    ,-0    ,0         ,, 

'  1/i,  4/3,  4»o.      Morses,  en- 
counters  wth,  57,  „6,  3.,,  3,5.,.     ,„„„^, 

.mv™„,acculents,  507,5..,  53.,  537,  545, 
^17.  5^,.  insolence  of  liotel-clerk  rebuked 
ns  Jumping  on  a  nail,  306.  I.an.ern' 
i;''f-'-^^-U.ted,  37..  Mules  scared  on 
"'^■l-ne;„v..j..-„h,9,.99,2o8.  Mules  scare 
—  •■'^-  -'  &  H  path,  ,,,  3,,.  j,.,^, 
'"w-uapes.  ,ror.,  a  drunken  man's  whip 

;;  -^P-WleM,  ,7  ;fr,^  runaway  mules.; 
'""esdale,    45;    from   a   recklessly-driven 
norse  at   Soniervil'e    tij  •   fr„„, 

^'vii.c,  733,  trom  strnstroke 

""  'lie      liottest  day   of  eleven  years  "  5 .' 
■5i.     P.fertPg,  57.      I'ocket-book  lost  and 
restored    ,50.     iVospect   Park  fatality,  5S6 
^..c,„g   for   the    homeward    steamer,   36,' 
Kattl.snake  bite  in  .Nfebra^ka,  47S      kL  \ 
race  nuerrnpted    by  frightened  mare    ^,, 
-'Stevens  (T.)   in  Afghanistan,  57,;  ail,' 

Kora   4S.;  ,n    a  Persian   snow-storm,  570  • 

mobbed  Ml  Chim    r-,,       t  1,         ■  , 

„        '  "^-     ^'■'"'S  ^-''h  spccta- 
"-  "f  .he  Run  Run  battles,  375.     Upset 

I'y  bad  boy  of  Port  Chester,  54.  ^ 

Wo.MI£,V. 
Acquaintances     alluded     to,     .36      4,0 

1?  T'  "'"'  "5-^  73r.  Adulation  of 
'^^  ^'er.cy,  7.7.  Mrs.  Allen's  long  tri- 
vclende  554.  ■•Amaryllis,"  443.  Ameri. 
an  soaal  types,  449.  Australian  tricycle 
-■msts,  5...     Mrs.   President   Bates,     05 

M.ss  Brock's  sketch  of  Wever's  cnv.    J. 

Ury  sisters,  73r.     "  Cecil  Dreetne."  .Vs-'; 

H.      Chance  to  learn  tricycling  at  Orange, 


Ixxxiii 


S'^'?-     Characters    in     H      r.        1 
,.,„,.  "'in     H.    James's    novel 

Cala,slhe,.60     C.izenes.ses  of  Machias. 

Casti.h""""^    '  "'^''  "''•     ^'"""'"»  "« 
^asl,gl,„:„  s  vanity,    280.     Mrs     J    C    k 

Iikin.''i'T"'"""'''^^'"^^7.  Mi.ss 
L.ski,  shook  on"  Tricyding  for  ladies," 
^  ■••.  ''f'  A^-^'H'e  residents,  453.  <;;  ,. 
graouaies  in  Kentucky,  .3.  Hatred  of 
'^••^''"'l'er,72r.  Hotel  life,  450.  H.  H  's 
d-fi".;...n  of  triumph,  304.  Inqulsitiveness 
KJmb      "'•''^""""■''"^■^■''•^^^     Mrs.' 

«'^M.  J.  Lamb's  "Hist,  of  N.Y  Citv  " 
433.  Mrs.  F.  T.  McCray's  cycling  novel 
55.^75.  "M'd'lledesMollets."  4.9,43, 
Ma.  ens  of  college  days.  .3..  'Mlmmoih 
•-avt.  Suggested  troubles  af,  3S2.  Mat 
rors  conversation.  450.  M„.  c.  V.  Mar 
;;.^b.„.kofMt.Deser,.8..     Ma.^ll 

b^lofTrc'iir^'"- ''- 

wiv,.=  w'   ^         Mistresses   ar.d 

«'vts,   44a-4.      Mileage    records,  528     530 

Noiel'ofV''     f''*'"='P"     go^-P.'  .S..' 
Novel     of   tncycling,     ..,,     5,5.     Grange 

"anderers,  C70      Mrs    D         n, 

'  ""■     '*»'^'-  '  --nneirs  tricvc!  .ig 
tours,  cjo    fic-    <,s,      n>  ,,.  '         " 

,  530,  "53.  t.87.     Qnttn  Victoria   47, 

Mrs,    Radcliffe's    novels,    430.     Rarii;'  f 
■aracter,'     4.6.     Repmaches   from     on 
■rath  and  sidewalk,,-,,,,.    Rivalrv,  7,, 
K.^ali„d.'    43,,     Miss    R.     L.    smi;h's 

.:,."  ~,"°'"'.  '"-  675.       Miss    Sylve.ster 
l)!cvc!iennc    '     c^r.      "c  ,>. 

Mich   ••  n    .    •     ?■  ""■'*    ■^'"«^'-  "f 

i.vo    '■     Q""'--«'°"  f^'n  the,  7,9.     Tlmid- 
ty  of.  inhorse-driving,  .0,3,3,     Tricycle, s 

5^M.         rncycling  for  Lad.es,"  Miss   Frs- 
k'ne's    book     on,    684      Tricvc'in.    , 
\fro     D         ,..  Ticjcing    tours, 

Mrs.    Pennell's.    5,0     6cc     ft8,      c 
„■  .  ,  ,        ,         '    '■*  '    °S5>    6»7-     Servant- 

E  r.  dread  of  the  U.B.,  43,,  440;  modes 
ofnihngih.ir  employers  in  England  and 
America,  445,  449-  "  Skatorial  queen,- 
400.  Universal  rivals,  7.,.  Velocipede 
racers m  Pans,  403.  "  ViVa,"  439  "  Vir 
S'"'^-      442.     Visitors     ,0    the    University 

havkValle:.  ,3.  "  Wheels  and  Whims," 
6,5,  675.  Miss  Winihrop's  hook,  439 
Wives  of  wheelmen,  505,  506,  508,  5,6  5  7 
:;?'''''  5^^'  5M.  5.^.  530.  54S.  5.' 
inters  quoted  or  alluded  ,0,  .8,,  304 
^'^-7'  382,  433.  530,  655,  675,  6S4,  687,  .8 
7*9,  73'  "  '      • 


ADDENDA  ET  CORRIGENDA. 


LEAc;un  Politics. — Recent  events  require  a  correction  of  the  complimentary  opinions  on 
pp.  6i8,  620-1.  On  Mar.  24,  'S7,  the  Prc-ideiit  ot  the  L.  A.  W.  rcinovtd  from  the  office  of 
Representative  of  the  Penn.  Division  the  man  who  had  for  two  and  a  half  years  served  with 
great  apparent  efficiency  as  Leayue  Secrelary-Kdilor,  "  for  nialftasance,  upon  the  following 
grounds,  nanuly:  (1)  In  that,  beinj;  such  Representative  and  also  .Secrelary-i;ditorof  said  League, 
you  wron;^fully  converted  and  appropriated  to  your  own  u.  -  the  funds  of  s.iid  League,  collected 
by  you  in  your  olTicial  cajaciiy.  (2)  In  that,  being  such  Kepresentalivo,  you  iiisii;.;ated  and  are 
insti^atin.;,  .iidiiig,  .iiid  abjttiiig  the  circulation  of  scandalous,  libelous  and  false  statements  as 
to  the  coiuUict  and  motives  of  the  L.VL'CU'.ive  Committee  of  said  League,  and  of  its  Poard  of 
OfTicers  at  the  recent  meeting  in  January  la'it.  (j)  In  that,  being  such  Representative  and 
owing  allegiance  to  said  League,  you  conspired  with  a  certain  official  thereof,  namely,  John  A. 
Wi'lls,  Chief  Consul  of  Pennsylvania,  to  procure  the  cancellation  of  advi'rtising  contracts  for  the 
BitiUtin,  and  the  execution  in  the  place  thereof  of  contracts  with  laid  Wells,  iiidividnaily,  for  such 
advertising,  thereby  endeavoring  to  divert  legitimate  business  from  said  />'«//(■//'«  and  to  injure 
and  if  possible  destroy  its  publication."  The  man  last  name''  was  also  removed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, al  the  same  time,  "  for  malfeasance,  upon  the  forovsing  grounds,  namely  :  (1)  In  that, 
being  Chief  Consul  of  Pennsvlvania,  and  Secretary /ro /«n/(;rf  of  said  League,  you  received 
otfici.il  papers  and  refused  and  neglected  to  deliver  them  to  your  successor  as  Secretary,  but 
turneil  them  over  to  the  committee  of  an  adverse  faction  inimical  to  the  Iilxecutive  Committee 
and  Hoard  of  Officers.  *  *  *  (4)  In  that,  being  such  Chief  Consul  Snd  owing  alle- 
giance to  said  Le.igue,  and  being  in  duty  bound  to  aid  and  .'•.^s  .-.t  it,  you  attached  by  legal  proc- 
ess the  entire  baiiU  account  and  the  office  efiects  thereof  at  Phil.idelpliia,  for  an  alleged  claim  for 
advertising  connnissioiis,  payment  of  which  had  not  been  refused,  to  an  amount  l.irgely  in  excess 
of  said  supposed  claim,  with  the  object  of  hindering,  harassing,  and  annoying  the  Executive 
Committee  and  officers  of  said  League,  and  by  such  unjuslifiablc  duress  of  compelling  payment 
of  said  alleged  claim."  The  second  and  third  charges  against  the  C.  C.  were  identical  with 
the  second  and  third  against  the  cx-Socretary,  whose  note  of  Mar.  -!'^,  accepting  the  removal, 
said  :  "  I  have  decided,  much  against  my  own  personal  interests,  to  droj>  the  controversy  where 
it  now  is  and  to  refrain  from  my  further  comments  on  tite  charges  thus  far  made  against  me  ; 
though  their  truth  I  emphatically  deny."  All  the  foregoing  appeared  in  the  Bii/lttiii  of  Apr.  1 
(p.  256);  and  its  issue  of  .\pr.  15  (p.  jqS)  contained  these  final  words  from  the  ex-Secretary, 
dated  April  9  :  "  I  hereby  resign  my  nvoml)ershi|i  in  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen." 

The  full  history  of  this  d  plor.ible  case  coven.'d  six  pages  of  fine  type  in  the  BullctiK  rif 
Mar.  II,  'S7,  and  was  in  form  an  "  olficial  statement  by  the  Kxecutive  Committee  to  the  offi- 
cers and  members  of  the  League."  Tor  the  clear  and  moderate  language  of  the  narrative,  and 
the  business-like  way  in  which  the  letters  of  the  ex-Secretary  were  marshaled  in  nnanswcr- 
ahle  evid.'iice  against  himself,  I  suppose  credit  must  be  c.iven  to  the  lecral  member  of  ihe  com- 
mittee, J.  C.  C.ulick.  As  early  as  the  Pond  irifeling  of  Feb.  22,  'Sft,  the  Secretary's  mode  of 
keeping  accounts  h.id  been  sharply  criticised  (/?«//«■;'/>;,  pp.  n2,  2iri-iS'i,  and  at  the  next  or 
annual  meeting.  May  2?!.  the  Kxicnlive  Committee  were  instructed  to  prepaie  a  report  showing 
the  exact  financial  condition  of  his  office.  The  Secretary  absented  himself  from  that  meeting, 
on  the  pl::a  of  illness  caused  by  overwork,  and  was  represented  there  by  J.  A  Wells  ("  Sec-Ed. 
pro  tem.,"'—:\  special  partner  in  the  firm  of  E.  Stanley  Hart  &  Co.,  printers  of  the  Bulletin), 
who  declared  that  two  designated  banks  of  Philadelphia  then  held  League  funds  amounting  to 
^443''-23  (see  verbatim  report,  Bulletin,  June  ii,'86,  p.  536,  ist  col.).  Though  this  partly 
allayed  the  sus]iirioiis  .iroused  by  the  Secretary's  f.iilurc  to  send  ihe  Pivi^on  treasurers  thsir 
money,  the  Executive  were  nevertheless  ordered  to  investigate  him,  as  aforesaid  ;  and  he  there- 


ADDEXDA:  LEAGUE  POLITICS. 


Ixxxv 


I 


'■-".  sccinp   ,I,a,  exposure   wa,  incvi.al.l. 

■'"  '-x,,„cabk.  a„d  i.K..cusahle    11    f  .:  "'"''   '"   "'^  ^^"iJen,  (June  ,6    .s,,  , 

W    ;  .u„l  I  a,„   left   ^,„       ,  ^  '""'"f  *62oo,  whereof  at   lea.t    «.,■,'        ^'  ^o-'f^^i-'g 

itit   without  a  cent  of  niv  o«.,   t,  i  ''•S'*  ''elonKed  to  the  I     » 

--  .o  col.ec,  ,l,e  uLTu      I      ,    '  '""""'^'  "^-<-C"-io„  i„  behalf  of  a       "':"'"""".  being   in 
'l^l|.lM.M,s,  a.  su,  ..!.'  T       ;    '  *  "^"   ''•^''  '^"■'  «i«"«l  to  it    'a    !  r  "'"""'l-^-'-ed  body, 

."-;>H;en,,,Lr;"r:l::--;:^•'■---a.e;rd^^^^^^^^ 
;;:s:;;::r'';~^^ 

•->  (-"—  wilt.  ^:::i'r'i":""T''7'  •"-  -'  -  „:;:t'  ,^: :;', ;;--  ;-■ 
;:''::-:::--  £-■  r  i":  --—'^ 'r  !eS*:2:  f '•  r— 

/     «ci..able  delay  was   shown    by   him  in    .1  '"■""''''-K  VO"  f^'^Mhe  office  "     A 

Cretan  shcld  e„her  tender  his  resignation    1,/'  '•'  ''■•"  '"i"''''"""^  and  ;V,t  the 

V  "u    n  7  f  ^^^■^■"'■""    --     A  '  r;^  ,   r' ";::"   '"  ^^^'•^"'  -  ^'-  ^^^  removed  .1: 

■''.U  ells  ,0  New  V„,.uf,„,,„  i,,,^^^.^,      7:7^;'^    President  .0  that  efJect  brot.sht  hi,n  a,d 
yff'  re<!  on  the  condi.ion   that  Afr    W     l"'  '"     ""'"""^"*  '^^'  "'^  resignation  w    ,  H 

;-  i-isted  on  the  impropriety  If  ,",  a  7^^,:^^:-'^  ''^  --^sor."     T,!;  I^;: 2     t^! 

l^y  he  Secetary,  to  take  effect  at  once  --f'  ,  ■'''"''""  ■■""  """"rfilional   resiena 

-"■-''  -■«-'<-  vvi„  yo„  acee,^  s^' -eI's :Lr::s:;i;:^r^p;':^_  - ;;;- 


Ixxxvi 


/■/■-A    IJiUUS.lM)  Mll.l:S  0\  A  lUCYCI.E. 


r.vinii.uiiin  and  .ipiwiiiilmrnl  in  UuUtliii"  I'liai  p.ifcr  iif  J.m.  14  (pp.  jo-)i)  printed  llie  St-i  ■ 
i'l,iiy'»  IrtU'i,  wliiili  w.iti  (l.iii  il  J.m.  I,  .iiiil  '<.i>(l  tlic  lc^iKl>.llioll  w.is  "  ciiisi'd  by  the  acl.cptan(^ 
<>(  .1  vi'iy  ll->tl<  lii'^  Imsliu  h'*  iilTi  I,"  .iml  wiiulil  "  t.iki-  ftlccl  on  the  ilcilimiof  my  huciinsoi  . 
Jan.  17,"—  wiiieli  ilinil.ilinn  li.ul  iiol  bcrn  nulici'd  l>y  t)ie  l'l0^llll'nl  wii'ii  liv  sent  tliu  ti'li');rani 
On  tlu'  nific-  aiilliiiiily  iil  litis  trlc.'rani,  llic  Sccu'taiy  piinlL-d  a  fcirnial  IcIIlt,  of  same  date,  wiili 
till'  I'lesiilrnl'.s  si|;n.itiML-  altailied  In  the  fiillouiii^  phiase  :  "  ll  atfoids  me  plcilf^uie  to  appoint 
ti>  till-.  11  .poiisilili'  posilioii  Mr  John  A.  W  lil-,  C  hicf  C  oiisid  of  the  IVnnsylvania  iJivi.sion, 
anil  I  t.iki'  this  oppoitiiiiity  to  ci>n);ialiil.Ue  tlie  I.ta(;iie  on  tile  fait  that  a  Kenlleman  of  Mr. 
Wells'  Will  known  abilities  has  been  induced  to  aeee,)t  the  position."  (,/i'«/.,  Jan.  14,  'S7,  p. 
11).  .\s  the  I'lesidnit  never  wiote  these  vnouIs,  tiny  were  piesinn.ibly  faliiiealed  by  ihe  Secir- 
laiy,  »ho  piinled  jnst  below  them,  over  his  own  si);natnie,  a  "  fialeinal  .iildress  to  .ill  I.ra^iie 
nu'inb-'is,"eunl.iihiiin  .uliiilion.il  coinpliineiils  for  his  ostensible  siieeessor,  thus  :  "  I  do  not  donbl 
that  the  wimIoiii  of  oni  I'lesident's  pioinpl  <  lioiee  will  meet  with  an  emphalie  indoiseinent  by  our 
lloaid.  Ml.  Wells'  .uieiname  of  liu  linsl  .issnres  tin  1. civile  th.il  a  loiisei  v.live  and  able  .id 
iniiiisii.uioh  w.'.I  be  llie  ii'snit  of  snili  1  eliou,  "  .Annie  el.iboi.ile  laii'.sell  .i.ldiess  \\..s  promised 
lor  llu  issin  I  I. in.  n  ;  but  as  tlie  1  seem;  .r  I  uniinil'ee  in  iii.i^;ed  lo  iei;.on  i  onliol  of  ilieii  in  op- 
eilv  befoie  ili.'ii,  llu'v  n.itin.illy  "  b.iued  ibr  nisei  lion  of  f  111  llier  seli-iaiid.iloi  v  etfionteiy  and 
hvp.'i  iiiu.il  iiillielioii  "  ;  and  on  Jin.  i(..  wlien  ilie  I'residi'iit  lold  tlu  .'see.  bi  must  eiilier  i-'si^;i 
.11  oi.ee  01  Ik-  leinoved,  he  vesij;nei.  uiie  ii.lilii  11. illy,  .ind  .Mr  We'ls  w.is  .ipponiled  .See.  /rottm. 
To  e\|il.r.n  ihe  loinni.llee's  Manner  ol  ie;.;.iiiiiii:;  I'Uil  ol  in-  J.m  i;,'t  is  neeess.ii  v  lo  j;o 
b.u  ;,  .1  1.11  I  .uul  s.i\  tl  .11  ulu  11  b  ■  Si  iiei.iii  '■- 1.' 11b  ■.■-ion  .f  li  •I'.ile.ilioi.  ,hiI  up.  11  llieni  ;be  iliffi- 
I  111  il.ilv  ol  ill  -iin,  liii^  .oin.'  siiit.iMe  p.  isi  'i  to  jpi-oinl  01  eUet  n  his  pniee.  .11  siuli  lime  .'.s  he 
slum  .1  be  c'lli  11  lid  ol,  ll-  'v  i..ili.i.ii;\  uiiiird  low.iuls  ilie  (.  h.iiiiiaii  ol  llie  K-iiiiii;  I'.o.ir.'.  ( >ii 
llie  one  li.iiul.  ll  ■  w.is  .111  e'lliv  111.1 '.ulio  li.id  \oii  llie  ies|  el  .f  l,r.ij;iie  nieinbi  is  by  ^he 
^ll,^ullllol  w.iiil  \\.;\  ill  w'lK  !i  ll,-  li  111  .  iii.'ued  tluii  iilious  '■  .ini.ileiir  iiile,'  tli.i.  evelo  r.uinn  in 
till-,  iiumtiv  must  tie  j,,'Veiiied  .is  .'  1-1,1:  ii  1  ol  oei.il  1  luiiielle  and  pecnni.iry  s  uidlnj;  r..lhei  ill  in 
as  .1  iiMilei  ol  sport  .mil  swituiess  1 -e  \.  o.io*.  .md  who  b.id  had  .'.  loni;er  experience  al  the  busi- 
ness ot  eve'ili,;  ioiiin.i'i^iii  ihan  .iir  oiliei  .\nu  1  iv.m  yv  i,.-^^:  while,  on  the  oilier  hand,  his 
IK  w  A  1  0111  w,-i  ij\ ,  I  be  ( '1. .',-.  i;.i\  'lew  loUeiis  ol  ,iii\  siieli  iiii.ou  i.il  sii|mi.|i  as  ini:;'it  ensnre  its 
pi'iiii.iiu-iu  pio-piiilv|p  i'i';l  Wlun.  however.  -,ui.  r  jjaiiiiiij;  bis  v  -ii -em  lo  ab.mdoii  this,  in 
t.uoi  ol  ihe  moi,  ceil. 1111  iiKoine  allaehiii;.;  !o  ilie  posilion  of  ^^  eiet.i- y-l-lililor, — they  bestirren 
theinseKe-.  lo  -.nine  .iieli  .1  iiiiriibi  r  of  "  |m  -w  voi^-s  "  as  woiiUl  place  l.is  eleclion  bey  -nd  qnes- 
tioii,  thev  lonnd  ihal  the  ..ciii.d  .-secrei.u  v  li.i  '  .i'ii-.ul\  |  nl  out  a  dra.n-iie'  lor  ilie  c.ipture  of 
enoii:;h  "  blank -.'Ioms  "  10  eUci  his  own  .uce.'ssor  .ir.d  "  kee;-  .he  .'I'.'ioV.'/// al  riniadelphia." 
.\ron-  -d  ihu-  lo  ihe  d.ui;.;,  1  of  seeiie;  llieiir-elies  ti  i,.mpliaiuly  detied  by  the  defauller  whom  they 
had  11. -.lied  so  lenieiillv.  iluv  ni.iiie  l!ie  "  coiiibii  .liion  ol  M.i  s.icbuseits.  New  York  .uul  Ohio," 
wli'.i.h  el.'CUii  ih.'ii  ■.■.iii.'ul.ue  ovei  lii^,  b\  .1  ni.ijo:  ;\  ol  _u  in  a  lot.il  vole  of  i.U'-  'Ihe  b.illol  was 
111  ,  c.isi  until  11  ;-.  M.  ot  J.m.  1;.  ihor.i;h  the  e-Mon  I  -ji.m  at  11  .\.  M  . ~ in  >s!  i.t  llie  iiilermedi- 
.it.-  lime  bi-i.ii;  spi-m  in  ,1,  li.r.i;;..;  ibe  .s.-eiel.n  \ 's  ii;.;bt  10  collect  blank  prv>\ies  lioin  the  unwary 
all!  pill  tlu  in  iiilo  his  In.-iuis'  li.ii''>  I'oi  vrtin;.  .  'here  weie  15  such  pioxies  reiectcd  by  the 
r.,Mui  .  otiu-is  'i.caiise  o.'  noii  u  .iience  ai.  !  _•  oilier^  because  sent  by  telee,raph  ;  and  tlioui;li 
ibe  le,ali/ation  of  ili.---e  I.) -■  Mid  not  li.i\ e  e!iani;ed  the  nsiiU  of  the  actual  vote  (S5  to  51).  it 
111  , lit  have  been  cha:i-ied  b\  ilu'  wbo'e  "  4.\"  which  the  Secretary's  sl.ileinent  said  were  given 
to  hull  i..(.  .).,  M.'.i.  s.  1  11)  Ills  f.illiiie  to  oiT -i  •;  of  ihese  -eenis  lo  inijily  llial  noi  enoiij;li 
of  his  paiti^ar.s  uiie  |-re-eiit  10  u-~e  iheiii  ;  /  <■  .  th.'  .iisli  Ibnti.  .1  of  ihe-c  10  in  aiiditioii  lo  the 
allowable  pio\i>s  seeir  .  I. ■  liive  !  loin;' t  theni  .I'l  up  ;o  the  le:jal  limil  of  "  three  each."  On 
the  very  nii;hl  of  his  dele  u,  the  "  Sec.  />r,>  tcui  "  m.ide  j>eremptory  den..ir.d  for  *iocxi.  on  ,1 
printing  bill  due  his  firm  \wbicli  h.ul  not  previously  been  named  as  urgent,  bill  which  ihe  coni- 
mit;ee  .it  once  p.iid) :  and  on  the  following  •norimig  he  and  the  ex-Sec.  Iu:rvied  home  to  Tliila  . 
wiihout  attending  the  adjourned  session  of  the  Hoard,  caiiying  wiOi  them  the  official  palmers  ami 
documents  whlcli  were  needed  for  the  transaetit^i  of  its  business.  A  nn.-iuinious  vote  was  there- 
fore (-^is-s-.l  that  they  "deserve  the  severe  c-jnsuro  ot  this  Hoard  and  of  every  member  ami 
(rimd  of  ihc    League,  for   betrayal  of  trusts   rejvjsed    in    ihcni,  for   conduct    prejudicial    to   tlu- 


ADDE,,DA:    LEAGUE  POLITICS. 


Ixxxvii 


I  •  ,isu  •,  .111.1  (o'  mafcaMiice  in  office  "  ;  and  it  was  1  i.,.r  ,1  ..1        i        . 

" "•'  '"=  '"J  •■■"  '"  f..c.  .1.,  U„.  until  M,,rc:."'  ,r         '  f'  ^"'"^  ''^  malfeasance."- 

.'..  •«<.,  wlii.h  c«i,fcss..l  Ui.  a.la,can„n.     T|,,v   |,  .J  "x      '  ,  '  ^^"'"^^  ^"I'y  of  the  letter  of  June 
n(  tlK.  cx.,S...:r..ary  aKain.t  ,hc  p,.,p.,..,l    to  read  it",  at  th"' fir  ;"T"";"'  "".'"""-  ^^•^''-'  '-"' 
""  tiK-  llir.e  report,  of    Vesey    .-     Wsey,  account .  .1      !^\  '^  '  "■■""'"'  ^'  '■''PI'''--'"'--"tJry 

v....,-h..,,,eda,,.a,in,,i,uiv:.,,f.,,,J;    :^^;^'   ,;"';;^''    --    -^^    •'-..     Tl,o  fii.t  da/' 

.....  ..ven  to  „.e  pre-.,  was  re.c.ded  on  tie     ::  d       y   t^;:"::;"'^?""'  '""  "'  ""^  "'^^''"^ '- 

.Vcr.tary-,  defeated  faction  li.ul  made  clear  ,1, .  v,'  "    "'  "'^'  '^■'^^"'  ^'""Jrawal  of  ti.e  e.. 

-■...^<l..lo>,s.  as  the  only  sure  method  of  jus.if  .J   'I  "'"^'  ":'«^'-''"'  "^  '""  -th,  however 

Tl.e  first  impuls.  and   intention  of  th '  s  •    :h    -  "'  '"  ""=  «"""'  '"-I'-^'.il'. 

I..--,  was  to  refuse  recognition    of    „„.    „,^  Secret  rrv!''"'  ""'"'■.f "°  '°  '^'""•''  ^"'""^  •■""•  »>«- 
-  ..■  liulMn  at  Philadelphia  -  u„„l  an  appeal    o'dK.'";'  "'  ""T^'  ''''^'^'^'  -'^  -   "  k-p 
;'....      Nothing  so  foolhardy  wa.  a.temp    d  ht      l^'  '°,  '"^  .^"^^'^  «---J  '"-ber' 

-1—1.  -'I......1.  .he   actual    follv  of  ,h     "  mas     m         V    /  r"  "  V"'=""°"  "^'^  --  ^'-"y 

I-'.  'I'i-      When  the  new  Secretary  arrived   o      f,  ,  ''^   '        '"•"''^    ''"^''    ~ -e J. 

;"':-.  c.vUly  .f  no.  graciously,  and  no  speci,;,  lb.  cl '!',  '  "",'""  '"  """""■""  ''  "^  '-«- 
l"s  «ettm,,  control  of  its  lu.smess.      yJlulunf,  V'"""  ^^■"'  "'^''^"  '"  ""=  way  of 

I.-  ..■■-  as  editor,  hu,  said  .■  ■•  „y  .ecp,^  t  T,  I'"'  "l  ^^'"^''  ^^  ••"--'y  i"  'ypc-,  printed 
.  ;^^..  charge  of  this  wee.'s  ,..sue  ;  ••  s  ^J^^^i'^TT'  ^:""''"--  ^'^-  J-  A.  Wells  ha. 
•I.-  "-  .,..,„.      „  ,ave  a  condensed  accon!,    o  t^":,    1  ""  ^^'^''^  ""=   <"'-'  "-  -'■er 

.  T""s  -ead  then,  a.d  dso  primed  the  ex-Sccre.  ov'  ?   ""•'"'"«  ""^  "^  "'<=  ^''.n.nit.ee 

-"  ■'■  ■"--  of  the  election  on  the  Hr:.  d^  ^X;;  j";^"  J^  '"'^  -  ^een  ado.ed  to 
-cxo,sor  to  read  on  tl...  second  day.     The   do^umen  '■'■'    '°  '"^'^  "'  '"  '<-"^^<--  f-  his 

..-  columns  of  nonpareil  type,  ,l,ou,„  somcMnr  t"  r"  •'"^T"""  ""'  ^^'"'^''''^  "^  (''""'B 
e^.cnsive,y  from    i.s  wel,..,hul.„ed    f'cts      ho  :,:,    e''^''^  '  ""  '  ^"""'"  '^^^  «'""  '°  "-' 

Pl-uhn,  about  .he  /i,M-n,.      In  the    same  i.s      (  ,     ^       '"""'^:'^'"''.  -'1   ..s  shrew.l  special- 

l^-etary.  which.  ,ho,i,h  creditable  to  the  ^2,-  U^^I^'Tr'  ^  ''""^"  ^"""^'  '^ '■'— 
'.■■ar.,-assumins  that  he  wrote   before  d.scove       .  /    !  ""  ^'^  "^"  '''^  '"  '^  «""dne  s  of 

.-er  t,  ave  been  published  by  the  „ew  Secret  r'y  toZ^'^''  "'  '":  '^''^^  "^  "^-  ''"^"'■ 
II^Mssued  four  more  numbers  at  I'hila     both-.      ,  *'"'""'•'■' f"''/ aw.tre  of   that  m.wonhiness 

";,.i.e  r,...., .  SC1.00.  st..-,he  p,i; ''  .■  ^  a"  M::;tV '"  ':■""•  ^'  -"^  ^•-■"  '"«- 

"i'.Ked  to  make  a  qaick  move  to  lioston    .  f^    ^     *    ■^""'  ^-^  >- "nklin  st.     ■'  We  were 

-  ".^s  before  its  date  the  ..n,::,';  j   ";;:„: t,,"'^':  ^  "'''■  ^'•'--  ^.   "  ^^^oZ 

>-"  ".  as  expected.     This  is  onlv  one  of  n    nv  ,,    „  '     """f-'"'  "''''''''''''  "--y  --"d  -o. 

•'^  "r  -f"-'  '"  f""'.--  a  mail-list,  the  d  d      ?;     u  '"  ^^''"''  ''^-  ''^^  ^"'^i-'"'  --"ch 

a....ch.nen,  of  all  the  League  effects   in  Ph      ' "     J.     7;'''>' '">'-"'   of   P-Uin,  bids,  and  the 
I'-.oxt  of  secnrin;.  a  claim  for  ..;;,,  .,„e.ed  to  be   Z  ^"'"'"'"  ""'  '"^"'^^  ^"'='^-  ■«>  »"  the 

-  s.  weeks  late, ,  rather  than  h.    e  the  ,;      l'  f  -----.s  on  advertisements.     Five 

M-.ntime,     .  ^^ar.  5,  the    day     ^  ,     ".r-:'"'  "'^  ^•^■^^^  compromised  for  $.00. 

— ed  himselt  as   ■■  mana,ii„  editor  oh     ,„':'"""  "^   ""''''''"  ■»'l'--d,  he  an- 
-^-.  "{ the  Associati.m  for  ,1,:  Adv  nc  m    „  "'      "'"''  '^'^  °-  ''"^  '^•'>'  P'>ila.),  -.fficial 

'•    A.  W.     Published  every  al.er^  :        t'^'?'  ^1  V''  '^'  =""■  ''"•  ^---- 

-'-H  at  the  P.  (,.  ,„  ,a  „,,,  matter  "'.t;",  '^""-  ''"'  '''  ^■'•^■^"""  ■•"-  -" 

i'lnase  was  displace<l  by  the  following  .'  ■'  .n  md     e      ""  ,  •'""'  ''•"•  "^  ""  "  "^"'^^  -S-  " 
-  ;•'..  cicket,  lawn-tennis,  l...:,,^^    ro2f::T'       "'"""   '"""■^''  ••"'"^''  '^  ^^-'^ur 

-  --.  Apr.  ..  ..  „„,  ,„  „  Oon.C  ;;:  e  r  ""'""'7""^-''^  ^"^"-^  "  -^  in  the 
"-"■-'■  '.y  "  I!ox  ...S."  with  the  r  mark  ,  ;:;  ""-"'.VT  "'  "-'^--'-y-Edi.or's)  was 
■-:  "--ial  interest  in  this  paper,  and  th  t  I  '  ?  ,  1  "  "°'  ''•'"^'^  '-""'  --■  >'«  '-d 
--.n,U-editor,  correspondent  "or  in^^o  ,":"•;  "7  '^  '""  ""■■  ■^""''"^^'  -"'"  - 
"•■—  is  connected  with  the  fact  tj        ;„  ^s^m     "'"^^-        """^  ^'«""^"""  "^   ">- 

p.  57  of  the  Same  paper  printed  the  letter  from  Vesey 


Ixxxviii    TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


&  Vetcy,  accountants  (quoted  at  the  outset  of  this  article),  afBrtrii.^  that  the  cx-Sccrctary'»  cun- 
fewioii  of  dcf.i!cation,  wiiiicii  June  lO,  was  copied  by  thciii  Jul)  i.\  ami  that  their  rcp<ut  of 
Aus-  II,  'S6  (read  at  lioard  inteliiig  of  Jan.  i/,  's;  ;  printed  in  />'*/.,  leb.  ii,  p.  ii8,  mt  col.) 
showed  llie  amount  of  il  lo  h>;  #55jj./ j.  Attached  to  the  Liter  was  the  follow  in;;  editorial  note  : 
"  The  above  lb  as  I'.riat  a  sarpiiac  to  uj  as  it  w. II  bj  to  any  of  our  readers.  A.s  the  Executive 
Coiniiiutee  had  all  this  iiiforiiiation  i.i  tlieir  possession  at  the  l..eayue  iJoard  meeting  at  Uuffalo, 
last  September,  why  in  the  name  of  all  that  is  honest  did  they  not  depose  him  then  and  there, 
or  at  least  place  the  facta  in  their  |M>ssession  befure  the  Ijoaid,  instead  of  maUing  a  manifestly 
false  report.  If  these  men  have  deceived  llie  Hoard  once,  tiny  will  do  bo  a^.iin,  and  the  only 
safe  course  the  I.ea;;ue  can  pur  iie  is  to  elect  an  entirely  new  l-xecutive."  Yet  the  first  issue  of 
this  jciurnal,  only  fimr  we'  l;s  before,  had  devoted  all  save  2  of  i;s  21  columns  to  .ateinptiiig  the 
defense  of  the  ex-Secixtary,  and  iIil'  discrAJiiiii^  of  those  who  had  lielpeil  to  depose  him  1  lie 
himself  tilled  four  cluiniis  with  an  "affidavit"  and  three  more  with  a  "statement,"  whose 
conclnsion  was  editori.illy  promised  for  the  second  number.  Instead  of  tills,  iiowever,  he  piiiited 
eleven  columns  (Mar.  19,  pp  38-43),  c.iUed  a  "  reply  to  the  false  and  libelous  charges  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive CoiiMiiittee's  '  Statement  '  in  liutletin  of  Mar.  1 1."  I  he  first  eiylit  columns  of  this  were 
given  to  abusinj;  the  committee, — endeavoring  to  show,  by  an  exposure  of  their  private  letters  to 
him,  that  they  were  men  of  weak  cliaract  r, — while  two  columns  were  devoted  to  "  an  emphatic, 
bro, id  denial  "  of  his  own  seU-incriiniiiatory  letter,  un.icconiiianied  by  any  reasonable  evidence 
against  Its  authenticity.  The  same  issue  gave  iH  columns  more  to  a  stenogr.iphic  "report  of  the 
mass  meeting  of  the  I'a.  iJiv.,  I..  A.  VV.,  at  tlie  rooms  of  the  I'hila.  li.  C,  leb.  i,  'S7,  to  protest 
against  the  illegal  and  unwarranted  acts  of  the  lioard  meeting  of  Jan.  17-iS," — the  outcome  of 
which  was  the  publication  of  a  verbatim  report  of  the  latter  meeting  (Bui.,  leb.  11,  i3,  pp. 
112-22,  M3-6),  and  of  the  Kx.  Coin.  Statement  and  Credent:. ils  Coin.  Report  (Bui.  Mar.  11,  25, 
pp.  201-7,  242).  No  logical  reader  of  these  documents  can  have  any  doubt  as  to  the  fairness  and 
wisdom  shown  by  the  League's  IJoard,  on  Jan.  17,  in  getting  rid  of  the  olticers  who  had  betrayed 
it;  and  the  ijingular  fatuity  with  which  a  considerable  number  of  full-grown,  intelligent,  well- 
meaning,  honest  and  respectable  I'liil  idelphians  "  wrote  themselves  down  "  in  their  expressions 
at  that  "indignation  meeting  of  Feb.  1"  (as  preserved  in  the  cold  type  of  its  stenographic  re- 
port), seems  to  me  to  rank  as  a  psychological  phenomenon.  Their  unaccountable  simplicity  in 
being  beguiled,  even  a  fortniglit  after  the  official  accountant's  grim  figures  ("  $5532.79  defalca- 
tion ")  had  become  a  matter  of  record,  is  only  matched  by  the  amazing  cflrontery  of  the  ex- 
Secretary,  in  forcing  the  League's  officers  to  make  a  public  scandal  of  his  crime.  There  is  some- 
thing bewildering  and  almost  incredible  in  the  choice  he  made,  to  defy  them  and  attempt  con- 
cealing the  truth  from  their  10,000  Supporters,  after  putting  his  signature  to  a  long  confession 
which  says:  "At  least  Jtsixi  of  this  missing  SC200  was  money  belonging  to  the  L.  A.  W." 
"  One  amount  of  J 1000  I  have  raised,  but  $4000  at  least  I  must  have  at  once  or  be  forever  dis- 
graced."    "  I  cannot  linger  stand."     "  I  must  have  release  or  give  it  up  and  die." 

Though  the  former  practice  of  selling  the  League  mailing-lists  (at  $2  to  J5)  was  forbidden, 
by  v<  te  of  Ex.  Com.,  some  years  ago,  these  lists  have  been  used  in  sending  out  the  Avierican 
Athicie,  which  thus  boasts  a  "guaranteed  circulation  of  over  10,000  copies  per  issue."  Its 
nominal  pi  ice  is  50  c.  a  year,  3  c.  a  copy;  and  its  5  numbers,  to  Apr.  30,  show  loS  pp.,  whereof 
40  pp.  are  advertisements.  The  object  of  its  existence  has  not  been  very  clear  since  the  t'liul 
issue,  when  the  task  if  defending  the  defaulting  ex-Secretnry  was  thrown  overboard  as  hopeless, 
and  it  will  probably  imt  last  much  longer.  The  men  who  saved  the  League  from  the  machina- 
tions of  its  editcir  will  perhaps  read  it  while  it  lasts,  for  the  sake  of  the  spiteful  slurs  and  iiriuen- 
does  whith  testify  to  the  thoroughness  of  their  work.  The  intellectual  feebleness  which  inspires 
this  malice  is  shown  by  the  pretense  tlu.t  the  Bulletin's  transfer  to  I'oston  "  puts  it  under  the 
thumb  of  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co."  ;  and  that  the  expressed  intention  of  League  members  to  promote 
to  their  presidency  the  man  who  as  Vice-President  helped  the  other  two  members  of  the  Ex 
Com.  to  get  rid  of  the  defaulter,  "  means  ni-  vely  that  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.  orders  the  place  to  be 
given  to  one  of  its  stockliolders  "  The  general  carelessness  and  thoiightles.sness  which  charac- 
terize much  of  the  editing  and  writing  in  the  cycling  ,'ref,s,  have  likewise  been  shown  in  inost  of 


ADDir.VDA  ..    U^AGUE  POLITICS.  ,,„;, 

.  u„c,  bawe.,,  l„o  oiacul  fact, ,„.  of  ..cariy  enu  1  L '?."".  "'''"  '"""'  "  ^  """"^ 

1 1,  ll..  latest  animal  election  of  Llucf  Consul,  i .  '^     '"'  ''"*^'''  '"  'i"  «• 

V  .  ,  I..  1'.  Thayer,  W.  Randolph  ;  c, ,.,  L.  A    I^"  ";:'.'  "'"'  "'"■"'  ""  ''"■  '''-«  ■ 

'■-,.;,  A.  J«.u,,,.Scran.on;   W.  Va     J    W  ,    'm       V       f  '      "  •'•  "'•  "•  ^  ""W.  I'lainficld  ; 

1  A  ,  M.   II.  H.«,,so„,  New  Orleans;   tJ..     J    C    ':""'■'''';  ''"■  "'^  ^'    ^•■'"""'  ^'-fo"' 
luvii.jtcm:     In      N    ii    v       <•  ,  ,      ^""'•' ->•*-  <-0"'t)s,  Nashville ;   Kv     V    \\    <, 

-:^-.  Mite,.,;  N-.r.N.ciar.;o:;:r*T:-ii^,^'"V"""'"-"  '^^-•j  ^• 

-  4  M....S   as  f.llow.  :     N.  J..  R.  Po„„,  ,,,,  .„^. ,  j"  "J^'^,  °   ,^--  '  --'   -  held  by  new  „,.n 
Wn.ht,  Cluca.o;    \V..s.  (org.  K-b.    ,,.  -,'     J       ^    '      .'    -r,  '"'   ^""""  •    ''■-  '  ^    " 

c.li.h  annual  n,ec,  of   the    League  "-ap,;;in,.:d    ^:rS^I  ous'm  "'"'''"'    '''"""'"''"   "*   ""^ 
l''">|.l>!cl.l.nntcd  in  color,  on  tinted  pan  .     with.,.      •^'-  '•""'^;  "'^y   '—'-■"'    .•'-«....,    36  p  . 

1--1-Ky,  and  A.  U.  Irvin,  of  Kusl.viie,  Ind    tl;,!!   ''        '       \  ■  '"f"''^  ""  ""•""•^-'    •<>   ">e 

'■-,   '"— .od.      UtlK,srap,ncportra        i'    J  ri™       ;'''•"'" '''''^ 

'"•"■s  Ke.oni,  May  ..    and   Apr.  „      To  tVl   d  1  ""'    "''*  '''"^P''^""--^  ''V  'I'e    ^rW- 

;-  offices  nan.ed  on  p.  6.;,  ap,>oin„nen,.   h   ve    bCT   T'?""'  ''  '"^■^'"- '^"'"^-"»  "' 

!•""->  St.  Cloud  Uudding,  \Vasl,n,^ton.  D     C    L"    a  '"I  ^      ^''"-'""•'-.  N.  L.  Col- 

"-.6<.8  rourthav.,  lirooklyn,  jg  V,  ,,,„  j,,7f„  fj^'  ^5'  «'^  /?^^>t«/../,r,  A.  B.  Bark. 
New  York  Division  "  (.see  pp.  5S,,  6.5)  Vas  pnbl  hJd  \r  ' y,  s"  T"  ''  "  '''■"'■"""''  °^  ">' 
c  ...fully-compiled  work  of  the  sort  thus  far  iLed  1  v  ,1      ,  ''  "      "  '"'  '""^'  ^'"'^"^^"'^  ^"<i 

n.l..„.ron.es  cover  .,»  pp.  and  describe  "^  ,n  ,  c  '  ,  '"•-  '''  "^  ^°°  "'^•'  ""•■  ■'"^"'■-"^'l 
-"I--,  fron,  Canada  ,0  V.rginia.  De,  He  Id  f-'^""  "^^^  "-  '  '.300  ,n.  „f  separate 
V  y  City.  Brooklyn,  Long  Island,  ^^l^^l:'ttlav:nrrr ''''''  '"'  ■'"'"^--^'^ 
H..cl,on.  Berkshire  and  the  Adirondacks  •    and    ™  cl  ^"        '"'  "'•''''  "'  ^•" ''  "^'■).  'he 

r^.'"..  .listricts.  There  are  a  dozen  other'p  I  f  ,  ^ i"":"^  "''■  f  ^T'  "'  '''"  """^"--  •■'"'^  *''>''- 
<'...<  ntnnber  given  ,0  table-of-con.ents  and    i?,  1    '    '  '  '"'"'''''  '^-""Press,  and  twic. 

>    Stanley  Hart  &  Co.,  of  PInla.  ;  .  l.  „'l;^'  Tr"     ,'""  '"°'  ''^  -""P-eH.  by 

-  ■•  l.a.  flexible  covers  of  dark  green  lea.h       a,   fc  'n  h  '  ,""=  '  '^  ^*  '"•  ^   "'^'^''^  '* 

--len.s  of  the  State  receiving  it  free  and  ot'her  n  '  ^T''"''  ""'^  '^  '■'■•''■'^'■'-'  -■"bers,- 
■.  valuable  gift  in  prospect,  the  Sec.-Tr^  wa  Ife  f""  "'  V'  """  "°'"'"  ''''''  -■"'  -ch 
^  -..e  of  renewals,-„o4  ou,  of  .;;r-soTl  t  ^  .^  r""^''  -l."^-  ''  "  ^'^  ""P-ceden.ed  per- 
■s  .049,  or  within  ,00  of  its  size  at  the  close  o' '86  "  '  ;'7'"''.""'"''^-  -■  P^"e„t  men.bership 
'-t  quarter-year,  he  names  $,su  as  net  assets      i  f.^'f 'f'''^   *3S9  for  expenditures  of  the 

I-"  i'-  la.ter's  preface  expresses  1  Z  l^a^^  ^''f ' ,  '"^'^^  ""=  -^'  «'  ''""^  ^^  <"  be 
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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


cannot  be  doubtful ;  for  the  men  who  vote  against '.his  "  equal  rights  bill  "  will  be  persistently 
advcrlisi  d  and  "  black-listed  "  by  the  many  hundreds  of  vigorous  young  voters  who  have  put 
their  signat-ires  to  the  petitions  in  its  behalf.  The  latest  contribution  to  the  literature  of  wheel- 
men's rights  on  the  highways  appears  in  Outing  for  May,  from  the  pen  of  C.  E.  Pratt,  our  ear- 
liest American  student  of  the  subject  (see  p.  503) ;  and  the  latest  grant  from  the  commissioners 
of  Prospect  i'ark  allows  all  tricyclers  as  well  as  bicyclers  to  use  the  footpaths  at  all  liours,  and 
a^so  the  driveways,— except  two  unimportant  stretches  ;  but  Lmps  are  required  after  nightfall. 
The  Indiana  Division's  road-map  of  that  State  (scale  9  m.  to  i  in.;  showing  an  area  of  90  m.  n. 
and  s.,  153  m.  e.  and  w.)  was  issued  Apr  8,  and  may  be  had  by  non-members  for  $1,  on  appli- 
c.ition  to  J.  Zimmerman,  37  S.  Alabama  St.,  Indianapolis.  It  contains  lists  of  officers  and  hotels, 
and  is  folded  in  water-proof  cover.  The  Michigan  Division's  road-book  is  announced  for  May 
10  (see  p.  625).  The  League  men  of  Illinois  intend  that  each  of  the  thirteen  districts,  into 
which  their  State  is  divided  for  representative  purposes,  shall  ijsue  a  rcad-mnp  in  1 '  nk-foim,  3 
bv  55  in.,  accompanied  by  printed  briefs  of  the  tours  outlined  upon  it ;  and  that  each  representa- 
tive shall  keep  for  reference  a  large-scale  map  of  his  district  {Bui.,  Mar.  11,  '87,  p.  208).  The 
long-delayed  general  hand-book  of  the  League  (see  p.  625),  with  ?4  titles  in  its  conlents-lirt, 
.  was  announced  for  distribution  Jan.  :8;  and  the  Sec. -Ed.  will  gladly  send  several  copies  to  any 
address,  on  receipt  of  4  c.  for  mailing.  Though  the  Jan.  meeting  authorized  a  new  ed.,  to  con- 
tain the  latest  rules  and  be  sold  at  10  c,  no  such  book  seems  likely  to  appear  before  '88.  All  re- 
quests for  the  p.-esent  pamphlet,  or  applications  and  money  for  membership  should  be  sent — Hot 
to  the  address  given  at  foot  of  p.  624,  but— to  Abuot  B.'ssett,  22  School  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

By  estimate  of  the  ex-Secretary  {Bui.,  Jan.  28,  p.  ;i).  about  4000  uniforms  were  so'd  to 
League  men,  by  Browning,  King  &  Co.,  of  N.  Y.,  under  a  contract  which  seems  to  have  been 
rather  careles.sly  executed,  and  which,  towards  the  last,  caused  much  dissatisfaction,  by  reason 
of  the  poor  quality  of  cloth  supplied.  The  committee  of  three,  who  were  appointed  to  reform 
the  matter,  advertised  full  specifications  {Bui.,  Apr.  8,  p.  2S2),  with  intention  to  award  to  low- 
est  bidder  by  Apr.  20  ;  and  they  announced  on  ^L^y  2  its  award  to  J.  Wanamaker,  of  P'lila.,  at 
following  prices:  Coat,  $6.20;  breeches,  $4.34 ;  shirt,  $1.95;  hose,  80  c;  cap,  80  c;  cloth 
$237  per  y.Td,— all  goods  to  be  delivered  free  at  any  express  office  in  the  U.  S.  The  contract 
lasts  till  Nov.  I,  "89,  and  will  presumably  prove  advantageous  to  the  League,  for  the  reason  that 
its  exceptional  advertising  value  to  the  contractor  fairly  allows  him  to  uhdeibid  all  competitors. 
He  is  now  ready  to  till  orders  direct,  and  he  will  soon  mail  to  every  League  man  an  illustrated 
price-list,  with  blanks  tor  ordering  and  for  self-measurement.  The  contract  binds  him  to  buy 
a  special  sort  of  dark  brown  "  Venetian  "  cloth,  made  at  the  Burlington  Woolen  Mills,  for  $2.12 
per  yard.  (1  may  add  here,  for  comparison,  and  to  correct  the  record  of  p.  635,  that  the  cloth  for 
C.  W.  A.  suits  is  now  sent  out  by  one  of  the  Chief  Consuls,— C.  Langley,  12  Front  St.,  Toronto, 
—for  40  c.  per  yard  ;  also  that  the  C.  W.  A.  treasury,  on  May  i,  had  a  surplus  of  more  than 
*2oo,  after  paying  for  the  2d  ed.  of  its  excellent  road-book  ;  see  p.  636.)  The  League  cash  bal- 
ance. Mar.  31,  was#274t.28,  with  $3872.39  due  for  advertising.  Against  these  tota'  assets  of 
j;. 616.67  were  set  J4352. 58  due  the  Divisions  and  $1300.08  for  all  other  accounts,  iiu  ..iding  the 
month's  printing,— thus  leaving  an  apparent  net  balance  of  $964.  The  number  of  Bulletin's 
pages  has  been  lessened  and  its  advertising  rates  increased;  so  that  during  April  its  receipts  ex- 
ceeded its  expenditures  by  almost  $100.  The  editor  insists  that  it  will  be  perpetuated  as  a 
weekly,  in  spite  of  the  large  sums  lost  upon  it :  and  he  predicts  a  membership  of  9224  on  Mav 
20,  as  compared  with  8(63  at  similar  date  in  '86,  and  5176  a  year  earlier.  The  final  report  of  the 
ex-editor  gave  a  tabular  view  of  its  monthly  receipts  and  expenditures  for  '86  {Bui.,  Jan.  28,  '87, 
p.  71  i,  showing  a  total  excess  in  the  latter  of  $3470.91— the  only  month  on  the  'ight-side  of  the 
column  being  May,  with  a  profit  of  $130.  He  argu'id,  however,  that  the  deficiency  merely 
showed  that  members  paid  34  c.  each  for  a  weekly  paper  which  would  cost  them  at  least  $1  each 
if  not  published  on  llie  co-operative  plan  ;  and  he  predicted  that  in  '87  the  paper  might  be  made 
self-supportiii  ,.  Its  original  heading  was  superseded  by  a  more  artistic  design  when  the  fourth 
semi-annual  volume  began,- Jan.  7,  '87,— but  its  paper  nnd  typography  have  both  been  cheap- 
ened since  the  removal  to  Boston. 


ADDExWDA  :    LEAGUE  POLITICS.  ^cj 

The  League's  Transportation  Committee  has  won  two  noublc  victories  since  last  July  when 
P,  594-6  were  eleclro.yped.     At  end  of  Dec,  .he  N.  Y.  Central  r.  r.  .ssued  ord.rs'h  t'a  pa" 
senger  s  b.cycle  be  carried  free  on  local  tra.ns,  i.,  place  of  other  baggage,  provided  he  p    seated 
H  ..  bagga,.ma„,  ten  m.nutes  before  train-tin.e,  and  signed  a  release  of  i.abihty.     Anothe   im 
;       uu  truak-hne,  the  Ch.cago  &  Northwestern,  against  wh.ch  wheelmen  have  sometune,  spoken 
I,  ud  words  adopted  the  same  enhghtened  systeu,  „.  April,  and  regularly  announces  n  the  offi 
.  ...  tnne.tables  that  b^ycles  can  be  checked  as  baggage.     1  have  a.so  found  the  foliowi,  g  adj^ 
.nal  f, ce  imes  nan.ed  m  ,X..  B.ycU  6outk  (Aug..  '.o)  :    Alabama  Great  Southern  ;  C  ncinna  i 
.....hern;  Oeorg.aPachc  iLou.svil;e,  New  O,  leans  &  Texas  ;  Mobile&Oluo;  New  O  1  Z 
c.  Northeastern;  Newport  News  &  Miss.  Valley  (Va..    May  ,,  '8;).  V.cksburg  &   Me^i^  a  " 
\  ,c  sburg.  Shreveport  &  Pacfic.     Several  of  th-.-.e  have  been  secured  by  C.  H   Genslincer  a.  d 

...est  n.formanon  about  Southern  r.  r.'s  may  be  had  on  app,yn,g  to'him  at   m     Sv  e;  s 
.    .  Orleans.      W.  P.  Way.  of  UelleviUe.  Ont..   in   behalf  of   the   C    W   A    TrnMr< 
...ted  these  free  road..,  Oct.  ...  '86.  in  addit.on  to  the  ;  more-importa^ul'efon  p   ;;.  'crnada' 
tLufc     Central  Ontano.    Kingston  &   Pemboke.   Napanee  &  Tan^worth,  New  I'ruusw  ck 
gucbec  Central.  South  Eastern.  i^ruuswick 


1  O.N..O.  A.sst;RANCH.-I  am  obliged  to  withdraw  the  mild  recommendation  made  upon  pp 

6...  6„,  that  Am.nca.,s  subscr.be  for  the  "  C.  T.  C  ,"  as  the  cheapest  device  for  ge.Zan 

K„:;u^h  monthly   which  would  tell  them  about  forei.^i  tourm-      On  n   A.,    I         ,  ^"^    '"^  *" 

^•.....ristherea,  executive  chief  of  the  concern  wh4  ^i X ?:;;;s1;m  "^  d:  T '" 

.-■  wntes  hnnself  down  as  a  very  tll-mannered  person  ;  but  I  had  assuld        'w     at     a"',  t 

u„..u  one.-however  supercilious  and  autocratic,- until  he  gave  public  testin.oTy  to   he    r 

arv   a,K,er  oath  as  a  wuness,  "  in  the  High  Court  of  Justice,  Queen's  Bench  DivLon    be  o  J 

.Mr  Justice  W.lls  and  a  common  jury,"  Monday,  Nov.  ...  ,886.     This  date  may  pl'erlv  iL 

r.nu-mbered   as   marking   when  the    C.  T.  C.   was  "foundered  in    London  „      ^'"°'''''^  ^ 

•  Au,.  5,  '78."  when  it  was  "  founded  at  Harrogate."     The  "  S      -Ed "'  a'eT     ,         ?"'  '^ 

n.  .  I.bel  suit  for  *.«x,  against  the  writer  and  ...publisher  o   a  co  umnttic  e       ct"  '  r' 

"f  July  ;.  V*5,  called  "The  Promptings  of  Duty  are  Inexorable  "-wlS  a    ic  rT 

K.ven  .0  ridiculing  the  pretensions  of  the  Gazettes,  of  business  value  to  its  ad       i'  1\ 

liierarv  value  to  its  readers      This  w;,,  frnm   .1  ""^'"ess  value  to  Us  advertisers  and  of 

-»  ..e  ptess  of  that  city,  and"  authorship  of  '.ote  ^  s  w tilTTeemT's?"  T''^'^ 
ab„i,t  so.  An  insolent  attack  upon  him  in  the  G.^ette  of  May  X-^ZZ  a  7  '"'  " 
touring  challenge  "  of  his  to  a  Boston  acquaintance  (J.  S.  Ph'ill  p^.Td  "f  7^'  '""" 
pp.  .58,  656),  written  by  agreement  upon  the  window-pane  o  a  Alp'ii  ii  n'  ZvT' '  '" 
ga.ethesoitof  government  which  thus  gave  an  "  official  editor  "i  ",      "'"''" 

woiM  printed  ridicule  and  sarcasm  of  all  such  C   T   C   ie    K  T"" '°  '""^  °'"  "'' 

Imn.     The  result  wis  t  ,.rl.c  „f     •  ■  members  as  might  not  be  pleasing  to 

,»^...san.  clearness  the  need  "  c'V  C  R  ■! ''"I.  "^'f  .";""^"="''  ""-'^  "P"-''  -">  "- 
wuhont  first  getting  rid  of  the  amocrlt'  who  w  "  •  '  '  '"^'^^'=""'^"-^'  "^^  '-l-'essness  of  it 
abuses.  These  pieces  atn^^.red  in T  f  T  '"?'"'  '  ^''°''  '"'"=  °"'  "^  ""=  P^^Petuation  of 
of  .heir  author  a   a  C  T   C   se  '  ',     ""  '^"''^  ''^'^'="  '  ^^^  ^^^  ^"""-'1  by  an  attempt 

led  the  "  Sec    VA  "  ,  "^''"''^'"^  "'  Gaz.-t!e.     The  natural  failure  of  this  attempt  naturallv 

.be  .,b.  i  .  Ilea  whroTrk;;  'Vr''^'^'  ""■''"  '^^'  "^  "^^  ••''=  '-"^-^-V  -  --^^rtake 
fro,n  Italv  to  the  g7Ju\  r  r  ^f''  ''■^'P'"".'  ^^"^''  J'  ^-^-^^^'  h,d  chanced  to  send  a  letter 
a..d  he  closed  by  s^W  i,  "  l,  ,  h";""  '  """'  '""  '"''''"  ■""''"''"  ^'""^  ^ad  printed, 
interpolated  the  word      .'nLT  '    '"T"'  ""'  "•^"'^--ed  stories."    The  "Sec-Ed.-; 

J    1' 's  si.  na  ureTf,  ,  "T""^"  °^   '^'^"'^  VU,<i,,u.cs,"  and  printed  the  whole  over 

M  ';,,»;         ',''".'""''''"  ""'""  '"'-"'  "'--«--  desgned.oapplyto  J    B 

■        adJit  dtLt'T  ''"'   promptly  extorted  fr^m  him    a   confession  of  ,h.  for' ervnd 

admitted  that  -hese  words  were  meant  to  refer  to  Mr.  Marsh,  the  writer  of  the  alleged  \Z 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


The  Judge  here  intervened,  nnd  inquirtd  whether  it  was  not  unnecessary,  after  ibis  evidence,  to 
piocecd  willi  the  case."     "  Surely  it  was  no  use  wasting  more  time  over  such  an  action." 

The  defendant's  counsel,  however,  not  content  with  this  sii;nal  victory,  persisted  in  examin. 
inK  other  witnes.scs,  including  H.  Sturiney,  editor  of  the  CyclUt,  wlio  testified  that,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  lliffe  &  ijturmey,  "  he  was  interested  in  the  proprielorshij)  of  several  cycling 
publications,"  and  'drew  commission  on  work  introduced  to  Iliflfe  ou  Son."  The  object  of 
forcing  tiiis  admission  was  to  justify  Mr.  M.'s  charge  of  "  jobbery  in  the  award  of  printing  con- 
tracts  "  ;  for  die  Iliffes  print  the  G.izette  and  other  issues  of  the  C.  T.  C.  (thongii,  in  notable 
contrast  to  the  almost  universal  custom  in  England,  and  to  their  own  ciiscom  in  ail  otiier  cases, 
they  omit  their  imprint  from  the  final  page),  and  Mr.S  vasamember  of  the  "  C.  T.  C.  Council," 
whose  rules  forbid  the  award  of  ai'v  contract  to  a  firm  in  which  one  of  themselves  is  interested 
This  "jobbery  ''  does  not  nec->ss.,.,;y  imply  any  corruption  or  unfair  dealing  in  the  case,  but  it 
expl.ons  why  the  Cyclist,  Bi.  iVews,  and  other  publications  controlled  by  the  flifles  (or  "  Cov- 
entry ring  ")  studiously  oujiport  the  C.  T.  C.  Gazelle  in  the  policy  of  "  supp'ession,  d^vi^ioii 
and  silence."  None  of  those  prints  has  ever  contained  the  facts  i  ere  related,  though  tlie 
London  I'imes  deemed  them  important  enough  to  include  in  its  law-courts  reports  of  Nov.  7\. 
together  with  the  scorching  reprim.i.id  which  .\Ir.  Justice  Wills  administered  to  the  "  Sec.-Kd." 
(in  refusing  to  tnle-'atf  l.im  longer  as  a  pLiir.tiil  in  iiis  court;,  •'  for  having  indulged  in  the  lowest 
and  vulgarest  abuse  of  the  worst  form  of  journalism."  IV'heeliiig  of  Nov.  24  and  Dec.  i  also 
reproduced  the  remarks  of  the  indignant  judge  ;  and  I  myself  have  taken  pains  to  proclaim  them 
in  this  country  (5«//c//«,  Dec.  31,  p.  635;  iVh.  G.iz,  Feb.,  p.  17S,  Apr.,p.  iS;  Bi.  WorlJ, 
Mar.  25;  Wheel,  l\\i.x.  11,  Apr.  8,2;;  ranadian  ly/uelimin,  }>l.\y,  p.  jz,),  in  oraer  to  warn 
Americans  against  sending  ovei  any  more  subscriptions  in  supjiort  of  the  concern,  so  long  as  ii 
continues  in  the  control  of  a  self-confessed  forger.  Faith  in  him,  however,  seems  not  yet  to  be 
lost  by  the  Boston  Englishman  who  gave  the  C.  T.  C.  its  first  foothold  in  this  country  (p.  64,5  , 
for  he  has  just  "actively  resumed  the  duties  of  its  Chief  Consulship  in  the  U.  S.,"  .-'  ar- 
nouncing  (Bi.  IVorid,  Apr.  i,  p.  3S6)  that,  as  regards  the  likelihood  of  sending  the  forger  ii.;.. 
retirement,  he  "  does  not  believe  that  the  decision  of  the  club  will  be  influenced  in  the  slightest 
by  the  scurrilous  attacks"  made  by  Mr.  Justice  Wills,  in  metaphorically  kicking  him  out  il 
court,  last  November.  H'/ueliiig's  leading  editorial  of  Jan.  26— while  protesting  against  lii» 
policy  that  "  everything  undertaken  by  the  club  should  be  with  the  idea  of  making  money  out  ni 
it,"  and  demanding  his  "  immediat'  removal  from  the  position  of  editor,  in  which  he  has  proMtl 
a  conspicuous  failure," — likewiss  said  :  "As  secretary,  he  is  emphatically  the  right  man  in  the 
right  |)lace,  and  it  would  be  impossible  to  find  a  better  one  anywliere."  Yet  the  writers  of  tli.ii 
paper  are  never  tired  of  making  sarcastic  comments  on  his  minor  weaknesses  and  dishonesties,— 
such  as  his  trying  to  palm  off  at  a  good  stiff  price  the  new  badge,  "  pirated  "  from  the  patented 
emblem  of  the  I-.  A.  W.  (p.  6n),  even  though  that  body's  Executive  Committee  were  ordered, 
at  the  Hoard  meeting  of  Jan.  iS,  '.S;,  to  protest  against  such  discreditable  appropriation  of  its 
property.  The  Gazelle  of  Apr,,  '87,  offers  three  columns  of  comment  and  testimcny  to  prov  the 
"  marvelous  popularity  "  of  this  theft,  which  it  calls  an  "  invention,"  saying  :  "  No  der'oion  of 
modern  times  has  given  half  as  much  satisfaction  as  that  of  the  liadge  Committee."  It  savs, 
also,  that  the  first  plan  of  swinging  this  trumpery  .gewgaw  by  a  chain  from  a  bar-'jrooch  li.i.'i 
proved  so  unpopular  that  there  has  been  substituted  for  it  "  a  fastening  of  new  des'gn," — wliitli 
novelty,  /<7(?c//«^  declares,  vas  "stolen  from  Vangliton." 

The  same  paper  of  Mar.  ifi,  also  prepared  from  the  misleading  jumble  of  official  figures  in 
that  month's  Gazelle,  "  a  statement  of  C.  T.  C.  finances  for  'S6," — similar  to  its  tables  for  'f';. 
summariz-d  on  \■^.(^\^, — sh  ving  a  profit  of  $5357011  the  sales  of  uniforms  for  1^34,515,  and  a 
loss  of  #^50(1  on  "  the  mag.izinc  in  which  its  editor  can  vilify  its  enemies  and  amiable  lunatics 
can  write  twaddle."  The  Gazelle  cost  $9ior  for  printing  and  $51156  for  postage  (or  a  total,  «iili 
J 1000  assumed  for  clerical  expenses,  of  #15,297) ;  while  its  income  from  adv.,  "  after  deducting  the 
Sec.-Kd. 's  commission  of  $6''v,"  was  J'i'og.  Though  adv.  receipts  were  nearly  $2000  greatir 
than  ill  'S5,  the  net  loss  >v.is  $1670  greater.  The  "  total  expenditures  in  the  cause  of  cycling" 
were  $7.70  for  d.anger-bo.i  ds  (as  compared  to  $55  in  '85),  agift  of  ^^125  to  the  I.  C.  A.  road  fuid. 


^DU/TA-DA.-    LOXDO.Y  ASSURANCE.  xciii 

.ml  iU  for  Cotterell  fund.     "  These  afrn,.nt»  ^,„       l   . 

C.  c,..„u.   live,  a.Kl,  even  witl/a  ulpTofi     ,,'  h"         '  "T  "  "  '"'"«  ""«"'•  «»>•  C.  T. 

e...MulIy  u„.scir..l,.  and  conferri„g  benefitl  upon  i  s  IX  s  a„d  .  '"k       ''    '^  '""'"^'' 

'-C,  M.  .  33).     An  adv.  ,n  tl.c   7V««..  by  .he'  S       ™\";"'^^'  "'-'"-"bers.l.ke  "  (/^/^,., 
■  f  1  M.I.  "  to  incorporate  the  C.   T.  f    without  'xCT'x  ■  r  ,\T      '  ^'"^  ""'""8  "'«  ^""d 

P  '  ..),  was  .noted  oy  ,/ W.«,  of  Apr     3    L   ^th:  ren,   Tl:   '       '"•"^'"  "'  '""""  "■^^"-' 
n.H  /.v.  .V.;.s  had  mentioned  U.  Lu-^h     ts  t'.aToh  ""'■'"  ""=  ^'«''''-  ^>^'»' 

n..>^^-  .'.-   renins  of   opposition    U-lr^'rlrtt:  a"  T"  T"'-°7  '""  '"^■^  --' 
-m.  week  in  commenting  on  the  adv..  said  .-  "  When  S   InUon   .  f  *^  ^'""■^'^  °^ 

-.1.  ,„.  clnb-,,  funds,  he  did  so  with    impun.ty  ;  b       ut      "J  Ik        '"T  ''"'"''""■  ^'^-"■"'^d 
-u  ,v,cou!d  no,  have  prosecuted  hi.n.  even  if  he  c'uM     ave        '  ."^ '"    "'^-""-'ed 

e...n,J,,  the  man  -.imelf  had  been  the  eirhes  o,  1,  ,         "  ^'"-^''-"i'd.     Cttricusly 

I.  -w  .  vo„  a  man   who.se    repn.anon     or  Z    s  "'^"'  "''  '"^"n»ra.ion.-     Considering 

-.:l.;y  trade-circular  like  !he  ^li:  ^^     k:'^  .:'"f  ^"'""'^  ^"^'^'^'^  -"'''.  -  Publisher  off 
C":.unns  to  tradesman    for  his  own  /ain      ,T1     ,'        '"'"^  ""*""""  °^    ''""'^y  ^'='^"'2  out  its 

..f-  ,„s  pubic  expulsion  f,™:!^ r^^:^: ::  ^i-;""  /-  ^7*^  r'f""  "^  ^  '-''-•  -^"••"^• 

:^.;,.. one  of   the  sort  of    Kn.iishmJn  ^Z  :t:^;^r  ,^^  ^     ;^e  s^w.ess  and  apathy  and  W 
which  Amerrcan  wheelmen  threw  overboirH /A    •  '"^  ^-   ;  ■  *-      ^'e  eager    mdignation  with 

'i.^.n.ced  the  L.  A.  W.,  seems  aTl  the  mnr  ."  T'T^'      "'''-''''■'"  -''"-defalcation  had 

.l.a.  .he  chief  upl.older'of  Z  S;li:h  Zc^rT       i^  '"■  '"?  "/  ""^  *=""'"''■     ^'"  "  ^  ^  ^-^ 
co.u.nns  of  argument  to  them  in  the  BulUtln  <.■  n  "'■"''    "''''  ""-'  ^-^^''-ance  to  address  three 

""  .i.eir  support  '•  because  of   i.s  spirit  of   un:]^^:,":;^  Z"  if'": '  '  V""'  ""^  •^'""'  '"'- 
r-l.in.  the  se-v,ces  of  the  noble  "  Sec  -VA    "  J       T,      /  '        "  "  ^'"■"'"ate  enougli  to 

f.",..r.  it  may  finally  expand  into  a  " gra-,d'c  T 7        '  -^"T"  ''""'  ''"'"^^''  '"  ""=  --'^  "  » 
d-vclopmen.  of   C.  T.  C."  was  form'"  ed   in^h^^^^^^^^ 

i.rst  five  pases  of  the  April  Gazette      "  WorL^nf ;,  .  T  ■"■'  "'  '"'^   '^P'"'^    '^^  °"  'he 

a.'  ">  b.  the  custon,  in  cases  of  sud,  gra^det;  "'  '"       '"''  '"  '"'"'"  '"  "^'  "  " 


Testimony  to  th<>  lower  "  .iifo.-, i.      .. 

--.sontoAmericInsnC^d^rH^^^ror'r'r^  "'  ^"^"^-^  -"—'- 

...  co,n...nd  among  ,he  former,  with  an  ease  ^l  S  Lms  s  ^^  ^^^^  ^'"^'  ''^^^^  '°  ^^^^  """-'^ 
a  leuer  ,o  the  C..//./  (F..,..  ,„,  -g,,  ,5,'^  S  W  ,  '"';'"  '"  "''  'atter-was  given  in 
.^  on  p.  5 .4,-saying  :  -  The  N    C    U   aooear^' .  T       '""'  ^^'"'^-  ''^^  "^  ''*  *hose  biog. 

a..<l  especially  so  in  the  centers.  The  non  c  b  memh  '  "?"'  '°  '"""  "^^  '  '•^■^"-''  <='-^  ' 
c.V.  po:i.ic=,  or  they  are  ...^informed  a„d  conratr.:  °'  "  "^^""^^  """'^ --'-  ''f  c;. 
">ns.opherandG.  H.  W.  Courtney  were  chosen  ore  '  "^""f"'"'"'^'- "  ^^*-  ^^^  L-  R 
'-cntive.atthe  annual  election  of  Feb  T'lTlTT  '"^^^  """-^''"^ -mber,  on  the 
-n.bers  thereof  stood  as  follows:  M.  D  Ruck^r  1  P  tV?''"  """'=  '^^  "^ -g"!ar 
J..  K  O.  Dray,  9,;  G.  H.  Green.  9. ;  A  Prou,  80  r  '  F  t  •?""'"•  ^  ^  ^  L.  Philpot, 
«    J    Harvey,  88;   E.   B.  Turner    87.   H     F    VV  !  ^'  ^     '"'"'f^-  ^8  i  -  F.  Thoma.,  89; 

^  i-™>-y-Simpson,  ,.;  T.  H.  AowL  6  :  ^  r*  'r'"  ^""°"'  ^^  '  S.  R  Mason,  7!; 
-present  the  only  men  of  the  old  board  C^o  w'ere're  lected  '.  ^'"  '  "''"""  '"^^"''^  "''=  ^''^ 
i  lowest  on  the  list  gained  places  there  only  bv  the  ,  '  ""  ''  """""'^  "^  ■'•"•-•'"d  the 

a..d  Glasgov,  because  these  were  know:  o^  ple  r"'  ""'  "' ''  '"°^^' ^"'"  ''""^  ^--P"<" 
a'iual  votes  stood  thus:  F.    P    I  ow  x,  •   HP,  ^  "'"P""*""' "f  "amateurism,"  whose 

^men  dropped  from  the  old  board  v.'as  the '•'  ^'vTTn  ^l''  ^^  ^'  ^"'''^'  ''■  Among  the 
•h«  he  ■■  had  received  votes   enough  fo       renr  u  ^'  ^^  ''••"  "'"'  '"^"^    P"'-  ">  aLrt 

Wnllyprnisedby.he-.Sec  of  N  c  u,',."  "  ^"'"■'  "'  '"  ^'•''"d,"  and  who  was 
sre,ttly  indebted  in  many  ways,"  .hou.>h  he  himllf'  ^'"'^''^''"  '"  "'"""  '^e  Union  had  been 
book  for  forgery  on  the  memo;abIe  Nov  J  7;, "c"  °V'  ""  '•^"^"'  "'■-«  ''™""'^t  ^im  to 
ons.-.me  c.:..sor,W.  McCandiish.  of  ff^A,r/L  •■'         ,  '■'  ^^  '^"'^'^'  °"   "*■"'■""  °f  ^'^ 

^H.eUng,    received  a  unanimous  vote  of  confidence,  amid 


^^^^^^  -^^^^m^j^^ 


xciv  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


loud  applause,"  and  was  re-elected  with  the  other  three  officer'  :  Lord  Bury,  Pres.  ;  W.  W. 
Tani.er,  V.  Pies.,  A.  R.  Shcppee,  Treas.  The  latler's  "  financial  scheme  "  was  aui  nted  at  a 
council-meeting  of  Apr.  21,  with  only  5  dis.senting  votes  from  among  the  70  dtlegatLS  present 
while  the  proxy  votes  were  also  in  its  (avor,  51  to  15.  The  scheme  orders  the  Kxccutive  to  in- 
corporate the  follo'ving  changes  in  their  ru,es  :  "  (1)  That  the  subscription  to  the  Union  be  at 
the  rate  of  J1.25  [X-r  anmim  tor  all  members,  the  representation  bcin-  at  the  rate  of  one  delegate 
for  every  25  members,  and  each  member  shall  be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  A'.  C.  U.  Revirw. 
(2)  'hat  aflfiiiated  clubs  shall  subscribe  $3.62  per  annum,  and  sha'.l  be  entitled  to  one  delegate 
on  the  Council,  provided  there  be  more  than  10  members,  but  in  the  event  of  in  affiliated  ciiili 
possessing  more  than  25  members,  it  shall  have  the  option  of  appointing  another  dilegate  ft.r 
every  25  members  or  portion  thereof  on  payment  nf  an  additional  >2.62  for  every  25  members 
or  portion  thereof.  (3)  That  Local  Centers  shall  retain  #1.37  per  #2.62  of  thu  subscription  nf 
each  affiliated  club,  and  37  c.  of  the  subscription  of  each  member,  and  that  al!  copies  of  the  AV- 
vitTvor  agenda  be  sent  from  the  head  office  direct  to  members." 

The  foregoing  is  intimately  related  to  the  fact  that  on  Jan.  i,  '87,  the  Anfield  B.  C,  if 
Liverpool  (which  feems  to  be  the  most  active  and  important  riding  clib  in  Croat  lirit  in,  judged 
by  tlie  records  on  road  and  path  accredited  to  'ts  exceptionally  large  menibership\  addressed  ici 
the  N.  (l.  U.  Council  a  manifesto  demanding  5  reforms,  wuh  a  bold  threat  of  sccess]on  and  war 
in  case  of  refusal.  The  document  begins  thus  :  "  (1)  We  ask  for  the  instant  rescission  of  all 
sentences  of  suspension  passed,  not  only  upon  riders  wlio  are  suspected  of  '  makers'  amateur- 
ism,' but  also  upon  men  who  have  been  suspended  for  competing  against  t:ie  said  riders.  Our 
view  of  the  matter  is,  that  neither  the  N.  C.  U.,  nor,  indeed,  any  power  upon  earth,  can  prevent 
riders  receiving  (if  they  so  desire)  from  manufacturers  remuneration  in  some  shape  or  form  ft.r 
services  rendered  ;  and  it  is  evident  that  gieat  injury  wi  1  be  done  to  the  sport  by  barring  fron. 
amateur  competitions  men  who  arc  probably  the  very  best  and  most  straightforward  riders  in 
the  kingdom,  and  who  have  been  singled  out  as  examples  because  their  splendid  pcrformancts 
have  made  them  too  conspicuous."  The  lesser  demands  are,  in  brief  :  "  (2)  Equal  rigiits  c.f 
the  provinces  with  London,  in  the  fixing  ..nd  management  of  championships.  (3)  Instant  re- 
peal of  the  law  fix'.'ig  the  maximum  value  of  prizes  al  f;26.  (4)  The  allowing  of  winners  to  se- 
lect their  prizes.  (5)  Deletion  of  the  rule  which  prevents  professionals  from  acting  as  pace- 
makers for  amateurs."  In  answer  to  this,  the  Sec.  of  N.  C.  U.  issued  a  sophistical  defense  of 
"amateurism"  (covering  5  columns  of  'yiieeling,  Jan.  26),  insisting  that  the  first  demand 
"  should  be  jnhesitatingly  rejected,  as  its  admission  would  render  the  Union  a  laughing-stock 
among  amateurs"  ;  but  he  made  no  effort  to  controvert  any  of  the  1  ;c  in  the  Wheeling  series 
(by  J.  R.  Hogg,  see  p.  649)  which  so  cleverly  exposed  why  "amateurism"  itself  is  such  a 
laughing-stock  among  men-of-the-wo'-Id ;  ana,  "from  start  to  finish  he  gave  not  ■.  single  hin;, 
suggestion,  or  admission,  that  his  opponents  could  possibly  be  actuated  by  worthy  motives." 
The  angry  Liverpool  men,  on  the  other  hand,  took  no  firm  stand  on  logically  unassailable 
-round;  but  proclaimed,  rather,  the  good  old  hypocritical   maxim  that  they  "favored  the  law 

ut  were  agin'  the  enforcement  of  it."  In  other  words,  they  prattled  against  the  "  injustice  of 
suspending  a  rider  on  suspicion  of  having  violated  the  rule  of  '  amateurism,'  and  forring  him  m 
actively  prove  his  innocence," — though  the  only  possible  chance  of  giving  effect  to  any  such 
piece  of  social  etiquette  as  "  the  amateur  law  "  is  by  resort  ;o  just  this  reversal  of  ordinary  lepal 
processes.  A  sufficient  answer  to  all  twaddle  about  "unfairness,"  "star  chamber  justice," 
lettres  cie  cachet  and  the  like,  is  the  fact  that  no  one  innocent  of  violating  "amateurism  "  need 
have  the  least  difficulty  in  proving  his  innocence.  The  real  unfairness  lies  in  the  impossibility 
01  applying  the  rule  of  "suspension  on  suspicion"  with  any  uniformity,  or  of  punishing  any 
large  number  of  "the  iiuilty."  Hence,  as  H''hee/i>iq-  s.->ys,  "  t~  those  behind  the  scenes, 'hr 
collection  of  suspended  coats  on  the  one  side  and  honored  sheep  on  the  other  is  highly  ami^*- 
ine,  and  we  are  only  sorry  that  Mr.  Todd  and  his  col  eagues  have  not  a  keener  sense  of  t!.e 
ridiculous.  If  they  had,  they  would  probably  soon  add  a  sense  of  what  was  just. ''  This  lack  rf 
a  sense  of  humor  was  further  shown  at  the  meeting  of  Feb.  3,  when  Mr.  T.,  having  defeated  bv 
a  vote  of  121  to  38  the  Liverpool  r-.en's  attack  on  "amateurism,"  immediately  put  tnrnu;h 


xcv 

.1  tvvo-ihircis  vo;;  to  rescind  the  decree  of  ih     1 

b.rc  .n.,,,r.y  reduced  .he  allowable    .naxin,,™  Z^^Z^T'' ^"''-  '''  ^''''"^  '^'^  ^^  " 
;.f .!.,., ecluc, on  was  VV.  McCand.ish.  of  // W,„;    Jho   h       "      r'  ^'^  '"  *"■      ''^^  ^"'h- 
"■•ateur.-"  assumed  preference  for    "  glorv-bvf'r  T'"' '"'"""='""'"■*■"•■-"' the 

"■'     con,peM„      -ili..insConnciI.o,.ite    he.alatrV'T   '°   ^""*  ••-   '^"-'^'x  •'- 

Obed.en,  ,o  .he  .hrea.  of  .he  Anf.ed    „   L     ,he   LiJe         ."    ""'"''"^  "'"■=  '■^'■'^''^'- 

"-;'-"  v^d,  Mar.  ,  and  .hi.  ac.  repres.n.ed  Ihe  wU   d"?     Tf  ""'"'"  °'  ""=  ^-  ^-    ^ 

"  '-"Iccares  .ha.  if  , he  Council  dares  .o  go  o     J       ^     ,  '"  '"""""'^  "-'-''" 

"■n«.wose.s  of  ch..„p.o„ships  fou.h,  oJu^lZtr^'"'  '"''""'°"'  "••'"•= 

."-cea.,0  .0  exis.."      iVse  words  L  fro.     i      ^      ':"   '-^'T'"  "'^^' '  o.herwi...  s,.r. 

-;'"'=.  •-  v,c.in„  s.ieced  for  i.n.no'la.ion  u^    .h    '     ,7"  '^'"  '^^  "°  --  --pensions. 
-'  "  I  clown  from  th.ir  wh.eb  and  loo';  on  at  .hose  who  .  ;  ,  ""'"^"^  ama.eurism  are  .o 

::  -^  '"  ^"■"'-■, ----  -'•  i-  much  worse  posi.il  „  „  ;,:"  :  '""''  ''^  -^  »--""  a,  .hem- 
L .  races  are  all  .o  b.  run  at   iiir.n.njrhan,  ( \I,v    '"   ,  '  '""  '''"''''"  "^^•'•"     The  N,  C 

:";'  ■■■•  '  '■'r"  --  '°  "-  owner  of  ,he  As  on'gro.md.  .1,''.''  ?'  ''"-'^-  '^'  '"^'"^  •>->  ^--ed 
-  -rests  of  spor.  appear  thus  .o  have  b.^n  u..  r  v  ^  ''''"""  ""  "'^  ^'»'<-     "  The 

;--S.  and  i.  looks  -.ry  much  as  .ho  2  E  eZve  7  T?"''  °'  ""  "'"^  ""<"'  "^  --^  " 
;.™>eIoyal,yof.he  Dirmi„gh..n,  Ucnl  (i^r  bvH  "'  '"■"•  ''^"^"^^'^  "^^  ^  ''"'Ve  .o 
C/.<.Y'"-««'ofMar.  .; ;  ,„  winch  .he  C  J  ,  ;{  M  '  ""''"'"■•^'  ^='^°' "  So  says  , he 
"■  -^  '  -'.  ^^  th.  C.  T.  C.  fnds  its  uniform  d'Xn-nt;  't  "''T''  "'"^  '•  "  ^''e  f-t  re- 
"-!-  .1.0  present  circumstances,  must  have  fund     rom1     H  '"'T"'''^'''-  -  "-e   Union, 

■  -ertanuy."     U,  ,otaI  income  in  'S5  was,,;    "^d     ;""'"'"' '''^'  ''""'"'"'=  f""^^""- 
ci  -ve  of  a  ;oss  of  5750  caused  by  running  the  d  ,  """""  "'"'^'-■''  "'''  ^y  «845,  ex- 

P  '-^)-     Of  its  income,  ,.35  came  from  rL  1      mi^::^^•"7^''''»"  '"  "  — "^- "    "= 
--H  fees,  exclusive  of  the  half  which  .he  I.o^ai™  ^  1""^''/;™'  "''  ''"'  '"'  f™™  '-^'- 
"-■  treasurer's  es.imate  of  .V  .r.  30  was  .In,   wi.hTe   ,"''"'"'=  "^''' "^^ '-''•  °"  P-648. 
exceed  .he  '86  income  by  at  least  ^.jo,  whi'e ''he 's,  "'"'"""'^  '"^  ''^  -pe,  ses  m.st 

"1  i  -stem)  fall  below  that  of  'S6  by  ^o  .0  ^i^  '  '""'"''  """''^  ^'  "^  -■-«  time  ,mder  the 
-.  clubs,-a  total  doHcit  of  at  least  J  '^Z"  T""'  "'  'u'  '"'"''"""  "'  '"-^  '"'Por- 
■■; "  ^5  c.  to  ,,.35  wil,  prove  popular  eLu^h^sve  tie  T  ^'"^'  °'  '"""-"^  'he  L, 
M'er,ence  only  can  decide.      /^W.^/ ,1a "  ofa   rac  '    "'--^'ened  dissolution. 

•*'-  f'"-"  ^'->^h  compe.itor  (p.  649),  m  Li  h  1  h  „  ^  '■'^"'"'  ''''"'""«  '"  ^"'ry  f«  o 

"  was  withdrawn  without  a  vote     buT  .  ,T  ""^Ptance  at  the  meeting  of  Feb   ,  that 

wo.,    b.  a  cryin.  disgrace  .0  .he  whed  cr  ^f  if  we  l^  t;;''^^"'°"  "■"  ^-'^  ^-  =  and  i. 
•",   ^•^''"■-  .^°)-     "With  all  its  faults   it  isnref.mn  u  ""'"'   any  governing  body  at 

;■«'  ".e  'at.e,  's  recent  appeal  to  th     I  'f ;  .^ '°  '".^  ■"'°'-^'>'e  au.ocracy  of  .hel.  l" 'c 

;-,.  t"e  Union,  if  ever  its  n,embersn  ;  g  s  fedu  edl"""'''""'""  '""'""  »  '^"'S"  °f  -aN 
-  ■"  several  let-ers,  urging  th.-  formation  of  sen.rn  T  "' T'"  '""^  '  ^•^'--  ->■  - 
i'l-r  :  The  N.  C.  U.  is  only  national  on  n^nT  •°""''  ^'"''""'  "'^  following  words 
tl'e  Southern  Knglish  counties  It  "o  T? '"^'  '"  '"'^•-''■'^y.  '^  "nmed  ,0  London  and 
.^-"...-  The  new  managers  pro'^';'::::f,^f.;"  ''  --'-''- ^^  ^-so  loctir. 
"™  "..."formerly  ,0  matters  outsiue  of  racin"  th     '  ''T''  ""^  ""'  "■''^  "^^  -"-'- 

-V  ■  If  cyc'ists  are  still  required  ,0  carrv  ,ght/  H  '  p  "''"'•''  "'^''"^'^^  '""'  "^y-'aws  .hey 
-k  to  secure  that  the  protection  .hey  are  bound'  *  r"""  "'"'  ''  "PPortunity  arise," 
^y  ....  u,ac,ment  requiring  other  vehi  le        c  ^^  ;  r,,"'"^--^  ^•■•^"  ^^  -'ended  .0  .hemselve. 


l!noKS.-My  474th  page,  written  in  Dec     '8-   ,;,..      -.  - 
-..pie  reprnu  of  the  Ou^,„^  series  by  T  .St'evens  wo  M  ""  '^'"  ^''"''''"  '°  T^l-eran,' 

--tmg  specnens  of  cycii.g  'i.erature  eve.'Tfhl  7.      "•       ■  "  """''  ^'==''^="^'=  "^^  "'«"  any 
P^ced  enlargement  of  i.  in.o  .Around  i^e  W^rld  I'S:".  '^  ^'"'^  ''^"''  "--'  ">e  ex^ 

Bicycle.         As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  first 


xcvi  77i.V  TIIOUCAXD  MILES  0\  A  BICYCLE. 

volume  of  ihe  latter  i»  to  lie  putilished  tliis  May  by  the  Scrihnorn,  of  N.  V  _  having  the  former 
phrase  as  an  .ilieriiaiive  title  upon  each  l<-fl-hanii  nagi'.  The  paRf-s  an.  about  5  by  8  in.  in  size, 
and  there  are  5(7  "f  ihem,  exclusive  of  the  ii\tri>ductory  ones  containing  a  dctlication  to  Col.  A. 
A.  Pope,  a  short  pref.ic-  by  Col.  T.  W.  Hi^ginson,  and  lists  of  the  no  illusfVations  and  of  the 
21  ci-apter-litles,  which  are  identical  with  tho.'Se  employed  in  Outing.  The  frontispiece  is  a  col- 
ored liihograph  uf  the  aiiihor,  "  as  li-!  ap[>eared  when  riding  round  the  world,"  but  it  is  lor 
much  idealized  to  be  recognizable  as  a  ivirtrait,  though  I  believe  a  fairly-good  one,  from  a  photo- 
graph, appears  upon  a  later  page.  Except  for  a  few  revisions  and  corrections,  the  text  has  net 
been  cliarr.;ed  from  the  form  first  given  in  magazine.  The  type  is  large  and  cli-.ir,  carrying  475 
words  to  ihi-  page  (40  lines  of  about  12  words),  so  that  the  tit-il  does  not  .  .cecd  230,000,— al'ow- 
ing  30,000  for  space  taken  by  pictures  and  blanks.  There  are  no  indexes.  The  price  is  #4,  and 
an  autogra])hed  copy  will  be  inailed  by  the  author  himself,  on  receipt  of  that  sum  at  Ouling 
office,  140  Nassau  St.,  N.  Y.  His  personal  profit  on  each  volume  thus  sold  will  be  four  times  as 
great  as  on  a  copy  sold  by  bis  publishers  through  the  bnokstor  -s  ;  and  '.h  js:  ordinr.ry  tr.  c-  ,-op.  s 
will  not  have  the  .-.utograph.  The  isl  ed  in  N.  Y.  will  bs  2000,  and  a  similar  Issue  will  probably 
be  mad--  simultaneously  in  London,  by  S.  I  ow,  Marston  &  Co.,  from  plates  which  were  shipped 
to  them  by  the  Scribners,  Apr.  30.  Knglishmen  m.iv  send  orders  for  autographed  copies, 
through  H.  Sturmey,  of  Coventnr,  or  directly  to  the  author,  for  i6s  6d.  On  the  last  line  of  my 
own  story  of  his  woiulerful  tour  (pp.  473-84,  570-2),  I  was  able  to  announc  his  safe  arrival  at 
the  starting  point,  San  Francisco,  Jan.  7.  The  cycling  clubs  kept  him  there  for  a  wet.,  to  en- 
joy elaborately-planned  ceremonies  of  w.'lcome;and  he  was  lionizid  with  great  heartiness  at 
several  other  points,  until  at  last  he  reached  N.  V.,  Feb.  13,  wlere  the  'Ji'izers  E.  C.  had 
arranged  a  banquet  in  his  honor,  which  was  held  Feb.  23,  while  the  Mass  B.  C.  entertained 
him  similarly  at  lioston,  leb.  25.  He  then  accepted  an  engagement  to  edit  tbe  cvcling  depart- 
ment of  Outing-,  and  to  continue  therein  the  series  of  monthly  articles,  coi.i,j!eiiug  his  adventurer, 
in  Asia,  which  series  will  ultimately  bi;  republished  in  a  second  large  vo'ume.  His  first  .utempt 
at  a  book  ms.,  "Across  Ame.ica  "  (see  p.  474,  where  my  remark  about  his  "  .school  days  ending 
at  18  "  ought  to  read  "  14  "),  is  not  to  be  printed,  though  extracts  may  be  occasion:.!!;-  used,  as 
in  the  series  of  four  pieces  for  Har/>er''s  i'oung  PeopU.  By  invitation  of  local  wheelmen,  he 
has  delivered  lectures  at  Scranton,  Apr.  12  ;  Brooklyn,  i6th  ;  Washington,  20th  ;  Aubui  n,  22d ; 
Cleveland,  May  4;  Hartford,  6th  ;  and  the  success  of  these  has  been  sufficient  to  lead  to  a  regu- 
lar engagement  as  a  lecturer  during  the  aiuumn  and  winter  01  '878,  under  the  manag  ment  of 
Major  Pond,  to  whom  should  be  r.ddressed  all  communications  on  the  subject,  at  tht  Everett 
House,  Union  Square,  N.  Y. 

As  I  declared  when  Stevens  reached  Teheran  that  his  adventure  seemed  to  me  "  the  most 
remarkable  and  interesting  exploit  ever  accomplished  by  a  bicycle  or  ever  likely  to  be  accom- 
plished "  (p.  4S3\  and  predicted  that  his  report  of  it  would  prove  ''  more  interestii-.g  to  the  gen- 
eral reader  than  any  cycling  book  in  existence"  (p  ""igs),  I  atn  glad  now  to  make  room  for 
these  two  extracts  from  the  E  iglish  press,  which  his  publishers  use  in  heralding  the  actual 
book  :  "  Mr.  Thomas  Steven  i  need  have  little  doubt  that  the  most  splendid  piece  of  personal 
adventure  of  this  century  will  be  placed  to  his  credit.  Vambiry  making  the  great  pilgrimage  as 
a  dirvish,  Burnaby  riding  to  Khiva,  O'Donovan  penetrating  to  Merv — to  mention  only  the  first 
that  come  to  mind,  will  alw.iys  rank  high  in  the  annals  of  daring  :  but  for  the  originality  of  its 
idea,  the  physical  endurance  and  pluck  necessary  for  its  execution,  the  dangers  involved  in  it,  and 
its  own  inherent  inter;  .,  this  bicycle  trip  rqjind  the  world  will  pretty  certainly  remain  unequaled 
in  our  time  "  (Pall  Mall  C.izette).  "  The  mere  moral  courage  demanded  of  the  man  who  essays 
an  expedition  into  regions  where  such  an  outlandish  carriage  has  never  before  been  seen  is  suffi- 
ciently notable  to  entitle  Mr.  Stevens  to  the  credit  which  he  .vill  no  doubt  obtain  for  his  plucky 
exploit.  No  man  who  honors  courage,  pluck  endurance — no  man  who  is  capable  of  understand- 
ing those  qualities — wi'l  feel  anything  but  admiration  for  l-.im.  To  circle  the  earth  on  a  wheel  is 
in  itself  a  novelty,  and  as  a  m:!thod  of  seeing  around  one  it  is  also  a  great  deal  more  effective 
than  any  other  method  "  {London  Siandtrcf).  I  think  it  worth  while,  also,  to  add,  as  illustra- 
tive of  the  cheap  sneers  thrown  out  by  the  English  cycling  papers,  even  at  the  very  tin-.e  when  the 


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"  "  -   "« -'■'1  "-  world.-     The  .,„.„,„  f„,,e  riho,,',  M  "T  '""?!;  '''*"•   "''  '-  *«  the 
m.H.h,  l„r  l.nv.Mg  '•  i,,^,,  ,,j  ;„  „,_.  .j"  „   "'"  *'^-  J"*""  ^'"^  censured.  ,l,e  „„, 

' "«"^'^"  A,re,a.i,.,..,:;:  :-.^:7,;:7;--'i-'i--.rid.,„.,h/Aj<^ 

''':  ^ '-■'"■:'  '■'"-'-'  '"  a  sy.d.c..,.  of  New  Y o  L  ,"  ^       ,  "  """■•  '^^  ^''''-  ''"'-  «"d 

"■  •  I—I  .>f  <l,>ec.or,  of  the  Ou.i,',  3  Co. :     T    I,  -  ^     ,    '"        T^ '  "'-'  '°'"*'"S-  *'-  '"- 

--.vcl...    r.  ,,MHio,.  ,0  .his  o*c..  suff,  ,,;;:.  it  In  "  ""  """  '■"  '^""^«''  '^'•"  ^'''-  "■= 

--••     Wi.h  every  indicuion  .hat  c^cl  n!  ^  Ic    l"'"''  "^''V-^  ■"•'""'-"»»,  or  .r'ade 

■  '  '■-  nwn  acconn,  .ill  ,i.,  dose  of  '8,   and  wl^nt     1  """'  ^'■'  '^9-';.,  then  a  grocer 

-'•  •  -ws,.p..r  nan,ed,-havin,  st  rve.lt  as       r^e  r";'"'"?^"  ^■-'  ''"-•  '^> '"  'heX 

"'""'<•' <he  hi.  in  .33;  rode  .0,7, n  I'i,   inc        . "  '   '^'   bone-shaker  in  V;3  ■  firs, 

;-•  ^^7;'   '-  '^S.  inc.  June  .oi:r:f      ^^ ^^  .^    i!^  ;""  f  r  ^  "  ^-^^  ""^"  ^"^  ^-" 
'     -  '  '>^t  and  Nov.  ,o„,  of  „oo  m   ,h  o  "h  wi,  ■    V/'T"'''  ^"^P''  •°-  "f  ^So  n,.  through   R 

;;:-  -  ^ ;-".  Apr.  .0,  and  eni:^;^^;,::^  xi'r '  ^°:  -^  '■■  -^  ^^^^-  ^-^  ^^  •- 

-^f     r.  and  ..  s.  travcl,-,he  ,n,al  outlay  for  thT.n,  '^    '"'  "^  "'"=""-  •■""'  "^arly  ,000  m 

" ";  ^  -'-^ -"V  -i.  with  lea.her  s  .at   cVrned  a  k'  '"'"'^  '''"'  ""'  *^«°-     "<=  "-^  a  U^" 

F",  whose  fnll  record  was  ;hus  increased  t'"^  "T  ""  ''"'"''''^"'  ^"^  -d.  a  46  in    £ 

d  he  had  only  3  falls  which  forced  hin,  ,0  drop   ,,'  n,.  V  '"'""'  """"'^ '"  ""'e  delay 

""  '""^"'. day's  ride  was  76  ,n.,  best  stretch  o    rid  '.'"'"  '       ""^  ""^^'  "''"  ""  hun 

ta  "f ,!.»,.  p.  E.  v.,„  M.t".L  ft  1 ,  T";  """"""""rf  b.  ,b,  p™.  ,',:";'''>■ '"'" 


xcviii       TJ:.V  n/()LS.l\D  MILES  O.V  .1  niCVCI.E. 


iiifii  rcpurl  to  me  as  mil  (i(  urdur  Ji  tli.il  iiuiiit.  1  lie  Hi  li'orLl  ii(  '  )li.  :i  (|>.  yjj)  priiilci!  i 
"  c'l.iiiii  "  fiuin  liini,  a^  li.tviiig  liiliicu  ii  i  iii  in  ij  li.  at  <  )ak'.aiiil,  C  il.,  Scjii.  i'',  aiiii  .i^ani  ii^wt 
in  li  li.  on  !-if{t.  n;  aiw'  li.s  cliaraiicr  is  fiiithur  blinwii  by  iliu  fai.t  llial,  .ifu-r  willing  the  i\. 
peeled  puff  lit  liis  5 J  ill.  K.xpcrl  as  "  llic-  bt;-.!,"  lie  solil  p'lffs  <jf  oilier  makes  a»  "  the  best."  .\ 
tourist  wliu  toiluwcd  hit  trail  tlirou^Ii  the  Mohawk  valley,  a  week  later,  lias  also  perpcluati  i| 
till-  mi'inory  of  his  buastfuluess,  in  the  seeuiul  of  a  series  of  agreeably  liuinorous  skeirhen  ( //  * 
(/'.|2.,  Anj;.  to  Nov. ),  called  "  From  the  Hub  to  Iloosierdoiii  "  I'his  was  1'.  C  Dariow  (li 
Mar.,  Vij),  an  Indianapolis  printer,  5  ft.  loin.  high, weight  mo  lbs,  who  had  liddeii  800111.  on  a  ^S 
ill  Star  in  '.S5,  and  800111.  on  a  54in.  Kxpert  in  '*>,  previous  to  June  2,  when  he  began  at  Itosii  n 
a  liomcward  tour  of  aLout  950  in.  in  i-jdays.  The  dist.iiice  is  "  estimated,"  [..cause  l:;s  new 
Kutclier  cyclometer  stopped  working  on  the  lifili  day  from  the  start.  He  1,11  k  train,  Providei.ic 
to  Hartford,  68  m.,  Cleveland  to  I't.  Wayne,  45  m.,  and  boat  from  Krie  to  Cleveland;  ai;ij 
he  !.M)K  his  leisure  all  the  resL  of  the  way  while  wheeling.  "  .As  for  loneliness,"  he  said,  "  th.; 
contact  with  ever-varying  classes  ami  conditions  of  peo[)le,  and  ever-changing  landscapes,  made 
it  impossible  ;  but  I,  for  one,  wiil  run  the  risk  of  being  lonesome  rather  than  being  bored." 

The  high-water  mark  of  Knglsh  acliievement  in  the  shape  of  wheeling  literature  seems  i.j 
have  been  readied,  at  the  close  of  M..rcli,  by  the  issue  of  the  volume  called  "  Cycling  "  (,l"ii- 
deii  :  Longmans,  (Jrccn  Ei  Co.,  10  s.  6d.),  in  the  series  known  as  lladmiiiton  Library  of  .Spdiis 
and  Pastimes  ;  .see  p.  687.  It  is  imported  at  Boston  by  Little,  Brown  ^t  Co.,  at  i^.j.so  in  cl.iih 
or  #5  in  half  morocco,  and  their  adv.  says  :  "472  pp.,  illust.  by  ly  full-page  plates  and  fxj  wnoil- 
cuts,"  though  the  text  is  elsewhere  named  as  covering  442  pp.,  and  the  "  phenomenally  cum. 
plete  and  cojiious  index"  17  pp.  in  double-column.  The  14  chapter-titles  are  as  follows  :  liiti... 
ductory  (by  Lord  Bury,  very  generally  praised) ;  historical;  riding;  racing;  to.iring  ;  traininj;: 
dress;  clubs;  tricycling  for  I.ldies  ;  racing  paths;  N.  C.  U.  ,  C.  T.  C.  ;  construction;  the 
press  and  literature.  'I'he  last-named  is  the  shortest  and  the  one  preceding  it  the  longest, 
"  covering  125  [ip.,  from  which  even  veterans  who  h.ive  watched  the  progress  of  wheels  frc  m 
the  bone-shaker  stage  may  deiive  some  ii.fonnation.  Lhe  whole  volume  is  quite  unprecedented, 
and  forms  the  most  elaborate  and  complete  exposition  of  the  sport  yet  issued  "  (Cyc.  Jour., 
Apr.  i).  "  It  will  be  intercstii.g  reading  to  the  practical  cyclist  ;  and  the  man  who  is  going  to 
cycle  will  find  every  item  of  information  necessary  at  hand  "  (/•/.  Xiivs,  Apr.  2).  "  The  |ince 
is  higher  than  the  general  run  of  cycling  publications,  but,  as  the  book  is  got  up  in  the  best  style 
of  binding,  it  is  quite  worth  the  money  and  will  take  its  iilace  on  any  drawing-room  table.  It  ii 
a  complete  compendium  upon  everything  connected  with  cycling  "  (Cyclist,  Apr.  13).  "  It  i> 
the  most  complete  and  interesting  book  of  the  kind  we  have  ever  read,  and  supplies  a  re.nular 
mine  of  information,  and  as  a  book  of  reference  is  invaluable  "  [Irish  Cyclisl  iSr"  A  Ihlete,  Apr.  ijl 
"  The  book  is  the  best  that  has  yet  been  issued,  and  is  honestly  worth  the  10  s.  U  d.  char;;ed 
for  it  "  (,\Vlueling,  <\pr.  20).  '■  It  is  essei.tiali.;  English,  and  is  meant  to  be  Only  the  sligln- 
e.st  reference  is  iiade  to  cyc'ing  outside  the  British  Isles,  and  even  in  the  '  historical'  ch.iiiter 
America  is  almost  entirely  ignored.  Yet  no  wheelman  can  afford  to  be  without  '  Cycling  '  on 
his  book-shtlf,  for  this  work  is  by  far  the  besf  ever  printed  "  (Bi.  World,  May  13).  The  I'ict- 
ures  supplied  by  J.  Pennell  meet  '.vith  the  approval  of  aU  the  critics,  while  those  fathered  by 
Lord  Bury  are  as  unanimously  condemned.  The  Cycling  Journal  says  the  latter's  "  descriplion 
.if  the  mode  of  government  ol  the  C.  T.  C.  is  intensely  amusing,  {nn  being  poked  at  the  .iiito- 
cratic  secretary  in  a  good  humored  way,  that  can  scarcely  arouse  the  wrath  of  that  official  li;iii- 
self  "  ;— whence  it  would  appear  that  the  Viscount  takes  a  more  jocose  view  of  literary  fori;ery 
than  did  Mr.  Justice  Wills.  M^.st  of  the  hard  work  in  compiling  the  volume  is  to  be  accrcuiicJ 
to  G.  Lacy  Hillier,  ed.  of  Bi.  Ne^vs  and  of  me  cycling  dept.  of  Land  &>  Water,  who  requests 
that  newspaper  notices  of  it  be  mailed  to  him  at  24  Beckenham  Road,  Pengc,  London,  S.  E. 

"  Wanderings  :  on  Wheel  and  on  Foot  through  Europe,"  by  Hugh  Cal'an  (London  :  .s. 
Low,  Marston  &  Co.;  about  250  pp.  ;  illust.;  50  c),  will  probably  appear  early  in  June.  Hs 
biog.  is  given  on  p.  545,  and  he  first  gained  notoriety  in  the  cycling  world  by  winning  the  Jsw 
prize  ofiered  by  Tit  Bits,  a  London  penny-paper,  for  the  best  story  of  adventures  on  the  wliee! 
—printed  Dec.  4,  '86.     As  reproduced  at  Boston,  in  the  CycWs  final  issue,  Jan.  21,  it  covered 


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''■■-'  ^<-<=  P    .34.)     I.ate  in  '86.  the  Iliff:?,  i'   "T^  T    '  """■''  "'  ^>'^''"S-     C^'     author's 

I"'"'-^.    '*<'«  to    ,88,,"  bv    R     V     f,l„  ■•^bnd,,;ments  of  Patents  Re!  „i, ..  ,     v 

'-..""-.eyannouLi^^j;,,:    a::e  :rjT-   ""'   ''^^^'   ^^^'v  ^::;:;  "^  '  l^"^; 
wl.n  the  newac.  went  into  effect    at  I  T  '  """"'«   ""•■  P^X^nts  of  the  ve      ', 

r^'    "'"^'    *'^^   ""^   advance   subscription      'jc/k'  '^^P" '"■-<■-) -Pl'-red  in   Feb     ." 

'  ".'f  ■^'"°""'  °f  »»ch  material  ever  of{^Tl'\        '" ''     T'  ''"'^■''"  ""=  "—  elaborate 
'"•  -""^^  mho,,raphed  cartoons   by  O    M,,,  ,       "'"'"•  ^"^  "  ""'■"-   'M  P,-.,  ,,  hyl 

^:  —     1  '>e  cheapness  is  of  course  exphi,,  d       'tTl,'    7'  °"'-^"^   '^'''■-'  >'-"-     in  ,ilt  a„d 

'""""--      eustoma.v  with  such  prim.  r.  T  calendars  themselves.     The  "  f,  „ 

^^7'-' ---ics,  of  the  sort  wh.'^^ed.rJ^ ''.''■' r"'  """'  "'  "^  -"-'der  s  ,iJ:  „' 
-"  -  rncin,  records  ;  officers,  date  -.' i  1"!^  " '"  T:  ''''''"  ""'  "''-^  " -^''  V m  u  '?. 
:  -■  ;5;:.nhe  men  best  known'in  Z^J:^'^;^^^^^^^  -^    "brief  biographies  Im  're 

(     I'P  .  nicl.  36  adv.  pp.),  „,hich  s,.Il=  f  ■^''-"edy  and  printed  by  A.  .t  F   C-iIdll    n  .  r 

f,r  til .    ;/•/     »•  "nicn  sells  for  sixnenro      Ti,„  .       .'•'*■  f^--  ^ainll,  Dub  in 

^o'Oct.3o,and,l,atpaperof  Xov..,named 


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C  J'/S^V  .UOIf^iANl)  MILES  0.\  A   lilCYLLE. 

llie  (iillowins  ..-.  suppli'-tl  (cir  ii  c.  by  it'e  Covpniry  M.icliiiiisl*'  ("n  ,  15  llulbom  Via<luct  :  "  'A 
Siitfcrii'K  KxpcrKiitc  ol  Klttuiiuiic  liDUi,'  ilu  juilii>r  oi  wIulIi,  all<:r  luviii^  bi-c-ii  aillitlcd  «uli 
llie  liui  j'.c  lor  1/  years,  .iiid  tryinji  a\  »ort%  ui  ninedicn,  w.is  cmid  U)   'iicyLliiig." 

A  iiij|>  III  "  iliL' Kiiiiiiry  w>^»l  111  l,i)iiilijii  "  (M.i>i(jM  \  I'.iyuc,  41  vomIiiII;  <•■>  t  )  wan  rci  oni- 
mciiilcd  liy  CyJitt  ol  Die  n,  .i»  .1  new  iiiin.-,  "  sliowmt;  loaiU,  louip^iiis,  pjiivs,  wc>iitl->,  cum- 
iiioii>,  .11. il  niU,  *t  well  j»  llw  iliJlam-es  jiid  IkIkIm-,  .ibove  llic  sea  level.''  011 .1  scale  ul  \  in.  lu  1 
III.  llssite  i»4j  by  JJ  ill.,  loldiu;  111  a  (.lot  .  cite  ^4  by  4i  ill."  'I'lic  popularity  ol  «i.  K.  Yoiiiig'i 
"  l.iveri'ool  C  ycli.sl»'  lluide  "  (lee  p|>.  5j'i,  O-to)  ii  teslitied  10  by  llij  (att  that  the  sixlli  edition, 
iiir '8;,  in  tlirealcned  uiili  a  iival,  wlreli  liii  ioniier  printers  announce  !.i  pirp.:r.ition.  with 
aliiioMidenl'i.ilinaleiial  l//'A»v//«v,  M.iy  4;.  "  llaiidliook  on  rraininj;  for  Atlilelic  Kxeiiiscn," 
by  W.  v..  iM'  djii  iK.  SMJe,  liiip.ii.il  Are.i.lf,  I.uil>;,ile  Hill  ;  j;  c  ),  was  miiilly  pr.iiMd  in  hi. 
Xnvs  of  J.'  1.  j.>;  and  ".■VlliKie'.'.  (.uulc  "  (I'aslimi  Piib.  Co.,  jS  l'atcrno«ter  kow;  J5  c),  ed. 
by  N.  L.  Jackson  aad  I'..  II.  (iomlbo  d,  w.im  e.illed  "  exlienuly  valuable  "  in  H  luelitig  ol  May 
4.  'I'liu  Kiconil  lio'ik  "  cnii  .i.  t  a  fa  I  table  of  a, I  Ilniisli  amateur  rLCoids,"  and  its  tli.iptur  oa 
"  eyciin;' "  ^lpy  Ij.  1,.  III,!. -i)  is  more  complete  lliai  lli  ■  (oinier  book's.  A  series  of  pictured 
repoits  of  "  Cyc  in;.;  Raiiibl  ■»  ia  tlie  lloine  Counties,"  by  II.  S.  W'alkiiis,  was  begun  in  tlic 
lliust.  S/'orti>,g  iV  Dr.im.itu  Xt^iUs  ol  Apr.  jo,  ,•  id  will  duubtle.ss  be  re|irndiiceil  'ii  l.i:  ik  foim 
Tlie  /.'/.  .Veivs  ol  Apr.  30  pr.ii-.ed  l\\:  luallypriiit  -il  and  l-MlliTboiind  club-book  of  tlif  Nmili 
Warw.ck'-liire  II  C,  —  willi  its  tli.iptrrs  on  rye  inj;.  ti  uiiii:;,  KuveriiniiMit  and  other  geiHi-il  ni. li- 
tems,—as  supeiiur  to  iiio^t  ol  the  London  attempts  at  club  lititaUire  ;  and  it  ackiiow  eil^ed,  wiili- 
out  appioval,  the  recipt  of  a  silly  soii^j,  "  Ni  ill;  ll.iby  but  ill.-  liicycli-,"  pub.  by  ij.  Hend  <V 
Co.,  of  11^3  lli^h  llolborii  ;  written  by  1'  .S.  Lonsdale;  iiuisic  composed  by  C  II.  Cliirt;wia 
'Uic  Cycliti  of  Jan.  j(>  says  :  "  Am  excjllent  waltz,  '  the  Knij;hls  ol  ilio  Wheel,'  has  just  be.n 
composed  by  I",  (."ancl  M.ivy,  who  1  ro|M)ses  to  embody  the  baii:.;es  of  jo  clubs  aiound  the  litinc 
on  the  outside  cover,  t  hilis  desiriiiR  to  be  coiiimeiiiorated  tlieieon  should  .ipply  for  pai  ticiil.iis 
>•>  the  publishers,  jy  Southainploii  st.,  Strand."  The  cd.  of  Cyi!,sl,  referiiiig  in  Dec.  to  my 
quoleii  "  review  "  (p.  6S4),  say<  that  "  Mis.s  Krskine's  book  on  '  I'licycliiiK  '  has  gone  ihrounh 
J  eds."  ;  also  that  II.  T.  Kouiul's  VSj  hook,  iiot'-d  on  p  dS;,  "  was  tlij  most  complete  and  per- 
fect annual  ever  issued, — but  his  not  b.'.-ii  perpetuated,  b-canse  too  bi^  and  expensive  tor  llie 
price"  ;  also  that  the  6lh  ed.  of  his  own  "  liulispeiisabie  "  (which  I  name  on  p.  6S5  as  appearing 
"  late  in  'S()")  "  is  in  press,  but  want  of  lime  even  now,  Dec.  29,  prevents  'ts  comi>lelioii.  I'lie 
'.Si  ed..  which  bioui;ht  the  total  ssue  up  to  16,000,  has  lou);  been  <;  it  of  print."  The  same 
"retired  naval  man"  who  wrote  the  Ixiok  of  Scottish  lours,  named  on  p.  OSt,  published  ,in 
earlier  one  c.illed  "  Nauiicus  on  his  llobliy-IIorse,"  whereof  no  d.tails  are  known  to  me.  A 
writer  in  Hi.  Xnvs  of  J.in.  1%  says  that  iIk-  earliest  book  on  cycling  was  pub.  at  London  in  i>()!i 
Dy  A.  flavis,  entiiLd  thus  :  "  Tli  ■  V^-locipjde  and  Mow  to  \]f:'.  It  "  (see  pp  402,  688).  In 
Dec  ,  '.S(i.  there  was  issued  by  W.  tinilbert,  at  Rydi-,  Isle  of  VV'ii;ht,  price  iS  c,  a  list  of  the 
year's  cyi 'iiis;  championships  in  nil  Kinopoan  cnuntries,  compiled  by  J.  A.  Randolph,  C.  T.  C 
consul  at  lilient.     The  C'liv'.i/  calls  the  tables  "  most  complete." 

In  addition  to  the  5  b'ai.k-loi;s  previously  issued  in  the  U.  S.  (see  pp.  677-8),  "  the  Wheel- 
men's Record  llook,  tile  only  perfect  one  of  its  kind  ever  published  "  (100  pp.;  pocket  .iiul 
pencil;  leather  cover;  70  c.),  by  Riclnvine  P.ros.,  IMiila,  is  adv.  by  the  ^/«*r;t-<i«  Atk/eltui 
Apr.  30,  whose  ed.  offers  to  send  it  as  a  premium  for  twi>  subscriptions  to  his  paper  at  50  c.  eai.li. 
"  C"yclers'  Tables  of  Shell  V  .ads  near  Norfolk,  Va."  (.:o  pp.,  2}  by  4  in.,  10  c),  ii  an  amaliur 
txxiklet,  issued  in  l-i  b.  by  V.  1*.  Kllis.  An  adv.  in  U'tWel  Xiws  ol  Apr.  r  ur^ed  all  cyclers  to 
at  once  forward  their  names,  am!  name  and  size  of  wheel  used,  to  liox  59;,  Weslfield,  .Ms . 
for  giatuitoiis  insertion  in  the  "  Wheelmen's  Directory, "  to  be  issued  by  "  the  U.  S.  VVlieil- 
men's  Pub.  Co."  I  foiiul,  by  personal  inquiry  in  May,  that  the  "  Co."  consisted  of  I).  I.. 
Beldin,  a  printer,  and  H.  A.  Lakin  (p.  5^7) ;  but  the  only  answer  given  to  my  request  for  .size, 
price  and  publication-liine  of  the  book  was  this  :  "  It  will  come  out  a  good  dca  sooner  tli.m 
your  own."  S.  C  Urig-sX  Co.,  of  Chica~o,  .-.dv.  in  Outing,  of  Sept.,  'S6,  "The  Woilil  ii;i 
Wheels  and  other  Sketches"  (>i),  by  11.  K.  Taylor,  a  well-known  journalist  of  that  city,  wl.e 
has  died  since  then  ;  but  this  had  even  less  reference  to  cycling  than  the  wsrk  of  same  lumc 


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"^'  -'■"-'•  i'  >...s  «  pp..  of  stand  rd  Vi  e  -il  ,  . Z'"'''^^,  "'r'^'  •"  ^-'"  ■"'"■^--  -e.  ,0 
;—  <'"-e<liu,r  and  proprietor  is  fian  ;,  t^'Z  "'"  T  f '""•""'«•— ^^  ^  P-'le 
'-cVM..^-  brief  adv.  of  the  whole  American  ores      I  V  '"    '"•■"'"'«•     ^^  ^^f^-'"'!''  'L's 

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-■^-eof   .he  7  which  have  sprun,  lip    Jm  ,,e    , r"        '   '"'^'•^"■'"-"^.-"— M  pro,„i.s- 

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'--!-••  Such  is  the  statement  of  i,,s  ..',,'  ^^  "'^'.^""^  '"  -■•  -ay  tha.  astonished  it, 
"ffic.fio,., he  original  cramped  c,nar.ers  a,  T  V  M  "k'  '  T  "T"""'"^  remova.  ,0  a  new 
--.ess  of  It.  growth.     A  week  later,  it  advened  S^i^  ^^'"^  -^ "  '""'''  '' "  ^ 

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TEN  THOUSAAj)  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


League  meet  at  St.  Louis,  givir.g  in  arivancc  a  burlesque  accoui.t  of  that  gathering,  as  a  sort  of 
sruvenir"  06  pp.  of  illustrated  text,  in  ornate  lithograpned  cover);  and  promised  for  May  12  a 
full  page  lithographic  portrait  of  T.  J.  Kirkpatrirk,  the  probable  next  president  of  League.  A 
similar  lithograph  of  T.  Stevens  appeared  Apr.  7,  "portraits  of  9  Indiana  wheelmen,"  Apr. 
II,  and  "  cartoons  "  Mar.  17,  and  earlier.  Besides  these  special  features,  wood-cuts  have  been 
interspersed  in  the  text  from  th^first  number ;  and  the  heading  itself  is  of  a  humorous  sort,  repre 
senting  riders  of  various  styles  of  wheels  carrying  placards  on  which  are  seven.lly  inscribed  the 
six  letters  which  speil  the  title  "  Record."  The  artistic  features  of  the  y  "  -ife  by  P.  C.  Dar- 
row,  who  enlivened  with  similar  pictures  the  report  of  his  long  'S6  tour  (in  IVh.  Gaz.  ;  see  p. 
xcviii.);  and  I  wish  here  lo  praise  thit  same  report  as  one  of  the  very  few  sketches  known  to  me 
for  really  reproducing  in  print  the  humorous  experiences  of  the  road,  without  any  strained  and 
tiresome  attempts  at  wit  or  smartness.  His  brother,  Ci.  S.  Darrow,  is  the  chief  working  editor, 
while  C.  F.  Smith  attends  to  the  advei.jing.  The  page  is  of  standard  size  and  enclosed  in  a 
cover  whose  color  varies  from  week  to  week.  The  Record  firmly  upholds  the  League  ;  and,  in 
addition  to  representing  the  same  in  its  own  State,  has  arranged  with  the  officers  of  the  Illinois 
Division  that  subscriptions  from  members  thereof  shall  be  accepted  at  the  reduced  rate  of  75  c. 
in  consideration  of  the  officers'  supplying  their  earliest  official  news  tn  the  Record.  ( I'hnse  offi- 
cers, on  Nov.  2-,  arranged  to  use  as  "their  organ  "  th'2  Sunday  issue  o.'  a  Chicago  daily,  the 
Inter  Ocean,  in  return  for  its  devoting  1  regular  column  to  cycling  affairs ;  and  the  Sporting  5" 
I /leatrical  Journal  then  dropped  from  its  heading  the  "  and  IVestern  Cycler"  which  it  had  as- 
sumed when  appointed  to  the  organship,  July  3,  '86;  see  p.  672).  The  Record  Mmi  to  be  light 
and  amusing,  and  it  at  least  reaches  near  enough  to  that  ideal  to  possess  a  character  and  flavor  of 
its  own.  It  shows  more  care  than  any  other  cycling  print  yet  produced  west  of  the  Alleghanies. 
The  l^'heel  .Ve7vs  is  "  devoted'expressly  to  touring,"  its  ed.  being  the  League  Tourmaster, 
and  the  size  of  its  8  pp.  is  9  by  6  in.  The  Pointer  and  Division  are  State  organs  of  the  League, 
as  shown  by  their  titles.  The  /'-(  i/ic  lyiicehnan  is  of  same  size  as  Neivs,—\\\e.  issue  of  Tues- 
day, May  3,  being  the  first  one  that  came  to  me  in  that  shape,  and  with  new  editors'  names  and 
doubled  price.  After  a  half-ynr  as  an  8  p.  monthly,  it  changed  to  a  4  P-  weekly,  and  thus  ap- 
peared with  an  ornamental  heading,  from  Mar.  5  till  April  9  or  later.  During  all  this  time,  its 
price  was  50  c,  its  publication  offi,  e  1029  Market  St.,  and  its  "  edito'-s  and  proprietors,"  T.  L. 
HiU,  D.  W.  uonelly,  F.  R.  Cook  and  S.  F.  Booth,  jr  It  is  the  "  official  organ  of  Cal.  Div.  of 
League  " — the  higleside,  named  on  p.  661,  having  died.  The  Bi.  Herald  is  an  adv.  organ  of  the 
King  Wheel  Co.,  of  N.  Y.  (incorp.  Nov.  24,  '86),  and  its  ed.  is  Rev.  H.  A.  King,  of  S'  igfield, 
Ms.,pres.  of  the  company  and  inventor  of  the  King  safety  bicycle.  Its  circulation  is  b.i  l  d  upon 
the  mailing-list  of  a  local  revivalist  and  temperance  paper  r;.'led  the  ^j/,tK^c/«/,  which  had  a 
post-office  registry  for  second-class  rates,  and  most  of  its  matter  is  designed  f  jr  Evangelist  read- 
ers. I:  does  not  appear  to  exchange  regularly  with  the  cycling  editors,  ana  I  have  received  no 
copy  sive  the  first  (Sept.) ;  but  I  have  heard  of  2  or  3  later  ones,  and  the  current  adv.  of  the  K. 
W.  Co.  still  says  that  it  will  be  sent  for  15  c.  a  yearbythe  sec.-treas.,  P  J.  King,  51  Barclay  St., 
N.  Y.  Prosperity  seems  to  have  betn  won  by  the  American  H'htclman  (whose  "  pub.  c..."  i' 
said  to  consist  of  I..  C.  S.  Ltdish,  J.  S.  Ro-ers,  L.  (iordon  and  E.  L.  Stettinins),  for  its  May  issue 
contains  18  pp.  of  adv.  and  12  of  text,— well-printed  in  the  reformed  style  mentioned  on  p.  672, 
—though  the  rumor  there  given  of  its  absorption  of  the  Bi.  South  was  not  correct.  I  think  that 
paper  is  still  i^sued,  but  no  specimen'  have  readied  me  since  Aug.,  and  I  name  its  editor  on 
authority  of  a  note  in  Bulletin  of  Sept.  3,  cor-ecling  thus  my  statement  of  p.  670,  that  S.  M. 
Palton  was  to  tie  its  ed.  I  gladly  correct  also  my  assumption  of  p.  671,  that  the  Smith  Mach 
Co.  gave  more  support  than  all  other  patrons  to  the  Star  Advocate,— \\\ft  neat  little  monthly 
which  fir..s  so  well  its  chosen  function  of  vigoro\i';ly  proclaiming  "  the  Star,"— for  its  editor  de- 
clares that  only  until  recently,  when  the  Smilhville  people  purchased  a  paid  idv.  at  regular  ratc^. 
has  he  received  any  help  at  all  from  that  quarter.  The  7th  issue  of  the  Vermont  Bicycle,  ii; 
Oct.,  '86,  change<l  its  fir-t  rude  shape  (see  p  672)  to  16  pji.  of  standard  size  and  improved  typos- 
raphy,  blit  in  Jan.  it  went  back  to  the  old  form  and  dropped  "  Vermont,"  which  was  the  onlv 
(listmctive  thins;  in  its  tiiie.     Tiic  noi  cxiieriMvc  laic  oi  a  \..  a  year  ^.latir.g  rrcm  Apr.,  -xr-zr.  z:: 


ADDENDA:    70URNAUSM. 


■'  ;   began)  is  explained  by  the  fact  thaf  ,«„-»    .     . 

.--^ed  b,  the  sn.e  edi.o.^ho   ..ri!   Z  cle'^a'sTh 'V"'  "f  '"  '"'  ^--^"^  ^'-. 
I  he  B.  lyorld  celebrated  the  o„e,vne  of  a TJl  v  I         '»""'  "^  '"=  ^^'S-  '"  "-  State 
r-v  office  where  it  can  do  its  o«-„  pri  ,i„  "^and  b v  rJ  '    ''^  ''  ''7'  '""•'  ''V  '""ving  ,o  a 

,r.>..y,  which   I  mentioned  on  p.  ^  as  lo';:."; t  ^ -aTJV ''^ '°7" '°"'^''=-«''-"  "^«- 
H,.  by  a  neater  one  of  styl.  similar  to  the  earLst   W  n,        '"P".^'''"«  '^e  head  of  Aug.  7, 
'  "--  blunder  by  inserting  in  the  l.ad,  ''  F  u Sh    sTs ?•  TT     ^'^'^  --^''.  "  -akj 
■-■  p.  662),  whtle  the  first  issue  of  Am    Bi    /!  u  '        '  """  ''"'  ^""'^  «»«  Nov.  ,5    ',„ 

«;..;edisclai,nn,g  the  lineal  successorS-fas-^Zu:'"" '>°'^-*''' '' ''-  ^-   '^-  bought' 
^f  .1"^  5.  /*-.'.  •'  archery  "  „ff,hoot.  whi  h  iTav     '■        T'.  "'   "  ^"^  "■  '")•     The  last  gas.' 
^';^^  was  given  whe..  that  luckless  our         ie        '  rt'  •^^^^"^'^:=''  "^-^  ^— '-  (PP.  6:^^ 
»l.ere  >t  was  born,  as  An.aUur  AtkleU,  Apr   4    V      '"^'1^''^)^'^ '  '"  t'>e  office  of  ,he  If  J 
^'.      Its  owners,  the  "  Cyclist  Pub   Co    "  soid  ih  "'""  "'''""'^  ^'"^'^   "f  Nov   .e' 

■■;:-..".  Pub,  Co."(.„ent,oned  inco':e;.,  ^n  p  ^j;rha^.- ,?' '^''^  '-^-wners;  the' 
;:"'f'  .7^''^^"  reorganised  (J.  W.    P.arnes   pres         '    ]IT^     ""'"'  '"  l^'^'  -^earance  ",, 
l!«l<w,th,  G,  M.  Huss,  W.  .S    Bull    H    A    4       ,    '         -'"'""'•  "■^^=-  '  '^-  ^    ')liver   N    M 
"V../  .OF.  P.  PHa,,  ,.  present"";d"or'an'dT  Blir":"^^^'  T  ^'"'  ^      ^ '^^  '^^ 
-  n,e  of  the  capital  stock,  with   privilege  of  pern     '     '  "?'      ^^"^"^"""g  ^  certain  per- 

.f  the  echtonal  work  f™n  Apr.  .  ^Ss  (p^)Tinrrle  ""«  ''"°"«''  ''^  ''^^  '^<'- m^st 
.^•Kl  when  ■•  pub."  w.is  first  added  to  t  DcT  '  h  T  T'  '^"'  ^""'^^  ^^  «=<^-  Sept.  3  .86- 
^>-',^l.  "*.  •'  had  been  named  durin.  'he  S  we'l  ""  ""=  ""'^^  '^  "^  ^'-dard  $    rate' 

:'-  Am.  News  Co.  On  May  6,  he  ch  idl  offi??  '/"  ^""""'  "^  -"<=  '-"bl  wTh 
'-7'  -'.e  printing  from  ..  Vesey  st.  .TnT^uZTrr/r''  T'  '"'  "  ^^'"'^  "^  '^ - 
•'»P  o.ved  ,n  '83-4      Pagination  was  resumed  after  ^  '  "^  "  f>ankfort  st„  who  were 

;r'  '"^  ^^  ;--  ^^^  'hen  to  May  .3  Z  '^s    ^  °"r'- T'  ^ "   n^  '"'  ^"^  '^^'^-'  «- 
Mav  4,  under  N.  L.  Collame,,o:  Washington   ed   of  U-A    /   v  ^^P-'--t  -  was  begun 

.  -yment  o    brevier  type  allows  its  editorl  p'roCa  ^      a    '  Ih'T  '^  ""  ""  """''  ^^^''-"'  -- 
'1  e  age  of  8  months  (Dec.  3  ;  see  p.  665)  the  CyTjl  ^e  largest  of  the   weeklies."    At 

Pn.R  -he  puice  from|..5o  to  „  c.  ; 'and  w  n  ti^  n':.!:  '"'■"'=^"'  ^'S"  "^  ^-'-ss  by  drot 
•cu.se  of  ed,  's  promotion  to  management  of  5^  /  "  "'  ".7"""'  "=  "  «--« '°  --.," 
■e,,  I  swallowing  ^A.  J..„  „£  Springfield  As  fo  ,h'  .'""■^'  "' ™'"  ""'•  ''■^'  «— ^  o 
."e  ^r  W,  Mar.  4,  said  "  the  »W  4.  ,  ,  f  ^  ^  'J  ""^^  l-P*-,  a  Washington  cor.  of 
-  wnters."  would  appear  there  within  6  week,  but  ^M  "■"",""'  '  '^'"'^  "'  ''''""''^"^  -^ers 
.hongh  enough  capital  has  been  subscribed  .0 'nnh''  c'  "'""^''  '  P^P-'ement. 
''-."f  Apr.,  say.abi  journal  is  about  to  br si  r  d  b  !h  y"""  '"'"  ^^  '^-"'- 
..no-her  reporter  {fi«/.,  Dec.  ,7,  p  ,go)  said  hrhT  ^  "  '"^"^  °^  Oakland,  Cal  ■  and 
Kansas  City.  Mo.,  would  soon  havH^'e  ,'SJ"we  k,     """'  '"^  ••'""^°"'y  ''"  ^e  ieving  that 

The  most  notable  addition  to  the  Br  tt  fo         f  '  '  T'"""  '^  "•  ^'-  ■^'"-t" 
n>a..,ne  issued  by  the  welUknown'^l^r  ^  :";^;  jj- -^.'-he  «^-^-'-,  a  quarterly 

nf  .l.e  eduonal  committee  of  '•  the  Society  of  Cv  li    s  "  tS  'tl^'  "'  ''""^''■■'•^'  '"  '^'^half 

N.wuh  these  avowed  objects  :     ■'  The  develop    en  n  ■"'"  "''""''''  '"  "^"^  ^^'v  '^art  of 

~  of  studies  in  literature,     :ence  and  ar   "'  T  L/  ?"'""^'  """"  '"'  "''PP"""--  '"  the  pro- 
l^-.ern.ng  council  of  .,  (i,,,,,,,    ,  ^  ^|,^^^  '        '  ^""te  from  an  official  leaflet,  which  names  a 

'--  '^    W,   Richardson  ;   treas  ,   M     F db        '  '  1"'""'^  '"  "''""'""  '"  "--  3  officers 

;;-U.  the  society-s  rooms,,  bonduLtw'Se^;        ,,"'""■     ^'"^   '^«"  ^-^  1^-  " 
•"  Ma.v.  wh.m  '■  new  inventions  are  exhibited        T  ""''■'  "'"'""K^  •■'^^  "^^'d,  from  Oct 

--".  •'  Admission  to  the  society  s  by  r  e  fCrth  '""". "'  '"'""'  '"  ^^'^"•^'■^  ^^^  -  d  ^  ^ 
r;"  ";  -";.a,  fee  of  ,,.,  enti.les^ach'meX'  ?:,:r;t;"'-'^'':  "  '-'"'  '"  ^^  «-^ 
:,;;     '  "'^"'^  •^''"^"••"S  visitors  to  the  meeting,  mav  lei  .d  ,'■        ""^  ""■''  '"  ""'^''d"-'  - 

-'  «'cre,ary.  Corresponding  members  pav  n  entr  ct  f  ""  ;i:"'""""'  '"  ""''  '"'^-'>"  "^  to 
"'  v  can  take  no  par,  in  the  election  of  me  ml    r,  t  T  xf'"''  '"'  ""  ''"""■^'  <'"e^.  and 

-re  than  three  consecutive  terms:  ..nd  ..:;;!.?."'  "!!'""  .    ^o  officer  can  hold  his  nlace  J 

--^....^  during  their  year  snail  not  be  eHgible^for  ::::;;Z  ir^ ^^r'^  1 1 e 7^'  -""', 

""■'  ""^  'apse  ot  a  year.'' 


«f' 


CIV 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


"  The  cnuncil  shall  meet  as  often  aa  business  shall  require  ;  and  any  3  of  the  37  councilors  shall 
be  a  quorum."  Women  are  eligible  .0  nii:ml>i:r&lii|> ;  and  the  expulMun  o[  a  member  requires 
a  two-thiiiU  vole,  after  its  n.'connniiidation  by  the  council.  The  evoKilioii  of  ihc  society  from  the 
"  i'ricyclc  Union  "  lias  beL-n  detailed  by  me  on  p  64;  ;  and  an  account  <>l  us  "  first  annual  con- 
gress," wliich  is  there  allnilod  to,  covers  much  of  the  I'-'ayfiirers  first  issue  (Oct.,  pp.  118), 
while  its  second  (Jan.,  pp.  86)  conl.iins  U|>waids  of  a  dozen  papers  read  at  the  various  monthly 
mecliitgs,  on  such  subjects  as  "Tricycles  for  the  I'olice,"  "  Norway  as  a  Field  for  Cyclists," 
"  the   ts.iex  Route  lo  Kent,"   and  "  Driiidical    Remains  Abury."     The   latter   is   by  the 

"secretary  of  the  editorial  coniniiitee,"  J.  li.  Marsh,  the  same  "elderly  qiiiditiinc"  whcse 
"  vapor  iiRS  "  proved  so  distasteful  to  ilie  "  .Sec.-Ki'.  of  (,'.  T.  C."  as  lo  lead  him  to  forge  the 
sij^nalure  of  J.  I'cnnell,  in  onler  to  etf.'clively  denounce  them  (sec  p.  xci.).  J.  1'.  himself  is  one 
oi  the  society's  council,  and  will  doi'ljtless  be  glad  to  ccomineiid  the  names  of  American  ac- 
quainiaices  who  may  wish  lo  become  corresponding  ineiiibers. 

Inferior  typography  and  paper  characterize  the  Cyi:liHg  Budget  ("a  domestic  and  cycling 
journal,  fur  news  topics  and  leisure  hours;  editors,  Ixion  and  I'halia  ;  manager.  Win.  Holton  "), 
which  has  liL-en  issued  every  Wednesday  since  Dec.  1  (,  '36,  at  170  .Strand.  The  latter  half  of 
its  16  pp.  (11  liy  i)i  in.)  is  given  In  "  reprint  matter  "  of  the  sort  which  American  country  papers 
us :•  for  padding,  .iiid  the  greater  part  of  this  seems  to  have  originated  in  America,  —  Uurdelle, 
I  ill  Nye  and  other  f.imiliar  names  being  ipioted  in  the  only  two  specimens  I  have  seen.  Mar.  2 
.aid  9.  The  adv.'s  are  all  restricted  to  the  01  aiig. -colored  cover.  Whetting  of  Mar.  2  was  "  re- 
quested to  state  that  T.  C.  Heath  (editor)  and  H.  H.  tJriffin  are  no  longer  connected  with  the 
Cycling  Hiii/get."  Mr.  f>.  was  meiitiomd  on  Nov.  10  as  having  ceased  tn  sujiply  the  "club 
chronicle  "  for  5/.  A',:(ij,  and  having  torininated  all  connection  with  the  lliffes  (see  p.  6()oV 
White  letlcr"  .m  n  black  background  cl.nacterize  the  heading  of  the  Cycling  H'orl.l,  "an  illust 
weekly  iiewspaix'r  for  wheelmen,  edited  by  J.  H.  Akerman,"  and  pub.  on  Weiliiesdays  at  is'' 
Kleet  St.,  beginning  Mar.  >."  The  ed,  w.is  formerly  connected  with  the  Cycling;  yV/;/M  (which 
H.  A.  11. irrow,  wrongly  named  on  p.  6~<9  as  "proprietor,"  has  also  left),  and  he  says  "the 
writers  who  have  joined  in  the  venture  have  already  made  their  names  in  connection  with  ilie 
journalism  of  the  sport," — but  he  does  not  announce  them.  The  only  "illustration"  1  liiid 
in  the  first  issue  is  a  cut  of  a  tricycle.  The  ailv.'s  cover  the  outside  4  of  the  16  pp.,  of  standard 
size,  and  ihe  price  is  a  penny,  as  in  case  of  all  the  London  weeklies.  The  choice  of  World  fur 
a  title  w.is  made  possible  by  the  discontinuance,  in  Dec,  of  the  Iliffeti'  Wheel  H'or/d (s^e  pp. 
654,  (i.^o),  in  favor  of  "  Oiympi.x  "  (price  le  c  ),  which  ihey  began,  in  Jan.,  "  to  rominand  the 
broader  I'leld  of  all  outdoor  sports,"  after  the  f.ishion  of  Outing;  though  they  still  adv.  it  ,is 
"  the  cyclist's  monthly  inag.izine,"  and  the  wheeiing  conlribulors  continue  lo  predominate.  H. 
A.  Jud<i  ceased  lo  edit  and  A.  J.  Wilson  ("  Kajd")  ceased  to  contribute  lo  //'.  li'.,  3  month 
before  the  transformation  ;  because,  with  the  issue  of  Tricycling  Journal  oi  Nov  12,  H.  A 
Judd  &  Co.  were  announced  as  new  owners,  with  .A.  tl.  Morrison  ([ip.  535,  690)  as  a  third  mem- 
ber of  iheed  staff.  The  office  was  at  onc^  changed  from  Hammersmith  to  181  Kleef  st.  (pp.  (151. 
(h)i),  the  Ivpography  was  improved,  and  an  artistic  heading  was  added, — the  laltei  being  thrown 
off.  Mar.  15,  when  a  change  of  name  was  made  lo  (.y:ling Journal.  Since  then  iht  word>. 
"  edited  bv  H.  .A.  Judd'"  have  I'lgured  at  top  of  outside  page.  The  pink  cover  r.nd  "land- 
scape heading  "  01  the  C.  f.  C.  G.izette  have  been  repl.iced  in  the  current  volume  by  a  blue 
cover  and  a  neater  design,  giving  prominence  to  the  new  badge  "  pirated  "  from  the   L.  A.  W 

After  an  inspection  of  advance  pages  of  my  "literature"  chapter,  the  ed.  of  (>iV«<  sent 
me  the  following  corrections  (Dec.  29,  'Sol ;  "  The  old  Bicycle  Jourmil (vi.  6S0I  il'd  not  »f)pe,u 
until  '77>  't  year  later  than  />/.  ,Vrti»j,  for  it  sprung  from  the  annual,  instead  of  giving  rise  lo  it 
Wheel  I.Je  (p.  (i<)o)  was  a  failure,  because  its  editors  did  not  secure  the  pu'^lic  taste.  The  In. 
cy  I  -"'.  on  ;hc  contrary,  alwnv-^  p.iid  its  way.  The  ^im.ilgamation  has  proved  a  big  success, — \\v: 
Bi.  Nt'iVs  now  cii dilating  within  2000  cojiies  of  the  Cycli:.'.  and  increasing  weekly.  Its  carionn- 
knocked  the  Wheeling  '  art  supplemcnis '  (n  f>o3)  into  ridicule.  Your  quoted  par.  from  B.  .V 
inlroduclion  fp.  694)  was  really  written   by  W.  McC.  and   not  by  G.  L.  H,  as   implied.     Ymir 


ADDENDA  :    JOURNALISM. 


cv 

ii  is  American,  is  also  wror-      TH-  •  i 

-eral  o    .he  patented  par.s  ar.  descr.bed  i„  .y  Z^^^lt     \        '^T"'  '^  ""  ^^"  "'»' 
.1-  firs.  E„Ji,l.  jo.,„ali.t  ,o  take  any  „o..  of  A,n        a.w  \  '^  "''°  """"^  "•>'  ^  -" 

As  every  loyal  lv,,!i.hman  wi.lJs   .his   yea"  rrn'T  "'"r^"-" 

..n.dcn  ,o  subscnbe  for  a  •>bilee'l.  e-b  aU  d  ' '  n^  .h":"''^'  "•""  '"^  """""-  »'  '"= 
.«.-/.     As  .he  boa    .„d  house  cos.   I5000   a,       .he  boa  '°'""'  '"^  '°  "''='y  "'  ''-«=  l-"" 

se,-,«s  lll.ely  .0  be  incomplete  ;  bu.  ,he  su.r^:,  "  '  'r.  T  '""  ^'''°-  "'^  ""'•^"'^'^  "'^"'-,al 
■•'■i'-'s  enersv.  Si„,ilafly,  ,he  B,  W  1  Ma'  Tea';;?:  "  7^'  "^■"'"'^'  ^''"-'"S  ^^  "- 
f- a  L-sIess  sailor.  J.  McI.Uosh,  «ho  haddrven  a",  1  '"^  '"'*' ""^"^-''^  ^"■'""^'-""■"^» 
■lavs  and  was  able  .0  announce  ,;,  colic      d  o    A "     .      T,  "  ""r"'"  '"  ^°'"'°'>   '"  - 

..'iHa.ingi.scircu,a.io..  for  53  we\ks.  sholi  l  ^^w.h  ^Tf  "  ''"'^  ^  ^'^"  •''  "^"^  '" 
...lis  "a  larger  proportionate  progress  for  ,l,e  ,2!    T  ,^^°        ^°5°  "°'""'  *'"'="'  i' 

..  i-Ser  acual  circul.ion  than  that  of  an  I-  e  "  xce  ri;  r  rT  w""  ''''"'  ''""'"^■-  -"^ 
."OS.,  our  issue  will  e-.ceed  .0,000."     As  between    he  •  '^''"'-     ^'  '^'-'""'^  "■^''  *"'■'"  3 

l.ress  the  opinion,  after  a  4  months'  per  sai  of  bot  t  laT  a""' "'  '"'"'  '""  "=""''■  '  ""  -•■ 
t<>e,n  n.  .he  ^.  AT.,  despite  i,s  hostile  .0,  .lead's  kL  c'TT  ""  ''"'  '""-'-"teres. 
.nen.,oneaA.  C.  Harn.sworth,  as  its  ac.na  Inatg  e  itor";  .H^';-. ''^^-  ^"^^■""-'  "^'"^ 
".'.ne  ,s  no.  printed  in  the  paper.  A  recen.  ,0  T"  I  ?■  ^'  '-"''^'^'^  '^«"'  "'«"::''  ''i^- 
-port  of  A.  J.  Wilson  of  .L  Vr/.W^  Jxonor, "  '  "':""'  ""  ■''  ^'^""'  '"  P'"^'-''  "'e 

"  falsehood  "  raised  by  .he  C^.A.     w  e;  "he        ^  '''"•'"'■■"  '^^    •-  ''"'"  "^  "-harge  o 

:..ive„i  ing  .he  presence  of  CelSnor  1^  ,i  "  "  C'""::'  '"  """■  ^''  ^  ^-''«"'-  "^  i- 
-  realuy  failed  .0  appear  .here),  .ha.  it  porsetd  le.t  "IfT:  •  ''  "'  ,"?'''■  "~'-'.  *".o 
-Pply  .hose  "  amateurs  "  a.  a  stipulated  ra^  1  clt'^,  "'^'"''  ''"'''  "^""'"^""^  - 
'iH.se  letters  for  some  well-known  Englishman's  insn.r,  '^h'^l!'="ged    the   club  .0  produce 

'"  ''J-;^;'  -••"  'he  resul.  stated.     AH .  eT.   er  eye     ^ n.  "''  ^"'  "'"'^^°^^'  -•^■"■■'«'' 

l..M,ned  .he  honesty  of  the  Springfield  K    C   -but   th"    r    ^7    """""^  '"'  ''^''''  '"""^  -"'•   " 
".6),  ,t  was  forced  i,  maV.  a  hal.  hg  apo  o^v'for    '  r  f       "         ^"^  ''"'"''  ""''''  ""  -'^'--  '3  (P- 
^;i-e!yre,ract.he   false  charge.     As'^gYd  "he  :  !:"'"« '^  """' ^'a'e  news  "  ;  bu.  it  did    1, 
"a.  .hey  were  quick  ,0  see  .he'force  of    "y'^^  ..tZ   7  ""'       '^""'- '""'  '  ""^^  — "« 
:.■  wuh  me  for  indexing,  rather  than  .loT^l:^^:"  'i'  '"'  •-"'  ''"'  "■^'^  P»'«-  "" 
.'":  ^."'^  "^dn-marks.     The    Cyc.  Jour,  and  /X   <^  i^^^         ""  ''''"''"■  "'  ""^  1"'"- 
"..e.hgently  selfish  "  rule  towards  me,  whid,    mL'eLt      Z  ,  '"  ''^^  •^'^"'"'-■'^  "'^  -">« 
a  ..p.at,heou,se.of  my  round-the-wor-d   enterpW^T    T  /   ,        '"   ^''"^   ^'"■^*''  -'""^"h  ,c 
;-f  ".a.  shrewdness  is  the  publxa.ion  hv  the   .-7^2;^^  cT,      T'  "'  ^^"^^^  ^''P^---'" 
;■'.      ."anaser  of  the  sportsman's  Exhibition."  ~^llT\       "  T"""  "'  "'  ^"'--S- 
'^T  was  repr.n.ed  in  m.eclh.g  .f  May  4      The  ,   "^'"'"^^  by  biographical  sketch,  which  lat- 
'n  correction  of  n.y  Aug.'ilst   of  Ja  iers         p 't^ I     ^'  ^'^  """"'•  ''   ""'''''  '^''^^  ^^rl 
.^^.anoffshpof,he/....^,../_,::,^7,,,,^^^'^3)   -n    J^  L.  Dunbar  as  ed.  and  prop. 
'<    J.  .^recredy  became  ed.  of /r.  Cyc/ist  &-  4tl,T     Is  "'"   " '^  '^'^'Ih.^;  writer  for  i. 

:■"<<  ".  Mar.  he  bought  it,  in  compa.fy  ITx^^X:  f  m'  ^^^7  "  "'^^  ^"■^"-'^  ^  '^  "^X'  ^ 
-^.4.M.dlleAbbeyst.  Its  latest  pa.e  M  v  is  , '  ,  75"  '"■  P"«  -  ^  c..  and  office 
a"ce  ,s  prosperous.     Under  its  title  is  a  iL  of  '  "1       '^      ''''^•"  -^"-^  '''  "-'^'al  ^Ppenr- 

-San,"  beginning  with  the  I.  C  A  (w  e  'o  >.  "  """  ''"'"'  "^  ^"•^•'  "  -  "-  "  fficnl 
A-.cia.ion.     Special  •■  dub  organ,  "^,:^^o;  '  ■'  T^'  """  '"''""-  ^"^  "-  '-h  R 

•;--.?  -hh  praise  the  C.„..„;  ^ ,  J  J pil  7  '"  ^"«'-<''-"-  O-./..'  of  Apr.  6  m^n- 
v.";  while  'r/../«^acknowledged  ;;.r  ::f;'T'^V:r'''^"''^*"^'^'"  "  ^■^"-  ==5.  V'.l. 
'•;  '■""■'^''^  »•  ^"'  ^'-  Calvert,  edito    ''    s    "If  r.^'"'  '"  ■''■•"'    ■"'-">'v  J"-nal  of 

;-7"--^  was  leading  ,  Hfe  of  its  ow  'and  p  faTti:!  ^T  ')  '''■  '"  ''''  ''^"'  -'-■  C..-, 
'''"Ar,,  ,n  whose  h,        n^  it  .,„.„  ,...1.  _"  P?"'.'.P'  "'°  <^^''  "f  "s  ab^orrtio,,  bv  Ih.  .9....  .1 

■-"-3  new  series,-,he  current  issue  of  which^Aor  Ti  'i.  T''  "  "'"'"^^  '"  ""^  ''•^"=  "^  "«= 

'  ^P'-  '*•  "      ^°-  M..  Vol.  VI."    Thepublica. 


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ticin  office  is  at  25  Jamaica  St.,  Glasgow.  Quiz,  a  comic  paper  of  that  city,  has  just  introduced  a 
cycling  column.  Smttturn  Athletics,  a  monthly  of  cycling,  was  begun  last  Nov.,  at  Lewisham. 
^n  amalgamation,  in  Oct.,  of  two  01  the  French  journals  described  on  p.  699, — the  first 
a  weekly  dating  from  Mar.  5,  '85,  ano  the  second  a  semi-monthly  dating  from  Jan.,  '85, — has  re- 
sulted in  the  Viloce-Sport  et  le  Viloceman  Rhmis,  weekly,  of  Bordeaux,  owned  and  edited  by 
Jean  de  I'Arieste,  founder  of  the  former.  The  first  number  of  a  nev.  papci  at  I',  was  mentioned 
as  inferior  to  this  old  one,  by  the  Fr.  cor.  of  vyh.  Gaz.  Ic;  Nov.,  but  he  did  not  tell  its  name. 
In  Dec,  M.  de  i'Arieste  made  a  vigorous  protest  against  allowing  the  title  "  official  organ  of  the 
Union  Velocip^dique  '  to  be  conferred  upon  its  hated  rival,  the  Revue  dii  Sport  Velocipedique 
(Kouen  :  84  Vicompt^  st.)  whose  "  spirited  pictures  "  were  praised  by  Cyclist,  Apr.  27,  and  whose 
"  Almauach  Illustr^  de  la  V^locipedie,  iSS,  "  (15  c.),  was  thus  noticed  by  same  paper,  Dec.  22  : 
"  It  is  better  tiian  the  three  earlier  eds. ,  and  consists  almost  entirely  of  short  talcs,  interspersed 
with  jokelets  called  '  coups  depiidales.'  The  best  of  its  pictures  are  reproductions  of  the  Stevens 
series  in  Outing."  The  long  name  of  the  Rouen  paper  suggests  that  the  two  described  on  p  698 
have  been  combined ;  but  I  'm  not  sure  of  the  fact.  As  for  the  Maandblad,  which  began  in 
Apr.,  '84,  as  "  official  organ  of  the  Dutch  Cyclers'  Union  "  (p.  700),  its  issue  of  Apr.  i,  '87,  is 
called  the  Kampioen,  by  Wheeling,  as  if  tht  old  title  had  long  been  disused.  The  true  German 
name  of  what  is  called  the  Steel  Wheel  on  p.  700,  is  the  6VrjA/r-(j</ (Frankfort  :  Th.  Wtber,  ed.  ; 
16  pp.  ;  J!i.25),  pub.  5th  and  20th  of  ea:h  month,  at  3  Buchgasse.  At  Nuremburg,  on  the  first 
Sunday  in  each  month,  Carl  I^utz,  ed.,  of  Mohren  St.,  issues  the  Dcutsclie  Rad/,threr  (begun 
in 'S5  ;  8  to  12  pp.,  J  1.50),  "  official  organ  of  tlve  '  Allgemeinen  Radfahrer-Union,' "  which 
seems  to  be  a  self-styled"  universal  "  rival  of  the  more  important  "  Di-Hitscher  Radfahrer-Bund  " 
described  on  pp.  651,  697.  Vienna  has  two  new  fortnightlies  :  Rnd/ahrer-Zeiluiig  (^%^\  D. 
Habernal,  ed.  ,  3  Fiirichgasse ;  12  pp.  ;  $1)  and  Radfahr-Sport  ('86 ;  A.  Von  Szabo  jr.,  ed.  ; 
5  Lowengasse  ;  16  pp.  ;  $2).  The  Cyclist  of  Feb.  22  mentioned  the  starting  of  siill  another 
German  paper, — a  "  universal  "  one, — Allgetneitier  Anzeig?r  flir  Rad/iihrer.  The  Veloci- 
fedist,  Munich,  and  Velocipedsport,  Berlin  (p.  697),  were  both  flourishing  at  clo'.e  of  '86.  The 
latter  is  pub.  by  A.  Par'tschke  (97Zimmerst.  ;  $1.50),  and  he  also  issues  "  Illustrirter  Radfah- 
rer-Kalender  1887,"  at  25  c.  I  take  the  foregoing  from  5lh  ed.  of  "  Radfahrers  Jahrbuch  " 
(Berlin  :  T.  H.  S.  Walker,  87  Zimmer  st.  ;  Dec,  '86;  230  pp.  and  40  adv.  pp.  ;  25  c,  see  p. 
697),  at  whose  office  are  pub.  the  three  following  :  (i)  "'  Tourenbuch,"  for  Germany,  Holland, 
and  parts  of  Switzerland,  Austria,  France  and  Denmark,  by  J.  M.  Dumstrey,  Tourmaster  of 
German  Wheelmen's  Union ;  (2)  Nachlese  aus  dem  Radfahrerleben  "  (Gleanings  from  a 
Wheelman's  Life),  by  J.  M.  Dumstrey,  illust.  hy  Max  Reidsc!  midt,  Oct.,  86,  $1.37  ;  (3)  "  Das 
Kunst-  und  Saalfahren  beim  Uadfahr-spor',"  by  R.  Hofer,  of  Leipzig,  25  c.  Four  others  are 
also  catalogued  :  "  Das  Dreirad  (The  Tricycle)  und  seine  Bedeutung  als  Verkehrsmittel  fiir 
Jedermann,"  by  Otto  Ekarius,  M.  D.  (Hamburg:  G.  C.  Temps,  59  Neuerwall  ;  37  c.); 
"Liederbuch  fiir  Radfahrer,"  by  the  EIKvangen  B.  C.  (songs,  3d  ed,  30  c) ;  "  Touren- und 
Fahrtenbuch,"  for  Alsace-I>oraine  and  Baden  (Strasburg  :  F.  Breunfleck  &  C.  Wester  ;  see); 
"  Wegweiser  fUr  Radfahrer,"  along  the  P^ine  (M.-Gl.idbach  :  O.  Weber,  13  Wilhelm  st.  ;  75  c). 


At  the  close  of '85,  the  largest  year's  mileage  recorded  in  America  was  J.  D.  ^L^^anlay's 
(Louisville  ;  6573  m.  ;  see  p.  527),  who  rode  every  day  of  that  year  ;  while  the  largest  mileage 
in  the  world  was  F,.  Tcgetmeier's  (London ;  10,053  m.  in  230'days  of 'S3  ;  see  pp.  531,558). 
Hence,  when  the  Star  Advocate  of  Mar.,  '87,  pri.itcd  ,i  l.tter  from  A.  B.  Norton  (b.  Apr.  2, 
'66),  manager  of  tiie  telephone  office  at  Westfield,  Ms.,  describing  how  that— betv.ecn  Mar.  5 
and  Dec  30,  '86— io,7o6J  m.  had  been  recorded  bv  his  Lakin  cyclom.,  attached  to  a  48  in.  1.  r. 
Star,  the  case  seemed  to  me  worth  investigating.  In  a  talk  with  him,  at  the  opening  of  May,  I 
convinced  myself  that  his  cyclom.  had  really  registered  the  said  mileage,  and  that  he  believed 
in  its  accuracy,  as  proved  bv  occasional  comparison  with  known  distances.  Unfortunately,  at 
he  kent  no  sort  of  log,  except  a  mere  mem.  of  ;he  date  when  each  1000  m.  ended,  his  figure^ 
cannot  be  accepted  as  authentic  by  those  who  distrust  that  special  make  of  cyclom.,  or  who  re- 


ADDEXDA:    MILEAGE  OF  ^m 

c\ii 

<i...a..ce  Though  no,„inaI,y  employed  ^y' ^:72:rlrZ:Vv' ''''''''"-  -'"aily  covered  .he 
Krea.  d.a  of  .,„,e  a.  command ;  and  he  was  en.h  a.,i  ';°'*-'"'^-'"  ^-^  -llecor,  he  had  a 
"ewSur(hav,ng  ridden  a  5,  in    in  >8,   and  n        ^  '"°"''"'^  ""=  S"P"iori,y  „f    .,;, 

•;  -H  banU  Cer.  who  rode  5L  m.'L'a',;  o  di      y^t^^  l':^^'  ^^''^'-^  •^et.r'ihan  .'h^;     !  ■ 
Lousands  of  mdes  were  finished  a.  the  following  dtlhe^ni      H  '  ^"^  '^^^^     '"=  -""-e 
ys.  thonghno  riding  was  done  on  some   of  fh'n/s^Tt  '""''' "^'^^^^S '-■'^P-^ 

May  ag ;  ^th,  «,  June  20 ;  jth,  a,,  July  ,,  .  6,,,        '   '    '  "'  ^'^'^   '*  '   ^d,  2,,  May  5  ;   ,/  ,, 

-V  he  d.d  no  riding,  on  accoun.  of  break  ima'c.e   and  "n       ^^°'  '"^^  ""■     ^^"^  -""  '- 
300  or  ,00  m    under  cover.     His  best  s.raigh.aw  ^  ^^ .  was  f  "  "'"•    '''"  '"^  '''''  P^^-^s 

■"  '  "•  '°  '"'"•  (beating  record  by  1  h.),  a,!d  his  Ion'     7.  ""°''''  '°  ■'^>'""«fi'=><l.  ^7  m. 

"%-4.07A.  M.,9,o„and3t0  5P  ;,      J,  ,    -Z  ^'^  "^  "'■■"""'"•  9  h.  of  nd- 

walks  of  W.  but  extended  to  S..  Holyouland  ^  'n     mZ.  ^7  """^  ^°"'"'^''  '^  "-^  "--- 

I  he  prue  of  a  ^,5  ..old  plated  cyclom..  which     ad  K-  ^"'  ^""""^^'  ''''''^"  ^'°"^- 

:  •;  ""'T^'^y  L^^'"  ^-  Co..  to  a  .5-year  Id  s  hoo  .1 ""  H  '"^'""'  """  "^  "'^  -'-■•>'• 
,-•7),  who  m.->de  the  preposterous  "  claim  "  of  ,7408  m  i^        T''  "•''"^^  «'  '"■  Victor  (p 

:;  '"r'[  ''■.—'•  -en  giving  the  dates  wheV  ^llll";;':  °"'  °!"'-^«  ^  ""'^'^  "^  evidence 
.he  face  of  h.s  cyclom.  carefully  hidden,-but  MrN  ma  ,,;"','  *"*=  '^"'^•'^''-  "^  kept 
■i  (evenn,g)  and  ,9,  and  the  "  record  "  for  the  e  c  J.  '"  '     '  '*°  '""^^'"Ss  of  it,  Oct 

C-  have  advertised  this  wretched  fraud  as  a  e      ,  ,     "'  Tf  '''  '"•     ^•-■'  "'e  Overman  Wheel 
Westfield  school  boy  of  same  age.  named  ym'^JnaJ!"'  '^^  T'''"''"^  '  ^''^  --'- 
0"  a  4.  m.  American  Ideal,  was  rewarded  by  th     Gc!,;  j.y  ^  Tfi      '  "  '^'"""'^  "  '"-^  -  ' 
As  I  .ave  reproved  the  Pofe  Mfg.  Co.  for  giving  cZtnancff"''       '  "'"  '^  "'^  ''  '"'  '^■■ 
Mooom.n,,4mos.'^p.s,6),sohereIprotestaJin  wTT  ''"  ""^"ified  "  estimate  of 

as  he  psbringal,  honest  cyclometers  and  re  odke,i™r"  °""'™^  ''■"""«  ^'^'^  -'■"' 
'WO  ch.ldren  are  utterly  farccal  ;  but  the  Overman  ?''''"'"'     '^^"  "  ''"''"^  "  "<  "^^se 

H.y  authentic  '86  record  of  S0S7  m.  by  I^B  rkmrnT;^  '  T"  I'^!  '^^'^'^'^'^  "^^  undo.:: 
->eda!  for  he  rode  all  but  the  first  433  m.  on  a  V  cTor  Sec  '  "^  "^  *""  ""=  "^^^'V"  «■ 
record  of  745.  m.,  Mar.  .7  ,0  Dec.  .6,  '86  by  W  W  Sh  ,k  ""^  "  '"  "^'^'  """^^  "'e  "  Star  " 
..^hulatedeach  day'smiL-age  in  ,^,.  Ga.Sor  L  sltlV, '"'^  "'  '''^'  "'  ^'^-V-  «'- 
c  se.     I  also  regretfully  omit  an  account  o   one  of  Ih.  '^■''  ""^  ^""'"'S  details  of  either 

"  .he  NewOrleans  B.  C.-A.  M.  Hi  I  b  sTp,  -.T"  "°'f  ^  '°""  "^  'S^'  'al^en  bv  a  .Wo 
^h.lH  (b.  May  ,3.  63-,.  and  H.  W.  Fairfax  (b.^Aug'  ,f '4')'"?:",'^  ^^--^  -•  '  C.  M.  Pa  .! 
-ached  Boston  30  days  later,  after  having  ridd"n  their  be  ,  '  '  ""•  ""  °"  ^^'^  ^5  -'d 
.a-n  ,„  ,„,ns  for  .37  n,.     (See  Mr.  H.'s  four  articl  s  n  S"  n"  "'  "'""^'  ^'^  "•    '^"'^ 

1  he  followmg  table  is  from  a  little  namnhle,  i  '  ^"-  "^  '^  ^°^-  '<)■) 
-i.  'o  accompany  his  -  perfection  cycCe^^V-  ^  l';,   ,.;",  „^',  ">•  ";  S-   Livin,.ton,Vf  Cincln- 
ances  may  readily  be  measured  by  bearing  these  figure    in  ';'";"  ""=   '"''''''■     S''-  '^  - 
-  "-H.ortant.     It  may  be  well  to  remem'ber  .haflm  i    4:  vtjs  a  rr"""^  '"^  '"^''•- 
*^    -^'"^°^'  ^"d  i  "1.  ]s  587  yards. 


Diameter 
"f   Wheel, 

Inches. 

46 
4S 

50         I 

54 

56  I 

60  I 


Revolutions 

of  Wheel ■ 

to  the  Mile.  [<»  Rev. 
Vards, 


'44-5136 
'SO- 7963 
'57  oS 
163.3632 
169.6464 
'75-9296 
182.2128 
188.4960 


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MAY  FOURTH,  1887. 

After  four  years  of  prelude  and  gettino-ready,  Karl  Kron  thus 
lo  HIS  Three  Thousand  Co-partners  giveth  greeting: 

I  like  the  Preface,  as  you  are  aware 
It  serves  the  purpose  of  the  overture, 

Which  settles  down  the  audience  to  the  glare 
Of  foot-lights,  and  the  altered  temperature ; 

And,  while  they  wait  to  see  the  curtain  rise, 
They  think  but  little  of  the  music's  swell ; 

So  that  the  play  give  naught  to  criticise. 
They  clap  their  hands  and  teil  us  "  All  is  well." 

Again,  the  Preface  gives  a  man  a  chance 
To  show  his  readers  what  he's  going  to  do; 

To  so  point  out  his  failings  in  advance 
That  they  may  be  forgiven  on  review; 

To  get  his  pen  used  to  the  ways  of  verse; 
To  get  his  rhyming-lexicon  before  him  spread 

To  nerve  himself,  for  better  or  for  worse  ; 
And  then,  at  last,  to  boldly  go  ahead. 


My  time  has  come  !    My  overture 's  played  out. 
Already  do  I  hear  the  tintinnabulating  bell. 

The  rising  curtain  and  expectant  shout 
The  nearness  of  my  fate  at  length  foretell. 

So,  Good-bye,  Preface,  Indexes,  and  all  1 
Farewell,  Old  Sub.-List,  with  your  frowns  ar.a  smiles! 

Here  now  's  the  pinch  I  Hear  now  my  clarion-call: 
"  Cornel  thirty  thousand  purchasers  for  '  X.  M.  MiLES  '  I " 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I. 


ON  THE  WHEEL.» 


^■^^^'^'^^l^^^^^^^  7t'"  ^^'''°"'  ^  ^-»'*-    But. 

expect  to  derive  that  pleasu/ewholi;   rZt        "  T"  '^  ^'°°''  '^'^  -- 
he  cannot  count  on  gaining  any  from  4Z         "      '^     ^^""'"  "°""^  ''™-- 
fello^v-man  is.  i„  fact,  much  ."nc  Z  toT  "'T  ""''^  ^''  ^^"^^-'nan.     His 
whenever  he  ceases  to  view  h  m  ti  h  f\'  °'  '"^'  ^^^''^^  -yf- 
Picturesque  or  attractive  attached  ZL  T  '"'^'«'^'^""'  ^or  nothing 

along  his  chosen  ppth.  and  even  the  v  '''""'  P-<i^stn;,n  plodding  slowly 
vvith  it  the  notion'of  lomet  Jng  di  reprb^ror'?""^"  '''  ^^'"^''^  -^ 
he  average  American  househoidlra    t  '^-"eerous     In  the  view  of 

h.ghway  must  be  either  a  poor  mat;  ISre'"^^^^  along  the  pubHc 
or  a  patent-rights  hawker  or  some  other  vlntvofTH^"'"''^''  °^  '  '^°°''-g^"^ 
else  he  must  be  a  professional  vagrant  Indthiir  ^'''^^'''^^  Peddler,  or 
whom  u  is  advisable  to  keep  at  !Z'l  T     u  '"  ^"^  "'^'  ^^  '«  ^  person 

7'y  the  briefest  and  most  fo^lrrsrpTo'    h'  •" '"°^  "'^'^  "^^'^'«  ° 
place  and  uninteresting  object,  whose  r"om  is'  flV"  "''"''""^  ^°™'"°n- 
Acquamtance  with  such  a  one  can  nrV,        m      ^'^  ''"""  ^'^^^  '''^  company 
Pleasure  nor  profit,  and  irmo  e  S't^  ^'f  .^"^^  ^--holder  neithT 

f  >-.  Howtrrrelltn^^^^^^  -e  country  on  top  of  a 

altered.     The  Frenchmen  of  o,d  to  who  ^"T'-"--*  -e  absolutely 

"e  't  for  rendering  possible  tht  modern  ^"h   ''  "^"^'^'^  ^^^  "'"-ate 
exclaim,  •'^^,^,,,„,,,^^^^^';^°dern  mechamcal   marvel,  might  well 

;;n^s  him  spinning  swift^^  a7d  Sselefsn       t"  f  ^"^^-^ -'^ecl,  which 
amp  ,s  transformed  into  a  personal  !/  '"  ""'^  ^**'^'  ^^'^  whilom 

e  becomes  at  once  a  notable'  atu'Tn  t^'Tr^''  -d  attractiveness. 

Tom     Lli6{tu-nt/l .     %r  . 


■"-"•uer,  ,88j,  pp    ,^^,^~  '  -■"  ^'   "-S-  W-    576-587. 


Reprinted  in    r*,  l^i^e/ma>,. 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


able.  He  is  the  center  of  universal  curiosity  and  comment  His  presence 
illustrates  ^  fresh  triumph  of  mind  over  matter.  P  11  creatures  who  ever 
walked  have  wished  that  they  might  fly;  and  here  is  a  flesh-and  blood  man 
who  can  really  hitch  wings  to  his  feel.  That  is  the  one  touch  of  nature  which 
makes  th=  whole  crowd  kin. 

The  deprecatory  remarks  often  addressed  to  that  large  body  of  Ameri- 
cans who  make  the  tour  of  Europe  without  any  preliminary  travels  of  import- 
ance through  their  own  country  may  seem  rather  plausible  at  first  blush,  but 
whoever  looks  below  the  surface  of  things  will  quickly  discover  the  injustice 
of  such  reproaches.  The  tourist  who  goes  abroad  gets  a  great  deal  more  for 
his  money  than  he  could  possibly  get  l»y  traveling  an  equal  distance  at  home. 
This  magnificent  country  contains  without  doubt  many  notable  natural 
objects  which  are  well  worthy  of  the  inspection  of  its  natives  as  well  as  of 
foreigners ;  and  the  foreigner  has  as  an  additional  motive  for  traveling  here 
the  outward  life  of  the  people,  which  he  can  compare  instructively  with  the 
similar  manifestations  made  in  the  mass  by  the  life  of  other  nations.  But  the 
cities  of  the  United  States,  however  widely  separated  geographically,  are  all 
practically  alike,  and  so  are  the  towns  and  the  villages,  and  so  are  the  out- 
ward characteristics  of  their  inhabitant!.  The  "  local  color "  which  senti- 
mental writers  are  so  prone  to  attribute  to  the  people  and  institutions  of 
particular  sections  of  our  vast  domain  does  not  possess  the  vividness  which 
would  make  it  really  distinctive.  New  Orleans,  which  is  the  most  un- 
American  of  our  cities,  does  not  impress  me  as  essentially  unlike  New  York, 
and  the  most  radical  difference  between  Boston  and  San  Francisco  is  a  differ- 
ence of  longitude  only.  To  speed  along  the  frozen  lake-side  at  Chicago 
behind  the  jingling  sleigh-bells  of  a  bustling  business-man's  "  fast  trotters," 
and  three  days  later  to  lazily  pluck  the  yellow  fruit  from  an  overladen  orange- 
tree  in  a  sleepy  garden  of  Mobile,  is  merely  to  indulge  in  an  impressive 
change  of  physical  surroundings :  it  is  not  to  learn  an  instructive  lesson  of  life, 
such  as  is  gained  by  going  from  St.  Petersburg  to  Rome,  from  London  to 
Paris. 

The  distinctive  characteristics  of  the  various  European  nationalities  are 
sufficiently  obtrusive  to  arrest  the  attention  of  the  most  heedless  observer, 
while  the  local  peculiarities  of  people  residing  in  widely-separated  sections  of 
this  country  are  for  the  most  part  too  faint  and  subtile  for  off-hand  detection. 
In  other  words,  all  Americans  are  so  much  alike  in  the  ^  -in  essentials  of 
character  that  the  minor  respects  in  which  certain  divisions  of  them  differ 
seem  hardly  important  enough  to  be  worth  paying  much  attention  to.  The 
process  of  jostling  about  among  people  who  were  bom  under  different  skies, 
and  brought  up  to  accept  a  philosophy  of  life  greatly  at  variance  with  our 
own,  educates  us  in  tolerance  and  increases  our  broadness  of  view;  but  a  man 
may  travel  here  from  Maine  to  Mexico  without  of  necessity  receiving  a  single 
shock  to  his  preconcei  ed  ideals  of  correct  conduct,  or  seeing  anything  to 
remind  him  that  there  are  other  people  who  do  not  accept  his  inherited  rules 


j»f^^-,^^i^^^''  ^^M 


t :  -  '%'-^' 


OAT  THE  WHEEL. 


of  rghtj.v,ng„b.ing  unquestionably  "the  best"    TK    •  .  u- 
Lni.ed  State,  „e  a  remarkably  reticent  race  .  I'.M  '"''**''^»"t»  of  these 

own  ousmess.and  extremely  slow  aCtreveT^^''"'  '° '"'"^'"^  '»>»- 
stranger  until  they  discover  what  his  bul;!,""!.'''*''  '"^  "^°"«'''»  to  a 
may  pass  and  repass  among  them  tin  I"!. r' ^l    The  ordinary  traveler 
<-ng  their  reserve  than  a  summ«  shower  nf' *"''°"'  ""^  •"-*  P»"etra- 
Vet  they  are  talkative  enough"  fnce  th'^^^"     *'"  '"^^  P'*""**'  of  a  duck. 
conhdence  gained  by  the  introdu    ioT^f    omer'?^:^  ^'^^"'^  -^  ^^'^- 
."on  ground  for  interesting  conversadon      s     k^        '"'•"''  ''"Pr^""  »  com- 
em.„ent  degree  is  the  modefn  bic^le     "he  d^  m'"  *^'^"'  '"  ^  -P-^-^'y 
ago.  who  persistently  pointed  his^p  ow  tloufh  t       '  '"'"  °'  '°"'  «"'""" 
had  the  unique  satisfaction  of  discove^inf  °hf  .      !  f  ^  ^"^^^'^  *»ves. 
■t  has  been  reserved  for  the  philosonhV  k- *   ,        '"^"^*"  *^°"''""t ;  but 
guides  his  wheel  through  peaceful  and  „  '         °'  '"^*-^'  *''°  »»«^dily 

rarede^htofdiscoverlng^heavt^    rrrrc^cir^'^'^^  indulge  in  the' 
Undemonstrative  as  that  cit'        •  *^*"  citizen. 

the  spectacle  presented  by  a  smZhlv  .?^' "  ^  J°*'^^  ^^e  ordinary  stranger 
cockles  of  his  heart,  and  likewTsT  '  'J  f  ^J  ^^^-'-^  -mehow  warms  the 
h.s  good  win  by  "passing  the  time  o' Z"  „  onT "  "'  ""^"^  """"^"^^ 
mamtammg  his  customary  unsociable  silence  !  T  °'  "°''^'^'  '"^'^^  of 
dnvmg  a  horse  that  readily  keeos  him  ,^     '     ."'^' "°'  ""^^q^'ntly.  when 

"tended,  though  perforce  ra'therfC^ntn^^^^^      'V"  ^^'"P*'^  ^"'o  an 
the  bicycler  dismounts,  however  thaf  Th.H       ""^"^^*'on.     It  is  not  until 

him  on  "easy  speaking  acquainufce"  w.th^''"  *°  "'''^'^  "^^  *''«'  has  put 
^;'lv  apparent.  Whettrldt^^:r  ^o  ntlTo'lr'^'^^^'''^  ^^^^^^^ 
of  an  interested  conclave,  all  inten,eV«"7'toir';; '""'""  ''''  «"'" 
and  inspect  at  close  quarters  the  newLeled  m.I  '''°"'  ^^  •novenients 
t-e  rather  shy  of  directly  asking  quesronwj^hr^b  "'  '"  ''  ''^  '^"'^ 
fnen  by  such  a  distinguished  trfvLr.  WhTle  eLT'.  ''''"''''  '^  ™P"- 
or  adjusting  his  wheel,  he  is  cheerf.Ilv.  ^^""^  '"  ^•P'"g  or  oiling 

^■■'-t  -e  on  the  part  :;;tb;Slr;T^i?or^'^ 

various  eading  supgestions  and  specuia^on  fr^ '°"°''^^  ""l ''''  °^"'"g  of 
th«y  design  him  to  overhear  and  reolv  to  and  kT  °"?  '°  ''''  °"'^^'  '^'^h 
of  a  civil  explanation  on  his  part  th.  '  ,  v.  '*'  ""'^^  '^'^  ^"couragement 
off  and  the  "conversation  b'ec  me  /erri^^^^^^^^^  ^^  «-^ 

■"achine  is  the  universal  wish  •  yet  the  ou.T.        ■  ''^  '^^  P"'^*^  of  the 

a  preface  of  decorous  apolog;  Z  ^^^TT'^  "'  °'*'"  '^^'^P"'  ^'^"^--^ 
around  the  bush  is  to  profess  havinri^"  K  "?  '°'"'"°"  ^^^  °'  '^<^ati"g 
owner  only  is  competent  to  set'IeLd  .f  \  K  °"  '"^^  ^"''J^'  -»»ich  thf 
'ell^  "We  know  it's  none  oftu'buleTh  r"'"  ''"''^  ^""^"^  ^° 
'^"ble  you.  colonel,  but-"  « I  hone  v„  '  '"  u-~"  "  '""^  '^°"''  "''^  'o 
b"t-"    Such  are  the  common  introdur^  "^  ""'  i-pertinent.  sir. 

'his,  that,  or  the  other  poiT       '"''°^"^"°"^  *°  -"equests  for  informatio^  on 

It  may  seem  tn  tK.  , a.-- 

"'~  •■■''-^^=■^""5  -  '^  -  "'an  must  at  last  grow  inexpres- 


m^m^m^n-^-: 


4  77iA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BlCVLl.i:. 

Hibly  tired  of  replying  over  and  over  again  to  the  self-same  inquiries  pri>- 
pounded  by  different  sets  of  people.     I  should  hf.  afraid  to  guess  the  number 
of  hundred  times  I  have  "  answered  the  anxious  "  by  saying  that  the  price  of 
bicycles  varies  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  and  :ievv:nty-fivc  dollars  or 
more,  according  to  the  size,  make,  and  finish;    that  the  tire  is  of  rubber,  and 
that  the  "cut"  in  the  same  is  not  the  result   of  an   accident,  but   simply  the 
point  of  junction  wliere  the  two  ends  are  cemented  together;  that  the  spokes 
are  steel  wires  plated  with  nickel  and  not  with  silver,  which   tarnishes  more 
readily;  that  the  cyclometer  revolves  with  the  axle  and  registers  the  distance, 
the  big  pointer  moving  along  one  notch  on  the  hundred-mile  dial  every  time 
the  little  pointer  moves  entirely  around  the  mile-dial ;    that  1  ride  a  smaller 
wheel  than  most  men  having  my  length  of  leg,  and  that  long-legged  riders 
can  propel  a  very  much  larger  one;  that  the  saddle-bag  is  filled  with  oil-cans, 
wrenches,  and  rags  rather  than  with  cigars  and  whiskey-tlasks  ;  that  the  instru 
menl    "keeps  its   balance"  without   conscious  effort  of  the  person  who  is 
astride  it,  and  can  be  readily  mastered  by  any  one ;  that  the  act  of  learning  it 
is  merely  a  mental  process,  like  the  act  of  learning  to  swim,—"  whenever  a 
man  thinks  he  can  do  it,  he  can    do    it,"— a.nd  that    the   time   requisite  for 
getting  the  mind  up  to  the  point  of  conviction  may  vary  from  a  few  minutes 
to  several  weeks,  according  to  the  natural  apt-'ude  and  persistency  of  the  in- 
dividual concerned;  that,  in  respe.t  to  the  English  record  of  "best  times," 
Waller  has  ridden  fourteen  hundred  and  four  miles  in  six  successive  days  of 
eighteen  hours  each  (mcluding  two  hundred  and  twenty  miles  without  a  dis- 
mount), Terront,  thrcf  hundred  and  forty  miles  in  twenty-four  hours,  Apple 
yard,  one  hundred  miles  on  the  road  from  Ha'.h  to  London  in  seven  hours 
nineteen  minutes  (including  seventy  miles,  ,\ithout  stop,  in  four  hours  fift) 
minutes),  Cortis,  twenty  miles  in  an  hour,  and  Edlin,  a  single  mile  in  .two 
minutes  forty-six  and   one-half    seconds;    that   forty   thousand   bicycles  are 
owned  in  London  and  its  environs,  and  three  times  that  number  elsewhere 
in    England,   of  which  some  twenty-two    hundred   were   massed   together  in 
simultaneous   motion   at  tiie  last  annual   parade    at   Hampton   Court;  that 
upwards  of  five  th..usand  are  certainly   known  to  be  owned  in  the  United 
States,  while  the  true  «iumber  is  presump.bly  nearer  ten   thousand,  judgini; 
from  the  fact  that  more  than  eight    hundred   were  present  at  the   Boston 
parade!  .  that  I   myself,   while  touring  through  the   country,  cover   a  daily 
distance  of   from   twenty-five  to  fifty  miles,    according  to  the   state    of  the 
roads,  the  winds,  the  weather,  and  my  own  free  fancy,  though  I  once  rode 
seventy-five  miles  in  a  day  without  special  e'"ort ;  that  the  legs  do  not  become 
stiff  and  weary,  as  in  walking,  because  they  do  not  have  to  lift  the  weight  of 
the  body  ;  that  the  saddle  is  not  too  small  for  comfort ;  that  the  wire  spokes 
are  not  too  small  for  safety ;  that  the  rear  wheel  is  not  too  small  for  swiftnes.* 
that  the  bell  and  lantern  employed  by  seme  riders   seem  to  me   n-;edless 
IThe  reader  must  remember  that  these  words  were  written  in  September,  1881,  since  whicb 
time  there  have  teen  sjreat  changes  in  nearly  all  the  records. 


ON  THE  HJIKIIL. 

'  M,  umlirances  ;  that  I  can  ride  uivhill  when  .h„ 

nuul  are  the  chief  obstacle,  to  p  o«    ^7     h,    I  d?   /;  'T'  '  ''*'  "^"'^  '"'^ 

Afany  hundreds  of  .in,es  Zs.^^^Cll^uT    .' "  '"  ''""'• 
.-  all  the  foregoing  s.atement.s  and    nn.lcabe  „!'"•.  ""'  '''  '''*"«" 
-Hi  n.any  thousands  of  times  nu.re  I  I  '  "^  """""  ^h"»ctcr. 

^..I,«htenment  of  fresh  relays  of     "l.hltc'T  '"  "^'"""'  "^•='"  ^'^  "^<-' 
wl...m  I  hope  in  future  years^o  n  e  Hn  ?Lr  ^^""w-citizens 

HcinK  are  at  fault  when  they  assume  thh     "on"  Tal"""'     ""'^  """• 
grow  wearisome  from  mere  repetition      On  thi        »  .  """''  necessarily 

hohl.y  is.  like    white-winged   h„  ^a  s.  'T    "^■'  '''"  ^*=''«*"  '"  ''"-•« 

hu,nan  breast.     As  lonTal   /  naT;       T  "^''  ''^""^-s  eternal  in  the 

p^.-in«  a  bicycle,  s:^  rrur;;::^:  :^  siJ7r-'  ^" 

..ne  of  the  dearest  delights  o  a  h^  7bv  riT  "'  ■^"""•''  "  "'^'^^'^  '^-''  -^ 
..est  a  disposition  to  view  his  hob  v/i  1       "'"'  "''^  ^"''P''^  -»'«  >"-"- 

:n>,.ortance.  with  somehLg  of  h  Un""',"'  '  "'  '"^  *^'^««"^'^  '''  -'=^'-e 
-t  out  a  hobby  before  Vs  friend  f  *^"  "/'"""•  ''  "  "''^  Permissible  to 
having  the  hobby,  is  rend  red  n  pible'o  I  -vner  from  the  mere  fact  of 
.iK.rexpressionsof  interest   n,  "els    ..   '^''^™'"'"«  '^'^  ?«'"»  -'  which 

..o.«  -m  the  same  and  ^^^::^::^:-:::::tr7  ''''''"- 

discourses  concerning  hi  h  bb^  :""'  T  '''''^''  °^"'^"«  ^'^^  -"  -»- 
for.  as  they  are  not  under  the  sliehtest  """'"'  ^"'""^^  '^^  ^^-"g"^ 

l>in.  or  to  encourage  hi  n  in    alkin^         conventional  obligation  to  listen  to 

those  directions  must  be  in  the  hthet^H  ^'"""^  '^  "^^^  '"^'y  "^'il'i'  "' 
"'■'blished  at  the  outset  one  of  the  Z"  f """"  """^"^  '^"«  '«  ^-y 
•io"  that  shall  be  mutua  y  e'er  a  n  n.r!    "  T"''^  '''^  ^   ^^^^  — -- 

't  must  by  no  means  bLftedh  "u'°  ^"''"P^^^- 

his  wheel  as  a  convenient  dev  c    fori        '"''  '''  '"""■^''  ^'^^  P""*^ 

-n.ind  is  man.  co..-.fines  the  l^l^Lr  ^rf  ,f "  ''*^  "°''"^  ""^^  "*' 
"""-'f  this  single  cast    wherein  ^^1!,.  fellow-mortals  to  conversa- 

eM'crt  to  ah  interested  nrer^  17  '^T  r  .'^  t^'^.  "'"  °'  ^P"'^'"^  ^  - 
■•"'-^•uction.  an  exchange  If  :dentl,  'f  :'^"''^'^>-'^""«  -  °^ten  a  mere 
separates  men  of  different  pursues     ''  ^  ^'  '"■°''  ^''^  '^''^^'"  ^^^ich 

'ience  whercfrom  follow  "ore  ext  s'ive  talk?"'  '"'"'^  '"'^'"^^'^^  ''^  ^^'fi' 
is  hard  t„  imagine  a  man  so  .Vn^  !  °"  ^  ^'■"^'  ^^"^'^  «f  topics.     It 

■"-csting,  if  once  he  can  be^d:"o::,:"i;''^^r"''  "^  ""p'^  - "-  -  ^^ 

■he  bicych  because  of  its  nK^rtt  power  I"  "  ^'^"'^"^'  "^'^  ^  ^lory  in 
characteristics  of  many  pcculr  peo'?  uT"'  '"  '^'  ^"''^^'^'^  ''    ^-i'" 

reveal   to  the  casual  IZ  '^     '     '        '''  ^^ey  could  never  t^e  te.npted  to 

The  instructie  o  "dXt::^:;nr'  °' ''"  ^"^"^^^-  ^"^--- 

which  f.-.L-..i,.J:_   ..  .''  ^"^  enhvenmg  mterchances  of  sPnHn,»„. 

"■  ^ ^"'  '"""^  !^ar.i.,.„„s  .nd  cty  lager-beer  saloons  may'aUo 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


be  freely  overheard  by  the  touring  bicycler,  absorlKd  as  he  seems  to  be  in 
the  cleaning  and  polishing  of  his  machine.  Without  this  his  presence  would 
be  looked  upon  with  vague  suspicion  i)d  hostility,  and,  unless  he  should 
"  set  up  the  drinks  "  several  times  and  thus  "  make  himself  one  of  the  boys,' 
a  lull  would  soon  fall  on  the  gathering,  and  an  uneasy  sensation  ot  being 
watched  by  the  coldly<ritical  eye  of  a  respectable  interloper  not  of  their  class 
would  render  the  conversationalists  unable  to  maintain  thcii  customary 
sprightlinrss  and  "  tone."  Hut  the  bummers  and  beer-guzzlers  do  not  resent 
as  intrusive  the  presence  of  the  stranger  who  runs  a  wheel.  They  accept 
him  as  one  of  themselves.  He  is  a  fellow-sportsman,  a  member  of  "the 
fancy,"  a  man  "working  to  win  a  bet."  They  assume  the  necessity  of  his 
"  finishing  the  race  on  time "  as  a  satisfactory  excuse  for  his  temporary 
abstention  from  strong  drink.  Hence  his  refusal  to  share  in  their  revels  and 
his  keeping  his  own  counsel  do  not  lower  him  in  their  respect  or  create  a 
coolness  against  him.  They  go  light  on  in  their  customary  lying  and  brag- 
ging to  one  another,  a  unreservedly  as  if  the  unsuspected  student  who  is  care- 
fully taking  to  heart  the  lesson  in  life  thus  presented  were  a  thousand  miles 
away. 

An  amusing  tribute  to  the  gracefulness  and  ease  of  bicycling  is  uncon- 
sciously paid  by  every  urchin  who  cries,  "  Let  her  out,  mister  I  "  or,  "  Why 
don't  you  go  fast?"  to  -.  rider  who  is  already  proceeding  as  rapidly  as  a 
horse  usually  trots.  The  cry  shows  that  noise  and  an  appearance  of  violent 
muscular  effort  are  so  associated  in  the  mind  of  the  spectator  with  the  notion 
of  swiftness  that  he  cannot  readily  grasp  it  in  their  absence :  he  cannot  easily 
believe  his  eyes  when  they  alone  tell  him  that  this  noiseless  appariiion,  with 
the  slowly-  and  smoothly-moving  legs,  is  really  flying  fast  over  the  ground. 
There  is  something  comic,  too,  about  the  manifest  inability  of  all  classes  of 
people  to  accept  the  "  tour  a-whcelback  "  with  any  degree  of  seriousness, — to 
regard  it  in  the  same  light  as  they  regard  a  journey  made  with  the  help  of  a 
heavier  vehicle  which  has  to  be  propelled  by  steam-  or  horse-power.  If  a 
man  in  a  buggy,  stoppi  g  in  front  of  a  village  tavern  to  water  his  horse,  should 
announce  that  he  was  riding  through  the  country  for  his  own  recreation,  no 
one  would  think  of  asking  him,  "How  far  can  you  drive  in  a  day?"  nor 
would  it  occur  to  any  one  that  he  was  spending  his  vacation  in  a  particularly 
unreasonable  manner ;  nor  yet  would  a  doubt  be  raised  as  to  the  probability 
'  hi'  returning  at  his  journey's  end  to  the  same  commonplace  and  unobtru- 
5».-.'  i'v  i  of  earninp;  a  ]ive''h»>od  to  which  he  had  presumably  been  arcus- 
t^Vtr*.  lut  a  mar.  \jV\.  a  bicycle  is  assumed  by  ever^'bod;  to  be  testing  his 
speed,  to  be  spending  his  entire  physical  energy  on  the  problem  of  covering 
the  greatest  possible  number  of  miles  in  a  given  time.  He  is  also  assumed 
to  keep  up  this  character  continuously,  at  least  to  the  extent  of  having  no 
other  regular  occupation  or  pursuit.  No  one  for  a  moment  thinks  of  him  as 
an  ordinary  work  a-day  member  of  society,  w'  o,  when  his  brief  outing  is 
ended,  resumes  the  common  garb  of  civilization  and  bears  a  hand  again  in 


V-       !.%■ 


av  r/ZE  WHEEL. 

the  common  battle  for  bread  and  butter.  The  bar-room  gentry,  a.  aireadr 
remarked  accept  huT.  a.  "a  sport."  and  yield  to  him  a,  hi!  rightfu  dTtJl 
deference  they  would  humbly  extend  to  a  prize-fighter,  or  coMar-an^i  blw 
wrestler,  or  d.st.ngu.shed  gambler,  or  successful  hor.e- ockey.  or  the  ^n^T 

■  ra:ing7ni;r"=s\?'"^Tr'-  ™'  '''"'^'  '•-"»>»  ^idcr  ™:ri' 

rac  ng  on  a  bet.  :s  also  widely  prevalent  ontsidc  the  bar-rooms  Second 
only  to  u  m  populanty  is  the  notion  that  he  is  an  agent  for  tTe  sale  of  the 
machme,  or  at  least  that  the  manufacturers  thereof  pay  him  a"l U^  'r 
wLechng  h.mself  through  the  country  a.  an  advertisement  for  them    even  ^ 

,c;:i:ra:rcrutrof  '"r^'  ""''"'• '''--  -^^-^^  ^^^^^^ 

uicycier  as  a  creature  of  mfinite  leisure,  a  favored  child  of  fortune  who  h« 
-rosely  turned  his  back  on  "society,"  in  wear.ne..  of  the  convention^ 
pleasures  to  which  it  restricts  the  possessor  of  wealth-  .nH  ""':'"''°"*^ 
recklessly  thrown  himself  upon  th/wheel  as  a  Ztlsr^rL^L  T 
getting  rid  of  his  superfluous  time  and  mon..  ^  ^"'"^  ^°' 

the  cheapest.  heLthTe      a  d  l^  w^:      l::^!'"'  °^ '''"  *-"-  ^' '» 
the    country    and  its    peoole      h^  T      k  J'^^"^^ '°^  «=«='ng  something  of 

u-ior  moti.es  be^orrm^^reT^srhUVe^:^ 

wheelman  coming  in  at  night  reek  nrjith  n      ^ ^^^'^  V^»»"  P-'^-nted  by  a 
discolored  by  dust.  Joes  seem  Itrifl!  P"«P"-*''°n.  ^s  tattered  garment, 

had  a  pleasant  and  Tjy  2^ot  i      an^  if^rdeT'     ^^  '"^   '''"'  ''^'  '^'^  '^^ 
wielding  his  fan  on  the  veranda  i,'  T  u  '^■'^"n'stances.  a  cynic. 

Lewis,  that  "life  woJid  be  a  ver;    l^^         """' °^  "'^  ^-  ^---» 
ments,"  I  certainly  shall  n^  J  ''"f""^''^  ''^'"K  ^^"=  it  not  for  its  amuse- 

probaWe.fur  S^ore  tL  It'"'".  '•'      "  '"   ""'  '"'"'«--•     ^^  --» 
undertaken  "  mery  fL   fl  •  V^ J  ''  ^°  ''^'^  ^^^^"^  ^^  ^-y^^'-tour  being 

were  seen  P-icStfn   t  thirus^^T  rrThTit:^^^^  T^ 

ter  of  Prefere'nce^hen  ::; ritrnt^^^T^^^^^  1  T^''  ^^  ^  ^^ 

is  the  ^ast  straw  which  fixes  his  beliefl.  ^^       "'  '^  '^"  ^"'^Sed  sport 

be  "  behind  "  bicycling     "  Adm.Sl  '?!"^^'"^  ''"  ^'=^''^'^^  ^P°«  '"'"* 

and  exhUaration^of  th^e  pas^.^S  rnZS/:,!!:^ ..^.^°-  f^^  - 

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8  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 

taking  long  tours  through  the  country  a//  alone  t"  Such  is  the  "clincher  ' 
into  which  his  scepticism  is  ultimately  condensed.  My  customary  replv  tc  it 
is  in  this  oracular  form  :  "  The  pleasure  of  '  riding  alone  '  depends  very  much 
on  whether  or  not  a  man  takes  good  company  with  him."  It  is  often  funnv 
to  watch  the  facial  expression  of  the  people  to  whom  tiiis  explanation  is 
offered.  Some  smile  dubiously,  some  are  pcrple.xcd,  some  think  the  speaker 
is  "a  little  off";  even  the  bar-keeper  has  been  observed  to  relax  his  heavv 
brows,  as  if  trying  to  grapple  with  a  thought. 

Some  of  the  things  already  said  by  me  concerning  the  prevalent  ignorance 
and   scepticism  and   misapprehension    about  the  bicycle  may  perhaps    have 
seemed  rather  improbable  to  the  reader,  because  inconsistent  with  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  subject  presumably  diffused  in  all  directions  by  the  eight  or  ten 
thousand  machines  now  in  use  and  by  the  ab'indant  advertisements  and  news- 
paper articles  concerning  them.     I  therefore  hasten  to  say  that  on  every  exten- 
sive   ride  I  not  only  meet  with  many  people  who  have  never   seen  a   bicycle, 
but  I  also  meet  with  not  a  few  who  have  never  even  heard  of  the  existence 
of  such  an  instrument.     Observing  me  rolling  the  thing  along  on  foot,  they 
often   ask   if  I  am  "  measuring   the  roads  for  a  map  " ;  and  when  I   assert 
in  reply  that  the  wheel  is  designed  to  be  ridden  upon,  they  no  more  believe 
that  1  am  speaking  seriously  than  they  would  if  I  declared  it  to  be  a  balloon 
with  which  one  might  fly  through  the  clouds.     The  words  and  looks  with 
which  such    simple    folk  manifest  their  astonishment  when  the   miraculous 
mount  is  made  into  the  incredible  saddle,  and  the  impossible  vehicle  is  driven 
swiftly  along  before  their  very  eyes,  cannot  be  reproduced  by  any  ingenuity  of 
the  pen.     Neither  can  I  hope,  in  repeating  the  remark  of  an  honest  old  coun- 
tryman   whose    carriage  I  passed,  after   giving    the    customary   warning   of 
"  Please  mind  your  horse,  sir,"  to  convey  any  adequate  idea  of  the  overwhelm- 
ing surprise  indicated  by  the  tones  of  his  voice.     His  words  (let  dashes  indi- 
cate his  pauses  for  astoni.shment  in  uttering  them)  were  these  :  "  What — in— 
the — devil — do — you — call — that  ?"     Comparable  to  this  was  the  sp.'ech  of  a 
drowsy  lock-tender  on  the  Erie  Canal,  who  became  conscious  of  mv  presence 
(/nly  at    the  instant   of  my  dismountinc;  clo.se  in  front  of  him:  "I'll  swear, 
stranger,  "  said  he,  after  recovering  somewhat  from  the  first  shock  of   oewil- 
derment,  "  if  you  didn't  half  make  me  frightened  !     What  with  your  white 
breeches, — and  white  shirt,— and  white  necktie, — and  white    hat,— and  white 
face, — I  almost  thought  the  devil  himself  had  jum;ied   down  on  me!"     This 
was  said  with  entire  good  nature,  without  a  suspicion  that  any  part  of  it  coiikl 
be  construed  as  offensive  or  uncomplimentary.     It  seemed  to  the  "  canaller," 
in  fact,  quite  an  achievement  in  the  "ay  of  facetiousnes";  for,  as   1  steppcti 
inside  the  lock-house  to  get  a  drink  of   ice-water,  I  heard  him  repeat  it  to  the 
men  who  had  gathered  around  ;  and  when  I  came  out  to  UKjunt,  he  .addressed 
every  word  of  it  to  me  again,  while  he  affably  grinned   good-hv.     Along  the 
Erie  Canal,  I  may  remind  the  reacicr,  the  normal  "local  color"  of  the  human 
countenance  is  assumed   to   be  lobstcr-red.     Tlu    hiirninc    snnsh>"»»  ir>:>v  ho 


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^H 

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accredited  with  this  result  in  the  case  of  f  h  ^ 

'averages  dispensed  at  the  lock-ho^.  es  ,  o  T,T  "  '^'  '"•'''^' ''"'  "-  fiery 
n.  the  case  of  the  men.     Even  that  mti '  '    T  '""''''''"'^  '"  ^^  with  il 

^;" V-  or  "  ro..t  beer,"  which  ^eTLiirk';;  '"7"  "  "  '^""'"'  ^^^P- 
■I'te  the  children  of  the  fleet,  is  IxTa  '  '  ""  ''""'  ""'^  '^  ^'^^0'"'"'> 
of  the  canal.  '       S'^""  ^  P^'PP<^'-y  addition  by  the  bar-keepers 

Of  the  numerous  novel  exDerienrf*  r  u 
:"«'  miles  of  tow-path  touring,      eij^^^^r"'  '"  ''^  ^°"^^^  ^'  ^  •>- 
■ts  suggestion  of  a  tragic  termination         hadTa,'  ""'  ""■^'"«'  '^^""^  "' 
.cams  from  the  rear  without  a  susp  do    o    t     J  1  c   TT^'  '"  '"^'-"""'"'^ 
-.'  ^  that  I  met  face  to  face  sudd  nly  whirl  dat'u'      ^'  '"'  '"^  ^^''-  "'' 
'invcr  wuh   the  tug-rope,  sent  him  rolling  over   a "d   '  "^'' /"^^P'"^  "P  ^^eir 
wc-ls  and  bran.;>les  of  a  thirty-foot  embankment      ir'     7"  '"''^^S'^  ^'- 
'"quire  ,f  he  was  hurt  or  if  he  needed    nvhTK       !     "'''^  '°  '^^  '"=i»  to 
word.     The  force  of  life-long  con"  ''t[  the''  ""'  '""^"^^  "^  »"'  ^ 

^"-ce  for  ail  the  evils  in  the'  wo  iZ  :,^'  ,'   '  "  T'''''  ""'^'  "'"  "^P°-"^'<^ 
anysuchslighttumble.     Getting hshaTe^  '""'--<^o"ld  "otbe  upset  bv 

l"-"«  up  the  bank,  he  utterly  igLea'w'^r  '^^'''"' '""^°'-^'- 
Inu  poured  forth  a  torrent 'of'  hl"^""?'"-^,^  ^'^""^^'-"  ^"^  the  case. 
the  capacious  ears  of  his  team   sinTl     ^'^^T"?'^  complicated  cursing  into 
-'^■^  -d  quarters.     The  cn'i,  ^       "h"    '    '''^'"""«  '""^''^  -"" '--d 
"f  'I'e  maaer.     Recognizing  i,'!    he  ^^  """^  ^  '^^^  '">-'--'  view 

"ehavior,  she  leveled  agains't  me     ti       eT"f' '  ""^^  ""'  ^^^'  '-'-'  -'- 
hcrent  indignation  and  abuse      The  nli.  V   7  *^""^'''  somewhat  inco- 

-  im,,risonment  merelyfor  havin.a    '  h  1        h""'''  ""''  ^  ^^"^  ''^^"^'^  'o  fine 
'-"  'he  warning   sign-boards  of  the  In'       "r    u  ^''^'^'^^  '  '""^^  -'^"  know 
-d;  .hat  if  the  m.Ses  had  s  1  ^^  ^    ^"''       '^'"^  '  '''''  ^^-  '^-"-1  to 
""•"  or  plunging  down  the  '-ank   I  shluldT"".'".'"''^  '''  ^"'"P'"^  '"'^  the 
-1  'hat,  in  general,  only  the  e.vtreme  a"    u     "  ^    !?  ^'^  ^'^  ''"^'^  ^'^--^^ 
-u-d  her  to  graciously  refrain  from  snr  „       "   >  "   '"""  °'  '^^^  '""^P-''-.- 
ja.l  forthwith.     Thereafter,  on  the  tow       .    ;'•'?'  '"^  "'"'"^'"^  "'^  °^  ^" 
'ace  of  all  approaching  mules.  thoughT  e    ^,i;'"?'^"-^  '"^'"-"'-'  '"  'he 
^""^e  on,  cap'n  !     Don't   stop  fo    th  '  f ''"  Persuasively  shouted. 

•'-'>■  ^vith  me.     I'l,  nsk  'em fn  T  u  ""'"''    '^"'"^'     'Thev  can't  ,a-t 

""""'ents  of  the  people  o„  the  boats  2  :"  ''""'^"•"  '^'^^'  ^^■^-'^-^  -"I 
^-">-  --^Pectful,  and  rareb-  mj".  J^  ^"""^'  ^'"•^>-^  good-natured,  gen- 
"-ular  and  to  exhibit  the  smartness  of  thr"'"^'  '"'"  '''''"  ''•^■^''S""'  'o  be 
;■  ^Vhcrcdyecumfrum.    judge  >  "  "nd    •     "::;'"''"•     ^'"  ^"""  ^  -'"'he'"  o'' 

''•--^'^''^  inquiries,  wLc^.Sch"lt-K^^^T:'  "'^°^-"  ™  »'- 
"^''-     1  here  call  to  mind  the  auain't  T     ^   •    "       ^'"^''^'"  "  '^^'isfactorilv  set- 

j' ''";  ^vho  was  inspiredi,^^^"; :  ::::;^^:" ;;:  ^  ''''r ""  '^"'"-- -  ^'- 

he  shouted,  '■  rs.,v.  general,  I  wi  h  I  h 'l  ^7  '"'''°''  ^"^^^  "^-^If  vvi^eu 

""  .-nts;  I'd  make  y..u  a  pr  ,'";:";/  ^^'"  '^•■'^'  old-fashioned,  cop- 
'•iiitiDn  <l,-nr«....:.,„,.       .     .    .'  '^    "•       •\liich  richer  fha..  fK;„  ..._      ,, 

'      •"""'  "•    f''"="dlv  confidence,  a.s 


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of  one  superior  being  to  his  fellow  of  equal  rank)  by  a  mule-driver  whose 
aspect  was  as  uncouth  and  forbidding  as  that  of  the  ideal  tramp :  "  You 
mustn't  mind  what  these  canallers  say  to  you,  friend.  They  are  a  rough  set.'' 
A  little  mild  chaff  from  one  of  the  boats  war  .he  inspiration  of  this  politely 
apologetic  utterance. 

What  shah  a  wheelman  do  to  be  saved,  however,  when  t..o  'uurly  ruffians 
demand  that  he  forthwith  make  au  authoritative  settlement  of  their  long-stand- 
ing philological  dispute  by  "  saying  whether  the  true  name  of  the  machine  is 
'  bicle'  or  '  bihycle'"?  What  answer  shall  he  give  to  the  worldly-wise  man 
who  wishes  to  wager  ten  dollars  on  the  impossibility  of  sue*-  -  top-heavy 
concern  being  safely  rid''jn  ten  miles  in   the  course  of  an  af  n?    The 

cyclometer  is  always  called  "  the  little  clock,"  or  "  the  watch,  the  chil- 
dren, while  grown  people  often  air  their  superior  knowledge  by  designat- 
ing it  as  "  a  sort  of  pedometer  "  (pronounced  "  pedd-o-meet-er  ").  When  they 
add  that  "  at  least  it  workj  on  the  same  principle  as  the  pedometer,  doesn't 
it?"  is  it  not  pardonable  for  a  tired  philosopher,  who  never  saw  tl.e" works" 
of  either  contrivance,  to  reply,  "  I  suppose  so  "  ?  Were  I  an  adept  in  natural 
history,  I  might  be  tempted  to  prepare  a  monograph  concerning  the  traits  of 
certain  rare  varieties  of  the  Great  American  Hog  (Porcus  Americanus),  whose 
delight  in  the  dangerous  pastime  of  driving  skittish  and  unmanageable  horses 
would  be  worth  no  more  than  a  passing  remark,  except  for  the  tact  that  the 
mere  act  of  purchasing  ahorse  creates  the  curious  hallucination  that  he  simul- 
taneously purchases  an  exc'asive  right  to  the  public  highways.  The  traits 
of  this  Hog  can  be  satisfactorily  studied  only  by  a  bicycler,  for  save  in  his 
inspiring  presence  the  hallucination  lies  dormant.  When  the  Hog,  holding 
in  his  well-gloved  hoofs  the  trembling  reins  which  he  knows  not  how  to  prop- 
erly handle,  savagely  shakes  his  silken-hatted  head,  and  opens  his  eminently- 
respectable  mouth  to  abuse  me,  I  seldom  make  reply  of  any  sort.  It  seems  to 
me  that  in  his  case,  as  in  the  case  of  any  other  unfortunate  victim  of  insanity, 
silence  is  the  best  sedative  for  an  angry  outbreak.  But,  as  I  am  not  now  pre- 
paring a  scientific  '  eatise,  I  can  follow  the  interesting  subject  no  further. 

In  dismissing  the  "  horse  question,"  however,  I  may  remark  that,  as  women 
drivers  are  apt  when  th^ir  horse  gives  any  token  of  nervousness  to  "pull  him 
in,"  rather  than  apply  the  whip  to  make  him  pass  the  object  of  his  an:.i  ;ty,  it 
is  a  wise  rule  for  a  bicycler  always  to  dismount  before  an  approaching  team 
which  is  not  guided  by  the  hands  of  a  man.  The  mildest-mannered  horse  in 
existence  may  be  persuaded  by  persistent  pullings-in  to  cramp  the  front  wheel 
backward  until  it  breaks,  cr  upsets  the  carriage  into  the  ditch ;  and  I  have 
seen  two  or  three  feats  of  this  sort  slowly  auJ  sedately  performed  by  animals 
which  were  not  at  "11  frightened,  and  which,  under  proper  guidance,  would  have 
jogged  pist  the  bicycle  without  a  tremor.  I  oug^t  to  say,  though,  in  recom- 
mending the  universal  dismount  before  womankind,  that  some  representatives 
thereof  will  perhaps  be  found  "  uncertain,  coy,  and  harri  to  please,"  even  by  a 
rnoT,  .fVir.  iz-nrniUr  <->li»>xs  tVip    riilr-  fiir  T  remember  stooninp  on  one  occasion 


ON  THE  WHEEL. 

for  a  raw-boned  and  decreoit  "  dIuit  ••  m  »k-  »«.i      t 

voiced  woman,  who  exclaimed  eLdt'edlv    s  th.     T    T  "^'"'"  *"'*   '^""- 

quest.    "Will  you  please  give  me  the  inside  track  for  a  lme„t  "  T'^ 
my  surprise,  therefore,  when  one  of  the  women  who  had  hT    f  ^'^'"" 

taking  glances  backwarH  t«  «,»,.  women,  who  had  been  for  some  time 

the  n^dL  of  tLtthwaroX^^^^         •t'^"""''  ^°"^'""'=^  ''--'>  -  - 

of  bemg  forced  to  dilounranl  tTen  rll  1^^ "  I^  "  ^^'  ^""  °"  *'^  ^^'"^ 

the  law  is,  m.terr.-"  Ve,^ndeet::X?"  d  I   TeTwT  t'hTa T^d" 
must  a  wavs  have  th^  <rr.,o«  ♦„  ^  .  "  '""  *  lady 

^er  civ,,,/,  z  i.s:  SaX' r^r  "■ ""  •  -"  --  -' 

..ria,,  bu,  „  can  hardly  be  praC^We  i„  A^^  ri  "  wht  1'^'  '"  ""' 
genera,,,  poor,  exeep,  ,„  ,he  neighborhood  oHhe  b,rd, "/  ,b  *  "^  "' 
auction  of  railways  havinj  removed  lb.  mJ-  ?  """'~"^  «"'y  '""<>• 
on  .his  side  .he  A.,an.i?'    Wh  ,      ,  '""  '"  ^""^  ■■o=<I-bui,d,ng 

the  case .  ,JT.  ^"'""'-      *"h  IS  a  fair  statement  o(  the  a  «r,W-/  view  of 

(acts,  however   a,  broS^  t„  ,    ZT    I  """*'"""  "'*  ""   '»'"•     The 

»bow  that  t„e  v,::  rx:  i^jzx:::^'Tz.  ttir- 
eTntr/jvtr":  h'nit^tt'r  t"""h  -■<  ^--t'li^i-s: 

or  boat,  mu'ch  .o^er"^;'  m"a  e  rc'aXu^r.  "In^'"'  ''"  °'  """ 
these  I  will  confine  mv<iHf  tn  ^,fK  ^  I  "  offering  examples  of 

wheel  in  the  course  of  the  TJI"  ""  ^'"'  '  '^'"^  P"^^"^"^  P-^ed  the 

.istered  30^;/  thou  and tlertV't"^''^'  "^  ^^^^°"''=^"  •^- 
"therpartsofthecounrvmL..^  K  '  '^^  '^'  ^°S-''°°''«  °f  "d"»  in 
tours  equally'    racST:^^^^^^^^^  ^Z^r'^'  -y  additional 

may  well  begin  at  Meriden  Zl  r?  Jhe  "  Connecticut  Valley  trip  " 
fie.1  GreenL,d^:::t^rbVrrt:VeCr;^^^^^  Hartford    Spring 

fifteen  miles.     Riding  thence  hvV     *^^"°^\F^"^.-say  one   hundred  and 

hours),  the  bicycler  mav  the  ^^         ''""•  '"°""'""  '"  ^""'"^  ^'"" 

Whitehall,  near  LakT  GeorJe  ^IT  k  ™'"^  *^°""'  °'  ^"^"^^fi^^  •"'''es  to 
degree  that  suits  ht  ^^  ^    '/"^' f'-ng  "  done  "  the  beautiful  lake  to  any 

homeward  to  New  York      «—»   •  .      ,  °*  ^"^  Hudson 

ion.  extending  throS'fonr'^:.;:,  'emrLrr.^r^ri!"-./'!  ""- 

-'>-i-nciv,  and   rich    hnfti   ;«    u:  a.     ■  .     .      "       "■  v    -'•  "maClivc 

y,  nch  both  m  h.stonc  associations  and  in  objects  of  «.contem. 


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poraneous  human  interest."  A  fortnight  given  to  this  tour  would  cost  a  man 
but  forty  dollars,  and  he  might  reduc  the  cost  to  thirty  if  he  cared  to  econo- 
mize. 

From  Niagara  I  have  ridden  to  Buffalo,  Erie,  and  Ashtabula,— one  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six  miles,— in  three  successive  days,  over  the  excellent  "  ridge- 
road,"  which  generally  keeps  in  sight  of  the  lake.  I  recommend,  however, 
that  the  tourist  who  tries  this  track  should  start  at  Girard,  in  the  northwest 
corner  of  Pennsylvania,  and  ride  eastward  to  Niagara,  whence,  I  am  '-^Id,  a 
good  road  runs  to  Rochester  and  Syracuse, — at  which  lat*:er  poinr  wn 

knowledge  of  the  Erie  tow-path  ends.  I  found  it  impossible  to  dc  .^  i.  'id 
riding  on  that  path,  for  1  was  three  days  in  covering  one  hundred  and  ten 
miles;  but  it  may  be  inferred  from  some  of  my  previous  remarks  that  the 
chance  there  afforded  for  holding  sweet  comn.union  with  the  "canallers" 
was  a  thing  which  had  not  a  little  attractive  force,  and  I  will  also  a-d  that 
the  scenery  of  the  lower  Mohawk  Valley  from  Schenectady  to  Utica  makes 
the  route  a  i)leasant  one  to  explore.  On  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal, 
which  extends  along  the  border  of  Maryland  for  one  hundred  and  eighty-four 
milts,  from  Cumberland  to  Georgetown,  I  found  the  scenery  of  the  upper 
1  "the  more  attractive,  while  the  riding  was  much  smoother  than  below. 
From  New  York  to  Boston  the  best  road  lies  along  the  towns  of  the  sea-shore 
as  far  as  New  Haven,  v  hence  it  goes  inland  through  Hartford,  Springfield, 
and  Worcester.  Beyond  Boston  the  tour  may  be  continued  up  the  coast  as 
far  as  the  river  which  separates  Maine  from  New  ilampshire  at  Portsmouth, 
say  sixty-five  miles.  The  return  trip  from  Boston  may  be  made  through 
Taunton  or  Providence  to  Newport,  where  a  transfer  must  be  effected  to 
Greenport,  on  the  eastern  extremity  of  Long  Island.  The  road  usually  taken 
from  that  point  to  New  York  City  measures  just  about  a  hundred  miles,  and 
the  trip  to  Portsmouth  and  back  as  thus  outlined  implies  rather  more  than 
five  times  tliat  distance  to  be  gone  over  upon  the  wheel.  The  journey  can  be 
pleasantly  accomplished  in  three  v/eeks,  though  a  tourist  who  has  leisure  to 
inspect  the  various  wonders  on  the  way  may  well  devote  four  to  it.  Some  of 
the  smoothest  sectio.is  cf  the  whole  track  are  on  the  south  shore  of  Long 
Island ;  and  it  may  be  worth  recording  that  last  year,  on  the  first  Wednesday 
of  September,  between  six  in  the  morning  and  seven  at  night,  I  rode  through 
the  Island,  from  Sayville  to  Flushing,  a  distance  of  more  than  fifty  miles 
though  the  mercury  stood  for  much  of  the  time  at  ioo°  in  the  shade,  .'nd 
most  of  my  riding  was  dene  in  the  fierce  glare  of  the  sun.  Inasmuch  as  that 
day  all  along  the  Atlantic  slope  was  by  ofiicial  observation  .not  only  "the 
hottest  on  record  for  the  season  of  1881,"  but  also  "  the  hottest  on  record  for 
the  past  seven  years,"  1  think  that  my  ride,  attended  as  it  was  by  no  exces- 
sive discomfort  and  followed  by  no  evil  effects,  speaks  well  for  the  physical 
healthfulness  of  bicycling. 

When  ^     '  'vheelins  compels  the  tourist  to  resort  to  the  railroad  train,  he 


ON  THE  WHEEL.  '        , 

gage-car,  after  placating  the  lordly  commander  thereof  either  with  civil  exnla- 
n  U.ons  or  w.th  a  quarter-dollar  in  current  coin  ;  but  it  is  great.v  to  be  desi^  d 
that  the  transportation  companies  should  issue  definite  and  in  elligently-con 
sKlcred  regulations  concerning  this  peculiar  class  of  "baggage."  Nd  her 
does  he  tounst  often  have  much  trouble  in  "finding  his  wa!"  f,om  one 
point  to  another  of  his  chose.,  route,  for  the  "best  roads  "-which  aTe  tie 
ones  selected  for  touring-are  usually  the  old-established  thoroughfares 
whose  Identity  is  apt  to  be  well  preserved  at  the  forks  a»d  crosses   and    in 

^zTtr'rz^'T^'^  ^°--  -^^^'"  ^^^'  before  m::;:;,:'; 

.  ;  .         "        ^^'""  '"^  '°  P'""^  °""'^  movements  m  a  given  day  as  to 

be  sure  of  having  a  hotel  within  reach  about  noon  and  about  nightfaU    bu 

h  decision  as  to  where  one's  baggage  shall  be  sent  two  orthree'days  h.  d 
we^      slVut  aTlTh  ,^"\^TP'^'^  ^^-S^  °f  ^'-^"'S  in  addition  to'what'h 

nou'h  for  the  *^^^\"'^r  T  '^^  ^°-^°«^»^'y  -"y.  and  this  does  well 
enough  for  the  first  night,  but  by  the  second  or  at  latest  the  third  night  it 
becomes  very  desirable  for  him  to  reach  his  "base  of  supplies."  To  dete 
mine  m  advance  the  proper  point  to  establish  this  at,  when  planning  a  lur 
on  an  unknown  road,  where  the  rate  of  progress  is  uncertain  is  one  of  the 
most  puzzling  problems  for  the  tourist. 

The  food  and  lodging,  which  one  gets  at  the  country  hotels  are  usually 
ndurable,  and  are  supplied  to  the  bicycler  when  he  is  l7ast  ir.  a  mood  to  be 
xa  ting  in  his  demands.  He  furthermore  has  the  assurance  of  being  invited 
o  sleep  ,n  the  bost  room"  that  the  house  contains,  and  of  being  «  ed  off 
rom  the  top  shelf"  of  its  pantry.     He  has  numberles;  chances     r'obserting 

n  i:  itinT-^rr"^'  ''T  °'  "^'""'""  '=°^'^^^''"  "'able-manned." 
and  waiting  The  universal  negro  waiter,  as  is  well  known,  likes  to  dis- 
pense his  dishes  and  arrange  the  table-ware  with  a  grand  flourish  and  clatt  r 

nd  uproar ;  but  ,t  struck  me  as  funny  that  the  women  waiters  who  take  cit  ^ 
o  the  wayfarer  at  most  of  the  hotels  in  the  Mohawk  Valley  should  agree  in 
cherishing  as  ./..>  ideal  of  extreme  "style"  in  table-serv'icc   the   knack  o" 

fl'iirfli?     "'"r"-  'V'  "'""  ""'  ^^^^^^'  ^^'^^-  -  '^^  bill-of-fare,  as 

t  tac  in  Ob  "  "  :r  T'-  "^^""^  °'  '""^'^  ^'^'^  ^-^  ^'^-^  'he  light- 
them.     Hav^ng  ,n  a  single  breath  snapped  out.  Roastbeefroastturl  eyboiled 

nuttonan,  friedham,"  her   interest    in   the  case   practically   ceases    Jid     he 
thenceforth  goes  about  her  business  ...th  the  pJoud  c.n.iou::::;      'd 
done ,  and  done  net  o.ly  in  a  complete  but  in  an  impressive  and  stvlish  man 
no,  creditable  to  the  reputation  of  the  house.     Incidentally  she  may  occa- 

.onally  condescend  to  bring  out  some  of  the  dishes  that  hie  been  ordered 
m  response  to  her  polysyllabic  cry.  ordered 

Bov  InT'  "^v  ^"  7  '".""P' '"  '^''^'^"^"  ""'  ^'^^"^^  'h^  '■^'ations  of  the  Small 
Toy  to  bicycling,  for  those  are  of  so  important  and  interesting  a  characte 
;.;a.  nothing  less  than  a  separate  essay  could    oretend  tn  Hn  .K„^    :,..Z! 
-nc,  i^owever,  I  hear  a  philistine  say  sneering! v  of  the  s^orr'that  kls"  a 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  CN  A  BICYCLE. 


W^: 


'r 


II 


"boyish  pastime  "  for  grown  men  to  engage  in,  I  feel  like  saying  to  him  that 
if  he  would  substitute  "  boy-like  "  for  the  other  adjective  he  might  speak 
more  truly,  and  might  thereby  give  the  highest  praise  that  can  be  given  to 
bicycling.  Certainly  may  it  be  said  that  no  genuine,  healthily-organized  boy 
is  now  drawing  the  breath  of  life  who  can  look  upon  the  glittering  spokes  of 
a  bicycle  without  an  ardent  longing  to  have  them  whirling  merrily  under  his 
toes;  and  certainly  do  I  believe  that  no  giown  man  who  takes  delight  in 
swiftly  clea/ing  the  air  on  the  back  of  the  silent  steed  of  steel  can  fail  to 
carry  with  him  some  of  the  noble  freshness  and  bloom  ot  boyhood, — "  the 
golden,  the  happy,  the  unforgotten  I "  It  was  Coleridge,  if  I  remember 
rightly,  who  insisted  that  the  simple  secret  of  genius  is  the  art  of  car'ying 
into  mature  years  the  free  heart  and  fiery  enthusiasm  of  early  youth, — the  art 
of  keeping  boy-like  to  the  last.  Such,  at  all  events,  seems  to  me  to  be  the 
secret  of  happiness,  and  sach  is  the  theory  on  which  I  base  the  assumption 
that  the  votaries  of  a  pastime  pre-eminently  "  boy-like  "  are,  as  a  class,  a 
pre-eminently  happv  set  of  individuals.  Presumptively  a  good  bicycler  is 
always  and  every^yhere  "  a  good  fellow."  Genuine  wheelmen  grow  readily 
acquainted  -"ith  one  another,  off-hand  and  "boy-fashion,"  because  the  ele- 
ment of  heartiness  and  sincerity  in  the  sport  creates  the  same  feeling  of  fra- 
ternity and  kinship  which  exists  between  boys  up  to  the  period  when  estrange- 
ment is  caused  by  the  advent  of  worldly  wisdom. 

The  quick  formation  of  bicycle  clubs  wherever  groups  of  wheelmen  are 
found  to  exist  is  often  mentioned  as  a  proof  of  the  sociability  of  the  sport ; 
and  the  ready  'opportunities  thus  afforded  for  making  pleasant  acquaintance 
with  men  in  all  sections  of  the  country  are  also  incladed  among  its  advan- 
tages. All  these  things  I  have  refrained  from  enlarging  upon,  both  bec^use 
others  have  better  said  what  could  be  said  and  because  they  are  almost  self- 
evident,—"  they  go  without  saying."  I  have  preferred  »athcr  to  praise  the 
bicycle  in  its  character  as  a  solace  for  the  solitary ;  as  a  companion  for  those 
whom  the  voice  of  nature  or  of  fnte  has  commanded  to  hold  themselves  apart 
from  the  hurly-burly ;  as  a  device  for  enabling  the  philosophic  observer  to  be 
among  people  without  being  of  them,  to  examine  at  first  hand  all  phases  of 
life  and  society  without  revealing  the  mystery  of  his  own  personality.  The 
bicycler  is  a  sort  of  benevclent  Asmodeus.  In  him  is  realized  the  myth  con- 
cerning the  traveler  with  th  seven-league  boots  and  the  invisible  cloak.  He 
can  swiftly  betake  himself  to  remote  regions,  can  see  and  hear  all  things  while 
his  own  presence  is  undisclosed.  Were  old  Diogenes  searching  for  the  honest 
man  to^lay,  he  would  surely  tour  on  a  bicycle;  though  perhaps  the  object  of 
his  search,  being  presumably  a  bicycler  also,  would  prove  a  faster  rider. 


II. 

AFTER  BEER.» 

[Inspired  by  fifteen  years'  contemplation  of  "Beer  "  as  orenar^H  T™  .u 
late  George  Arnold  for  7..  ^«,  ^^-^  W^^ /'.^"'f  ruIuItT.  .^^^^^^^ 

Oh  I  finer  far 
Than  fame  c(  riches  are 
The  caracolings  of  this  airy  carl 
Why 
Should  I 

Weep,  vail  or  sigh? 
What  if  age  has  dimmed  my  ev-? 
What  if  I'm  truly  said 
Noi  to  be  worth  a  red? 
Stuff  I 

I've  enough : 
My  steed  of  steel— 
My  wheel  I 


Genteel, 
On  my  wheel 

I  sit. 
The  vulgar  mob  may  flit 
Below; 
They  go 
Unheeded  by; 
And,  as  they  fly, 
I, 
Mounted  high, 

Sit, 
Turning  with  toe  or  heel 
My  wl)^el  I 


Go,  whining  youth, 
Forsooih  I 
Travel  by  rail ; 
Fish,  or  shoot  quail ; 

Weave  melancnoly  rhymes 
On  the  old  tii  es 
Whose  sports  to  memory  now  appeal; 
But  leave  lo  me  my  wheel. 
Wealth  melts  like  snow; 
Love  leads  to  woe ; 
So, 
If  I  tread  my  troubles  down, 
Without  a  frown, 

In  speeding  on  from  town  to  town. 
Then  do  I  wear  the  crown, 
With  wheel  or  whoa  I 


'^"""/'•^f.  Augusc  I.,  .880,  p.  404.    Tl.e  original.  "Beer,"  may  be  found  on  d  »o  of 
George  Arnold',  Poems  »  (Boston  :  Fields,  Osgood  &  Co..  .8;.).  ^'    "    ^ 


V 


Jji 


TII. 


WHITE  FLANNPX  AND  NICKKL  PLATK.' 

TilosK  five  words  would  form  my  answer  to  anyone  who  might  repeat 
to  me  the  question  which  ao  ingenuous  youth  recently  addressed  to  an 
editor:  "  Will  you  tell  me  briefly  whit  is  the  best  costume  to  adopt  for  tour- 
ing on  a  bicycle?"  I  smiled  a  si.-.ile  wheal  read  the  enquiry,  because  of 
its  amusing  assumption  that,  in  a  maiter  so  notoriously  dependent  upon 
individual  taste,  any  single  conceivable  costume  is  demonstrably  "  the  best." 
Nevertheless,  if  anyone  cares  to  call  upon  me  as  an  oracle,  I  trust  I  shall 
always  be  found  ready  to  respond  with  a  properly  oracular  utterance.  I  at 
least  know  by  ex])erience  what  Is  •  the  best "  for  myself,  and  that  is  about  as 
much  as  anyoi^e  can  fairly  pretend  to  know  when  he  grapples  with  the  tre- 
mendous subject  of  "clothes."  At  least  half  of  the  four  thousand  miles 
regisLored  by  my  cyclometer  presumably  represents  tours  and  excursions  ;  and 
the  object  of  my  present  writing  is  not  to  give  advice  to  any  other  tourist,  actual 
or  prospective,  but  rather  to  explain  why  I  individ-ially,  when  on  a  tour,  find 
the  superlative  degree  of  comfort  assured  me  by  the  presence  of  white  flannel 
and  nitkel  plate.  If  any  buyer  of  this  book  shall  feel  impelled  td  follow 
my  example, well  and  good;  I  will  not  attempt  to  collect  any  royalty  from 
him  for  the  privilege.  But  if  anyone  shall  venture  to  misrepresent  me  as  ask- 
ing others  to  follow  my  example,  he  will  do  so  at  his  peril.  Should  such  a 
person  ever  venture  into  the  wildwoods  of  Washington  Square,  he  must  ex- 
pect me  to  collar  him  and  to  insist  on  forthwith  fighting  for  the  beer. 

The  advantage  of  wearing  a  white  riding-shirt,  like  the  advantage  of  wei. 
ing  a  white  dress-shirt  when  not  riding,  rather  than  a  colored  one,  is  largely 
a  moral  advantage :  for,  as  the  white  fabric  shows  the  dirt  sooner  than  any 
other,  its  wearer  is  forced  to  keep  himself  clean.  Tne  owner  of  a  so-called 
"  patent  never-get-dirty  "  shirt,  of  grey  or  brown,  may  sweat  through  an  entire 
season  without  once  consulting  the  laundry,  but  the  putron  of  white  flannel 
must  make  frequent  visits  there  if  he  wishes  to  retain  the  right  to  his  name. 
By  making  the  shirt  reversible,  it  is  possible  to  put  to  use  both  sides  of  the 
collar,  and  that  is  the  part  which  becomes  soonest  soiled;  but  the  whole  gar- 
ment will  have  to  go  to  the  wash-tub  at  the  end  of  five  or  six  days,  and  oftener 
at  the  end  of  two  or  three.  As  each  washing  cauoes  a  shrinkage,  it  is  well 
to  begin  with  a  very  loose  collar.  When  this  grows  too  small,  it  can  be  cut 
down  to  the  second  button.     Finally  the  collar  can  be  cut  off  entirely  and  the 

iFrom  "  Whirling  Wheels  :  the  Wheelm.in's  Annual  for  i8J<2,"  pp.  111-119  (Salem,  Mass.  : 
J.  P.  Burbank.  1S82.  i2mo.  dd.  un-urir.^  ■ti.ooi. 


^'^fTE  FLAA-JVEL  AAD  NICKEL  PLATE. 

garment  used   as  an   undershirt       \s   for         •       u  '^ 

In-  the  time  their  waistband   gets    shr  It?  ",    !  ''""''  J^nee-breeches. 
l-reeche.  themselves  become  ^o.  out'nd  m"  r  '^'"''"'"^'   '-'»'■  ''-' 

the  polishing  of  the  nickel  plate  ^  ""'^■'>-  ^^'  '"^"  '"'«  rags  for 

iirceches,  shirt,  undershirt,  drawers  socks  an..    K         • 
worn  by  the  rider,  can  be   tied  up    ti2 iV  ^Ih  "'  '"  ''''^"'""  '"^  '^^'^ 

-'■^h.too.h^br,.h.  .,.,,,,  ,,,     anf  /si"  rnd"ar'';7'   ^°'"'^' ''-■ 
V  re  ued  his  coat.     Stout  cords  have  seemed  't  "^  '^''  '"  '"'"  "" 

leathe    straps  i„  securing  this  .o.  to    I  e  hatue  ."'  """^  ^-'-factory  than 

one  ..houlder  when  coasting  was  to  be   iSr'^^Str  '"  .^''"^'"«  ''  °-^ 
sag  down  too  far  on  the  brake,  while  by  carll  n  '''  "'^"^^ '-''  '»>«=  ^o" 

kept  veil  on  top  of  the  lnndle:bar,  tho  i^h    /e     ,'  "'  '^  '"^^  ''""^'  '  ^^"  '^ 
cas.ona::y  to  check  the  sagging.     ;^'  e  "t  111  "^"  ^""'  '°  ^^  ''«htened  oc- 

i-a-son  patent  "  l-ycle'^.^a^vlVt^  '      f  :  I  r'^nf  7^^^^"'^"*''  '^''^  -'^^ 
;  -■  late.,  tour.     The  wires  of  this  contrivan  e  arV  «-"«factory  trial  on 

'-  put  in  the  pocket  or  slung  over  "^e  sCouM  '°  T'"  '''''  ''  "'^  ^^^^'ly 
attached,  whenever  one  desire's  to  ha  e  hL  h  d,!  r''/'^^  ^""  '"  ^^ich  it  il 
at  "oon  to  sit  at  a  hotel  table,  one's  coat  mavf  ■"i  ''"■  ^"  ''i^'^ounting 
turb.ng  the  inner  roll.  I  do  ot  nsist  th  r7h  '  ""''  '''""'"^'^  "''^'^-'  '•- 
flannel,  since  it  is  not  to  be  worn  T  he  btv  t  r''-''^^'  '^  "^^-^  °^  -^ite 
-  the  better.  A  linen  duster  and  a  flann^'  I  ."'  "".  ''^^^'^^  ^^  shorter  it 
H.  turn  served  me  well.     When  the  dav         /  "'''^^  ^'^'>'^"'  ''"'"g  have 

^'PP'yvaseline  to  any  bruised  or  rs^o;:  a  "  '"'^''  '  ^^''-"  ^  ^P-^^  ^ath 
and  arrange  to  have  the  damp  rloXs  I  h  T"""  "'^'  ''°''^"  throughou 
cluHng  the  night  for  use  in  the'nel:t\^t^       ""''"«  '"  P-perly  dried 

;;^^a;  L:::i^rx:  ::n'r;x:::^-r2  -.-'^-  --  -  -  -e 

ble  to  arrange  any  meeting  of  this  sort  wh  ^''      '  "  ''  °^^^"  impractica- 

I'ath,  and  in  my  last  tourf  whi  h  w^';  '  J  °"^  ^^"^  -'  -  an  unexplored 
-as  five  n.ghts  as  well  as  five  da  v^aw  v  f  ^  ^  "'  "''^"^  '^'  Potomac.  I 

^-«i..o  special  it.convenience,h;;eTe?/h?\"''"^  "'  '^"PP^--  ^^  f 
one  before  described,  with  the  addh  on  of  a t  '"^  T'  "^^  ^''^  -"-Pie 
I  have  never  experimented  with'-  M  J  j-  -'  ?u  /"''  ^  '^'''''^  ""^ershirt. 
to  encumber  the  backbone  or  handle-ba;  or  ,xL  of  ^'1 "''''"' '"^S"^^ 
'"tend  to.     There  seems  no  sense  in  h.n.r  ^^  '''<'-^^'^'  ^"d  I  never 

oi  a  bag  (letting  alone  its  ug     app  1^"?^  °"'  ^^•^"^  -'"^  '^^  -igh 

over  it)  when  the  coat  or  shtt\vE "  S3  1  o'  '''''''''''^^^^  °^  ^'-bfng 
;.n  answer  all  the  purposes  of  a  ba^    ThT^  ■  "  ^'   "  °^   '^'  ^W^ 

fined  absolutely  to  the  articles  whkh  I  have  n  m'^'Tr  °'  '"""'"^  "  ^  -"' 
ned  more  compactly  and  comfortably  L  a  roIlTh  '  "  t"  "^^^  ""^^>-  ^^  "- 
'--nng  are  innumerable,  and  nothing    ess  th  'v  '  ''^-     '^'^^  '"-^-'«  ^^ 

P  ace  to  place,  can  keep  the  bicyclr'supp  id  !>;'"'  ""'  '^  ^^P^^^  ^-n^ 
'hem^    A  good  wheelman,  like  'a  good  so  d'   I     ^"^PP^^-'^^ble  amount  of 

"larchmg  order,  carrvin.  ; .^.      !  '°''^'.^''  ''^°"'d  be  proud  to  ^n  in  i;„k. 

2  -  -=  -  •    "=F-^.  rorr.  ti.e  things  that  he  really  needs."^nd 


i8 


TEX  THOUSAND  AflLES  O      A  blCYCLE. 


I 


carrying  .lothing  else.  On  my  first  tour,  I  packed  my  traps  in  a  bag  "vhich 
was  shaped  like  an  old-fashioned  cartridge-boy.  which  opened  by  lifting  a  flap 
at  the  side,  and  which  had  straps  at  the  ends  for  slinging  over  one's  shoulder. 
The  trouble  is  tl.at  a  strap  or  string  of  thi?  sort,  though  not  unjjleasant  for  a 
few  hours'  ride,  finally  chafes  and  tires  one's  shoulders  if  carried  all  day  long. 
The  bag  or  bundle  also  gives  an  uncomfortable  heat  to  one's  back,  especially 
in  summer  time.  I  should  presume  this  latter  objection,  in  a  lesser  degree, 
might  hold  ;;ood  against  .Mr.  Wright's  "  take-me-too"  device,  which  consists 
of  a  waist-belt  to  which  a  roll  may  be  strapped  on  behind  without  sagging. 
Thoi'gh  I  have  not  tried  it,  I  have  no  doubt  this  is  a  good  thing  for  a  short 
ride ;  but  for  an  extended  tour  the  handle-bar  seems  to  me  the  best  place  on 
wh'ch  to  strap  one's  luggage. 

I  have  never  had  a  lantern,  and  ;•.  ai;pears  to  me  a  needless  encum- 
brance fcr  the  tourist.  The  "  handy  Knglish  tool-bag  "  I  consider  a  great  im- 
provement upon  the  ordinary  "  pocket-book"  style  of  sad'le  bag,  being  noise- 
less and  more  secure  against  intrusion — though  I  have  had  an  oil-can  and 
a  wrench  stolen  from  it  at  different  times,  by  fhe  loungers  of  certain  kger- 
Lcer  saloons  where  I  left  my  wheel  over  night.  India-rubber  drinking  cu])s 
ar"^  perhaps  worth  carrying,  though,  after  losing  three  from  my  pockets,  I 
have  lately  dispensed  with  them.  India-rubber  pocket  pouches  or  -curses,  »o 
prevent  the  wetting  of  paper  money  and  the  rusting  of  k'.-ys  and  kniv.  I  have 
also  lound  serviceable.  A  straw  hat  for  summer,  and  a  flat  velveteen  hat  for 
early  spring  and  late  autumn,  are  my  preferences  in  respect  to  head-covering. 
Here,  too,  I  may  add  as  a  special  summer  recommendation  for  a  white  riding 
costume,  its  non-attract've  quality  as  oncerns  the  rays  of  the  sun.  I  c?nnot 
too  highly  praise  the  comfort  and  •  Dnvenience  ensured  by  wearin;^  "ball- 
catcher's  -'loves  "  which  protect  the  wlm  and  leave  the  fingers  entirely  free. 
The  back  of  the  hand  is  also  uncovered,  the  glove  being  kept  in  pla'  e  by  a 
button  behind  the  wrist.  The  cost  varies  from  seventy-five  cents  to  twice 
that  amount,  according  to  the  quality  of  the  buckskin. 

Perhaps  it  is  the  result  of  my  country  "  bringing  up  "  that  I  always  wear 
boots  rather  than  shoes  for  out-door  walking.  Anyhow,  being  accustomed  to 
boots  alone,  it  seemed  to  me  the  proper  thing  to  continue  wearing  them  when 
I  first  got  astride  a  bicycle;  and  my  touring  experiences  have  only  confirmed 
my  partiality  for  that  sort  of  leg-covering.  In  one  of  my  earliest  rides  a  dog 
took  my  left  calf  between  his  jaws,  and  had  it  not  been  cased  in  leather  he 
would  have  taken  a  pa.  t  of  it  away  with  him.  He  didn't  hurt  me  much  in 
fact,  but  he  cured  me  of  all  inclination  to  e.xpose  my  extremities  in  the  regu- 
lation stockings  and  low  shoes,  which  most  bicyclers  affect.  T  should  sup- 
pose that  the  dust  and  sand  and  mud  would  work  their  way  disagreeably  into 
such  shoes  on  long  tours  where  much  walking  had  to  be  done,  and  that  the 
freezing  cold  air  would  wor'-  its  way  disagreeably  through  such  stockings  on 
wintry  days.  But  never  mind ;  boots  also  have  their  disadvantages.  On  a 
hot  day  the  legs  of  a  bicycler's  boots  are  apt  to  get  so  damp  from  perspiration, 


!hat.  if  he  takes  them  off,  he  can't  null  »h  "^ 

<'^i;;'-  Hence,  it  i.  a  rather  hTa  ^u  "ZrlVjt  ""''  '''^>'  "^^  ''«" 
ma.te- how  tempting  a  lake  or  river  may  f^l, he  T  !?  '''''  =*  ^"'■'"' "« 
.he  end  ot  h.s  day's  riding.  The  lower  but*  .n  of  heT  ,''  ""'''  '*=  «'-'^''  '" 
aslit  m  the  top  of  the  boot  readily  kee.sT  f  ?  '''''^'''"^  ""'^''^""Rh 
fron.  entering.  Top-l,oot.  that  rea;:h  to  Th  J"  '''""  ^'"^  Prevents  all  dust 
-."^enough  to  preven,  a..y  saggiT^t  The  tki""  M  ""  "^  "^"^  "^  '-'»'" 
-■>ter  riding.  A  velveteen  jacket  ad  '^^h"^^^'  [  '''''  '"""''  "g^eeable  for 
•'Ne  rig  for  short  rides  in  the  cold  :  ea,  .  t  ?,  r^^'r  '  "'"^'""  •-•  -i^- 
cx.sts  only  for  purposes  of  display  it  seems  t  u    ""'^"^"^  ''^  "^  "^'"g  ^^hich 

color,  should  ..  n^ade  of  ;el  vet/ en  .  n  ^  T  1  'k^  ^"''^''  ^'^'^ '--  '^« 
tenal.  sh...ld  be  white.     Any  club    hTh  '^^c^^^ches.  whatever  the  mv 

"--ases  by  jus.  so  much  Z  „c  '  ^^^^'^'-^'Vth-  of  these  two  poil 
Were  I  a  clul.man  I  should  fore  a  ;  Z:^"''  T "  ^  ^'^'^  «-nc,  pirade. 
c.s  of  crmison  velveteen,  or  else  I  shou  d  k    7h  ""  '°  '"'"  °"^  '"  J^'^'^- 

Velveteen  is  really  the  cheaDesth.      ^'"."^""''  ^^^O-  one  I 
to  employ  for  such  a  'purpose  rd'r';;:  T.  '"'  '^T  """''"=  "^  ^^''^■•- 
o   .t  (say  hfteen  to  twenty  dollars)  is  not  s  >  -        '°u  °^  '  '■''''"«-^°''>^  >"-de 
o   any  other  good  cloth  ;  though  th    lattL    iU       ""'k  L"  "'"^^  "^  -'^  "-''«-■ 
-h.le  fhe  former  will  last  for  a  lif.^;^        /  '"'  ^^°^^  "^'^^^^by  in  a  season  or  two 
■xakcs  it  seem  unsuitable  for  ordinarv  m.^     r''  ^'  ''  "'  ^°^'^^'^^  i"^  showiness 
--•  Italian  pea-nut  venders  being  the  :„    7''";''"  ^'r'""^'""'^'  S^'"'"--^ 
"■car  it;,  and  hence,  like  other  rare  and  ^    ^    7  u     ''"  °^  '"""  ^'h"  habituallv 
I'^l-.der  as  being  extrem  h  c^    ly T  '::,T::'  ^""^^'  ''  ''"P--«  'he  averag 
"f  velveteen  in  a  club  parade  w       seerlre" "'"•    ^  '°""  g>°-y  Jackets 
'-  made  of  commoner  cloth;  j  s   aT  hr  daV7°T"'  :'''"  '^''''  ^^^^  — 
ni^keled  bicycles  will  challenge'      ic"       „."'"?   ''^'^''^"^^-^  --P'etely 
"h.rringof  those  which  are  ".s  common  Zk    '^''""^^'""  ^«  the  glitterless 
'he  shiny  coats  and  the  shiny  wheehb"  u  e te"'  "  ""^^'  "■'"^''^•"     "^'^ 
'"  the  popular  conception  of    su  "h  th  nT       ^ '"■'  «"  distinctly  contrasted    ' 

i-agination,  and  hence  help  to  giedi.„^^^^^^^^^^  *"  '""^   J^P"'- 

procession  of  men  "in  sill  ln\rJT2^^     T^^^^  ^^ '«"« 

."■•ficant   a  spectacle  "to  be  ^e  .'d"  '-"^  eTe    T':       1  ^'""'"  ''^  '"''  ^'^ 
""pressed  bv  the   notion  that  it   r.  '  "ayfarmg  man  mn^ .  be 

As  regards  the  solitan  id  ^  e  sTeeTTH-"","'"  '  ^°"''  ^"''  "— nt 
'•■^:c  the  whiteness  of  his  flann'el  shirt  and.  ''!  P'."^''  ^ '^^-^  '"  cold  weather, 
lesson  "  to  everyone  whom  he  me  7or  H  f  '"  ""'  "^'  ^'^"•^"  "°''i-t 
;-''led  into  the  mud.  nor  ro  led  ihe  d  f  ^'"'^'""^^  ''^^^  1^^  has  not  been 
't  shows,  therefore,  that  the  b icvc      s  a  s  f e  "I ""   "'  ""'  ^"^^^  ^"^  -■•■ 

The  advantage  which  nickel  plate  Vves  •  "  "^'  ^  •:'^^"  ^"^• 

"'  ^vearing  a  white  shirt  chieflv  -,   m     'i      ,         ^^  '^'  ^'^^  '^^  advantage 

"'•ff-ent  sense.     It  is  a    ou     'r  L  hi  "?^''  ''^"'^^  '"  '^  —hat 

•-"'le  presence  in  his  pocke  s  of   mone    '''^'T'''''''' '"^  ^'"^"^'"  "^  ^^e  prob- 
-liftp.; ,         ,  l^"CKets  ot    money  enough  to  n.iv  fr.r  .n  u „. 


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the  fact  that  the  bedraggled  and  mud-bespattered  man  who  ,)uslie'  it  alons; 
is  not  '.  casual  tramp,  but  a  f>ersun  ot  substance  wh<mi  it  will  l>e  politic  to 
treat  with  civility  and  deference.  Kven  the  lordly  comm.i'ide'-of  the  baggage- 
car  loses  something  of  his  surliness  when  confronted  by  so  s|]lendid  an  object, 
and  is  less  inclined  to  resent  its  presence  in  the  realm  of  trunks  as  an  intru- 
sion. A  machine  with  rusty  wires  anil  painied  backbone,  though  it  may  be 
an  excellent  roadster  and  may  represent  a  hundred  lobars  or  more  of  hard 
cash,  doesn't  impress  itself  on.  the  uninitiated  as  anyth.ng  better  than  "an  old 
five-dollar  plug,  which  any  ijeggar  might  own  ";  but  no  n.,e  can  fail  to  compre- 
hend that  a  "wheel  of  silver"  a  ust  have  "money  behind  it,"  and  to  govern 
himself  accordingly.  Even  tho  most  reckless  baggagc-<masher  stands  in 
.1  certain  awe  of  such  a  beautiful  ir.strument  and  hesii.itts  about  handling  it 
harshly,  though  he  may  have  10  compunctions  whatever  ab(<ut  slamming  a 
painted  bicycle  from  one  end  of  the  car  to  the  other  with  all  his  wonted 
hilarity. 

Nickel  has  the  further  advantage  of  requiring  a  man  to  spend  consider- 
able time  in  keeping  it  clean, — time  which  the  owner  of  a  painted  bicycle  in 
similar  circumstances  would  waste  rather  than  spend.  When  a  rider  dis- 
mounts in  a  drip|)ing  perspiration  and  enters  a  cold  baggage<ar  or  colder 
ferry-boat,  the  exercise  afforded  him  in  polishing  his  wheel  is  a  very  salutary 
thing  in  preventing  a  toii  rapid  change  of  his  bodily  temperature.  It  is  while 
he  is  working  thus  also  that  the  members  of  t'ue  admiring  crowd  surrounding 
him  pluck  up  courage  to  ask  the  usual  leadmg  questions,  behind  his  b.ick, 
which  they  would  not  venture  to  do  to  his  face,  were  he  standing  by  entirely 
disengaged.  Again,  if  a  man  is  occupied  in  cleaning  up  his  wheel  in  a  coun- 
try bar-room,  the  loungers  around  the  stove  go  right  on  with  their  customary 
bragging  and  lying  to  one  another,  oblivious  of  his  presence,  though  if  he 
were  simply  an  idler  like  themselves,  they  would  object  to  him  as  an  'ntruder 
and  keep  as  mum  as  oysters.  Thus  it  is  that  the  nickel  plate  of  his  bicycle 
serves  the  philosophic  tourist  as  a  mirror  in  which  to  watch  i'  ^  varving 
phases  of  human  nature  around  him;  and  thus  it  is  that  its  moral  influence 
'\z  as  conducive  to  his  advantage  as  is  the  moral  influence  of  the  white  hannel 
in  wiil^I;  he  encases  himsci. 


Addendum,  Marti  ^o,  1885. — The  experiences  of  three  later  years  ( 7,joo  m. )  have  not 
changed  at  all  my  philosophy  of  touring,  as  formulated  in  the  foregoing  essay,  which  reprt- 
sented  the  lessons  of  my  three  earliest  years  (  4,i  jo  m.)  as  a  wheelman  ;  and  my  practices  have 
undergone  but  slight  modification.  The  chief  change  h.^.s  been  the  substitution  of  shoes  for 
boots,  to  avoid  the  designated  disadvantage  of  being  frequently  forced  to  dry  the  boot-legs,  after 
they  have  become  saturated  with  sweat.  In  the  spring  of  1883,  I  paid  $2  for  having  a  pair  of 
india-rubber  soles  .idded  to  my  riding-boots;  but,  though  their  corrugated  surfaces  increased  the 
firmness  c.i  my  foothold  on  the  pedals,  the  device  seems  too  costly  a  one  to  be  worth  the  tourist's 
adoption.  The  wear  caused  by  incidental  walking  on  rough  roadways  proved  quickly  destructive 
of  such  soles ;  and,  after  1  had  suffered  some  anno<  ance  from  their  getting  loose  and  tattered  at 
the  edges,  I  tore  off  and  threw  away  the  last  of  them,  on  my  June  tour  in  Maine,  when  the 
record  was  less  than  7'o  miles.  A  pair  of  low-cut,  machine-sewed  shoes,  the  cheapest  obtain- 
able ($1.50),  were  the  first  ones  with  which  I  took  an  all-day  ride  (a  circuit  of  bom.,  August  16, 


irWTK  FLA.VXEL  AA'D  AlCKKL  PLATE. 

■.l-u  .11  .here  w„  le,.  ,..  ,h.  »h,*,     re.rric.^^    h  „        ■!"  "''""''•"  ""'«''•  *» 

".  i"  •"«  -iddle  of  a  hard  .Uy,  ..urn "    „£  '  o^?    '"'::  ""'  "  "'"Kh.m.on,  ,h«  Tue«lay 

-'■  -'h  »  8-d  or  flap  co^in^w      ai've  ,h:T„;re  and  ;  "'""'  P-'.  <' heavier 

lV-,e  were  al«o  priced  a.  ,..50,  becauj  of  .heir  anl"        a      T"'''  ''"  "  ""^  '"''  '^"^''''• 
«.rvcd  me  ^.i^aconly  till  Apr  1  ,6.  Z.l    k!!,?  'k      1""^  -marketable  „y|.,  .„,  ,„ey 

''-•"«  n.y  .4a  m.  of  riding  ...  le^uil     MTi."d       '       T""""'"  '"  '"•"  '"^  ^  "^^f  «•>- 

.l>e  -cond  pair  in  „yle  and  price,  andXt^ad  ,  earJ  f  1 1  K  "'  *"'  """^  ''»-'-'  *'■" 
i  -k  n-.y  la,,  nde  .n  .hem.  Lcemher  J'.  IT  ''  Pel  ""  ""  "'  '"^'^  ""''"'"-  -'- 
.1"'  eight  moruf-,' mileage,  as  reprev:ntin.r  thf,      '   ^t    T  '"'"'■  *''""'''  ''^  ''"1"^"=^  ''<>"> 

w.lkinK.sh..,;  for.asareinlto  ™  ccltrd\        " '/'f  *'^-  '  «- -V  ■-^<i''.ary 

!;."«  prejudice  in  favor  of  boo.,,  for  ordt  r^t  it  '^.,^7  /^''^  while  bicycling,  my  l.fZ 
After  th.s  extensive  experimentation  U  ,^  ^      '„7l  7^1'  "  considerably  weakened 

sl-os.  I  ,hall  be  dis,K«ed  ,0  have  my    Ch  ,;.l  ^-^r       ,"'  >'»''"•'' "^"eap.  machi.,e.,e.ed 

.-Laps  double  that  of  the  three  Cumbi  a  -  hr«k  'r"  "^  '  ''"  "^'^  ■"•"^■"^''  »'  ^  P™^" 
.he  case.     My  .  ;,,W  objection  ( p        )' .-  'the  du";   'T'"7  'T'  ""''""'=  "'""""''"  "' 

-;y  di,n«reeably  into  such  shoes,  on  long  our,  where  m  h  II'"  t'l  """'  """'''  ^"^''  "'- 
all  too  sadly  justified  by  ex,>erience  •  a.fd  .n^n        ,  J  *=  ''"'  '"  ^'  '^""'•"  ''^^  l-^^" 

'..ue  .  longed  for  the  pfese,  ce  of  ";  ^^^^Z^T'  ""'!'''  '""  ''"'"'  ^"^  "'  "-""«■ 
"-  .;f  dus,  and  sand  and  mud  and'.,;:'  C  IVl.;^''"  th';'.  ^h'  7'""'""  '"  ^^"-^""'"^ 
»"rk  ,ts  way  disagreeably  .(hrouKh  such   stocklL,  '"""«  '"'''  ^'^  *""'<! 

Kr„u„dk.ss,  however.-though  I  Inve  ^     T,""  """'^^  ^'•'>-."    has  proved  io  be  quite 

'^-s,  are  quit-  efficacious  L'  ens     ing  w    ;^  b:.'  '.^7?'^  "^"^'""-  """^■''  '"  ^-^  ^'^-" 
A  pair  of  black  cashmere  stc^kin^f     wh  -h  ,T"  """  '"'"''''"  "'  ^""-  -Reeling. 

.-.V  holes  in  ,he  heels;  and  I  then  ^um  ll  ,  ,  i"  *''  "■"'"''  '"'  "^"'^  ^'^"^'^  "^howinK 
^""7'.  of  .He  "Goe..-.  manulature'^th  :"      r,' :,;'•'  "^  T^   '^^-^^  —  "- 

.-^•■wassaidtobe-.hebestGermanknittingyarn  "a'cr      'hT'r^  '"'^^'^  ■"^- 

be.nstock  whe^    "        led  at  the  shop,  .hcUerer^n  Tro     ^'.    7^     ^'" ''''""' '^'^''^^^^ 
very  eyes.      They  cost  ;     ;o   and  I  .LT~A  7  u         ^     ^'-'  ""'"""K  '"'''^'•ine  before  my 

from  t  etroi.  but  the  h.-l,;::'  thr^  L  •  "  I'  'he  outset  of  my  long  straightaway  tour 
N»n,.,  or  just  the  same  as  that  of    he  l,s  ^'"  "  '"'■"■''^''"'  "'"^"  ""^  ^^cord  was 

■he  .wo  pairs  combined  served  m'.7;r::7,''=''\  ^''-^ -''- ^-i-.'S  a.u.  patchings 
•■ '  Y-^-  "  stockings,  whose  legs  showed  ;^I";-,"  \  ,'1  ^r  ""^  '  '""  '"'  ''"''  "'  ""= 
■ne  f,.ranother  , ,000m.,  at  least.     The  latest  .0    "    '  )  "''?'""'      '"''•■'"'""^  "'ey  will  serve 

women  stockings  ($,.,,  ),  having  black  legs  and  .'  '.e  f  'if  T'f  ^'-'^V'''.^-'  ■"  »  'hird  pair  of 
.0  prevent  the  wearer's  feet  from  being  di^olored  In  th  '"'":}'''"'  '^'-'^'^  '"-'"S  -  S-xJ  ""e 
'"  hold  thei.  colors,  no  matter  what  'heTePers  •"'.         "  ""  -"'''"«'  """'"  "^  "'-^^e 

...K-e  forced  .0  buy  ( 40c. ),  as  a  m.kLhift  f  h  7  '  '  """^  '  ''"'"  °'  "^'^''  °""  -'•Ich  I  was 
-  -"  as  n.y  feet'  The  fclac  k  o  kin':  whS'Tb'""? ''  ^^  =*  ""^  '"'  ""  "'>■  ''"-- 
gave  command  that  no  booted  rider  s  ^Hd  he  ^'' j."'""^-^''"  '"  ''^^  (*3.75),  when  the  League 
.o-Kl  condition  after  considerab  e  usag  ol  ^  Ic"  ""  "'^"''' '''  ^''"«"'  '""  ^'^>-  ^v  me^in 
--iage  on  a  tour,  as  a  part  of  one's  eve^  "•     ^'^'^  "«'""«— "-mends  them  or 

--'■other  garments  of  the  d^vC  r^ng  are  b  ^"'7*^; '" '/ ^■"^"  "'''''^  "'^  -^""'^^  ■^'-''-«* 
1-avy  woolen  stockings  wiirhold  them  i„  n     '""k  "'  '""'•     '"'"""^'^  "^^  '^'-'-'V  "^ 

'■"',  as  they  are  apt  to  slip,  or  nrove  oTh  rwt  ^  ""''  '"■"^"  '"""  «•-■'  '"  ■"'  ^  ---"y- 

'  ''-•^'  f-'-'d  it  convenient  o  suspend  acTne  T  '"'"?  T'^"  ^''""^^  ^^'^-''^  '«  "-  leg. 
band  of  the  breeches  at  the  .seam  opposite  Lhip^""  '  ""'"'^  '""""■  "^^■"  ""  "^^  '"""  "^ '- 

'  -.5":r^  "d:srs  i^irmf;::^ r.r'"T7-  ^' ■•  f-^- ^^  •-  -«.  -Hich 

'"  ail  sons  of  weatherduringmy  Wd  "f,:  ir'^^^^'^^'f-^-r  '-''^^  ''  '^■-'  -"-d  well 
-lien,  garment  for  use  on  the  deck  d"  rir  !L    e  '"'     .'  "'     '  '  '"''  "  •''  "  '^'■°-''  -  «- 

Su.tia  and  R.r„„j ,.__.•  _1    ^  '^^  ^^^  voya^^s  that  were  connec.rr)  wot.  ....  xt_.., 

^•™-      i-  S.een  cornuroy  breeches,  bought  a.  Boston  in"ji,nrof 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


•8i,  lasted  nw  to  the  end  of  my  long  ride  of  '83,  iIiuukIi  more  than  once  torn  tn  shreds  in  the 
progress  of  it ;  and  I  stiil  retain  them  as  a  most  interesting  curiosity  of  tailor's  patchwork — 
hoth  professional  and  amatevi        I  had  some  thoughts,  indeed,  of  proclaiming  them  by  public 
advertisement  as  a  memorial  prize,  to  be  awarded  the  club  most  largely  represented  on  the  sub- 
scription-list of  this  book,  and  to  be  kept  on  permanent  exhibition  as  a  trophy  in  its  chief  assem- 
bly-room.    Mv  earlier  custom,, of  carrying  a  pair  of  long  trousers,  of  thin  material,  in  the  roll  on 
my  handle-bar,  was  ad     red  to  by  me  very  generally  until  the  close  of  1883  ;  but  during  the  sea- 
son since  then  I  have  commonly  substituted  for  them  a  pair  of  green  velveteen  riding  breeches 
(#8,50),  which  pack  quite  as  closely  and  prove  quite  as  satisfactory  for  evening  wear.     During 
that  season  also  I  usually  dispensed  entirely  wi'h  the  tool-bag,  preferring  to  carry  wrench  and  oil- 
can in  pocket,  or  else  in  luggage-roll.     For  some  years  my  custom  has  been  to  inclose  the  latter 
in  a  piece  of  india-rubber  cloth,  two  feet  square  ;  and  this  cover  is  also  available  as  a  protection  to 
the  carpet  of  one's  bed-room,  =n  case  of  taking  a  sponge-bath,  at  th-j  end  of  the  day's  ride.     An 
india-rubber  drinking-tube— costing  half-a-cent  an  inch,  and  carried  more  easily  than  a  cup— I 
have  found  to  be  a  convenient  device  for  use  at  brooks  and  springs ;  though  the  over-cautious 
may  prefer  to  pay  half-a-dollar  fcr   "  Corson's  tourist's  delight,"  which  has  a  filter  attached  to 
the  tube.      Needles  and  thread  have  more  than  once  repaid  the  slight  trouble  required  for  storage 
in  my  pocket  book ;  and  I  intend  on  my  next  tour  to  carry  a  little  lump  of  upholsterer's  "  curled 
hair,"  which  is  said  to  make,  when  combined  with  soap,  an  excellent  brush  for  scouring  the 
grease  and  grime  from  one's  hands.     The  recommended  superiority  of  a  sponge  to  a  handker- 
chief, for  wiping  the  perspiration  from  one's  face  on  a  hot  day,  has  not  seemed  justified     v  my  ex- 
perience, however.    The  ease  with  which  the  rim  of  a  nickeled  wheel  may  be  polished  .  y  simply 
holding  a  rag  against  it  while  riding,  would  appear  too  self-evident  to  be  worth  mentioning,— 
were  it  not  that  "  a  10,000-mile  man  "  assured  me  that  it  appealed  to  him  as  a  new  and  happy 
ider.,  when  he  saw  me  resorting  to  it,  in  Washington,  last  May.     Another  well-known  fact,  that 
white  flannel  shrinks  more  rapidly  than  colored,  may  periiaps  be  useful  information  to  some. 
The  sight  of  m  "  M.  I,  P,  bag,"  or  any  other  such  clumsy  contrivance,  on  a  tourist's  bicy- 
cle, always  con.jys  to  my  mind  the  idea  that  the  owner  is  a  novice  at  the  business  ;  but  I  am 
bound  to  admit  that  some  men  of  wide  experience  on  the  road  do  retain  an  apparent  fondness 
for  these  same  bags.     I  supi'se  it  must  be  because  they  lack  "  the  sense  of  order  and  proportion," 
which  is  the  natural  gift  of  men  who  can  put  a  roll  or  bundle  of  miscellaneous  articles  together 
with  compactness  and  symmetry.     The  non-possessor  of  this  orderly  instinct  perhaps  does  necl 
a  bag,  into  which  he  can  shovel  his  equipments  at  hap-hazard;  but  it  certainly  seems  to  me  a 
terrible  infliction  to  have  one's  machine  thus  handicipped  with  an  ungiinly  excrescence  which 
takes  up  about  as  much  room  when  empty  as  when  full.      Far  better  th.tn  this— for  th  se  whose 
love  of  coasting  causes  them  to  insist  upon  having  an  unencumbered  handle-bar- semis  "  the  Z. 
&  S.  carrier"  ($2),  an  attachment  for  the  backbone,  alongside  of  which  it  can  be  folded  com- 
pactly, when  its  arms  are  not  needed  for  clutching  a  coat  or  bundle.     As  for  the  Wright  "  take- 
nie-too  "  belt,  the  persistent  praises  which  were  given  to  it  in  my  hearing  by  an  old  army  m.m 
'whose  cycling  experiences  on  the  road  bad  been  extensive,  and  whose  judgment  was  still  further 
recommended  to  me  by  his  hearty  approval  of  the  I.amson  carrier,  to  which  he  thought  the  belt 
a  satisfactory  supplementV  finally  overcame  my  prejudices,  and  I  bought  a  belt,  with  the  idea  of 
using  it  as  a  cont-c.irrier  on  my  1,400-niile  tour,     A  preliminary  trial  of  five  miles,  however,  w.is 
enough  to  confirm  my  worst  fe'ars,  as  to  the  back-heating  possibilities,  and  all-around  discomfort, 
belonging  to  anv  roll  or  bundle  attached  to  the  base  of  one's  spinal  column,      I  hate  a  belt  on 
general  principles,  and  I've  never  made  a  second  experiment  with  this  most  ingeniously  villain- 
ous specimen.     No  one  can  now  object  to  having  me  speak  my  mind  squarely  against  it,  for 
"  the  trade  "  long  since  discontinued  its  sale.      I  believe,  indeed,  that  the  veritable  belt  which  I 
bought  was  the  last  one  of  the  kind  ever  manufactured,      h  is,  without  doubt,  on  the   testimony 
of  several  unimpeachable  witnesses,  a  most  excellent  device— for  those  who  happen  to  fancy  it. 
If  such  a  one,  h.iply.  shall  read  my  words,  let  him  know  that  I  will  gladly  sell  the  belt  at  a  great 
reduction  on  its  original  est,     I  paid  a  ooilar  for  it,  but  the  first  man  who  remits  t,)  me  gq  one- 
cent  stamps  shall  receive  the  hated  specimen,  by  earliest  return  mail,  postage  picpa.d. 


IV. 

A  BIRTHDAY  FANTASIE.* 

Ahc.vmkst.-"  Three  wise  men  of  Gotham  went  to  sea  or>  their  wheels ;  and  if  those  whee's 

cru.sc  on  h  .  stanch  yacht.  The  Bull  Dorg,"  m  search  of  the  Golden  Fleas,  amid  the  glittering 
wastesof.  ePaleocrysfc  Sea.  meets  wuh  the  goblin  trio  aforesaid,  a.  the  exact  geogS 
point  revealed  to  him  m  .  vision  by  the  n;;utical  symbols,  "  G  B  V  ^  c  fi  •'  Th,  ( \  ^  '^  ^^ 
versation  then  takes  p.ace:  O.  B.  V.  4.  5.  6.       The  following  con- 

Cyc/ers  three  !      What  men  be  ye  ? 

Gotham's  brave  club-mdn  we  be. 
Whither  on  your  wheels  so  free  ? 

To  rake  the  moon  out  of  the  sea. 
Our  wheels  go  trim.     The  moon  doth  shine. 
'Tis  but  a  wheel.     It  shall  be  thine. 
The  moon's  a  wheel  which  shall  be  mine  ! 

Who  art  thou,  so  hard  adrift.? 

/am  he  they  call  A'ol  A'ron. 
On  this  moon  we  will  thee  lift. 

A^o  !     I  may  not  mount  thereon. 
Wherefore  so  .?     'T  is  Jmr's  decree : 
''  On  a  wheel  plough  not  the  sea  ! 
With  a  wheel  vex  not  the  sea  !  " 

£'en  ashore  /  could  not  ride. 

For  the  moon's  a  sixty-inch. 
Fifty  inches  I  may  stride, 

Butfrofn  .^ixty,  sure,  I  flinch. 
Fudge  t    Get  on  !    'T  will  play  no  tricks  I 
^o  !    I  drive  a  forty-six, — 
/  was  born  in  '46. 

Strange  at  sea  to  meet  such  /•,  ds  ! 
Haw  with  -Mater  can  they  cope  ? 
'Tis  magician  floats  the  wheels,— 

The  Infallible,  the  Pope  ! 
Your  wheels  go  trim.      The  moon  doth  shine. 
jVo7l-  let  "  The  Bull  Dorg"  cleave  the  brine. 
Just  go  your  7oay,  and  Pll  go  mine. 
Washington  Square,  Dec.  24,  i8«o. 


.,      .J. " ft  ^...cii,     uy  moinas  i.ove  I'eacock.     Written  by  request  for  the 

special  midwinter  number  of  The  Bicycling  lV^l.i,  J.„u>ary  ,4,  .88,,  p.  ,53. 


FOUR  SEASONS  ON  A  FORTY-SIX.^ 

Six  thousand  miles  would  n;ake,  if  extended  in  a  straight  line,  quite  a  re- 
spectable section  of  the  earth's  circumference  ;  and  the  career  of  the  bicycle 
which  I  have  driven  that  distance  during  the  past  thiee  years  and  a  half  has 
perhaps  been  cjuite  respectable  "nough  to  deserve  a  formal  description.  The 
begmning  of  this  career  was  made  on  tl  e  Kelgian  block  pavement,  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  Washington  Square,  at  about  ten  minutes  past  three  o'clock  in 
the  afterno.n  of  Thursday,  May  2C,  1879.  It  was  a  surprisingly  short  beginning 
on  z^x  thousand  miles,  however,  for  the  wheel  came  to  a  standstill  as  soon  as  I 
had  got  into  the  saddle ;  and,  in  my  ignorance  of  the  "  standstill  feat,"  and 
of  the  proper  way  of  using  my  own  feet  for  a  ciuick  dismount,  I  forthwith 
reached  out  for  the  nearest  paving-stone  with  my  left  elbow,  and  secured  a 
dislocation  of  the  bones  thereof.  While  waiting  to  have  them  pulled  together 
again  by  a  surgeon,  whose  office  fortunately  happened  to  be  adjacent,  I  in- 
sisted, between  my  groans,  that  d  elegram  should  be  at  once  sent  to  the  Pope 
Manufacturing  Company,  inciuiring  if  a  nickel-plated  cyclometer  could  be  sea- 
sonably prepared  for  me,  so  that  my  second  ride  might  be  more  accurately 
measured.  This  remark,  coming  subsequently  to  the  ears  of  the  Captain  of 
the  New  York  I5icycle  Club,  seemed  to  him  so  creditable  that  he  vowed  the 
anniversary  of  it  should  be  duly  celebrate^'  by  a  general  parade  of  American 
bicyclers.  Hence  the  memorable  mustering  of  the  clans  at  Newport,  on  the 
29th  of  May,  18S0,  and  the  formation  of  the  League  of  American  Wheclm.-n, 
with  officers  to  summon  a  similar  gathering  on  each  return  of  that  day. 

I  am  driven  to  make  public  this  fragment  of  anci-nt  hi-tory — not  to  say 
secret  and  unsuspected  history — by  the  remark  of  a  writer  in  the  November 
IV/u-clmaii,  who,  while  giving  due  credit  for  my  manifestations  of  interest  in, 
and  friendliness  towards,  the  League,  speaks  deprecatingly  of  my  failure  to 
become  a  member  thereof.  He  will  now  realize  that  T  could  not  with  pro- 
priety act  othc\  =se.  My  position  is  much  like  that  of  the  King  of  France 
who  said.  Petal  c  ,sf  moi.  In  a  certain  sense  "  tbr  League  is  myself  "  ;  and  the 
mere  fact  that  I  elbowed  it  ii  existence  lead^  me  to  insist,  like  Uncle  Remus, 
that  "  I's  bleezd  to  have  elbow-room  "  outside  it.  I  am  such  a  very  modest 
man,  furthermore,  that  the  pomp  and  pageantry  of  three  annual  meets 
seem  already  to  have  commemorated  with  sutflcient  iinprpssiveness  the  date 
of  so  slight  a  display  of  fortitude.  Hence  my  jirinted  argument  of  last  winter 
in  favor  of  making  the  date  of  the  meet  a  changeable  one,    o  that  it  might  be 


iFrom  The  Wheelman,  February,  1S83,  pp.  368-375. 


FOUR  SEASONS  O.V  A  FORTY-SIX. 

adapted  to  the  climate  of  the   'onlitv  ^h^ 

meet,  in  case  the  citv  of  Washin<rfnn  vi      ,  >  .     \  ^  ^^^"^^  annual 

X....,h„„Ma,„a,ssc„<,  ,,eL,,,,r;:,rr„fT:*l';;:i''»'  .f-^- 
I  am  not  unaware  that  a  few  envious  and  lirrlu  „,•   ^    , 
acceptance  to  the  theory  that  the  P.."  dent  of'   h     K         '~^^«°- ^^-^  gi-n 
vi^cd  the  League,  in  orJer  to  honor  a^    t         L      /  HI:';  '^r''^^^'^  ''- 
20th  Of  May,  1877,  made  the  "test  case  "  at    he     o  r       ^^^''  '^^°'  °"  '^' 

^;ccc.  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasur/:.  di:^  ^^^^^^  l/:::^;^'^^ 

bicyclers.     It  is  nJre  y 0.       :  e    C^ti  :    M^*^^"  "^  •'  '^^"'°"  °^  ^"  ^^^ 
hub  •'  feels  for  "  the  nLronolis '• ""''"''°"  "^  ^"^^  P^">-  J'^^lousy  whi.h  "  the 

^■.'c".se  of  Vale,  Jnrir  effon  r;::u  ,"rr  r  tt  "---^^  -  ^^^ 
c<..^  ..ch  .e  inS&:;r - -- rr ;::s=s^^r r 

^.i.a    I,  explains  his  nefarious  attempt  to  pervert  the  facts   ,f  hi..  \,    ? 

>!.iv  than  the  2nth        ^^av  for  th^  .  i  ,  ,  ^^    '  "^  *°'"^  o'l^er 

insist  that  whatever  de^l'e  o      e  eb    t "  °"'"^.  °'  ''^  "^"^  ^-     ^^"^  ^  --^^ 

the  historv  of  Ame  :c  n    il  c  ;,  '  "''  '"''"^  '°  '"^^  P'"^^^''^"'^^  ''^f^'  in 

b'oston  Custom  House  b.  £  e  T  "1 '°  '  ''  ''  '^^^'  ^""^'"'"g  -  ^^e 

^torni  mc  in  cood  steirl      ,  •  ,7  ^'        "'^''  ^"''^""en  for  a  decade, 

'-me  vcr     cfrii  ,       '"'"'""'  "^  ^'^<^  new-fashioned  wheel  was  ^ained 

".artX        d^  o';""''  T  '""^'^  ■-^'■-'  ^  ^'^'^  ^-^e  compet;nt  t 

;--euce  whe^the  Z:^^ '^^r^^^  ^-:^:^  -  r-- - 

''nx-  Its  nrriva!.     \fv  .-.r.-u,    ju-^  •.  :  '-•■c'-nenea  into  two  months  be 


iar  \i  i)i; 


-■  sent  to  meet  me  on  the  smooth  pave- 


.i^:....j:ii.-L..  .i..aaa 


'cnt  at  Harlem  IJridrre  w  ■,    ■  •  '""^^  ""^  °"  ^"^^  ^'^""^h  pave- 

arlem  Bridge,  was  mailea  just  too  late  to  prevent  its  shipment  from 


36 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


il.irtford  to  the  stony  region  of  Washington  Square.  The  saddle,  moreover, 
for  convenience  in  paciving,  had  been  screwed  ap  close  to  the  head,  so  that, 
even  if  my  first  ride  had  been  attempted  on  a  smooth  road,  I  should  inevitably 
have  tumbled,  and  kept  tumbling  till  I  "  tumbled  to  "  the  idea  that  the  saddle 
must  be  set  further  back. 

Si.\  weeks  from  the  day  of  my  sudden  demonstration  that  "the  successor 
of  the  bone-shaker  "  might  become  a  bone-breaker,  I  trundled  it  out  for  a  sec- 
ond trial,  and  practiced  step-riding  for  an  hour  or  so  on  the  concrete  walks  of 
the  Square.  A  week  later,  on  my  third  trial,  I  ventured  to  slide  into  the  sad- 
die  again,  but  its  advanced  position  and  my  own  impaired  confidence  com- 
bined to  make  my  visits  there  very  short  ones.  The  next  day,  however,  I 
got  the  seat  properly  adjusted,  and,  after  a  few  helps  at  mounting  and  dis- 
mounting, found  I  could  once  more  trust  myself  to  "go  it  alone,"  on  a  smooth 
wooden  floor.  My  first  road-ride  was  taken  the  following  evening,  Tuesday, 
July  11,  on  the  Boulevard,  where,  in  the  course  of  two  hours,  I  made  six 
mounts,  and  covered  four  miles  of  space,  with  only  one  slight  fall.  The  exer- 
cise v.'as  terribly  tiresome  and  surprisingly  sweaty  while  it  lasted,  but  no 
weariness  or  stiffness  resulted  as  a  sequel  to  it.  Before  the  next  month 
closcc.  I  had  taken  eleven  other  rides  and  accomplished  125  miles,  thereby 
exploring  pretty  thoroughly  the  roads  of  the  New  York  region,  of  which  I  sent 
a  minute  description  to  the  Aincriam  Bkycliit;^  Journal  for  October.  My 
longest  day's  record  was  twenty-one  miles,  made  on  August  5,  when  I  went  to 
Yonkers,  where  an  importunate  reporter  tried  to  discover  my  name  for  publi- 
cation in  the  local  paper,  and  where  an  equally  uncivil  dog  tried  to  thrust  his 
teeth  through  the  leather  of  my  boot-leg.  The  thermometer  stood  well  up 
among  the  nineties,  that  day,  and  the  hot  weather  which  prevailed  during  all 
my  rides  of  that  month  perhaps  explained  why  I  never  once  sij-JUed  any 
wheelna,!.     I  suppose  there  were  then  about  a  dozen  of  them  in  New  York. 

Mv  log  of  distances,  traversed  up  to  this  time,  had  been  laboriously  com- 
piled by  using  the  county  atlas,  inasmuch  as  my  agonizing  appeal  to  the 
Popes  for  a  cyclometer  that  should  be  nickel-plated,  had  been  quite  in  vain. 
On  the  first  day  of  September,  however,  when  I  began  to  do  some  riding  in 
Massachusetts,  1  reconciled  my  conscience  to  the  belief  that  one  of  their 
ordinary  cyclometers,  even  without  any  nickel-plating  to  ensure  its  accuracy, 
was  better  than  nothing,  and  so  I  attached  to  my  axle  the  little  round  brass 
box  which  has  registered  the  miles  for  me  ever  since.  My  first  "over-night 
excursion"  began  September  9,  when  I  started  from  Springfield  with  the  idea 
of  propelling  myself  to  Boston,  100  miles,  and  there,  perhaps,  taking  part  in 
"A  Wheel  Around  the  Hub,"  for  which  an  invitation  had  reached  me,  thongii 
the  exact  time  of  starting  had  been  left  undecided.  Adopting  the  nvistaki ji 
theory  of  a  railroad  m.in,  that  the  highway  supplied  softer  and  more  ditiicait 
riding  than  the  space  between  the  tracks,  I  clung  to  the  latter  all  day,  and 
only  accomplished  22  miles,  ending  at  West  Brimfield,  where  the  rain  put  an 


enuic  slop   to  Illy  vci)  siuu    \> 


■res:- 


FOUR  SEASOA-S  ON  A  FORTY-SIX. 

w:.h  them  at   the  start,  bu^y  resumi,r"    ":'"". ''"^ '^  '^'^  '"be 


wHh  them  at  the  start,  bui.  by  re  Zi'^,  '"  V  r"''- 'u"'  '""^  '^'^  '"be 
tl.c.n-po.sibly  at  Readvill  .  ,robaTft  C  „  '  """''  ''^"  ^^'^^^''-^ 
and  thus  particpr^-^d  in  the  la  ger  parfof  the         '  "  "''""'^  ^'   S'^-— 

^--^  '^at  I  failed  to  do  ^i.;::;:^a;w  r:?!!;...!:^"-^^^ «-% 


-.retted  that   I  failed   to  do  this,  e"!, J .!""''':     ^  ^'— ^is  grea'tly 

U  orcester  I  went  astray  over  bad  I^^hi   y^al  'L  0^'""'  ^ '^■^^■-  '^^-^ 

covering  24  miles,  a  third  of  which  J  walked    Th  '^       "'"'  ^°"'"  '" 

Soutii  Fram.ngham  to  Boston,  over  the  wellL-n  ?"',  '''''''  ^  ''"'^^  ''"  ^'■""' 

al>.n.t  there  n.  the  early  evening,  i.  g  o  ;o7Tr:^^^  ^'"^  ^'^^''"^ 

nutnerous  dusty  bicyclers  who  seemed  tl  1      J  ^  ^'l"^''"'  ^  "'^^^^^^'i 

doubt  not,  were  some  of  ,he  men  wW        '%'7^"^'-''  ^-"^.  and  who,  I 

"Wheel  Around  the   Hub  "I  eld     he""'  ?^''  '°  '"''  ''^"  '"  ^'^^ 

chance  I   had  ever  had  of  seeilg^^bic'lirr"!  V'/h'"  ""  '^^  '^^^^ 

Saturday  to  exploring  the  enchantiZ  ^'    /   ''^-'^o'^d  a  good  part  of 

'-in  back  to  Springfield,  V'  I   a  "c"  fl    f""""'  ^'  ''''  "''>'•  ^"^    ^^^"   '-J^ 

later  the  same  distance  northward  to  Gree.Ve  d      rt  ^  'l'"'^  ^'^  '^^^^ 

day's  rides  of  the  year;  and  the  longes  tr  de  o„     '  "^^^^  ^^"'^/'^^ '-° 'ongest 
miles,  beginning  at  New  Haven  -,n,^       V  successive  days  was  62 

-lesfrom  Harlem  BH  Jge  T^ifw  J ^t^  f  if  ^  ^'^^'^  ^^-^ -S^^t 
and  a  fortnight  later  I  divo'ed  anTff  .      '"'^   "^'^  °^  November, 

to  Tarrytown  and  back,-!;  miles  ITo  .  T  '  '°""°°"  '°  "^^  «-^  ^^P 
"range  and  back  meas^reC  L  lost tf  tl  ^"'' °^^-''- ^"-tion  to 
.he  road,  which  I  had  first  explo     d  in   X  f  k      'f '  °^  "^^  •"'''^'"g  ^^''^^  °" 

•0  Brooklyn  and  Prospect  Park  an  Vn,  f  t  ""^'  '  "'"'^  ^^^"^^  --'« 
->  the  i6th  of  Decemb       wh  n  r  tf  -  '  ,  "  ™^  ^^''^^""g  °^  '^e  vear, 

^rv  entire  riding  fos;^::^/:^^  '"°"'^^  ^^'^"'^-      ' 

.6}  miles  for  each  one  of  the T^v  Ih  T  '  ""«  '''"  '''^'^"e^  "^  ^^out 
-■>.<Ls  of  600  miles  were  acc^  ,i td  he  "  f'""'"'"'  J'^  ^^■'^'^'  =  ^"'^  "P' 
!en,ih  of  track  traversed  by  me  fo     h    fi  '      •"■  """'''  °'  ^'^^  ^"^'■-     ^^e 

-cs;  and  if  ^30  miles  be  Ldec[  to  t  Is  trrei:!:? "1;"^'  "  "  .'^^"  ^^° 
traversed  a  second  time  but  in  in  nnnn  'P'"'"^"'  '^'"^  P^--^  "f  >t  which  I 
amounted  to  460  miles   leavin.  onlvU?'^  ,"  ''''-"""•    "ly  "new  "  riding 

the  vear-s  record.     Reports    'descn-.T         'T^^'^''^'  '""^  ^^P^''^--  ^^ 

-\pril  3,,,.  163;  April   ,.   n    i-S-  Vf  ^'"-'"^"<s-   ^^^/v,/,  ,SSo,  as  follows: 

--4:  June  ,.M  .  .6        ';  ;    ^fVre!c'  I'  ''  '^'^  '''^'  '5'  ^   "9--  '^^'^V  .9.  P- 

Will  be  enco;;,  in^brac;::;:;:^;:;^ '  :i:;::iT^^^'°^^^  -^  ^'^^'  '^-^°^'"' 

^bout  .6^  n.iles  for  each  of  the  fifty-ei^    a  s     t  f       tI'  V"  ''^""^^  °' 

-  :i  miles,  the  longest  was  73,  and  ^re  w:rl  I^^ZIl^J:'^"":^-^   ?^-' 

-  ^^-3  .■  more.     My  t.rst  somile  ride  was  on  tl^-^th  ^^  Ma;:  ^^1  m^d: 


i 


28 


TEX  rHOL'SAXD  MILES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 


the  round  trip  to  Tarrytown,  and  added  seven  miles  of  riding  on  the  Boule- 
vard by  gas-ligiit,  to  complete  the  distance.  [/>'.  \V.,  Aug.  7,  \i.  331.]  This 
was  also  my  first  experience  of  that  sort  of  night-riding;  and  I  may  as  well 
say  here  that  I  have  never  made  use  of  a  lantern.  ^)n  the  first  day  of  sum- 
mer, I  rode  from  Taunton  to  Boston,  40  miles,  as  one  of  a  party  ot  si,\  return- 
ing from  the  meet  at  Newport  ;  a  week  later,  from  Hartford  to  Springfield, 
35  miles  ;  and  two  days  afterwards,  from  Hartford  to  Meridcn,  30  miles. 
[/'.  /F.,  Nov.  19,  p.  27.]  Between  the  9th  and  13th  of  July  I  rode  131  miles  on 
Long  Island,  between  Greenport  and  Hunter's  I'oint,  and  on  the  3d  of  August 
tried  another  route  there  of  25  miles,  from  Cold  Sjjring  Harbor  to  Astoria. 
[/A  /r.,  Nov.  26,  p.  37.]  My  third  round  trip  to  Ta.rytown,  43  miles,  was 
taken  August  17.  After  this,  between  the  6th  and  24th  of  September,  came 
the  longest  tour  of  my  four  seasons'  record,  for  it  amounted  to  495  miles,  and 
included  sections  of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Ohit.,  and  Canada. 
[/>".  \V.,  1S81,  May  27,  p.  27  ;  June  3,  p.  44  ;  June  10,  p.  56;  June  17,  p.  64.] 
As  my  riding  was  confined  to  fifteen  days,  the  average  for  each  was  t^i  miles, 
the  shortest  record  Ijeing  that  of  my  incursion  into  Canada,  September  15,  in 
the  region  of  Niagara  Falls.  Before  this  I  had  spent  four  days  along  the 
Erie  Canal,  mostly  on  the  tow-path,  between  Schenectady  and  Oneida,  1 10 
miles,  and  ridden  for  two  days,  32  miles,  in  the  region  of  Canandaigua,  wher 
I  was  visiting  a  friend.  From  Niagara  I  rode  -j^^  miles  to  a  farmer's  house 
16  miles  beyond  Buffalo  ;  thence  73  miles  to  Erie;  thence  45  miles  to  Ashta- 
bula, making  in  all  156  miles,  v  hich  distance  still  remains  my  best  record  lor 
three  successive  days.  The  swiftest  and  pleasantest  ride  of  the  tour  was  had 
in  returning  on  the  same  track  from  PIrie  to  Dunkirk,  47  miles,  in  seven  and 
a  half  hours,  including  two  hours  out  of  the  saddle.  The  ne.xt  afternoon  and 
evening  five  hours  were  spent  in  getting  over  the  17  miles  between  Bingham- 
ton  and  Great  IJend.  Then  came  a  continuous  ride  of  three  days,  from  Port 
Jervis  to  the  Delaware  Water  Gap  and  across  the  Jersey  hills  homeward  to 
Washington  Square,  tl.:  distance  being  125  miles,  of  which  the  last  clay 
claimed  53.  My  estimate  of  new  track  traversed  in  iSSo  is  700  miles,  and  of 
old  track  traversed  in  a  new  direction  100  miles,  leaving  674  to  represent  the 
repetitions  of  the  year. 

February  and  July  were  the  only  two  months  of  1881  that  claimed  none 
of  the  67  days  in  which  I  wheeled  1,956  miles,— an  average  of  29!^,— though 
January  saw  me  mounted  only  once,  when  I  indulged  in  the  novelty  of  push- 
ing myself  a  half-dozen  miles  over  the  beaten  snow,  among  the  sleigh-riders 
of  the  ]{oulevara.  My  next  ride,  and  the  shortest  of  the  year,  was  on  the  ist 
of  March,  a  mile  and  a  half,  from  the  railroad  station  to  my  friend's  house  in 
Washington.  Four  days  afterwards,  in  the  same  city,  I  took  my  longest  ride 
of  the  year,  66^  miles,  in  spite  of  having  broken  off  one  of  my  handles  the  day 
before,  and  thereby  ruined  all  chance  of  "beating  my  best  record  "  (73  miles), 
and  perhaps  even  making  100  miles.  On  the  22d  of  April  I  explored  Statcn 
i=:u::u    lu  :::c  lailiii  ;.;:  jj   niiics,   ana  luOu    uciii    1/    miles  further,  throuLih 


^OC/T,  SEASOXS  OA'  A  FORTV-SJX. 

Hi/ahethtown  and  Newark,  to  Orange     f/y    /r    \x  ^^ 

.s..u,clay  of  May,  I  began  a  week's  ^.Jl^^""  '°:  '■  '^"^     ^n  the  last 
.hr.rgh  Maiden  and  8., em  to  Rowley  and    rP~^'""^  ^'''  ^^^'^^  '^"«'«" 
N..vy  Vard  and  hack,  46  miles;  and  fe'xt  da  ^^  '  ""^T"^*^  '^  '^^  littery 
Salun,  a  similar  distance.     Monday  ^  tnetV  l    "'"'    ^^    ^°^'^-outh  tl 
'1-  '--.^"C.  and  a  tr,p  to  Brighton  Ld  Ch      nu    Hir"'  """^'  ^^^^^^  °f 
cxcurs.on  to  the  lilue  iJell  Tavern  in  Milton    "o„'  "T  '"'^"'-  '^"^^^^v.  an 
1'^^lha.n,  Xeedham,  and  Chestnut  Hi,,     .  ;„Les      I'V     \"'""^'^>-'  ^  '^'P  ^- 
ot  ten  hours  from  the  Hotel  Vendome    ll...         u    ^''"'"'^'^^y.  a  leisurely  ride 
<-,  NValtham.  Welle.ley,  and  I-  a t  ngh  ^  ^'V    .r^'  ^"^""^""«^'  ^^^  g- 
a  nnd  pash  of  fourteen  hours,  throu,"h  m^t  and  """k"  ''''  ""^^^  ^^''^''V. 
-Kl  at  my  back,  to  Worcester,  We^t^r"  kfie  '     vtrTK^  ''"^'^"'"^  -«' 
orchard    Spnngheld,  and  West  Sprin.field   ^  V         '  ^ '^''^^  ^^'^ers,  Indian 
KSS.l    The  following  Tuesday  I  wen  "ft  h      '^  "'"'■'^-     f^'   ^^'  ^ug.  .6,  p. 
;  -I-'ated  the  tr.p  on  the  ..d'of  lugu  ^  ,„  L""- '°  '""'^'^°^°'  ^-f  mile  . 
/.  //..  Oct.  7,  p.  ..,^,  .^.,,.  „        "fbut  cont"""7  '  '°"  *°  ^^"^^  ^-rge 
ihcnce  next  day  I   rode  to  Bellow/^ Fa  L".";"'  °V"  '"""-^■'  ^^^^  '-'-. 
J9  .-  es.      The  third  day,  after  .0  mi        o  1:7      7''"'  *°  '^''^'■'^'^^■^ 
"'  S  brought  me  to  Huletfs  Landin.  on  I  °L  f'    ""^  ''"'"«  ^'"^"6   the 
;^clcs  sathng  throt.gh  the  lake,  I  circled  LmLn"^''     ''''  '""^''^  ^^3'  ^^^ 
,  back,  and  from  Caldwell   to   Fort   F    v  H    -  r" '  '°  Ticonderoga  and 

--■;!  homeward  through  Albany  to  S  ho jlck  " n",'  ''^  '^^^^  "^^  '  -»" 
ended  luy  trip  by  making  an  earlv  mornl  nth  T!"'  '"^  °"  "^^  ^'^'h  day 
there  embarking  on  steamer  for"  New  o'rk  "a  .T'  '"  "^^-". -d 
kgan  a  four  days'  ride  on  Long  IslaTd  from  pf  T  '"'"■'  ""^^'^^'-^^  4,  I 
'40  miles,  of  which  31  and  4,  were  '  n         ,  ""«  '°  '^'"P^^"'^  and  back 

5-^  on  my  return,    f/.^  .^  '88^ ^u     r;!:)   7  T^  '''''  ^^^  '^  ^"^ 
egun  on  the  .6th  of  Septemb  r,  when     circled   t       ^  '"'''  ''>"'  "'^^  -- 
Po"ghkeepsie,.  then  to  Rhinebeck  and  bacr^S  m  ,"' S  T™^  °^ 

'-nson's,  35  nn'les;  then  home  to  the  city  a^      [V'  ''°''"  '^'  '''''  '« 

from  Tarrytown.  on  this  latter  d.l  T  7  '  ^^  ""'"'•  ^^^  '^^^^n  trip 
t^ip  thither  on  tL  r;      o?  ^ay  tr  ,    ''"'^"'^  ''^  '°""^^*^^  -"'h  my  up 

^-P--e,  and  then  waffor  ed  ^  he  ra"in  t'^  t'r"""  '  ^°'^'^  '^^'"  ^°  ^'-g  " 
--loingany  riding  there  O  the  7  h  „f  o  V^'^^"^"^^' ^«^-  ^'h- 
P-kat  Philadelphia, and  .5  miles  the  n  xtf  u"''  '^  '""^^  ■'"  '^^ 

Then,  on  the  22d.  I  began  a  sk  daVs' to  "  T'"°°"  '"  '^'  P^'^  ^'  «^Itimore. 
■'"-  -,P.  403;  July  I  p  4?.]  rn  k  r:  f  ^^.^°^«--  "  I^'  ^^.  '3^3, 
;3.  5'.  The  first  day's  r!de'tiTrt:ye;ertk  to  H '''  ^'"  ^  ^-^'  ^^'  ^°- 
he.  ond  there  is  Williamsport,  where  I  strucL  h  \  ^^S^'^'o^vn.  Six  miles 
'"'i  Ohio  Canal,  and  rode  up  t  48  „  "'k  5'  """'^  °^  ^'^  Chesapeake 
-"ght  me  to  the  end  of  the  tow  path  t  rT  "'^'^''"-  "^^^  ^'"^''  ''-y 
^ack  to  Harper's  Ferns  and  fo^there  1^""  7  k"''  "'^"^^  ^  ^^^  ^-- 
°^her  end  at  Washington.  On  the  .hof  v  "  /''  '""-P^^*^  ^°-"  *°  'ts 
to  Tarrytown.  4-  r...-.^- -  -  ^  ^^'^  °^  November  I  made  mv  c.-^u  ...-_ 

t        •  ,   "•"^'  Oil  tiic  ;jlSt  of  De-^mhpr    fk^     u  '     ,        *^ 

^e    mber,  the  shortest  day  of  the 


30  Tf-X  THOUSAND  MILKS  D.V  .1    niCVCI.E 

-ear  1  to„k  inv  hist  ride  and  one  ..f  my  longest  ones,  6oi  miles.  My  .•stim.ite 
of  new  track  traversed  in  t88i  is  750  'nil^'S  and  of  old  track  traveled  in  ,, 
new  direction,  210  miles,  leavinr^  about  i,  00  miles  to  represent  the  repetitions 

Mv  riding  of  188:;,  as  comprised  between  April   19  and  November  20, 
amoun'ted  to  i,827i  miles,  or  an  average  of  rather  m  ,re  than  33^  miles  for 
each  of  56  riding  davs.     I  celebrated  Mav  Day  by  a  ride  of  45  '""'es,  fr.^m 
Orange  to  M-irristown  and  l)ack,  and  three  days  later  accomplished  41  miles 
including  a  ri<  e  from  Orange  to  Little  Falls,  Pompton,  and  Paterson,  which  I 
afterwards  ext  Muled  to  Hackensack,  Ridgefield,  a.ul  Fort  1  ee.     On  the  after- 
noon  of  the  10th  I  made  the  Tarryto-.vi.   trip  again,  42  miles  ;  and  on  the  fore- 
noon  of  the  26th  rode  up  there,  crossed  the  river  to  Nyack,  and  came  down  the 
west  side  of  the  river,  through  Tappan  and  Englewood  to  Jersey  City,  51  miles. 
During  the  last  three  days  of  the  month,  I  rode  75  miles  in  the  streets  and  parks 
of  Chicago ;  and  on  the  first  morning  of  summer  began  a'  Covington  a  tour 
of  340  miles  among  the  hills  of  Kenturky,  finishing  at  M:  ysville  on  the  9th. 
The  miles  recorded  on  the  successive  days  were  as  follows:     39.  61,  33- 43- 
V   o   52,  42,  39,-the  blank  record  signifying  the  day  devoted  to  visiting  the 
Manimoth  Cave.     The  January    Wludman  contained  a  detailed  report  ot  my 
autumn  tour  of  400  miles,  beginning  at  Utica  on  the  20th  of  September,  and 
extending   through  Trenton    Falls,  Syracuse,    Canandaigua,    Avon    Springs, 
Portage,"  the   C.cncsee   Vallev,  Hornellsville,  and  Corning,  to  Waverly  (330 
miles),  and  then  Towanda,  Pittson,  Wilkesbarre,  and  Newark,  where  the  end 
was  made  October  12.     In  the  interval   of  a  quarter-year    and  more,  which 
elapsed  between  these  two  tours,  the^e  were  only  three  days  when  I  mounted 
my   wheel  :     I  rode  from  Hartford  to  Cheshire,  28  miles,  July  18,  and  next 
day  rode  25  more,  in  the  region  of  New   Haven  and  l?ranford;  an.'     n  the 
icth  of  September  I  rode  28  miles  on  Staten  Island.     On  the  27th  ui  Octo- 
ber I   made  a  round  trip  of  31  miles,  from  Philadelphia  to  a  point  beyond 
Wivne.     Mv  next  trial  of  a  "new  road"  was  made  November  13,  when  I 
went  from    Newark  along  Springfield  avenue  to  Short  Hills,  Madison,  and 
Morristown  and  back,  44  miles. 

My  final  tour  of  the  year  began  November  21,  when  I  rode  from  Harlem 
Hridge'  to  Bridgeport,  55^  miles.  The  next  forenoon  I  rode  to  New  Haven, 
19  miles.  The  third  dav  I  proceeded  through  Cheshire  to  Hartford,  43  m-'cs: 
and  the  fourth,  I  finished  at  West  Springfield,  31  miles.  At  6  o'clock  in  the 
morning  of  Wednesday,  November  29,  exactly  three  and  a  half  years  from  the 
dav  when  I  hrst  mounted  mv  wheel,  I  was  warned  that  a  new  snow-storm  had 
just  begui,,  and  that  if  .  intended  to  work  off  the  last  23  miles  needed  to  com- 
plctc  the  record  of  6,000,  I  had  bes:  make  a  prompt  beginning.  I  finished 
my  task  in  Springfield,  at  half-past  ten  o'clock,  and  then  sought  breakfast 
with  an  appetite  well-sharpened  by  a  four  hours'  struggle  through  the  blind- 
ing snow.  The  aii  was  cold  enough  to  freeze  my  moustache  into  a  solid  lump, 
and  iieucc  gdvc  UK  ji'iwVv'  nO   ._  i.vr.cc  il;  j;:-"  •-:---:::; ;:—•.•■ 


FOUR  SEASOXS  OX  A  FORrV-SIX.  3, 

the  tight  clutch  kept  hy  me  on  the  handles,  my  wheel,  though  it  had  two  or 
three  dangerous  slips,  never  fell. 

My  new  track,  in  i8«2,  was  8.^0  miles  long,  and  my  old  track,  ridden  in  a 
.u  w  direction,  was   180  miles,  leaving  828  miles  of  repetitions.     Combining 
wth  these  the  similar  estimates  already  given  for  the  three  i)revious  seasons 
the  following  result  appears:      (Jf  the  6,000  miles    through  which    1  have 
pushed  my  46-inch  Columbia  bicycle,  "  No.  234,"  2,600  miles  were  on  roads 
th.it  my  wheel  had  never  before  traversed,  and  620  miles  were  on  roads  that 
It  had  never  before  traversed  in  the  same  direction.     In  other  words   I  have 
h.ul  ;„220  miles  of  practically  "new"  riding,  as  against  2,780  miles  on  paths 
previously  gone  over.     I  believe  t.  ,re  are  quite  a  number  of  Americans  who 
h,  ve  wheeled  themselves  6,000  miles  or  more  (though  I  have  yet  to  be  told  of 
one  ..ho  ha.«  done  that  distanc  e  on  a  single  machine)  ;  but  to  the   best  of  my 
knowledge  I  am  the  only  man  who  has  practiced  bicycling  on  2,600  distinct 
miks  of  American  roads.     The  period  described  has  comprised  1,280  days 
aiul,  as  I  have  mounted  the  wheel  on  22S  of  these,  my  "  average  ride  "  has 
i)c.n  a  trifle   less    than  26}    miles.     The    average    has  constantly  increased 
h.nvever,  as  is  shown  by  comparing  the  figures  of  che  four  seasons  in  succes- 
>io:K     i6|,   .6J,    29,1,  ^^\.     The  "days"  and  "miles"  mav  be  grouped  to- 
ucher as   follows:     ,879,  47    and  742;   .880.  58  and    i,474i;   1S81,   67  and 
1,^56;   18S2,  56  and  1,827 J. 

I  have  driven  my  wheel  in  the  fifteen  following  States:  Maine  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts.  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  Xew  York 
New  Jersey  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia,  West  Virginia,  Kentucky.' 
Oh  o.  and  ll.nois  ;  and  I  have  accompanied  it  on  railroad  trains  in  all  but  the 
nr.t-.umed  .State,  and  also  in  Delaware  and  Indiana.  The  miles  we  have 
traveled  together  by  trains  are  indicated  by  the  numerals  in  the  following 
chrono  ogical  list  of  our  trips :     West  lirimfield  to  Worcester,  3      Newtoto 

orctntieldto  Holvoke,  28  ;  Bartow  to   HTrior.,   c     \'  r^ 

I,  ■  ■  '        '    "'  »"»'iow  to   iiariem,  6;  Newnort  to  Taiinf<->n    -»■ 

nd  back  7,  Springfield  to  Hartford,  26;  Meriden  to  New  Haven    18 ■  River- 

caa  .0  V  aphank,  15;  Oneida  to  Canandaigua,  too;  Canandaigua       Ni^g 

W    i^    :  'In^V^'^",:  '""'■^'  '°    ^^^^^^^rn.0.,  245;  Great  ^l 

lU       psie  i;.    ,."'  Ir     ""   '^'^'^•^■"«*""  '-"   ''-k.  456;  Tarrvtown  to 

K  wi  V  tT  "' t^       oughkeepsie  to  New  York,  73;  Fall  River  to  Boston,  49; 

fied    r/.     r^H  ;       '  't"  '°  ''°^^°"'   '^=  ""^'^'^'^   ^"-    ^«  North 
Hatfield    u,  Rernardston    to    Hartford,   67;  Havden's    to    Springfield     17- 

snmhs  Ferry  to  North  Hatfield,  ix  ;  Bellows  Falls  to  Rutland's.^  F  1  ing 

0  Hunters  Point.  7;  New  York  to  Baltimore.  1S6;  Baltimore  to  FredeHek 

«i;  Cumberland  to    Harper's    Ferry,   97;  Washington    to  New  York      4  ' 

Newark  to  New  York.  7  ;  ..ew  York  to  Washington  and  Ch  cago    i  ;:,  •' 

■cago  to  Cincinnati.  310  ;  Wil.iams^own  to  Sadifville.  19  .-Upton  to  Se 

"'■'-'■^3^  --ncnir^  tu  Acw  Haven,  15;  Albany 


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to  Utica,  95  ;  Oneida  to  Syracuse,  21; ;  Waverly  to  Towanda,  iS  ;  McshopiKii 
to  I'ittston,  3S  ;  \Vilkc->>ljarre  to  Newark,  172;  Newark  to  I'hiladeljjhia  ami 
back,  162. 

In  addition  to  the  above  indicated  4,414  miles  by  rail,  I  have  accompanied 
rr.y  wheel  1,044  mdes  on  steamboats,  as  follows:  New  \'ork  to  I'leasaiit 
Vallev,  6;  New  York  to  New  Iltven,  75;  Harlem  to  Kulton  ferry  (twicti, 
15;  New  York  to  Newport,  iC>o,  New  York  to  New  London,  120;  New  Lon- 
don to  Greenport,  15;  iJatterj  to  Yanderbilt's  Landing,  10;  New  ^■ork  tu 
Fall  River,  175;  Hulett's  Landing  to  Baldwin's  and  thence  to  CaKlwell  (Lakt. 
(ieorge),  40;  Hudson  to  New  York,  115;  New  York  to  Flushing,  15;  New 
York  to  I'oughkeepsie,  75;  Fulton  ferry  to  Harlem,  8;  Maysville  •  Cincin- 
nati, 60;  New  Haven  to  New  York,  75;  Battery  »o  Tompkinsvill'",  10;  New 
Brighton  to  Battery,  10;  Harlem  to  Astoria  and  back,  6;  iloDoken  to  Brook- 
lyn, 3;  Tatrytown  to  Nyack,  3;  Fort  Lee  to  Ma;  tanviUe  (thiec  times),  5; 
Hunter's  i'oint  to  Seventh  street  (twice),  5;  Hoboken  ferry,  six  times;  Wee- 
hawken  ferry,  ••ix  times  ;  IVvonia  ferry,  twice ;  Communi|)aw  ferry,  twice ; 
Jersey  City  ferry,  twice ;  Wall  street  ferry,  eighteen  times;  Fulton  ferry,  once; 
Grand  street  ferry,  once.  These  thirty-eight  ferry  passages  probably  amounted 
to  as  many  miles  altogether. 

Canal-boat  ri<les  of  four  miles  on  the  Frie,  and  ten  miles  on  the  Chesa- 
peake and  ( )hio  may  be  added  ;  and  row-boat  transportation  has  been  given 
my  wheel  from  Staten  Island  to  F.Hzabethport,  twice  across  the  Mohawk  at 
Hoffman's  Ferry,  once  across  the  Jonnecticut  at  Thompsonville,  and  once 
across  the  outlet  of  Lake  Champlaii.  at  Chubb's  Ferry,— perhaps  three  miles 
in  all.  I  h..ve  escorted  it  on  horse-cars  twice  c'  jwn  the  ^.ast  side  of  the  city, 
iT<  .,1  Fourteenth  street  to  Wall,  and  once  on  the  same  route  ujiwards ;  five 
times  down  the  west  side  from  Fifty-ninth  street  to  the  ferries  at  Liberty, 
Chambers  Dcsbrosses,  Canal,  and  Christopher  streets  respectively;  and  once 
from  One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  tc  Fifty-ninth,- -a  distance  of  perhaps  40 
miles  altogether.  On  three  occasions  I  have  ridden  with  it  in  a  wagon,  abc  ut 
20  miles,  and  I  suppose  it  has  been  similarly  carried  a  similar  distance  when 
I  have  not  been  in  attendance.  Its  solitary  tours,  when  caged  in  a  crate  and 
packed  like  ordinary-  merchandise  into  freight  or  express  car,  have  numbered 
half-a-dozen  and  amounted  to  about  1.600  miles,  as  follows  :  Hartford  to  New 
York  and  back,  220;  New  York  to  Springfield  and  back,  272;  Hartford  to 
Schenectady,  140;  Cincinnati  to  Hartford,  972. 

Most  of  the  distances  by  train  have  been  given  on  the  authority  of  the 
railroad  guides,  but  I  have  been  obliged  to  "  estimate  "  a  few  of  them,  and 
have  felt  uncertain  in  one  or  two  cases  concerning  the  actual  route  chosen 
between  distant  points  which  are  connected  by  competing  lines  of  quite 
unequal  lengths.  Some  of  my  steamboat  distances  have  been  guessed  at  from 
my  knowledge  of  the  distances  on  shore.  In  no  instance,  however,  have  I 
knowingly  exaggerated,  and  I  am  sure  that  tb^  sum  of  my  estimates  falls  short 
r.i  v-itKor  tv,in  pvrpprli  tVip  artn.il  distance.     I  mav  also  add  here  a  word  of 


fOC7i  SI-ASOXS  OX  A  FUKrV-S/X. 


.IMtlOtI 


.iRainst  the  too  literal 


.33 


cnting  the  exact  distance  between  the  chief 


acceptance  of  my  rydometc 


r'ln,  as  if  the  whole  of 


r  rei)orts  as  rcpre- 


tii^iires  in  reality  Mften 


It  were  included  het 


points  that  are  named  in  a  da 


cover  many  detours  and 


W'-'cn  them  ;  f,,r.  of 


V  s 


much  extra  ridi 


course,  the 


-^spec.allycx,„a,nedinsucha,enera-sum:::. 

Ine  total  distance   which  the  record  siv«  i   i  '       . 
r-v  with  mv  wheel  ,5.535  miles)  la  ks  1^  a      Tl    '""  ""'^•''  '"  '^•""■ 
I..U  e  personally  pushed  "Vthim,^^^^^^^  ''^  f'""  '"''^^  ^^^-h  I 

-  -■'--  "f  n.y  wheel,  when  no  ^th  t  '::";.  r""'  '  ''''  '"^'^^ 
^'.v  or.g.na  journey  to  lioston  to  ne.otiat  for  it  ".  '  '  '  ^^^''^•^••^'"^-  -e. 
1-k;  and  c  .her  special  rides  ma-  be  n^d  ,  ,  ""  '7""  "'"  ^^°  "''^^ 
^-k.  882;  Springfield  to  Schenectad         S     s  "     ''"^"'^^'''o  New 

1-^.  'SO;  ^-aphankto  Greenpo  a  d  bac^7,  p'^  '°  ^'T'''^'^""^  "^"^ 
'-1.  3-^;  Thompsonville  to  Sp-ingfield  ar^i'  ]J  TT  .  T'  ''"^^  "^' 
New  \-ork  and  OranKe  or  \cw-.rL    ,r^     T  '       '  '^'^"fy  "'''■'s  between 

r'-i  between  Washm'^ton  ^Z''^ 'J^'T'''  ^'""^  °"  '^^  ^'-^'"'  rail- 
and  Kifty.fifth  street)  „,fif':'  .'  ''^'^'"g'«"  Heights  (One  Hundred 
ibuKlred  and  Fourth  trt"^'o';^^,h  ''T  "u""  ''""''  '°  '"•  ^^"^  One 
.S:  fifteen  rides  to  or  ^om  K  Uof  r:'et;r  '^'""T  "  ^^°"^  ''''''-' 
■-'-^.  which  the  rides  I  have  taken  i  .  rl'c.r  and  o^  ,"  '  '°'''  °'  ^^^^ 
.'ec.unt,  would  readily  raise  to  ^  joo  Th  k  f  "'""''^"^'  °"  >">'  wheel's 
c-  record  to  have  travele  ^Xmi.es  aL  T  t^'"  '^  ''''''''  '^  '''  P^^" 
"'-  it  has  ..  seen  a  good  deal  tore  o  AmTrl  'til":  '"\^'  ?•  "^^"'"^^ 
^'"-ng.     My  manuscript  log,  concerning  Ytst        ,  ,     7  ^^'"  ''''>''^'"  =^- 

'5-^ -;vith  an  av'erage^ont::::':?  .^ t^^I  elV^t^n^^'  ^^^'"^'^^ 

pare  .,  ^refrom,  for  the  March  ItV,-./..  '        '  '  '^"''^  'o  pre- 

the  cost  of  rep  iring  t .  m      I  mat'a     "'•:°"^''^"°""'  "^^  ''^  "-^^aps.  ani  of 

;..  .0  show  t^t  ."/ste::astl;:s.:t:^'^;^r;:;;:;--'^-^''-^  -"^■ 

f--  ""-•  to  propel  one  which  is  half  a  foot  hig  e     K     ot     iV       ^  '  't  '"'''''' 
--nnental  consideration  that  "  I  was  bornin  '46  ''  '       "  '*"  '"^  ''^ 

^'.ai.  te:;:^  ita:^:h:^i:n^:^^ ''-'''-"  -^  ^-^^^  p---  ^rtide 

4  at  lioston.  r,  ,t  CUcar        .  T  '""  '"■""'  P'"^"  ••     '^  at  Xowport, 

-  ^Vashingtor.      hre'    ru'n.V   I    '.rp'''';f ''''•^'  ''  ""''''  '"  '^'""  "'"-  - 
'ira.tiebcro;  80  miles  with    wo  ^""Shkeepste,  i.  at  Brooklyn,  and  6  at 

.6  from  Bo  ton. T     rom Irhke  """      T  """'^'"^  -^  ^°  ^^^  ''-'"^0,,. 

'"'  '""3"  "■'  """*  """* "'" "«"  "-""I  "y  any  „,i,c;';c„,„pa,;;» 


34  ti:n  THOUSAM)  Mll.E.^  o\  A  IUCVlLE. 

th.n  th.it  of  myself.     All  the  rest  of  my  6.000  miles  a  vheel-back    l.as  btxn 

traveled  alone  ! 

'I'lie  suri.rising  part  ol  this  last-named  circumstance,  to  me.  1-  that  people 
should  l)c  so  generally  surprised  at  it.  Men  cannot,  in  the  nature  of  things, 
readily  adapt  their  business  a.fairs  in  such  way  as  to  ntake  their  holidays  and 
vacations  coincide  with  those  of  other  n»en  ;  and  a  peculiar  charm  of  the  bic\ 
rle  is  its  capacity  for  economizing  ever;'  shred  and  atom  of  a  man's  leisurc.- 
for  increasing  his  independence  in  res),ect  to  relaxation.  ( )nly  in  excei)tioi,ai 
case,  can  extensive  touring  be  successfully  indulged  in  otherwise  than  as  a 
solitary  -musement.  What  reasonrd)le  ch.mce  is  there  that,  in  a  ride  of  say 
400  miles,  t.vo  men  can  get  along  comfortably  together,  unless  they  are  very 
intimate  friends  and  of  very'  cquil  wheeling  capacitie;  .'  For  :.iy  own  part, 
I  have  thus  far  failed  to  induce  a  single  one  of  m>  old-time  comrades  to  take 
kindly  to  the  wheel;  an<l  when  I  ask,  "Whc-e  are  the  boys  who  bravely 
bounced  the  boneshakers  with  me  along  the  New  Haven  sidewalks,  in  that 
glad  winter  of  '69  ?  "  echo  sadly  answers  :  "  Married  and  de.ad  by  the  score  !  " 
Hence,  as  I  seem  thus  fated  always  to  "go  it  .ilone,"  I  naturally  feel  an 
abiding  enthusiasm  for  a  pastime  so  perfectly  adapted  to  my  disposition  and 
"environment."  Hence,  too,  I  trust  that  Mr.  (alverley  will  pardon  me  if  I 
thus  parody  one  of  his  parodies  in  order  to  give  rhythmic  expression  to  my 
enthusiasm ; — 

Others  may  praise  the  grrind  displays. 

Whore  flash  the  wheels  like  tail  of  .omet,— 
The  club-runs  made  on  gala  days,— 

Far  may  I  be  at  suth  times  from  it ! 
Though  then  the  public  may  be  "  lost 

In  wonder  "  at  a  tritiing  cost. 
Fanned  hv  the  breeze,  to  whirl  at  ease, 

My  fauhful  wheel  is  all  I  crave. 
And  if  folks  rave  about  the  "  seas 

Of  upturned  faces,"  let  them  rave  ! 
Your  monster  meets,  I  like  not  these  ; 

The  lonely  tour  hath  more  to  please. 


V'l. 


t'OMJMBIA,  NO.  234.1 


' '"»"'  •»  .1.C  r c:,;..  N„i. '";:'.""  r;  -  •;•"■""■«  '■•"">  "» 

-  .e...»l  n„„e„,„„ ,,\„.  „.J,^,  "J '^  „„',;--"- »  """""S  ^l> 

Krcat  a  sum  of  money  as  $2u      Half  of  fh,f  '''•'"^  '"''  "» 

i'self,  and  the  other  half  vent    o    he    ""' """""'  "^'^  P^i'>  f-  'he  machine 
-•"<l«l  -m- broken  elbow -111  ''H^^r    """'""''''   "'^^  -cces.sfully 

•'-■-ofciupiicity  if,  in :;::;;:  :;:^^^.,.;;;;fh'  '^'"^-"---'  -  -^  -n- 

-  .0  whether  the  "  .,4  "  stamped  on  the  cAnks  "Ti  '''''''  ^""^"""^'^ 

sent  the  number  of  dollars    paid  for  th.  '  '''^'"'  ''""''  "'"  ^^I'^*^^" 

answer.  I,  i.s  evident,  howe.-er  that  no  1"""'  '  ""  "  ''"  "  -^^  "-''  ^^--^ 
"-■'"-'"1  l>y  newspaper  writing-can  ev'VT" '"""  "'''  ""^^  '^'^ 
i'cr  minute  for  hi.s  fun,  or  that  rate  ner  roTf     I  '"'""'''  *"  '''''>'  '^^'-^^  '^'^ 

»"  '•  ''n-ng  down  the  average  "  "V  "  inT  ."  '■■\^''^^-^""S-  "-'ce,  in  ord.r 
-■-  less  absurdly  clisproit,rtionrte  to  l"in"'  ''''r"''  "^  ^'^'-^  -^ht 
'"  'I'ive  "  Number   2,4  "  -,nd  no  !     .k  "''  ^  ^'^'^^  ^'^'^   '"  ^'"^v  bou.ul 

^^••-".  I  find  that  thl  •  o  Sn  ervc::;,""",  T'  "  ''^  '^"^'  "^  "^  ^"-^ 
"^  ^fay,  ,879.  has  been  expand  ell'-  7  "',  '--P-^ation  on  the  ^oth 
'^f  "-  average  cost  per  ro d  h.  b InT  J'- l''°°°  ""^^  "'  ''''''^^'  ^h-- 
-^1-e  this  average     shall     os   Jne  .„      '^  ^  -  '"  "'"   ^"'  '•"''^"  '" 

'-'^'  two  seasons  more  o  unt  '  h!  "  k"  "'  '"•'■"«  '-^  "^^^'  ^^^^-l  ^^  at 
-.-  mi;es.     Perhaps  ^thaimeTsh^T  7'^^'  °*  ">•  '^'^  "^  "^  '" 

■■^--e  that  notLg  but  i- ";:::;:: -^ -';;--- 


-v.  ■/>«•  <r^.^/«,,«,  M„^h,  ,883,  pp.  433-^  , 


3(> 


TEX  THOUSAXD  MILKS  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


-m^ 


the  blandishments  of  "  the  newer  and  better  "  will  have  no  other  effect  than  to 
make  me  cry  out  defiantly,  in  ihe  words  of  Puck's  professional  poet,  — 

"  Nay  1   I'll  cling  to  thee,  old  bicycle, 
Till  thy  round  red  rubber  tires 
Pound  to  rags,  and  till  to  toothpicks 
Split  thy  tremulous  steel  wires  1  " 

The  chief  object  ot  the  present  article,  however,  is  to  describe  the  manner 
in  which  the  tirc^,  spokes,  and  other  coniiionent  jnirtsof  "  Number  234,"  have, 
stood  the  pountling  I  have  subjected  them  to  in  driving  it  6,175  miles,  during 
the  four  seasons  past.  My  tours,  as  outlined  in  last  month's  U'/ur/maH,  have 
extended  Milo  fifteen  States  and  embraced  2,600  distinct  miles  of  American 
roads  ;  and  I  assume  that  no  other  bicycle  than  mine  has  yet  made  anything 
like  as  extensive  a  trial  of  them  ;  but  I  ma\  as  well  confess  at  the  outset  that, 
though  I  am  as  regards  ancestry  a  thoroughbred  Yankee  from  Vankeevillc, 
I  iiave  somehow  failed  tn  inherit  the  aptitude  and  ingenuity  jjopularly  ac- 
credited to  the  race  in  respect  to  things  mechanical. 

To  me  such  things  are  an  abiding  and  ojipressive  mystery;  to  me  the 
comparisons  of  "points,"  aad  tne  discussions  abovt  minute  details  of  manu- 
facture are  apt  to  be  wearisome,  if  not  incomprehensible;  to  me  a  bicycle  is 
a  bicvcle,  and  I  am  so  much  pleased  at  contemplating  the  superiority  of  this 
sort  of  vehicle  over  other  vehicles,  that  I  have  no  disposition  to  examine  into 
the  possible  superiority  of  one  variety  of  it  over  another  variety.  Hence,  in 
sjiitc  of  my  great  experience  as  a  road-rider,  my  opinion  as  to  the  inechanica' 
merits  of  "  Number  234  "  cannot  properly  be  considered  that  of  an  expert; 
cannot  property  be  accepted  as  decisive,  or  even  weighty.  I  certainly  think 
that  my  wheel  is  a  very  good  one,  and  I  certainly  think  that  the  story  I 
have  to  tell  about  the  way  it  has  stood  the  strain  put  uixm  it  is  a  story  whic  h 
ought  to  convince  the  most  sceptical  that  "the  bicycle  is  not  an  expensive 
and  easilv-spoiled  toy,  but  ra:hcr  a  cheap  and  durable  carriage  for  general 
usage  on  the  read."  At  the  .same  time,  if  I  had  chanced  to  i>urchase  some 
other  maive  than  a  Coluiabi.a,  I  presume  that  I  should  have  stuck  to  it  just  as 
persistentlv,  and  given  it  just  as  thor.nigh  a  trial  ;  and,  for  aught  1  know  or  sus- 
pect, the  result  might  have  been  just  as  satisfactory,  or  even  more  'satisfac- 
tory. In  other  words,  mv  facts  are  presented  for  what  they  are  worth,  m 
showing  how  the  bicvcle  in  general  rc-ists  hard  usage.  They  are  not  pre- 
sented to  show  that  one  particu'.ar  make  is  better  than  all  others,  or  that  ,iiy 
own  individu.al  "Number  234"  is  the  best  of  pil. 

I  had  ridden  234  miles,  on  twenty  different  days,  during  which  my  m.v 
chine  had  had  a  good  manv  tumbles,  before  I  asked  any  one  to  adjust  its 
bearings,  or  otherwise  repair  it.  Happening,  then,  to  be  at  the  Popes'  office, 
in  Hoston,  I  indulged  in  75  cents'  worth  of  improvements,  which  included 
r'r.-'.ir'hte'vint^  the  cranks,  and  cenienti'ifT  the  loosened  end  of  the  splice  of  the 
small   tire.     As  spectators  always  kindly  drew  my  attention  to  this  "cut."  hv 


COLUMBIA,   NO.  234. 


n.c  any  real  trouble.  Thirty-three  more  ride"  and  6,'  '  "  T''  "''"'''' 
brought  me  to  the  meet  .t  Newport  w  th  nedl,  "  „.  P  '""'""  '""'^'^  °'  "'^'"«' 
-a.tling  as  to  excite  the  surprise  and  it  ot  t,  .j' '""'"^"  ^"  ^"  '""-  -'^^ 
into  conversation  with.  They  <,uicklv  '  ti^h,  T  *'"  ""'"^  '''^'''  ^  S^» 
1-v  .o  adjust  the  various  cone  ad  am  'tr.  n.u''"'"''  ""'•"'^'^'"  '"^ 
...ver  meddled  with  a  single  nut  0;^^  i^:^  ^  ':,::L;;;r^-  '  ''' 
"loving  back  the  saddle.     At  .Stratford    nn  ,h  '        '     *"'  ''''*''=1''  '" 

I  H^iped  a  blacksmith  pull  inrLi;  ^Te  ^l^^rbe^nV  T^^^'  '""''"'''^ 
-.  as  I  suspect,  pulling  the  a.x.e  I  trifle  It  :' '  L  )  1  ^'^  ""  •^'^'"^' 
'n.n.  the  Newport  „.,:ct,  my  handle-bar  got  a  sever -.w  '  1°"  '''""""^ 
-ns  were  able  promptly  to  rectify      Perhan^  ^^^^^^  '^v  >,'.  wh.ch  my  compan- 

^-■^t  that,  on  the  occasion  of  the  ext  e  ere  1 11  t"  Wa' I  ""  '  "^■""''  "^  '^'^ 
'--.  vvi.h  ,,350  more  miles  on  my  record  th  'id  thanrfV  "°""'-^ 
and  a  new  bar  had  to  be  secured      The  n.'rl    f    ^  '  ^'"^^  '^'"^^<-^  "^ff- 

--ver.  was  the  spring,  ."l^h "  cr^J^  ::^:::^e'";;:;ft  ''-'  '"'''' 
(uhen  my  record  of  miles  was  i  .So  inrl  n,.,         1         -■       "^  August,  1S80 

t-Uhough  the  fracture  d^l;.  '/oMo     e  ^^d^l       '''"'"'^-" 
I'on.eward  in  safetv.     In  fact  thouLrhT  """  '"■"''"'  '">'  ^^''^'^^""g 

.■^-r  than    "sua^  I  proSirZuld'lrh::^!:;^^^^^"^?    "'^^ 
^I'n.ig  at  all  had  I  not  uncovered  it  ,n  nr-n  '^'^^"'^^  ^^'^  '-''ack    m  the 

••-siKnsion  saddle."  I  had  bou  h  tW  r,""'  '°  '"'''"''  ''''  '''''^'  '  -- 
>-WIewasabad  fit.  or  in  a.n  "^v  .m  f  ';^;--^"-^^ '">' «'J  block-mounted 
"Hll>eard  -  much  Jbout  th  J  ,:  ^  If.^  :' ^^  ^—  ^  -i  read 
;-ng  on  the  eve  of  departure  on  a  : "^^^^'X  ^'/l''^'  '  "^-S"^ 
I'c.t,"     As  the  breaking  of  the  .nrin ,  ,  '        '  ^     '"""'  ^ave  the 

"-V  saddle,  I  tried  it,  oVthe  t  ime  'r'^n'  ''''  '"^""'"^^>-  '"'^'  "^  ^"e 
''^•'-e    riding    ten  miles  that Tt  w"    f'  ^'""  '"-'  '°"^'  ^"''  'I'-^covercd 

Xevcuheles^I  had  to!- i:t  1"::,^',  :ir^^'^';'^  ^'-  "-  o-^  one. 

'''''-'-S  which  I  immediately  ordered  it  :;  a:"/::  '  '"  '"^~'  ''' 
attcnpts  at   change.     As  that  original  sad  He       n  ^  '"''''  ""  "'''^^ 

"-■  edges,  however.  I  propose  to  be^i  m^  fi  ,  ^  ""  '°'"';'"'^'>--^^"'-"  -^  ^'^ 
••  long-distance "  variety.  '  "'''"  '""''  ''  "^'w-  one  of  the 

.'4::;^a:::.:::;:rt;:;:,:ir;rrr '-  "^^^^-'^ '° '--  ^^-  '-^^n 

"-'l^  them  for  the  fir  t  000  me        M  "'  "'"'"'>'  ""^"'  '^^""-^e  of  mv 

-1"--'  %  new  one       aT.  7   n;:  r /"^''""^^  "'>'''''^"^''-"^'  '  had   then 
•^'-■'vs  .stuck  ti.ht  to    he     ms    ;  H  "'''  "^'■^'  ''^""^'^'  "'-«!'  thev  had 

'-'  -  eived  a  deep  i       t     ^^  '.n'"'  i'rT';'""'  '''"'''  ''^^  ^-"'  «- 
■^  '""«  journev,  to  take  the  cha^le  o  '  ''"'  '"'  "'^'^'  =^^  ^'^^  -'-''  «f 

--vals,  and  a  general  tight      J    'Vr"'"^^  """"l^'^'^-  •^>-^^-     ^or  these  ■ 

-'"le    place,  three  n, u.l:      \"''  ^^  '^''  ''^--'^S  r  paid   $,,;  .„,  1  ..t  th„ 

" '"^'''  ^'-"^  *'-«°  for  other  s'mall    repairs'! 

I  may  as  well 


line    place,  three  m,>„fU 


axle. 


38 


TE?7  THOC/^'AND  MILES  OxV  A  B /CYCLE. 


say  here  that  I  have  driven  my  second  set  of  tires   4,700  mile-,  and  that  I 
think  at  least  another  1,000  miles  will  be  reciuired  to  really  "  pound  them  to 


rags."  The  splice  in  the  big  tire  worked  loose  in  this  second  set,  just  as  the 
splice  in  the  little  one  worked  loose  in  the  first,  though  not  until  I  had  driven 
it  some  2,500  miles,  or  more  than  ten  times  as  far  as  in  the  first  case.  After 
two  or  three  unsatisfactory  experiments  with  cement,  I  had  the  loose  end  of 
the  splice  sewed  down  w  ith  fine  wire ;  and  this  improvement  lasted  for  500 
miles,  or  until  the  tip  ot  the  splice  broke  off.  Then,  at  Chicago,  I  had  a  part  of 
the  tire  turned,  so  as  to  bring  the  good  part  of  the  splice  outside.  Three  days 
later,  with  another  100  miles  on  my  recoril,  a  wheelman  in  Kentucky  drew  at- 
tention to  the  looseness  of  another  section  of  my  tire,  and  kindly  cemented 
it  on  for  me.  At  the  end  of  my  Kentucky  trip,  when  I  had  run  3,400  miles  on 
this  set  of  tires,  I  had  them  taken  off  and  turned,  so  that  my  last  1,300  miles 
on  them  have  been  run  with  the  original  lim-sides  outward.  In  saving  this, 
I  assume  that  when  the  tires  were  taken  off,  in  Janu;'ry,  1881  (after  7S0  miles' 
service),  in  order  to  allow  the  rims  to  be  nickeled,  they  were  replaced  as  thev 
stood  originally.  It  appears  from  this  statement,  which  is  an  exhaustive  one, 
down  to  the  very  smallest  facts  of  the  case,  that  in  all  my  thousands  of  miles 
of  touring  I  have  never  had  any  serious  trouble  with  my  tires.  They  have  never 
dropped  off,  or  even  worked  loose  to  such  a  degree  as  to  interfere  at  all  with 
my  riding,  and  I  have  never,  personally,  doctored  them  with  a  bit  of  cement. 

The  first  serious  break  in  my  machine  occurred  on  the  20th  of  January, 
1881,  when  I  was  making  my  first  trial  of  it  in  the  snow,  among  the  sleigh- 
riders  on  Sixth  Avenue,  above  Centr  il  Park, — the  record  then  being  2,221 
miles.  The  air  was  not  particularly  cold  or  frosty,  the  riding  was  reasonably 
smooth,  and  I  had  not  been  subjected  to  any  serious  jolts;  but  somehow,  as  I 
was  jogging  along  a  perfectly  level  stretch  of  the  roadway,  at  a  tolerably  brisk 
pace,  the  front  wheel  gave  a  sudden  lurch  forward,  and  I  found  myself  stand- 
ing upright  and  still  holding  upright  the  front  half  of  the  machine,  while  the 
backbone  and  rear  wheel  lay  prostrate  in  the  snow.  The  upright  part,  which 
I  think  is  called  the  neck,  had  l)roken  off  in  the  thread  of  the  screw,  just 
below  the  lock-nut.  I  paid  a  New  York  agency  $5  to  have  it  welded  together 
again,  and  $20  more  to  have  the  whole  machine  newly  nickeled  in  every  part. 
Deep  grief  had  oppressed  nie  from  the  very  outset  of  its  career,  because, 
though  the  contract  said  "  full  nickeled,"  the  rims  were  painted.  Hence, 
when  I  next  met  my  rej^lated  "  Number  234,"  and  saw  how  bravely  it  glis- 
tened along  the  rims,  my  joy  was  great.  But  di-gust  f|uicKly  followed  when 
I  observed  that,  in  the  process  of  jiolishing  the  same,  the  spokes,  at  the 
points  of  juncture,  had  been  cut  nearly  half  through.  My  fear  that  after  this 
weakening  thev  would  snap  at  the  first  severe  strain  has  not  been  justified  I'V 
actual  trial,  for  only  two  of  them  have  ever  broken.  One  spoke  in  the  rear 
wheel  broke  at  the  time  of  a  severe  fall.  May  i,  18S2,  at  Hloomfield,  when  the 

ra.^.^rA     .■♦.-..-.^I     -,  f      4     -»^  H     .,,11.^..^    .      .-..-..^    ..T-,^1.^      ic     fV,o     fv^^ttf     ,,.l-,4^i.l     KvA^l^^i     4^.1     '»     .   rv^/,ntVl 
'      ~'- *     "  "        i  '      '  '  J     ~    *      ;••  •- • " 

path,  at  Chicopec,  Dec.  30,  1882,  when   the  record  had  reached  6,140  miles. 


CpLUMBIA,  NO.  234. 

i:..th  these  wires  snapped  at  the  points  where  thev  had  been  cut  in  polishinR 
1  may  add  here,  that  none  of  my  spokes  have  ever  got  loose  enough  to  rattle 
and  that  [  have  never  had  any  of  them  tightened  except  when  visiting  a  ma- 
chine-shop for    more  important   repairs.     On    a  very  few  occasions  I  have 
screwed  up  some  loosened  lock-nuts,  without  affecting  the  spokes  or  nipples 
and  once,  when  a  nipple  broke  off  without  loosening  the  wire,  I  pegged  it  in 
I.lace  to  prevent   rattling.     The  little  bar,  or  rivet,  which  attaches  the  joint  of 
the  sprmg  to  the  cylindrical  plate  sliding  along  the  backbone,  rattled  out  once 
in  September,  18S0,  when  I  was  touring  in  Western   >Jew  York;  but  a  postal 
card  sent  to  the  manufactory  caused  a  n. ..  rivet  to  reach  me  within  three  days 
am!  a  nail  served  as  a  satisfactory  substitute  during  that  interval. 

"  -Vumber  234  "  was  disabled  for  the  second  time  on  the  8th  of  June  1881 
when  2,993  miles  had  been  traversed.     As    I  dismounted  for  dinner  It  the' 
hotel  in  IJernardston,  after  riding  twenty  miles,  whereof   the  last  three  or  four 
had  been  made  without  stop,  a  lounger   drew  my  ..ttention  to  an   appearance 
uf'somethmg  wrong"  under  the  saddle;  and  I  then  discovered  that  the  un- 
der side  of  the  shell  of  the  backbone  had  cracked  open,  at  a  distance  of  about 
SIX  inches  from  the  head,  th,.ugh  the  solid  metal  beneath  prevented  a  com- 
plete  break.     I  did  not  venture  another  mount,  however,  but  trundled   the 
cripple  to  the  adjoining  railroad  station,  and,  ne.xt  day,  to  the  manufactory  in 
Hartford.     Anew  backbone  was  now   put  in,  of  somewhat  different   shape 
f.y.n  the  original,  and  the  step  was  attached  to  it  by  two  short  screws,  instead 
...  by  the  old  de^•ice  of  a  bolt  and  nut.     The  change  did  not  commend    itself 
.0  '">•  approval   however,  for  in  touring  along  the  tow-path  of  the  Chesapeake 
and  Oino  Canal,  four  months  later,  the  screws,  after  about  900  miles'  se  vice 
persisted  in  working  loose,  until  I  lost  one  of  them.     Then  I  carefully  bound 
cloth  around  the  step  to  prevent  the  other  one  from  rattling   out.     H  u  it  d  d 
rop  o,.t,  and  I  felt  desperate,  for  I  could  not  mount  agah,  without       cr    v 
)  fasten    he  step   on  with,  and  I  was  "forty  miles  from  any  town."     As  J 
new  the  loss   had  happened  within  a  quarter  of   a  mile,  however,  I  .cou  ed 
c  tow-path  for  that  distance,  until,  at  last,  I  was  rewarded  by  th;  glisten  o 

1  tr     tiro  1  '"-^'^  sand,-though  its  recovery  wo-L  seem  hard^v 

more  bkely,  on  general   principles,  than  that  of  the  traditional  needle  in  ^he 

ay-mow.     My  second  set  of   step-screws   have   not  yet  shown  any  sgns   o 

■o-seness  in  traveling  some  2,200  miles.     The  screw  i  the  top  of  my  ha,  .lle- 

.    broke  off  however,  last  Xovember,  and  I  think  th.t  both  it  and  the  screw 

:;,:ch  ::' °1^:  ^^-^^^  ^^^  -^  ^-^  -  -  ^"^-*--  ^-  ^^^  ongina.  ones, 

conci  one,  and  was  ,n  character  a  repetition  of  the  first.     On  the  9th  of  June, 

.  S-,  as  I  was  just  about  finishing  a  ride  of  340  miles  among  the  hills  of  Ken- 

cky,-being  some  two  miles  from  Maysville,  on  the    Ohio  river,  where  I 

"itended  to  cross    into  the  .State  of  that  name,  and  io„rn.„  .u.J...u  uV. 

-Hiier  week,  or  until  I  reached  Lake   Erie,-I  noticed   Z   unacc^un^ble 


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40 


TEN  THOUSAXD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


stiffening  of  the  mechanism,  which  "  .."fused  to  obey  the  helm."     Careful  ex- 
amination finally  showed  me  that  the  neck  had  been  cracked  throu-h  just 
below  the  lock-nut,  though  the  adjustment  was  so  tight  that  the  parts  did  not 
fall  away  from  each  other,  as  in  the  similar  break  of  January  20,   iSSi      It 
will  be  remembered  that  the  neck  then  had  a  record  of  2,222  mile's;  and  l)c- 
tween  that  break  and  this  second  one  the  record  was  2,650  miles.     I  am  told 
that  the  manufacturers,  being  convinced  that  this  screw-threading  on  the  neck 
IS  necessardy  a  source  of  weakness,  long  ago  abandoned  the  production  of 
necks  of   that  pattern ;  but,  as   they  attempted  the  introduction  of   no  new 
device  m  welding  "  234's "  together    again,   1  suppose   that,  at   some  point 
between  the  2,000th  and  3,000th  mile  after  this  second  mending,  I  mav  rea- 
sonably expect  that  the  neck  will  break  a  third  time.     I  can  only  hope    in 
such  case,  that  my  own  neck  may  not  get  broken  too  !     At  the  same  time  with 
this  second  mending  of  the  neck,  new  bearings  were  attached  t-  the  fork,  and 
It,  together  with  the  backbone,  was  newly  nickeled.     The  lov    .   bearings  of 
the  front  wheel  were  also  renewed ;  a  new  axle,  new  hubs,  and  new  cranks 
were  added  thereto,  and  a  new  axle  and  new  cones  to  the  rear  wheel ;  a  fillinR 
was  mgeniously  inserted  to  reduc.  the  size    Z  the  socket  in  which  the  pivot  of 
the  neck  had  been  playing  for  4,872    miles  ;  and  a  special    side-spring  was 
attached  to  hold  up  the  brake,  as  a  substitute  for  the  unsatisfactory  rubber- 
bands  previously  employed.     I  may  here  add  that  considerable  annoyance  had 
been  given  me,  at  one  time  or  another,  by  the  jarring  out  of  the  brake-screws, 
and  on  the  occasion  of  a  certain  tumble  the  loosened  brake  itself  got  knocked 
out ;  but  for  the  last  1,300  miles  the  brake-screws  have  kei)t  perfectly  tight 

I  think  that  the  first  time  one  of  my  cranks  worked  loose  was  on  the  5th 
of  August,  1881  (record,  3,00c  miles),  as  a  result  of  letting  the  machine  fall 
heavily,  and  then  letting  myself  fall  heavily  upon  it.  A  few  blows  of  the 
hammer  put  the  crank  right  again,  and  the  trouble  has  never  been  renewed. 
That  same  date  was,  I  believe,  the  last  of  three  or  four  occasions  on  which  I 
h*i-e  caused  the  two  wheels  to  "interfere";  and  my  remedy  in  such  cases 
has  l)cen  to  pull  the  backbone  away  from  the  fork  by  main  strength,  which 
strength  some  friendly  spectator  has  helped  me  to  apply.  Less  than  900  miles 
of  riding  >ufficed  to  wear  loose  the  second  set  of  bearings  on  my  front  wheel, 
and  I  learned,  at  the  manufactory,  that  the  "shoulders"  of  the  concave  cones' 
needed  to  be  filed  down  in  order  to  have  them  "take  hold"  again,  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  tightening  of  the  cams.  I  know,  too,  from  mv  experience  with 
the  first  set  of  bearings,  that  after  there  has  l)een  much  filing,  the  cams  them- 
selves will  fai:  to  "  take  hold  "  unless  little  liraces  of  iron  are  inserted  be- 
tween them  and  the  cones.  I  paid  a  Yon':ers  blacksmith  half  a  dollar  for  a 
h;'lf-hour's  work  in  making  me  a  rude  pair  of  such  braces,  in  August,  1880, 
when  my  record  was  1,450  miles.  I  believe  my  record  was  5,580  miles  before 
I  broke  my  first  cam-bolt,  by  screwing  it  up  too  tightly,  though  I  twisted  off 
the  head  of  a  second  one  within  less  than  400  miles  afterwards.  Thus  the 
l)nir  of  extra  bolts  I  had  carried  so  long  were  utilized  at  last. 


.y 


COLUMBIA,  \0.  234. 

■■-^^^rt^^.:2Z^^-^^^^  ^^e  fo.,oi„g  History!! 
hul-S  axles  and  cones  of  boththe  ;  ^™  ^^^''bone  step,  pedals,  cranks, 
^'i  "cck-pivot,  oil-cups.  spring-bo  t'ro;  ^T.  "'  '"''  ""'^  "^^  ^'^'^^^ 
-P  and  brake,  one  long  Ipoke  a n'd  TnTs  Xt'^T^rt';?"^'  ^^'^^^^^  "^ 
apa.rs  was  $43.65,  to  which  should  be  added  isTf  ^,  ''  '°''  °^  '^"^ 
Kcc  &  Harrington    suspension     addL     'Ik       °' "'"^^  "^''^ ''" 

''oi-Tclon.eter,57;  "^-dy  I.:ngH:ht;,:  a  V' T^l^n^^'P  ^°^^  ^^"^^  = 
>'-50;  01],  51.25;  padlock  and  chain  uairnf  i  ;"""""""  ^"gg^ge-carriers, 
t|>-  d.-ink,ng.cups,  rubber  n^o:';:;;  X:  r  btr  c^  h'^Vr"'^^-^'^"^'^' 
^^heet  and  chamois  skins,  cost  alto«ethe?s;  'c         i  '"'^  ^'"'^''  '^'='"^"'. 

of  521.50.  ""Sethef  $5.25,  making  a  total  for  "extras  " 

As  regards  the  great  subject  of  "  clothes  "  th.  U-      , 
adn.irable  instrument  forgetting  the  itl\  '^'^>-^J^  seems  tome  a  most 

1'a.scd  their  first  youth,  and  which  e  ^T'"  °"'  °'  ^"""^'^  ^'^'^h  have 
;.aHci.ntlymothiten;:u„:^  :^;:rSL^;'--'^  ''  ''^'  -^'^  "-^> 
It  IS  a  sort  of  wheel   which  trHnrl  ■  T  ^     "^  ^"^^^  *°  ^^e  poor." 

trousers  of  the  winter  barroom  and  he'l^r^'  "''^'  ^'^  '^'^'^  ^'-k- 
ria..a,-conceaHng  with  equareha  Uv  he"  h"  "'"'^  °'  ''^  ^^'"'"^  ^"'^^ 
tl-'  ice-cream  smears  of  the  other      I  fit  "-^'"^P^Sn^  stains  of  the  one  and 

munerous  suits  of  "old  clothes  "which      h  T'  '^'''  ^"  •''^'''''°"  '°  the 

I  l>-e  expended  for  distinc  h-el^  ^  1,  V."  ''  '°  "«^ '"  ^'^^  ^^'^'"^. 
-llows:    riding  costume   (gree  \e "et;"  '^'""^"^^  ''''  --  ^^  ^66,  . 

''-eches  and  silk  stockings  .%;,03e.r   'h"  ^^'  '"'   "^''  ^'^^'"^<^^- 

Firsof  white  flannel  knelb  cell's     "rj:"^".  '":'"'  ^■'-^■^.  ^^--5o  ;  two 
,       The  cost  of  transporting  the  maCme'        >""  °'  "^'"gg'--es,  ^5.50. 
!>alf-dozen  different  occasion's,  has  bee'l  Ts    %?'!  ''''  ''^  -''-— ^ 
mc-n,  wuh  whom  I  and  my  wheel  have  ridd  n  ,  -  J     •,  "'  ''''''  ^°  '^^gg^g- 
'";!:  '-^"'^  """°'-  taxes,  have  amounted  to  lo      f'  '  '°^''^'^  ^^''^^  ^  ^^^v 

;;;";■  ^°"'"S  ^ave  reached  a  .i.nilar  s I'^'and  7^  '^'"f"  °"  ^^^^^S^ 
had  machmes,  and  as  much  more  for  .ntra'nce  ll  .  ^''"'  ^^  '°^  ^'^"^  "^ 
1  he  sum  total  of  all  these  figures  is  «i8,  c        K    u  '°  '''''  ^"^  the  like. 

of  ".V  four  seasons-  sport,  in'addit ion  to  the  ^^^  77"'"^  '^^  '^'^^^^  -- 
.^;""'^^'-  :34."  I  explained  in  the  previous  c'han"  ^  '''''  """""^  "'^ 
"'"'  '^y  ^vheel  -4  n,i,e3  on  land  r  o^x'n  '^'"'  ^"'^  ^  ^^'^  '^^^^  carried 
;--  I  have  .  .,ed  on  account  0  t\vt:?:  ""T''  ^"'^  ^"^^^  ^'^  ^'-- 
""les  mostly  on  land.     If  three  cents  i     T  ""''^  ''  =''""""t  to  2,000 

Pnce  paid  per  mile  for  the  tran  pen  ion  T''"^  ■'"  ^^^  P^'^'-^hle  aver.^ 
'--'  of  7,535  miles,  the  sum  ofTet  oL  T"'  ^'"°"«^  ^'^'^  ^"tire  dfs- 
'-•^"ging  in  6,175  miles  of  bicvcltg  T  '""  "/'"  '''''''''  ^^P^-^  "^ 
";■.-  advance  of  the  true  one,  l^S'  as  h  "7'/'  "'""-g-^  "  "-v  be  n  ,it- 
"'''le  traveling  must  needs  have  been  son  ."  "'  "''  ''''"'''  subsistence 
-■'^'  have  been  had  I  staved  .?  !1!™  ^"'^^  '"  '^^vance  of  what  its  cost 


. .    '"""  '■  si'iveu  at  home,  th^  o..„.   _       ...  """■  ""  cos 

•"iuirect  expenses  "  certainlv  cuinof  "li.  ''''^''""^  '*^  ^  probable  esti 

'     '"""'  ''"  g'-^'-'ter  than  the  true  one 


42  TEN  THOUSAXD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

A  combination  of  all  these  figures  shows  $641  expended  during  four  years  in 
traveling  13,710  miles.  Of  this  exhibit  I  will  simply  say  that  I  only  wish  I 
could  always  be  sure  of  getting  as  much  fun  for  my  money ;  for  no  economist, 
in  counting  up  the  cost  of  his  pleasuring,  was  ever  better  satisfied  with  the 
result  than  I  am  ncnv,— unlesa,  perhaps,  I  except  the  A.kansaw  Traveler. 


i\Vhen  I  began  my  fifth  season  of  wheeling,  on  the  17th  of  April,  1883,  by 
starting  on  a  three  days'  tour  from  Hartford  to  New  York,  I  little  anticipated 
that  the  old  wheel,  whose  history  during  6,000  miles  of  touring  had  been  d<- 
tailcd  by  me  in  the  March  iVheebiuui,  was  destined  to  travel  almost  4,000 
miles  within  a  twelvemonth.  I  had  no  possible  idea  that  before  the  year 
was  out  I  should  drive  it  along  more  than  1,000  miles  of  "American"  road- 
way protected  by  the  IJritish  flag  (in  Canada,  New  Krunswick,  Nova  Scotia, 
Prince  Edward  Island,  Cape  ISreton  and  Bermuda);  should  push  it  across 
the  borders  of  a  dozen  States  of  the  Union  (Maine,  ^  assachusetts,  Rhode 
Island,  Connecticut,  Michigan,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Mary- 
land, \Yest  Virginia  and  Virginia);  and  should  force  its  ragged  tires  to  mark 
a  continuous  straightaway  trail  on  the  surface  of  the  earth  for  1,400  miles. 

Having  done  all  these  things,  however,  it  seems  proper  that  I  should 
tell  the  story  of  how  the  venerable  mechanism  stood  the  strain  thus  put  upon 
it  and  of  what  its  condition  was  on  the  very  last  day  of  its  life  as  an   active 
roadster.     That  day  was  the  14th  of  April,  1884  ;  for  when  I  then,  at  half-past 
five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,   dismounted  at  the  doorway  of  the  establish- 
ment where  "  Number  234  "  first  came  into  being,  I  was  given  the  assurance 
that  mortal  man  should  never  mount  it  more,  but  that,  on  the  other  hand,  it 
should  itself  be  allowed  to  mount  a  pedestal,  and  repose  there  forever  as  a 
relic-the  object  of  homage  and  reverence  from  all  good  wheelmen  who  may 
be  privileged  to  gaze  upon  its  historic  outlines.     Its  total  record  of  m.les 
when  I  unscrewed  from   its  axle  the   Pope  cyclometer  wh.ch  had  counted 
most  of  them  for  me,  was  .0,082  ;  but  the  peculiarity  of  the  record  consists 
not  so  much  in  the  fact  that  the  distance  considerably  exceeds  that  recorded 
bv  anv  other  wheel  in  .America,  as  in  the  fact  that  the  riding  extended  along 
S,'ooo  separate  miles  of  roadwav,  situated  in  twenty-three  different  States  and 
Provinces.     Other   Americans  who  have   ridden    .0,000  miles  (and  one  who 
has  ridden  .5,000)  have  ep.ch  made  use  of  three  or  four  different  bicycles,  and 
have  failed  to  traverse  as  much  as  500  separate  miles  of  road. 

The  round  trip  of  60  miles  which  I  made  on  the  i6th  of  Augu.t,  gon,, 
from  West  Springfield  to  Hartford  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  and  returnmg 
on  the  east  side,  was  chieflv  for  the  sake  of  having  the  cones  of  front  a.xle 
filed  and  refitted,  after  .,.32  miles  of  usage  since  April,  and  a  new  brake 

lTherem.->inder  of  this  chapter  was  printed  \^^  Tlu  Springfield  iVHuunen.  Gazetu,  Ap..„ 
.S84,  pp.  2,  3,  4,  with  the  title  ;    "  The  Last  Days  of  '  No.  234'-" 


COLUMBIA,  \0.  234. 


43 

added,  as  the  original  spoon  was  pret'y  well  worn  out.     O.i  the  return  trip, 
111  the  dusk  of  evening,  the  spreadin-  roots  of  a  tree  on  a  certain    sidewalk 
produced  a  severe  fall,  which  caused  the  wheels  to  cverlap  one  another,  until 
imll,  J  apart  by  main  strength.     As  a  sequel  to  this  pulling   process 'there 
appeared  next  day  a  very  slight  crack  on  the  upper  side  of  the  backbone,  six 
or  seven  inches  from  the  head.     A  ride  of  five   miles  on  a  smooth   road' did 
n.  t  perceptibly  increase  the  crack,  however,  and  I  began  to  hope  that  no 
serious    break  was  betokened,  until  my  f.rst  sudden  stoppage  in  a  sand-rut 
proveil  the  hope  to  be  a  vain  one.     After  that,  the   crack  broadened  and  the 
nrriapping  increased  at  every  dismount,  until  at  last  the  rear  wheel  entirely 
iL  used  to  trail  behind  its  leader.     Nothing  was  left  for  me,  therefore,  but  to 
-,,.d  the  machine  back  to  Hartford  for  a  new  backbone;  and  I  improved  the 
ucea.-ion  to  order  a  new  steering-head  with   it,  for  the  old   head  (of  a  pattern 
no  longer  used)  had  been  jarred  very  nearly  to  the  breaking  point— j"flging 
liy  the  number  of  miles  that  had  been  recjuired  to  c  .use   fracture  on   the'two 
previous  occasions.     The  first  break  in  the  backbone  itself  hajjpened  on  the 
under  side  thereof,  two  years  before,  when   I  had  ridden  2,993  miles ;    and, 
after  its  repair,  I  rode  4,392  miles  before  the  appearance  of  this  second  breakj 
on  the  upper  side.     The  record  of  the  new  backbone,  when  I  took  my  final 
ride  with  it,  was  2,697  miles.     As  the  insertion  of  the  new  head  required  the 
!ork  to  be  heated,  a  new  coat  of  nickel  was  then  applied  to  the  same.     The 
new  head  also  requiretl    that    the  spring,  whose  end  was  attached  to  a  clij), 
sliding  on  the  backbone,  should  be  replaced  by  one  of  modern  design. 

A  village  blacksmith  in  Canada  supplied  my  next  demand  for  repairs,  on 
•he  15th  of  October,  by  welding  together  the  handle-bar,  which  snapped  off 
-.piare  at  the  right  side  of  the  fork,  as  a  result  of  my  letting  the  wheel  plunge 
down  a  grassy  slope  and  strike  the  handle  upon  a  stone.  Four  days  later, 
another  blacksmith  fitted  some  iron  plates  or  washers  behind  the  bearing'- 
boxL>,  for  the  shoulders  of  these  had  been  filed  down  so  far,  to  offset  the 
wear  of  the  upper  bearings,  that  the  cams  would  no  longer  hold.  Further 
fiiini^s,  in  the  course  of  the  next  week's  journey,  almost  obliterated  the 
" coned  "  character  of  the  boxes  and  reduced  them  nearly  to  the  condition  of 
Hat  |)ieces  of  metal ;  so  that  at  Cazenovia,  1,488  miles  from  the  time  of  the 
repairs  at  Hartford,  I  was  forced  to  make  my  first  experiment  with  rawhide 
as  a  material  for  bearings.  This  substance  becomes  pliable  after  several  hours' 
soaking  in  water,  and  strips  of  it  can  then  be  fitted  between  the  upper  side 
of  the  axle  and  the  ends  of  the  fork,  to  compensate  for  the  wear  of  the  coned 
surfaces.  When  dry,  the  rawhide  is  about  as  durable  and  unyielding  as  steel; 
liiit,  as  I  took  a  ride  of  eight  miles  within  a  few  hours  after  api)lying  it  to  the 
.i\ie,  and  continued  my  journey  early  the  next  morning,  the  strips  gradually 
worked  out  of  their  places  and  protruded  from  the  sides,  where  they  attracted 
enough  moisture,  in  an  all-day's  ride  through  the  rain,  to  still  further  impair 


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-"■--'■■-'  -'3  i!::iCo   UoUgc,  incrciorc,  I  rcpiaccci  Ihcin  wiiii  new 
and,  though  I  waited  only  twelve  hours  for  these  to  harden,  they  kept 


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7'AV/  THOL'SAM)  .'fJLKS  (hV  A   BICYCLE. 


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in  position  and  rendered  gooi  service  without  further  attention  for  the  re 
maining  994  miles  of  my  record.  I  doubt  if  1  should  have  been  able  to  finish 
this  without  new  cones  on  the  C.)rk,  unless,  I  had  resorted  to  the  rawhide. 
Such  resort,  however,  I  do  not  venture  to  recommend  except  for  hearings 
which  are  very  badly  worn  ;  and  I  should  say  that  at  least  twenty-four  hours 
ought  to  be  allowed  for  hardening,  after  the  damp  strips  have  been  applied 
to  the  a.\le.  I  may  add  that  rawhide  is  an  article  not  readily  procurable,  for 
I  learned  that  in  the  whole  of  Syracuse,  which  is  a  city  of  60,000  people,  there 
was  only  one  place  (a  trunk  maker's)  where  it  could  be  obtained. 

The  tow-path  of  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  a  few  miles  from 
Ilonesdale,  was  the  scene  of  the  worst  mishap  that  ever  befell  "Number 
234,"  and  its  escape  from  complete  destruction  then  .»ill  always  seem  to  me 
like  a  miracle.  A  pair  of  mules,  standing  on  the  outer  side  of  the  path, 
appeared  to  have  their  attention  so  entirely  absorbed  by  the  feed-basket> 
wherein  their  noses  were  plunged,  that  I  presumed  they  would  not  notice  mv 
approach  from  behind,  and  I  accordingly  ventured  to  ride  across  the  tug-rope 
connecting  them  with  the  boat.  Xo  sooner  had  I  done  this  than  some  evil 
impulse  led  the  brutes  to  pause  in  their  repast  and  take  a  contemplative  gaze 
at  the  surrounding  scenery.  I  dismounted  at  the  moment  when  I  saw  them 
turn  their  heads ;  but,  in  the  self-same  instant  of  time,  they  gave  a  tremen- 
dous jump  forvvartl ;  the  rope  parted  under  the  sutlden  strain,  the  flying  end 
thereof,  glancing  from  my  back,  whipped  itself  into  a  knot  around  the  right 
handle  of  my  bicycle,  and,  quicker  than  I  could  say  "Jack  Robinson,"  the 
beloved  form  of  "Number  2^4"  was  receding  into  the  distance,  as  fast  as  \ 
pair  of  runaway  mules  could  bang  it  along  the  stones  of  the  tow-path.  They 
were  excited  enough  to  have  willingly  helped  it  "  beat  the  record "  by 
dragging  it  "  without  stop  for  a  hundred  miles,"  or  until  they  reached  the 
Hudson  River;  but  a  lock-house  chanced  to  intervene  at  the  distance  of  an 
eighth  of  a  mile,  and  the  keeper  thereof  rushed  out  and  brought  their  mad 
race  to  an  end.  Just  about  as  he  seized  hold  of  them,  the  front  wheel  came 
against  the  planking  of  a  bridge  with  a  tiemendous  thump;  but  I  was  so  far 
in  the  rear  that  I  could  not  see  whether  this  helped  to  cause  the  stoppage; 
and  I  was  so  excited  and  distressed,  when  I  rushed  up  to  view  the  mangled 
remains  of  the  wreck,  that  I  cannot  remember  whether  the  jar  of  the  collision 
sufficed  to  release  the  knotted  rope  from  the  handle.  I  only  recall  that  the 
machine  was  lying  quietly  there  on  the  l)ridge,  and  that  the  lock-tender,  a  few- 
rods  beyond,  was  driving  away  the  morning  mist  by  the  warmth  of  his  curs- 
ings at  the  mules. 

"  I  am  older  than  some  sorrows,"— for  no  traveler  on  Life's  highway  ever 
gets  past  its  half-way  stone,  which  marks  the  beginning  of  the  down-grade 
leading  towards  the  place  called  Seventy,  without  having  experiences  that 
cause  him  to  grieve ;— but  T  cannot  recollect  another  moment  of  my  existence 
when  I  felt  so  thoroughly,  inte.isely,  desperately  "sick,"  as  that  moment  on 


the  tow-path,  out  m  tlie    wilds  01   Pennsylvania, 


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45 

whl.ked  out  of  my  hands,  like  an  object  in  the  "transformation  scene"  of  a 
P.uu.,m.me  W.th  >ts  destruction,  which  seemed  inevitable,  many  of  my 
chcr.shed  hopes  and  plans  would  fall  i„  a  common  ruin.  should  never 
a,un  he  hkely  to  have  a  continuous  trail  extending  for  900  miles  be  ^^0 
uul.  suuultaneous  y.  a  fa.rly  good  road  of  500  miles  stretching  straighta^: 
l..orcn>c.  I  could  never  again  reasonably  expect  to  "  b,  .t  the  record'^of 
o;n.d-bearmg  machmes.  or  to  win  the  right  of  putting  together  a  book  called 

en    Thousand   M.lcs  on  a  Bicycle"!     The  thought   of  mv  own   reck 
oily,  m   bnng.ng  about  the  disaster,   filled  my  soul   with    bitterness     . 
hurned  dolefully  along  after  the  runawavs.     Other  greater  ifflicfo,  s  r  h 
cuiured  cheerfully  as  inexoral -.  decrees  of  Fate,  forll^h  I^    r^e  ,,    ,- 
-.:blc ;  but  here  was  a  calamity  which  I  had  definitely  and  deservedly  brTht 
upon  myself.     So  absorbing  w-as  „,y    exasperation' on    this   score    th     The 
ought  of  rny  own  personal  peril  in  the  case  did  not  occur  to  me  till  la  er   n 
-he  d..y.     The  dnver  of  the  boat  appreciated  it,  however,  and  -is  pi  a  sire  1 
^ccmg  me  escape  w.th  my  life  was  great  enough  ,0  prevent  his  ge  ti  rawv 
w.th  me  for  the  trouble  which  mv  n.ishap  caused  him.     Had  not  hisTow  h  e 
l).cn  an  old  and  weak  one.  which  gave  way  at  the  first  jerk,  I  myself  shoull 
-xssanly  have  been  pitched  into  the  canal,  and  if  L   bicvcle   had  ,"  „ 
thn.wn  ,n  on  top  of  me.  or  if  I  had  come  into  contact  with  the  boa    wl  ,  e 
ndcr  water.  I  should  probably  have  been  killed.     On  the  other  hand   if    h 
^nng  end  of  the  severed  rope  had  chanced  to  bind  mv  lit  L^    :^     t 

J::l:lS.ts-^;r^:;^I ------- 7-^^^ 

A"ci  now  I  come  to  the  .iracle^;;  tl:  caS.  fit  i::;^  r:f  the 
machme  was  rea  ly  broken!     Though  bent  and  cracked  and  scr  trie     ad 
I-adly  demorabzed  m  its  several  parts,  my  beloved  bicycle  had  su      v        , 
cucal  test.-had  maintained  its  integrity  as  a  wh„!e,-and  was  still        '    I    ' 
The  handle-bar  was  doubK  d  back.  and.  when  T  bent  it  into  its  place    '  it 

-kcd  where  the  spbce  had  recently  been  made,  and  soon  broke  off    n tirel 
I  there  ore   steered   with    a   wagon-spoke   for   the  next    ei^ht  mile      ^     i   V 
reached  a  blacksmith  shop  where  I  could  get  the  bar  rewe  dec!      The        nk 

■K  pcdal-pm  on  the  right  side  were  considerably  bent,  and  the  axle  vas  I 
flcLted  from  a  true   line,  while  the  rim  was  bent  and  crirk.rl  T.l 

a  ,  loosened  anc  made  useless.     One  of  thc.n  broke  off  a  few  days  later 
n.l      gave  .t  for  a  keepsake  to  a  rider  in  Carlisle.     The  iron  plate  ote 
lons-distance  saddle-with  which  T  began  the  season  r '  's!  I    I 

the  saddle  ;"~,'"«^'^f-^^'-'-'^'>-^vas  also  twisted  off.  but  the  carrier    like 
ThV         ''     "'^^'^^  '^^'^^■'^  '<^P'  '■"  service  until  the  very  last  day  of  the  record 

" "'"""^■"J'l- "icmcnt  of  the  runaway. 


<6 


TEN  TUOUSAXD  MILKS  OX  A  DICVCI.E. 


\t  I'nrt  Jervis  nn  the  d.iv  f-.llovvint;.   I  met  the  new  handle-bar.  which  I 
ordered  at  the  time  of  the  first  breakage  ii.  Canada,  and  it  stood  by  mc  t..  ilu- 
end   without  further  accident.     The  old  bar  I  gave  to  a  local  wheelman  «l,n 
befriended  me,  and  who  said  he  would  religiously  preserve  it  as  a  relic  .,f 
"the  first  American  tour  of  a  t>>ousand  miles  straiyhtaway,"-for  I  comi-kud 
that  distance  at  four  o'clock  in   the  aftcrno...   of  the  day   when   the  nld  l.,r 
(whose  entire  record  was  0,79^  milos)  served  for   the   last  time  as  my  tiller. 
The  town    of   Staunton,   in   Virginia,  where   my   monumental   rule  was  cuni- 
nlctcd   on  the  2jd  of  November,  marks  the  end  of  the  macadamized  roadwav 
whiih'stretches  through  the   Shenandoah  Valley,  and  is  continuously  ridable 
from  (irccncastle,  the  border  town  of   Pennsylvania,  a  distance  of   150  miles. 
As  a  muddv  clav  of  indescribable  tcnaciiy  was  i^rohibitory  of  progress  be ,    .id 
Staunton,  I  ab.n.loiu-d  all  idea  ..f  pushing  .n  to  the  Natural   I'.ndgc,  and  de- 
cided to  wheel  back  down  the  valley,  and  so  home  to  New  \  ork.     But  the 
bulge  in  the  rim,  resulting  from  the  accident  with  the  mules,  was  sufficicntlv 
pronounced  to  give  me  a  definite  jolt  at  each  revolution  of  the  wheel  durn,, 
the  4G5  miles  subsecpicntlv  traversed  in  reaching  the  goal ;  and  I  thought  that, 
before  beginning  the  return  journey,  I  might  perhaps  remedy  the  inatter  .. 
little  by  "  lightening  up  the  spokes."     It  was  my  first  experience  of  the  sort 
and  it  proved  .piite  cffectual,-though  not  in  the  manner  intended.     When 
had  completed  the  tightening  process,  I  found  the  rim  was  so  badly  twisted 
thrt  it  would  not  revolve  in  the  fork  at  all;    and  my  later  efforts  to    -un- 
buckle "  it  were  quite  in  vain,  though   I  snapped  another  spoke  in  mak.rg 

"Number  .^34  "  was  thus  at  last  entirely  disablcd,-h.avmg  survived  the  a- 

tack  of  the  mules  onlv  to  fall  a  victim  to  my  own  mechanical  awkwardness.   \ 

man  fr.im  a  carriage  shop,  who  was  recommended  to  me  as  the  most  skilful 

mechanic  in  town,  said  he  would  not  even  undertake  the  task  of  straighten  ng 

the  wheel  for  less  than  fivt  dollars,  and  that  he  would  not  agree  to  finish  the 

task  for  any  possible  sum.     I  knew  indeed  that  no  one  outside  of  Hartford 

would  have  the  patience  to  really  put  it  to  rights  again,  and  I  am  told  that  the 

expert  machinist  who  there  did  in  fact  take  it  in  charge  had  a  sad  and  solemn 

time  in  bringing  it  once  more  into  riduble  shape.     I   drove  it   from   Hartford 

to  New  Vork  in  the  early  part  of  December,  and,  at  the  close  of  the  month, 

rode  a  hundred  miles,  on  the  snow  and  ice,  in  the  region  around  .Springfield, 

without  having  a  fall.     I  expected  then  to  do  no  more  touring  with  it,  but  to 

rur  off  the  few  remaining  miles  needed  for  a  "  record"  in  short  spins  of  ai, 

hour  or  two  at  a  time;   yet  when  next  I  set  eyes  on  the  wheel,  on  the  C.h 

of  March,  it  was  in  the  hold  of  a  steamer  starting  on  a  70omile  voyage  tor 

Bermuda.     Before  I  had  been  there  twenty-four  hours,  the  sudden  turnin.i;  ■  i 

a  team  in  front  of  me  forced  me  to  make  a  quick  liackward  dismount  ami 

then  fall  forward  with  mv  full  weight  on  the  fallen  machine.     The  result  ot 

this  was  such  a  severe  bend  or  crack  in  the  right  end  of  the  .1   le  that  a  com- 

npp.o.ti,,-  bend  had  to  be  made  in  the  crank  before  the  wheel  would  revolve. 


COLUMIUA,  \o.  .7, 

47 

.  'n  ,he  following, lay  the  little  tire  wu.kc.l  loose,  for  the  hrst  tine  in  its  his- 
....V     and.  for  the  first  t.me  in  ,nv  experience.  I  made  use  of  cement  in    e-s    - 

'?      ,H    ""  K    ;'r''  "'  '"^'  '"'  ""•-■^  ''^■^"^^'  ^'-■-'-«  'he  cedent,  h oweve 
nul  as    he  fre  had  l,een  l.tcraily  w..n,  to  shreds,  and  as  n,v  suppl    of  s.r  nJ 
u..  rather  l.nme.l.  the  tafered   india-rubber  would    occasion.  ivLuLeH 
n.nn  the  rnn  far  enough  to  strike  the  fork,  and  thus  call  „,y  at.entir  't  . 
^...1  c.nd,t,on.     T,.  „,,  „,^,,  ,i^^,   ^,^„^  .^,^  indentation,  at  the'point  where  t 
.  .vo  ends  had  be  .-n  worn  away,  caused  a  definite  jar  at  each   r  volution  o 
•vh  el  .lur.nfi  .ts  last  r«o  miles.     The  tires  were  both  applied  in  August  Uso 
and  made  a  tota    record  of  8.r«o  n.iles.     The   splice   in' the   little  one  nc^^; 
U.nc  any  s.gns  of  com.ng  apart;   whereas  the   ends  of  the  bi,  tire  had  to  be 
n,.,vt,mcs   ,ewed  together  and  glued    down,  until   ,ni.e  a  dc  ,  inc:;!.,     io 
"a.  mad        (  ement  was  applied  on  several   occasions  when  general  re,  airs 
-re  n,  pr,  g.ess;  but.  with  the  one  exception   noted,  neither  of  the  tires  eve 
g.ue  me  any  trouble  by  working  loose  on  the  road,  or  forced  n.e  to  person  dh 
apply    he  cen,ent.     The  little  one  was  finally  worn  down  nearlv  to  the  rim  ' 
..e  coned  pedals  which    I    pushed  for  the  first  .,480  n.iles.  in  .S^o-So 
were  b,ongh,  nno  service  again  for   my  straightaway  tour  of   ,.4.     n,ile;  and 

c  s,  .sc-cjuent   r.de   f.,m    Hartford  to  New  Vork  ;  after  whih  I  prel^nt 
them  to   Mr.  (  anar>       .e  professional  trick-rider,  as  a  "  long-dis,-' ce  "  me 
mcnto         he  exactly  snnilar  pedals  which  I  used  on  "  the  la."    dav."  and  ^^ 
e.t  attached  to  the  machine,  therefore  have  a  record    of   7.06.    mi 
ave  been  told  by  an  authority  on  such  .natters  that  one  of  the  most  notabl 
th.ngs  ,n  the  h,storv  of  "  .Vumber  334"  is  the  fact  that  such  great  distance 
we,e  traversed  wthout  any  breakage  of   pedal-pins;    and.    considering     1^ 

r  ma  kablc.  O.d  age  d,d  not  seem  to  impair  the  accuracy  of  mv  Pope  cvclom- 
c tcr.  for.  .n  r,dmg  to  Coney  Island,  on  the  .4th  of  March,  when  I  c  ossed  Z 
l.r..o.lvn  HrKlge  fo.-  the  first  time.  I  tested  it  at  each  of  the  ten  half-mile 
stones  on  ,he  Houlevard.  and  foun<l  it  did  not  vary  more  than  a  sixtee  t^  of 
a  mile  for  the  whole  distance.  ^'-'^teentn  ol 

It  had  been  my  intention  that,  when  its  ,0.000  miles  were  finished    the 

..Ui  machme  should  be  "  rebuilt."  with  t-^.e  latest  improvements.     I  delned 

.haveM,ew  beanngs   cracks,  pedals,  tires,  axle.  fork,  brake,  saddle,  han 

ur,  and  handles,-the  original  rims  and  wires  of    ,879  and  the  backbone 

ea    andsprn,g  of  ,883  being  retained  as  a  basis  for  the  "  reconstatction  " 

W  ..en,  however,  the  run  in  whose  rigiditv  my  long  experience  had  given  me 

■e  confidence,  was  spoiled  by  the  runaway  mules.  I  submitted  t'o  desti"  - 

1  ft  sKle  of  whose  fork  may  l,e  seen  the  inscription  "  Number  234,  Jr  "  i.  a 
^■lose  copy  of  the  old  original,  as  regards  size  and  finish  ;  but  the  maker's 
assure  me  that  it  will  be  happily  different  from  it  in  having  much  less   "his- 

■    -cle    f  T  '"  r"""-     ""'  ^^''--n-'  in  ^-vin.^  thoroughly  worn  out  a 
)  L>cle  of  the  earlier  pattern.,  will  at  al'  events  aualifv  n,-^  t.--.  -.-::.=  ...-: ....  .u. 


4S 


TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


"  improvcmci  "  that  have  come  into  vogue  during  rfoent  years,  and  to  In. 
tclligcntly  coini)arc  the  new  with  the  old, — in  regard  to  durability  as  will  as 
in  regard  to  personal  comfort.  I  trust,  too,  that  the  new  Forty-Six  may  have 
the  power  of  the  old  one  for  inspiring  my  friend,  the  Small  Hoy.  to  enliven  its 
pathway  with  outbursts  of  wit  and  humor.  Mad  I  elected  to  ride  a  5::-inchcr, 
I  never  more  '•ouid  hope  to  hear  myself  designated  as  "  the  big  •■  ii  on  the  lit- 
tle bicycle."  vJn  the  morning  of  my  very  last  day  'vith  "  Number  2;  ' — when 
I  heard  tnc  children  cry  :  "Oh,  see  the  li'tlc  bicycle!  It's  a  new  one  !  All 
silver!" — I  felt  amply  repaid  for  my  years  of  industrious  jiolisliing  on  the 
nickel  plate.  iJut  the  most  amusing  comment  was  reservcil  for  the  afternoon. 
Within  a  half-mile  of  the  place  where  I  made  my  final  dism. unt,  the  ha])|iv 
captor  of  "  the  first  snake  of  spring"  ceased  for  an  instant  to  null  the  lokI 
which  was  dragging  the  wriggling  reptile  along  the  walk  ;  and  then  he  shoutetl 
after  me  :  "  There  goes  a  greenhorn  !"     And  that  was  the  very  last  w. .ra. 

Addendi'm,  April  14,  18S5. — Pilgrims  to  the  metropolis,  who  may  crave  the  privileRe  of 
humbly  laying  their  wreaths  of  laurel  and  holm-oak  upon  the  venerateH  ^  ad  of  the  subject  of 
this  chapter,  will  find  "  Number  ij4  "  st.uiding  in  stale,  in  the  show-window  of  the  I'ope 
M.mufacturing  Company's  city  office  and  salesroom,  at  No.  12  Warren  st.  This  is  a  few  rmls 
west  of  Broadway,  opixisite  the  little  park  which  c  mtains  the  City  Hall  ai.i  the  Court  House; 
and  the  central  position  of  the  park  may  be  still  further  impressed  ujion  the  stranger's  mind  by 
the  fact  that  the  state'y  Post  Office  Rui'ding  forms  its  souti.ern  boundary-,  while  the  entrance  ,0 
the  great  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  upon  its  eastern  side.  At  the  doorway  of  the  salesroom,  surmount- 
ing a  heap  of  inunortelles  (to  which  are  attached  the  visiting-cards  of  America's  greatest  warriors, 
statesmen  and  p.<,-ts),  the  explorer  vill  observe  a  i)lacard,  braring  the  following  legend  : 

" '  CoLU'.MBiA,  No.  234.'  This  machine,  which  was  mounted  for  the  first  time  ty  K.irl 
Kron,  on  the  29th  of  May,  1879,  has  been  drivt-u  by  him  a  distance  of  io,oS2  miles,  as  measur.  d 
by  Pope  cyclometer,  his  final  ride  hiving  been  taken  on  the  14th  of  .April,  1884.  In  makini; 
this  record,  upwards  oi'  5,000  distir.ct  miles  of  American  roadway  have  been  traversed,  iucludiiin 
1,100  miles  i.i  the  British  Possessions.  Kxact  descriptions  of  the";  roads  will  be  published  in 
'  Ten  Thjusand  Miles  on  a  Bicycle.'  The  record  of  miles  for  each  of  the  five  years  was  as  fol- 
lows •  1879,  first  year,  742  miles;  1880,  second  year,  1,474  miles:  1S81,  third  ,  1,956  miles; 
i»82,  fourth  voir,  2,002  miles;  1S83,  fifth  year,  3,534  miles.  Dunne  the  fiu.d  twel'.e  months 
ending  with  the  14th  of  .■April,  18S4,  the  record  was  3,840  miles.  On  the  nth  of  October,  iS'  3, 
when  the  machine  had  a  total  record  of  8,228  miles,  it  made  a  day's  record  of  100  miles  strai.;ht.'i- 
w.TV  through  Canada,  and  on  the  day  after  its  10,000  miles'  record  w.-'s  completed,  it  was  ric'dcn 
from  Stamford  to  Cheshire,  Conn.  (55  miles  of  hilly  and  sandy  roads),  within  a  period  of  twelve 
hours.  The  present  tires  were  applied  to  the  rims  in  August,  1S80,  and  have  traversed 
8,6oS  miles  in  23  different  .States  and  Provinces,  without  once  coming  loose  while  on  the  road. 
Between  the  8th  of  October  and  the  22d  of  November,  18.83  (embracing  36  days  of  actual  ridin-, 
during  the  first  14  i  which  635  miles  were  traversed  in  Canada,  ending  at  Ogdensburg),  this 
bicycle  was  driven  from  Detroit,  Mich,  to  Staunton,  Va.,  making  a  continuous  straightaway 
trail  of  1,400  m'.les,  equivalent  to  one-eighteenth  of  the  entire  circumference  of  the  globe.  This 
IS  by  far  the  longest  continuous  trail  yet  reported  of  a  bicycle  in  any  part  of  the  world,  and  the 
tires  which  made  it  had  traversed  6,600  mi'es  before  beginning  the  journey." 

At  the  very  time  when  the  above  statement  was  put  in  t>'pe,  however,  the  tires  of  r.notlicr 
Columbia  bicycle  were  tracing  upon  the  surface  of  this  continent  another  straightaway  trail, 
nearly  three  tines  a?  long,  connecting  the  Pacific  ocean  with  the  Atlantic.  Between  April  22 
and  August  4,  1884.  Thomas  Stevens  pushed  his  wheel  every  rod  of  the  way  from  San  Frarcisco 
♦„  Pof.ton.  eh.imatin^'  the  leneth  of  his  route  (for  he  carried  no  cyclometer)  as  3,700  miles. 


VII. 


MY  234  RIDE3  ON  "NO. 


234. 


"I 


This  magazine   for    February  containerl    -i    ^h.^     1     •     . 
■ravels  durin,  ■•  Four  Seasons  onVFo^st  ^^,  Z     M       ."'"^'    °'   '">' 
nnnute  description  of  th     manner  in  wh  ch  ,'hi!   n    .'  '  "^V""' ^"^'  ' 
^tood    the   strai,,    thus    put    u„on    it    i,     .  ^^^'"'"l^'a   No.  234"  had 

H^^  ...«h  fifteen  different '  .Le  t  J  ai  :s'7  '"^  "'  "''^"^'^  ''  ''"^  ^ 
.he  story,  by  nuking  exhibition  of  ,ay  v  io  /ri  es  'anTT'  '""'^"  ''^  '"'^'^ 
classed  together  according  to  character  a  7,^  ""''/"''"«  ^''I'-'nences.  so 
ivc.  and  also  by  offering  'uch      c      alL  '!"'"'  7?""'  -"  "— " 

"f  life  as  n.ay  be  deem.  1  he!  ^I  .  '    ^      ""^'  ^'^^'''i'''  ^"''  habits 

i'v  way  of  ntr'oductty^et  S^^^  J  "^"''"  understanding  of  the  record. 
■"tic  .riolet.  sn.uched  fro  n  u,d'       ,  "k"'""  '"  '"'"'  '""  "^'^  "-''«' 

-■.>^-g  of  its  componeTt  pal"-     ^""^'^  "'"^'  "  '^^''  "^'--"y  -'^"^^  * 

Though  my  rides  on  "  Two-Thirty- Four  - 

.Are  by  no  mean,  monumental, 
Please  again  hear  „,me  more 
Ofmyrides.  jiutt     .-thirty-four- 
Please  don',  say,  ■•  What  a  bore  : 

We  care  not  a  continental 
I     r  your  rides  on  '  Two-Thirty-Four  '- 
IlKy'ro  by  no  means  monumental  :'- 
When  1  finished  my  who^lin.r  f  ,,  ,ov,  , 

ce,nl,cr  30,-with  a  record  of  ,r.„.  '  f^^  "fVeV       """"'"«  "^  •'^"'"'•d^y-  ^'^^ 
6.'75  ■>..,  for  the  four  yerrs.-I  f     ''''' ,''°°'  "'•  ^"'  "''^  vcar,  and 

'"""^ited    the   wheel    was  "tw<  tr.c- number  ot  days  on  which  [  had 

noticed  th.  cc.ncidence  until    '  J         ,    thirty-four,"   though    I    never 

On  40  of  these  days   I  rode  betwoe:'    o  "'1  '  '"'  '^^  ^'''"'       ^-'c 

»"'i  50  m.,  on  14  r  rode  between  <;o  Jd  rJ^'  '°  ""i"  ■'"  '^  '  '""^^  ''^'^-^■■'  40 
latter  .listance.  -  ..y  longest  day's  ride  t'""  '"'  '''  '"""  '  ^^^d-'  'he 
'-'  '^f  .ny  fir>.  season  (74.  m  dltrtte^'"'  ''  "'  '^  '  ""^'"''^  'he  rec 
which  did  n.y  ridin,  amount  to'ls  ,      h  """"^  ^^  '''-^"'  "'^  '^'"^  ^""^  ^^ 

-'  ^-ing  the  thr;e  ye^:  S^r^w/^^!':  ^^'"  '^  ^^  ^^^  ^  - 
age  nde  of   j„st  29  m.     On  q^  of    h.Tl    ^'^^^      '  °"  '^^  days,  or  an  a      . 
n*ien  30  m.  or  more,  as  aboye'sp  c    "l        '''  °^^'""^    '^^'^  ^^   ^".   ^  ^o    . 
^-"  '-ween  30  and  Jom.;  o,  ^sTh  'y  '  Hdl  '^K       ""  "™"""""  '  "^^  -' 
'^^  --ing  .,  days  my  rec^rJ  h^^^^lT^irtSr^  '^"^'^  ^-' °" 


IK 


r..m  7V  «---fer,/«^,,.  ApriK  .gs,.  .,.,, 


^f,  including  seyen 


TEN  THOUSAXD  MILES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 


days  oi 


which  it  w.s  less  than  live  miles 


,— the  shortest  record  of  all  being  a 


mile  and  a  quarter 


Mv  first  definite  attempt  a'  a  long  ride  was  made  on  the  4th  of  May,  i8bo 


hen 


w 

town  in  si 


X  hours,— ending  a 


to  Tarry- 
half-hour  after  mid-day,— and  21  m.  back  agai 


the  weather  chanced  to  be  extremely  hot.     1  wheelc 


\\\ 


four  hours  and  a  half,  ending  at  7.3- 


to  o  c 


clock  ;  after  which  I  tried  the  Boule- 


vard  until  9,  in  order  to  bring  my  day's  record  up  to  50!  m.  I  did  not  better 
this  until  the  17th  of  September  following,  on  the  morning  of  which  day,  at 
7  o'clock  1  mounted  at  a  farm-house,  lO  m.  west  of  Buffalo,  and  rode  two 
hours  and  a  quarter  (15  m.),  to  Silver  Creek,  where  I  .topped  an  hoiir  for 
breakfast-  then  12  m.  more  (two  hours)  to  Kredonia,  where  I  st.^pped  two 
hours  for' dinner;  at  Westfield,  1  ^  m.  further,  1  halted  half  an  ho.ir,  till  5 
j'ciock  •  then  rode  another  15  m.  in  anothei  two  hours,  to  North  hast.,  making 
from  the  start  a  trifie  more  than  57  m.  in  a  tritle  more  than  twelve  hours, 
whereof  four  hours  had  beeu  given  to  rests.  As  my  baggage  was  at  the  Reed 
House,  in  Erie,  about  16  m.  further  on,  and  as  the  road  was  said  to  -ntinue 
smooth  and  level,  and  the  moon  promised  occasio  lally  to  shine,  Ae  <k 

walked  that  additional  distance  between  8  and  11.30  p.  m.,  and  so  m  .  a  roc 
ord  of  7  ^  m.,  which  has  remained  my  "  best  "  ever  since.  Had  the  wind  b..en 
with  me  rather  than  against  me  during  the  twelve  hours  of  daviig',,,  I  am 
confident  I  should  have  covered  the  whole  distance  in  that  time,  e.en  wuh  a 
third  of  the  interval  spent  in  repose  ;  and  I  think,  under  similarly  favoral>le 
conditions.  1  could  ride  100  m.  straightaway  by  davlight  on  that  track,  ,t  1 
really  e.xerted  myself  to  do  so.  Though  I  had  but  four  hours'  sleep  that 
„iRht,  I  felt  sufficiently  fresh  next  day  to  ride  45  '".  further  to  Asntabula,  be- 
;  ve  T  o  ^,0  A.  M.  and  8  r.  M  ,  making  118  m.  within  37  hours;  and  only  once 
si  .ce  then  have  I  made  a  better  record  for  two  days,  and  that  only  a  mile 
better.  On  the  previous  day  I  had  ridcen  from  Niagara  (3S  m.),  so  th.t  .n 
three  days  I  made  a  straight  push  of    k6  m.  through  the  territory  of  three 

different  States.  .  ,      r  »v,       „i. 

The  nearest  approach  since  made  to  t.iis  was  my  ride  of  154  m.  through 
Massachusetts,  on  the  first  three  days   of  June,   1S81     after    having   ricklen 
133m.  on  the    last  four  days    of    May,  and  penetrated  the  borders  o.  Nov 
Hampshire  and  Maine.     TMs  was  the  first  case  of  my  .nount.ng  the  wheel  tor 
seven  successive  davs,  and  the  record  of  287  m.   (whereof  .19  m.  belonged  to 
the  final  37  hours)  still  remains  my  best  for  that  period.     My  next  continuous 
week  ot  dding  was  just  a  vear  later,  and  amounted  to  25.  m    whereof  75  "' 
wereranoff  inChicr.go.  o,    ...     ast  three  davs  of   May.  and  the  remannng 
•,77  m.  in  a  straight  push  among  the  hills  of  Kentucky,  on  the  first  four  da), 
o.   rune.     Mv  third  ride  of  a  week,  as  described  in  the  January  issue  ot  thi, 
ma.razine,  -v^s  made  continuously  on  the  soil  of  New  York,  from  Syracuse  to 
Wrverly,bcgi.aning  September  28,  and  covering  2S0  m.  though,  as  it  begun 
andendeaat  noon,  there  were  parts  of  eight  calendar  days  devoted  to  t, 


Next  to  these  records  must  oe  ranKeu  my  si\  ua>; 


ilLlS-      Vl 


AfV  234  /?/D£S  O.V  ".Va  234." 

'•:>necticut  valley,  acres,  to  Luke  George,  and  down  the  Hudson  valley  to 
udson,-Au,ust  .3-37,  .«8.;  and  my  si.  days'  ride  of  .03  n,.  "  alon^tl  e 
I  ut.^.ac,     October..-.;.  ,88,     There  were  no  essentia!  ^.petitions  m  de 
jne.therot  tlie  last-named  tours;  but  the  railroad  had  to  ',     resorte  ■  to  in 
l.>.h  cases,  so  that  the  tracks  were   neither  of  them  absolutelv  con,   .uou 
..ncs.     Indeed,  the  longest  uninterrupted  path  I  have  traversed  over  was  that 
connecting  Syracuse  with  Waverly,  for  my  wheel  rolled  over  every  foot  of  the 
.l.starce,  and  a  1  the  repetuions  indulged  in  could  not  have  much  exceeded  a 
u  -.nm.les      Here,  too,  I  maybe  allcwed  the  parenthetical  ren.ark  that  I 
s  ould  be  glad  to  see  the  long-distance  ch.b-riding  of  1863  assume  the  phase 
ot  ..va  ry  m  respect  to  length  of  straightaway  tracks  covered,  or  at  least  m 
rcs.v.c    to  length  of  roun  labout  tracks,  which  admit  of  no  second  usa^e      Let 
•'-• -nbmous  b  ng.distance  club-n.eu  cease  their  vain  repetitions  o^^r' shor 
crcuus  and  well-known  stretches,  and  herceforth  strive  rather  to  show  how 
.reat  a  s.retch  of  actu:U  country  they  can  push  themselves  across,  in  a  sn.gle 
(icn:me  direction,  within  the  limits  of  a  single  calendar  dav  • 

I  >.'  third  and  last  time  in  ,880,  wh.n  I  rode  as  much  as  50  m.  in  a  dav 
w-  on  the  .4th  of  Se.-mber,  wher.  I  finished  my  tour  of  495  m.  bv  wheeS 
;^cross  the  hiUs  of  New  Jersey,  from  Stanhope  to  Washington  Squar  t  f 
1  here  were  •  en  other  days  in  that  year  on  which  I  rode  upwards  of  40  m 
-1  nineteen  days  m  kSS:  whereof  the  same  can  be  said.  The  ten  of  1 1"  e 
uh.h  had  a  record  of  50  m.  or  mere  were  as  follows:  March  c  on  tl! 
asphalt  of  Washington,  with  the  ri.;nt  end  of  the  handle-bar  broken  off  7  7 
M.  t,Mo  P.  M.,  66i  m. ;  April  30,  Orange.  Newark,  .uul  New  York,  9  A.  (t    to 

^•^  Ware,  and  West  Springtiebl,  535  v  m  \  ';  /  ^  m  )"•'''''''  '''"'''''■ 
West  Springfield  Oreen^^d,  .rl^Lr:  a^^^'^Jt;.^;^!:;- "  -^T^  7 
4  m  ;  August  .6,  Fort  Edward,  Albany,  and  S^hodac  5.35  v.  M  t"  ,-  !' 
.S7i.n.;  September  7,  SayviUe.  Hicksvillc,  Flushing,  and  Xw'vori" 
,:\n.;  October  .3,  Frederick,  Williamsport,  and  I  ock  Vo  o  on  A 
i'eakeand  Ohio  Canal,      4.    .    ^    to  .  ^     ,.    m  .        ,  ^^  ^''' ^^" 

x::tk:::d^;v^:^^^^^^ 

:;::.::-:t;:;h-^:S 

-  .own  NyacrK:;:,r d!'!:  i:::erc^eii  ::i  ? .r  :r : 

;..;e  .     a  .e.ne  Ce.,etow      .e.ng.n,"  and  Harrodsb^  ^Kv.^;!  'I::; 

0  K  ^  .,  6  im. ;  June  7,  LouisvHle  and  Frankfort,  ro.30  a.  m.  to  9  p   m 

.-."..November  4.  Orange,  Newark,  and  New  York,  9    v.   M.  to  7   p       " 

^n.;  November  7.  New  York  to  Tarrytown  and  back,  5  ;  m.  •  No'emb  r    r' 

New  ^  ork  and  Bridgeport,  7.40  a.  m.  to  7..0  p.  m.,  55:  'J      '  •^'"^'""-  "'' 

ridcM:;^!;:':!!:!"^^^ '"^^^'^°"''  !--"•  ^^'-^  -vfortyninth  days 
.  . .  ...^  ..-I  , ,  J  .....  tiial  i  urst  ventured  to  try  any  coasting, 


52 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


with  my  legs  on  the  handle-bar,  and  I  kept  them  outi.\L-  my  hands  on  such 
occasions  for  more  than  three  months  afterwards,  or  until  August  9,  f8So, 
when  I  first  acquired  the  knack  of  properly  placing  them  on  the  inside  sec 
tion  of  the  bar.  Just  four  months  from  the  day  last  named  I  thought  I 
accomplished  cjuite  a  feat  in  wheeling  without  stop  from  Washington  Square 
to  96th  St.,  through  Fifth  Avenue,  the  first  three  miles  of  which  are  paved 
with  Belgian  blocks.  I  have  never  since  "  rattled  over  the  stones  "  for  any- 
thing like  as  great  a  distance  as  that  continuously,  though  I  once  went  from 
the  Square,  down  Broadway  to  Fulton  Ferry,  making,  perhaps,  a  dozen  dis- 
mounts in  the  two  miles.  I  can  thus  claim  the  credit  of  pedaling  through  the 
whole  length  of  .Maniiattan  Island  in  the  roadway.  My  first  "  long  stay  "  in 
the  saddle  was  at  Orange,  on  May  Day,  1880,  when,  except  for  one  moment- 
ary and  needless  dismount  for  an  imaginary  obstacle,  I  kept  agoing  just  an 
hour,  and  accomplished  eight  miles.  On  the  9th  of  August  following  I  di<l 
thirteen  miles  on  the  Boulevards  in  an  hour  and  a  half,  making  one  needless 
stop  a  quarter  of  an  hour  before  that,  wlien  the  record  was  ten  miles  and  a 
half.  Five  days  later,  in  the  same  region,  when  the  roads  were  rather  muddv, 
I  rode  twelve  miles  without  stoi)  in  an  hour  and  three-cpiarters,  and,  e.xcept 
for  a  sudden  dismount,  caused  by  the  looming  up  of  a  wMgon  in  the  dark, 
should  have  done  the  attempted  fourteen  miles  inside  of  two  ':ours.  My  fir>t 
really  notable  "stay"  in  the  saddle,  however,  was  made  a  month  later,  Sep- 
tember 16,  when,  "mounting  at  the  canal  bridge  in  the  o  ..skirls  of  the  village 
of  Niagara,  I  went  southward  without  stop  for  i6|m.  in  two  hours  and  a  half, 
having  the  wind  against  i.ie  all  the  way,  and  being  slightly  sprinkled  with 
rain  during  the  third  half-hour.  Most  of  the  road  is  of  very  hard  clav,  which 
was  rather  rough ;  and,  beyond  Tonawanda,  where  the  bridge  almost  caused 
a  dismount,  there  is  a  long,  but  not  very  steep,  hill,  which  is  the  only  grade  of 
imjjortance  between  Niagara  and  Buffalo.  I  met  at  Black  Rock  with  rather 
rough  stone  pavements,  turned  an  angle  to  the  right  and  then  to  the  left, 
crossed  the  canal  bridge  with  difficulty,  and  w.'s  then  tempted  to  try  the  side- 
walk, wh'jse  curb  soon  caused  a  disn  ount.  Had  I  stuck  to  the  road  for  a 
few  rods  after  crossing  the  bridge,  and  then  turned  .'lown  the  first  s'.reet  to 
the  left,  which  led  to  the  Lincoln  Parkway,  I  might  have  kept  on  without 
stop  for  three  and  a  half  miles  further,  to  the  Buffalo  City  Hall,  tv/enty  miles 
from  Niagara." 

My  next  "long  stay"  was  made  two  months  later,  November  22,  while 
trying  the  excellent  roads  in  the  region  of  Orange  and  Newark.  The  average 
temperature  of  that  day  was  \c)°,  which  proved  most  favorable  to  riding;  for 
when  I  made  my  first  dismf^"--.t,  to  keeji  an  appointment  for  lunch  with  a 
friend,  I  found  I  was  not  at  all  tired,  though  I  had  been  in  the  saddle  two 
hours  and  twenty  minutes,  and  covered  just  20  m.  I  rode  25  m.  more  the  same 
afternoon.  I  did  not  better  this  20  m.  record,  or  even  approach  it,  for  nearlv 
two  years.     Then,  on  the  2d  of  November,  1S.S2,  over  the  same  superb  track. 


^y  234  y?/£>£S  OA-  "  A^O.  234. 


My  first  ride,  without  dismount,  fro-n  New  York-  t,.  v     .        , 
-ulc  May  ,0,  ,883,  i„  an  hour  and  forty  mhtelvivs    '"h'"  ""^  "•'  "^^ 
In  the  steep  pitch  of  a  few  rod.  at  the  foot  o     he   iill  whi  hT        "  T  """' 
(Jetty  IIou,e  and  ascends  for  more  than  a  mlL  ^^^""'  ''^'>'°"''  "^'^ 

and  those  few  rods  have  lon^  ZZ  l,T  1   "  ''''  ''""''"""  °^'  Tarrv.own, 

-de  of  northward-i,ou:c;^:de;r  ;:':::;:  r  'oZ  "^  •■  ""'^''-^^  ^^^ 

l-r  following,  however.  I  managed  for  the  f.  ^'  ^'"^  "^  ''^°^'^'"- 

n  .blc  band  who  can  boast  of  hav  ,t  o  e In      thi",      ■";^^'  "-"''  "'"^  ^'^^ 
Tarrvtown  track,  and  then  I  crawled  mlhe  1"   ?  °^''''^''  °"  ''^'^  '^^''y 

tho...h  I  was  tremendously  i  !"  ^T  tulftl  '^  ''-^'T'  "''""  ^  '^^"^' 
down  the  other  side.     I  had  riddl       ,   ^  u      ''°'"'  ^^'''  ^  ^""'''  ^'^ast 

s'o;.i>cdfor  dinner  at  the  hote  it  T  7"  ""',  '"""'  '""""^■'"=^'  -'-"  I 
-.-ti,er  than  I  ever  k  w  ^to  ,y.7^''^"V  '^"''  -  '^e  track  had  proved 
-..in.  rider.  I  .ecKiej;!:.!;   ;tl- ^ -,^^-  -^^ -o.d  a 

'•..in-drops  were  drizzling  down  th  ourthr^I  l  "''  •'^'^'=°'^P'-'>ed,  and  the 
^->  >;-t  stick  to  the  saddle  a  wl^^   ntV    :  ur:/;.:;:^^  '«  r  '''''  ' 

"vc  dtys  b.fore,  as  already  described      It  w      r    .  ""'   '''""'''''"  '"'''^^ 

hnally  dismounted  at  iccth  st  where  1  h./\  ,'''  "'  ^^''"'^'''^<  when  I 
cvclometer  said  that  this  ^.  longest  rail  r,  7  r'  ''''  "  ''■'  ^'^  '^e 
"K>ugh  I  had  kept  the  saddle  iS  •      'f  '"^'  ^'^'  "  '"'^''^^"'•"'  ^9i  m.. 

■'■"-^clay,  when'it  gave  ^if  /  f  r^^""":  ^T  '''",  "'^  ''^  "^^^■^°- 
>1';>  "Tarrytown  triumph."  which  I  primed  in  7^)7717"  "^'^""'  °' 
o.fcrcd  some  reasons  for  believimr  th.f   hi  ,  '^  ^'>vember  ,5.  I 

-r  V  or  r.  m.  Fifty.nin:h::jh':  ? ::  :^'r:;kr  m^  "'^-^^^^  ^'^^ " 

.n.Ls  trom  where  I  finished,  and  my  "  straight"  av"trak  fr.mr""'  ""  "^ 
therefore  25  or  26  m   lonrr       r    h/ i  i  u     •  '      '"^"^ '™'"  Tarrytown  was 

-■"  who  hive  gone  a  Zila  ^^I'^l^l^r^h;"  T^  ''  ^''^  -^-■ 
•        ng  their  saddles.  '^  '  ''''""'"''  "^^  country  without 


•"V  dualled  report  in  ?>;      4  /a     V  ^'/^  ""''''  '  ""^  ''"  ^^'"'""^"'^  "" 

it  i^-  of  all  my'  bicycling  c.p      e  c         hT",     7.->-"''-Shtenment.     I^ut  as 

character  of  an  exploit  tlate7eSni,;r"",;^  '"  •^"•'--'-'g  the 
f^'lt  enough  pride  in  my  success  ^  t„  "  "  '"7"  '°  ^^'-'^"^P^-^'^  ^  have 
cia-lv  as  I  hue  no  intauion     f  '  "'^''"  "  ^""  '•"^'ipt-n  of  it,  e.pe- 

f'""^  'he  test,  for  I  got  tLX'LT  '"'  """'"-'"'^^  i-convcnience 

--   dav.  and  on  L  d'      .id  Tu.f^^^^^  ^-"^""^  "^ -"tine  literary  work 

--'ng.     .  ntean.  simpl^  that  r  ^  ^.^^^I^ t.r^ t^^,,--  y^^^  .^ 


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Ti:\  TfforsA.yp  miles  ox  a  iucycle. 


the  fun  of  it,"  rather  than  for  the  sake  of  "seeing  what  I  can  um,"  and  that 
one  acliievenient  of  this  sort  is  (juite  enou^!,  for  my  ambition.  There  is  so 
much  more  comfort  in  frequent  dismounts,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  to 
gratify  thirst,  that  I  lack  all  djsire  for  further  "triumphs  "of  such  nature 
that  the  pursuit  of  them  brinj;,  mto  jjainful  prominence  before  the  mind  the 
justice  of  the  cele'^-  ted  remark  of  the  (.Jovernor  of  Xorth  Carolina  to  the 
(lovernor  of  South  ^arolina. 

The  severest  test  ever  j;iven  my  physitjuc  by  'DicyclinR,  however,  was  not 
by  that  four  hours'  steady  push,  on  tnc  yt'  of  last  November,  but  rather  by 
an  all-dav  jaunt  on  the  7th  of  Sei)tcmbcr.  iSSt,— a  date  memorable  in 
atmospheric  annals  as  "the  hottest  on  record  for  seven  years,"  all  along  the 
Atlantic  slope.  "  In  many  jilaces  the  thermometer  marked  100°  in  the  shade 
lor  several  hours,  and,  as  I  rode  in  the  sun,  I  n.ust  have  been  exposed  to  a 
heat  of  no'-'  to  125^'  from  9  \.  m.  to  3  or  4  I  >i.  lietween  6.07  A.  M.,  when  I 
mounted  at  Sayvillc,  and  7.05  w  m.,  when  I  plunged  my  burning  head  into 
the  public  fountain  at  Flushing,  the  cyclometer  recorded  50I  ni.,  and  two 
more  miles  were  added  between  the  ferry  and  Washington  Sepiare.  The  ride 
was  the  only  one  of  my  experience  in  whi-h  the  motion  through  the  atmos- 
phere hatl  no  cooling  effect  The  air  itself,  as  it  struck  against  one's  cheeks, 
seemed  bla/.ing  hot,  as  if  literallv  it  had  come  from  a  furnace.  I  should  be 
afraid  to  estimate  the  amount  of  water  and  other  liquids  which  I  absorbed 
that  day.  I  drank  at  every  possible  drinking-place,  and  I  dashed  cold  water 
on  my  tiery  face  as  often  as  the  chance  was  offered  r,v.\  At  Flushing,  while 
waiting  for  the  homeward  train,  I  refreshed  mvself  with  ice-cream,  sod.i- 
water,  melons,  i)eachcs,  and  other  such  things,  which  the  average  idiot,  who 
disbelieves  in  the  wisdom  of  obeying  Nature's  demands,  declares  to  be  deadiv 
intlulgences  for  a  man  who  is  uncndurably  hot."  FV-rhaps  I  mv-elf  seem  a 
rather  worse  idiot  than  the  average  for  venturing  to  get  mv  anati^my  into 
such  a  heated  condition;  but  it  endured  the  test  without  anv  excessive  dis- 
comfort, and  without  any  subsequent  ill  effects.  I  shouldn't  deliberatelv  have 
chosen  so  hot  \  day  for  a  spin  through  Long  Island;  but,  as  I  was  headed  for 
home.  I  wanted  to  "get  there,"  and,  though  the  heat  seemed  extraordinarv,  I 
didn't  reali,^e  until  I  read  the  next  day's  papers  that  it  was  "the  greatest  heat 
on  record  in  seven  vcars,"  and  that  T  had,  therefore,  accompli-hed  a  somewhat 
dangerous  and  foolhardy  feat  in  pu>hing  50  m.  through  the  hottot  of  it. 

I  have  IV  >t  had  many  serious  tumbles  since  the  great  original  elbow- 
breaking  act  of  Thurs<Iav,  May  -f),  1879.  The  only  time  I  ha\  :  been  inter, 
tionally  upset  was  in  Xovcmber  of  that  year,  while  touring  from  New  Haven 
to  New  York,  when  a  bold,  bid  boy  at  Port  Chester  sudtlenlv  lifted  up  my 
rear  wheel  am!  sent  me  sprawling  into  the  dirt,  without  a  shadow  of  a  warning. 
Perh.ips  it  was  the  unexpectedness  nf  the  fall  which  made  it  absolutelv  pain- 
less; and  I  have  charitv  enough  to  believe  that  the  graceless  vouth  designnl 
rather  to  make  the  wh  1  give  me  a  good  jolting  than  to  really  spill  me  off. 
Ouec,  u[i  liie   ii. lilies  aid,  wiieu  a  crowd  of  smaii  schooi-boys  were  runnuig 


A/y  234  A'/DJzS  aV  '^A'O.  234." 


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in.mul  about  nic.  with  the  customary  yells  ami   uutcries,  my  wheel   knocked 
one  of  them  down  and  pitchc<l  me  simultaneously  into  the  dust.     It  chanced 
Hut  he  was  nuent  in  a  game  of  "tag  "  with  another  boy,  and  so,  being  uncon- 
>.  KHis  of  the  approaching  wheel,  which  the  rest  of  the  crowd  were  watchin" 
he  >uddeniy  jumped  in  front  of  it,  with  the  result  indicated.     He  assured  me' 
!ho,..;h.  as  soon  as  he  brushed  away    the  tears  of  surprise   with  his   du.tj 
sleeve,  that  he  "wasn't  at  all  hurt":  and,  as  I  could  say  the  same  for  myself 
I  jn.-ed  on.     I   think  this  was  the  only  time  when    my  wheel   ever  came   in 
collision  with  any  living  creature;   though  once,  .it  Newark,  some  wretched 
brutes  persuaded  a  boy  who  was  really  an  imbecile  to  stand  in  mv  path  in 
op!,  r  to  bj  knocked  down.     Hoys  not  bereft  of  their  wits,  of  course,  01  ten  do  so 
-i.Mul,  and  then  jump  aside  at  the  la.t   practicable  moment ;    but  in  the   case 
nicationecl   I  tortunately  noticed  tiie  vacant  look   in  the  child's    face   and  so 
turned  out  for  him.     On  the  sid-walk  at   Niagara,  one   evening,  a  quick  dis- 
mount alone  saved  my  touching  a  little  girl,  who  suddenly  sprang  out  of  a 
<lo,M-way.  and  who  was  a  good  dc  il  scared  at   lier  narrow  escape       I  w  is  rid 
M.^  <,uitc  slowly,  h.nvever;  and  t  have  done  a  great  deal  of  careful  wheeling 
oil  >i(lewalks  thronued  with  pedestrians,  without  ever  once  coming  to  grief' 
1  never  yet  used  beil   or  whistle;  as  the  human  voice  seems  to  me  to  be  a 
a  more  effective,  as  well  as  a  more  civil,  instrument  for  giving  warning. 

On  May  Day.  iS8o,  a  bad  tumble  and  bent  crank  suitably  rewarded  mv 
v.un  attempts  to  raise  my  hat  gracefully  to  a  noble  brakeman,  who  shouted  at 
.nc  from  a  passing  railroad  train;  nnd  within  an  hour  afterwards,  when  I 
e-  cved  to  cross  a  few  inches  of  water  which  seemed  to  have  a  hard  bed 
beneath  ,t,  n>y  wheel  .erformed  the  great  stand-still  act,  and  rested  firmlv 
ui-n  us  head,  lea>         me  resting  firmly  upon  my  feet.     A  similarlv  curious 

np-h.ll  in  the  dark,  and  encountered  a  loose  lump  of  the  newlv-laid  macadam  : 
n.v  machine  keeled  over  and  stood  cp.ietly  on   its  head,  leaving  me  uprigl 
<M>  mv  feet  m  iront.     That.  I  believe,  was  the  orlv  snill   T  I. ,  i   •  Z 

t,,nr,,f  ..^  ...  1   •  -     I'"   ^  "'>"  I"  my  entire 

"u.  of  ,40  n    •  and  ,n  mv  ,00  m.  1  ide  of  iSSo  I  was  thrown  but  once      This 
.U'Pcne,   at  Westtield,  when,  in  attempting  to  make  too  short  a  turn  from   he 
aid  roadway  mto  the  softer  sidewalk,  and  not  giving  allowance  for  the  swi  ^ 
.u>.  Mtl   which  the  wind  was  blowing  me  along,  I  was  oblige<l  either  to  let 
my  wheel  s  am  s.uarelv  against  an  iron  fence,    or  to  send  it  sprawling     id 
w.se  iiuo  the  sand.     The  result  of  accepting  the  latter  al.      ative  1     Z 
-.M.ng  of  a  few  square  inches  of  skin  from  my  knee,  elbow,  and  hand,  bu 
0  se,  „H,s  disablement  to  myself  or  my  vehicle.     In  m v  400  m.  tour  of  last  Sep- 
tember I  made  no  involuntary  dismounts  without  landing  on  mv  feet  (though 
he  w   ee    use.  had  a  few  falls),  and    I  am  almos:  sure  that  the  saiJe ^dd 
...  sad  of  uie  600  in.  afterwards  ridden  over  before   the   close  of  the  vear 
-g     1     ad  one  side-fall  in  trving  to  mount  a  Ilarlein  curbstone  in  ^e  H. 

i::':!';:.'.  ;;:!:':;;:'!^.;'^!  ^r^"V">'  "^-'^^^  ^-«  ^^^  Potomac  i  had 

'  '■"     *   -o,— uue  ingoing  up  hill,  the  other  ill 


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/•/:X  77/Ors.LVD  MILES  0\  A  BICYCLE. 


going  down,— aiul  early  on  the  final  clay  I  sprained  my  ankle  by  stepping  sud- 
denly down  on  a  loose  stone.  That  accident  came  nearer  disabling  me  than 
any  other  I  have  had ;  but,  after  a  few  hours  of  increasing  pain,  the  soreness 
at  last  wore  off.  On  the  second  day,  too,  by  the  loosening  o^  its  step,  my 
bicycle  came  nearer  being  disabled  than  at  any  other  time  ;  for  it  must  be  re- 
membcret!  that,si)ite  of  all  the  wearing  out  of  its  parts,  or  the  accidents  which 
have  happened  to  them  at  various  times,  old  "  Number  234"  has  never  onte 
betrayed  me  by  breaking  down  in  regions  remote  from  possible  repairs,  cr 
becoming  unridable  at  such  seasons  as  would  render  its  disablement  a  serious 
interference  with  my  plans.  On  the  same  unlucky  day  last  mentioned,  how- 
ever, 1  let  it  dro])  into  the  water,  while  trying  to  convey  it  and  myself  along  the 
slippery  log  which  si)anned  the  "waste-way"  of  the  canal,  therebv  thoroughly 
soaking  the  roll  of  clothing  attached  to  the  handle-bar. 

On  May  Day,  i8Sj,  while  co.i.ting  down  the  hill  at  Hloomfiehl,  in  the  early 
twilight,  at  a  si)eed  of  si.x  ur  seven  miles  an  hour,  a  stone  the  size  of  a  brick 
caused  the  front  wheel  to  stop  and  the  rear  wheel   to  describe  a  circuit  in  the 
air,  while  1  myself  gave  a  great  jump  ahead  and   landed  on  mv   feet,  without 
even  a  tendency  to  fall  forwards.     Mv  theoretical  belief,  that' a  man  who  is 
forced  off  the  saddle  involuntarily  is  likely  to  suffer  the  least  detriment  if  he 
has   his  legs   thrown  over  the  handles,  was  thus  happily   confirmed.     Once 
since  then  I  have  been  thrown  to  the  ground  while  co.asiing,  as  a  result  of 
carelessness,  in  allowing  my  boot  to  catch  in  the  spokes.      I'lie  only  involun- 
tary dismounts  for  which  the  machine  itse  f  has  been   to  blame  have  been 
caused  by  the  sudden  stoppage  of  the  rear  \/heel,  for  lack  of  sutficient  oil  n\\ 
the  CO., OS      The  cones  of  my  right  pedal  stuck  once,   in   June,   1S80,  when 
my  record  was  950  m. ;  but  I  was  not  thrown  off,  and  the  accident  has  not 
been  repeated.     I  never  yet  caused  a  stoppage,  or  even  an  approach  to  one, 
bv  too  sharp  an  application  of  the  brake  to  the  front  whci  I ;    and  I  cannot 
understand  why  a  reasonably  careful  rider  should  ever  come  to  grief  in  that 
way.     I  have  sometimes  been  run  away  with  in  descending  steep  hills,  and 
have  felt  that  my  rear  wheel  was  in  the  air,  and  have  feared  that  my  involun- 
tary experience  as  a  "unicycler"  was  about  to  come  to  a  disastrous,  if  not 
fatal,  termin.-ition ;    but  as  a  matter  of  fact   I  have  never  been  thrown  m  any 
such  critical  times,  and  almost  all  my  tumbles  have  happened  when  I   have 
been  moving  rather  slowlvover  sections  of  road  whose  difiiculties  and  dangers 
were  quite  apparent  to  me.     I  have  never  had  a  fall  in  the  night-time,  though 
I  should  sav,  at  a  guess,  that  I  may  have  ridden  from  300  to  400  m.  in  the  dark- 
ness, and   without  a  lantern.      .Another  guess  which   I  venture  to  offer  with 
more  confidence  is,  that  though  during  my  first  1,000  m.  I  may  have  had  as  manv 
as   20  or  25  tails,  I  have  not  by  anv  means  approached  that   number   in   the 
5.000  m.  since  traversed.     The  fact  is,  I  can't   afford   to  take  the  chances  of 
further  tumbling;  so,  in  cases  of  doubt.  I  almost  alwavs  stop. 

As  regards  other  perils  of  the  road,  I  may  say  that  before  I  had  covered 
tsom..   and  before   my  cyclometer  had  been  three  davs   on   its  a.xle.  I  was 


^/y  234  AVDAS  OA-  "  A'a  234." 


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;!!!ackcd,  while    bending  over  to  read  it   l,v  thr^«    1       . 
.^«  I.V  n,e  ,„  a  ca„i4  .„.,  ,„/:  ':i       '^J         n^™:""  r"  f'T 
whi;.,  which  my  straw  hat  chanreH  .^  v„      1     .r   .  ''"'  ''"''  ^^x^ 

■■»  eyef ..  ...r,  ^H.:^. :,",:,  ;::r";,:f*  ?""  '■"- 

(Irunivcn  drivers  have  attemntcd  m  mn  .        "^"''="^'"-     ^^"^«^  or  twice,  too, 

..->■  ,».....«„  „„,  .,„:',::: : :- 1  ,r',  :r:r''o:r,*'  ■'"- 

si.ms,  also,  drivers  have  wintnnlv  V        1       >  sutcc:,s.     On  a  few  occa- 

i-i>  of  ,he  track   I.  Z^^^^^l^^t '"""'"'  '^  ^^^"^'"^  '"  ^^"^  -^ 
^^   .11  hein.  that  of  thJ^Lan  1.  .  '  c  ^^    n^^r  f "'  T'"^^  ""'^'^  ' 

:::';:t:totr::rsi::;irr'''r^--^ 

..-v,a,ul  „.yn,ost  serious  troubles  with  horses  we^  n  U^  ^  !  ?'"" 
-l;.-'  oId.'p,u,s,"  one  in  Con..ec,icnt  and  one  in  VV  Jt^  n  C  t  T 
«lmh  were  driven  by  women,  who   persisted   in-hiuIinrM  '  ' 

.1.^  ;orn,er  case,  a  wheel  was  cramped  off.'^nd' i.  l^     ^   X  l^'^ 

::^:^;::::  zz:::.  zri  '--'7'  -'-'-'  ^^^^^^ 
."t:;etnc^:^-:;r  • ;  ^o^- tr  "■;  - '-"-  -^ '-  ^- - 

.Irivcs.  bein,   posse^d  w  I,       l^  ^   ""T-    '"\  .'^"-""'^^'-g^.— hose 

onie,v.lmct;  'come  o    '',';•'  '"         "  """'-' ''^   ^■^"^''"'    "^^"'- 

<-ijiiic  on,    vvitnont  d  smonntmiT      irnrl  r  ,i^„„       ., 

surciv  ha.e  been  twp  wrecked  "trottin.  .1         -  '"  ^''^'''^  ^^•0"'<1 

i/cd  horse-jockeys  "    nd  «u   "  on  .^      ""  '      ""'  '"'"  ^''^^"'  "^  '''^'^°^=i'- 

<lriver  down  a  thin  -      n    m^  .^^J  I'Vt";    "  r't'  ^"""'  ^""  ^''^^  ^'^^"■ 
on  the  tow-path-  and   I  I'kevi^  u     r   ""  ^''''^"'  ^'"^"^'^^  "^  ^hat  sort 

ri-Iers   in    Kent^ck       ihlse        ,n  "7     "   ^''^'""""^^'1   '^^^-e   .he  horseback 

--"cc  to  sh;:;t- '.r;:::„;^;^;':tr^^'^  -'--'  -'^  ^-^  ^-^  °^  ^ 

.-lI!r'llJr'c":r^^^;"';r''^^  Cnnkin^-cnps   shaken   from   mv 
whichc;sts   e    .    ::^     ;ret^,;^f.f,;';-^  >--   -^   indla-mbber    tnbin,. 

'-f'lHnkingfromth    w  ^ilZ    ,       S'l^T'  I"^"'^^^^  ^"  ^^^  -"- 
i"'l'ed,is  to  supply  the    , sua      -..t'   / ''' l^*^'^^ '^^'^''^"^'-'.^'^  i"  "rrvin,  a  cup, 

^ -V hotels,  s^iito r' ^ :  To:; ^^'Vi '" ^'^^ ""'-^"^"^^ -^ 

«;-  --"in.,  of,  is   the  smashinl  e  g  ::  t^r  he"'  T'"''"?  ""' 

■^I'Pi'ing  of  a  wrench  from  thn  K.    i      .       ,  ''^  cyclometer  bv  the 

-l-can  stolen  from  a     rool  IvH  '  l""'^''  ''••'»^'^-^-^"'-     ^  have  had  an 

l-cnce  of  nn.  w  eel     m  7^''"'"'     ^^  '  '°"""'  ^"^^  "^  ^^^^  -^^  the 

"■•^  "'-  the  point  of  sell.W     V         u        I         '^e'-^-^eller  of  Brooklyn  said  he 
"  ""'  ^""'^  '"'  ""  ^"^^"'^^  "■>  'he  first  offer  that  had  been'made  him 


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/•/■:. y  T/forsAXD  mii.es  ox  a  nrcyci.i:. 


of  550.  Xohly  cmtra^tcd  witli  this  seems  the  conduct  of  the  honest  hoy  wh<' 
sold  soda-water  at  Fanninjjdale,  on  Long  Island,  and  who,  when  I  inadvert 
ently  lett  on  liis  counter  a  purse  containing  Si  5,  harnessed  his  horse  to  pur- 
sue nic  and  restore  the  property. 

My  response  to  the  stereot\|)ed  cpiestion  of  the  average  spectator,  "  How 
fast  can  you  go  on  that  tiling?  "  lias  always  been  :  "  I  don't  know,  heiause  I 
never  tried."  'I'he  only  tinie  uluMi  I  was  on  a  regularly  measured  course 
was  ."-^epiendier  14,  iSSo,  when  I  had  a  friend  hold  a  watch  for  me  wliile  I 
went  iwice,  without  stop,  around  the  half-mile  irotting-traek  at  C'anandaigu.i, 
making  the  tirsi  half  in  Jm.  JOs.,  and  the  second  half  in  2m.  15s.  I'Voin  this 
I  infer  that,  on  a  good  track,  I  might,  by  exerting  myself,  make  a  mile  inside 
of  tour  minu'.es  ;  hut  I  hardly  suppose  tl;  it  1  ever  shall  in  fact  make  anv 
>uch  exertion,  or  insure  any  such  hrilliant  "record."  Six  days  after  the  date 
last  named,  I  rode  trom  l*,rie  to  |)inikirk,  47  m.,  under  very  favorable  condi- 
tions of  wind  and  weather,  in  seven  hours  and  a  lialf,  including  rests  of  twn 
hours.  I  was  stopped  hv  the  hill  at  Westtield,  at  2.30  I'.  M.,  that  day,  after 
tiding  exactly  an  hour,  at  the  midillL  of  which  I  had  made  a  minute's  stop  on 
account  of  a  horse.  Tiie  record  of  that  hour  was  eleven  miles  and  an  eiuhth, 
of  .vhich  six  miles  lielongeil  to  tin-  l.ist  li.df.  I  think  I  had  no  swifter  day  on 
mv  record  utitil  I>ecetidnr  21,  iSMi,  when  I  rode  just  50m.  in  the  sev(.i\ 
hours  ending  at  5  f.  M.,  and  when  I  estimated  inv  actual  riding  time  as  hardlv 
more  than  live  hours.  That  track,  however,  was  in  the  region  of  ( )range,  am! 
included  manv  repetitions,  instead  of  extending  "straiglit  through  tlie  coun- 
try." [  adiletl  ten  miles  to  it  before  stoi>])ing  for  the  night,  and  the  year.  I 
])elie\e  that  the  swiftest  short  spin  of  my  experience,  however,  was  that 
recorded  on  tlie  last  day  of  m\  Kentucky  tour,  seven  miles  in  twenty-six  min- 
utes, ending  with  a  famous  coast  of  a  mile  down  an  open  winding  road. 

Altnost  all  of  r.'V  340  m.  within  the  limits  of  that  State  were  either  nn 
an  u]vgrade  or  a  down-grade;  and  I  did  some  hill-climbing  that  really  siir- 
priscil  me.  though  none  that  T  think  cpiite  as  creditable  as  my  November  cx- 
]iloit  at  Vonkers.  The  big  hill  at  Milton  Lower  Kails,  which  lioston  rid(.r> 
kno>-  -.o  well,  has  been  ridden  uji  by  me  lioth  ways.  On  the  2Sth  of  October 
last  I  rode  without  stop  from  the  cross-roads  beyond  Caldwell  to  the  end  of 
the  smooth  pavement  of  I'.loomfield  avenue,  in  Newark,  nine  miles  and  a  half, 
in  just  an  hour, — that  beitig  the  (irst  occasion  on  which  I  had  succeeded  in 
conquering  the  big  hill  at  Caldwell,  though  I  had  more  than  once  ridden  all 
the  grades  ler.ding  to  Caldwell. — and  I  look  on  that  as  one  of  my  most  credit- 
able mounts.  I  recall  three  other  occasions  (  1  which  my  prowess  as  a 
"  hillian  "  greatly  surjirised  me  :  (Mice,  in  iSSo,  in  surviving  a  steep,  roughly 
niacadami.'ed  slope  l>etween  Newtown  and  Hunter's  Point;  once,  in  iSSi. 
when  I  pushed  u]i  the  sm<ioth,  black  surface  of  the  misnamed  Sandy  Hill  at 
Fort  lulward  ;  and  again,  on  the  first  day  of  last  October,  when  I  ascendci! 
the  shar]i  grade  at  Mount  Morris,  and  earned  my  right  to  a  hearty  breakf.i.~t 
at  the  Scoville  House  on  top.      I  remember,  to  be  sure,  that  a  Fort  l-'dw.in! 


.'/)'  234  A'//)/:\  ox  ■■  X(X  23^.-' 


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u.U   has   ki.ully    in.-ormcl    ■„..  ,n   print    ,1,,U   n,v  ,,„  h   u„  Sanciv    Hill   «, 
■-..l...>-  at  a,no  ,.aK  ..n  ".  and  I  p.s,„ne  that  .L  ex  er;::^^   ''    :  ^ 
..V  ,1..  sa.nc  „f  the  other  httle  knolls   1   have  allude.l  to.      ,  will  not  ventT 
..M..n.rad,ct  the,n^        ,1  ,  say  is.  that  when  I  fo„n,l  n.yself  on  the  sun.ms" 
;i'->;'-.   w.th  ..Nu,nl.er  .34"  st.ll    respon.Hn,  s.eacl.ly  to  n.v  tread.        d 
I"Huu    to  complacently  stroke  Us  h.ad  and  remark.  "  liullv  for  y'o,,.  ol<    bo      " 
Mv  we.Kht  has  recently  kept  pretty  constantiv  in   the  ne-.^hborhori  of 
.40  ponnds.  wh,ch.  I  thmk.  is  hve  pounds  n.ore  than  I  ever  attam  d  t^:!:^ 
.-.m,ng  a  l.,cycler.-the  greatest  variations  in  n>v  weight,  as  observed  bv  n 
dunn,  the  prev-ous  decade,  bcn.g  from  ,30  to  .35  p.nnds.      I  am  I       V^ Z. 
.".hes  n,  he,ght.and  the  ,n.,ide  length  of  n,  v  leg  .,  ,hirtv-th.  ee  inches        Vhi  e 
^..,,ng  a  nnk  at  Wash.ngton,  in  March,  ,SS,.  ,  f.nnd'no  ditficultv  in  drivi  g 
^  .V-  inch  Spec.a       o  „„,„.,  whose  pedals  lud   b  ..,  shonened  up  towar.l  2 
..xK    though    [   fet  <lecule<llv  "  scarey  "  when    ti.st    lifted  into    such  a    of! 
.a.l,   c,  and  the  subsequent  acts  of  mounting  unassi.t.d  were  rather  t.r^s  ^^^ 
n.    wo  prev.ous  occas.ons  ,  had  propelled  4S.inch    and  50-nKh  wheels  Z 
>i-    d,s  ances   say  a  s.xteenth  of  a  n.ile.  but  nn  lirs-    road  ride  on  anv     t   e 
nKunnehan"  Number  .3,"  was  on  the  afterno,...  of  April  ,0.  tSS^whe, 
I  -verc.    3.     m     „,  the  region  aroun.l  Spr.ngneld  and    llolvoke.  on  a  new 
4V.,ch  Standard  Columbia,  which  had  not  prcvion^lv  been  ridden  Ls  m^h  ^ 
'-  nulcs.     P,ve  months  later.  Septen.ber  S.  in  the  same  region.  I  ag  !   td 


31 1  ni.  between  9  a.  m.  and  (i.  50  v.  m.  (takin-  a  rest  of  ,L     I 

cn.lv  ,.„„„l  „„  ,„„„  .,i,B„,„,  ,^„„  „,„„  ,„  „i„„„     ';,^f '"',^;;       '  »]'l'"- 
ilic  jS-mch  „|,  ,l,c  south  -.npe  „f  ,l„.  cl„„cl,  l,ii,  ;,.,,"„  f'  '  ''■■"" 

■  l...;c  never    ,„o„  .„„e  .n'ove,c.,,„e  X'V^^^    ;  J  !!    i'";".*''.  "-'.IcJ, 
imtely  convinced  that   the    efforf    „f  .1      •         ,  ~~''^'  ^''^  ""'  ^'^f" 

.™.cror  .c,...,a„,he':;;;tr.,    :r,:r:r'  tt  r  ''■"", 

|"illcil  off  ,„)■  lioots  01,  the  cvc„i„«  of  Th,  -""""'••'•■■     "  <":"■  ho-vcixr,  I 
il.n".sl.  the  calve,  of  ,«•   c.        ,  f  I  f„,  „d  th"    J'*' »""=  """"I"-  "" 

ilunng  the  last  hours  of  riding  the  cramn  liU-.  ,     •  "      '  '   ''■" 

^-^afterwards,  occasional  ti.^rZ;;;'^:  ZZ^Z  ZT''  '-'  '"  ' 

_  J  f^^ln^retty  well  convinced  bv  this  experience  of  30  m,  ti;at  a  daVs  ..,. 

"  ' '"^^  "'  ''  ^""^''  '""''"'  '"'  ^i^'  '"  i"riict  upon  me  serious  suffering; 


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TAX  THOL/SAXD  MILES  OX  A  li  I  CYCLE 


it  not  temporary  disablement,  and  that  a  weekV  tour  of  say  280  m.  would  Iv 
either  iinpo.s>il)le  of  accomplish-  ,,t,or  el.-,f  prove  a  painful  and  difficult  task, 
instead  of  an  exhilarating  pi  ....  I  am  aw.ire  that  the  mere  strain  of  puH 
ing  oft  one's  boots  by  iiressure  again.^^t  the  heels  may  sometimes  slightly  cramp 
the  calves,  even  when  the  legs  have  been  in  no  way  strained  or  tired  liy 
previous  exertion  ;  and  these  same  twinges  ot  cramp  have  also  come  to  ii,e 
on  certain  rare  occasions  when  pushing  my  4(>inch  wneel  towards  the  sum. 
mils  of  long  and  wearisome  hills,  liut.  at  the  close  of  niv  longest  and  must 
ditficult  rides  on  '-Number  234,"  I  ne\er  yet  had  any  feeling  of  cramp  or 
muscular  stitfncs.s,  .save  of  the  slightest  and  most  transitorv  description; 
and  hence  the  fact  that  both  f  my  two  short  and  ea.sy  rides  on  larger  wheel> 
brought  contrary  results  cannot  be  accti)ted  by  -ne  as  devoid  of  signirtcance,- 
even  when  I  remember  that  on  each  occasion  I  chanced  to  be  "out  of  i)r'nc- 
tice  "  as  a  rider,  'i'he  general  inference  which  I  drew  from  the  experience 
was  this:  that  whatever  may  be  said  for  large  wheels  in  racing  or  in  riding 
short  distances  on  smooth  roads,  a  wheel  small  enough  to  prevent  the  coriU 
and  muscles  of  the  legs  from  ever  being  stretched  to  their  full  tension  is  the 
one  best  adapted  for  ordinal y  roujh-riding  and  long-distance  touring. 

Aside  from  this  direct  tendency  tm.ards  jiiiysical  discomfort  and  injury, 
which  I  think  attaches  to  prolonged  use  of  a  wheel  so  high  that  its  rider  \> 
forced  habitually  to  "point  his  toes  downward,"  instead  of  keei)ing  the  en 
tire  sole  of  his  foot  Aat  on  a  i)lane  |)arallel  to  the  surface  of  the  ground,  then 
are  indirect  dangers  which  thrciten  the  tourist  who  has  only  a  slight  grip  on 
the  pedal.  One  of  these  is  the  danger  of  falls  caused  by  the  feet  slipping 
from  the  pedals,— especially  in  wet  weather,  and  while  climbing  hills.  Many 
a  time  when  the  soles  of  my  boots  have  been  smeared  with  greasy  mud  on 
slippery  days,  I  have  worked  my  way  up-hill  with  the  pedals  of  my  si.x-inch 
cranks  resting  on  my  insteps;  and,  in  general,  whenever  my  toe  loses  hold 
of  a  pedal,  my  heel  is  almost  certain  to  regain  the  hold.  I  have  ridden  manv 
miles  under  conditions  which  made  the  pedals  so  slippery  that  I  doubt  if  anv 
rider  who  depended  upon  a  "  toe-grip  "  could  have  kept  alongside  without  a 
tremendous  expenditure  of  energy,  and  without  undergoing  continuous  tum- 
bles. Then,  again,  on  an  all-day  ride  of  40  or  50  m.,  through  a  rough  coun- 
try, where  frequent  dismounts  are  necessary,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  aggre- 
gate increase  of  effort  required  in  continually  climbing  into  a  high  saddle 
rather  than  a  low  one  would  be  enough  to  make  all  the  difference  between 
relaxation  and  weariness, — between  happiness  and  misery.  Still  further,  the 
ease  of  mounting  which  a  low  ste))  insures  is  an  element  of  safety  in  thi- 
way  :  it  disposes  a  rider,  in  cases  of  doubt  about  his  ability  to  overcome  an 
obstacle,  to  dismount  before  it,  rather  than  to  plough  recklessly  ahead  and 
take  his  chances  of  a  tumble.  A  small  machine  has  the  incid.  tal  advantage 
)f  weighing  less,  and  taking  up  less  room,  and  I  have  a  theorv  that  it  is  apt 
to  be  stronger  and  less  liable  to  injury  than  a  larger  one.  Mine,  certainiv, 
has  stood  the  severest  strains  on  its  rims  without  "bnrL-Hnfr  "  or  Knin-;,,^  ->t 


.Ify  234  AVDES  OA'  •'  AV.  234. 


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.11  o„t  of  ,he  tn.e.  Finally,  a  small  ....chine  seems  unusual  and  distinctive. 
tor.  out  of  he  hundre.ls  which  took  part  in  the  parade  at  Chicago.  '.  Numb  r' 
:U     was  the  only  one  that  did  not  exceed  forty-six  inches  i.,  hetht! 

r  assume  myself  to  l.e  simply  •.  an  average  man  "  as  regards  phy  >icn.  -      I 
ave  ..ever  made  any  pretense  at  being  an  athletc.-nu.ch  less  have   I  e.e 
.h.m.ht  of   entering   any    kind    of   athletic   competition.     The  only  tests  of 
.  n.iurance  con,u.cted  with  my  acade.nv  lifc,-,86..-5._which  I  now  recall  a 
having  warmed  my  pride,  were  these:  I  once  shouMered  a  regulation  army 
inu.k.ton  a  march  of  mx  miles  with  the  "home  guard";   I  once  skated  I 
.In.,:,  miles  straightaway  on  the  stiow-crust;   I  once  walked  25  in.  inadav  and 
I  <..Ke  spl.t  a  cord  of  walnut  wood  and  lugged  it  in  mv  arn.s  up  four  flights  of 
-.-.     During  the  four  following  years  of  my  college  career  I  took 'wo  or 
thice  .0  m.  walks,  swam  half  a  mile  on  two  or  t.  ree  occasions,  and  became  Z 
nu.st  persistent  patron  of  the  bone-shaker  in  my  class  during  the  three  months' 
,  revalence  o    the  velocipedic  furor.     In  October,  ,8:4.  wiU,  the  assistan      of 
.classmate,  I  rowed  a  lap-s.reak  boat  from  Springfield  down  the  ( 'onnectic 
K.ver  and  around  the  Sound  to  New  Haven,  in  th.cc  davs,-the  distaiK-e  be 
.«  estimated  at  from  ,.5  to  .4om..-and  the  exertion  cos;  me  nolh        m^ 
-han  a  temporary  soreness  and  stiffness,  though  my  companion  suffered  ser,- 
..j    cinmen  .     On  the  .3^  of  June.  t8;5,  as  the  final  act  of  a  tour  among 
Uh  te  Mountains,  I  went  on  foot  from  the  Flume  to  Littleton,  a  distance  of  i 
.  r  .    nj.,  w   ereof  I  ran  the  last  five  or  six  under  a  blazing  sm.  "  in  orde     0 
.uc    the  t   ree-o-clock  train,"  whose  approaching  whistle'inspi  ed  me  to   n 
a  remendousspurton  the  last  half-mile.    That  was  mv  f.rst  and  only 'Mon 
stance  race      against  a  locomotive  engine;  but   I  won.     Though  bor.    and 
>r.H,gh    up   on  a   farm,  where  horses  were  always  within  my  reach    I  neve 
■earned  ,0  ride  horseback,  and  never  cared  particularlv  about  driving 

I  used  to  consider  myself  a  tolerably  expert  "dodger"  in  the  game  of 
i--ner-s  base,  which  had  great  vogue  at  the  academy  ;  and  I  believe  I  have 

1I3 .     I  was  a  regular  patron  of  the  gymnasium,  both  at  the  aca  lemv  and 

aolege     and  during  the  fourteen  years  since  then,  mv  usual  morni"-    ," 

.  ,  except  on  days  when  more  extensive  exercise  was  impending   has  be  n 

;  he  a  ter  practice  has  been  persisted  in  by  me  for  some  eighteen  years  as  mv 
■nevitable  first  act  after  getting  out  of  bed ;  and  not  even  the  morn  ng  o  mv 
o..r  voyages  across  the  stormy  ocean  were  allowed  to  be  except"  Tto  t^ 

of  bi  ;  ,  ?'T  "'  '■"''"  '"  ^'^°  '^y  ^'''  ^^--'  «^' he  end  of  a 

rt        m    t      h  ■       r    "  """^"  "^'^  ^  ''''^'''''y  consideration,  then,  with 

;  :  hou^'  h':H  "> '"""""  '"'^^"' '  ^^'^  ^^^-^^-^  ^-^  ^-^^  ^^  • 

r    u  th?.       ?  ^  ""  '"^'^"^  '■"  ''"^''"S  'h^  -heel  or  driving  the 

e     u  thout  sufTermg  any  special  inconvenience  ;  and  a  rule  which  obH.ci 

«    e     It"'  ""        "'  "'"'"  '""^^■'  ^^""^'  ^■^'^^■--'^  -  to  the  las 
"egree.     l-or   many  years  my  simnle  tv!  ■^-.—..-r^   ....  .   „   •.. 

-o-    "^'-'•■'-'ttt   ua.'j    been    to  "eat 


6a 


/^/■:^^  n/ors.iMj  miles  ox  a  lucvci.i:. 


\%hcii  I  was  huiiKi\,"  ui  wlitii  t'nod  w  is  ( Diivcniciitly  aiccssiMc,  whether  (iilc, 
twice,  thrice,  or  lour  times  a  day,  wht'ilur  at  davhrcik  m  ii  midnight.  T!ijt 
this  (.Diirsc  should  l)e  pursued  without  prfjiiditc  to  health  is,  jjcrhaps,  chic  tn 
my  |>rofuiiiid  laith  in  the  first  Latin  maxim  ever  given  nie  to  construe: 
/iiniis  iOiuiinuiitiim  ist  optimum.     "  \   g(ji/d  a|>|)etite  "  has,    indved,    al\vav> 

been  with  me,  and  I  have  never  doubted  that  it  was  "the  best  s.  > "     I  have 

never    spoiled  it  by  malcing  trial  o»  toiiaeco  oi    tire-wattr,  ,   spicicj 

dishes.      I    iiave  not  even  tasted   tea  or  (.oitee  since  I    ■    ,  '  ,)      ,f  fifteen. 

Otherwise  1  am  on  liv  )rous,  and  take  witli  a  relish,  and  v  UU  .iu  f  digestion 
all  sorts  of  eatables, —llesh,  lish,  fowl,  vegetable,  or  fr  .  -  n  i*  h  are  ever 
anywhere  otfertti  for  human  consumption,  provided,  of  ,  ( ursi.  t  tl.ev  have 

Hot  been  d octoretl  w  itii  ])epper  or  other  fiery  sauces. 

I'erhaps  tl.e  foregoing  e.\i)l;uns  why  F  never  feel  the        •  'going  into 

training  "  tor  a  'nm-.  I  am  always  "  in  training."  I  am  alwavs  in  condition 
to  enjoy  a  ilay's  ride  of  forty  miles  on  a  bicycle,  even  though  I  .nav  not  l,nc 
moualed  it  for  months.  I  sometimes  have  occasicjn  to  laugh  un  being  told  <if 
people  who  mistake  me  for  an  invalid,  on  account  of  the  lack  of  ruddy  color 
in  my  face;  for,  in  reality,  I  have  been  c.xceptionallv  lucky  in  avoiding  all 
ai)proach  to  seriou.s  illness  since  my  early  childhood.  During  a  period  ot 
mor  Mian  twenty  years,  ending  with  the  las'  week  of  the  summer  of  '82,  I 
n  was  confined  to  my  bed  by  illness,  I  never  swailoweii  any  medicine, 

aiu.  I  never  asked  advice  of  any  physician.  An  attack  of  chills  and  fever 
(the  ])enalty,  dor'ji'ess,  ot  my  neglect  of  bicycling  during  the  two  months  pre- 
vious) then  forc-u  m :  for  the  first  time  to  strike  the  flag  to  Fate,  and  enter 
his  hospital  for  a  week's  dosing  with  q;  inine.  Nevertheless,  within  three 
weeks  afterwards,  I  started  lorth  on  my  jileasant  autumn  tour  of  400  m.,  and 
no  reminder  of  my  illne.ss  kept  me  comjjany.  Since  then,  however,  I  have 
notice  -i  that  the  strain  of  holding  the  handle-bar  for  40  or  50  m.  is  sufficient  to 
remind  me  of  the  weakness  in  my  left  elbow,  caused  by  dislocating  it  on  tin 
occasion  of  my  first  mount  in  'S/y,  though  in  the  three  years  which  elapsed 
between  that  event  and  the  attack  of  fever  the  existence  of  such  weakness 
was  never  once  suggested  to  me. 

The  statement  of  my  ha  )its  and  beliefs  in  regard  to  (prinking  while  on 
the  road  has  been  reserved  ti  the  end,  for  the  sake  of  emphasis.  My  prac- 
tice is  in  direct  defiance  (.  f  t.ie  teachings  of  "that  eminent  London  writer, 
Benjamin  Ward  Richardson,  M.  ]>.,  F.  R.  '.,"  in  hi:,  "rules  for  health  in  tri- 
cycling," as  reprinted  from  6^,  >, '  IfW./s  in  T/u-  Jf7uWmit/i  tor  January.  My 
practice  is  in  flat  opposition  to  the  sc.emn  warnings  of  all  the  other  eminent 
medicine-men,  from  .V  to  Z,  whose  [jrolonged  contemplation  of  the  needs  of 
the  human  body  in  its  phases  of  disease  has  robbed  them  of  the  vision  which 
enables  the  unsophistie  ed  >avagc  clearly  see  its  needs  in  a  state  of 
health.  My  practice  is  to  drink  freely,  frequently,  unstintedlv  !  How  else 
can  a  man,  who  sweats  as  copiously  as  I  do,  preserve  his  comfort,  or  rightlv 
regulate    his    temperature .'     Fire-water  always    excepted,    I    eagerly   imbibe 


•  I/r  234  RIDES  ox  "XO.  234." 


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.'.nost    every   c.nccival.lc  beverage    th:„    .  ,.„,e.    „i,hi„  road,.      Water    ice 
.....r  soda-water   mineral-water,  len.onacic,  n.ilk.  chocolate,  sar.saparilia  n,... 

;;;::;  "'1;^;.^  •-■''";, ''^ '"'""•  '^•"^--"'•"•-  ->-.  -hi  liKht'  wi„es-an 

I  ,  [  '''      r'  '"  *^"-'''  'l"^"'"i^-.  «h«--"  heated  l,v  riding  ;  and  I 

..No  del.g   t  .n  chopped  tee.  water-ices,   icc-crean..  n.elons.  lemons,  oan^es 
-i'l-.  and  a  1    sorts  of  ju.cy  fruits.     Solid  food   is  of  small  co„se.,uencc    to 
mc  on  a  hot  days   rule,  but  drink  I  must  have  and  plentv  of  ic.     "nnnk    n 
ht.le  as  possd.le".>     Well,   I  sl,ouU  snulc  I     Rather  do  1   drn.k  as  nu.ch  a. 
poss.ble  and  thank  ^.fother  Nature  betin.es  for  the  keen  physical  deli,ht  im 
i.hcd  n,    he  p,^sess,o  ,  ot  so  intense  a  healthy  thirst  simultanecuslv  whh  the 
-ans  of  grat.fymg  it  healthily  -      Vour  little  riding-rules  may  do  well  en-u-h 
.or  babes  and  suckhngs  of  the  tricycle.  Dr.  Richardson;  but  don't  vou  pre- 
.Mime  .0  ,h,u..t  then,  upon  a  sLx-thousan-.l-mile  bicvcler  like  mc '.      How  I  wi.h 
thatyou   or  >on,e  other  absten.ious   Fellow  (of  the   Royal   Societv,  ..ondon,. 
had    ued    o  tr.nd  e  a  tr.cycle  behind   me  for  fiftv  miles  through  the  bla.in' 
-a.uU  of   Long   Island  on  that  historic  "hottest  dav   of  seven  v.-ars  "  '     Per'' 
lui,>  then  you  wotdd  have  adopted  n.y  theory  that  thir.t.  under' such  circum- 
,anccs,  .soneof  Nature's  warning  signals  which  it  were  d.u,gorous  to  d,s 
regard      I  erhaps.  aga.n,  you  would  have  preferred  ,,ertinaciouslv  to  die  for 
.vour  theory,  even  at  the  risk  of  iKMng  buried  with  Truth  at  the  botton,  of  one 
01   the  mnnerous  wells  which   I   that  dav  drank  drv!  I'n.  sorrv  to    appear 
unc.vd    but   my  rage  at  your  repressive  rules  must  be  given  'Jnt,  and    o   I 
iinally  break  out  into  rhyme  in  this  v>ay:— 

JiiM  hear  the  roar,  "  Two-TMity-Kour,  ' 

Of  all  th*se  learned  buffers, 
Who  say  they  think  't  is  wrong  to  drink 

When  raging  thirst  one  suffers  \ 
I'.ut  you  and  I  know  that's  a  lie, 
And  so  1  shout  out  gladly  : — 
"  Dnnk  all  you  can,  my  thirsty  man, 
Nor  choke  ir  saddle  sadly  : 
Don't  ever  fear  good  lagcr-beer, 
When  there  's  no  water  liar-.dy ; 
Drink  pints  of  ale,  milk  by  the  pail, 
But  never  rum  nor  brandy  \ 
•  Drink  half-and-half,  or  shandygaff, 

Or  lemonade,  or  cider  ; 
l--ink  till  your  thirst  is  past  its  worst, 

Then  mount,  a  freshened  rider  ! 
Keep  fairly  cool  (that  is  the  rule) , 
Curse  not,  nor  fume,  nor  worry  : 
(My  '  fume  '  joke  means  tobacco  smoke) ; 

Nor  take  risks  in  a  hurry  ; 
Nor  tear  your  shirt  while  on  a  spurt ; 

Nor  clothes  while  in  a  snarl  don  ; 
Just  make  no  fuss  •  i-st  be  like  us— 
'  Two-Thirty-r^  and  Karl  Krcn." 


VIII. 


AROUND  NEW- YORK.  1 

Washington  Squark,  which  is  the  real  center  of  the  world,  as  the 
three  thousand  subscribers  to  this  book  are  well  aware,  stands  at  the  head  of 
Fifth  Avenue,  which  is  the  wealthiest  and  most  famous  street  in  America,  as 
intelligent  people  in  general  are  well  aware.  The  Avenue  stretches  north- 
ward from  ihe  Square,  in  a  perfectly  straight  line,  for  six-and-a-half  miles,  or 
until  terminated  by  Hanem  River,  unless  it  be  considered  as  ending  where  a 
break  is  made  in  it  by  Mount  Morris  Square,  at  120th  st.,  about  a  mile  below 
the  river  terminus,  and  about  a  half-mile  above  Central  Park,  whose  eastern 
wall  fronts  upon  the  Avenue  for  two-and-a-half  m.iles.  Double  that  distance 
intervenes  between  the  southern  wall  cf  the  Pa-k  and  the  southern  terminus 
of  Manhattan  Island,  which  is  a  little  park  called  the  Battery  ;  and  Washing- 
ton Square  lies  just  about  midway  between  them.  "Of  the  26,500  acres  com- 
prising the  are,,  of  the  city,  14,000  acres  compose  Manhattan  Island,  which 
is  thirteen-and-a-half  miles  long,  and  increases  in  breadth  from  a  few  hundred 
vards  at  the  IJattery  to  two-and-a-quarter  miles  at  14th  st.  Its  breadth  is  but 
little  less  than  this  for  the  ne.xt  five  miles,  or  to  114th  st. ;  while  for  the  last 
four  miles,  or  from  144^1  st.  (just  below  the  region  of  Washington  Heights) 
to  Kingsbridge,  the  island  averages  less  than  a  nxile  in  width.  It  was  orig 
inaily  very  rough,  a  rocky  ridge  running  from  the  south  point  northward  and 
branching  into  several  spurs  which  united  after  four  or  five  miles,  culminating 
in  Washington  Heights,  23S  feet  above  tide-water,  and  in  a  bold  promontory 
of  130  feet  at  the  extreme  northern  point.  The  East  River,  which  is  simply 
the  outlet  of  Long  Island  Sound, separates  it  from  Long  Island,  on  tlic  east; 
a  narrow  arm  of  the  Sound  (called  Harlem  River  and  Sj>uyten  Duyvil  Creek, 
tho'igh  forming  a  mere  tidal  channel  of  connection  with  the  Hudson)  sepa- 
rates it  from  the  mainland  of  the  State,  on  the  north;  while  the  great  Hudson 
itself  foften  called  the  .\orth  River)  separates  it  from  the  dilate  of  New 
Jerscv,  ou  the  west.  On  the  south  lies  the  b.iy,  beyond  which,  distant  half-a- 
dozen  miles  from  the  Hatterv,  is  Staten  Island,  whose  casternniost  point  ap- 
proaches within  about  a  mile  of  the  westernmost  jjoint  of  Long  Island  to  form 
the  .Varrows, — the  passagewav  between  New  York  Harbor  and  the  Atlantic 
Ocean.  The  settlement  of  the  island  was  begun  at  the  Battery  (by  the  Dutch 
in  r6.'.5),  and  extended  northward  very  gradua'H',  so  that,  at  the  opening  of 
the  present  century,  when  the  poi)ulation  numbered  60,000,  there  were  few 


1  From  The  Sfrrin^Mii  IV heetntfn' x  Gazette,  April,  1SX5,  pp. 


4R0UyD  NEIV-YORK. 


^5 

residents  as  far  mi  tc  fk„         •         , 

long  before  ,830,  however' when  i   w:  c  an«       o  W  "h"'^  "^^^'^  '"  "^^  -^^^'^ 

Tne  houses  now  surrounc!ing  it  are  numbered  ^  ^"^'°"  ''"""^^  ^^«""d. 

north-east  corner  westward  soutrnvlrde!.  ''T'T'''  ^'  ''^  79),  from  the 
a  recently-built  apart,>:ent-house  '7''  '^'  '"'^  """^ward.     No.  79  is 

i-  1^'oad  front  ot  red  bricrcombines  ;,^;:r::i  f"^'  ""'"  ^^^^^^  =  -d 
old  church  adjoining,  and  the  white  .  l^-'own-and-blue  stone  of  the 

Bunding,  ;.st  beyon!;,  to  ^ J^^T^:'- ''''''' '^^^^^'^  University 
most  attractively  secluded  Squari  '•'  ^       ^^  '"''"■"  '""""'^"y  f"-"  this 

'l'-ect,on.  In  this  old  j,art  of  the  itv  1  7^  .,  '"  ''"S"^'  ''^'^^'''^  and 
acccci,and  its  "tenement  kl!^:  ^^2ll!:Xu  \::'  '^ '"^'"^^^  '^  ^-- 
containing  more  than  .90,000  of  cLe      to  H  '^^^'--«"^"  -  the  wards 

of  pecuniary  weakness  and  of  so  ia     ,  "^"'''  """"     '^  ''^  ^  -nfession    - 

^'''^-  '-'-V  Washington  S,urrc7.  hi  "■•"?"  '°^  '^  -^''-'"  ^'--^^  '«  -^- 
-...ni^ed  dividing  Hne  Ue  \  ^ t^  V^'^  ""^  ^^^^'^^  ^^  --"" 
"ncfon  and  obscurity.      It  is  a  stockT  ''"'''-■'  '"■'^=  ^"^^  vice    ciis- 

"f  South  Fifth  Avenue  (th^  ^  S  "  r;;;':f  ^fl  -^'>-^ge,  to  speak 
"^  -erv  way  enual  to  //..Avenue  but  ;,  "J  '^'^^^  ^ -k)  -if  t  were 
-streets  is  of  the  superlative  soA    t        U  «-'^' reparation  .f  the 

•I'e.n  is  represented  bv  the  width  of  tloV  ^  geographical  barrier  between 
v.-d  also  is  Thompson  Street   distn^'t'T"'.."  '"^  ^^'^"^'"«  -"^h- 

other  f,.-e,gn  "groups."  .vhich  give  the  dtv  so  ^7  ''"'"'"■'"  "'^^'  ^'^^ 

>-  -ught  in  the  clensely.popu,.aL  regio    L ro^T.^o     '"  '  "'''  "'"^^  ^" 

he  said  of  .3d,  pd    rt ,   -'1  Vl';;  T'"  ''^"•■""Shfare,  and  the  same  m.v 
^^''''^S9thand\^;h^,^';,;;;^  ;^  f '\'06^^     u6th,  .3th  and  .,  ;; 

•''''- '--Klaries  of  Central    "r;vurr'''^r?'  '""''"^  ''''    '----'^' 
''—OSS  the  island,  east  and     e;t  fr  •"'  "'^'"^'^  '"  '"^  ^^-^'ht 

hif^hcr  nu„.bcrs  are  xactlv  nUd  T  T"  'u  "'"'  ^"^^  ^"  ^'^  ^'^^^-^ 
"'-'  is  broken  by  ^he  Cen  r  ,  P  I  '  '  '"'^"^h  the  continuity  of  mauv  of 
-^"^  "^-  t'-  island  .;,  S  '  ;:  '  "r"  ■^■^■^■^'^^  ^^---  ^he  longitudinal 
-  --nues,  being  para  I,  "  p  ^  ^l'  '"  u-T  '''""'''  '^"^  '^'^^  ^'-'>-"' 
-"-.  .nay  be  considered  tlLnckZr'  T'^''  ^'"'^'  "°^  ^•^^^^''>-  ^  '^^^ 
'f-  '-gin  chere.  and  run  ea  t  an  wesTV  I  V'"''  "  ^'^^  '°"^^-""- 
'h^'  other  numbered  avenues  wh    h  r    he     ''''\'''"1'''  ''^^'--R  at  each  of 

'  ^''^''  '^'  '"■'"'■  '^""^Ired  has  been  filled  out  or 


Appletn„s'  Dictionary  of  Xew  York  "  n    ,r 

iw  vork,     P-  160,  soTiewhat  altered. 


66 


not. 


TKN  THO(JSA\D  MILES  O.V  A    BirVCLK. 


Thus,  IOC  Kast  50th  St.  is  the  tirst  c 


:l()or  cast  of  4th  av.  ;  JOI  Kast  50th 


St.  is  the  first  e.T 

av. :  201  West  50th  st.  i.- 

number,  the  further  the 


a  of   \i\  av. ;   loi  West  50th  st.  is  the  first  door  west  of  0th 

•  'so  on.     'I'he  higher  the 

r  the  approach 


the  first  west  of  7th  av.,  and 
Ustance  from   hifth  .\venue,  the  iie.ne 


to  the  watersi 


do,  and,  usually,  the  poore 


r  the  character  of  the  house 


Kast  of 


First  .\ venue  m 


av  he   found  Aven 


ue  .\ ; 


ul,  in  the  lower  part  of  the  system, 


also  .\ven 


ues  H, 


C    and  1);  while   Eleventh  .\venue  is 


the  e.xtrcme  west 


;ide.     To  accredit  a  man 


th  residence  upon 


any  of  these  is  to  announce 


him  as  far  removei 

thi: 


1  from  the  world  of  society  am 


1  fashion.     Uroadway,  the 


,f  the  isl.iiul,  e.\tends  in  a  s 


,trai«ht  line  from  thj  llattcry 


lon-est  thoroui^htare  ot  tne  isi.uui,  <-.x^^..-- ■■•  "  -       a- 

lo  Grace  C'hurCh  (.oth  st.),  iu  a  direction  nearly  parallel  to  that  of  the  ave- 
nues •  hut   it  then  takes  a  diagonal  course  to   the  westward,  crossmg  51^  av, 
at  .5d  St.,  6.h  v..  at  34th  st.,  7tfi  av.  at  44th  St.,  8th  av.  at  59th  st.  (the  south- 
west  corn.r  of  Central  I'ark),  9th  av.  at  64th  st.,  lOth  av.  at  70th  st. ;   and  ..t 
,06 '1   st    it    enters    nth  av.,  whose   identity   there     becomes    merged    m  ,t. 
Hroidwav  above  59th  st.  is   known  as  the  Boulevard,  and  is  hud  out  with  two 
wide  road-beds,  separated  by  small  parks  of  grass  and  tree,   in  the  center, 
as  far  as  i  \=;th  st.     It  continues  of  extraordinary  width  for  two  mdes  above 
dnt,orunti:it  joins  the  King.bridge  road  at  170th  st.,  and   trees  are   re^u- 
larlv  ranged  along  each  of  its  sides.    .\l)Ove  Kingsbridge,  it  is  again  ]5roadwav. 
Helow  Central   Park  (59th  st.',  the  island  is  so  comi)letely  covered  with 
buildings  that  such  of  its  original   ineciualit,..,   of  surface  as  have  not  been 
graded'  out   of  existence   are    practically  hidden  or   forgotten.      .\    resident 
habitually  thinks  of  the  citv  as  flat,  though  considerable  hills  and  <lepressioii3 
mav  be  found  on  both  Ur  ^adwav  and  Filth  .\ venue,  if  one  cares   to  look  for 
them;  and,  on  luanv  of  the  lateral  streets,  sharp,  descents  are  noticed  as  one 
approaches  the  waterside.     The  stone  pavement  which  covers  all  the   streets 
of  the  city  (with  insignitkant  e.xceptions),  for  five  miles  above  the    P.atterv,  i< 
usually  spoken  ot    .as  "Belgian  block";  and  much   ..f  it   re.dlv  is  so,  as  :r. 
Fifth  and  other  avenues.      Bro.idwav   and  manv  other  streets,  h  nvever,  are 
paved  with  stones  shaped  like  bricks,   lu.i  much   larger,  laid  edgewi.^e,  .p.u! 
with  the  long  side  .at  right-angles   to  the  main  line  of  traffic,     "l  hough  I  have 
driven  mv  bicvcle  over  these  \xxc  mile,  of  stone  blocks  (doing  the  la.t  halt  ot 
the  distance,  through  Fifth   .\venue  to  the   Bark,  widtout  <lismounti,    I  n,..-: 
declare  th.it  there  is  little  pleasure  in  sueli  rou,^h  riding.      In  the  winter,  li  m- 
evev,   [   have  often  seen  the  crack,  between    the  sto:;cs   ,0  well    hlled    wiih 
fro/en  mud  or  snow  as  to  supplv  a  smooth  surface  ;  and   I  ho;,c   1  may  some- 
time  find   leisure  to  make  an  extensive  trial   of  the    Xew  V..rk  streets  whik- 
in  this  attr.active  condition.     The  citv  -idewalks  are  all   compo.ed  .,t 

br.iad,  Muooth  flagstones,— brick  or  concrete  being  rarelv  ase<l  for  the  iMir- 
pose,~but,  as  their  curb  is  six  inches  or  so  above  the  street  level,  the  bicvcler 
who  resorts  to  them  must  dism.mnt  at  every  c  ;sing.  In  a  north-and-soutr 
direction,  therefore,  he  must  make  twenty  stor  the  mile  ;  but,  m  an  e:i-: 

and-west  direction,  he  mav  go  bv  stretches  nearly  a  ciuarter-mile  long  bctwee, 


AROUND  NEiy-Vojif^- 


ti.c  Hudson  River  and  Fifth  Avenue       E. .    f    ,  ^^ 

-''  '^^  t^v,co  a.  .re,ucnt,  for  Madi^av   ^       I       "'  t->roughfarc  his  stops 

Cara   orders  given  hi.n   to   keep    h    wa  k      "   '"    "^  ""'"   '— ..uier  tt 
^l--ls  upon   crcunvsta-  „/  pe  son  't. "■  "'  '"  ""'-^-ctions." 

-cc,nan  exercises  this  right  of  p^^^^^'  r'^^''^''  -^X  individua 
'-  """^'  -  unless  the  number  of  peon  '  ^^  .."'  "  '"'^'"'^'''■'>-  ''^  ^'«-- 
'-'•'-^  1-son  would  wish  to  ride  a  bic  cle  .  "''  "  ^^  S^^'  ^'-^     < 

:rf     '"^  '«  '"-"'  on  the  crowded  ^S^urTV'r     ^°''"-'  '-- 
''^•'^■'"  "'"  to'l'smountonupper  Fifth  wf^"''   '^"-eet.  and  have  or- 
^■-•-t.     The  sameorticerw  ,  ,n.    ^  n    h""   ""   ""  ^^''^"^'^  --  al.    . 
"  Y'  ^-  the  sake  of  seein,  '' h   .v  t      th^'  '"'""    '"  '■'^'^'  ''  P'^^-^^^'v^ 
-1^  on  meeting  an.anah-e:dvu,e;  J    :  "  rT"'"  "">•  ^^^'^   ^^  - 
r''^  '^^--'"g  "lunv  the  thin,  is  sto,  ped  •  1','"  "  '""  '"  ''-^''^  >t.  ^or  the 
^^  ^^''""v  lus   feeh-ng  of  auth;ritv   I       u',,,,    •         i""'  "^^'  '''''''•   ^akes  him 
-j--  -hon.  he  in.agines  to  U>1  d  nv     ^i  i  ^  T  '"''^  "'    "^^  -"--- 
--C  upper  heights  of  the  wheel      tZ    ';^''^'"';"  -'■  "I'on  himself  fro  n  the 
;''-;cle  than  the  patrohnen,  how     er  ^^s'  k"^.  ^'"''""  ^^  ^'  '"-''  grea  e 
'-  •!-  appearance  of  a  bic.cle    n  mo^t  1  ^""/"'""^  '"  ">^  ."ctropoli" 
-i  ^-erallv  draw  out  so  tunu.I.u   ,     "     J  ;'?^'^'>-'-P"'a.ed    qu  rt    ^ 

-'!-■;  "^  clisn.ount.  i„  order  to  h.n        "Vf  .''^'"  ^^  ^°  ^'-^'^  the  Jove 

'■'^■^-;-'^'  "-■'»  togivehin,a  pled.  "7      ,    '"  — t,-even   if  he  ca 

^'-'^'  -t  n.nning  noiMlv  alon^ sid;^  h' J        f  " '  ''^'  '^^"^'"^  '°  '^'^  -"dwa      ' 
^S-  ":  .^is  at  the  outset,  a^     ^.'      :;:^f  ^  ^^f^'     T^'-  children  will  u  uan^ 
7"-^"'  '-.'-■  '-"-vili  o>nt;:-.;™    ';--'- -ling,  butthene  ■ 
'"";"'"«  "'thsunicien.  dgor  to  drive    ^     ^       '"'"  •'"^™''^'  ^»^I  the  task 
;--;'>-l.  and  of  sinn,ltane<n.sU  ;  '  '  .2^'  "{  ^-'-'g  ^iistance  of     J 

—  1  "t  the  front  wheel,  is  too  greJ  '    t^,,   TT         '  •^''^^'•P  '^.-  ^or  obstacle! 
""^  '•■^I'^'nence.  ^^         -  '-^''^  to  be  paid  for  by  the  j,Ieasures  of 

f^----Lt;:ir'::;-t:^;hrr'  ^^"^  <'^--«  ^  ---  --  of   ■ 

;  "'>  a    .cycle  might  be  dri.-en  for  .1.0^^       ''  ^''-^"^"'   ''^'-^^  «^"''  on 
f'"";""bc.r  of  dismounts  be.n.      rf^    '^'V'"''''  "'''^°"t  ^"ore  than  twic 
^;-'  "t  ,he  same  persons  .r       '^  cl  "         T^'"  '  '"  ^'^  -"^  '^^  u,^ 
'^"•^'   -d  thev    prohibit  wi-      an.      , on       ''-,-,     ''"  "'"^"^-^   ■"-"<-'   the  park 
^7--.  for  the  roadwavof  ,;,    t"   ""  '^     / '^   '^   "o  great  depriva  i'„ 
"^"f'len,  River:  while  a  whee'-         ]  "'^'^^'-^^'nu^cl  from  the  ,>ark.entra„ce 

!-'  ,"^^  '-Han  b.cks  :?^;,  a:;  r^eitrv' i'  ^^"'  "^'^'^^  ^"':: 

watch  is-k:ri  :i:'^!  '^^Sstones.  would 


'  M 


.  ■  r 


rwelv  U: 


1  V  er\  few  toot-pas.sengers 


.:^  4 


68  ri:x  niors.uxD  milks  av  ./  bicycle. 

,  -  lu      ....  t    wlo  liir-vrler   furthermore,  would  iisiKill' 

-::;,;., .  .„.„...., ;----,  ■':;:r;:;::'::.:^-:;: 

it  •  fi>r  tills  ^  macadamized  as  tar  a^  155111  si.,  auu  i  '     .        , 

;        e       ,  with   the  Kiugsbridgc  road  at  -zoth  st.     When   I  first  began  nu- 
/        S^,    its  surface  was  in   rather  better  condit.ou  than  now;  an.l    K. 
o;'st  action  of  a  double-bne  of  street-car  tracks,  within  the  last  few  months 
^  impair  the  facilitv  formerly  enjoyed  by  the  bicycler  f.,r  changing    r,nn 
;       IL  of  the  Houlcvard  to  the  other,  though  each  side  of  .t  w      ..U  a  01 
him  ample  space  to  ride  upon.      Four  transverse  ^  J  -  -.^^^^'^^'^ 
pass   under  Central   Park  from  ea.t  to  west,  leaving  5  h  --    ^S^^J-  '^h 
St    S.th  St.  and  .,:th  St.,  and  entering  Sth  av.  at  (-,6th  st.,  S.st  st.    S6th  st.,  an 
;^;h  "^       respect;;elv.     The  sidewalks  of  all  the  four  are  smo.,th,  a.  are  :U , , 
?^    roa<Uvav    of  some  of  then.     The  highest  passage  (onh  st.)  ,s  the  poo.s, 
U,    and  the  lowest  is  chieflv  .0  be   recommended,  on  account  of  Us  ncir- 
:^;o7.d  St.,  which  is   an  import.uU   macadamized  thoroughfare  bo  h  ea. 
"m  Jes     of  the  park.     The  Belgian  blocks  of  its  lower  border,  59  h  St.,  ^ 
;r^da,  more  oLilv  in  an  easterlv  direction,  because  there   ,s  a  descend,:,. 
'   u         om  Sth  av.  to  5.^  av.     .Vt  the  npper  end  of  the  park,  macadam  coyer, 
t  1     1     s,n-face  ..f  .  .oth  st.  from  river  to  river,-i.s  westertimost  tcrm.nu- 

:;,i:  e  River.ide  Drive.  This  is  a  broad  parkwav,  of  excelUnU  maca  ,tn.■ 
"  U  rface.  which  extends  along  the  heights  .verlookntg  the  Hudson,  r.„, 
^'^.  to  ,.;th  St.,  and  which  mav  also  be  en.er.d  at  .  ,6th  st.  and  eh^ew  c:e. 
;;^  ..ra.^e  width  is  about  500  feet  audits  ar.  ,  i.  T7S  acres.  It  ha.  bee. 
":rt  public  onlvt.;,  or  three  years,  bu,  -ome  h.idsome  res,  enc. 
a  e  alreadv  to  be  found  .here,  and  the  e.xpectat,..,!  ,s  tnat  ,,s  eastern  sulc  w, 
in  course  of  time  be  solidl v  lined  with  them.      The  same  hope  >s   he  d  ,n  : 

J     li^l    L,U  Houlevar.l ;  atul,  indeed,  the  whole  region  west  of  (  e.ura. 
p'k      d^tinld  soon  to  be  covered  with  fine  houses,  though  the  shant.e. . 
h    s 'ua    ers  have  n<,t  vet  completely  disappeared  from  the  rocks.        hev  ,..■ 
^m     e    1.  also,  in   the  corresponding  unsettled  region  east  of  the  pa.: 
^         u,     h    he   avenues  and  streets   nearest  to    it  wid   finally  be  Idled  ...: 
e    uvt  .nansious.  a  majority  of  the  habitations  on  the  lower  groumi  near  ,!. 
^  ;;^  will  be  of  a  humbler  sort  than  a  majority  of  those  west  of  the  p.. 
\-   rth  of  this  is  a  region  not  vet  built  upo.i.  where  market-gardens  an.'  ho. 
^  U       vJr  unbroke,:  acres  of  ground  which  the  c,t>-  map  -prcsents^s  cu 
bv  the  east-and-west  numerical   streets.     When  these  are  really  but U.  t-i  m 
he     nJ^  no.  lai  '    ^-wn.  it  is  likely  that  many  of  them  mav  l,e  macadun,.. 
.s       6  h    U5th.  tS-'.  --1  ^5^th    sts.  alreadv  are.      -V   level,   macadanua 
;;t    f  biut  uvo  miles  long,  straight  from  Central  Park  to  Tl^lem    .... 
s  supplied  bv  both  6th  av.  atid  7th  av..  but  the  latter  has  a  goou  deal  o 
oVitVsurucc,  and  is  much  fre.p.ented  bv  the  drivers  <,f  fast  horse.  .    h 
thefot.n  r  is  to  be  recommended  to  the  bicvcler,  who  should  turn  we. 
4,th   st'  and  thence  vide  a  half-mile  northward  to  the  end  oi  7th  av.,  ,n  as 


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lie  wishes  to  cross  at  Central  I'.nVlirf.      ic  1 

;-...■  ...ay  .um  i,„„  S,  Ni.h„,a,  avo„„.  (maca;.     1    'w,  :,,":'  ""'^f ' 

-".  ■"Hi  luiiow  It  northward  until  (  u  loist  ^f     v.l,  .  ''^'^  ^^^>  "P  f'e 

nna.  ..  na.„e  changed  to  Kingsbr.^    :^      tl^^T^ :::r ;;!'  '''  '' 
:  .  !-■  -nay  follow  the  avenue  in  a  s' u.h-ea  terly    iiH  r  ^  '*-'''  ^Tk '''' 
;tl>  --  obliquely,  anti  reaching  its  end  at  the  junct  ^ih^r:;^       V"' 

1-he  rider  who   enters  Manhattan  Island  .t   II  r  1   L  1    ,'        ''• 

i',oih   St.)  mavgo  throu.'h  i  ^-th   st     ...   ,  /  7  '^'  '^''   '''^'-  ^" 

!'ut  r  have  found  its  frozen  .-.r^h  t,.  i  roadway  i,    inipaved, 

'iua  .eigia.^..e..  T^ii^  tt :  .irtr.:::  7'  "r'f""^"^^ 

■>.T.rs  the  best  riding  surface  in  that  par^  ^  uj    i  v   f:;:         ''  ^\n'"  ''' 
ada.nized  from  86th  M    to   c-th   .i      \     .  -  '  -'"""thiy  mac- 

..     ,  his  al,„,,„  „„„i„„,  „(  5„h  ,,  i,  j,„,  „„„,  * 

-'>ni  of  much  „,  this  region  is  occupied  by  monster  be  r-.tr,    ns  an     , 

lH.!^iiepar.  i^^I^o  included  between  Ave,:!;:  n:;dle^ter-  '  ''''''  '"'^ 

wide    ::'"    ^  o!:"'  ''r"'V""  '"""  '""«•  '^  ->'^-  ^'^-"  ^  -t"  of  a  mile 
«Kk  ,  and  the     .ooo  people  who  are  confined  to  its  area  of  ,  ^o  -xcres  J.U 

".ulcr  the  care  of  the  Commissioners  of    Public  Charitie     a'iul   C 

nh<,se  .ittice  is  It  \\  -xv   -,,,  ...fU     ^      i,       ,  '-"antics   and   Correction, 

lice  1.,  at   ,il  av.  an     nth  st.     By  obtaining  a  pass  there   and  f  ,l;, 
krrv-boat  at  -Gth  st  or  c-.,i  =t    ,i      ■  i       ■  ,  I'lcrc,  and  taking  a 

--.v.,a.,.n..™:::?^i:';:-tn::-:rj;^;r;.;i™-;r,-r 

jion  t.)  visit  It  w  th  T  ]ii<-i-oi„      Ar  ■  -        fe'-'-'-"'g  permis- 

witn  a  bicycle.     My  own  written  request  to  that  effect   wK;-i 

an  i  t  i  '",^"  ^""f  ":^'«'  '^>'  -nvict  labor,  from  stone  quarried  on  the  i,land 
h  ugh  the  chanty  hospital,  blind  asylum,  lunatic  asvlum.  convalc'; 
Pta    almshouse,  workhouse  and  other  institutions  are  situ  ted  thcea 
"e    ...  the  great  ,,enitent,ary,  which  usuallv  contains  about  i  ^oo  inmate      1 
;^  the  latter  which  gives  its  distinctive  character  to  the  rhce  11°°  h     n        , 
-agination.     Allusions  to --the  Island."  according  to 'the  c:rent  si:;:    :? 


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70  TEA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  citv.  aUvavs  refer  to  Blackwell's  I^lu.ul  ;  and  any  mention  of  a  person 
who  has  "gone  on"  or  "got  off"  the  sam-.,— who  has  been  "sent  up  to"  or 
has  "come  down  from"  the  same,— implies  that  he  is  an  imprisoned  or  a  re- 
leased criminal. 

The  uppermost  half-mile  of  Avenue  A  (known  locally  as  "  Pleasant  Ave- 
nue "),  from  its  river  terminus  at  124th  st.  to  where  the  water  again  interrupts 
it  near  113th  St.,  offers  a  smooth  surface  for  wheeling;  and   5th  av.,  almost  a 
mile  to  the  westward,  may  be  reached  on  the  macadam  at  124th,  ii6th,   iioth 
and  7^1  sts.     There  is  a  stretch  of  rough  macadam  <jn  i2Sth  st.,  from  3d  t.) 
6th  avs. ;  and  the  macadam  of  ii6th  st.  reaches  to  7th  av.,  and  will  perhaps 
finally  be  extended  to  the  lower  road  of  Morningside  Park.     This  is  an  irreg- 
ular, elont^ated  piece  of  land,  comprising  some  32  acres,  between   123d  and 
iiothsts.^and  its  lower  road— which   is  a  broad  macadamized  thoroughtare 
connecting  those  two  streets-begins  at  its  southeast  corner,  which  is  about 
500  feet  from  the  northwest  corner  of  Central  Park.      This  road  was  first 
opened  to  the  public  in  December,  1SS4;    and  the  corresponding  upper  roa.!, 
cxtendin-  along  the  top  of  the  massive  wall  which  is  noticed  by  passengers 
on  the  elevated  trains,  will  probably  be  finished  during  the  present  year.    The 
surface  will  be  smooth,  and  the  grades  not  ditficuit  for  the  bicycler  who  leave, 
lioth  St.  at   9th  av.,  of  which  it   is   the  continuation;    while  the  extensive 
views  from  the  top  will  well  repay  him  for  a  brief  visit.     I  have  never  tn-d 
loth  av.  below  145th  st. ;  but  in  the  other  direction  it  is  ridable  for  two-aml-a- 
half  miles,  or  to   its  terminus  at   196th  St.     This  is   a  sort  of  "jumping-orf 
place,"  in  the  woods ;   a  l)luff  which  the  map  names    as    Fort  George,  and 
which  gives  a  fine  view  of  the  meadows  stretching  along  the  upper  Harlem. 
Bordering  10th  av.,  at  173d  St.,  is  the  embankment  of  the  Croton  Reservoir: 
and  from  this,  the  highest  ground  on  Manhattan  Island,  may  be  had  a  most 
extensive  outlook,  which  no  stranger  can  afford  to  miss.     Hard  by  stands 
the  lofty  water-tower  of  granite,— one   of  the  city's  most  widely-known  land- 
marks,— and  from  the  base  of  this  the  tourist  may  carry  his  bicycle  down  two 
long  flights  of  steps,  to  the  entrance  of  High  Bridge,  whose  top  is  a  broad 
walk  of"  brick,  with  stone  parapets,    concealing  the   aqueduct    pipes  below. 
The  structure  has  thirteen  arches,— resting  on  solid  granite  piers,  the  crown 
of  the  highest  arch  being  116  feet  above  the  river  surface,— and  it  is  1,463 
feet  long.     The  beauty  of  the  scenery  makes  the  bridge  a  specially  pleasant 
place  to^valk  or  ride 'upon,  and   I  have   enjoyed  several  spins  there;   but 
recent  regulations  command  that  bicycles  on  the  bridge  must  be  trundled  l)v 
their  owners,  and  not  ridden.      A    smooth   road  called  Undercliff  av.  lead- 
northward  from  the  east  end  of  the  bridge  ;  but,  if  a  southern  course  is  dt- 
sired,  the  tourist  mav  soon  make  a  turn  to  the  left  and  descend  the  hill  into 
Sedgwick  av.,  by  which  he  may  go  without  stop,  to  Central  Bridge  (end  of  bth 

av.),  a  mile  below. 

When  T  be.Jal^  explorin-  this  region,  in  '79,  my  northward  course  trom 
Cei.tral  Bridge  (then  called  McComb's  Dam)  was  always  through  Central  av. 


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AROUXD  AEIV-YORK. 

torms  a  part  of  the  west  boundary  of  Woodlawn  Cemet  v  a„d  7  '    "   ' 

ucs  on  to  White  I'lains.  a  dozen  mile,  to  the  north      I  In'. nM  ll   "  '""'"" 

the  Mngie  occasion,  in  August,  when  I   ventured   bevnnd   i/  !  ,       , 

•'-  road  to  the  ieft.  -i;^,:;^;^^L:uto:;s^^^ 

.-.led  Ridge  av.  and  extends  ^.earlv  tlo  :2:jZ^Z!r:Z 
wa.ci:  u  ej^ters  ahnost  opposite  the  church  that   sur.nounts  t  ^  U     ^li^:^ 
■  --t  o    Je,on.e    >ark.     This  is  a  narrower  and  hiUier  path  th  n  ct  t.^ 
-.b^^.nn,ch  prettier  and  smoother  one.   for  it  is  lar.elv  overhu.^^ 
.t      r  e    an      t  macadamized  in  ,884.     The  tourist  who  wishes  to  avoid 

-    c.  central  L,    y..,  an.  ne  m.iv  then  ride  continuouslv  on  macadam   and 

r ;  rr-T  "^^'- /-'^^'^-^--'■•.  though  thea;cent  :^^, 

-a,o,  ,  too,  the  >vh..,e  track  n.ay  b,  traversed  without  a  ston.  • 

The  distance  from  the  gate  of  Jerome  Park  totiieheadof  Broadwav  i, 

t,u,.  Kin   -1  ,         '  ^'■'■^"^•■-""^•-  '^"'1  *^ro-es  the  creek  a.ain  at  the 


72         /AA'  nioLSAiyn  miles  oa'  a  bicycle. 

beinR  newly  maca.l.imi/.cd,  is  preferable  to  the  causeway,  even  thoup,.  U.e  re- 
tarn  journey  to  the  citv  is  to  he  immediately  begun,  along  the  mam  .oa-.l  from 
Kimi's  BridRe.     The  macadamized  surface  of  this  fav.rite  thoroughfare  has 
var.cd    greatlv  in  quality  during    the  half-d...en  years  that  I  have   been   ac 
Cuaintcd  witl>  it;  but,  when  in  average  condition,  it  may  be  rulden  >n  euher 
direction  without  dismount.     A  short  hill  just    beyond   the   Inwood  school- 
house  is  steep  enough    to  stop   many  northward   riders,  however;    and   the 
ascent  of  Washington  Heights,  in  the  other  direction,  has  been  long  enough 
to  stop  many  others,  though  its  descent  has  afforded  excellent  coas^tmg  for 
nculv  a  mile.     I  use  the  past  tense,  because,  at  the  present  writing,  the  rocks 
which  forn.  the  basis  of  the  road  are  being  blasted  away,   and  .ts  ultimate 
Kra.le  will  be  essentially  lower  than  befove.     I  have  never  vsUed  what  the 
maps  designate  as  the  "Public  Drive,"  or  "  Houlevard."  e.xtendmg  from  In- 
.vood  Station  (Tubby  H  -ok),  along  the  bluffs  of  the  riverside,  to   ..th  av.  at 
,-6th  -t    three  milei  below;  but  its  names  seem  to  imply  a  smooth  surface, 
_^at  lei'^  prospectively.     It  passes  the  point,  about  a  mile  directly  west  of 
tbe  tower  at  High  Ikidi;..  .vhere  stood  Fort  Washington,  an  extensive  earth- 
.vork  which  the    Hritish  capa.red    in  November,    .77^'.  thereby  causing  the 
evacration,  four  days  latci.  of   its   companion  stronghold.    Fort  I-ce   on  the 
New  ferscy  side  of  the    Hudson.     The    mansion  of  Madame    Jumel,  which 
served  as  Washington's  headqu.irters  during  that  historic  autumn,  still  stands 
on  the  heig.us  overlooking  the  Harlem,  just  cast  of   10...  av.  and  a  short  dis- 
tanc.  be.ow  the  water-tower.     According  to   the  city  map,  the  swampy  low- 
lands of  this  region,  which  extend  from  the  river's  edge  to   the  foot  of  the 
heig.its  are  ultimately  to  have  a  Houlevard.  beginning  at  150th  st.,  and  reach- 
i-.  around  the   Fort' Cieorge  bluff  to  make  a  junction  with  the  kingsbrid^e 
road  at  a  point  opposite  Tubby  Hook,  a  distance  of  three    nules       I  he  halt 
mile  or  more  of   -oad  northward  from  the  ho<,k.  to  the  end  of  the  bluff  which 
terminates   the    island  at    Spuyten  Duyvil  Creek,  is  prob.bly   ridable ;    but 
tuere  is  no  way  of  crossing  the  creek,  except   on   the   uncovered  ties  of  the 

railroad  bridge.  ... 

Mv  description  of  the  chief   cycling  routes  on  Manhattan  Island  being 
thus  completed,  I  return  to  the  foot  of  Jerome  Park  where  the  K.ngsbridge 
road  crosses  Central  av.,  and  say  tliat  the  road  continues  a  somewhat  wind- 
ing southeasterly  course  fur  a  half-mile,  until  it  crosses  the  railroad  tracks  ai 
Fordham,  after'  a  sharp  descent.      Just    before    beginning    this  descent,   :t 
makes   a  juncti.^n  with  another  smoothly  macadamized  road,  leading  south- 
westerly to    its  terminus,  a  mile  distant,    at    Fordham   Landing  (or  Reman 
Landing),  a  little  railroad  station  on  the  Harlem.     This  cross-road  is  inter 
sected  at  its  middle  point  by  Ridge  av..  before  described;  and  I  recommend 
it  as  the  best  route  from  Fordham  to  that  avenue,  while  I  at  the  same  time 
offer  warning  against  it,  as  having  no  outlet  at  the  riverside.     "  Pelham  an<l 
Fordham  Avenue"  is  the  double-name  given  to  the  prolongat.onof  theknigv 
bridge  road,  beyond  the  railw.ay  crossing  ;  and,  by  riding  a  straight  ea.sterly 


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.uctch  of  half-a-mile  or  more  upon  its  southern  sidewalk  (great  good  luckmav 
al.,w  th..s   to    be  done  without  discount),  the  tourist  reaches'theSuh'n 
iioulevard,  op  whose  macadam  he  may  then  spin  along  for  a  half-do.:en  mi  e" 
«.tl,..ut  d.s.nount,  to  us  terminus  at  Harlem  Mridge  (3d  av.  at  ,  ,id  st  )      The 
upper  term.nus  of  this  Boulevard  is  Central  av.  at  Jerome  Park  about  a  mile 
a,Kl-a-hal    d.stant  from  Pelham  av. ;  but  I  found  that  upper  section  too  sandv 
..,   b  .ychng   when     first  tr.ed  it,  in  '79.  and  I  suppose  it   is   so  still,  though 
maculam  wdl  doubtless  be  applied  to  it  at  last.    The  surface  of  this  Southern 
boulevard  has  var.ed  greatly  during  the  years  that  I  have  been  familiar  .'  h 
■t ;  bu    ,t  has  no  d.^cult  grades,  and,  at  its  worst.  ,,  is  alwavs  ridable      vi 
a   us  bcs  .  u  supplK-s  some  of  the  smoothest  and  swiftest  stretches  fo    riding 
at  can  be  found  ,n   the  whole  metropolitan  district.     If  one  turns  west  at 
.h.  nrst  macadanuzed  street  above   Boston  av.  (whose  crossing  of  the  Boule- 
vanl  ,s  cbstM,gu>s  ed  by  horse-car  tracks),  he  „  ay  ride  sn.oothlv  for  abuu     . 
nnu  CO  1  remont  (whence  I  have  wheeled    along   the  railway  li'ne  a  n.ile  o 
more  northward  to  For.lham).  and  I  presume  there  m:n-  be  at  least  one  fairlv 
r' lalJe  road  anu.ng  the  three  or  four  which  lead  from   Tremont  to  Central 
...     .\nother  pleasant  easterly  route  fron,  this  last-named  thoroughfare  may 
e  f.,u„d  by  cross.ng  the  bridge  above  (iabe  Case's  hotel,  which  is  about  a 
h.nl-ot-a-u.le  above  Central  liridge,  and  walking  up  a  short  hill  (,65th  st.)  to 
^he  entrance  of  Heetwood    Park  at  Walton  av.     This    has   a  macadami  ed 
sur  ace   upon  whose  gentle  downward  slope  the  rider  may  go  without  stop  to 
.,.th  .t.,  where  he  will  cross  the  railroad  track  at  Mott  Haven  station   and 
soon  reach  3d   av.,  a  quarter-of-a-mile    above   Harlem   Bridge      Walton   av 
may  also  be  reached  by  taking  the  first  easterly  road  above  Central  Jiridge' 
From  the  rocky  h.ll-tops  along  this  route,  some  fine  views  mav  be  had  ' 

T  wenty-tour  miles  ^  ■  the  distance  from  Harlem  Bridge  tothe  bridge  over 
the  lutle  Byram  River,  by  which   the   tourist  crosses   fri   Port  Chisfer   Ih 
easternn>ost  town  on  the  shore  of  New  York,  into  the  State   of  Connecticut 
^uch  IS  the  distance,  I  mean,  in  case  he  takes  the  route  described  in  mv  chan" 
t;.on      Wmter   Wheeling";    and  the  average   excellence    of  its   sur  ace 
Jhown  by  the  fact  that,  on  the  .6th  of  April,  ,884,   I  traversed  it  all  durin. 
four  hours  of  the  forenoon,  spite  of  considerable  ram.     On  that  month   also° 
.nacadam^  was  applied  to  the  "bad  three   miles''  above  the  drawbridge   ai 
1   1  am  Lay,    ransformmg  the  same  into  one  of  the  smoothest  and  pleasantest 

Pel  am  \°vel  '  TT  "''"  •  ^  ^"•■^^''^■-»"^'  l^'"-  '^is  bridge,  Fordham  and 
Pe  ham  Avenue  before  mentioned,  branches  off  from  the  Eastern  Boulevard 
and  e.xtends  „,  almost  a  .straight  line  westward,  for  four  miles,  until  it  crosses 
he  Southern  Boulevard  where  the  latter's  macadam  ends.     If  macadam  ever 

vil  '''  '\rr"'  "'''  '"■■''"  °'  ''''"'  "^'^^■-  '"■-^'  '■-^•-•^vs.  the  bicvcler 
Ml  be  enabled  to  make  a  continuous  circuit  of  more  than  a  dozen  miles  upon 
.en.  without  a  dismount.  Just  about  at  the  middle  point  of  the  si.x  mac 
adamized  miles  of  Southern  Boulevard,  the  Westchester  turnpike,  which  is 
also  „t  hard  surface,  branches  off  northeastward;   and  when  the  tourist  has 


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traveled  .ilciiiK  it  for  ihno  miles,  .md  tros^cd  tin  trick  uf  the  s.ime  n.imc,  h( 
m,iv  tiiin  left  iiitii  A  Mill  ri).id.  whose  several  lir.iiiclies  all  lead  into  the  l-iaM 
ein  i'.uiilevaid.  in  the  iliieclioii  of  relhaiii  l;rid^;e.  I  reeoiniiieii<l  limi,  how 
ever,  to  eonlimic  on  the  hard  road  to  tlie  riKht,  tor  nearly  a  mile,  until  i! 
tros>es  lire  llonlevard  at  the  handet  of  S.  huylerville,  from  which  point  he  can 
follow  its  side-paths  to  the  l«i  iilKe.  Hett.rc  doinn  this,  he  may  make  a  plea^am 
<lcloin  to  the  shore  of  the  Sound,  a  mile-and  a-half  l)eyon<l,  by  keeping;  strainhi 
aliead.  on  the  sanu  macadami/eil  track.  Near  the  etui  ol  this,  I  recolk-.t 
taking;  a  verv  sin  )oth  spin  ot  a  third d  a  n\Ue,  aloni;  a  road  to  the  west,  wliidi 
had  no  outlet  ;  and  I  think  that  the  r.iad  leaiiinj;  east,  and  terminating  at  the 
entrance  of  Kort  Scluivler,  c  ,  rhrog^>  Neck,  is  most  of  it  fairly  ridable,  if  imt 
also  macadami/cd  At  all  t\ents,  the  region  is  an  attractive  one  for  the  citv 
cvcler  to  e\ploic. 

'(Ml  the  li^th  of  April,  iSSj,  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  day  wlu: 
Washington  iiroilainud  to  his  army  ai  Newhnrgh  that  the  long  tighi  wis 
ended,  1  made  a  pilgiimage  to  the  histoiii  h.ittlelielil  of  White  I'l.iii:  , 
situated  midway  between  the  waters  of  the  Somid  aiul  the  Hudson.  A  inili. 
below  the  bridge  bv  which  1  entered  Port  Chester,  and  near  the  foot  of  ii> 
main  street  (o]>i>osite  a  little  ji.irU,  tonl.iinim',  a  nuisic  stand),  there  braiiclu^ 
westward  a  broail  avenue  which  is  called  "  Purchase"  for  the  first  mile,  .iiul 
afterwards  "Westchester."  I'p  this  I  started,  at  a  (piarter-past  nine,  am! 
rode  most  ol  the  gr.ules.  on  the  siilew.ilk  llagstones,  to  the  top  of  the  hijii 
hill.  Maculam,  not  vet  trodden  smooth,  covered  the  downward  slope,  aiu!  1 
walked  up  the  latter  half  of  the  ascent  which  followed.  Heyond  a  big  witer- 
ing-trough  of  stone,  the  roail  makes  a  turn  to  the  left;  aiul.it  th.it  point  i 
clinibeil  up  on  a  loftv  rock  in  the  neigjiboring  orchard,  and  watched  the 
waters  of  the  Sound  for  h.ilf  an  hoir,  since  th.it  was  to  be  my  last  i  hance  \>". 
the  dai-.  Thence  I  wheeled,  by  an  average  good  road,  winding  among  tlic 
hills,  but  prettv  level,  near  the  M.imaroneck  river,  to  the  soltlier's  statue,  in 
White  riain.s,  opposite  which  a  turn  must  be  made  to  the  left,  to  reach  tin 
center  of  the  town.  I,  however.  i>ioceeded  up  the  wide  thoroughfare  ca'.ii'l 
Hroaiiwav  to  the  old  cannon,  which  m.irks  where  the  Amirican  line  w.i- 
drawn  up  to  receive  the  Pritish.  in  the  battle  of  i;;!').  I'.evoml  this  is  still 
aimtlier  inomiireiU,  in  the  form  of  ,ui  ancient  mortar,  which  m.irks  a  secmui 
histcric  point  in  that  dav's  strife.  I  used  the  west  siilewalk  in  ascending  tiu 
hill,  but  returned  in  the  roadway,  and  when  I  entered  the  street  opi)osite  tlu 
br.nue  soldier  (Railroad  av.K  I  met  with  a  most  excellent  stretch  of  ni:H- 
adam,  along  which  1  coasted  down  into  the  village,  lievond  here,  alter 
crossing  the  Pron.v  rivei,  I  found  good  riding,  on  a  somewhat  winding  track, 
composed  of  light  loam,  which  would  probably  be  loose  anil  dusty  in  ilrv 
weather;  and  I  did  no  walking  till  I  reached  the  hill  after  crossing  the  track^ 


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:  '•"  '■  ^"'■;'"^  ^'"-  "r--  — -  "f  "-■  --•.  and  that  ,,   ha,  few  steep  ^  ^ 
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J"l-    w-t.  tor  a  nnle.  to   i,,,...,,^    l,.„adwav  at    I,,.M,s    Kerrv    on     he 
"".I-".     -M,out  half.waylK.,w..en  A -hfoH   and    Kl.nsionl,  there       'a      the 

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-  !■  ■■:  "'-.  ->.de  d.tant,  and  I  ,h,nl.  that  a  pa,  t  of  the  fack'  ( Wash  ™ 

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..   .^.  nhose  course  is  ,ene,allv  within   :„d,  a  nnle  of  the  west    l^.     Z 

I'l'M'x  nver,  all  the  way  fro.n  Jen.nK-  Park  to  White  Plains 

1-  N  n,cc.,t  IFouH,  in  Tarrytown,  is  perhaps  the  tnost  notable  objective- 

"■■-  -l:un..ed  turnpd.c.  overlooking    the   IhuNon   River,  and    identct 
->•  01  us  hnes  w,th  the  old  post  road  to  Albanv.-     Not    nanv        1       i    i 
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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


greater.  I  am  told  that  this  25-m.  route  has  been  traversed  in  each  direc- 
tion without  dismount  by  several  other  riders,  though  the  exact  statistics  of 
their  journeys  are  not  knjwn  to  me  ;  and  nothing  more  need  be  said  to  desig- 
nate this  as  the  longest  and  finest  straightaway  course  leading  out  of  the  city. 
When  I  first  tried  it,  on  the  afternoon  of  November  24,  1879,  I  found  a  good 
riding  surface  as  izs  as  the  pond  about  a  mile  northwest  of  the  Vincent 
House ;  and  then,  aiter  walking  up  the  hill  past  Sleepy  Hollow  Cemetery,  I 
trudged  through  the  sand  for  nearly  two  miles,  or  to  a  point  very  near  the 
great  arch  of  the  aqueduct.  Here  I  was  assured  that  the  road  continued 
just  as  soft  all  the  way  to  Sing  Sing,  say  four  miles  beyond;  and  so  I 
returned  to  the  hotel  for  the  night.  The  fact  that  there  is  no  other  good 
public  house  nearer  than  Yonkers,  a  dozen  miles  below,  coupled  with  the 
fact  that  it  stands  so  near  the  end  of  the  smooth  roadway,  and  is  just  about  a 
cu'v.fortable  halt-day's  journey  above  sgth  st.,  explains  its  exceptional  im- 
portance as  a  cycling  landmark.  The  casual  wheelman  will  always  be  sure  of 
finding  an  excellent  dinner  awaiting  him  there,  at  one  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon, at  a  cost  of  seventy-five  cents;  and  ample  facilities  exist  for  supplying 
special  accommodations  to  larger  parties  who  may  arrange  for  the  same  in 
advance.  Several  respectable  restaurants  and  oyster  saloons  may  also  be 
found  in  the  village,  chiefly  along  Main  st.,  which  makes  a  right-angle  from 
Broadway,  where  one  descends  it  not  far  above  the  Vincent  House,  and 
which  then  slopes  sharply  to  the  railway  station  and  steamboat  dock,  on  the 
river  level,  about  a  half-mile  from  the  hotel.  At  a  similar  distance  above  the 
latter,  on  the  west  side  of  Broadway,  stands  the  monument  to  n»ark  the  spot 
where  the  British  spy.  Major  Andre,  was  captured  in  17S0;  and  at  the  cross- 
roads, a  little  beyond  here,  by  taking  the  left,  through  Beekman  av.  and 
Cortlandt  St.,  another  smooth  descent  may  be  made  to  the  railway  station. 
By  turning  to  the  right  at  the  cross-roads  just  named,  and  soon  again  to  the 
right  at  the  next  crossing,  one  may  enter  the  County  House  road,  which 
climbs  over  the  ridge  to  East  Tarrytown,  a  mile  distant,  on  the  Sawmill  river- 
road.  This  is  more  than  two  miles  above  Elmsford,  where  I  crossed  that 
road  on  my  ride  from  White  Plains;  and  the  map  shows  that  it  follows  the 
stream  up  to  its  source  at  Pleasantville,  five  miles  further  I  hope  to  explore 
it  some  day,  and  perhaps  push  on  through  Chappaqua  and  Mount  Kisco  to 
the  Croton  river, — the  road  along  which,  for  the  last  five  or  six  miles,  before  it 
reaches  the  Hudson,  above  Sing  Sing,  ought  to  prove  fairly  level  and  ridable. 
A  third  route  northward  from  Tarrytown  to  Sing  Sing  is  offered  by  the 
Sleepy  Hollow  road,  which  is  about  mid\^»y  between  the  sandy  Albany  turn- 
pike and  the  Sawmill  valley;  but  of  its  character  I  have  as  yet  no  knowledge. 
The  southward  route  from  the  Vincent  House  along  Broadway,  to  the 
King's  Bridge  (14^  m.),  is  probably  as  pleasant  a  one  for  the  wheelman  as 
any  similar  short  stretch  in  America ;  and,  though  he  may  comfortably  cover 
it  without  leaving  the  saddle  h';  will  be  disposed,  on  his  first  visit,  at  least, 
to  stop  many  times,  for  the  better  viewing  of  its  numerous  points  of  scenic  or 


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historic  interest.     Four  miles  from  th*  ct,,-      u         t     -. 
.eep  hi,,,  surmounted  by  f  0,170;  t%tou;d1rr;\"r:r  '^^  T 
he  may  ooast  through  the  main  street  of   ti.e  Tu  IL  for  ha  f        f    k  I''" 
ascending  the  gent.e  grade  which  wi„  bring  h  m  aga'n  into  ZT       f " 
(Ml  a  northward  tuur  this  ro^nrl;,lv^nf  ^,  Broadway.     Even 

hil,  may  be  ridden  uptt^dte^lfT"  -f  '"i"'''^'  ^'^"^^  ^''^  '"^^^^^ 
to  its  summit,  by  a^.ron  r-rtrmSrHr^^^^ 
residence  of  ex-Judge  Beach  is  notable  as  being  the  setf  sLe  h  "^l    ! 

Washington  signed  the  treaty  of  peace  with  i:^: itZl^T :iT'l 

journey,  this  descent  towards  the  river  is  Int  to  hi  n       ^  'k°"      '  ""'^'"''''^ 
sharply  does  it  curve  backward  fromZ  mr  road^  T^aV^i^ri'"';.^ 
pent,  another  fork  offers  a  choice  of  routes  for  ha  f-a  mit  -Th     ,e^t  h! 
the  steepest  grade,  and  the  right  usually  the  softest  surface     Thi  ! 

through  the   woods   affords  severa,  Je   views  of  thf!'  "^'^'-'-oad 

of  .he  same  day  when  I    overed    he  wh»llr"~"  ^'^.  ""  ""  '"=  '""~" 
and,  .h„a,h  .He'sha^p  ,^;^"t^l  rettilr^^L'rL:"  diLt^ 

to  conquer  on  the  entire  course      Th^  rJ^^r     u  difficult  one 

» .he  .dd,e  ,„  an„.her:t  „7:;:^=::r:"r;:::'i;trrrL' 

thoroughly  tired  as  I  did,  when  he  gets  to  the  ton      F  -       •    ]  1 

«eep  Slope  he  should  ,,e„ise  conslHlet/e'L  h  ™«    ^  HdraW 

low  the  Getty  House.     T  myself  generally  prefer  the  Broadway  route,  whether 


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going  northward  or  southward,  though  the  distance  is  a  trifle  longer,  and  a  hiil 
is  to  be  climbed  which  the  Main  st.  route  avoids.  About  a  mile  below  the 
junction  of  the  two  routes,  Valentine's  Lane  branches  westward  through  the 
trees,  to  make  connection  with  Riverdale  av.,  a  quarter-mile  distant ;  and  the 
unpaved  grades  of  this  cross-road  used  nearly  always  to  force  a  dismount,  in 
the  days  when  Riverdale  av.  supplied  the  only  practicable  path  between 
Yonkers  and  the  King's  Bridge.  When  I  had  managed  to  worry  through  this 
iane,  on  the  occasion  of  my  straightaway  ride  from  Tarrjtown,  in  1882,  I  felt 
confident  that,  barring  accidents,  I  should  succeed  in  reaching  sgth  st.  without 
stop.  Hut  the  lane  need  no  longer  be  resorted  to,  for  the  macad;  .  of  Broad- 
way now  stretches  unbrokenlyto  Spuvten  DuyvU  "reek,— the  last  unpaved 
section  having  been  covered  with  it  in  1SS4,— and  affords  a  charming  ride  of 
more  than  two  miles  through  a  well-wooded  valley,  where  the  houses  are  not 
numerous  enough  to  be  obtrusive,  and  where  there  is  only  one  ascent  long 
enough  to  be  tiresome. 

A  ve;y  long  and  tiresome  ascent,  however,  does  confiont  the  rider  who 
starts  northward  from  the  cre-k  by  the  old  route,  which  was  the  only  practi- 
cable one  until  the  recent  macadamization  of  Broadway  at  Mosholu.     Turn- 
ing  sharply   to    the  left  when   he  leaves   the  King's  Bridge,  he  will   cross 
the  railway  tracks  after  about  forty  rods  of  rough  macadam,  and  then   turn 
to  the  right,  up  the  long  hill  of  Riverdale  av.,  whose  top  is  a  mile  and  a  half 
from  the  bridge.     If  he  can  keep  his  saddle  for  the  first  thirty  rods  of  the 
climb,  he   heed  noFstop  short  of  the  summit  (for  the  upper  grades  are  gen- 
tler), and  he  may  thence  continue  without  dismount  for  two  miles,  to  Mt.  St. 
Vincent.— though  some  of  the  intermediate  slopes  are  steep  enough  to  make 
the  novice  groan.     On  the  descending  grade  of  this  hill  he  should  turn  to 
the  right,  into  Valentine's  Lane,  before  described,  if  he  wishes  to  reach  the 
macadam  of  Bioadway;  and  he  may  recognize  the  lane  as  forming  the  north- 
ern boundary  of  the  grounds  that  slope  downward  Irom  a  large  public-build- 
ing of  red  brick,  upon  the  crest  of  the  hill.     Here  the  northward  tourist  sees 
the  Hudson  for  the  first  time  after  leaving  155th  st.,  and  he  also  gets  his  first 
view  of  Yonkers.     Instead  of  turning  into  the  lane,  he  may  keep  straight  on 
for  a  mile  and  a  half,  to  the  center  of  the  city,  though  the  soft  spots  in  the 
road  will  probably  cause  more   than   one   dismount.     The   ancient   Manor 
House,  which  serves  as  the  City  Hall  and  which  is  one  of  the  very  few  his- 
toric structures  of  America  having  a  record  of  more  than  two  centuries,  stands 
here  at  the  corner  of  Dock  st.,  fronting  on  Warburton  av.,  though  this  is 
simply  a  prolongation,  for  a  mile,  in  a   perfectly  straight  line,  of  the  less- 
straight  Riverdale  av.,  which  crosses   the  outlet   of  the  Sawmill    river  just 
before  reaching  Dock  st.     From  the  end  of  the  ridable  sidewalk  of  Warbur- 
ton av.,  which  terminates  abruptly  in  the  nortaern  outskirts  of  the  town,  one 
must  walk  up-hill  for  a  half-mile  through  the  wo*ds  to  reach  Broadway,— 
passing  a  spring  of  good  drinking-water  a  few  rods  from  this.     I  have  never 
descended  this  hill  to  Warburton  av.,  though  I  think  it  would  have  to  be 


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walked ;  but  th.  views  which  may  be  had  of  the  Hudson  and  the  Palisades 
when  ndmg  along  the  avenue,  repay  an  occasional  choice  of  th.s  lower  rou  e 
The  route  from  the  center  of  Yonkers,  through  Nepperhan  av.  northeast- 
waro.,s  a  smoothly-macadamized  one  as  far  as  the  first  road  which  crosses 
.beyond  the  aqueduc^  arch.  The  tourist  should  follow  this  road  down  to 
rhe  r,ght,  for  one  block,  to  the  cemetery,  where  l.e  will  turn  left  up  the  Saw- 
nnl  r,ver.road.  On  the  ,7th  of  December.  1884.  my  first  dismount  on  my 
f  "^'?f/h.s  route  was  caused  by  a  hill  which  is  three  miles  .nd  a  half 
rom  the  Getty  House ;  but  I  did  much  walking  on  the  three  miles  between 

n  KK  '".      "^^"'^  ^""^''^  ^  ''''''^  '^'  '"^"^^"^  J^^^ding  back  to  Broadwlv 
at  Dobbs  Ferry),  though,  at  a  more  favorable  season.  I  presume  the  who  e 
crcu.t  m,ght  be  covered,  in  eitner  direction,   without   a  stop.     The   tou 
l>etween  these  pa: -.llel  and  heavily-wooded  ranges  of  hills  mus'  surely  be  a 
ver,-  pleasant  one  to  take  in  spring  or  early  summer ;  and  the  Tuckahoe  rold 
e3d.ng  eastward  across  Cent.ul  av.  to  the  village  of  that  name,  and  Vonkcrt' 
av    'eadmg  sm.u.r.y  to  Mt.  Vernon,  both  seemed  smooth  en;ugh  to  t  n  p 
me  to  explore  them,  on  the  day  I  have  mentioned,  in  spite  of  the  warnZ 

Tuckaloe  and  Nxt.  Vernon,  wth  the  east-side  thoroughfare  along  the  Sound 
wh.ch  I  have  already  described;  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  there  are  many 
other  routes  well  worth  exploring  in  this  terminal  triangle  of  WestchTster 
Coun  y,  whose  base-line  I  have  drawn  at  the  road  connecting  Por  Ch 
w,th  r  ,ytow„.  Nevertheless,  ^he  famous  macadamized  tufhpike  parallelto 
the  shore  of  the  river  which  forms  the  west  side  of  this  triangrwill  alw  Js 
make  the  strongest  appeal  to  the  bicycler  at  the  outset  of  his  touHng  1 1 
metropohtan  district.  Alongside  it  stand  the  country  castles  of  o'u r  mer 
chant  pr„,ces,  the  rural  palaces  of  our  railroad  barons,  and  the  more  moTest 
mansions  of  other  wealthy  people  who  are  wise  enough  to  understand   hat  no 

residence  m  America,  or  to  prevent  unsentimental  heirs  from  knocking  it 
mvn  w,th  an  auctioneer's  hammer  as  soon  as  the  opulent  originator  has  b^en 
afe  y  stowed  away  under  the  sod.    The  first  notable  roadside  Lideice  which 

b:r;f  ir  hT'/""!  ^r^^'^r^'  "^^  p^^^"'"^'^  *«^-^  some  curtu 

tTrn"  /w    u  '"'^^^''^o^e  ^he  place  where  the  cross-road  from  the 

H  T"'"'°"  '"   j""^  ^'°^^"=*y'  -^  ^'   —   into  fulHi  w 

il  atd'eTte'rs  ';h     '?  ^' V'  "  '""^  '''''  '^'^'^  ^^^^  '^^  --'  ^f  a  sho n 
.1  and  enters  the  straight,  sloping  stretch  which  it  faces  upon.     Its  name 

Orcystone.'  describes  the  material  of  this  long-fronted.  angu'ar  "bache  or^' 
hal  belonging  to  Samuel  J.  Tilden.  ex-Governor  of  the  State  Half  a 
m.le  above  the  churches  in  Irvington.  at  the  first  cross-r.     If  one  turns 

wards   the   nver  for  a  similar  distance,   h^  may  reach  "  S^nnyside  "    he 

are;;;;;tT-  °'  "^"'r^-  ^^^^-^^    ^-^  -ryndehurst,-  Jartu  d. 
astellated  mansion,   of   white  limestone,    is  next  but   one  to  the  north  of 
Su„nys.de."    About  half-way  between  Irvington  and  Dobbs  Fer';.  or  so.  e' 


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what  nearer  the  latter,  on  the  eastern  slope,  stands  the  house  of  (Jyrus  W. 
Field,  who  is  popularly  ranked  with  the  owners  of  "  Lyndehurst "  and  "  Grey- 
stone  "  ::s  having  amassed  .millions  by  "  developing  "  the  elevated  railways  of 
the  city ;  but  who  deserves  a  higher  rank  than  they  in  the  world  of  wheeling, 
by  reason  of  his  having  caused  th.it  mile  of  smooth  macadamized  roadway  to 
be  built  from  Ashford  station  to  the  Hudson. 

Instead  of  ascending  the  Riverdale  hill  to  the  right,  after  crossing  the 
railroad  tracks  west  of  Kingsbridge,  I  once  explored  the  region  to  the  left 
(Dec.  18,  1883),  when  a  thin  film  of  frozen  snow  covered  the  road,  which 
might  prove  fairly  good  in  summer.  It  winds  along  close  to  the  •  railway, 
crossing  it  twice  by  bridges  (near  the  point  of  the  Wagner  train  accident, 
'vhose  horrors  were  then  fresh  in  public  memory),  and  ends  in  a  little  less 
than  a  mile,  at  Spuyten  Duyvil  station.  From  here,  a  venturesome  tourist 
might  possibly  scramble  across  the  ties  of  the  railroad  bridge  and  up  the 
heights  to  che  road  which  leads  to  Tubby  Hook ;  but  I  preferred  to  turn 
about  and  ascend  a  long  hill,  by  a  winding  ror.d  through  the  woo'ls,  mostly 
ridable,  in  spite  of  the  snow,  until  I  entered  Riverdale  av.  at  a  little  less 
than  a  mile  above  the  railroad  crossing.  The  distance  from  the  station  to  the 
point  of  entering  the  avenue  was  a  mile  and  a  half;  and  the  entire  circuit 
thus  amounted  to  about  three  miles  and  a  quarter.  A  barn-like  structure,  de- 
voted ID  the  sale  of  "  wood  and  coal,  hay  and  oats,"  stands  at  the  point  on 
the  avenue  wnere  the  road  for  Spuyten  Duyvil  b'-anches  off  through  the 
woods.  Between  this  point  and  Mt.  St.  Vincent  there  are  two  smooth  roads 
which  branch  westward  to  the  river  and  connect  with  each  other  at  the  sta- 
tion and  settlement  called  Riverdnle  ;  and  a  detour  may  well  be  made  through 
them,  for  the  sake  of  the  view.  The  map  shows  a  road  extending  from  this 
station,  for  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile,  parallel  to  Riverdale  av.  until  it 
joins  the  same  at  Mt.  St.  Vincent;  and  ii  probably  offers  good  riding,  though 
I  have  never  chanced  to  make  exploration  there. 

Tarrytown  lies  on  a  certain  famous  twelve-mile  stretch  of  the  Hudson 
which  is  called  the  Tappan  Ssa,  because  it  hr.s  a  breadth  of  more  than  two 
miles  for  nearly  all  that  distance.  The  voyage  by  ferry  to  Nyack,  which  lies 
directly  opposite,  on  the  west  shore,  is,  therefore,  a  not  insignificant  one ;  a  id 
the  smooth  road  '-  ithward  alongside  that  shore  to  Piermont  offers  as  pleas- 
ant a  three-mile  spin  as  wheelman's  heart  can  wish  for.  Thence  he  must 
turn  inland  to  Sparkill  (i^  m.),  Tappan  (i^  m.),  Closter  (4m.),  Tenafly  (4  m.| 
and  Englewood  {2\  m.),  and  be  content  to  do  most  of  his  riding — and  a 
good  deal  of  walking— on  the  side-paths  of  rather  sandy  and  hilly  roads. 
It  took  me  four  hours  to  cover  the  thirteen  miles,  on  the  26th  of  May,  1882, 
when  the  track  was  probably  in  average  condition ;  though  the  bright  spring 
weather  made  even  slow  progress  a  pleasure  (if,  indeed,  it  did  not  invite  me 
to  be  slow),  and  I  stopped  a  good  while  to  stare  at  the  sunken-roofed  stone 
house  near  the  hotel  in  Tappan,  where  the  luckless  Major  Andre  was  jailed, 
a  century  ago,  before  being  executed,  on  the  adjacent  eminence,  which  has 


F-tnar—— • 


AROUND  NEW- YORK. 

oi 

.vith  Fort  Lee  (S  n..,.  wle^TL^;  :ornt^^e^rnr "" '"^'^*°°^ 
just  a  short  distance  from  the  Houlevard  I  hav  tned  ThT  '\'^''''' 
opposite  direction  only.     Walk    ,g   up-hill   for  a   ha         ,  """"^  '"  '^' 

(though  most  or  all  of  this  mi^ht  b. Ti  i       \   j  "'"''  ^'°"'   ^^'^  ^O'^k 

road,  and  went  witho  t  sto^t  two  m1le"s'to™""  •''  I'  ^'^  '^^"^  '"^  '»>* 
I'alisades  Hotel,  since  burned^whe^^crl  'broad  ''"h'  '''°"'  ^'^  «^^^' 
straight  line  to  Englewood  (4  m?  The  last  ha^f  17^^  ''"i''"  '"  ' 
but  ^^i-u.d  think  the  ascent  c^ouljharc^    ieL  dJ:.      ^  ,7,,^  ^-'^^• 

plied  to  a  long.  Perpendicula^fX/.^  o^^^^^^^^^  ^^  ^P" 

unbroken  line  thither  from  Fort  Lee  (-^n..  "'""!"*'  *^"  '*>«  extenaa  m  an 

edge.  This  wall  is  nearly  u^^orm  n  alti  ud'eT^fn  "'"' '^°'"  ''''  ^''"'^ 
tance,  though  it  va-ies  from  .^o  to^^  f  ""de  for  the  greater  part  of  the  dis- 

;"  some  pi^es  not  .n:^2n::e^i^  ^  ^it;:  :;i:'  ;r::r  ^^'- 

opposite  low  verdan^hlr  tlT  'h'  '''  '^"^"^^^^  ^^^  superb.-the 
charming  picture  -  From  ;he  >  T\  ,"''"''  '"  '^'  "°^^'''  ^^^^ding  a 
northwafd  through  the  Zods  o     lis  ^r'  '*'''''  '  ''"  ^"^'^  "'^"'J* 

P0.te  Vonkers.  thilLlt  ltd  ^X^^'l  Jt  ^ 'f  ^  \"''  ^^ 
prolonged  even  to  Piermont;  but  I  presume  that  11?..'""^  "'^^^  "'^  P^'h 
would  do  more  walking  than  dding  "he  descent  t^ForrTK  ",'r  '''''  '' 
be  coasted  in  summer  time,  on  account  of  the  crowds  JhTc,;'  't""  '°' 
there.     Southward  ^rom  Fnrf  r  ..  .  tne  crowds  whica  frequent  the  hotel 

c.».™e  aic„g  i,  lo,  a„o,l..,  m«,  T  Shady  Sdewhefrh'''; '  "  "  ""' 

to  4^d  St    and  Fort    t.  "P''"'"'  59th  St.,  though  the  ferry  boat  runs 

Wness  ,he  nea  "f  "  •,;'^'' "  '  '  ™"«- "<i '"roundings  increa,.  i„ 

'"Appletons-  Dictionary  of  New  York,"  p.  .66 
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sidewalks,  he  may  thence  work  his  way  to  Hobo  ken  Ferry  (3  ok),  unless  he 
presto   ake  one  of  the  horse-cars  which  will  be  with.n  h.s  reach  soon  after 
pissing  the  tower.    The  ferry  marks  the  terminus  of  one  of  the  great  ra.  way 
rne'falwavs  called  "the  D..  L.  and  W.."  from  the  m.t.als  of  .ts  very  long 
name)  and'its  boats  will  take  a  man  either  directly  across  to  Chr.s^opher  ,  .. 
Sa'd  ymore  than  half-a-mile  from  Washington  Square,  or  down  to  Bare  ay  st.. 
somewhat  less  than  that  distance  from  the  City  Hall.     Taylors  Hotel    >n 
rsey  City,  a  well-known  landmark,  stands  at  the  entrance    o  Jersey  C,ty 
Ferry!  whick  is  the  terminus  of  the  Pennsylvania  railway  and  us  boats  !a.. 
both  ;t  Cortlandt  St..  immediately  opposite  (four  blocks  below  Barclay  st  . 
and  at  Desbrosses  st..  which  is  three-quarters  of  a  m.le  above,  and  a  half-n-.le 
below   Christopher   s^      Communipaw   Ferry,  the  term'nus  of  the  Jer.ey 
Central  railway,  is  three-quarters  of  a  mile  below  Taylor's  Hotel,  and  land. 
all  its  passengers  at  Liberty  st..  the  next  below  Cordandt  st.    Three-quarters 
o    a  mile  abL  Taylor's  Hotel,  and  a  half-mile  below  Hohoken  Ferr^    . 
Pavonia  Ferry,  the  terminus  of  the  Erie  railway,  whose  boats  land  both  at 
Chambers  st.  (four  blocks  above  Barclay  st.)  and  at  2^1  St.,  two  m.les  above. 
The  distances  mentioned  as  separating  the  femes  on  the  Jersey  side  are 
n.uch  shorter  than  those  the  traveler  would  in  fact  be  forced  to  traverse,  m 
Toingfrom  one  to  the  other,  for  there  is  no  street  wh-h  chrect  y  com.ect 
fhem  anywhere  near  the  water-front.     In  getting  from  Hoboken  to  Ta>k. 
Ho'l  for  example  (May  36.  '8.).  I  wheeled  more  than  two  -  es,-m^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
on  the  sidewalks  (for  flagstone  walks  are  abundant  enough  m  all  these  .qualid 
suburb  ).  though  I  found  one  main  road  fairly  ridable.   I  once  tned  a  western 
oute  from  the  hotel  (Nov.  16.  '80).  by  turning  into  Grand  St.,  and  then,  at  a 
poin     i  m.  from  the  ferry,  taking  the  plank  road  for  3  m^  alongside   he  can^ 
and  across  the  marshes  between  the  Hackensack  and  P---  "-■  ;    ^'^ 
brought  me  to  a  disagreeable  suburb  of  Newark  which  I  believe  is  called 
M  lland  I  then  wheeled  on  the  sidewalks.  01  fe  went  afoot  o        ad 
3  m..  until  I  reached  the  smooth  pavement  at  the  head  of  Central  av.    M 
usual  route  to  that  point  from  the  New  York  femes,  however,  seem    far 
"ef erable  to  the  one  just  given,  and  I  thus  described  i^  in  TIu  Wk.lman 
?Tune  18^3  p.  219) :  "  The  road  leading  up  Bergen  hill,  near  the  tunnels,  my 
be  r  L  hed  by  wh  eling  on  the  stone  sidewalks,-the  distance  being  a  m.le 
frU  Hobokin  Ferry.Ld  somewhat  greater  from  t^e;— ferries.     Fro. 
the  top  of  the  hill  to  the  bridge  over  the  Hackensack  (li  m.)  there    s  sde 
walk  riding,  mostly  on  a  down  grade,  requiring  only  a  few  ^-mounts;    n 
Then  the  wtelman  may  go  without  stop  across  the  marshes  (3^  m  ,  on 
„,acadamized  roadway,  though  this  is  sometimes  made  rather  d  fficult  b 
Id  and  ruts.     Another  mile  or  so  of  sidewalk  riding,  in  a  perfectly  str     ht 
Une.  leads  to  the  bridge  over  the  Passaic,  which,  for  the  -^^^  of  conven  e.« 
n  description.  I  have  previously  assumed  as  'the   apex  of  /he  eight^mje 
Newark-and-Orange  triangle,"  or  as  ihe  imaginary  point  c?  junction  of  the 
chirftenuts  Slonging  to' that  'triangle.-     I  might  better  have  placed  my 


'^^^^^m': 


AROUND  NEIV-YORK.  o 

imaginary  point  an  eighth  of  a  mile  wesf  of  fk-  ,\        u 

ilK-m,  contains  Oraton  Hall  the"/  *  ^"h  ",  *  ""'^^'^^-^^  ai^gle  between 
wheelmen,  and  a.  the  touJl'ttav  ttfe  nd  t^ KT  °'  ''^  ""'^  ^"'^^ 
routes,  he  would  do  well  to  reckon  J2  I  *'  "  '°  '°^^«  and 

Returning  from  Tha  1  bv  t  T  '""  '•' ""  ^  ^'^'^^  "'^^"^'^  P-"t. 
h.i:  (6  ,n,.  he'tnay  there  ":  no/t  ^I  d""  .^ j tv'tr"':'  '\  "'^  °^  ""«^" 
-aight  line  (passing  the  res.rvoi  0^""  T  t  7m  fr"  r"''  '""■  "'  "^  '"  '^ 
roul  in  the  course  of  another  mil.         '  "^ht,  i  m.  from  the  start);  but  the 

-MonasLerv  forms  the  eastern  *r^„f    /  *u  .  "-"  '=>  just  behind  the 

At  the  north  e  ^  of  P.  s  3es  a  It'  ''^r^r'''  '""^  '""^  ''*^'-- 
h.  r..aches  the  south  end  o  Bui  's  Hea  ,T  ^'^°""!  ^"•"^  "«'  ^-  i  -..  until 
br,ck  water-tower  hefo"e  dL!ribed      Tf  'k"'  ''"'  ^  '"  ''^°"  ''^'^  ^'« 

either  descend  noahw;;' T:  e'hor ^1^':':^'  '^^^  T"'"'^"'  ''^  ""^-^ 
descent  so.th.ard  by  t.e   rou.^^'        ^g^^^^^^^^^^^  ^'^^    --'"-.  h'« 

n!or.g  eastward  and  southward  by  the  old  I  la  kens!  k  n  ke  a'  "^  't' 
wish  to  continue  northward   however  hi.f^r.TT  ^l  Assummg  his 

0   .he  We,,  Shore  railway,  who,,  boa,,  go  .o  4 W ',  J'" '' •^'  """■"" 

c»e»ber,,a„..zT:"i  :re';  rhat^„ij::,^;x^^^ 

over)  ,0  .u™„e„ward  J  „.,  and  „„r,hwa,d  |  m!^  he  S  K  "I"       ''° 
he  r,.,„.  where  -he  ,„ay  dencend  .ou.hward  I  Shldv  Side    I  ^     '        " 

"rrtnr^prerd'Ttirr "-- "  ■^''  '•■'  -^^  -«^ 
p™-..,-  be  c„veredr^hra';id'rit:';thr,e::ir;,hr,=: ''°"'  """■ 

.he  »u.,..  Head  Perry  a..,  ,„d1  ^w^'o  'i,"'  'biT',':?^  ^f  ^d  N  '"■ 

u,  a.iu  iney  stand  on  a  line  drawn  due  west  from  ^,e^h  ef      tu   •    j- 
"-  f™„  .he  ravine-bridge  on  .he  hiil  behindth^  |il' L'j  J.T'Jit 


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and,  though  the  route  has  two  or  three  turnings,  it  is  not  likely  to  be  mistaken. 
The  inacadani  terminates  where  the  I5oulevard  crosses  the  West  Shore 
tunnel ;  and  though  the  tourist  may  continue  straight  along,  on  the  sidewalks, 
t.)  the  'nacke.)sack  turnpike  (i  m.).  and  thence  to  Palisades  av.  (J  m.),  I  rec- 
ommend him  to  turn  otf  at  Fulton  st.,  \  m.  from  the  tunnel,  and  ride  across 
to  the  water  towe',  \  m.  Rumors  have  reached  me  of  a  plan  to  prolong  the 
macadam  of  the  I$oulevard  to  Hergen  Point,  a  dozen  miles  below  the  tunnel; 
but  I  do  not  expect  that  so  magnitice-it  a  scheme  will  lie  realized  in  my  life- 
time. The  map  shows  a  series  of  paiallel  streets  extending  all  the  way  from 
the  Point  (which  is  separated  from  Port  Richmond,  on  Stattn  Island,  by  only 
\  m.,  of  ihe  Kill  van  KuU's  waters)  to  the  cross-roads  on  Bergen  hill,  7  in. 
above,  where  my  own  e.xi)lorations  have  ended.  Much  of  this  neck  of  land 
between  Newark  bay  and  New  York  bay  is  lesa  than  a  mile  wide,  and  all  of 
it  seems  to  be  hilly,  and  to  exhibit  a  rather  poor  class  of  houses.  Wheeling 
there  would  presumably  not  bo  pleasant,  but  I  mean  to  attempt  it,  some  time, 
in  connection  with  another  visit  to  Staten  island. 

From  Ulacque's  Hotel,  at  the  head  of  the  Boulevard,  one  may  go  northwest- 
ward, over  a  course  which  is  often  too  rough  to  be  ridable,  to  Fairview  ( 1  ^  m.), 
a  gentle  grade  towards  the  end  turning  off  sharply  into  a  steep  descent.  .\t 
the  foot  of  this,  he  may  turn  northwestward  again,  by  Hackensack  pike,  for 
the  Club  House  at  Ridgefield  (i  m.),  whence  two  northwest  roads  (rather 
sandy,  the  one  nearer  the  railway  being  preferable)  lead  to  Englewood  (5  m.). 
From  there  he  may  return  to  Fort  Ue,  along  the  macadamized  route  already 
described  (p.  81).  Southward  from  F'airview  to  the  toll-gate  at  Machpelah 
Cemetery  (2  m.),  I  have  found  (May  7,  '83)  the  Hackensack  road  to  supply 
pleasant  wheeling,  with  one  easy  hill ;  but  as  appearance-s  below  were  less 
favorable,  I  turned  about,  for  i  m.,  and  then  ascended  by  a  macadamized 
cross-road  to  the  Boulevard,  \  m.  to  the  east,— passing  another  parallel  road, 
midway  between  the  two.  The  distance  from  the  cemetei  y,  by  the  Hacken- 
sack pike,  to  the  head  of  Palisades  av.,  is  about  2  m.,  and  two  roads  branch 
off  from  it  to  Homestead,  whence  the  thoroughfare  distinguished  by  telegraph 
poles  stretches  across  the  marshes  to  the  hills  at  Carlstadt  (sm.),  as  before 
described.  Other  routes  connecting  Newark  with  New  York  (at  130th  st. 
ferry :  by  w.ay  of  Belleville,  Carlstadt  and  Ridgefield ;  by  way  of  Little  Falls, 
Paterson,  Hackensack  and  Ridgefield  ;  and  by  way  of  Paterson  and  Engle- 
wood,) are  described  i.i  my  thirteenth  chapter,  "  Coasting  on  the  Jersey 
Hills" ;  and  the  latter  might  perhaps  be  recommended  as  supplying  the  best 
connection  with  Boonton,  or  even  Morristown,  — leaving  Newark  entirely 
aside,  in  favor  of  Singac,  Fairfield  and  Pine  Brook. 

My  descriptions  have  doubtless  made  this  fact  plain :  that  the  proper 
entrance  to  Manhattan  Island  for  every  touring  wheelman  from  the  south  or 
west,  who  wishes  to  ride  there,  or  to  prolong  his  journey  to  the  north  or  east, 
is  at  130th  st  (ferry  from  Fort  Lee),  instead  of  at  the  down-town  fe  ries  con- 
nected with  the  termini  of  the  five  great  railway  lines.     My  recommendation 


\m 


r-^tx 


AROl/Nr  i\'EW-yORK. 

to  a  cycler   who   may  be   broutrht   hv  t  ai..  , 

Wcekawken.  i.  to  pu,i  westwarfwi.h'h U  leC  ToY?  "' :''L  '""'  '"'"* 
eUc,  as  a  second   cho:ce.   to  try  one  of  Th.  ^  "^  ^'«'"  ^*"'  "^ 

nobo.e„.a„d  thenceface'northrrd  to  For  l'  '^Thf  ^'  ""^^"!'  ^^°- 
n.av  readily  utilize  the  ferries  to  shorten  the  orthward  wheT^'  '"*""' 
.n.l  at  the  same  time  give  himself  a  chance  to  wa  chTk  "^  ''"'"""' 

if  he  leaves  the  Jersey  Central  tr^in    i  *"  "''"  *"*c-    Thus, 

rood's   boat  back  to   Taylor's    Hotel    and    its  n,h       ,  Pennsylvania 

Desbrosses  st.  Four  blocks  abov  this  and  I  7  ,'"''  '"''''  =>«*'"  ^° 
•he  starting  point  of  a  line  of  steamboat's  fo,  ^^t  A?  '■'';"'^''l:"  ''■'  ''' 
n.ake  a  landing  near  the  foot  of  .3d  st  the  tr.v  .  J  '"'^  *'  '*'"'^  ='"'° 
.rain  may  sail  all  the  way  to  nothst  and  .  t,  "'^'^ ''""''' '"  ^'^  ^"' 
changes  of  boats.  Those'who  d^mbark  fromTh  ,  ''""  '''"  ^^'^  '^° 
other  three  railways  at  Libertv  Jr     .      ^  "  ''''«'"-''^'*"  boats  of  the 

than  half  a  mile  t/:;     h"^  h    F^riebort    t'c^  \^'  ''''''''  '''  ""'  -^"^  '- 
hack  across  the  Hver  to  the  oth  r  E^lat   :r'":  II: ':^'^^^^ 
the  I),  I,.  &  w  boat  ii,-,  tr.  »T-.i    1,  T        ^         '  ^"^'  '"  ''*'<=  manner, 

..-.from -he  o,tr:,wrwrp^r:r',"r''''- ''"»'""• 

oon.  Stoningto.,  Providence  and  Fall'River  at  the  east   all   ti  w.H     i""' 
of  Desbrosses  st. ;  and  thf  three  last  n;,m.H  i  t    u  "'''"  *  ""• 

oa^sen^er  traffi-^  Jr    ri\  '^''-"^'"«d  Imes,  wh.ch  conduct  an  immense 

Th     '  \  ■■''^°"'  '^^'■'  '^''^'"  '^^^  'ban  i  m.  of  the  Citv  H-11 

The    onnecfon  between  all  these  docks  and  piers  and  ferry-houses    s  We,; 

:;;.:•. S"t:sS;;^"r' '-  ^--h  -'-  '^^^^  ^ 

,!  >.i      u    u     '  performs  a  similar  service  for  the  two  miles  of 

k,:     R  r't  "'""'^  '^^"^  ^"^^  «^"ery  along  the  east  sidl,  the  grea 
F    ho    the"'!     T'-  ""'''"'^'  ^'^^^  ^'^-^  ''  ^'^-^  '»^<=  half-;av  p'oTnt 

tak-.  thefr   '         ,  u     '    "''  ^'^  °^''"  ^"'^y^^  by  "blocking."    The  lines 

n  to  i4fh  sf  fK  u  *  ^""^^'  ^*'^'*-  The  east-side  Belt  runs  through  Av. 
th  V  i  e'B  :!'  :  .°  ^'t^''^"'  ^'^^^"^'^  -tav.  to  59th  st!  while 
above  t  th  st         believl  r'    ,        "•'  "'"'  "  '  prolongation  of  West  st. 

chartcre  ';  transoo  t  b  '     ""  T  '''  "">'  °"^^  ^"  ^'^^  ^'^  ^bich  are 

transport  baggage  as  well  as  passengers ;  and  the  bicycler  may 


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always  be  sure  that,  for  a  fee  o.'  5  or  10  cents,  he  can  get  his  wheel  earned, 
on  the  front  platform  of  a  Helt  car,  to  the  point  on  SQth  at.  where  he  may  .t 
once  touch  the  macadamized  road-s  to  the  northward,  either  at  8th  av.,  at  Sih 
av.,  or  at  Av.  A.  On  the  other  lines,  I  presume  that  a  quarter-dollar,  or  per 
haps  a  smaller  perquisite,  would  quiet  any  scruples  which  the  commander  .,1 
the  car  might  hr.ve  about  admitting  a  bicycle  to  the  platform,  when  no  passen 
gers  were  crowding  it.  I  recollect  that  no  objection  was  made  when  I  brought 
my  machine  d..wn  from  ii6th  st.  to  59th  st.,  on  an  8th  av.  car;  though  I  was 
then  able  to  pack  it  in  sm  .ller  compass  than  usif.il.  oa  account  of  having 
broken  it  in  two.  On  general  principles.  I  should  caution  a  stranger  against 
hiring  a  city  e.xpressman  to  transport  his  wheel,  unless  he  is  content  to  sec  it 
put  up  at  sheriff's  sale,  to  pay  for  "  charges."  Perhaps  even  then  he  wouUl 
have  to  go  to  Ludlow  Street  Jail,  until  his  friends  at  home  could  raise  the 
cash  balance  still  due  to  the  honest  carrier. 

The  keepers  of  the  railway  baggage-rooms  in  the  ferry-houses  will  give 
an  official  receipt  (brass  cueck)  for  a  bicycle  left  in  their  charge,  but  "their 
charge"  will  be  a  quarter-dollar,  when  it  is  redeemet'      Such  storage-places, 
in  addition  to  their  safety,  and  their  convenience  to  a  man  who  wishes  to  go 
about  the  city  a  little  before  taking  his  wheel  up  to   130th  %t.  by  the  river 
ferries,  or  to  59th  st.  by  Belt  car,  have  the  special  merit  of  being  accessible  at 
all  hours  of  the  ni^ht  as  well  as  of  the     \\.     A  tourist  entering  the  city  dur- 
ing business  hours  (8  A.  M.  to  6  p.  M.),  at  any  of  the  designated  ferries  between 
Liberty  st.  and  Chambers  St.,  will  always  be  welcomed  to  temporary  sfjrage 
for  his  wheel   at  the  office  of  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Co.,  12  Warren  st., 
which  is  next  south  of  Chambers  st.,  and  which  extends  from  the  river  to 
the  City  Hall  Park  at  Broadway,  \  m.     At  the  entrance  of  its  salesroom  may 
be  seen  the  old  original  "  Columbia  No.  234  "  (as  explained  on  p.  48),  maki.ig 
a  mute  appeal  for  "  1,000  more  supporters  "  for  this  present  true  history  of  its 
strange  life  and  adventures.     Second  only  in  importance  to  my  remarkable 
bicycle,  there  stands  hard  by  another  unique  object,  which  has  helped  it  to 
give   celebrity   to  the  city:     I  mean  the  great  structure  spanning  the  East 
River,— "th     largest   bridge  in  the  world,"— whose   terminus  is  just  across 
the  park.    The  length  of  ihe  bridge  considerably  exceeds  a  mile  (5,989  ft.), 
and  its  breadth  (85  ft.)  allows  a  central  promenade  (13  ft.)  for  foot  passengers. 
two  railroad  tracks  on  which  run  passenger-cars  propelled   by  a  stationary 
engine  at  the  Brooklyn  end,  and  two  broad  roadways  for  vehicles,  on  the 
cuter  sides.     The  central  span  across  the  water,  hung  from  towers  whose  tops 
(measuring  120  ft.  by  40  ft.)  are  278  ft.  above  its  surface,  is  1,595  feet  long; 
the  span  on  each  side,  from  the  tower  to  the  anchorage,  is  930  feet  long ;  the 
approach  from  the  terminus  to  the  anchorage  is  1,562^  ft.  long  on  the  city 
side  and  971  ft.  on  the  Brooklyn  side ;  the  height  of  the  floor,  at  the  towers, 
above  high-water  mark,  is  119^  ft.  and  it  increases  thence  to  the  center  where 
it  is   135  ft.  above.    The  Brooklyn  terminus  is  68  ft.  above  high  tide.    The 
grade  of  the  roadway  is  2,\  ^^-  in  100  ft.;  and  its  material  is  stone  blocks  along 


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the  approaches,  and  transverse   pl;»nk«  in  the  r-n.^r     n      . 
cerded  115,000,000.'  j      "»  v.u»i  nas  ex- 

The  only  time  that    I  cvr.  honored  thi.  celebr.tcc    structure  by  drivin. 
No  .J4     across  „.  was  on  March  25.  ,884.  when  I  felt  constrained  to  do 
something  extraordinary  by  way  of  celebrating  mv  wheel',  hLnJ  r 

i-ath  the  heavy  hand  of  th^  United  Stat^ioTe^Ltr  ^^^^^ 
cnmpcnsatmg  u  for  the  ignominy  of  a  week's  enforcc.l  association  w'h  the 
un.  erhngs  of  the  custom-house.     As  all  eastward-bound  vef^c le  "rosT  n  the 
..„th  roadway  of  the  bridge,  and  all  westward-bound  ones  in  the  north  rod 
w..y.  .here  .s  no  chance  for  collision,  and  the  path  i.  wide  eno.,h  .0  Illow 
..  .cycler  to  r.de  past  a  team  which  may  be  moving  too  slowly.     He  him  e" 
w:ll    robably  prefer  to  move  rather  s-owly.  however,  both   in  order  thThe 
.n,.v  better  enjoy  the  v.ev,.  and  because  the  surface  is  not  favorable  to    L^ 
n.l.n  - -to  say  nothmg  of  the  upward  h.lf  of  the  grade.    Perhaps  the  r.ou  he  n 
o     way  afxords  the  nder  a  finer  outlo-K.  though  the  views  on  both  side     h 
hrul.e  are  wonderfully  attractive,  and  no  visitor  to  the  city  should  n^ss    he 
cnj,.vn.ent  of  them.     The  pedestrians'  promenade  ,n  ti.^  center    ha"  n.  .„ 
.nobstructed  outlook  in  both  directi^    s,.  may  be  recommended  as  the  prLT- 
ab  e  p...ce  for  the  s.ght-seer ;  and  caution  may  be  offered  against  the  grJting, 
.n  the  stone-paved  approaches  of  the  bridge,  a.,  'iable  to  entrap  the  tifes  7a 
.cvc  e.     The  boats  of  Fulton  Ferry  start  just  below  the  bridge-tower  A  .fe 
I^rooklyn  s.de,-though  they  are  i  m.  below  the  tower  on  the  New   Yo  k 
St.  c.-a„d  m  each  c.ty  they  start  from  the  terminus  of  a  thoroughfare  caUed 
Fu  ton  St.     The  other  terminus  of  this,  in  New  York,  at  West 'st..    s  ^^t    „ 
t«o  blocks  of  the  femes  at  Cortlandt  st.  and  Barc^^y  st.  (}  m  )•  but  a  Tu' 
who  enters  the  island  at  either  of  those  points  n.d 'wishes  To  Uk^;;*;: 
I  00k  yn.  is  recommended  to  trundle  his  wheel  down  Broadway  to  TrTni^ 

t  :;:  F  T  k'^""'.'  ^'^  '^"^""^  "  ^"•^-"'-  "  -^-'^  '^  face ^to  W  U 

Street  ferry,  whose  boat  will  land  him  at  the  foot  of  Montague  st      Walking 

1^.  u.e  top  of  the  hill.  30  or  40  rods,  he  may  wheel  thence  S^tho ut  d^m  unt' 

Object  that  all  New  "^  orkers  have  m  view,  whenever  they  go  to  Brooklyn 

The  d.stmgu.shmg  section  of  this  route  is  supplied  by  Schermerhon.  st 
ar.  asphalt  stretch  of  |  m..  included  between   Flatbush  av..   from  whkh  it 
arts  d.agonady,  and  Clinton  ,st.,  which  terminates  it  at  right  angles;  and  this 
erm.nus  ,s  tne  pomt  towards  which  wheelmen's  routes  converge  from  all  the 
ower  ferries   of  Brooklyn.     Thus,  from   the  Wall  Street   Fe^.  t^e     ide 

reach  the  po.nt  m   question.     From  South  Ferry,  he  should  go  ^  m.  on    he 

ie  Sciin  ofsr    Tt^-'  ''^"  ^""  ''''   '"^^  "^"^y  «^-  ^^^  -  P-'' 
-eUoClmton  St.,  and,  like  it.  stretches  straight  southward  from  Fulton  st.  to 

'"Appktons'  Dirt-onary  of  New  York,"  p,  79. 


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Gowanus  Bay,  i^  m.),  then  right,  into  Joralemon  St.,  then  right,  into  Clinton 
St.  From  Hamilton  Ferry  (which  is  considerably  further  south,  though  its 
New  York  landing  is  at  the  Battery,  close  to  South  Ferry),  he  should  go 
through  Hamilton  av.  to  Union  st.  and  then  to  Henry  st.,  where  his  route  will 
be  the  same  as  before  given, — the  whole  distance  being  asphalt  except  a  few 
rods  of  slone  at  the  ferry.  From  Fulton  Ferry  he  should  walk  up  the  hill, 
one  block  to  the  right,  to  Columbia  Heights,  upon  whose  broad  western  sid 
walk  he  may  wheel  \  m.  without  dismount,  to  Montague  st.  This  same  route 
should  also  be  taken  by  passengers  from  Catharine  Street  Ferry,  and  it  may 
be  taken  by  passenger  who  comes  over  the  Bridge, — though  in  each  case 
there  will  be  need  of  a  preliminary  \  m.  of  .'dewalk  business.  A  more 
direct  route  from  the  Bridge  terminus  is  to  follow  the  sidewalk  of  Fulton  st. 
for  J  m.,  until  Clinton  st.  is  met,  branching  off  diagonally  to  the  right;  or 
else  to  reach  Henry  st.  by  going  a  few  rods  along  any  one  of  the  side  streets 
which  branch  off  to  the  we.st  from  Fulion  st. 

It  will  appear  from  che  foregoing  that  a  tourist  who  lands  in  New  York 
at  any  of  the  ferries  on  West  St.,  and  who  prefers  (instead  of  visiting  Wall 
St.,  as  suggested)  to  follow  that  same  street  down  to  the  Battery  (either  on 
foot,  or  in  a  Belt  car),  may  there  begin  a  long  or  short  sail  across  to  landings 
in  Brooklyn,  which  are  almost  directly  connected  with  the  asphalt  pave- 
ments, that  reach  without  break  to  Schermerhorn  st.  The  Battery  is 
also  the  starting  point  of  the  ferry  bo.its  for  Staten  Island.  Brook- 
lyn, however,  by  means  of  the  so-called  anne.x  boats,  which  start  from  Ful- 
ton Ferry,  has  direct  water  communication  with  all  the  .railway  termini 
on  the  Jersey  side  of  the  Hudson;  and  the  traveler  from  the  south  or  west 
is  thus  enabled  to  reach  L^.ig  Island  without  setting  foot  in  the  city  at  all. 
Assuming  him  now  to  be  at  the  head  of  Schermerhorn  st.,  whatever  route  may 
have  brought  him  there,  I  remark  that  its  asphalt  usually  has  holes  enough 
to  demand  careful  riding,  and  that  the  act  of  getting  over  the  horse-car  tracks, 
at  several  of  the  cross  streets,  is  sometimes  rather  troublesome.  Belgian 
blocks,  of  easily  ridable  surface,  will  be  found  on  Flatbush  av.,  where  one 
leaves  Schermerhorn  st.,  and  also  between  7th  av.  and  the  Park  terminus ; 
but  most  of  its  south-side  pavement  is  asphalt,  as  far  as  7th  av.,,  down  which 
(or  down  6th  av.)  one  may  continue  on  asphalt  to  Lincoln  pi.,  or  to  Berke 
ley  pi.,  and  then  ride  up  the  hill,  still  on  asphalt,  by  either  cf  those  parallel 
streets,  to  the  stone-paved  circle,  known  as  the  Plaza,  which  forms  t!ic 
entrance  co  Prospect  Park, — i  m.  from  the  end  of  Schermerhorn  st.  The 
most  direct  route  from  Fulton  Ferry  to  that  point  is  through  Fulton  st.  and 
Flatbush  av.  {\\  m.):  and  a  stranger  who  may  have  any  curiosity  to  see  the 
City  Hall,  or  the  shop?  of  the  chief  business  thoroughfare,  can  trundle  bis 
wheel  in  that  direction  and  occasionally  improve  a  chance  for  riding  it  on  the 
sidewalk  flags  or  the  Belgian  blocks  of  the  roadway.  The  United  States 
Navy  Yard  may  be  entered  at  the  City  Park,  which  is  less  thjn  1  m.  from  the 
City  Hall,  and  which  may  be  reached  more  directly  by  going  through  Sand- 


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St.,  at  the  tcrm.nus  of  the  Bridge.     The  Naval  Hospital  is  near  the  other  ex- 

T  '  f «  ;.  ^7""'"'="^  g'-"""'!^.  '  •-•  east  of  the  City  Park,  and  wi!h 
m     mo   Bedford  av    which  is  an  important  thoroughfare  (mosti;  of  asphl  t 
>ur far..),  beg.nnmg  at  Division  av.  (^  m.  from  the  ferries  leading  to  Grand  s 
an,l  Rooseveu  s^  ,n  New  York),  and  stretching  thence  southward.  \  m,  to  the 
Pastern  Boulevard,  at  a  point  |  m.  west  of  the  end  of  its  macadam.'and    in. 
ea.t  of  ,ts  begmn.ng.  at  the  stone-paved  Plaza  before  Prospect  Park 

nncle  b  Fun?  ,tJ7"V"'"'"''   "  *''^  '^  55°  acres,  and  purchase  was 
,  V     , '         •  ^"^  *5.ooo.oco.     The  lake  covers  6,  acres,  and  is  over- 
looked by   the  "carr,age   concourse  "  (186  feet  above    the  ocean-level    but 
eas.ly  accessible  by  bicycle),  whence  a  fine  view  may  be  had.     The  "drives " 
for  carriages  extend  over  a  distance  of  8  m..  there  are  3i  m.  of  bridle-road 
and  M  m.  of  pedestrian  pathways  and  rambles,  lined  wiJh  fine  old  trees  and 
..mply  suppbed  with  drinking  fountains,  arbors  and  rustic  seats.^     Nearly  a,I 
he  wak3  afford  a  good  wheeling  surface  of  concrete  or  else  hardened  grave  • 
and  the  bicycler  may  well  disport  himself  upon  them  for  two  or  three  hour  ' 
m  a   leisurely   exploration  of  all  their  various  turns   and  windings;  for  To 
restriction  has  ever  been  put  upon  such  use  of  the  walks,  since  the  ear  ies' 
recorded  days  of  Brooklyn  bicycling  in  '79.     But,  if  he  Wishes  to  tre       he 
r     -1    rJ  ..     T  '^"'  "  '  thoroughfare  for  reaching  the  lower  ent  ance 
will  find  the  distance  thither  to  be  .  m.,  divided  about  midway  by  "the' 
gaulens      where   he   will  have   to  dismount  and   take  his  wheel  down    he 

:  0  :in;     7T      '  '^^'J  "^'  '^  -^  ^^^'^^^  ^°  ^"--"^  -■-  -^  ^he  net 
anarch,  and  a  turn  up-hill  to  the  right  will  take   one  to   the  "concourse" 
before  named  while  a  turn  to  the  left  will  lead  across  the  road  without  tL 
necessity,  of  Cmb.ng  down  any  steps.     Still  a  fourth  route  may  be  tak  n  a 
e  gardens     by  going  down  the  steps  towards  the  lake,  and  following  the 
t     which  skirts  It:  finally  crossing   the  "west  drive"  and    taking  a'path 
down  to  the  park  entrance,  just  opposite  the  end  of  the  more  direct  path 
lev.r  ri      nT'''''!;  "T"^'  "'■  ""'  °'  '""^  park,  there  stretches  theBou- 
.rec  Iv  down  to  the  ocean  beach  of  Coney  Island.     After  a  short  westward 

Z  r.  A  TT""'  ''  ''''"^'  ^"'  '°'''^  ''^""Sh  there  is  one  broad  angle 
ntar  the  end  which  causes  a  variation  f  om  a  nerfectlv  straight  line.  The 
broad  central  roadway  of  the  Boulevard  is  separated  from  the  narrower  road- 
ways on  each  side,  by  sidewalks  shaded  with  double  rows  of  trees,  and  it  can 
b.niden  in  either  direction  without  dismount,  at  almost  anv  time  between 
M    ch    and  December,   though  the  condition  of    its  surface  greatly  varies 

n  hern  T'm  "'  .  "  °'''"  ''''^"^^"'-  "''''  ^'^^^"^^  -•'■•^'^  (-P^ciaHy  its 
"orthern  half),  and  it  witnesses  a  great  deal  of  fast  driving  and   racing - 

^^n^s^^king  im.,  being  prominently  placed  along  its  west  side,  for  the 
'••Appletons'  Dictionary  of  New  York,"  p.  46,  somewhat  altered. 


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benefit  of  those  who  wish  to  time  themselves.  The  grades  are  unimportant, 
though  they  sometimes  call  a  halt  when  the  surface  is  muddy,  or  when  the 
road-master's  roller  has  been  too  long  absent.  At  the  ocean  side,  one  may 
comfortably  wheel,  on  concrete  or  plank  walks,  to  Vanderveer's  Hotel,  on 
the  west  (open  all  the  year  round),  or  to  the  more  fashionable  Brighton  and 
Manhattan  hotels  on  the  east,  which  are  open  only  from  June  to  October. 
During  that  interval,  the  return  may  be  made  to  New  York  or  Br  oklyn  by 
various  lines  of  steamboats,  and  railway  cars  ;  but  the  man  who  wheels  back 
must  simply  retrace  his  outward  course, — though  the  map  shows  a  highway 
stretching  through  Gravesend,  Nev/  Utrecht,  Fort  Hamilton  and  Bay  Ridge 
to  the  west  side  of  Greenwood  Cemetery,  whose  eastern  border  is  quite  near 
the  southern  entrance  to  Prospect  Park. 

Two  miles  east  of  its  northern  entrance,  where  the  macadam  of  the  Bou- 
levard ends,  the  tourist  may  turn  to  the  left,  and  then  proceed  northeastward, 
by  rather  rough  road  to  East  New  York  (i  m.),  where  he  will  strike  what  is 
called  the  Jamaica  plank  road  (though  its  surface  is  mostly  rough  and  rutty 
macadam,  rather  than  planks) ;  whose  first  toll-gate  is  met  in  about  i  m.,  and 
the  second  one  in  \  m.  This  is  just  3  m.  from  the  end  of  the  Boulevard  (as 
measured  by  me  July  30,  '80,  and  April  7,  '84),  and  on  the  latter  date  I  had 
an  excellent  spin  for  about  i\  .n.,  or  until  I  passed  under  the  railway.  Ja- 
maica is  about  2  m.  beyond  this ;  but  I  only  proceeded  half  that  distance 
before  turning  off  into  the  Hoffman  Boulevard,  a  sandy  and  hilly  thorough- 
fare, much  of  it  unridable,  which  extends  northward  to  Newtown,  i,\  m. 
Macadam  stretches  thence  westward  through  Winfield,  and  up  a  steep  hill 
which  I  was  barely  able  to  ride  (July  13,  1880),  for  almost  2m.;  followed  by 
i^  m.  of  poor  sidewalks,  to  Queens  County  Court  House,  and  then  i  m.  of 
smooth  flagstones,  to  Hunter',-,  Point  Ferry.  This  route  from  Newtown  may 
be  varied  by  turning  northward  from  the  macadam,  \  m.  after  crossmg  the 
railroad  at  Winfield,  and  going  i  m.  more  by  a  somewhat  winding  course  to 
"  Dickinson's  "  a  well-known  cross-roads  tavern,  and  thence  2\  m.  to  Astoria 
Ferry,  which  is  the  northernmost  connection  between  Long  Island  and  New 
York.  Its  opposite  landing  is  at  92d  St.,  just  above  Blackwell's  Island,  but 
its  boat3  also  make  a  half-dozen  passages  daily  down  to  Beekman  St.,  adjoin 
ing  Fulton  Ferry,  6m.  below.  IVty  earliest  printed  road-repcrt  describes  a 
ride  from  Astoria  Ferry  (Aug.  29,  '79),  "  northward,  along  the  flags  of  the 
sidewalk,  for  about  \  m.,  till  the  macadam  is  reached  at  the  top  of  a  hill  by 
a  church,— on  Trafford  St.,  I  think.  Thence  a  down-grade  leads  to  the  shore 
road,  which  is  excellent  for  more  than  a  mile,  though  a  short,  rough  hill  re- 
quires a  single  dismount.  The  view  of  the  Sound  just  above  Hell  Gate  is 
before  the  rider  all  the  while,  and  is  a  very  pretty  one.  Afterwards,  at  the 
street  whose  terminus  is  just  south  of  the  ferry,  beside  the  bridge  over  Suns- 
wick  Creek,  and  whose  name  I  think  is  Broadway-  I  rode  due  east  on  the  dirt 
and  flag  sidewalks  for  i  m.  or  more.  By  turning  left,  I  might  then  have 
rt ached  the  direct  road  ior  Fiuslung,  which  I  tiled  oil  a  return  journey  sotr.; 


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.:me  later ,  but  I  should  recommend  the  tourist  thither  to  go  to  the  end  of  the 
^hore  road,  before  described,  and  there  turn  inland  to  meet  "he^ushinVroaH 
.u  a  pomt  a  m.  from  the  ferry.  His  own  route  to  that  point  .11  hs  be  4  m 
na  though  I  am  unacquainted  with  the  latter  half  of  it,  I  am  sure  it  cannot 
be  more  disagreeable  than  the  2  m.  of  direct  road  Th/  Z  '*/^""''* 
from  the  bridge  at  the  ferry,  which  I  eroded'  on  foot,  llT'^Z'::^ 
ag.sto.:es  x  m.  without  dismount,  ^o  the  post  office  at  Rave"  swood  and 
then  ,  m.  more  without  dismount  to  the  ferry  at  Hunter's  PoinT"  ' 

-his  ferr>'  lands  nearly  opposite,  at  34th  st.,  also  at  7th  st  f.i  m  H.  . 
east  from  Washington  Square),  and  at  James  Sli  3.  Thich  the  third' n 
a  ove  the  tower  of  the  big  bridge.  Next  below  JamerS  is  Roosev  e  Ist  'Z 
whose  ferry  a  return  may  be  made  up  the  river  to  the  Broadway  Fe'rrv 
.rook^^n  wh.ch  ,s  within  ^  m.  of  the  asphalt  of  Bedford  av  as  befo7e' 
escribed ;  or  the  Brooklyn  side  may  be  reached  near  the  Bridg^  t  takL 
ferry  at  foot  of  Catherine  st.,  which  is  second  above  James  st.' The  Broad' 
;.vay  Perry  connects  Broadway.  Brooklyn,  with  Grand  st.,  N.  V..  which  L  an 
nnportant  horough  are  stretching  westward  across  the  -land  to  D    bross's 

.-.H  wLh  the  to^^^i^a^i^ndii^- bi^^e  t-n:^^:^^;;::; 

as.milar  distance  to  West  st.,    J  m.   below  Hoboken   Ferry.     At  the  eas 
end  of  Grand  st    and  very  near  the  east  end  of  Houston  st.,  one  may  take  a 
green  "  car  which  runs  to  the  Weehawken   Ferrv,  at  42d  st.,  crossinf  ;th 
av.  at  Broadway  and  23d  st.     From  the  foot  of  23d  st    4  m  ea«    of  th if 
|ng.  another  ferry  may  betaken  to  Greenpoint  ^     B  o^kly:   whi  h   3   T 

•!.,       ;      c     ^'■"""P°""  f^^'-O-  ^l-^o  sends  boats  to  loth  st.,  ij  m.  east  of 
U^h-ngton  .Square.     The  boats  between  Astoria  and  Beekman  sT   make  a 

ng    Ro.lyn,  Glen  Island  and  other  places  on  the  .Sound,  rarely  land  on  the 

z  To:::::^'z\T'  ?'°"  '^"^•'  ''^^-^^  '''^-  '^^^  ^^-^--^  --  - 

-er>  at  or  near  orand  st.,  loth  St.,  23d  st.  and  34th  st.     At  Glen  Island  thVro 
..re  extensive  sidewalks  of  concrete;  and  the  tourist  mav  thence  v      . 

>"  the  macadamized  roadway  of  the  mainland,  at  New   Rochelle    and  ei  her 

'    •    Poh  t  .■:    7;'  ^^«'^^"  -PP-  73-76.     Newtown  Creek  is  just  below  Hun- 
Point    and  the  mterval  between  there  and  the  asphalt  of  Bedford  av. 

r    uLl"    r    ""     'V    P"""^"'    '''''    ^^'^''^"'   ^^'h''^    sidewalk-riding 
Te  avairbTr  f.    """"'  ''  """^  curb.-though  two  lines  of  horse 

a.>  aie  ava  l.ble  for  th.  journey.     What  were  formerly  the  villages  of  Green 

P->nt  and  Williamsburg  are  now  ro,     ^in.H  ..  f u.:.,., ...  .    If' °*^'!^"- 

'"Of  (abbreviated   to    E.    D.,  for  ,   .sta,"  purpo^ej;:::;^ ;;  ;^"bundi;; 


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prominent  enough  to  serve  as  a  landmark  is  the  Williamsburg  Savings  Bank, 
whose  dome  can  be  seen  from  quite  a  distance.  It  may  serve  to  pilot  the 
wheelman  to  the  head  of  Bedford  av.,  \  m.  south  and  west.  A  fountain  marks 
the  head  of  the  avenue,  whence  one  may  go  on  the  Belgian  pavement  of  4tli 
St  four  blocks  to  Broadway,  and  thence  four  blocks  to  the  ferry. 

Prospect  Park,  in  Brooklyn,  seems  always  to  have  been  managed  by  me« 
of  intelligence,  whose  governing  motive  has  been  to  make  it  as  pleasant  a 
resort  is  possible  for  all  classes  of  citizens  ;  instead  of  a  red-tape  labyrinth  for 
the  exhibition  of  "rules,"  or  a  piece  of  political  plunder  whose  "jiatronage" 
might  help  their  own  personal  aggrandizement.  Hence,  though  it  is  some- 
what illogical  in  the  managers  to  welcome  cyclers  to  the  walks  (where  wheels 
do  not  properly  belong)  and  to  exclude  them  from  the  macadamized  roadways 
(where  they  by  right  ought  to  be,  with  the  other  pleasure  carriages),  their 
mistake  is  one  of  judgment,  and  it  causes  little  practical  inconvenience.  They 
were  quick,  at  the  very  outset,  to  recognize  bicycling  as  an  attractive  and 
gentlemanly  pastime,  well-worthy  of  their  approval  and  encouragement ;  and 
their  rules  concerning  it,  however  unwise  they  may  be  in  fact,  or  unjust  in 
theory — were  based  upon  that  friendly  belief,  and  not  upon  stupidity,  nor 
perversity  nor  narrow-minded  ill-will.  The  Park  Commissioners  of  New  York, 
on  the  other  hand,  seem  to  be  a  rather  ignorant  and  dull-witted  set  of  people, 
whose  quarrels  and  " dead-locks "  over  the  great  question,  " How  to  make  'a 
fair  divvy '  of  the  patronage  ? "  have  been  for  years  one  of  the  minor  scandals  of 
metropolitan  government.  The  average  intellectual  caliber  of  men  who  let  a 
magnificent  popular  pleasure-ground  fall  into  decay  while  they,  its  appointed 
conservators,  devote  most  of  their  official  lives  to  wrangling  over  the  engage- 
ment of  John  Sn.ith  as  gate-tender  or  the  d'smissal  of  John  Brown  as  cart- 
driv  ?.r,  is  evidently  not  large  enough  for  the  easy  reception  of  new  ideas. 
F:;nce  comes  about  the  absurdly  amusing  anachronism  that  the  managers  of 
the  most  famous  public  park  of  the  most  enterprising  and  nove'.ty-\selconiing 
nation  on  the  face  of  the  globe  have  decided  to  "wiite  themselves  down"  in 
history  at  the  very  last  end  in  the  list  of  obstructionists,  who  will  have  finally 
been  forced  to  submit  to  the  inevitable  and  grant  wheelmen  the  simple  justice 
of  "equal  park-privileges  "  with  other  citizens.  The  rulers  of  Central  Park 
may  putter  and  palaver  with  the  plain  commands  of  Fate  for  a  while  longer, 
but  the  ultimate  execution  of  those  commands  is  just  as  inexorable  as  if  thev 
were  addressed  to  people  endowed  with  a  better  capacity  for  recognizing 
manifest  destiny. 

Nearly  six  years  ago,  I  printed  a  half-column  letter  in  one  of  the  city 
dailies,^  =aying-  "The  announcement  that  the  Park  Commissioners,  at  their 
Yesterday's  session,  decided  'unanimously'  against  the  admission  of  bicycles 
to  Central  Park,  though  it  may  seem  to  the  uninitiated  like  a  final  settlement 
of  the  question,  in  reality  only  serves  to  open  it.     There  are  at  present  prob- 


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..bly  no  more  than  a  dozen  or  fifteen  bicycle  riders  in  the  city,  and  as  thev  are 
unorganized  and  unacquainted  .vith  each  other,  it  is  plain  that  the '  unanimous 
negative    o    the  Commissioners  was  called  forth  by  the  petition  of  only  a 
very  few  individuals.     When  the  number   of  metropolitan  bicyclers  increases 
.0  .00.  as  It  surely   will  within  twelve  months,  or  to  500,  as  it  probably  will 
wuh.n   two  years,  their  right   to  share  the  benefit  of  the  public  parks  can 
ardiy  be  disputed  by  any  one.     When,  then,  the  bicycle  ride.s  shaH  outnum- 
ber the  horseback  nders,  though  they  may  not  demand  the  'equal  justice  '  of 
av,ng  a  like  number  of  roads  built  for  M«>  exclusive  use.  they  will   surety 
hue  influence  enough  to  gain  for  their  wheels    the  full  freedom  of  rolling 
a  o„g  the  existing  roads.    «    •    »    After  all.  however,  it  may  happen  thai 
he  metropolitan  b.cyclers  of  the  future  will  not  ride  in  Central  Park      The 
creadlul  possibility  that  I  refer  to  is  .hr.t  the  Park  of  the  future  may  not  be  a 
nt  place  for  a  gentleman  to  ride  in.     Certainly,  if  its  paths  and  other  belong! 
M.gs  are  allowed  to  go  towards  destruction  as  rapidly  in  the  immediate  future 
as  they  have  gone  during  the  brief  period  since  Mr.   Frederick   Law  Olmsted 
was  so  politely  thrown  overboard  by  the   revolution  of  a  machine  which's 
not  a  bicycle  (I   mean   the   machine  called  '  city  politics '),  no  bicvcler  wi 
have  any  inducement  to  visit  it,  except  it  be  the  mournfully  sentimental  one 
of  gnz-.ng  upon  a  magnificent  ruin.' 

Surreptitious   spins  on  the   park  paths   and  roads  were    occasionallv 
md.lged  in  during  ,87c>'8o,  mostly  "  'neath  the  light  of  the  midnight  moo    '" 
by  youngish  nders  who  cared  less  for  their  own  personal  dignity  than  for  the 
adventurous  "  lun  "  of  slipping  noiselessly  past  the  drowsy'guardia"   of  t  ! 
forbidden  domain  ;  but.  in  the  spring  of  .88,.  the  clubs   of  the  cit      niTed   ^ 
.normal  petition  that  their  just  right  to  enjoy  its  privileges  be  r^coglel 
A  tavorable  report  was  made,  on  the  xst  of  June.  Ly   thai  one  of  the Xk 
onuinssioners  to  whom  the  matter  was  referred,  as  a  special  committee  (S 
II.  Wales,  resigned  April  4,  ,885),  but  the  majority  "objected"  and  so  r u 
«pon  the  wheelmen  the  necessity  of  making  a  teitJse.    A^rdlngi;  It^Vo 
9  AM.  of    Saturday,  July  2.-a  forenoon  made  memoi  able  by  the  assassin- 
ho   hred  at  President  Garfield,     three  of  their  representative's  entered    he 
ak  at  6th  av.  and  noth  st.:  H.  H.  Walker,  of  the  Manhattan  (aged  33) 
1  ng  a  bicycle,  and  .S.  C.  Foster  and  W.  M.  Wright,  of  the  Mer  ufy  (ag  d 
-S  and  36  respectively),  riding  a  tricycle.     Their  arrest  quickly  followed    as 
V  arrangement  with  the  captain  cf  police,  and,  after  the  Jew  hours'  deTentio, 
neede     for  the  formalities   of  refusing  to  pay  a  %,  fine  and  of  securh^a 
'  Ta  rlZde     •  ^'^     ^^S'^f  ^^-^   -'^  ^g-n^t    the  Park  Commissioners 
C  ur    Ch      ?      "!f-  -fT  u'^'"  '  ^'"  '""'"'^  ^'^^'  Lawrence,   in  Supreme 
JU(  fement  of  the  Commissioners,  though  he  made  no  pretense  of  defending  that 
.  gjnent ;  and  in  March,  Z883.  the  Supreme  Cour'   i„  f.„  bench  stained 
•h..  techmcal  decision,  "  not  to  grant  the  petition  for  a  writ  of  AasJ  ......,". 

■Anabstracof   .his  was  given  in    TA.  IV^U,  July  .9,  .38.,  p.  ,7.,  an  abstract  of  the 


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Public  opinion,  as  represented  by  the  press,  arrayed  itself  with  constantlv 
increasing  emphasis  on  the  side  of  the  cyclers,  during  these  two  years  of 
" lawing,"  however ;  and  "politics  "  had  meanwhile  substituted  one  or  two 
men  of  modern  ideas  for  the  "  objectors  "  of  the  old-red-sandstone  period,  in 
the  composition  of  the  Board;  so  that,  when  the  League  voted  to  have  its 
fourth  annual  parade  in  New  York,  permission  was  graciously  granted  the 
paraders  to  wheel  through  the  park.  The  appearance  of  700  of  them  there 
(May  28,  1883)  served  still  further  to  fix  popular  approval,  and  Commis- 
sioner Viele,  in  responding  to  a  toast  at  the  evening's  banquet  "  said  that  it 
was  the  first  day  in  many  months  in  which  there  had  been  no  accidents  in  the 
park  from  runaway  horses,  and  showed  by  the  whole  tenor  of  his  speech  that 
he  Wc-s  in  favor  of  allowing  wheelmen  all  the  privileges  accorded  to  horse- 
men." The  following  week,  June  8,  the  Park  Commissioners  voted  the  use 
of  the  'west  drive  "  of  the  park  (sgth  st.  at  8th  av.  to  iioth  st.  at  7th  av.), 
between  midnight  and  9  a.  m.,  to  such  members  of  the  League  as  the  Pres- 
iden';  thereof  might  recommend  them  to  issue  passes  to, — he  consenting  to  be 
held  responsible  for  the  conduct  of  these  favored  ones  while  in  the  park.  The 
privilege  was  soon  extended  so  as  to  include  the  Riverside  Drive  "  except 
between  3  and  7  p.  M.";  and  the  exception,  so  far  as  I  am  aware,  was  never 
enforced.  In  fact,  after  the  first  few  weeks  of  the  experiment,  no  proper-ap- 
pearing bicycler  was  ever  asked  to  show  his  "  certificate."  at  any  hour,  on  the 
Riverside  Drive, — and  very  rarely  was  he  asked  for  it  when  entering  the  park 
itself  before  9  a.  m.  Last  autumn,  however,  the  anger  of  the  authorities  was 
aroused  somewhat  by  the  sight  of  numerous  "beginners,"  ununiformed  and 
unskilful,  wobbling  and  tumbling  about  the  lower  part  of  the  Drive ;  and,  as 
a  remedy,  the  orders  now  in  force  were  issued,  December  4,  1884. 

These  rules  ignore  the  League  in  favor  of  the  clubs,  ?nd  substitute  for 
the  written  permit  (which  the  gate-keepers  were  too  lazy  to  demand  a  si:;ht 
of)  a  metal  badge  ("to  be  inscribed  with  the  owner's  name  and  worn  upon 
the  left  breast '")  of  such  monster  size  is  to  challenge  general  notice.  To 
wearers  of  these  badges,  the  Riverside  Drive  and  the  west  drive  of  the  park 
trom  59th  St.  to  72d  st.,  are  open  at  all  hours ;  and  the  west  drive  from  7:d 
St.  to  iioth  St.  is  also  open  from  midnight  until  9  \.  M.;  except  that  tricvcles 
are  not  admitted  to  the  park  at  all.  "  Lighted  lamps  must  be  carried  at 
night;"  and  this  is  also  one  of  the  rules  of  Prospect  Park.  The  rule  th^'. 
"  badgf  will  be  issued  only  to  competent  riders,  members  of  regularly  organ- 
ized a  i  unifornied  clubs,  whose  captains  will  be  held  responsible  for  the 
conduct  of  their  members,"  was  modified  in  January  so  as  to  include  those 
of  the  unattached  who  are  willing  to  prove  their  competency  by  a  display  ti 

lawyers'  speeches;  April  12,  1SS2,  p.  117;  the  report  of  Commissioner  Wales,  with  suggested 
rules  for  bicycling  in  the  park,  Feb.  i,  :SS2,  p.  76  ;  Comments  of  "  J.  W."  upon  these  rulesnmi 
upon  a  volume  containing  940  pp,  of  "testimonyin  the  case,"  Feb.  15,  18S2,  p.  84.  The  expenses 
of  litigation  were  borne  by  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  of  Boston,  and  amounted  to  nearly  $8,000,  as  i^ 


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wheelmanship  satisfactory  to  a  representative  of  the  c:ommissioners,  «  who 
w,ll  conduct  an  examination  of  candidates,  in  front  of  the  Arsenal,  every 
Iriday  morning."  ■' 

In  process  of  time,  of  course,  all  this  tiresome  official  tomfoolery  will  be 
thrown  overboard  m  New  York,  just  as  all  similarly  silly  devices  (for  inter 
armg  with  the  nght  of  cyclers)  have  already  been  thrown  overboard  by  every 
other  av.hzed  c.ty  in  the  world.     No  vehicle  invented  by  man  ever  stood  in 
so  httle  need  o       regulation  "  (to  prevent  interference  with  the  rights  and 
pleasures  of  otners)   as  does  the  modern  bicycle  or  tricycle;  and  the  oniy 
rule     about  u  that  needs  enforcing  in  a  public  park  is  the  same  rule  thl' 
must  be  enforced  there  concerning  every  other  pleasure-carriagc  :   namely  its 
expulsion  from  the  roads  whenever  the  incompetence  or  recklessne-^s  of' it 
nver  renders  ,t  a  public  nuisance.     The  incompetence  or  recklessness  of  ou 
ark  Commissioners  has  insured  to  New  York  the  bad  eminence  of  stan    .« 
last  on  the  list  of  cities  whose  road-rulers  have  shown  the  mental  and  moral 
strength  requisite  for  grasping  this  simple  truth.     The  length  of  the  interval 
bv  which   he  meti  opohs  of  America  is  destined  to  lag  behind  the  other  great 
cap.tals  of  the  world,  m  re:pect  to  doing  justice  ^o  cyclers,  may  be  shortened 
■n  three  ways :  (i)  by  mcreasing  the  pressure  of  public  opinion  upon  the  exist 
ing  Commissioners  ;  (2)  by  trying  ^o  insure  the  accession  of  men  of  modem 
Kleas  to  vacancies   in  the  Board  ;  (3)  by  carrying  the  test-case  to  the  Court  of 
Appeals  in  order  that  final  judgment  may  there  be  pronounced  on  its  merits 
a.,d  on  the  uuimate  authority  of  the  Commissioners,  after  a  presentation  of 
arguments  by  the  ablest  of  lawyers.  1 

"  Number  791,"  on  the  east  side  of  Fifth  Avenue,  just  opposite  the  soth 
st^^ntrance  to  Central  Park,  was  the  wheelmen's  headquarters  in  the  earlj 

ICentral  Park  has  an  area  of  840  acres  (exclusive  of  the  .5  acres  of  Manhattan  Square  and 
the  32  acres  of  Morningside  Park,  which  are  separated  from  it  bv  8th  av  \  TnH  ,1,  T  ; 

creating  it  out  of  a  waste  of  rock  and  swamp  was  begun  in   .85    -Ihe  credit 'forlh        7 
es,gnofitbeingdueto  Fredenck  Law  Olmsted  an'd  CX^'V^'^f^^^^'^^^^Z 

's -the  ::«  1      ""''  "r  '"  ^"'^^  ^'''''-  ^^^  •^^  --'^-^'^  -  sepa'atin;  t  nt^  tJ" 
.s,      he  part  lymg  aoove  the  northern  line  of  the  reservoir  comprising  about  }  the  area  of  Z 

and   h^eLTar  'T'  ""  't  -' ^  ^  59th.  ^.d,  79th.  Ssfh,  ^th.Lth  Tdr. 
place  of  8  th   and        H  .T  T'  T  '''/"'  "'  ''  "^^  ''""'  ^'^^^'^'  ««P'  '>^"  9oth  takes  the 

.  e  hk  ,  o   ,'he  n  T  "         °'  '°°"'-     '^•'^  "^^^"'"  ''^•^^  -  »^^^  -'  "43  acres,  and 

he  lakes  of  the  park  cover  43  acres  additional.     A  description  has  already  been  g  ve„  o    the 

r  transverse  roads  (p.  68)  which  allcw  the  east-and-west  traffic  to  go  on  beneath    he  level  of 

the  mZi:::'^^::'^:^:::!':^^''^^^^^''  ■-  -'^."-  ^^^  --xed  district,  noAh  of 


the  Harlem  River  :    (i)  Van  CcrtlanHt  Park    ius*  k-,, 

.nileot  the  Hudson  River,    ,06,  acres;  (.)  B;o„x  P^ri^rbetweir^t ^^"a^j  Wili;:;.: 


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years  of  metropolitan  cycling.  A  shabby  wooden  structure  there  supplied 
shelter  for  the  clubs,  whose  resi>ective  "rooms"  were  inclose  connection 
wit'i  the  office,  salesroom  and  repair-shop  of  a  bicycle  agency, — afterwards 
removed  to  59th  st.  The  establishment  of  G.  R.  I'jidwell  &  Co ,  on  60th  st 
(No.  4),  now  offers  to  cyclers  in  that  part  of  the  city  all  needed  facilities  for 
repairs  or  storage.  Bicycles  and  tricycles  may  there  be  hired  (at  50c.  or  75c. 
for  an  hour— $2  or  $3  for  a  day  of  twelve  hours)  for  use  upon  the  road  :  and 
learners  may  secure  the  aid  of  "  a  competent  instructor  of  six  years'  exptri 
ence,"  in  the  spacious  riding-school  on  the  second  floor,  which  extends  across 
the  front  of  Nos.  2  and  4.  Below  it  (No.  2)  are  the  rooms  of  the  Ixion  Bicy- 
cle Club,  for  two  years  occupied  by  the  Citizens  Bicycle  Club,  whose  perma 
nent  home  is  on  sSth  st.  (No.  313,  north  side,  a  few  doors  \^est  of  8th  av.) 
The  Wheel  oi  April  iS,  1SS4,  presented  a  picture  and  full  description  of  "  this 
first  house  ever  built  to  be  specially  and  entirely  devoted  to  the  use  of  a  hicv 
cle  club,"  and  praised  the  success  of  the  architect,  a  club-member,  who  de- 
signed it.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  December  27,  1883,  and  the  dedicatory 
reception  was  given  December  3,  1884.  The  material  of  the  house  is  brick 
and  terra-cotta,  and  it  covers  a  lot  measuring  100  by  20^  ft.  In  order  to  have 
legal  possession  of  this  important  piece  of  property,  the  club  was  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State,  August  30,  1883  (though  its  organization 
dates  from  June  i,  1SS2) ;  and  its  printed  list  of  active  members  in  August, 
1S84,  exhibited  76  names.  The  rooms  of  the  New  York  Bicycle  Club  (organ- 
ized December  iS,  1S79,  and  having  41  active  members  and  7  honorary  ones, 
in  February,  1S85),  arc  in  the  building  at  the  corner  of  57th  st.  and  Broadway 
They  have  served  satisfactorily  as  headquarters  for  the  past  two  years  ;  and 
as  the  club-janitor  is  housed  in  the  top  story,  entrance  can  be  had  at  any 
hour.  The  members  of  this  oldest  city  club  are  banded  together,  as  a  matter 
of  business  convenience,  for  riding  and  touring  purposes, — distinctively  if  not 
exclusively, — and,  while  not  lacking  in  esprit  for  the  organization  as  such, 
they  do  not  depend  at  all  for  their  other  social  pleasures  upon  meecings  at 
the  club-house.     A  similar  characterization  may  be  applied  to  the  Brooklyn 


Bridge,  divided  by  the  river,  653  acres ;  (3)  Crotona  Park,  below  N.  3d  and  Boston  avs.,  135 
acres;  (4)  Mary's  Park,  in  Mnrrisania,  about  25  acres;  (5)  Claremont  Park,  about  J  m.  east 
of  High  Bridge,  38  acres ;  (6)  Pelham  Bay  Park,  on  Long  IslanJ  Sound,  about  1,700  acres. 
With  coastal  indentations  and  open  water-front,  this  park  will  have  a  shore  line  of  rine  miles ; 
and  it  is  to  be  connected  with  Bronx  Park  and  Van  Cortlandt  Park  by  a  macadamized  boule- 
vard.—" Appletons'  Dictionary  of  New  York,"  pj .  50,  24S,  somewhat  altered. 

At  the  present  writing  (April  14,  1S85)  the  New  Parks  Bill,  proposed  by  Mayor  Grace,  as  a 
substitute  for  the  act  of  1884,  whose  provisions  are  presented  above,  is  pending  before  the  New 
York  Legislature.  This  bill  reduces  the  iotal  area  of  the  six  parks  from  3,945  acres  to  1,400 
acres, — cutting  off  Pelham  Bay  Park  entirely;  and  substituting  for  it  Edgewater  Park  (33  acres), 
now  known  as  Spofford's  Point  and  bounded  by  Edgewater  road,  Hunter's  Point  road,  Farragul 
St.  and  thf  shore  of  the  Sound.  The  bill  reduces  Van  Cortlandt  Park  to  about  750  acres,  Bronx 
Park  to  about  300  acres,  and  Crotona  Park  to  90  acres  ;  and  it  limits  to  $1,000,000  the  amo.-nt  ta 
be  raised  by  tax  at  the  outset,  wherea-.  the  act  of  1884  requires  the  issue  of  $3,000,000  in  bonli, 


A  ROUND  NE  W-  YORK. 

i:icycle  Club  (organized  June  2,.  ,879).  whose  rooms  are  at  ^(^  I  ivingston 
St..  corner  of  latbush  av..  one  block  north  of  the  asphalt  of  ScLrn  er  "f.  sT 
I  he  new  headquarters  of  the  Long  Island  Wheelmen  (50  me„.bers)  are       m 

Cc^r; '  r°^"^^  °^  VTt- '-  ^-^ '''  -^^  ^"-^^  -  ^^^  ^--  -; 

I  rospect  Park.     The  rooms  of  the  Heights  Wheelmen  (at  159  Montague  st 
nort     sKie.  about   half-way  between   Henry  and  Clinton  st S^m     Z  ,be 
f-ry  ,  are  very  generally  frequented  by  the  members,  as  ^  sort  .     To dal 
Ksortn,  much  the  same  way  that  the  I.xion  rooms  are  used,  in  New  v"  k 
and    he  Hrooklyn  Heights  Wcyclers,  a  boys'  clul,  store  their  wheeb,e\bv' 
at  .8  Co lumb.a  He.ghts.     In  the  Eastern  District,  the  rooms  of  t   e        ,  ,'d 

.";'Ldfo;  "'""'"h','"'^'"''"^'  "'^•■^"^'  l-ving  about  .5  memb  r^  r' 
a.  ,.5  Bed  ore  av.;  whde  at  ,59  Clymer  st..  just  off  from  the  asphalt  .,f  p'i' 
f  Td   av.  stands  the    club-house  of   the    Kings   County    Wheel,,  en  wl" 

I-.  ch  ,7,  .88r.  and  -cgally  n,corporated  M..y  7,  ,884.  this  club  has  ahvavs 
Kcn  a  very  act.ve  one   in  regard   to   the  .nan.agement  .:   racine  a  ,d      da 

events  ';  and.  ,n  respect  to  the  number  and  enterprising  gc:od.ell  n  '  1       o 
us  mentbers,  .t  ra,,ks  as  a  sort  of  east-side  counterpart  of  th'  Citiz        ,        -"J 

1..  .,  of  New  ^  ork.     Its  house   is  -.vithin  J  m.  of  the  ferry,  and  is'qui       ea 
the  .Dums  long  occupied  by  the  c'ub  at  13S  Division  av 

At  each  and  all  of  these  club-qu.rters.  the  visitin-^  wheelman  is  likclv  to 

and,  on  .Saturday  afternoons  and  .Sunday  mornings,  he  will  be  likely  to  fi  fj 

aach  the  c  uWooms  dur.ng  business  hours,  when  no  members  are  in  at  end 

ance,    e  wll  usually  find  a  janitor  in  charge,  to  whose  keeping  l7ma7    fdJ 

entrust  h,s  wheel.     A  stor.nge   room  for  bicvcles  m.ny  als.  be    oumli ,   tl  e 

asement  of  "the  magnificent  temple  of  the  New  York  Ath  etic  C  lib  "  o„ 

tli^  sake  of  calling  the  stranger's  attention  to  the  existence  of  this  "  LIZ 
athlcfc  club-house  in  the  w.rld,-  which  cost  $300,000,  ancl  was   ak  „  not    I 
-n  of  by  ,ts  meml^rs  in  February.  .885.     As  ^egardJ  the  ra  ^i        ■  ,  ^    ^ 

tnbed  (pp.  8s,  88  9.)  as  a  means  of  getting  around  the  citv,  and  as  regards 
e  cxpens,veness  of  the  process,  I  m.ay  say  that  the  ferries'    ear  tie  f ,:. 
2  -'and  make  very  frequent  passages,  and  charge  a  toll  of  on  or 

th.ec  cents;  wh.ch  is  increased  to  ten  cents  in  the  cpse  of  the  P.    er.         J 

of  th      ?%^"^'se,  and  the  E..st  River  boats  connecting  the  Vew  York 

luM^lJi!''";!"^''  .f  "■!''■'  '"■'  "■=-«"  Ca„a)  „.  and  Fori  I.e. 
■  "'■'  ■-""'i=i"r«.oir.au.„.c,if  my  owr. experience  represents  their 


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rule.  Tlie^e  up-town  ferries,  and  also  the  ones  running  from  Astoria,  maki- 
fewer  trips  thpn  those  in  the  down-town  region,  and  they  stop  business  for 
the  night  at  an  earlier  hour.  Five  cents  is  the  uniform  fare  on  all  the  horso 
car  lines  of  the  city,  on  the  I5roadway  stages,  and  on  the  elevated  railw.jys 
during  six  hours  of  each  d.iy  (5.30  to  S.30  A.  M.,  and  4.30  to  7.30  v.  M.),  and 
during  the  whole  of  Sunday.  During  the  other  eighteen  hours  of  the  other 
six  days  of  the  week,  the  fare  is  ten  cents,  on  all  the  elevated  roads ;  and  I 
rcc.  mmcnd  the  visitor  to  ride  the  full  length  of  all  of  them,  as  the  cheaper,t 
way  of  exhibiting  to  himself  the  magnitude  and  massiveness  of  the  metropolis. 
V,\-  -t.irting  at  the  Hatterv  in  a  train  of  the  so-called  6th  av.  line  (which 
enters  .h.it  avenue  2  m.  above,  by  the  street  just  below  Washington  .Square, 
anil  whicli  leaves  it  at  53d  st.,  continuing  thence  through  9th  and  Sth  avs. 
to  the  Harlem  River  at  iS5th  st ),  the  tourist  may  be  carried  10  m.  in 
a  comfoit.U)le  and  elegnnt  car,  whose  windows  will  show  him  a  swiftly  chang- 
ing succession  of  strange  and  interesting  scenes.  So  novel  and  expeditious  a 
mode  of  siijht-sceing,  at  such  insignilicant  a  cost  as  half-a-cent  a  mile,  is  no- 
where else  offered  in  the  world.  From  the  elevated  terminus,  the  journey 
may  be  continued  by  a  connecting  train  across  the  Harlem  to  High  ISridge, 
Kingsbridge,  Vonkers  and  Tarrytown,  through  the  Nepperhan  valley,  already 
described  (pp.  75,79),  and  a  belated  bicycler,  who  may  choose  t  leave  his 
wheel  in  that  region  for  the  night,  can  therefore  get  back  to  the  city  with  but 
slight  cost  or  delay.  I  advise  the  exi)lorer  on  the  return  trip  to  change  cars 
at  59th  St.  (which  is  the  station  nearest  the  clubs'  headquarters  and  the  south- 
west corner  entrance  of  Central  Park),  a'ld  go  thence  by  the  9th  av.  line, 
along  the  west  edge  of  the  city,  to  the  terminus  at  the  ILittery.  Hj  will  do 
well,  also,  to  "stop  over  "  for  a  train  or  two  at  ii6th  st.,  the  loftiest  station 
in  the  citv,  for  the  sake  of  a  more  leisurely  view  of  the  wide  stretch  of  coun 
try  there  spread  out  before  him.  The  concourse  of  pleasure  vehicles  which 
mav  be  overlooked  here  in  the  afternooh,  and  the  long  rows  of  street  lamps 
in  the  evening,  make  this  st.ition  a  particularly  notable  one.  It  differs  from 
most  in  being  placed  i.iside  the  tracks,  instead  of  outside  them, — thus  en- 
abling a  transfer  to  be  made  between  the  trains  going  in  opposite  directions, 
without  the  necessity  of  an  intermediate  descent  to  the  street.  Such  change 
implies  the  payment  of  a  new  fare,  howe\er,  whereas  no  extra  charge  is  made 
the  traveler  for  any  number  of  changes  between  trains  going  in  the  same  di 
rection.  The  3d  av.  line  leads  from  the  Battery  to  Chatham  Square,  thence 
through  the  ISowery  to  Sth  st.  and  thence  through  3d  av.  to  the  terminus  at 
129th  St.,  just  below  Harlem  'Jridge.  This  is  nearly  a  mile  tait  of  the 
nearest  station  on  Sth  av.,  and,  though  a  horse-car  line  makes  close  connec- 
tion, the  explorer  is  advised  to  walk  eastward  along  127th  st.  to  the  terminus 
of  the  2d  av.  line,  and  ride  back  in  one  of  its  cars  to  Chatham  Square.  This 
route  turns  away  from  rd  av.  at  23d  st.  (after  allowing  its  passengers  to  look 
down  ui)on  the  tops  of  four-story  houses,  and  to  have  extensive  views  of 
P^^'it    River   in  tho   ret^ion  of  Hell  fiateL  and  it  connects  at  the  Chathani 


AROUND  NEW- YORK. 


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c-       ,  c.       ■  ■^'^        '•'•     ^^^  station  of  the  United  Statp«  Ar,^.. 

S.gnal  Serv.ce  m  the  tower  of  the  Equitable  Building    at     .o  Broadw- 
tlie  third  outlook  which  I  alwavs  recommer  1  tn  th.  u  ""^o^dway,  ,s 
\cw  Vork  Tifv      t-i       .                recommer  J  to  the  man  who  wishes  to  "  see  " 
h/hM         r    ■  ;    t-levato.s  g,ve  free  access  to  the  roof;  and  the  views  to  L 

Dool.  nor  any  other  one  of  the  wor kl',  .      .  *  ""^  ^''''''  "°^  ^''^'■ 

thing^  ail  comparable  i;'  it  '"''  '"^'^  °^  "^^P''^'^'  ^^  ^'^^  -X' 

me,.d  i,s  study  ,o  those  who  wish  7o  mike  e'x  enTv  ,  "'"*"'  "P""'  '"'^  '  — ' 

-ib..i,  „s  ,arge,.  map  (abo.  ,8  ZTi.:^z:::S7T:\  r'^;  ■:  '''^  '^^°"  '^^- 

crclcs  centering  in  the  New  York  City  Ha^)  takeHn  t^  .  ,  TJ  '  ""'''  '^^''^'^'^  ^^  "^'" 
»■,  N.  Y..  Tremon.  N.  J    several  town,  o    P  ,  "^  ^"^^  "»^="-  Ct-  Poughkeop- 

Cher  pages  .easnr'e  ..  by'r^WhL  L  le'r  lo  InhlnT'  ""'^  "^  °^  ^""^  ^^'^"'-  ^'^^ 
winch  show  the  entire  surface  from  the  Battery  to  Ta,Tnol?f,r"  %"''"'"  '°  ""'P^'  '""''  °^ 
>"  -he  a>ch.  The  same  publishers  issue  atlas»T  of  .^T  "^"  '"''  '^y°"'l'  °"  "^  »"'«  of  "o  rods 
counties  of  the  State,  and  for  more  thir  <^  ctm  "ir^hT sTa  "'"i  n^  '"°"  '"*"  ^°  °'''" 
n-n,  .0  ;  Massachusetts.  ,o  ;  Connecticut,  6  ;  New  JeTse  v  flp  "  "*  "^  ''"°^'  ^  '  ^"^^ 
^;  Ohio,,;  Kentucky,;;  Michigan,  „;   Mi^ouri    ,/    K  P'^""!^'^"'^.  ="  :  Maryland, 

m.ii)s  at  the  following  prices  •     New  V„rl,  r;,        j  '  '^*"«^.  7-     They  also  publish  pocket- 

County  (which  includes  Brooklyn),  50c  I^  J  Island  """'7:'  ^n  ''  ^'°°''^'  "'^-  ''  '^'"SS 
LW  Counties,  joc. ;    Rockland  an^' QrTn^e  ct,„1' ""      '-"^^  George.  I...5  ;  Sullivan  and 

^^■.n«.U,.  totheinch   a.dthesi.eo1ttX.?C^VbT.     :^^^^^^       '""^  -'>'  ^^^ 

=::^n;-t;ts:^;--^^c.itr7:-^^ 

d-.=r,be  several  of  its  pocketfmaps  in   he  fo^^nlVlft^^^^  "^'^  "^' '  ^"^  '  ^l^^" 

-ha,  each  map,  unless  otherwise  specified  tprinted  tcol  TT'     ''  "  '°  ''^  ""'''-'"-' 

'"  ^  ^'"■'^-''-"^  cover.     I  heani,y^ecol  nTt  t  ;  eiw^^^^^^^  T^'  '''"'  '"'''' 

present  chap-er,  Colton's  "  Westchester  Countv 'W      ,7c  "'^'°"  ''^»^"'b<^d  in  the 

'0  the  inch;  sheet,  .9  by  x8  in  price  l^?  k  ^'  '^  """•  ''^'"^  '^^*'  ''=-^<^'  '  3-4  m 
-.es  l,ing  in  tha;  colty.  andT  he"r  ads  in  1"^?;"''  ^"  '''''''  ^'"""^-'  ""'  "^  -V 
aa;.rab,e^hart  for  bicyclers,  on  acc::^:;;? ^e' s^  r^r!^--"^:     ^"-"^ 

^'^"'  '^ ''  ^'  '"■' '"''  *"'^  ■•'^°"«  '^-'^-"^  -  -  ■- i"ch.is  aiL^^^;,;:„;  ^;;;^ 


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revi«<i  i^H4,  M  l>y  M  ii...  Ji.5").  5ii""g»'  "tf"-'  unwieWy  '"'  r^l"^  ""*  '*  »'"'*'"'  '''"  '"*'' 
aloMK  the  «l,..le  u.a>t  of  Li.i.iRclicm,  tor  $  m.  inUiid,  and  il«ic..mam»  a  »ix<.i.il  map  ..(  Uruuk- 
lyn  and  the  l..«or  5  m.  of  Now  V..tk;  «>  llut,  nionnu-d,  (or  the  w.ill  U*5>,  't  «""l'l  be  an  ...l.h- 
tiontoanym.lioiK.li'^"'-'"^'-^"'""-  ^"'•'""  "'-'''^  "*  '•"•■  '•>'""'  •"■■^'  "l'''^'"-''  •"  #■  Vlj-'l'v 
17  in.)  and  50c.  (15  I'V  u  in.).  •»"'!  ■"•■paratc  maps  of  Brooklyn  (57  hy  ,<>  "'  and  3a  by  24  m  I  .it 
.imilar  prices.  '•  New  York  (.iiy  "  (7^  t'V  I'  "'  ).  *''"'  '""•^'»  •>'"'  l'"''^'*^  buildni^s  shown,  tosis 
»i.5o  (mounted,  *;);  or  the  lower  half  of  the  »am.  tl9  by  Ji  "i-l,  ihe  region  below  ./uh  .1  . 
can  be  had  alone  for  »i.5o;  but  a  better  city  m.ip  for  hangnig  in  a  club-r(H.m  is  that  ^hi.h 
Jiow,  .ill  the  country  wilhin  1 5  m.  of  the  City  H.>ll.  on  a  scale  of  i-a  m.  to  the  inch  (^4  by  '.4  i"  . 
mount.d,  $>.<).  A  p.K.k.t.inap  01.  a  sni.iller  sc.ilc  (J.<  by  J6  in.),  showing  all  the  country  wuliin 
jj  ni.  (.('the  City  I  l.iH,  and  having  lom  circles  reckoned  from  there,  may  b  ■  bouvht  (or  Ji;  iml 
another  one  of  the  uty  a..d  suburbs  (a6  by  v,  in),  sode  1-2  m,  to  the  inch,  (or  5.x;.  <)(  N\w 
York  St.ite,  there  are  (our  maps  ( iH  by  14  i".  Ji  by  2<<in.,  42  by  jS  in.  and  7)  by  7'>  I'l  >,  co  .mih 
respectively,  50c.,  Ji,  #1.50  and  *io,— the  latter  beiiij;  French's  topoKraphical  map,  mounted. 
New  Jcr»;.y  has  lhr.e  (.<  by  14  i"-,  i''  by  f.)  in.  and  26  by  35  in.),  p. ices  50c.,  75c.  and  *i  25,- 
the  latter  bein;;":.  a  scale  o(  5  m.  to  the  inch,  and  havin:  its  railroad  distances  shown  by  siuec- 
marks  si.;ni(yinK  miles.  A  new  m'pof  the  northern  hall  of  New  Jersey  is  promised  for  1SH6; 
with  ihelidjoining  southen.  counties  o(  New  York,  and  a  k'xhI  part  of  Westchoster  county  on 
the  ea.st  (75c.  or  >i  1.  and  its  scale  o(  3  m.  to  the  inch  will  doubtless  make  it  acceptable. 

Other  map-pub'.ishers  are  G.  H.  Adams  &  Son,  y,  fieekman  St.,  and  !■:.  SteiRC,,  25  I  ark  pi., 
and  the  offices  of  all  (our  are  quite  near  the  City  Hall  Park.  I'acing  this,  is  the  newly-opeiud 
sporting-gixKls  emiH.rinm  o(  A.  C.  Spalding  &  tiros.,  24.  tiroadway  ;  while  the  similar  .  xlrnsiie 
establishment  of  Peck  S:  Snyder,  at  the  old-time  quarters,  126-130  Nassau  St.,  is  only  a  few'iei« 
away  K.  I.  Ii..rsman's  store,  8..-S2  William  St.,  is  about  1-4  m.  beyond;  and  the  nmtr 
thither  le,ids  past  f.  Peri;.!o-s,  H7  Nassau  St.,  and  R  Simpson's,  9S  Fulton  st.  Wilson's  "  Husi- 
ness  Directory  "  pr.  .ents  classitied  lists  of  all  the  trades  and  professions.  Trow's  "  City  Direc- 
tory," giving  the  names,  occupations  and  addresses  of  the  entire  f^xed  population  n(  New  Vnrk, 
is  l^ept  open  (or  the  use  o(  the  wayfarer  at  every  drug-store  ;  .ind,  by  application  at  the  office  "f 
any  hotel,  he  m.iv  freely  consult  Mack-y's  "  A.  B.  C.  Cuide,"  or  Bullinger's  "  Countmc  H-us. 
Monitor,"  published  weekly  and  containing  the  time-tables  of  ine  railway  .tnd  steambo.-.t  lines 
with  (ares,  distances,  and  other  useful  information. 

There  is  one  book,  however,  which  the  explorer  of  the  metropolis  should  inevitably  buy,  .wd 
carrv  in  Ir.s  pocket  (or  constant  re(erence.  I  mean  "Appletons'  Dictionary  of  New  York,"  cum- 
piled  bv  Townsend  Percv,  in  .H7,),  and  having  new  editions  in  e.tch  year  since  then,  "  revised  l» 
the  date  of  i^sue."  It  contains  24S  pages,  compactly  printed  in  double  columns  o(  brevier, 
measures  6}  bv  4J  inchts,  is  ha!(-an-inch  thick,  weighs  seven  ounces,  and  is  mpMed,  postpaui,on 
receint  of  joc!  bv  th^publishers,  D.  Anpleton  '  Co.,  of  Bond  st.  One  of  its  maps,  on  a  scale 
of  ..^'inches  to  the  mile,  shows  all  the  ro.ids  of  tne  city  to  the  Y.mkers  boundary  (.ncludum  those 
of  Central  ParkV  with  the  routes  of  the  horse-cars,  the  elevated  railways  and  the  femes  ;  aimthcr 
map  gives  .he  lower  2  m.  of  the  inland  and  a  part  of  Brooklyn,  on  a  larger  scale :  and  a  third 
map  exhibits  a  section  of  the  region  round  about,  on  a  scale  of  4  m-  to  the  inch.  I  ime-t.ible. 
and  f.-ifs  of  all  the  ferries,  locations  of  the  piers,  starting-t^oints  of  all  the  steamboat  and  stean". 
.hip  lines,  routes  of  the  horse-cars,  rates  of  cabs  and  hacks,  stations  o(  lii- elevated  roads. 
director%-  of  street  >  '  •■  ' '  telegraph-offices,  police-stations,  theaters,  li.nels,  rest.u.rant.«, 
churches,  clubs,  sr-r".  tks.  h»^  lis,  and  oth  .•  i.-titut^  i.s,  may  be  mention,-,!  ,,mong  the  num- 
berless  carcfiillv  '     '"     ■:-     (  statistics,  compactly  presented,  which  tender  this  little  ^"<' . 

Wf  rthy  o(  its  big  name.     It  is  a  genuine  pocket-companion,  which  no  visitor  can  afford  tn  be 
without   and  which  will  save  (rom  three  to  t.-n  times  its  cost  during  every  day  of  his  sojn  ■„. 

For  the  convenience  of  wheelmen  who  m.ay  desire  to  have  this  present  ch,^pter  as  a  pockel- 
companion  also,  I  intend  to  republish  it  as  a  separate  pan.phlet  (to  be  supplie.l  by  mail  in  return 
for  twenty-live  on^-c.-ntct.,mps>,  and  I  shall  prepare  for  it  a  special  index,  givn,g  references  not 
only  to  every  town  and  village  but  also  to  every  street,  road,  fen^-,  club-h-u  hotel  and  land- 
mark  of  any  sort  wliOoe  name  ;.".  — .cn;:i;:.=u  :::  :■■•:  •■'=•■• 


IX. 


OUT  FROM   I'OSTON.i 


Whkv   I  nni.l,al  mv  soom.  autumn  tour,  on  the  l.r.t  Friday  evening  of 
I  ^    September    by  c.rcl.ng  round  the  f.    „tain  in    W.^hiuKton  S<,uare    t.^c 

n.mM>   ca  led  .n        Mortal  eye  saw  u  not  again  until  tl.c  early  dawn  r'  the 
a>t  Saturday  .n  Maj.  when  the  d.zen  hicvdcrs  who  rode  u,  the   iKwLe^a 

la.ul .  ar  liy  that  sign  also  was  n.y  identity  revealed  to  th.  youth  who  had 
consented  to  take  a  two.lays'  ..de  with  ,ne.  ac.ording  to  my  pr  >pos.^  in  t  .e 
/...  UWAf  and  who.  after  a  ,an..  spin  fron.  the  suburbs,  w's  .waiting  my 
arrival  m  front  of  the  Hotel  Hrunswick.  vvajimg  my 

Mounting  there  at  8.30.  we  took  .  5-m.  path  to  Ha,       ,!  s.n.are  stop- 
,.n,,  a  half-hour  for  breakfast  at  Carl's,  and  proceeded  V.  .  !:Z:^ 

Maiden    and  Lynn,  to  Salem,  where  we  tarriea  from   ..45  to    ,r   Ma    the' 

I's^^.ch,  6  m    ,  h. ;  and  Re    ,ey  railroad  stat.on,  5  m..  J  h.     There  we  took 
'-ra.n  to  IW.outh.  X.  H.  ;  and  atter  indulging  U,\  n..  mo     of    v  :el 
.Mg.  .n  order  to  v.s.t  the  Kittery   Navy   Yard,   in  the  State  of  Mainr  d  i 
mounted  for  the  mght  at  the  Roekingham  House,  at  8.15.     The  we    h;r  o" 
IK.  day  had  been  favorable;  f  ,r  though  the  clouds  threatened  in  the  morning 

no  .,„g      o.vever.  were  not  only  threatening,  but  they  fulfilled  their 
>l.rcat.     Wc.eft    1  ortsmouth  at  5  o'clock,  and  reached  the  Merrimac  Hotel 

'  c  ^vt;;-r;t "  '"■' ''  '■'': ':  ^  '"""^^'^^  '^^■"'^'^^-'^  -"^''-".  f-  th 

Is  Th    ^         '  ''";  "'  ""  ^"=  ^^^'^"''^'-^  ^"'■-'^  '■"»«  rain  during  the 

>t  hour.     The  base   5  or  6  m.  comprised  the  poorest  roads  c.ountered  on 

our.  and  durn.g  the  last  .  m.  the  n.ud  became  cjuite  troublesome      Ha" 

'2  l-cakfasted  and  cleaned  our  wheels,  we  had  a  fire  made  for  the  drying  of 

I  r  .arm.nts.  and  betook  ourselves  to  reading,  as  a  pleasant  way  of  rsfin, 

-   uneuntd  the   5  o'clock  tr.ain  should  start  for   Lton.     EvL  when  we 

ent  down  to  d.nner  at  1.30.  we  had  no  hope  of  avoiding  this  ing  orious  end 

0    our  e..curs,o„,  though  the  rain  ceased  to  fall  so'on  after'noon      The 

n    .;""':'■'  """  ''^"'^^"^  ^"  examination  of  the  roads,  and  the  ex 
amn  a„on  tempted  us  to  risk  the  mud  and  start  along  at  2.4: 

th^     raM"  "'l!^"  ^l^^t',''"""'^  ''  '""^  ^'^^"'  -^  f-"d  no  trouble,  for 
•^sod_and  sunsh.ne  bad  absorbed  the  moisture  of  the  morning,  and  the 

1 1- .»,._... 

•  •••^ri  -•  -  ^.v>.,<„^   fr^ta,  August  26,  iSSi.pp.  183-.89. 


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TE.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


track,  freed  from  the  dust  of  the  previous  day,  was  at  its  very  best.  The  rain 
had  freshened  all  the  foliage  ind  given  life  to  the  atmosphere  ;  the  fruit  trees 
were  in  full  bloom,  and  in  many  cases  so  overhung  the  road  as  to  fill  ihe  air 
with  fragrance ;  in  short,  it  would  be  hard  to  imagine  i)leasanter  conditions 
for  riding.  The  pumjj  on  Rowley  Green,  6  m.,  was  reached  in  an  hour  after 
starting,  during  which  hour  about  a  mile  of  perfect  shell  road  was  whizzed 
across,  and  the  second  hour  showed  a  record  of  8  m.  more.  The  third  hour, 
GJ  ni.,  brought  us  to  Salem,  in  ample  season  for  the  train.  When  I  dis- 
mounted in  front  of  the  Hotel  Vendome,  Boston,  at  8.20  o'clock,  the  cyclom- 
eter indicated  93  m.  for  the  two  days.  My  companion  proceeded  a  little 
further,  and  as  he  rode  somewhat  before  joining  me,  his  record  for  the  two 
days  was  a  dozen  miles  greater.  Considering  that  he  was  a  boy  (jf  eighteen, 
who  had  never  before  been  on  a  tour  or  ridden  more  than  20  m.  in  a  day,  I 
thought  his  ability  to  do  105  m.  without  inconvenience  or  subsequent  ill- 
effects  was  a  pretty  good  proof  of  the  healthfulness  of  bicycling.  He  was  a 
leader  on  the  road  more  of  the  time  than  a  follower,  and  he  often  bobbcl 
along  serenely,  through  sand  and  ruts,  when  I  myself,  out  of  prudent  regard 
for  my  more  venerable  bones,  preferred  to  make  frequent  dismounts.  Save 
for  the  si.x  hours'  delay,  we  should  have  covered  the  whole  distance  from 
Portsmouth  to  Boston  on  that  memorable  29th  of  May ;  and  I  am  sure  he 
will  always  be  as  glad  as  I  am  to  recommend  the  track  in  question  to  all 
wheelmen  who  have  not  as  yet  had  the  pleasure  of  its  acquaintar.cc.  * 

My  record  for  Monda\,  the  30th,  was  19^  m.,  which  included  4  m.  in  the 
tail  of  the  great  parade,  and  an  afternoon  spin  to  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir. 
The  n";xt  day  I  did  a  similar  distance,  as  one  of  a  party  of  eighteen,  who 
lunched  at  the  Blue  Bell  Tavern  in  Milton,  by  invitation  of  the  Boston  men. 
Wednesday  afternoon  (I  didn't  get  started  till  afternoon,  because  I  didn't 
"go  home  till  morning,"  from  the  orgies  at  St.  Botolph's)  I  went  to  Dedhani, 
and  rode  some  35  m.  over  the  admirable  roads  of  that  region,  including  an- 
other visit  to  the  reservoir,  and  a  coast  down  the  hill  there,  when  my  wheel 


lln  wheeling  towards  Portsmouth,  the  Seabrook  sands  can  In-  avoided  by  following  iht 
horse-car  tracks  from  Newburypcrt,  by  the  Chain  Bridge,  to  Amesbiiry,  instead  of  crossing  liie 
Merrimac  River  on  the  old  travel  bndgo,  near  tlie  railroad  bridge  at  Newburyport.  After  cross- 
ing the  Chain  Bridge,  wheelmen  should  take  the  second  right  turn  at  the  guide-board  marked 
"  18  m.  to  Portsmouth,"  which  road  leads  to  the  large  Rocky  Hill  meeting-house,  where  a 
guide-board  is  n-.arked  "  Hampton,  9  m,"  which  ro.id  ends  at  Meth;<list  Church  ''i  Scabruok. 
Thence  the  regular  travel  road  can  be  followed  to  Portsmouth.  On  the  return  trip  the  righl- 
hand  guide-post  at  the  fork  of  the  roads  at  the  Methodist  Church  in  Seabrook,  marked  "  Ames- 
bury  Village,  i\  m.,"  should  be  followed,  instead  of  the  left  one,  "  Newburyiwrt,  4}  m.'"  At 
the  open  soace,  about  2  m.  beyond,  is  a  guide-board  mscribed  "  Newburyport,  2  m.,"  meai.ing 
the  boundai?  line,  not  the  city.  This  road  leads  to  Rocky  Hill  meeting-house,  where  the 
straight  roai,  instead  of  turning  to  the  left,  leads  to  the  horse-car  tracks  north  of  Chain  B.dee. 
This  route  is  only  about  a  mile  longer  than  the  direct  road,  and  with  the  exception  of  one  sharp 
hil'i,  the  road  is  excellent,  and  free  from  sand.  The  trip  of  61;  m.  from  Boston  to  Portsmoi.th. 
can  be  easily  made  in  a  day  by  any  fair  rider,  and  I  myself  have  made  it  without  any  forced  ilis- 


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103 

ran  away  with  me  but  did  n't  quite  throw  me  off.      During  about  half  of  ^h" 
afternoon's  nde  I  had  a  pleasant  chance  companion  in  hf  person  of  a.      . 

-vhen  the  waiter  called  me  ^hen    and   Ivv^.        H  !  ''!"  "''  ^""""«  ''°^" 

Welleslev  7A  m      Af  «     Z  \.  ''°"'"  ^>'  ^"""^  ""o^d  repairs  in 

reach  the  rai  road  station  thprp  nm     •       1  u       l-  ■  snjjpery.     l  did 

-  ..i.no.  th,ci.  enough  to  cut.  and  the  shivering  Speni^rians.dldTc;:::! 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


•»  '':  >;■; 


coats,  evidently  felt  murderous  towards  me  for  my  apparent  ability  to  keep 
warm  without  a  coat  of  any  sort.  Brookfield,  8J  m.,  was  reached  at  11.35, 
and  West  Brookfield,  3  m.,  \  h.  later.  When  I  started  on  a£,..in  at  2  o'clock,  the 
mist  had  lifted,  but  the  east  wmd  was  still  threatening  me,  and  at  umes  in 
the  afternoon  there  wei-e  occasional  brief  sprinklings  of  rain.  At  the  hill  by 
the  lake  side,  about  a  mile  b?yond  the  hotel  wnere  I  should  have  taken  the 
left-hand  road  to  Warren,  I  took  the  right-hand  one ;  and,  when  I  discovered 
my  mistake,  I  determined,  rather  than  retrace  3  m.  of  poor  road,  to  push  on 
to  Ware  instead,  and  complete  my  tour  to  Springfield  by  that  longer  (anH 
probably  rougher)  route.  F"ive  miles  '^. ore  brought  me  to-  Ware,  at  3.30  P.  M 
and  Thorndike,  8  m.  on,  was  reached  an  hour  later.  A  mile  of  good  side 
walk  riding  led  to  Three  Rivers.  Jenksville,  i\  m.  on,  was  reached  in  \\  h., 
spite  of  several  hills,  and  another  mile  of  good  sidewalk  then  led  to  Indian 
Orchard,  at  which  place  I  should  piobably  have  arrived  two  hours  earlier 
had  I  taken  the  Warren  route.  Dusk  had  now  settled  down,  and  darkness 
soon  followed,  with  occasional  rain-drops ;  but  the  east  wind  still  helped  me, 
and  I  rode  nearly  all  the  way  across  the  plain,  either  in  the  rut  or  on  the  ad- 
joining edge  of  hard  gravel  to  the  horse  railroad  terminus  in  East  State  St., 
Springfield,  5  m,  at  8.15.  Then  followed  3  m.  of  slow  wheeling  over  the 
dimly-lighted  macadam  of  the  city  streets  and  the  planks  of  the  North 
bridge,  whence  I  walked  2  m.  homeward  without  trying  a  single  mount.  My 
day's  journey  of  64J  m.  was  completed  at  9.45  P.  M. ;  and  by  10  o'clock  the 
rain,  which  had  been  threatening  me  every  hour  since  daybreak,  was  pouring 
down  in  right  good  earnest.  The  cyclometer  showed  286^  m.  for  the  seven 
successive  days,  an  average  of  41  m. ;  and  this  was  the  first  occasion  of  my 
mounting  a  wheel  each  and  every  day  of  a  given  week.  (Later  report,  p.  112.) 
iPemberton  Square,  in  Boston,  may  properly  be  taken  as  the  terminus 
of  the  smooth  roadway  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  and  I  recommend  it  as 
the  objective  point  to  be  kept  in  mind  by  any  one  who  plans  to  begin  or  finish 
a  bicycle  tour  at  ihe  capital  rHy  of  that  ancient  and  honorable  common- 
wealth. It  is  an  eminently  respectable  little  enclosure  (perhaps  25  or  30  rods 
long  and  about  as  wide  as  Broadway),  with  a  macadaii  roadway  surrounding 
the  central  strip  of  grass  a. id  trees,  which  are  protected  by  an  iron  fence. 
Red  brick  houses,  mostly  devoted  to  lawyers'  offices,  shut  it  in  quite  solidly; 
and  as  the  outlet  of  its  southern  end  (westward,  into  Somerset  St.,  and  so,  by 
a  turn  of  a  few  rolls  to  the  left,  to  the  head  of  Beacon  St.,  just  east  ot  the 
State  H<iuse)  i=  not  opposite  the  outlet  of  its  center  (eastward,  by  a  short 
macadamized  descent  into  Scollay  Square),  the  explorer  /  Fcmberton  Square 
always  has  the  uneasy  feeling  of  having  got  himself  into  a  cage  or  cuI-de-sM, 
at  whose  entrance  he  --areiesslv  failed  to  notice  the  warning,  "  No  thorough- 
fare '  ■"  This  mistaken  impression  is  heightened  by  the  extreme  contrast 
which  the  scholarly  qui°t  of  the  place  presents  to  the  rattle  and  roar  which 


Itrora  Die  tlicyciing  ttoria,  i>iay  n,  looj,  ^^.  u^v4. 


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105 


characterize   the  adjacent   plaza  called   Scollay  Square.     That  s^one-paved 
oiKnmg  IS  the  terminus  of  Tremont  St.,  a  ma'  -  artery  of  the  city,  stretching 
westward  for  3  m.  or  more  (and,  practically,  also  of  Washington  St.,  which 
runs  nearly  parallel  to  it) ;  and,  as  the  tremendous  horse-car  traffic  through 
those  and  other  thoroughfares  converges  and  concentrates  about  this  point 
S'.oliay  Square  is  a  place  where  the  car-drivers  and  teamsters  ceaselessly  rage 
at  o.,e  another.-roaring  out  their  robust  curses  and  merry  jests  from  morning 
unt.l  midnight,-and  where  the  car-conductors  continually  do  cry.     In  strange 
contrast  to  all  this  rush  and  tumult,  is  the  profound  repose  of  the  decorous  lit- 
tic  I'cmberton  Square,  which  I  have  before  described  as  situated  but  a  few 
rods  away,  and  which  I  have  thought  worth  describing  to  wheelmen  because 
Its  name  has  long  been  familiar  to  them  in  connection  with  the  Bi   IVorld 
whose  office  has  been  in  one  of  the  upper-floors  of  Xc.  8,  at  the  north  end  of 
the  square,  since  October  28,  18S1. 

On  descending  thence  to  Scollay  Square,  the  tourist  is  immedin^Hv  c on- 
fronted  by  the  Crawford  Mouse  (where  I  have  secured  a  very  decent  night's 
iodgnig  for  a  dollar,  on  two  or  three  occasions),  and  if  he  wishes  to  patronize 
a  more  pretentious  or  expensive  hostelry,  he  may  find  the  Revere  the  Trem 
ont.  Parker's  and  Young's  all  within  40  or  50  rods  to  the  left  or  ri-rht      The 
Uty  Hall  and  the  Court  House  are  close  to  the  two  last-named  ;  while  Fan-^uil 
Hall,  the  Post  Office  and  the  Custom  House,  as  well  as  many  of  the  theaters 
museums   and  other  places    of   in  -rest,   may   be  ^und   within    i  -n    of  the 
square;  and  nearly  all  the  steamboat-docks,  ferries  and  railway  stations  are 
w.thin  i  m.  of  it.     The  great  brick  building  which  serves  as  a  terminus  for 
the  ra,l-.^y  from  Providence  (the  Albany  terminus  is  \  m.  east,  and  both  lines 
lead  to  New  York),  and  which  stands  a  few  rods  from  the  south  side  of  the  Pub- 
lic Garden,  maybe  reached  by  riding  westward  from  Pemberton  Square  alonir 
icu-on  St.,  as  far  as  it  forms  the  northern  border  of  the  Common  and  the 
I  iil.lic  (,arJen,  and  then  along  Arlington  and  Bovlston  sts.  (respectively  the 
western  and  southern  borders  of  the  garden),  a  distance  of  about  i  m    with- 
out dismount.     The   massive  clock-tower  of   this    building,  whose  dials  are 
.  uminated  b>  i.ght,  is  not.able  as  a  landmark  th.it  may  pilot  the  tourist  to 
the  house  of  the  Boston  IJicycle  Club,  hard  by  {>io.  87  Boylston  St.),  or  to  the 
snll  more  elegant  mansion  (No.  152  Newbury  st.),  built  by  and  for  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bicycle  Club,  and  said  to  be  the  most  substantial  structure  of  its  .ort 
...  the  world      It  was  dedicated  March  25.  1885,  and  an  illustrated  descrimion 
of  It  occnpied  a  half-dozen  pages  of  Outin,^  fr,r  that  month.     «  This  ma"irn--fi- 
cent  temple  of  the  wheel  has  three  stories  and  a  basement,  with  a  frontage  of 
-M   t.  and  a  depth  of  90  ft.,  and  it  stands  22  ft.  back  from  the  sidewalk.  whXce 
a  wheelman  may  ride  directly  into  the  arched  doorway,  upon  an  incline  o<  con- 
crete, which  takes  the  place  of  steps.     Red  brick,  terra-cotta  and  light  shades 
ot  .Nova  Scotia  stone,  combine  with  the  broad  bay-window  and  oriel  of  the 
second  story,  and  the  inscribed  scroll-slal.  in  the'gablP  nl.^v.  .k»  .1.;.^   ._ 
■orm  qi„te  a  handsome  front.     The  land  is  owned  in  fee  simple,  t'.ough'the 


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io6  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

vote  to  'form  a  corporation  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  land  and  buildiiiK 
a  club-house'  was  taken  as  late  as  March  4,  iJfS4;  and  the  beautiful  structure 
owes  Its  existence  10  the  agency  of  one  man— Colonel  Albert  A.  Pope."  An 
illustrated  history  of  the  Boston  Bicycle  Club,  the  oldest  in  America  (by 
Charles  E.  Pratt,  for  four  years  its  president,  in  the  XVheelman,  March,  1883 
pp.  401-412),  gives  a  picture  of  its  former  house  on  the  corner  of  Union  Park 
and  Trcmont  st.,  which  was  taken  possession  of  Decemljer  5,  1881 ;  and  also 
of  Cobb's  Tavern,  in  Sharon,  a  favorite  objective  point  for  cub  runs. 

The  finest  boulevard  in  the  city  is  Commonwealth  av.,  stretching  in  a 
straight  line  from  Arlington  st.  (the  western  border  of  the  Public  Garden)  to 
the  street  called  West  Chester  Park  (i  m.),  and  at  right  angles  to  each  of  them 
It  is  the  second  street  south  of  Beacon  st.  (the  north  windows  of  whose  north- 
side  houses  overlook  the  Charles  River)  ;  and  just  below  ^he  avenue  is  New- 
bury St.  and  then  Boylston  St.— these  five  thoroughfares  being  parallel  to  and 
equidistant  from  each  other,  for  the  specified  mile.     This  is    listinctively  the 
fashionable  "  Back  Bay  district "  of  Boston,  reclaimed  in  recent  years  from 
the  marshes  which  used  to  be  .Ooode  J  by  the  river  tides,  and  it  is  now  pretty 
solidly  covered  over  with  the  most  ornate  and  expensively-built  houses  in  the 
city.     Dartmouth  st.,  which  is   the  third  western   parallel    of    Arlington  st' 
(border  of  iablic  Garden),  forms  the  eastern  dde  of  the  great  Hotel  Ven- 
dome,  which  fronts  northward  on  Commonwealth  av.,  and  it  also  forms  the 
eastern  side  of  the  New  Old  South  Church,  which  fronts  southward  on  Boyls- 
ton St.     The  rear  of  this  church  is  close  upon  the  rear  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bicycle  Club  house,   which   fronts  northward  upcn  Newbury   st.  ;  and   one 
block  eastward  from  the  church  is  Trinity  Church,  fronting  on  Trinitv  Square 
(a  favorite  rendezvous  and  starting-point  for  club  runs),  adjacent  to  which  are 
the  Hotel  Brunswick,  the  Institute  of  Technology,  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts 
and  the  Natural  History  Museum.     All  these  buildings  are  within  \  m.  of  the 
clock-tower,  before  recommended  as  a  useful  lan.'mark  for  the  visitor's  guid- 
ance, and  this  may  also  serve  to  show  him  where  Columbus  av.  branches  off 
southwestward  from  Boylston  st. ;  for  that  avenue,  after  about  \  m.  of  Belgian 
blocks,  offers  nearly  i  m.  of  asphalt  surface,  to  West  Chester  Park,  up  which 
he   may   turn,    right,  to  Commonwealth   av.     Dartmouth  st.  also   affords  a 
smooth  connection  between  this  and  Columbus  av.,  near  the  end  of  whose 
asphalt  a  turn  may  be  made,  left,  through  East  Chester  Park,  and  then  by  way 
of  All..iny,  Swett,  Boston,  Columbia,  and  Washington  sts.,  out  of  the  citv  to 
Milton  Lower  Mills,  and  ^o  to  Quincy,  Brockton  and  Taunton,  or  to  Paw- 
tucket  and  Providence.     Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  however,  is  the  best  ob- 
jective point  for  the  stranger  to  steer  for  when  he  first  wheels  out  from  Bos- 
ton;  and  the  best  route  thither,  from  the  end  of  Commonwealth  av.,  is  t^  e 
direct  one  which  is  supplied  by  Beacon  st.,  leading  over  the  so-called  Mill- 
dam.     Brighton  St.,  which  is  crossed  at  right  angles  just  before  e.itering  the 
reservoir  (whose  roads  allow  a  circuit  of  2\  m.  of  ideally  smooth  macadam)  is 
almost  exactly  5  m.  fro  iberton  Snuare, 


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OUT  FROM  BOSTON.  lo- 

My  only  visit  to  the  editorial  rooms  before  noted  as  overlooking  this 
sq.Kire  was  on  the  afternoon  of  the  day  of  ,ny  landing  in  Boston,  Sept.  lo  '81 
on  the  return  from  a  tour  in  Nova  Scotia.     I  then  gave  careful  s.udy  to  the 
various  su!)urban  wheeling  routes  which  had  been  marked  uoon  the  -ar^e  map 
hanging  from  the  wall,  and  I  procured  a  copy  of  the  Bi.  World  oi  August  xi 
containing  H.  W.  W.'s  brief  report  of  the  roa.ls  leading  to  Providence  and 
W  arren,  R.  I.  {63  m.).     Two  other  tourists  were  mv  companions,  next  mornirg 
as  tar  as  the  reservoir,-o,..-  route  being  the  indirect  one  through  Brighton - 
and  before  they  took  leave  of  me,  at  the  •   -i,u  where  the  road  dividing  the 
two  ponds  ot  the  reservoir  has  its  outlet  on   iieacon  St.,  their  united  praises  of 
a  certain  hateful  "  take-me-too  belt  "  were  beginning  to  have  the  deplorable 
effect  of  unsettling  my  just  prejudice  against  it.     At  10  o'clock  I  started  on 
taking  the  first  turn  to  the  left  (Hammond  st.)  on  the  brow  of  the  hid  which 
I  ascended  westward  from  the  reservoir  road,  and  going  bv  this  street  and 
then  La  Grange  st.  to  the  store  in   West  Ro.xburv  at  10.40  (5  m.).     There  I 
turned  to  the  right,  and,  in  a  few  rods,  took  the  left  fork  in  the  road  (Center 
St.)  to  Memorial   Hall,  in  Dedham,  at  u    (2i  m.) ;  passing  under  the  railway 
last  above  the  station  called  Ellis  (^i  m.),  and  stopping  for  dinner  at  x\or- 
W00.I  [\\m.);  whence  I  rode  to  the  post-oftice  in  Waloole  (4^  m.)  in  44  min 
which  was  just  double  the  time  taken  by  Ji.  W.  W.,  who,  however,  reported 
the  surface  in  superb  condition.     In  ordinary  weather  this  track  (about  16  m  ) 
between  the  reservoir  and  Walpole  could  be  ridden  in  either  direction  with- 
out  dismount ;  and,  on  the  present  occasion,  in  spite  of  the  deep  dust  caused 
by  SIX  weeks'  drought,  I  did  hardly  any  walking.     The  direct  road  for  Provi- 
dence from    Walpole  leads  through  Wrentham,  but  I,  in  obedience  to  the 
guide  before  quoted,  took  the  road  for  Foxboro',  and  then,  i  m.  out,  where  I 
uuyht  to  have   turned  to  the  right,  down  the  turnpike,    I  mistakenly   kept 
straight  on  for  i  m.     Turning  here,  I  walked  2  m.  along  a  Lad  road  which 
would   never  be   ridable  in   any    weather,  and   finally  reached  the  turnpike 
again,  in  North  Walpole,  whence  I  rode  4  m.  to  x-'oxboro',  and,  with  some  de- 
tours, to  the  central  park  in  Mansfield,  3}  m.,  finishing  there  at  6  o'clock  a 
day's  record  of  35  m. 

In  lack  of  any  regular  hotel,  I  spent  the  night  at  an  odd  sort  A  public 
boarding-house,  whence  I  started  at  S  a.  m.  of  Wednesday,  in  a  threatening 
mist,  which  soon  became  a  light  rain,  and  reached  Fist'Attleboro'  (8^  m., 
though  W.'s  record  says  9J  m.)  in  i|  h. ;  thence  through  the  manufacturing 
villages  of  Dodgeville  and  Hebronviile  to  Pawtucket  (8^  m.),  in  ij  h.  Here  I 
halted  an  hour  for  dinner,  in  the  midst  of  a  heavy  shower,  which  had  not 
ceased  when  I,  being  already  pretty  thoroughly  soaked,  resumed  my  journt,. 
An  hour  later  (3  m.)  I  took  brief  shelter  at  a  church  shed  in  East  Providence, 
and  soon  afterwards  got  off  :.om  the  proper  trad-  and  tramped  through  the 
woods,  on  one  cf  the  cross-roads,  for  4  m.  or  so,  without  getting  a  single 
chance  to  ride,  i- bllowing  this  came  6  m.  of  riding,  the  latter  part  of  it  on  a 
^.Moum  sneii  surface,  to   Warren,  at  4  o'clock;  and  then  4  m.  -f  sidewalk 


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wheeling,  with  only  occasional  dismounts,  to  Bristol,  making  34I  m.  for  the 
day.  There  was  no  rain  during  the  final  hour;  but  it  fell  pretty  steadily  dur- 
ing the  night,  and  at  times  in  the  following  forenoon.  The  sun  shone  out  at 
I  o'clock,  and  the  rest  of  the  day  was  bright  and  hot,  in  spite  of  two  or  three 
short  showers.  Between  3  and  6.30  v.  M.  I  traversed  19  m.,  ending  at  the 
Hotel  Dorrance,  in  Providence.  The  sidewalks  of  Bristol  I  explored  for  3 
m.  before  beginning  the  return  journey,  and  the  best  part  of  this  was  the  8  m. 
of  shell  road  between  the  Barrington  bridge  beyond  Warren,  and  a  certain 
point  opposite  Providence,  where  I  turned  to  the  left  for  the  hotel,  which  I 
reached  (3  m.)  after  much  trundling  on  the  sidewalks.  Though  tlie  rains  had 
made  the  roads  hcvy,  they  were  all  ridable,  and  I  was  only  i  J  h.  in  doing  the 
8  m.  The  scenery  of  this  route  overlooking  Providence  bay  and  river  is 
attractive;  and,  if  I  had  kept  straight  northward,  instead  of  crossing  it  to 
reach  the  city,  I  presume  I  might  have  had  these  water-views  all  the  way  to 
Pawtuckct,  about  5  m.  above.  Bristol  is  a  sleepily  respectable  old  town,  near 
the  end  of  the  peninsula  betwee--.  Providence  Bay  a;ul  Mount  Hope  Bay,  and 
is  distant  5  m.  from  the  very  lively  manufacturing  town  of  Fall  River,  which 
lies  upon  the  eastern  shor-^  of  the  latter.  A  ferry  used  to  connect  Bristol  with 
the  northern  end  of  Rhode  island  island,  upon  whose  southern  extremity,  about 
10  m.  below,  stands  the  city  of  Newport;  and  the  present  keeper  of  the  light- 
house, at  the  old  ferry  landing,  about  2  m.  from  the  center  of  Bristol,  occa- 
sionally plies  his  row-boat  for  the  accommodation  of  a  casual  traveler  who 
wishes  to  visit  the  'sland.* 

My  own  wheel  entered  N^-wport  by  boat  and  left  it  by  train,  on  the  occa- 
sion of  its  single  visit  there  in  1880:  but  the  train-journey,  which  wa,  on  the 

1"  H.  P.,"  in  Outing,  August,  1S84,  pp.  350-354,  describing  a  Septembcriide  from  Provi- 
dent to  Newport,  says  :  "  We  enjoyed  the  prospect  spread  before  us  as  we  let  our  ii^ichines 
run  along  the  down-grade  from  Bristol.  The  road  continually  becomes  Eteeper,  with  here  and 
there  a  patch  of  sand,  until  it  terminates  on  the  beach  near  the  light-house.  The  kee])er  was 
twenty  minutes  in  rowing  us  across.  Mounting  then  nea-  the  Bristol  Ferry  House,  a  commo- 
dious sum.ner  hotel,  we  toiled  up  a  steep  hill,  abounding  in  sand,  ruts  and  stones,  and,  nt  the 
top  o'  it,  instead  of  continuing  strain  -.t  south,  we  took  a  cross-road  to  the  right,  and,  after  follnw- 
ing  it  for  .ibout  a  mile,  again  turned  south  into  the  '  West '  road.  Immediately  on  turning  into 
the  cross-road,  the  wheeling  became  better,  and  the  rr-d  is  ridable  from  here  into  Newport, 
with  t'le  exception  of  two  hills,  5  and  6  m.  distant  from  N.  The  lasc  5  m.  were  traveled 
quickly,  und..'r  the  rising  moon,  and  we  ended  our  un,  from  Middletown  into  Newport,  on  a 
perfectly  i.,acad.amized  road.  PrcvlousK,  however,  we  had  rolled  our  wheels  over  the  f.iir 
island  in  every  direction  :  Now  along  Bellevue  av.,  bordered  on  either  side,  for  2  m.,  with  tine 
residences;  now  into  the  country,  ever  var\-ing  in  aspect,  where  the  ancient  windmills  and  old 
farm-houses  contrast  strangely  with  the  modern  pinnacled  and  gilded  cottages  ;  now  to  Paradise, 
and  to  the  Hanging  Rocks,  under  the  sh.adow  of  which  Bishop  Berkeley  was  wont  to  sit  while 
he  was  writing  the  '  Minute  PhiIo.sopher  ' ;  now  around  the  Ocean  Drive,  which  stretches  for 
7  m.  along  the  rocky  shores  of  the  Atlantic  ocean.  •  •  •  Instead  of  going  to  Bristol,  as  we 
did,  the  wheelman  may,  at  Warren,  bear  to  the  east,  .and  go  through  Fall  River.  Crossing  Mt. 
Hope  Bay,  on  the  Slade's  Ferrybridge,  he  may  ride  south  tlirough  Fall  River  and  Tiverton, 
crossing  the  .Seaconnet  river  over  the  '  Stone  '  bridge,  to  Rhode  I.sland.  But  this  route  is  at 
least  e  m.  farther,  with  the  last  2  m.  at  '  Ferrv  Nerk  *  -".r.  Rh.".?^."  '=l:;r..-t  tKr.-.;;,~K  -..-.--,;  A^^.\  --.-...1  " 


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first  day  of  summer,  ended  qui  xly  at  Ta.inton,  and  I  thence  wheeled  to  Bos- 
ton  (40  m,  9.30  A.  M.  to  8  p.  M.),  with  four  companions,  who  were  the  h,st 
ones  I  ever  toured  with,  though  I  that  day  completed  my  i,cx)oth  m.     Thnnmh 
••  the  swamp,"  6  m.  from  the  start,  we  did  much  walking  or  slow  riding  for  1  m 
and  then,  at  the  hotel  in  Brockton,  5  m.  beyond,  we  rested  ij  h.  for  dinner      At 
the  Robertson  House,  in  Quincy  ( 13  m.),  we  also  halted  \  h.  for  cooling  bever- 
a.^cs,  and  quickly  agam  at  the  Blue  Bell  Tavern,  about  half  wa-  to  Milton 
Lower  I- alls  (4  m.) ;  whence  our  course  led  through  Roxbury  '3  m  )  to  the 
hotel  m  Brighton  (5  m.),  where  I  spent  the  night.     Cobb's  Tavern,  in  Sharon 
just  beyond  South  Canton  (a  favorite  objective  point  of  the  Boston  Bicvcle' 
Club),  is  6J  m.from  Milton  Lower  Mills,  and  M;,  ,sfield  is  about  the  same 
distance    beyond  Cobb's.     "These  roads  as  far   as  Mansfield  are  excellent 
much  better  than  our  country  pikes."  is  the  report  of  a  Pawtucket  man  (Tl!e 
U.uv!,  Peb.  6,  -85),  who  took  that  route  homeward  from  Boston;  "and  from 
I!luc  11.11  to  Cobb's  they  are  like  billiard-tables, giving  us  the  pleasantest  part 
of  the  ru.i. 

My  route  to  Pawtucket,  from  the  Hotel  Dorrance,  in  Providence,  on  the 
mornmg  of  September  14,  was  5  m.  long,  and  lay  through  Westminster  st.  to 
\.  Mam  St.,  whose  car  tracks  I  followed  to  Olney  st.  and  then  up-hill  to  the 
macadam  of  the  Swan  Point  road  (ijm.),  the  sidewalks  being  generally  ridable 
without  need  of  dismounting  at  the  curbs.     After  going  up-hill  to  the  left 
through  the  center  of  Pawtucket,  I  turned  tn  the  right  at  the  top  of  it,  and  pro- 
ceeded along  the  sidewalks  to  Valley  Falls  Bridge  (ij  m).     The  sign  "S  m.  to 
Woonsocket "  was  i  Jm.  beyond  here,  and  I  followed  the  sidewalk  to  Ashton, 
and  then  the  road,  a  gradual  ascent  of  i  m.  or  more,  to  the  church  on  top  of 
Cumberland  hill  (51  m.),— having  been  3  h.  in  doing  the  I3im.  The  descent 
was  sandy,  and  most  of  the  next  3  m.  had  to  be  walked,  to  the  region  of  the 
bridge, followed  by  i  m.  of  riding  tea  central  point  in  Woonsocket.  After  this 
came  i  m.  of  rather  poor  road  or  sidewalk,  of  bl  '  k  sand  or  loam,  to  Black- 
stone,  on  a  little  st  earn  of  thai  name,  whose  dark  and  dirty  waters  have  an 
outlet  at  Providence  ;  and  I  was  tola  that  the  river-road  running   alongside 
It  all  the  way  to  that   city  was  continuously  sandy.     The  ortlv  header  of  my 
four   days'   tour  was  had  here,    while  trying   to  ride  along  a  nairow  ledge 
'oetween  a  deep  rut  and  the  bushes,  just  before  reaching  Blackstone.     About 
2  m.  beyond  is  Millville,  where  I  bought  a  ticket  for  the  train  which  I  was  told 
would, save  me  from  6  m.  of  sand;  but,  on  learning  that  a  quarter-dollar  would 
be  exacted  for  carrying  my  bicycle  that  distance,  I  refused  to  submit  to  the 
extortion  and  so  plodded  on.     After  i  or  2  m.,  the  road  graduallv  improved, 
and  I  reached  Uxbridge  (26^  m.  from  the  start)  at  2  o'clock.and  halted  brieflv  for 
hinch.     The  railroad  station  in  Worcester  (iSJ  m.)  was  reached  at  5.20  P.  m., 
and  no  walking  was  required  on  the  way,— the  final  third  of  it.  Irom  Millbury 
in,  supplying  the  smoothest  stretch  of  the  tour,— Northbridge,  Farmersville, 

Fisherville    and     SaiindersviHe    havinr'   been    nrpvir-.jvilv    ^.~.^=:^a    «',... u 

Taking  train  to  Springfield  at  6, 1  roae  thence  4  m.  into  the  country ;  total,  49  m." 


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Two  months  before  (June  16-17,  '^i)>  •  whe'  led  from  West  Springfield  to 
Pemberton  Square,  in  Boston  (103  m.), — my  first  day's  ride  (5  a.  m.  to  6  r.  m.) 
ending  at  Spencer,  44  m.  from  the  start.     The  first  dismount  was  caused  on 
the  sand  plain,  7  m.  after  starting,  and  2\  m.  before  I  reached  Indian  Orchard, 
where  1  stopped  for  breakfast  at  6.jo.     At  Jcnksville,   i  m.  beyond  (whe-e  I 
recommc.id  tourists  to  cross  the  bridge,  1.,  and  take  the  route  for  Ware,  in 
spite  of  what  my  report  of  1881  says  against  it,  on  p.  104),  I  turned  to  r.,  and, 
after    crossing  the    railway,    kept   alongside  it  through  the  sand  ;  following 
which  was  I  m.  of  clay   or  loam,  continuously   ridable  ;   so    that    I    reached 
North  Wilbraham,  3J  m.from  the  bridge,  in  just  i  h.    White  sand,  al;ernating 
with  short   ridable  stretches  of  loam,  was  the  rule  as  far  as   Talmer  (5J  m.) 
and  West  lirimfield  (5}  m.),  though  I  managed  to  get  over  each  section  in 
about    \\\\.     The  hilliest  and  sandiest  track  of  all   was  in  approaching  the 
last-named  station;  and   beyond  it  I  encountered  "road  repairs"  for  ij  m. 
Progress  then  became  pleasr.nter  along    the  shaded  banks  of  the  Chicopee 
River,  whose  waters  plashed  merrily  over  the  st  .les ;  and  the  ridable  stretches 
were  more  frequent  to  West  Warren  (j  m.),  whence  I  rode  all  the  way  to  the 
hotel  in  Warren  (2^  m.),  and  --ested  there  3  h.  for  dinner.  Resuming  the  wheel 
at   3.30  o'clock,  I  found  decent  roads  to  the  fork  (2J  m.,  near  the  hill  and 
pond)  where  I,  two  yeari  before,  unwittingly  ♦urned  towards  Ware.     I  now 
ecommend  that  route  as  rather  less  objectionable  than  the  one  just  descrioed. 
The  distance    between  this  pond  and  the  bridge  at  Jenk^ville  is  23  m.   by 
either  road,  and  each  one  of  them  contains  more  miles  of  unridable  surface 
than  any  similar   stretch   of  the    entire   route   from    New    York  to   Boston. 
Ne.xt  in  number   may  be  ranked  the  bad  n.iles  which  the  tourist  on  this  track 
must  conquer  between  Milford  and  Meriden,  in  Connecticut. 

The  smoothest  spin  of  the  afternoon  ended  at  t'le  pond  ir  East  Brook- 
fiekl  (7  m.  from  the  last-n^nicd  pond),  following  which  came  a  big  hill  and 
several  smaller  ones,  ending  at  the  Massasoit  IIoi.se  in  Spencer  (3^-  m.) ;  and 
when  I  started  thence,  at  5.30  o'clock,  next  morning,  I  was  forced  to  do  con- 
siderable walking,  here  and  there,  by  sand,  or  loam  in  the  f^rm  of  deep  white 
dust,  or  gravel  which  had  been  carted  on  by  the  road  repairers.  1  surprised 
myseli  by  riding  to  the  top  of  the  big  hill  in  Leicester  where  the  churches 
are  ^first  on  the  east  sidewalk,  then  on  the  concrete  of  the  west  one  and  finally 
in  the  roadway),  and  also  to  the  top  of  the  following  hill,  where  stands  the 
brick  church,— for  a  short  shower  had  by  this  time  made  the  surface  heaw. 
Just  as  I  stopped  for  bre:ikfast  at  a  restaurant,  a  little  beyond  the  public 
square  ii  Worcester  (ii^m.  and  2\  h.  from  the  start),  the  rain  began  again  in 
good  earnest,  and  it  was  still  drizzling  when  I  resumed  my  ride  at  9.20. 
Turning  northward  at  the  railroad  station,  I  soon  climbed  up  the  big  hill  on 
which  stands  the  State  Hospital,  descended  thence  across  the  causeway  of 
Lake  Quinsigamond,  climbed  another  hill  and  so  reached  the  fork  (3}  m 
where  one  sign  points  to  "Shrewsbury  ij  m."  and  the  other  says  "  Westboro 
mI  rM_     The  rorrp^r  rovt"?*  !q  "r^frrsHI"    fV-. . '-.:-.-? V     "-  =!.~.-.^-.  ,-.',,,'.',„., ,,,,.'^...  ...........1 


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for  about  I  m.  from  this  point,  and  it  is  the  route  by  which  T.  Midglev  once 
ro  e  straightaway    to  Hoston  without  dismount ;  but.  as  I  had  tried  it  vv  "en 
.Hl.ng  '"the  other  direction,  two  years  before  ,p.  .03).  I  thought  I    wou  d 
explore  the   Uestboro- route,  and  so  I  plodded  straight  ahead,  up  on!  tr 
-Hlous  h.l   and  many  smaller  ones,  sandy  and  difficult  at  best  and  some  of 
.hem  too    stony  even  for  ridin,  dc...,  _.,„til,  at  .,.40.  where  1  crossroads 
s.,n  sa,d     NorthUro    3  m.  to  the  1.."  I  turned  off  to  the  r..  and  found  gld 
nd.ng   to    the    ra.lrro:  station  in   Westboro'    (:c  .„.  and  .J  h.  from  the    es 
v.rant  n.  Worcester).     Thence  I  wheeled  continuously.-not  stopping  e  en 
or  the  road  repairs  on  the  down-grades.-by  a  wir.ding  and  hilly  road.'to 
o^'l  m  Ashland.  9  m.  in  ij  h.    Resting  there  a  similar  time  for  dinner  I  rode 
.    .south  P  ram.ngham  (3  m.  in  i  h.)  and  thence  without  stop  (3*  m.  in  ^c  ^in  Uo 

,.4>  when  I  met    .me  wheelmen  at  f.he  water  trough  of  Chestnut   Hill  Res- 
ervoir dim.,  and.  after  speeding  once  around  it  with  them.  I  took  a  detour 
o.tt  rough  Brighton,  and  finally  readied  Pemberton  Squa  e     nd  the  C  " 
ord  House,  at  7  4S  o'clock,  with  a  day's  record  of  5  Jn.     I  sailed  the  fol- 
lowing morning  for  Portland.-there  to  join  th.  party  whose  week's  Idven. 
urcs   'in  the  Down  East  fogs  "  may  be  found  detailed  in  Chapter  XX  -and  J 
remember  that  several  of  my  short  day's  journeys  "  iu  the  procession."  ol 
cU  of  equally  good  aver..ge  surface,  tired  me  far  more  than  this    olit  " 
day  punt,  which  was  more  than  doable   the  length  of  the  longest   of 
them      1  he  air  was  clear  and  bracing,  with  bright  sunshine,  after  the  fore 
noon  s  ram  ;  and  the  afternoon's  roads  were  rather  improved  W   h        I  think 
'hat  from  ,  shland  (33  m.).  and  perhaps  even  from  We'stboro' (p  m  j"  l\^  l' 
have.  ndde.  to  Pemberton  Square  without  a  stop.  After  getting  Tear  thT  top 
ofuie  hillat    Xewton  Lower  Falls,  instead  of  turning  f .  to  ob  v    he  s  gn 
Boston  10  m..'  I  kept  on,  r..  to  the  summit.  "  Boston  9  m.";  followed  the  tefe 
J    .h  poles  until  I  reached  the  sign  "Beacon  st."  in  the  wo^ds.  a^d  then    on 
tnuied^ng  it.  up  some  steep  but  smooth  hills  to  the  reservoir 

"The  Cyclist's  Road  Book  ot  Boston  and  Vicinitv  "hv  A    T     a.u-       t 
Boston,  was  published  by  him  April  .,    .SScanH  ,  ,  A,        w'  '  ^'^'  '^°"'"'  ^°^ 

Park,  or  from  the  office  of  t^ 5/^1-1 'iJ''  T       ^'"'"  ''"  '■"'^^"«'  '7  ^est  Walnut 

by  an  adjecve  describing  the  surface,  or  else  a  numeral  designatmg  the  a"  stance      'htr 

of    iHse  pages  (6  by  4  in,),  and  a  similar  number  given  .0  advertisemen  s   tu^the  ,1,  I* 

M9;  and  in  the  second  edition  thereof  (.880  i^rir^  fJ^r  ^  ,aa;-       .  '      "^  ^P'  '^'♦^ 

pp.  ^..-..6,  ard  raise  the  total  of  "  rout     '^.'o  sT  ,h^     h  T  T^l  '"  '"''"'^'^  ^°™'  '°^'' 

b--long  outside  of  M.assachuse«s  "  Tr  f'  /a  ^'  f^'°  "'°'"  '''""  ''*'*  °^  "^"«  new  statistics 
L,A.  W.  ..mpiJ^^^Sd  J^'Sitf  S^t;-^;^:!:!'^^'^ — -". 
^-,  ...4,  by  J.  P.  BurbanK,  Boston),  contains  ..  •■  routes! "c;ndensed:wuhli:;;nSt^e- 


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ncnptinnn,  into  4  pp.  of  fine  type  ;  lists  of  towns"  with  the  qualities  of  the  riding  ineach,"aiT.ii,-.;iH 
alphabrtiially  by  iDunlics  (4  pp  );  general  and  sectional  descriptions  1 '  the  State  (5  |)p  ),  li  tti 
list(6pp.l,  ly:ague  infcirin.ition,  with  names  of  consuls  and  other  officers  (11  pp.),  advertisenv  1 1» 
(O  pp.),  and  a  doien  blank  pages  f  'r  memoranda.  Its  siie  is  jj  by  ')}  in. ;  weight,  ijoj.  ;  price, 
15  c  ;  and  every  wheelman  who  designs  to  take  a  tour  in  the  State  should  buy  a  copy  of  ihe 
Division  officers  (M.  L).  Ourricr,  at  I-awrence,  or  F.  P.  Kendall,  at  Worcester). 

1  lie  b<M)k  just  named  recommends  to  the  attention  of  rders  a  map  of  the  region  armind 
I'oston  (surveyed  1HS3,  scale  1  m.  to  1  inch,  price  #1.50,  mounted  #5),  within  a  radius  of  .iti.Jiii 
30  m.,  taking  in  llrockton,  s  .  Natick,  w.  ;  I^owell,  .Andover  and  the  whole  of  Cape  Ann.  n 
The  same  map  with  a  radius  of  about  12  m.  (taking  in  Cohasset  and  Dedham,  s.  ;  Natick  .in<l 
Concord,  w. ;  Wakefield  anc*  Salem,  n.)  sells  for  75  c,  and  is  a  more  convenient  size  fur  uw 
u|Hin  the  ro.ul.  The  To]x>graphical  State  Atlas  (official,  1871,  scale  2J  m.  to  i  in.)  offers  eith 
county  separately  for  50  c.  (cloth  back,  75  c),  folded  in  cover  for  pocket  use  ;  and  hot!,  these  iiid 
the  Boston  n.aps  ,iiay  be  purchased  of  Cupplcs,  Upliam  &  Co.,  283  Washington  St.  "  lii'k- 
shire,"  a  good  map  for  pocket  use,  is  mailc  d  free  to  every  one  se  'dii:^  -t  request  to  llij  lierk-^liire 
Life  Insurance  Co.,  of  Pittsfield,  whose  advertisement  has  a  place,  of  course,  in  one  corner  iif 
the  sheei.  The  siie  of  this  is  32  by  24  in.,  though  the  map  covers  only  about  ^  of  it;  and,  a^ 
the  county  reaches  entirely  across  the  w.  end  of  Mass.,  the  roads  of  Conn.,  s.  ;  N.  Y.,  w.,  and  \t , 
n.,  are  shown  for  about  3  m.  from  the  Ujrder.  The  scale  is  about  2I  m.  to  i  in.,  but  all  thi/ 
roads  are  clearly  shown,  as  well  as  the  hills,  mountains,  streams  and  lake-, ;  while  a  special  sur- 
charge uf  red  i'  given  to  the  main  roads,  and  special  symbols  of  that  tint  (star,  cross,  circle  a:id 
square)  show  the  place  of  each  school-house,  cemetery,  church  and  railroad  station.  .As  ili- 
loads  from  WiUiumstown  (n.  w.  cor.  of  co.)  to  Pitlsfield  are  fairly  ridable,  and  thence  down  the 
Housatonic  valley  to  Conn,  ase  very  fine,  I  ex|K'Ct  that  the  Lerks.  Life  Ins.  Co.  will  be  qiiii.k'y 
forced  to  print  a  new  edition  of  their  excellent  map,  to  meet  ihe  demands  which  wheelmen  wiil 
make  for  it,asares'Jt  of  this  present  announcement.  The  copyright(i.><'<3)  is  held  bj  itsdesi-mr, 
Walter  Watson,  C.  E.,  anu  the  engraving  and  printing  are  by  Strmlicrs,  Servoss  S  Co.,  N  Y. 
G.  H.  Walker  &  Co.,  lithographers,  i6j  Trcmont  St.,  P>oston,  publish  the  following  cmmty 
maps:  Essex,  1884,32  by  24  in.,  li  m.  to  i  in.,  which  covers  all  the  coast-line  of  the  Siaic 
from  the  suburbs  of  Boston  to  the  border  of  New  H?i  jshire ;  Worcester,  18S4,  25  byji 
in.,  2  m.  to  I  in.  ;  Franklin,  18S5,  2S  by  iS  in.,  li  m.  to  1  in. ;  Hampshire  and  Hampden,  l^■^^,  2S 
by  22  in.,  ijm.  to  i  in.  ;  P-istol,  iSSo,  28  by  18.,  2  m.  to  i  in.,  "prepared  expressly  for  this  alias"; 
Plymouth,  iSSo,  30  by  20  in.,  2  m.  to  1  in.  ;  and  Barnstable,  1S80,  22  by  20  in.,  3  m.  to  i  in., 
"  prepared  expressly  for  this  atlas  "  The  Cai^e  Cod  extremity  of  the  State  is  included  in  t.ie 
jatter  county  ;  Plymoi-'h  takes  in  the  rest  of  the  coast  as  far  as  Hingham,  and  Hristol  cover  the 
region  between  Plymouth  and  Rhode  Island.  Just  north  of  these  two  counties  is  Norfolk  (whnse 
map  is  now  in  preparation)  stretching  from  Woicester  County  to  the  coast ;  while  between  the 
two  latter  and  Essex,  lies  Middlesex,  whose  map  (30  by  25  in.,  i\  m.  to  i  in.)  is  to  be  issued 
May  15,  1SS5.  The  three  parallel  counties  of  Franklin,  Hampshire,  and  Hampden  nuke  a 
square  section  of  the  State,  with  the  western  end  of  each  bounded  by  Berkshire  and  the  eas;cr:i 
end  of  each  by  Worcester,  which  also  covers  a  square  section  nearly  as  large  as  the  three  com- 
bined. The  publishers  mail  these  maps  at  the  uniform  price  of  25  c.  (or  50c.,  if  coloredi;  and 
any  desired  rnad-n-ute  in  Massachusetts  may  thus  be  traced  out  in  advance,  by  every  tourist  who 
supplies  himself  with  one  or  another  of  the  e  cheap  county  charts. 

"The  Wheelman's  Hand-Book  of  Essex  County  "  (compiled  and  published  in  .April,  iS^i, 
by  George  Chinn.  of  Marblehead,  and  Fred  E.  Smith,  of  Ipswich,  and  mailed  by  them  on  rLCc'il 
o{2oc.)is  described  upon  its  title  page  as  "  contaiirng  brief  sketches  of  the  various  cities  and 
towns  of  the  county,  with  a  lis*  of  their  objects  of  interest ;  a  directory  of  hotels,  clubs,  census 
and  executives ;  road-routes,  etc. ;  also  the  history  of  the  League  of  Essex  County  Wheelmen.'' 
It  comprises  48  pp.  (si  by  8  in.)  of  wnich  12  pp  are  given  to  advertisements,  and  weighs  i\  01. 
The  towns  are  arranged  alphabetically,  and  no  attempt  is  made  to  connect  them  by  "  routes, ' 
or  to  tabii'ate  or  index  the  information  in  the  pamphlet ;  but  every  tourist  from   Bostu.i  to  Pon?- 

H^,...*U    »...^1,f    hai-awVioUcc    tr\    Afsii;^    K;rTic^1f    with    it     3c    w^ll    ac    with    W:l1kpr   Sj   C!o'sniaDoi 


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-  .lu.  c„y     H„  '■  Harvar.  J^l  £ZulZlX7T'  ""'^  l"  "'  '""«'"  "^  "'^  -"'- 
.uid.  .o  Ca.n.ndKc.     The  remainder  .7  he  ,rL  i    .  Id  bv  .h''        ""vT''  '^"""''  ">  ''  ^  '"'^•' 

'J..50),  and  ••  P.K^ket-book  of  Cincinnati  "  („  c  )       ;   W  *  r    «     "'"•'^''  °'  ^P""ffiM" 
s.  .  N.  Y..  pubi:.h  maps  of  ■■  „,.„„„  ,nd  ad  a  .-n       L^' u.  h  T.*  '''' '   "'  '^"""" 

<.^..uin..,oc.,,«,.,ehconuin,ap,anolu      Bo:i        .ot^'^'^'^ 

'33  by  31  m.,  |,),  and   the-  "  New  England  State,  "  (.,    U  -.  '  '""'  *-""" 

>.-"  .-...f  M-.  on  large  scaie.^upan::     M  I '/J:  L '/• '°  h'^Tu '^^'   ''''''"« 
".^..a  .0  them  ai.  a  m;;^^ ^.J^"^  -  ^^ tS t :'.":^ tich\r '^  -- 

:=r  ;=;:^  .:;r  H:rLrt;rrh  ^  -*-'  ■  -  *-  ---"-«-: 

^.  an..  H  m,  w.  of  the  central  point,  which  is  practically  PemLZwrr'TH  "  "   "^  ?  "■ 
mponant  streets  are  civen   as  u,^Il  ,.  .1,         7  ■.         /  "^ "'""«"""  Square.     The  names  of  the 

a'^..  ..ccompany  their  colored  cJunt  mi;^^  S;pt  "ull  ,  '"^  ^'^"'^-^ -ve.  Covers 
ih.ir  State  Atlas  of  V,  i,  nearlv  out  nf  ,U       "^P'"'  ^P''^™  ^  '-°-  have  mst  informed  me  that 

Mass.,  R.  [.  and  part  of  Conn.-  (,i  by  2,  in     2I  m   ,  ^'^'°7;^f.'**a,  75  c.)  each.     Their 

we.Kh,n.  .  o.)  sells  for  •,  o.  ,3  if  Lu.  ted.  Th  ir  m  ';  onhe  n  '  '"  ''"'  T"  '  ''  '  '"' 
'"  )  is   issued    in  two  ,i,e,,  with  three   stvl«  ,\T  f  "  '""'""  ("«'«  ""■  '<" 

-de  •')  is  44  by  4,  in.,  weighT  o.  on  pa  chm  nt'-"  J"'  ■'^'"  '^^  '''^"'  <"  -™- 
.u,cl  folded  to  5  by  ,1  in,,  it  weighs  ;ioz  and  cos.:*'  '^'  "h  T'^  '"°^  '"'^'"=''  *'"'  ^■"'■' 
.l.e  same  ;  folded  in  cloth-slip  and  c  e  ,  50  "^  '■  .^m  c"f  ^^"^'^'''.'  ""  ^°""^'  "  ^"-^'^ 
75c.  (.J  o..U..75(3i  oz.)or«..35  (40    )     These.re  th  T  .    "  ''  ^^  ^'  '"'  =""^  "=-'' 

-he  previous  p  .agraph  as  recomm  nded  ly  th  .reri  offiirT.  r'"^'  ''  "'  '^^'""'"«  ''^ 
publishers  (who  "  also  keep  in  stock  -.  fulU       if  T     ^'"'      ^-m.  circle  "  of  the  s,.me 

a  dav  „r  two  before  my  own  w.stwarT  Id    (;:    j;        )\;rt'  "  '■'°  '  -T.  """'^  ^^'^  ""'^ 
t«..n  Wellesley  and  Ware.     A  few  divs  1.!.   '  r     '  '      '^.^  "'"""'"''  *'"^  '^''"^  ^e 

_^-  ,  and  riding  a  48  in.   Columbia,  started  from  the  co  lege-Jd  I;  .1    m         h     ''7  "° 
Belchertown,  ,0  m..  at  sunrise,  ,  h  ;  -he  s-cond   .„  m     ,     w         „      "*  '  """"^  -'  '  ''=>'°"d 

r-1.,  half  of  *hich  had  to  b  •  walk  d  "  reouireH     h     '    .  '      ""'^  ^''^^'-  ^'""^  ^^  ^  '-"'>y 

fM.     Reaching  Worcester  at"  To  1'    Ta  d  h^  •'  '      ^'  ^  °'  '   '^  "^^  '"^'^^     '^  ''-^k" 

-"^H  s,,.., ,  -or.hboro.;^r:;:;hr  ^2e;.  wiSiif-- "  ■'^v""" 

"1-  Milidam  to  Cambridgeport  at   c  ^c  p   w  ,   ,  ixewton,  F       ,^on,  and  across 

lucainly  mou,,.,  for  the  harde^i "    m'o    th.:'  dav'  "e         "  '  T""""  '  ^  ^''^"'  '  - 

^-'W  that  this  is  one  of  the  longest ^oad  rid^-s  in  .h"^  """"'  ^'^  ^'^  vigorously,  but  I 
™^c!es  for  the  honor  of  the  club  which  is  II"  '''^  ^-'H^- -^  I  rejoice  .0  sacrifice  my 
nding.  I  dismounted  but  once  dti:g  he  ^  ^  and  r  "h  H  K  t"  "'"=«"  '"  >-g..istance 
'Cluck.     This  was  th..  (,....,  JlJl    !'  '"•'  '?".''  ''^''^''^  '^'  hotel  in  Framingham  at  8.,. 


■         "'cluck.     This  was  Ih,.  fastest  f.r-.-.r. 


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mechanical.  I  stayed  in  bed  only  (mm  11  till  3  30  n'clcick,  and  at  4  A  M.  reiumed  the  rii!,- 
homeward  My  muscles  were,  if  possible,  stiffcr  and  lamer  than  ihe  n\y  A  b^'ore,  but 
be^an  to  limlier  up  a  little  at  Northboro',  where  I  br-ak fasted.  Worcester  wa.*  reache-'.  at  .  jd 
Ware  at  1  v.  M  ;  the  only  header  of  ihe  two  days  rewarded  some  recklev%  dowii-hill  ridmu  Ti.-.ir 
Bclchertown  ;  thet.ce  a  driving  rain  aicominmcd  me  to  Amliersl  at  6  i'.  .M,,  >4<>  m.  The  mxi 
day  I  experienced  no  ill  effects,  and  was  in  bfier  trmi  (or  further  riUinjj  than  when  I  Mar.ed 
ihouKh  I  had  covered  205  m.  within  3.S  h  "  This  in  condensed  from  a  three-column  report  m 
Bi.  If'or/J  ol  April  lA,  'ii,  p.  ji^S  ;  and  briefer  accounts  appeared  in  Amher  StuiUnt  ad 
Boston  HerdU,  s<x)n  after  the  tour.  His  best  day's  rid-,  previous  to  this,  had  been  80  ni.  In 
November,  1HS3,  while  touring  in  the  Harz  Mountains,  he  completed  a  riding  rec-.a  o(  in..«,i 
m.,<)f  which  a  summary  will  be  presented  in  a  later  :haplef;  and  on  June  3,  1SS4,  bet*i.ii 
midnight  and  1 1  40  i-.  m.,  ho  rfxle  205  m.  (jjS  kilometers),  hack  and  (orth  betweei.  I.,ei|)-.ic  and 
bresde..,— thovi^li  the  l>est  previou.s  day's  road  recoril  111  (lermany  was  .(<x)  klloinervrs. 

The  next  u. I, 's  run  of  icxi  m.  "out  from  Hoston,"  of  which  I  have  found  any  record,  vv.i, 
reporte<l  thus  for  ('.  A  Ha/lett's  "  Summarv  "  (Outing,  Feb.  1S84,  p  371) :  "  On  Nov.  iS,  1  A^, 
three  members  of  the  Springfield  Bicycle  Club,  C.  K.  Whipple,  ().  N.  'rVhipple  and  F  W 
Westervelt,  started  from  the  U.  S.  Armory  at  4.30  A.  M.  For  3J  m.  they  found  good  wlieelini;. 
the  next  5  m.  very  saiuly,  and  all  to<ik  headers.  From  Wilbrahamto  Palmer  and  West  Warren, 
the  roads  were  fair;  thence  to  the  liri«iktields,  sandy  and  stony.  Alioul  2  111.  out  of  HronkheKI 
they  flopped  at  a  firm-house  for  breakfast.  They  found  the  road  good,  but  very  hilly  from 
Spencer  to  l/cicester.  Here  they  were  met  by  Mr.  Lamb,  who  wheeled  to  Wo.cester  »  .\\  tl.cni, 
where  they  stoppe  1 }  h.  to  telegraph  home.  Contrary  to  what  had  Ix-en  tuld  them,  they  found 
every  hill  between  Springfield  and  Hoston  could  be  coasted  with  safety.  Their  next  and  I.1-; 
'.op  (\  h.)  was  at  a  farm-house  at  Southboro'  where  they  began  to  realize  what  go<xl  roads  wcrt. 
f  he  pros  ;ct  put  new  life  into  their  tired  limbs,  it  bein,;  the  first  long  run  they  had  ever  taken 
From  Framingham  t'.^y  wheeled  lhrou;ih  Natick,  Newton  Lower  Falls.  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir, 
to  the  Public  Ganlen,  lioston,  and  dismounted  in  front  of  Brighuii's  n'.taurant  at  6.41;  iv  m  " 
A  year  latorOfov.  9,  ',S4l,  three  other  members  of  the  same  club,  F.  KIdred,  \.  O.  Mcdarrell 
and  W.  J.  McOarrett,  rode  from  >he  city  hall,  Springfield,  to  the  U.  S  Hotel,  Boston,  in 
14]  h.  (riding  time,  13}  h,\  taking  breakfast  at  Warren,  din'  -  at  Worcester  .-.nrl  supper  at  ii.>s- 
ton.  Four  days  afterward.s,  L.  B.  (Iraves  rode  fri.'in  Northampton  to  Boston,  over  a  course  prev- 
ou.sly  measured  as  104  m.  by  Butcher  cyclometer,  but  which  was  increased  i  (ji.  by  a  mistaken 
detour  at  the  end.  From  his  report  in  II^Aee/,  Nov.  2!!,  'S4,  f  extract  the  following  :  "  Stan,  4 
A.  M.;  Amherst,  7  m.,  1}  li.;  Hjlchertowii,  loj  m.,  2  h  ,  and  stop  i  h.  for  breakfast;  Ware,  m 
m.,2h.  Roads  from  N.  to  A.,  first  half  fair,  second  half  poor  and  sandy ;  A.  to  B.,  not  liid. 
though  the  grade  is  steadily  iipw.ird  ;  B.  to  W. ,  the  worst  stretch  of  the  day,  including  plenty  of 
long  hills,  so  rough  aiul  sandy,  as  hardly  to  allow  riding  on  down  grades.  I  left  W.  at  11 
o'clock,  in  comp:>'iy  with  S.  W.  Coe  ;  rest  '  '  Vmner  at  the  Massac  it  House,  S;jencer,  i  to  : 
p.  M.;  reached  Worceste.  al  4,  and  waited  there  .ill  6,  for  repairs  to  steering-head  of  machine 
(Yale  54  in.);  thence  to  Bnghton  at  ni  ght,  with  one  lamp  to  give  light  for  both  of  us.  Fortu- 
nately the  roads  were  in  very  good  shai>e,  and  the  only  fall  of  the  entire  trip  was  a  header 
taken  by  my  .om|)aiiion,  when  he  struck  a  high  curostone  in  the  dark.  Towards  the  end,  wi- 
went  astray  from  the  proper  track,  to  koxbury  station,  and  ti.ence  we  jounced  along  the  cobble 
st<mes  of  Tremont  st.,  instead  of  the  asphalt  of  Columbus  av. ,  so  that  it  w-os  12.50  A.  M.  when 
we  reached  the  New  Marlboro  Hotel,  and  sat  down  to  a  hasty  supper.  This  was  a  trifle  les> 
th.an  21  h.  after  the  start  at  N.,  and  my  riding  time  was  just  16  h.  Neither  of  us  had  ridden 
much  d-  -ing  the  precedi.ig  days,  and  we  both  felt  in  good  condition  the  day  following."  ■  The 
same  ■  a^^cr  v  f  Oct.  17,  'S4,  gave  a  brief  report  of  a  Sunday  ride  from  Orange  to  Boston,  Oct.  ;, 
mm.  nrf'.'jen  5.30  .A.  M.  and  10.30  P.  M.,  taken  by  C.  H.  Shcpard  and  W.  R.  Winchei' 
of  the  hi.-i-named  town.  Their  riding  time  was  14  h.,  and  iheir  good  condition  at  the  finisli  w:i^ 
shown  by  the  fact  that  they  next  dav  wheeled  55  m.  The  road  from  Orange  to  Fitchburn  wa> 
far  from  good,  and  they  were  6  h.  in    '  walking  "  the  32  m.     They  found  fine  wheeling  betwec- 


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THK  ENVIRONS  OF  SPRrNGFlELD.* 

o.  civilization  in  the  locality  po Lcssil  the-  "^^  r'      ""  "'  '  '^'«^'  '''-'«^*^^ 

.;.e...>re^  in  the  fact  that  tL^:;;:^!:f::;.. ':;:::j:.;t;;r":^T'^- 

A.Mcr.ca  .s  now  flourishing  in  the  little  inland  city  of  Snrin.ll  ,  [  '" 
-.vs  of  Han.pclen  County  had  not  been  greatly  irnorovf'  1  '  '^^  '"«*'• 
'"  "'irty  years  ago.  it  i.  hardly  probablfthat  aTt    K     "'"  ""■"  ^^"^'^'°" 

-.ncssed  the  phenomenon  of  an  increas7i ,  th  '  ^^  ^r' "'^"''' ^^^^ 
'--  three  to  three  hundred.  Th.  reZ  "  ourn""  .^  "'  "^^^'  '"^">'^"''^- 
-.de  to  teach  various  interesting  '  lesson  J  a  r."h  '"^^  "'V'""''  '^^ 
energy  and  shrewdlyplanned  business  combn.at L  in  t '""'  °'  '""'"^' 
'o  pass;  but   its  most  .--npressive  and  la.f  n     .  '^^'"K'ng  great  things 

-"  'i-fact  that  an  exceUon^l  y  g  Id';     f JjlTca^^  ^><^_':onn.a., 

-  basis  upon  which  the  tournamlu  itsel    rea  1    re s:d      W  '^  '■\''^"  ""• 
'"  'lie    region  as  poor  now  as  mi    i8co    Zr      J,,T  Were  the  roads 

'.u.ch  of  a  power  to  coni.re  .1       1J°\  '''P^ngfield  b.cycling  would  not  be 
■n.  such  a  show  as  tl.  u  w-   ch  I    1     "  ,    '^^-'^P'^  '^e  machinery  for  creat- 
ine late  Samuel   iTowl        v,   ,e  ero       f  7^""' "''^'""^"^ '"^'^^^ 
his  varied  efforts  to  persuade'th       tiz  ns  ■'^'"'"^'''  '^'-^"^"'"'^  '" 

vantages,  and  to  impLe  upon  he  tool  fr '"'""'  ""  '  '""''^  '°"'  ^'^- 
noticc  to  the  attractiveness  of  ?hl  ''"'"'  °"  '^''^'^  ^°  '''^ect  their 

and  to  the  compar  J  LVp, 's  "7"°^  "^'^  '"  ''^  "^^''^^  '--'  ^'-"^ 
-ncs  of  ..  par  Jdrive-wavs't  "led  f  "'^"'"'"^  '"'^^  ""^  ^  — ^^'^ 
ti^n  rather  than  for  heavy  business  trlffi  ''^'•'T  °^  '''''"''''  ^"^'  ^^'^^^^- 
■ng  so,ne  excellent  "  breathin.-pUces  "  f'     T  ""  ^"^  ''"'^  '-"■''•^''>-  ^"^"^- 

Park  could  only  be  met  bv  an^enlt  '       '"^  '"'-''  ''"'^"'^  ^""^^  "^  a  central 

-  -■  enunentl',  prac  cabl  a  JeT"  "?'"'?""  °^  •"°"^>-'  ^'---  --^d 
•'--rseofafelvearsl:  ::  :^J'^^^^^^^  -"  '  ^^i"  ^ope  that.  i„ 
;--haIl  have  become  regu Ur  id  ^  of  thT  h'Vr'  ""^^'^^^'^^  -'i- 
'-  --'li-cl.  The  men  who  drive  horses  Iv  no^^r  '  "'  ^'"^  ^'^"^  ""^^ 
»""  drive  wheels  (though,  of  the  numb, ir  ^k  ""  ^"■""">'  '""^  '^^^  '"^'^ 

;'.  -;"cl  be  hard  to  n.L'  on:  ^h^^ ^  ^s  fr'iX  T\  "  '"''''''  '--" 
'"cycle),  but   they  alwavs   do  have  a   TrT.fuJ-^\  frequently  th.,n  the 

ought  clearly  to  see  not  only  thal^ooST  i  "^/T  ^"°'  '"''^^^ '  ^"^  '^ey 
-en  .ocalit,  but  that  the  LiSsf :^,:;:^:  Jl^^-.^^^-^  !"  ^^ 


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good  roads  better  md  more  numerous.  In  like  manner,  this  present  minutt- 
report  of  my  personal  observations  on  he  roads  of  Hampden  County  which 
are  most  practicable  for  bicycling,  though  designed  chiefly  as  a  guide  for  the 
benefit  of  visiting  wheelmen,  will  serve  also  to  assure  other  strangers  that  the 
environs  of  Springfield  may  be  readily  explored  by  any  sort  of  pleasure- 
carriage.  Old  residents,  too,  m.i  ,  perhaps,  be  interested  in  "-eading  of  well- 
known  paths  as  related  to  the  new  mode  of  locomotion,  and  the  description 
m  •  possibly  even  recall  to  their  mmds  some  agreeable  combinations  of 
routes  for  their  own  afternoon  drives. 

In  pushing  my  bicycle  a  distance  of  8,000  m.,  I  have  made  trial  of  about 
4,000  distinct  miles  of  roadway,  situated  in  fifteen  separate  States  of  the  Union, 
and  in  Canada,  New  r)runswick.  Nova  Scotia,  and  the  islands  beyond  ;  but  in 
this  somewhat  extended  experience  I  have  never  found  another  town  of 
which  it  can  be  said,  as  of  Springfield,  that  a  bicycler,  starting  at  its  central 
square  or  city  hall,  can  ride  without  dismount  for  eight  or  ten  miles  towards 
all  four  jwints  of  the  compass, — north,  south,  east,  and  west.  The  streets  of 
the  nation'-,  capital  city  arc  incomparably  the  cleanest  and  best  paved  ones  to 
be  any\/here  found  upon  the  North  American  continent ;  but  when  a  Wash- 
ington wheelman  gets  beyond  the  limits  of  the  municipal  asphalt,  his  choice 
of  routes  for  a  comfortable  afternoon's  ride  becomes  extremely  limited.  The 
New  Yorker  has,  within  easy  reach, — north,  south,  east,  and  west  of  his 
beloved  Manhattan  Island, — finer  and  more  extensive  macadamized  roadway? 
than  any  which  Western  Massachusetts  can  boast  of;  but  the  four  series  of 
roads  are  disconnected  by  water  from  each  other,  as  well  as  from  the  island, 
though  many  miles  of  good  riding  ni  y  be  had  on  the  northern  part  of  the 
isi.  1  itself.  The  State  House  at  lioston  stands  on  a  hill  beside  the  sea,  but 
though  the  man  who  mounts  its  glistening  dome  beholds  much  water,  he  also 
overlooks  a  territory  possessed  of  a  larger  "  mileage  "  of  smooth,  hard  road- 
way than  exists  elsewhere  in  any  such  small  area  of  the  New  World.  The 
entire  suburban  region,  within  a  radius  of  15  m.  or  so,  is  cut  up  by  a  network 
of  roads  which  are  almost  all  excellently  macadamized,  so  that  a  bicycler  may 
ride  long  distances  without  the  necessity  of  dismounting  or  of  frequently  re- 
peating his  course.  The  rolling  countrv  around  Boston  does,  indeed,  justify 
the  lauda:ions  of  its  friends  who  extol  it  as  "  the  paradise  of  American  wheel- 
men." We  have  nothing  elsewhere  to  equal  it,  or  to  be  easily  comparable  to 
it.  The  region  tli.it  ranks  next  to  it  in  attractiveness  must  be  "next  by  a 
very  long  interval  "  ;  but,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  that  rank 
may  fairlv  be  assigned  to  the  region  arotmd  Springfield.  Outside  the  Postoii 
suburbs,  I  think  there  is  no  other  |)lace  but  this  vhere  the  bicycle  may  be 
driven  so  far  in  so  many  directions  without  stop,  and  where  such  extensive 
and  pleasant  routes,  which  involve  no  repetitions,  mav  be  so  easily  laid  out. 

"  I'urgatorv,"  rather  than  "  Paradise,"  however,  would  be  a  visiting  bi- 
cycler's designation  of  that  section  of  the  city's  chief  thoroughfare  on  which 
he  first  tries  his  wheel  when  he  emerges  from  the  eastern  portal  of  the  rail- 


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road  station,  for  this  is  just  about  at  the  middle  of  that  busiest  mile  of  Main 
St..  where  the  macadam  has  been  worn  into  ruts,  and  holes,  and  ridges-  where 
..  IS   kept  almost  continuously  muddy  by  regular  watering-carts  or'  casual 
s  ovvers    and  where  every  one  of  the  cross-walks  causes  a  tremendous  jolt 
lus  m,Ie  section  of  roadway,  which  stands  in  such  crying  need  of  a  new  top- 
clrc..s,ng  of  powdered  ston..  extends  from  Memorial  Church,  on  the  north 
(Where  the  cycler  turns  to  the  left  in  seeking  the  northern  entrance  to  the 
camp  on  Hampden  Park,  or  the  West  Springfield  route  to  Holyoke)   to  State 
^t.,  on  the  south,  which  thoroughfare  leads  eastward  up  the  Armory  Hill'  and 
->  .he  old  post  road  to   Boston.      The  horse-car  tracks  run  along  it  ^or  a 
-n.ie  and  a  half,  and,  though  the  first  half  of  this  distance  is  up-grade    ,t  is 
macadamized  smoothly  enough  to  be  ridable  for  a  bicvcle.     At  the' fork 
«:>ere  the  horse-car  tracks  end,  the  left  road  should  be  taken,  and  a-^ain  the' 
C.  into  the  woods,  at  the  next  fork,*  4  m.  beyond.     Thence  the  courle  ex 
te.uls  4  m.  in  a  pretty  direct  northeasterly  line  across  the  plain,  after  which  a 
cho.ce  o   several  streets  is  offered  in  descending  to  the  hotel  in  the  manufact 
u..ng  village  of     ndian    Orchard.     The  h.ll  to  the  eastward  may  be  ea.Iy 
mlcen  up,  and  the  nder  soon  crosses  the  Chicopee  river,  at  the   Tenksvilll 
!-ndge,be3ond  which  he  can  proceed  on  the  sidewalks  for  i  m.  or  more    o 
wards  Three  Rivers  before  being  forced  to  halt.     This  point,  where  he  stops 
.s  upwards  of  9  m.  from  the  City  Hali  in  Springfield,  and  marks  the  eastern 
most  hmit  of  good  riding.     The  whole  distance  may  be  done  without  dis- 
mounting, though  at  many  seasons  of  the  year  an  average  rider  would  be  un- 
-ke  V  to  get  across  the  sand  plain  without  once  or  twice  leaving  the  saddle 
On  the  las     Thursday  of  last  December,  when  the  sand  was  weU  packe     to 
,e.ner  vv^ h  frost  ai  d  ice,  I  myself  rode  without  stop  from  the  west  .nd  of 

■  hT  ;  f '  "^'  '"'^  "■  ^''°*  '^^  '-■"'■"^^  °^  ^I-"  -nd  State  sts  to 
the  hotel  in  Indian  Orchard.  The  time  was  an  hour  and  a  quarter  and  the 
cydonieter  recorded  the  distance  as  exactly  8  m.     Its  record  between     en ks 

V  le  and   West   Brookfield  is   .4  m.,  by  either  one  of  two  routes    both   of 

V  nch  are  very  poor,  and  necessitate  much  walking  through  the  sa^d      The 
route  which  I  recommend  as  preferable  leads  through  Three  Rivers   Thorn 

n';  ^f  '"pV  ^•^'l:  '""^  °"^  --"^^  ^^X-  ^y  tourlts  lead    through  NoTh 

N.lh.aham,  Palmer.  West  Brimfield.  and  Warren.     The  point  of  sel^.tl 

.s  at  the  JenksviUe  bridge,  where  the  man  bound  fcr  Palmer  turn    to    he 

n^.nstead  of  crossing  the  nver;  and  the  two  routes  come  to  eh  /gl 

the  pond,  which  hes  a  mile  to  the  west  of  the  hotel  in  West  Brookfield 

n.n.  that  point  to  Worcester  and  Boston  the  roads  a're  almost  contilu  fv 

Klable.  and  they  generally  supply  very  good  riding.     The  best  route  from 

T  ';h  "T  'h  ":""^'  ^^^^^^^  Northboro ,  and  Fra:  n^ham 
The  nor  hward  nde  from  Springfield  is  the  smoothest  and  prettiest  Tnc 
-ever,  and  usually  ends  at  the  Holyoke  House,  9  m.  from  the  C    y  Ha"  ' 
Ihe  up-grades  are  few.  and  easilv  rwi.i„.,   :„  „:.u.:    ,•        .  ^"^  "^"- 


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dismount,  except  occasional  repairs  to  the  road-bed.  This  consists  for  the 
most  part  of  reddish  gravel,  containing  clay  enough  to  pack  it  firmly  together  ; 
and,  though  liable  to  be  badly  affected  by  the  spring  frosts  or  by  long-con- 
tinued rains,  it  undoubtedly  forms  the  best  single  stretch  of  country  road  in 
Western  Massachusetts.  The  road-races  of  the  bicycle  club  are  run  upon  it. 
and  its  avcage  smoothness  is  show.,  by  the  record  of  time  made  therein,— -8 
min.  The  tourist  from  Springfield  should  tun>  left  from  Main  st.  at  the  gray 
stone  church,  where  the  double-track  of  the  hor-e-railroad  terminates,  and  he- 
may  there  advantageously  take  the  concrete  sidewu'k  for  30  rods  or  so  to  the 
railroad  bridge.  Descending  past  the  entrance  to  the  park,  he  turns  left  to 
the  iron  bridge  across  the  Connecticut,  and  tiience  goes  northward  along  the 
river  road  to  Ilolyoke.  He  should  not  turn  towards  the  river,  however,  at 
the  two  places  in  the  road  where  signs  .point  eastward  to  Chicopee.  From 
the  Holyoke  House  I  have  ridden  westward  over  the  canal  bridges  and  rail- 
road trpck,  and,  on  the  conc.ete  sidewilks,  to  the  crest  of  the  hill,  on  which 
stands  the  city  hall,  a  massive  structuie  of  granite.  Thence  through  the 
park,  and  by  streets  leading  northward  and  westward,  one  may  reach  the  old 
turnpike  in  Ireland  Parish,  at  a  point  just  above  Craft's  tavern,  distant  about 
2  m.  from  the  Holyoke  House.  There  are  excellent  views  along  this  course, 
and  I  think  th  u  an  expert  fidermight  cover  it  all  without  a  dismount,  though 
I  myself  have  never  been  able  to  conquer  the  long,  winding  Ewingsville  hill, 
which  forms  a  part  of  it,  and  which  needs  to  be  descended  with  considerable 
care.  On  reaching  the  turnpike  I  have  ridden  northward  without  stop  for 
some  2  m.,  or  to  a  point  beyond  the  brook  at  the  foot  of  the  long  descent. 
Two  miles  above  here  is  the  station  at  Smith'.s  Ferry,  and  2  m.  further  is  the 
station  miscalled  Mount  Tom,  though  that  loffy  peak  stands  far  away  to  the 
west.  The  roadway  of  these  4  m.  is  the  -vorst  stretch  whicn  the  bicycler  will 
encounter  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  in  touring  from  Hartford  to  Bellows 
Falls,  being  so  soft  and  sandy  as  generally  to  forbid  progress  except  on  foot. 
From  the  Mount  Tom  station  I  have  found  fairly  good  riding  to  Easthanip- 
ton,  2  m.,  and  an  excellent  road  thence  backward  for  a  similar  distance  to  a 
certain  point  on  the  ascent  of  the  real  Mount  Tom.  The  last  mile  of  the  as- 
cent, ending  at  the  half-way  house,  I  accomplished  on  foot,  but  T  think  the 
descent  towards  Easthampton  might  be  safely  made  on  th*^  wheel,  and  no 
stop  be  required  before  completing  the  3  m.  The  2  m.  of  roadway  leading 
downward  from  the  half-way  ho.  ;  to  Craft's  is  softer  than  the  other  slope, 
and  requires  consideraJ)le  walking;  though  t'^.-  turnpike  southward  from 
Craft's  continues  good  foi  about  2  m.  to  G..  -'s  hill.  The  rider  who  c:in 
descend  this  safely,  and  ascend  the  shorter  slope  which  succeeds  it,  will  have 
no  trouble  in  reaching  the  main  river-road  again,  at  the  watering-trough  be- 
low Ingleside,  6  m.  from  tne  Springfield  bridge.  The  mile  between  tl.e 
trough  and  Gates's  is  rather  difficult  for  one  going  northward,  and,  though  ' 
have  ridden  it  all  to  the  final  hill,  I  h.ave  never  tried  that  hill,  and  do  not  be- 
lieve It  can  be  mounted.      The  view  from  this  upp^r  road  is  even  finer  than 


ENVIRONS  OF  SPRINGFIELD.  ,  ,^ 

that  from  the  smoother  road  below,  and  a  northv/ari  descent  info  the  latter 
nK,y  be  made  by  the  tourist  who  does  not  care  to  turn  under  e  railway 
track  towards  Gates's.  i^uway 

My  recollection  as  a  pedestrian  of  twenty  years  ago  is  that  the  n.ain  road 
trom  Easthampton  to  Northampton,  5  m.,  would  be  practicable  for  a  bicycle  • 
and  other  wheelmen  have  told  me  that  the  meadow  road,  from  Mount  Tom 
st.non  to  Northampton,  is  for  the  most  part  ridable,  and  that  they  had  little 
<htficulty  m  proceeding  thence  through  Hatfield  and  Whately  to  Deerfie),' 
il.c  route  of  my  own  first  ride  up  the  valley  w^.  less  wisely  chosen,  how- 
ever, for  I  was  forced  to  walk  through  3  m.  of  sand  before  reaching  Hatfield 
a,Hi  another  mile  of  the  same  after  leaving  it.     My  advice  to  tourists,  there- 
fore, .s  to  take  the  train  from  Smith's  Ferry  to  North  Hatfield,  as  I  have  done 
on  subsequent  occasions.     From  that  point  to  .South  Deerfield  the  distance 
by  the  "east  road"  is  6  m.,  and  by  the  "west  road"  only  about  three-quar- 
ter, as  far,  though  I  have  found  the  former  to  be  preferable.     Thence  one 
m..;  go  most  pleasantly  without  dismount  for  7  m.  or  more  to  the  Cheapside 
bncl.e,   below   Greenfield ;    and   the    road    continues  good   to   Bernardston, 
i.r.ttleboro,  and  Putney.  •  The  distance  to  that  point  from  Springfield,  omit- 
ting the  short  railroad  ride  indicated,  is  56  m.,  and  I  have  wheeled  it,  with- 
m.t  special  effort,  in  a  single  day.     On  the  following  forenoon  I  occupied 
three  hours  and  a  half  in  accomplishing  the  next  14  m.  to  Bellows  i  dls 
where  I  took  tram  over  the  n.ountain  to  Rutland,  and  wheeled  thence  west- 
ward  to    Whiteb     I,    in  the   course   ci    the  aftern<.,,n,  a  distance  of  -c    n 
whereof  the  first  two-thirds  suppli  d  most  excellent  riding.^ 

■According  to  the  report  of  L.  B.  Graves  (Lo.ngue  consul  at  Northampton,  Feb.,  ,384)  the 
-u.  lead.ng  to  W,l hamsburg,  9  m.,  n.  w.,  is  a  faWy  good  one,  so  that,  on  the  e..m  journty  i 
.  so,ne„:nes  poss.b.e  to  ge,  over  it  without  a  dismount.  The  distance  has  often  be  n  covered 
n.    n  hour      l-ollowng   .he  horse-car  tracks  along  Elm  St.,  up-h.ll  from  the  Mansion    House 

tIZ^''^^   ^"^"^":  ^^"r  -^-^-y '— ^>-  -dy  and  stony,  the  rider  w. 
aal    he  village  of  Florence,  about  .Jm..  where  he  should  turn  to  the  left  of  Cosmian  Hail 

:: : :  "^  tz  "f  ■ '°  "^  "'""■  ""■"  ^  '"•=-  ^"-^ '-  ^-^^  "^'^  -^^ "— ^  =>  "'■•.  «"- 

ndg  ,  turn  ,0  the  nght  agam  and  follow  wh.-.t  is  called  the  old  river  road  directly  to  I  eeds 
Um.)  crossing  the  nver  on  the  way.     Haydenville  (J  m.),  is  reached  by  crossing  the  ra.iroad 
r    k,  .urnmg  up-h,)!  to  left,  and  again  turning  left  i  m.  beyond.     Thus  far  the  side-paths  gen- 
ally  supply    he  best  ruhng,  but  from  here  to  Williamsburg,.    m„  the  main  road  .s  g  x^ 
e..ngh,o  be  often  traversed  by  moonlight.     Good  coasting  is  offered  between  Florence  and 
wl  c^uf";  "    ;  "T"-     ""   "^>'d--"e.  the  tourist  may  take  the  Horse  Mountain  road 
«1.  ch  ,s  fairly  good,  w.th  some  steep  hills  that  must  be  ridden  carefullv)  to  Whately,  4  m  ,  and 
unce  a  rather  tnfenor  cross-road,  through  woods  and  swamps,  to  South  Deerfield,  2  m  ,  where 
ii^  w,l.  n  -  t  the  regular  valley  turnpike  leading  from  Northampton  to  Greenfield.      This  round- 

•  rlh?r''  ri'V'^r,  '""  '""■"'  ^^''^  '^  ^^"*  *"  '^  P'-^--^^""^^  "-an  the  direc.  route 
■  ro  Kh.hesands  of  Hatfield.  Turning  to  the  right,  near  the  Brigg  House  in  Haydenville 
.  tnunst  shoud  turn  left  at  the  fork,  and  keep  on  near  a  brookfn  a  valley ;  then  tur^leh 
at  next  cross-roads,  and  after  passing  through  Whately,  take  the  right  at  the  fork  The  Hock- 
anmn  road  s.  e  trom  Northampton,  about  a  m..  .0  the  hamlet  of  that  name  jus.  after  crossing 
llii- Connecticut  nver  ferrv.   is  iiBijall"  s2"d..-    u...  .», „  ..__  * 

..r.  beuer,  though  somewhat  hilly  towards  ■the';;»i''T^:.;:^3;;;;ot^di;::;;^^^^^^^ 


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The  westward  route  from  Springfield  is  the  shortest,  and  in  some  respects 
the  most  difficult,  for  there  are  several  hills  to  be  climbed,  whereof  the  first 
is  extremely  tiresome,  and  there  is  said  t"  be  no  good  riding  whatever 
beyond  the  vestern  end  of  Franklin  St.,  in  VVestfield,  which  is  the  extreme 
[joint  to  which  a  rider  may  go  in  that  direction  without  dismount.  The 
distance  from  Springfield  city  hall  is  lo  m.,  and  a  combination  of  careful  rid- 
ing and  good  luck  seems  to  me  necessavy  to  enable  a  wheelman  to  get  over 
it  all  without  a  stop.  From  the  end  of  the  iron  bridge  over  the  Connecticut 
the  tourist  continues  westwaid  along  the  north  side  of  the  Common,  in  West 
Springtield,  and  then  northward  a  few  rods  to  the  post-office,  where  he  turns 
westward  again  and  soon  reaches  the  big  hill,  which  is  rather  difficult  to 
climb,  thou^i.  its  surface  is  smooth  and  hard.  A  quarterm'le  beyond,  where 
the  left-hand  road  leads  downward  to  the  Mittincague  railroad  station,  he 
must  turn  up-hill  to  the  right,  and  a  mile  later  he  will  descend  to  lilock  brook, 
and  climb  a  much  longer  hill.  In  the  course  of  the  next  mile  he  will  en- 
counter the  steepest  descent  of  the  route,  and  will  cross  the  bridge  over  the 
railway ;  crossing  under  it  again,  a  little  ways  on,  at  the  so-called  deep-cut, 
and  still  again  a  half-mile  westward.  The  road  follows  the  tracks  for  a  mile 
and  a  half,  and  then  divides  at  Mill  brook,  the  right-hand  branch  going  une'er 
the  tracks,  and  thence  in  a  curve  of  2  m.  to  the  railway  station  in  Westfield. 
The  left-hand  road,  which  is  much  the  better  one,  crosses  the  brook  and  then 
the  river,  and  in  another  mile  crosses  the  river  again  and  brings  the  tourist 
to  the  thickly-settled  part  of  the  town,  though  the  central  park  is  nearly  a 
mile  beyond;  and  the  Pine  Hill  cemetery,  which  is  the  end  of  the  smooth 
riding,  is  nearly  a  mile  beyond  the  park.     There  are  several  miles  of  concrete 

river  for  about  2  n.,  then  turn  to  r.  at  cross-roads  and  go  direct  to  South  Hadley,  which  is  the 
seat  of  tl  '  well-known  Mt.  H  yoke  Female  Seminar)'.  There  he  may  either  turn  w. ,  and 
cross  the  river  at  Smith's  Ferry,  or  follow  the  direct  road  down  to  South  Hadley  Falls  and 
cross  by  free  bridge  to  Holyoke,  say  5  or  6  m.  From  the  ferry  at  Hockanum,  the  tourist  turns 
eastward  if  he  wishes  tc  visit  Mt.  Holyoke,  where  a  fine  view  may  be  had.  The  mountain 
road  is  unsafe  for  bicycling,  however,  and  the  last  few  hundred  feet  of  the  ascent  must  be  made 
by  railway  car  or  stair-climbing.  In  going  s.  w.  from  Northampton  to  Easthamptcn,  4  or  5  m., 
the  tourist  should  cross  bridge  at  the  foot  rf  South  st.  hill,  then  xikt  sidewalk  up-hill  to  end  of 
walk,  and  turi  3*  cross-roads  ;  keep  on  past  the  ice  houc:;s  at  R&ckv-Hill  pond ;  cross  the  brook 
and  then  the  ranroad,  beyond  which  is  a  quarter-mile  of  deep  sand ;  keep  straight  ihead  -t 
the  school  hou.se,  descend  a  hill  and  cross  a  covered  bridge  just  before  entering  Easthampton, 
whose  concrete  sidewalks  supply  good  riding.  The  road  thither  is  rather  hilly  and  sandy  and  is 
at  its  best  soon  after  a  summer  shower.  The  road  s.  from  Northampton  through  the  meadows 
to  the  Ox  Bow  (Mt.  'I  im  station)  is  also  apt  to  be  soft,  so  that,  in  the  early  spring  and  Lite 
autumn,  the  railroad  track,  to  which  it  is  parallel,  is  often  chosen  as  affording  better  riding. 
Entrance  m.iv  be  had  to  this  meadow  road  by  turning  left,  through  Maple  st,  after  crossing 
the  bnriK'"  at  the  toot  of  South  st.  hill.  The  road  from  Northampton  to  Amherst,  n.  e.,  7  m  , 
has  been  ridden  in  40  min.,  but  usually  requires  twice  that  amount  of  time.  The  character  ■1 
the  soil  is  s.iiidy,  with  some  stretches  of  clay,  and  the  side  paths  and  walks  supply  most  of  tlie 
good  riding.  Hadley  is  the  intcmediate  village,  situated  about  3  m.  from  the  Mansion  House, 
.ind  the  Connecticut  river  bridi^e  is  about  half-way  between.     A  long  hill  must  be  climbed  iust 


ENVIRONS  OF  SPRINGFIELD.  ,2, 

,ulewalks  in  Westfield,  along  which  the  bicycler  may  glide  without  need  of 
d»mounts.  and  the  road  leading  to  Southwick  is  said  to  be  a  fairly  good  one 
At  the  close  of  December,  ,88.,  I  wheeled  from  Westfield  ^o  Springfield  with 
onlv  one  dismount,  and  that  ha-^neneu  on  the  long  upward  climb  after  cross- 
ing the  radroad  bridge,  though  I  understand  that  this  hill  has  often  been  con- 
,,,ered  by  other  wheelmen^  The  road  branching  northward  from  the  brow 
o.  th^hdl_west  of  Block  brook  leads  to  the  mountain  picnic  ground,  called 

II  m.-^If  rode  up  it,  Sep.    ,6,  ,884,  as  tl.e  final  act  in  a  tiresome  dav's  journey  of  40  m 
across  he  h.lls  from  Lee,  endmg  thus  a  five  days'  ;our  from  Newark,  by  way  of  Newburand 
Pn,„hkeeps,e,  about  .00  m.     I  was  forced  to  walk  more  on  this  last  day  than  duringll  the 
pr.v,„us  our ;  and  the  longest  stretch  of  hopeless-y  deep  sand  was  that  whkh  ended  at  fhe  head 
01  \  r.mklm  St.,  ,n  Westfield.     From  the  Morgan  House   in  Lee   I  had  ,4  m  Tf    !1!    T  ? 
,.  .  I>ii?  hill  of  >ianrl  •  .1  „,  V,         J      i.    u  .  ^'  '"  ^^*'  '  "^^  ^t  "i-  oi  good  wheelmg, 

h        ^T    '  "^       ^'°"'*  '"'""'''  ="  "'^  °'''  '^^^™  ^'•-'"d  (West  Becket),  I  turned  (1 

"'h  H    ^  "m      '  "^  ""•  ^''"'^'°'^'  '"^'^="'  °f  ""P-S  '^-^  '"-"  -ad  (r.)  to  .  .is  and  a 

!'  '  7^*^^"  the  M       ,„„  House  in  Blandford,  where  a  fine  view  may  be  had.     Though  th 

gr.,.,.  .s  downward  for  the  8  m.  thence  to  the  end  of  Franklin  St.,  I  was "j  h.  in  reaching tha 
r.j:.u ;  and  do  not  beheve  the  journey  from  Westfield  towards  Lee  would  be  any  easier  An 
....iKr  tounst  who  pushed  h,s  b.cycle  over  the  Berkshire  hills  a  dav  or  two  earlier  than  mysdf 
7       "   tZl  -        ^'"r  ^'°-"  -  Lanesboro,  .6  m.  of  rather  soft  road,  requiring  a  whole 

: -I'"  Pi.°Sr  wh°  H     ''  ^'^'"^  '^'"  '"■'  "^  "  ^•^°^'="  °-  -""=  '°  Springfield  6  m   b 

Tit'    ,         ""'  °"''  ""•  "''''^"^^  ""'"'>•  ""=  '""'ed  t°  the  left,  at  the  first  cro«^ 

n,u.  beyond  the  hotel   and  after  two  hours  of  alternate  walking  and  rough  ridmg,  reached  d" 

A  few  mtles  farther  on,  the  road  beco-nes  even  worse,  soon  turn^g  into  a  mere 

n„-,.n,a,n  path,  hardly  accessible  to  a  man  on  fo.. ;  and  so  we  ventured  upon  the  ra  way  an" 

...c  found  capual  wheehng.     Proceeding  cautiously  (on  account  of  th.  projecting  ties  and 

e  narrowness  of  the  path)    but  at  a  fair  rate  of  speed,  we  passed  through  Hinsd  le     nd 

N\  ..lungton  and  reached  L.cket  about  dusk,  .3  m.  from  Dai.on.     On  the  morning  of  Sept    "5 

»c.  a,a,n  took  .0  the  track,  but  the  many  cuts  and  culverts,  together  with  the  sharp  lookout  w^ 

W  ,  r  ^"'.  'T"' "'"'  """"«  ^"^''^'"^  ''"'  P'^^^'-"'  --^  -e  --  g>a^  to  arrive  a 
^^  ..  ..Id  (,4  m,    wnh  our  bones  still  in  their  proper  places."     An  earlier  explorer  (M.  D.  B     ,n 

an/hnrnT       ''      ?  ^T  """'"■  "''™""'  '■     "  ''"'""'^  ^'"■^'^^'^-  *  ^"'table  via  ^ala  begins. 

and  1  rdly  ceases  or  the  40  m.  thence  .0  Westfield.  To  the  summit  of  the  mountain  in  North 
-ecket  (,5  m.)  but  httle  of  the  sandy  road  can  be  ridden,  and  the  9  m.  thence  to  Chester  over 
no  her  mountain,  must  be  traveled  on  foot.  I  rode  from  there  to  Westfield  between  ,he  rail- 
...d  tracks,-a  dangerous  and  desperate  measure.-but  the  gently  descending  grade,  and  the 

^u.  scene,y,  were  compensations  for  two  or  three  heavy  falls  and  the  haunting  presence  of 

pe.l.       As  a  cunous  offset  to  this.  I  may  add  the  information  given  me  by  a  credible  witness, 

onanH  H"''rf  K™''      '''"  '  ^'"''  ''"'"  ^pri'^^M  .0  Pen,  (..  m.  from  Pittsfield.- 

ton  and  Hmsdale  be.ng  m.ermed.a.e  towns),  a  distance  of  45  m.,  in  6J  h..  and  has  made  the 

urn  dnvc  m  5J  h.  -passmg  through  Russell,  Hunt.ngton  and  West  Worthington.     The  same 

N  ;  h  :Z  W-n  °  T"^r:°  '•'^  --^  I-"t  by  a  longer  and  hillier  route,  through 
No. .Hampton,  W.lhamsburg.  Worth.ngton    Comers   and  Worthington  Center.      Still  another 

R  nTand7™""™'"f  ?''?^'''  '""'^  ''  '°"'''"^''  '"'  ^-  ^'  "^'^'"''^  ^•""'"='^.  "Notable 
S:  ":'  "^l™?  'r  '  -  ^'''"•■■''^'  ''"'''•  •''"'  "■  '^'^^  '^'-  =  "  On  Sept.  Z  William  V. 
1  tav  nf  r"  "'!  "'"«;/='^"''  '^"^y^'^  ^''"b.  -"ade  a  run  of  .00  m..  fr  m  Springfield  to  Hudson. 
"  «av  of  Russell ;  and  he  returned.  Oct.  x.,  from  Hudson  to  Springfield,  by  way  of  Chester 

ed  nnr'""^"  '"^;  '",  ^^"  '°"''"'°"'  ^"^  '^'  ^^^"^"  °"  '^"th  runs  all  that  could  b^ 
the  finish  oJh'  ""'  T  ,T-  '"^  "°  ^'"°="  '™"'"^  '''''■  "«^  "^^  i"  fi"-  --<Jition  at 
?e:a?:lH.^';:i  Se_veral  headers  taken,  bu.  none  of  any  serious  account."  Additional 
bt.„  supplied.   '  '"■''"•"■^""  '■'^'•'^  "='•■=  """  ""'B<:"iiy  sought  for  by  me,  but  have  not 


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Bearhole,  about  2\  m.  distant,  and  most  of  it  is  practicable  for  the  bicycle. 
Very  extended  views  may  be  had  from  the  lofty  ridge  along  which  this  road 
runs.     The  return  route  from  VVtstfield  may  be  still  further  varied  by  de- 
scending the  hill  at  Mittineague,  crossing  the  Agawam  river,  clirnbing  the 
hill  beyond,  crossing  again  at  the  covered  Agawam  bridge,  and  proceediiii; 
thence  in  a  straight  line  eastward  to  the  old  covered  bridge  at  Springfield. 
The  distance,  3  m.,  may  be  done  without  dismount,  though  the  first  half,  end- 
ing at   the  Agawam  bridge,  requires  careful  riding.     Instead  of  the  second 
half,   another  good  route  of  equal  length  leads  northward  along   the  river 
across  the  railroad  track,  and  thence  eastward  along  the  south  side  of  the 
common  in  West  Springfield  to  the  iron  bridge.     The  main   street   of  the 
town  extends  a  similar  distance  southward  to  the  old  bridge,  and  has  a  brick 
sidewalk  which  is  continuously  ridable,  though  no  need  exists  of  resorting  to  it 
except  in  muddy  weather.     Roughly  speaking,  the  roads  connecting  the  three 
bridges  mnv  be  said  to  form  an  equilateral  triangle,  each  side  of  which  is  u 
m.  long;  and  the  whole  circuit  may  be  made  in  either  direction  without  stop. 
The    southward    route   from    Springfield   crosses    the    iron    bridge   into 
Agawam,  about  \\  m.  below  the  city  hall,  and  extends  along  the  river  bank 
for  nearly  3  m.  till  it  reaches  the  main  road  at  Porter's  distillery.     I  have 
ridden  this  course  northvVard  without  a  stop,  when  November  frosts  had  stiff- 
ened the  sand ;  but  I  think  that  at  most  seasons  of  the  year  there  are  some 
soft  places  which  can  hardly  be  driven  through.     An  excellent  clay  road  ex- 
tends southward  from  Porter's  through  the  town  of  Suffield  ;  and  in  Au'uist 
last  I  rode  down  it  for  7  m.  until  a  new  coating  of  gravel  on  the  hill  beyond 
the  bridge,  2  m.  north  of  Windsor  Locks,  forced  my  first  disinount.     Four 
long  hills  had  to  be  climbed  on  this  course,  and  I  considered  the  act  of  rid- 
ing up  the  last  and  longest  of  them,  which  is  directly  opposite  Thompsonvilie, 
quite   a   creditable    feat.     The   two   following    miles   of    roadway   were   the 
smoothest  of  all,  and  commanded  a  fine  view  of  the  eastern  side  of  the  vallev. 
From  the  old  bridge  over  the  Agawam,  by  the  main  road  eastward  along  the 
river  and  then  southward,  the  distance  to  Porter's  distillery  is  3  m.,  and  the 
first  two-thirds  of  it  maybe  easily  ridden  in  either  direction  without  stop,  over 
a  road  of  clay  and  gravel,  though  two  hills  have  to  be  climbed  near  the  river. 
For  a  mile  to  the  northward  of  Porter's  the  roadway  is  rather  soft,  and  the 
eastern  sidewalk  supplies  a  preferable  path ;  but  an  expert  rider  might  perhaps 
have  the  luck  to  reach  the  distillery  without  a  dismount  (6  m.  from  the  city 
hall,  by  way  of  the  North-end  bridj^e^  and  he  could  then  go  at  least  7  m.  further 
without  halting,  and  perhaps  also  to  Windsor  Locks. 1     As  a  Hartford  man 

lOn  Dec.  4,  1884,  I  rode  from  West  Springfield  until  stopped  by  the  newly-laid  stones  of  the 
railway-crossing  below  Windsor  Locks  (iGj  m.  In  2  h.  40  min.),  except  that  I  was  forced  to  make 
one  intermediate  halt,  on  the  frozen  ruts  of  an  up-grade  beyond  the  little  brook  in  the  woods, 
about  10  m.  from  the  start  and  4  m.  south  of  Porter's.  From  the  crossing  I  Went  without  stop 
to  the  highjst  water-course  of  the  long  Windsor  hill  (sj  m.  in  50  min.),  which  I  never  before  so 


ENVIRONS  OF  SPRINGFIELD. 

has  wheeled  up  to  this  point  without  stop  (,,  m  )   if  .v. 

..  l.i  ycler  might  stay  in  his  saddle  forTh  '"'"'  P°'"'b^*=  'hat 

Ha.tford.  .8  ,n.,  as  h'ere  descHbet  Indeed"  hTv'T'^  T  ''''''''''  ''' 
>I..ingfie!d  man  has  really  wheeled  to  S  '  I''\\^"^'-^  "  ^"-"ored  that  a 
.^1^-  of  the  river.  ,..  I  ..^  hardly  crediftrtlr;^^^^^^^    "°P'  .^-"  '^^  east 


Klc  of  the  river.  ...  1 1,    h  r    J  Jdiuhe  st''  "'l'""  ^'°P'  ''^^^  '^^  -«» 

e-  to  me  more  remarkable  th^nTny^i  Tn  ^r  h^"^'  V'^'  ^•""''' 

d  on  a  bicycle.     The  roads   thro-.h^pl    .°      .'°.^'y.^  been  r.ccom- 


.n^hcd  on  a  bicycle.     The  roll  Z^h'^t    p^L  7T  '^^"  ^"°'"- 
.nndd,and  Longmeadow,  are  for  the  most  part  soft  .h'    ^'^    ''^'■"'^°^' 
■cycling  tourist  is  cheered  by  manv "nl  '     1°'    ^'"^  '*^"^-^'  ^-'  '^ough 


tlv 


.icycling  tounstis  cheLr  d    y  m     y  m" esT."  d  '",'  ""'-^'  ^"^'  ''^""^'^ 
"■'  ."cans  continuous.     I  drove  my  whL?  f       s.dewalks,  these  are  by 

-..y,  over  the  frozen  snow  T,  d  Ih     stror"  '  k^  ""''^'  '"  ^'^  ^th  of  Jan' 

;:::  c -:^:ii^--^^^  -  -— -  -  i.::  cir  ij- - - 
:- Jr;r  :^:;t^^^^  i- -  Xt  ^^^^ 

'bout  a  mile  from  the  bridge,  where  "ur  roa^  ""'  ''"  "^^•-'"^^"  '  ^^-". 
-vav  from  the  telegraph  pol      7nd  the  J  ""T.^  '  '"•""  ^^°"'^  ''*=  '^ken 

^hould  ,e  foliowed  stL-ghta  ;ossthenl"""  ^^ '^^^'"^  ^-^  Mittineague 
:.v.  Hills,  and  |  m.  beyond  t  when  a  turn  s"h  '\  T;  '°  '''  ^°""  '^^■'  '"  ^ '-•" 
after  .  „.  more  of  level  ridi  '    anothe  "  '^'"^  ^"  ^^^  ^""*h,  and, 

--S  a  stop.  About  sm  beyond  afe  ""'?'''  '°  ^  ''''''  ""'''  -^ich 
----Is  between  the  pon's  are'pas'sed  Th""  '  °''"  ^""^'  ''''  ^'''^'''■ 
^re.hodist  church,  a  mile  westward  a^d  11  """u  '"'^  '^  ^^^'^^^^  ^'  'he 
continues  smooth  for  .  m.  to  Vehs-  t'avern  M  "''""'  '"'"^  ^^°'"  '^^^^ 
^^■;-^^'  t^ve  roads  come  togethl:"^ Jt '.  sTle^d::'  t  0^'''''  '-' 
iiKl  pnson  on  Turkey  hill,  in  Simshnrv   .    .  •  "^  ^''PP^'"  """« 

-ue  thence  to  the  river   oad  i''s.ffi"?;  "  '"■""'""'''>'  ^'^^^''^  =  ^'^  the 

^ha.  the  northward  course  fro^^tfMetH'TT  Y  '  u'''^"'*  ^'  ^  ^^  '^'^ 
^^•-«eld,  was  generally  sZo  and  hT  ^  ^  cTI' 'T \^ '^""^^''^^ - 
iron,  Feeding  Kills  to  Westfield  is  al  n  =     w    k  "back-street"  route 

f>'""  the  poL  about  3  m  so  wef  of  Fee  1  ':,';r^^'-'"^  ^^  'he  wheel. 
nder  is  first  forced  to  ston  >,.  "^  "'"''  '^^''^  'he  -Sprmgfield 

^■■'1,  coast  clow,  the  10  g  h'in  to  th'e"'":"^'""^'  ^^ntine.,,.,  Cimb'its  steep 
"-■  ^'-.rch  hid  Co  m  without  dsm'f'V:  ''^"'  'P^''-^'^^'^'  -^  -ceni 
;-•  ■'-  its  norlhern  si:^:!  ^^  endl  uir^  ^^°"^  ^^^  '''  '^  ^  «- 
loore  grp     1.     The  westward  rn.H%  u  '"■^'  °"  ^'^^otint  of  the 

-» ".  -chi,„  Mir:;r.  ravZ ;:  htr'  'r'",  '"•°  '°"'^-"' 

■»>Bllv  requiring  dismounts  '"'■  '"''  "  »"  '"'"'le,  .hough 

v-^^  ^..s  ...ogc  n^eds  ™„„  a,«„,i„„  ,h»„  .hn.^r.he'.wriron  ■b;°,;::':, 


I^^MI 


124 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Springfield  or  the  out-  al  Ilolyokc,  but  is  much  better  than  that  of  the  uiu 
bridge  at  Springfield,  whose  cracks  threaten  disaster  to  the  tires  of  a  carelos 
rider.  The  village  streets  of  Chicopee  and  f'hicopee  '"alls  are  not  particu 
larly  bad,  but  their  numerous  concrete  sidewalks  supply  much  pleasaiiier 
riding,  and  the  curbings  are  not  usually  abrupt.  The  town  hall  in  Ch'copet 
stands  \  m  from  the  bridge,  and  the  approach  thereto,  along  the  leu  hand 
sidewalk  of  Exchange  St.,  is  uninterrupted.  There  is  no  need  of  a  stop  in 
crossing  the  road  in  front  of  it  to  the  concrete  walk  leading  up-hill  to  the 
bridge  at  Chicopee  Kails,  abcut  1  m.  I  my.self,  on  the  25th  of  August,  con- 
tinued across  this  bridge,  and  limbed  the  steep  hill  lieyond  it,  but  was  forced 
to  dismount  at  the  end  of  the  sidewalk  soon  after  beginning  the  descent. 
This  was  at  a  point  nearly  3  m.  from  the  town  hall,  and  the  road  keeps  de- 
scending for  2  m.  further,  until  it  reaches  the  railroad  crossing  a  few  ro.ls  l)e- 
low  the  Willimansett  station.  The  whole  descent  may  be  easily  made  with- 
out dismount,  though  hardly  any  riding  would  be  possible  on  the  upwa-d 
slope.  The  main  road  leading  back  to  the  town  hall,  distant  4  m.,  is  called 
Chicopee  Street,  and  is  entirely  level,  but  is  believed  to  be  too  soft  for  hi- 
cycling.  In  the  other  direction,  for  2  m.  along  the  riverside  north  of  Willi- 
mansett, I  found  this  road  to  be  ritlable,  except  a  few  short  pitches,  though  none 
of  it  supplied  good  riding,  and  the  whole  would  probably  be  impassable  in 
bad  weather.  A  mile  of  smooth  riding  on  the  sidewalks  and  bridge  extends 
this  route  to  the  llolyoke  House,  whence  a  return  may  be  made  to  Spring- 
field over  the  well-known  course.  From  the  town  hall  in  Chicopee  to  the 
Memorial  Church,  3^  m.,  one  may  easily  go  without  dismount  (the  road  beMig 
really  an  extension  of  Main  St.,  and  macadamized  ao  far  as  the  city  limits), 
and,  of  course,  the  return  from  Holyoke  to  the  city  hall  mav  be  made  by  this 
route  also  without  dismount.  The  northward  ride  would  be  less  agreeable, 
on  account  of  the  need  of  climbing  the  Chicopee  bill, — from  which,  hv  the 
by,  a  fine  view  of  the  valley  farming-lands  may  be  had.  The  route  connect- 
ing Chicopee  Falls  with  Indian  Orchard  is  about  5  m.  long,  and  nearly  a 
quarter  of  it  usually  has  to  be  traveled  on  foot.  The  extension  of  State  st., 
beyond  the  terminus  of  the  hoise-car  tracks,  supplies  good  riding  for  2  m.  or 
so  in  the  direction  of  Sixteen  Acres;  and  Walnut  St.,  which  branches  south- 
ward from  State  at  the  corner  of  the  Armory  grounds,  may  likewise  be  easily 
followed  for  i^  m.,  to  the  water-shops,  and  twice  that  distance  beyond  into 
the  region  of  East  Longmeadow,  whence  it  is  likely  enough  that  a  practicable 
route  mignt  be  found  leading  through  Longmeadow  proper,  and  so  hack  to 
Springfield.  The  return  from  the  watc'-shops  may  also  be  made  by  follow 
ing  the  horse-car  tracks  through  Central,  Maple,  and  State  sts.  back  to  Main, 
mostly  on  a  down  grade ;  or,  if  the  cemetery  be  visited.  Pine  st.  mav  be 
traversed  thence  to  Crescent  Hill,  where  a  fine  view  may  be  enjoyed,  and  a 
winding  descent  be  made  thence  to  the  region  of  South  Main  st.  The  steep 
slope  of  Ames's  Hill,  leading  into  Niaple  St.,  should  be  descended  with  can- 


i     K_    i._1._ 


u;ii  „i:.„u. 


ENy/ROXS  OF  SPRIAGFIELD. 

a.  they  approach  the  summit,  or  they  will   be  unlikely  to  rearh  fh. 
V,siti„g  bicycle,  should  remember  that  the  mo.  cl.na    1    g  I  IC'Tie 
whole   ^pnngfield  region  may  be  had  from  the  tower  of  the  Un  ted   sL  e 
A„cna..  and.  also   that  the  smooth  roads  and  walks  within  rh. 
.n„nuLs  are  guarded  by  government  muskets  J!^ ::::t;:^^ZZ 
An  inspection  of  the  roads  as  outlined  on  the  conn  v  '^'cvcles. 

less  suggest  the  exploration  of  other  attra^te  b    ye  ;         J  '""'^- 

1..  ,he  ones  described  in  this  present  report  are  Lta^rnUero' ^  Z^h' 
-  justain  n,y  o,,enmg  assertion  that  the  region  is  exceptionally  we  1  adapec 
lor  b.cycling.     Without  going  .outside  these  roads  and  witho,  ,1  T     !        u 
.mrse  upon  them,  a  rider  who  starts  at  the  c '  '  h"     mav  '       T''  ^" 

rou,ui-trip  routes  of  any  desired  lemrth      Th!  f        '      '^  °"'  '''"'^"^ 

.h.,..gh  Chicopee  Falls   aTvtl^t^^^^^^^^  °^  ^^---' 

>Hl..  through  the  old  bridge  and   Water  "t  to   J    '     !■  "'  '"""  ''''  ^''' 

30  ,n     by  taking  one   of  the  westward  and  southward  rentes    hrocll.a 

.r,n.gh  Carew.  Chestnut,  and   Dwight  sts.,  offers  a  circdt  of  abourm 

«.t    hardly  more  than  a  mile  of  repetition;  and  a  yery  skilful  ride    mil' 

!•"   ricHe:  L^h?"'^  ^'-"-.without  a  stop.     The  Simpler  Chtop^  t^! 

rulden   in  the  same  direction,  may  l,e  easily  done  without  dismount 

^^     J.er  restricted  to   torn,  or  increased  tot.;  or  it  may  be  increas  d  to  "7 

V  t  e  addition  of  Chicopee  Falls  and  Indian  Orchard  on  the  east       A  west 

r-rU  ;  ^-^  ^--.'--'-g  -  repetitions-and,  in  the  cat  o  a 
vol  ndcr  no  dismounts  in  either  direction-may  be  made  from  the  old 
brulge  to  Agawam  I,ridge,  to  Mittineague  bridge,  to  the  West  Snri  tfiHH 
pos.-o«^cc,  to  the  cnur.a  on  the  hill,  ancUhence  -for  hward  or  eastward  down 
0  the  riyer-road  'eading  back  to  the  North  bridge  and  the  city  hH  If  his 
oute  be  continued  northward  from  the  church  to  Chicopee,  a  man  maj  keep 
s  sad  e  for  i ,  or  ,6  m.  before  reaching  the  starting-poii  t ;  and  the  leng  h 
f  .  e  Holyoke  and  Indian  Orchard  circuits  can,  of  course,  Le  increased  by 
on  .nation   with  this  route.     Assuming  the  ridable  char^dr ^  he  roa 

i^^e  l,„g  „,lls.  a  Springfield  cycler  has  (^hoice  of  a  3.  m.  or  a  --m  circuit  in 
I"l       f ,r  ""'^^-      ^^"'^•">-  '""S  -"thweirn  circits^nTay  be  ma 
r,ea    :t    ;:  '°:;'"'^'  r'^-  ''■^^^^'■^>-'  -^"^  ^"ffield.-the  shTte 

aero  s  EnLld  hr  ,"'      VT'    ""'  °'  ''"  ''''''  "^^  '°"g-  °-  -^^ending 
cross  Lnfield  bridge  and  thence  through  East  Lont^meadnw  ..  ,k.  .....„, 

-'■■"'i'^  ana  liie  city  haii.  "  "'' ' 


1 

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126  r/i\V  THOUSAXD  .\ni.KS  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


The 


hv  which 


route  ny  wnicn  a  rider  may,  without  dismoi 
church  hill  in  West  Springfield,  from  a  point   10  m.  to  the  southwest,   has  al 
ready  been  described;  but  there  will  then  be  no  obstacle  to  his  easy  progress 
to  the  Holyoke  House,  7  m.  further,  and  for  another  mile  to  the  south  end  01 
the  concrete  sidewalk   in   South    Hadley  Kails,  making  18  m.  straightaw.iv 
without  stop.     Or,  if  he  were  strong  enough   \^  climb  westward  from   x\v 
Holyoke  House  and  surmount  the  Ewingsville  hill,   he  migh;  even  cover  .'i 
direct  miles  of  roadway  before  the  sands  below  Smith's  Ferry  forced  a  halt. 
From   the  church  hill  in  West  SprinKiield  northeastward  to  the  town  hall  in 
Chicopee,  and  thence  southward   to  the  bridge  below   Springfield,  a  distaiiu- 
of  10  m.,  no  obstacle  exists  to   cause  a  ''ismount ;    and  as  it  is  sometimes 
possible  to  continue  thence  3  m.  to  Porter's  distiller,  and  7  m.  to  the  ccvrco 
bridge,  a  lucky  rider  might  chance   to  do  the  30  m!  without  sto-      hough  la- 
would  finish  at  a  point  hardly  a  dozen  miles  distant  from  the  point  of  start- 
ing.    Still  a  third  variation  of  this  route,  fo^  a  long  stay  in  the  s.^ddle,  would 
lead  through    Feeding   Hills,   West  Springfield,   Chicopee,  Si)ringfield,  and 
Indian  Orchard,  to  Jenksville.     The  distance  is  27  m.,  and  the  chance  ofcii,- 
pleting  it  without  stop  is  beuer  than  in  the  case  of  the  30-m.  and  21-m.  routes, 
I  should  be  glad  to  see  the  competitions  of  the  local  chib  take  the  form 
of  road  races,  wherein  the  victory  should  be  given  not  to  the  fastest  rider 
but  to  the  one  who  covered  the  most  miles  of  roadway  without  leaving  hi^ 
saddle  or  repeating  his  course.      The  effect  of  such    :ontests  would  be  to  fix 
public  attention  upon   the  fact   that  the   region   ha.s  such  an  unusually  large 
proportion  of  good  roads  p-  to  make   it  an  attractive  jilace  for  bicycler;  to 
visit  and  explore  individually,  and  an  appropriate  place  for   the  race-course 
and  camp-ground,    /liich  may  be  annually  made  the  scene  of  their  largest  col- 
lective gatherings  and  exhibitions.     Yet,  the  proportion  of  good  roads  ought 
to  be  s'      larger,  and  the  -uality  of  the   best  of  them  ought  to  be  still  better. 
Let  us  hope  that  the  ultimate  influence  of  the  "  tcurnament  "  will  be  i.i  the  line 
of  helping  bring  to  pass  both  of  these  desirable  things. 

"The  Atlas  of  Hampden  County"  (N.  V.  .-  J,  B.  Beers  &  Co.,  36  Vesey  St.,  ,874  pp  -,o 
price  #,0)  h.is  proved  of  service  in  the  preparatio,>  of  this  chapter.  Wall  maps  of  Spnngfidd 
and  Westtield  {U  each)  are  also  is.sued  by  the  same  publishers.  G.  H,  Walker  &  Co  -fc 
Tremont  st,,  Boston,  publish  pocket  maps  of  "  Hampshire  and  Hampden  "  (.X84,  28  bv  -'  in  i 
and  '■  Franklin  County  "  (,885,  28  by  ,8  in.),  whose  scale,  rj  m.  to  ,  inch,  and  price,  25  c  ,..,-^ht 
to  attract  the  patronage  of  bicyclers.  These,  and  the  excellent  map  of  "the  Berk-  hire  Hills " 
wh.ch  ,-  distributed  gratis  by  the  Berkshire  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Pittsfield  are  de- 
.  nbed  moie  fully  on  p.  ,  ,2,  A  small  map  of  the  city  may  be  found  in  the  Springfield  Directory 
which  can  be  consulted  at  any  drug-store  ;  and  the  same  map  is  appended  to  King's  "  Hand- 
book of  Springfield,"  an  authority  for  those  who  wish  to  go  into  the  details  of  local  historv  and 
institutions.  The  Springfield  City  Library,  in  a  handsome  building  on  State  St.,  contains 
50,000  volumes,  which  may  be  freely  consulted  :  and  there  also,  in  a  finely  furnished  reading 
room,  the  visitor  may  without  charge  examine  all  thenewsjiapers  and  periodicals  of  the  day 

"  Handbook  "  is  a  rather  deceptive  title  for  the  volurie  just  alluded  to,  w)-ich  is  an  octavo  of 
'94  pp.,  8i  by  6  in.  in  size,  containing  more  than  .50  views  and  portraits,  with  indexes  of  2,700 
references.     Its  sub-title.  "  a  series  of  moiiograDhs.  historic;'.!  ntiH  rt.-s.-ri-t-:-.  .^   -V.-.-a  u..  ?,?.'.„. 


hNriRONS  OF  SrKIXGFIfLD. 


>27 

k'l;,"  xives  a  better  idea  !•{  Its  imnortanc*    fnr  ii  i.   ,.  .u  / 

■ .......  .,,  ,.  ;  bu,  a  •■  clcann,  out  sale  -  ,„  May.  .J,,  ca..,H  t  Hue        .:;.   w^  r"^:: 

r..n.u   ably  cheap  for  ,uch  a  large  .,n,l  cx,«=ns.vely.made  b<x,t.      ,t,  price        hJv    „  .         - 
-n.«l  again  ,„  ,,.50.  however,  as  «x,n  as  the  edit,o„  is  nearly  exhausted      •  -hi'  .-' 

....  ••  Traffic  L  -^t^sporu   :,.'-■  (M.  ""sr".     "covIrT  "''   '^^'^'  "  ^"""^  ^'"""^ 
nunded  .0  the  study  of  wheelmen       I  canno,  r       .    K  "  ''''   '"''•"'  »P«"»"y  recon- 

au,l,.r,>vof  ,he  first^namH   v      er   ,h  t  .  '  '"""''''""  "'  ^""""^  "'*"'■«"  '^e 

ce....  spr,n«neid  .iZiiaL  ";t:L:*z,r '  s  trr""'''  ""r  ""• 

■ >  '"  Westen.  Massachusetts.     A,  the  east  end  of    t's  c  T'^"'"  ""^  '"''''"« 

•Han,,.h,re'     nd  ,L  sc^ltr'.    >  ;,  *;"'"'"  ""  ^'""P^  '  W"'  Spri.,g,ield  >  aSd 

H^^^  for  two  days  and  two  n„h..  on  his  n.-rchr^,,::!:;;.  7,  .^^^     .^^J^^^t' 

Lay  drilled   his  insurgents  in  •  Shays'.  Kebe).^     '••      vTZ    V      71    .    T'  ""'  ^'"'•-  ^"•'^ 

cnnpany  .h,s  chapter,  and  the  "  Dir-Cory  "  ,nap  of  it  in  „S,S4  („  bv  t^ln     ,    n,' t' .    '    1'     '" 

(...  I»v.  a,  .«,in,„  bee,,  in,l„eed  ,o  ,„.k.  .hi.  ..lie, ,he  «™  „,   h.^r t,  .        i         °'  ,""'"■ 
t.,  ,l.e  ,»d.,..e  of  ,h.  N„„h,™p,o.  Bic.cl.  Cl,,b  ,(  ™,^t     .J.       ?"'  '""'"■■' 

Tin  r-' ';^rTrT"i '.^  "■■/■" -^■'•'■•'' '■■' - 

a  ,^.       3  n.  .^i  mm,,   L.  H.  Howard,  secon  J.  bv  2j  min  •   W    I     I  ,rl,;„    .i,-  j    1 

swift  race,  considering  the  character  of  th,  .„.i,         a  t  /  ""^  ^  remarkably 

■-■required  .ocover^;::X:t::ft-rw;e:L':r^^^^^^^^ 

."c  .ourse  or  the  longest  straightaway  day's  ride  yet  taken  in  America  (Jui^S.'.s';)  led 


1  I 


128  /AW  THJUS^ND  MILES  OX  A  BICVCl.l:. 

through  "  Springfield  and  il*  env.riuiH  '' ;  and  a  rep.Tl  of  it  may,  iherif.ire,  l)e  appropriately  ap- 
pended to  the  present  chapter.  I'le  rider  was  a  member  of  the  Meriden  Wheel  Club,  Willum 
(.'ollinH  (b.  August  17,  1S51)  whov:  record  for  the  y-ar  was  3,700  m.  on  a  53-in.  Expert,  "  tht 
actual  running  expense*  of  which  for  2,500  m.  were  less  than  >i,  oil  included."  He  ben.in 
riding  in  the  iprin;',  of  '81,  but  kept  no  record  for  first  two  seasons.  Leaving  Meriden  at  ninl- 
night,  carrying  Excelsior  cyclometer  but  no  lantern,  though  the  moon  was  obscuicd  by  cluuds, 
he  went  through  Ucrlin  Center  and  New  Britain  to  (iarlford,  at  1.45,  where  he  crossed  the  river 
and  took  theeasi  side  route  to  Springfield (4.S  m  ;,  at  b.15  A.  M.  "  At  no  level  place  on  thiscour^^i- 
did  s.-,nd  cause  a  dismount,  except  once  on  a  side  path,  under  the  pine  trees;  "  and,  on  oilier 
ocra^'ons,  he  has  "  ridden  up  all  the  hills."  After  a  halt  of  ]  h.  fjr  breakfast,  he  proceeded  i,> 
Palmer  at  9.40;  was  accompanied  thence  to  West  linmticld  by  Mr.  Chandler;  reached  \..\fx 
Brookfield  at  ij.3o(»5m.j;  stcpi>ed  1  li.  for  dinner;  Worceste.-  at  3.30  (105  m.);  Ayer  J mc- 
tion  at  »;  Pepperell  at  10.  Thi.-:  is  only  10  m.  from  Nashua,  but  he  ad(l-;d  2  or  3  i<-.  i,y 
wandering  from  the  pro|)er  track  on  the  way  thither,  so  that  the  end  was  not  reached  ;here  until 
I  J. 25  A.  M.  The  record  was  then  155  in.,  whereof  less  than  5  ni.  belonged  to  Jul^  9.  "  During; 
this  last  stage  of  the  journey  a  heavy  mist  or  light  rain  prevailed,  and  three  he.-.ders  were  taken 
in  the  sand.  The  only  other  header  wa>  liy  daylight,  before  reaching  Springfie.d.  Weather  wa< 
cool  and  cloudy,  with  wind  rather  against  me,  but  not  strong  enough  to  have  an  ill  effect.  Tlii: 
roads  between  Palmer  and  Worcester  are,  .xs  you  say,  the  iKMjrest  stretch  between  New  York 
and  Nashua ;  but,  as  I  expected  to  find  then-  worse,  the  fact  that  they  were  only  poor  en. 
courage<l  me  to  kick  onward.  Between  Clinton  and  Ayer  Junction  I  foi^iul  a  magniticent 
stretch  of  road, — almost  like  a  race-track  for  11  m.,— and  this  |iiit  newlife  into  ine.  I  was  iired, 
of  course,  when  1  reached  Nashua,  but  not  exhausted.  IVrh.!]..  it  is  worth  adding  to  the 
record  that  I  have  never  used  ardent  spirits  or  tobacco  in  any  shap.-." 

Another  straightaway  run  on  this  .same  course  (130  in  in  ii\  h.,  which  included  i\  h.  de- 
voted to  riding  43  m.  additional  by  train),  was  reporte.l  to  111  by  Dr.  N.  P.  Tyler  League  con- 
sul at  New  Haven,  whose  day's  ride  of  107  m.  between  Springfield  and  that  city  may  be  found 
described  in  the  next  chapter,  as  well  as  his  long  stay  in  the  saddle  (25  m.)  on  the  difficult  course  be- 
tween W.  Haven  and  the  Saugatuck  (pp.  138,  149J.  The  following  is  condensed  somewhat  from 
the  record  as  printed  in  the  //'A^<V,  Jan.  23, '85  :  "Leaving  New  Haven,  at  2.15  on  a  clear,  calm 
afternoon  (Oct.  19,  '84),  with  McDonnell  cyclometer  and  very  small  lantern,  I  reached  Meriden. 
31  .n.,  in  i\  h  .  and  rested  J  h.  for  supper  ;  ihen  went  through  Berlin  to  New  Jiritain  at  7  .15  f 
M.,  33  m.  [  was  obliged  to  light  my  la  .em  i  m.  out  of  Meriden  and  ride  slow,  on  account  of 
da  '  less,  reaching  Hartford  at  9.10,  43  m.  Leaving  there  i  h.  later,  after  a  hearty  supper,  I 
took  ....  V.  side  of  river,  going  up  through  .-Vgawam,  and  reaching  Springfield  at  3.52  A.  .M.,  ;i 
m.  Out  of  Springfield,  by  way  of  Boston  turnpike,  I  found  sand,  practically  unridable ;  and 
after  a  few  miles  of  this,  I  took  to  the  railroad  tracks,  and  made  gocxl  time  to  East  Brookfield 
(8.30,  108  m.) ;  where,  being  ordered  off  the  track,  I  boarded  the  train  due  at  8.37  and  rode  as  far 
as  S.  Framingham,  from  which  point  I  '  .^d  heard  the  ro.ids  were  good.  They  proved,  in  f.ict, 
like  a  race  course  ;  and,  mounting  at  1 1.03,  I  rolled  ofl  the  first  16  m.  by  12.06.  Then,  taking  a 
wrong  road  into  the  city,  I  consumed  }  h.  in  doing  the  last  6  m. ;  and  t  reached  Pern'  rton  Sqinre 
(office  of  the  B\  U/'orht),  at  12.45  p-  m.  of  Oct.  20,  with  a  cyclometer  record  of  130  m.  to  repre- 
sent an  actual  riding  time  of  17J  h.  After  a  bath  and  dir-  er,  I  rode  to  the  Reservoir  with  a 
friend,  going  several  times  around  it,  and  back,  a  total  of  13  m.  My  machine  was  a  51-in  Rudgt 
racer,  weighing  26i  lbs.,  without  brake  (Liilibridge  saddle) ;  audit  was  in  perfect  condition  at 
the  end  of  the  143  m.,  though  it  had  had  neither  oil  nor  wrench  at  any  time  oti  the  journey  " 

Th»  League  con.snl  at  W'estlxiro',  V.  ().  Swallow  (b.  Dec.  16,  1854),  pharmacist,  supplies  tor 
me  the  following  report :  "  On  Nov.  4,  'S3,  1  wheeled  from  here  to  the  club  house  on  Inioi- 
Park,  cor.  Tremont  ^t.,  Boston,  without  leaving  the  -  uldle,— 4)^  m.  in  3  h.  48  min.  The  tirs! 
31  m.  (2  h.  38  min.,  or  an  average  of  iij  m.  to  the  h.)  were  straightaway,  and  included  Sm 
which  I  had  never  before  traversed  ;  the  next  6J  m.  represented  three  circuits  of  the  upper  d.i.<iii 
of  Chestnut  Hili  Reservoir ;  and  f  went  thence  directly  to  the  club  house  for  my  first  stop.  M» 
swiftest  riding  was  between  South  Framingham  and  the  Reservoir,  at  the  rate  of  u  m.  an  hour." 


XI. 


p!ic 


SHORE  AND  HiLL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT.' 

"TiUMF.s."  the  historic  name  of  a  more  fam..us  EnHish  stream   ;, 
1  "1  (  onnecticut  to  nothinc  else  thm  ,hn  t;     i         '^-"°"^"  stream,  is  ap- 

"-".c   of  rivers,  stretching  ^ntir    y  .      th;'   t:"";;  "' TZ"'  """ 

Massachusetts.     At  Norwic...  the  eLterly  I  r       h"t  k    ■      :  '    '"""'  "^ 

b.u.,.an,l   the   railroad  for   Worcester  followTirV  ^  "'""  '"  '-'"'"'^• 

stream  bends  westward  and  final,       i  a   p  a"        ,•  h"?'  T"!'  ""'"    "^^ 
ou.nty  at  Urimfield.  rear  the  feeders  of  th.  r'i  °''''' "^  "''  "''^" 

o...r  direction.     A.,  ea.er.y  h::n::of  t     ^   ,^:C  ^^n^d^'^V"  '^  ^ 
Similarly  sinks  awa^   'uo  the  nond-  of  ,h.  i      V  "  ^'''"'-''  '■'^«='■• 

The  westerly  br.  .  .  ■  the  TiiTmeV  !t  V  '"".''r'^"^  "^  "^  ^^'"^^'^■^'^  — "ty. 
westcrlv  branch.  ..hove  W  1  im  "ct  k  1  '  '^  """"'  ^■=''^'^-^>'.^'  -''  '^^ 
af.erw,;,ds  give  piac  t^  id  kl'"  "^T'  ''^  "^'  '°^^"'  ^^'^'^'^  "^^ 
and  all  three  of  these  fee  r  take  -""^'^r'' '"''  '^"-'"K  '-ook ; 
M.'^-^.rau,  Lake.  j^rL;  '  ■  teboU"  h  '  "'^^'''  ^^--^husetts. 
-ver,  wh.ch  forms  another  terminusTf  the  X.V.  "I  "'T  '"'""^  '''«^'°^^- 
-  t-i^  are  caUed  Mt.  Hope  n ve^^::^  '^^^  Zf  l^t^"  H^  '""^'" 
wes-ern  parallel  of  the  Willimantic  branch  of  thr4tch  ,  '  '•  ^'^  "''''  ' 
'>»vn;  andfro.m  there  northward  to  M.  .V  "^^ '^^S' J"'"^  "' near  that 
mantic  river  is  closelv  adioir     ,  *°  ,^^";;"'^^^"^^«^  (about  25  m.)  the  Willi- 

alongside  the  we:  ta'k  of  ^  outlVtte  t7''""  T'T''  ''''''  ^''^^  -- 
Norwich.     The  eastern  border  If  It    I  '"'  ^°'  '^'  ''"^""  "^'^^'^  below 

''awcatuck     ,ver   s      es    as   a    I  ''^,''^'V'  "'^''^^  ^°  "^  '°"S.  and  the  little 
'■-"'^•1  .0  th-sst  em   and  ;VuTa  d"'        •/''  '   "•   ■"^"■^'   ^'^    ■'^--•• 

-n>;  noble  Sheet  T'^r  ww  t:::;:;;^^  Mi,'^  t^'^ '''-' ' 

ma,n,nce„t  aggregate  of  all  the  lesser  attractions  which  m.      I  ""''""'  "''  ' 

English  Thames  as  somethi,  ,  ;erv  deVr  to  me  '  '"""  °'  *'^ 

i'^  .-pXr^LrroTdTcl  '^"^  '"'T'  ^^'^^""^  ■■"  ^^^^'^^  ^--«-t ;  but 
'og^cd'as  co^-et;   Toth'^rdVo^l^^  T^'  "'^^^  '  ^-  cata- 

^:::^  simp^  £„... .  - -L'-  ::;:::^:;r-s  - ::;;;  s 

'Fron,  7-4-  5>/«^,/^  ^W«.«'.  Gauar.  June.  ,88,. 


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vance  in  a  fairly  direct  line  towards  the  coast.  As  all  English  roads  lead  to 
London,  so  all  these  river-roads  lead  to  New  London,— a  little  old-fashioned 
city  (pop.  12,000),  sleeping  serenely  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Thames,  and 
rarely  disturbed  by  anything  more  serious  than  regretful  dreams  of  the  brave 
old  days  when  fleets  ■  f  adventurous  whale-ships  made  its  name  well-known  in 
the  world  of  trade.  "  I  found  very  fair  wheeling  there  in  July,"  says  a  report 
which  I  printed  in  1880;  "  *he  favorite  route  leading  from  the  city  hall  and 
post-office,  easterly  through  State  st.  and  southerly  through  Bank  St.,  for 
nearly  \  m. ;  then  east  and  south  along  the  shore-road  to  the  Pequot  House, 
nearly  2  m.,  and  to  the  light-house,  \  m.  beyond.  The  whole  distance  may  be 
traversed  in  either  direction  without  dismount ;  and  the  two  miles  or  so  of 
shore-road,  being  composed  of  powdered  oyster-shells,  is  as  pleasant  a  place 
for  a  short  spin  as  one  need  wish  for."  Local  riders  assured  me,  three  years 
later,  that  they  had  occasionally  gone  northward  along  the  river  as  far  as 
Norwich  without  any  serious  trouble,  but  had  never  extensively  explored  the 
shore  of  the  Sound,  either  to  the  east  or  to  the  west, — because  of  a  general 
impression  that  the  roads  were  sandy  and  unridable.  I  was  told,  too,  that 
certain  parts  of  the  road  leading  through  Niantic  and  South  Lyme,  were  occa- 
sionally flooded  at  high-tide  ;  and  I  was  rerommended  to  take  the  hillier, 
inland  road,  as  suppying  the  preferable  westward  course — at  least  to  the 
Connecticut  river. 

It  was  on  the  morning  of  the  last  day  of  June,  1883, — four  days  after  the 
completion  of  my  touring  experiences  with  the  Down  East  Party,  at  Mount 
Desert  (Chapter  XX.), — that  I  faced  westward  from  New  London  on  my 
wheel ;  and,  as  I  silently  turned  my  back  upon  the  quiet  old  town,  within 
whose  limits  and  in  whose  behalf  I  had  silently  "  struggled  for  the  unattain- 
able "  during  the  final  .veek  of  six  successive  Junes,  I  felt  both  the  regret 
which  always  oppresses  a  man  when  conviction  comes  that  his  ideal  u  un- 
attainable, and  the  relief  which  always  accompanies  the  consciousness  that  a 
long  struggle  is  ended.  My  struggle  had  beer  to  provide  an  ideal  manage- 
ment for  the  annual  race  between  the  representative  crews  of  New  England's 
two  oldest  colleges,  and  to  separate  from  it  all  subsidiary  rowing  contests,  be- 
cause of  their  tendency  to  complicate  the  problem  of  providing  a  clear  course 
upon  a  navigable  scream.  In  lack  of  legal  authority  for  controlling  the  river's 
surface,  "moral  suasion  "  must  be  depended  upon  for  the  enforcement  of  the 
needed  regulations;  and  this  ceases  to  be  a  power  to  conjure  with,  just  as  soon 
as  the  rowing  of  small  races  in  safety  has  deadened  people's  sensibilities  to 
the  truth  that  the  most  elaborate  safeguards  should  be  taken  to  avert  dis- 
aster in  the  rowing  of  larger  onos.  In  1878,  when  "  the  mayor  and  leading 
citizens  "  invited  me  up  to  New  London  (to  secretly  serve  as  dcus  ex  maihim 
in  helping  them  demonstrate  the  possibility  of  successfully  managing,  under 
extraordinarily  difficult  conditions,  an  event  which  had  always  been  mis- 
managed elsewhere,  on  courses  much  more  easily  controlled),  I  found  ever}-. 
one  ready  to  2c;ept  without  question  the  minutest  details  of  the  precautions 


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tf  ^^ '"  '^Vl""'  °^  '^'  '""'  committee,  promulgated  for  the  government 
of  the  r,ver.  The  unanimous  chorus  in  praise  of  New  London  managerent 
wh.ch  the  newspapers  chanted  after  the  event,  was  the  more  significanTbe-' 
cause  of  Us  contrast  to  their  denunciaticns  of  previous  misman.gemen  on 
otner  courses  m  former  years;  but  thcugh  it  was  repeated  in  the  season  foT 
ow.ng,  and  agam,  and  again,  or  until  the  exceptionally  perfect  government  of 
he  Thames  course  came  to  be  taken  for  granted,  as  a  universally  recogni Ld 
act  wh,ch  needed  no  comn.ent,-my  eyes  were  never  thereby  blLed  ^o  he 
dangers  and  d.fficult.es  which  beset  the  n,anagement.  The  distance  of  its  II 
vance  ahead  of  all  previous  efforts,  as  judged  by  outside  critics,  repres  nted 

.actual  defects  and  poss.bilities,  this  great  advance  seemed  less  importan 
than  the  distance  by  wh>ch  the  management  still  fell  short  of  my  ideal  stnd 
arc!     The  final  abandonment  of  this  ideal  as  unattainable  was  forced  upon 
.e  by  the  stuptd  persistence  of  one  of  the  competing  colleges  in  bringing 
ubsKhary  con  ests  to  the  river,  and  thereby  impairing  the  popular  beliefin 
t  e  necess.ty  of  any  ng:d  rules  like  "No  unofficial  boats  to  be  in  motion  I 
he  t„ne  of  the  race."    The  extent  to  which  these  wretched  little  side-  how 
en    ra hzed  pubhc  opm.on  was  made  plain  by  the  fact  that  the  Collector  o 
e  Port  who.  ,n  '78.  vigorously  proclaimed  for  me,  through  the  columns  o 
.  newspaper,  the  necessity  of  obeying  the  rule  just  quoted,  openly  vZt  ^d 
.tm  8.,  by  runmng  a  private  steam-tug  in  the  wake  of  the  race,     rii    a« 
was  a  dtsheartentng  token  that  my  ideal  of  good-management  was  never  Ik  ly 
tobe  reahzed;  and  when,  a  year  later.  I  learned  that  the  sagaciourrai hvav 
superintendent  who   from  the  outset,  had  put  at  my  command^he  men  mlte- 

:;  eTa^r  r:  f -^^  ^'^"  ^  ^^^^^^^^^'^  "^"'^-  -■'-  ^-^-^  -  -i t 

foesaS      I  abanr  T'  T'  "'^  ""'  "  ^'-Sg'-e  for  the  unattainable,'    as 
aforesaid     I  abandoned  my  dream  of  creating  "an  ideal  environment  "  for 

t  T/Tath  "'  '°  ^''^  '""'•  '"'  ^''^'^'^''^^  '^  ^--  harder,  and  the  sL' 
Uie    u,e'    Amn"?  ^^^k' '""'-^°  ^'^'  "^''"^^  "^'^^  than  w  Ik^ 
ancicrs  (La.t  Ljme),  and  at  the  school  house  in  the  fork  of  the  roads  "i  m 
I  turned  to  the  right,  passed  Rogers  pond.  3  m.;  reached  the  ml    ..d^J 
'  "■""'  "' '^'"^  «"""  "'^'"S  "»  the  w.  sidewalk  as  far  as  the  sto'rVand 


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■   Jill 


church,  I  m.;  and  got  to  Clark's  hotel,  at  the  ferry  on  the  Connecticut  river 
I  m.,  at  I  o'clock.  I  had  been  5  h.  in  doing  the  17  m.,  and,  as  I  indulged  mno 
very  long  stops,  a  poor  average  of  roadway  is  indicated.  The  clusters  of  laurel 
blooming  luxuria.itly  in  the  woods,  ^nd  from  high  rocks  overhanging  the 
road,  gave  that  forenoon's  route  a  rather  pleasant  place  in  my  memory,  how- 
ever. A  row-boat  summoned  by  a  horn  from  the  other  shore,  took  me  across 
the  river,  after  dinner ;  and  the  necessity  of  climbing  several  cherry  trees  and 
of  halting  for  a  shower  at  Saybrook  Junction  (2  m.)  resulted  in  my  leaving 
that  station  as  late  as  4  o'clock.  The  next  hour  brought  me  to  the  church 
and  post-office  "i  Westbrook  (5  m.) :  and  a  similar  time  and  distance  took  me 
past  the  Morgan  School  in  Clinton  (with  its  monument  to  mark  it  as  a  rest- 
ing place  of  Yale  College  in  1705),  to  the  corner  or  street  crossing,  where  I 
left  the  main  road,  and  wheeled  down  to  the  shore  (i  m.),  in  order  to  spend 
the  night  at  the  Bacon  House.  The  houses  and  sidewalks  or  paths  were 
pretty  nearly  continuous  during  this  afternoon's  route,  instead  of  exceptional, 
as  during  the  forenoon's  ;  and  I  found  one  specially  good  stretch  of  3  m., 
after  leaving  Sp.ybruok  Junction.  It  was  here  that  I  completed  my  7,000th 
m. ;  a..d  my  record  for  June  {20  riding  days,  in  N.  Y.,  Mass.,  Me.  and  Conn.), 
was  just  400  m.,  whereof  the  rcpetiiions  amounted  to  not  more  than  5oin. 
My  afternoon's  progress  would  have  been  faster  except  for  the  mud  which 
was  caused  by  the  shower  ;  and  the  entire  track  from  Saybrook  to  New  Havii 
may  be-  called  continuously  ridable. 

I  had  an  extremely  pleasant  ride  to  New  Haven,  the  following  forenoon 
(27  m.  in  5  h.),  through  the  clear,  bracing  air  and  bright  sunshine,  on  roads 
quite  free  from  dust  and  mud.  From  the  cornei  in  Clinton  to  the  flagpole  in 
Madison  (4  m.),  I  kept  mostly  on  the  sidewalks,  and  I  was  i  h.  in  wheeling 
thence  to  the  green  in  G-'ilford  (5  m.),  where  I  decided  to  leave  the  turnpike 
in  favor  of  the  shore  road,  and  so  followed  the  telegraph  line  out  from  the 
s.  w.  corner  01  the  green  and  turned  1.  with  the  poles  at  the  first  fork.  The 
road  across  the  marshes  supplied  goodish  riding,  though  it  is  overflowed  when 
the  tides  are  very  high.  On  a  hill  on  Leete's  Island  (3  m.),  I  stopped  before 
a  little  gravestone  at  the  left  of  the  road  to  copy  the  inscription  :  "  Simeon 
Leete,  shot  here  by  the  Enemy,  18  June,  1781,  as.  29,"  and  then  I  hastened  on 
to  the  station  at  Stony  Creek  (2  m.),  whence  to  the  green  in  Branford  (4  ni.), 
I  found  the  riding  almost  continuously  good,  in  spite  of  the  hills.  From  there 
I  went  without  stop  to  the  summit  of  the  big  hid  (2  in.),  and  again  without 
stop  to  the  watering  trough  near  Tomlinson's  bridge  (3^  m.),  by  which  I 
entered  New  Haven. ^     The  dock  of  the  New  York  steamboats  is  just  beside 

1 1  believe  this  is  the  only  one  of  the  old  cicies  in  Amenca,  whose  street-system  was  definitely 
p!  inned  and  fixed  at  the  very  beginning.  The  well-to-do  and  eminently-respectable  Uind  oi 
emigrants  who  founded  New  Haven,  two  and  a  half  centuries  ago,  laid  out  the  place  in  the  form 
of  a  half-mile  square,  bounded  by  State  and  York  sts. ,  running  nearly  n.  and  s.,  and  Grove  and 
George  sts.,  running  nearly  e.  and  w.  Tliis  tract  was  divided  into  nine  squaies  of  equal  size,  by 
Church  and  College  sts.,  parallel  to  the  first  pair,  and  Chapel  and  Elm  sts.,  parallel  to  the  secori 


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SHO^E  AND  HILL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT. 

t^i^:::^!  t^rit-r:^ ''-  -'^  ^-  -  -^-' 

through  that.,  ,..  a;d  it's  prrnXf ''!:''  '"  '"^"^^  ^°  ^-^'-  «t.. 
™ls  >..  to  the  head  of  Crown  sfwhicr!'  """'-^'  '"'«^'  ^"^^  ^  ^^^^ 
angles.    All  three  of  these  streets  Lnd  u  ''^'''^  "^'^"^^^  st.  at  right 

-1;  and,  as  a  very  large  nrbe;  o     hTNew^H?  ^"  '■':  ^'^^  ^^  -"'^-- 
abrupt  curbs  at  the  crossings,  lon;r  Hdes  m.     K        ,       '"^'^^''^^  ^'^  ^^"hout 
bricks  or  flagstones.     Ovster-shells  sm'uIvT         'k         '^<^"''""°"^Iy  on  their 
suburban  roads,-..  .   the  onl  to  iM    « V         "'''  '"'■^""  ^°^  ^^^^ral  of  the 
.ioned  as  a  pre'tty  st^     of  ;    e^^  ^.^  '°""^''-r''  '  should  have  met 
h.Il  west  of  Branford,  whose  road    are  o    red  Tat      T    "  .'"""''"«  ''^^  ^'g 
pleasant  detour  along  another  shell  rn.  .    f  r  J" ,      '"'S''^  ^^^^  have  made  a 
abo.t  ,  m.  before  reLhinr^o^  ^    o7s  'b'r l,'^'  T''  '  ''  ''^  — g- 
.he  ridge  overlooking  the  h'arbor.  to  Mo  ris  CoT;  i^t  T"  ^^r'""''  ^'°"^ 
at  the  same  crossing,  I  should  have  hJl        ?      '^     ^^ '  °''  '^  ^  "^'^  ^"^"^'J  r. 
(-^  ."•).  where  the  Lr  ma    be  Jessed  anT     .'  '"°°''  ''''''  '°  ^^'^  "-- 
other  shell  roads.  '  ^^'  ^"^  ""'''^"'^^  ^^e  made  to  the  city  by 

.Apn/;;^s;r:^b::iJ:rfia:2a::r^"  t^^^  p-io.s,y,onthe  day 

Hartford,  42  m. ;  and  the  stretch  of  she    roa  ,  f'  '      T''  '^  "'^'"^  '^°-"  '^^-^ 
supplied  the  op.v  decent  riding  I  ha^d^nt:^^  ^^'^  "--" 

The  trick-rider.  D.  J  Canarv  L  ^  ^   ^^  '^''  "^^''o"  of  the  journev 

<o  waiiingford,  whiih'p:rbirae^:rrft"::'  r  ^"r  °°"'  ^--  -^^-^^- 

so  short  a  time  as  i  h.,  as  wellarfor  mv  h/  '.  "^  ''''  °'^*^"^^  ^^i  m.)  in 
'-  'hcse  I  should  not  have  attempt  d"ooTo'"'  "''  '^"^  '"  ^=^"^  '■"^«- 
^'"d  of  trying  to  follow  the  lead  o  such  f  ""•''^^""f  •  ^.d  I  been  alone,  in- 
not  really  enter  the  town,  for  our  road  was  aT':'  "  '''''''"  ^^^  ^^'^ 
««t  of  it ;  and  I  found  that  the  road  1^  7^"f  '^'  """^  ^'^'<^'^ ''«« j^^t 
About  t  m.  on,  I  turned  1.  from  the  3,^^":"  ""  ''^'  ''°'"^  ^°"^'^--•• 
-ch  walking,  reached  the  church  nvTr  Ha'  .  '''"  ""'''''''  "^''  ^^^^^ 
he  hoped-for  shell-road  before  named      r  ^^  '"*'  ""^  '^"^">-  ^3  m.) 

'he  6  m.   below   Wallingford    rd  r  J,  /  T      """''  '  ""■  '"  g^"'"S  =^'^os 
""-^"'hs  later  (Dec.  r2)   I  used  .n    .    I    T'  ^^'^"'"'"^"d  the    route      Eight 
'r  '^  ^^^i^^eport  (;  1'.  i^f.^T  ,1  I'?  ^  ''^^''  ■'"  ^""^  ^-^  Men" 
f  ded  a  new  element  of  danger  'to  the  f  '  ''  '"""  °^  ^'■'^'^  ^"'^^^  had 

Ho..^the  end  of  the  sidewS    o     Coo  ^"(/r^     ^^T  ^^^    ^^'^^^^P 

P-;  and  .he  four  s.re  ,     ,  ^^'  ^"''  """""  '°  ^'^^    ^^''l" 

-M^e.,r '•-:::-:- -^^. .e ..., ,... , ., ,„^_^,^^ 

■h^-Hstem  of  symmetrical  rectangles  has  L,  K  ^"M.v.dedm,o  four  smaller  squares  •  but 

"_-vh,ch  have  made  New  „a/en  ra„       .  ttl^rn'":'  '"  ^"'"iin^ -he  numerous  l.di- 
■f    -Many  of  ,he  moden,  streets  take  an  nM  J  "  ^'"""^  '^^  '='<^'^'  "f  >^ew  Ene- 

;a  '-mile  square,"  so  that  it  now    ^pe  ,  "on      e'm  T  ''""'  '"^  ""^^^^  "^  "^"^  -K    al 

"Se  area  of  territory  which  hafbep^.^T^drh  ;""'"'  "''  ">-' -'^"'^  ^elre 
:"^'.''e  v,s„nr  is  "  Yale  and  the  n,.  „;  ^."JTr  '"'"^'y  """"  "P«"-  An  excellent  han^.K..., 
^^  •>    -  I^ecrow.  a  .aduate  of  the  co.e.:  •„  ^^l  ^  il^r  ^'J-^;  S;::;:'?---'^^ 


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way  culvert  (2J  m.),  I  made  fair  progress.    At  the  fork,  2\  m.  o,,,  where  I 
turned  1.  towards  Wallingford  in  April,  I  went  up-hill  to  the  r.,  and  rejoined 
the  main  road  again  in  i  ni.,  near  the  stone  marked  "  X.  m.  to  N.  H."     I  took 
the  ].  at  the  fork  where  the  r.  leads  to  Hamden,  and  I  turned  squarely  to  the 
1.  about  3  m.  below  the  stone.     Much  walking  was  required  during  the  3  h. 
which  I  gave  to  the  9^  m.  ending  at  this  point;  but  the  next  2  m.  were  mostly 
ridable  and  brought  me  near  the  railway  station  at  North  Haven,  where,  with- 
out crossing  the  tracks,  I  turned  r.  and  proceeded  along  the  side  paths  to 
New  Haven  (7J  m.)  at  noon.     At  the  fork,  where  the  sidewalks  of  the  main 
street  in  West  Haven  terminate,  and  where,  in  previous  trips,  I  had  turned  1. 
for  the  shore   road,  I  tried  the  experiment  of  turning  r.,  over  the   railway. 
An  experience  of  i^  h.  on  rough  and  hilly  roads  (there  had  been  no  snowfall 
in  this  region,  but  the  sun  had  sufficed  to  make  considerable  mud)  carr'  ''  me 
5  m.  to  a  junction  with  the  turnpike  at  the  brook  2  m.  from  Milford,  ■    ,ere  a 
sign  says  "7  m.  to  N.  H."     The  first  5  m.  of  this  is  noted  in  my  chapter  on 
"  Winter  Wheeling,"  as  "a   straight  stretch  through  a  sandy,  deserted  and 
altogether  uninteresting  countiy.—perh.ins  the  meanest  section  of  the  entire 
tour,— and    I  was  i  h.  in  getting  over  it."     The  turns  and  windings  of  the 
route  just  described,  however,  are  so  numerous,  and  there  are  so  many  forks, 
that  a  tourist  who  tried  it  in  approaching  New   Haven  would  be  apt  to  go 
astray.     I  recommend,  therefore,  that,  in  leaving  Milford  for  the  city,  the 
shore  road  be  taken,— by  turning  r.  from  the  n.  end  of  the  gr^en. 

When  I  started  out  through  the  snow-covered  streets  of  Meriden,  that 
morning,  my  plan  was  to  follow  the  advice  of  some  New  Haven  riders,  who 
told  me  of  a  good  road  leading  through  the  hills  to  Mt.  Carmel,  from  a  cer- 
tain point  in  the  turnpike  near  Wallingford  ;  but  I  managed  to  miss  it,  and  so 
kept  straight  down  the  Quinnipiac,  as  before  reported.  A  Meriden  tourist 
also  writes  :  "  I  recommend  any  one  coming  here  from  New  Haven  to  tab 
tne  first  road  to  the  r.,  n.  of  Mt.  Carmel,  as  the  route  through  Cheshire  is 
more  indirect  and  sandy."  That  route,  with  all  its  faults,  however,  I  have 
found  prefe.able  to  either  of  the  two  other  paths  that  I  traversed  in  'S3  be- 
tween Wallingford  and  New  Haven.  The  chapter  on  "Winter  Wheelinj,'" 
describes  the  road  to  Cheshire,  and  thence  directly  to  New  Britain  ;  but  in 
.-^pril,  '84,  I  rode  from  New  Haven  to  Meriden,  and  back  again,  bv  the 
Cheshire  route,  and  I  tried  it  a  third  time  (Dec.  5,  '84)  as  a  part  of  a  day's 
tour  from  Meriden  to  Bridgeport,  40  m.  From  the  Cheshire  Academy  the 
tourist  should  go  eastward  ij  m.,  northward  along  a  smooth  ridge  |  m.,  follow 
telegraph  poles  around  a  curve  to  1.  and  then  r.,  o;  a  down  grade,  to  bridge, 
i^  fn. ;  turn  there  to  r.,  and  at  sawmill  turn  1.  and  follow  !)leasantly  shaded 
road  along  a  brook  to  pond  (i  m.),  where  he  should  nof  cross  bridge  at  1.,  but 
keep  right  on  for  i  m.  to  South  Meriden  (Hanover),  though,  on  the  outsivirls 
of  this,  he  will  turn  1.  at  the  road  which  comes  diiectly  over  the  hill  from  the 
sawmill.  Thence  to  Meriden  is  2  m.,  ridable  without  dismount.  I  was  2  h. 
ir.  getting  from  Cheshire  to  Meriden,  on  the  first  occasion  ^.vhirh  v/n?.  p.iv  last 


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day  on  "No.  234").  and  Pope  cyclometer  called  the  u.stance  8  m. ;  but  re- 
urn.ng  along  the  same  route  ten  days  later  (my  first  ride  on  "  No  ^^   Tr  ") 
I  co^xred  u  m  i  h.  ^o  min..  and  Butch.r  cyclometer  gave  the  distance"^;  9  m-' 
wh.ch  It  mcreased  to  gj  m.,  on  my  third  trial  in  December.     On  each  of  ^hL' 
journeys  toward  Cheshire  I   had  to  walk  for  nearly  :   m.  on  the  sa  " 

grade  lead.ng  southward  from  the  bridge.  I  wheeled  from  Cheshire  through 
Uhuneyvlle  to  New  Haven  (14!  m.)  in  .  h..  though  the  surface  had  grown 
nn.ely  scfter  dunng  the  ten  days  since  I  had  tried  it  in  the  other  directio^ 
(-  1.. );  but  m  December  I  rode  from  Cheshire  through  Mt.  Carmel  to  Center 
v.l  c  w.thout  stop  (8  m  in  i  h.).  and  then  made  the  mistake  of  turning  r  in 
mucr  to  enter  the  c.ty  through  Dixwell  av..  which  is  usually  recommended  b^ 
New  Haven  cyclers,  as  being  i  m.  shorter  than  the  Whitney  av.  route 

I  say  "mistake."  because  I  found  that  the  dirt  cidewalks.  which 'supply 
smooth  connection  between  Centerville  and  Dixwell  av.  in  milder  weather 
had  become  mudJy  by  the  action  of  the  sun.upon  the  frost;  while  the  road-' 
way  Useu  was  so  sandy  as  to  be  barely  ridable.     It  would  have  been  better 
or  rne  .f  I  had  kept  straight  ahead  by  the  road  which  passes  Lake  Whit,     - 
for  I  might  have  traversed  it  without  dismount;  and  I  advise  all  stran.      ' 
wceang  between  New  Haven  and  Meriden,  to  take  that  route,  whatevefbe 
the  weather.     No  such  stranger  shouldfail  to  make  the  ascent  of  East  Rock 
w  .ch  is  now  the  distinguishing  feature  of  a  magnificent  public  park,  supplied 
w.  h  .nacadamized  roads,  whose  grades  were  determined  by  careful  surve  s 
and  engineering.     Orange  st.  stretches  in  a  perfectly  straight  line  from  Crown 
^..,  .a  New  Haven,  to  the  bridge  at  the  base  of  the  Rock,  where  the  ascend- 
..i,road  begins;  but,  from  the  parallel  thoroughfare,  Whitney  av..  a  cross- 
j.ree   may  be  taken,  just  s.  of  Whitneyville,  to  a  little  swing-ferry.  v  hich  wi  1 
a„    the  tourist  very  near  the  same  point.     My  only  ascent  of  th  s  new  pi  k 

u,te  gentle,  there  was  a  rather  sharp  .ne  near  the  summit  which  I  thought 
however  easily  it  m.ght  be  surmounted  separately)  would  be  likely  to  stop  fhe 
verage  r.der  who  reached  it  in  the  weary  condition  caused  by  a  mi'e  of  con tin 
3US  climbing.  I  am  told,  however,  that  the  entire  ascent  has  been  seve  al 
mes  made  Without  stop,  by  Dr.  Tyler  and  other  New  Haven  riders.  From 
north  Side  of  the  eminence,  a  descent  may  be  made  to  the  road  for  No  th 

v7'  f^"  '"t  "'  '  '°'  °^  '' '  ^'"^ ''  =^"y  ^''""^''  i"  ^vheeling  between 
Me.u  on  and  New  Haven,  insists  upon  tryiiig  that  road  (in  spite  of  mv  asser" 
t>on  that  the  route  through  Centerville  and  Mt.  Carmel  is  far  preferable)  let 
me  remind  h.m  that  a  passage  through  this  beautiful  park  is  in  the  direct  line 
01  li.s  course.  Let  me  remind  every  sentimental  tourist,  indeed,  that  East 
Roc  ,s  i,ot  on  y  one  of  the  highest,  but  perhaps  also  the  most  distinguished 
of  th  eonnecticut  hill-tops.  I  am  not  aware,  at  least,  that  any  o^her 
.mountain  ,n  the  State  has  figured  so  many  times  in  song  and  storv;  though 
mii^t  hegpardon  of  the  poet  whose  lines  I  now  c,uote»  for  applying  them  to  a 

'••  Holyoke  Valley,"  in  TAe  Round  Tabic,  July  2,  .864,  p.  35. 


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different  scene  fro.Ti  the  one  which  he  wished  them  to  celebrate,— for  the  verses 
force  themselves  upon  my  memory  whenever,  in  these  later  days,  I  gaze  at 
shore  and  hill-top  from  the  outlook  of  East  Rock : 

On  restless  wings  the  years  have  fled,  New  Haven,  over  thee  and  me, 
Since  last  my  wandering  pathway  led  'ipon  these  heights  that  guard  thy  lea. 
1  see  the  hazy  waters  meet  the  sky,  and  count  each  shining  spire. 
From  those  which  sparkle  at  my  feet  to  dist;.nt  steeples  tipt  with  fire. 
For  still  thy  beauties  are  the  same.     The  robins  sing  their  choral  tune, 
Within  thy  mantling  elms  aflame,  as  in  that  other,  dearer  June, 
When  here  my  footsteps  entered  first,  and  summer  perfect  beauty  wore, 
And  all  thy  charms  upon  me  burst,  while  all  the  wide  world  lay  before. 
No  less  each  fragrant  walk  remains,  where  happy  maidens  come  and  go. 
And  students  saunter  in  thy  lanes,  and  sing  the  songs  I  used  to  know. 
Thus  much  't  is  given  me  to  find,  but,  while  the  natural  eye  beholds. 
Sad  Memory,  to  the  picture  blind,  her  fairer  inward  scene  unfolds. 
I  gaze,  and  feol  myself  alone,  and  walk  with  solitary  feet ; 

How  strange  these  wonted  ways  have  grown  I    Where  are  the  friends  I  ust  1  to  meet  ? 
In  yonder  shaded  Academe  the  rippling  meters  flow  to-day, 
Uut  other  boys  at  sunset  dream  of  love,  and  laurels  far  away. 
And,  ah  !  from  many  a  trellised  home,  less  sweet  the  faces  are  that  peer 
Than  those  of  old,  and  voices  come  less  musically  to  my  ear. 
It  pains  me  that  yon  river  can  still  pour  its  full  unchanging  stream, 
And  we  more  transitory  than  the  mountain's  clod,  the  water's  gleam. 
Sigh  not,  ye  mountain  pines,  nor  give  the  whispers  which  I  yearn  to  hear- 
Soft  tones,  wlrose  memories  shall  live  forever  in  my  straining  ear  ; 
But  smile,  to  gladden  fresher  hearts,  henceforth  :  for  they  shall  yet  be  led. 
Revisiting  these  ancient  parts,  like  me  to  mourn  their  glory  fled. 

Chapter  XIX.  describes  my  "  winter  wheeling  "  northward,  to  Hartford 
and  beyond  ;  and,  in  my  Springfield  chapter  (p.  122),  I  have  reported  the  route 
which  I  traversed  between  those  two  cities,  Dec.  4,  1884.  On  the  afternoon 
of  that  day,  when  I  reached  the  crest  of  the  hill  s.  of  Trinity  College,  where 
New  Britain  av.  is  to  be  descended  s.  w.  by  those  who  seek  the  town  of  that 
name  (and  it  is  an  objective  point  on  all  the  best  wheeling  routes  that  connect 
Hartford  with  New  Haven),  I  turned  squarely  to  the  s.,  and  rode  i  m.  along 
the  macadamized  ridge,  having  fine  views  of  the  country  on  both  sides  of  it. 
At  the  end  I  followed  the  telegraph  poles  along  the  old  turnpike  in  a  straight 
line  to  the  hotel  at  Berlin  (9  m.  in  2  h.),  where  the  red  clay  road  from  New 
Britain  ,  >ms,  it ;  and  my  report  reads :  "  hills  and  ridges  in  succession,  muddy 
and  sandv  bv  turns,  no  attractive  views,  few  houses ;  the  sandy  spots,  made 
ridable  by  the  frost,  would  probably  be  too  soft  in  the  summer,  and  the  muddy- 
places  would  probably  be  rida'-le  then."  If  I  had  taken  the  usual  and  prefer- 
able route,  s.  w.  from  the  college  hill,  I  should  have  had  a  choice  of  courses, 
after   crossing    under  the    railway  at  Elmwood  (about  3  m.),  for   there  'he 

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Britain  riders  prefer  it,  except  at  the  knuddy  season.  I  myself  have  had  better 
luck,  however,  by  keeping  due  west,  up  a  long  hiil  fridable  but  tiresome),  sur- 
iiu'imted  by  a  school-house,  ar.d  to  Corbin's  corner,  about  i  m.  beyond,  where 
a  turn  is  made  "  ,  followed  by  nearly  2  m.  of  poor  riding ;  then  a  short  ascent 
after  crossing  a  brook.  (I  have  conquered  this  but  once  in  a  half  dozen  trials), 
another  turn  s.,  and  2  m.  of  smooth  roadway  to  New  Britain.  About  \  m. 
after  taking  this  last  turn,  a  junction  is  made  with  the  other  road  that 
>tictches  e.  tc  Newington  and  Elmwood  (4  m.,  which  I  have  found  more  tire- 
sjine,  on  account  of  mud  and  ruts,  than  the  sJ  m.  just  described).  Another 
ridable  route  to  the  last  named  place,  from  Hartford,  leads  through  Asylum  st. 
(uhich  crosse?  the  tracks  at  right  angles  in  front  of  the  railway  station,  and 
whose  stone  ".dewalk  is  ridable  up-hill  to  the  w.),  and  then  Farmington  av., 
i:i  the  same  westward  direction  to  Quaker  lane,  which  is  the  second  or  third 
cross-street  beyond  the  terminus  of  the  horse  railroad,  and  which  leads  south- 
ward in  a  pretty  direct  line  to  the  main  street  in  Elmwood,  about  opposite 
tiie  meadow  road  for  Newington.  The  church-spire  of  West  Hartford  is 
hardly  i  m.  away,  when  the  turn  is  made  into  Quaker  lane,  and  a  parallel  road 
extends  from  that  church  to  the  school-house  on  the  hill  beyond  Elmwood. 
Farmington  is  5  m.  to  the  n.  of  Plainville,  and  the  same  distance  s.  w.of  West 
Il.irtford;  and  local  wheelmen  have  told  me  that  the  roads  connecting  them 
are  fairly  ridable.  I  lately  learned,  also,  from  a  resident  of  Berlin,  that  the 
direct  road  between  there  and  Hartford,  which  I  have  described  as  difficult 
ia  December,  has  been  traversed  by  him,  both  n.  and  s.,  without  dismount. 

At  the  fork,  2  m.  e.  of  New  Britain,  where  the  touris*  sees  the  church- 
spire,  beside  the  hotel  at  Berlin,  \\  m.  ahead,  he  should  aim  for  it,  by  taking 
the  1.  road,  for  in  that  way  he  may  go  to  Meriden  without  stop  (6  m.  s.  from 
the  hotel,  though  the  hill  just  before  reaching  the  hotel  is  rather  hard  climb- 
ing). If  he  turns  r.  at  the  before-named  fork,  and  then  crosses  the  railway, 
he  may  ultimately  reach  the  same  road,  after  considerable  rough  traveling. 
I  once  found  there  (Dec.  11,  'S3)  so  much  of  the  latter,  that,  in  despair  of 
reaching  the  former,  I  turned  westward,  over  a  railway  bridge,  and  tried  again 
the  southward  course,  which  I  had  happened  to  hit  upon  in  iuy  earliest  ex- 
ploration of  the  region  (June  10,  'So),  and  of  which  I  then  printed  the  follow- 
ing report :  "  Below  Berlin  the  road  runs  along  the  west  side  of  the  railway 
for  some  distance,  and,  within  4  m.,  it  leads  over  several  long  hills,  which 
have  to  be  ascended  on  foot,  if  not  also  deocended  in  the  same  manner. 
Mounting  at  last,  near  the  top  of  one  of  these,  the  rider  may  go  without  stop 
to  the  hotel  in  Meriden  (jj  m.),  though  he  will  have  to  climb  a  tolerable  hill 
?  in  after  the  start,  and  also  a  short,  steep  one  about  i  m.  from  the  finish, 
between  these  points,  the  road  has  a  continuous  downward  slope,  varying 
pleasantly  in  degrees  of  steepness,  and  for  more  than  a  mile  it  runs  through  a 
magnificent,  shaded  glen  or  gorge,— worthy  of  a  nobler  name  than  '  Cat  Hole 
Pass,— the  very  perfection  of  wheeling."     At  the  fork,  4  m.  n.  of  Meriden, 

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8.  of  Berlin ;  but  whoever  turns  1.  at  the  fork,  as  I  prefer  to  do,  should  turn  r. 
at  the  next  chance  which  offers.* 

1  Alxmt  the  middle  of  September,  1883,  roadf.  and  weather  being  favorable   Dr  T  S  Rust 
Captani  of  the  Meriden  Wheel  Club,  drove  a  56  in.  wheel  by  thi,  route  to  New  liriiain  and 
Hartford  (about  aj   m.)  without  leaving  the   saddle.     On   Deceml*ri, '83,  William  Collin, 
of  the  same  club  (whose  day's  ride  of  155  m.  from  this  town  to  N.ishua,  \    H     has  been  re' 
corded  on  p.  .28),  starting  at  5  A.  m.,  reached  Springfield  in  about  6  h.,  and  arrived  home  at  8 
P.  M.,  with  a  record  of  ,00  m.  shown  by  the  50  in.  cyclometer  which  was  attached  to  bis  cj  in 
wheel.     A  more  remarkable  day's  run  by  the  same  rider  (May  3,,  '84,  4,30  a.  m   to  8  20  p   m  ) 
extended  from  the  Grand  Union  Hotel,  42  st.  and  4th  av.,  N.  Y.,  to  Meriden.-his  route  b,  ini; 
through  5th  av,  Central  a/.,  past  Jerome  P.irlc  and  Woodlawn  Cemetery  (near  which  he  made  a 
detour  of  i  m.  in  losing  his  course)  to  Mt.  Vem.m  and  New  Rochelle.-which  point  he  miRht 
much  more  readily  have  reached  by  the  shore  road  (p.  73).   He  took  the  direct  pik.  Irom  Milford 
to  New  Haven ;  and  the  Dixwell  av.  route  thence  to  Centerville  and  Cheshire.     He  had  lunch 
at  Jerome  Park,  breakf.xst  at  Ml.  Vernon  (\  h.),  dinner  at  Southport  (.  to  1.30  p.  m.),  reached 
PndKeiv.rt  at  2,30,  and  New  Haven  at  5.30  o'clock.     His  longest  stay  in  the  saddle'  was  be 
tween  there  and  Cheshire,  and  his  longeu  stretch  without  rest  was  between  Southport  and 
New  Haven.  "The  weather  w.-is  cool  and  pleasant,"  he  writes,  "and  the  idea  of  attempting  the 
trip  first  occurred  to  me  when  I  reached  the  hotel,  the  previous  evening,  after  a  ride  to  Hemp- 
stead, I,.  I.,  and  back.     I  make  it  a  point,  on  such  hmg  trips,  to  dismount  at  all  hills,  i.i  order 
to  save  myself  .'or  the  finish;  but  I  think,  if  two  days  were  given  to  the  journey,  the  whole 
distance  from  New  York  to  Meriden  could  be  traversed,  without  a  single  forced  dismount  " 

A  ride  of  June  23,  '83,  from  Fair  Haven  to  Ridgefield,  which  adjoins  the  most  northeast- 
erly  town  of  Westchester  county,  N.Y.,  was  thus  reported  to  me  by  John  H.  Whiting(b   Nov  24 
1849;  grad.  Yale  Uiw  School,  1876) :  "  Started  at  3.15  a.  m.,  to  avoid  heat,  and  p.i.ssed  Saviii 
Rock,  Milford,  Stratford,  Bridgeport,  Fairfield,  Southport,  Green's  Farms,  and  Saugatuck  to 
Westport  (35  m.),  at  9  a.  m.     My  first  S  m.,  to  Tyler's  Point,  were  without  dismount ;  the  6  m 
thence  to  M.lford  required  \  m.  of  walking;  the  ji  m.  to  Housatonic  river  at  Stratford  required 
perhaps  3  m.  on  foot ;  the  10  or  11  m.  thence  to  Southport  forced  only  one  dismount ;  and  the  last 
7  m.  tc  Westport  made  me  leave  the  saddle  thrice.     Resting  there  i  h.  for  lunch,  I  proceeded  to 
Wilton,  6  m.  ;  lost  my  w.iy  there  and  went  nearly  to  Redding;  thence  by  newly-made,  rou(:h 
country  road  to  Branchville.  3  m.  ;  and  to  Ridgefield  (4  m.,  mostly  up-hill),  at  ..30  p    M    the 
whole  distance  being  nearly  60  m.,  though  the  length  of  other  routes  to  New  Haven  is  from  45 
m.  to  50  m.     I  ro<ie  a  50  in.  Harvard,  for  I  believe  in  a  small  wheel,  tnd  learned  on  a  46  in 
I  frequently  go  25  m.  or  more  without  any  other  rest  than  is  implied  in  a  brief  stop  for  a  gLss  of 
beer,  but  I  rarely  have  time  to  indulge  in  a  straightaway  ride  like  this. "  The  same  rider  afterwards 
prepared  for  me  a  statement  which  I  printed  in  the  »'/4^^/(Jan.  23,  '85),  and  now  reproduce 
with  sl.sht  verbal  abbreviations,  as  follows  :  "  This  is  to  certify  that  Dr.  N.  P   Tyler  and  my- 
self left  New  Haven  Nov.  4,  18S4,  for  a  run  to  New  York  City  and  return,  but  were  prevented 
by  the  rain  from  going  further  than  White  Plains  ;  that  we  reached  Bridgeport,  20  m     following 
the  shore  road,  in  2  h.  5  n.in.,  and  South  Norwalk,  36  m,,  in  exactly  4  h.     Dr.  Tyler  rode  from 
New  Haven  to  the  Saugatuck  river  with  but  two  dismounts,  and  the  distance  between  the  first 
in  West  Haven,  and  the  second,  beyond  Green's  Farms,  was  25}  m.,  measured  by  both  a  Sxi 
Donnell  cyclometer  and  an  Excelsior  cyclometer.     The  absence  of  the  bridge  over  the  Sauga- 
tuck compelled  us  to  cross  by  the  railroad  bridge,  or  we  should  have  reached  South  Norwalk 
without  another  dismount.     We  reached  Stamford,  44  m..  si  h.  after  starting.     Wednesday  I 
rode  from  White  Plains  to  Milford,  51m.,  inside  of  9  h,  ;  running  time,  ^\  h.     Dated  at  New 
Haven  this  8th  day  of  Nov.,  ,884.     John  H.  Whitiug.     Subscribed  and  sworn  to  this  Sth  day 
of  Nov.,  1SS4,  at  said  New  Haven,  before  me,  Julius  Twiss,  Notary  Public." 

Dr.  Tyler  himself  adds  the  follow'ng  details  :  "  When  we  left  Stamford,  at  2  o'c'ock,  after 
halting  ,  h.  for  dinner,  there  were  dashes  of  rain,  and  the  road  became  heavy.  We  went 
through  Greenwich,  and  then  struck  w.  to  GlenviUe,  but  were  comnellpd  to  fom  »   •."-• 


SHORE  AND  HILL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT.        ,3^ 

"  Interested  wheelmen  will  perhaps  offen  hereafter  talc,  m 
ing  the  charming  valley  of  the  Niueaturk   ,n  ,  t  ^^''^^^^^  m  visit- 

try  roadway  that  knew  the  sinuoul  tfa  k  o^  the  r"  '"'  "T"  *'^  '^"'  ^-"- 
of  the  first  genuine  header."  So "r"  Ch,  1  E^^^  Ilf"  T "■"^'  '''  '"' 
lu.tor.cal  sketch  (77..  ;r/,../;„„«,  Oct.  ,88.  n  .fwi  k'  •"!  "^'"^«=»i"ing 
P-trait  (,869)  and  autograph  of  the  inven'tor  o'f  ih  ''W"'  "^^^'^^^^^ 

I-allcment,    who   was   born  Oct    a/ .r.T  ,>  v;'"""  ^'"^"'^  ••     ''''^^^« 

irance.  and  whom  the  close  of  h^sM^i^P'.h      '  ""!-^-'^«"-°n>    "ear  Nancy. 
;i..w„.s  of  fortune.  employe/Ll  '^nie^rhirb^r  Vt^M  ^"^.  "^^  ^'^ 

,,e..  from  .nsLa  to  NeJ^JUl^l ^:7^- ^^^ t^-^^ 

«hat  ,s  termed  Hog-pen  Ridge.  3  m.,  and  very  fine  riding   to  the  Port  fh  u 

"  s  .l,en  ra,n,ng  torrents  and  the  n,ud  was  inches  deen  .  P"«  <-hester  boul,  -ard.     It 

l'l..i"s  n.  5.30  o'clock,  6,  m.  At  8  4,  I  swld  on  ''^'^"' '^"  ^^  P'-^h'^d  "".  reaching  White 
■■   M..  with  the  rain  sti,.  falling.     i:l2T^C ^Z  ,  T'"^'  "^^'^'"^^'  "^-"^  '^'  '° 

Chester,  and  then  push  w.  to  White  plll^^.s  aT.h:  tr"  a'nV  n  '^°^^'-^-^  '»  J'"« 
however,  decidedly  hilly.  I  rode  a  .6J  lb.  R^dge  nc  -r  aid  ,  ,n  ^^  ™^-  Greenwich  is. 
r-narkable  in  reference  to  the  .ji  m   without  d^n'n,  ''  '"'"'=•     '^'^^^  "'^'^  ^'^^ 

nukes  you  well  aware.  My  firstl.op  was  caus  Hv  'V  "T  "T.,''"'-'^^^^  of  the  road 
Haven  ;  bu,  I  have  since  ridden  around  it  bja"  ther  road  .H  ""  '"'  "*  "^  ""'  '^°"-'  ^'"v 
.hat  a  sk,lful  rider  might  have  the  good  luck  .0  "from  "  "I!  "  T"  "  '''"''  '™-  '^i, 
(-y  50  to  55  m.)  without  leaving  the  saddle -"houlhT  "■'  'I  •^°""'  ''"""^"'  ='"''  bev^nd 

-1.  as  -  staying  "  power  appea'rs  to  me  v  ;  extrao  alT;"  Tha"  ""'■  Y"''  ^"^  '-"  " 
equally  long  upon  a  course  which  I  know  to  be  o  ,  fffl"  u *  ^"^  "'  ^''  ^'"^  °f  "°  "  ^'^v  " 
Sou.hin.ton  .0  South  Norwalk,  I  myseVhave  eJ      fu""      "'  ""'■     '^'  '^""  P»«  "f '  it. 

numberIessdismounts,anddidmuchrk  ,g  h rough   hfsa  h"  T  ^''"-  ''  '«'^>'  ^"^  '  ""^^ 
and  I  therefore  recommend  through  touri    s  ,0  s.icW       .K       '  '""'•^^^"^  de,ou„(9m.  in3  h.); 
entirely,  as  I  have  always  dono  on  other  Jcc^ilf  %2'  '^IT  '"'  '^''^  "^°^^  '^  '-- 
way  bey^.nd  Fairfield,  and  includes  a  longX  WestLrt  r'T    ^t  .'  ""''  '^"'^  "^^"^^  "^^  -"- 
"">«,  ihough  it  makes  me  groan)  and  ano  h             T     ^     •"*'  '  '"^^^  "''^ea  up.  „vo  or  three 
branches  of.  .0  the  r.  fromrt!:'s.        tadTg    :T.uth""rM^  ""''  '''  '^^  ""  ^''^^ 
-r,e  at  Darien  (,  m.);  and  the  traveler  com  n'  thenr.  f       .    m™'"''     ^""^  '*"  ™"'^^  """ 
.hr.,ugh  South  Norwalk.  should  bear  to  the  r  after  'Tu            "'""'  "''°  "'"""  '"  S" 
hiil  lea<ling  out  of  Norwalk,  on  the  s  sidewalk   h      h     ,7     '  'r''    ^gain,  after  riding  up  the 
diagonally  opoosi-e  corner,  for  the  ro.ad  on  the  1  ^f  th     h      TV"""  ^'="="'  ''"'^  ''=='-  "  f™-  "- 
'f  he  wishes  to  exchange  the  direct  p^e  fo   the    I           "I     *'"  '""^  ^'"^  '"'^'y  '"^"'^^  Weston 
.h.  river  down  .  m.  tolaugatuck     or  f  h       i^ktr.r    ^  "^'T"' ""'  "''''^'"  ^-  -"  f-"- 
hou.e  a,  a  cross-roads  he  may  ,h  re  branch  ra-^          ''i.     ""            ""'"  "'  '""^  ""'^S""'^' 
road  a.ain  at  the  before-mentioned  XayJolT      f"".''i"'''''"^' ^^''"'"'"S  '>'--■" 
'-".  he  should  turn  r.  and  then  1     in  o  derL           ^  \      ^"^'^^^     '^''^"  ^e  reaches  that 
«reet ;  and,  in  case  of  riding  tow L'drSouthlrt  T/sH     m7'  '"'.  ^'^'^  ^'    ^"^"'  "'  "'  --" 
of  .his  ma,n  sidewalk,  to  folL  it  round       To^erlLf    d  T'L"'  ""'"  '*=  "^'^'^'^^  ">^  ->d 
."  front  of  him.     When  he  leaves  Stamford  he  .-^'enc                .^f '"^  '"'  ''^'"''y  ^-^  directly 
-  Whose  summit  he  may  see  the  church  s;sT("  el'        '  ^''^'J^  ''''"'"''  '"  ^'-^■ 
before  reaching  them,  he  will  pass  up  a  roueh^H    /?  uTf '  ^  "''  '^''°"'' =  ^"^'  shortly 
cnttin.in  the  rock  that  ts  famous  in  traditln  as  theTne'i           k    u'"  "''"  "'^'^^"^  "'-"'^''  » 
General  Putnan,,  dear  to  the  hearts  oft,Z  s.uS  nt   of ""  :'"':  ''^''^'  "'^  ''^^°''=  '^— an. 
unharmed  from  ,h.  f„.;uj,  _x  .u.  ^     .  .^^^  ^.'"^ents  of  our  Revolutionary  historv  ond  <.. J 

pursuit  of  so  desperate  a  rider.""  "*"*'*''"'  '^"^'^"'"°'  *^°  ''^^d  "^  spur  their  steeds  in  furthe^ 


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140  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  public  green  and  on  the  streets."  Considering  that  I  was  then  a  resident 
of  the  city,  in  my  early  bloom  as  a  brown-coated  Freshman  of  Old  Vale  it 
gr.eves  .ne  to  record  my  personal  absence  from  the  green  and  streets,  duri'n. 
those  historic  hours.  The  exhibition  could  hardly  have  excited  much  general 
attention,  however,  for  it  was  not  discussed  at  all  among  tb^  undergraXates- 
and  .f  any  allusion  to  it  was  printed  in  the  city  papers.  I  failed  to  read 
the  same  It  may  have  happened  during  the  three  weeks'  April  vacation- 
but  at  a  1  events,  nearly  three  years  more  slid  by  before  my  young  blood  was 
first  i:r.d  by  the  magic  name  "  veloss."  in  the  opening  days  of  ,869. 

A  pilgrimage  along   that   primal  path  where  the  pioneer  tourist,  Pierre 
Lallement,  had  hopefully  pushed  the  prototype  of  all  existing  bicycles  seven 
teen  years  oetore,  was  a  thing  which  appealed  to  my  historic  sentiment,  as  the 
correct  caper  to  indulge  myself  in.     Accordingly,  I  did  indulge  in  the  pilgrim- 
age, some  months  before  I  saw  the  suggestion  in  the  Wheelman,  or  learned  there 
that  the  52,000  for  which  Lallement  finally  managed  to  sell  his  patent  on  "the 
crank  idea."  '  -rmed  the  richest  reward  that  he  ever  reaped  for  his  ingenuity 
m      setting  the  world  on  wheels."     Twenty-six  davs  had  my  bicycle  rested  in- 
g  onously  m  a  stable,  when  I  dragged  it  out  (July  27,  '83)  to  face  the  fierce 
glare  that  beats  upon  a  New  Haven  sidewalk  in  midsummer,  and  drove  it 
along  the  same,  through  West  Chapel  St.,  past  the  new  Yale  Athletic  Grounds 
to  the  cross-road  connecting  West  Haven  with  Westville.     The  latter  part  of 
thi.s  distance  (2  m  ),  after  leaving   the  sidewalk,  was  most  of  it  too  sandy  for 
riding ;  and  I  hal'.ed  just  beyond  here  to  listen  to  a  lau-hing  negro's  storv  of  a 
dog  that  barked  at  me  from  a  distance  and  then  hurriedly  disappeared      "I 
saw  dat  ar  dog  run  into  by  a  bicycle  on  Whalley  av.,  a  few  days  ago  "  said 
the  ma  1.     "  He  frew  de  feller  off,  and  den  he  lipt  hom'erds  two  mile  widout 
stoppin  ,— worse  dan  dem  greyhounds  useter.  down  to  New  Orleans  "     Sand 
continue,  for  another  \  m.  to  the  toll-ga^e  (2  o'clock),  where  stone  on  1.  says 
"  3  ni.  to  \.  H."     Thence  the  track  is  generally  ridable  to  the   cross-roads 
(Sf  m.  in  I  h.),  near  which  is  an  advertising  plank,  "8  m.  to  N.  H  "—the  de- 
scending road  here,  1.,  leading  to  Milf„rd,  on  the  shore.     The  bridge  over  the 
Naugatuck  river,  just  above  where  it  flows  int..  the  Housatonic,  at  Derby  is 
ij  m.  beyond,  and  by  it  I  cross  into  Birmingham,  and  wheel  to  the  crest' of 
the  hill  on  concrete  sidewalk  on  1. ;  crossing  the  street  there  and  ascending 
another  slope  to  r.,  on  r.  walk,  past  the  soldiers'  monument,  and  so  to  the  s 
br:dge  at  Ansonia,  2  m.     This  is  the  course  where  Pierre  Lallement  "took 
the  first  regular  header  from  the  first  crank  bicycle   known  to  our  history" 
(pictured  in  the  mee/man,  p.  10) ;  and  the  distance  between  the  two  bridges 
may  easily  be  done  in  either  direction  without  a  dismount.     The  more  direct 
road,  which  joins  them  on  the  e.  side  of  the  river,  is  also  said  to  be  ridable 
My  atternoon's  record,  with  detours  at  each  end  of  the  route,  wa.=  15  m     I 
tarried  a  day  in  Ansonia,  with  a  lawyer  who  was  my  academy  classmate  twenty 
years  before,  and  whose   character  as  a  wneelman   I  now  first  discovered. 
Stress  of  weather,  however,  prevented  our  making  any  trial  together,  except 


SHORK  AXD  HILL-TOP  LV  CONXECTICUT.        ,4, 

on  foot,  of  the  various  steep  sidewalks  of  smooth  concrete,  where  the  local 
rulers  delight  to  test  their  prowess  as  hill-chmhers.     I  had  a  chat  with  a  man 
who  worked  m  the  same  machine-shop  with  I.allemem.  during  nearly  all  the 
pen,.d  of  h,s  stay  here  in   .865-66.     He  recalled  him  as  a  pleasant  vounR  fel- 
low, whose  good-nature  made  him  popular  among  the  other  workmen    and 
who.se  inability  to  use  En-lish.  except  in  fragments  which  he  had  "  broken  " 
111  a  very  1  renchy  manner,  led  them  very  generally  to  call  him  by  the  nick- 
n.une  "  C  •  apoo."     This  variation  of  "  Johnny  Crapaud  "  was  doubtless  easier 
t.)  utter  than  "  I.allement  " ;  but  the  fact  of  its  being  in  vogue  serves  in  its 
w.iy  to  confirm  the  testimony  of  my  informant  that  the  utterers  all  looker'  upon 
"Crapoo"  with  a  sor<  of  good-natured  contempt,  as  a  man  of  no  partin.lar 
account.     He  did      ,t  impress  them  at  all  as  a  possible  inventor,  even  pro- 
spectively; and  as  .or  his  twowheeled    hobby-horse,  by  whose   contortions 
upon  the  street,  when  working  hours  were  over,  he  caused  them  to  laugh 
thoy  never  suspected  that  //  contained  any  idea  worth  patenting,  or  that  he 
hnnself  thought   h^  had  discovered   anything  important  when  he   put   it  to- 
gether.    The  Ansonian  tradition  of  Lallement,  if  his  fellow-workman  gave  it 
to  me  truly,  is  that  of  a  light-henrted  and  intellectuallv  light-weighted  youne 
mechanic,  whose  animal  spiri       .und  casual  vent  in  rigging  up  an  amusin. 
ov.  to  play  with  upon  the  streets;  and  whose  relative  helplessness  (resulting 
from  Ignorance  of  the  language  and  customs  of  America)  caused  the  others  to" 
treat  h,m  with  a  certain  kind  indulgence,  as  if  he  were  a  sort  of  sprightly 
grown-up  child,  who  "  was  n't  to  blame  for  being  a  foreigner." 

^ry  next  day's   ride   of  40  m.   led    up  the  vallev  of   the  Xaugatuck  to 
Watcrbury,    17    m.,  and   thence    northwestward    up  the   hills   to    Litchfield 
Crossing  the  n.  bridge  of  Ansonia  at  10  o'clock,  I  went  up-hill  to  th-  water- 
ing trough,  where  I  turned  r.  and  proceeded  3  m.  to  the  fork,  making  one 
dL.mount  about  midway,  whe.e  I  first  reached  the  river  level.     The  1   road  at 
the  trough  supplies  a  ridable  surface  back  to  Birmingham.    At  the  fork  I  took 
the  r..  though  the  1.  would  probably  have  done  as  >vell,  for  the  two  converge 
>n  \  m..  at  the  pond  by  the  church  in  Seymour,  where  I  designed  to  cross  the 
river;  but  as  the  bridge  there,  by  the  Wilbur  H-use,  was  in  process  of  re- 
pair, I  mounted  again  and  went  along  the  west  side  of  the  pond,  then  over 
the  north  bridge  and  railroad,  without  stop  to  the  hill.     I  found  a  little  sand 
at  the  foot  of  the  descent  before  I  reached  the  first  of  the  small  bridges  be- 
side the  pond  (i  m.);  and  I  then  rode  i  m.  without  stop,  up  a  long  sandy 
grade  and  down  ,t  to  the  water-trough.     Descending  another  stony  hill    \ 
stayed  in  the  saddle  for  near  3  m.,  or  almost  to  the  top  of  a  big  hill,  opposite 
p.cmc  grove  on  the  river  below.-passing  meanwhile  the  "Beacon  Falls 
Hotel     and  the  neater  looking  "  High  Rock  House  bv  E.  Brown,"  with  a 

Sh    '?K     i""'^  ^''T"  "'''"•  ""^  '''^•"S  ^°^  ^"''^  ^  ^'^'^""  ^^  ^  cinder 

path.     The  descent  of  the  hill  was  followed  by  a  continuous  though  gentle 

scent  until  I  reached  the  Naugatuck  Hotel  (3  m.).  at  13.40  P.  M.,-no  pre- 

liminarv  stnn  KturJnrr   V.ao»  r». 1    ...  '  *^ 

.  .._j  ^  1  i-.-i-.tu  uj/v::  ;:iv,  spiic  <ji  iiic  suit  and  rough  sur- 


142  TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  liJCVCLE. 


^^i' 


face.     Having  disposed  .  "  dinner  in  «  h..  I  rode  i  J  m.  to  the  fork  on  the  hill 
r>nd  to  this  point  a  man  might,  by  good  luck,  wheel  without  stop  from  tnc 
pond,  9  m.  below.     He  might   also  continue  from   this  point  -vithout  stop  to 
the  green  in  VVaterbury,  then  w.  across  the  bridge  and  n.  to  the  fork    e  m 
I  reached  that  fork  in  i  h.  after  leaving  the  hotel,-having  made  manv  ttop.' 
in  changing  from  one  s-dewalk  to  the  other,  on  account  of  the  mud' in  tht 
street.     Taking  the  I.,  I  ,,a.ssed  the  Oakville  post-ofJice  and  s.orc  (if  m  )  and 
reached  the  hill  in   Watcrtown  where   the  churches  -f  nd  (2\  m.)  at  -x  70 
o'clock.     Here  I  turned  off  from  the  direct  turnpike  for  Litchfield,  and  went 
up  a  hill  to  I.,  surmounted  by  a  big  summer  hotel,  around  which  I  turner^  to 
the   r.,   and  again    at  the  fork    took    the  r.,  past    the   fair  grounds,   to  the 
post  saying  " i\  m.  to  Morris;    jj  m.   to  Watertown."    Just    i  m.  beyonu 
this  post,  I  turned   to  r.  and  climbed  nearly  to  the  crest  o^  the   hill  at  the 
cross-roads  in  Morris,  3  m.     The  spires  of  Litchfield  soon  came   into  view 
and  It  was  not  until   I  had  walked   up  the  last  slopes  of  a  long  hill    and 
reached  the  level  of  the  village  street,  that  I  enquired   the  route  to  Hn'ntam 
Lake,  and  discovered  that  I  should  have  turned  1.  i  m.  below.     However 
being  on  the  summit,  I  thought  I  might  as  well  "see  Litchfield";  and  so  I 
sped  along  the  w.  sidewalk  i  m.  to  the  Mansion  House  (theopDosite  hotel  is 
the  "  United  States";  while  the  "Lake  View,"  a  larger  and  more  fashionable 
establishment,  is  }  m.  to  the  west),  and  J  m.  beyond,  to  the  end  of  the  \orth 
street;  then  back  by  the  e.  sidewalk  to  the  starting-point.     I  rode  down  the 
long  hill,  and  made  the  turn   1.    i    m.  beyond;  whence   rj  m.  of  riding  and 
walking  brought  me  to  the  iJantam  Lake  House  at  7.30  o'clock.^ 

1  The  sun  shot.e  bright,  that  day,  l.ut  the  air  was  very  cool,  and  a  strong  breeze  from  the 

south  was  generally  a  help  to  mc.     Th.  scenery  .long  the  entire  route  was  varied  and  attractive 

Must  of  the  roads  which  I  traversed  w.re  probably  at  their  best,  because  of  the  ,,revi,.u,  day's 

showers.     The  first  part  of  them,  m,l,  .,1,  would  hardly  have  been  ridable  excet^t  for  this  ;  and 

when  I  walked  down  the  Litchfield  hill,  two  days  later,  the  sand  seemed  so  deep  that  I  shoulo 

not  have  attemnt.a  to  ride  doun,  had  my  wheel  been  with  me.     From  Waterbury  the  track 

throusli  the  Naugatuck  valley  was  said  to  continue  gtKxl  as  far  n.  a.s  Winsted,-say  25  or  30  m 

Though  I  kept  on  the  e.  bank  from  Seymour  to  Waterbury,  a  road  reaches  from  that  city  down 

the  west  side  of  the  valley  to  Birmingham,  and  thence  to  Stratford ;  but  the  final  section  of 

It  is  reported  sandy  and  unridable,-the  road  ihrough  Derby  and  Milford  supplying  a  preferable 

route  to  the  Sound.     In  Ansonia,  as  I  should  have  remarked  before,  the  favorite  stretch  of 

concrete,  for  the  up-grade  trials  of  wheeling,  is  the  sidewalk  of  Foundry  Hill,  beginning  at  the 

self-same  foundry  where  Pierre  Lallement  was  employed,  twenty   -ars  ago.     There  is  said  to 

be  good  nding  from  Waterbury  to  Bt.stol  f  ,0  or  .2  m.),  thence  to  the  adjoining  town  of  I'l.im- 

ville,  and  so  to  New  Britain.     Westward  from  Bristol,  the  direct  road  for  Litchfield  (say  ,5  m. 

or  more)  leads  through  Terrysville,  Thomaston  and  Northfield ;  and  it  is  said  to  be  ridable      In 

the  summer  of  '79.  Dr.  G.  F.  Fiske.  who  was  then  an  undergraduate  at  Amherst,  toured  from 

New  Haven  to  Poughkeepsie,  by  way  of  Birmingham,  Oxford,  Roxbury  and  Now  Milfurd. 

W  e  had  lots  of  walking  to  this  point,"  he  writes;  "  but  we  thence  rode  straight  across,  over 

Plymouth  mountain,  to  the  Hud.son,  and  had  wheeling  most  of  the  way." 

Litchfield  quite  won  my  he.rt  as  a  type  of  the  quiet,  old-fashioned  and  eminentlv-rcspecta- 
ble  New  England  to«-n  at  its  ,^st  estate.  It  is  well  worth  visiting,  if  only  for  the  sake  of 
Conv.nc.ng  one  s  self  that  such  placid  villages  really  do  exist,  undisturbed  by  the  ntsh  and  roar 


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SHORE  AND  HILL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT.        ,43 

Resuming  my  tour  .if  5  30  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  August  i,  I  went  to 
the  L.tchhcl.l  po,,.office  (i\  m.  in  }  h.)  I.y  the  w.  road,  directly  from  IJr.ntam 
I-akc  to  the  Shepai.g  terminus,-the  half-milt  hill  from  there  to  the  1  ost-otfice 
m,,nrmg  consuierablc  walking.  At  the  end  of  the  p.r'ewalk  of  the  North 
SI.,  I  took  the  1.  ro.td  for  (Joshc,  and  made  my  first  dismount  in  3  m  at  the 
e.ul  of  a  long  hill;  then  walked  up  and  rode  down  a  succession  of  sift  and 
s  Muly  rulges  tor  \  n,  ;  then  sped  along  the  smooth  clay  surface  for  z\  m  to 
the  nigpole  in  front  of  the  Goshen  Housr,  where  I  halted  at  7.30  for  an  hour's 
rest  •^";f;^^;akf.rst.  The  latter  half  of  this  final  spin  was  undulating,  hut  the 
first  half  afforded  i  m.  of  perfectly  level  riding,  along  the  hill-top,  with  beau- 
tiful views  on  cither  hancl.^  From  the  hotel  I  faced  eastward  for  .1  m  to 
the  crest  of  the  next  parallel  ridge,  along  which  I  roc'  thward.    Just  a 

few  rods  above  the  point  of  turning,  a  white  marble  slab  says  to  the  tourist  ■ 
'Here  stm,d  the  Libertv  Pole  in  17/6."  Along  th.  h.rd  loam  surface  of  this 
h.stortc  hdl-to;,,  whose  grade  slopes  gradually  upv. .  .ith  one  or  two  quite 
difficult  I  Itches.  I  sped  along  without  stop  to  the  cross-roads  (z\  m.)  having 
.superb  mountain-vi,  .vs  bounding  the  horizon  en  both  sides  of  me  for  the 
entire  distance.  No  stop  was  needed  at  the  cross-roads,  where  the  decline 
.c^'.in.  nor  indeed  until  I  reached  the  ne.xt  uivgrade.  i  m.  beyond.  /  this 
I  had  I  m.  of  up-and-down,  through  the  woods,  where  much  walki,.^  was 
nccdc  .  and  then  i  m.  of  riding,  in  the  open,  and  so  down  a  diffi-^ult  slope  to 
a  hrook-.side  school  house  at  South  Norfolk.  Fhe  next  mile  was  mostly  afoot 
.uuiui>hdl  to  the  cross-roads  sign  "  Goshen  9  .i.,  Norfolk  1  m.,  Winsted  8  m." 

of  the  railways,  and  unruffled  by  .he  fret  and  bustle  of  "  fashionable  suramer-re.ort  people" 

A.l  .he  residences  seem  to  shelter  well     ,^„  owners,  and  almost  none  of  .he  re.dencT,  s  e  m 

ons.ruc.ed  for  .he  purpose  of  proclaiming  the  owner's  weal.h.     Many  of  .he  h-Ies  exh  bU 

hove  the  central  doorway  a  da.e  .ha.  indica.es  a  c.n.uryor  more  of  history;  and   it  ^othe 

.he  nerve,  of  the  sentimental  tourist  to  find  such  kii.ired  spivus  who  are  aWe  thu    ZiZ 

'^^ziT^rr^'^'^^'^  ''^'  ^-'^''^  -'"'"-"''  -'^  dignified  :hio 

.le  W(ir.liiiLS  of  Washmgton  s  .imj. 

The  Shepaug  river,  a  branch  of  .he  Houso.or  ,se  a.  Bantam  Lake ;  and  it  gives 

us  n  me  to  a  ii  .le  branch-railway,  which  creeps  a  .  fro™  .he  main  line,  and,  onfe  n 

st.^.™ '-  behinf  ,r  h-,r  r^'u  "  '"  ''"'•^"^  '"'  "'■'•"  "^  P^-^"S-  ="  '•'^  ii"le  terminal 
pn,  d  a.  all  by  .his  low  y  reminder  of  .he  s.ruggling  ou.side  world.  The  locomo.ive,  of  ,he 
0  i  'fTh  ,"'  ^"!'"'y  •^'""'^'^  -'I  ou.-of-commission,  perfec.ly  nnders.and  .he  pro- 
prciics  „,  the  place,  and  ev.  ,  m  their  most  rampant  and  hilarious  moods,  "  ro,v  you  as  gentiv 
as  sucking  doves."    They  are  proud,  too,  of  Bantam  Lake,  as  the  largest  ^ond  in  Connec.'cu  ' 

db,/.  ^\  """"/t  °^  ^''"°"  ■'  """'  "  '"^  "^"^  ""'  °f  Goshen  (Cornwall  being  the  interme- 

w  d  h!: ',:!  ''"'T  ":r°"  t  ^'^  ''"^""  "^"""^ "-  ^''^"'  ••^-s''  ^  --'-  -i 

k«        on  ,h    H  Z°"""^\^'"^  ^'■°"  '''"°"  "  ^""^  '°'^  «'-'^»  -  "rough  Amenia  to  Pough- 

a     Im   h  r-         "•  "•  '"r"  ''■°"  °'^^'^"  ^'''^  '"^^  '^'-^"y  <°  Sou.h  Canaan  (,o  m.^ 

a  ;, .  T  '  "/o";   Tr  '"■"'  \°'  '^"'  '  "•  ~="^  '"'^'"'  Lakeville  (5  m.),  whence  to  Sharon 

So  thcl"   *"  ,    M     't"^"''  ^"  ''''•     ^  ^°''  "'"-^^  "'^°"8'>  "''^  mountain.passes  e   from 

and  he  B ITr       "       ^     °"-   '  '"■^'  ""  ■■"  "'  "•  '"^"^  f™-"  '»"=-  =«-'i'  ^'4  '^e  railway 

'  ent^^^SheffiT'V;  "'^  T''""  "'"  ''^  «°^""^'«='  '"  ^°"^  Canaan,  the  border-.o  J 
aojacent  .0  Sheffield,  in  Massachusetts. 


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After  crossing  the  railroad  'iridge,  I  rode  up  a  long,  sandy  grade,  with  fine 
views  most  of  the   way  (2  m.),  and  then  p  issed  through  the  little  park  in 
Norfolk  to  the  "store"  (i  m.),  at  ir.30,  -.here  I  rested  an  hour  and  munched 
a  lunch,  as  a  hotel  dinner  could  not  be  obtained  until  i  o'clock.     I  had  now 
traveled  2ii  m.  from  the  lake;  and  when  I  dismounted  at  the  Carter  House 
in  New  Hartford,  ?t  6.30  P.  M.,  my  day's  record  was  f>  m.,  but  the  afternoon's 
route  is  not  worthy  of  much  praise.     Between  New  Haven  and  Norfolk  my 
cyclometer  registered  77  m.,  and  I  can  recommend  the  track  to  any  tourist 
who  likes  to  trail  his  wheel    among  the  hill-tops;    but,  from   Norwalk,  he 
ought  to  proceed  n.  w.  to  Sheffield  (say  12  or  15  m.),  where  he  will  r.ieet'the 
-excellent  .oad  leading  northward  through  the  Housatonic  valley  to  Pittsfiekl 
(say  30  or  35  m.).     My  own  course  from  Norfolk  was  eastward,  however,  and 
I  devoted  i  h.  to  traversing  the  4  m.  which   brought  me  to  the  cross-roads 
post  saying  "  i  m.  to  Colebrook."     A  half-mile  beyond  this  a  heavy  shower 
drove  me  to  take  refuge  in  a  farmer's  ched ;  and  the  track  was  very  muddy 
when  I  started  on,  i  h.  later,  and  plodded  across  hill  after  hill  to  a  fork,  whose 
1.  branch,  marked  "  Hitchcockville,"  would  have  taken  me  to  New  Hartford 
by  way  of  Riverton  and  Barkha.nsted,  whereas  the  r.  branch  did  tuke  me 
there  more  directly,  by  way  of  Winsted. 

It  should  be  understood  that,  at  this  fork,  I  definitely  turned  backward 
from  my   objective  point  (Springfield),  in  the  hope  of  finding  better  roads 
which  would  render  a  roundabout  route  thither  pracfically  shorter  than  the 
direct  one.     Otherwise  I  should  have  turned  n.  at  the  previous  cross-r-nds 
(which  was  only  5  m.  from  Massachusetts),  and  gone  through  the  villages  of 
Colebrook  and  ':olebrook  River  to  Tolla-.d ;  thence  e.  through  the  sands  of 
Granville  to  South^irick  and  Feeding  Hi: is,  or  else  n.  e.  from  Granville  to 
Westfield.     F.  -1  there  to   Springfield   (9  or    10  m,  see  p.   120),  or  from 
Feeding  Hills  to  Springfield  (7  or  S  m.,  see  p.  1.-.3),  o.e  may  ride  without  dis- 
mount.    I  probably  should  have  had  fewer  miles  of  walking  or  of  poor  ridi.ig 
on  that  unexplored  route  than  on  the  much  longer  one  which    I  did  in  fact 
^-averse.     The  distance  backward  from  the  fork  to  Winsted  was  4  m.,  along 
a  winding,  sandy,  southward  descent,  with  an  occasional  short  up-grade.    The 
air  was  sultry  and  sticky,  afte.  the  shower  in  contrast  to  its  l-,ra°cing  quality 
m  the  forenoon  ;  and  I  walked  as  much  as  I  rode.     From  a  laurel  arci,,  which 
some  firemen  were  erecting  on  the  outi)kirts  of  the  town,  I  went  i  m.  on  side- 
walks to  the  post-office;  whence  the  highway  follows  the  general  line  of  the 
railroad  along  the  Farmington  ri-er.     It  would  probablv  all  have  been  ridable 
except  for  the  rain,  and  I  did  in  fact  rid-    >-  ^  of  it,  though  :  Msed  i\  h.  in 
covering  the  last  6^  m.,  ending  at  Ntw  Hartford,     "'he  Carter  House,  there. 
13  a  new  and  clean  one,  in  pleasant  contrast  .0  th.  other  establishment ;  and 
Its  owner  said  that  the  direct  s.  w,  road  through  Torrington  to  Litchfield  (sav 
15m.)  supplies  very  good  wheeling. 

The  Farmington  river  (-vhose  feeders   reach  over  the  line  into  Massa- 
chusetts) after  taking  a  s.  e.  court,  for  about  13  m.  from  New  Hartford, 


SHORE  A ND-H ILL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT.        14. 

suddenly  turns  back  to  the  „.  for  a  similar  distance,  running  along  the  w 
base  of  a  mountain  range  to  Tariffville.  whence  a  s.  e.  course  carries  it  to 

hcs  on  the  outside  (s.)  of  ,ts  remarkable  bend,  and  is  connected  by  good  roads 
w.th  Jart ford  (about  9  m.  n.  e..  see  p.  137),  as  well  as  with  Plainvillf  and  New 
Britain      I  thmk.  too.  that  the  river-road  is  good  all  the  way  from  New  Har^ 
ordto  Farmmgton  (Collinsville  and  Unionville  being  the  intermediate  v  - 
lages).  and  v.at  'he  mountain  scenery  of  that  westerly  branch  of  the  V-shaped 
Farmmgton  valley  mu.st  be  quite  attractive.     The  h.avy  morning  mists  hid 
the  hill-tops  from  me,  however,  when  I  started  from  the  hotel  at  6  o'clock 
.nd  sp.d  along  the  side-valks  ij  m.  to  th.  bridge.     Crossing  this,  I  rode  on 
p-bs  I  m.  and  then  walked  f  m.  through  deep  sand  to  the  second  bridge  and 
cross-roads  where  sign  to  the  r.  says  "  ij  m.  to  CoHinsville;  15  m.  to  Hart- 
ord.       I  kept  straight  on,  however,  up  and  down  a  succession  of  short,  sandy 
h.lls  and  then  along  a  level  stretch  to  Hawks's  t  ,vern  in  Canton,  where  I 
stopped  I  h  for  breakfast.     The  distance  was  2  m.,  but  the  3  m.  route  by  way 
of  ^ollinsville  could  have  been  ridden  more  quickly.     Indeed,  if  I  had  kept 
nght  down  the  nyer  to  Farmington,  and  crossed  theace  to  Hartford,  I  should 

ivT.  .  o".    xT-^f "'   .  '""■=  "''  '^'^  '  ^"^"'^  "•  ^'  F-"'i"gt"''.  followed  the 
nv^r  ap  to  Taritfville.  and  crossed  e.from  there  to  Windsor  Locks, my  course 

must  have  proved  faster  than  the  direct  one  actually  chosen;  and  I  might 

ave  reached  this  rive:-road  at  Avon  by  going  3  m.  directly  e.  from  Canton. 

Instead  of  this,  however,  I  turned  n.  as  soon  as  I  crossed  the  railway,  after 

r?^  the  tavern  at  8.15,  and  took  the  1.  at  the  first  fofk.     Getting  around 

the  base  of  the  spur  called  Wilcox  n.ountain  (the  southernmost  of  the  chain 

vviiich  embraces  Hedgehog  mountain  md  Barndoor  hills  to  the  n.),  I  reached 

the  I  arms  Village  post-otfice.  4  m  ,  in  i  h.,  and  again  made  the  mistake  of 

continuing  norfchvard,  instead  of  striking  eastward  for  Simsbury  and  Tariff. 

,1  V,  'V  .  "I  '  ^•'  ""'  '"'""^  ''''""  ^°"^"'  ^i  '"•  °".  ^vhere  the  r.  led  to 
I.e  hamlet  of  ..almon  River,  I  kept  the  1.,  and  quickly  got  into  a  hihy  region 

V  n.  .Soon  after  passing  betwee  he  Barndoor  hills,  which  mark  the  end 
t  the  H.rnungton  valley.  I  took  a  '  uler,  on  .  sandy  descent,  but  suffered  no 
unage      My   only  other    spill    in    ,.akin,   this  trail  from  New  London  to 

Springfield  (along  the  coast  to  New  llavcn,  and  thence  among  the  hill-tops 
.  northwestern   Connecticut,   .85   m.)    was  a  .eedless  side-faH,  ju.t   be  or 

c.,ch.ng  Luchl  eld  ;  though  I  let  my  wheel  d.on  once,  in  a  sand  rut,  the  da" 
r  ef  there.     A  heavv  black  ca  .1  :.a  1  beea  following  me  for  some  hours! 

•  ta      T  t        7""'         V""  '"^"'  '^  '*"  =  ^"■*'  "'°"  =^^^-  'l^-t,  18  m.  from 
^S:^^^:-jfT^'  '  "-'^'"^^  ^  '^^•^'  ^=^Se,to  a  cross-roads 

•  un  h..  for  i  „. ;  tnen  s.  ana  e.  alonn.  the  plain  till  an  increase  of  the  storm 

jp    ■  "  .."-.-,  «w  w.^  juii..tioii  01  nve  roads,  which  was 


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once  well-known  as  Viets's  tavern,— situated  just  about  \  m.  inside  the  north- 
ern border  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

The  road  due  w.  from  here  leads  over  the  mountains  to  Colebrook,  about 
15  m.,  though  I  had  traversed  -iiZ  m.  since  leaving  that  point,  the  previous 
afternoon.    The   s.   e.   road  from  Viets's  leads  to  the  old  copper-mine  on 
Turkey  hill  {3  m.),  which  was  once  a  State's  prison,  and  whose  ruins  are  worth 
visiting.     Ridable  roads  of  red  clay  lead  from  there  e.  to  Suffield  and  n.  to 
West  Suffield ;  and  the  e.  road  from  Viets's   also  leads  through  both  those 
villages,  and  to  the  Connecticut  river  at  Enfield  bridge  or  at  Thompsonville 
ferry.     My  own  course  continued  n.,  however,  nearly  2  m.  without  stop,  spite 
of  the  drizzling  rain,  to  the  cross-roads  just  below  the  Methodist  church  in 
Southwick;  and  the  next  2  m.  leading  through  the  center  of  the  village  were 
said  to  be  equally  ridable.     The  inscription  on  the  guide-board  was  "  4  m.  w. 
to  Granville;  9  m.  e.  to  Suffield,"  and  I  rode  e.  for  i  m.  to  the  picnic  grounds 
between  the  ponds,  and  halted  there  at  2  o'clock,  to  get  dinner  in  one  of  the 
booths  where  other  bedraggled  pleasure-seekers  were  taking  shelter  from  the 
storm.     Beyond  here,  at  the  first  fork,  i  J  m.,  I  turned  1. ;  1.  also  at  cross-roads, 
i\  m.  later ;  r.  at  the  triangle,  \\  m.,  on  crest  of  hill,  and  1.  at  base  of  it.  where 
sign  says  "  9  m.  to  Springfield."    This  is  the  point  to  which  a  rider  f roia  that 
city  may  come  without  dismount,  as  mentioned  on  p.  123.     I  went  straight  n. 
to  the  second  cross-roads,  2\  m. ;  then  up  hill,  e.,  to  the  park  in  Feedin     HHis, 
\  m.   (stopping  betimes  to  strap  to  my  handle-bar  an  umbrella  which  had 
dropped  from  some,  passing  wagon) :  then  without  dismount  across  the  plain, 
spite  of  some  up-grades  and  soft  stretches,  to  the  telegraph  poles,  2|  m.,  where' 
the  sticky  clay  soon  brought  my  wheel  to  a  standstill,  when  I  turn  r.  to  follow 
them.     I  cross  the  covered  bridge  over  the  Agawam,  \  m. ;  pass  the  West 
Spn..gfie'd  post-office,  \\  m.  ;  scale  the  church  hill,  and  speed  northward  in 
the  sunshine  to  the  finish  at  6  o'clock,— with  a  record  of  39  m.  for  the  12  h., 
and  of  2  m.  for  the  final  \  h.,  the  only  smooth  spin  of  the  entire  day.     I  can- 
not say  that  I  recall  the  day  with  special  pleasure,  or  that   I  think  the  fore- 
noon's roads  will  ever  swarm  with  bicyclers;  bu^  as  the  scene  for  a  quiet 
October  ramble  of  a  nature-loving  tourist  a  worse  choice  might  easily  be  made 
than  these  hill-tops  along  the  Farmington  valley. 

A  route  of  70  m.,  from  Poughkeepsie  to  Lee  (which  I  explored  in  making 
the  five  days'  tour  whose  final  da} — Lee  to  Springfield— is  described  on  p. 
121),  may  appropriately  be  mentioned  here,  as  it  included  15  m.  of  good 
wheeling  across  the  n.  w.  corner  of  Connecticut.  The  distance  from  the 
Hudson  river  eastward  to  the  border  town,  Amenia,  is  about  25  m.,  through 
a  rolling  country,  most  of  whose  hills  ^1^  nciable— the  longest  of  them  being 
a  short  distance  w.  of  the  village  just  named.  Deep  dust,  the  result  of  a  jiro- 
tracted  drough:,  covered  the  surface  of  most  of  the  roadway  when  I  wheeled 
from  Poughkeepsie  to  the  hotel  in  Pleasant  Va^'^y  (7  m.  in  \\  h.),  at  3.30 
o'clock,  that  Sunday  afternoon.  An  hour  later,  at  Washington  Hollow  (5  ni.), 
having  delayed  somewhat  to  converse  wjtli  a  local  rider  who  arcnrr-.nnnii'H  m?. 


SHORE  AND  HILL-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT. 

'^^Tl::^\^^,t:t;:^:^^^^^^  -C  -„.,,,;  and  at  the  Z 
Sharon  pike.  Pratt's  hotel  ZkIT  k  ''^  '""^  "'«"  "'^'^'^  P^'"'-^  to  the 
from  this  point;  and  thet  '  .^raTlht:::  .IT'  '^'  ""'''''  ''  '°  ^  "  ^ 
chilliness  which  had  been  increasing  all  the  if  '""^'  '"^  ^"^^'""S  '"^^ 

the  air  seemed  almost  frostr  Thf  contra.f  T'"' ""'"'  "°"'  =^'  '  '''^•-•'' 
term."so  prolonged  a. d  in  InsewhirhTr  ""  *^"  ^"^  *"^  "Seated 

tour,  two  days  before  was  ^o"'  Ixtraordina"'  "^^7"'^'  "'^^'^  '  ^^«-  -^ 
jacket  before  going  i^  to  sZer      n  [^'  '  ""^^  «''^  '°  ^■*'^"'^'"  «">• 

Butcher  cyc,om'eter'(whLhhTdrgisfera.rt'he','°"^'  '''  ''''''  ^'  ^ 
and  Whose  accuracy  I  had  not  pr!::::X  ^^^^Z::^  T.^^^'  ^'■" 
m.-pomt,  and  then  jumped  backwards  a  little      n  u\        '^^  ''°°°'^ 

from  Newburg  to  Poughkeepsie.  it  had ^  e  1^  ,7x61  ""°^"'  "''^• 
■9  m.  shown  by  the  "Ritchie  "  of  J.  ^1  ,  J^  ^  ""■'  ^'  ^«^'"^'  ^he 
road  made  him  confident  of  tne  distance  "o/'  T  "  f^"''"'^  "'"^  ^'^^ 
as  44  m..  tnough  the  record  gavebu  38 "  On  thtror  •■"-  I""'  ^'^^  ''' 
sands  "  dial  of  my  cyclometer  ,«mnin.T;  followmg  day,  the  "thou- 

revolved  four  tim'esf  and  th  nTbel'   ""'  "      '''  "  '"'''^-P-"^- "  had 
pointer.  .-,00."  «  .'oo.."  ^7 lo  on.'^         ..r"",!^^  -i"'ar.y  with  that 


what  short  of  the  tr^Th^oweveT.  T„d  th  t  ''''  ''^  "^'^'^^  ^^"   — 

ment  by  a  newer  one.  '  ^'  '"^'^"''^  ^°°"  -"^P'^^^d  the  instru- 

The  weather  of  that  next  day  (Sent   I  c  'S<^«„c    f        -j     . 
ing.  and  I  covered  about  46  m    (oTl    t  rl        ,     u'"  '^"^^  '°"  ^"'^  ''^- 
registered  some  7  m.  less.'  iVl  the  ,'  at  L V'  '  ^"l^"^'  "^^  ^>'^'°'"^^- 
and.  after  crossing  a  brook   li  m  h.        ,  t    u  '''  '^   '"•  ^-  °^  ^^^^  ^otel  ; 

n>onument.  inscribed  "V  yJ  Tnd  r''  '  °'"^?'  ""  '^^  '•  ^  --»  --ble 
•he  States  ;  and  on  the  1  a  red  brtl-  U  '  T'u  '"^  '^'  ''^""^^^y  ^^^ween 
line."  About  ,J  m.  e  is  he  vilte  orsh '  "'"V''"'^'^-^  "  ^^-<^«  O"  the 
;i.-d  along  a  succession  of  hiHs  T Halt  ^e  trirkeVneT/m",'  T'^  ^°"- 

at  t...5.  and  a  halt  ff  ^i  h  di   ."r      a:  T'T"'"'  "otel.  in  Salisbury. 

leads  through  the  mountains  to  Twriakef.  .  ',  ^"''  ^''^'""^  "^^^^^  ^^^  ^■ 

-  Sha,on  I  n,ight  also  h  e  al  'a.tilt  "^  ^^''  ^--"-6  m.;  and 
road  anu  railway  along  the  Housal>!-V  .K^  hily  course  to  reach  the  river- 
Cornwall  Bridge  (s  e  )  aboutS  "  T  '  I'  ''  ^"°'"^'"  ^"-  ^•>'  °^  ^^ 
^vith  peaks  2.000  and^  600  ft  h;l^T  ^^ghcon.c  range  of  mountains, 
(5  m.)  I  entered  Massrct^set's  it'        T^  ''""'>'  "'""  ""^  ''^  ^^^  '"  J  h 


M- 


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148 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


J:^l^ 


South  Egremont  at  3  v.  M.,8  m.  after  entering  the  State.  A  smooth  ride  of  \ 
h.  (4  m.).took  me  thence  to  the  Berkshire  House,  in  (rreat  Barrington,  where  a 
big  boy  on  a  bicycle  told  me  to  turn  up-hill,  1.,  at  the  fork,  instead  of  taking  the 
bridge  at  the  r.  and  wheeling  through  the  flat  directly  to  Evergreen  mountain, 
where  he  said  I  should  have  to  walk  before  descending  to  Stockbridge.  He 
had  gi  ne  there  without  stof  '  .■  the  other  route,  he  said, — the  chief  obstacle 
being  the  hill  at  the  start.  Having  managed  to  crawl  up  this,  I  continued 
without  stop  along  the  height  overlooking  the  river  to  Van  Deusenville  (say 
2  m.),  where  I  turned  r.,  and  then,  after  crossing  the  lailway,  mistakenly  kept 
straight  on  for  i  m.,  till  I  met  the  direct  road  from  Great  Barrington,  near  the 
foot  of  the  ascent  by  Evergreen  mountain.  My  cyclometer  ceased  to  register 
during  the  J  or  ^  m.  that  I  walked  up  this ;  and  I  then  had  smooth  riding  to 
Stockbridge,  say  2  \\\.  Thence  beside  the  river  through  ?^ , ath  Lee  and  to  East 
Lee  (5  m.)  there  was  no  need  of  a  stop  ;  but,  at  the  latter  point,  I  turned 
backwards,  to  the  r.,  and  sped  along  the  concrete  sidewalk  \  m.  to  the  Morgan 
House  in  Lee,  where  I  spent  the  night.  The  recommended  route  which  I 
failed  to  follow,  after  crossing  the  track  at  Van  Deusenville,  turns  1.  there  and 
keeps  close  along  the  river  and  the  railway,  through  Housatonic  and  Glen- 
dale,  to  Stockbridge,  perhaps  4  m.  I  was  told  that  the  road  up  the  river  from 
Lee  to  Lenox  Furnace,  New  Lenox  and  I'ittsfield  continued  good;  and  the 
direct  route  connecting  the  latter  town  with  Stockbridge  (10  or  12  m.,  with 
the  village  of  Lenox  half-way  between,)  was  called  excellent.  I  believe  that 
a  ridable  road  extends  to  the  mountain  at  West  Stockbridge  ;  but  be.-ond 
there  a  bicycler  would  doubtless  be  forceu  to  do  much  walking  among  the 
hills,  before  reaching  Canaan  Four  Corners,  about  8  m.  n.  w.  The  road  from 
there  to  the  Hudson  river  (25  m.  or  more)  has  been  wheeled  without  a  stop.' 

1  By  a  Brooklyn  schoolboy,  C.  C.  Woolworth,  jr.,  July  27,  'S3,  at  which  time  he  was  only 
16  years  old.  "  .Starting  at  6  in  the  morning  from  Canaan  Four  Corners,  where  I  spent  nost 
of  the  summer,  I  reached  my  father's  paper-mi!l,  beyond  the  village  of  Castleton,  in  just  about 
4  h.  Roads  fine  ;  weather  cool,  and  air  free  from  moisture.  I  coasted  down  from  the  Hubbard 
House,  conquered  the  next  hi"  fur  the  first  time,  and  turned  1.  along  the  level  to  E.  Chatham. 
The  country  between  there  and  Chatham  is  rolling,  with  one  big  hill ;  roads  thence  to  Valencia 
and  Kinderhook  are  mostly  smooth  and  level.  From  K.  I  rode  n.  to  Castleton  along  the  ridge 
(}  of  this  is  good  and  J  is  rutty),  and  in  descending  to  the  river  road  I  took  a  header,  ly  let- 
ting my  50-in.  Columbia  strike  some  loose  stones.  I  alsi  stopped  near  C.  to  reset  tire  if  rear 
wheel.  These  halts  were  made  within  less  than  3  m.  of  my  journey's  end,  and  I'm  sure  I'd 
previously  ridden  at  least  25  m.  without  dismount,  though  I  had  no  cyclometer.  When  I  tin- 
ished,  at  the  mill,  I  felt  a  trifle  weak  in  the  legs,  but  was  all  right  again  in  J  h.  or  so." 

I  have  been  greatly  helped  in  preparing  this  chapter  by  Beers's  new  map  of  Connecticut, 
(published  1SS4,  revised  1885,  scale  2jm.  to  i  in.,  price  $6),  which  ought  to  be  hung  on  the  wall 
of  every  bicyclers'  club-room  m  the  .State.  It  me.isures  4  by  3  ft.,  but  the  dissected  edition  for 
carriage  use;  is  folded  into  a  cloth  case,  i  ft.  square,  and  consists  of  a  dozen  sections  of  th.at 
size,  all  Connected  by  a  muslin  backing.  The  townships  are  separately  tinted,  the  county  lines  are 
shown  in  red,  an  index  of  goo  references  makes  each  locality  accessible,  and  the  population  of 
each  town  in  1S70-80,  arranged  by  se  orial  districts,  is  printed  upon  the  margin.  The  wholi' 
of  Westchester  county  is  included,  and  the  n.  shore  of  Long  Island.  Connecticut  has  ei;ht 
cuuiilicB,  iidii  ul  iliciii  aiuii^  like  ahuic,  diiu  iiic  I  liici  iiaii  aJuii^  iiic  iine  ol    ivIasaaciiuscLls,   duu 


SNORE  A.VD  HIL^-TOP  IN  CONNECTICUT.        ,45 

cl.ester,-an  excellent   man  for  New  YorkersV     k7  ,  "^  ^*'"'  '^^  =«*'''«"'  ^est- 

M,dd.esex.on.heshore.a'dHa2rda£    ;J^^^^^^^^  T  ^-   «-„  and 

■nclude^ew  London.  Tolland  and  WindhL.  Euto^t  les  J  f  h  '""^"'  ""'°"  ^■'" 
two  last  named  have  been  issued  by  the  same  Dublish,^  T  u  !  *^  "'"'""'"  "^"P'  "'^ 
is  prohibitory  to  bicyclers,  unless  in  he  caronfr  mL^ ^H^  ""  'i  ^ '  '"  '''"  ""« 
of  .he  market ;  and  .  catalogue  them  becaus  .having  ^1  ^  Wished  b  K  """^^''  "^  ""' 
nuy  presumably  be  consulted  in  many  of  the  lo;aI  bbLt  „d  te  ,  rHTr"'"';^" 
5.  P.e.kman  st.,    N.   Y.,  issue  a  map  of  Conn.  (,874,  .6  by  .8  in    6  m   .  1    '  ^  ^"^' 

which  includes  a  good  part  of  R.  I.,  N   V  e  of  the  H„H  T''^  ""'  *  °''  5°  ^  >• 

only  a  few  of  ,h=  main   roads  are  show^,    "  A  mn 't  '  ?f  '^^  ^''"'^  "^   ^^^  '-.-'hough 

(revised  .884,  .S  by  „ in     cm   .0  7^  ,,  ct  """  "^efully-prepared   map  of  the  State 

...c  n-ads,  is  issuedVthe  Coh;    ,    8    W    -.m  T^^X  '"'  "'Tf"^  ^'"^  ^'^"-■"^  °^  >" 
Connecticut's  most  persistent'  road-rid^Ts  p.ba  ,y  Dr   N  Tt^  Z' k'  ''  "  '""  ^°  ^■ 
graduate  of  Yale  in '76.  and   League  consul  at  New  Haven  umilh     '^.    f   "'  "^'^'  =* 
City,  in   July,  ,885,  with   a  four  years'  record  of  I. n^  *«=  ^■^'""-'^d   thence  ,0  Jersey 

presented  in  a  later  chapter.     His  first  lonerun  ^  "r°r'  "''"^"^   "  nummary  will  be 

reP^iHons.    recorded   Liefly  in  £i;.°:il":-;;/rt4'V'^ 

Bicycle  Club  at  .0.30  r.  m.  Tl:terrs7e  ^de^de?:  llrpr^  "^^  "'^  '"^"^^"^'^ 
.00-m.run;  and,  having  finished  supper,  we  started  at  .  ''^'^'""Pf"'""''- '"  attempting  a 
n^oonlight.  very  little  wind,  and  therm'ome  er  show  ng  ^  V:;^,  f^-  .7,  83),  with  bright 
9jn,.,  and   there   struck  s.  e.  for  the  turnpike  to  H  nf  \,'        T  "''"'■"S  to  Westfield, 

scrambledupafifty-footembankm^to  ft  Val";  t:  •::'  '^"  '"'I  !"  ^ '^^^  °^  -^ ; 
a  cross-roads,  w"    re  I  dropped  wheel  anH  hrll  ^   ^     .  '  '"*"'    ""  '"'^''^  '  "'■  ^  >"•  to 

the  city  ;  so  we  reached  ouTformertrat  '  6  m^O  ^nTs:!!? fi  If''  '"'-'''  '  ^'^  ^ 
I  turned  of?  .J  m.  more  (26})  before  g-  a  new  1       n    K  •^P""f '^''*  ^'f^^'"  '"  « ■"■  (m).  where 

alone,  down  ,he  e.  side  of     he  rive  „st  a  s.r  •   f' '     '''"  "'  **-^°'  '  ^'^''^d  - 

and  at  East  Hartford  I  had  to  re Z'  „.;:  u^s  alt',:  T"  '  ^''^''  '"^'^  ""^-^^^  '''«-"  ^ 
(55\  where  I  dined.     Proceeding  then  .L  .        ^    n  '"i-  before  crossing  into  the  city,  .8J  m. 

in  order  to  go  to  Farming  00  ,n8V  andTf  '^  ^T  '"  '  T "'  "^  ^""^  '°  "^^'^-^  ^^S). 
partly  very  poor  ;  but  thLce  to  New  1.^1,  Am 'r  *^'  .^r  "''"  "'^  P^""'"^  ^^"^  «-  -'' 
and  WalHngford.  CJm.  (,,,,,  the  roads  wraltro^t^a^Ll'"-  ^^'''  ''^''^"'  ^'"^  '«^>' 
there  and  the  axle  works  in  Centerville   and  H.rL  ^nd  sand  were  encountered  between 

was  good  thence  to  Vl...nl      ^t^^^^^^  ^"'   '''^  <-k 

finish  at   New   Haven,  ^^im.  Uo,)T,JovZt   ''f '"^  "''-''"='" -"o  escorted   me  in  to  the 

.IvHigh  I, hink  this  resulted  from  thext  a  e.e^^^^^^^^^^^  ^""^   ""^  ''"^^   -•-'^. 

was  almost  a  gale.  During  the  next  da^^^  ^  e  TX'in'mak  '  ''^  l"^''  "''''''  ^'  ''"'^^ 
and  ihcn,  at  ,.  p.  m.,  accepted  an  invitation  ,0,  \  '  ,  '"^'''"S  "^y  "sual  professional  calls  ; 

expected  companion  Ln  .  LTZoZT.^:^,  a  moonhght  nde  with  W.  C.  Palmer,  v  hos^ 
P'od  roads  ,0  favor  us,  we  went'  Ibou,  f  m   1  .  n       l""  '"  ^""  '"'"•     ^'"^  ^  f""  -"O"  and 

the  .ight-house  ;  up  a  ong  t  slorT-  throurK  „  ""■'  ''  '"'  '"  ^^'^^  "''^•^"  '  '^^^  ^y 
Haven,  .cim.     Halting  fh   ,0  ndl'e  ^n      '  "     .'""   '°  ^^°"'°-"e  and   back  to  New 

Wes,  Haven;  then  back  o  th»  .!  The:4ir7"T  w^'lf  •''^'  '''  ^'"'''''  '^'^-  ^^^-d 
-abnut  thecity;    then   .0  WhineV  L     eld   baT  a^l^,'^^^^^^  '^^  ^^^'"  =  '^'^"  ^^ 

whole  ride       It  was  now  i„-  r  .  7  '  °^  ^^  ""'  ™^'^'"?    '^^m-  f"r   the 

■  ■ .  ...»».  01.  I'm;  hiai  day.  ' 


I 


XII. 


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4f  &ih!4l~     " 

mha-w 


LONG  ISLAND  AND  STATEN  ISLAND.' 

As  fate  compelled  me  to  be  in  New  Lculon,  on  the  7th  of  July,  1880,  I 
thought  I  might  as  well  take  my  wheel  along  with  me  on  the  boat,  cross  with 
it  to  Greenport  by  next  morning's  steamei,  and  thence  drive  home  again 
through  Long  Island,  over  the  roads  which  a  resident  wheelman  whom  I  met 
at  the  Newport  convention  had  assured  mc  were  good  ones.  From  Green- 
port  one  may  ride  s.  and  w.to  the  hotel  in  Mattituck,  12m.,  without  dismount, 
though  a  stop  is  apt  to  be  caused  by  the  sand  of  a  short  hill,  about  2  m. 
before  reaching  there.  At  a  little  ways  below  the  hotel  in  Southold,  5^  m. 
from  Greenport,  the  road  divides,  but  the  two  branches  soon  join  again,  and 
the  r.  one  should  be  taken  rather  than  the  road  going  straight  up  the  hill.  In 
front  of  the  hotel  at  Mattituck  a  turn  is  made  to  the  1.,  and  sandy  stretches 
of  road  are  soon  met  with.  The  hotel  in  Riverhead  is  9J  m.  further  on,  and 
it  took  me  nearly  2  h.  to  get  there,  though  not  much  walking  was  required. 

On  the  following  morning  I  went  by  train  to  Yaphank,  perhaps  ism. 
beyond,  for  I  was  told  that  deep  sand  prevailed  for  ibout  that  distance. 
Mounting  there  at  •,  o'clock,  I  rode  across  the  plain  in  a  southerly  direction 
for  rather  more  than  2  m.,  then  turned  to  the  right  just  beyond  a  hotel,  and 
went  through  Brookhaven  to  Bellport  (4  m.),  Patchogue  (3  m.),  and  SayviUc 
(4i  m.),  where  an  hour's  stop  was  made  for  dinner.  P^or  the  next  9  m.,  ending 
at  the  bridge  in  Islip,  the  sidewalk  was  generally  adhered  to  ;  also  for  another 
mile,  ending  at  Bayside  post-office.  The  hotel  in  Babylon,  the  largest  town 
met  with  on  that  day,  is  4J  m.  beyond.  Amityville,  the  next  place,  is  about 
5  m.  away,  though  I  rode  more  than  6  m.  to  reach  it,  by  reason  of  a  detour 
along  a  meadow  road  to  the  water  side,  in  order  to  take  a  swim.  Distance 
from  Yaphank  by  the  cyclometer,  34J  m. 

Had  I  designed  to  go  directly  to  New  York,  I  should  probablv  have 
started  for  .South  Oyster  Bay  and  Hempstead  on  the  morning  of  the  loth,  after 
myall-night's  struggle  with  the  flies  and  mosquitoes  of  the  hotel  in  Amityville. 
Instead  of  this,  I  turned  northward  and  rede  to  Farmingdale,  5  m. ;  Pine 
Grove  ilotel,  2^  m. ;  Woodbury  station,  5^  m.  ;  and  Cold  Spring  Harbor, 
3  m.  I  really  traveled  nearly  20  m.  that  hot  Saturday  morning,  however,  for 
I  was  obliged  to  return  to  Farmingdale  from  a  point  about  2  m.  beyond,  in 
pur- .lit  of  my  pocket-book,  which  I  had  c.irelessly  laid  down  on  the  counter 
of  a  youthful  "  dealer  in  fruit  and  root  beer."  I  found  that  he  had  closed  his 
shop  and  harnessed  up  a  horse  wherewith  to  pursue  me  and  restore  the  prop- 

*i  i'm  /Vif  -iityciing  n'orid,  Nov.  2b,  i»ao,  p.  37. 


LONG  ISLAND  AND  STATEN  ISLAND.  ,5, 

«lk   .p-hin  ..early  ,.,a       Ab„„,*;!'Z'"'  "■"'"■•»"<"'■"  ■•«  "."« 

St  be  lake,  10  the  r     Lm^  v!  I  ■'"■"''"'  ""•'>Pil«--.  and  Ihis 

...  .Ke  =i  ,„.  ending  l,„e.„T,:!?.'T*,"'""'"  °'  ">»"  "«  '"  "«  fo™d 

cyclometer  made  the  whole  distance  r  -  n,  fl-  It  f  '-^'tention.  My 
»..c  .rack,  „„  ,be  Us.  .ay  or":"  :j:b  il  r  fil ^o.  y^r'Tr  ^o"  r 
s.c„n,l  occas.on  I  dismounted  only  o„ce-at  the  sol  L      ,       ,  T'     '       """ 

1  1      •  icvci,  Dut  1  uanted  somethinir  to  dn'nb  \      a  .,i     \ 

rua.    becms  at  the  Faaf    t,„   ;       tt  ,  °        urmK.;     a  plank 

;;..  ...rou.b  .be  viila^eant:^  Jld:™         r'^-Sk^T:" ,  "ir 

"ri  rrd^d^'trititt- t-^b?  '•  -^  -r "  "-■-"•  ^" 

-.■  .as  3;  ™,a.,d  for  tbe  Xle  drstic^b^  J^eV'^^^^^^^^^^  ■■:= 

.3.  .n    ,„cl„di„g  „  „.  i„  ,h,  „,i.hb„rh„„d  of  Cold  SpriL  "  '  ""• 

.....  ".L^t"  b^:::?e„'tt  v'orrvef,?"'  T-'\  -"'-'^y 

.0...    Tl.evvors.  imoedimeo,  J,w    7  .  "'  ^'"'"H'^"''.  and   Bos- 

»a,„l  near  Wo^dbZ  ,.aTi  "       F         ,         T™''' '""  *  ■""■"■''=  """l.  -< 

-  a,  .n„b  as  r:.  •,::::  i.,',b:r  ,:.■  :;i:;:::,',t::„  g'"'  '  ^"^-^ 
.'::.tec.ii";::::-ir.ttr7"=r°"'"f"^^^^ 

...  H..n.in..o:;rti;::t':a'::  '^■z:z^:tz  :  i°°t  "'T'- 
»*-::^;t"-  br;r"T  -»^">-'--  ■  we^io^s-tet"; 

variety's  sake  to  exnlorP  th.         .J  -^^  ,      '      ^"'^  ^'  ^  determined,  for 

"^■•titwoulcUotle    ound  e    "T        ,      ^-d- though  knowing  perfectly  well 

led  through  ottr  Ba^^  T^  I  ^T"'°  '""'^''"     ^^^  P^**^  ^^osen 

•fell  'j)sier  mv,4m.;  Norwich.  2i  m  •  R«=i„«  ^t  _      ,    ._. 

-  >K^nhassett,  3  m.  =  macadam  at  Little  Neck.  .J  m/l  ;;;;;  WrVe:;;;;g 


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152  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

this  point,  including  stops  of  2  h. ;  for  a  good  deal  of  walking  had  to  be  done 
up-hill  and  through  sand,  even  before  a  heavy  rain  drenched  me  through  and 
put  the  roads  at  their  worst.  For  6  m.,  however,  through  Flushing  and  to 
Harry  Hill's  hotel,  about  i  m.  beyond  the  bridge,  the  macadam  was  almost 
perfect  and  was  little  injured  by  the  storm,  save  where  the  sand  had  washed 
over  it.  I  made  the  dist.mce  without  dismount,  and  was  favored  with  a  con- 
tinuous shower  bah  all  the  while,  }  h.  From  Harry  Hill's  to  Astoria  ferry- 
a  distance  of  3  ni.,  which  I  increased  by  an  unlucky  detour  to  4—  I  stolidlv 
shoved  my  "  bath  tub  "  through  the  deep  mud,  and  made  no  attempt  to  ride 
until  the  flagged  sidewalks  were  reached.  I  should  judge  that  the  road-bed 
even  when  dry  would  be  barely  ridable,  though  it  might  be  reached  bv  a 
cross-cut  from  the  excellent  track  which  skirts  the  shore  for  i  m.  or  so  above 
Ajtoria.     Length  of  day's  journey,  28  m. 

The  tour  of  Long  Island  I  think  can  be  safely  recommended  as  a  pleas- 
ant one  for  the  wheelman,  though  he  had  best  ride  in  the  cars  between  \ew 
York  and  Jamaica,  as  well  as  between  Vaphank  and  Riverhead.  If  he  does 
this  he  may  easily  get  over  the  remaining  90  m.  in  two  days  ;  and  of  course 
an  expert  may  .eadily  do  it  in  one.  Probably  the  best  single  stretches  on  the 
island  are  those  from  Jamaica  to  Jeri-ho,  15  m.;  from  Mattituck  to  Green- 
port,  12m.;  and  from  Flushing  to  Little  Neck,  6  m.  The  latter  case  of  un- 
usually smooth  macadam  seems  to  be  the  only  exception  to  the  rule  that  the 
north-side  roads  are  more  hilly,  sandy,  and  unattractive  than  those  of  the 
center  and  south  side. 

»A  year  later  (Sept.  4,  ?x),  I  took  steamer  for   Flushing,  and,  mounting 
there  at  noon,  was  just  i  h.  L.  getting  to  Snell's  hotel  at  Little  Neck,  about 
si  m.     This  stretch  of  macadam,  which  is  6  m.  long,  and  which  in  1880  I 
found  in  perfect  condition,  was  in  poor  order  in  many  places  on  account  of 
ruts  and  sand.     After  dinner  I  went  across  country  by  a  somewhat  winding 
but  for  the  most  part  ridable,  clay  road,  till  I  struck  the  Jericho  turnpike  near 
the  Hinsdale  station,  3I  m.,  in  a  little  less  than  i  h.     Up  the  turnpike  I  went 
at  speed  for  perhr  ,..  2  m.  or  more  to  the  cross  roads  beyond  the  asylum 
where  I  turned  towards  Garden  City,  reaching  Stewart's  Cathedral  at  3.50 
P.  M.     Forty  minutes  later  I  was  3  m.  further,  at  Greenfield  Cemetery,  bevond 
Hempstead.     Another  similar  period  of  time  and  space  brought  me  to  tiie 
flag-pole  in  Merrick.     At  5.30  p.  m,  while  still  in  the  same  town,  I  reached 
the  south-shore  road,  and  an  hour  later  South  Oyster  Bay,  5  m.     Then  a  half- 
hour's  sidewalk  business  in  the  dust,  3  m.,  to  the  Douglass  Hotel  in  Amity- 
ville,   at  7  p.  M.,  making  29  m.   for  the  afternoon.     This  route  between  the 
Jericho  turnpike  and  the  hotel  had  not  been  tried  by  me  before,  and  I  do  not 
recommend  it,  for  I  think  it  inferior  to  the  Hicksville-Farmingdale  route. 

Starting  next  morning  at  6.15,  I   rode  to  Babylon  (5^  m.,  50  min.),  and 
stopped   an  hour  for  breakfast.     Then  through  Bay  Shore,  Islip,    Sayville. 


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LONG  ISLAND  AND  STATEN  ISLAND. 

I'atcho^ue,  and  Heliport  to  Brookhaven  at  i  ^  c  p  m    ,  r 

ant  riding.     Thence  away  frotn  thl  rhoreVoVaS  t  T     "' ''''"■ 
made  several  detours,  ending  at  the  railroad  station  at  '"^  PMwier'"'/^  •' 
rec,  ,rd  of  4^  m.     Starting  from  the  same  station  a.  f our  o  clock  ;f  the      n'' 
ing  afternoon.-the  afternoon  of   '•  the  yellow  d^v  "     T    ^    .      .  °"°'*" 

.0  Sayville.  finishing  there  in  the  moon^t  a  T^o'p  ^  ^'r'^^^'l''^  "•• 
had  gone  by  train  to  Greenport,  with  the  idea  of  t her.  i  l  ''"  *'^""  ^ 
would  take  me  across  the  Sound  to  see  t  e  Ce„t  nlfr  ,'1'  ^'"''  "'''^'^ 
London  and  Groton.  Disappointed  in  thi^  I  sat  on  the  h"^'"^^''""  ^'  ^'^ 
noon,  peering  into  the  queer  yellow  mir^hi.h  K  '^"'' '^"""^ '^^  ^''^^- 
li-ning  to  the  cannon  shots  w    ch  r"  led  a  "^^^^^^^^^^^  '  f'^'  ""'  ^"^ 

celebration.     Then  I  took  train  back  to  Yaphank  and  T  *^'  ''"°^ 

for  a  three  hours'  ride  in  the  blazing  hot  air  '         "°""''^  ^'  "'°'-^^^'^ 

An.tyvillejust..m.^!:e:'turnroffrth':  'ClZj^tt^:   ''''  '° 
made  another  turn  1.  for  Tohn  \oonV  •  Vh  ^armmgdale,  4im.;  there 

the  plain  to  Hicksvil.e.  5!  m    at  r  o  ,'    m"  St  °  ^k'  "  ^''^  ^  "^^  — 

the  Grand   Central   Hotel   .  ndenf  ,  '      ■  T""^  '''''"  ^  ''•  ^""^  ^'""^^  =>» 

-i  .n.     The  turnpL    hete  t^ JallL'rab^":'  "^  ''',  -'^  '"'^'  '"  J"'^^°' 
hardly  requiring'a  dismount     bu^rr  hi     occli'^  "-ally  excellent, 

absence  of  rain,  the  first  Dart  of  if  oc<:as.on,  by  reason  of   the  long 

not  until  4..0  that  I  r  ached  the  briTh'""'  T''  '"'   ^'''''-     """  ''  -- 
in.not  far  from  Mi^lt  If ^  ^^^'^.^  Tn^lTk  ^^^^^^^^^ 
stop  to  Hinsdale,  exactly  4  m.,  in  exactly  Ah     ^h     K  ,      """^^  ''"^''"* 

and  hottest  spin  of  the  entire  day      Then  T  ^       J  ?  ""^  '""^''''  ^^'f^^^^' 

Littic  .Veck,and  made  mrfiit^toptVh  It        "nV'' "°"  ^°^' '°"^'^^ 
learned  that  no  trains  were  runn  nTi  .^         ?• ""'"  ^''°"'  "  ""•  °"'  ^^ere  I 

account  of  financial  troublThTm"^^^^^^^^^^^         ""T  ^"'  ''"^'''"^-" 
place  was  blasted   and  I  wa,  nn.  if  "^  ^""^  ""  ^'  '^^  f«™er 

Flushing  later    han ^  oCk      So'f'  ^'^"1''"'"  "^"^  '"  '°  '''^  ^"^  ^-- 
along  to  catch  that  train    rUU "  "''  """'^  ^  ^^^^^^^^  desperately 

gathLng  twilight  L       r  "  ■' °T  '"'^  """^  ^'"^"S  ''^^  -t^  in  the 

was  favored  wt  th  \^hi  .1  ^'Ih^de  ^^^  ^'^  ^^'^"'"^  =^"'  ^"""^"^'  -^ 
twcntv  reds  of    the    statio,       H  ^''.'"^    """^  ^'^'"  ^   g°'    ^"hin 

^oo^^eandmyrr^i.^^:::-:-:-^/^^^  ^^  ^^^^'  "•^'-^• 

'%^™;51et:i^S;>^^!^:::;;t'^'"-^^^^  chafers  (p,  ..3.63,asp.oba. 
heat  a,  prevailed  .hen  had  no'  been  known  n  I  I  7  "^  -P^-nces.  because  such  intense 
and  nothing  equal  to  it  can  be  found  in  the  atlosnh  "'"  'T  '"  '  '""'^  "'  ^^^  y--' 
-'ce  elapsed.     The  fact   that   TJiToiT  T  "^  '^'  ^°"'  ^-^"^  ^'^'^f'  have 

harmed  from  a  so-m   run   benea.hr.  k    ^"^'   ''''^'"""=   '"'^    "y^"  <=°"'d    e^-Pe    un- 

-ms  worth  insLing  ^J^^t  atoLf  o"!  r'.rf '"'  1  "  '''^  ''°""'  ''^>- ""  ^'-e"  >--"• 
'"-.     In,heeigh.h^h^p:e^.Zl?M!,!:\^'':f'^';^"-^°^  ''^"^  "-^-  -der  proper'condi- 

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and  Rrnoklyn  ;  and  I  havp  aliio  made  mention  of  several  maps  nf  I.ung;  Island  (p.  99).  Still 
another  one,  "  just  completed  after  two  years'  labor,"  •-  wertised  as  "the  moat  elaborate  map 
of  the  island  ever  made.  '  It  is  published  by  Gaylord  \  .son,  278  Pearl  st.,N.Y.(5i  by  a7in.,tj), 
and  would  doubtless  prove  useful  on  the  wall  of  any  local  club-room.  A  clearly  engraved  little 
map  (31  by  7  in.,  6  m.  to  i  in.),  which  may  be  easily  tucked  into  the  smallest  pocket-book,  acconv 
paniei  the  pamphlet,  "  Long  Island  of  To-day,"  which  was  copyrighted  in  1884  by  Cha.les  M 
Heald,  general  traffic  manager  of  the  Long  Island  Railroad,  with  the  idea  of  increasing  the 
traffic  of  that  road  by  an  alluring  presentation  of  the  island's  attractions.  The  book  is  an  octavo 
of  100  pp.,  exclusive  of  30  pp.  of  advertisements,  and  contains  nearly  50  wood-cuts,  supplied  by 
the  American  Bank  Note  Company,  who  are  also  to  be  credited  with  its  handsome  typography. 
"  The  literary  work  was  entrusted  to  Julian  E.  Ralph,  of  the  New  York  Sun,"  who  seems  lu 
have  done  it  as  well  as  could  have  been  expected  of  a  compiler  whose  contract  forbids  him  to  he 
critical ;  though  he  draws  the  long-bow  rather  needU  .,ly  in  calling  the  little  20-m.  stretch  be- 
tween Riverhead  and  Greenport  "  the  most  remarkable  country  road  in  A..ierica — the  longest 
utr.-t  in  the  United  States  except  Broadway,  which  traces  a  parallel  to  the  Hudson  all  the  way 
to  Albany."  Apparently  he  never  heard  of  "  Talbot  Street,"  extending  through  Canada  for 
more  than  500  m.,  nor  of  that  other  street  which  really  is  the  longest  as  well  as  the  most  remark- 
able one  in  the  United  States  :  I  mean  the  macadamized  roadway  which  stretches  straight 
through  the  Shenandoah  Valley, — every  rod  of  it  ridable  by  bicycle  for  150  m.  My  book,  in  fact, 
desfibes  a  great  number  of  other  country  roads  which  are  longer  and  more  remarkable  than 
this  particular  piece  of  Long  Island,  so  oddly  chosen  for  ealogy.  More  interesting  than  this 
change  misuse  of  the  superlative,  about  a  subject  of  which  he  was  ignorant,  is  the  compiler's 
statement  of  the  railway  mileage  of  the  island,  which  amounts  to  354  m.;  for,  on  the  authority  of 
a  newspaper  paragraph,  the  managers  have  lately  decided  that  a  passenger's  bicycle  shall  be 
carried  free,  as  personal  baggage,  provided  he  himself  puts  it  011  and  takes  it  off  the  car. 
"  Long  Island  of  To-day  "  is  enclosed  in  an  illuminated  paper  cover  of  tasteful  design  (with 
vignettes  showing  the  characteristic  pastimes  of  the  place,  one  of  which  is  ''  bicycling  "),  and  no 
tourist  thither  should  begrudge  the  25  c.  requisite  for  the  purchase  of  this  valuable  guide-book. 

The  earliest  recorded  day's  ride  of  100  m.  through  Long  Island  was  described  in  the  H'lutl 
of  Sept.  21,  '83,  by  "  Selah,"  who  says  it  was  accomplished  about  the  middle  of  the  previous 
summer  by  an  acquaintance  who  objected  to  the  publication  of  his  name  as  savoring  of  boastful- 
ness.  This  was  James  Allen,  a  resident  of  Hempstead  who  has  a  law-office  in  New  York,  and 
who,  I  hope,  will  pardon  me  for  publicly  accrediting  him  with  the  ride.  I  consider  it  a  very  re- 
markable one,  and  I  regret  that  he  neglected  my  request  for  personal  statistics,  to  be  added  to 
the  facts  which  I  now  reproduce  from  the  IVheel :  "  Starting  from  Hempstead  at  4.35  a.  m.,  the 
route  led  through  South  Oyster  Bay,  Amityville  and  Babylon  to  Islip,  27  m.,  in  2}  h  ;  thence, 
after  a  stop  of  35  min.,  to  Patchogue,  where  a  halt  was  made  for  breakfast  from  9.20  to  10  30 
There  began  the  worst  38  m.  of  the  tour,  of  which  iS  m.  were  a  desert  of  sand.  In  crosy'ii:; 
from  Quogue,  on  the  s.  shore  of  the  island,  to  Riverhead,  it  was  almost  impossible  to  keep  in 
the  saddle  ;  and  the  heat  also  grew  troublesome  in  the  passage  through  this  desert  of  scrub  oak 
and  p'ne.  After  resting  i  h.  at  the  Griffin  House  in  Riverhead,  a  start  was  made  at  5.15  on  the 
last  22  m.  of  the  course,  which  was  finished  at  Greenport  at  7.05  p.  M.,  14J  h.  after  leaving 
Hempstead, — the  Mattituck  Hotel  having  been  passed  1  h.  before."  The  only  other  similar  tour 
which  I  have  yet  heard  of  was  taken  June  28,  '84,  by  two  unattached  members  of  the  Lengue, 
B.  W.  Doughty  and  P.  J.  Bernhard,  who  reside  in  Jamaica  and  attend  to  their  daily  business 
in  New  York,  and  who  have  supplied  me  with  the  following  report  :  "  Leaving  Jamaica  at  3.35 
A.  M.,  we  were  15  h.  10  min.  in  covering  the  102  m.,  ending  at  the  Wyandank  House,  in  Green- 
port, at  6.45  p.  M.  The  weather  was  cool,  but  the  n.  e.  wind  was  against  us  all  the  way.  Our 
longest  stay  in  the  saddle  was  from  the  start  to  Babylon  (27  m.),  a  little  more  than  3  h.;  and  t! 
roads  continued  in  very  fair  condition  for  23  m.  further,  to  Patchogue.  From  there  to  We^t- 
hampton  they  were  very  sandy,  and  thence  to  Riverhead  (7J  m.)  the  sand  is  ankle-deep  and  en- 
forces walking  for  at  least  2-3  the  way.  The  road  from  Riverhead  to  Greenport  is  fair  for  the 
Cj'-i  f, ,--  o  — .     u,.^  f_^p  ^Uj.  ]:i^t  T  '  .".r  ;^.  7T;    it  i"  :'r.'.:^*.i::!lv  6r.r  *   in    f::rt    f.or  :i  dirt   mad.  i.'P.e  of 


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;h  very  best  wc  have  ever  naJei.  over.  We  had  been  riding  lor  about  three  yearn,  but  had 
m  ver  '  trained  '  a  minute  for  anything,  ax  we  go  to  the  city  for  bu»inc«  every  day  ;  and  our 
tte^h  condition  at  the  finish  was  simply  a  surprise  to  us.  There  was  no  blister  or  mark  on  our 
bcKlies  tc  remind  us  of  the  ride  ;  and  we  are  positive  that,  if  daylight  and  good  roads  had  con- 
M.H.ed,  w.!  couUlhave  wheeled  at  least  50  m.  further.  Our  longest  rests  were  }  h.  at  Patchogue 
jnd  i  h.  at  Riverhead,  though  we  made  many  short  stops  for  lemonade  or  soda,  without  keep- 
inB  any  record  of  them.  The  slight  stiffness  which  we  felt,  next  mornioE,  passed  of!  after  a  f,  w 
minutes  in  the  saddle."  I  may  add  that  a  Flushing  corresp.)ndLnt  assures  me  (May  u,  '85)  that 
ihciiiRh  the  macadam  between  that  place  and  I  iltle  Neck  has  not  been  repaired  since  my  trial  of 

11  ill  'Si,  "  on  the  hottest  day  in  eleven  years."  it  continues  fairly  ridable  during  the  spring  and 
early  summer ;  and  that  local  riders  do  not  then  have  much  difficulty  in  getting  over  it  without 
diMiumm.  "  Southampton  and  Bridgehampton  have  ao  m.  of  handsome  pike."  said  a  resident 
<,f  .Nurthville  {ll-Ju-elman,  Dec,  'Sa.'p.  ai;),  who*started  thither  by  riding  from  his  home  to 
.Mattituck,  5  m.,  without  stop,  and  taking  steamer  at  Oeenport  for  i  h.'  ride  to  Sag  Harbor. 
"  From  there  to  Bridgehampton,  3  of  the  4  m.  are  ridable  ;  the  next  6  m,  to  Southampton  are 
first-class  ;  also  2  m.  to  the  ocean,  e.  of  Silver  Lake,  and  the  return  on  the  w.  side  of  the  same. 
li.twuen  the  village  and  Shinnecock  hills,  a  m.,  we  had  a  fine  side»valk  run."  Quogue  is  only 
S  or  9  m.  w.  of  these  hills  ;  and  the  environs  of  .Southampton  supply  much  excellent  riding. 

Long  Island  is  described  in  "  Appletons'  Dictionary  of  New  York  "  as  a  narrow,  fish-shaped 
.trip,  separated  from  the  mainland  of  Connecticut  by  the  Sound  on  the  n.,  and  washed  by  the 
ocean  on  the  s.     Its  greatest  length  from  w.  to  e.  is  115  m.,  and  its  average  breadth,  n.  to  s., 

12  m.  "  The  h;ad  of  the  fish  "  forms  the  eastern  shore  of  New  York  harbor  ;  the  back  extcrds 
opposite  the  mainland ;  the  tail,  broken  into  several  flanges  by  bays  and  inlets,  is  the  eastern  ex- 
tremity ;  while  the  belly,  protected  from  the  fury  of  the  waves  by  the  Great  South  Beach, 
.tretche,  in  an  almost  symmetrical  line  from  Coney  Island  to  Montauk  Point.  Along  the  n.  shore 
there  is  a  narrow  ridge  of  hills  called  the  backbone,  but  the  remainder  of  the  island  slopes  grad- 
ually  to  the  ocean.  The  s.  shore  is  one  immense  sand-bank,  separated  from  the  island  proper  for 
nearly  its  entire  length  by  inlets  from  the  ocean,  the  largest  of  which  is  the  Great  South  Bay, 
which  extends  for  100  m.  without  a  break  behind  the  beach  of  the  same  name,  which  is  at  no 
point  more  than  5  m.  wide.  Rockaway  and  Coney  Island  beaches,  whose  nearness  to  the  city 
has  rendered  them  famous  as  summer  resorts,  are  only  western  extensions  of  the  Great  South 
Beach.  The  island's  area  is  1,682  sq.  m.,  and  its  population  about  750,000.  of  which  J  are 
wthin  the  city  limits  of  Brooklyn.  Its  soil  is  fertile  except  near  the  sandy  s.  shore  ;  and  its  re- 
semblance  in  shape  to  a  salmon  is  specially  marked  in  the  bird's-eye  view  which  forms  a  frontis- 
piece to  the  book,  "  Long  Island  of  To-day."  Its  w.  end  approaches  within  i  m.  of  the  east- 
ernmost lint  of  Staten  Island,  and  the  two  thus  form  "  the  Narrows,"  through  which  ;n- 
trance  de  to  New  York  harbor.  Staten  Island  has  the  shape  of  an  irregular  triangle,  whose 
base,  „.,  .  separated  from  New  Jersey  by  the  Kill  van  Kull  and  Newark  bay  ;  its  shortest  side, 
w.,  IS  still  nearer  New  Jersey,  the  separation  caused  by  Staten  Island  Sound  being  rarely  more 
than  i  m.;  while  itslongest  side,  e.  anrl  s.,  is  bounded  by  New  York  harbor  and  the  lower  bay. 
Its  greatest  lengt  i.  ,3  m.,  greatest  hxvMth,  8  m.;  area,  60  sq.  m.,  and  population,  40,000.  It 
IS  very  hilly,  and  its  outer  shores  are  almost  everywhere  dotted  with  the  villas  o'  business  and 
professional  men,  who  go  to  New  York  daily  for  their  work.  The  hospital-ship  of  the  quaran- 
tine station  is  anchored  off  he  s.  shore  of  the  island ;  the  forts  and  batteries  of  the  e.  shore 
command  the  approaches  to  the  city;  and  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  facing  the  n.  shore,  is  an 
asylum  for  aged  and  infirm  seamen,  whose  extensive  buildings  challenge  the  attention  of  the 
pass,T-by.  They  have  ample  accommodations  for  1,000  inmates,  the  grounds  attached  amount 
to  .0  ,  acres,  and  the  annual  revenue  for  the  maintenance  ..f  the  establishment  is  about  $250,000. 
The  only  railway  of  the  island  follows  its  longest  side,  about  i  m.  inland,  from  Tompkinsville 
'M  its  r  e.  corner,  which  is  nearest  to  New  York,  6  m.)  to  Tottenville,  at  its  s.  w.  comer, 
whence  a  ferry  boat  crosses  hourly  to  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.  The  island  forms  Richmond  County, 
and  the  county  town  of  that^name  is  about  midway  between  the  terminal  towns  of  the  railroad, 
"■■■;  :  ::;.  u:c:an:  ;7C~.  it  at  ^V/uil  iiou^c  oiaiioii. 


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TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I  began  my  whrel  exploration*  for  i88t   by  embarking  from  the  Battery 
at  9  o'clock  of   April  22,  on  a  fcrry-boa\  whose  voyage  ended  a  little  less  than 
I  h.  later,  at  V'anderbilt's  Landing,  Staten  Island.     Thince  I  rode  southward 
without  stop,  to  the  end  of  the  macadam  at  Fort  Wadsworth,  i^  m.,  of  whith 
j  or  J  was  very  good  riding,  while  the  rest  varied  from  tolerable  to  poi 
Taking  the  sidewalk  to  the  w.,   I  was  beguiled  by  a  sign  pointing  "  f;  •  i 
boulevard,"'  into  descending  to       sandy  road  along  the  s.  shore  ;  but  f.»  •  rr- 
fro.i.   the  fort   I  gave   up   hope  cf  finding  a  comfortable  southwest  pa.- 
around  the  island,  and  so  returneu  to  the  starting  po.nt.     Continuinj   :iori 
ward  from  V'anderbilt's,  through  Sta])leton,  I  rode  up  a  long  hill,  and  then 
down  it  towards  the  w.,  and  around  it  towards  the  e.,  on  the  shore  roa(;,  t"; 
nearly  reached  the  church  on  the  same  hill  again.     I  think  this  was      :„ 
l.<rightt'ii,  and  the  distance  from  the  foot  of  the  hill  in  Sta]}leton  was  1  m. 
Turning  back  along  the  shore  road,  repassing  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  and 
continuing  a  generally  westward  course,  a  ride  of  4  m.   brought  me   to  the 
Continental  Hotel,  Port  Richmond,  where  I  p?id  50  c.  for  a  verv  poor  dinner. 
Thence  along  a  winding  road  towards  the  s.  and  w.,  I  went  without  stop  for 
3  m.,  to  the  bridge  at  the  cross-roads,  where  stands  the  liull's-Head  tavern. 
Or  the  return,  j  wind  no  longer  favored  me,  two  or  three  dismounts  wf  \. 

required  by  sa,..  .t  ruts.     Proceeding  westward  again  from  Port  Richmond, 

1  found  the  macadamized  shore  road  was  very  good  indeed  for  \\  m.,  ending 
at  the  most  westerly  landing  pi.'  •  of  the  Battery  boats.  \  half-mile  beyond 
this,  the  road  being  barely  ridable,  I  paid  an  honest  oysterman  twentv-five 
cents  to  row  me  across  to  the  main  land.  Disembarking  in  Elizabethport,  at 
the  head  of  Jersey  St.,  which  is  p  ved  with  tolerably  smooth  Belgian  blocks,  I 
rode  along  the  same  or  else  on  the  sidewalk  lags  to  Broad  st.,  in  Elizabeth, 
up  which  I  turned  0  the  r.  till  I  reached  the  Nicholson-paved  street,  br.anch- 
ing  off  on  the  r.  towards  Newark.  The  distance  of  this  point  from  the  shore 
was  nearly  3  m.,  and  I  was  |  h.  in  getting  on./  it.  This  wood-paved  street, 
Frelinghuysen  av.,  stretches  in  a  bee-line  for  3A  m.  to  the  fire-engine  house  in 
Newark,  though  the  wooden-blocks  give  place  to  macadam  during  the   last 

2  m. ;  and  it  was  in  front  of  this  cr.gine-hou.e  that  I  first  tried  the  saddle  of 
a  rubber-tired  bicycle  (March  14,  1879),  w'ch  the  kind  assistance  of  its  owner, 
the  pioneer  wheelman  of  Newark,  J.  Lafon. 

A  visit  to  Staten  Island  can  be  .safely  re-ommended,  I  think,  to  .my  mf- 
ropolitan  bicycler.  The  macadamized  shore  .,  i.''-om  Fort  Wadsworth,  on 
the  s.  e.,  to  the  last  ferry  landing  on  the  n.  w.,  about  8  m.  long,  can  be  taken 
without  a  dismount;  and  though  soi.'e  parts  of  it  :irc  very  poor,  other  seciioi.s 
are  as  good  as  possible,  and  two  or  thr'^e  of  these  afford  excellent  chances  for 
coasting.  The  outlook  over  the  water  is  almost  coi..inuously  attractive,  .md 
from  several  points  may  be  called  superb.  The  two  lines  of  boats  from  the 
battery  start  on  the  even  half-hours ;  and  all  their  landings  are  within  a  few 
rods  of  the  shore  road.  No  charge  for  the  wheel  is  made  in  addition  to  the 
ten-cent  fare.     My  advice  to  a  touri.st  would  be  to  go  ashore  at  either  the 


LONG  ISLAND  AND  STA  TEN  ISLAND.  ,57 

southernmost  or  the  westernmost  landing,  though  this  is  not  important 
from  lort  Richmond  a  ferry-boat  runs  at  brief  intervals  to  Bergen  Foini 
on  the  mam  land,  and  I  was  told  that  there  was  a  g„od  macadam  road  there' 
though  my  mformant  could  not  say  that  it  continued  smooth  all  the  way  to' 
Jersey  Uty^  For  an  afternoon's  ride  of  from  .0  to  25  m..  the  Staten  Island 
roads  vh.ch  I  have  described  seem  to  me  as  attractive  a  place  as  can  he 
Offered  to  a  New  Yorker.  There  is  a  chance,  too.  that  further  exploration 
might  brmg  to  l.gh^  other  smooth  paths  in  the  interior  of  the  island 

The  foregomg  words  of  mine,  as  published  in  tne  Bi.  n'orU  oi  May  20 
h.   were  well   supplemented  by  the  report  of  "  B.  Bugle"  in   the  same  paper' 
of  March  24.  82.  from  which  I  quote  the  fallowing:  "The  interior  roads  of 
tlK  •    .nd  vary  from  fa.r  to  bad.     About  the  best  is  Richmond  road,  not  to  be 
contounded  w.th    Richmond    turnpike,  which  latter  is    generally  unridable. 
AUer  descending  the  hill  at  Tompkinsville.  a  turn  should  be  m.-ide  from  the 
shore  back  to  Van  Duzer  st. ;  keeping  along  this,  a  turn  will  bring  the  rider 
mto  Richmond  road.     Continuing  along  this  for  about  i  m..  a  high,  bare  hill 
w,l  be  reached,  at  the  foot  of  which  the  bicycle  should  be  left,  while  the  rider 
makes  the  short  but  steep  ascent.     The  view  from  the  top  is  the  finest  in   the 
vcn.tyof  New  York  City.     Continuing  southwardly  along   Richmond  road 
for  about  I  m.,  a  road  will  be    noticed  turning  off  to  the  r..  and  it  may  be 
recognized  by   a  high  picket  fence  painted  black,  running  along  its  s.  side 
I    .s  ,s  the  Clove  road,  running  through  a  natural  gap  in  the  two  ranges  of 
hil  s.  which  extend  partly  through  the  island,  and  which,  though  too  beautiful 
to  be  missed,  will  test  the  road-riding  education  of  the  bicycler.     When  the 
fork  ,n  the  roads  is  reached  (i^  m.).  the  road  to  the  right,  bounded  on  the 
right  by  a  high  iron  fence,  should  be  taken,  which  will  afford  an  almost  con- 
tinuous coast  of  nearly  i  m.  back  to  the  shore  road  at  West  New  Brighton 

"  If,  instead  of  turning  off  at  the  Clove,  the  rider  keeps  along  the  Richmond 
road,  a  ride  of  about  4  m.  will  bring  him  to  the  village  of  Richmond,  the 
county  seat,  where,  if  he  is  of  an  inquiring  turn  of  mind,  he  may  visit  the  jail 
and  county  buildings.     From  here  he  should  take  the  Springville  road  (which 
he  will  probably  find  unfit  for  riding),  w.  to  the  Morning  Star  road  (so  called 
from  a  tavern  wh.cn  some  hundred  years  ago  went  by  that  name),  n.  to  Gran- 
iteville,  turning  to  the  rigi..  at  tb^  engine  house,  and  then  down  the  Church 
road  or   Richmond  av.  to  the  sho.e  road  at  Port  Richmond.     Opposite  the 
erry  slip  here  may  be  noticed  an  old  tavern  which  is  rendered  notable  by  the 
fact  that   Aaron  Burr  died  in  its  eastern  room.     A  week  could  be  verv  .pleas- 
antly speni  upon  the  i.  -and  by  any  bicycler  to  whom  mere  distance  riding  and 
racing  are  not  the  sum  total  of  cycling  existence.     It  is  better  to  come  early 
in  the  season,  because,  aside  from  the  cooler  weather,  the  mosquitoes  will  be 
met  as  single  spies,  whereas  a  later  visit  will  be  apt  to  find  them  in  battalions. 
At  about  Its  middle  point,  the  i.<;land  is  nea  "    divided  laterally  by  a  sort 
of  Ingoon,  known  as  the  Fresh  Kills,  an  arm  01  the  narrow  str.-iit  whi.h  c..,. 
.-c:,  u  irom  .New  Jersey.     South  of  this  the  roads  are  generally  sandy,  and 


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offer  but  few  induce-nents  to  the  bicy  er.  North  of  it  the  country  is  covered 
with  hills,  none  of  which,  however,  attain  an  altitude  of  more  than  450  ft  I 
should  advise  the  New  Yorker  who  can  «pend  but  a  day  upon  the  island  10 
'rkethe  north  shore  ferry,  from  the  Battery  to  Elm  Park, and  ride  from  there 
according  to  directions,  to  Grymes  hill,  where  the  finest  view  can  be  obtainprl-' 
then  back  to  t..  •  shore  road,  to  the  fort,  and  return.  At  Mariners'  Harbor 
there  is  a  row-boat  firry  to  Elizabethport,  and  at  Fort  Richmonu  a  ferry  to 
Bergen  Point.  A  good  map  is  published  as  an  advertisement  by  a  clothing 
house  at  254  Broadway,  where  I  have  no  doubt  that  free  copies  can  be  had."  ■ 

An  admimble  pocket  map  of  Staten  Island,  on  the  large  scale  af  J  m.  to  1  in.  (.(,84  sheet 
33  by  28  in.,  folded  in  cloth  cover,  $1),  published  by  the  Coltons,  182  William  St.,  N  Y  shows 
all  the  roads  with  great  plainness,  as  well  a.  the  hills  and  swamps.  There  are  wide  stretches  of 
these  on  the  w.  side,  as  well  as  in  New  Jersey,  just  opposite  ;  and  the  map  exhibits  a  ij-m  sec 
tion  of  that  State,  mcl.dmg  the  towns  o{  Perth  An:boy,  Woodbridge,  Rahway,  Roselle  Fliza 
beth  and  Bayonne.  The  w.  end  of  Lor.g  Island  is  also  shown,  as  well  as  "  mile  circles  '"  r  ck 
oned  from  the  city  hall  in  New  York.-Tottenville,  in  the  s.  w.  comer,  b..ing  !hus  designated  as 
19  m.  distant.  "  The  Staten  Isl.^nd  Rapid  Transit  Railroad  "  appears  3n  the  map  as  skiniug 
the  shore  from  Bowman's,  at  the  n.  w.  crner,  opposite  Eluabethport,  e.,  s.  and  s  w  to  the 
l.gl.t-house  at  the  Richmond  Club  Groind  (about  .4  m.) ;  but  I  suppose  the  actual  construction 
of  the  line  is  a  thing  of  the  future.  The  island'^  "  reported  roads  "  are  shown  in  a  chart  (jj  by 
i\  m.,  4  m.  to  I  in.)  of  Wood  s  road-book,  of  which  a  full  account  may  be  found  on  p.  ,77     4 

similar  manof  Long  Isiand(iom.  to  I  m.),  covering anotherpageof  the  same  useful  guide   shows 
the  situation  of  most  of  its  routes,  which  are  described  in  this  chapter,  as  well  as  some  others  which 
bicyclers  have  explored,  and  it  mentions  :he  fact  of  ferry-connec'ion  across  the  .Sound  between 
Port  Jeflferso.i  and  Bridgeport.     The  route  of  26  m.  leading  to  the  former  town  from  Northport 
(through  C  .mac,  Smithtowii  and  Setauket)  is  c.illed  "  level  ard   fairly  ridable."     The  same  ad- 
jectives rre  ipplied  in  the  same  book  to  the  loam  road  on  S'.aten   ;sland  connecting  Tottenville 
with  thf  macadam  at  New  Dorp  (10  m.).     Through  travelers  from  Philadelphia  who  take  the  in 
land  route  as  far  as  Elizabeth,  are  advised  by  the  guide  that  "  a  short  and  comfortable  termi- 
nation  of  the  run  may  oe  had  by  wheeling  2  m.  to  Elizabethport,  whence  a  new  and  useful  line  of 
ferr\-  boats  runs  to  New  York,  touching  at  Staten  Islan<i  on  the  way."    The  permanency  of  the 
new  line  is  threatened  by  litigation,  at  the  time  these  words  are  written;  but,  even  if  the  line 
shall  be  discontinued,  the  tourist  can  readily  obtain  access  to  the  island  from  Elizabethpo-t  by  row- 
boat,  and  complete  his  journey  thence  to  the  city  by  a  very  pleasant  ride  up  the  bay  on  a  steamer 
of   .n..  of  the  regu'-  lines.     The  quoted  warning  .tgainst  mosquitoes  should  bv  no  means  be  dis- 
regarc.d ;   for  my  own  secona  ride  on  the  island,  though  taken   on  a  cool  day  late  in  the  season 
(Sept.  15,  '8-),  found  so  many  of  them,  ev:n  on  the  summit  of  Grymes  hill,  that  my  enjoyment 
of  that  noble  oi-.tlook  was  seriously  impaired  by  the  attacks  of  these  persistent  pe.sts.     I  believe 
the  island  has  neve-  been  formally  attacked  by  more  respectable  foes,  though  its  situation  makes 
It  of  strategic  impornce  in  military  operations,  and  I  do  not  forget  the  futile  forays  made  there 
by  Generals   Suliivan  (1777)  and  Stilling  (1780,1,  when  it   served  as  a  camping-ground  for  the 
Bruish  armies.    Just  across  the  Narrviws,  however,  on  ground  now  covered  by  the  exten.sive  col- 
lection of  houses  called  Brooklyn,  was  fought  the  battle  of  Long  Island  (Aug.  28,  1776).  notable 
as  the  first  struggle  that  followed  the  Declaration  of  Independence.     A  description  of  it,  by  J. 
W.  Chadwck,  with  illustrations  and  map,  m.iv  be  found  in  Harder's  Magaziiu:  for  August, 
'87<^,  PP-  333-346.     The  result  of  the  battle  gave  New  York  City  into  the  keeping  of  the  liritish 
until  independence  was  really  won  ;  an^  the  shores  ofthe.se  three  islands  ultimately  looked  vpon 
the  linal  act  in  that  great  drama,  on  the  "evacuation  day  "  (Nov.  25,  1783),  when  the  last  de- 
arling  transports  of  the  defeated  '•  armed  invaders  "  disappeared  forever  down  the  Narrows. 


XIII. 


COASTING  ON  THE  JERSEY  HILLS.' 

Before  me  lies  spread  the  « toppgraphical  map  of  a  part  of  northern  New 
Jersey     an  offic.al  publication  (,88.)  of  the  State  Geological  Survey  wW 

ColLt"  T        "      "'"^T  """^^^  "■  ^^^'^^  ^^^  Vice-l4sidcnt  of  R^ge 
College.     To  h.s  courtesy  I  am  indebted  for  my  copy  of  the  map,  whereof  il 
■s  not  possible  to  make  public  purchase,  ma  nuch  as  "  the  result   Tf  t"e  sm 
vev  are  mtend^d  for  the  benefit  of  the  citizens  of  the  State,  and  the  bla  d  ot" 
managers  have  charge  of  and  direct  the  distribution  of  its  c;ilections  reports 
and  maps.  presume,  however,  that  a  weH-recommeuded  app  icadonTrom 

any  respectable  Jerseyman  .oula  be  apt  to  meet  with  favorable  ttentZ 
Th  map  .s  35  m.  sq..  and.  as  its  scale  is  i  m.  to  .  in.,  representation  is  clelrlv 
made  of  a  large  section  of  land  and  water,  including  all  of  State  TsLdthl 
w.  end  of  Long  Island,  the  bay  and  city  of  New  Yor^a  d ";  Hui 
Ruer.  almost  to  the  point  where  it  ceases  to  serve  as  a  boundar!  f"  New 

pa  t  m  he  h.Ily  portions,  and  numerals  are  attached  to  show  7he  heigh"  of 
contour  hnes  m  feet  above  mean  tide  "     Tf,»  »  •  ,  neignt  ot 

=el.e«.;  ,he  roads  are  C.arT;;.    td;  ^^'ll^^ZZf  Z\T''7  T T 
cross  can  be  see,,  at  a  glance  f  .W  swamps  are  S.  ^  ole     Lw'.fas'S 

.tta"  /Ho-h;  I  ;r  *  a":;':  z "  tt""^  — -"Xh: 

nT       ,  '""S'^^^'  ■\"'-veys  as  creditably  managed  as  this  present  one 
.ook,ng  down  on  th.s  map,  whereon  I  have  indicated  in  red  the  many 

a  neany  e'ilate  "l  trfani"     H      "T"'"'  ""  '^'"'^^  ^^''^'"  ''^^  ^'-'^-^  °f 
iy  equuateral  triangle,  n-hose  sides  may  he  said  to  average   about  8  m 

.      fh       T     .  ^;'^'  '""  ''"  ^"'^^^'''"  "-^'  '^y  -'^-h  the   New   York" 
enter,  the  city  of  Newark,  may  be  assumed  as  the  point  of  meet  in /of  til 

ddf  "^'^^.^t^-'-^  -^^-^vs  which  form  two  sides  of  this    r,^      e  Vpi  n^ 

"■e  man  5  m..  and  Bloomfield  av.,  which  eoes  n  w    <:tro;„i,f.         c 
..  ..l«o,n«e,a,  an.  ..en  w.h  bu,  s,ig.,  .uri^s^or.-rrT.l' M.l  Ti 
'From  r*,  H^M^„,  J^^e,  .883,  pp.  2.5-2... 


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Montclair.  These  two  diverging  avenues  do  not  in  fact  meet  at  the  bridge, 
but  begin  at  points  which  are  about  i  m.  distant  from  it,  on  the  s.  and  the  n.; 
and  good  riding  on  them,  as  one  goes  out  ot  Newark,  does  not  begin  until  the 
■  top  of  the  first  hill  has  been  reached.  The  road  which  forms  the  third  and 
longest  side  of  the  triangle  is  neither  as  straight  nor  as  smooth  as  the  other 
two,  for  only  that  section  of  it  which  is  called  the  Orange  Valley  road,  extend- 
ing northward  along  the  base  of  Oran-je  Mountain,  from  South  Orange  to  the 
northern  border  of  Llewellyn  Park,  about  4  m.,  is  macadamized.  The  pro- 
longation of  the  Vallf.y  road  southward  from  South  Orange  leads  up-hill,  and^ 
is  a  fairly  good  dirt  track  of  nearly  3  m.,  till  it  completes  the  angle  by  meet- 
ing the  macadamized  prolongation  of  Springfield  av.,  at  a  brook  just  east  of 
Wyoming.  An  inspection  of  the  map  would  seem  to  show  that  the  other 
angle  might  be  nicely  completed  by  following  the  direct  road  northward  from 
Llewellyn  Park  till  it  meets  Bloomfield  av.  on  the  hill  in  Montclair ;  but  as 
this  would  require  contact  with  much  sand  and  clay,  the  road  really  to  be 
chosen  is  the  one  running  eastward  to  Watsessing,  whence  Bloomfield  av.  is 
reache'  ,  and  so  Bloomfield  and  Montclair, 

Within  this  8-m.  tr-angle,  and  having  the  same  general  course  as  the  two 
broad  avenues  which  help  enclose  it,  are  three  other  similar  roadways,  which 
begin  in  Newark,  and  are  terminated  by  the  V.lley  road  at  the  foot  of  Orange 
mountain.  South  Orange  av.  is  the  longest  and  most  w...Jing,  but  its  course 
is  much  like  that  of  Springfield  av.  Park  av.  is  the  shortest  and  straightest, 
the  3  m.  of  it  between  the  railroad  crossing  and  the  main  entrance  of  Llewel- 
lyn Park  seeming  to  lie  in  a  bee-line.  Central  av.  keeps  parallel  to  the  one  last- 
named  for  its  entire  length,  and  lies  about  i  m.  to  the  3.  of  il.  It  is  really  the 
central  one  of  the  five  main  lines  described  as  diverging  in  a  westward  direc- 
tion from  an  imaginary  point  of  meeting  at  the  bridge ;  and,  if  there  be  any 
need  of  making  choice  between  paths  which  are  all  so  pleasant  for  riding 
over,  it  may,  perhaps,  be  called  the  best.  Main  St.,  through  which  run  the 
horse-car  tracks,  is  midway  between  Park  and  Central  avs.  and  parallel  to 
them ;  and  it  is  macadamized  for  3  m.  or  more  from  its  starting-point  at  the 
Valley  road.  The  four  most  important  of  the  cross  or  connecting  streets, 
which  may  be  roughly  described  as  parallel  to  this  western  border  of  the  tri- 
angle, and  running  in  a  n.  and  s.  direction,  p.rc  the  following,  named  in  the 
order  in  which  one  meets  them  in  riding  out  Park  av.  from  Newark:  (i) 
Grove  St.,  which  extends  s.  to  Central  av. ;  (?)  Arlington  av.,  which  extend"  to 
Central  av. ;  (3)  Park  St.,  which  goes  to  Main  'it.,  whence,  a  few  rr.ds  vst, 
Harrison  st.  serves  as  a  continuation  of  it  across  Central  av.  to  Cei.  ■.  .  i)v 
which  a  return  may  lie  made  back  across  the  avenue  to  Main  st.  again.  Har- 
rison St.  extends  to  South  Orange  av.,  and  so  does  Munn  av.,  nc.\t  cast  of 
Arlington  av. ;  but  the  last  few  rods  of  each  extension  are  unp.  'I.  The  most 
easterly  connection  between  Park  and  Central  avs.  is  throug  ■  -voseville  av., 
whose  macadam  is  not  specially  good.  Roseville  av.  also  crosses  Sussex  av., 
which  is  parallel  to  Central,  and  macadamized  for  i  m.  or  less.     Another  ini- 


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po, .ant  path  is  Prospect  st.,  going  northward  from  Main  st    for  ,i  m    m 
ncct  with  the  Watsessing  road  to  Bloomfield  av  ^      '    °  '°"- 

Almost  all  of  the  numerous  lesser  streets  in  and  around  Orance  are  mar 
ada,„ued  ;  and  w.th.n  the  triangle  outlined  by  me  there  must  be  a  le  s^t 
m.  of  th,s  so.:alled  Telford  pavement,  whose  smoothness,  wh  n  ken  '  'ooH 
ccnul,t,on  as  most  of  it  is.  could  hardly  be  improved  Lv  "1  i.^pe?-  1 
hope  my  description  has  made  plain    '  e  truth   th^f  .  i,;.    'i  ^ 

h,.s  route  through  these  connectbg  Js  as  t^  rid  v  '  ^  """' ■  "  ''^  ""' 
repetitions,  and  even  without  leavL-the  saddle  '  -  .r""'  """'^  "''°"^ 
motion  there  for  3I  h..  Nov   ^    ,88^  andl  ^  7         "^^'^ '"  continuous 

I^  Pleasure  be  so^t  in  the^  ^t  t^'  ':^.^::^r^ZrT^  ''  '"• 
great  variety,  it  can  be  sought  most  successfully  at  Orange  '  I^^thehrra'c' 
ttnst.c  bicycular  attraction  of  my  "8-m   triantrle  "  i.  tf,.         \        . 
an  t,ie  avenues,  and  most  of  the^streers-tr::'tle  1^:     rd^^lr  L^^r 
d,nary  facilities;   while,  on  the  other  hand,  none  of  the  grades  are  ^erv  hard 
o  s.r,nount.     All   the  change  and  variety  which  are  sup^eTo/  Jp  fed  ,  v 
..  and  da  e.  forest  and  plain,  shade  and  sunlight,  human  stir  an^  des  rt   ,  ' 
UKlc.may  be   had   within   the  limits  described;  and  the  extensrvrv  .' 

land  and  water  which  are  obtainable  from  the  hi^hc   t  roads  o^h.  til,     > 
are  nne  and  refreshing  enough  to  amply  repay  the  trouMe tf  ast„diS^^ 

.0  tlie  right,  as  before  descril.^d.  in  or  r  t  retch'u  r""'  '^  Tl  ^"^" 
field  av.     In  other  words   -i  n^r^nn       •  /  atsessing  and   Bloom- 

^in^piv .  fonow^:^^::^;^™  c:x:;;;:::?r"^-:'^  '^^"^^  ^^^^  '^- 

forms  the  northern  border  of  Lleweli  Pari "n  o  H  T  'T'  "'^■''"  ^"^ 
question.  "Ixion"  prints  intcres  „;  ^  e.  i^  "  7,;"/  ',^  T""'^ '" 
Ap.il  -^7.i883),de.scribinghisreccntascen    o  F  1  Rock  "^'^  '''"'''' 

and  his  coast  down  therefrom  upon  the  amebefsthan'lh  ""'"•''''"'■'' '' 
agree  with  him  in  the  expressed   hH.Vf  .k  ,  '^^  minutes.     \ 

l^pelledtothatsummi'  T.      hath  ,      "  ''''^'"^"^-^  previously  been 

■^'^ie  powers  of  the  Fa:  'eaTah  ,„';':  ^t  ^  '""'  ?"  °^  ^'^^  ^^"-^- 
«as  n.acie  on  the  i  =th  of  ]a«t   V  ''"  ""^''"^  '■'"■'  ^°  ^^e  rock 

.trades  in  the  saddle  w  ha  ewTT  ^  '?^.'  '"'"^^'  '  '"■'^^'  "P  ^^'^  '--r 
^  Hie  su,nn.  was 'tiJ^^'^^^rd^r  ^^   ^^^-  ;  •;:::;;;^;;::   '^  ^^      P'^h 

'-—  f- fror,i:r  ""  '^^ '""  ^^^^'^  "^"^^' '-  --^  -  ^-es: 

I'he  macadamized  extension  di  }{ln„  .iield  av   i.  nnt   ■     *     . 


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i68  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Franklin  on  my  map  o£  less  than  a  twelfth  part  of  the  State),  about  s  m.    A 
clay  road,  which  is,  at   many  seasons  of  the  year,  nearly  as  smooth  as  mac- 
adam, extends  westward  for  3  m.,  whereof  the  first  two  are  as  straight  as  the 
crow  flies,  to  Pine  Brook  post-office,  which  is  the  terminus  of  an  omnibus  line 
from  Newark,  and  also  the  terminus  of  the  good  roadway.     Here,  then,  is  an 
excellent  track,  13  m.  long,  which  may  be  ridden  in  either  direction  without  a 
dismount,  and  nearly  every  rod  of  which  may  be  coasted  in  the  course  of  a  round 
trip.  An  average  rider  in  doing  the  26  m.  could  easily  ride  a  dozen  with  his  feet 
off  the  pedals ;  though,  perhaps,  he  would  be  obliged  to  walk  up  the  big  hill  west-- 
ward  at  Montclair,  and  the  big  hill  eastward  at  Caldwell.     I  myself  have 
never  conquered  the  latter  but  once,  and  the  former  I  have  oftener  walked  up 
than  ridden.     From  its  top  one  may   coast  continuously  for  2  m.  and  more 
down  to  Eloomfield,  except  that  the  pedals  may  have  to  be  worked  for  a  few 
rods  in  the  case  of  two  or  three  short  ascents  which  the  momentum  may  not 
bo  quite  sufficient  to  master.     The  Bi.  World  of  June  17,  1881,  contained  a 
brief  report  of  mine  under  the  same  title  that  is   employed  for  the  present 
chapter;  and,  though   I   have  had   experience  of  many  new   hills  in  the  two 
years'  interval,  my  final  words  in  that  report  can  be  reprinted  with  truth  to- 
day:  "  Beyond  Montclair  there  are  facilities  for  up-hill  racing  such  as  I  have 
never  seen  other  roads  afford.     Several  bicyclers  could  there  compete  abreast, 
if  need  be,  on   perfectly  equal  terms.     On  this  westward  rente,  also,  there  is 
one  particularly  smooth  stretch,  where  a  rider  may  coast  lot  a  mile  down  a  grade 
so  gentle  that  the  return  trip  is  hardly  thought  of  as  an  asce>.t     !f  the  excite- 
ment of  a  lightning-like  flight  through  the  air  is  desired,  however,  there  are 
plenty  of  steep  hills  where  it  can  be  had,  and  without  danger  of  any  oustacle's 
sudden  appearance  at  a  crossroad.    On  these  little  Jersey  'mountains,'  coast- 
ing congenial  to  all  tastes  is  attainable.     The  perils  of  the  pastime  are  reduced 
to  the  minimum ;  the  pleasures  thereof  are  increased  to  the  maximum." 

Springfield  av.,  the  s.  w.  border  of  the  triangle,  whose  very  name  ought 
to  have  had  power  to  attract  me  to  it  at  the  outset,  was  not,  in  fact,  discov- 
ered by  me  until  after  I  had  had  three  years'  acquaintance  with  all  the  other 
imjjortant  thoroughfares  in  the  Newark  and  Orange  region.  Its  macadam 
begins  at  the  corner  of  Morris  av. ;  and,  mounting  there  on  the  5th  of  November 
last,  at  10.50  A.  M.,  I  passed  Irvington  at  11.05,  Middleville  at  11.15,  Mi'burn 
at  11.30,  turned  to  the  right  mto  the  cinder  pr^.th  at  11.33,  ^"d  made  mv  first 
dismount  at  the  railroad  station  in  Short  Hills  at  11.37.  The  cyclometer 
•called  the  distance  7^  m. ;  but  the  return  tiip,  which  was  also  made  without 
dismount,  in  44  min.,  ir  calltd  onh  ;  m.  The  roughest  pavement  was  that 
between  Newark  and  Irvington,  while  the  cinder  path,  from  the  Short  Hills 
station  to  the  main  road,  supplied,  perhaps,  the  smoothest  one  of  the  many 
good  places  for  coasting.  Two  days  before,  when  I  first  discovered  this  ave- 
nue near  W'oming.—havinj:  come  down  to  that  point  on  an  exploring  tour 
from  the  Valley  road  at  -oath  Orange,— I  did  not  have  the  luck  to  turn  off  to- 
wards Short  Hills,  but  kept  straight  on  for  \  m.  past  the  reservoir,  and  then,  at 


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the  first  cross-road  turned  to  the  right  and  walked  i*  m.  along  a  sandy  up- 
ward  slope  to  a  b.idge  on  its  summit,  spanning  a  dry  ravine.  Mountingthere 
I  rode  along  a  fa.rly  good  track  through  Chatham  to  the  hotel  in  Madison  \ 
m,  ,n  35  min.;  thence  without  stop  to  the  public  square  in  Morristown,  nearly 
5  m.  m  40  mu.  The  return  trip  to  Ma^lison  I  also  made  without  stop,  in 
z  nun.  less,  and,  after  reachmg  the  dry  bridge  beyond  Chatham,  I  improved 
upon  my  former  route  by  taking  the  first  road  to  the  1.,  for  this,  spite  of  its 
unattractive  appearance,  allowed  me  to  ride  most  of  the  way  to  Short  Hills 

My  first  v.s.t  to  Morristown.  however,  was  made  on  May  Day  of  1882,  and 
by  a  d-fferont  route.     Startmg  from  the  hotel  in  Orange  at  8.15  a.  m.,  I  ^ent 
westwaru  along   Mam  st.  to  its  nominal  end   at  the  Valley  road,-for  beyond 
.h,.s  the  street  .s  called  the  Mountain  road.-and  up  the  same  I  toiled,  much 
0.  the  way  on  foot   unt.l   I  reached  St.  Cloud  at  the  top,  .  m.  from  th;  start. 
1  hen,  after  ij  m.  of  good  track,  mostly  coasted,  I  began  the  ascent  on  foot  of  the 
second  mountain,  and  was  forty  minutes  on  the  way  to  the  flag-pole  in  North- 
field,  2|  m.     Thence  to  West  Livingston  and  Hanover  there  tas  much  walk- 
ing and  rough  riding ;  but  beyond  this  latter  point  I  had  a  long  stay  in  the 
sa  die,  and   I  stopped  at  the  tavern  pump  in  Whippany  at  11  o'clock,  with 
n,  m.  on  my  day  s  record.     I  was  an  hour  riding  from  there  to  the  Mansion 
House  m  Mornstown,  not  quite  5  m.,  over  an  excellent  track,  which  might  be 
made  without  dismount,  and  which  I  did  so  make  in  returning,  when  the  wind  fa- 
vored me.   In  leaving  Wh.ppany  for  Mornstown  one  must  turn  1.  at  the  mill- 
pond  and  journey  towards  ,he  south.     Monroe  is  the  name  of  an  intermediate 
V.  lage.  If  It  can  be  called  one ;  and  near  this  is  the  long  hill  which  I  failed  to 
r.de  uo.     By  this  route  '<  Washington's  Headquarters  "  is  reached  before  one 
TT:  K  '^' ""!"•■  ""^  '^^  '°^";  ^"d  "o  patriotic  wheelman  should  fail  to 
halt  at  that  historic  mansion      The  lofty  hill  beyond  the  court-house  and  res- 
ervoir ,n  .Mornstown  is  well  worth  walking  up,  for  the  sake  of  the  extensive 
view   herefrom;    and  I   found   good  wheeling  for  ,  m.  to  westward,  as  well 
as  ,n  the  prmc.pa   streets  of  the  town.     At  Hanover  post-office,  on  my  home- 
ward journey,  I  bade  adieu  to  my  forenoon's  route,  and  rode  thence  north- 
ward, without  stop,  to  the  Swinefield  iron  bridge,  2^  m.  in  17  min.     This  was 
n,v  most  creditable  mount  of  the  day,  for  I  climbed  two  rather  soft  hills  Id 
overcame  other  obstacles,  which  would  have  caused  a  halt,  had  not  the  ^ind 
iped  me.     From  the  bridge,  by  a  road  winding  to  the  r.,  and  mostly  un 
Klable,     w-ent  2  m.  to  Pine  Brook ;  and  thence,  over  the  smooth  track  before 
-nbe  .  to  my  starting-point   in   Orange,  at  7.45   P-  M..  with  45  m.  to  my 

h  el  fr  ""1  'n?  "'■  ''"  '''^'  "^^"'  '"  September,  .S80.  I  pushed  my 
whtel  from  the  Delaware  Water  Gap  to  Pine  Brook  (5,  m.),  by  way  of 
Blairstown.  Johnsonburg,  Alamoochy.  Waterloo.  Stanhope^  Drakesville,  Mc 
Cain  V  le  Dover,  Rockaway.  Denville.  and  Persippany.  I  found  most  of  the 
d.  about  as  rough  and  hard  to  get  over  as  are  the  names  just  quoted.  I 
n  retore  give  warning  against  that  route,  for  I  think  I  should  have  fared 
rather  better  if  I  had  aimed  for  Morri.  town.     The  best  course  between  Nev. 


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ark  and  that  city  is  by  way  of  Springfield  av. ;  but  the  one  by  way  of  Bloom- 
field  av.,  Pine  Brook,  Hanover,  and  Whippany,  is  alirj  to  be  recommendt^d  as 
part  of  a  round  tripi.  I  never  descended  the  stretch  of  i  \  ni.  from  St.  Cloud 
to  Orange,  but  1  know  it  must  be  fine  for  coasting.     (See  p.  175.) 

Two  additional  paths,  connecting  the  Newark  and  Orange  system  of 
roadways  with  the  Hudson  river,  have  been  explored  by  me  as  follows:  On 
the  4th  of  May,  18S2,  under  the  inspiration  of  one  of  "  Ixion's  "  reports,  1 
made  a  tour  to  Pompton  and  Paterson,  turning  off  from  the  macadam' of 
Bloomfield  av.  (just  above  the  post-otfice)  in  Verona,  and  riding  due  lu 
with  It  a  stop  for  more  than  2  m.,  or  until  I  began  the  descent  of  the  hill  bt-^ 
yond  thejavine  at  Cedar  Grove.     After  that  the  road   grew  rougher  and 

IThe  Elizabeth  Wheelmen  (organized  June  7,  1883,  and  quartered  at  116  Broad  st.)  reported 
20,000  m.  as  the  aggregate  mileage  of  the  50  members'  road-records  during  1884,  though  more 
than  half  the  men  had  never  mounted  a  bicycle  before  July.     The  highest  record  (about  3  000 
m.)  was  made  0,1  a  Star  machine  by  the  club-bugler,  A.  S,  RtKjrbach,  an  artist,  who  frequently 
chooses  rough  and  out-of-the-way  routes,  for  the  sake  of  securing  sketches,  and  whose  most 
notable  excursion  of  the  year  (as  reported  in  the  IVheel,  Oct.  3,  '84)  contains  the  following  facts 
"  The  trip  to  the  Delaware  Water  Gap  was  taken  with   comparative  ease,  Danville  (4;  m.)  be- 
mg  reached  in  iz\  h.     .Starting  on  again  at  7. 15  the  next  morning,  I   reached  the  Gap  at  2  p.  m 
(18  m.),  and  after  spending  a  day  and  a  half  there,  started  for  Elizabeth  un  Monday,  Aug.  t.S,  at 
6.52  A.  M.,  with  the  intention  of  reaching  home,  if  possible,  that  day.     My  total  time  for  the  67I 
m.    from   the  Gap  to  Elizabeth,  -vas    .5  h.  33  min.,  of  which  2  h.  5  min.  was  taken  for  rests, 
leavmg  13  h,  28  min.  actual  running  time,  giving  an  actual  rate  while  in  motion,  of  5  m.  an  hour' 
Beyond    Morristown,  the    outward  route  led  through  Walnut  Grove,  5 J   m.,  of  short  bits  of 
ndmg  and  «'alking;  Suckasunny,  7  m.,  of  which  only  the  first  two  and  the  last  were  ridable- 
Flanders  4  m.,  of  fairly  level  roads  or  side-paths  with  some  sandy  spots  (beautiful  scenerv)'; 
Bartleyville,  .  m.  of  good,  level  road  ;  Drakestown,  4  m.,  half  of  it  throu-^h  a  highly-picturesque 
wmding  gorge,  on  a.,  up-grade,  fairly  ridable  ;   Hackettstow,,  ,  m.  of  d.nvn-grade,  too  steep  for 
sure  ndn.g;  Vienna,  5  m.,  first  half  of  it  up-and-down,  too  steep  for  wheeling,  then  a  final  mil- 
of  coasting;   Danville,  i  m.  of   ridable  surface,  fairly  level ;   Hope,  5  m.,  with  2J  m.  of    wnlkins 
over  the  rough  ore-roads  of  Jenny  Jump  mountain;  through  Mt.    Hermon,  Centerville  and 
Knowlton  to  Columbia,  7  m.  of  rough  and  hilly  road,  with  some  good  stretches  ;   thence  to  the 
hnish  at  the  Water  Gap  ferry,  6  m.  of  deep  sand,  not  allowing  i  m.  of  wheeling.     On  th-  rctun. 
journey,  I  took  the  w.  side  of  the  river  to  Portland,  6  m.,  hillv,  sandv  and  stony   aliening   about 
§  <,f  wheeling;  thence  to  Mt.  Hermon,  5  ,n.  in  ^\  h. ,  and  thence  homeward  bv  the  outward  route, 
to    Mornstown  at  6.30  P.  m.,  43^  m.    from  the   G.ap.      From   Milburn  I  took   the  longer  route 
through   Irvmgton,  as  it  was  then  too  dark  to  try  the  side-paths  of   the  Morris  turnpike  directlv 
to  Elizabeth  through  Springfield.     Between  Morristown  and  the  Gap  there  were  very  few  mil.s 
which  did  not  require  some  hard  pedestrianism  ;  but,  on  the  whole,  I  was  amply  rewarded   fn.u, 
an  artist  s  pnnit  of  view  for  my  straightaway  cut  across  the  mountains."     With  this  may  be  com- 
pared a  notable  six  days'  run  of  345  m.,  ending  S.-.turday,  Oct.  25,  '84,  and  reported  in  the  Bi 
H  or/dot  Oct.  3,  :  "  R   D.  Mead,  Capt.ain  of  the  Essex  Bicycle  Club,  rode  on  ^rondav  week 
from  Newark  to  Milford,  70  m.,  through  Dover,  Branchville  and  Dingman's  Ferrv  •.  on  Tuesday 
through  Delaware  Water  Gap,  to  Mt.  Hope,  47  m.  ;  on  Wednesday,  through  Hackettsro..vn  and 
Morristown  to   Newark,  56  m.  ;  on   Thursday,  through    Plainfiekl.    Somerville  and  Trent  m  to 
Bristol,  75  m  ;  on  Friday,  thro.i-h  Philadelphia  and  towards  Lancaster,  6,  m.;    and,  on  Saturd.ay, 
a  part  of  the  way  to  Newark.  36  m.     This  extraordinary  riding,  crossing  New  Jersev  on  three 
courses,  was   accomplished  with  the  roads  in  a  terribly  rough  condition,  and  deep  with  the  dust 
from  the  Iong<ontinued  drought.     Messrs.  Harris  and  Sargeant  of  the  same  club,  accompauld 
Mr.  Mead  on  the  ride  to  Philadelphia." 


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sancl.er.  and  I  was  \  h.  in  doing  the  li  n,    .  a- 

f.  .each  that  village  I  turned  afidc  frofnThe  H  ^"^  ''  '"'"'^  ''^"^''  I"  order 
."g  .t  again  at  Singac,  .J  m.  up  th  Pa'saie  h  "''  k°"''  '°^  ^^'""P'°"'  'esu^^ 
r-cl  down  the  river  from  Little  Falls  toT^'  "''''  ^  '^"^  "°«"d.  T^e 
-V  «ood.  but  I  have  not  yet  tried  t  /rZ^X^r  '  ""'  ^''  '^^'  '°  ^e 
r-aci  crossmg  at  Mountain  View.  ^  m  the  nath  ^  ^'f  '''"^''^ '°  ^^^  ^^•'■ 
-.  ^  h.  ,n  reaching  the  last-.amed  poi'^  '^0^^^  '^  .T^'^  ^'^"S'^''  =»"^  I 
-re  generally  preferable  to  the  roadway  for'h^n  .  '"  '"''^  ^'"^-P^^hs 
>  i  h    dunng  which  the  powder.nills  ne.    u  ^  '"-  ^'^'^'^  ^  ^"-"ed 

n>tcad  of  keei,i„g  to  the  direct  rofd     '  ,hl"'T  ?"  '"^^^^  «"  '^e  left. 
Norton's  Hotel,  I  now  crossed  the  br^dg "    '7 p''  ^''^'^  -"'^  have  led  to 
westward  to  Pequannock,  turnin-r  there  sh,         "'''°"  '■'^''^'■'  •''"''  '"O^Ie  i  m 
'.  i-^ii.>e  through  the  village  of  Cn  "o     ATi^''^  ^  ^-  '^"'  ^"'"S  ^-  "•  ^ 
-Hi  -Norton's  Hotel.     The  distance  f  o  n  the  hrt,  '"'  '°  "  ^S^'-^'  ^°  ^°-Pton 
.0  m,„.  ,„  doing  it.     Smooth  and  level    '.     't^'''''  J"«^  S  m.,  and  I  was 
-Hl^'  'his  the  swiftest  and  pleasant     tpin^f^fr  '°^  ^'"°^^  ^'^^  -'-  wav 
4  45  o'clock,    I   proceeded  to  work  mTl  '''■     "^"^"'S  ^^e  hotel  at 

-.^■on  of  sandy  and  stony  hills. "ithL'lr"",  ^ '''"°"  ""'"''^^^'ted 
-->ge  me.  until  I  reached  the  iHagl  "  Ha  ed" "  ^  ^""''  °'  "'"  ^°  -' 
''IS  I  began  a  sharp  descent  into  Paferson  an  1  " '  '".''  ''°"'  '  "'■  ^^^""^ 
l^ndge  nearest  the  line  of  the  Frie  P.T  "  "'"''"^  '''"  Passaic  (by  the 
■on>,Hon  was  nearly  9  m.,  and  had     'S  ll  f  •'^     '''^^  ^'^'-^  ^-- 

h^l'.  of  u,  I  do  not  spec.allv  c     .mend  ,  he  r!  I  '  '^''■^'  "^  P^^^aps  a 

;n  the  forenoon,  before  branchin  1   .ut       mT'  '  "'''"  '  '^^  °^  -«- 

■ng  a  final  njile  on  the  Paterson  -^acadan.'va?:;::"  "'  ''''  ^"°^''  '-'"^- 

^--l-e.  The  only  hamlet  on  th  wav  is  Ar"?""''!  '^^'  '  -■  ^-'"6  -  a 
-osscd,  soon  after  turning  the  angle  fTom  ;^"°''!;, ^^^^  Saddle  river  is 
'ads  up  and  down  a  succession  of  parallel  ri,  ^  f'  ''"'^  ^^"^  d^«<^"bed 
';^    -'  -adwav  is  sandy,  I  found  tE  ^'  °^  '^"'f/  -^-  ^^ough  much 

>'-'ches;  and  I  was  r  h.  40  min.  in  do  n.    h'  VT"'"^  "^^"^'^  ^^  ^^ort 
"'^tenal  of  the  finnl  .;,,„„  „.  ..„  '"""3  ^^^  distano-.     Red  clay  was   the 


:;tr:r::^= -""-:-"  :;::^ 


■'•-  th.  view  of  the  river  and  vallevof    h      „.  ""  '"^°  "^ckensack. 

-y  the  descent,  was  a  rather  preUy  on        P   "'"'  "^^  "^"'^'-^  ^-^o- 

-1  macadami^ed  turnpike  for  2IT1  Z'  Tu'  "''''"^ '^^"^  here  by  a 
^nd.e.  just  beyond  which  run  two  prrailH  ,  '''  ' ""''  '^^  ^'^^  Freiburg 
;"^-''ed  the  longer  toll-bridge  sparnin7o  /"'"  '""^^^  '  '"•  ^°  the  e.  f 

;-.;/he  Club  House  in  Rid^efi  ,d  '  Tu  :T"    ""T'  '"''  '''''''  '"  ^^^^^-r 


.-11 


4^ 


i66  Tf:N  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

above  I  or,  instead  of  descending  to  the  river,  he  may  turn  s.,  in  order  to  reach 
the  boulevards  leading  towards  Bergen  Hill,  as  described  on  p.  83. 

Such  tourist  will  please  observe,  therefore,  that,  if  he  wishes  to  -ca-h 
"  the  tr.anglc  "  by  the  Paterson  route,  which  I  have  described  without  speriallv 
recommending,  ho  should  make  the  w.  descent  into  Ridgefield,  instead  of 
turnmg  s.  at  the   Edgewuter   hill.      A  third  path  from   Ridgefield  to  "the 
triangle,"  as  explored  by  me  on  the   20th  of   December.  1881,  I  mention  in 
order  to  give   warning  against,  though  perhaps  it  might   not  be  so  bad  at 
another  time  of  year.     From  the  Freiburg  bridge  I  rode  w.  for  i  m.,  instead 
of  going   n.  by  the   Ilackensack  turnpike;  then,  by  a  rather  winding  road 
through  a  swampy,  wooded  country,  I  went  s.  about  2  m.  and  w.  the  same 
distance,  walking  pretty  continuously  through  the  mud  until  at  Woodbridce 
I  climbed  a  hill  200  ft.  high.     From   here   I   rode  by  short  stretches  on  the 
plank  and  din  siJcwa]!:s,  through  Carlstadt,  Rutherford,  and  Lyndhurst  to 
the  bridge  across  the  I'assaic  at  Avondale.  but  was  i  h.  in  doing  the  distance 
whicn  IS  less  than  4  m.     Having  followed   the  fairly  good  sidewalks  of  the' 
river-road  for   2  n..  dowa  to  Iklleville,  I  there   discovered  that   an   ideally 
smof  t.h  macadunued  avenue  ran  par.-Uel  for  the  whole  distance  on  the  rrest 
of  the  hill.  }  m.  to  the  w.,  and  gave  o.xa  llent  chances  fc   coasting     So  I 
rode  back  to  the  head  of  it  at  Avondaie.  and  found  it  extended  thence  nearly 
3  m.  toward  i\cwark.     When  the  macadam  ended.  I  followed  the  sidewilks 
of  the  same  av.mue  x\  m.  further  s..  and  there  came  to  its  point  of  junction 
with  Bloomfield  av.     (For  report  of  this  route  reversed,  see  p.  16&.) 

'In  describing  the  roads  around  Npw  York  (Chapter  VIII.),  I  have  de- 
voted no  less  tha.,  a  half-uo/xn  pages  (8.^5)  to  those  upon  the  Jersey  shore' 
and  the  routes  from  the  130th  st.  ferry  to  Englewcod  may  be  found  on  pp.  8..' 
84.     On  the  7th  of  May.  18X3,  I  mounted  there  at  3  v.  m.  (having  previously 
ridden  ^5  m.).  and  after  following  the  main  street  w.  for  perhaps  \  m.  beyond 
the  r.  r.  cr-  ,smg.  I  turned  s.  and  then  w.,  and  in  \  h.  was  stopped  by  the  up- 
grade of  retl  clay  leading  to  School-house  No.  9.     Thence  I  went  s.  about  i  m. 
to  the  len-ick  road,  and  along  it  w.  over  a  succession  of  hills,  one  of  which  I 
descended    4  m.  in  i  h.)  just  before  crossing  the  bridge  into  Hackensack.    A 
wide  stretch  of  the  country  thus  traversed  belongs  to  William  Walter  I'helps 
o-ie  of  the  largest  land-owners  in  New  Jersey  ;  and  the  only  really  good  riding  1 
found  was  on  some  of  the  macadamized  roads  connected  wit'i  his  private  re.s- 
dencc.     From  a  store  in  the  center  of  Hackensack  (i  m.)  I  went  i  m.  straight 
n.  w.  to  the  7-m.  plank  ;  and  thence  in  i  h.  to  the  hotel  at  Areola,  2J  m.    .\ 
httle  beyc  .d  here  [  made  a  sharp  turn  1.,  to  cross  the  bridge    over  Saddle 
river,  ancl  then,  j  m.  further,  instead  of  continuing  n.,  I  turned  s.  w..  and  \vent 
m  a  b   .-line  to  the  I'.roadway  bridge  leading  into  Paterson,  walking  up  two 
hills  on  the  way.     Forty  minutes  later,  after  passing  the  3-m.  plank,  I  reached 
^'^^  '^Q''"^'"  °^  l^roadway  and    West  st.,  in  Paterson,  14  m.  and  3  h.  from  the 

'The  remainder  ,,f  this  chapter  is  now  for  the  first  time  published. 


tr^m 


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167' 


Mart   at  Rnglewood.     Crossing  the   West  st.  bridge.  I  turned  1.  up  the  hill, 
lussed  the  soldiers'  monument  which  overlooks  Uroadwny,  and  then  descended 
I.  to  the  falls.     These  present  a  spectacle  well-worth  visiting  on  its    own  ac- 
count, and  they  also  have  a  certain  historic  interest  attaching  to  them  as  the 
scc-nc  of  Sam   Patch's  demonstration  that  "some  things  can  be  done  as  well 
as  others."     Trundling  my  wheel  across  the  little  foot-bridge,  just  below  the 
one  off  which  he  used  to  jump  into  the  yawning  depths  beneath.  I  kept  along 
thf  s.  bank  of  the  stream,  mostly  on  sidewalks  and  paths,  to  Lincoln  bridge  ; 
thence  in  roadway  to  bridge  under  r.  r. ;  thence  a  little  bevond  the  4-m.  plank 
to  tlie  canil  bridge  in   Little   Falls.     Crossing  this,  I  turned  1.  to  the  second 
bridge,  whic'i  I  did  not  cross,  but  followed  the    course  of  the  brook.     Dark- 
ness had  now  settled  down,  and  I  soon  made  a  needless  d^'tour,  after  passing 
under  a  ston.-  culvert,  by  v/alking  up-hill  to  a  r.  r.  station  which  proved  to  be 
the  tcminus  of  the  road.     I  walked,  in  fact,  nearly  all  of  the  way,  through 
Cedar  (Jrove,    until  at  last  I  reached  the  well-known    macadam  at  Verona 
i)o,t()ffice,  whence  I  wheeled  about  10  m.  without  stop,  to  the  end  of  Central 
.v..   in  Newark,  at   10  o'clock,  with  a  day's  record  of  57  m.,  which  included 
j4  n,.  of  roads  never  previously  visited,  and  10  m.  never  before  traversed  in 
the  same  direction.     The  parallel  road  on  the  n.  side  (jf  the  river,  from  Pater- 
son  to    Little  Falls,  was  said  to  be  ridable ;  and  my  earlier   ride  thence  to 
I'oni])ton  has  been  described  on  ]>.  165. 

Four  days  afterwards  (May  11),  I  rode  from  Elizabeth   to   Rahway,  the 
distance  from  the  head  of  Frelinghuysen  av.,  in  the  former  town,  to  the  'Far- 
mers' and  Mechanics'  Hotel,  on  the  outskirts  of  the  latter,  being  a  trifle  more 
than  6  m.     My  course  led  down  Broad  st.  to  the  court-house  and    Sheridan 
Hotel  (I  m.),  where   I  turned  r.,  and  soon  reached  St.  George's  av.,  leading 
s.  to  the  first-named  hotel.     It  continues  straight  on  from  there  to  Metuchen 
and  New  Brunswick,  whence  the  tow-path  is  said  to  supply    (on    Sundays, 
when  there  is  no  traffic)  excellent  riding  to  Bound  Brook,— the  distance  betweeii 
each  of   the  four   towns  being  about  6  m.     At  the  hotel  I  turned  1.,  to  reach 
the  center  of  the  town,  and  I  completed  a  circuit  of  3  m.  before  arriving   at 
the  same  point  again.     From  there  I  returned  n.  for  ij  m.  without  stop,  to  a 
certam  point  where  I  took  the  plank  walk.     My  downward  ride  was  mostly 
done  on  this  walk,  with  frequent  stops  on  account  of  missing  planks.     Red 
dav  and  sand  made  this  course  a  rather  difficult  one,  and  its  character  was 
said  to  be  about  the  same  all  the  way  to   New  Brunswick,     I  tried  it  under 
rather  favorable  conditions;  but  in  very  wet   or  very  dry  leather  I  presume 
It  would  be  unridable.     A  fortnight  later,  in  attempting  'to  find  a  new  route 
home  to  the  city,  I  turned  n.  at  the  post  "  8  m.  to  Paterson,"  near  the  Mansion 
House  m  Montclair,  and  proceeded  2  m.  along  a  hard,  graveled  road  to  a 
pomt  past  the  r.  r.  station  in  Upper  Montclair.  where  I  was  told  that  sand 
and  rough  clay  were  all  that  could  be  hoped  for  beyond.     So  I  made  my 
second  .start  at  the  junction  of  Bloomfield  av.  with  Belleville  av.  in  Newark, 
and  proceeded  n.  along  the  sidewalk  of  the  latter  (whose  flagstones  are  con- 


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/A-.V  niOUSANl)  .Xfll.HS  ON  A  filCVCLK. 


tinuous  on  the  c.  shIo)  for   .J  n...  t..  a  point  beyond  th 
nil  of  the  roadway,  which  is  roii^h  for  \ 


I'ok  the  niacad 


tiai  k 


^  leave  it,  .iiul  turn  r.  down  the  hill  to  th 


e  cemetery,  where  \ 
m.,  until  the    h 


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;i  J-ni.  Hpin  Anw^  the  ideal  nia(  adam  of  th 


iver.     At  Avondale,  .ft 


after 


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g<)in«  under  the  r.  r.  Lrid^e.  wheeled  ah.nR  th 


e  ridf!;e,   F  crossed  th 


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'^  river,  and 


uously  to   Rutherford,  jj  m.     'I'l 


>ng  the  w.  sidewalks  pretty 
(lenie  to  Carlstadt,  beyond  which  I 


con- 


'•"■II.  »!.■. „,i„l,i  „,c  t„  ;,  , .  ,.  ,cati„„  i„  J  „,  .  ,1,  .  1         , 

and  with.  .  ,n,  reached  Kr.l.nr^  -.r..:  ^e^J:.;.;^-;,::-;    ;-:;;,• 
descr>l,ed  on  p   ,(..      I  have  since  been  f  ,d  that  the  route  straight  ac  t 
m  rshes   fron,  C  arlstadt,  popularly  known  as  the  .'atcrson  plant  roa<     ^ 

iKive  expressc.    an  .K-u-rance  of  on   p.  S,,,  is  fa,rly  ruiaMe,  and    I  „,id,t 
iKuo  saved  the  hdls  hy  ,oinK    that  way.      I  delaved  so   lon^  in    akin,,  s," 
«.  h  a  fr.end   at   Kid,,e.ield.  that,  when  I   rcuhed  the  ferry  at   Weeh  w  ' 

c    as,  boat  had  K.ne.-and  ,  was   obliged   to  dra^  n.v  w^.rv  bon      ^ 
he.ght    aKan,,  ami  Ret    slou  transit  to   Hobokcn   bv  horse-car.-     It  w.s    o' 
.-.M.,  therefore   when   I  linally   trundled  n.y  wheel   into   Washin^-ton  Sn„m 
with  a  record  o,   45J  n,.  for  the    ,.  h.     The  boats  connecting  wi'h   the     i'     ,' 
ra.ns  ..  the  new   West  Shore  railwav  now  ,ive  later   accL  to  New  7^ 
-M  St.)  than  those  of   the  old   ferrv.  jus,  above ;  and  a  new  road,  paved  w„h 
-iK.an  blocks,  has  been  K-acled  upwar.ls  fron.    the  railw.u-  tern  inus    .,  , 
brewery  .at  Fulton  .st..  which  is  described  on  p.  S,  as  connecting  the  »; 
c    boulevar<ls.     Maculan.   has  lately   been  applied  .0    the  c' stern.os',  o. 
Ks  ., pom, he  region  o,   the  tunnel    to  Cnttenberg  (,  n,.).  and  al.so  to  a  par, 
d  s  tdnb  T'^"'    Ki<lKc.ield  and    Kn^lewoo.!   (p.  8„.  which  are 

desfncl  to  be  connected.  ,n  a  tew  vears.  by  a  continuously  smooth  roadwav 
As  a  result  o,  legal  comi,lica,ions  wi,h  a  bankrupt  railroad.  ,he  prolonRa„o„ 
of  I-  d,on  s,..  just  descrd,ed.  is  barrel  to  ordinary  trathc  ;  but  I  .suppose  ,hat 
a  too,,,assenger  can  have  no  troui>le  in  descending  to  the  station  along  ,hc 
Mdewaik.  even  (hough  he  be  accom[)anied  by  a  bicycle.' 

u.h  ./"*'■"''"'  ''',"'\'"'^'''  "'•■  "^'">--' I'clcl  i"  Rov„lu,i,na>y  times  by  ,ha,  part  of  Jersey  t„v 

Maru,„      ,he  „rs,  ,s,a„„„  (3  „,)„,  ,h,,  „,„,,  ;,  best  reached  bv  RoinK    along  the    i  e'w 
1  gs  of  A  „n,„„.ery  av  ,  parallel  .„  i, ;  .,.e,.  .urninR  1.  one  bl..k  and  r.  three  blocks  ^ 

^::^^-Tl^^'  ■'""'^'7  ""'  '""""-^  '■  ^"""  "f-  "--«  "-  ^-  r.  -cks  wher 

K  ,         '  :   H,I!  beK,nsonthew.;  and  Philadelphia  riders  recommend  this  route  as  , he 

"  s  "e  irr  V  rr ;  Ti  '\r- "'  '■'''^'""•"''  "■'^■'^'"''  J"'---  ■«'^-)  ''--p.ne  of 

new     and    rere  n        f,    ",'  '■'  .'''''■•"■'■'''^■"  '■"'«  ^"-  ''i"^  -  a  type  of  what  is  brand 

ll"L  extrTc        ■     "■     T  "'"■'"".^:   ^^■"~-^'-"  "f  ■>-■  -^'ic,ue.      I  make  room  for  ,he 

t       S^  l^P-   Hcrgen   H.ll,  wnhin  cannon-sho,  of  Wall  St..  there  is  more  to  recall 

'    ad    ;  r  ;        ";"'•'"'  "■■■"  ""•  *"=  '"""''  "^"  "^"^  '^'-^^  ''-'f-     Although.  looU. 

V^Z^:  r^t]  .1-  prosj^c,  is  very  mnch  the  same  that  was  presented  ,0  the 
pr  mu.ve  Dntchmen  who  first  chmbed  here.  The  .narshes,  .„iil  bare,  are  sw.athed  of  an  April 
afternoon.  ,n  swnnm.ng  and  luminous  r.ist.  which  reduces   Newark  ,0  a  vague  unc:!,.":.;.' all 


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169 


A   northward   route  from   Avondalc,  mentioned  in  the    preceding  para- 
i.ipli,  was  thus  described  In  a  tourist  of  Sept.  3,  ',S4 :     "At  the  end  of  the 
'MM  ulam.  turninK  I.,  r.  and  r,  we  soon  passed  the  depot  and  struck  the  main 
r.Kl  aKuin,  which  Imju^ht  us  int.  I'assaic,  jj  m.,  where  we  took  the  river 
..  .ul  and  found  k'>'>'1   side-path  ri<ling  to  I'aterson.  5^  m.     Thence  we  went 
II.  .irly  e.  for  2  m.  to  Areola,— to  reach  which  town  a  turn  must  be  mades.  (r.), 
It  the  terminus  of  the  road  from   I'atcrson,  for  a  few  rods;  then  c.  over  a 
ImkIkc  crossing  tiic  Saddle  river.     The  lirst  road   beyond  is  the  direct  one  n., 
..ihI  is  nc.-irly  straight  to  the  '  three  fork.s,'— the  sidc-path  riding  being  excellent 
In    this    point.      'I'hc    center    road    at    the   forks    should   be  taken    past  the 
t.  iiRtcry,  and  all  is  then  plain  sailing  to  Hohukus  (G\  m.  from  A.);  but  L- 
t-r<'  reaching  Allendale  (2  m.)  the  track  grows  hillier;  and  Ix-tween  Kamseys 
(-•  m.)  and   Mahwah   (t|  m.),  we   were  forced  to  dismount  on  several  stiff 
L,'r.ules.      Soon  afterwards,  however,  we   reached   an   excellent   cinder  path, 
which  brought  us  quickly  to  Suffern  (3  m.),  wh.-r  hotel  is  only  a  few  rods' 
I"  vorid  the  border  line  of  .\cw  Jersey."     My  own  route  in  reaching  the  same 
pl.ue  from  Newark,  ten  days   later,  was  a   longer  and   poorer  one,  whic  1   I 
<liu>c    partly    through    ignorance,    and    partly  for    variety's    sake.       Having 
triversed   the   well-known  macadam  to   its  end    (10  m.  from  the   "  Z.  &  S." 
starting-point)  at  the  corner  in   Franklin,  where  the  1.  road  leads  due  w.  to 
I'iiu-  lirook,  I  turned  r.  m.l  proceeded  along  a  rough  surface  to  a  hill  (j  m.), 
wlii.h  caused  a  few   ro<U'  walking.     My  next  stop   was  made   i   m.  beyond 
(.liter  turnmg  1.  at  bridge),  and  \  m.  of  walking  then  brought  me  to  the  cross- 
roads, where  the  1.  leads  back  to  Pine  lirook,  and  whe-e  I  turned   r  for  the 
church  at   Fairfield,  and  then  1.  at  a  point  beyond  it,  i   m.  from   the  cross- 
roads.    Two  Jindges  is  a  pretty  little  place  at  the  junction  of  the  s    cams  3 
Ml.  irom   Franklin;  and  after  crossing  both  of  them,  I  followed  t       second 
one  to  the  I.  for  i  m.,  until,  just  below  Mountain  V-'ew,   I   reached  tne  main 
road   i)rcviously  described  as  connecting  Little  Falls  with  Pompton  (p   165) 
The  s.ime  roaJ  might  also  have  been  reached  by  turning  r.,  after  crossing  the 

bm  .>  f.w  „  chimmys,  and  through  «hich  the  masses  of  the  Orange  hills  loom  faintly  bh.e. 
III.  s.ope  of  Snake  Hill,  nearest  us,  is  still  unplanted  and  unbuilt.  This  sh  ning  ribb<,n  almost 
uiuler  us  ,s  the  Hackensack,  and  that  narrower  and  further  gleam  the  Passaic.  All  these  were 
here  when  the  Dutchmen  came,  and  it  all  looks  very  much  as  it  mu.st  have  looked  then  The 
strcm  o  IJergen.  .00,  though  more  or  less  modified,  retain  the  primitive  arrangement  of  a  pali- 
saded village  ;  and  ..ere  and  there  along  them  are  architectural  reli:s  of  the  Dutch  dynasty  The 
n..-t  remarkable  and  interesting  of  these  is  the  .Sip  house,  which  has  an  interest  unique  L,  this 
CHHUry,  to  the  bcs-  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  in  being  now  the  residence  of  the  descendants 
.11  the  seventh  generation  of  its  builders,  by  wh.,s,  family  it  has  been  continuouslv  occupied  A 
^ery  credible  family  tradition  asserts  th.at  Lord  Coniwallis  once  k-dged  and  slept' here,  when  he 
was  ,n  command  of  East  Jersey.  It  was  down  what  is  now  Bergen  av.  that  Sergeant-Major 
John  u..im,H^  galloped,  pursued  by  his  own  comrades  as  a  deserter,  to  escape  to  the  British  lines 
om  kul„ap  Arnold,  m  order  to  deliver  the  traitor  up  to  Washington,  and  to  justify  the  American 
commander  m  liberating  Andr6.  Champe's  esca,>e  was  narrowly  successful ;  but  he  found  it 
Harder  to  1'  ..ve  his  new  friends  than  his  old,  and  had  to  go  soldiering  about  in  Virginia  under 
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two  bndgca ;  and  I  think  such  turning  may  be  safely  recommended  to  ;,ny 
who  choose  to  go  from  Pine  Brook  to  Paterson  by  this  rout=. 

From  the  bridge  at  Mountain  View  I  went  without  stop  \\  m.,  to  place 
where  sign  on  r.  says  "3^  m.  to  Pompton  ";  and  there  I  crossed  canal  bridge 
to  1.,  and  then  bore  around  to  r.,  riding  i..  through  the  village  of  Pompton 
Plains  to  place  (3  m.)  where  road  forks  r.  to  steel-works  and  Norton's  Hotel 
(p.  165).     I  kept  straight  on  to  the  1.,  however,  and  then,  about  \  m.  above 
(where  I  should  have  turned  r.),  turned  1.  and  rode  i  m.  to  Bloomingdale, 
where  I  found  my  mistake  and  rode  back  again. »     One  mile  bevond  this,  I 
turned  r.  at  a  tavern,  having  previously  turned  i.  after  crossing  a  bridge ;  and 
I  turned  1.  in  2  m.  at  a  church,  and  then  rode  at  speed  for  i  m.  to  the  tavern 
at  Oakland  station.    This  looked  so  unattractive  that,  though  darkness  was 
settling  on,  I  thought  t  would  try  to  reach  a  better  one;  but  I  soon  went 
astray,  by  turning  up-hill  at  the  first  r.  road,  and  then  faihng  to  take  the  next 
r.  road  for  Crystal  Lake.     So  I  came  back  to  the  tavern  at  Oakland,  after  a 
useless  tramp  of  i^  m.,  at  7  o'clock,  with  a  record  of  26^  m.    The  fact  that 
m^  cyclo.-neter  registered  only  17  m.  daring  the  t;  h.  of  the  afternoon,  when  I 
was  in  almost  continuous  motion,  shows  that  it  fell  short  of  the  truth ;  and  I 
presume  the  lesser  distances  recorded  may  not  be  quite  accurate.     Pompton 
pond,  which  I  passed  just  before  nightfall,  is  a  pretty  sheet  of  water,  along- 
side which  I  noticed  the  tents  of  some  campers-out.     The  mountain  ranges 
seem  to  converge  as  one  rides  up  to  Pompton  from  the  s. ;  so  that  they  are 
there  distinctly  present  to  one's  notice  instead  of  being  remote  points  on  the 
horizon,  as  at  the  start.     Next  morning,  therefore,  I  found  that  I  was  riding 
along  the  pleasantly  shaded  western  slope  of   the  eastern  range,  while  the 
western  range  was  far  off  to  the  r. ;  and  the  surface  seemed  to  gradually  in- 

lEcho  Lake,  at  Newfoundland,  is  only  about  6  m.  n.  w.  from  Bloomingdale;  but,  as  a 
halting-place  for  the  night  on  a  two  days'  circuit  of  85  m.  between  Newark  and  Greenwood 
Lake  it  is  just  49  m.  from  the  headquarters  of  "  Z.  &  S.,"  who  send  me  the  following  directions 
for  route  :  "  From  Pompton,  go  to  Wanaque  and  Boardville,  turning  !.  at  foot  of  hill  within  200 
yards  of  school-house,  and  proceeding  thence  in  almost  a  direct  line  to  the  lake.  The  hotel  here, 
known  as  Brown's  or  Cooper'.s,  gives  a  good  dinnerfor  soc,  and  the  run  from  Oraton  Hall  (39  m.) 
can  be  made  easily  in  7  h.  After  amusing  yourself  for  a  few  hours  on  the  lake  and  around  it,  take 
a  lo-m.  run  down  to  Newfoundland,  over  excellent  slate  roads,  and  stop  for  the  night  at  J.  P. 
Brown's  well-kept  hotel,  which  is  usually  crowded  during  the  summer.  If  >ou  leave  at  8  in  the 
morning,  you  will  reach  Rockaway  (30  m.)  at  noon,  easy  riding,  and  can  get  a  good  50  c.  dinner  at 
the  hotcldirectly  to  the  r.  after  crossing  the  canal.  There  is  considerable  sand  between  there  and 
Denville,  but  the  side-paths  are  fair  ;  and,  by  taking  the  grass  at  side  of  road  between  Denville 
and  Fox  Hill,  a  rate  of  6  m.  an  hour  can  be  kept  up,  spite  of  sand  and  stones.  Thence  there  are 
excellent  roads  for  a  part  of  the  way  to  Pine  Brook  ;  and  ilie  rest  is  the  well-known  track.  The 
round  trip  of  85  m.  has  frequently  been  made  in  a  day.  1  he  side-paths  along  the  banks  of  the 
several  lakes  and  pond."!  are  superb.  While  at  Newfoundland,  you  should  spend  an  hour  or  two 
in  visiting  Clifton  Falls  ;  and,  while  you  are  at  the  Government  powder  v.orks,  near  Middle  Forge, 
run  i  m.  1.  and  climb  Picatinny  jjeak,  the  view  from  whose  top  is  a  rand  one.  \i  you  leave  whtel 
at  the  roadside  for  i  h.,  the  ascent  and  descent  will  occupy  about  half  the  interval,  and  give  you 
the  other  half  in  which  to  enjoy  the  view." 


COASTING  ON  THE  JERSEY  HILLS  iy, 

crease  in  smoothness  all  the  way  to  the  lerscv  Hni-  wh.VK  t 
8  0..0C.  (having  done  the  8^  .^n  r,  h.^  thi:  Ito  ^  ^  W ." 
Suffern  for  breaWast  at  the  Eureka  House.  In  spite  of  r^  two  detou  s 
(4  m.)  and  much  longer  general  route,  the  cyclometer  record  to  thi,t.i" 
was  not  quite  35  m.  as  against  the  34*  m.  of  the  party  mentioned  on  pT^ 
who  con  .nued  straight  on  to  Lake  George,  and  went  thence  to  PittsfilS' 
-spnngfield.  New  Haven.  Tarrytown  and  New  York,  a  circuit  of  Lm 

.n  ,^V"*''''''"^  '■'^°'''  1  '*'"'  '°"''  ^^^  P""^^d  •"  ^'-  ^'^/i  (Ma^ch  ir 
'8«5.  pp.  332-334.  347).  from  which  I  have  already  quoted,  on  p.  iTand 
from  which  I  shall  present  other  extr.icts  in  my  next  chanter     Th.i  ?u 

ward  route  from  Suffen,  to  Newburg  (excl/sive  of  a  f-  de  u^^ 
reckoned)  was  identical  with  my  own.  and  measured  33  m  whik  mv 
cyclometer  recorded  less  than  29  m.;  so  that  my  record  oners';  dSance^ 
must  b.  taken  with  somo  allowance.  I  reached  Newburg  at  "^ooSocr 
havmg  stopped  from  x  to  .p.  m.  for  an  excellent  dinner  a'  Hig'hLd  MHls' 
Hotel  The  other  party  had  turned  aside  at  this  point  and  climbed  up  he 
nountam  .^  m.  (r.dmg  part  of  the  way),  in  order  to  spend  .he  night  a^  he 
u  .%    They  there  found  very  fine  views  of  the  lake  and  vlllev  as 

Hi  hlL'd^M  r  ^"V""''"^'  '^"^  ^'^^  ^°^^'^^  '"^^  -»^°'<=  distance  bck  to 
H.ghland  M.lls  on  the  morning  following.  "The  road  from  he^e  to  New^ 
burg  the,r  report  truly  says,  "leads  through  scenery  that  will  delighf  he 
ye  at  every  turn ;  and  too  much  can  hardly  be  said  in  praise  of  it  for  no 
dismount  need  be  made  except  at  one  or  two  bad  hills  near  the  nd."  M^ 
own  record  for  the  afternoon  is  that  I  turned  r.  at  the  red  mills  cm  frnZ 
t  e  hotel;  r.  at  the   railroad,  .  m  ;   1.  towards  CornJ  U  ^^s'  'and        a" 

-Newburg  ij  m    Of  the  forenoon's  ride,  through  the  valley  aJong  the  Ramlpo 

r:  m  t  sltr '''''  ^'"'  "''^"  *  '•  ^^^^^  '^"'^•^■^^  ^'">'^-  ^'-3 

the4m.  toSloatsburg,  ona  course  whose  surface  suggested  the  rid^e  rn,H 

:a"'dffi '1  T    '  "'r'^'  ^"  '''  ''"^'  *"^'"^'"«  ---oh  ofe'wh    h 
was  d,fficuit  because  of  length,  and  several  short  ones  which  were  difficult 
because  o    roughness.     Between  Southfield  (7  m.)  and   the  iron  wo  ks  a 
Greenwood  (3  m.)  and  beyond.  I  found  occasional  stretches  of  sand    but  the 
.ed  ca  ,  which  forms  the  surface  in  the  region  of  Highla;d   M  11 

bethV         TT'''"  road-building.     The  direct  route  thfther  appe 
1th      7"    K      "^  'u  ="  *^'  «-hool-house  which  is  met  soon  after  the 
mooth  surface  begms;  but  the  proper  path  winds  along  to  the  1.,  and  offers 

a  iotr:f '■  ^,^^^-«*-'«  Headquarters  should  be  visited  b;  ever^ 
patno  ,c  p,lgr>m  who  journeys  through  Newburg;  and  the  local  wheelman 
who  escorted  me  thence  to  Pcughkeepsie,  next  morning,  was  an  old  so^e^ 
o^^the  evil  war,  who  had  also  served  efficiently,  the'previous  OctoSr  „ 
managmg  the  citizens'  centennial  celebration  of  that  memorable  day  wh  ^ 
Washington  proclaimed  at  Newburg  the  formal  recognition  of  our  nLronal 


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independence.      It  was  in  eminent  accordance  with  the  fitness  of  things, 
therei'ore,  that  our  course  should  lead  "  through  Liberty  st.  to  the  great  balm 
tree  "  (2  ni.),  where  we  turned  up-hill  to  the  r.,  and  made  a  1.  turn  2  m.  on; 
passing  then  through  Marlboro  (4  m.),  Milton  (4  m.)  and  reaching  the  river- 
side ferry  below  Highlands  (5  m  ),  opposite  Poughkeepsie,  a'.  10.20  a.  m.,  just 
4  h.  after  starting.     The  final  i\  m.  can  he  continuously  coasted,  on  a  steady 
down-grade,  and  the  whole  road  is  of  average  excellena  ,  with  some  specially 
fine  stretches,  and  some  specially  attractive  vineyards  alongside  them.     As 
fhe  road  on  the  e.  side  r<  the  river  is  also  good,  and  rather  more  direct,  a 
pleasant  circuit  of  35  to  40  m.  may  be  made  between  Newburg  and  \    igh- 
keepsie,  without  repetitions.     My  comrade  had  several   times  measured  it 
with  Ritchie  cyclometer,  and  was  therefore  confident  that  the  distance  we 
traversed  together  was  19  m.,  though  my  own  record  for  the  4  h.  was  2\  m. 
less.     The  rest  of  this  tour  from  Poughkeepsie  on  the  Hudson  to  Springfield 
on  the  Connecticut  (about  130  m.),  may  be  found  reported  on  pp.  146-14^,  121. 
My  only  wheeling  in  New  /ersey,  s.  of  Rahway,  was  on  May  17,  "84,  when 
I  went  from  Hoboken  to  Somerville  (39^  m.,  930  a.  m.  to;  p.  m.),  and  May  18, 
when  I  went  thence  to  Philadelphia  (61  m.,  5.40  a.  M.  to  6.40  p.  m).     A  Star  rider 
of  Elizabeth,  whose  day's  journeys  between  there  and  the  Water  Gap  are  re- 
ported elsewhere  in  this  chapter  (p.  164),  accompanied  me  thence  to  Westfield 
(si  m.)  and  Plainfield  (4^  m.),  though  we  were  2\  h.  on  the  way.     A  better 
route  from  Newark  is  said  to  be  by  the  macadam  to  Milburn,  5J  m.  (p.  174), 
sidewalk  thence  i  m.  to  Springfield,  poor  and  sandy  roads  thence  6J  m.  to  Scotch 
Plains,  and  2\  m.  of  level  sidewalks  straight  to  Plainfield.     I  was  |  h.  in  riding 
thence  to  Dunellen,  3  m.,  and  ij  h.  more  in  reaching  Moore's  County  Hotel 
in    Somerville,  where  I  stopped   for  the    night.     About   half-way   between 
these  two  places  I  passed  through  Bound  Brook  (whence  to  New  Brunswick, 
6  m.,  the  tow-path  supplies  good  riding,— p.  167),  and  I  thence  went  due  w.  to 
the  end.     When  I  started  next  morning,  I  turned  1.  at  the  hotel,  and  rode  i\ 
m.  in  i\  h.,  for  my  first  dismount.     The  road  had  been  a  winding  one,  and  its 
signs  had  mostly  pointed  to  "  Wood's  Tavern,"  though  I  am  not  aware  that  I 
ever  reached  any  such  point.     When  I  mounted  again,  I  turned  1.,  and  fol- 
lowed the  telegraph  poles  i  m.  to  "  the  brick  house,"— the  only  one  in  that 
region,— and   there  turned  1.  down  the    street  which  it  faces,  to  the  white 
church  and  cross-roads  at  Harlingen,  4  m.     I  might  have  turned  here  to  r., 
but  I  did  turn  to  1.,  and  rode  up  a  big  hill  beyond.     After  crossing  the  r.  r. 
at  a  creamery  station  called  Venaken  {\\  m.),  whose  name  seemed  unfamiliar 
to  the  people  whom  I  questioned,  I  ought  to  have  twisted  around  to  the  r., 
but  I  kept  straight  along  to  the  first  road  turning  squarely  to  the  r.,  and  on 
this  I  was  forced  to  do  my  first  walking  of  the  day,— about  \  m.  of  sandy  up- 
grade.    Then  I  turned  1.  on  the  main  road,  down  which  I  should  have  come 
if  I  had  turned  r.  at  either  Harlingen  or  Venaken;  conquered  the  cemetery 
hill  at  Blawenburg,  which  was  a  difficult  one,  and  turned  r.  for  the  Stoutsburg 
Hotel,  where  I  halted  i^  h.  for  breakfast.     For  some  miles  below  here,  the 


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road  is  betwen  parallel  ranges  of  mountains,  though  not  very  near  them. 
Pennington,  23 J  m.  from  the  ctart,  was  reached  at  11,  and  the  bridge  over  the 
Delaware  at  Trenton  (9  m.),  2  h.  later.  Then  followed  9  m.  of  very  pleasant 
riding,  much  of  it  on  sidewalks  and  along  the  l  iver,  to  Bristol,  where  I  took  ferry 
across  to  New  Jersey  again.  Beyond  Beverly  (4  m.),  I  turned  1.,  passed  the 
cemetery  on  1.,  and,  after  same  walking  through  the  sand,  reached  the  Camden 
turnpike,  which  extends  ir,  a  bee-line  towards  Philadelphia,  over  a  succession 
of  low  hills.  I  walked  up  many  of  these,  owing  to  the  softness  of  the  surface, 
though  the  down-grades  were  mostly  ridable,  and  reached  the  terry  at  6.20 
r.  M.,  a  little  less  than  60  m.  from  the  start.  I  was  delayed  here  a  long  time  m 
crossing  and  getting  supper  (for  I  had  had  no  food  sii  ce  finishing  breakfast 
at  9),  and  then  wheeled  or  walked  in  t.ie  gaslight  along  Market  st.,  which  had 
a  new  stone  pavement  like  that  of  Broadway,  to  the  Bingham  House,  where 
the  cyclometer  showed  the  mileage  of  my  new  wheel,  measuring  the  distance 
from  Hartford,  m  be  just  "  234." 

When  next  I  entered  New  Jersey,  by  crossing  the  river  from  Easton  to 
t'hillipsburg,  at  5  A.  M.  of  June  5,  the  cyclometer  registered  8?8  m.,  representing 
,1  continuous  circuit,  which  had  extended  as  far  s.  as  the  Luray  Cave,  in  Vir- 
t;inia.  Two  members  of  the  Lafayette  College  Bicycle  Club  met  me  at  the 
United  States  Hotel,  that  morning,  and  piloted  me  to  the  proper  point  for  tak- 
ing the  tow-path,  about  i  m.  from  the  bridge.  After  7  m.  of  rather  rough 
riding  on  this,  I  had  a  "■  ,  by  letting  my  wheel  get  into  a  hole  in  the  grassy 
edge  of  the  path, — my  only  previous  fall  with  "  No.  234,  Jr.,"  having  hap- 
pened 510  m.  previously,  on  the  21st  of  May.  My  companion  also  took  a 
plunge  down  the  bank,  by  reason  of  the  sudden  snapping  of  his  left  handle- 
bar; but  he  then  rode  without  a  dismount  for  z\  m.,  or  until  we  left  the  tow- 
path,  though  the  surface  of  this  was  so  rough  that  I  thought  it  barely  ridable, 
even  with  both  handles  in  proper  condition.  After  halting  i  h.  20  min.  for 
breakfast  at  the  St.  Cloud  Hotel  in  Washington  (16  m.  from  Easton),  I  started 
on  alone,  at  9.10,  and  took  the  tow-path  again  by  turning  1.  just  before  reach- 
ing the  r.  r.  bridge.  I  rode  as  fast  as  I  could,  with  few  dismounts,  to  the 
store  opposite  Hackettstown  (to  m.  in  \\  h.),  for  the  surface  was  fairly  good, — 
much  smoother  than  the  --.ection  nearer  Easton, — and  I  was  assured  by  the 
canal  men  that  it  cont'iiued  equally  ridable  as  far  as  Dover.  My  previous 
trial  of  a  few  miles  vf  this,  between  Waterloo  and  Stanhope  (Sept.  24,  '80) 
had  not  been  a  happy  one,  however,  and  so  I  exchanged  the  path  for  the  high- 
way through  Hackettstown  to  the  top  of  Schooley's  Mountain  (6  m.),  where  I 
stood  on  the  stroke  of  noon,  at  the  entrance  to  the  grounds  of  a  summer  hotel 
called  Belmont  Hall,  after  having  done  about  i  in.  of  walking,  on  the  up- 
grades, which  were  generally  shaded.  The  descent  of  z\  m.  to  German  Valley 
was  a  rough  one,  which  required  \  h. ;  and  the  5  m.  thence  to  Chester  led  along 
hilly  roads  which  had  been  recently  "  worked."  After  halting  |  h.  for  dinner, 
I  proceeded  onward  to  Mendham  (5^  m.  in  i  h.)  and,  5  m.  beyond  there,  reached 
the  limit  of  my  previous  rides  w.  from  Mor  istown.     Here  began  the  good  rid- 


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174  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

ingof  the  day  and  I  sped  along  to  Madison  without  a  stop;  thence  more 
«IowIy  through  Chatham  and  Short  Hills  to  the  well-known  macadam  of 
Spnngfield  av..  62  m.  .nd  I4  h.  from  the  start.  At  Irvington.  5  m.,  I  turned 
.  down  Clmton  av..  and  found  good  macadam  nearly  all  :he  way  to  its  end 
(2  m.).  a  I.ttle  ways  frim  S<.  Stephens  church,  in  Newark,  and  quite  near  the 
(ire-engme  house,  at  the  head  of  Frelinghuysen  av.  Two  blocks  beyond  the 
^nd  of  Clmton  av.  I  turned  1.  into  High  st.,  and  rode  along  it  in  the  dark  to 
Central  av.  whence  I  walked  to  the  comer  of  Broad  and  Bridge  sts..  and  left 
my  wheel  there  at  Oraton  Hall  (Z.  &  S.).  at  8  o'clock.-the  day's  lecord  0 
the  cyclometer  bemg  almosr  72  m.  j  lu  ui 

I  thus  finished  a  20  days'  circuit  of  765  m.,  which  had  extended  through 
a  half-dozen  States;  and  this  final  pull,  across  the  hills  and  sands  of 
New  Jersey,  was  the  longest  and  most  difficult  day's  journey  of  all  T 
completed  then  a  twelve  months'  record  of  4.337  m.,  and  I  do  not  sup- 
pose It  will  ever  agam  be  my  good  fortune  to  enjoy  so  vast  and  varied  an 
amount  of  wheeling  within  so  brief  a  period.  More  than  fourteen  weeks 
elapsed  before  I  next  mounted  a  bicycle,  and  took  the  five  days'  September 
tour  described  on  pp.  165^.72.  ,4^,48.  121 ;  and  my  only  -ater  experience  on 
the  Jersey  hills  was  near  the  close  of  the  following  month  (Oct.  19,  '84)  when 
I  accepted  a  friend's  invitation  to  accompany  him  on  a  visit  to  the  "basaltic 
columns,^'-though.  as  I  was  forced  to  ride  one  of  his  soin.  machines.  I  did 
not  venture  to  follow  his  example  when  he  coasted  down  therefrom,  for  n-arly 
^  *"•'  ^'°"g  M*-  Pleasant  av.i     This  extends  w.  from  the  Valley  road,  at  a 

.,W  'i^8~^P'^»»"T«'f;f:f~''™n»  (Julius  Bien's  lithographic  reproduction  of  nhotogntph, 
Uken  by  H.  J.  Brady,  of  Orange)  is  given  for  the  frontispiece  of  the  "  Report  for"  ^^,C. 

i^ans  at  Orange  and  across  the  mountain  and  valley  beyond,  is  f uii  of  interesting  material  •  and 
he  v.e.  from  he  top  of  the  mounUin  is  one  of  the  finest  on  the  continent."  ^I  quote  the  fol 
owmg  from  h.s  Report  pp.  „.  ,3  =  "The  remarkably  fine  exposure  of  columnar  tCock, 

.^.TdL    f-  ir      °  ''°'"'';'  °"  *''  -"»»>'—  "■"P*  of  On.nge  Mountain,  ha'^'c 
.good  deal  of  pubhc  attention  during  the  last  few  months.    The  rork  is  the  sime  with  "hat 
wh.ch  fonns  the  crest  of  each  of  the  three  ranges  of  the  Watchung  mountain.  ^!  Tne  e^^ 
b.t.on  whach  .s  made  at  th.s  place  is  due  to  the  worl: .      Mr.  O'Rourke  in  first  clearing  a"  J^ 

^l^iZ  '^.'^T  '?.  ^:\  ■"  S'V-e  °"»  »>»  road-making  material,  until  he  has  exposed  a  ver 
t.cal  face  of  the  rock,  wh.ch  .,  700  ft.  long,  and  .00  ft.  high  in  the  middle,  and  30  ft.  Wh  a,  one 
end.  and  about  ,0  ft.  at  the  other.    The  whole  of  this  rook  surface  which  is  in  sight  is  made  up 
of  pnsn.at.c  columns  as  regular  in  their  for™  as  if  they  had  been  dressed  out  by  a  stonT'u  te, 
and  packed  together  so  closely  that  there  are  no  vacant  spaces  or  opening,  between  them     The 
columns  .enenUly  are  parallel  toeach  other,  and  those  at  the  two  ends  of  the  quarry  .  renearW 
perpendicular,  but  the  large  and  high  mass  fn  the  middle  is  made  „o  of  pns,^s  w^ich  a  "  n 
dmed  at  vanous  angles,  generally  in  a  oirection  towards  a  central  line,    ^e  v^rl  1  h  h 
been  done  m  quarrymg  h,re  has  exposed  the  structure  of  this  mountain  rock,  so  that  it  is  in  ad- 
m.rablecond.t,on   or  study,  better.  proUoIy.  than  it  can  be  found  anywhere  else  in  !h"  Su'e 
and  ,t  >s  more  easily  accevible  than  any  other  in  our  country,  so  that  it  h«  already  been  seen  by 
thousand,  of  v»,to>,.    The  view  in  the  frontispiece  is  taken  when  looking  towards  tsTn  w    and 
«  near  enough  to  the  top  of  the  mountain  .0  show  its  crest  lin.,  with  the  colu^s  "^^"1 


COASTING  ON  THE  JERSEY  HILLS.   '  175 

point  a  little  below  Llewellyn  Par'c  and  a  little  above  the  terminus  of  Main 
St.,  in  Orange,  and  most  of  the  ascer.t  is  ridable.  Beyond  the  quarry  where 
the  columns  are,  it  bisects  Prospec*.  av.,  a  2-m.  stretch  of  macadam,  on  the 
crest  of  the  mountain,  connecting  the  Eagle  Rock  road  on  the  n.  (p.  161)  with 
the  Northfield  road  on  the  s.  (p.  163) ;  and  about  i  m.  further,  it  reaches  the 
dirt  or  gravel  road,  extending  through  the  lowlands  from  the  macadam  of 
V'erona  (n.)  to  that  of  Milburn  (s.),  a  distance  of  about  10  m.  I  take  these 
facts  from  Wood's  road-book,  w'.iose  excellent  "map  of  the  Orange  riding  dis- 
trict "  (scale  3  m.  to  I  in.)  gives  a  clear  idea  of  routes  in  the  entire  "  triangle  " 
described  by  me  on  p.  160.  V  see  by  this,  also,  that  a  smooth  connection 
(macadam  and  side-paths)  be'.ween  S.  Orange  av.  and  Springfield  av.  is  sup- 
plied by  Valley  st.,  which  is  parallel,  on  the  e.  of  the  railway,  to  the  rather 
rough  prolongation  Ci  the  Valley  road,  described  on  p.  160.  The  map  fails, 
however,  to  exhibit  Clintoii  av.,  which  is  the  best  connection  between  Irving- 
tor,  and  Newark,  because  the  stones  of  the  city-end  of  Springfield  av.  may  1^ 
thereby  avoided.  It  is  specially  to  be  recommended  to  riders  from  Elizabeth 
who  may  wish  to  go  to  7*Iilburn  or  Morristown,  because  it  ends  quite  near  the 
head  of  Frelinghuysen  av. ;  and  this  "  now  affords  in  unbroken  stretch  of 
level  macadam,  3I  m.  long."  These  are  the  words  of  an  Elizabeth  writer  who 
published  his  rejoicings  (May,  '85)  over  the  recent  removal  of  the  last  of  the 
Nicholson  pavement,  and  at  the  same  time  announced  the  intention  of  the 
local  bicycle  club  to  lay  wooden  gutter-bridges  at  the  crossings  of  the  city's 
main  thoroughfares,  so  that  its  sidewalks  may  be  followed  continuously,  with- 
out the  need  of  dismounting  at  the  curbs. 


the  way  up.  At  the  bottom  the  columns  appear  to  run  down  to  the  level  surfao;  which  is  kept 
for  the  convenient  working  of  the  quarry.  !n  reality  they  do  extend  down  6  or  8  ft.  below  the 
level  of  the  working  ground,  and  stand  upon  the  red  sandstone  rock  which  everywhere  under- 
lies  this  trap.  The  perpendicular  columns  at  the  left  hand  or  ».  w.  end  of  the  quarry  are  30  ft 
or  more  in  height,  and  are  5  or  6  sided,  some  of  tht  sides  being  as  much  as  2}  ft.  in  width. 
Those  at  the  right  hand  or  .1.  e.  end  of  the  quarry  are  shorter,  15  to  20  ft.  in  height,  and  i  little 
inclined.  They  are  larger,  however,  than  the  others,  some  of  them  having  sides  4  ft.  wide. 
These  very  large  columns  are  some  of  them  bent  near  the  top,  turning  off  towards  the  left,  and 
presenting  the  appearance  of  having  been  crooked  after  they  were  formed,  and  while  still  soft 
and  flexible.  The  surface  of  most  01  the  large  columns  are  marked  as  if  they  were  regularly 
laid  up  in  courses  like  bricks  in  a  building.  These  courses  are  about  as  thick  as  common  bricks, 
and  have  about  the  same  inequality  or  unevenness  of  surface  that  buildings  cf  brick  have." 

New  Jersey  has  the  honor  of  being  the  best-mapped  State  in  the  Union;  and,  as  the  first 
words  of  this  chapter,  written  two  yer.rs  ago,  gave  praise  to  the  first  fruits  of  the  State  Geological 
.Survey,  so  now  at  the  end,  I  gladly  givt  place  to  extracts  from  its  latest  official  Report,  showing 
the  more  recent  progress  of  an  enterprise  in  which  every  intelligent  Jerseyman  ought  to  feel  a 
personal  pride.  Within  three  years  from  now,  the  prospective  tourist  will  be  enabled  to  study 
the  entire  surface  of  the  State  by  charts  of  the  same  scale  and  character  as  the  one  described  on 
p.  159,  but  of  the  more  convenient  size  of  24  by  34  in.  Julius  Bien  &  Co.,  of  this  city,  are  to  be 
accredited  with  the  cireful  and  attractive  lithography  of  the  map,  which,  "  as  far  as  done,  meets 
with  the  hearty  approval  of  all  who  have  seen  it  " ;  and  the  power  cf  a  good  example  is  notably 
shown  in  the  fact  (which  is  specially  significant  and  encouraging  for  wheelmen)  that,  "  since  the 
map  was  begun,  a  number  of  other  Sutes  have  orgaiiiied  surveys  for  simUar  maps  of  their  ter- 


176  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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ntory.  Th.s  official  "  Atla.  oi  New  Jer«y  "  (on  a  ^le  of  ,  m.  to  ■  in.,  with  contour  line, 
•howing  every  ri«  „f  ,o  ft.  elevation  in  the  h-lly  parts  of  the  State,  and  every  ri»c  of  ,o  ft  eleva- 
tion in  the  mor-  level  parts)  is  to  consist  of  .7  sheets,  17  by  37  in.,  intended  to  fold  once  across 
making  the  leaves  of  the  atlas  ig^  by  27  in.  The  location  and  number  of  each  sheet  is  shown 
by  a  reference  map  (20  m.  to  i  in.)  printed  on  the  paper  cover  of  the  atlas  ;  and  another  map  of 
the  entire  State  (5  m.  to  .  m.)  is  to  be  added,  on  a  sheet  27  by  37  in.  The  apparent  overlapping 
of  the  adjacent  recungles  of  the  atlas  does  not  imply  an  increase  of  engraving,  as  the  priming  ,, 
not  done  directly  from  the  engraved  stones,  but  from  transfers,  which  can  be  joined  together  in 
nny  way  that  may  be  required.  In  like  manner,  any  two  adjoining  sheets  can  be  cut  and  fitted 
accurately  to  each  other  to  form  a  single  map.  Nos.  .,  2.  3  and  4  cover  all  the  Archaan  and 
Paleozoic  rocks  ;  2,  3  and  4  cover  all  the  Archxan  and  all  the  iron  ore  district ;  5,  6,  7  and  8 
cover  the  red  sandstone  formation  ;  8  and  9,  with  10,  ii  and  12  cover  the  clay  and  marl  districts  • 

9,  13.  <6  and  17  cover  the  entire  Atlantic  shore.     No.s.  3,  4  and  7  were  issued  in   March    ,^84  ' 
a,  16,  and  17  m   March,  1885  ;   1,  9,  ,3  and  17  will  be  rendy  by  the  end  of  '85  ;  and  8    1.    „   5' 

10,  .4   and  .5   will  follow,  probably,  during  '86,  '87  and  '88.     The  Survey's  annual  reiwrt 'for 'si 
was  accompanied  by  a  geological  map  of  New  Jersey  ((,  m.  to  i  in.),  revised  up  to  that  date 
and  Its  latest  corrections  were  named  as  "  additional  railroads,  minor  improvements  in  geological 
colonng,  new  places  on  the  sea-shore  and  the  life-saving  stations."    The   State  Topogranlier 
C.  Clarkson  Vermeuie,  reports  that  the  season's  work  of  '84  included  the  survey  of  1,582  sq  m  ' 
making  the  whole  area  surveyed  4,438  sq.  m.,  and  as  the  whole  State  is  estimated  to  contain 
7.576  sq.  m.,  it  may  be  said  that  the  work  is  now  completed  over  g  of  its  area,— by  far  the  rough 
es.  and  most  difficult  part  of  the  State  to  survey.     "  The  expen-es  are  kept  strictly  within  the 
annual  appropriation  of  |8,ooo.     The  results  of  the  Survey  are  intended  for  the  benefit  of  the  citi- 
lens  of  the  State  ;  and  application  for  its  publications  may  be  made  to  any  member  of  the  board 
of  managers."     A  final  extract  will  serve  to  show  the  progress  and  prospects  of  road-recnrd^ng 
on  a  broader  field  :  "  The  United  States  Geological   Survey,  Major  J.  W.  Powell,  director  is 
engaged  in  preparing  a  topographical  and  geological  map  of  the  United  States.     Work  is  being 
done  for  this  purpose,  by  it,  in  Va.,  N.  C,  Ky.  and  Tenn.,  and  to  some  extent  in  several  of  th- 
other  States.     In   Mass.  the   legislature  has  joined  with  the  U.  S.  Survey  in  making  a  detailed 
topographical  survey  and  map  of  that  State  on  about  the  same  scale  as  ours  in  N  J.,  each  of  the 
part-.es  paying  one-half  of  the  expense.     In  our  State,  where  the  survey  had  at  that  iime  already 
extended  over  about  half  its  area,  the  U.   S.   Survey  proposed  to  pay  the  further  expenses  for 
completing  the  field  work  and  mapping  of  the  remainder  of  the  State  ;  they  being  allowed  to  take 
copies  of  the  maps  which  were  already  completed,  and  we  being  allowed  to  make  copies  of  the 
remainder  of  the  maps,  which  are  to  be  prepared  at  their  expense.     They  proposed  also  to  take 
into  their  employment  the  same  persons  who  had  been  up  to  that  time  engaged  in  our  survey 
They  only  asked  that  we  allow  them  the  use  of  our  instruments  for  carrying  on  the  work.     This 
arrangement,  being  plainly  advantageous  to  both  parties,  was  entered  upon  on  July  .5   18S4  and 
IS  working  satisfactorily.     It  relieves  the  funds  of  the  State  Geological  Survey  from  the  burden 
of  exoense  involved  in  carrying  on  the  topographical  survey,  and  will  enable  it  to  follow  up  in 
detail  '.he  work  for  which  the  topographical  maps  furnish  the  necessary  basis." 

Even  without  its  admirable  official  atlas,  which  would  alone  entitle  it  to  ,  re-eminenr.  I 
suppose  New  Jersey  could  still  be  called  our  "  best  mapped  State  "  ;  for  I  know  of  no  other  th'at 
has  been  so  often  selected  for  treatment  by  the  makers  of  private  maps.  A  Philadelphia  firm, 
E.  W.  Smith  &  Co.,  20  S.  6th  st.  (formeriy  Smith  &  Stroup,  52  N.  6th  st.)  issr.e  the  largest  one  I 
have  seen  (1884,  6  by  4  ft.,  2J  .  ■.  to  i  in.,  townships  in  different  tints,  and  county  lines  in  redi 
with  the  title  "  a  topographical  map  of  New  Jersey,  from  actual  surveys  and  official  records  bv 
G.  W.  Bromley  &  Co. ,  civil  engineers. "  Statistics  of  the  census,  1870-80,  occupy  an  upper  cor- 
ner which  IS  practically  i  blank  quarter-section  of  the  map,  and  the  other  three-quarters  (32  by  --o 
in.  each),  distinguished  as  the  northern,  middle  and  southern  sections,  have  been  printed  on  parch- 
ment paper,  and  folded  in  pocket-..overs,  by  special  contract  with  the  New  Jersey  Division  of 
the  League.  The  v  hole  map,  cloth  backed,  is  supplied  by  the  publishers  for  *io,  either  mounted 
on  roUeis  for  the  wall,  or  dissected  and  folded  in  a  case  for  carriage  use  ;  but  any  one  of  the  three 


COASTING  ON  THE  JERSE  Y  HILLS.  ,  ^ - 

,  cti.-n,  may  be  ha,1  by  maU  for  5,  c.  from  either  ,.f  the«,  officer,  „f  ,he  Lea«.e.  P    r    n 

K  ,«bc.h    ,.6  Br,«d  M.  ;     H.  Serrel..  P„i„fie,d;  W.  J.  MornsTn.  We^'-  "?.  ,^  .^^J 

«i.l.es  to  have  .  certain  mute  or  route,  marked  out  for  him   it  will  be  A.21TL    ^     T^ 

"'"  f'T'n'  ''^-  ^''^^•^ """""'  **"  «^ '°  -^^'^  .».o  t'ri:;  ^f  tr^^i^^  '"-S;r 

crs  of  th..  D,v«,on  ur^e  whee.men  in  genen.1  to  .uppot  their  en-mriJ-T  k  ^' 

*.5Mhe  three  .ection.  that  practically  cover  the  entire^h Jt  f  ^TT  '^ '^"'*""'"8  '"' 
*.o.  The  sa.e  firm  issue'a  new  ^oJ^^X^TlTZZ'^V^l:  ^''''''r '^''^'' 
...  by  ..in..  .  m.  to  ,  in.,  cloth  backed,  n^unted  fo    .L Tailor  d^^  d  LTh  "'" 

*V5o) ;  a,.,  "a  historical  and  biogr,ph.cal  atl^i  of  the  New  Jersey  coa^^^  Z  m  ""Tl"' 
s,a..  .„  .8.,  and  .8«4,  .-p,  of  the  be«=he..  plan,  of  the  cities'  ZlJ^^i  'iZ   rl 

n.^:r.  Vi^rir  -Ifr^  -  - -^--^-n.o„.  Hudson. 
have  been  published  by  Beer,  &  Co.,  36  Vesey  St     N   V      LnH  Tf  ""  "'^  ''■  "'^• 

Now  J...  .y  maps  caulo^ed  b,  the  CoLs  I  WilHam  S.  New"  yU"".  d  aT'^'';  l^'T 
n    part  of  the  State,  with  New  York  City  a^d  WestchesTe     ','  m   -^         ;    lu      ^"^   ^"^   "" 

St  ,  NY..  M  •  ,ltr^•',ls  of  a  month  or  two(soc  .1  number  It/TrfLT  f  '  "  ^^«'""^" 
This  mapazir.  ha,  j.  pp.  („  by  ,3  i.Tnan^s  1-    n  •  V  '  »5  for  twelve  numberr). 

J  ,  .  '^  '•  "an'is^^'ne!  '  printed  on  heavy  nat>er  and  it.  m,r> ;.  ;_ 

pressed  on  a  sheet  of  b«nk-not.  paper,  the  size  0:  two  pages.     On  thTb^ck  of   heT 
alphabetical  hst  of  all  it,  towns  and  villages,  e.ch  name  bein^accot^palld  by",  '„!',"  " 
meral   referring  to.he  marginal  index  w.;.h  point,  out  ^,s  po'sirion.     ThU ''nL  Je^  !  "  i'  ""' 
scale  of  6  m.  to  th,  inch  and  «hrw.  all  ihe  loads  ;  while  the  map,  of  the  -i,  nT  ^-  , 

the  series  (Colorado,  Dakota.  Micmg.,n,  Wiscor  in  i.-).ricL  3  p  ■  ^T"""'  '"""  °* 
.;.ch)  show  only  the  railway.      All  thesJ ...1     f  M  /  T  "^^^  ^^^  '°  ">•   «"  "« 

i.ar  ones  (not  iLexed)  :^o^ s:::::z:Ci::rj::?z;si^     r  "'-■ 

ina     (23  by  ,5  m.,  6  r..  to  the  inch,  ,^73.7^),  which  are  better  ,uited  for  bicycler,      AH,m.', 

vania  and  New  fersev  with  th»  «.~,,+.j j     /  r         .  ,      .      ^'  '^^  "  •  '*°=^  Book  of  Pennsyl- 

through  ro„tes  of  rCconn     M^T  rLd  "  Md       /v  ^"'T  !"-''-  -«^"'<=  P-cipal 
r-nev  Orin,,.  D-j'       •       .      o         •  '         •  ^^-  ^"^  ^*'  '"cl"ding  road  maps  of  New 

'.Jbv,Hn    1        /     i     u      ,'     u''       ™"  ^""""8   "°"»^-"    ™s  contain,  ,60  pp  'size 
J  by  3i  in.,  boun^  inflexible  leather,  with  pocket  and  extra  blank,  but  no  advertiits" 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


ill  \  in.  thick,  weighs  6  ox.,  and  tells  for  %i.  Orders  by  mail  should  be  addressed  to  Mr.  Aaron, 
Uux  916,  Fhilidc'phi'  I  ■■xl  *"  aaica  °f  the  book  will  accrue  to  the  benefit  u(  tUe  Division,  as  the 
\ij\  of  a.  mpilaiion  was  assumed  purely  as  a  labor  o'  love.  The  routes  are  aUl  tabulated  in  uni- 
form style,  and  numbered  ■  to  •(>,  with  variations  A,  U,  C,  1  A,  2  i),  a.>d  the  like,  so  that  the  list 
of  them  covers  4  pp.,  aud  the  aiituuut  uf  roadway  reported  upuD  (exclusive  of  duplkaiiuD»)  ex- 
ceeds K,ooo  m.  The  reading  m?tter  is  in  fine  type,  distributed  as  follows  :  Preface,  i  p.  ;  Penn- 
sylvania topography,  2  pp.  ;  Philadelphia  riding  district,  2  pp.  ;  general  review,  1  ^  ;  railroad 
transportation,  with  alphabetical  list  of  toe  "  free  "  roads,  e.  of  liuflalo,  1  p. :  consuls,  huteN 
and  repair  shops  in  Penn.  and  N.  j.,  3  pp.;  executive  officers  of  the  two  Divisions,  with 
abstractii  of  their  rules,  2  pp.  ;  objecu  and  niethcxis  of  the  L.  A.  W.,  2  pp.;  odds  and 
ends,  I  p.  ;  N.  J.  index  (references  for  250  towns),  3  pp.  ;  Penn.  index  (references  for 
52j  towns),  5  pp.  ;  N.  V.  ind^x  (references  to  225  towns),  2  pp.  Massachusetts  index 
(61  references)  and  miscellaneous  index  (81  references)  1  p.  This  makes  a  total  of  nearly 
1,150  towns,  whose  situations  on  the  no  "route;:"  (each  averaging  100  m.  long)  can  be 
at  once  referred  to,  and  it  is  the  best  piece  of  indexing  yet  given  to  the  subject  oi  Ameri- 
can roads.  I  have  already  commended  the  maps  of  the  "  Orange  riding  district  "  (p.  175;  and 
"  Staten  Island  "  (p.  158),  which  are  on  the  same  leaf  (6^  by  3^  in  ) ;  and  I  should  presume  that 
the  "  map  of  the  Philadelphia  riding  district,"  covering  a  whole  leaf  of  that  size,  and  havinj;  2 
scale  of  3  m.  to  I  in.  would  be  equally  valuable  to  every  wheelman  residing  in  or  visiting  that 
city.  "  Long  Island,"  on  a  scale  of  10  m.  to  1  in.,  shows  clearly  the  general  relations  of  the 
roads  there  which  I  have  described  on  pp.  150-155.  The  more  elaborate  State  maps  (N.  J.,  10 
m.  to  1  in.  and  Penn.,  35  m.  to  i  in.)  attempt  to  give  nothing  bit  the  roads  described  in  the 
"  routes,"  and  therefore  show  at  a  glance  those  parts  of  the  country  which  have  been  most  thor- 
oughly exp'ored  by  wheelmen.  Each  may  therefore  be  'egarded  as  a  very  valuable  index  to  the 
study  of  larger  maps  of  the  same  State,  and  each,"  having  been  photographically  reduced  from  large 
and  accurate  tracings  "  (made  by  the  compiler,  whose  profession  is  that  of  civil  engineer),  can 
be  depended  upon,  "  even  in  scalf  measurements  within  the  possibilities  of  reading."  Except 
for  eyes  possessed  of  perfect  vision,  these  "  possibiliiies  "  are  somewhat  limited,  owing  to  the  mi- 
croscopic lettering  necessarily  used  in  bringing  the  maps  within  the  size  of  the  page;  but,  as  a 
vast  majority  of  wheelmen  are  young  and  clear-sighted,  this  will  not  be  a  practical  obstacle 
to  the  usefulness  of  the  charts.  They  are  really  marvels  of  intelligent  condensation,  and  they  in- 
stantly give  to  a  long-distance  tourist  incomparably  more  knowledge  of  roads  "  to  the  square  inch 
of  printed  surface  "  than  anything  else  in  America  upon  which  he  can  set  his  eyes.  The  com- 
piler of  this  book  has  performed  a  great  service  for  the  cause  of  wheeling,  both  in  the  immedi- 
ate value  of  his  work  as  a  holp  to  touricts ;  in  its  incidental  effect  of  convincing  the  ignorant,  the 
indifferent  and  the  dissatisfied  that  the  League  is  a  definite  power  for  good  ;  and  in  us  ultimate 
influence  upon  the  future  compilers  of  the  books  of  other  Divisions.  A  high  example  of  excel- 
lence has  now  been  set;  by  which  later  works  will  be  relentlessly  compared  and  judged.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  other  consuls  of  the  League  may  improve  upon  the  pattern  of  this  one  ;  but  to 
him  will  remain  the  credit  of  having  established  a  respectable  pattern  whose  existence  mu?t  prove 
a  check  to  the  production  of  slip-shod  and  careless  compilations  as  representative  books  of  the 
League.  The  suggestion  that  all  of  these  should  adopt  the  same  size  of  page,  in  order  that 
electrotypes  may  be  exchanged  for  use  in  the  publications  of  the  various  Divisions,  ought  cer- 
tainly to  be  obeyed. 

3y  way  of  encouraging  another  "  good  example,"  of  quite  a  difleren*  sort,  I  r/ill  add 
to  my  list  of  Jersey  maps  a  little  one  (24  m.  to  i  in.)  that  covers  a  circular  tract  of  12  m.  di- 
ameter, on  the  Delaware  river,  and  that  is  freely  distributed  on  a  fly-leaf  as  an  advertisement  of 
the  Aloorestenvn  Chronirlt,  "  the  only  newspaper  published  within  the  radius  of  6  m.  from 
Mooresto-vn,"  which  village  serves,  of  course,  as  the  center  of  the  chart.  The  map  is  divided 
into  m. -circles,  and  gives  a'  plain  showing  of  all  the  roads ;  and  I  recommend  other  local  news- 
papers to  issue  similar  ones,  as  an  inexpensive  scheme  for  keeping  their  names  near  to  the  heart 
of  the  bicycler— as  near,  at  least,  as  the  breast-pocket  of  his  riding-jacket ! 


XIV. 


LAKE  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSON.* 

This  title  is  designed  to  cover  the  repo.t  of  my  entire  August  touring  of 
425  m.,  distributed  through  eighteen  different  days  and  four  different  States; 
for  though  it  began  and  ended  in  regions  far  removed  from  Uke  George,  the 
lalce  was  my  chief  objective  poir.t,  and  the  title  will  help  fix  the  attention  of 
those  who  weie  interested  in  "  W.  H.  E.'s"  account  of  a  July  pilgrimage 
thither,  as  presented  in  the  Bi.  IVorld  of  August  5. 

On  the  second  day  of  the  month  I  took  my  machine  out  of  the  manufactory 
in  Hartford,  where  it  had  had  an  eight  weeks'  rest  to  recovr  from  the  vio- 
lent surgical  operation  implied  in  receiving  a  new  backbone,  and  started  to 
drive  it  up  the  valley,  spite  of  the  liquefying  stickiness  of  the  weather.  Be- 
fore reaching  Springfield,  however,  in  whose  neighborhood  I  intended  to  take 
a  three-weeks'  outing,  a  sand-gully  in  the  sidewalk  caused  a  sudden  stop, 
-.vhen,  rather  than  save  my  wheel  by  taking  the  risks  of  a  header,  I  thought 
to  save  my  bacon  by  resorting  to  what  Telzah  calls  "a  backer";  in  other 
words,  instead  of  pitching  ahead  and  letting  the  machine  fall  on  top  of  me,  I 
jumped  back  and  then  tumbled  violently  forward  on  top  of  it.  As  a  result 
the  driver  was  sprung  sidewise  about  an  inch  out  of  the  true,  and  the  little 
wheel  was  made  to  interfere  with  it  by  about  that  interval,  while  the  right 
crank  was  loosened  on  the  axle,  the  latter  mishap  being  one  that  never  befell 
ire  before.  With  the  aid  of  a  convenient  boy.  I  pulled  the  concern  into  rid- 
able shape  again  and  meandered  on.  The  yawning  rents  in  my  breeches 
were  concealed  by  the  friendly  approach  of  dusk,  and  by  the  fact  that  they 
bore  no  hue  to  contrast  them  with  the  drawers  beneath.  Another  argument 
for  always  touring  in  white  1 

On  the  i8th  of  August,  I  rode  b?ck  to  Hartford,  starting  at  5  in  the 
morning,  with  a  threatening  n.  e.  wind  behind  me.  At  the  end  of  i  m  I  had 
of  course  to  walk  up  the  church  hill  in  West  Springfield,  but  from  there  rode 
wuhout  dismount  to  the  bridge  over  Agawam  river.  2  m.,  turning  w.  at  the 
common  and  then  s.  at  the  first  1.  road,  perhaps  \  m.  on,  over  the  railway 
track  and  by  a  curving  course  along  the  river  to  the  bridge.  Crossing  this, 
the  I.  road  is  followed  e..  and  scon  leads  into  the  main  street  of  Agawam,  which 
runs  due  s.  until,  at  Porter's  distillery,  it  makes  junction  with  the  river  road 
leading  from  Springfield.  This  road  should  be  taken  by  tourists  to  the  n  if 
th^y  wish  to  visit  that  city,  though  the  most  direct  and  easiest  road  up  the 
valley  is  the  one  down  which  I  came.      The  distillery  was  6^  m.  from  the 

1  trom  Tlu  Bicycling  M^orld,  Oct.  7,  Nov.  ii,  ,881,  pp.  159-260,  s-«. 


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r/-:X  THOUSAXD  MILES  OX  A  niCYCLE. 


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start ;  time,  i^  h.'  On  top  of  a  hill,  4  m.  or  more  beyond,  is  a  whi.e  school- 
house,  wnerc  one  turns  into  a  lane  leading  e.  and  down  to  the  river  hank  at 
the  head'of  the  cin.il.  This  was  exactly  1 1  tn.from  the  start,  and  was  reached 
at  7  o'clock.  With  the  wind  helping  irj,  I  rode  along  the  embankment  with- 
out atop  to  the  bridye,  2\  m.,  and  then  i  m.  more  to  the  end  at  Windsor  I  >k.V*. 
where  I  stopped  \  h.  for  breakfast.  Al  8.jo  1  reached  the  r.  r.  crossing,  ami 
knowing  the  next  2  m.  of  highw.iy  to  be  jjoor,  I  was  tem|)Ud  to  try  the  hard 
gru^el  between  the  tracks.  Riding  aloiijj  it  for  J  m ,  f  was  forced  to  walk  the 
r^-Mu. lining  \\  in.  to  Ilayden's  station,  at  which  poin'  the  hii;hway,  or  the  side, 
walk  thereof,  becomes  good  again.  .Soon  after  this,  the  heavy  ndst  of  early 
morning  grew  into  unmistakable  rain,  and  the  red  clay  roads  of  that  region, 
by  no  means  bad  in  dry  weather,  grew  unridablc.  So  I  kept  the  sidewalks 
prettycontinuously  during  the  ijh.  spci.t  between  Ilayden's  and  the  Weed 
.Sewing  .Machine  C'cnipany's  works  in  Il.'.rtford,  10  tn., — ending  my  journey 
at   10.45  o'clock,  28  m.  from  the  start.     The  wor     o.;rt  of  it  all  was  the  final 

'I  have  made  a  similar  remark  on  p.  121,  as  to  the  need  of  taking  the  river  road,  between 
the  distillery  and  the  South  bridge,  in  Cuse  the  city  is  to  be  c-ntcrtd  or  left  i:i  thit  way  ;  but  w):  i« 
Springfield  riders  have  lately  told  me  that  the  beat  way  to  get  between  those  points  without  d.i- 
mount  is  to  go  directly  w.  frona  the  bridge  by  a  smooth  road  of  red  cl.iy  to  il>e  main  street  in 
Agiiwam.  In  riding  along  this  to  the  n.,  the  oroper  point  to  turn  e.  for  the  bridge,  is  about  } 
m.  above  the  brick  building  on  r.  which  sei-ves  as  a  town  hall  and  school  house.  The  road  tur::j 
squarely  to  the  r.  between  two  houses,  and  is  not  specially  prominent,  though  the  presence  if 
large  trees  outside  the  fence  may  help  to  fix  the  pl.ice  of  it.  Upon  the  same  p.  lia  is  described 
my  latest  ride  to  Hartford,  showing  that  I  mij^ht  better  have  kept  the  hishwav  instead  of  resort- 
ing to  the  canal  path,  and  that  "  the  bad  miles  below  the  r.  r.  crossing  "  have  been  so  improved 
within  recent  years  that  they  may  now  be  easily  covered  without  di<imount.  The  canal  path  waj 
the  scene  of  al'  my  earlier  rides,  above  Windsor  Lwks,  because  it  had  always  seimed  very 
sniiK)th  and  inviting  when  I  had  inspected  it  from  the  railway  bridge  above, — where  the  windows 
of  the  passing  trains  had  many  times  given  me  tempting  views  of  the  rocky  shidlows  of  the  river, 
the  wooded  island,  the  symmetrical  slopes  of  the  curving  caual-bank,  and  the  old  brown  bridge  far 
to  the  north.  As  boats  no  longer  ply  upon  the  canal,  which  is  now  merely  a  feeder  for  the  ti.ills, 
no  dismounts  are  forced  by  canal  teams ;  and  the  fact  of  my  ability  to  wheel  aU.ng  this  4-m. 
level  with  no  other  ctop  than  the  one  required  by  the  bridge  spanning  the  waste-weir  which  bi- 
sects it,  shows  that  it  is  fairly  ridable.  In  somi  jxirts  the  ruts  of  the  wagon  wheels,  or  the  horse- 
path between  them,  must  be  followed ;  and  the  over-growing  grass  occasionally  makes  such 
.oilowing  difficult.  Powdered  stone  and  gravelly  red-clay  form  the  basis  of  the  path ;  and  a 
little  additional  wagon-traffic  would  grind  it  to  the  ideal  smoothness  which  is  characteristic  of 
much  of  the  roadway  that  runs  parallel  to  it  along  the  ridge  about  \  m.  to  the  w.  A  fine  out- 
look acros?  .he  river  may  be  had  along  that  ridge,  and  it  is  undoubtedly  the  p/"'erable  course 
for  a  tourist  who  wishes  to  go  up  the  valley  in  the  ea,siest  and  swiftest  way.  Such  a  one  should 
turn  w.  just  above  the  r.  r.  station  in  Windsor  Locks,  then  ride  up-hill  to  the  n.,  and  afterwards 
bear  *.  and  n.  across  a  covered  bridge.  The  canal  path,  winding  along  the  river  side,  has  its 
owi  quiet  beauties,  however,  which  will  repay  ar  occasional  trial  of  it  by  thosj  who  are  familuir 
with  the  other  routes.  It  is  he  longest  canal  in  Connecticut,— indeed,  the  only  one  now  holdinj; 
water ;  and  it  is  possible  that  my  partiality  for  it  may  have,  been  unconsciously  increased  by  the 
fact  of  a  rasping  family  tradition  that  a  grandfather  of  mine  sunk  "  a  right  smart  of  money  " 
when  he  took  the  contract  for  building  that  same  four-mile  embankment,  some  sixty  years  ago. 
-Anyhow,  an  occasional  resort  to  it  for  bicycling  purposes  seems  to  be  the  only  practicable  show  I 
have  for  ever  getting  even  so  much  as  a  smell  of  my  "  undivided  share  ''  in  the  lost  inheritance! 


LAKE  GEORGE  AXD  THE  HUDSON.  ,a, 

stretch  of  muddy  and  watery  macadam  in  the  city  li.nit,.    E.,aying  the  ,ide 

«lwch  .  nc.  ...ore  made  my  wheel,  interfere.     I  pulled  ,hcm  apart,  however 
^ufhcently  to  prevent  my  rainy  ride  be.ng  finished  afoot.     Decency  Icmlndcd 
a.,  .mmedute  change  of  co.tume ;  and  the  advantages  o/  whitelnndw/rc 
.  .ue   a,a.n  demonstrated.     Had   my  trousers  Uen  of  a  color  that  gave" 
l.n.mmence  to  the  deorative  effects  of  mud.  mist  and  swe- f    r".*^"'V 
Ix.n  tempted  to  keep  them  on  I  ^^"'^  '   '"'B'''   ''''' 

urn  f!r 'tttn  "'  "'"'  'k''  '•""  "  '"^'  "^  "  ^"'^  «'»'"--  P"t  in  proper 
1    ni  1  ?'"'"'"'  ''''^  ''"'  '^'^  '"'^'^"'^  '^^  ''^'^  -"  was  shining      .So 

...uj,  I  W3    ij  h.  on  the  way.  j.,st  as  on  the  unpleasant  forenoon  when  I  was 
hurrymg    o"get  through."     Threats  of  rain  aga.n  appeared  here    a.^  as" 
.,..  of  bad  road  were  just  ahead  of  m..  and   as   I   could  at  best  o^l'y  hope  to 
rcKh  the  end  of  the  canal  by  nightfall.  I  chose  to  take  t.ain  to   Spring^eld 
whence  I  rode  home  4  m.  through  the  rain  and  darkness  ending    hps  a    8 

.  ^..  a  days  tour  of  4.  m.  I  may  add  that  on  the  occasion  o  mv  k-  from 
Hartford,  a  fortnight  before.  I  hired  a  man  at  the  end  of  the  canl  l.o  ow 
n.c  a.ross  the  r.ver  to  Thompson ville.  whence  I  pass.  .  through  Enfie  i  nd 
r.ncmcadow  to  Spr.ngfield.     I  took  this  e.  side  route  on  mv  first  tour  0 

sure  th,s  ,s  the  best.     Indeed,  in  making  the  entire  ^our  of  ti^^-allevrom 

n-  -d  t,  B,„ows  Falls,  the  tourist  has  nothing  to  gam  in  cro^     I  H  ^ 

Ju.lgmg  from  the  sad  story  which  "  M.  D.  B. "  tells  about  the  nine  mile, 

of  sand  between  JenksviUe  and  Palmer  (Bi.  IVor.i,  Sept.  .).  I  did  not  m  ke 

M.h  a  bad  mistake  after  all.  in  the  case  of  my  June  rid    from  Ho  to„  to 

,>nngfield.m  tak.ng  a  roundabout  co.rse  through  W:.re  and  Thomd ik"    o 

•^nKsv.  le,  mstead  of  the  direct  one  through  Warren  and  Paln.er  to  the  same 

I-nt ;  for  though  I  had  several  hills  to  walk.  I  encountered  no  long  stretchel 

<'i  sand.     At  Ind.an  Orchard,  which  is  a  mile  w.  of  Jenksville.  a  touHs   o    the 

w  .v   o  Hartford  might,  instead  of  taking  the  uninteresting    hough  perfectly 

Klable  path  across  the  plains   to  Springfield  (7  m.  to  the  corner  o'f  Sta  e  and 

f am  sts.).  go  through  Chicopee  Falls.  Chicopee.  and  West  Springfield     Tne 

.st.ance  to  the  church  hill  in  the  latter  place  is  a  little  more  than  9-    and 

t-  last  5  m  of  .t.  from  Chicopee  Falls,  n.ay  be  made  without  a  dismoum  in 

uhcr  Crect.on.     I^etween  the  -rchard  and  the  Falls  are  several  stretches  of 

^and  wh.ch  must  be  walked  through,  but  most  of  .he  road  is  r'daWe  and 

V  Iwnd  a       !^'"T'';;^^^       miles  without  stop  on  the  concrete  side- 
alks,  and  a  good  walk  of  dirt  or  concrete  extends  continuo.,sly  on  the  w 

Te'tan     Jhe     t  TVT  'f  >"  ^'^'-P-" -^ere  one  first  tikes  to  the 

b    Ige  ol   to  West   S  ;f  T  *'''-°'  "  '"g-"«down  towards  the 

thi    route  from  TH-    'n"f   .      '"  recommending  to  the  through  traveler 

route  from  Ind.an  Orchard  to  Agawam.  as  preferable  to  the  usual  one 


i82  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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which  includes  the  city  of  Springfield,  I  need  only  add,  as  a  final  attraction, 
that  he  will  thus  have  the  felicity  of  passing  in  front  of  the  house  where  1  was 
born,  "so  many  years  ago."  The  place  is  rendered  otherwise  remarkable  by 
the  presence  of  "the  largest  and  handsomest  maple  tree  in  the  State  of  Mas 
sachusetts."  No  extra  charge  for  sitting  in  its  shade.  Photographs  at  ail 
the  book-stores.     Beware  of  thf  dog. 

At  seven  o'clock  on  Monday  morning,  August  22,  having  despatched  my 
valise  to  the  For*  William   Henry  Hotel,  on  Lake  George,  I  started  due  n. 
from  this  big  tree,  and  ma^ie  just  7  m.  in  i  h.,  with  only  two  dismounts.     A 
hill  between   the  two  that  caused  these  stops,  was  ridden   up  by  me  for  .he 
first  time.     Reaching  the  station  at  Smith's  Ferry,  2  m.  on,  five  minu.'s  in 
advance  of  the  train,  at  8.30,  I  disembarked  therefrom  at  9.10,  and  wheeled 
e.  for   \  h.  to   the  river  road  at  Hatfield  Corners,    \\  m. ;  then  n.   2  m.  in 
the  same  length  of  time,  to  the  sand  rut   under  the  maple   trees.     The  third 
stop  was  caused  by  a  hill  ^t  the  foot  of  Mount   Sugarloaf,  ij   m.     A  mile 
beyond  I  made  my  fourth  stop,  at  the  store  in  South  Deerfield,  to  Cdi.ipare 
distance  and  time  with  record  of  June  7,  when  I  came  from   Hatfield  by  the 
more  direct  and  more  sandy  road.     I  found  the  distance  on  the  present  occa- 
sion t  J  m.  more,  and  the  time  5  min.  more.     Nevertheless  I  urge  all  riders  to 
try  the  river  route,  on  which  only  one  dismount  is  needed  in  the  5  m.  between 
the  station  at  North  Hatfield  and  the  hill  at  Sugarloaf.     From  this  hill  one  may 
easily  ride  without  dismount,  mostly  on  sidewalks,  for  8  m.,  through  S.  nth  Deer- 
field  and  Deerfield,  to  the  water-Dough  on  the  hillside;  and  if  a  rod  or  t.voof 
troublesome  sand  can  here  be  got  through,  the  ride  may  be  continued  another  \ 
m.  to  the  Cheapside  bridge,  whose  planks  none  but  a  reckless  person  would 
venture  to  trust  his  tires  to.     Just  \  m.  beyond  th'.  is  the  railroad  station  in 
Greenfield.     The  steep  slope  after  crossing  the  track  may  be  ridden  up  by 
taking  the  sidewalk  on  the  left,  and  the  route  due  n.  continues  good  to  the 
cross  roads,  2\  m.     For  a  similar  distance  the  roads  are  sandy  and  generally 
unridable  till  a  HtHe  cemetery  on  a  little  hill  is  reached.     Thence  one  may  go 
with.. lit   stop,  ov,>r   a  hard    track  of   constantly   increasing   smoothness,  for 
ano'lici     i  m.,  to  the  New  England  Hotel,  in  Bernardston.     Reaching  there 
at  I  p.  M.,  I  started  on  at  2.30,  and  arrived  at  Br^^ttleboro  at  5.10.     A  wheel- 
man there  told  me  that  hardly  any  riding  had  been  indulged  in  locallv  since 
the   little  run   that   was  taken  to   West  Brattleboro,  in  my  honor,  a' dozen 
weeks   before.     Kendrick's    Hotel,  in  Tutney,  about    10  m.  beyond,  and  52} 
m.  from  the  start,  was  reached  at  7.12  p.  m.     Bright   sunshine  and  a  I  racinsr 
breeze  from  the  n.  w.  prevailed  throughout  the  day,  and  none  of  the  cond?- 
tions  of  pleasant  riding  were  absent.  1 

•  Two  of  the  most  remarkable  cases  reported  to  me  of  long  staying  in  the  saddle,  on  a 
difficult  straightaway  course,  are  to  be  accredited  to  the  Springfield  Bicvcle  Club's  pair  of  veteran 
road-riders,  F.  W.  Westervelt  (b.  Jan.  .5,  t^s,,)  and  C.  E.  Whipple  (b.  Ang.  22,  186,).  whose 
day's  run  to  Boston  is  recorded  on  p.  114.  On  the  second  or  third  Sunday  in  Nfay,  1SS4,  they 
wheeled  up  the  valley  without  dismount  to  the  hotel  in  Greenfield.  38  m.  by  ExcelsioVcyciometer. 


LAKE  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSON. 


1S3 


They  told  mc  at  Putney  that  the  roads  to  the  n.were  unfit  for  the  bicycle- 
but,  as  no  tram  left  in  that  direction  until  11  a.  m..  I  thought  I  would  at  all 
events  push  on  as  far  as  Bellows  Falls,  14  m.,  before  resorting  to  the  cars  Of 
three  possible  routes,  the  "river  road  "  was  said  to  be  sandy  and  the  "hill 
roPd  "  rough ;  so  I  was  recommends  1  to  take  the  "middle  load,"  and  I  found 

They  d;    „  -by  chance,  the  usual  way"  and  not  by  premeditation,  or  for  the  ^ke  of  recording 
a.  expl,„t.     Greenfield  was  the  objective  point  for  their  mowing's  run,  and  they  happened  .0 
have  no  occasion  for  stopp.ng  until  they  got  there  :  that  was  all.     If  the  idea  had  then  occurred 
to.h.m,  iheir  remarkable  straightaway  record  might  easily  hav.  been  increased,  for  a  fairly 
„„oo.h  and  level  course  stretched  ahead  of  them  for  several  miles,  at  the  time  of  their  dismount 
Lrnssmgthe   North  bndge  mto  West   Springtteld,   they  tun,ed  up-hill  to  the  1.  at  the  wa-ering 
tnn>gh  where  the  r.  road  contmues  alongside  the  river  to  Holyoke  ;   rode  up  Oates's  hill  on  the 
grassy  edges  of  the  sandy  roadway  (this  is  the  hill  of  which  I  have  srid-last  line  of  p  „8-"  I 
a,,  not  beheve  u  can  be  mounted  "  ;  but  I  now  learn  that  it  has  been  conquered  several  timesby 
.huse  two  nders,  as  well  as  by  other  members  of  their  club);  ploughed  through  .he  sand  althe 
pl.ce    ne^    bmuh  s    Ferry   where   an    apple-orchard    designates    the  limits  of   a  via  maU 
,n  a  double  sense;  turned  r.  betwec-n  th.  iron  rails  a,  the  crossing  above  Mt.  Tom  station,  and 
roae  through  the  r.  r.  br.dge  on  a  double  plank  (as  the  entrance  to  the   meadow-road   happened 
.hen  to  be  m  poor  condu.on);  turned  1.  at  the  point  above  here  where  the  dike  rises  to  the  level 
,.f  the  r  r.  embankment  and  where  plank-guards  rendef  possible  a  side  exit  from  between  the 
rails;  followed  meadow  road  to  Northampton;  turned  thereat  first!,  road  after  descending 
through  the  man>  street  and  crossing  the  r.  r.  tracks;  then,  after  passmg  the  park  and  going 
ab<.ut  3  m.  beyond,  turned  1.  over  the  r.  r.  by  bridge,  and-  rode  past  the  Hatfield  camp-meeting 
gvounds  ;  perhaps  2  m.  beyond  here,  turned  r.  and  went  directly  to  South  Deerfield    « hence  to 
.he  Mansion  House  in  Greenfield,  the  route  was  the  familiar  one  described  by  me  on  pp   ,8.   .  .q 
The  time  of  staying  in  the  saddle  was  4i  h.,  showing  an  average  progress  of  about  8  m   per  h' 
As  the  same   nders  have  covered   the  same   38  m.   on  two  other  occasions,   with   onlv   the 
single  dismount  required  by  the  "  apple  orchard  "  sands  near  Smith's  Ferry,  and  as  other  mem 
bers  of  the  club  have  also  gone  as  far  as  Hatfield,  without  stopping  at  any  other  place  than  that 
.he  "  advice  "  given  by  me  on  p.  ,  19  seems  to  need  modification.     These  Springfield  wheelmen 
say  that,  instead  of  t.i      -_  train  or  resorting  »o  the  roundabout  course  described  on  p   , .9  a  va 
m.ionof  the  stiaighta«.iy  route  just  given  may  be  followed  to  advantage,  by  turning  r  nt  .he 
last-named  r.  r.  bridge,  and  thus  reaching  the  sidewalks  of   Patfield  within  i  m      Between  the 
teimnnis  of  these  sidewalks,  beyond  Bagg's  Hotel,  a.   the  opposite  end  cf  the  village  and  a 
pom.  of  junc.ion  with   what  I  have  called  (pp.  ,,9,  ,82)  the  e.  route  connecting  North  Ha.field 
and  South  Deerfield,  is  a  stretch  of  1  m.  or  so  of  meadow  road  which  is  at  most  seasons  fairly 
ridable      Mr.  Whipple  says  that  the  road  from  Greenfield  to  Turner's  Falls,  4  m.  e.,  is  a  pretty 
one.  with  a  hill  that  allows  some  fine  coasting,  though  the  same  grade  may  be  readily'ridden  up  ■ 
and  .hat  he  has  successfully  explored  another  route  from  Greenfield,  as  far  as  South  Vernon  say 
.5  m.     He  bought  a  50-in.  Standard  Columbia,  Sept.  8,  '79,  but  rode  ver    little  during  that  year 
and   .he  next.     A   round  trip  to  Hartford  was  his  only  long  ride  in   'iz,  and   a  leisurely  four 
days  jmiriiey  from  New  York  to  Springfield  the  only  one  in  '<«3  except  .he  ,00-m.  run  to  Boston 
He  registered,  that  year,  nearly  4,000  m..  and  he  has  not  kept  a  record  for  any  other  season  • 
but  as  the  amount  of  his  riding  increased  in   '84,  his   total  mileage  must  considerably  exceed 
10.000  m.     He  rode  a  52-in.  British  Challenge  from  .he  spring  of  '83  to  the  spring  of  '84  ;   since 
then  has  used  the  5o-.n.  Rudge,  on  which  his  r,  n.arkable  straightaway  ride  was  taken.     He  is  a 
watclimakei  and  ieweler  by  nc'u'-o.tion    ar,!        '   ' 


!  weighs  148  lbs,     This  is  about  the  weight  also  of  his 


c..mp,^,on  Mr.  Wes.ervelt.wh.,|sadie-ai.ter,  and  whose  mileage  probably  exceeds  ,0,000, 
tlioiigh  he  has  k.'pt  no  record  of  it  except  .hiring  the  bnef  period  of  ten  weeks  ending  with  the 
.00-m.  ride  to  Boston,  when  it  amounted  .0  ,..00  m.     He  rode  a  52-in  British  Challenge  on  that 


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i84  TEN  THOUSAND  Af/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


it  by  no  means  a  bad  one.     It  afforded  many  beautiful  .  iews  and  much  good 
ndmg.     There  would  have  been  more  of  this  except  for  the  "  r.  d  repairs  » 
Leaving  the  hotel  at  8  o'clock,  I  went  uj^hill  for  i  m.,  walking  most  oi  the 
way,  though  the  road  was  ridable  in  the  other  direction;  and  I  reached  West 
mmster,8i  m.,  in  z  h.     Thence  to  Bellows  Falls  th«  road  was  sandier  and 
less  ndable,  and  I  was  i\  h.  in  getting  over  it,  though  I   hurried  as  I  drew 
near  the  end.     Had  the  train  been  on  dme  I  should  have  just  managed  to 
catch  It,  but  Its  lateness  allowed  me  i  h.  in  which  to  procure  dinner.     .Starting 
at  noon,  I  had  a  twcvhours' ride  "over  the  mountains"  to  Rutland,  passing 
through  a  thunder  shower  on  the  way.     There  I  was  told  that  a  smouth  and 
level  road  led  to  Whitehall,  25  m.,  and  I  lost  Kttle  time  in  rolling  up  my  coat 
for  the  start.     A  wheelman  was  reported  to  me  to  have  just  reached  town 
f.om  St.  Johnsbury,  "over  the  mountain,"  but  I  did  not  stop  to  scrape  ac 
quamtance.     Once  clear  of  the  town,  I  rode  through  West  Rutland  and  made 
my  first  dismount  at  3.15  p.  m.,  at  a  short  hill,  having  done  6}  m.  in  somin      I 
rested  here  for  i)erhaps  \  h.,  and  made  m>  second  dismount  at  4  o'clock  ^\xr. 
in  front  of  a  soda-water  fountain  in  Castleton.     Here  a  local  rider  joined  me 
and  encouraged  me  to  roll  up  a  big  hill  in  his  company.     My  third  dismount  w  is 
made  at  a  sandy  hill  near  Fairhaver.,  nearly  15  m.  from  Rutland,  at  4.45  p.  m  a,id 
this  was  the  first  place  on  the  road  where  a  stop  w::^  really  necessary.     Thus 
far  the  material  of  the   roadbed  seemed  to  be  a  sort  of  slaty  ^  avel  or  fine 
sand  that  packed  closely  together;  but  beyond  Fairhaven  the  material  began 
to  be  a. peculiarly  hard,  black,  flint-like  day.     In  places  recently  repaired,  the 
indentations  made  by  wheels  or  hoofs  would  glisten  in  the  sun,  as  if  they  h-d 
been  freshly  chipped  from  solid  stone.     Just  after  a  rain  this   material  would 
be  unndable  to  the  bicycle,  but  after  a  long  spell  of  dry  weather,  \,  is  said  to 
be  worn  to  perfect  smoothness.     I  took  it  at  a  time  about  midway  betwec. 
these  extremes,  and  I  found  it  all  smooth  enough  to  be  ridable,  but  not  much 
of  1    to  admit  of  fast  ndmg,  because  .here  had  been  rain  within  a  few  weeks. 
I  wheeled  up  and  down  several  considerable   hills  on  this  rather  rou^h  clav 
however,  and  reached  the  Opera  House  Hotel,  in  Whitehall,  at  7  ^Vlock' 
hav-ing  made  a  day's  run  of  39  m.     This  ride  from  Rutland   I  cannot  too 
h.ghly  praise      It  leads  through  a  charming  country,  giving  glorious  views  of 
the  Green  Mountains,  close  at  hand  and  far  away,  and  is  in  all   respects  ad- 
miral, e.     I  was  quite  delighted  at  my  good  luck  in  discovering  so  pleasant  a 
path   for  I  did  not  venture  to  anticipate  it  the  day  before,  when  I  l>ade.adieu 
to  the  big  maple  tree,  and  faced  rather  dubiously  towards  Lake  GeorL^e 

Wnit-hall  lies  within  a  few  miles  of  the  lake,  but  is  separated  from  it  bv 
a  mountain  range.  Rather  than  climb  this,  my  plan  was  to  take  train  to 
I .  (as  every  one  m  that  region  calls  the  historic  fort  and  village),  and  em- 
bark  near  there  on  the  steamer  that  would  take  me  down  the  lake  The 
train  did  not  go  till  „  o'clock,  however;  and  as  the  weather  was  inviting,  I 
started  off  at  8  with  the  idea  of  meeting  it  at  Chubb's  Ferry,  or  one  of  the 
stations  beyond  there.     .  was  warned  that  the  hard  clav  of  ;h.  nrHin,.,,  i,::i 


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roads  d.d  not  get  a  chance  tc  be  worn  down  by  much  traffic,  as  did  the  main 
ruad   eadmg  to  Rutland.     Still.  I  thought  there  .as  no  doubt  of  my  reacZg 
Chubb.-,  m  3  h.,  even  .£  I  had  to  walk  every  step  of  the  7  m.     So  I  loaf4 
aanlessly  about  Pmong  the  hills,  enjoying  the  scenery  and  fresh  air.  and  not 
unmrndful  of  the  apples,  blackberries,  w:id  cherries  and  other  f;uit.  unt 
finally  I  was  awakened  to  the  maddening  truth  that  train-time   had  a  mos 
amved    wule   I   myself  had  made  no   perceptible    approximat.on    towards 
hubbs  Perry.     Best.rr.ng  my  boots  briskly  then,  I   lost    mv    way  sev.ra 
unes  m  i  h.,  and  ultimately  abandoned   all  notion  of  catching  the  train 
I  t.e  ,dea  of  catchmg  a  hotel  next  possessed  me.  and  this  proved  equally  visio" 
a,y;  bu    at  last  an  honest  farmer  took  me  in.  and  having  satisfied  Ly  hun- 
ger, chatted  wuh  me  pleasantly  about  the  topography  of  the  country.'  The 
rc.u  t  was  that  I  decided  to  climb  directly  over  the  mountain  to  Huletfs 
.andmg  on  Lake  George.     Leaving  him  at  2.  I  was  .  h.  in  making  the  3  m 

Huc^l's      Oft'  '^^  T'""^^'^  '  '"•"P^"''  '^-^   ^^  mountain" 

Hulctt  s.     Of    he  20  m.  marked   that  day  by  my  cyclometer,  I  suppose  f  o- 
{  were  accomplished  on  foot.*  1 1    =<=  J  o 

•"  No  public  way  of  equal  length  on  this  continent,"  says  Stoddard's  "  Illustrated  Guide  " 
r,va  s  m  h.stonc,  romantic  or  practical  interest  the  .  , ,  m.  of  road  connecting  liTw  York  S'tv 
wuh  1  ake  George,  wh.ch  lies  at  the  s.  w.  margin  of  the   great  Adirondack  wilde^es!    .84  i 
r,„n  M.,ntreal.     Its  ,eng.h,  n.  and  s.,  is  a  little  more  than  33  m.,  and  its greate  t  b^a"  h     1  tUe 
.^.ha.Mm      Su,.ounded  by  high  mountains,  it  is  fed  by  brooks  from  their  sLesan^b 
spnngs  from  the  b  "torn,  and  drams  very   little   territory.     It  is  247  ft.  above   Lake  Champlain 
..uo  «h>ch  ,t  empties,  and  346  ft.  above  tide-water;  and  was  shown  by  the  survey  of  .sL  to 
contain  220  .slands.-instead  of  the  365  previously  accredited  to  it  by  Iraditio -.      As  earlv  « 
.^,  the  French  explorer,  Champlain,  sailed  as  far  s.  as  Ticonderoga,  down  the  lake  wnich  now 
bears  h,s  name;  wh.le  the  Dutch   explorer,  Hendrick  Hudson,  at  the  same  time  sailed  up  the 
r-ver  which  bears  A«  name,  as  far  n.  as  the  point  where  the  Mohawk  branches  from  it      Thus 
1.  was  that  this  peacetul  lake-lying  between  these  terminal  claimants,  and  called  by  the  Indians 
thega.e  of  the  country  '-became  the  "dark  and  bloody  ground.'across  which  France  and  England 
battled  for  the  mastery  of  the  continent  which  England  finally  won.     The  first   reminder  of  that 

,  f  U-^         ,    f      '  '^  "'""  •^'"^-^"'l-^hite  marble  shaft,  erected  in  ,85^  by  graduates 

of  Williams  College,  m  memory  of  their  founder  :      'Colon.1  Epkrain.   IV.V,^^',  alaZl) 
^""''"""y^^'---,->koafur  gallantly  ^/e-4inglH./r^^^^ 

Z7cJZT  rrf  '"  ^^"^*  "'^  "^"'"'  ""^  '"'''  ^'"'  -^  '^"  ^A".  in  t>-  bloody 
.TlmJtTt:''^''  '"  '^^^''^''"'e/A""^..'  The  road  winds  through  this  ravine 
called  Bloody  Run,  which  leads  to  the  historic  Bloody  Pond,  2  m.  s.  of  the  lak:,  and  a  IhUe 
«^o  the  railway.  Close  beside  the  great  hotel  ,0  which  it  gives  a  name,  and  covered  wih 
D  '  '•""'  "I  T  ^"'"■\°f/*'  ^"'-'"  "-H',  built  by  Johnson,  after  his  victorv  ov  r 
Dieskau  ,n  ,755  had  stemmeu  the  fd.  .f  French  invasion,  and  vainly  attacked  by  Vaudreuil  in 
.57^  Hidden  m  ,>.e, in.  groves  that  line  the  shore  *  m.  ,0  the  e.  are  the  grass-grown  ruins  of 
•he  T'  r  ""VV"'''"'"  perpetuated  by  the  hotel  adjacent ;  while,  on  the  hill  ,  m  .0 
s.,  the  ou^lines    of  the  Ft.  Gage  earthworks  may  still  be  traced  through  the  trees      Ft 

!l     T      ;?■  T.-""'"'^"''''  ''"^-  '°'  '"^'  '°  '^^  ^'"^  f"-"^''  besiegers  under  Montcalm 
.1  o  al  owed  his  Indian  allies  to  butcher  more  than  .,cx»  of  the  prisoners,  and  then  withdr  w t; 
he  lake,  leaving  the  fort  a  smouldering  ruin.     But  again  from  i,     ..built  battlements  tie 
.wept  northward,    the  following  summer  (July   5,   ,,58),    the  fam.        flotilla  of  Iberc;;!,: 
-  ■;  ■„  ^  -ru.L-.,    cqa-tp^u  «i...y  oi  .5,000  men,  to  their  vam  attack  upon  the  French    at 


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Ticonderoga,  whence  the  evening  of  the  9th  saw  their  inglorious  return.  The  final  act  was  in  1 75, 
when  Aml.erst  repeatcu  the  expedition,  captured  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point,  and  forced 
France  to  let  go  of  the  lakes  forever." 

The  little  guide-book  to  which  I  accredit  thes::  statistics,  though  I  present  many  ot  them  in 
language  of  my  own,  devotes  142  pp.  to  Lake  George  a:id  60  pp.  to  Saratoga  Springs.     It  con- 
tains a  map  of  the  latter  place  (6  by  4  in.,  i^  m.  to  i  in.),  and  also  one  of  the  region  between 
its  lake  and  Lake  George  (6  m.  to  i  in.)  with  circles  described  at  i-m.  inter/als  from  Saratoga  as 
a  center;  besides  a  map  of  the  lake  (2  m.  to  i  in.)  in  three  sections  of  a  page  each,  and  numer- 
ous other  plans  and  views  of  it.     The  book  was  compiled  in  1873,  by  S.  R.  Stoddard,  of  Glens 
Falls,  N.  Y  ,  who  has  published  -evised  editions  of  it,  down  to  1884,  at  25  c.  in  paper  covers  and 
50  c.  in  cloth.     A  similar  price  is  charged  for  his  "  Adirondacks  Illustrated  "  (the  '84  edition  of 
which  is  a  well-printed  12  mo  cf  234  pp.,  with  17  maps  and  55  other  illustrations);  and  pre- 
sumably  also  for  his  "  Ticonderoga."    The  latter  book  supplies  for  the  Lake  George  Guide  "  a 
plan  of  the  ruins  ot  the  fortress  in  1873,"  with  descriptive  letter-prest ;  and  a  similar  plan  Is  ap. 
pended  to  thv.-  "pocket  map  of  Lake  George  from  the  survey  of  1880"  (of  which  the  same  pub- 
Usher  issued  a  revised  edition  in  '83),  whtrefrom  it  appears  that  "  Ticonderoga  wa<   begun  !.y 
the  French  in  1755  ;  captured  from  them  by  Amherst,  July  26,  1759;  from  the  British  by  Ethan 
Allen,  May  10,  1775,  and  from  the  Americans  bv  Burgoyne,  July  5,  1777."    This  pocket  map 
(12  by  38  in.,  r  m.  to  i  in.,  50c.)  is  an  excellent  one,  colored  by  townships,  with  m.  circles  drawn 
from  Ft.  William  Her.ry,  Black  Mountain,  and  Baldwin  as  centers,  and  having  its  margins  well 
filled  by  la.ger-scale  chai  ls  of  8  of  the  principal  localities  on  the  lake.     The  "  important  "  rnads 
are  distinguished  from  t'.ie  "ordinary";  and  the  entire  w.  side  of  the  lake  exhibits  one  of  the 
former,  except  for  the  7  m.  between  North  West  Bay  and  Sabbath  Day  Point,  whose  connection 
is  only  "  ordinary."     in  the  text,  the  compiler  speaks  of  the  lower  section  of  this  as  "  a  gucd 
country  road,  affording  a  pleasant  lo-m.  drive  between  Caldwell  and  Bolton  ":  and  he  says,  of 
a  hotel  on  the  e.  shore  called  Horicon  Pavilion,  that  "  an  excellent  road  has  been  built  from  this 
point  2  m.  to  the  top  of  Black  Mountain  (alt.  2,661  ft),  lor  whose  use  *i  toll  is  charged  those  who 
do  not  hire  a  saddle  horse  for  $3."     Presumably  this  slope  would  not  be  "  excellent  "  enous;h 
for  'licycling,  however,  in  eitner  direction.     I  recommend  the  same  publisher's  "  map  of  the 
Aau.jndack  Wilderness,  engraved  by  L.  E.  Newman  &  Co.,  of  N.  Y."  (fifth  edition,  revised 
1884,  32  by  25  in.,  4  m.  to  i  in.,  colored  by  counties,  $1),  whose  eastern  border  extends  from 
Glens  Falls  to  Plattshurg  and  includes  Lake  George  and  most  of  Charaplain.     "  Distances  from 
Mt.  Marcy  are  shown  by  lo-m.  circles ;  important  roads,  ordinary  roads,  trails  and  carries  are 
separately  marked,  and  dis'    ices  on  them  are  given  in  figures;  movements  of  stages  are  shown 
by  arrows,  and  stage-fares  are  given  on  various  routes."     As  the  road  connecting  Glens  Falls 
with  the  hotel   at  Katskill  Bay  (12  m.)  on  the  e.  shore  of  Lake  George,  is  marked  "  imporunt,"' 
it  would  probably  be  ridable ;  but  the  connection  between  Whitehall  and  Glens  Falls  (say  24 
m.)  is  aes-igrited  as  only  "ordinary."    The  battlefield  of  Saratoga  is  about  15  m.  s.  e.  of  that 
village,  at   Bemis   Heights,  on   the  Hudson,  just  w.  of  the  main  road  between  Stillwater  and 
Schuylerville,  and  about  3  m.  n.  of  the  former  villatre ;  and  the  sentimental   tourist  should  halt 
here  to  rest  his  eyes  upon  the  field  which  witnessed  a  decisive  struggle  that  changed  th.   .vhole 
current  of  mixlem  history.     It  was  Gates's  capture  of  Bur^oyne's  proud  host  in  October,  1777, 
which  made  possible  the  French  alliance  that  resulted  in  Washington's  capture  of  Comwallis  m 
October.  17S1 ;  nor  si'ould  the  tourist  forget  that  the  field  of  Bennington  lies  not  many  nii'e? 
away,  where  Stark's  brilliant  .stroke  set  the  key-note  for  Gates's  greater  victory  of  Saratoija. 
Reclining  here  "  on  this  green  bank,  by  this  soft  stream,"— the  self-same  spot  whe'-»  <!ie  inde- 
pendence of  America  was  really  won,— let  the  patriotic  wheelman  picture  to  his  imagination  the 
exclang  drama  that  was  played,  a  century  age,  upon  these  now  peaceful  slopes,  by  recalling  to 
mind  the  rattling  lines  of  Guy  Humphrey  Mc  Master  : 

In  their  ragged  rPKlmpntiils,  stood  the  old  Pontlnpntnla.  yielding  not, 

When  the  irreria^liors  n.ie  limging.  nnd  llko  h!til  fell  tho  plunirlne  ojinnon-sliot;  [unlcnni, 

When  thp  tllPR  of  the  Islps.  from  the  smoky  night  oneampment.  Imre  the  banner  of  the  ranuwiit 
And  gruininer,  gnimmer,  gr.inmer,  rolled  the  roll  of  the  druminer,  through  the  nioru! 


LAKE  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSON. 


187 


Thfn  wi!  !>  eyes  to  the  front  aU.  anU  wlU.  K,m«  hon^ntal,  .tooU  our  girec ; 
A„.  Ihr  l«Ita  whtatled  Q^ly,  ana  In  -treain-s  fliiahing  redly  blaze.,  the  lire,- 

Now  lik.  smiths  at  their  forges  worke<l  the  red  St.  (ieorg.-'s  cuiuio  iers- 

!'",',""'  "  ■;"'"'"°'"  '""'I^''-^  "  ">"« .-»  flerco,  ,lis.on.-.nt  metre  roun.l'thelr  eai^- 

, h    "hiT  t?  ""h"-.""'  "'"  "^'■^■""•^  '"'«"•  -'■-  »»•  '-"-.-guar.    • , ta^gor  on  our  flanl., 
11K„  higher,  higher,  higher.  bume<.  the  oUI-fashlone.!  Are  through  the  n.nk«! 

rnl".!i'!'',lt('^'"°".*^  '■'"""'■'  ^""P^''  ""■""«"  »><^  *'""'  '"fernal  pow.ler-Iou.l ; 

Til.  1  the  olue  bullete  fiew,  au.l  the  trooper-Jackets  red.len  at  the  touch  of  the  lea.len  rifle-breath 
An,l  rounder,  rounder,  roun.ler.  roared  the  l.x,n  six-pounder.  hurUng  death!  "^'^breath, 

In  aduition  to  the   Stoddard  publications,  there  is  a  less^laborate  map  of  the  -  New  York 
W.lcl.rness  and  the  Adirondacks,  by  W.  W.  Ely.  M.  D.'  (revised   .885,  3.  by  28  in  ,  4  m   to  . 
■n.,  .,)  with  a  p  an,  on  a  sP-.aller  .cale,  embracing  adjoining  parts  of  Ne.  England,  C  nada  and 
h.  Middle  States,  published  by  the  Cohons,  ,8z  William  street,   N.  Y.;   and  a  map  of  Lake 
(.eor,e  ,*,..5)   by    Beers  &    Co.,  36  Vesey  st.     Another    standard    worit   which   deserves    h 
a.tem.on  of  the  tourist  along    the    Hudson   is    the  "  Ca.skill    Mountain    Guide,"   which    i! 
n„ukd  lor  40  c.  by  .he  compiler  and  publisher,  Walton  Van   Loan,  of  Catskill.  N   Y      Issued 
hr..  „.  ,H;6,  as  an  8  v„  of   58  pp..  its  size  has  increased  with  each  annual  revised  edition  since 
th.n,    „d  a.  ooocop.es  had  been  sold  at  the  close  of  '84.     The  book  of  that  year  contains  ..8 
pp.,  of  which  orUy  36  are  given  to  reading  matter  and  .0  to  full-page  views  of   the  mountains,- 
the  remainder  being  occupied  with  the  pictured  advertisements  of  the  nimmcr  hotels  and  boa  d- 
in,  houses  of  the  whole  Catskii,  region.     "  Bird's-eye  views  "  form  the  distinguishing  character- 
istic of  the  guide,  however,-the  largest  one  ("Catskills  and  Adirondacks,"  ,2  by  .5  in     ,0  m   to 
,  ni.,  engraved  by  American  Bank  Note  Co.,  N.  Y.),  giving  a  good  ide.  of  the  topography  of 
.1.0  country  from  New  \  ork  Ci,  to  Montreal.     Each  mountain  peak  has  its  nazne  and  height 
printed  upon  it,  and  the  livers  and  lakes  ar,   ,hown  in  white  relief  against  a  brown  tint      Some- 
what similar,  but  on  a  scale  large  enough  to  exhibit  the  actual  contour  of  -he  region    with  roads 
and  villages,  is  the  "  bird's-eye  view  of  the  Catskills,  drawn  from  nature  by  Walton  Van  Loan 
and  cvering  an  area  of  1,200  sq.   m.,  looking  northerly  "  (,9  by   ,2  in.),  and  the  "  view  of  all 
points  of  interest  within  4  m.  of  the  chief  hotels  "  (.6  by  9  ,n.).  on  the  much  larger  scale  of  i  m 
to  1  m.;  while  a  sheet  9  by  6  in.  presents  the  chief  features  of  the  country  from  Ne^  York  to  the 
St.  Lawrence,  conden.sed  from  the  largest  "  view."    There  is  a  "  r-.ap  of  Greene  county,  with 
parts  of  Lister  and  Delaware  counties  "  (,5  by  .3  in.,  3  m.  to  ,  in.,  engraved  by  Beers),  giving 
the  main  roads,  and  also  "  a  panoramic  view  of  Windham,"  exhibiting  a  wide  stretch  of  country 
that  ought  to  contain  good  wheeling.     The  letter-press  of  the  guide  describes  an  attractive  "  ,4. 
m.  drive  around  the  Clove,"  and  many  lesser  ones,  but  without  giving  a  dear  idea  as  to  whether 
the  roads  are  practicable  for  the  bicycle,-the  only  quotable  allusion  being  this  remark,  attributed 
to  tho  li.shop  of  Albany  :  "  Mr.  H.arding's  achievement  of  a  road  from  his  new  Hotel  Kaater^Hll 
down  the  mountains  reminds  one  of  the  Alpine  roads  ever  the   St.  Gothard  or  the  Simplon 
which  need.-d  imperial  power  and  national  resources  to  accomplish  them." 

"Ten  Days  in  the  Catskills"  is  the  title  of  an  interesting  report  supplied  to  the  lyheel 
(Julv  20,  8,,  pp.  ,73,  ,74)  by  its  editor,  F.  Jenkins  (b.  Jan.  20,  .Sv)).  concerning  atom  of  2f,8  m 
taken  bv  him  in  company  with  a  fellow-member  of  the  long-sinceKlefunct  Manhattan  Bicvcle 
tlab,  H.  H.  Walker,  who  was  then  33  years  old,  and  who  has  since  cea.sed  to  be  a  rider  His 
age  was  officially  recorded  thus  on  the  day  when  this  tour  began  (July  2,  '8,),  because  he  then 
njurcd  as  one  of  the  tno  whose  defiant  entrance  into  Central  Park  caused  the  arrest  which  be- 
came  the  basis  of  the  long-drawn-out  law-suit  against  the  P„ik  Commissioners,  as  detailed  on 
pp.  9^-O.S.  Starting  at  ..30  P.  m.,  the  two  tourists  reached  Yonkers,  ,5  m.,  at  about  3,  and 
larrvtown,  ..  m.,  at  4.15  :  thence  branching  off  from  the  river  to  Pleasantville,  7  m  at  5  30- 
«hc.,re  to  Mount  Kisco,  8  m.,  the  road  continued  good ,  and.  in  the  gathering  twilight,  they 
.  ._ -  ..,  ^  ^.    .. ..  ^,;.^-^-^  :::;;iunt,  45  «»».  ii,  O3  ii.      '\Zs\y   language   on  p. 


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76,  concerning  the  last  jo  m.  of  this  route,  would  have  been  leu  cautious,  if,  at  the  time  of  writ. 
i'.ig,  I  had  been  familiar  with  the  report  now  quoted  from.)  "  The  next  day  was  very  wanii 
and  wc  took  things  easy,  riding  early  in  the  morning  and  late  in  the  afternoon.  The  roads  were 
rather  sandy  and  hilly,  and  led  through  Crolon  Falls,  8  m.;  Hrewsters,  6  m.;  Patterson  9  m.,  to 
Pauling,  5  m.,  where  we  spent  the  night.  The  roads  ^ave  average  riding  from  Pauling  to  Dover 
Plains,  15  m.;  improved  >  thence  to  Amenia,  8  m. ;  and  the  final  9  m.  ending  at  iMillertm  at  3 
o'clock  were  covered  in  a  little  over  an  hour."  (My  own  report  of  smooth  connection  between 
the  Hudson,  at  Poughkeepsir,  and  Amenia,  and  good  route  thence  to  the  Housatonic  valley 
and  through  it  to  Pitt-,field— pp.  14^148— shows  that  a  N.w  Yorker  who  wishes  to  wheel  to  any 
of  those  places  may  wisely  follow  the  trail  of  these  Catskill  tourists,  as  far  as  Amenia.) 

"  After  a  day  and  a  half  at  M.,  we  started  at  9.30  on  the  6th,  and  made  our  first  pause  at  • 
Boston  Corners,  ^\  m.     The  road,  winding  through  a  fertile  valley,  and  quite  hilly,  was  hard 
enough  to  give  good  wheeli.ig  ;  and  in  fact,  we  found  all  the  road.s  of  Dutchess  county  faraUive 
average.     We  got  a  good  dinner  at  Copake   Falls,  4  m.,  and  f.,;.,iul  gocxl  roads,  though  lii,|y 
ones,  to  Hillsdale,  6i  m.     Perryville,  3  m.  on,  was  the  scene  of  our  first  h.-aders  ;  at  the  Huff, 
man  Lake  House,  3}  m.,  we  halteu  again  for  '  scenery  and  drinks';  at   Hollowville,  after  3J  ni 
more  of  excellent  roads,  we  joyfully  shouted  '  Hollo  !'  as  the  blue  CatskilUcame  into  view.    The 
next  II  m.  supplied  somewhat  inferior  wheeling,  but,  after  walking  4  or  5  long  hills,  we  found  a 
good  road,  which,  winding  through  the  gaps  and  valleys,  finally  brou-ht  us  to  C.it^kill  stati,m  i„ 
season  for  the  6  o'clock  boat,  after  an  interesting  ride  of  40  m.,  in  about  6  h.  of  actual  motion. 
Catsk'I!  its-1'  is  a  pleasant  village,  about  \  m.  from  the  w.  bai.k  of  the  Hudson,  and  the  Pros- 
pect  Park   Hotel,  where  we  spent  the  night,  is  the  best  in  the  neighboihood  and  overlooks  the 
water.     It  offers  a  fine  view  also  of  the  mountains,  and  on  a  clear  night  the  lights  of  the  Mount- 
ain House,  14  m.  off,  r.e  ptainly  visible.     The  road  to  the  mountains  is  rough  and  hilly,  and  it 
was  very  dusty  also,  at  3.30  p.  M.  of  July  7,  when  we  started  along  it ;  so  that  v.e  were  well  pow- 
dered, on  reaching  Palenville,  10  m.,  where  a  shower  forced  us  to  halt  for  the  night,  at  the  Win- 
delsca  Cottage.     The  continuance  of  rain  during  the  following  day,  caused  us  to  stay  sheltered 
here  until  the  9th,  when  we  mounted  at  8.30  a.  m.,  and  wheeled  along  'he  pike  to  the  new  Hard- 
ing road  at  the  base  01  the  mountain.     Here  began  the  actual  work  of  the  tour  ;  and,  as  we  pui 
our  shouldei  to  the  wheel,  and  pushed  it  up  the  steep  incline,  we  began  to  sigh  for  level  roads. 
Our  botjs  grew  heavier  at  every  step,  and  we  were  forced  to  make  frequent  stops.     Kven  when 
we  reached  a  grade  rising  only  one  foot  in  seven,  the  surface  mud  rendered  it  unridable  for  us. 
After  sampling  the  mountain-side  springs,  we  reached  Hotel   Kaaterskill  at  11  o'clock,  3  m.  in 
2i  h.     An  hour  or  so  later,  we  rode  thence  to  the  Laurel   House  for  .'inner;  and,  in  the  after- 
noon, over  quite  a  level  stretch,  to  the  Catskill   Mountain   House,  where  we  spent  the  night. 
Mr.  Beach,  the  proprietor,  who  has  lived  there  20  years,  assured  us  that  ours  were  the  first  bi- 
cycles  that  had  ever  been  pushed  to  the  summit.     We  felt  amply  repaid  for  our  climb,  however, 
when  we  saw  the  country  spread  out  before  us  like  a  map,  for  miles  and  miles,  as  far  as  the  eye 
could  reach.     Farms  at  the  base  of  the  mountain  seemed  to  have  the  regularity  of  a  chess-board ; 
the  Hudson,  winding  below  us,  was  dotted  with  sail,  and  its  distant  boats  resembled  to'.   vachls. 
It  was  with  regret  that  we  turned  our  backs  on  this  glorious  scene,  when,  at  8.30  on  Sunday 
morning  we  tunied  our  wheels  in  th     .lirection    of  Tannersville,  3 J  n..,  and  thence  journeyed  to 
West  Saugerties,  12  m.,  at  i  o'cloc'        An  hour  eariior,  after  several  '  sermons  in  stones,'  we  had 
reached  the  Platterkill  Clove,  and  oegan  the  regular  descent  01  the  mountain.     ',Ve  did  this  dn 
foot,  of  curse,  and  found  difficulty  even  in  holding  back  our  wheels.     Having  disposed  of  a 
good  meal  at  the  only  tavern  in  W.  S.,  we  were  obliged  to  make  many  dismounts,  on  wretcl.  :i 
roads,  while  the  thermometer  registered  97= ;  but  within  3  m.  of  Saugerties  the  surface  improved, 
and  withm  i}  m.  it   became  finely  macadamized,  s,-  that  we  entered  the  town  in   very  fair  form. 
Beyond  it,  after  coasting  a  beautifully  smooth  hill,  we  crr.ssed   a  bridge  and   found  a  fine,  shady 
side-path  for  about  4  m.;  followed  by  4  m.  of  sandy  road,  having  a  hard  edge  of  3  to  6  inches  in 
width,  which  was  ridable  only  with  caution  ;  but  at  last  we  struck  another  level  foot-path,  and 
rolled  up  to  the   Eagle  Hotel  in   Kingston,  iij  m.  from  Saugerties,  at  about  8  o'clock.    This 
ended  the  tour,  for  the  nonrinir  rain  <if  thn  na^t  mn.^;n»  ».^,.    .1  ..„  .„  ~i i .i._  ._i .  _< 


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Thursday  forenoon  1  took  steamer  up  the  lake,  and  during  the  wait  for  the 
rem.  ,r.p  drove  my  wheel  to  "  Ti  "  and  back.     In  the  afternoon  I  stopped 
at  .he  Fort  W.lhan.  Ilenry  Hotel  only  for  the  few  minutes  requisite  to  drag  a 
s.pplyof  clean  clothes  from  my  valise  and  set  the  label  thereof  for  New 
\  <,rk      Lefore  I  m- mtcd.  at  5  o'clock,  however,  the  last  of  the  procession  of 
coaches  for   Glens   Falls  had  been  several  minutes   on  the   wav.  a.-d   i  h 
elapsed  before  I  even  came  in  sight  of  it.     Not  long  afterwards 'l  passed  it, 
.h.le  taking  a  rest  at  a  toll  gate,  and  I  then  kept  we!!  ahead  of  it  to  the  end 
^o„n  after  this   having  passed  through  the  village  ar.d  reached  the  end  of  the 
paved  s.dewa  k   I  made  my  first  real  stop  at  6.35.  though  two  or  three  brief 
d.smounts  had  been  caused  by  lady  drivers;  once  a  four-horse  coach  which  I 
met  forced  a  stop  by  trying  to  run  over  me,  and  once  I  had  to  alight  at  a  per- 
fectly  level  place,  where  six  inches  of  loose  dirt  had  just  been  hauled  upon 
the  track  by  sonie  "repairers."     I  have  no  praise  to  offer  for   this  corduroy 
road,  however,  though  I  succeeded  in  clearing  all  tl,e  grades;  for  some  of 
them  made  extremely  wearison.e  riding,  and  more  than  once  the  deep  layer  of 
sand  on  top  of  the  planks  cat.sed  my  wheel  to  talk,  and  almost  come  to  a 
dead  halt.     Some  of  the  up-grades  leading  t^a^ds^}:.^  lake  were  certainly  too 
sandy  that  day  for  any  bicycle  to  plough  through.     "  \V .  B.  £  "  calls  the  cor 
duroy  road  9  m.  long,  but  my  cyclometer  made  only  6^  m.  of  it.  even  when 
■(.inbmed  with  a  long  .stretch  of  village  riding,-say  i  m.  beyond  the  toll  gate 
at  the  end  of  the  road.     Perhaps  the  jar  of  the  planks  caused  the  registry  to 
fall  short  ot  the  truth;  f.r  as  I  kept  ahead  of  the  coach,  which  rattled  along 
at  a  seeming^  br.sk  pace.  I  must  have  gone  at  a  faster  rate  than  4  m.  an 
hour.     The  St.  James   Hotel,  in  Fort  Ecward,  5J  m.  on.  was  reached  i  h. 
a.er  making  17  m.  for  the  day.     This  last  wasdone  mostlyon  the  sidewalks; 
for  though  the  highway  was  generally  smooth,  an  intolerable  dust  was  stirred 
up  by  the  vehicles  retuning  from  a  military  display  in  the  village.     At  aplace 
cai  ed  Sandy  Hill  I  surprised  myself  by  riding  to  the  top  of  a  long  and  steep 
mcl.ne,  paved  with   cimiers  or  some  black  substance  hammered  down  very 
hard  and  smooth.     This  was  probably  the  most  creditable  climb  I  ever  took 
and  I  should  be  glad  to  have  some  of  the  Fort  Edward  riders  say  whether 
they  commonly  take  it.     A   hotel  lounger  assured  me  that  none  of  the  local 
wheelmen  dr.red  to  ride  dawn  tl-al  hill. 
^_Stardng  on  next  morning  at  5.30,  with  my  cyclometer  poiming  exactly  at 

't^T"?^' '°  ^""^  ■^"^''  ""'^  "''="'"=  ^""""8  down  the  Delaware  to  .he  Water  Gap  - 
ri        '*"  E'ccels.or  cyclometers  attached  to  them  did  t,ot  vary  J  m.  in  the  .68  m.  rLstrv 

r ,  !'l'""S''°"'  °"'-  ^°"'='  ='"''  'i^^'  «^*  '  "  ""r  machine,  were  Columbias  r'  -  I  quote  thi. 
Com  a„:  ".'"'""';•  "f°"'^"«  '°"''''  persistent  adve-tising  of  the  Pope  Manufacturing 
em,ny...„, hose  earner  days,  made  the  country-folks  more  familiar  with  'Columbia  "  than 

:"L.':„l'!L.".  '  "^"^  '"^''''^  -^"''  .  T''^  "-dreds  of  rival  dealers  who  are  now  reaping 
i.m,„  J  .  ,  ■  -  '"'' — "  ->..v..u,.i,K,  siiuuiQ  try  to  recall  this  to  mind  when  next  thev  are 
tempted  to  make  a  display  of  ignorance  by  indulging  in  any  cheap  talk  about  «'  monopoly.' 


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190  TE^V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

zero,  I  reached  the  hotel  in  Schuylerville.  13J  m.,  in  2  h.,  and  stopped  i  h.  for 
breakfast.     I  perhaps  might  have  lessened  the  time  by  doing  the  last  4  m.  on 
the  tow-path,  for  beyond  Fort  Miller  there  were  stretches  of  sand  that  forced 
walking,  or  very  slpw  riding.     About  i  h.  after  leaving  the  hotel,  3  m.  on, 
the  tow-path  tempts  me  to  leave  the  rather  hilly  highway,  and  I  ride  itrontinu- 
ally,  but  not  very  comfortably,  for  3  m.  and  more,  or  until  a  chance  comes  for 
returning  again  without  dismount  to  the  harder  highway.     Then  follow  14  ni. 
of  the  smoot!iest  reads,  prettiest  scenery,  and  most  enjoyable  riding  of  the 
day,  past    i^emis    Heights,  Stillwater,  and  Mechanicsville  to  Waterford,  at 
whose  hotel,  34^  m.  from  the  start,  I  stopped  i^  h.  for  dinner.     Resuming 
the  saddle  at  2.15  p.  m.,  I  crossed  the  bridge  and  bore  to  r.  and  then  to  1.,  till 
I  reached  Vane  av.,  down  which  I  went  without  turn,  much  of  the  time  on 
the  sidewalks,  until  I  reached  the  Belgian  pavements  of  Troy,  nearlv  4  m. 
Poor  sidewalk  business  for  i  m.  and  more  brought  me  to  the  bridge,  from 
the  v/.  end  of  which  a  6-m.  path  over  dusty  and  rutty  macadam  and  mean 
sidewalks  led  to  the  bridge  at  Albany.     Recrossing  again  here,  I  made  a 
mount  at  Greenbush  at   5  o'clock,  1 1  m.  from  Waterford,  and  went  along  the 
river  road  to  Castleton,  9  m.,  in  ij  h.    The  next  hour,  mostly  on  foot,  was 
spent  in  reaching  my  journey's  end  at  Schodack,  though  the  cyclometer  called 
the  distance  less  than  3  m.,and  gave  57  J  m.  as  the  reading  for  the  day.    Spite 
of  the  continued  dry  weather,  which  made  the  sandier  road  from  Lake  George 
to  Albany  poorer  than  usual,  the  hard  clay  of  this  region  below  Albany  had 
not  been  worn  smooth,  and  I  was  told  that  it  never  became  so.     Some  soft 
stretches  of  sand  w  -e  also  met  with.     Indeed,  I  found  the  sand  pretty  con- 
tinuous on  Saturday  morning,  when,  at  a  little  before  6,  I  started  of  through 
the  heavy  fog  from  the  forlorn  little  tavern  in  Schodack ;  for  I  was  almost 
\  h.  in  getting  to  the  brickyard,  f  m.,  where,  in  desperation,  I  accepted  the 
chance  of  risking  my  life  on  the  railroad.     My  first  mount  lasted  12  min.,  and 
covered  more  than  \\  m.,— incomparably  the  longest  and  swiftest  spin  I  ever 
had  between  the  tiacks  of  a  railway.     Indeed,  I  almost  began  to  cherish  the 
wild  hope  of  riding  the  rails  all  the  way  down  to  New  York,  instead  of  taking 
steamer  at  Hudson  as  planned.     But  the  second  culvert  caused  a  stop  in  Jm., 
the  third  in  \  m.,  and  the  trains  began  to  be  uncomforlaoly  frequent.     How 
ever,  in  the  course  of  40  min.  I  had  ridden  the  whole  distance  to  Stuyvesant 
Landing,  5J  m.,  while  the  hilly  highway  would  presumably  have  taken  me 
twice  as  long.     Probably,  however,  I  should  have  done  well  to  resume  it  at 
this  point,  or  else  at  Coxsackie,  2jm.  on,  "vhich  I  reached  \  h. later;  for  most 
of  the  7  m.  thence  to  Hudson  had  to  be  done  on  foot.     I  left  the  track  there 
at  9- 1 S.  3i  h.  from  Schodack,  1 5  m.     The  sun  was  just  then  dissipating  the  fog, 
which  had  formed  a  mercifully  cool  introduction  to  what  proved  a  scorch- 
ingly  hot  day.     The  weather  of  the  whole  five  preceding  days  had  been  ex- 
cellent for  touring,  though  the  week  that  preceded  and  the  week   hat  followed 
were  both  very  hot.     I  soon  discovered  "  the  place  of  the  bath,"  and  was  so 
long  enjoying  ii  that  when  I  saiiied  forth  m  a  dry  suit  of  clothes  and  freshly 


•  -  Jii 


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LAKE  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSOX. 

l.I.cked  boots.  I  had  only  time  to  pa.take  cf  a  melon  and  .sandwich  for  break- 
up, .eiorethe  arr.val  of  the  boat.  However.  I  was  in  all  the  better  condi- 
t,on  to  do  just.ce  to  the  dinner  which  was  soon  spread  before  me  there  ani 
..  enjoy  my  sa.l  down  the  river.  Upwards  of  ..500  passengers  were  Iboa'^ 
and  such  a  wlderness  of  trunks  as  awaited  attention  on  the  dock  at  Catskin' 
I  never  before  set  eyes  on.  The  brave  baggage-smashers,  who  fina  Iv  got' 
.hc.,e  .h.ngson  the  boat,  must  have  wished  that  all  tourists  were  accompanfed 
only  by  b.cycles ;  at  least  none  of  them  ventured  to  "strike"  me  for  mine 

Land.ng  at  .4th  street  at  6  o'clock.  I  wheeled   homeward  along  the  side- 
walks  (though  the  troops  of  shouting  urchins  made  progress  rather  slow  and 
angerous) ;  but  when  5th  av.  was  reached  I  tried  its  Ilelgian  blocks  for  the 
nal  haf-m.le.      I  he   contrast  presented  thereto  by  the  asphalt  at  the    end 
cn.l-  ed  me.  as  usual,  to  mdulge  in  a  parting  spin  arounJ   the  fountain  in 
U  ash.ngton  Square.      I  h>s.  be  U  understood,  is  in  the  center  of  the  roadway 
formed  by  the  two  streets  which  make  a  junction  at  the  head  of  the  av    and 
en.  the  square  ,n  twain.     What  was  my  surprise,  therefore,  at  having  a  park 
i)nhccman  order  me  off  from  this  public  thoroughfare  I     Of  course.  I  wheeled 
oil  at  once,  and  m  the  solitude  of  my  own  apartments  mused  with  contempt- 
uous p,ty  on  this  latest  straw,  indicative  of  the  petty  spite  cherished  by  our 
I  ark   Commissioners   against  bicyclers.     Eighteen   miles  were  recorded  on 
that  ast  day,  and  about  204  m.  on  the  six  successive  days  of  the  trip,  though 
I  had  some  other  indications  than  the  one  detailed  that  my  cyclometer  some- 
what underrated  the  real  distance  traveled.     "  M.  D.  B.'s  "  storv  also  confirms 
my  previously-formed  belief  that  I  made  a  mistake  in  taking  the  "  river  road  " 
below  Albany.     I  ought  rather  to  have  gone  e.  from  Greenbush  until  I  struck 
the  old  post  road  leading  s.     Probably,  indeed,  it  would  have  been  better  for 
.Tie  If  I  had  gone  from  Waterford  to  Cohoes.  and  skipped   Troy  and  Albany 
ertircly ;  for  none  of  the  riding  below  Waterford  was  very  enjoyable. 

I  nless  "  W.  B.  E.  "  had  a  special  desire  to  visit  Bennington,  I  think  my 
story  w,!l  convmce  him  that  he  made  a  mistake  in  going  through  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel  instead  of  sticking  to  his  original  plan  of  touring  further  up  the  Con- 
necticut \  alley ;  and  I  hope  others  may  be  persuaded  to  improve  the  autumn 
'veather  by  trying  the  track  I  have  thus  laboriously  described.  The  tour  for 
j.  ^ew  Yor':er,  who  can  be  absent  from  business  only  four  days  may  be  out- 
lined in  tL  •  wise  :  Take  4  p.  m.  boat  to  Hartford,  and  ride  next  day  to  Hol- 
yoke  (or the  night  maybe  passed  in  Springfield  or  Northampton, if  preferred)- 
on  second  day  ride  to  Putney,  and  there  at  6  P.  M.,  take  the  train  to  Rutland;' 

ac'^oltrwi^^'n'-'"'"  ""'^  '''/"^'"  "'  Br.ttleboro) ;  on  third  day  ride 
across  to  Whitehall  m  season  to  take  11  a.  m.  train  for  "Ti,"  connecting  with 
steamboat  through  the  lake,  and  then  ride  from  Caldwell  to  Glens  Falls  or 
1-ort  Edward  ;  on  fourth  day  ride  to  Albany  and  take  the  night  boat  home. 
u  a  .^cv  \  o'ker  starts  on  this  route  by  train,  instead  of  boat,  he  hrd  better 
Degin  wheeling  at  Meriden  or  Berlin,  for  the  road  th?nr^  t~-  H--rff.-.v.^  :.  ^.. 
cellent.    The  Bostonian  who  doesn't  care  tc  go  up  the  Connec"*icut  Valley 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


may  take  train  directly  to  Rutland,  3r  peihaps  he  may  find  it  practical>lf  t) 
wheel  himself  thither  by  way  of  Portsmouth,  the  White  Mountains,  or  .m, 
Johnsbury.  I  believe  the  I^ke  George  steamer  stops  running  at  the  close  oj 
September,  however.  In  that  caae  the  train  may  be  readily  taken  Iroin 
Whitehall  to  Glens  Falls  or  Fort  Edward.  Indeed,  a  man  at  the  latter  piai  e 
told  me  that  the  tow-path  from  Whitehall  was  ridable  all  the  way  down.  A, 
to  the  "floor-like  hardness"  of  canal  emb.-nkments,  however,  I  prefer  other 
testimony  than  that  of  a  bar-room  lounger.' 

»  Soon  after  this  piece  was  print -d,  "other  testimony  "  of  a  trustworthy  sort  appeared  in  the 
P  IV. ,  from  the  pen  of  a  For.  Edw.ird  cycler,  declaring  that  the  tow-path  was  entirely  too  soft  [„ 
be  ridable,  and  that  the  hill  which  seemed  to  me  the  steepcrt  one  I  h.idevcr  then  conquered,  wh 
habitually  ridden  up  and  coasted  down  by  local  ridern,  every  day,  without  so  much  as  taking  bn-nh 
or  winking.   From  the  same  paper  of  March  ij,  i«35,  I  extract  the  foll-.wmg  report  of  route,  frnni 
Hudson  to  Lake  George  and  thence  back  to  Williamstown,  taken  by  the  party  whose  course  from 
SufTern  to  Hudson  coincided  with  mine  (see  pp.  169,  171);  and  I  have  given  another  extract  (p.  ,3,) 
descriptive  of  their  route  from  Williamstown  to  Wcstlield,  which  was  partly  parallel  to  mine  :  "  uf 
two  possible  roads  leading  from  the  Blue  Store  to   Hudson,  we  scf  .1  to  have  chosen  the  won, 
and  after  several  hours'  alternate  riding  a..J  walking  over  its  ruts  and  ridges  of  rough  clay,  w^ 
stopped  at  that  city  for  the  night.     An  early  start  was  made  the  following  morning"  and  Stuy- 
vesant  Landing  (14  m.)  was  reached  at  8  o'clock,  over  roatis  the  less  said  of   which   the  better 
Alter  stopping  1  h.  for  breakfast,  we  took  the  path  between  the  tracks  of  New  York  Central aui 
Hudson  River  Railroad,  and  the  riding  proved  so  good  that  a  steany  pace  of  9  m.  an  h.  wi, 
easily    :ept  up  into  Albany  (13  m.).     A  fine  view  can  be  had  of  the  Capitol  bu-lding  for  several 
m.  before  coming  to  the  city,  as  the  railroad  runs  in  a  '  bee-line,'  which  apparently  ends  in  the 
Capitol  grounds.     Leaving  A.  at  3  P.  M.,  we  found  poor  riding  to  West  Trov,  4  m.,  where  the 
broad,  smooth  tow-path  of  the  canal  looked  so  tempting  that  we  followed  it' to  the  hill  above 
Cohoes,  although  a  shorter  route  lies  nearer  the  river.     Through  Cohoes  and  Waterford  to  .Me- 
chanicsville,  7  m. ,  the  road  is  only  fair,  but  probably  half  the  distance  can  be  wheeled  on  the  side- 
paths,  which  are  of  slate  and  so  smooth  that  not  the  least  jar  is  felt  while  riding  them.     The  3 
m.  from  Mechanicsvill-  to  Stillwater  probably  form  the  best  strip  of  road  in  this  section  of  New 
York  State,  as  we  proved  by  wheehng  it  inside  of   12  min.     The  Ensign  House  at  Stillwater  is 
to  be  recommended  ;  and  better  headquarters  could  hardly  be  found  from  which  to  inspect  the 
numerous  points  of  interest  in  the  vicinity.     As  few  wheelmen  would  care  to  visit  this  part  of 
the  State  without  gciug  to  Saratoga,  we  give  several  routes  from  which  to  choose  •  (.)  from  Me- 
chanicsville  along  the  r.  r.  line  ;  and  this  first  is  probably  the  best  road ;  (2)  from  Stillwater,  past  the 
Center  House  to  White  Sulphur  Springs,  then  along  the  e.  shore  of  Saratoga  Lr.ke  and  over  the 
boulevard  to  Saratoga ;  (3)  a  shortenir.g  of  the  second,  by  turning  r,,  .  or  2  m.  before  rpachirg 
White  Sulphur,  then  to  the  I.  at  the  tennination  of  this  road,  which  h.-in-s  one  out  near  the 
center  of  the  lake,  thereby  avoiding  several  m.  of  sand.     While  at  Saratog'a,  wheelmen  should 
not  fail  to  visit  >rount  McGregor  by  train,  and,  if  possible,  take  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Balmo-.l 
whose  cashier  is  hi  nself  a  cycler.     After  several  days  with  friends  at  Stillwat.-r,  we  started  n' 
again  at  10  a.  m.  of  .Sept.  11,  and  found  the  road  was  in  such  fine  condition  that  Schuvlerville 
'114  n..)  was  reached  in  i  J  h.    A  thunder  shower  that  had  been  bre.ving  all  the  morning  overtook 
us  here,  and  caused  a  delay  of  several  h.:  but  at  3  o'clock  the  sun  was  again  shining  brightly, 
and  we  started  on,  with  the  detennination  to  '  reach  Lake  George  anyhow.'    Thanks  to  the  fine 
roads  and  the  splendid  condition  we  were  in,  we  succeeded  in  finishing  the  30  m.  just  at  ni^ht. 
fall.     Shortly  after  leaving  Schuylerville  the  road  turns  to  the  r.,  and  crosses  the   Hudson  7.1. 
lowing  its  e.  bank  the  greater  part  of  the  way  to  Fort  Edward,  14  m.,  which  we  reached  in'i  h. 
S5  min.     Good  side-paths  extend  from  here  through  Sandy  Hill  to  Glen^i  Falls  (5I  m.),  and  for 
r.=.ir;y  :  —..  :ur:::=r,  :=  :,-.:  pc:r.:  «r.crc  iHc  '  Cojuuroy  '  begins.     This  is  the  old  Stage  rodd  to  Cild- 


Z^A-A-  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSON.  ,93 

hrs.  <  ...  o.'  ,hi,  peculiar  r,«ul  i.  s.raighu*^:!^!    bu  ThJ  ^     '  *=""""""•»  J°"-    Th" 

i"K  ..f  Sept.  ,j  dawned  clear  and  cool,  a  delightful  contra,.  ,o,K  '  ."'"  '   *••     T^"=  •""">■ 

be..n  literally  '  scorcher,. '  An  early  ,,art  was  mlr  ,  I "'».  P'«"d"'8  'en  days,  which  h,<l 
ward.  5in...  where  we  turned  ..ea  Iy^Tn  ILd  '  J  '  ^"  'f "''""'  "'""''  '"  ^'^'^ 
;i  n..     At  the  watering  trough.  ^1  on    w.  lei  to  the  I  ""'T'  ^""'''"^  '"  ^'»^"' 

h,.wever  i.p^ved  rapi.-ly,  L^  after  tur;.:;  t^^  d   thTn^to'.h':?  .r'  ""^  """•  *-^" 

f..u„.l  a  br,«d,  smooth  r.«d  under  our  wheel,    whuhL      K         w  "  ""'"'  **  *«»'» 

.H.^  a,  a  point  .J  ..  beyond  Kas.  GreenJ  ^h  'r^ diJidt'  tre",'  "C^  T'  '  ""  ^" 
.  -n.  to  Salem.     Following  the  road  to  the  r.  pa.,t  a  yelwtht 'ho  T-""'"'  "" 

»  ,  and  with  a  .trong  w.nd  in  our  favor  made  a  spurt  fo  (  J,  '■  ""     '"'•*  '"''^"'  ">' 

triod  .heir  paces  with  us.  only  to  be  left  f!r  in  Z  '"'*-;"""'"'«'='  P>«'"K  »<vrral  team,  which 
banks  of  Lauderdale  LaLe  (/m  )  a  ^  f  c  "„  ""'  *'"'  ^^  *"'  "•""  '?'""'"«  "'-8  ** 
....boat  and  cosey  hotel.  ^^g-hi'wT^:  ^  'Z:i:::Z  of  ui'^^ir '■  ^''  ''  '"' 

delightful  of  our  tour      Afer  Zin« thro' Lv^^^^^  '"'■•''  "*  remembered  as  the  mL 

.he  ...d  dwides,  one  ^rtnlurlZ:!!:^)^:^^^^^  "7-"  '^"'  <^»  ■">• 

inR  the  nver  a.  Hoosick  Falls  and  following  c, o^J^  i"  w  binl  K  ''''''  ""  °""  "°^ 
b.  said,  however,  in  favor  of  the  e   roaHhat    he     '        ,'  '  "'  "^  ''*  *>'""'"      "  «» 

...  ..bracing  as  it  Hoes  a  considrr^ l^:!:*:  rfiZslZl :':;?:"  ^r  "  ^ 

scenery  is  beautilul.  and-in  le  ^  c^f  .';:"„  ^Atter't'  T'"  ^"-1:  ''''""'  ''''  ">^ 
from  one  of  the  many  springs  that  lined  the  r^I^.H  '^  "'  "''"'=  ""^  dismounted  to  drink 

A  par  of  this  course  was  mcluded  in  a  three  days'  tour  (Sent    i. -„    <R,,   f         ,     . 
Spnnsfield.  ,,3  m..  whose  report  was  supplied  for  me  by  A   cTicho'sl'       "  V-^  "*  '° 
nes.  „f  our  first  day's  journey.  Cohoes  to  Lr.h  Ad.n.s  ('fj  m '   ,t'l\^TT  '  "  ''"*■ 

nn.  prejudice  you  against  the  roads,  for  they  are  usua  ly  giT'^nd  hard     b  "t    "'  "■  "■''■''°"" 
'".:;  tn,„,  and  the  final  24  m    were  triv^r^H  ;         •         j        .  '       "  '  *=''*  "°'  '"  '""'•. 

"P-Krade  .0  Washin«on.  and  go^d  ;^g  thence  d^tli;^  ^^:::r  ^^  ^^  '"^"^  =  '""^"^ 


t.n 


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13 


'i  n.).  Next  mom- 


194  TAW  aHOUSAND  miles  OX  A  BICYCLE. 

'  Just  a  month  after  returninR  from  Lake  (Jeorgc,  I  took  sicamrr  up  the 
river  a^ain  as  far  as  I'ouKhkccpsic ;  and  indulgerl  m  a  day's  wheeling  fhcn.p 
to  Khincbt-ck  and  l)ac:k  (JJ  m.,  7  J  h),  with  some  of  the  local    riders.     My  n- 
tjrn  down  the  valley   was   JKguii   at   11  o'clock  of   the    following   forenoon 
(Sept.  27,  '81),  and   I  halted  \  h.  lor  dinner  at   a   restaurant  in    Wappingcr's 
Falls,  7l  m.,  at  noon.      1  he  ne.xt  hour's  ride  carried  me  only  4^  m.,  to  the 
Stony  Kill  school-house, —the  good  wheeling  having  ended  at   Ihighsonville. 
Fishkill  Landing  (ojjposite  Newliurg),  2\  ni.,  was  reached  at  2.20,  and  poorer 
roads  thence  took  me  in  i^  h.  to  the  r.  r.  s'ation  at  Cornwall,  8  m.     I  lound 
an  ..tccllent  surface  thence  to  Cold  Spring,  where  a  hard  sliower  caused  an 
hour's  halt,  and  made  the  roads  so  muddy  that   I  walked  nearly  half  of  the 
last  4}  m.,  ending  at  the  Highland   Hofel,  (;arrison's  (opposite   West  Point, 
the  seat  of  the  United  States  Militarv  Acadcmv),  at  6.30  o'clock;  I  jt  I  c  ,>„. 
soled  myself,  after  supper,  by  \  m.  or  so  of  exercise  on   the   hotel   pia.'za.s. 
raising  my  total  to  26  ni.     Starting  at  6.20  next  morning,  I  rode  s.  and  then  1. 
up-hill  to  a  small  bridge,  i  m.,  whence  I  walked  \  ni.  to  the  top  (though  the 
descent  would  all    be  ridable),  and  then,  rode  down  2 J  m.  to  a  stony  hill, 
whence  I  walked  most  of  the  way  to  the  creek  near  the  iron  works,  z\  m., 
and  rode  to  the  Lagle  Hotel,  in  Pcckskill,  t  m.     Resuming  the  journey  at  9, 
after  an  hour's  halt  for  breakfast,  I   turned   1.  through   Washington  st.,  but 
went  \  m.  beyond  the  place  for  turning  r.  into  the  turnpike,  ana  was  driven 
back  to  it  by  meeting  a  surface  too  stony  for  riding.     My  cyclometer  was  just 
at  zero  when  I  got  to  the  turnpike,  2  m.  after  leaving  the  hotel,  and  after  i 
m.  of  wheeling,  I  plodded  through  sand  for  \\  m.  to  the  old  m.-stone,  "44  \-, 
N.  Y."     Soon  after  this   I  reached  the  r.  r.,  and,  as  people  told  me  that  the 
higl  vay  continued  jus*  as  soft  all  the  way  to  Sing  Sing  and  Tarrytown,  I 
mounted  betv/een  the  tracks  and  rode  \  m.  to  Cruger's,  and  i  m.  beyond  it. 
Then  I  walked  i  m. ;  then  rode  and  walked,  about  halt-and-half,  4  m.  in  i  h., 
to  Sing  Sing,— keeping  just  ahead  of  a  slowly-moving  freight  train  for  the  last 
in.     There  are  two  short  tuuLiels  near  Cruger's;  many  culverN  at  Croton 
(I've  heard  of  a  pleasant  carriage-drive  taken  from  here  along  tue  river  of  the 
same  name   to  Croton   Lake,  and  thence   s.  to  Tarrytown),  and  two  arched 
tnnnels   below    Sing   Sing.     Another  h.    between   the   tracks,  mostly  in  the 
saddle,  brought  me  to  Tarrytown  at   2  o'clock,  though   I  probably  ought  to 
have  taken  the  highway  at  the  sto.ie  arch,  perhaps  |  m.  above.     I  went  from 
the  Vincent  House  to  155th  st.,  iSJ  m  -    ,  .  resting  \  h.  at  Yonkers  and 

making  three  other  ..tcps,  thougr.  Valenti-n  was  the    m'ypla^j  where 

ing  we  tried  the  hishway  .i!;.-iin  .is  f.ir  as  Chester  (11  m.),  but  found  it  so  desperately  sandy  and 
hilly,  that  we  took  the  tracks  to  Huntington,  and  again  from  Russell  to  Weit  Spiingfield,  whence 
we  reached  the  city  by  main  road  at  6  p.  m.,  having  a  day's  record  of  only  j8}  m.  to  represent 
loj  h.  on  the  road.  This  two  days'  lesson  taught  us  'hat  the  best  route  (or  a  wheelman  »ho 
wishes  to  re.ich  Springfield  from  North  Adams  is  to  take  train  there  through  the  Hoosac  tunnel, 
and  then  wheel  down  the  Connecticut  '.alley  from  Greenfield." 

'The  remainder  of  this  chapter  is  now  for  the  first  time  published. 


LAA'J-   GEOKG/-,  AXD  THE  HUDSON.  .g,. 

::::::::;r:;::.,:t:t  :.;r""  -^  -  -  -  ^^^  -^-  -^  -^  -.  r<. 
.r..N  ^!«h ;:  :::;;;:;;;:::•  "z^-^  •  r"'^'"^'  '"^  '-^  "-^  -  - 

kcc|.Mc  ,si  m..  an  a  device  f..r  shaking  off  '„LiL  '  17^  ?.'""«''■ 
poor  conduion.  physically,  for  several  wc'  7'''".»'  -/"«■  «  »'ad  been  ■:, 
-.;.>s  .he  excursion  upon  n.y  nnnd.f  Thou  h'^";^ '"r^"""^  '"^••"^■"' 
•iM-thtr  m  my  checkered   career    c-,rri,.,l   ,.  l  '  '''  ""*  '""«=  "^ 

ukin,s.  I  never  before  hap"  "\  ,3^  "r""«\^  ^•'''*'  ^^-'X  °f  ""der- 
-ues  as  to  be  taken  for  ^  L  ^  ^"t',:;  T  ['T'"''  °^  ^-— 
l^m  (34  .n.)  was  a  long  one   and  whin  ir  ,,  ,       "         '^  '"""^  ""''  "^  '•''^h- 

it  along  .he  pla.form  to  the  Zl  of,  he  I  ""^"  '  ""  ^^""'  ^'^  ^"^  "^ 

...u,i,.K  a  man's  body  had  j u  t  be  "  h'„   -K«aKe..  ,u.  from  which  -he  box  con- 

- -here  waiting  Lr  th    b  gt^  "  ^T^   ""'  "'"  '"""'  '"  ^  '^^■='^^-     ^^  ^ 

'"  .1-   loca,  committee  ctSols    1 '"'''  ;"!'  "^  "'^^^''  ^'^*=  ^'-i™- 

<l-"rous  undertone  customary    or  "1  f       '   ''"'''^  '"  ""='  '"  ''^^ 

carriage,  sir.  is  the  one  jusrbehi„d  the ^^7"!  "'"""■'•  """«=  "  ^«"^ 
Pieasefor-  butjusttln  tht:"  kXt?:;.:^n::ia7rilt::f^  rV^"  ^'" 
sunhght  from  the  depths  of  the  I,  .„  J  ■    '^"'^K*     flashed  mto  the 

a-lvance  of  my  polite  r^umloc  ton  'f  th '"' "  '  '°""""'^'  "'^  ^P"''". '" 
••■"-  of  my  funerai."  C:ns7  ^gTha/f^^^/f^^^  ''''  ''^'  -^  -"y 
and  corduroy  smahs.  the  mistake  seemed  arrodd  "  f '""  '''^''""  J'^''^^ 
-nceman.  in  the  bewilderment  of  Tdel  c  u^ ^bt  tT  '"'''"  ''^  ^°'"- 
'-'■-lenclature  (banishing  "  undertaker  "^  "^  ,^,'  ''""'  '^'^^"S«=  '" 
without  whose  pid  no  truly  Jashic^ab L  c  "'  '''"""^  ^"'^  furnisher," 

"-«'>t  this  costume  th  ^  etme?  l^o/ifar:",  "^  '"  ''^°'^"'>' P'-'^d). 
'liacing  ana  furnishing.  The  fun^a  "  o  "  '  '''°^''''  '"^  *'^^'  ^°«  «^ 
'i--  upon  me  as  I  toile.,  u^Z^:'^^r  :T  '^"^  ''":'  ^"^  ''  ^'^-- 
'hough  I  think  I  should  have  ridden  it  aV.  if  thr"u  T'  "'  '''  '"^'^"«' 
-n  .he  afternoon.  I  waited  by  the  roads  de  to  tt'"  th"'  '  '"'"  ^'^^^^  ^^'- 
out  of  the  way      For  the  fJt         '^'^■"r        '^'  ^''^  returning  carriages  get 

"in-,  the  loL  a?d  turf  h  bee  .Tc"  V^  ^"^f  ^'  ^'"'^  '  ^^'^^  '  "•  ^r 
'h"e  gr,„„Hi  to  a  f  ne  powder  w"i  t^  "l  "'"  """^  "'  '""^  ^^^  -^^ 
•1-rcin-  rendered  too  steep  fo;  H  in'  V  'T.  "  ""'"''  ^•^°"^'^'  ^^"^ 
"'-'^  were  of  a  less  dreadful     l^'         '         ^"'  ^""^  '  ■"•  '^'  '"'P^ove- 

^;a-av.andIthenroc;^"r.r-— t?^3l-t::fr'  h""  ''' 
"•  ^Va,,p,nger•3    Falls  and   Poughkeensie    tL         f  Hughsonville 

-Te  than  half  of  it  was  about  fs  go^  ' as  n  c  31  l"^  T  ^•^""T^-^"'^ 
-^v  bcng  between  well-kept  stone  walls  shaded  b^f"  '^''"'°''*'  '°  ^''^ 
^■sted  at  a  friend's  house  over  S„n7         7  ^  '°'''  ""^  '"^P'es.     I 

^-'  .ave  excuse  fo.  further  delay     nd  Z    'T  ''^'^  ''""'^>''  ^^^  ^''^ 
„,>.,! .        .  "^"^  °^'*y' 3"a  even  when  I  mnnntPri   ,►  „  -,_,     .      . 

^    ^^^"""''  '  '"'  ^°  "^^'^  -'^  ^"  'hat  r  feared  I'mightnor  b;:;:i:  ';^ 


i    ■^ 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


stay  in  the  saddle.  Once  mounted,  my  vigor  returned  somewhat,  and  Uiouirh 
the  heat  proved  to  be  intense,  I  succeeded  in  grinding  off  23  m.,  ending  at  the 
hotel  in  Red  Hook,  at  a  little  before  7  o'clock.  My  route  was  through  Harri- 
son and  Mansion  sts.  to  Washington  St.,  which  I  suppose  is  the  prolongation 
of  the  New  York  Broadway,  for  I  followed  it  n.  up  the  river.  Teller's  hill 
the  second  ascent,  is  a  short,  sharp  slope,  followed  by  a  long  and  easv  one 
and  the  good  riding  then  continued  to  Hyde  Park,  7  m.,  except  for  bits  of 
newly-laid  gravel.  I  rested  2  h.  at  the  hotel  in  Staatsburg  (4  m.)  and  2  h.  at 
Rhine!)eck  (6  m.), — drinking  freely  of  miik,  which  formed  my  only  food  that 
day, — and  I  i)robably  rested  at  the  roadside  at  least  once  every  mile,  to  get 
the  cooling  effect  of  the  breeze  which  was  at  my  back.  Loam  seemed  to  be 
the  basis  of  the  roadway,  and  there  vas  hardly  a  mile  of  it  on  which  sand 
had  not  been  recently  hauled,  by  way  of  "mending  ";  which  sand  was  said  to 
])ack  down  tightly  by  the  aid  of  rain,  but  never;  thus  unassisted,  in  drv 
weather.  I  mention  these  details  to  suggest  the  warning  tli.it  a  tour  along 
this  section  of  the  Hudson  had  better  be  taken  a  little  before  the  farmers 
finish  i)lanting  their  crops,  or  else  a  month  after  their  struggles  with  the  roads 
have  abated.  1-eaving  Red  Hook  at  6  on  the  morning  of  the  6th,  i  spent  \  h. 
in  covering  the  3  m.  to  the  hotel  in  Upper  Red  Hook,  where  I  breakfasted  in 
the  bar-room  on  five  glasses  of  milk ;  though  I  supplemented  this  repast  i  h. 
latei  at  the  store  in  Nevis  (Cleremont),  3  m.,  by  a  few  raw  eggs.  Starting  on 
at  8.15,  I  rode  to  the  Blue  Store,  4  m.,  in  ^  h.  (dismounting  once,  near  the 
end,  on  account  of  a  horse), — and  this  was  my  longest,  swiftest  and  smoothest 
spin  of  the  day.  Instead  c*^  taking  the  direct  road,  1.,  for  Hudson,  I  went  to 
Johnstown,  3  m.,  and  rested  for  \  h.,  and  took  a  similar  lest  beyond  the  stone 
mill,  2\  m.  T.hence  to  pond,  then  1.  turn  along  main  road,  quickly  followed 
by  r.  turn  with  telegraph  poles ;  bringing  me  thus  to  toll-gate  about  i  m.  from 
the  finish.  I  rode  through  town  by  a  somewhat  roundabout  course  to  reach 
the  Worth  House,  at  i  o'clock,  21^  m.  from  the  start.  The  weather  of  the  lat- 
ter lialf  of  the  journey  was  so  intensely  hot,  that  I  decided  to  postpone  further 
riding  until  next  morning;  but  a  heavy  shower  in  the  afternoon  served  to  in 
troduce  a  heavier  rain-storm  which  r.aged  during  the  night,  and,  as  I  conid 
not  afford  to  delay  a  day  or  two  for  allowing  the  mud  to  dry  up,  I  reluctantly 
took  train  for  Springfield,  on  the  7th,  whence  I  continued  my  tour  eastward 
on  the  iCth,  as  reported  on  p.  no.  The  44  m.  from  I'oughkeepsie  to  Hudson 
woulil  have  su])plied  an  easy  day's  ride  for  me,  li.-.d  T  been  in  average  condi- 
tion, and  the  two  days'  ride  was  defi.nitelv  beneficial  in  starting  me  towards 
the  vesiuration  of  health  and  strength.  The  smoothest  and  prettiest  stretch 
of  the  course  ended  at  Hyde  Park;  the  second-b?st  section  at  Rhinehcck, 
which  may  properly  be  taken  as  the  terminal  jjoint  of  a  tour  from  the  mouth 
of  the  Hudson.  Beyond  liere,  to  the  northward,  the  roads  and  the  scenery 
definitely  grow  poorer  together;  the  vegetation  in  the  fields  is  less  luxuriant 
and  attractive ;  the  irees  arv.  more  scattered  and  stunted.  The  contrast 
reminded  me  somewhat  of  that  which  impresses  the  traveler  when  he  emerges 


LAKE  GEORGE  AND  THE  HUDSON.  197. 

from  the  Blue  Grass  Region  of  Kentucky  into  the  less-favored  country  ad- 
jactnt.  On  that  last  day,  I  found  a  good  many  big  round  stones  in  the  road, 
both  loose  and  fixed;  and  sonic  stretches  where  loose,  *lat  stones  had 
1  cen  thrown  in  by  the  "  menders,"  as  a  variation  to  their  throwing  in  of  sand 
and  sods.  While  I  loitered  on  the  public  green  in  front  of  the  county  court- 
house in  Hudson,  that  afternoon,  still  another  survival  of  barbarism  affronted 
mc  in  the  fact  th^t  prisoners  were  allowed  to  stand  there,  plainly  revealed  be- 
hind the  full-length  gratings  of  the  jail  which  forms  a  part  of  the  building, 
and  to  chat  with  the  casual  passer-by.  This  was  the  first  exhibition  of  the 
sort  that  I  had  ever  happened  to  see ;  and,  as  a  token  of  the  standard  of 
political  wisdom  ruling  in  that  locality,  it  impressed  me  about  as  unfavorably 
as  had  the  previous  and  more  common  exhibitions  given  by  gangs  of  farmers, 
engaged  in  wreaking  destruction  upon  the  roads,  under  pretense  of  "  working 
out  their  taxes." 

A  two-column  sketch  of  a  two  days"  ride    'down  the  Hudson,"  from  Albany  to  Pough- 
ketpsif,  was  printed  in  the  IV/ieel  {Oct.  lo,  '84),  by  G.  P.  MacGowan,  a  student  of   Middlebur,. 
Cnilege,  who  (on  Aug.  5,  2  to  H  h.  m.)  "  rode  with  a  companion  from  Greenbush  down  to  Hud"- 
son,  between  the  r.  r.  tracks,  30  m.,  at  a  gait  of  10  m.  an  hour,  ea.sy,"-a  preliminary  spin  of 
12  m.  havmg  been  made  in  the  forenoon.     The  tracks  were  followed,  the  second  day,  until  they 
became  unridable,  at  Germantown  ;  "  from  which  place  the  smoothness  of  the  highway  and  the 
(leiights  of  the  scenery  increased  as  we  proceeded  toward  Poughkeepsie,  finishing  there  (45  m.)  early 
in  the  afternoon."     Proceeding  by  boat  to  Cornwall,  f<.r  a  few  days'  stay  at  the  hotel,  the  writer 
found  pleasant  wheeling  excursions  thence  to  "Idlcwild"  and  Newburg,  and  climbed  on  foot 
to  the  summit  of  Storm  King,  "on  which  mountain  Washington  caused  one  of  the  largest  illu- 
minations ever  known,  as  a  sign  of  the  peace."    On  Nov.  8,  '84,  "  three  residents  of  Newburg 
wheeled  homeward  along  Broadway,  from  the  s.  w.  comer  of  Central  Park,  to  the  ferry  landing 
.it  Kishkill,  62i  m.,  between  6  a.  m.  and  4.20   p.  m.,  taking  breakfast  at  Yonkers  and  dinner  at 
Feekskill,  and  climbing  thence  over  liie  mountain  to  Garrisons  and  Cold  opring.     Allowing  ij 
h.  for  the  two  stops,  their  average  speed  was  7  m.  per  h.  The  weather  having  been  very  favorable, 
the  roads  were  good  for  the  entire  distance  '■     The  names  and  birthdays  of  the  three  are  :  J.  T.' 
Jo>iin,    July  28,  1838;    M    \V    Couser,  June   13,   1853;  R.   Ketcham,  Nov.  8,  1863;  though 
the  first  mentioned  took  the  trip  .ilone,  on  the  9th,  between  the  designated  hinirs.     He   is   my 
.iiithority  also  for  recording  that  the  best  route  n.   from  Hudson  le.  ds  (through  the  toll-gate 
which  I  name  on  p.  196)  to  Claverack  and  Ghent,  say  14  m,,  and  thence  to  Valatia,  about  8  m., 
ov,  r  an  excellent  gravel  track  ;  followed  by  fairly  ridable  roads  to   Greenbush.      I  believe  this 
route  is   also  reconnneiided   by  "  M.    U.    15.  ";  and  I    presume  it  is  the  one  which  w.as  used  by 
Iholate  R    Osborn,  of  Pougi.keepsie,  in  his  da.s  ride  to  that  city  from  Albany,  72  m.     The 
rym.  route,  by  which  a  connection  h.is  been  made  without  di.smoimt  between  Canaan,  on  the 
border  of  Connecticut,   and  Castteton  on  the   Hudson  (p.  148),  passes  through  Valatia.     From 
Chatham,  too,  on  that  sam,!  route,  I  am  told  that  a  good  gravel  road  reaches  through  Lebanon 
lo  Sluk.  r  Village,  whence  2  m.  ascen»  of  Pittsfield  m'.>i,ntam  must  be  walked  ;  after  which  the 
<'h  ni  to  Pittsfield  may  be  wheeled  without  stop.     The  road  from  Saratoga   through   Ballston 
1"  Amsterdam  (on  the  Mohawk  river  and  Erie  canal)  is  reported  by  .Mr.  Joslin  as  hilly  and 
soniewliat  sandy;  but  he  traversed  it,  between  4  a    m    and  8  P.  M.,  with  only  a  little   walking, 
and  he  recollects  the  distance  as  about  31  m.     He  likewise  tells  of  hilly  but  ridable  roads  front 
iliere  to  Sharon  Springs  and  the  head  of  Otsego  I^ke,  whence  a  ple.isant  excursion   may  be 
made  by  steamer  to  Cooperstown  at  the  other  end.  The  quickest  ride  which  I  have  seen  recorded 
Iwtween   New  York  and   Yonkers  was  that  of   R    G    RchxI,  in   the  plection-dav  road  rzcf.  c-A 
tlie  Ixion  Hicycle  Chib  (Nov.  6,  '83),  f.,r  the  club  championship  and  a  $50  gold  medal.     The 


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4  mill.     The  road  was  heavy,  from  a  mon 


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route  appear;  to  have  been  from  .he  s.  w.  comer  of  Central  Park  through  the  Boulevard,  iszd 
St.,  lothav.,  Kingsbridge  road,   Riverdale  hill,  Valentine's   lane,  to  the  Peabody  House. '   I  he 
distance  was  called  just  15m.,  and  the  time  was  i  h. 
ing's  rain,  and  a  strong  head-wind  prevailed. 

"  The  roads  from  Rhinebcck  to  Poughkeepsie  were  the  best  met  with  on  the  tour,"  says 
one  of  the  historians  of  the  "  liiy  Four  "  (C.  S.  H.),  whose  first  two  days,  beginning  fuly  6, 
'85,  covered  tiie  route  from  Buffalo  to  Rochester,  described  on  p.  -15  ;  and  whose  last  three  days 
led  down  the  Hudson,  ending  al  New  York,  July  17,— the  intermediate  wheeling  having  been  in 
Canada,  between  Cobourg  and  Kingston,  Juiy  9-10.     "  The  course  from  Alfiany  led  over  the  old 
post-road,  up  and  down  innumerable  hills,  to  Kinderhook,  where  dinner  v/as  served  ;  and  tlieri 
through  the    Hudson   valley,  with  fewer  hills,   to  Hi-dson  (reached  just  before  dark),  where 
steamer  v.as  taken  for  Catskill.     Next  morning  the  boat  carried  the  party  ar  ,ss  to  McKinstry- 
ville,  where  wheels  were  mounted  for  Poughkeepsie,  35  m.  distant  (dinner  at  Rhinebeck),  and  a 
steamer  t.V.     1  there  after  supper  which  brought  us  to  West  Point  at  1.30  A.  m.     As  the  final  dav 
proved  a  veiy  h,.t  one,  we  sailed  to  Irvington,  instead  of  di.sembarking  at  Tarrytown  as  oris- 
inally  planned ;  and  we  finished  at  59th  .St., —tired,  dusty  and  thirsty,  but  nevertheless  happy,— at 
a  little  before  7  v.  M.     At  every  town  between  Albany  and  Hudson,  the  inhabitants  turned  out 
in  Sunday  attire,  and  lustily  cheered  the  wheelmen  as  they  passed.     Flag's  were  hoisted  on  all 
the  village  common.;,  and  if  any  man  in  town  had  a  cannon  he  brought  it  out  and  blazed  awav." 
"  I   had  a  fine  trip  last  week  to   Lake  M.ilic.iik,   -oing  from   here  by  way  of  Montgomery, 
Walden,  .St.  Andrews,  New  Hurley  and  New  Paltz.     The  road  up  the  valley  of  the  Wallkill 
from  Walden  to  New  Paltz  is  hard  and  very  level.     Two  stretches  of  4  or  5  i ..  each,  having  a 
hard  dlate  surface,  are  almost  on  a  dead  level,  and  afford  an  even  finer  ride  than  that  along  the 
Delaware,  from  Port  Jervis  to  Milford.     The  37  m.  from  here  to  New  Paltz  could  bemade  with. 
out  dismount."     .Such  is  the  report  sent  to  me  from  Middletown,  Aug.  20,  '84,  by  H.  C.  Ogden ; 
and  I  supplement  it  by  remarking  that  a  road  extends  directly  from  New  Paltz  t    Highlands' 
about  8  m.,  on  the  Hudson,  opposite   Poughkeepsie  (see  p.  172),  and  anothe.   continues  n.  up 
the  Wallkill,  and  Rondout  creek  which  it    runs  into,  to  Kingston,  about  15  m.  (see  p.  18S). 
The  county  map  also  shows  direct  connection  between  Nyack  (p.  8o\.  on  the  Hudson  opposite 
Tarrytown,  and  .Suffern  (p.  171),  in  the  Ramapo  valley,  about  14  m.,  with  a  half-dozen  inierme- 
diate  villages.     Kirk  Munroe's  illustrated  article,  "  A  Canoe  Camp  'mid   Hudson  Highlands" 
(C«//n^,  Dec, '84,  pp.  163-173),  gives  some  interesting  facts  about  the  wild,  west-shore  region 
below  West  Point,  where,  "  back  in  the  hills,  the  dwellers  are  a  rude  a.id  savage  race,  whose 
knowledge  of  the  world  is  often  limited  by  the  mountains  that  bound  their  own  horizon.     So 
easy  of  access  is  this  remarkable   and  little-known  section,  that   the  exo'orer  may  run  out  fiom 
New  York  on  an  early  morning  train  to  any  of  the   stations  in  the  Ra-apo  valley,  tramp  15  or 
20  m.  through  the  wilderness  to  the   Hudson,  and  take  train  back   to   ,ne  city  in  time  for  a  late 
dinner."     I ,  however,  saw  no  one  verv  rude  or  savage  when  I  tramped  across  here,  Sept.  19,  '81;, 
"The   Hudson    River  by    Pen  and  Pencil,"  with  f.o  engravings   cm   wood  from  drawings 
bj    J.    D.   Woodward  (N.  Y.  :    Appletons,    1875,  PP-  52.  price  50c.),    is  a  well  printed  ociavn, 
which  is  worth  recommending  to  those  who  want  a  picture-book  of   this  region.      A  simi- 
lar rem.ark  m.ay  be   made  of  the  same  publishers'    "New   York    City  Illustrated"  (1883,  pp 
144),  which   sells  for   75c.      The    Cntski//  !\[om:t,iin    Breez,-    and   the   Lake    George   Ripfle. 
weekly  journals  of  the  Summer  Resort   Publication   vo.  (85  John  St.,  N.  Y.),  are  supposed  t,. 
contain  the  latest  news  needful  for  the  tourist.     Foi  the  sake   of  completeness,  I  catalogue  the 
series  of  cheaply-executed  r.iilioad  and  steamboat  guides  issued  by  Taintor  Brothers,  Merrill  i. 
Co.,  N.  Y.  ("  illustrated  with  maps  and  woodcuts,  and  mailed  for  25  c.  each  "),  which  have  been 
in  the  market  f.)r  ,a  long  term  of  years,  but  which  I  do  not   specially  reconnnond  to  wheelmen 
"City  of  New  York."  "  Hudson  River  Ro.ite,"  "  Saratog,-,,"    "New  Yv.rk   to  Saratoga  ..nd 
Thousand   Islands,"  "  Connecticut  River  Route."  "  Krie   Railway    Route."  "  Fall  River  ,iii<l 
Newport  Route,"  "  Northern   Resorts  "  (White  and  (Veen  mountains.   I,ake   Memphremaijoff. 
etc.),  "  Seaside  Resorts"  (from  the  St.    Lawrence  to  tlie  Mississinpi),  "  Pennsylvania  (0,1 1  Ko- 


v> 


"":-?r7Ti/^*r."'' -.,."?■ 


XV. 


THE   ERIE  CANAL  AND  LAKE  ERIE.^ 

On  t'  -     ternoon  of  Monday,  September  6,  1880,  I  took  my  wheel  out  of 
its  crate,  freight-house  in  Schenectady,— whither  it  had  been  sent  from 

the  manu.         ly,  after  having  been  improved  by  new  tires,  pedals,  spring.and 
minor  repairs, — and  mounted  it  on  the  Erie  tow-path  at  half  past  4  o'clock. 
The  fact  that  a  good  share  of  the   transient  population  of  the  city  crowded 
upon  the  bridges  to  stare  at  me  when  I  descended  the  steps  from  the  street, 
or  the  fact  that  all  the  boats  seemed  to  be  moving  eastward,  may  have  been 
the  cause  of  my  bewilderment ;  but  at  all  events  I  rode  i  m.  in  the  direction 
named   before  it  occurred  to   me   that  I  was  going  away  from  rather  than 
towards  Niagara,  as  I  intended.     Turning  about,  therefore,  I  soon,  for  the 
first  time,  came  in  front  of  a  pair  of  mules,  and  though  no  notice  .had  been 
taken  of  me  when  passing  them  from  the  rear,  they  resented  this  affront  by 
whirling  around  and  sending  their  driver  rolling  down  the  bank.     No  harm 
wa.  done,  and  the  man,  from  force  of  habit,  bestowed  h's  curses  on  the  mules 
r.ither  than  on  me;  but  the  incident  taught  me  the  need  of  caution :  for  as  all 
vehicles  are  by  law  excluded  from  the  tow-path,  a  bicycler  riding  there  is  di- 
rectly responsible   for  all   damages   his    presence  may  cause.     Thenceforth, 
therefore,  I  always  dismounted  whenever  I  met  the  animals  that  were  drag- 
King  the  canal  boats,  even  though  the   driver   thereof  sometimes  shouted  : 
"Come  on  !  They  won't  be  scared  !  I'll  take  the  risk  !  "     Oftentimes  the  boats 
were  very  close  together,  and  though  the  ones  westward  bound  caused  me  no 
trouble,  I  don't  believe  that  in  three  days  I  rode  as  much  as  i  m.  on  the  tow- 
path  without  being  forced  to  dismount  by  approaching  boats.     The  path  itself 
has  a  stone  foundation,  and  the  soil  un  top  is  generally  ground  up  into  a  fine 
dust  by  the  hoofs  cf  the  animals;  whereas,  heavy  wheel  traffic  might  pack  it 
down  hard  and  smooth.     Slow  and  careful  riding  was  usually  necessary,  to 
avoid  the  occasional  large  stones  concealed  by  the  dust,  and  though  I  found 
few  stretches  absolutely  unridable,  I  found  many  over  which  it  was  easier  to 
walk  than  to  ride.     Fast  wheeling  seemed  quite  out  of  the  question.     The 
best  that  can  be  said  of  the  path  is  that  it  is  level,  and  that  the  lower  Mohawk 
Vail: y,  through  which  it  winds,  is  picturesque.     "In  the  sweet  by  and  by," 
when  the  canal  shall  have  been  abandoned  as  a  transportation  route,  and  the 
i'rojccted  International  Park  at  Niagara  shall  hive  been  established  in  all  its 
,ilory,  I  hope  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen  may  be  rich  enough  to  fit 
up  the  entire  Erie  tow-path  as  a  pleasure  drive  connecting  with  that  park.     A 

'From  Tht  Bkj/ding  IVorld,  May  27,  June  3,   lo,   17,  1881  ;  pp.  27,  44,56,64. 


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th,ncoat.ng  of  the  powdered  rock  so  readily  nocurable  alongside  the  rana! 
could  be  spread  upon  the  excellent  existing  b  ^is  of  the  path  at  comparative 
slight  expense,  and  would  transform  it  into  the  finest  racing  track  on  'he  hab 
.table  glol.     Knviable  indeed  will   be  the  bicycler  of  tha't  happy  day  as  h^ 
goes  proudly  spinning  "down  the  ringing  grooves  of  time." 

On  that  hot  Monday  evening  in  September,  I  left  the  canal  at  Hoffman'. 
Ferry  and  went  to   Patterson's   hotel  for  the  night,  arriving  at  half  pTst- 
o  clock -,3j  m.,n  3  h.,-thc  last  \  h.  having  been  spent  in  walking  i  m  inth 
dark      I  was  told  that  the  highway  from  Schenectady  would  have  been  found 
smoother  than  the  tow-path;  and  so.  next  morning,  instead  of   resuming 
path,  1  had  a  ferryman  row  me  across  the  Mohawk,  and  I  rode  due  w  for  , 

Tf  mLn,  "'"■  "'i'"  '"'  '"''  ^""  '^"'^  ^"'  ^^°"^  ^"^  '''•">''  -d  after'  ij  n.. 
of  miscellaneous  locomotion.  I  recrossed  the  river  in  the  skiff  of  an  honest 
farmer,  who  refused  to  accept  any  pay  for  his  services,  and  again  took  to  the 
path.  At  to  o'clock.  I  h.  later.  I  reached  Port  Hunter.  5  m.  on.  connected 
by  a   bridge  with   Amsterdam,  the   first  large   town   w.  of  Sche;ectad       I 

mT    .r.?;'"'  '''"  '  '-^^  ^"'■^  """^^^'3  -beyond,  where,  at  th 
Mohawk  Hotel.  I  got  an  atrociously  bad  dinner.    Judging  from  the  shal 

and  unketnpt  appearat.ce  of  my  table  npanions,  the  ordinary  price  for  their 
meals  could  not  possibly^have  been  more  than  a  quarter-dollar;  but  the  genial 
landlord  chargeo  me  40  c,  in  order  to  encourage  bicycling.  After  2  or,  m 
more  of  tow-path.  I  took  the  "  heel-path,"  which  is  the  local  name  facetiously" 
applied  to  the  :ughway  adjoining  the  canal  on  the  1.,  and  kept  it  (except  for  c 
m.  ending  at  Spraker's)  till  I  reached  the  Nellis  House  in  Canajoharie,  at  8 
o  clock  30  m.  from  the  start  at  Hoffman's.  For  i  m.  or  so  through  Fulton- 
ville  which  IS  opposite  Fonda,  and  for  2  m.  beyond  Spraker's.  I  went  at  a 
good  pace.  Darkness  then  forced  me  to  walk  for  the  last  ,J  m..  though  I 
think  the  road  continued  smooth. 

The  hotel  accommodations  were  satisfactory,  and  starting  at  8  o'cIock 
Wednesaay  morning,  I  spun   along  smoothly  for  more  than  4  m.,  to  a  point 
beyond  Fort  Plain.     Then  followed  i^  h.  in  which  I  did  considerable  walking 
up  and  down  hill,  and  accomplished  4*  m.    Resuming  the  tow-path  at  10  o'clock 
at  the  bridge  opposite  St.  Johnsville,  I  rode  .long  it  for  exactly  10  m.,  ending 
at  Little  Falls  at  12.20  p.  m.     This   section  of  the  path  averaged  the  best  of 
any  in  my  experience,  and  the  last  ^  m.  or  so  really  admitted  of  rapid  ridinR 
There  are  several  good  hotels  here,  up  on  the  hill.     The  one  I  happened  to 
enter  was  the  Givan  House,  where  the  dinner  was   satisfactory.     After  a  ^  h 
stop  I  took  the  path  for  3J  m.  (J  h.),  and  then  went  in  swimming  for  i  h.,  or 
until  the  lock-keeper  (who  lent  me  a  towel  and  refuses  to  take  any  pay  there- 
or)  came  down  to   the  bushes  to  see  if  I  hadn't  been  drowned.     An  hour 
later,    •  m.  on,  x  took  the  turnpike,  and  went  through  Ilion   and   Frankfort. 
2\  m.  in  17  mm.     Then  the  road  grew  gradually  poorer,  until  at  6  o'clock  I 
was  tempted  to  try  the  tow-path  again,  along  whi.      '     lowly  ground  my  way 
for  2\  m.,  until  darkness  stopped  me  about  7.     T,.       .    <y..t  ^.K— ^  -  .•*»-.« 


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ca.u!  boat,  which  was  i  h.  in  making  3  m.  to  Utica,  and  the  captain  of  which 
refused  to  accept  any  compensation  for  my  ride.  He,  however,  recommended 
to  me  the  American  House,  opposite  Bagg's  Hotel ;  and  though  every  con- 
sideration of  family  pride  urged  me  to  patronize  the  latter  famous  caravansary, 
it>  lordly  and  glittering  front  seemed  so  to  intensify  my  own  dirty  a:id  be- 
draggled appearance  that  I  hesitated  about  entering,  and  so  allowed  a  porter 
uf  "  the  Americ  -  "  to  scoop  me  in.  Let  no  other  bicycling  tourist,  stranuca 
ill  Utica,be  si.   ;  beguiled,  however  :  for,  as  respects  hotels  at  least,  there 

can  be  no  po;  ..  .  .ubt  that  "  Bagg's  is  the  best."  I  afterwards  learned  that 
a  telegram  was  waiting  me  there,  from  a  college  classmate,  saying  that  he 
would  meet  me  the  next  noon  at  Oneida,  and  accompany  me  thence  on  his 
wheel  to  his  home  in  Syracuse. 

My  day's  rii.:2  to  Utica  was  37J  m.,  and  my  ride  thence  to  Oneida, ending 
about  half  past  5  o'clock  the  next  afternoon,  was  30  m.,  the  cyclometer  regis- 
tering iioi  m.  from  the  start  at  Schenectady,  three  evenings   before.     For  2 
ni.  from  the  hotel  in  Utica  I  rode  on  the  stone  and  wooden   sidewalks.     At 
Wliitesboro.  perhaps  i  m.  beyond,  I   turned  1.  by  mistake  instead  of  crossing 
the  bridge  on  my  r.,  and  so,  at  the  end  of  \  m.  spin,  was  obliged  to  repeat  my 
course.     Excellent  sidewalk  riding  wa.=  indulged  in  during  the  ne;.t  20  min 
[z\  m.),  followed  by  2  m.  of  bad  road,  e.iding  i  h.  later  at  Oriskany.     Beyond 
here  (ij  m.),  having  ridden  up  two  rough  hills,  i  engaged  in  i  h.'s  chat  with 
some  men  who  persuaded  me  that  the  tow-path  was  worth  trying.     I  therefore 
plodded  aiong  it  for  exactly  2  m.  without  getting  a  single  chance  to  ride,  on 
account  of  the  deep  sand.     Mounting  again  on  the  highway  at  11.45, 1  found 
occasional  good  stretches,  and  reached  the  Stanwix  Hotel,  in  Rome   5  m  or 
at  I  o'clock.'      Starting  thence  in  a  little  less  than  2  h.,  I  rode  or  walked  pretty 
contmuously  till  5.30  p.  m.,  when  I  reached  the  railroad  station  in  Oneida 
13I  m.     For  I  m.  or  so  out  of  Rome  the  .iding  was  good  on  road  or  sidewalk. 
Then  the  track  grew  stony  and  hilly  and  only  occasionally  ridable,  till  P«-rr 
Verona;  but  for  the  5  m.  ending  at  Oneida  it  was  nearly  all  good,  and  some 
of  ,t  was  very  good.     I  should  have  kept  on  wheeling  till'dark,  i  h.  or  so  later 
had  not  the  rain  begiMi  gently  falling  at  5  o'clock.     By  the  time   I  got  aboard 
the  tram  the  storm  grew  quite  violent ;  and  as  it  seemed  likely  to  extend  into 
the  next  day,  or  at  least  leave  the  roads  in  bad  condition  then!  I   decided  not 
to  try  any  riding  from  Syracuse,  as  originally  planned  for   Friday,  and  there- 
L^i  directly  through  by  train  to  Canandaigua,  the  ob;  ct'ive  point  to 

■In  June,  ,883,  S.  A.  Freer,  Captain  nf  the  Rome  B.  C,  with  two  members,  E.  P  Hovev 
and  W.  I.  Baxter,  wheeled  from  that  place  to  Auburn,  between  6  a.  m.  and  7  30  p.  m.  -takine 
breakfast  at  0-^e.da,  .3  n,  .  and  dinner  at  Syracuse,  .5  m.  beyond.    Another  member  of  the  club 

nil  d  r?HH''  T"  Vt'"-  ^'""^  T  ""■  '"  '*  ^-  ^^"^-  "•  '84).-oint  from  Rome  to  a  place 
a.LJ  Geddcs   beyond  Syracuse,  and  retuminp;  immediately  by  the  same  road,  which  is  a  vcrv 

r  n  "w  .  Z      "Tu  "'V"J  "'"'"  '"'"■     '^'""  •"  "'^  ^^-"^  ""'""'•  »"-'  =— d  '"e  distance 
Irn,,,  Watertown  (through  Martmsburg  and  Boon„ile)  to  Rome  in  9  h.  of  actual  ridine      "  In 

racing,  he  holds  th.  Championship  of  Oneida  and  Madison  counties,  though  he  is  scarcelv  ,« 

"^.t  -0;  a^c,  ar.a  r.ai  ...,ci  i.au  any  regular  training  whatever."— (J.  M.  Barton,  March  2,  '85.) 


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202  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

which  I  had  despatched  my  valise  from   Schenectady  on   Monday      I  after 
wards  learned  that  my  Syracuse  friend,  with  a  couple  of  other  wheelmen' 
reached  One.da  at  noon,  having  been  5  h.  in  covering  about  25  m.  of  turnpike  • 
andthen.notfindmgme  there,  rode  homeward  on    the  tow-path  until  over' 
taken  by  the  rain,  when  they  took  passage  on  a  canal  boat.     On  the  whole   [ 
think  the  Mohawk  valley,  from  Schenectady  westward,  can  be   recommended 
to  the  tourmp  b.cycler  who  is  content  to  make  slow  progress  through  a  pleas 
ant  country.      Fhe  scenery  as  far  as  Utica  is  almost  all  attractive,  and  much  o,' 
It  IS  picturesque.     From  Utica  to  Syracuse  the  prospect  is  not  quite  as  plea. 
ing.     As  for  the  paragraph  (Bi.  World,  Aug.7)  mentioning  a  ride  made  In 
H   B.  Ihompson  f.om  Erie  to  Little  Falls  in  four  days,  I'm  sorry  so  few  do 
tails  were  given,  for  no  other  ride  yet  reported  in  America  can  be   thought 
half  so  remarkable.     The  most  remarkable   part  of  the  ride,  however  was 
the     67  m.  on  the  Erie  tow-path,"  alleged  to  have  been  made  inside  of  i^i 
Canandaigua,  tl.e  court-house  town  of  Ontario  County,  boasts  of  numerous 
smooth  roads,  some  of  them  macadamized,  and  several  rn.  of  well-laid  flagstone 
sidewalks.    1  he  main  street  crosses  the  tracks  at  right  angles,  a  few  rods  west  of 
the  r.  r.  station,  and  can  be  followed  i  m.  due  s.  .,  the  lake  side,  or  ,  m  due 
n.  to  the  liberty  pole.     Turning  w.  from  this  point,  on  the  afternoon  of  Sep- 
•ember  11,  I  rode  z  m..  and  then  another  2  m.,  and  then  2\  m.,  ending  at  the 
r.  r.  station  m   East   Bloomfield,  about  the  streets  and  sidewalks  of  which 
pheasant  village  I  circled  another  m.  before  stabling  my  wheel  for  the  night 
A  .riend  accompanied  me  in  a  carriage,  or  rather  followed  behind  me  on  the 
road  except  when  a  halt  was  made  for  the  sake  of  consuming  in  common  his 
supply  of  Dek;vare  grapes  ;  and  we  both  returned  home  in  the  cairiag-  a  few 
hours  later.     On   Tuesday  forenoon  following,   having  taken  train  to  East 
Blcomneld,  I  rode  in  i  h.  from  the  station  there  to  the  brewery  at  the  r  r 
crossing,  say  \  m.  w.  of  the  flag-pole  in  Canandaigua.     The  wind  favored  me 
and  though  i  made  three  brief  dismounts,  none  were  really  needed'  in  the  6 
m.  named.     The  course  is  nearly  all  up  or  down  grade,  however,  and    hough 
some  parts  were  very  smooth,  other  parts  were  of  th  M  sort  of  red  clay  which 
hard  rains  render  temporarily  unridable.     I  was  told  in  East  Bloomfield  that 
Rochester  wheelmen  had  frequently  ridden  thither  and   reported  con.iortable 
roads.     In  the  afternoon  I  found   an   excellent   course  for    i  m.  beyond  the 
steamboat  landing  at  the  foot  of  Main  st.,and   I  al^o  went  twice  around  the 
i  m.  track  at  the  trotting  park,  in  4  min.  .35  sec.     This  was  the  first  occasion 
on  which  I  ever  tried  to  ride  at  speed  for  a  given  distance,  and  have  the 
time     accurately  taken.     I  judge  from  the  result,  that  on  a  smooth  course  I 
..light  perhaps  make  !  m.  inside  of  4  min. 

The  next  afternoon,  at  Niagara,  I  rode  across  the  suspension  bridge, 
nearest  the  Falls,  and  thence  en  the  wooden  sidewalks  for  ^  m.  to  the  Hor.e- 
shoe  Fall  itself.  Retracing  the  latter  part  of  my  course,  I  kept  along  the  w. 
bank,  over  a  road  generally  unridable  because  of  stones  and  ruts,  and  after 
■  i  m.  of  this  sort  of  travel,  reached  the  old  railway  bridge,  which  h.-.H  \mt 


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been  newly  floored.  The  planks  having  been  laid  crosswise  and  evenly  fitted, 
otfeted  a  most  tempting  chance  for  indulging  in  brief  bursts  of  speed.  The 
other  bridge  is  narrower,  and  its  planks  are  laid  lengthwise,  and  it  is  much 
more  frequented  by  carriages  and  pedestrians ;  but  the  railroad  bridge,  at  the 
time  of  my  visit,  seemed  almost  deserted,  excc,)t  by  the  occasional  trains  that 
lumbled  above.  I  therefore  flew  swiftly  across  it  a  good  many  times,  gazing 
up  and  down  the  river  at  the  scenery,  and  enjoying  to  the  utmost  the  novel 
sensation  of  "riding  through  the  air,"  until  the  approaching  darkness  forced 
me  to  reluctantly  enter  the  United  States  once  more,  and  plod  along  the  im- 
perfect board  si''  .valk  and  rutty  highways  until  I  reached  my  hotel.  The 
cyclometer's  record  for  the  afternoon  was  8  m.  The  ruts  worn  in  the  macai  im 
of  many  of  the  Niagara  roads  by  the  constant  carriage  traffic  were  a  truly 
terrible  phenomenon.  In  some  places,  il  my  memory  serves,  nearly  a 
dozen  of  them  stretched  out  for  discouragingly  long  distances  in  regular 
parallels  about  a  foot  apart.  The  fun  on  the  bridge,  however,  seems  well 
worth  the  overcoming  of  such  obstacles  as  stand  in  the  way  of  it.  It  would 
be  a  truly  enchanting  place  for  a  friendly  trial  of  speed  between  two  or  three 
riders;  say  in  a  dash  of  two  hundred  and  twenty  yards,  duly  chalked  off  on 
the  planks.  The  regular  toll  for  a  foot  passenger  at  either  of  the  bridges  is 
25  c,  and  no  extra  charge  is  made  when  a  bicycle  goes  with  him. 

Leaving  the  International  Hotel  in  Niagara  on  the  morning  of  September 
16,  at  ubout  9.30  o'clock,  a  ride  of  f  m.  carried  me  beyond  the  canal  bridge  in 
the  outskirts  of  the  village.  Thence  I  went  s.  without  stop  for  16J  m.,  in  2\  h., 
Having  the  wind  against  me  all  the  way,  and  being  slightly  sprinkled  with  rain 
(luring  the  third  half-nour.  Most  of  the  road  is  of  very  hard  clay,  which  was  rather 
rough;  and  beyond  Tonawanda  (where  the  bridge  almost  caused  a  dismount) 
there  is  a  long,  but  not  very  .steep  hill,  which  is  the  only  grade  of  importance 
between  Niagara  and  Buffalo.  I  met  at  Black  Rock  with  rather  rough  ■^♦^'^ne 
pavements,  turned  an  angle  to  the  r.  and  then  to  the  1.,  cros.sed  the  mal 
bridge  with  difficulty,  and  was  then  tempted  to  tr\'  the  sidewalk,  whose  curb 
soon  caused  a  dismount.  I  might  have  gone  without  a  stop  to  the  city  hall 
in  Buffalo,  3^  m.  further  on,  and  20  m.  from  Niagara,  had  I,  after  crossing  the 
canal  bridge,  stuck  to  the  highway  for  a  few  rods,  until  I  reached  Forest  st., 
the  first  on  the  1.,  then  gone  down  this  %  m.,  over  a  tolerably  smooth  pave- 
ment, to  the  Lincoln  parkway ;  up  this  to  the  r.,  and  then  on  r.  branch  to 
Bidwell  parkway;  then  left  at  quite  an  angle  down  the  avenue  to  the  circle; 
thence  at  right  angles  on  Porter  av.  to  Niagara  st.  (thus  far  on  perfect 
macadam);  and  down  this  on  the  flags  of  the  I.  sidewalk  to  the  city  hall. 
Such  is  the  route  which  I  really  did  take  after  -eceiving  instructions  at  Black 
Rock.  Proceeding  down  Main  st.  on  the  sidewalks,  I  reached  the  Mansion 
House  4  h.  from  the  start,  distance  22\  m.  After  a  stop  until  nearly  4 o'clock, 
I  began  a  2  m.  progress  which  carried  me  beyond  the  city  limits  to  the  shore 
of  Lake  Erie  and  the  sand  slough  into  which  its  overflowing  waters  has 
transfornicu  iiic  highway.     For  almost  2  m.  little  riding  could  be  done,  and 


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204  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  0.\  A  BICYCLE. 

the  walking  was  often  difficult.     Just  a  little  before  reaching  the  Half  '      ,. 
louse,   I  mounted  again  and  went  j  m.,   by  excellent  road,  to   Uav  Vkw 
House       After  8  m.  more  of  good  riding,  darkness  overtook  me;   also  au 
honest  farmer,  who  said  I  might  stay  overnight  at  his  stone  house,  i  m    be 
yond^    1  hence   therefore,  I  v.alked.  arriving  at  7.30  v.  M.,  38  m.  from  Niagara' 
The  next  day,  between  7  A.  m.  and   n.45  •'•  M-,  I  rode  along  Lake  Erie  .' 
distance  wh.ch  the  cyclometer  registered  at  a  trirte  le.s  than  73  m.     I  started 
at  the  farmer's  stone  house,  some  1 7  m.  below  Buffalo,  and  finished  at  the  Reed 
House  .n  hr.e.  whither  I  had  despatched  my  baggage  the  previous  morning 
when  I  left  N.agara.     The  so-called  R.dge  Road,  which  I  have  n.entinned  as' 
begmmng  to  be  ridable  ^  m.  from  Buffalo,  continues  along  the  lake  side  lor 
somethmg  more  than    .00  m.      In  a  few  cases   it  approaches  close' to  the 
water,  but  its  general  course  is  ,  or  2  m.  removed  from  'he  same.    Sometimes 
the   mterven.ng   land  is  even   wider,  though   the  rider  cannot  go  manv  m 
w.thout  hnd.ng   the  lake  on  his  horizon   at  the  n.  nr  w..  and  certain  of  ti.e 
water  v.ews  are  extremely  attractive.     Fine  ..and,  whose  particles  have  the 
quaiity  of  packmg  tightly  together,  is  the  material  of  .,  hich  the  road  is  formed 
and  some  parts  of  it  are  equal  to  the  best  macadam.     I  have  not  vet  heard  of 
any  other  American  ro  A,  even  approximately  as  long,  whose  average  smooth- 
ness  is  equal  to  this  on..  1  ^ 

My  first  dismount  of  1- .  iday  was  caused  by  a  log  in  the  roadway,  just  1 1  „, 
from  the  start;  time,  i  h.  20  mi,^.,  during  which  I  had  climbed  several  stitf 
hills,  and  generally  faced  a  brisk  breeze.  I  was  almost  i  h.  in  getting  over 
the  next  4  m.  to  Silver  Creek,  where  I  stopped  .  h.  for  breakfast,  and  at 
whose  hotel  I  should  have  spent  the  previous  night,  had  it  not  been  for  the 
delay  caused  in  getting  clear  of  Buffalo.  Many  dismounts  were  needed  in 
that  4  m.,  as  at  Cattaraagus  creek,  and  Irving  post-office,  and  the  big  elm 
tree^byjhe  brook  at  the  foot  of  a  long  hill,  up  ",hich  I  walked,     heaving 

'The  date  "  1880  "  must  be  remembered  as  attaching  to  this  remark.     Three  years  later  in 
the  course  of  :ny  .,400  m.  straightaway  tour,  I  found  four  other  ,00  n..  stretches,  which  are  f  .i'rlv 
comparab^  ,0  this  one,  -  che  first  three  of  then,  being  in  Canada.     Between   Windsor  which  is 
opposite   De,..,.  .and   Clearfield,  I   travcrse.l    ,«>  „,.  with   sca.cely  any  walking.     Most  of    1  e 
course   was  along  the  n.  shore  of  Lake    Erie;  and,  on   the  first  day  of  my  tour  (Oct   3   '8, 
rode  ncar.y  73  m.    or  almost  exactly  th.  distance  ridden  on  this  first  day  of  mine  along  ,'he      of 
the  lake, -though  I  took  no  other  such   long  d,y's  ride  during  the  three   intermediate   years 
Three  days  later  I  rode  from  London  n.  e.  ,0  Goderich  on  Lake  Huron,  and  then  s.  e.  to  Mitch' 
ell,  ,00  mm  .0  h.     The  third  Canadian  stretch  of  ,«,  m.  of  smoah  roadway  is  between  Co- 
burg  and  kmgston,  along  the  shore  of  Lake  ()nt.ario  and   the  .St,  Lawrence   river.     The  \.L., 
and  best  macad.,nnzed  roadway  in  the  United,  .Slates,  I  found  in  Virginia,  stretching  through  the 
Shenandoah  Valley   ,n  a  n   and  s,  line  for  ,50  m.      (ts  hills  are  all  ridable  by  the  b.cycle,  bu,  h 
number  of  them  and  the  difficult  grades  of  some,  render  the  course   inferio^  to  the  Ridge  ro.,d 
abng  Lake  Er,e  as  the  scene  of  a  ,00-m.  race.     Thomas  Stevens  told  me  that  this  was  by  far  tlu- 
n,oothest  stretch  wh.ch  he  n,et  w„h  in  trailing  across  the  continent  from  .San  Francisco  to  lios. 
ton  (,,.700  mO,  and  th.re  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  is  the  best  e,  and  w,  road  in  the  Union.     No  one 
nas  answered  my  challenge  of  four  year  ago,  by  trying  to  "  print  a  description  of  a  better  c,  -^e 
for  long-distance  racing     ;  and  I  am  sure  that  no  such  course  evistc  wi.J^:-  •>-  .—:— .  -.-     - 


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silver  Creek  at  10.15  *•  ".,  I  arrived  at  the  hotel  in  Fredonia  ?.  h.  later,  and 
rented  there  for  a  somewhat  longer  period.  The  distance  was  12  m.  over  an 
(  \rellent  track,  though  1  made  several  dismounts  for  the  sake  of  visiting 
.i|ip]e  orchards,  cider  mills,  and  the  like.  Westfield,  not  quite  15  m.  on,  was 
reached  at  4.30  p.  M.,  in  a  little  less  than  2  h.,  and  here  I  '-^-jfed  \  h.  on  the 
preen,  amid  a  congenial  rabble  of  sma.l  1  oys.  Not  long  afterwards  I  crossed 
into  the  State  of  Tennsyivania,  and  at  7.10  >-ached  the  Haynes  Hotel  i  .  North 
Kast,  15  m.  on  and  57^  m.  from  the  start  —12  h.  before.  This  was  7  m.  more 
than  my  previous  "best  day's  record,"  and  T  should  not  have  attempted  to 
better  it,  now  that  darkness  had  rushed  01.,  were  it  not  that  the  vision  of  the 
dry  clothes  awaiting  me  in  Erie,  some  15  m.  beyond,  irresistibly  beckoned  me 
thither  where  I  could  wash  and  be  cleaned.  The  adverse  wind  of  the  ''ly 
h.ad  meanwhile  died  out ;  the  road  .^as  reported  to  me  to  be  smooth  and 
level,  and  the  moon  gave  promise  of  lighting  the  wrxy.  Startmg  at  8.15,  riding 
•slowly,  when  the  moon  favored,  and  walking  when  the  clouds  obscured  its 
face,  I  reached  the  brick  sidewalks  of  Erie,  just  14  m.,  in  exactly  3  h.  Rathe- 
more  than  ij  m.  beyond  was  the  hotel,  inside  of  which  I  found  my  valise,  in- 
line of  which  valise  I  found  my  night-shirt,  inside  of  which  night-shirt  sleep 
soon  found  me,  enjoying  the  repose  I  had  fairly  earned, 

I  did  not  enjoy  it  more  than  4  h.,  however,  for  the  rattling  of  breakfast 
dishes  aroused  me  early,  and  at  9.30  I  mounted  my  wheel  again  for  an  excur- 
sion to  Ashtabula.  At  10  o'clock,  when  the  cyclometer  registered  the  com- 
pletion of  the  i,oooth  m.  of  my  riding  of  1880,  I  made  my  second  mount  and 
wont  6  m.,  or  until  a  horse  perruaded  me  to  stop.  The  green  in  Girard,  161 
in.  from  Erie,  was  reached  at  12.30  P.  M.  Beyond  here,  5  m.,  40  min.  of  riding 
time,  i  found  the  hotel  m  East  Springfield,  where,  for  its  dear  name's  sake,  I 
stopped  i\  h.  for  'inner.  The  best  thing  I  could  do  to  "celebrate"  West 
Springfield,  which  is:  .  m.  further  on,  and  which  occupies  the  extreme  n.  w. 
corner  of  Pennsylvania,  was  to  take  a  drink  at  the  public  pump  in  front  of 
the  po.st-office.  I  entered  Ohio  at  4.40  p.  M.  in  front  of  the  State  Line  House, 
■o  called  because  standing  in  two  States,— the  distance  being  .-8  m.  from' 
Krie;  thence  to  the  hotel  in  Ashtabula,  which  I  reached  at  8.10  p.  m.  (16  m.), 
'he  roads  %vere  generally  sandy,  and  in  many  cases  quite  unridable,  and  about 
nil  the  good  wheeling  I  found  was  on  the  sidewalks.  Darkness  forced  me  to 
walk  for  nearly  all  of  the  last  7  m.,  though  the  moonlight  would  once  in  a 
while  be  bright  enough  to  encourage  a  mount.  A  midnight  ride  to  the  r. 
r.  station  brought  up  my  day's  record  to  45  m.,  and  so  made  the  length  of  mv 
three  days'  tour  156  m. 

Sunday  I  observed  properly  as  a  day  of  rest,  though  it  .vas  3  x.  m.  when 
1  ,qot  tn  bed  .->.gain  at  the  Reed  House,  in  Erie.  On  this  second  occasion,  I 
secured  a  better  room,  where  the  rattle  of  the  breakfast  dishes  troubled  me 
not.  The  weather,  in  contrast  to  that  of  the  previous  days,  was  oppressively 
,sultrv,  so  that  the  readins:  of  the  Vir.ir  of  Wakefield's  tr.^vp!■'.  wn'-.  ^%  vlrr.-.r.-.-.s 
athletic  exercise  as   I  cared  to  take;  but  Monday's  air  was  cr     .r,°and  I 


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2o6  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  B/CViLE. 

started  off  from  the  r.  r.  station  soon  after  lo  oVlock,  in  the  face  of  a  threat 
ened  "equinoctial  storn."     A  few  slight  sprinkles  of  rain,  during  the  second 
hour  formca   the  s.-lc  fulfillment  of  this  threat,  and  the  afternoon  was  cica 
ind  bright,  as  wa.,  also  the  rest  of  the  week.     From   Kric   to  Kred„ni,  „,v 
course  retraced  that  of  Fridav,  hut  the  wind  v  as  a.  my  Lack  instead  of  in  „, 
face,  and    thi.  third  day's  ride   along    the   lake  su,,plied    the   swiftest  and 
pleasantcst  days  wheeling  that    I   have  ever  aiu  where  enjoyed.     In  ->  h    7 
mm   from  the  start.  I  reached  the   Ilaynes  Hotel,  in  North  Fast,  ni'm '_ 
the  last  J  m.  having  been  made  at  a  very  rapid  pace.     I  stopped  only     h  lor 
dinner,  ana  soon  afterwards,  at  ...5  ...  „..  n,ounted  at  the  top  of  the  hill  L 
yor.J  the   cr.ck.  stopping   exactly  .  h.  late,    near  the    top  of  the  hill   In- th^ 
(.r«n  at  Westfield.  ..J  m.     This  was  by  far  ,he  fastest    hour's   ricle      'e  t 
made  and  I  covered  6  m.  in  the  last  J  h,.  for  I  made  one  brief  stop  to  avo  . 
the  chance  of  frightening  a  lady's  horse. 

My  intention  had  been  to  go  from  Westfield  to  \favvillc.  and  there  take 
a  C  hautauqua  Lake  .steamer  to  Jamestown,  going  thence  by  train  to  SalamancI 
o  meet  the  baggage  I  had  despatched  thither.     liut  I  was  told  that  the  TZ 
to  Mayville  was  "all  up-hill."  and  that  I  should  be  too  late  to  catch  the  af  c 
noon  .stean>er.     So.  after  .0  min.  .stop.  I  continued  on  the  old  road,  and  soon 
got  tne  first  and  only  tumble  of  my  soo-m.  vacation  tour.     The  cause  of Thi 
was  that  in  turning  from  the  roadw..y  to  the  sidewalk,  I  neglected  to  allow 
for  the  velocity  with  which  the  wind  was  helpin,  me  along.     At  4  o'do  k" 
stopped  ,0  mm.  ..  inspect  a  steam  apple-drying  establishment  at   Portland 
and  m  the  ne.xt  40  min.  rode  si  m.  to  the  hotel  at   Fredonia.     Turning  0 
there  from  my  Friday's  route.  I  reached  the  r.  r.  station   in    Dunkirk  at    c  -  , 
P^M.,  Having  made  nearly  47  m.  in  6  h.  actual  riding  time,  though  I  was  abo;. 
ijh.  longer  on  the  road.     I  took  train  for  Salamanca  at  6 

The  ride  alleged  to  have  been  made  in  July  last,  on  a  S4-inch  wheel,  by 
H.  h.  Thompson,  of  hrie,  from  that  city  to  Haffalo,  in  8  h.  (a  distance  of  00 
m.  by  my  cyclo^et..}.  was  the  inspiring  cause  of  my  own  ride  on  the  san^ 
rack ;  and  I  hope  this  present  detai-ed  report  of  my  experiences  there  will 
tempt  many  other  rulers  to  make  trial  of  it.  By  starting  at  Giiard,  the  • 
find  good  roads  for  ,00  m.  straightaway,  before  reaching  the  sand  lough  on 
te  outskirts  of  Buffalo.  If  a  longer  ride  is  desired,  the  start  may  be  ma  , 
at  West  Springfield,  but  I  cannot  recommend  anyone  to  go  beyond  tht 
point.     On  genera    principles,  indeed.  West  Springfield  is  m'  JIZ.Z 

apt   o  be  favorable  in  nding  towards   Buffalo  than  in  riding  from  it   on  the 
road  I  have  described.     If  a  better  coarse  for  long-<listance  racing  e  J   s 
his  country   I  trust  that  some  one  who  knows  about  it  may  write  ad  tri 
tion  thereof  for  the  public   prints.  ■  '  aescriiv 

train''l"n!'H  '""r*"^ '^^  <^*^P'^'"b^^  ^')  at  4  r.  M.,  after  riding  .50  m.  bv 
t  am,  I  made  a  start  on  the  rough  wooden  pavements  of  Binghamton  and  ^  h 
...ter,  when  darkness  stopped  my  wheeling.  I  had  progressedonlv  8  m  "1"! 


EKIE  CANAL  AND  LAKE  ERIE.  207 

<;rcut  Bend,  my  objective  point.     I  reached  the  (;odfrey  House  there    7  m 
iKyc.ul    at   8. 37   o'clock.   havinR  made  one   ..-  two  brief  mounts   when   the 
moonhght  allowed.     I  think  the  latter  half  of  this  road  would   have   made 
fur  wheelmR    l,y  ,l.,ylight.  but   much  of  ,he  Hrst   half  of  it   was  unr.dable 
iKcause  of  the  deep  dust  and  abundant  stones.     Taking  trair   at  4  o'clock 
.Kxt  morning  for  a  4  h.  ride  to  Port  Jcrvis.  I  breakfasted  tl,.  re.  assumed  my 
last  clean  suit,  and  sent  n.y  valise  home  to  New   York.     Then   at  9  ,0   I  be 
Ran  to  propel  my  wheel  southward,  down  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Delaware 
over  t.he  well-know.,  track  made  of  powdered  rock  that  has  been  lifted  out 
r..,n  the  overhanging  cliffs.     Six    hours  from   the  start,  having  made  a  few 
<.ctours.  and  stopped  for  dinner  at  the  Ilalf-VVay  House,  from  .  to  2  o'clock 
I  reached  the  bridge  at  Itushkill.  29J    m.     At  the  cross-roads  by  Jim  Price's 
house  4jm.  beyond.  I  turned  to  the  I.,  having  walked  most  of  this  distance 
s.ive  the   a.l  m.     Then  the  roads  gradually  improved,  so  that  in  my  last  h  of 
ayhght  I  accompbshed  upwards  of  5  m.  An  hour  later,  at  7.30  P.  M..  I  reached 
■   K.ttatmny  Hotel,  at  the  Delaware  Water  Cap,  4.   n..  from  the  strn  at 
lor     Jerv.s.      This    last   jj   m.,    which    I    walked   in    the   darkness,   would 
probably  have  been  good  ridi.ig  by  daylight. 

Starting  a      n  at  8.45  A.  m..  I  accomplished  304  m.  before  7  P.  M..  when  I 
^toppedatthe   .otel   in   Stanhope.     This  day's  experience,  like  that  of  the 
•second  afternoon  previous,  bore  a  close   resemblance  to  the   Irishman's   with 
th.  sedan  chair  whose  bottom  was  gone.-"  Except  for  the  name  of  it   I'd 
about  as  hef  walk."     I  mention  the  route  in  order  to  warn  all  bicyclers  against 
these  part.cular"  Jersey  hills."  where  there  is   no  "  coasting"  at  all.  and  only 
preaous  bttle  r.dtng  of  any  sort.     I  stopped  ,  h.  for  dinner  at  Blairstown,  and 
made  another  pai.se  at  Johnsonsbury,  5  m.  on.     The  next  5  m.  strevch,  to  Ala- 
moochy,  supplied  uhe  best  riding  of  the  day.     The,  followed  a  3  m.  walk  up 
ancl  dowr  the  mountain  to  Waterloo,  then  a  2  m.  ride,  and  finally  a  2  m  tramn 
0.  the  canal  tow-path   to  Stanhope.     I    left   there  :,  6.25  a.m.,  on  the  24th 
..n<  iwent  to  Drakesville,  whence  I  had  2  m.  of  good  sidewalk  riding  tnrough 
Mr(  amsv.lle.  fll  I  turned  off  on  the  1.  at  the  post  which  said  "  4  m.  to  i3over" 
.  reached  the  hotel  there  at  9  o'clock,  toj  m.  from  the  start,  and  ..topped  40 
n  ,n.  for  breakfast.     Thence  through  Kockawav,  Denville   and    Persippanv 
where  I  went  astray  from  the  main  track,  until  at  i.io  v.  m.,    2  -n   from  the' 
st..rt,  I  reached  t^e  post  which  said  "  .0  m.  to  Newark."     After  this  the  roads 
began  to.mprove  somewhat,  alio  ,ving  me  to  do  more  riding  than  walking,  and 
m  ,  hi  reached  Pme  Bro.,k  i)ost-office.  which  is  the  end  of  the  stage  route 
rem  Newark.     Just  beyond  here  was  a  tavern  wher.  I  secured  a  comfortable 
lunch,  and  then,  at  2.30  p.  m.,  I  began   upon  mv  first  real  riding  of  the  dav 
^o  pleasant  did  it  seem  to  be  on  a  smooth  track  once  more  that   I  circled 
about  for  several  miles  at  haphazard  on  the  avenues  cf  Orange  before  finallv 
settm^nriy  face  towards  the  big  city,  where  I  ended  up  the  dav  with  a  spin 
aground  the  fountain  in  Washington  Square,  at  7.30  p.  M..  ,3  m.  from  the  st.rt 
::wo  ...aae  ib/j  m.  for  the  last  hve  days  (say  an  average  of  37  m.).  and  495  m 


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2o8        Tf-:x  r//oirsAXD  Af/ij:s  ox  A  tt/ryci.'-:. 

for  the  fifteen  riding  cbys  of  my  tour,  which  began  at  Schenectadv  on  tne  6ih 
of  September,  (It  was  not  uncil  three  years  later  that  I  indulged  in  a  longir 
journey,  by  wheeling  st-aightaway  irom  Michigan  to  Virginia.) 

'From  the  rcixjrt  <if  route  between  lt,i,i,.ii  j,ul   Huffalo,  given  (irhr,'  lan,  Dec     iSSi 
iW-ioi)  by  W.  U    Uutlcr,  a  student  ..f    I'hilhp,  Aiad.niy,  Andover,  *h..  cde'brated   the  c  nn 
pletion  .,1  a  c.mrw  of  Mi.dy  there  in  the  suinm.r  .,{  'S,.  by  wheeling  I,,  h„  Horn-  in  Olean    N 
Y.,bcx.  r-    a,ro«  two  Siite*.  I  condense  the   iollowiMR  summary:  "  I.e.ivir^    BoMon,    !„K    , 
on  a  5,-in.  Invi-uble.  unencumbered  with  baKKaRc,  I  breaktaMed  at  Natick,  toiled  thnuigh  the 
mud  by  Shrewsbury  roi-le  to  Worcester  at  i  45  i'    m  ,  and  took  train  to  Palmer,  as  I  ■*««  i.,,|t,r 
mtermediate  sand   was  well-niKh   imptssable.      keathed   Springfield  at  j  .-.  m.  ne*t  day   »,il,  a 
record  ol  ii  m.  in   4   h.;  and  early  on  sih  .      c.ed    10  ni.  to  Westfield,  not  much   the  worse  f..r 
mud,  and  spent  reM  of  day  in  drag^in^  nivself  ilirough  Russell,  to  the  Mountain  HoMSe  in  :tl  „„' 
ford,  where  stayed  all  night.     The  view   to  I.e   had  at  this  point   pays  one  for  the  struggle  anil 
the  ,)icture  of  the  valley  beneath  the  rays  of  the  setting  sun  can  never  be  forgotten.     Ihe  fmirlh 
d.iv  look  mc   to  West  Stockbridge,  2;  m  .  by  way  of   N,  Blandford,  W.  Itccket  and  E   f^e 
.Sl..rtms  early  on  Saturday,  I  crossed  the    State   line  at  7  o'clock    (having  traversed    160  m    in 
Massachusetts  in  34   h.  of  actual  travel),  and   found  the   roads  improved   rapidly,  though  there 
were  many  hills  to  mount,  as  I  pas.scd  through  K.  Chatham,  Maiden  Hridge,  W.  Nas,sau  ann  r 
Schod^ck.      I  rested  there  for  the  day  on  ..co.imt  of   intense  heal,  and  then  proceeded  to  Tr.n 
where  I  stayed   Sunday.     Starting  at  4.,,o  a    vi.  on  the  qth,  I  breakfasted  a'    Riverside  !'ark   8 
m.,  and  then  proceeded  to  Saratoga,  32  m.  in  jj  h.,  the  hard  clay  road  being  in  fine  condiiiun 
I  t.H.k  a  spin  10  the  lake,  nex     .ay,  and  found  other  excellent  roads  in  the  vii!ige,  but  no  wheel 
men   usn.g  them.     On  the   i.th,  I   hao  a   pleasant  run  of  25  m.  through   liallston  Spa  to  the 
'  Hats,' and   then  tried  the  Krie  tow-path  to  Schenectady  at  2,30  P.  M.,  dismounting  for  even 
team,  after  the  first  pair  of  mules  which  I  met  had  pawed  the  air  for  jov  and  caused  their  driv^' 
to  'stand  from  under.'     For  8  m.  towards   Amsterdam  I    pushed   my  machine  over  the  lump. 
where  the  '  repairers '  had  plowed  op  the  road  ;  then,  almost  fainting,  beneath  the  boiling  sun 
I  turned  in  at  a  farm  house  for  the   night.      Between  6  and   7.30,  next  morning,  I  wheeled  I., 
Amsterdam,  i,  m.,  and  then  to  Fonda,  8  m.,  where  stayed  at  Snell  House,  on  account  of  heat 
till  3  30.  and  rode  to  Palatine  Bridge,  14  m.  in  .  h.  .0  min.;  thence   passed  rapidly  and  withoui 
dismount  through  Fort  Plain,  St.  Johnsville  and   Little   Falls  to  Herkimer.-making  57  m   for 
the  day.     Silent  Friday  visiting  places  of   local   interest  (including  the  Spinner  farm,  whence  an 
excellent  view  of  the  valley  up  and  down,  for  25  m.,  is  to  be  had),  and  on  Saturday  made  long 
halts  at  the  Remington  works  in   flion  and  with  friends  at   Utica,  riding  thence  after  supper 
with  two  club  men,  to  Rome,  17  m.,  in  .h.  40  ;nin.;  my  forenoon's  ride  having  also  been  ,7  m 
from  Herkimer  to  Utica.     A  heavy  rain  lasted  <li.-^ng  ai'.  of   Sunday,  but  1  n.     e  an  early  start 
next  morning,  and  -.ft.-r  pa.ssing  Verona,  Oneida  and  Canastota,  to.  '      ,  the  railway  at   Lenox 
and  rode  between  the  tracks  20  m.  to  Syracuse  at  2  o'clock  :  thence  L     highway  through  Camil- 
lus,  Marcellus,  and   Elbridge  to  Senate  at  9.     The  next  day,  the  rain  kept  me  at  Auburn  (5  m.) 
from  9  A.  M.  to  5  p.  M.,  and  I  was  -  h.  in  covering  the  8  m.  thence  to  Cayuga.     Wednesday  led 
me  along  fine  scenery  and  excellent  roads,  through  Seneca  Falls  and  Waterloo  to  Ceneva  ;  thence, 
after  supper,  to  Canandaigua.  16  m.  further,  at  9.45  p.  „.;  and  late  on  Thursday  afternoon  f  rode 
rapidly  through  E.  and  W.  Bloomfield  to  Lima.     Friday,  witnessed  mv  longest  ride,  80  m.  (be- 
tween 7.30  A.  M.  and  10  p.  .M.)  in  9  h.  of  .ictual  tr.ivel.    f  made  a  detour  from  Caledonia  in  order 
to  visit  the  State  fish-hatching  establis*'  ., -nt,  and  rolled  through  Le  Roy  to  Batavia,  whence  the 
road  is  hard  most  of  the  way  to  Buf?'  ,;  In  I  turned  off  from  it  at  Alden  and  went  to  Lancaster. 
Thence,  on  the  final  day,  I  made  Huff,  '  ■.  '.,,    plank  road,  in  a  little  more  than  i  h.,  continuing 
thence  through   E.  Aurora,  Yorkshire  ai.d   Franklinville  to  Glean  at  11.30  p.   m.    This  com- 
pleted my  tour  of  615  m,  in  a  little  more  than  13  days  of  travel  (Jul--  3-21),  which  included  .jSJ 
h.  on  the  road."     It  is  to  be  obser\-ed  that  the  most  diflScult  section  of  this  journey  was  between 
Westfield  and  Lee,  along  the  same  roads  described  by  me  on  p.  121  as  the  worst  in  a  ,no.m  tn.jr. 


XVI. 

NIAGARA  AND  SOMK  LESSER  WATERFALLS.' 

s.p'ember  withc-u  being  n.uch  interfered  with  by  rain      n'ade  bo  S   in  1 
to  LcRi..  a  IcHK  tour  on  the  tyth  of  that  month  by  takin.  a"  r  Iv         "  ' 

>.!'  .he  Hudson  from  N'ew  York   to  Albanv      Thr        .  /       *     "*"'"" 

•ho  M.n  shone  bri„iant,y.  so  that  the  hia^Jas  ex    enT, ^   rtl''^^  t^'  ""S 
>  e  bo  ..     A.  Albany  was  approached,  about  nigh  f  ll  'del  obs^  'd'th 
^kv.  and  there  arose  a  tremendous  whirlwind  of 'dust.    ccZanierbva  fe 
<!ri  ,.->  of  ram.     Five  hours  later  I  started  for   Utica  nn    "^^  "'P*"'^"  ^y  ^  ^e* 

ll  had  long  b^„  my  ^,„|,il:„„  ,„  e,„„||  ,„y,d(  amo,.g  u,c  jue,,.  S  !.  ' 

.«k  „r  hard  „„,!<  a,.d  ,i,„e  .|„p.     Bu. ,  o  '  Thi,  dr,       ',  n'  """  "'"7' 
.i;.,«N.d.  a„d  ,„y  ,a„,ny  p.id.  sl„d  a  .re„,„d      '1,;  w  ^Te  ^S 

.ne  cot,  Dut  both  had  to  be  paid  for  at  a  good,  stiff  pries 
;^  'eported  that  the  severe  storm  ot  the  previous  day  and  nicht  had  h,di, 

-*"^:.r,:;t:e'XT,t;:v'r'd7jr^^^^^^^^^ 

■»  «.ar^o.,  „„der  the  pi.otage  o,  a  io^aTltrn "a  !  ^  irbHc "' 


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and  wooden  sidewalks,  to  the  era  of  the  dirt-walk  in  VVhitestown, — 5^  m.  in 
\  h.  (Our  pilot  was  one  of  the  pair  who  recently  rode  then  wheels  from 
Utica  to  Detroit.  If  I  rightly  understood  him,  their  cyclometer^  registered 
the  distance  at  600  m.,  and  they  covered  it  in  eleven  days,  on  one  of  which 
they  dill  no  riding.  This  average  of  60  m.  a  day  seemed  o  me  a  remarkable 
exploit,  and  I'm  sorry  a  minute  report  of  the  tour  has  noi  yet  been  prepared 
for  publication.)  The  track  thus  far  was  identical  with  that  traveled  by  mc 
in  18S0,  on  the  way  west  rd  to  Oriskany  and  Rome;  but  soon  after  our 
guide  left  us,  at  the  end  of  ihe  path  in  Whitestown,  we  turned  to  the  r.,  and 
went  by  a  somewhat  winding  road,  through  Marcy,  to  the  hotel  in  Holland 
Patent,  9  m.  in  3  h.  After  halting  i  h.  for  lunch,  we  jogged  on  6^  m.  further 
to  Moore's  Hotel,  at  Trenton  Falls,  and  there,  at  5.30  o'clock,  halted  for  the 
night;  whole  distance,  21  m.  The  mud  did  not  give  the  expected  trouble, and 
no  more  rain  fell ;  but  the  track  was  generally  damp  enough  to  be  rather 
heavy,  especially  on  the  up  grades,  of  which  there  were  a  good  many,  and  the 
sand  and  stones  were  more  abundant  than  comfort  demanded.  Still,  at  its 
best,  the  road  would  not  be  called  .1  bad  one. 

We  planned  to  start  at  6  the  following  morning,  for  a  long  ride  to  Water- 
town;  but  the  rain  was  falling  heavily  at  that  hour,  and  so  we  abandoned  all 
further  hope  of  touring  together.  My  companion  took  train  at  noon  for  his 
home  in  the  town  just  named,  and  I  spent  the  day  in  exploring  the  falls  and 
enjoying  their  surpassing  beauties.  I  never,  anywhrre,  chanced  upon  a  more 
pleasantly  solitary  spot,  and  I  hope  I  maybe  permitted  to  revisit  it  many 
times  hereafter.  The  hotel  —  which  was  a  good  one,  as  may  be  judged  by  its 
charge  of  $3.50  a  day  —  was  just  upon  the  jioint  of  closii.^  its  "season"; 
and  I  believe  its  annual  o\>  ling  time  is  about  the  first  of  June.  Near  its 
gates,  however,  was  a  less  pretentious  but  neat-looking  establishment,  which 
I  think  receives  visitors  all  the  year  round.  On  Friday,  the  22d,  I  mounted 
at  6.10  A.  M.,  and  in  lA  h.  had  retraced  my  course  of  two  days  before  to  the 
hotel  in  Holland  Patent,  riding  almost  all  the  way,  though  I  had  walked  a 
good  deal  on  the  previous  occasion.  My  cyclometer  fell  short  |- m.  from  its 
previous  record  of  the  same  distance.  After  stopping  i  h.  for  breakfast,  I 
journeyed  towards  Rome,  7  m.  without  a  dismount,  the   time  being  55  min.' 


Mn  A  talk  (Feb.  25,  '85)  with  a  rider  of  this  tnwn,  J.  M.  Barton,  a  road  of  47  m.  extending 
from  Komo  to  the  Adirondack  region,  was  described  so  attractively  tli.it  I  shall  improve  thi'  first 
chance  which  comes  to  me  for  making  trial  of  it.  The  approximate  distances,  as  he  recalled 
them  A'ere  these  :  Flovfl,  7i  m.  ;  Holland  Patent,  3J  m.  ;  Trenton  Village,  i\  m.  ;  Prospect, 
about  J  m.  (Bagg's  Hotel  recommended),  whence  a  good  plank  road  leads  to  Gang  Mills,  2  m  , 
•where  passage  is  made  across  V.'est  Canad.i  creek,  which  sep.irates  the  counties  of  Oneida  and 
Herkimer.  This  is  the  same  stream  whose  waters  make  the  adorable  Trenton  Falls ;  and  the 
gorge  at  Prospect  (19  m.  from  Utici)  is  said  to  be  finer  than  anything  at  Trenton.  Between 
Cianj  Mills  and  (".rant  (j  m.),  the  road  is  rather  rough  at  first  and  then  sandy  ;  and  the  next  11 
m.  ending  at  Wiimot  Corners,  are  about  the  p(X)rest  of  all.  The  Wilmnt  House  here,  '  it 
by  a  well-known  guide,  is  commonly  called  from  him  "  Ed  Wilkinson's,"  .iiul  is  a  sort  of  land- 
mark ana  rendezvous,     .vbout  i  ni.  before  reaching  it,  the  traveler  mubi  climb  a  steep  and  iont; 


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This  is  equivalent  to  high  praise  of  the  track,  for  I  rarely  ride  faster  than  6 
111  an  hour  on  a  good  road,  and  5  m.  an  hour  on  an  average  one.  Two  and  a 
half  miles  more,  mostly  of  sidewalk  riding,  brought  me  to  the  canal  bridge 
at  Rome,  where  I  spent  ^  h.  in  conversation  with  the  local  wheelmen,  who 
urged  me  to  stay  over  for  the  afternoon  and  participate  in  the  parade  which 
thty  had  agreed  to  make  in  connection  with  the  r  nty  fair.  Resisting  their 
blandishments,  I  jogged  on,  at  a  slower  pace  than  before,— though  the  road 
was  almost  continuously  ridable,  which  was  not  the  case  wh.-n  I  first  tried  it, 
two  years  earlier,— until,  in  two  h.,  I  had  covered  8^  m.  Trten  the  rain  over' 
tuck  me  again,  almost  in   the  identical  spot   where  it  overtook  me  in  1880. 

hill  (planked),  though  his  labors  will  be  rewarded  by  the  beauti«  which  the  deep  gorge  and  ihe 
rushing  waters  here  present  to  him.     A  tine  road  then  stretches  for  4  m.  to  the  hotel  and  sum- 
mer resort  kept  by  Oriff  Evans  at  Noblesboro,  where  the  creek  must  be  crossed  and  a  steep 
X'M'aV  hill  ascended  -massing  "  Bethuneville,"  the  relics  of  an  attempted  village,  and  finding  thetl 
4  in  of  good  roads  to  Morehouseville.     Hoffmaster's  "  Hunter's  Home  "  is  3  m.  beyond,  at  the 
end  of  the  valley  and  surrounded  by  mountains,  and  the  approach  to  it  it  ridable  except  the  final 
hills.      It  is  the  last     >lace  where  food  and  lodKiiig  may  be  obtained  before  entering   "  the 
woods"  ;  and  Piseco  Lake,  a  resort  for  fishing  parties,  is  only  7  m.  beyond.     Mr.  Barton  assured 
me  that  the  lover  of  nature  will  find  this  section  of  the  wilderness  worthier  cf  its  name  than  the 
more  frequented  parts  which  are  entered  from  Lake  (Jeorge  and  Lake  Champlain  ;  and  he  also 
referred  to  "  The  Adirondack  .Surveys,"  by  Verplank  Colvin,  as  an  authority  for  the  topc-graphy 
of  the  region.     .Stoddard's  map  of  the  Adirondacks  (see  description,  p.  ,86)  shows  that  the  lake 
just  named  is  connected  with  Lake  Pleasant  by  a  road  about  .0  m.  long,  and  that  "important 
mads"  extend  from  it  (at  the  post-offices  of  hoxh  Sageville  and  Newton  Comers)  28  i  m   to 
.\onhville,  the  terminus  of  a  branch  railway  of  26  m.  to   Fonda  on  the  main  line      The  roads 
fro,,,  the  two  ends  of  Lake  Pleasant  make  a  junction  at  Wellstown  (6  m.),  and  follow  the  Sacon- 
daga  river  s.  from  that  point  to  Northville  ;  but  another  "  important  road  "  stretches  n   e   'rom 
Wellstown,  along  the  east  branch  of  that  river,  25  m.  to  North  Creek,  which  is  the  terminus  of 
the  branch  railway  from  Saratoga,  57  m.     The  "  impor..,nt   road  "  continues  on  to  Olmstead- 
ville  p.  o.,  5  m.  ;   Pottersville  p.  o.,  7  m.  ;  thence  along  the  lake  to  Schroon  Lake  p   o     8  m   • 
thence  along  the  river  r„  Schroon  River  p.  o.,  .,  m.  ;  continuing  n.  e.  to  Elizabethtown,  20  m.i 
..."1  il.-nce  to  Keesv.Iie.  Ausable  Chasm  and  Port  Kent  (25-30  m.),  on  Lake  Champlain  about 
.5  ni.  s.  .,f  1  latrsburg.     J  rom  Westport,  on  that  lake,  an  8  m.  "  important  road  "  to  Elizabeth- 
town.,  shown,  and  from  Port  Henry  there  are  two  suca  roads,  each  about  .7  m.  long    which 
meet  the  before  described  Elizabeth.own-S.hroon  Lake  road  at  points  called  Deadwater  and 
North  Hudson,  about  5  m.  apart.     From   Ticonderoga,   on  Lake   George,   there   Is   an  "  im- 
portant  ro.ad      of  ,3  m.  to  Paradox  p.  o..  whence  one  branch  of  it  runs  s.  w.  for  5  m.  alorg  the 
lake  of  that  name  to  Schroon  Lake,  and  the  other  goes  n.  w,  a  similar  distance  through  Hamond- 
ville  tr  Schroon  River  p.  o.     From   Sabbath   Day  Point  p.  o,  on  Lake  George,  an   "  important 
1  ;.u       extends  n.  .5  m.  to  Ticonderoga,  and  one  extends  s.  along  the  lake  a  similar  distance  to 
ealdwell ;  whence  another  "  important  road  "  of  27  m.  extend^  ,,.  w.  to  North   Creek  (through 
\V..rrei,sb..n:.  the  Glen  and   Riverside).     The  map-maker's  use  of   the  adjective  "  important  " 
.imply  si.nihes  that  the  roads  are  traversed  by  regular  li.es  of  stages  or  passenger  wagon.  ■,  but 
1  think  ,t  ikely  that  many  of  them  are  fairly  practicable  for  bicycling.     At  all  events,  if  I  ever 
have  the  luck  ,0  reach  the  edge  of  the  wildness  at  ^forehousevi!le,  by  the  route  given  in  the 
firs  lines  of  this  paragraph.  I  shall  be  pretty  certain  ,0  push  on  as  far  as  Schroon  Lake,  and  I 
■sha  1  hope  ,0  traverse  the  whole  ,30  m.  .0  Ausable  Chasm.     "  Throuf^h  the  Adirondacks"  might 
make  a  taking  ,„le  for  a  rhapter  in  "  My  Second  Ten  Thousand."     Meanwhile,  \  shall  be  zlad 

to  receive  exact  details  of  tlie  desiirnarpd  ro:>ds   *''"  ••■>-—' .  -   -u  •      „       • 

tareful  notice  of  them.  "  "     " '" ••••-=-■::=.-= -.v.-.cay  r.avc  tikcu 


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On  that  occasion  I  wisely  rushed  on,  over  a  smooth  road,  to  the  r.  r.  station 
in  Oneida;  but  now  I  took  shelter  on  a  pia^:a,  and  waited  more  than  i  h. 
"  foi  the  shower  to  pass  by."  But  it  did  not  pass  by  worth  a  cent,  but  rather 
changed  into  a  hopelessly  steady  rain ;  and  so,  when  the  clay  of  the  street 
had  got  good  and  slippery,  I  mounted  again  and  rode  3  m.  through  rain  anil 
the  mud  and  the  puddles,  until,  at  2.40  p.  M.,  I  reached  tht  Kagje  Hotel  in 
that  city,  31 J  m.  from  Trenton  Falls. 

The  rain  continued  all  the  afternoon  and  for  a  good  share  of  the  night, 
so  that,  on  >  ..turday  morning,  I  f<;ared  the  highway  to  -Syracuse  would  be 
hopelessly  n.udc'v,  and  hence  took  the  tiain  thither  at  9,  after  circling  a  little 
over  the  wooden  sidewalks  of  Oneida.  The  path  between  the  double  tracics 
of  the  railroad  was  quite  free  from  mud,  however,  and  looked  so  smooth  and 
hard  that  I  think  1  might  easily  have  driven  my  wheel  along  it  the  whole  25 
m.  in  the  course  of  the  forenoon.  In  Syracuse  I  called  on  a  college  chss- 
mate,  to  express  my  regret  that  the  rain  of  1880  had  upset  our  plan  of  riding 
in  from  Oneida  together,  and  he  proposed,  as  a  compensation,  that  I  join  in 
with  his  present  scheme,  of  devoting  three  days  of  the  following  week  to  a 
loo-m.  circuit  of  the  region  around  Syracuse,  in  company  with  two  other 
wheelmen.  Leavirg  my  machine  in  his  care,  therefore,  I  went  by  train  to 
Canandaigua  to  pass  the  three  in'  /ening  days  with  a  friend.  At  the  last 
moment,  however,  I  was  obliged  to  telegraph  my  inability  to  participate  in 
the  loo-m.  run, —  which  I  understand  proved  a  most  pleasant  one  to  tht  trio 
who  did  participate, —  and  it  was  not  until  1.15  i'.  M.,  of  Thursday,  September 
28,  that  I  really  mour.ted  my  wheel  at  the  canal  bridge  in  Syracuse,  and  rode 
along  the  n.  sidewalk  of  Genesee  St.,  i^  m.,  to  the  suburb  calleci  Geddes.  Ca- 
millus  was,  perhaps,  6  or  7  m.  beyond,  and  the  descent  into  it  was  co  steep 
that  I  preferred  to  walk  much  of  it,  and  the  ascent  beyond  vva>  so  steep  and 
stony  and  sandy  that  I  was  obliged  to  walk  all  of  it.  With  this  exception,  I 
think  the  road  was  ridable  all  the  afternoon,  though  it  led  through  a  rolling 
country,  and  was  never  level  for  more  than  a  short  distance.  Elbridge,  15 
m.  from  the  start,  was  reached  at  4.20;  Senate,  5  m.,  at  5.25;  and  Auburn, 
5J  m.,  at  6.25.  The  clerk  of  the  Osborn  House,  which  is  the  only  good  hotel 
in  town,  has  my  llianks  for  supplying  me  with  a  comfortable  room,  though 
the  place  was  so  overcrowded,  by  reason  of  a  fireman's  parade,  that  when  I 
extracted  my  bicycle  from  the  public  reading-room,  at  6  o'clock  the  next  morn- 
ing, I  found  a  dozen  men  snoring  there  on  cots. 

I  kept  the  sidewalk  for  2  in.,  and  then  rode  7  m.  more  to  the  hotf '  beside 
Cayuga  lake,  where  I  stopped  \\  h.  for  breakfast.  Mauating  agaii  x  9,1 
was  accompanied  2  m.  up  the  tow-path  by  a  local  ritler.  There,  at  the  bridge,  I 
turned  off  on  the  branch  canal,  and  reached  Seneca  Falls,  4  m.  on,  at  10. 
Beyond  this  point  the  path  gradually  grew  rougher,  so  that  I  left  it  ni  about 
2  m.,  and  tried  2  m.  of  rather  rough  and  rutty  highway  riding,  which  brought 
me  past  the  village  of  Watenoo  at  10.50.  It  was  just  noon  when  I  reached 
the  i)ridge  spanning  the  outlet  of  Seneca  lake,  34  m.  on,  and  came  in  sigtii  of 


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Oeneva,  2\  m.  beyond.     The  road  for  most  of  that  distance  lay  close  beside 
tiie  beautifully  blue  waters  of  the  lake,  and  a  J  m.  of  deep  sand  supplied  the 
only  really  unridable  section  encountered  during  the  entire  day.     Leaving 
(kneva  at  2.30  P.  M.,  after  a  rest  of  2  h.,  I  made  my  first  halt  on  a  hill-top  at 
:;  o'clock,  about  4  m.  out.     Two  miles  beyond  this,  at  3.40,  I  encountered  the 
>i^'n  "  10  m.  to  Canandaigua,"  and  at  5.20  I  reached  the  r.  r.  station  in  that 
town,  just  10  m.  by  the  cyclometer.     I  wheeled  around  on  the  sidewalks  for 
about  I  m.  more  before  going  to  my  friend's  house  for  the  night,  making  mv 
entire  record  for  the  day  41^  m.    The  next  forenoon,  which  was  the  final  one 
in  .September,  I  rode  from  Canandaigua  to  East  Bloomfield  in   i  Jh.,  the  dis- 
t,ince  being  9  m.  by  actual  survey,  though  my  cyclometer  called  it  i  J  m.  less. 
Resuming  my  ride  it  3.40,  I  reached  West  Bloomfield,  6  m.,  at  4.30;  Lima, 
2^  m.,  at  5.10;  West  Avon,  sJ  m.,  at  6.05;  and  Avon  Springs,  i    m.,  through 
the  deep  dust  and  in  the  gathering  dusk,  at  6.18.     The  cyclometer  called  the  dis- 
tance from  East  Bloomfitkl  16  m.;  but  the  general  opinion  seemed  to  certify 
it  at  18.     Tncluding  some  preliminary  sidewalk  business   in  Canandaigua,  the 
cyclometer's  total  record  for  that  day  was  24I  m.     The  road  seemeu  generally 
to  increase  in  goodness  as  I  advanced  westward,  the  best  of  the  riding  being 
beyond  Lima;  and  there  were  some  wonderfully  smooth  stretches  between 
East  and  West  Avon.     Congress  Hull,  the  more  fashionable  of  the  hotels  at 
the  Springs,  had  already  closed  for  the  season;  but  the  Knickerbocker,  which 
keeps  open  all  the  year  round,  supplied     itirely  satisfactory  accommodations, 
even  allowing  me  a  room  upon  the  ground  floor,where  I  conld  have  the  compan- 
ionship of  my  wheel  during  the  night.     Red  clay  is  the   prevailing  material 
of  the  150  m.  of  road  thus  described  as  traversed  by  me  between  Utica  and 
Avon  Springs,  and  I  do  not  suppose  that  the  stretch  of  25  m.  which  I  took 
by  rail  forms  any  exception  to  it.     Long-continued  rain  would  make  most  of 
the  road  unfit  for  bicycr.ns;,  because  the  clay  is  verv  sticky  when  wet.  and  very 
rough  when  dry,  until  a  good  deal  of  wagon   traffic  has  hammered  it  into 
smoothness.     When  thus  made  smooth,  it  is  apt  to  be  a   little  dusty;  hence 
the  day  or  two  following  a  gentle  rain  of  5  or  6  h.,  which  has  washed  away  the 
dust,  is,  doubtless,  the  period  when  this  road  is  at  its  best.     Nearly  all  of  it 
is  up  or  down  grade,  but  not  many  of  the  grades   are   too  steep  for  riding. 
The  stones  are  never  absent,  but  there   are  not  many  places  where  they  are 
very  troublesome,  and  there  are  not  many  stretches  of  sand      The  stoniest 
and  sandiest  section  of  all  is  that  between  Whitestown  and  Holland  Patent. 

The  first  day  of  October  supplied  ideal  conditions  for  bicycling,  and  I 
was  encouraged  thereby  to  turn  my  46  -n.  wheel  until  the  cvclometer  regis- 
tered upwards  of  46  m.  Starting  from  Avon  Springs  at  6.30,'  I  reached  Gen- 
esee, 8  in,  at  8;  and  as  breakfast  was  not  ready  at  the  hotels  there,  I  kept 
on  for  another  h.,  5  m.,  to  the  Scoville  House,  in  Mount  Morris.  To  reach 
this  towi.  jne  crosses  to  the  w.  side  of  the  valley,  at  a  point  4  m.  below  Gen- 

■  ""-  '"■  ---i^-s -""-=&"-  wu-.vn  tnc  c.siue  on   Ihc  direct  road  to  'Jans- 

ville.     When  I  emerged  from  the  hotel,  at  10.30,  I  observed  a  bicycler  coming 


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in  my  direction,  and  so  persuaded  him  to  accompany  me  to  Portage,  instead 
of  turnng  about  and  attending  church,  \  h.  later,  as  he  had  piously  planned 
to  do.      The  road  down  the  w.  side  '{  the  valley  was  excellent;  but  the  vari- 
ous people  vhom  we  accosted  had  various  conflicting  opinions  as  to  its  being 
the  proper  road  to  Portage;  and,  at  12.30,  having  ridden  8  m.,  and  turned  on 
ir  traces  several  times,  we  decided  to  seek  Portage  no  longer,  Lut  to  strike 
for  Dansville.     We  reached  the  Hyland  House  there,  nearly  8  m.  further,  in 
ijh.;  and  while  I  tarried  a  similar  period  to  indulge  in  an  elaborate  dinner, 
my  companion  (A.  H.  F.),  without  stopping  for  any  food  at  all,  speeded  away 
on  his  reiurn  trip,  saying  that  he  must  needs  ride  35  m.  more  to  reach  his 
home  in  Fowlerville.     I  hope  he  g.^'  there  duly;  but  I  myself  put  in  only 
i6  m.  additional  that  afternoon,  ending  at  6.30  o'clock  at  Brushville.     This  is 
the  popular  title  of  the  hamlet  which  is  called  '1  uscarora  on  the  maps,  and  I 
made  quite  a  sensation  among  the  loungers  in  front  of  the  "  Tuscarora  House," 
when  my  ghostly  garments  suddenly  emerged  from  the  twilight  into  their  line 
of  vision.     From  Da.isville  I  rode  up  the  e.  side  of  the  valley,  nearly  8^  m.  in  i^ 
h. ;  then  came  across  the  meadow  bottom,  3  m.,  over  a  black-clay  road  so  rough 
as  to  be  just  barely  ridable;  then  up  the  main  road  of  the  forenoon,  \  m.,  to 
the  ravine  where  the  old  canal  path  branches  off ;  and  thence,  by  a  rather 
sandy  and  hilly  road  of  4  m.,  to  Brushville.     Between  Mount  Morris  and 
Dansville  a  bicycler  may  make  a  circuit  of  about  30  m.,  up  one  side  the  valley 
and  down  the  other,  over  roads  of  almost  continual  smoothness  and  with  very 
few  difScult  grades,  — his  eyes  all  the  while  sweeping  over  a  wide  stretch  of 
attractive  and  varying  scenery. 

The  Gene.see  river  is  represented  in  the  region  just  named  only  by  one  of 
its  branches  ;  and  the  longer  Genesee  valley,  throuc^h  which  that  river  runs,  I 
entered  first  at  Portage,  about  i.^^  m.  from  Brushville,  at  11  o'clock  the  fol- 
lowing forenoon.  I  started  at  half-past  6  and  stopped  i  h.  in  Nunda,  for 
breakfast,  which  cost  me  50  c.,  though  it  was  certainly  no  better  than  my 
supper  of  the  night  before,  whose  cost  combined  with  that  of  my  "  best  parlor 
bed-room  "  was  only  60  c.  A  vote  of  "  no  license  "  in  Nunda  had  resulted  in 
shutting;  up  the  two  chief  hotels,  and  the  proprietor  of  this  wretched  little 
"  Eagle  "  tavern  was,  perhaps,  encou.  ;ged  thereby  to  charge  double  rates,  in 
compensation  for  his  temperance  principles.  At  the  Garrison  House,  in 
Caneadea,  where  I  spent  the  next  night,  I  was  also  given  the  best  bed-room, 
and  the  charge  for  supper  and  lodging  combmed  was  only  half  a  dollar.  I 
remained  at  Portage  about  3  h.,  admiring  its  wonderful  waterfalls  and  gorges 
and  being  duly  impressed  by  the  high  r.  r.  bridge.  1     The  descent  from  the  sta- 

'Portage  was  the  last  of  the  "  lesser  waterfalls  "  visited  by  me  on  this  tour  and  the  greater 
one  called  Niagara  was  not  visited  at  all.  Yet  I  have  not  taken  its  noble  name  in  vain,  as  a  title 
to  the  present  ch.ipter,  for  it  serves  well  to  fix  in  the  reader's  m.nd  the  general  locality  to  which 
most  of  the  reported  roads  belong,  and  it  is  the  natural  objectVe  point  towards  which  the  tourist 

turns  from  either  of  the  lesser  waterfa!!?..     Mv  :;v.t".  riHr*  •Jv:t^'.r•.;:^  .-4:=rr..-:-.n;  { >j;...,-._^  i..  :;..? 

falo  (Sept.  16,  '80)  has  been  described  on  p.  .102  ;  «nd  its  recent  republication  in  Bi.  tVorid  caused 


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u.rrespondents  of  that  paper  (May  15,  29,  ,885,  pp.  3.,,  82)  to  publish  other  rides  on  the  same 
course,  thus  :  "  A  more  unridable,  humpy,  lumpy,  stony,  measly  road  than  the  one  to  the  Falls 
f,..m  Buffalo,  '  along  the  banks  of  the  bea-tiful  Niagara,'  via  Tonawanda,  was  never  seen  even 
n  the  troubled  nightmare  of  the  wheelman  whose  last  header  was,  till  made  visible  to  all  by 
.treaks  of  court  plaster.  Don't  you  ever  try  that  road  with  a  bicycle.  A  run  to  Aurora  and  a 
visit  to  the  great  stock-farms  would  be  far  preferable,  for  the  road  is  magnificent,  and  the 
.ccneiy  along  the  Cazenovia  is  very  charming,  "  Such  is  testimony  of  VV.  W.  Canfield,  Captain 
uf  the  Randolph  B,  C,  who  was  one  of  eight  members  th-reof  that  "  took  a  trip  of  350  m 
throush  Western  New  York  in  the  summer  of  '84  "  ;  and  hisstory  was  cont'irmed  by  "  Bi.  Son," 
,1  Buffalo  nder,  thus  :  "  The  road  was  so  rough,  on  my  June  trials  of  it,  in  '83  and  '84,  that  at 
ihe  end  of  each  of  them  I  could  have  endorsedwhat  Mr.  Canfield  says;  but  in  Sept.,  '84, 1  found 
li  extremely  and  most  surprisingly  good.  Indeed,  the  distance  from  Niagara  to  Tonawanda  was 
made  without  dismount,  and  the  rest  of  it  also  without  a  forced  stop.  For  16  m.  from  Buffalo  the 
^iirf.ice  is  clay,  and  it  requires  a  long  dry  spell  to  p-oduce  smooth  wheeling."  Another  writer  of 
ihe  same  city  adds  :  "  Left  Buffalo  a  few  days  since,  at  5.  ,5  a.  m.,  passed  Tonawanda  at  6. 15, 
i.a  .-lalle  at  7,  and  reached  Niagara  Falls  at  7.35,  having  done  the  whole  21  m.  without  dismount, 
and  at  the  rate  of  9  m.  an  hour. " 

Portase  is  about  53  m.  from  Buffalo  and  35  m.  from  Batavia,  and  the  road  connecting  the 
iw.i  latter  phces  is  described  as  follows  in  the  pro.spectus  of  the  "  Big  YomxIovt"  (IVheel, 
April  3,  '85)  :  "To  Lancaster  is  10  m.  of  as  good  bicycling  as  one  could  wish  ;  and  the  next 
10  m.,  to  the  quiet  little  village  of  Alden,  will  be  igood  breather  for  the  afternoon's  run  of  20  m., 
to  Batavia.  Buffalo  wheelmen  consider  si  h.  of  ndiiig,  for  the  whole  40  m.,  a  fair  and  easy  pace.'* 
The  route  thence  to  Rochester  is  given  by  the  prospectus,  on  the  authority  of  an  old  tourist, 
thus  :  "  From  Batavia  to  Byron  Center  is  10  m.  of  splendid  road,  which  can  b.-  made  in  1  h.' 
with  ease.  The  countr>'  is  undulating,  with  level  stretches.  To  Bergen,  6  n.  .urther,  the  road 
cuntinues  uniformly  good.  For  a  short  distance  out  of  Bergen,  say  for  3  m.,  th.  road  is  sandy, 
l)ut  with  a  side-path  to  the  I.  of  the  carriage  road  which  is  superb  for  wheeling.  Beyond  ihis' 
IHiiiu  through  Churchville,  on  to  within  5  m,  of  Roch  .ter,  it  gets  haid  and  smoot!  .  A  2  m 
ititenn.  of  sand  then  ov  curs,  with  side-path,  and  then  a  perfect  road  leads  int..  Rochestei.  I  have 
made  the  -^U  m.  from  I  atavia  to  Rochester  many  times  in  4  h.  of  actual  riding.  The  total  dis- 
tance from  Buffalo  to  Rochester  has  been  ridden  in  8  h.  From  Powers's  Hotel  we  shall  go 
wheeling  down  past  Genesee  Falls  and  along  the  Genesee  river  bank  to  Lake  Ontario.  This  is 
Rochester's  great  boulevard  and  driveway,  and  is  8  m.  of  down-hill  perfection." 

Concerning  this  last  mentioned  waterfall  I  cannot  do  better  than  to  quote  from  Howells's 
••Their  Wedding  Journey  "  (pp.  .06-,. 2):  "The  only  definite  association  with  Rochester  in 
the  mind  of  Basil  was  the  tragically  romantic  thought  that  here  Sam  Patch  met  his  fate  So  he 
answered  :  '  Isabe:.  your  ignorance  of  all  that  an  American  woman  should  be  proud  of  distresses 
me.  Have  you  really,  then,  never  heard  of  the  man  who  invented  the  saying,  "  Some  thingscan 
be  done  as  well  as  others,"  and  proved  it  by  jumping  over  Niagara  Falls  twice  ?  Spurred  on  by 
this  belief,  he  attempted  the  leap  of  the  Genesee  rails.  The  leap  was  easv  enough,  but  the 
coming  up  again  was  another  matter.  He  failed  in  that.  It  was  the  one  thing  tnat  could  not 
be  dune  as  well  as  others.  We  are  within  ten  minutes'  walk  of  these  falls,  just  now.'  'Then 
let's  go  to  them  at  oncel'  cried  Isabel.  Beyond  a  broad  planking  above  the  river,  on  the  other 
side  of  the  railway  station,  they  found,  by  dint  of  much  asking,  a  street  winding  up  the  hill-side 
to  the  left,  and  leading  to  the  German  bierhaus  that  gives  access  to  the  best  view  of  the  ca.aract. 
1  he  Americans  have  characteristically  bordered  the  river  with  manufactories,  making  every  drop 
work  Its  passage  to  the  brink  ;  while  the  Germans  have  as  characteristically  made  use  of  the  beauty 
!eft  over,  and  built  a  bierhaus  where  they  may  regale  both  soul  and  sense  in  the  presence  of  the  cata- 
ract. Through  garden-ground  the  tourists  were  led  by  their  guide  to  a  small  pavilion  that  stood  on 
the  edge  of  the  precipitous  shore,  and  commanded  -  perfect  view  of  the  falls.  Something  of  deft- 
niteness  was  to  be  desired  in  the  spectacle,  Lut  there  was  ample  compensation  in  the  mvstery  with 
•v.-Mcr,  ii.c  uiuaueiiuigene;  and  the  dense,  unluminous  shadows  of  the  moonshine  invested  it.  The 
i'gh.  touched  all  the  tops  of  the  rapids,  that  seemed  to  writhe  away  from  the  brink  of  the  cataract. 


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and  then  desperately  breaking  and  perishing  to  fall,  the  white  disembodied  ghost,  of  rapids  down 
to  the  bottom  of  the  vast  and  deep  ravine  through  which  the  river  rushed  away.     Now  the  wi,..r 
seemed  to  mass  themselve.    .   hundred  feet   high  on  a  wall  of  snowy  compactness,  now  ,^  d.s 
|«rse  into  the>r  multitudinous  particles  and  hang  like  some  vaporous  cloud  from  the  cliff     Everv 
moment  revea,ed  tie  vision  in  some  rare  and  fantastic  shape  ;  and  its  loveliness  isolated  I,   ,n 
spite  of  the  great  town  on  tht  other  ^hore.  the  station  with  its  bridge  and  its  trains.  ,h»  m'ill" 
ha  supplied  their  feeble  Htle  needs  from  the  cataract's  strength.     A,  last  Basil  pointed  ou,  , 
table-rock  in  the  middle  of  the  fall  from  which  Sam  Patch  had  mad.  his  fatal  leap      -  I  In- 
care  for  him  :•  she  said  fiercely  :  'Patch!  what  a  name  to  be  linked  in  our  thoughts  with  ,h, 
superb  cataract.-     'Well,  Isabel,  I  think  you  are  ver>.  unjust.     ,.-.  as  good  a  name  as  llander 
to  my  thinking,  and  >t  was  immortalized  in  support  of  a  great  idea.-.he  feasibility  of  all  thin.s' 
-oet  of  the  Germans  made  a  ballad  about  him  which  used  to  go  the  rounds  of  their  new, 
papers,  and  I  translated  it  a  long  v.hile  ago.     I  had  to  yield  to  our  American  taste,  however" 
and  make  a  weak  l,ne  at  the  end  of  the  first  stanza.     Where  the  German  bravely  said  •  Sprin,, 
der  Sam  Fatsch  !.u.hH  und/rei,  I  used  "  a  figure  "  thus  ; 

"  In  the  Bierhausgarten  I  linger,  by  the  Falls  of  the  Genesee; 
Fro,,,  the  Table  Rock,  in  the  middle,  leaps  a  figure  bold  and  free  :"  '  " 
I  alluded  to  the  flights  of  the  fearless  Patch  in  describing  my  visit  to  the  picturesque  fall.,  „ 
Paterson  (p^  ,67);  and  I  happened,  while  seeking  ,0  verify  another  reference  in  this  chapte 

c2Zl  "  m', "?^  'T"^  f^r  '^''"•^"'  '"  "''  "'^--y-  by  -'  undergraduate  of  Columbia' 
t?ro,  h    .h     r  ;  .,M  ^'"-''^rf.ocker  Magazine  (April,  ..43,  pp.  308-3.0).     The  ro,„e 

fT'  H  i'  Catsk.lls,  presented  on  p.  .88.  leads  past  a  pair  of  noble  cascades,  Haines 
Falls  and  the  Kaaterskill,  whose  fame  is  not  connected  with  that  of  the  immortal  jumper  but 
rather  with  that  of  the  poet  Bryant,  who  wrote  :  J      i     .      ' 

•Midst  greens  and  shades  the  Kaaterskill  leapg, 

From  cliffs  wIumv  ilie  wood  flower  <aiiiK»; 
All  Summer  lie  iin.istens  i<is  verdant  steeps 

Wifli  the  sweet  light  spray  of  tlie  nioiintaln  spriugg; 
And  he  shakes  the  woods  on  the  mountain  side 
When  they  drip  with  the  rains  of  Autuinn  tide. 

But  when  tn  tlip  forest.  U-jre  and  old. 

The  blast  of  December  calls- 
He  builds  in  tlie  starlight,  clear  and  cold. 

A  palace  of  ice  where  liis  torrent  falls; 
With  turret,  and  arch,  and  fret-work  fair 
And  pillars  blue  as  the  Summer  air. 

A  direct  cross-country  route  from  the  Kaaterskill  to  Genesee  Falls  might  perhaps  prove 
worthexplonng,  through  Cooperstown  and  Sharon  Springs  to  Amsterdam  fsee  p.  ,97)  on  the 
tne  Canal,  and  thence  by  roads  described  by  tne  (pp.  200-202)  to  East  Bloomfield  ;  whence  to 
Rochester  the  wheeling  is  said  to  be  good.  The  direct  route  from  Genesee  Falls  to  Nla^ra 
leads  through  Lockport,  .md  has  been  often  traversed  bv  bicvcle,  A  week's  tour  o'  282  m  ^  hv 
F.  D.  Helmer.  M.  T.  Shafer,  and  R.  Thompson,  of  the  Genesee  B.  C,  beginning  Aug  ,  ,884 
was  thus  recorded  in  the  Rochester  Herald^.i  Aug.  10  :  "  Th.v  took  dinner  at  East  Avon  vis^ 
ited  Conesus  Lake  and  spent  the  night  at  Hemlock  Lake.  Th.  next  morning  they  wheeled  to 
V  ayland  (of  this  distance  .0  m.  was  through  clayey  mud),  took  train  to  Corning  and  rode  thence 
to  Watkins  Glen. -another  'lesser  waterfall.'  Tuesday  mornin;,.  they  went  to  Elmira,  doing  the 
tina,6m.  fromHorseheadsin  j:,.  ;  and  they  returned  thence  to  Corning,  iS  m  in.Jh  with  but 
two  dismounts.  Taking  train  to  Homellsville,  they  rode  thence  on  Wednesday  between  the  double 
tracks  of  the  Erie  Railway,  to  Portage,  30  m.,  and  after  visiting  the  falls,  proceeded  to  Pike 
6  m.  Thursday  morning,  they  went  to  Silver  Lake,  and  stayed  there  at  the  picnic  until  4  p  m  ! 
when  they  Started  for  Attira.  12  m  .  arrivip.i? ->♦  i  !:tt!."  Hrf-.r- -.  i?,:j  •  _;^  _  -.  -. 
of  an,  55  m.,  ending  at  Niagara  at  730  p.  m.,  4  h.  afier  leaving  Buffalo,  where  a  halt  of  2  h.  w.is 


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tion  to  the  village  was  down  a  winding  hill  i  m.  long,  and  ir;  some  parts  very 
Meep,  but  I  managed  to  ride  it  without  a  stop.  Kilimore,  io  m.,  was  reached 
m  2  h.,  and  CJaneadea,  7  m.  more,  in  i  h.  20  min.,  emiing  at  6  o'clock.  This  made 
;,i  m.for  the  day.  Next  morning  the  start  vas  made  at  6.40,  and  Belfast,  4  m., 
was  reached  in  just  i  h.,  Oramel  being  the  name  of  an  intermeeiate  village. 
At  S.20  I  turned  aside  from  the  river,  instead  of  following  it  up  to  Wellsville, 
the  end  of  the  valley,  as  originrUy  planned,  and  began  climbing  the  hills  east- 
ward towards  the  county  seat,  .Angelica,  6  m.  Reaching  this  at  9.10,  I  tarried 
:i  h.  for  breakfast ;  and,  after  a  mile  of  detours  on  the  sidewalks,  proceeded 
to  tlatt  Almond  Centre,  which  is  the  first  village,  7  m.  Another  7  m.  brought 
me  to  Almond,  at  the  foot  of  a  long  hill,  at  4  o'clock.  Here  I  first  met  the 
Krie  Railway,  and  the  road  continued  very  nearly  alongside  it,  and  generally 
kvel,  to  HorncUsville,  5  m.,  which  I  reached  in  i  h.  Another  h.  carried  me 
another  5  m.  to  Canisteo,  at  6  o'clock,  and  I  stopped  for  the  night  at  the 
Canis.oo  House.  From  the  Genesee  river  to  Almond  the  road  was  mostly  of 
hard,  yellow  clay,  with  very  little  dust  on  top,  and  was  nearly  all  ridable, 
though  continuously  hilly.  On  one  hill  there  was  deep  sand  for  about  i  m., 
though  it  was  possible  to  ride  through  some  of  it  on  the  down  grade.  The 
viiws  were  extensive  am  the  coloring  of  the  autumn  foliage  very  brilliant. 
The  material  of  the  road  which  follows  up  the  Genesee  river  from  Portage  Ij 
Wellsville,  and  which  has  no  difficult  grades,  is  a  sort  of  soft  brown  clay  or 
loam,  which  is  ground  up  into  a  fine  powder  by  continuous  dry  weather, 
though  the  rain  is  said  to  pack  it  down  closely  and  make  good  riding.  The 
stones  concealed  under  the  dust  made  the  road  a  very  slow  one  in  my  own 

made.  Saturday,  they  wheeled  to  Lockport  and  thence  took  train  for  home.  Their  cyclometer 
record  of  282  m.  represented  41  h.  of  actual  riding  time.  They  found  good  roads  for  nearly  the 
entire  distance.  Not  a  serious  fall  was  recorded,  and  the  only  accident  was  the  breaking  of  a 
pedal-pin."  A  Buffalo  correspondent  of  the  Bi.  fVorUQ^M.  9,  '85,  p.  155),  gives  this  account 
of  the  last  day's  road  run  taken  by  f  jur  members  of  the  local  club  to  Rochester,  Nov.  16 : 
"  Weather  fine  and  roads  in  excellent  shape.  Start  made  at  6.30  by  Messrs.  George  and  Ehrlich, 
by  direct  road  through  Bowmansville  to  Mil!  Grove,  where  they  were  joinc"  by  Messrs.  Haynes 
aiui  Adams,  who  came  through  without  dismount.  After  a  long  rest  for  breakfast,  the  four 
proceeded  to  their  dinner  at  Batavia,  40  m.  The  34  m.  thence  to  Rochester  was  very  good, 
—  except  one  sandy  stretch  of  about  10  m.,—  and  was  finished  at  6  v.  m.  by  the  last  named  pair. 
whose  actual  riding  time  (6  h.  20  min.  for  the  74  m.)  has  never  been  h.-aten  to  our  knowledge 
Messrs.  George  and  Ehrlich  finished  a  little  later.  "  Of  the  other  connection  between  the  two 
cities,  a  correspond..nt  of  the  H^/uel{Feb.  13,  '85)  thus  speaks  :  "  No  doubt  the  wheeling,  on 
the  average,  is  better  by  way  of  Batavia  :  but  by  wav  of  Lockport  there  are  some  patches  of 
ro.idiiii;  hard  to  beat.  The  best  ,ute  is  to  Tonawanda,  thence  to  Martinsville,  thence  along 
:i.  bank  of  Krie  canal  until  road  is  struck  leading  to  Bear  Ridge.  Surface  is  of  clay  and  very 
good  during  favorable  weather.  Bear  Ridge  ro.ad  is  part  clay  and  part  gravel,  usually  good. 
The  State  or  Canal  road  will  be'  reached  at  While  Sulphur  Springs,  2J  m.  from  Lockport.  The 
road  is  stony  and  will  necessitate  frequent  dismounts.  Lockport  roads  are  fair  to  middling.  To 
•  lasport  the  roads  are  good,  and  the  same  is  true  of  the  road  leading  to  Middleport,  which  is  of 
clay  and  gravel,  hard  packed.  From  Middleport  to  Medina  the  roads  are  only  fair,  and  they 
are  nothing  ertm  nnti!  Brockoort  is  reached,  whenre  hv  v.'r^v  .".f  .*^r.rnr.'*m.-.rt  tH^-..-  -i-  .—..,.  c^^ 
Near  Albion,  10  m.  from  Medina,  there  is  a  tough  hill  to  climb  and  a  difficult  stone  road.'" 


Ill 


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?i8  TEN  THOUSAND  M/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


case  ;  and  the  conditions  attaching  to  the  lo  m.  between  Almond  and  Canisteo 
were  not  dissimilar.  In  that  division  of  the  valley  included  between  /  von 
Springs  and  Uansville,  the  material  of  the  roads  was  generally  a  sort  of  fine 
gravel,  which  packed  together  tightly  and  made  less  dust,  though  even  the>e 
roads  would  be  at  their  best  after  a  short  rain,  and  they  would  ge'  dry  enough 
to  be  ridable  very  quickly  afier  a  long  one. 

I  reached  the  Dickinson  House,  in   Corning,  at  5.40  i>.  m.,  on  the  f.)ll„>s- 
mg  day,  October  4,  just  11  h.  after  starting  from  Canisteo,  the  distance  bcin« 
a  trifle  less  than  37  m.     My  only  two  stops  were  at  Canv  ron,  I2i  m.  from  the 
.start,  for  breakfa.st,  from  10  till  11,  and  at  Addison,  16  m.  further,  for  dinner, 
from  2  till  3.     The  longest  and  best  mount  of  the  entire  day  was  supplied  by 
2  m.  of  good  gravel  road-bed  some  time  after  leaving  Addison.     Wooden  side- 
walks were  met  with  before  reaching  Painted  Post,  and  were  stuck  to  by  m. 
pretty  steadily  until  I  reached  Corning,  though  I  dismounted  frequently,  com- 
manded by  broken  boards.     The  road,  as  a  whole,  was  the  poorest  encountered 
on   any  day  of  my  tour,  and  I  suppose  I  walked  i  or  J  of  the  distance  trav- 
ersed.    Even  after  a  ram  had  packed  down  the  dust,  which  so  greatly  troubled 
me.  the  road  would  be  a  poor  one,  for  it  was  stony  and  hilly.     In  general,  it 
kept  quite  near  the  Erie  Railway,  and  as  this  was  continuously  down  grade  1 
was  tempted  occasionally  to  make  trial  of  it.     Once  I  rode  between  the  tracks 
for  nearly  i  m.  without  stop,  and  indulged  in  a  race  with  a   hand-car ;  but. 
for  the  most  part,  the  path  was  barely  ridable,  so  that  I  was  usually  ready  to 
change  to  the  highway  at  the  first  opportunity ;  and  then,  after  another  sad 
experience  with  the  dust  of  the  highway,  change  back  to  the  track  again  when 
the  next  chance  offered.     A  man  at  Cameron  harnessed  up  a  frisky  colt  in 
order  that  I  might  help  "break  "  him  into  toleration  of  the  bicycle;  and  he 
asserted  that  the  beast  had  been  scared,  some  weeks  before,  bv  another  rider 
who  propelled  his  wheel  from  there  to  Elmira,  40  m.,  between  4  and  8  p.  m! 
Why  is  it,  I  wonder,  that  the  wheelmen  whom  I  hear  of  as  ^he  heroes  of  such 
remarkable  exploits  always  refrain  so  modestly  from  making  public  the  details 
of  their  extraordinary  riding.' 

I  breakfasted  at  Elmira  at  9.30  the  next  morning,  after  a  ride  of  exactly  3 
h.  from  Corning,  18  m.  away.  Under  favorable  conditions  the  distance  could 
probably  be  made  without  a  dismount,  as  the  road  is,  for  the  most  part,  level, 
and  the  few  hills  which  it  crosses  are  neither  steep  nor  high.  To  Wellsburg,' 
also,  the  track  continues  about  equally  good,  for  I  covered  the  6  m.  in  an  hour ;' 
but  the  next  6  m.  to  Chemung,  required  a  few  minutes  mo.e  than  that.  Here 
a  tavern-keeper  astonished  me  by  designating  five  cents  as  an  appropriate  price 
for  two  big  goblets  of  milk.     During  the  next  3^  m.,  ending  at  Waverly,»  the 

'The  captain  of  the  Bingliamton  Bicycle  Club,  C.  E.  Tichener  (58  in.),  «-ith  three  of  hi. 
men  -  E.  E.  Kattell  (60  in.),  Fred  Lyon  (54  in.)  and  C.  H.  Rogers  (52  in.)-  took  a  son,,  run 
to  Waverly,  May  ,8,  '83,  of  which  he  sends  the  following  report  :  -Starting  w.  on  the  n.  side 
of  the  Susquehanna  river  at  8  A.  m.,  we  went  without  dismount  to  Union,  9  m.  in  45  m.  Crus.-- 
'"" '  "^■■■••-"=-~- -='-""b  :::-c;ugr.  tr.c  -.iliagcs  oi   Vcaidi  ajiii  Appaiachin  to  the  iJig   Island 


NIAGARA  AND  SOME  L^SSSER  IVATER FALLS. 

.lust  was  in  places  almost  "  hub  deep."  ard  I  occupied  nearly  an  hour  in  plough- 
ing my  way  through  it.  As  it  was  nearly  2  o'clock  when  1  reached  the  town  I 
feared  that  more  deep  dust  m.j,ht  prevent  my  pushing  the  wheel  20  m.  further 
to  r-  vvanda.  before  night;  and.  as  I  had  promised  a  friend  to  join  him  there 
then,  I  went  down  by  train.  I  was  exactly  a  week  on  the  way  from  Syracuse 
tc.  Waverly.  and  the  cyclometer's  record  was  280  m.  This  daily  average  of  40 
m.  ought,  perhaps,  to  be  reduced  a  little,  however,  out  of  regard  to  the  fact 
that  as  the  week  began  and  ended  in  the  afternoon,  it  really  included  .-.  part 
of  eight  calendar  days.  The  ride  from  Coming  to  Waverly  may  be  recom- 
mended as  a  fine  one  to  engage  in  a  day  or  two  after  a  rain  has  beaten  down 
the  powdered  clay.  There  are  no  .severe  grades  to  contend  against,  and  the 
views  of  mountain  and  river  arc  in  many  places  very  fine. 

Towanda,  the  seat  of  Bradford  county  in  Pennsylvania,  lies  on  a  hillside 
overlooking  a  b.anch  of  the  river  .Susquehanna,  along  which  runs  the  Lehigh 
Vail,;y  R  lilroad.     Bidding  adieu  to  my  friend  at  half-past  6  on  Monday,  Octo- 
''er  9.  J  jigged  across  the  bridge  and  out  to  the  Ifotel  at  Wvsocking,  1  little 
less  than  3  m.,  in  \  h.     Beyond   this    is  a  big  hii:,  or  "mountain,"  many  of 
whose  grades  may  be  ridden  up.  and  from  the  top  of  which  a  pleasing  i)ros- 
pect  may  be  had.     Further  on,  perhaps  6  or  8  m.,  comes  Rummerfield  mount- 
ain, whose  grades  must  be  walked  up  for  i  m.  or  more,  after  which  there  is  a 
down-grade  riding,  amid  beautiful  scenery,  for  3  or  4  m.  to  Wyalusing,  at 
whose  hotel  I  stopped  soon  after  noon,  about  17  m.  from  the  start.     Before 
I.aceyville  was  reached.  6i  m..  a  third  mountain  had  to  be  walked  up  by  short 
and  steep  grades,  and  ridden  dov/n  by  long  and  easy  ones.     The  view  from 
the  summit  of  this  wa^   perhaps,  the  finest  oi  the  day,  and  the  pleasure  of  rid- 
ing along  the  ridge,  ^^     .  the  valley  and  river  far  below,  and  manv  mountain- 
tops  outlmed    against   the   distant   horizon,    was   very  great.     The  hotel  in 
Meshoppen,  about  33  m.  from  the  start,  was  reached  at' 6.30  p.  m.,  the  last  i  or 
1  m.  having  been  walked  in   the  dark,  though  the  surface  seemed  smooth. 
A   ride  of  nea-ly  2  h.  on  the   train,  next  morning,  brought  me  to  Pittston 
>oon  after  8  o'clock,  and  there   I  circiea  .  .a.  and   more  on  the  sidewalks 
while  searching  for  a  good  place  to  trke  breakfast,  and  waiting  for  the  same 
to  he  prepared.     A  newspaper  reporter  here  beset  me  for  an  account  of  my- 
self, and  assured  me,  after  I  had  supplied  him  with  the  desired  "facts  "  that 
he  wouldjxpand  and  improve  upon  them,  by  the  exercise  of  his  vivid  imagina- 

'7.:.tZ  "'  "T!.""""  '"°"  ''  ''''  P""^  ferry-woman,  and  where  one  of  our  strongest 
nder.  took  eave  of  the  excurs.on,  because  of  cramps  in  the  knees.  Stopping  at  Owe.o  alx,ut 
J  h    we  followed  the  bad  advice  of  a  local  rider  and  kept  ,0  then,  of  'he  river  though  we 

To'l  <  r  vf 'V-'''  ''"'  "''  ""'"''  '  ''""  ^""^^^  ''y  '^''*"«  'l^^  -  -d-  '-Ve  no,  only 
to  Wwll"  ''J.^:  ^'"^^  ^rl"'  ^"'  '^"^  --  -  -- =-""  of  ,hem.  all  the  „.    Trom  Owego 

'^^"  n  '  tI  *'  "".  '  "'  '  "•  "■  ^'^'"  P'"'"^  ^^^°"  '^^  Smithboro),  a  tired  and  hun- 
.p' party.     The  poor  condition  of  the  roads,  towards  the  finish,  -  sandy  and  stony  by  turns, 

t!°"'rjllT!l!!"'".rr^l'°"'^"  "'*'•''     Th-^hows  that  my  trail  might  well  have  con! 

c^,""  ■••s----"r,   rr.:err  iiirrc  -.z    a  goou    iioiiiiwaru  connection   through  Cazenovia  to 

Syracuse,  and  a  southward  one  to  Susquehanna  and  Port  Jervis,  as  will  appear  in  later  chapter. 


2  20  TE^'  THOUSAND  MILES  0\  A  BICYCLE. 


tion,  in  a  way  whuh  would  make  the  readers  of  his  sheet  believe  that  I  was  a 
veritable   phenomenon    of   a   bicycler.       The  ride  of  about  9   m.  down   the 
Wyoming  Valley  to   Wilkesbarre  may  be   pleasantly  made  on  cither  side  of 
the  river.     The  direct   road  on  the  e.  side   passes  close  by  numerous  coal- 
breakers,  and  in  much  of  it  a  real  "cinder   path,"  with  gentle  up  and  H,„.., 
grades,  which   I  wa.s  told   were  all  easily  ridable.     I   preferred,  however,  to 
cross  the  river  and  go  down  on  the  w.  side,  which  is  almost  entirely  flat.     It 
is  a  very  pretty  country  to  ride  through,  and  I   kept  on   the  sidewalk  all  the 
way  to  Kingston,  i  m.  from   Wilkesbarre,  stopping,  of  course,  to  inspect  the 
monument  commemorative  of  the  massacre  of  1778.     Much  of  that  last  m 
had  to  be  done  afoot,  on  account  of  the  deep  dust,  though  ])robably  it  and  all 
the  rest  of  the  w.-side  road  would  afford  good  wheeling  in  an  ordinary  season. 
As  I  emerged  from  the  covered   bridge  into  Wilkesbarre,  a  local  rider  came 
out  and  greeted  me  off-hand  as  the  probable  "old  original  "  patron  of  "white- 
flannel  and  nickel-plate,"  and  supplied  some  acceptable,  information  concern- 
ing the  roads.     I'rofiting  by  this,  I  took  a  turn  of  3  m.  back  towards  I'ittston. 
passing  among  the  coal-breakers,  and  getting  a  dista  it  view  of  the  w.  side  of 
the  valley  down  which  I  had  been  riding.     The  Wyoming  Valley  Hotel  sup- 
plied an  excellent  dinner  for  #1,  and  it  was  notable  as  the  only  public  repast 
of  my  entire  tour  which  was  served  in  a  really  creditable  manner.     Having 
finished  it,  I  took  train  over  the  mountains  to  Allentown,  and  wheeled  i  ni. 
to  the  Allen    House,  making  my  day's  record   18J  m.     The  distant  view  of 
Wilkesbarre,  from  the  car  windows,  when  the  locomotive  at  last  completed 
its  zig-zag  route  to  the  summit,  was  a  fine  one;  and  ..le  tow-path  of  the  canal 
at  Mauch  Chunk  and  points  below  seemed  '  ./smooth  and  attractive  as  almost 
to  allure  me  into  trying  its  surface.     It  was  well   I   resisted  the  temptation, 
however,  for  nightfall  was  near  r    hand,  and  the  rain  fell  steadily  during  all 
the  next  day.     I  devoted  the  time  then  to  writing  this  present  report  and  to 
hoping,  from  hour  to  hour,  that  there  might  be  a  change  in  the  weather  which 
would  enable   me  to  wheel   to   Philadelphia  on  the   12th,  for  I  was  assured 
that  the  pike  leading  thither  was  fairly  ridable.     But  the  continuance  of  the 
storm  through   the   night  banished  my  last  hope,  so  that,  in  the  mists  of  the 
morning,  I  took  train  disconsolately  for  Newark ;  and  then,  on  the  somewhat 
heavy  macadam  of  "  the  Orange  riding  district,"  with  occasional  dashes  of 
rain   to  encourage  me,  I  ground  off  the  final  iS  m.  needed  to  give  niv  Pope 
cyclometer  a  record  of  400  m.  from  the  time  when  I  put  it  on  the  axle  at 
Kagg's  Hotel,  in  Utica  (superseding  thus  a  Livingston  cyclometer  which  had 
for  a  few  weeks  dispLaced  it).     This  total  shows  an  average  of  28J  m.  for 
each   of  the    14  riding  days  of  the  tour,  but   I   am  confident  that  a  correct 
registry  would  ha\e  raised  the  average  ride  to  30  m. 

The  sun  shone  brilliantly  every  day  between  .September  22,  when  the 
rain  stopped  me  at  Oneida,  and  October  11,  when  it  again  stopped  me  at 
Allentown;    and    on    none  of    the    intermediate   nights   was    the   dust  ever 

'Ji^:iilj'^ii\.\x  *-:ur. ;:    l?\   a  ^ciuic  bliUIVCr,  pcrsiSicntiy  ^»   i    piavcu  iui    liiai    uicsa- 


\:AGARA  and  SO.VfE  LESSEK  waterfalls.   2Zi 

ing.      This  seems  to  indicate   that  the  fortnight  immediately  following  the 
(.(uinoctial  storm  is  a  period  when  the  touring  bicycler  may  reasonably  hope 
U,r  fair  weather.     The  wind  aimost  invariably  favored  nic  when  any  breeze 
l)lcw  at  all.     The  rates  at  all  the  hotels  which  I  encountered  (and  I  always 
those  the"l)est"  or  highest-priced)   were  invariably  $2  a  day,  or  50  c.  for 
l.ulging  or  for  any  meal,— except  in  the  five  cases  which  I  have  specially  in- 
dicated.    Those  unvarying  rates  represented  very  varying  accommodations. 
however,  and   co..nrmed    me    anew    in    the     elief    I    have    more    than  once 
publicly  urged,  th  u  the  aim  of  consuls  in  secur   ig  League  hotels  should  not 
be  "  a  reduction  of  rates,"  but  rather  "  an  increase  of  comforts."    The  Osborn. 
Kni'-ke...ocker,  Hyland,  Canisteo,  and  Dickinson,  were  the  best  of  the  $2 
•^otels  mentioned  in  this  present  report.     As  .egards  the  exaction  of  a  trans- 
IK)rtation  tax,  the  baggage-master  of  the  steamboat  for  Albany  der.inded  a 
h.ilf-dollar,  though  no  demand  was  made  when  I  went  up  on  the  same  boat 
the  previous  year.     On  appealing  to  the  captain,  I  was  courteously  assured 
that  this  was  not  a  private  "strike,"  but  represented  the  definite  orders  from 
the  office,  which  he  had  no  option  except  *o  enforce.     It.  starting  for  Utica 
(100  m.),  I  gave  the  luggage  man  a  quarter-dollar  in  advance,  though  he 
r.ither  grumblingly  asserted  that   I   ought  to  double  that  sum.     Of  the  ♦ive 
g.illant  commanders  of  baggage-cars  whom  I  came  in  contac;  with  on  the 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  the  first  took  ten  cents,  instead  of  the  offered  quarter- 
dollar,  for  a  20-m.  ride;  the  second  asked  for  a  "tax,"  and  was  quite  satisfied 
with  a  quarter-dollar;  the  next  two  both  good-naturedly  refused  my  offer  to 
"  pay  something  for  their  trouble,"  sayi       "  this  sort  of  baggage  gave  them 
less  trouble  than  a  heavy  trunk";  and  the  last  man  I  exchanged  no  words 
with  whatever.     Since  then,  the  rule  of  "  free  transportation  for  passengers' 
bicycles"  has  been  formally  adopted  by  this  line. 

"  Hull  £  Bowen's  Road  Book  of  Westt.-n  New  York  and  Hand  Book  of  Cycling  Accesso- 
ries "  c.-.mpi!ed  by  A.  C.  Richardson  and  issued  .,.  June,  1885,  exhibits  41  tabulated  "  routes  " 
which  embmce  more  than  ,,200  m.  of  road.  A  quarter  of  the  routes  begin  at  Buffalo,  and  most 
of  the  others  at  Leroy,  Dayton  or  Jamestown.  "  The  first  column  in  each  table  enumerates  the 
m.!«  from  the  starting-po' it ;  the  second  gives  names  of  towns;  the  third  shows  the  material  of 
r...id  surface,  by  the  initials  a.  for  asphalt,  c.  for  clay,  d.  for  dirt  or  loam,  gr.  for  gravel  mc  for 
.n.icacLim,  s.  for  sand,  st.  for  stony  (or  stone-blocks  in  citv;  ;  the  fourth  shows  the  condition  of 
the  surface  at  its  b^st,  by  the  letters,  e.  for  excellent,  g.  for  good,  f.  for  fair,  p.  for  poor,  b.  for 
•i.ul;  *h,le  ,r.  the  fifth  column  h.  signifies  hilly  and  I.  level ;  an  '  in  the  notes  t.  r.  means  '  lum 
nght  t.  1  '  fm  left  •;  r.  {.,  'right  fork'  and  1.  ..  '  left  fork.'  "  The  weight  <i  the  whole  is 
less  than  ^  oz.,  as  the  pages  measure  only  4  by  6  in,  and  the  paper  is  thin.  The  "  routes  " 
cnver  seven  of  the  right-hand  pages  (double  columns  of  nonpareil  type,  like  this",  and  the  oppo- 
site pages  are  given  to  the  business  notices  of  the  pul  lisherr.,  who  also  devote  a  page  to  the  free 
advertisement  of  all  the  American  road-books  and  cyc,:ng  journals,  mentioning  the  exact  price 
and  address  of  each.  I  hope  their  intelligei.t  example  in  this  respect  may  be  followed  by  the 
publishers  of  all  future  books,  pamphlets  and  price-lists  of  similar  character  ;  and  I  shall  devo" 
so.ie  space  in  my  final  chapter  to  enlarging  upon  this  idea  which  the  Cunningham  Company 
thus  .ormulated  as  a  reason  for  "  giving  away  to  wheel  literature  "  the  most  prominent  page  in 

their  larcp    nrir-^-f^ata^*^'^'"*     *""     ••o-   •       <<  n-    -    1 „  ..... 

'  "--".     - •,  ;.-   •.v::s:-v-jr  ...car.s  inc  uiaSCiamaiiuu  oi  I'lformation 

ipon  cycimg  matters  may  be  accomplished,  it  cannot  fail  to  ^id  our  purposes  and  benefit  our  bnsi- 


712  TEN  rHOUSAXD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


n«..        I  hop.,    .hcrefore.  ,h«  ,h,  firm  of  Hull  &  B„*,„  ^^  ,-„ivc  .  bu,.r.e„  bc„fi,  ,,..,„  „,e 
pa.n.  uk,-,  u,  au.cn,ma.c  .  knowledge  „f  .he  road,  I,,  .he  rcg.on  around  ,hc...  and  o     "i 
ncra.ure  ;  ,„d  .ha.  no  wh«l„,a„  liv,„K  m  ..r  v.,...,.^  ,ha.  r.g.on  w,ll  fa,l  .o  pncurc  ,hc.r    x 
l.n,  l,..Ie  KU,d.      I.  „  n,a.r  d  fr„  by  .hen,  ,.n  rcc.p.  of  a  ,  c.  s...„p  a.  jS 'A,a,n  ,.        .ff     ' 
A,  an  ,n,r.Kluc.ory  «,rac.    I  pre,*n,  wha,  „  nay,  of  .he  road  lead.ng  fron.  .he  K.  II,  .,o  1 
he  ca„  bank  of  ,he  nvef  ,o  where  i.  emp.,e,  in.o  Lake  On.ario,  a.  For.  Niagara    ,4  n,       ■■  T 
.  Ko.nK  ,n.o  I.ew.Mon    wh.h  .,  .he  half-way  po.n. ;   ,.  r.  going  ou..     One  .Ungerou,  hill  „„. 
I..  ;  «.herw,se  level .  clay  surface  :   fin.,  half,  ,KK,r ;  la,,  h Jf ,  g.HKl  "     Kron.  Uuffalo  ,„  k  1  h 
.er.   by   way   of   .he   KalU  (n.,  and   L..kpor.  (e,.   is  called',,  m.  ;   by  ^recf  r ^      l:;; 
na,av,a(n   e..;om.      h.  .he  former  case.  -  leave  .he  c.y  oy  Delaware  M.  .akef:,',       2 
eavng  VValn.nre  (;  n,.  beyond  ,he  Fall,),  and  ..  r.  a.  Hekin  (6  m.  f„r.her) ;  one  difficul,  lilt 
ween    Alb,o„   and   Murray,  about    30  m.    before  reach.ng    K..:he,.er  •'     ,n  .he  dir  .T 

M       ou   (.„e«e  ,..  ;  fron.    'a.avia  .0  Koches.er  follow  .he  American  Rap.d  .elegraph  ••    l,' 
p.  ..7).         Ihe  e^road  .0  Alden  (.6  m.)  „  very  nearly  s.ra.gh..  and  .s  one  of  .he  be.,  r,  au 
ead.nK  ou.  of  liufjalo.     Thence  .0  Warsaw  (.;  „,.)  .he  .our.,  .adv^-d  .0  <ake  ,he  r.tl  b^^     , 
.he  Kne  R.  R     wh.ch  „  always  hard,  smoo.h  and  fas.,  and  bu.  fe.  di,n,oun.,  are  necetar^ 
A.  Warsaw  .ake. he  road.      For  ,0  m.  ,.  e.,  .here  are  no  .urns.     Then  ,.  1.,  and  af.er     ,„     T 
to  Ga.ne,v,lle.  whence  .he  road  i,  .traigh.  .0  Por.age  (64  n>   from  BuffaloV     There  go  ,|,r„Lh 
vjllago  and  up  h,l  .  and  .  r.  .0  Ca.^ade  House.     Straight   road   be.ween    Hun.',  and    !  Z 
The  r.  r.  ,.,  crossed  .wee  be.ween  .Swainsville  and  (larw.xxl.     Witlun  .  m.  of  Arkpor.    .    i     .H 
cro.s  ,he  valley.     When  :  n.  .„.  of  Arkpor.. ..  ...and  af.er  J  m.  t.  r.     Af.er     ™\' 

m.o<,yds.t.r_;  thenjm.o   Hornellsville  (30  m.  from   Port.n.e)."     My  own  longer  rou.e    I 

rTn tr.  Tw"'^^''*^""  '""'"   '"■'"•  -"'—:--  with  my  rtpor-rfrde 
from  nuff..Io  .0  Kne  (,.  w.;,  on  pp.  .03..05,  I  give  thi,  ex.rac.  from  .he  gu.de  :  "  From  .he  c. 

rerof  M.   n  s,.  follow  Seneca  st.   and  plank  road  ,0  old  covered  bridge   over  Buffalo  ere 

Mtercross,„.  ,h.s  t.  r.  .harply  and  steer  for  the  iron  bndge.     Keep  same  road  t7fi    .      1 

Cr'ek      H  1!    t""8-  V:Z7  "'\'    '■  '"'^'^'  ••  '•  ""•  •"""*  •^'e.raph  poles  .!  .silv 

.  f  W    fl     V    T  "^  ^""^  ^  "•'"'^'''  ^"'^  =''^"  •^'"  ="  «"-"  t:reek.     T.  r.  3  m  e 

of  Wes.field.     No  other  vanat.ons  from  s.raight  road  for  .he  whole  di.stance  to  Kne   S8J  m  - 
F  rom  Batavia  .0  Leroy,  ,c  m.  e. ,  with  StafTord  half-way  be.ween    the  level  s.-f ,ce  of  e, 

SulTt.""  ''  "''""  T:''  '"'"^  "'  ^"  ^"-  -"-->--  ...     A  similar  rrdt: 
Batav.a  .0  A.„ca,    .,  m.  s.   (.)-  ough  Alexander),  requires  only  one  or  two  dismounts      FrI 

d..e  5.  .0  Shelby  ;   t.  1.  and  then  t.  r.  at  village ;  s.raight  s.  from  Shelby ;  ,,  1.  e    from  Alabim^ 

Brockp  ,rt    ,6  m.  n.  (Bergen  half-way),  >s  hUly,  gravel  surface,  fair  riding.     From  Lerov  toU,. 
State  f.shery  at  Mumford,  ;J  m.,  a  limestone  road  offers   a  very  ,:  .asant   run    .hroug 
wocKls  ;  the  d.rect.„n  be.ng  n.  for  6  m.  to  Caledonia,  where  ,.  1.      From  I.eroy  .„  Avon"    m 
^     .s  a  good  and  leve,  .hough  stony  road.-Caledonia  being  half-way.     From  Leroy  to  P  rrr.o 
m.  s.  the  surface,sa  g.„Kl  clay  level  for  7  m.  .0  Pavilion,  where  1.  f.  s.  .hould  be  taken     tTe're 
ma.nder  be.ng  grave   and  fair  nding  though  hilly.     Perry  Center  is  ;  m.  e.  of  Warsaw     a      I 

.     From  Warsaw  to  Leroy  (ao  m.,  clay,  with  a  little  san«  and  gravel)  is  said  to  L  th-  best   un 
in  .h,s  secon.     At  Sal.ville  cross  R.  &  p.  „,ck  :  a.  Pearl  Creek  cros.,  bridge  ,  at  R.  .'io^ 

s,"a?i  t  r       f        .  ■■■      ■  '  "'   ^'''  Gainesville   cross  Krie  track,  then  ..   1    then  .   r 

st.a.,   I  .u.o  Casnle^      Thence  n.  .straight  for  5  n,  ,  ,.  ,.   ,0  Silver  I.ke,  o    t.   ,-   ,„  p.  .^  "  m  " 

Olean.  on  the  edge  of  Pennsylvania,  is  ;6J  n,.  s,  of  Buffalo,  and  ,he   la.st  ..m   are  said  to 

or  pint  surfL      '■  ThL   a,  r  7  ""'  ^T'  1'  "*=  ^='"^''  ^^^^"^"'  "^""^h  '^'y-  -«''  ^  '- 
plank  surface.        Ihe     at  E.  Aurora...  1  .  and  af.e,  ,  m.  t.  r.  ;  *  m.  ou,  of  Holland  t.  r.,  and 


then  t.  1.  all  the  way  to  Sardinia.      Fr.-i 


From  Oiean  to  Hornells- 


^^fAG.4A^A  AND  SOME  LESSEH  IVATEREALLS.   ,,3 

.■!>  nykc',  creek.     After  V...:.„.,re  Ceme"";;         ,  T  '.'"  '""  ""  "  '""""'"■  '>  "'   -•  '•  ' 

-a,«,..,,.„..oA„eKany,t  ^.  ^^  ^  ..  Ju.^^J^^';  rt   •'T ""  '  '"-«-« 
..  r,m.,dalx.ut  road  ,.(  ,s  m.  throuRh  the  A]le».:.nv  f  ,  V'         *  """  '''•>•■  "Uhip  to  Olean 

NUo,  where  ..  I.  d.rect  do-n  the  va,,ey   o  p  '.        .""rr.  ""  T'  11'  ""  ""  ""^  ^*  -•  '" 
..>  f..r  .o  K.XK1."     ,Knend,h.p  „   ,,  ^  /^  Z".''  T  '  "/  '''^  *"''  ""'l  "  ''''cnbed 

K*ndolph,  which  is  on  the  Krie  r   r   aboi.t  ,„  m  »  .-   , 

..  r„„.e  of  5,  ...de^cHbed  th.,.  .     -.  Reader,  ;i:,;'     ^tr,^""'  ""  "^  "•  "'  «'.«a,o  hv 
V.  -yand  Kden  Valley  take  r.  f.     On  leavnA^en  r     ,"""^^h,  .o  m.     Helween  Water 

.":.  Ver«,lle,  ,,   I.  where  road  runs  into  that  1,^  are  Z'  ""''  """  ''"'"^'^      ^  ""  ""v. 

w..iW  .  .n  ..p  steep  h.„  and  ride  J  ..  down  he",!  ^^  her;',""'  T7\  "  ^'  ''"^"X^^-*^ 
"";  "?'"■;  ^  *  -•  '--  r^ayton  t.  r.  ;  then  J  n^  .  7  '  Tak"  1  '  ^  Mt"^*  "'■  "'""'  ^  '  "«""' 
nun  and  t.  1.  a.  next  corner.  Keep  «une  roi  to  L  „„  I'';'  ''""''-"'''  T  ^  «  "w- 
.."d  next  t.  r.  and  follow  s.me  road  ,.,  Rando'.  '•         P  "•     ^  ^""^^''''K"  ("'  R""eV)  t.  r. 

ton  4  n..  beyond      The  whole  route  i,  calle  i  ".  ,^"^f  "''K  '»  '^  >".  from  JiuflFalo,  an.!  Day. 

.-  half  is  hilly.  Hilly  also  is  the  ,ood  .rave'i  road  leX!"'"  *f  '"""  ""'^"'  """^  ">'  '«■ 
■;  "..  ;  ",.  1.  .  m  from  star,  ;  also  ,»  m   from  F    I  '^  m  ''     ""^  ""y*™  '"  kittle  Valley 

yond  New  Albion."  Cattaraugus.  5*  m  oT  We  ier  '  t  '  '"'°"'  ^""^  -''  ^'-  ^e 
"unkTk  (see  p.  .0.,)  may  be  reached  by  ,0    ,  w   f r.  m'n  '  ""*"'  '^  '  '="^  «"-'  -". 

...ul  i  m.  beyotui  :.  1.  At  Markham'sLke  r  f  for'im  T  T'  """  ^  "'  ^'  *  ■"•  ""'.  «•  '•  ^ 
.hen  t.  r.  on  outskirts  of  village.  On  reaching  Edward,',  wl'  '  f  ''^''"  '  ■"•  """  '"  '■  ">  '«».. 
..  r  and  keep  straight  ro.l  till  level  near  .Sheridan  .Lched"  'l""' ^'-^^-^  «•  '•  ^or  i  m..  then 
-n,ers,-  and  after  J  m.  ,.  ,.  on  main  road.     A  ,e  Vro,,    '   !    ,       ^  '"  '^  '  ''  ""''  '  '°"' 

-  "..nk.rk.  Hy  keepmg  same  mad  straight  from  Sher^^  ^^"-ad  take  ..Wt.  r..  and  follow 
;  ".  No  village  a.  Edward's  Corner,  it  go,":  from  n  \  ?  "  "•"''*''  ="  ^  '''»'-"  of 
f-t.     Wor.,t  grade  i.s  U-tween  Edward's  CornrLdTm  ,hrM  I,"  ^"''"'''  '""  «" ''--  '.^°° 

-  may  go  ,0  „..  to  N.  Collins  thus  :  "  T  r  a  ,d  k.en  m  T  '"'""  '''^'''''^  ^"^er. 
;  a  guule-board.     T  1.  at  Perrysbur-  and  keep  on    fralht  .        J"     '""^  '"'""'''  ^''^'^  "><- 

U,ere  cross  bridge  and  ..  I.  ;  keep  s.r      ht  on  mj'l        ",  "^    ""'•     "^^  '  '"  ^^^-i"-. 

N   Collins.     This  i.  a  roundabcL  wa/    . "et^sbr  ^  "  T'''^''  ""  '"''^  «"'  '•  -  t" 

-ad  which  is  4  m.  in  length  and  h.li;     b'v  .Xeif  i!      '"'  .  '"""  '''"^  "^"  "-^  ^^--t 

r..n,  N.  Collins  by  a:,  easier  route,  though  ■ortr'hnh"""'      k'  T"'  ""''  «°  '"  ^'^X'"" 
'i.rec,  road  are  a     ollows  :  J  m.  out  of  Dayton  tr    i  m  h"""     '^'""-     ^'""'''"'  ^-  "- 

>""  Lave  a  steep  coast,  requiring  a  stronrbrake    ,!  P  K      '^  "■•'  ""■'"  """'  *  •"•  "P  •>'"  and 

and  should  be  taken  if  the  tourist  is  in  rhurrv"'  "^     "'''■     '^'^  '"  '  ^'^  «-vel  road. 

^  rnm  Davton  to  Jamestown    -,.  ^     .u    '    ■ 
-.  i^  nearly  s.  until  the  N  7.  'p.^o  171:  r^aTj'  T''  ^""'  "'  """^-  '  "  '"^  «^-c. 
■"  J  "     ^•-om  J.  to  Rand,  Mh,  ,7  m   e     '<  keen    h       d'        \  ^  '  ""  ^""""""^  °"  --"  -ad 
'-;••  r."     From  J.  to  Sincliirvil^;    5' m      ■  at  Dex  t"^    /?  *^-"edy.  and  .  m.  beyond 
A.  Oerry  t.  1   and  keep  straight  on.     Road  ^ery "lea       t",'  re  "     T  \ TT''  "'*="  «■  ^• 

•eave  by  n.  road,  t.  1.   at  Randell  Bridee  Crr..  ,  '"^''^  ^-  f™""  Kandolph 

;  -  -d;  t.  1.  at  school  ho.^;  an^keepX  J^' Thr^  '^  '"'  ^  '"^^  ""''"'^-^  ^^ 
longer  but  more  level,  from  Ellington  to  Sincl  L^l,  V'  ^        '"°"-^''  «°^  ''""^-  ^  '""= 

-d  hard  road  in  dry  weather."  Dunkirk  .b  T  "k"*  """""  '  ^^-^^  =« -ry  firrr. 
;,'"e  t  I.,  then  t  r.  up  a  hill,  .hen  in'm 't  ■;  f  '^  iT^"  'r^r'/'  '""  ^  "  ^'  ■^"-'-- 
f  nun  Jame,s,own  to  Mas^-ille  2,  m    therli  ■  1  ^^^  ''  ^•'"^*"  '•  '•  "'"'ght  on  " 

.■a^e;  go«l  dirt  surface  for  L76^:      "l  aew^'tdT' r'""«  "'%^-  ^"''^'^  °'  Cha'u.a. 
'■"-ly  ndable  stonv  nvid  for  .h.  ,^  „   ;...„_:   .:^'  '"'^  ^°''  '=-^'  ^  ">•  f^om  Chautauqua  :  a 
-  -ellent  road  near  the  n.  side  of  th^  UkeHh^ugh  SL'^n^'cSi';::^::  ^^'^  ^ 


(1 


m 


XVII. 


KENTUCKY  AND  ITS  MAMMOTH  CAVE.' 

The  Blue-Grass  region  of  Kentucky,  so  celebrated  for  its  beauty,  never 
had  a  better  reason  for  feeling  proud  of  its  good-looks  than  on  the  opening 
week  of  summer  in  1882,  when  I  for  the  first  time  cast  my  eyes  upon  the 
same.     May  had  been  almost  continuously  damp  and  rainy  until  its  very  close, 
so  that  every  sort  of  vegetation  seemed  as  fresh  and  luxuriant  us  possible! 
The  foliage  of  the  trees— which  do  not  often  form  thickly-interlacing  "woods," 
but  stand  out  alone  in  their  individual  majesty,  as  if  some  magnificent  land- 
scape-gardener had  designedly  stationed  them  there  to  form  the  symmetrical 
landmarks  and  ornaments  of  an  immense  park — was  brilliantly  verdant;  and 
the  tall  grass,  which  gives  its  peculiar  name  to  that  section  of  the  .State,  shone, 
if  I  may  say  so,  wiih  the  bluest  green  imaginable.     Great  fields  of  grain,  also,' 
waved  beneath  the  breeze,  in  graceful  emerald  undulations,  up  and  down  the 
soft  slopes  of  the  hills  ;  and  whitewashed  fences  "  far  along  them  shone  "  in  the 
summer  sunlight.     Outside  the  towns  and  villages  the  houses  were  numerous 
enough  to  kjep  the  tourist  assured  that  he  was  traveling  in  a  settled  country; 
but  they  were  so  neat  and  trim,  and  withal  so  scattered,  n.s  readily  to  har- 
monize with  the  fan  -y  that  their  inhabitants  must  be  salaried  "  keepers  of  the 
BIuCiGrass  Park,"  instead  of  ordinary  farmers,  who  tilled  the  soil  simply  for 
the  sake  of  securing  such  profit  as  they  could  wrest  from  its  reluctant  grasp. 
The  time  for  sowing  had  gone  by,  ^nd  the  time  for  reaping  had  not  come. 
There  was  no  bustle  or  activity  in  the  fields,— not  "  a  shadow  of  man's  ravage  " 
anywhere.     Nature   was  doing  all    the  work;  and  a    bles.scd   atmosphere  of 
peace,  prosperity,  and  contentment  seemed  to  pervade  the  landscape,     for 
purpo.ses  of  spectacular  display  the  151ue-Grass   Region  w.is  at  its  best;  and 
not  again  in  a  do/en  years  would  a  bicycler  who  sought  to  explore  it  in  sum- 
mer-time be  lil-.ely  to  be  favored  with  as  cool  and  comfortable  temperature 
as  generally   tavored  me    during   the  eight  days  while  I    pushed  my  wheel 
340  m.  among  the  Kentucky  hills. 

.\  dutiful  desire  to  "  helji  represent  the  East  "  in  the  third  annual  parade 
of  the  League  had  caused  me  to  sojourn  in  Chicago  for  the  last  three  day-,  of 
spring,  duiing  which  I  u  ade  trial  of  its  streets  and  park-roads  to  the  extent  of 
75  m-;  and  then  I  took  train  for  Cincinnati,  in  company  with  the  club-men  of 
that  city  returning  from  the  parade,  in  *vhich  their  new  uniforms  of  green  vel- 
veteen had  played  so  picturesque  a  part.  None  of  the  numerous  bicyclers 
from  various  localities  whom  I  talked  with  in  Chicago  had  planned  to  prolong 


^Froni  T/u*  IVh^fltMntt^  October.  iSSi.  nn.  3r>  :t    -'Th." 


u:ii.-  „r  tr  . 


KENTUCKY  AND  ITS  MAMMOTH  CA  VE.  225 

their  vacations  so  as  to  include  a  little  touring  after  the  meet  ^as  over-  but 
the  rep,  esentafves  of  Cincinnati  and  Louisville  a.l  agreed  in  assuring  me  'that 
,.  I  were  .nd.v.dually  ben.  on  taking  a  tour,  I  should  act  wisely  in'choo tl' 
Kouucky  for  the  scene  of  it.     Some  letters  which  a  Frankt  ,rt  rider  h.H 
cently  contributed  to  one  of  the  cycling  weeklies,  in  prai      of  t^     oads  oHh:; 
State,  had  Hrst  awakened  my  interest  .herein;  and  on  finding  these  pi  se 
justihed  by  the  verbal  reports  of  several  others,  whose  explofation,  fhT  k 
-nd,v,d.ally  short,  covered  in  the  aggregate  a  ,cod  rnany  mte  ^7  ol  '  t 
ennmed  to  make  the  Mammoth  Cave  the  objective  point  of  my  spring  tour 
I  he  alternatue  plan  which  I  had  in  mind  when  I  went  to  Chicago  w^  th"; 
of  r,d.ng  from  Detro.t  to  Niagara  along  the  Canadian  sid.  of  Lake  EnV  and 
Um  expcctmg  to  try  the  track  during  the  approachirg  October  r8,Vn 

It  was  9  o'clock  of  a  Thursday  forenoon,  the  first  forenoon  of  June  when 
I  first  go    astr,de  my  b  cycle,  at  the  head  of  the  so-called  Lexington  tur'npike 
.n  the  outskirts  of  Covmgton.  about  3  m.  from  tne  r.  r.  station!  CincTn^t  ' 
whence  I  had  trundled  .t  along  the  sidewalks  and  over  the  big  bridge,     a'^ 
nchng  I  m.  I  stopped  midway  on  a  long  hill,  which  would  have  been  ridab  e 
to  the  sumnm  except  for  the  recent  rain,  and  took  a  look  backward  at  1 
smoKy  cuy  below  me.     Erlanger.  a  railroad  station  6  m.  on.  waa  reached  a 
n  0  clock;  and  ,t  ,s  enshrined  in  my  memory  as  the  spot  where  rGerman 
serv..„t.g,„,  observing  me  oiling  the  wheel,  came  out  to  inqui      if  I  "ou M 
gnnd  a  pa.r  of  scssors  for  her  mistress.     For  3  m.  beyond 'this  point,  or    o 
he  village  of  Florence,  the  mud  continued  to  give  occasional  tfoub le    but 
1  yness   .encef orth  prevailed,  and  the  road  averaged  better  as  to  both  sm;oth 
no.  and  hardness,  so  that  in  the  next  rj  h.  I  covered  the  9  m..  endinga  a 
wretched  httle  mn   .t  Walton,  where  I  stopped  for  lunch.     Beyo;d  Ts  VV  ,1 
.mstown.  .he  county-seat.  rS  m..  and  there  I  rested  for  the  nigh't.  at  trd" 
bell  House,  whose  accommodations,  tliough  very  inferior,  were  said  to  btlw 
no  means  as  bad  as  those  offered  by  its  rival,  the  Shermal     I  a^^^ed  J  ^ 
o  clock,  having  been  .\  h.  in  doing  the  last  13  m.  from  Chittenden    and^e 

Si;t'™?.t  t  'T  'T'' '''- '''  '■  '■  ^-'-  ^^^^ 

T    ^  ^;.  ,  '^'^  *'"'>■  "'^'"'^  "^"1  •»  Kentucky  tc  designate  a  mar 

ada.ued  h.ghw^-  or  turnpike;  and  the  Lexington  pikc^'on  wh    h  I  bega    mv 

sec  ions  of  ,   b  .n  spoiled  by  the  railroad  men.     These  people  agreed  that 
.ch  part,  of  the  pike  as  were  needed  for  their  new  line  should  be  replaced 
b>  a  para  lei  roadway,  just  a.  solidly  and  smoothly  paved  as  the  origina      but 
y  failed  to  keep  their  agreement,  and  the  parts  of  the  pike  that'had  \.Z 
de  by   hem  supplied  the  poorest  riding  of  the  day.     During  the  whole  o 
I  probably  found  not  a  single  m.  of  continuously  level  surface  ;  but  none  o 
the  grades  were  too  steep  for  ridine  when  „.ii  .a.»H     -rv?!     .       •" 
^.«n  of  a  chan^d  civilization,  which  chal'enged  my  ;t;enHonL  ;:;;;;  7l2 


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tered  the  State,  was  the  number  of  people  on  horseback,  going  about  their 
usual  busines:,  with  bundles,  bags,  baskets,  and  farming  implements,  hitched 
to  their  saddles.  They  seemed  to  outnumber  the  people  who  drove  in  wagons 
or  carriages ;  whereas,  in  the  East,  a  horseback-rider  who  is  not  simply  a 
pleasure-seeker  is  a  rare  bird  indeed.  I  found  that  these  Kentucky  steeds 
l)eing  only  half  broken,  were  more  inclined  to  take  fright  than  any  others 
known  to  my  experience.  So,  having  inadvertently  caused  one  of  them  to 
hack  against  a  fence  and  break  his  harness,  a  few  hours  after  I  began  my 
tour,  I  generally  made  a  practice  of  dismounting  as  they  approached  me. 

A  bic)clcr   who  happened  to  be  stayh.g  at  the  hotel  in  WiUiamstown 
assured  me  that,  ;is  the  next  25  m.  of  pike  southward  would  be  found  very 
rough  and  hilly,  I  had  I)est  go  by  rail  to  Sadieville,  and  resume  my  tour  at  that 
point.     On  Friday  forenoon,  therefore,  after  riding  i^  m.  about  the  streets,  for 
the  entertainment  of  an  admiring  populace,  I  took  train  for  the  station  named, 
and,  mounting  there  zX  ri  o'clock,  went  up  and  then  down  a  long  hill,  2  m.i 
mostly  afoot,  unti'  I  reached  a  toll-gate,  where  I  made  a  turn  to  the  1.  and  l. 
From  h-re  to  the  next  toll-gate,  6^  m.  beyond,  I  rode  nearly  all  the  way  and 
made  very  few  stops.     I  was  now  tairly  in  the  Blue-Grass  Region  ;  the' pike 
became  exceedingly  smooth,  and  in  a  little  less  than  i  h.  I  rolled  over  another 
section  of  it  as  long  a»  that  last-named,  and  found  myself  at  the  court-house 
in  Georgetown.     The  postmaster,  tbo  local  editor,  and  "  other  prominent  citi- 
zens"  paid  their  respect-  .0  m,e  as  (  partook  of  a  lunch,  and  wished  me  good 
luck  when  I  mountcti,  at  a  quarter  of  3  o'clock,  for  a  ride  to  the  court-house 
in  Lexington,  which  I  reached  in  i  h.  40  min.     This  stretch  was  the  best  I 
-had  yet  encountered,-all  of  it  being  smooth  and  ridable,  though  continuously 
hilly,— and  I  made  no  stops,  except  for  the  sake  of  horses.     At  the  end  of 
every  m.  were  guide-posts,  showing  the  distances  to  both  Georgetown  and 
Lexuigton.     The  similitude   of  all   this  fine  rolling  country  ta  a  vast  park 
whereof  I  made  mention  at  the  outset,  was  perhaps  nowhere  more  impressive' 
than  m  this  particular  section  of  it.     I  delayed  a  while  in  Lexington,  to  re- 
fresh myself  with  ices  and  fruit,  and  to  talk  with  the  president  of  the  local 
bicycle  club  ;  so  that  the  clock  indicated  a  quarter  past  5  whci  I  resumed  my 
saddle,  with  the   intention  of   seeking  a  bed  at    the    Shaker  Settlement  on 
rieasant  Hill,  25  m.  l^^yond.     Thus  far,  since  leaving  Cincinnati,  I  had  been 
traveling  almost   du  •   s..  but   for  the   next  44  m.,  ending  at  rerrvville,  my 
course  lav  in  a  s.  v/.  direction.     All  the  mile-posts  on  this  pike  were  neatly 
lettered  tablets  of  iron,  surmounted  by  the  national  eagle.     The  distances  to 
Lexington,  Pleasant  Hill,    Harrodsburg,   and  I'erryville,  were  indicated  on 
each  post,  if  I  rightly  remember;  and  I  could  thus  estimate  the  rapidity  of  my 
progress  without  stopping  t.j  consult  the  cyclometer.     My  watch  showed  me 
that  lo  min.  was  the  average  time  spent  between  mile-posts.     After  procrress- 
ing  for  a  while  at  this  rate,  I  turned  1.  at  a  fork  in  the  roads,  some  little  dis- 
tance beyond  a  toll-gate,  in  order  to  reach  the  !>ridge  over  the  Kentucky  river 


(tlie  r -hanrl  road  "'f^"'''  li-i"-*  1««--1  »--.  ~  .-_:_..  ...i- . 

"* **'*  **"'  "  i-*-""'t-  V. .;crc  j;ao->a^i^  na 


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KENTUCKY  AND  ITS  AfAMMOTH  CA  VE.         227 

ferry-boa^> ;  but,  before  I  reached  it,  the  approach  of  darkness  caused  me  to 
str.p  nding.  The  road  would  be  r>.  pretty  one  by  daylight,  with  overhanging 
rocks  on  one  side  and  the  river  on  the  other;  and  there  was  an  abundance  of 
little  springs  and  rivulets  of  clear  water  where  the  traveler  might  quench  his 
thirst.  Finally,  after  I  had  plodded  along  on  foot  for  several  miles,  the  moon 
came  out  and  I  resumed  my  riding. 

It  was  a  quarter  past  9  when  I  halted  in  front  of  the  big  white  houses  of 
the  Shaker  Settlement,  whose  long  rows  of  windows  glistened  grimly  in  the 
moonlight.     Not  one  of  them  was  illumined  from  within,  however,  and  not  - 
somid  mdicative  of  life  could  anywhere  be  heard.     I  had  been  told  that  a  cer- 
t.ini  one  of  the  houses  was  accustomed  to  entertain  strangers;  but  all    the 
houses  looked  al-ke  ;  and   the   gloomy    problem  of  deciding  where  best   to 
make  a  beginnmg  of  the  attempt  to  arouse  some  of  these  people  from  their 
beds,  or  their  graves,  proved   too  much  for  my  courage.     I  turned  my  face 
away  from  the  ghostly  glare  of  the  windows,   and  glanced  up  at  the    Man 
in  the  Moon,   who    kindly    tipped    a    wink   at  me,   as  if  to  say,  "  I'll    light 
the   ro.-xd  for  you  to  Ilarrodsburg,  which  is  only  about  7  m.   fm  ther."     So 
on  I  went,    riding  slowly,   for  the    sake   of  safety,   but   riding   all  the  way. 
One  halt,  I  made,  however,  and  devoted  i  h.  to  a  vain  search  for  the  cap  of 
my  oil-can,    which    I  carelessly  dropped  while  lubricating  the  bearings.     I 
laugh  even  now  when  I  recall  the  solitariness  of  the  incident.     It  seems  funny 
to  think  of  myself  out  there  amid  the  Kentucky  woods,  persistently  groping 
.-ibout  in  the  limestone  dust  of  the  turnpike  for  a  bit  of  brass  which  the  rays 
of  the  midnight  moon  refused  to  reveal  to  me.     The  rattle  of  a  carriage  ap- 
proaching from  the  rear,  for  i  or  2  m.,  as  I  jogged  along  towards  Harrods- 
l)urg,  supplied  the  first  interruption  to  several  hours  of  profound  stillness. 
Allowing  the  vehicle  to  pass  me,  I  entered  the  town  in  its  wake,  and  was 
civilly  directed  by  the  driver  to  Curry's  National  Hotel,  where,  bv  persistent 
ringings  of  the  bell,  I  roused  up  the  proprietor  and  effected  an  entrance.     The 
clock  indicated  a  quarter  past  11,  and  my  wheeling  record  for  the  day  was  a 
quarter  more  than  61  m.     The  spacious  bed-room  into  which  I  was  shown  had 
n  )  outer  window,  but  I  was  too  tired  to  dispute  the  landlord's  assertion  that 
"  plenty  of  air  came  in  from  the  hall-way,  through  the  transom  " ;  or  to  ex- 
press any  opinion  of  his  inability  to  provide  even  so  much  as  a  glass  of  milk 
for  my  refreshment.     Any  sort  of  a  resting-place  seemed  attractive ;  so  I  took 
a  big  drink  of  water,  and  sank  to  sleep  at  once. 

T:ie  next  day  I  traveled  hardly  more  than  h.df  as  far,  but  had  a  much  more 
wearisome  time  of  it,  on  account  of  bad  weather  and  inferior  roads.  The 
l;iuc-Grass  Region  was  now  all  behind  me.  and  as  I  left  Ilarrodsburg,  at  a 
(piartcr  before  10  o'clock,  the  appearance  of  the  country  was  less  attractive 
than  on  the  day  before,  irrespective  of  the  gloom  produced  by  the  threatening 
clouds,  which  soon  brought  a  gentle  shower  of  rain,  wherefrom  I  took  shelter 
in  a  roadside  shed.  A  little  later,  I  was  overtaken  bv  .n  still  heavier  shrs-fr. 
and  could  find  no  better  protection  than  a  big  tree.     The  r,   n  did  not  Ir.st 


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228  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

lonp  enough  to  greatly  injure  the  limestone  pike,  however,  and  in  2  h.  I  had 
covered  the  12  m.  which  brought  me  to  the  end  of  it  at  the  little  tavern  in 
Perryville,  in  whose  wooden  walls  are  still  embedded  some  of  the  cannon-shot 
fired  in  the  !,a!tle  of  that  name.  This  was  fought  on  the  8th  of  October,  1862, 
between  the  armies  of  I5uell  and  Hragg,  numbering  perhaps  60,000  men  alto- 
gether; and  in  no  other  conflict  of  the  civil  war  was  the  proportion  of  killed 
and  wounded  greater  than  this.  The  official  report  of  Major-General  McCook, 
the  commander  of  the  First  Corps  of  Buell's  army,  called  it  "the  bloodiest 
battle  of  modern  times  for  the  number  of  troops  engaged  on  our  side  " ;  while 
General  Bragg  reported  to  the  Richmond  authorities,  with  equal  literary 
awkwardness,  "  For  the  time  engaged  it  was  the  severest  and  most  desper- 
ately contested  engagement  within  my  knowledge." 

I  took  dinner  at  the  little  tavern,  and  was  told  there  that  I  had  already 
crossed  over  Crawford's  Cave,  from  which  issues  a  stream  of  very  clear  water, 
that  has  never  been  known  to  fail,  even  in  the  extremest  seasons,  when  all 
the  other  springs  have  dried  ly,.  According  to  local  tradition,  it  was  the  de- 
sire to  control  this  particular  spring  which  caused  the  two  armies  to  tr\-  con- 
clusions with  one  another  here,  though  most  of  the  fighting  was  done  on 
Chaplin  Hills,  i  m.  or  more  away.  None  of  the  official  reports  in  the  "Re- 
bellion Record"  give  definite  confirmation  of  this;  but  all  agree  that  both 
armies  were  suffering  from  a  scarcity  of  water,  and  that  "  the  holding  of  cer- 
tain springs  near  Perryville  "  was  considered  by  each  an  object  of  great 
strategic  importance.  I  therefore  wheeled  backward  on  my  course,  in  order 
to  visit  the  cave  and  take  a  drink  of  these  historic  waters.  I  might  have  done 
this  more  conveniently  in  the  forenoon,  soon  after  passing  the  toll-gate  and  the 
post  which  said  "  2  m.  to  Perryville,"  if  only  I  had  been  advised  to  turn  down 
the  path  to  the  r.,  just  beyond  the  red  brick  house. 

Leaving  the  tavern  again  at  2  o'clock,  I  jogged  along  for  i  h.  over  a  good 
gravel  pike  to  the  r.  r.  station  at  Brumfield.  4  m. ;  and  then  another  \  h  over 
a  rougher  road,  i\  m.,  to  the  toll-gate,  where  a  heavv  shower  compelled  a 
definite  halt.  There  was  a  slight  drizzle  of  r^in  when  I  mounted  again  a^ 
4.30  and  rode  with  great  difficulty,  over  a  muddy  and  stonv  track,  for  about  1 
m.  Then  followed  a  similar  distance  of  alternate  walking  and  riding,  during 
which  several  showers  rained  down  upon  me,  without  causing  me  "to  halt- 
and  then,  i  h.  from  the  start,  I  reached  a  hill  where  I  definitelv  abandoned 
all  pretense  of  attempting  any  further  progress  in  the  saddle.  For  the  next 
7  or  8  m.  I  continuously  dragged  my  machine  through  deep  mud  or  clambered 
with  It  over  rough  rocks,  — stopping  once  in  a  while  to  dig  the  clav  out  from 
the  forks,  when  it  clogged  them  sufficiently  to  prevent  the  revolution  of  the 
wheels,  — and  on  two  occasions  I  was  forced  to  wade  through  wide  brooks. 
With  the  bicycle  lifted  high  above  my  head.  Even  the  brake-strap  of  mv  I.am- 
son  luggage-carrier  was  cut  in  two  by  the  action  of  the  grit  and  mud  on  the 
tire,  and  thenceforth  my  bundle  bobbed  up  and  down  in  a  most  exasperating 
J  *"     ■"■''*   j'-"!--      r;:;aiiy,  nowcvcr,  inv  Suiiuws    bewail   lo  uc 


KENTUCKY  AND  ITS  MAMMOTH  CA  VE.  ^i^ 

lightened  a  little  by  encountering  some  goodish  bits  of  road ;  and,  spite  of  the 
darkness,  I  did  considerable  riding  during  the  last  4  or  5  m.,  ending  at  Leba- 
non, which  I  knew  to  be  my  only  attainable  refuge  for  the  night,  when  once 
1  had  turned  my  back  on  Perryville.     It  was  while  riding  slowly  up-hill  in-the 
Jark,  over  some  rough  macadam,  that  a  loose  stone  stopped  my  wheel  and 
p.tchcd  me  over  the  handle-bar.     I  alighted  squarely  on  my  feet,  however 
and  my  bicycle  stood  up  squarely  on  its   head,  uninjured ;  and  this  was  the 
only  tall  that  either  of  us  had  during  that  fortnight  wherein  we  traveled  41c 
ni.  together.     The  clock  struck  9  when  I  entered  the  Norris  House,  in  Leba- 
nu,>,  and  though  this  was  a  newer  and  larger  and  better-equipped  establish- 
.ncnt  than  any  of  the  other  hotels  as  yet  encountered  by  me  in  Kentucky   I 
na,  told  that  the  time  was  too  late  for  the  su,,plying  of  anything  whatever  to 
cat.     A  .     t-hour  later,  therefore,  having  made  sure  of  the  refreshment  sup- 
pl.ed  by  u  bath  and  a  dry  suit  of  clothes,  I  sallied  out  on  the  street  in  pursuit 
ut  eatables.     The  most  nourishing  substances  I   could  secure  were  crackers 
and  cookies  and  ginger-snaps,  which  I  found  at  the  chief  "grocery  and  drv- 
;.;oods  store  "  in  the  place,  and  which  I  managed  to  wash  down  by  deep  pota- 
t.ons  of  soda-water.     Supplementing  this  luxurious  repast  by  a  dessert  of  con- 
tertionery,  I  felt  sufficiently  invigorated  to  clean  off  from  my  wheel  all  traces 
0    us  21  m.s' hard  traveling  from  Perryville;  though  I  cannot  pretend  that 
uheelmen  in  general  would  accept  as  a  satisfactory  sequel  to  so  hard  a  jaunt 
as  that,  so  slim  a  supper  as   that,  even   though  it  was  the  very  best  which 
money  could  buy  in  "  the  court-house  town  of  Marion  county  "  at  9  o'clock  of 
a  Saturday  night  in  June. 

The  pike  came  to  its  end  at  Greensburg,  another  county  town,  25  m.s.  w  • 
and  from  that  point  the  tourist  must  resort  to  a  "dirt  road,"  leading  in  a  sim- 
ilar direction  for  a  similar  distance,  in  order  to  reach  the  Mammoth  Cave 
Tutting  together  the  rather  meager  testimony  and  decidedly  contradictory  be- 
liefs of  various  people  of  the  hotel  concerning  this  route,  I  decided  that  th» 
hrst  half  would  supply  quite  as  toilsome  wheeling  as  the  20  m.  just  gonecver^ 
and  that  the  last  half  wouk  be  quite  imi)assable  except  on  foot.  I,  there- 
tore,  turned  my  course  directly  ;uvay  from  the  Cave,  and  rode  northward  9  m. 
to  Springfield,  thence  northwestward  19  m.  to  Bardstown  (both  of  these  being 
county  seats),  thence  southward  i  5  m.  to  New  I  -mi,  where  I  arrived  just 
before  8  o'clock,  having  been  a  little  less  than  11  .  .  on  the  road.  I  was  now 
about  15  m.  w.  of  Lebanon,  whence  I  started  in  the  morning,  and  was  no 
nearer  the  Cave  than  then  ;  for  my  day's  course  of  43  m.  may  be  roughly  de- 
scribed as  bounding  three  sides  uf  a  square.  For  the  first  h.  out  of  Lebanon 
my  riding  was  continuous,  over  a  good  gravel  pike,  somewhat  hillv  and  wiwd- 
ini-;  and  then,  at  the  end  of  the  5*  m.,  a  tew  rods  of  loose  stone 'had  to  be 
walked  over.  Another  h.  brought  me  to  the  court-house  in  Springfield,  about 
4  m.;  whence  I  rode  up  a  very  long  hill,  and  at  the  top  of  it  had  a  verv  long 

■■' ••  —  ■:••::  :;-,:-c;jaLik,    rciumiiig  liuiu  ciiurch.     By  this 

tm.e  the  heaviness  produced  by  yesterday's  rain  had   quite  disappeared,  and 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  gravel  track  grew  smoother  as  I  advanced.     I  stopped  i  h.  for  dinner  at 
the  httle  hamlet  of  Fredericktown.  qJ  m.  from   Springfield,  and  about  the 
sanie  distance  from  Hardstown,  which  I  reached  at  5  o'clock,  after  a  ride  of 
2\  h.     Dur.ng  the  first  third  of  this  time   I  rode  without  dismount,  and  cov 
cred  4 J  m.,  mclud.ng   ij  m.  of  continuous  up-hill  work.     The  delay  of  1  h 
caused  by  the  sudden  coming  of  a  sharp  shower  at  Bardstown,  was  improved  ir 
tightening  my  steering-head;  and  then  followed  the  best  and  prettiest  ridinJ 
of  the  day.  15  m.  of  smooth  gravel  pike,  much  of  it  shaded  and  all  of  it  on 
an  up-grade  or  down-grade.     From  a  bridge,  near  some  kerosene  barrels  and 
machinery,  where  I  stopped  to  drink,  just  before  7  o'clock.  I  rode  without  dis 
mount  for  i  h..  7  m..  to  the  New  Haven  House.     Coasting  might  have  hc^n 
indulged  ,n  here  continuously,  for  at  least  i  m..  though  the  occasional  water- 
courses  would  have  required  care.     The  hotel  presented  a  sadly  curious  co„. 
trast  to  Its  better-known  namesake  in  Connecticut;  for  its  chambers  were  un 
carpeted,  and  its  general  aspect  was  extremely  dirty ;  but.  as  I  finally  man- 
aged  to  secure  a  washbowl  and  a  pitcher  of  .vater  and  some  towels,  and  as 
my  bed  proved  to  be  free  from  the  expected  bugs.  I  was  not  disposed  to  re- 
Pine.     So  cool  was  the  weather  that  during  the  forenoon  of  this  day.  as  well 
as  during  the  whole  of  the  previous  one.  I  kept  my  jacket  on  ;  though  that 
addition  to  my  white-flannel  riding-shirt  was  discarded  for  the  rest  of  the  tour 
The  fifth  day  of  this  was  the  worst  one  yet  known  to  mv  four  years'  ex- 
perience as  an  explorer  on  the  wheel.     I  awoke  that   Monday  morning  with 
such  a  disagreeable  reminder  of  the  fried  ham  which  had  formed  so  chief  1 
part  in  my  last  night's  supper  that  I  dared  not  further  outrage  my  stomach  bv 
attempting  a  breakfast  composed  of  the  same  inevitable  dish.     Starting  off 
at  a  quarter  of  6.  therefore,  with  only  a  glass  of  milk  to  sustain  me.  I  rode 
Si  m.  along  a  smooth  pike  of  gravel  (the  first  level  one  thus  far  encountered) 
through  a  manufacturing  village,  and  to  a  bridge  at  the  foot  of  a  long  ascent 
Here.  I  h.  from  the  start,  ended  my  good  riding  for  the  day;  though  short 
mounts  were  possible  for  the  next  9  m.,  which  I  covered  in  about  3  h.     Buffalo 
was  the  name  of  the  village  where  I  then  took  an  hour's  rest,  and  sought  fur- 
ther nutriment  as  a  substitute  for  breakfast.     Crackers  and  cheese,  washed 
down  by- a  mixture  of  four  raw  eggs,  beaten  up  with  sugar  and  water,  repre- 
sented  the  utmost  capacity  of  the  village  store  as  a  restaurant,  and  the  hos- 
pitable proprietor  thereof  refused  to  accept  any  money  for  the  entertainment. 
But.  at  the  store  in  Magnolia.  5  m.  on,  where  noon  found  me,  nothing  what- 
ever of  an  eatable  nature  was  to  b.  Procured.     I  was  2  h.  on  the  wav,  and 
Nvalked  nearly  all  of  it,  beneath  a  L  .zing  sun.     The  region  was  rather  barren 
and  uninteresting,  and  two  or  three  small  brooks  had  to  be  forded.     Soft 
stretches  of  sand  alternated  with  rough  sections  of  limestone,  originally  laid 
as  a  foundation  for  the  long-aban<loned  pike.     I  was  told  that  this  continued 
southward    to  "  the   burnt-bridge   ferry  over  (Jreen   river.."  12   m.  •    then   to 
Canmer.  4  m..  and  then  to  "  Bar  Waller  "  (Bear  Wallow),  in  the  neighborhood 
■-•.  i::=  -^uv ;; ;  aiiti  mat  suiuc  ijaris  of  it  were  probably  in  good  condition.    I 


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determined,  however,  to  pin  no  more  hopes  to  the  pike,  but  to  strike  west- 
ward, along  a  "dirt-road,"  to  the  nearest  station  on  the  line  of  the  railway, 
which  same  was  called  Upton,  and  pr'^ved  to  be  11  m.  distant.  I  was  4  h.  in 
getting  there,  and  the  only  riding  possible  was  on  a  few  short  paths  where 
the  dense  shade  had  kept  the  black-clay  hard,  —  perhaps  i  m.  in  all.  With 
this  insignificant  exception,  my  course  from  Magnolia  to  Upton  led  continu- 
ously up  and  down  steep  ridges  o'  red  and  yellow  clay,  without  any  level 
interval  between  them.  If  the  reader  can  imagine  a  field  11  m.  wide,  which 
a  gigantic  plough  has  turned  over  into  parallel  furrows  50  ft.  deep,  and  can 
then  picture  me,  in  the  blistering  sunshine,  laboriously  lowering  my  bicycle 
down  the  steep  slope^  of  these  furr  ws  and  painfully  pushing  it  up  the  slopes 
again,  until  the  last  parallel  has  been  crossed,  he  will  gain  a  pretty  good  idea 
of  the  nature  of  my  four  hours' fun  that  afternoon, — though  hardly  an  adequate 
idea  of  »he  nature  of  a  Kentucky  "dirt  road."  There  were  several  brooks 
which  had  to  be  crossed  on  logs,  or  stones,  or  else  forded;  but  the  ruts  and 
gi  Hies  of  clay  which  defined  the  road  were  quite  dry.  After  a  few  hours'  rain, 
those  ruts  and  gullies  would  be  transformed  into  a  slough  which  no  man  could 
drig  himself  through,  unless  he  were  naked,  to  say  nothing  of  dragging  a  bicvcle. 
A  supper  of  bread  and  milk  at  6  o'clock,  as  a  sequel  to  a  bath  and  assump- 
tion of  dry  clothes  at  Upton,  completes  the  record  of  all  the  food  I  ate  on 
that  tiresome  day.  A  thunder-shower  cooled  the  air  somewhat  before  I  took 
train,  i  h.  later,  and  rode  25  m.  to  the  hotel  at  Cave  City,  which  city  consists 
almost  entirely  of  the  hotel,  and  the  hotel  embrai.es  the  railroad  station. 

I  had  been  assured  by  various  people  who  professed  to  have  "  been  there  " 
that  the  stage-road  of  9  m.  between  Cave  City  and  the  Cave  itself  would 
prove  an  excellent  path  for  the  bicycle;  but  the  hotel-man  told  me  differently, 
and  so,  on  that  sixth  day  of  my  tour,  I  did  no  active  wheeling,  but  was 
dragged  by  horse-power  over  a  road  so  indescribably  rough  and  precipitous 
that  the  mere  recollection  thereof  causes  me  to  groan  sympathetically  for  the 
sufferings  of  the  less-hardened  tourists  who  are  all  the  while  being  jolted 
across  it.  The  $3  fare,  which  the  owner  of  the  stage-line  charged  for  the 
round  trip,  seemed  to  me  a  small  sum  to  exact  for  18  m.  of  such  straining 
and  scrambling  of  horse-flesh;  nor  was  I  disposed  to  quarrel  with  the  fee  of 
$2  which  I  paid  the  hotel  people  for  supplying  me  with  a  venerable  negro 
guide,  under  whose  pilotage  I  took  a  two  hours'  tramp  of  5  or  6  m.  amid  the 
dark  and  dreadful  wonders  of  the  Cave.  As  for  the  75  c.  representing  the 
cost  of  a  dinner,  I  rejoiced  at  the  expenditure;  for  I  had  had  "nothing  good 
to  eat"  since  I  left  Chic;ii,'o,  and  here,  at  last,  was  a  chance  to  sit  down  at  a 
tal)le  which  had  been  spread  with  a  due  regard  for  cleanliness,  and  even  an 
attempt  at  elegance,  to  partake  of  wtll-cooked  food  other  than  "hog  and 
hominy,"  and  to  be  waited  on  by  servants  who  were  neatly  dressed  and 
reasonably  well-trained  for  their  duties.     The  hotel,  which  is  managed  by  the 

••.;:-:-  •.:'^  ^irz  !*•: .;:::::iwi;:  v^a'.'w,  lb  quilC  a  iargC  CSiaOiiSriniciii,  aiiCi  Sci  vcS  as  a 

sort  of  sir  uner   resort   for   the   wealthy   people    of   Louisville   and   Nash- 


232  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

ville  and  other  intermediate  cities.     Of  the  transient  visitors  it  seems  not 
unhke  y  that  a  major.ty  may  be  foreigners,  since  every  tourist  from  Lroad 
ranlcs  the  Cave  second  only  to  Niagara  on  his  list  of  objective  points     Three 
Austrians  arrived  on  the  same  forenoon  as  myself,  and  six  lu.glish  peon  e 
were  jolted  back  to  Cave  City  with  me  in  the  afternoon,  but  I  wa    the  on L 
Amer,can.    All  the  Kentuck.ans  whom  1  questioned  whi.;  on  mv^  y  thi 
expressed  very  great  pride  in  the  Cave  as  an  honor  to  their  State  and    Mh 
greatest  natural  wonder  on  the  continent";  but  only  a  surpr     ^^lyL  of 
them  had  ever  v.sued  U  personally.     Expression  was  usual I3  made:  howev,/ 
of  a  general   w.sh  and  intention  to  "go  dow.  to  the  Cave  the  n  xtl^    e  ,' 
good  excurs.on  part>  .s  made  up";  and  I  was  assured  by  everv  on      l" 
would  not  regret  an  inspection  of  it^-  mysteries  and  marvels.     This  p      ', 
true  enough,  of  course ;  but  the  most  agreeable  sight  of  all  was  that  presen    d 
bj  the  green  trees,  and  blue  sky.  and  bright  sunshine,  when  I  escap^f  1 
the  gloomy  wonders  of  the  Cave  into  the  oj  en  light  of  day 

me  tT t'"^  ''n'"  "  5  °'"'"''  ""^  ^^ednesday  morning,  a  ride  of  3  h.  brought 
me  to  Lx,u,sv.  le;  and.  as  I  sat  on  the  outside  platform  for  the  entire  85'. 
rather  than  subject  myselt  to  the  stifling  air  within,  my  white  riding  costume' 
which  had  been  wa.shed  during  my  day's  visit  to  the  Cave,  grew  somewhat 
gruny  agam.     Two  of  the  Louisville  riders  accosted  me  on  my  wav  up-town 
and.  having  directed  me  to  a  restaurant  where  breakfast  could  be  secured' 
agreed  to  meet  me  there  at  .0  o'clock,  and  see  me  safely  started  on  my  east! 
ward  course  towards  Frankfort.     We  really  mounted  about  10.30.  and  made 
our  first  stop  for  lemonade,  at  a  wayside  inn,  6  m.  out,  at  a  quarter  past  u 
At  a  similar  distance  beyond,  w.  refreshed  ourselves  at  a  brook,  at  the  foot' 
ot  a  hill,  and  lay  there  under  the  trees  for  a  farewell  talk  together.    My  com 
panions  then  turned  homeward;  and  having  watched  them  until  they  disap- 
peared  on  the  crest  of  a  distant  hill,  I  cleaned  and  oiled  my  whed,  strapped 
my  jacket  on  the  handle-bar  (as  the  sun  now  shone  forth  warmly)  and  at  a 
cuarter  pa.st  i  o'clock  started  on  for  Simpsonville.  u  m.  away.     The  villa.e 
hotel  was  not  a  large  one,  but  I  secured  some  bread  and  milk  while  I  halted 
there,  Irom  3.30  to  3.45  o'clock,  and  then  rolled  on,  ^\  m.  further,  to  Shelby- 
^  1  le,  at  5.    This  is  a  county  town  of  considerable  local  celebrity  for  its  young 
ladies    seniinaries;   and   the  groups  of   school  giris   sauntering   about   the 
streets  m  their  newly-made  graduation  gowns  gave  the  place  quite  a  gay  and 
jaun.y  appearance.     Perhaps  the  unwonted  spectacle  unner^•ed  me  or  made 
me  careless,  for  I  had  a  narrow  escape  from  adding  to  their  merriment  by 
taking  a  plunge  into  the  mud,  as  I  toiled  up  a  hill  which  a  watering-cart  had 
freely  sprinkled;  b-t  the  little  wheel  graciously  dropped  back  to  its  proper 
place,  and    I  made   no   dismount   until    the  sign  of   "ice-cream  and  fruit" 
tempted  me  to  J  h.  halt.     The  road,  which  had  been  gradually  increasing  in 
goodness  the  further  I  advanced  from   Louisville,  was   now  very  fine,  and 
during  the  next  2  h.  I  had  my  swiftest  spin  of  the  day.  .-ind  rnver./i  ,i,..c.  , . 
"••    Alter  a  brief  stop  for  water  and  oil,  I  rode  in  the  gathering  dusk  till  8 


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o'clock,  and  then  walked  for  i  h.  pretty  continuously,  including  a  2  m.  descent 
into  Frankfort,  until  I  reached  my  journey's  end  at  liuhr's  Hotel,  52^  m.  from 
the  start.  The  whole  distance  is  composed  of  long  up-grades  or  down-grades, 
Imt  almost  all  of  them  are  ridable,  and  there  are  few  steep  pitches.  Some  of 
the  Ixjuisville  men  rocTe  to  Frankfort  and  back  on  a  single  day  of  the  previ. 
ous  winter,  though  they  finished  in  a  snow-storm,  quite  late  in  the  evening. 

Leaving  the  capital   city  of   Kentucky  at  8.30  on  Thursday  morning,  I 
reached  Georgetown,  17  m.,  just  at  noon,  and  tarried  for  ij  h.  at  the  same 
restaurant  which  I  had  patronized  the  previous  Friday.     I  was  now  again  in 
the  Hlue-Grass  k>^gion,  an-'   -ny  first  2  m.  from  the  State  House  had  led  up- 
hill to  a  fork  in  th  >  pike,         ;re  the  r.-hand  road  would  have  led  me  to  Ver- 
sailles and  Lexington,  and  so  to  Paris,— a  somewhat  less  direct  route  to  that 
l>lace,  of  perhaps  37  m.     The  distance  from  Georgetown  to  Paris  is  16  m., 
and  I  reached  there  at  a  quarter  before  5,  having  made  one  short  stop  at 
Centerville,  7  m.  back.     My  route  from  Louisville  to  Paris  had  been  almost 
due  c. ;  but  I  now  turned  to  the  n.  e.,  and  kept  in  that  direction  to  the  end  at 
Va>sville.      The   I'urnell   House,  in   Millersburg,  where   I   stopped  for  the 
night  (which,  spite  of  its  age,  was  the  most  comfortable  country  inn  I  found 
in  the  State),  was  reached  at  6.20  o'clock,  and  was  %\  m.  from  my  stopping- 
place  ni  Paris.     I  was  i  h.  10  min.  in  doing  the  distance,  which  comprised  the 
only  level  stretches  I  found  in  Kentucky.     Otherwise  the  roads  of  the  day 
were  continuously  hilly,  but  generally  smooth;  and  the  entire  distance  re- 
corded was  41^  m.     The  commencement   exercises  of  Georgetown  Colle-re 
seemed  to  have  attracted  thereto  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  region  -oundabout, 
giving  the  place  an  unwonted  bustle  and  activity;  but  I  was  told  that  the 
"graduating  class  "  consisted  of  only  two.     Millcrsburg  also  boasts  of  an  in- 
stitution of  similar  importance,— the  Kentucky  Wesleyan   University,— but  I 
neither  saw  nor  heard  anything  of  its  graduation  exercises. 

On  the  last  day  of  iny  tour  I  made  the  earliest  start  of  the  entire  year, 
getting  into  the  saddle  at  5.10,  and  riding  rapidly  till  7,  when  I  reached  the 
Larue  House,  at  Blue  Lick  Spring,  13  m.,  and  stopped  ijh.  for  breakfast. 
Then  I  rode  up-grade  pretty  continuously  for  \  h.,  3^  m.,  and  rested  at  a  toll- 
gate  to  quench  my  thirst  and  transfer  my  baggage  from  the  handle-bar  to  my 
back.  This  change  was  needed  to  allow  my  coasting  down-hill  for  the  fol- 
lowing  mile;  and  I  had  also  indulged  in  considerable  coasting  before  break- 
fast, and  during  that  interval  had  emerged  once  more  from  the  well-defined 
limits  of  the  Blue-Grass  Region.  Being  very  hot  when  I  reached  the  Oak 
Hall  store,  9^  m.  from  Blue  Lick,  I  bathed  my  face  and  drank  profusely  be- 
fore mounting  again  at  10.20  o'clock.  T  reached  the  water-trough  and  toll- 
gate  at  North  F^ork,  a  distance  of  7  m.  by  the  cyclometer,  26  min.  later,  and 
this  was  by  far  the  fastest  spin  of  the  day,  or  of  any  day  yet  known  to  my  ex-  ' 
pcrience.  I  was  going  down  grade  much  of  the  time,  and  I  ended  by  coasting 
at  speed  for  more  th.in  i  m=  alone  an  onen  windincr  r.--.qf!  -.1^!-..-.==  .J.-... —.  >.  j 
curves  could  be  seen  for  a  long  distance  ahead.     The  grade  was  generally 


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234  TE,Y  THOUSAND  Af/i^ES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


upward  for  the  next  h.,  during  which  I  accomplished  about  5  m. ;  and  then, 
on  the  stroke  of  noon,  my  wheel  suddenly  stitfened  up  and  refused  to  obey 
the  orders  of  the  handle-bar.     A  careful   oiling  of  all  the  parts  proved  no 
cure  for  the  trouble,  and  after  riding  a  few  short  stretches  without  regaining 
the   ability  to  steer,  I  discovered  that  there  was  a  crack  in  the  steering-head, 
and  that  the  severed  pa:  ts  were  kept  in  jilace  only  by  pressure.     I  therefore 
trudged  along  carefully  to  Maysville,  a  distance  of  2  m.,  and  had  the  good 
fortune  to  reach  the  river  there  j-st  in  season  to  catch  the  i    o'clock  steam- 
boat for  Cincinnati,  about  60  m.  below,  where  I  disembarked  some  7  h.  later. 
My  forenoon's  record  was  38   m. ;  and,  except  for  the  accident,  which  upset 
my  plan  of  crossing  the  Ohio   river  ind  touring   through   the   State  of  that 
name,  I  might  perhaps  have  ridden  an  equal  distance  in  the  afternoon.     The 
heat  increased  as  the  day  advanced,  Imwcver,  and  was  very  great  for  a  few 
days  following  ;  so  perhaps  I  was  lucky  in  being  forced  to  end  my  tour  when 
I  reached  the  edge  of  Kentucky.     I  traversed  340  m.  within  its  limits,  or  an 
average  of  i,2\  i     for  each  of  the  eight  days  that  I  rode;  and  my  total  record 
then  lacked  only  100  of  reaching  5,000  m.     The  next  day,  having  packed  off 
my  bicycle  in  a  freight  car  for  the  manafactory  at  Hartford,  I  took  train 
homeward  for  New  York. 

The  possible  pleasures  of  "  bicycling  in  the  ISlue  Grass,"  and  conquering 
the  hills  of  northern  Kentucky  a-wheelback,  I  cannot  too  highly  commend; 
but,  to  those   riders  whom  this  report  may  incline  to  follow  in  my  trail,  I 
vould  offer  a  few  words  of  caution.     Bicyclers  who  seek  the  Mammoth  Cave 
should  not  attempt  to   push  their  wheels  any  nearer  to  it  than   Louisville. 
The  pike  southward  frc-i  there  to  Bardstown,  about  35  or  40  m.,  is  said  to 
supply  good   wheeling;  and  theiice  eastward  to  Springfield,   19  m.,  I  have 
described  it  as  good.     Between  that  point  and  Harrodsburg,  25  m.,'l  know 
nothing  of  its  character;  but,  if   it  chances  to  be  passable,  there  will  oe  no 
break  in  the  good  riding  to  Lexington,  33  m.,  and   Paris,  15  m.,  whence  the 
return  may  be  made  directly  w.,  through  Georgetown,  Frankfort,  and  Shelby- 
ville,  to  Louisville,  86  m.,— making  a  round  trip  of  about  220  m.  without 
repetition.     If  the  road  between  Springfield  and  Harrodsburg  is  not  good, 
the  tourist  making  the  round  trip  may  cross  from  Lebanon  to  Brumfield,  with 
the  chance  of  finding  the  poorer  half  of  those  16  m.  more  tolerable  in  dry 
weather  and  daylight  than   I  found  them  in  the  night-time  after  a  shower. 
Branch  railroads  co.inect  both  Bardstown  and  New  Haven,  which  is    15  m. 
s.,  with  the  main  line,  whereby  one  may  ride  back  to  Louisville,  or  proceed 
onward  to  Cave  City.     The   beautiful  n.  and  s.   pike  of  11   m.,  connecting 
Lexington  and  Georgetown,  may  be  considered  as  the  base  of  two  triangles,— 
the  apex  of  the  eastern  one  being  at  Paris,  15  or  16  m.  away,  and  that  of  the 
western  one  being  at  Frankfort,  17  or  20  m.     In  other  words,  from  either  one 
of  those  four  points  a  bicycler  may  make  a  trip   of  about  65  m.  aroi  nd  the 
"double  triangle,"  or  a  trip  of  42  or  48  m.  around  one  of  the  single  triangles, 


iwif l^rtiif    j-gT-jpif »j-\rr    K 


=ui,uu*iic*i;i^  any  ^uor  pieces  yi  road, 


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or  going  outside  the  Hlue  Grass  Region.  If  a  ride  from  Paris  to  Maysville 
and  back  (yo  in.)  be  added  tu  the  "round  trip  from  Louisville,"  as  already 
(kscribed,  the  whole  tour  will  amount  to  a  little  more  than  300  m. ;  but  I  am 
-jre  that  any  good  rider  could  easily  accomplish  it  within  a  week,  and  still 
hive  several  hours  left  in  which  to  prolong  it  across  the  river  into  Indiana, 
whose  roads,  from  New  Albany,  a  -e  smooth  for  quite  a  numlxir  of  miles. 

Definite  confirmation  of  my  final  ren.ark  is  afforded  in  the  following  valuable  report,  pre- 
pircd  for  me  by  John  M.  Verhotff  (b.  Feb.  18,  1866),  a  student  in  the  Louisville  fligh  School : 
•  Indiana,  rather  than   Kentucky,  was  the  scene  of  my  longest  slraishtaway  ride  without  dis- 
mount, and  Oct.  II,  '8     was  the  date  of  it.     Starting  at  the  top  of  the  hill  in   New  Albany,  at 
y.iS  A.  M.,  I  made  my  first  stop  at  the  31st  m.-pos",    •  i.  .3  p.  m.,  a  distance  of  33  m.     This  was 
on  tlie  old  road  leading  n.  w.  to  Vincennes,  104  m.  1     m  the  ferry  at  New  Albany,  and  only  half 
the  distance  can  be  described  by  me.     Stones  have  be .n  put  on  only  as  far  as  Paoli,  42  m.  from 
the  ferry.     From  the  center  of  Louisville,  one  should  ride  either  through   High  av     Hank  st  or 
I'crtKind  av.  about  4^  m.  to  the  ferry  at   Portland,  and  then,  after  leaving  the  boat,  climb  the 
hill,  ride  one  square  1.,  and  follow  State  st.  straight  into  the  P.ioli  pike.     The  mile-posts  are 
w.HKlen,  like  those  on  the  railroads,  and  the  first  of  tnem  (which  will  be  met  in  10  or  .1  min     by 
tlie  first  toll-gate)  says  '  4.  m.  to  Paoli,'     I  think  this  is  a  mistake,  for  all  the  other  posts  are 
numbered  from  New  Albany,  and  the  last  one  before  entering  Pad-  is  the  ^gth.     The  ferry  is 
I  m.  from  the  first  post  and  toll-gate,  so  that  the  whole  distance  f.         he  river  is  41  m      Gr-en- 
Mile  hill  is  met  about  3  m.  along  the  pike,  and  is  the  longest  one  on  it,  being  a  steady  rise  for 
■  i  m.,  with  Mix^resville  at  the  summit.     Then  follow  Galena,  at  the  7th  m.-post,  Greenville  at 
the  loth.  Palmyra,  at  the  .7th,  Fredericksburg  between  the  J3d  and  14th  (I  think),  and  Hardinv 
burg  between  the  27th  and  28th.     At  the  3  ist  is  a  stony  hill,  not  easy  to  climb.     It  was  this  that 
forced  my  dismount  on  the  long  ride.     The  school  house  of  Paoli  is  at  the  39th,  and  the  court 
h,.use  \  m.  beyond.     The  dirt  road  continues  ridable  so  far  as  1  have  any  knowledge  of  it,  which 
IS  to  Prospect  (10  m,),  and  there  are  good  bridges  over  the  creeks.     West  Baden  and  French 
I-.ck  springs  he  about  2  m.  from  Prospect,  on  a  road  to  the    left.      This  pike  is  one  of  the 
smoothest  leading  out  of  L.,  and  the  6  m.  between  Palmyra  and  F.  is  the  smoothest  section  of  it. 
"  lo  reach  what  is  called  the  Corydon  pike,  leading  s.  w.  from  New  Albany, you  should  fol- 
low  .Main  St.,  the  second  one  from  the  river,  to  which  it  is  parauel ;  and  you  will  soon  come  in 
sight  of  a  large  hill,-one  of  the  Knobs.     About  4  m   below  is  Corydon  hill,  which  is  considered 
the  hardest  climbing  in  this  region,  for,  though  not  steep,  it  has  a  steady  rise  for  nearly  tw-  m 
ending  at  Edwardville,  which  is  just  over  the  tunnel  and  is  the  highest  spot  for  miles  around! 
Lmiesville  is  6  m.  on,  and  the  pike  ends  at  Corydon,   i,  m.  from  the  start.     The  dirt  road  to 
U  yandot  Cave,  9  m.  beyond,  is  said  to  be  good,  but  I  never  tried  it.     A  sulphur  well   m:.^  be 
seen,  on  the  1.,  '  where  the  palings  are,'  about  i  m.  before  reaching  Corydon.     The  e   and  n 
mute  from  New  Albany  is  through  Spring  st.  to  the  Charlestown  pike.     After  7  m  ride  you 
will  strike  the  pike  leading  from  JefiFersonville  to  C,  at  a  point  5^  m.  from  J,     About  ij  m. 
before  this,  you  wil!  cross  the  pike  leading  from  J.  to  Hamburg,  8  m.     All  these  are  rather 
rough.     A  dirt  road  continues  on  from  Hamburg  to  Salem,  said  to  be  about  35  m.  ;  and  a  road 
from  New  Albany  joins  this  at  Hennettville  (r.  r.),  where  a  sign  says  .0  m.  to  New  Albany  and 
.  1  m.  to  Jeffersonv.lle.     I  have  found  this  road  fairly  good  as  far  as  Providence,  or  rather  to  a 
pmnt  20  m.  from  JefEersonville  and  within  i  m.  of  P.     I  turned  back  because,  after  crossing  a 
creek  two  or  three  times  (there  are  no  bridges),  I  came  to  a  ford  too  wide  for  easv  passage. 
About  J  m.  from  J.,  on  the  way  to  Hamburg,  a  pike  branches  off  r.  to  Cliariestown,  '14  m    but 
It  IS  very  rouRih  in  places.     Another  road,  called  the  Utica  pike,  runs  along  the  river  7  m  to 
Ltica,  ana  ;.  ikes  the  aforesaid  Chariestown  pike  about  2  m.  from  C.     The  dirt  roads  bevond 
T..  T..^rl'....°'  the  several  caves  near  C,   Barnett's  is  said  to  make  the  most  attractive  show- 
••■i  ■■•  -.T!.-.ei:-.~.     j:  ::;  :  ....  -.v.,  ana  tr.c  roaii  uuiiici  is  liie  bottom  of  a  creek  sometimes  dry 
'   The  n.  e.  pike  out  of  Louisville,  commonly  called  the  river  road,  runs  to  the  15  m.-stone 


iftti 
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at  <;o.hen  (18  m.  from  any  home).     OM  .laniburij  isi  m.  beymiu,  uii  a  dirt  r...  .,  and  it  alx.  Ijr, 
i  m.  from    Hall'i  Landintj,  on  the   river,      lliu  pike   ii  g  kxI  and  sniootli  as  far  ai  HarriKl'a 
C.cek,  at  7  m. -stone  ;  and  beci:  lie:,  even  smiKiiher,  after  cros-sing   the  r    r.  iheie.      The  hill,  are 
steej)  Init  all  ridable,  and  I  like  this  sectmn  the  Ust  because  of  its  sm.H.thness.      Near  the  <>  m  • 
stone,  a  k<x><1  pikc  branches  off    to  ilrownRljoru,  (,  or  7  m.  ;  and  this  route  is  preferable  to  the 
direct  piKC  which  runs  from  Louisville  (end  of  ^tory  av.j  to  llrownslxiro  (r.  r  ),  ji  m.    At  Worth- 
instoii,  II  m.  from  the  start,  after  koo<1  riding  up  aiui  Jown  »ho     hills,  you  see  a  toll.>..ate  in  the 
nii.Ulle,  where  the  road  forks.     The  1.  leadsto  Urowtivboro, over  smoother  surface  th.ui  the  first 
lliouKh  there  is  a  very  lonK  hill,  J  m.  before  reaching  that  village.     A  gixnl  dirt  road  kad.s  thence 
om.  to  Aiiita  Springs,  which   is  \  m.  fn.m   Ugrangc.      The   r.  fork  at    Worllui.mun  leads  to 
Heard  station  on  r.  r.  H  m.,  and  thence  the  pike  continues  g<Hxl  (tli.)ugh  hilly)  to  K.illardsville    10 
ni.  e.,  and  fairly  k.kkI  al»<.,  though  not  all  paved,  to  SniithlieUl  (r.  r,),  a  m.,  wh.nce  pikes  are  said 
to  extend  e.  to  New  Castle  and  tlien  n.  to  L.ampbell.-,burg.     A  g<,od  pike  exten.U  ftom  .Snnihlield 
to  Sinipsonville  uj  m.  was  given  as  the  distance  by  a  resident,  though  my  cyclometer  recorded 
15I  ml,  which  is  jj  in.  from  Louisville,  on  tlie  regular  Sheibyville  pike,  th^  one  most  frequented 
oy  bicyclers,  and  the  one  you  traversed  in  going  from  L.  to  Frankfort,  53  m.     'I'he  best  way  to 
reach  it  from  tlie  center  of  the  city  is  to  follow  Main  st.    to  the  end  where  it  strikes  .Story  av., 
and  fellow  this  to  the  turn-table  of  the  street  cars,  whe.e  the  pike  (.Frankfort  av.)  Ijcgins.     An- 
other route  is  to    follow  IJroadway,  turn  1.  at  Cave    Hill,  follow  New  llroadw.^y  to  a  dirt  raid 
(connecting  the  l!ard:itown  and  Sheibyville  branch  pikes),  on  which  ride  I.  for  \  m.  to  the  Work 
Hou.se  road,  on  which  ride  r.  (e. )  for  2^  m.  till  you  reach  the  pike  at  tJilman's  (a  r.  r.   station,  also 
called  .St.  Matthews  P.  (.).),  6  m.  out,  but  only  3  m.  from  the  city  limits.     The  Kight  Mile  House 
is  at  the  second  toll-gate,  3  m.  beyond ;  and  Mi.ldletown,  the  objective  poiiu  of  many  club  nins, 
is  13  m.  from  th.  start.    At  Simpsonville,  13  m.  from  home,  a  pike  (go-id  though  hilly)  r  ins  s.  5 
m.  and  strikes  the  Finchville  pike  i  m.  from  the  r.  r.  at  F.     At  a  point  3  m.  w.  of  ,S.,  another 
pike  branches  s.  5  m.  to  F.  and  keeps  on  for  5  ni.  more  (last  m.  is  dirt)  to  t'ik  Creek,  wliere  it 
strikes  the  Taylorsville  pike,  6  m.  from  T.     Thus  the  di.staiice  fn  mi  S.  to  T.  is  iS  m,    ihough  in 
a  direct  road  it  would  not  be  nearly  so  far.     A  rough,  stony  and  hilly  i)ikc  runs  s.  from  S.  to  .Mt 
Kden,  ex.ictly  12  m.,  and  a  man  there  told  m>;  it  continued  to  Lawrenceburg  (whence  the  m.ip 
sliows  that  n-.aiii  roiids,  probably  pikes,  extend  n.  to  Frankfort,  s.  to  HarriKl.sburg  and  e.  to  \\r- 
sailles).     A  dirt  road  goes  from  Mt.  Eden  to  Little,  8^  m.  (the  tir:,i  i„.  or  two  so  revered  wiih 
stoULSns  to  be  unridable),  and  will  probably  be  some  day  competed  as  a  pike  to  Normandy. 

"  Louisville  latUcs  often  drive  out  to  the  old  reservoir,  5  m.  n.  e.  ;  and  Reservoir  av.,  the 
smooth  pike  leading  thither,  i-  a  contiiuuttion  of  South -.ll  st.  Tlie  s.  e.  pike  to  liardstowi'i  (40 
m.),  however,  ranks  next  in  wh-elnien's  favor  to  the  e.  or  Shell.-,  ville  pike  ;  and  frequent  -Icb 
runs  are  liad  to  the  half-way  point,  M;.  ■^Va.^iiington,  20  m.,  where  dinner  may  be  got  at  a  h,,tel. 
An  .xscent  of  i  m.  must  be  made  to  reach  this,  and  the  following  m.  is  down  grade.  This  liards- 
town  pike  begnL-i  at  the  head  of  liaxter  av,,  and  some  of  the  first  post  offices  along  ii  are  Doup's 
Point,  4J  m.  ;  Fern  Creek,  7  m.  beyond,  and  Fairmount,  n\  m.  from  the  strn.  At  the  17  m,- 
stone,  is  Hayes  .Spring,  whose  'vater  is  always  cool  enough  to  'jo  ref resiling,  though  ice  may  he 
procurer'  f  wished  for,  at  the  adjoining  public  house.  At  Doup's  Point,  the  Taylorsville  pike 
branch  if  1.  (n.  e.),  and  is  good  straight  along  for  30  m.  to  its  terminus  at  the  little  vill.i^'e 
called  Little  Mount,  which  is  6  m.  beyond  the  court-house  town  that  r  ves  the  pike  its  name.  I 
consider  the  best  stretch  on  this  pike  the  7  m.  from  Jeflersontown  (.ilso  called  lirunersliAvi.) 
to  Fisherville,  entrance  into  which  is  by  a  long  de.scent.  This  is  15  m.  from  Taylorsville;  and 
at  the  first  toll-g;,te  just  beyond  the  creek  another  good  pike  branches  1,  to  Finchville,  about  9  m. 
Doth  roads  at  the  fork,  which  is  reached  in  about  5  m.,  lead  to  F.,  but  the  1.  road  is  i  n  shorter, 
as  the  r.  road  strikes  the  Sheibyville  and  Taylorsville  pike,  about  i  m.  from  F.,  and  you  must 
ride  n.  on  this  to  where  the  other  cue  strikes.  The  fact  that  I  once  went  to  F.  and  pan  of  the 
way  back  without  dismount,  mostly  at  a  lo-m.  pace,  shows  the  goodness  of  the  road.  Fnnn 
Little  >rouiit  a  pike  runs  w.  through  Normandy  (r.  r.),  striking  tl  e  Taylorsville  piiie  somewhere 
near  Wils(mville,  about  Sj  m.      It  seemed  rough  on  the  dark  n-  ;ht  wl  en  I  tramped  it  with  my 


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ruhng,     A  wcnnrt  l.ranch  1.  fn.m  the  Ilardstown  pike  i.  the  Witerf„rd,  8  m   long  and  all  ridable 
l.ut  liJvinK  I.M.  many  rouRh  places  1..  be  called  exceHent.      It  bcKiiw  at  the  f.n.t  ,.f  Mt.  WashinE. 
Ion  hill,  aUnit  iS  m.  fr..m  home.      In  the  only  trip  I  ever  t.K.k  fr,.m  Wat-rf,     l.l.rectly  to  Taylors 
villi-,  (,  m,  I  found  muddy  roa.U  an.l  two  or  three  creeks  to  be  croswd.      Indeed,  the  road  itwlf 
in  I'liim  .reek,  »..me  of  the  w.,y  j  and  I  went  over  the  meadow,  ;     my  final  m    to  T.     The  third 
•iiid  last   >rai,ch  I.  from  th.    l!.ir<;*lown  pike   ix  the  one  to  HliK)mfield  (r.  r.),  , ,  m       It  turtis  ofT  e 
,.'  Steve  I,       •,  house  (which  i,  ,1,  m.  bcs„nd  the  village  of  Smithville  and  .5  m.  from   Hardv 
low,,-  and  It  h.«  a  k.kkI  surface,  with  few  hills.-the  village  of  Knirf.cid  being  about  half-way 
A  lil.H.nheld  bicycler  told  me  he  wheeled  thence  to  I^.uisviUe  (jS  n.)  in  j  h.,  beatinK  the  train 
whose  schedule  time  for  the  57  m.,  with  Mops  at  every  station,  is  also  3  h.     I  was  told,  fw,    thai 
a  s)  '.nilKl  pike  extended  from  II.  to  C'haj>lin.  ' 

The  direct  p,ke  to  Newberg,  8  m.  s  e.  from  Louisvill,.,  starting  from  Barrett  av  is  hilly 
ana  usu.lly  rough.  A  belter  route  to  th,  ,ame  place  is  the  Poplar  Level  p,ke,  which  starts  x 
I  .inipbell  St.  The  pike  to  Shepherdsville  (r.  r).  jo  m.,  runs  ,.  from  Shelby  st.  (Preston  st  ioins 
'I,  .  at  the  first  t..i.  ^ate).  an<l  :s  for  the  most  part  good  and  level.  S.  is  conn.-cted  with  liards- 
town  Junction  (ij  m.)  by  a  dirt  road  which,  when  I  w-nt  over  ii,  was  as  g.Hxl  a.s  a  pik  ■  S.tlt 
r.vcr  nuist  be  crn,.,ed  at  ,S.;  but  there  is  n.,t  much  difficulty  ab<„it  this,  as  in  some  places  .  a 

n  le  most  of  the  way  ove.,  if  careful  f„r  the  ridges.  Passage  may  be  made  also  on  the  trestle- 
V  .rk  of  the  r.  r.,  though  the  train-times  are  unccr-  ,in.  The  Klizabcthtown  pike  (s.  w  )  starts 
from  K.ghteenth  st.  in  Louisville,  but  a  g,»Kl  way  to  reach  it  is  to  follow  Sevenrh  st  to  the 
Airs  House  (r.  r.).  5  m.  The  next  village  is  Pleasure  Ridge  Park  (r.  r.) ;  Valley  S,,,tion  (r  r  )  is 
about  .3  m.  from  the  start;  and  .S.ilt  river  is  exactly  2.  m.  from  home,  and  exactly  k  m.  bevond 
th.  iS  ni.-sione.  The  last  2  m.  of  this  is  dirt  road,  where  sand  forces  c.nsidc.able  walking  a.s  you 
arc:  rviU  by  the  nver  all  the  time  A  barge  is  generally  h-re  in  summer,  to  ferry  people'  across 
to  West  Point  (r.  r);  but.  on  my  last  visit.  I  resorted  to  the  trcUle-work.  Iiev,„id  W.  P  the 
pike  has  a  bad  name,  on  account  of  the  big  stones  enil>edded  in  its  surface,  hut  I  !  id  no  trouble 
in  steering  between  them.  A  ma.i  there  said  that  the  distance  from  the  river  to  1  liiabethtown 
was  24  m..  and  other  people  agreed  with  him  ;  but  I  only  went  about  half-w.iy.  for  the  snow  be- 
.spn  (ailing  at  Red  Hill  (35  m.  from  home),  and  so  I  pushed  alon?  a  dirt  road  on  the  r  to  the 
station  i\  m.  and  took  the  train  lack.  The  last  of  the  Louisville  pikes  is  the  Cane  Run  ro.id 
starting  near  Eighteenth  St.,  in  the  s.  w.  part  of  the  city,  and  extending  to  the  river,  at  the 
7  m. -stone,  where  a  ferry  makes  connection  with  Bridgeport,  Indiana. 

"  Th'  roads  which  I  have  thus  described  for  you  are  in  5  counties  of  Ind.  and  9  of  Ky  ,  but 
I  have  never  ridden  a  bicycle  to  a  point  more  than  50  or  60  m.  from  h-mt.  .\  '  -4o  not  -et  out 
of  school  until   1.30  P.  v.,  it  is  only  on  Saturdays  that  I  car.  take  all-day  i  50  ;o  80 

m.,  and  explore  new  roads  beyond  the  familiar  20-m.  radius  to  which  a  .ng  is  re- 

stricted.     I  have  now  (Nov.  12,  '84)  covered  about  36.)  m.  of  pike  ,-nd  fron  ^  m.  of  dirt 

road.  Since  Sept.  2,  '83,  my  48-in.  Expert  has  carried  me  about  3,300  m.  I  have  a  McDonnell 
cyclometer  and  Duryea  saddle,  but  carry  no  bsll.  In  measuring  short  distance*,  or  to  ,oi,  ^ve 
the  lonesomenes.s  of  night  riding,  I  count  the  revolutions  of  the  wheel,  420  to  the  m.  I  rarely  dis- 
mount  (or  a  skittish  horse,  even  in  regions  where  bicyrles  are  seldom  seen  ;  for,  by  riding  slowly 
and  talking  to  the  owner,  I  help  accuston-,  'is  animal  to  the  machine.  My  height  is  5  ft  4  in  ' 
in  my  shoes,  and  I  could  easily  ride  a  so-in.  ■.  heel,  if  I  wished.  Aside  from  mv  straightaway  of 
31  m.  on  the  Paoli  pike,  I  may  mention  that  I  once  rode  from  home  to  the  17  m.-stone  on  the 
Shelby^nlle  pike  and  back  again.  43  m.,  without  dismount.  Hy  far  the  longest  s'ay  I  ever  made 
ni  the  saddle,  however,  was  the  .2  h.  ending  at  7.36  a.  m.  on  Aug.  8,  •34,  during  which  my 
cyclometer  recorded  ,  ,4*  m.  The  scene  of  this  was  Third  St.,  which  had  recently  been  paved 
with  Tnn,d.ad  asphalt,  for  a  distance  of  2  m. ,  lacking  an  eighth.  The  early  part  .,f  the  night  was 
cloudy,  but  the  moon  shone  afterwards.  M<  anting  at  7.31  P.  M.  of  Aug.  7.  I  took  a  header 
about  20  mm.  later,  when  I  assume  I  had  rid.-'en  about  3*  m.,  judging  from  the  relation  of  the 
place  where  I  fell  to  .ny  starting-point.     I  jumped  on  quickly  again,  without  looking  at  the  cv- 

,  ,   "  "        """'.  ■■-.■  -^  - r:  j;::::-.-.;::-.  .jr  r.:up ur.:;;  7.30  A.  m.     iiencc,  i  don't 

know  the  exact  distance  of  this  longest  '  stay  '  of  mine,  but  it  certainly  exceeded  no  m." 


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'"■M 

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XVIII. 


ALONG  THE   POTOMAC* 

It  was  on  the  morning  of  October  23,  iSSr,  that  I  reached  the  famous 
river  at  Wilhamsport,  though  I  :00k  train  fiom  Ne.v  York  just  a  week  before 
that, and  stopped  in  Philadelphia  for  an  afternoon's  indulgence  in  an  explora 
tion  (23  m.)  of  the  roads  of  Fairmount  Park.  The  next  forenoon  (Oct.  17)  I  m  de 
the  acquaintance  of  Druid  Hill  Pa,  k,  Bsltimore,  to  the  extent  of  1 5  m.  and  then 
embarked  on  steamer  for  a  patriotic  pilgrimage  to  Yorktown,  and  three  days' 
attendance   there    upon   the   centennial   ceremonies  in  celebration  of  Co^n 
walhs's  surrender.     Forewarned  of  the  deep  sands  characteristic  of  that  re 
gion,  I  left  my  wheel  behind,  and  on  the  2.st  took  it  by  train  to   Frederick 
whence  on  the  22d  I  rode  to  Hagerstown,  over  the  route  described  by"  C  W  '' 
m  B,.  IVorlJ  of  July  29.     The  distance  registered  was   26^  m.,  and  before 
starting  I  rode  6  m.  in  the  environs  of  Frederick,  in  company  with  the  editor 
of  one  of  the  local  journals;  his  hated  rival,  who  edits  the  opposition  jour- 
nal  being  also  a  wheelman.     I  will  not  try  to  improve  upon  the  "  Notes  from 
the  Blue  Ridge,"  supplied  by  "C.  W."  aforesaid,  as  satisfactorilv  telling  what 
I  myself  learned  by  that  pleasant  day's  jaunt  along  the  Old   Xationa'   P^kc 
across  two  mountain  ranges,  where  the  battle  of  South  Mountain  was  fought 
(Sept.  14,  1862),  of  which  some  resident  e\  j-witnesses  gave  me  inierestinR 
descriptions.     "  C.  W.'s  "  record  of  distances,  being  made  from  memory,  did 
not  coincide  entirely  with  that  of  my  cyclometer  ;  but  the  "  notes,"  as  a  whole 
are  an  entirely  proper  guide  for  the  tourist.     He  said,  "  I  recommend  the 
Bakuvin  House  as  the  best  hotel  in  Maryland  at  which  I  have  stopped";  and 
I  most  heartih  support   the  recommendation,  though  "  Bucephale  "  (ir  de- 
scribiP-  a  trip  down  the  Shenandoah  Vallev,  B.  W.,  Nov.  25,  'Si)  has  s',oken 
superlatively  fot  a  rival  establishment  there.     New,  clean,  rnd  good  hotels  in 
the  Sou^h  are  so  extremely  scarce  that  I  think  it  only  fair  to  make  a  special 
point  in  favor  of  this  one,  wh!  \  is  unequivocally  "  the  best,"  not  only  in 
Hagerstown,  but  in  all  that  region.     I  found  it  incomparablv  more  clean  and 
comfortable  than  two  at  least  of  the  high-priced  hotels  in   Baltimore  -  hereof 
I  have  knowledge;  and  its  charge  of  $1  for  supper  and  lodging  was  certain,/ 
as  low  as  I  ever  expect  to  finn  in  the  "  lowest  "  hotel  that  I  may  be  forced  to 
take  shelter  in.     The  City  Hotel,  in  Frederick,  in  every  way  inferior,  charged 
$2  for  supper,  lodging,  a.id  breakfast,  which  was  an  advance  on  the  price  re- 
corded by  "C.  W."  a  few  months  before. 

Two  headers,  taker   in  quick  succession,  made  memorable  my  lide  to 
=  FrG:r.  :,vw  l„^yUing  iy.^id,  June  23,  July  ,4,  ,882,  pp.  403-404,  441-442. 


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Ffagerstown,  — one  caused  by  a  stone  on  a  down-grade,  and  the  other  by 
slipping  the  pedal  while  pushing  up-hill,  — for  those  were  the  only  falls  in  my 
entire  tour  of  240  m.  The  next  morning  I  reached  the  Taylor  House  in  Williams- 
port  a.  7.30,  after  a  ride  of  }  m.,  demanding  only  one  dismount  on  account  of 
road  repairs.  My  register  of  the  distance  was  sj  m.,  though  "  C.  W."  calls 
it  7,  which  perhaps  was  nearer  the  truth.  Delaying  1  h.  for  breakfast,  I 
mounted  upon  the  tow-path  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal,  and  proceeded 
westward,  reaching  Hancock, the  first  town,  25  m.  on,  soon  after  noon.  He  e 
i  entered  the  Light  House,  as  being  the  least  squalid  looking  of  several 
shabby  lit'io  taverns,  and  really  dined  quite  sumptuousb- there;  although  I 
presume  thai  on  any  of^e--  day  than  Sunday  I  should  not  have  fared  as  well, 
either  in  respect  to  food  or  clean  table  service  or  neatly  dressed  tablc-com- 
p.mions.  Seven  miles  from  Williamsport  was  the  "  slackwater "  of  more 
tluin  \  m.,  where  the  tow-path  was  so  rocky  as  even  to  make  walking  r;  ther 
ditScult ;  a.  -  r.i.  beyond  some  more  walking  had  to  be  resorted  to,  on  ac- 
count of  a  >ck  "  of  :anal  boats.  The  rarity  of  moving  boats,  however, 
wr.s  of  coui.,e  a  great  advantage;  and  with  the  two  exceptions  named,  I  .cde 
straight  along  to  Hanco.  -  this  be^ng  my  f  ..  really  satisfactory  experience 
of  tow-patT  w Heeling  any V, here. 

"  C.  W.'s  "  knowledge  of  the  path  ended  at   Ha,-cock,  but  he  expressed  a 
belief  that  it  would  continue  equally  good  to  the  end  at  Cumberland,  some  Co 
m.  beyond.     He  cautioned  me,  however,  about  the  difficulty  of  getting  any 
thing  to  eat,  as  the  whole  region  is  v  ery  thinly  in/iabited,  with  no  public  house 
of  any  sort  between  the  two  points  named.     I  reiwembered  his  caution  when 
I  started  on  at  2  p.  M.,but  T  did  n't  realize  the  force  of  it ;  for  I  was  fortified 
In- a  good  :!inne.,andbyu»e  information   that  at  a  poir.t  about  half-way  to 
Cumberland  there  was  a  privately  owned  "brick  house  "  (tnost  of  the  habi- 
tatirn.;  of  that  region  are  log-and-mud  cabins),  where  I  couUl  count  on"  getting 
handsomely  taken  care  of  for  the  night."     The  path,  for  the  most  part,  con- 
tinued smooth  and  hard,  and  at  5.30  p.  m.,  when  dusk  wa      .osing  in,  I  reached 
the  designated  point,  54  m.  from   Hagerstown.     The  r     y  hindrance  of  the 
afternoon  was  a  long  procession  of  boats  that  had  b-cn  "  blocked  "  by  the 
low  water.     The  "  brick  house  "  of  my  hopes  was  a  forlorn  litMe  abode   ter- 
nble  to  look  upon  ;  but  "  there  I  was,"  in  the  gathcrinrr  gloom  of  He  desert 
I  had  no  option  but  to  seek  shelter   or  the  night ;  and  this,  after  some  demur, 
was  granted  me.     1  slept  soundly  the  sleep  of  the  ju..,  .-.ft  r  assuming,  by 
way  of  night-dress,  my  extra  drawers,  as  well  as  shirt.     This  was  a  lu'-ky  pre- 
caution, for  it  kept  the  bed-bugs  from  feeding  upon  me  mu:h  above  mv  ankles 
and  elbows.     Consequently,  in  t'  a  morning,  I  counted  only  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  bites  upon  my  arms  and  feet.     If  the  iuterestin,'  ,„sects  had  had 
a  fair  show  that  night  at  mv  entire  anatomy,  they  would  have  doubtless  made 
so  picturesque  a  tresco  of  it  as  to  cause  "Captain  Costentenus,  the  tattooed 
Greek,"  to  turn  pale  with  ep/y. 

The  tow-path  was  unridable  that  morning  because  of  a  hard  rain  during 


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the  night.  ;in.l  ihc  drops  were  dri/zlin-  down  dir'.mally  as  1  inuiuhcd  my  iiuir 
scrd)al)lc  "  hrcakf.Lst  "  (the  counterpart  of  my  unspeakable  "supper  "of  ih,. 
niKht  litfoti).  and  fared  for  the   nearest   lock-house,  thankful   thai   1  had  cs 
cajK-d  with  my  life,  but  doubting;  whether  J  ha.l  i,est  retrace  my  course  or  con- 
tinue towards  CumlKrland.     At  i  i.jo  a.  m.  a  canal  boat  b(jund  in  that  direc- 
Hon  f;ave  me  a  chance  to  decide  by  juinpin.t;  upon  its  deck.     I  staycvl  thea-  i 
1...  during;  which  there  was  a      rogress  .,f  ;i  m. ;  the  last   m.  bein^;  through  •, 
tunnel,  which  is  impassable  except  on   a  boat,  or  just  in  the  rear  of  the  te  u.i 
that  draws   a  boat.     Then  .it  2,-y^  v.  M..as  the   jiath   seemed  toler.ably  dry.  I 
junni>ed  ashore  and  made  my  first  motnit  of  the  day,  — knowing  that  darkness 
would  stop  my  riding  in  less  fh.-n  3  1...  ami  that  I   could   find   no  rest   until   I 
reached  Cumberland,  jo  m.  away.     The  track  was  generally  somewhat  heavy 
on  account  of  the  rain,  but  there  were  some  good  stretches,  and    I  coveted  9 
111.  in  less  than  1}  h.     At  6.15  i>.  m.  the  darkness  decided  me  to  risk  my  neck 
no  further,  and  I  jumped  d.nvn  at  the  post  labeled  "C.  \2\  m.."  with  16  m.to 
Ihj-  credit.     An  hour  later,  I  stopped  a  few  minutes  at  the  "nine-mile  lock" 
for  a  supper  of  crackers  and  milk,  my  "  dinner"  having  consisted  of  a  ipiart 
of  canned  poaches,  which  was  the  r)nly  eatable  thing  I  could  buy  at  the  lock- 
house  just    betnie  enterin-    the   tunnel.     .Son.c  Hinty   .apples   and    mildewed 
"candy"  formed  the  rest  of  my  tliet  for  that  dreary  d.ay.     Practically,  I  h.ul 
c..;en  nolhm-  substantial  since  noon  of  the  i)revious  (Kiy  at  Hancock,  and  the 
v.ist  and  inexiiii-uishablc  itching  of  the  bed-bug  bites  added   to  my  serenity, 
as  at  half-just  7  o'clock  I  plunged  into  the  pitchy  darkness  which  shut  me  off 
from  Cumberland.     Tb.e  "  nine-mile  level  "  ending  there  formed  the  longest  9 
m.  known  to  my  somewhat  extended  experience.     S.avc  for  a  lone  canal-boat 
that  I  iKissed  about  the  middle  of  the  tramp,  I  saw  not  a  thing  and   I  heard 
not  a  thing  suggestive  of  human  life.     The  silence  was  as  profound  as  the 
darknes.s.     Not  a  r.oise,  not  a  light,  for  the  whole  9  m.     Through  the  fog  I 
could  trace   the  course  of  the   path  for  only  a  few  rods  ahead  of  me,  and  it 
really  sceme.;  as  if  no  end  would  ever  come  to  i^     Tracking  matches,  I  could 
not  even  console  myself  liy  examining  watch  and  cyclometer.     At  times  I  had 
to  toil  Laboriously  through  the  mud.     At  one  place  I  had  to  guide  my  wheel 
over  the  narrow  plank  of  a  "  w.-.ste-weir  "  which  I  could  hardly  see.     But  the 
general  monotony  of  my  progress  was  most  oppressive.     I  lost  all  definite  con- 
sciousness of  time  and  space.     The  end  came  at  last,  however,  when  I  trundled 
my  wheel  into  the  Queen  City  Hotel,  at  10.30  i'.  M.,and  plunged  into  one  of 
its  bath-tubs.     Too  weary,  after  my  long  fast,  to  care  for  any  food,  I  sent  mv 
wet  and  spattered  garments  to  the  drying  room,  and  betook  myself  to  »v;d. 
thankful  -hat  the  comforts  of  civilization  were  once  more  within  my  grasp. 

The  hotel  sterns  to  be  the  ;.ewest  and  best  in  town,  and  it  is  conducted  by 
the  Baltimore  and  (>hio  Railroad  Company,  of  whose  station  it  forms  a  [xirt. 
Taking  train  at  10  the  next  forrnoon,  I  rode  down  to  Harper's  Ferry,  with  an 
idea  of  staying  there  all  night,  and  on  the  following  day  pushing  my  wheel 
down  the  lower  60  m   of  the  canal  to  Wafihirsctrin.  whifh?.-  I  Ka.-i  .-42^=7-.= f.-K.-^.n 


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mv  bapRapc  from  Daltimore.     n„t  the  room  in  ,»,      u-  .  ,. 
U..S  served  n.e  was  so  intoleral.ly   ,    l        tl  feared  t.f'  "'"''  ''""" 
-l.:.d  as  (he  one  a.  the  "  I,rick  house"  ofi.  '^"'-^""•^-^  might  be 

'-.  that  "  hotels  "  of  some  sort  ex  Med  "  '"""'"-•     '"'^^"'"«'  »^-- 

;;  ...i-  further  do...  a..d  H^Hh:;:;:  ^^  i;:  ^j. ::';;i^  '<"-^." 

;-s.  and  rec,.irin.  fre.nen?;;:;::  ^     I  ^ ^J^LT^  1""  ^^"''^  ">' 
Irss  vile  than  the  one  I  fled  from   an,l    f  J  '^'=^^•"•^"1  by  findmg  a  hotel 

■-'v.wohonrs-stayatHar,iti:;;:      ,:L;1';:;;;^'^^^^  ''-^^ 

•'  i>'M;;ni.iccnt  view  of  the  Shenando-  h     ','''"'*-  '""•  wl'^-'ncc  one  may  enjov 
.c.lur  at  that  point.     ''' '^''^"^"^'"''*^  '"'■"'    ''""""ac  valleys,  which  come  to- 

1-i.ll-  of  mud.  .nnneroi^"  '::;'::;;;  ^'^^7-;.  ndges  of  hard  clay. 
'I--Kh  on  account  of  the  entirralle"  "7^"^  ^'^"-"'^  h-'  'o  be  waded 
'-">  o-c  of  which    r  let  vV      s  "i",    'T     '  "'  '"'"  ''^  '"-^"^  "f  ^ 

'l<'-l.sonthehan.llcdKu)-  Mthei.  •'^  /'^^  water,  soaking  my  roll  of 
"■>— .     Never  du      g  Z     ^T '^t'"^'' ^'''^ 

*  Soon  after  the  sta       ll     ■  "■"'"   '  "'•  '''''^""'  -"^'^P.  ^nd  rarelv 

^-^>  -nc  of  m      n  u  ne^l  le  i::"     T,''"'"^  ""  ^  ^•""'^'  '-'-'   ^-  4  or   /  ' 

I'-  Toward  the ch:;!^ tf^z  h;";  e^r "" ""vr"'' ''■'"' '^''-'^^ 

-■^^'"--easc  to  the  point  of  li  'blinl  mc  1  "■'' "  I  ''  ""'"  '  '^•^-' 
'■-'  "f  '<-ks  in  the  iusk  of  d  r  Tk  at  6  r  T'"!?  "'.'"'^-  ^^^^^''"S 
-"-P'- later,  at    lock  37.     At  ,    m    f     /   ^'"'f'''''^  «"   "^^ead   and 

-^  '"■  f'-n  the  start,  to  lu.Lh  on  il^  a,:;  i^ 2'^^  ' V '  ^''  ^^"^'  ^^^^ 
-^'.'-.rthe(;reat  I^alls,  the  time  b  .i„g  .  oil  J^^^  •^'•'  '"•  °""'''  '"'-k 

""■  <-<>'"l-<it  road  for  Washington  .  .  '"  '"'^■P^''^  ^"^'  t°"k 

-'  -  5.45  o'clock,  whe:  I  s  ^ly^ :  ;:n; ;:'  -:'^  ^'-^  -^-  '-w, 

-veial  falls  in  the  darkness,  I  had  Lve  c d  on  """''""^  ""'^'"« 

"f  -i  ''•  ■■"  P>'Hlcling  over  the  Te  t  o  m  to  r  '  '  "■'"""T-  '  "'''^  ""^^'"''•^ 
"•■"'was  smoothly  macadamized  7  ?,'"•/'' /."-'"'■R'^"'wn  bridge,  though   the 

'-  n"in«.  This^nT Zrtr  ot'':/  -'''r:''  ^— PP'^ed'exce.. 
"i«l'ts  hofore,  which  ended  Tc  T  ■""^''  '^°'^^^^'''  ''^^   'hat  of  two 

"■■'">■  v.-^ii>.e;a„d ;i ::'  i^au::': t;::, t "'^"r "^■^'^^^ -^°^' '-- ^- 

-""as  [struck  the  gas-lighted  aloTah  ,        '"^  ""   '^'  "'''^-     ^« 

^V.nndcv's  Iforel,  where  fra  her  s-m  id     T^  ""'  '""'^  '"  "'"'^""^  --^'^'^'^  ^« 

••'^';'v  -  pay  for  Lny  ac:c:::^^  ^^^^;^  ^^ ' -'t'  " """"'  "'>• 

•'^•iKounerof  the  baggage  which  had  1..  '^"^^i  "'ade   myself  known 

'■"'  "K-  <liscussion  short  1     nl!  f  expressed  from   naUimorc.     I 

-'i  was  show:  or  er;  p     n  kTu  ri"  7t  'T  '  '''''  ""^^^  '"  -'-"-.'' 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


first  five  days  from  Frederick,  and  142  tn.  from  Williamsport,  where  I  first 
began  to  ride  "  along  the  Potomac."  The  next  day  I  felt  very  listless  because 
of  my  long  abstinence  from  decent  food;  and  so,  instead  of  indulging  in  the 
expected  long  ride  on  the  Washington  a.-.phalt,  I  only  put  in  a  beggarly  23  m. 
before  embarking  on  the  return  train  for  New  York. 

The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  extends  along  the  rotomac  on  the  Mary- 
land side,  while  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  runs  along  the  West  Vir- 
ginia side  of  the  rivei.  The  186  m.  of  tow-path  between  Cumberland  and 
Georgetown  are  divided  into  three  nearly  equal  sections  by  Hancock,  60  m. 
from  one  end,  and  Harper's  Ferry,  60  m.  from  the  other.  Williamsport  and 
Point  of  kocks  are  the  only  other  places  on  the  entire  path  where  food  ar,cl 
lodging  may  be  secured.  The  whole  region  is  practically  a  wilderness  ;  and 
though  the  tourist,  in  case  of  a  break-down,  might  hope  to  turn  to  the  railroad 
for  assistance,  its  tracks  generally  lie  on  the  o])posite  side  of  the  river,  its 
stations  are  far  apart,  and  its  trains  are  few.  13etween  Williamsport  and 
Harper's  Ferry,  as  I  was  told,  there  is  a  "  slackwater  "  about  5  m.  long,  where 
the  bicycler  would  apparently  be  forced  to  walk;  but,  with  this  exception, 
and  t'le  lesser  ones  described  by  me, it  seems  likely  that  the  riding  is  good  all 
the  way  from  Cumberland  to  Harper's  Ferry.  The  scenery  of  that  1  jo  m.  is 
also  ^'enerally  good,  and  some  parts  of  it  quite  fine  and  imposing,  where  the 
river  winds  among  the  mountains.  Below  Point  of  Rocks  the  country  is 
mostly  flat  and  uninteresting.  I  have  a  vague  notion  of  trying  the  track 
again  on  returning  from  the  ne.xt  League  meet  at  Chicago.  In  that  case  I 
shall  start  from  Cumberland  at  daybreak,  so  as  to  reach  Hancock  by  night- 
fall (shutting  my  eyes  and  holding  my  breath  as  I  whiz  past  the  "  brick  house  " 
with  bloodthirsty  millions  in  it) ;  proceeding  next  day  to  Williamsport  and 
Martinsburg;  thence  down  the  Shenandoah  Valley  to  Staunton,  over  the 
route  so  appetizingly  described  by  "  Bucephale."  The  three  Philadelphia 
wheelmen  who  made  that  trip  seem  to  have  passed  through  Hagerstown  and 
Williamsport  only  a  day  or  two  after  myself.  Would  that  they  had  over- 
taken me  and  invited  me  to  accompany  them  into  Virginia !  Thus  should  1 
have  escaped  the  sad  experiences  which  I  have  described,  and  the  sad  neces- 
sity of  now  describing  them  for  the  warning  of  my  fellow-tourists.  If  I  take 
the  trip,  my  intentio.i  would  be  to  return  by  way  of  Hagerstown,  Frederick, 
York,  Gettysburg,  and  Reading,  to  Philadelphia,  and  perhaps  thence  wheel  to 
New  York  over  the  roads  whereof  I  have  read  so  many  contradictory  reports. 

The  first  macadam  pavement  in  the  United  States  was  laid  between  Boonsboro'  and  Hagers- 
town ;  and,  in  the  words  of  Eli  Mobley,  an  old  coach-maker  of  the  latter  place,  "  it  made  the 
finest  road  in  America.  I  have  seen  the  mail  coaches  travel  from  Hagerstown  to  Frcdenck,  26 
m.,  in  2  h.  That  was  not  an  unusual  thing  either;  and  there  were  through  freight  wr.consfrom 
Baltimore  to  Wheeling  wWch  carried  ten  ton  and  made  nearly  as  good  time  as  the  coaches. 
They  were  drawn  by  twelve  horses  and  the  rear  wheels  were  ten  feet  hi  "  My  authority  for 
the  quotation  is  W.  H.  Rideing's  interesting  description  of  "The  Old  National  Pike,"  which 

f  *  _^_  :i'...„;,-.;.i.»  ?^-..»:;-.,~  -rt:.-1n  :n    .^.r7-^r-*z  ^f.~:r.trJr;^  ^Nnv.    1R7C.  nn.  8gi-S.'6).  ^-Pd    which 

deserves  the  attentive  perusal  of  every  prospective  tourist  on  this  main  thoroughfare  over  the 


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excellency  .acada.Ld,  thT  .iveL  1  "dc"  e     s^Tre  "Ze  t  ''  "  'V'  ''  ^°"'^-     ''  ^^ 
were  indexed  by  iron  mile-posts,  and  the  .oThouI?  I       i     °"'  ^"^^''  '  "'^  '''«="«='» 

iecu,r  and  chief  supponer  was  Henry  aaVthre''^^^^^  '™"  «=""•     ''^  P- 

.onumen.  near  Wheeling.  FroJc^d'rl^^Z  rT'  '"  "^  '"''"  ^"=  "">--«°-ted  by  a 
bail,  by  certain  banks  ot  MaryLd TS  1"  r  hT'i  '  "''' "^  ^  '^'^^  part  of  it.  vL 
should  con,pl..te  the  work.  Solr  ftm  bein/a  Lde'r^  '"  ""'  ™  ^''"''"■■°"  "^^«  '^-'^ 
pr<,peny  for  many  years,  yielding  as  much"  ^.o  p"r  cent  T'  "  "T''  '"  *"  '^  '"°^'  '"-«'« 
yield.d  no  more  than  .  or  3  per  cent.  T  e "an  b  .  y  ^e^Fedl;:;^ ^  °'  '""  ^^^  "^^'  "  "=» 
to  .\taryland  some  time  ago,  and  the  tolls  beLL  ,  ?  government  was  transferred 

has  been  acquired  by  .he'coun.ts  of  AtS^ranYS^t'^^^^f.^^  '"  "''"""  "^=  "^^^  ^"'  '' 
Cumberland,  the  road  partly  follows  the  rtute  of  Gener^  d"  T\  \'  ^'^  "  '""'■  ^"'  "' 
old  mile-stone  at  Frostbur^  The  old  iron  !;  ,\^  ■'^'^°''^'  "'^o  has  left  an  interesting 
houses,  the  splendid  bridg^,   and  th    iron  H-^f  '''"'  despoiled,  but  the   uniform  toll 

The  coaches  ceased  runnfng  in  1  Ihl  ''  T"'°"'  ''°"  '°"  ^"^'^  "^  '^'^-P'"-'  -as. 
before  that,  a  .oca.  paper  'ha  a  ':  ^  he  passl  rtr  r'^'T  "  '"'^^""^-  ^"^  ^^- 
was  immense,  and  the  agents'  reports  ..ow  tTaTf  o':  hT:  tTtVe  Llh'oT  M  '"1 1'"'  "'' 
of  persons  carried  was  2,586.'    There  were  some.lm  .  ,  '^'^'■''''  "'^  ""'"'«••'■ 

day.-belonging   to   the    iva.   lines    7une  Drrrf"  'r'^' ''""'"' "^^'''^^  "^^ 
canvas-covered  wagons  drawn  by  s U  o!  tje.v   trsjwitht"     Tu  '.^^''^'-'^V.-there  were 
.he  cattle  and  sheep  were  never  out  of  sigh      VV^r^'^m  le  ofTh  ,   t  °^"  ''"^  ^°"^'^'  =""^ 

ness  but  on  the  highway  the  traffic  was  as  den^  anH  "■"      '^'  '"""'^^  ^  ^  ""'^«^- 

large  town.     Some  of  the  passed  were  as  Z  continuous  as  in  the  main  street  of  a 

mountains  were  as  wild.  ^^.2iCuZZZZZ7  ""'  T'J"  ''' ''^™  ^^^^'^^^ -'^  ^^^ 
ot  pines,  the  branches  of  which  were  so  int"™  "'^.^l^'l  '^''"'^  ^''"  extraordinary  growth 
^^omi.  prevaning  darkness  the  ^^  rXdl"  4resTl>tr  ^^^^  ""  ^^"«^''  ^ 

u. <- BwSd^rs;^z^::r:rh,^::n;^- ^^^ ,. r -Jt ^^^" °' 

borders  with  ,ulip-pop,ars  and  the  blossoming  bcussv^wrfil  T,."  """' '"'  "''^''^^  "" 
Roman  highway  buried  under  the  farm  >ands!fZ  and  could  M  '"  ^"'  '"'^^"^"  ^ 
ac.vi.y  of  Its  past  than  this.     The  winding.  l.hZf  ,T       """■'  '"  '°""^'"  ^'"^  'he 

ere.  of  the  hil.  we  saw  the  Midd.etol  va  ,ey  be,:: ^I  '^^sla  ""  '""'^"-  ^"^'"'"^  •''^■ 
beautiful  a  reach  of  country  as  the  world  mn  J         n      ^^  "^  P'°'P"'  ^"'^  *^  f^""^  and 

uninteresting,  save  for  the  canaciL7  1  "'  ,       '""^  Hagerstown  the  road  is  .eve.  and 

time  h,.  lef.';tanding.  On  oT  e  Li  f^r:  ""^'l'  '"  ''^"^^'  "'^  ^'^^'^  -'^  -"^-ies  which 
t'.^-  af .noon  we  reached  C  ear  Spnng  a„'oTd"f "h  7m,""  "°'-^"*'  "'^'"^'='^--  ^ate  in 
mountains.  Between  that  poTrtLVaLlk  tt'"  d  '^  ",!'^  •'°"  °^  another  range  of 
pass,  s  of  the  Sierras.  At  the  beginning  ofT  ./  aPP-aches  m  beauty  the  grandest 
sugar  maples.  As  the  grade  increa  "  ,he  nine  "J  ?  "  °^^^--'^'=d  -''h  oaks,  chestnuts  and 
Rreens  are  a.most  a.one  Th  v  ew  e  'ands  ndTh  '  'k  \"'  "'"  "^  ""'""  ""=  ''"'^^  -"" 
between  which  the  read  is    lllZ  '       ,         "^^  ""=  '^"^''^'^  ^''^"''s  and  loftier  foliage 

singularly  even  a  ong  thei    cret  Tt  th^  ""1  ".Ir""  ^"^"  ^^"^^'  =""''  --"'-"  waH  .' 
ri<lges  beyond  ridge.,   vis  be  a  ong  the     wh  7^       K     t"'  "'"  ''"^  '^  ^"  '■"—  P^^P-'  " 
fi-1  ocean.     Betwee;  Hancock  and  r      v!  t     ll^u'  ^■''"''  ''"^''  ''''^  "^^  ^^'  ---"  °f  a  petri- 
tavern  In  over  40  m  "  t,umberland  the  road  is  almost  deserted,  and  there  I  no 

-u2LTiirwt:::t'e;i::r:utb"rr"r"'  -^^  ^-^"  -^"^  -"^^^  '^^ 

-.  with  very  few  of  them  in T^J  .l  m     '„  thfnr.'L'!;!:':!^':^  '''  .--^«='  "'"^^'^  '  ->-'' 
-■■6'"  01  iiusis  iS6m.;  and  it  hasnrnvp,)  n«.  ,f,ii  t'       "        - '"•»-paiii.      iheexact 


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TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


broke  ground  for  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal,  amid  imposins ceremonials,  on  the  Fourth  of 
July,  182S  ;  but  it  is  said  never  to  have  had  even  an  approximately  prosperous  year  (unless,  pir- 
haps,  1S75,  when  A.  P.  (lorman  was  its  president),  and  its  fortunes  have  now  reached  a  very  low- 
ebb.  Represe.itin;^  an  expenditure  of  #17,000,000,  It  could  not  be  sold  for  a  tenth  part  oi  i:< 
cost.  Only  about  300  boats  now  operate  upon  it,  and  though  repairs  will  probably  be  kept  up 
sulBclently  to  allow  such  w.iter-traffic  for  some  years  to  come,  the  ultimate  sale  of  the  path,  to 
fo'm  the  ro:id-bsd  of  a  railway,  seems  to  offer  the  only  chancj  by  which  its  owners  may  get  back 
any  share  of  their  money.  A  few  individual  cit'uens  of  Cumberland  and  other  American  towns 
hold  stock  in  it,  but  the  chief  parties-in-interest  are  the  State  cf  Maryl.-iiid,  and  the  unlucky 
Il.-itish  bondholders,  in  whose  behalf  Daniel  H.  Stewart,  of  England,  now  has  a  snit  pendin}^ 
((une  15,  'S5)  in  the  United  States  Circtit  Court,  at  Baltimore,  praying  for  the  appointment  o( 
a  receiver.  The  present  president  of  the  company  is  Col.  L.  V.  Baughman ;  and  among  thj 
othjr  well-known  men  who  have  oficiaily  served  it  in  past  years  are  ex-Gov.  P.  F.  Thoma.^, 
Judge  J.  H.  Gordon,  and  Gen.  J.  C.  Clarke,  now  at  the  head  of  the  Illinois  Central  R    k. 

These  facts  were  supplied  to  me  by  a  wheelman  of  Cumberland,  who  took  a  1000  m.  tour, 
in  the  summer  of  '83,  beginning  and  ending  on  the  path  of  this  canal.  I  r..et  him  on  the  same 
path,  May  30,  '84,  and  suggested  the  preparation  of  a  record  of  his  journey  (printed  in  the 
Wheel,  Aug.  i).  My  informant,  W.  W.  Daniell  (b.  March  16,  1854),  rode  a  50-in.  Kxpert,  .ind 
was  accompanied,  except  on  the  final  day,  by  A.  E.  Miller,  of  Shepherdstown,  riding  a4S-in. 
Standard  Columbia.  I  am  not  aware  that  any  other  American  bicyclers  have  yet  pu.shed  thc:r 
wheels  as  far  as  this,  in  one  another's  company.  "  Fine  weather  and  smooth  tow-path  favored 
our  first  day's  ride  of  61  m.  to  Hancock,  July  12.  A  week  later,  we  proceeded  down  the  path 
to  Williamsport,  and  then  went  to  Hagerstown,  an  afternoon  ride  of  32  m.  (93).  On  20th, 
through  Funkstown,  and  Martiubburg  to  Uarksville,  by  good  pike,  32  ni.  (125);  on  21st,  to  a 
country  house  in  Clarke  county,  46  m.  (171),  good  n'.ke  all  the  way  ;  on  23d,  through  Winchester 
and  Strasburg  iO  Woodstock,  46  m.  (217) ;  on  24th,  through  New  Market  to  Luray,  34  m.  (25P, 
finishing  just  in  time  to  escape  a  severe  storm  ;  on  _  th,  retraced  our  course  to  Woodstock, 
34  m.  (285) ;  on  27th,  through  Winchester  and  Berryvil.o  to  Hamilton,  60  m.  (345),  crossing  tlie 
mountains  by  Snicker's  gap,  where  sand  and  loo,sc  sli:nes  made  the  course  very  rough,  thoiiLli 
good  dirt  road  was  found  for  final  10  m.  ;  on  28th,  continued  along  a  fair  dirt  road  to  White's 
ferry  on  the  Po.omac,  where  we  took  the  tow-path,  and  found  tolerable  riding  to  Washington, 
46  m.,  whose  asphalt  we  tried  for  13  m.  more  (404).  On  August  i,  which  was  the  warmest  d.iy 
of  all,  we  rode  36  m.  to  Baltimore,  by  the  old  post  road  through  Bladensbnrg,  which  offered  a 
terrible  depth  of  sand ;  and  we  added  only  5  m.  to  our  record  (445)  during  our  four  days' 
stay  in  the  city.  On  the  6th  through  Bel  Air  and  Ha\Te  de  Grace  to  Elkton,  54  m.  (499),  finding 
the  worst  roads,  with  much  sand,  near  the  finish;  on  7th  through  Wilmington  and  Chester,  10 
Philadelphia,  57  m.  (556),— crossing  the  ship  canal  to  League  Lslind,  4  m.  beyond  Chester,  and 
having  a  splendid  road  thence  to  the  finish.  After  our  five  days'  visit  in  Philadelphia,  tl:e 
record  was  as  follows  :  13th,  by  Lancaster  pike  to  Greenland,  68  m.  (624),  all  but  the  first  if)  1:1, 
being  very  rough,— the  dirt  road  by  way  of  West  Chester  would  have  been  better ;  14th,  through 
Lancaster  and  Marietta  to  Steelton,  35  m.  (659),  fair  dirt  roads  ;  15th,  through  Harrisburg  ami 
Clarke's  Ferry  to  Mexico,  50  m.  (709),  by  poor  and  hilly  roads,  with  a  delay  of  several  hours  for 
rain;  i6th,  through  MifHinand  Lewistonto  McVeightown,  27  m.  (736),  in  spite  of  deepmud,and 
12  ni.  of  the  roughest  road  I  ever  cr,  vied  over  with  a  bicycle  (tow-path  through  the  '  Lewiston 
narrows  ') ;  17th,  to  Coflee  Run,  40  m.  (776),  by  stony  and  sandy  road  to  Huntington,  and  thence 
by  tow-path,  which  was  better  ;  i8th,  to  Trough  Creek  Valley,  6  m.,  and  19th  across  some  stony 
mountains,  9  m.  beyond  (791) ;  20th,  through  Everett  to  Bedford  Springs,  28  m.  (S19),  rough  and 
sandy  except  for  the  last  8  m.  :  2:d,  to  Somerset,  in  the  Alleghanies,  40  m.  (S59),  a  rough  climb, 
much  sand,  with  .  ->me  good  bits  of  riding  ;  23d,  after  a  hard  forenoon's  rain,  went  to  Meyers- 
dale,  19  m.  (S78)  by  sandy  and  muddy  roads:  24th,  across  Little  Savage  mountain,  by  rough 
roads,  badly  washed  by  the  rain,  to  Cumbet  and,  my  starting  point,  28  m.  (906).  The  fine 
wr-  [her  of  tlie  acta,  tempted  me  to  wheel  down  the  tow-path  to  Dam  No.  6.,  and  back,  102  m., 
ai-i    .V  report  of  the  ride  appeared  in  H»  ' ..  '4  '  Summary  '  {Outing,  Feb.,  1884,  p.  372)." 


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;;;;:n.T  tr  .^;r^:  -  -:-^  *  ^-  -^  -« ^^  ...e";:^^.^;;  :•  cr 

-.  half,  v'e^  ..„o.h     ol  .  't    p  'wl,    '.I'crT  T^'  °!  '  "^  ^^  '^^     ''^-'-^  '' 

...r  days'  rain.     I„deed   .  sli-ht  ra  „  L7  ^.onsiderable  mud,  on  account  of  ,I,ree  or 

N..  ca,.  .He  ..h.  we  i:!  ■H'';.:xt:ira:d  t:::^dt  ri  '^^  '^°""  y '■"  -  °"^"'"- 

•Lnncr  having   been  taken  at  Brownsville    2i  m  IZl       ^       '    "       '^  "'    ^'*  Concord,- 
iron,  ,1...  finish.     We  halted  A  1,    ^,  yZ        ,,  "'/"'"Vhe  start,  and   supper  at    Norwich.  3  m. 

--si,,  up  and  down  hill  umi^we  w  r  ti^^^^  '"^""^^  '-  "'■-«  -s  co.uin- 

-..^^^,and,af.ersupperatSt.Clai7sv:lto^        :^    :,^^^^^^^^^^ 

-  .".  in  ,  h.  of  ridin,,  since  the  start  at  6.  o  a.  m      T  i    last  1.  h  V     "■•~'T'"'  """"' 

-a  .he  whole  road  of  ,he  dav  was  verv  koLi   excen.  ah  T  '  P""^""^'  '"^•'' 

and  Washington,  O       Havin.  thus  done     L  IT  ""^  '"'""'  ^''^''"  ^-'"'^"^Re 

Wheeling,  a,^o,;Mond,rlo3rh       Si:.":.  Wa  !    ^^'^   <>ays.  we  rested  over  Sunday  at 

....on,-the  roads  hein,  v^  .ood  i-^^e  of^  :::.i:  ;;;r^r:h^:3:;.\:S!;;''^ ''- 

wtcwk  dinner  at    Uarnesville    -;  m    •  na^.^,1  ,l„       u  i-    •  ^"  ">^ '3">,  starting  at  7  a.  .v., 

h-ader,  that   thoiid'  ab     to  r  de' ,'    V  ''"''  ><and.papered  section  I  took  such  a  severe 

"  I'ictiiresniip  R   -„^A  n     u-  ,     ■     t        , -r^  ■  Lciwt.cn  (-iimDcr.and  and   Liiiontown.' 

1  ituiresque  11  andO.,  Hislonca   and  Descr  ritivo  "  hv  T   f    D       u        ,,-i.- 


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XIX. 


I    A 


WINTER  WHFKLING.» 

Only  in  spring  the  treacherous  fruit  is  green  ; 

Only  in  winter  on  our  heads  the  icicle 
Drops,  when  quick  thaws. have  warmed  the  air  too  keen  ; 
False  is  the  .lulumii  waters'  treacherous  sheen  ; 
Thou  hast  all  seasons  for  thine  own,  ()  liicycle ! 

Pinning  my  faith  to  the  truth  of  this  apostrophe,  which  was  uttered  two 
or  three  years  ago  by  the  polychromatic  /'uci;  I  bravely  began  my  first  ex- 
periment at  winter  touring  on  the  2 1st  of  November,  1882.  It  proved  an 
entirely  successful  experiment,  for,  in  the  course  of  four  days,  I  had  pushed 
myself  pleasantly  across  150  m.  of  the  frozen  soil  of  New  York,  Connecticut, 
and  Massachusetts;  and,  so  far  as  the  roads  and  the  weather  were  concerned, 
I  might  easily  have  doubled  the  distance  in  three  days  more,  by  keeping  right 
on  to  Boston,  and  so  along  the  coast  of  New  Hampshire,  until  I  had  pene- 
trated the  borders  of  Maine.  Could  similar  conditions  again  be  assured  to 
me,  I  would  agree  to  wheel  myself  from  the  Brooklyn  Navy-Yard,  in  New 
York,  to  the  Kittery  Navy-Yard,  in  Maine,  within  the  space  of  six  calendar 
days;  though  the  accomplishment  of  such  a  feat  in  warmer  weather  would  be 
quite  beyond  my  disposition,  if  not  beyond  my  ability.  In  other  words,  there 
are  certain  distinctive  advantages  connected  with  winter  wheeling  along  a 
frost-bound  and  even  a  snow  covered  track. 

About  a  fortnight  before  the  start,  I  had  devoted  a  day  to  exploring  the 
region  of  Westchester,  Throg's  Neck,  Fort  Schuyler,  and  Pelham  bridge, 
which  latter  point  is  about  }  m.  below  the  Hartow  railroad  station,  where  mv 
first  tour  from  New  Haven  to  New  York  1.  m  ended  in  the  rain  and  darkness, 
on  the  nth  of  November,  1879.  All  the  roads  of  this  region  proved  ridable, 
and  some  of  them  supplied  stretches  of  very  smooth  and  pleasant  riding. 
After  following  the  Southern  Boulevard  just  3  m.  from  Harlem  Bridge,  a 
turn  is  made  to  the  r.  into  Westchester  av.,  which  is  followed  a  similar  dis- 
tance to  the  bridge  the  village  of  th.it  name;  thence  the  road  leads  up  a 
good-sized  hill,  towards  the  s.  e.,  and  within  less  than  i  m.,  at  the  village 
called  Schuylerville,  crosses  ihe  Eastern  Boulevard.  Thi-.  is  not  macadamized, 
but  its  side-paths  are  continuously  ridable,  and  are  to  be  followed  first  to  the 
e.,  thence  to  the  n.,  and  thrn  somewhat  circuitously  towards  the  n.  e.,  until 
I'ciham  bridge  is  reached,  3^  m.  from  Westchester.  There  are  quite  a  num. 
bcr  of  st^ep  grad  s  and  rough  and  soft  stretches  in  the  track  thus  described, 
and  I  made  many  dismounts  in  my  first  exploration  of  it ;  but  when  I  started 

'trom  J'Ae  H  Heelmari,  May,  18S3,  up.  114-119. 


WINTER  WHEELING. 


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on  my  tour  I  covered  the  entire  9  m.  in  1}  h..  reaching  Pelham  briciRe  at  o 
odock.  Fifteen  minutes  before  this,  when  I  was  x\  m.  from  the  bridge  I 
was  brought  to  my  first  stop,  by  mailing  wrong  choice  of  a  j.ath  around  a 
ditch,  when  a  right  choice  would  easily  have  led  me  around  if  so  that 
l-ractically,  I  did  the  whole  distance  without  dismount.  I  certainly' could  n't' 
have  done  it  thus  without  the  previous  exploration,  which  enabled  me  to 
properly  pick  my  path;  and  I  doubt  if  I  could  have  done  it  thus  without  the 
aid  of  the  frost.  This  latter,  indeed,  made  some  parts  of  the  road  so  rouuh 
that  I  was  surprised  at  the  swiftness  with  which  I  had  succeeded  in  getting 
over  It;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  it  stiffened  up  many  soft  and  sandy  spots 
which  in  summer-time  would  almost  inevitably  have  commanded  a  halt 
<  onsidenng  all  the  circumstances  of  the  case.  I  regard  this  first  hour's  stay 
n.  the  saddle  as  among  the  most  creditable  ones  on  my  record;  and  durinc 
no  other  hour  of  this  particular  tour  did  I  encounter  as  many  good  pieces  of 
road,  or  ride  as  many  miles,  or  fail  to  make  several  dismounts 

lieside   the  bridge   at    Pelham   stands  a    good-looking    road-house   and 
restaurant,   where  .the    traveler    may   refresh    himself,    though    I    did    not 
patronize  it  upon  that  particular  morning;  and  beyond  this  is  a  stretch  of  2i 
ni.  of  very  rough  and  stony  road.-probably  the  roughest  of  mv  entire  tour 
ts  disgraceful  condition  is  the  result  of  a  dispute  among  the  local  tax-pavers' 
I  have  since  been  told,  though,  that  there  is  a  chance  that  macadam  niaV  be 
applied  within  a  year  or  two.    [.Applied  in  April.  ,884;  see  p.  73.]    The  road 
tor  a  distance  of  3  m.  beyond  this  bad  spot  had  been  treated  to  a  fresh  coat 
of  macadam,  which  extended   i  m.  beyond  the  town-hall   of  New  Rochelle 
w  ere  I  stepped  at  10  o'clock.     Some  parts  of  this  3  m.  had  been  hammered' 
into  smoothness  and  all  of  it  was  ridable;  and  even  in  accomplishing  the  two 
previous  miles  I  took  no  long  walks,  though  the  stones  and  frozen  ruts  con- 
tnuial  y  threatened  a  dismount,  and  it  was  plain  that  a  very  little  moisture 
would  suffice  to  create  a  depth  of  mud  prohibitory  for  bicycling.     At  a  point 
jnst  beyond  the  macadam  of  New  Rochelle,  I  began  a  mount,  which,  to  my 
Krcat  surprise,  lasted  nearly  \  h.,  for  the  3  m.  covered  included  a  good  deal  of 
rocky  roadway  and  several  rough  inclines,  which  I  did  not  expect  to  climb 
My  stop  was  caused  on  the  smooth  dirt  sidewalk,  just  below  the  village  of 
Mamaroneck,  by  the  uneasiness  of  a  milkman's  horse,  who  whisked  one  or 
two  empty  cans  out  upon  the  ground,  in  suddenly  whirling  about,  but  was 
quickly  caught  and  quieted.    I  was  riding  very  slowly  when  the  beast  pricked 
up  his  ears,  and  I  gave  a  warning  cry  to  his  owner,  who  stood  behind  the 
wagon,  hut  who  failed  to  comprehend  me  in  season  to  seize  him  by  the  head 
as  he  should  have  done.     At  ,he  church  corner  in  Rve  Neck.  3;  m.  beyond' 
was  stopped  again,  by  making  a  wrong  choice  of  path,  on  a  smooth  road.' 
the  time  being  1 1  o  clock.     So  far  as  natural  obstacles  were  concerned,  how- 
ever, I  might  well  have  gone  without  dismount  from   New  Rochelle  to  the 

nlll    at    Kve.    Whrrp    thp    flTrrr.r>I„   ^^-.„A„  -I ,    _i     _  ~ 

ther,  was  reached  in  just  4  h.  from  the  start  at  Harlem  Bridge,  23  m.  away. 


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After  a  brief  halt  for  lunch  at  a  restaurant,  I  mounted  almost 
stroke  of  noon,  and  rode  i  m.  in  lo  min.,  lo  the  bridge  spanning  the  little 
stream  separating  New  York  from  Connecticut.  I  walked  up  the  long 
M\d  crooked  hill,  down  which  my  wheel  ran  away  with  me  three  vcus 
bef  jrr,  '  •  t  the  top  I  encountered  the  first  snow  and  ice  of  the  journ'-v 
Ti.i-  ,•■  ,o.  V  .e  much  trouble,  however,  ncr  did  ether  little  patches  of  the 
V  ^  eie  met  with  at  points  further  on;  and  though  the  frosty  air  of 

t!  e  early  morning  had  now  moderated  enough  to  cause  considerable  surface 
mud,  which  spattered  my  jacket,  the  track  did  not  grow  slippery  nor  heavy 
and  the  relaxation  of  the  frost  hardly  went  beyond  the  point  of  smcihinJ 
off  the  sharp  edges  of  the  ruts  and  ridges.  From  the  ui)per  slope  of  the  hiil 
s.  of  Greenwich  <<  ti,c  !-,>vc;  slope  of  the  hill  s.  of  Mianus  (at  i  o'clock  <; 
m.  from  I'ort  Chester),  I  lode  without  a  dismount.  Stamford,  3  m.  on,  was 
reached  in  }  h.;  and  the  bridge  over  the  brook  beyond  Darien,  5  m.,  in 
another  h.  Here  followed  the  sandiest  places  of  the  day,  including  several 
stretches  which  the  frost  had  not  stiffened  sufficiently  to  be  ridable,  and  it 
was  3.30  o'clock  when  I  reached   the  bridge  at   Norwalk,— a  little  less  than 

4  m.  Soon  after  crossing  this  I  take  the  wrong  road,  to  the  1.,  and  go  more 
than  2  m.  before  discovering  my  mistake,  when,  instead  of  retracing  my 
track,    I  resort   to    cross-roads,  and   so    reach   Westport,  with   a  record   of 

5  m.  from  Xorwalk,  though  the  distance  by  the  direct  road  is  only  3  m. 
Dusk  was  settling  down  as  I  finished  a  good  long  drink  at  the  town- 
pump,  at  about  445  o'clock,  and  I  had  no  later  chance  to  look  at  the  cyclom- 
eter until  7.10,  when  I  reached  the  Sterling  House,  in  Bridgejjort,  11  m.  on 
I  rode  nearly  all  this  distance,  spite  of  the  darkness,  making  many  dis- 
mounts, but  having  no  falls.  At  Fairfield,  however,  where  I  should"  have 
stopjjed  for  the  night  if  I  had  seen  any  hotel,  I  managed  to  go  astray,  and 
so  added  a  dCtour  of  i  m.  or  more  10  my  record  before  I  got  back  on  to  the 
main  track  again.  The  4  m.  between  this  village  and  Bridgeport  I  remem- 
bered as  being  smooth  and  level  on  the  occasion  of  my  previous  tour;  and  I 
should  not  otherwise  have  persisted  in  that  final  piece  of  night-riding.' 

My  ride  did  not  stop  at  the  first  hotel,  however,  for,  as  I  found  it  too 
crowded  to  supply  me  with  a  suitable  room,  I  proceeded  J  m.  further  on,  to 
the  Atlantic  House,  near  the  r.  r.  station,  and  was  there  satisfactorily  taken 
care  of  for  the  night.  It  was  then  7.30  o'clock,  when  I  reached  the  finish,— 
a  little  less  than  12  h.  from  the  time  of  starting,  and  the  distance  covered  was 
SSh  m.  (My  McDonnell  cyclometer,  whose  "  shortage  "  I  had  found  on  pre- 
vious rides  to  vary  from  ^^  to  ^  the  true  distance,  fairly  outdid  itself  on  this 
occasion  by  registering  only  30  m. !)  On  only  half-a-dozen  occasions  have  I 
ridden  further  in  a  single  day,  and  I  don't  know  that  I  ever  rode  further  in 
12  h.  Considering  the  rough  and  hilly  character  of  much  of  the  road, 
I  look  upon  this  day's  ride  as  one  of  the  most  creditable  I  ever  accomjilished. 
There  was  a  good  breeze  at  my  back  during  the  day  and  "a  ring  round  the 
mooii      ai  n;ght,  though   ihc  iiglii  oi  iijac  orb  was  not  brilliant.     In  ii>70  1 


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was  engaged  from  2  to  6  p.  m.,  of  November  10,  and  from  8  a.  M.  to  5  p.  m.,  of  the 
nth,  in  covering  the  43  m.  from  Bridgeport  to  the  r.  r.  station,  near  Pelham 
bridge.  The  Bi.  World,  a  April  17,  1880,  printed  my  -cport  of  this  trip  • 
aiui  the  same  journal,  of  Nov.  ij,  1880,  gave  an  account  of  James  Kevell's 
ride,  from  New  Vork  to  Boston,  showing  that  "on  November  3d  he  rode  from 
5';th  St.  to  Westport,  51^  m.,  over  very  sandy  ro.ids,  starting  at  7  a.  m  "  and 
i.rol)ably  finishing  about  nightfall.  He  reported  reaching  .Stamford  at  2 
o'clock,  which  was  the  time  I  passed  through  there;  and  though  he  started 
:jii.  earlier  than  I  did,  his  starting-p,.int  was  4  m.  below  the  Harlem  boule- 
vard, where  I  started. 

On  the  following  forenoon  I  rode  from  Bridgeport  to  New  Haven,  19  m 
being  still   favored  with  a  slight   breeze  at   my  i,ack,  as  well  as  with'  bright 
sunshine  and  crisp,  cold  air.     Leaving  the  Atlantic  House  at  7.38  a.  m.,  a  ride 
of  \  h.  brought  me  to  the  flagpole  in  Stratford,  4.^  m.,  but   it  was  almost  t  h. 
Liter  when  I  reached  the  green  in   Milford,  only  i\  m.  beyond,  though  I  think 
1  did   but   little  walking.     Near   Stratford  bridge,  however,  where  the  high 
tide  had  flooded   the  road,  I  was   forced  to  walk  two  or  three  rods,  in  five 
or  six  inches   of  water,  carrying   my  wheel   high  above  my  nead.     For  2  m. 
beyond  Milford,  or  to  the  little  brook,  where  stands   the  plank  saying  "7  m.' 
to  .New  Haven,"  the  riding  continued  fairly  good.     Then  followed  a  straight 
>tretch  of    5  m.,  through   a   sandy,  deserted,  and    altogether    uninteresting 
country,— perhaps    the    meanest   section    of  the   entire   tour.     I  was  i  h.  in 
getting  over  it;  and   I  presume   that  in  the  summer-time  nearly  the  whole 
distance  would  have  to  be  done  on  foot.     Summit  av.,  on  the  hill  which  over- 
looks New  Haven  from  the  s.,  was  reached  in  3  h.  from  the  start,  the  distance 
being  i5i  m.     There  I  tarried  long,  admiring  the  dear,  delightful  scenes  of 
the  gl.id  days  gone   by,  and,  at   last,  crossed  the  Congress  av.  bridge    and 
speeded  straight  down  the   macadam  to  Church  st.,  and  so  on  to  the  green 
a:Kl  city  hall.     Soon  after  this,  having  finished  the  19th  m.,   I  stabled  my 
steed  at  the  house  of   tf        lend  with  whom,  by  previous   appointment.  I 
spent  the  afternoon  and  ni„   ..     I  may  sav  here  that  the  "  siiorc  road"  from 
\Ve,t   Haven  to  Milford,  which  I  made   trial   of  in   1879,  was   so  sandy  and 
hilly  for  5  m.  as  to  be  no  more  ri  lable  than  the  dirot   -oad.  but  was  superior 
to  the  latter  m  that  it  allowed   lue   traveler  to  view,  pretty  continuously,  the 
waters  of  the  Sound.     (See  pp.  134,  13S,  for  later  reports  from  these  roads  ) 

I  he  ne.xt  day,  November  23,  I  rode  x^\  m.  to  Hartford,  between  8.35 
A.  M.  and  5.^5  V.  M.  My  course  was  along  Congress  av..  Church  st.,  and  the 
sidewalk  of  W  hitney  av.  to  the  hill  at  Lake  Whitney,  3  m.  in  24  min. ;  thence 
without  stop  for  almost  4  m.,  to  the  (>m.  plank  bevond  Centerv  He  at  035 
c-^clock.  ^  n  ideally  smooth  track  of  red  clay  extended  thence  on  a  level  to 
the  S-m.  pi.ink,  followed  by  40  rods  or  so  of  black  sidewalk  to  the  foot  of 
Mount  Carmel,  and  then  another  stretch  of  clay,  along  which  I  rode  untd  I 
passed  the  lo-m.  plank,  and  reached  the  top  of  the  hill,  where  a  sandy  rut 
c?.uheu  i!:-.-  i;.;rd  disa.ou.u  01  liic  day  at  10.20.     Uurmg  twenty  minutes'  halt 


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at  this  point  I  strapped  my  jacket  on  to  the  handle-bar.  and  did   not  a.su-«. 
..aRam   untd  I  finished  the   ride,  after  dark,  though  riders  in  oC.er  sort,  o 
vehicles  acted  as  .f  they  were  c-,ld.  in  spite  of  their  heavy  overcoats  and  la,. 
rob.s;  and   the  snow  was  in  sight  all  day  long.     I  did  not  dismount  a.ain 
or  3  m..  or  until    I  had  ascended  the    long   hill  and  reached  the  store 
Cheshire  Academy,  at  . ,  ,o  o'clock.     This  was  .4^  m.  from  the  start,  and 
hink  that,  by  good  luck.  I  might   have   made   it   all  witho  t  a   st.,p      H  J 
been  going  m  the  opposite  tVection  it  would  have  been  easi..  still  t,',  ,!„  this 
for  I  think  none  of  the  inclines  toward  the  s.  were  nearly  as  difficult  as  .hose' 
which  I  managed  to  surmount.     Notlnng  but  praise  can  be  given  to  this  val- 
cyroad   between    New  Haven  and  Cl.cshi.e.-with  .n  attL.ive  mouna 
r  dge  at  a  respectable  distance  on  ei.hc    side  of  it.-and   a  ride  along  it    n 
the  leafy  month  of  June  must  be  very  dunning.     (See  later  reports,  p    ,,    ', 
Ju.st  beyond  the  Academy  I  turned  l..-instead  of  taking  the  dircc    r.-l  ,  n  1 
oad.  along  winch   I  had    the   mi.sfor.une  f,   travel    the   previous  Julv- 
thcn.  i  m.  beyond,  turned   r.  and   rode  due  n.  for  about  .  m..  during  .hid, 
passed  the  junction  of  the  road  where  I  mistakenly  turned  off  in  the  suimncr 
I  c.ond  here  I  toiled  along  a  straight,  sundv  ro.ul  for  nearly  ^  in.,  much  of  it 
afoot,  till   I  reached  the  ,8-m.  plank,  and  factory  beyond   it.     Mountin' 

then.  I  rode  r-tty  continuously  for  i   h .ugh  Plantsville  to  .Soutlnn-to; 

where  at  ,  o  clock.  I  stoppe<l  40  min.  for  lunch.-the  dis'.^nce  being  ncaHv  \ 
m.     (In    ny  July  journey  I  had   not  been  able  to   ride   ...   .e  than  a  qu.rtcr 
part   of  the   sm.   sandy  stretch   between  Plantsville  and  Cheshire  )      F,om 
Southl.gton  r  rode  to  P'.inville  and  to  the  cross-roads  on  its  outer  cd-e  61  m 
m  55  m. ;  whence  a  straight  push   of  35  min.  over  the   hi  is  brou-h*  n,;  ,0 
New  Britain.  4i  m.     I  fere  I  stopped  nearly  \  h,.  and  in  another  \  h.  I  found 
myself  4  m.  further  on.  at  a   plank  which  sa.J.  "6  m.  to   Ilartfonl  "     Still 
another  i  h.  was  needed  to  get  me  through  2  m.  of  Newington  mud,  and  then 
at  4.45  o  clock,  at  Elmwood.  I  .struck  the  main  road.-.vith  which  two  nrevous 
rides  had  made  me  familiar,  but  which  I  had   unwittingly  strayed  f.  ;,n  after 
leaving  New  Britain.     Dusk  was  now  settling  down,  but  in  the'  course  of  the 
next  40  mm.  I  covered  5  m.,  going  through  New  Britain  av.,  Wnshi   v  on  st 
and  Capitol  av..  to  the  office  of  the  Weed  Sewing  Machine  Compa  ly',  uhcre 
my  day  s  nde  of  43  m.  ended.     The  most  creditable  part  of  it  was  'th-  4  „, 
of  hills  between  Plainville  and  New  Britain,  every  rod  of  which  I  rode    s^^it^ 
of  snow  and  ice.  and  mud  and  ruts,-my  single  dismount  being  the  rc'uh  c" 
a  wrong  choice  after  I  had  slowly  scaled  the  most  difficult  grade  of  a!!      The 
snow-covered   northwesterly  slopes  of  the  lofty  peaks  near  Mciidcn,  which  I 
believe  are  called   the  Hanging  Hills,  came  fairly  into  view  soo'    iftc  I  left 
Cheshire,  and  gave  me  my  first  genuine  conviction  that  I  was  really  indulging 
n^  a  winter's  tour,  even   though   November  did  still   rnle   the  calendar  ^d 
even  though  the  white  flannel   shirt  of  midsummer  still  served  of  itself  to 
retain  enough  caloric  for  the  warming  of  my  manly  breast. 

The  tourth  and  final  day  of  my  tour  saw  31  m.  accomplished  durinr  the 


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r.  h.  ending  at  5  p.  m.  The  sun  shone  brightly,  and  again  I  rode  in  my  shirt- 
sleeves, with  a  stiff  s.  wind  at  my  batit.  Ihe  air  grew  colder  as  the  after- 
noon advaficed,  and  there  were  two  or  three  brief  snow-squalls.  Starting 
Irom  !•  ••  on  av.  I  rode  J  h.  without  stop,  over  some  very  stiff  clay,  and 

acorr  j  m.     Just   beyond  here   was  the  store  in  Windsor,  whence  I 

ro'- ;  with.M     stop  to  Hayde.i's,  3  m.  in  25  min.     With  a  little  better  luck  I 
inig»  •  h;'V'  avoided  any  dismount  between  Hartford  and  llayden's,  though  I 
expect  to  do  as  well  as  th..t  in  the  summer-time.     The  next  3-m. 
worst  of  the  day— brought  me  to  Windsor  Lv)cks,  where  I  stojjped 
h,  and  then  give  an  equal  amount  of  time  to  wheeling  myself  up 
of  the  canal  tow-path,  4i   m.     An  equal  distance   Loyond  there 
stands  Porter's  distillery,     ,  the  fork  of  the  road,  whereof  the  main  one  on 
ilic  I.  leads  tlirout:h  Agawam.     Mounting  here  I  took  the  sandy  river-road  on 
tliL-  r.,  and  managed,  in  spite  of  several   serious  balks,  to  stay  in   the  saddle 
t  )r  \  h.,  when  I  stopped  at  the  post-otfice  in  Springfield,  4}  m.  on.     Four  m. 
more  of  rerfectly  smooth  riding  brought  my  day's  journey  to  a  close;  and 
tlic  6  m.  of  smooth  and  level  track  leading  to  Holyoke  was  then  ahead  of  me. 
I'  appears,  th.;refore,  that,  inasmuch  as  I  survived   the  sandy  river-road,  I 
inr^ht  readily  have  ridden  without  stop  from   Porter's  distillery  to  the   Hol- 
yoke House,  a  distance  of  almost  15  m.,— though  I  am  sure  I  could  never  do 
this  when  the  sand  was  not  stitfen.';d  by  frost.     Descriptions  of  the  roads  be- 
iwcon  Springfield  and  Hartford  and  Meriden,  as  I  found  them  in  summer- 
tiin^,  may  be  seen  in  the  Bi.  World  ol  May  29  and  Nov.  19,  1S80,  Aug.  25  and 
t  )i;t.  7,  tS8i.     (Compare,  also,  the  reports  presented  on  pp.  122,  128,  149,  179.) 
A  cutting  n.  w.  wind  prevailed  the  next  afternoon,  when  I  made  a  circuit 
ot  20  m.  in  the  space  of  3  h.;  and  the  dav  itself  (Nov.  25)  was  notable  as 
being  the  last  of  a  series  of  eight  successive  sunshinv  ones  wherewith  this 
usually   cloudy   month   made   partial   compensation   for   the   unusually   bad 
weather  of   October.      On  the  following  afternoon,   however,  the  effect  of 
••  the  rnig  around  the  moon,"  whose  appearance  on  the  first  night  of  mv  tour 
hul  made  me  fear  my  sport  would  be  shortened  by  a  storm,  became  apparent 
)n  the  shape  of  a  fall  ot  snow,  some  five  or  six  inches  deep.    Having  allowed 
a  day  for  this  to  get  trodden  down,  I  started  out  on  the  morning  of  the  -Sth 
which  was  very  cold,  and  soon  satisfied  myself  ....t  bir-ling  on  the  snow  was 
a  perfectly  practicable  pastime.     I  spent  some  6  h.  in  the  saddle  that  day 
and  accomplished  more  than  34  m.,  without  any  sort  of  mishap.     The  next 
morning,  however,  I  had  a  still  more  novel  experience,  for,  to  quote  from  a 
previous  chapter  (p.  30),  "  I  was  warned  a.  j  o'clock  that  a  new  snow-storm 
had  just  begun,  and  that  if   I  intended  to  work  off  the  last  23   m.  needed   to 
complete  the  record  of  6,000,  I  had  best  make  a  prompt  beginning.    I  finished 
n.y  task  in  Springfield  at  10.30  o'clock,  and  then  sought  breakfast  with  an 
appetite  well  sharpened  by  a  four-hours'  struggle  through  the  blindi-     snow. 

\^2^1  ^^^  ''"''^  ^r"^*"  '"  ^'^''^^  '"^  mustache  into  a  solid  lump,  and  hence 
CT--e  t:ic  •=nc•^v  no  cl;^::;;.;  trj  grow  di.iip  <ti,d  Slippery.     Thanks  to  the  tight 


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252  r^.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

clutch   kept  by  me  on  the  handles,  my  wheel,  though   it  had  one  or  two 
iangcrous  shps,  never  fell."     My  first  ic  m.  were  accomplished  within  ,;  h 
when  T  made  my  second  dismount  and  fir.t  regular  stop  at  a  point  6  m  be' 
low  the  start;  and  my  las    .  m.  were  made  in   i   h.  10  m.,  bv  taking  a  half' 
dozen  contmuous  circu...  around  a  certain  number  of  city  blocks 

I   mounted   not  again   into  the  .add.,  ^or  the  space  of  a  month,  or  ti'i 
Chnstmas.when  I  had  the  first  of  six  successive  and  successful  daily  rides 
in  the  same  region,  amouming  in  all  to   175  m.,  divided  as  follows-  8    ,«,l 
3Si.  36,  31  and  46.      I   also  rode   25  m.  on   the  2d  of  January,  and  14  m  on 
the  3d.     .-.pue  of  ice,  snow,  slush,  mud.  water,  and  frozen  ruts,  neither  I  nor 
my  wheel  had  any  falls,  nor  yet  was  I   forced  to  make  an  unusually  lar^e 
number  of  sudden  disn.ounts.     In  these  eight  davs  I  explored  fully  60  m  of 
roadway,  and,  if  my  riding  an  old   track   in   a  new  direction  be  classed' as 
new,    my  repetitions  comprised  less  than  half  of  the  214  m.  traversed     In 
my  summer  trials  of  these  same  p.ths  I  had  never  been  able  to  cover' any 
thing   like  as  long  distances   without   dismounts,  nor  to  ride  at  as  3wi»t  a',, 
average  pace,  though  the  watchfulness  required  was  percejnibly  greater  than 
m  summer  riding.     .Jne  course  was  through   West   Spnngfield  to  the  old 
bridge  ;  thence  w.  to  the  bridge  ov^r  the   Agawam ;  thence  n.  and  e.  to  the 
North  bndge  over  the   Connecticut;    thence  s.   through   Springfield  to  the 
South  bridge  over  the  same   riyc,,-io  m.  of  level  track,  having  some  yen- 
smooth  sections  and  some  quite   rough  oues,  but  the  w.hole  of   it   readily 
ridable  without  dismount.     Starting  from  the  South  bridge  at  a  little  before 
noon  on  the  2Sth  December,  I  rode  without  stop  for  ij  h.  up  the  long  State- 
St.  hill  and  across  the  wide  sand-plain  to  Indian  Orchard,  a  distance  of  S  n, 
I  jogged  on  i\  m.  further,  to  a  point  beyond  Jenksville.  before  turning  al,out' 
Then,  iPoi-.nting  at  the  top  of  the  hill  in  Indian  Orchard,  I   rode  3  m   in  \  h 
down   a  long  hill   and  up   several   short  ones  covered  deep  with  snow,  until 
finally  stopped  by  a  specially  rough  stretch  of  ice.     As  I  had  been  forced  to 
walk  nearly  all  of  this  3  m.  in  summer,  my  sticking  so  long  in  the  saddle  was 
a  great  surprise  to  me.     I  was  similarly  surprised  the  next  afternoon  when  I 
rode  in  i  h.  over  the  7-m.  track  separating  the  pust-offices  of  Westfield  and 
W«st  Springfi.Tkl,  and  made  only  two  dismounts.     The  second,  and  only  nec- 
essary one  of  these,  was  at  the  big  hi!i  in  Vat'^am  (4^  m.),  though  in  my  sum- 
mer trials  of  those  4  m.  I  was  fcrced  to  do  much  walking  and  dismounting. 
On  that  same  evening   I  put  in   an   houi  .    wheeling    in  the  darkness,  and 
I  repeate'.  the   experiment   ;he   next   night,— my  inspiration   on    this    hitter 
occasion  being  the   desire   to  bring   up   my  year's   record  to  2,002  m.     The 
second   day  of  the   New  Year  I  celebrated  by  a  pilgrimage  to  the  summit  of 
Mount  Tom  (which  is,  of  all  peaks  and  crags  of  this  planet,  the  partiuil.ir 
one  which   I   have  the   strongest  pergonal   affection  fori,  though    I   took  my 
wheel  no  further  than  the  half-way  house,  which  stands  at  the  highest  point 
of  the  mountain   roadway      This,  too,  with   all   its  snow  and  ice,  was  nuuh 
more  ridable  thai,    in   summer.     My  summer   reports  of  these  roads   in  the 


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region  around  Springfield  may  be  found  in  the  Bi.  World,  May  15,  May  29, 
fjiie  12,  18S0  (pp.  2i(),  234,  256) ,  Aug.  26,  (Jet.  7,  1S81  (pp.  iS9,'26o). 

During  the  twelve  days  which  ended  with  January  4,  1883,  the  weather 
was  continuously  favorable  for  bicycling;  and  my  belief  is  that,  during  that 
period,  a  tourist  might  have  wheeled  himself  more  cr  nfortably  over  more 
miles,  on  almost  any  section  of  the  n>-iiii  track  "  between  the  Kittery  Navy- 
\  ;ud,  in  Maine,  and  the  Brooklyn  Navy-Vard,  in  New  York,"  than  he  could 
do  in  an  equal  number  of  hours  at  a  time  of  year  when  the  ground  was  not 
fro/cn.  The  sun  shone  every  day,  and  the  air  was  clear  and  cold,  but  with  a 
varying  degree  of  intensity.  On  most  of  the  days  there  was  warmth  enough 
to  cause  two  or  three  hours  of  thawing,  so  that  I  usually  encountered 
stretches  of  surface-mud,  slush,  and  water  in  mv  afternoon  rides  while  in 
the  early  forenoon,  until  traffic  had  worn  off  the  rough  edges  of  the  mud, 
slush,  and  water,  which  had  been  frozen  during  the  night,  the  wheeling  was 
dryer,  but  more  diflicult.  If  the  temperature  of  those  twelve  davs  had  uni- 
t  irmly  remained  just  low  enough  to  prevent  thawing,  the  roads  of  the  whole 
Si.te  of  Massachusetts  would  have  been  in  almost  ideal  trim  for  the  touring 
bicycler.  Of  course,  a  dozen  pleasant  days  in  succession  are  less  likely  to  be 
found  in  the  winter  than  in  the  spring  or  autumn,  and  they  are  very  unlikely 
ti)  favor  a  region  which  is  at  the  same  time  both  frost-bound  and  free  from  a 
great  depth  of  snow.  Sfill,  touring  at  any  possible  season  is  Jiable  to  be 
stopped  by  bad  weather.  We  must  all  take  our  chances  when  we  plan  an-, 
sport  for  out-of-doors.  And  the  peculiar  delights  which  attach  to  spinning 
.-ilently  across  wide  sweeps  of  territory,  when  Mother  Earth  is  arrayed  in  her 
robes  of  white,  are  assuredly  great  enough  to  make  t'-'e  chances  of  a  winter 
bicycle  tour  well  worth  the  taking. 

A  heavy  snow-storm  raged  for  12  h.,  or  more,  on  the  5th  of  January ;  but 
on  the  9th  I  again  mounted  "  Number  234,"  and  pushed  through  from  West 
Springfield  to  Hartford  in  5^  h., — the  distance  being  32  m.,  more  than  half  of 
wnich  belonged  to  a  truck  never  previously  explored  by  me.  Leaving  my 
beloved  wheel  at  the  manufactory,  for  its  winter  overhauling,  I  ran  to  the  r.  r. 
station  just  in  time  to  jump  on  the  express-train  for  New  York ;  and  I  felt 
properly  proud  of  my  suc:est  in  making  st?ch  a  "close  connection."  A  bit- 
ter blast  blew  sharply  against  my  back  on  that  final  day  of  my  winter  wheeling, 
and  the  snow  was  deeper  than  that  which  1  had  encountered  on  previous 
days.  Had  I  been  proceeding  northward  in  the  teeth  of  such  a  wind  I  should 
have  required  nearer  10  h.  than  5  h.  for  coverin,  the  same  distance.  The 
exercise  kept  me  comfortably  warm,  spite  of  the  frozen-up  appearance  pre- 
sented by  other  travelers  ;  and  the  rubber-overshoes,  which  enveloped  my 
boots,  served  the  additional  purpose  of  tightening  my  grip  on  the  pedals. 
As  another  great  snow-storm  raged  on  the  following  day,  I  had  the  satisfac- 
tion of  knowing  that  I  bad  inade  the  best  possible  choice  of  time  for  taking 
the  trip.  I  came  all  the  way  down  on  the  e.  side  of  the  river,  starting  at  8.40 
A.  M.,  and  dcing  the  first  10  m.  to  Enfield  in  2 J  h.     Below  here  I  had  always 


.     254  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

before  taken  the  tow-path,  on  the  w.  side.  and.  usually  indeed,  have  kept  ,o 
the  w.  s.de  for  the  whole  journey.     The  next  9  n,..  ending  at  East  W  1 
H,ll  post-office.  co,npr.sed   the  poorest  riding  of  all.  and  required  the  di  n  > 
mg  of  one  long  h.ll  and  the  ploughing  through  of  much  deep  snow     Thc.r" 
the  ndmg  was  almost  continuous,  and  was  increasingly  good  until  Hartford 
was  reached;  and  I  presume  the  track  might  prove  a  ndable  one  ev 
summer      (I  have  smce  found  it  so.  and  have  learned  of  its  being  travel 
w.thout  dismount  by  a  very  skilful  rider,-a  rumor  of  whose  exploit  w.s  a 
luded  to  by  me  on  p.  123.)  ^'" 

Such  was  my  first  experience  of  winter  wheeling ;  and  the  record  shows 
chat,  jn  the  sixteen  cays  described,  I  covered  nearly  400  m.  of  frozen  ground 
including  225  m.  of  separate  roadway,  without  mishap.  The  case  is  „e  ' 
haps  unusual  enough  to  deserve  thus  detailing  minutely,  and  the  mi  u^e 
•  details  that  1  have  given  must  certainlv  satisfy  the  most  sceptical  that  the 
man  on  the  bicycle  resembles  Death  on  the  pale  horse  in  at  least  this  respect 
he  has  all  seasons  for  his  own.  ' 

"Bradley's  Driving  and  Wheeling  Chart  of  Springfield  ar-i  Vicinity  "  (.0  by  rS  in     ,  ,n   ,„ 
•  m.,  Aug.  'S5,  mailed  for  25  c.  by  the   Milton  Bradley  Co  )  exhibits  ill  \Cr     7 
radius  of  Court  Square,  classified  by  lines  of  three  thickn  s'e       ''  Th    he         , "' r '"  '  "°  '"■ 
roads  which  connect  points  of  importance  and  are  s^i.S  foTanv  k^H  '"""V"  u""^  '  "=' 
l.nes.  roads  which  are  rather  rough  or  hilly,  though  reg  1  1 T  pt    „  J     b"7  '  '"'""" 

authority;  the  finest  lines,  wood  roads  or  tracks  which   are  n,.;,,        T        V7"  '"  '"""'' 
able  for  single  carriages,  though  liable  at  ti.ntL  be  cLT  i  It::!!:   '^Rt?  ^"IT'" 

the  b.cycle  are  indicated  by  lines  of  dashes,  parallel  to  ,he  reguKar  road-Hnes      and^-  e^  ' 
lent  roads,  winch  will  oblige  wheelmen  ,0  take  frequent  walks   bv   ines  o   dV  .  '''V""""'- 

first  nine  letters  of  the  alphabet  are  used  to  show  ,h.  of  hashes  and  dots.     The 

points  where  they  leave  th^  more  a::^::^:.  I     ;:i^^Tc'i:"' w^l^^e  n  '"T7'  ^'  "•^■ 
5S  are  used  to  show  the  most  important  junctions'of  road    th  oughout   he  c„u  Z^T^'"  "  '" 

.7-J.'     Th'Lntio:T;p;rcf.imat,raTe'^:f'''e::^^^^  ■«  -  ^'^^-^^-v. 

spending  wuh  the  time  at  comma  n   "h     nd    ated  tnl  r  ]        "7  '."  "^  "'^"^  ^"""• 

pleasure  by  the  use  of  cross-roads  "     The  MVn  t    '"P«  may  be  combmed  or  shortened  at 

middle,  allows  the  map  to  be  opened  like  ,h     1  7    u  ''''    '"  "^"'^"""S-  '■•'""?   >he 

the  central  fold,  you  havl  a  raXs  of    av  ,  m   i  <       ^  '  '"'  ""'"'^"'  *'"^  ""'  ""'"'■     '" 

on  the  side  fold        In  a  .rirn  or  s    whJn   "u    "".    k""  '"T'  "'"  "  '""^  "■  P-'""S^-- 


XX. 

IN  THE  DOWN-EAST  F0»^^.^ 

"  To  curve  on  the  outer  edge  "  is  said  to  be  usually  among  the  first  of  the 
noble  ambitions  which  fire  the  soul  of  the  tyro  at  the  wheel.  I  cannot  re- 
member that  my  own  spirit  was  ever  thrilled  by  any  such  vain  longing,  and  I 
certainly  have  no  desire  in  these  later  days  to  undertake  any  difficult  or  showy 
feats  while  in  the  saddle;  but  when  the  challenge  came  to  me,  that  I  attempt 
the  outer  curve  on  the  very  easternmost  edge  of  these  United  States,  —  that 
i  try  driving  my  bicycle  along  the  brink  of  the  historic  "  jumping-off  place 
of  our  national  domain,  without  letting  the  same  topple  over  into  the  dread- 
ful depths  beyond, — my  pride  was  so  strongly  appealed  to  that  I  felt  power- 
less to  say.  No.  I  had  previously  pushed  the  wheel,  in  solitary  st  e,  over 
about  3,000  m.  of  American  roadway,  and  had  ridden  twice  that  distance  alto- 
gether. On  a  few  rare  occasions,  other  riders  had  been  with  me  for  brief 
periods  ;  but  I  had  become  entirely  convinced  that  bicycle  touring  was,  for  a 
man  of  my  quiet  tastes,  pleasantest  and  most  practicable  when  practiced  alone. 
The  distinctive  charm  of  the  thing  is  its  freedom,— the  chance  it  gives  a  man, 
who  has  "  hitched  the  wings  to  his  feet,"  to  do  exactly  as  he  pleases  ;  to  fly 
swiftly  or  to  fly  slowly,  to  cover  many  miles  continuously  or  to  make  manv 
stops  by  the  waysi.le,  just  as  his  own  untrammeled  fancy  may  dictate, — and 
this  freedom  is  of  course  impaired  by  the  presence  of  even  a  single  com- 
panion, since  his  whims  and  freaks  and  desires  cannot  be  presume  to  be 
identical  with  one's  own  for  as  much  as  the  space  of  a  day.  I  do  not  pretend 
to  deny  tl  at,  if  one  of  my  intimate  friends  were  proved  by  long  experience  to 
be  possessed  of  about  the  same  riding  capacity  as  myself— to  enjoy  wheeling 
the  same  number  of  miles  a  day  which  I  do,  and  at  about  the  san.^  average  rate 
of  speed— I  might  have  more  pleasure  in  making  a  week's  tour  with 
.lim  than  I  could  have  in  making  it  alone.  The  gain  of  his  ,„npanionship 
migh  more  than  offset  the  !oss  of  individual  freedom;  but  -t  best  there 
wou.  !  be  some  such  loss,  and,  however  agreeable  th.-  -  ■••  .night  be  as  a 
jal  experience,  it  would  necessarily  fall  short  of  t'--  ;iest  ideal  of  bi- 
cycling. To  ride  faster  than  your  wont,  in  o.  'er  to  keep  up  with  .he  oth-r 
man;  to  ride  slower  than  you  wish,  in  order  that  ht  may  keep  op  with  you  ; 
to  .sturt  and  to  stop,  to  ea':  and  to  sleen,  at  the  tim-s  a..  '  ,ylaces  which  suit 
his  impulse  or  convenience  rather  thai.  _>our  own  --tht,c  are  the  things  which 
spoil  the  supreme  sense  of  liberty  such  as-jffu.ses  tije  soul  of  the" solitary 

'The  last  part  of  this  is  from  Tht  Sprinsfitld  Whetlmtn'.'.  C.^-xttte,  July,  1885. 


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256  TEA-  THOUSAXD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

wheelman  when  he  cuts  loose  from  care  and  conventional  obligations  and 

glKles  joyously  away  towards  Iresh  fields  and  pastures  new 

In  consenting,  therefore,  to  be  one   of  a  large  party  that  was  organi.i,,. 

f  r  a  week  s  exploration  of  the  roads  of  "  Way  Down  East."  I  entertained,"; 
lus.ons  as  to  the  prospect  ahead  of  me.     I  anticipated  that  the  ridin 

-."Id   be  slower  and   more  tiresome  and   less  interesting  than  if  engage, 
a  one.     liut  the  novelty  of  taking  a  tour  with  so  many  other  men  waf  a      , 
winch  seemed  suHiaentlv  pleasant  to  be  worth  making  some  sacrifice  for 
the  chance  of  reaiumgn,  practice  my  theoretical  conviction  that  the   be  t  lii 
c^xhng  must   be   nululged  in  solitarily,    n>ade   an  irresi,tible  appeal  t    n    ' 
Thus.  I  went  .nto  the  enterprise  with  much  the  same  spirit  as  tLt  whi  h 

S^i"  n  "  "f  "rf         ■  .'^"'""'^  "'  "'-^'  -^"-'^--  whin  he  went  in 
•Sen.o    Class  of  Harvard,  and   studied  a  year  for  its  degree,  "just  to  see  fo 
hnn.sel    what  the  blamed  thing  amounted  to,  anyhow."     He  expected  al  va 
to  dKshke  Harvard.  w,th  the  enthusiasm  proper  to  a  loyal  son  of  Yale,  but 
wanted  to  have  ,t  ,n  his  power  to   intelligently  defv  all   Harvard  men  uho 
m.ght  venture  to  say  that  his  prejudice  was  an  ignorant  one !     I,  too,  in  si,„i- 
lar   ash.on was  glad  to  do  some  touring  with  a  crowd,  in  order  that  no  one 
m>ghtany  longer  be  able  to    pretend  that  my  preference  for  solitarv  touring 
resulted  from  lack  of  personal   experience;  but  I  think  I  enjoved   the  excur 
s.on  qu.te  as  well  as  anv  of  my  fellow-tourists,  and   a  good   deal   better  thu, 
some  o   them.     My  extensive   acquaintance  with  the  general   perils  and  n,'].- 
haps  which  overhang  e^ery  prolonged  scheme  of  out-door  nlcasuring  and  nv 
firm  convct.on  of  the  special  discomforts  which  must  result  from  attachin.^'  \ 
crowd  to  anv  such  scheme,  caused   me  to  discount   at   the  start  all   possible 
roubles.     I  was  well  prepared  from  the  very  outset  to  take  a  philosophic  and 
humorous  v.ew  of  the  case,  whatever  might  befall.     The  delavs   and   disnn- 
l-omtments  and  mischances  which  embittered  and  exasperated  the  others' i, 
much,  apparently,  as  if  the  fogs  and  rains  and  blistering  sunshine  were  abso- 
utely  novel    reaks  of  nature,  unaccountably  devised  for  their  especial  punish- 
ment)    an  old  campaigner  "  like  myself  could  afford  to  accept  with  a  snnlin^ 
ace  and  an  equal   mind.     I  feel  sorrv  for  the  man   who  has  no  capacitv  fo^ 
bemg  amused  at  contemplating  the  supremely  effective  wav  in  which  a  given 
b,    of  bad   weather  has  suppressed  his  own   most  elaborate  and  cherished 
schemes  for  out-door  amu.scment !     That  alternative  chance  for  enjovmen*  i. 
by  me  always  held  in  reserve,  as  an  essential  part  of  the  game !     Thr-.e  was 
somethmg  very  ludicrous,  therefore,  about  the  doleful   face,    -f  my  tellow- 
suffcrers,  as  they  peered  into  mine  through  the  fog,  day  aft.r  da^,  and  petu- 
lantly    wondered  if  there  would  ever  be  an  end  to  it."     And,  w-hen  the  end 
of  It  came   there  was  something  still  more   ludicrous  about  the  dismal   vigor 
w,th  which  they  mopped  the  sweat  from  their  brows,  a  H  cried  aloud  for  the 
return  of  the  fog,  that  it  might  mercifully  ward  off  th.  bbzing  rays  of  the  sun  ! 
At  the  last,  however,  "all  ended  happily-  and  I  thini.  that  all,  or  nearlv  all, 
the  tourists  returned  to  their  homes  in  the  happy  belief  that  they  had  "had  a 


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;ooJ  lime  anyhow,"  spite  of  the  fogs  and  spite  of  their  failure  to  indulge  in 
iiKiiiy  miles  of  bicycling. 

The  tour  was  planned  and  carried  through  by  one  of  the  younger  proprietors 
'.f  the  Porthind  Transcript,  whose  patriotic  desire  to  remove  the  prevalent  im- 
pression that  "there  are  no  good  roads  in   Maine"  led  iiim  to  pr,  pare  an 
article  for  the  IV/uvlman  (February,  1883),  "sketching  a  route  in  the  extreme 
eastern    part   of    the    Pine   Tree    State,   embracing    excellent    roads,   grand 
scL-nery,  good  hotels,  and  a  climate  that,  during  the  summer  months,' cannot 
1.C   surpassed  for  its   delightful   coolness.       What  more  can    be   desired'" 
a.ked  he.     "  Will  not  tho   :  wheelmen  who  would  like  to  organize  a  summer 
party  to  open  up  th,s  region,  as  yet  unexplored  by  bicycles,  correspond  with 
n.c  and  agree  upon  a  date  and  other  details .'    Come  East !  good  friends  ;  come 
i:ast ! "     The  responses  to  this  appeal  were  soon  numerous  enou-h  to'  show 
tl.at  a  party  could  be  formed;  and  a  six  days'  route  was  therefore  planned 
...    It,  begmnmg  at  Eastport  on  Tuesday  morning,  June  19,  and  ending  at 
Machiasport  on  Sunday  evening.     Between  those   objective  points  and  I'ort- 
land  the  party  were  to  be  carried  by  steamer,  so  that  the  entire  excursion  was 
to  occupy  exactly  a  week,  beginning  and  ending  on  a  Monday  evenin-      A 
lonnal   circular  was   issued  on   the    20th   of    April,   announcing    these  "facts 
U-vmg  full  details  of  each  dav's  riding,  and  n.uning  Sco  and  325  as  the  possi-' 
hie  limits  of  expense;  and,  at  the  conclusion  of  negotiations  with  the  steam- 
ship agents  and  local   hotel-keepers,  a  second  circular  definitely    informed 
each  participant  that  he  would  be  expected,  on  startin,-  from  Portland   to  pay 
>22  to  the  treasurer  of  the  expedition,  which   sum  would  cover  all  expenses 
until   the  return   to  that  city,  a  week  later.     A  final  assessment  of  ^,  each 
however,  had  to  be  made  to  satisfy  the  extra  costs  of  the  rains  and  fogs  for 
these  compelled  the  whole  party  to  be  draggca  a  dozen  miles  by  horse-power 
on  the  hrst  day,  to  i  ide  twice  that  distance   in  a  steam-tug  on  the  second  dav 
and  again  on  the  third,  and  to  solace  themselves  by  music  and  dancing  during 
the  intermediate  night. 

There  were  thirty-six  men  in  the  cavalcade  which  astonished  the  natives 
'>t  Kastport,  that  cloudy  Tuesday  morning,  and  silently  sped  along  the  main 
street  and  up  the  hill  and  so  out  into  the  country,  bevond  tlie  gaze  of  the 
acimirmg  multitude  which  had  crowded  the  sidewalks  and  filled  the  windows 
i.ul  doorways.  Three  only  were  from  Portland  :  the  organizer  and  com- 
mander of  the  expedition,  the  treasurer,  and  the  inventor  of  many  ingenious 
devices  dear  to  bicyclers-who  now  appeared  in  the  role  of  an  amateur  pho- 
tosrapner.  Maine,  however,  had  one  other  representative,  in  the  person  of  a 
student  from  the  State  Agricultural  College,  the  son  of  an  ex-Covernor,  and 
>.ic  youngest  member  of  the  party,  yet  at  the  same  time  one  of  the  tallest  and 
•■no  of  our  most  persistent  and  reckless  riders.  New  Hampshire  sent  a  pair 
"t  •  American  Star  "  men  who  drove  their  peculiar  machines  (the  "  Star  •' 
has  Its  httle  wheel  in  front)  into  Portland,  a  distance  of  45  m.  from  home, 
over  a  rather  inferior  roadway,  in  less  than  7  h.  of  the  forenoor.  of  the  start 


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258  TEjV  thousand  .\fILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Nova  Scotia  also  had  two  representatives,  who  joined  the  party  at  Eastport  • 
while  Wisconsin,  Connecticut,  New  Vorii  and  Pennsylvania  each  had  one — 
the  latter  being  a  Philadelphia  lawyer  and  the  heaviest  rider  of  all.     I  myself 
was  the  only  New  Yorker.     The   remaining  twenty-four  were  Massachusetts 
men,  residing  within  a  radius  of  40  m.  fr-jm  Boston,  and  a  half-dozen  of  them 
residing  in  that  city.     Among  these  men  from  the  Hub  was  the  literary  editor 
of  the  Whcelm.in,  a  graduate  the  previous  summer  from  an  Illinois  college, 
whose  report  in   that  magazine  (Jan.  and    Feb.,  1884,  pp.  243-254,  338-347) 
may  be   considered  the   "  official   history "  of  the   expedition ;  and  also  the 
special  artist— an  Englishman  of  twice  his  age— whose  spirited  sketches  help 
enliven  the  aforesaid  history.    The  artist   rode  in  a  carriage,  which  he  usua'lv 
kept  in  the  wake  of  the  rear-guard;  for,  though  a  good  comrade  when  the  pro- 
cession was  not  in  motion,  he  was  not  a  bicycler  except  in  sympathv.     The 
character  of  representative  Bostonian,  however,  should  probably  be  attributed 
to  the  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Bicycle   Club,  a  middle-aged  lawyer, 
who  took  to  the  wi-eel  quite  disconsolately  in  18S0,  as  a  rather  doubtful  pro- 
tector against  slowly-declining  health,  "when  ])hysicians  were  in  vain";  and 
who   distinguished   himself  on    the  28th  of  September,   1882,  by  riding   iiS 
m.,  between  4.52  A.  M.  and  10.30  p.  m.,— a  period  whereof  12  h.  41  min.  were 
spent  in  the  saddle  and  the  other  5  h.  in  resting, — the  final  20  m.  being  ridden 
in  ihe  dark  and  10  of  them  in  a  rain-storm.     The  "  champion  "  roadster  of 
our  party,  however,  was  a  sturdily-built  Worcester  man,  only  a  little  past  his 
majoritv,  who  in  November,  iSS_-,  took  a  ride  of  179  m.,  beginning  and  cndin;' 
at  Stnith  Framingham  at  5  P.  M. ;  and  who  also  took  another  ride  straight 
across  the  country  from   Worcester  to   Boston  without  leaving  his  saddle, 
though  the  distance  considr  1  ably  exceeded   40  m.,  and  the  first  half  of  the 
course  was  by  no  means  a  level  or  smooth  one.     (See  p.  in.)     In  October. 
1SS3,  a  road-race  of  100  m.,  in  the  region  around  Boston,  was  won  by  him  in 
9j  h. ;   and  a  track-race  of  100  m.,  in  a  park  at  Washington,  in  less  than  7^  h. 
We  also  boasted  of  a  Methodist  clergyman  who  had  recently  ridden  50  ni. 
in  5}  h.,  in  making  a  round  trip  between  his  home  and  Boston,  and  who  on  a 
previous  occasion  had  done  So  m.  in  a  day.     Our  party,  furthermore,  com- 
prised two  or  three  editors  or   newspaper-men,   a  physician,  a  mechanic.il 
engineer,  a  manufacturing  jeweler,  a   hotel-keeper,  a  shoemaker,  a  travelin-; 
agent  for  gravestones,  a  bank-teller,  a  private  secretary,  a  book-keei)er  and 
tradesmen,  .salesmen  and  clerks   of  various  sorts.     As  regards  age,  all  save 
three  had  passed  their  majoritv,  and  those  were  in  their   twentieth  vear ; 
fifteen    had    entered    their   third    decade,    a, id    the    average    of    the    entire 
party  exceeded  29  years.     Our  oldest  member,  who  was  in  his  42d  year,  was 
also  our  lightest  one,  weighing  but  1 15  lbs.,  while  our   heaviest  man  tipped 
the  scales  at  182  lbs.     A  dozen  of  the  party  were  married,  and  there  were 
eight  who  used  eye-glp.sses,  though  only  half  that  number  wore  their  specta- 
cles  continuously  while  riding.     The  "average  diameter"  of  the  wheels  was 
53    in.,— the    largest    actual  diameter  being  58    and    the    smallest    being  46. 


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JiHt  half  the  party  rode  si^es  between  50  and  52  ;  there  was  only  a  single  48, 
and  only  a  pair  of  sS's.  The  "  big  Injuns  "  who  drove  the  latter  respectively 
represented  Milwaukee.  Wis.,  and  Windsor,  N.  S.  My  own  venerable  bicy- 
cle was  the  littlest  of  all  ;  but  I  must  be  allowed  here  to  boast  in  its  behalf 
that  it  had  seen  far  more  service  than  any  of  the  awe-inspiring  giants  which 
towered  magnificent  inches  above  it,  and  had  probably  traversed  more  distinct 
miles  of  American  roadway  than  could  be  described  by  combining  the  road- 
records  of  the  whole  thirty-four  of  them  ! 

The  matter  of  introductions  and  acquaintance-making  was  facilitated  by 
distributing  a  printed  list  of  the  names  and  residences  of  the  "  participan'ts,'" 
who  were  otherwise  described  as  the  "  Portland   Bicycle  Club  and  Invited 
Guests  ";  and  the  same  card  also  contained  an  outline-map  of  the  section  of 
country  to  be  traversed  and  a  brief  description  of  each  day's  route.     Most  of 
tlie  "guests"  had  gone  to  Portland  by  train  or  boat,  in  advance  of  June  18, 
in  accordance  with  the  wish  of  the   local   riders,  who  devoted  that  day  to 
showing  them  th»  honors  of  their  city.     I  have  already  said  that  the  two  New 
Hampshire   men  rode  thither  on  their  wheels;  and  several  of  those  from 
Massachusetts   also   engaged    in    some    touring    on    the   way,    though    they 
finished  by  train,  as  the  roads  for  50  or  60  m.  southwestwardly  from  Portland 
arc  too  soft  and  rough  for  pleasant   riding.     I  myself,  in   leaving  New  York, 
wheeled  up  the  e.  bank  of  the  river  as  far  as  Hudson   (taking  train  over  the 
bad  intermediate  stretch  from  Tarrytown  to  Fishkill  ;  see  p.  105),  .and,  sev- 
eral days  later,  on  the  i6th  and  17th,  from  Spil'  1  to  Hoston'(see  p.'iio). 
I  rode  upwards  of  58  m.  on  the  latter  day,  anu     ,,Mugh    he  first-half  of  the 
course  was  rather  difficult,  I  felt  in  excellent  trim  ne.xt  n.ornirg  when  I  em- 
lurked  at  8  o'clock  on  the  International  Line  steamer,  wher,   I  found  five  other 
of  the  "  invited  guests  "  ready  to  sail  with  me  for  Portland.     We  reached  there 
at  4  w  M.,  and  as  the  boat  was  to  make  a  two  hours'  delay,  some  of  us  strolled 
ashore,  to  inspect  the  city  a  little  and  introduce  ourselves  to  the  main  body 
ot  the  excursionists.     These  straggled    down  to  the  dock  as  6  o'clock  ap- 
proached, with  bags  and  baggage  dangling  from  their  hands  or  handle-b.ars, 
and  duly  bestowed  their  wheels  and  persons  in  the  appointed  places  about 
the  boat.     No  vain    attempt  was  m.ade  to  impress  the   'longshoremen  and 
whaif-hands  with    the   splendor   of  the  occasion,  bv  "  riding    down    to    the 
steamer   in  a  body  ";    but  the    Portland  Bicycle   Club  kept  up  their  escort 
duties  till  the  last,  finishing  with  many  cheers  .and  congratulatory  outcri.  s  as 
the  boat  finally  moved   off,  with  three  of  their  number  and  thirty  of  their 
"united  guests"  responding  gayly  from  the   upper  deck.     The  gayety  was 
Tiot  very  long  continued,  however,  for  at  the  conclusion  of  a  veiv  lively  sup- 
per, some  of  the  bold  bicyclers  began  to  grow  seasick  ;  and  those  who  con- 
greg.ited  on  the  upper  deck,  to  smoke   and  chat,  could  not  help  having  their 
spirits  somewhat  dampened  by  the  overcast  skv.  which  plainly  threatened 
bad  weather  for  the  morrow.     Then,  too,  the  captain  appeared,  with  solemn 
face,  to  warn  us  that  we  had  Death  for  a  fellow-passenger,— a  lady  who  em- 


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l)arked  at  I'ortland  in  ajjparcnt  health  and  vigor  having  suddenly  expired 
when  .she  reached  her  state-rooin.  \Vc  were  ([uite  (|uiet  alter  that,  and  so(iii 
took  to  our  beds. 

Kastport,  the  extreme  eastern  port  of  the  United   States,  stnnds  on  an 
island  perhaps  5111.  long,  connected  by  a  short  bridge  with   the  mainland  ot 
Maine,  and   lying    opposite    the    much   larger   island  of  Campobello,  whicli 
belongs  to  New  Brunswick.     When  we  disembarked  there,  at  a  little  after  S 
o'clock  on  the  morning  of  Tuesday,  June  19,  there  was  no  need  that  our  pair 
of   rival   buglers   should    announce    the    fact   by  "calling  the  as.sembly "  in 
clarion  blasts.     The  fact  of  the  tour  had  been  announced  and  reiterated  for 
several  weeks  preceding  by  all  the  local  papers  of  that  part  of  the  State,  and 
the    inhabitants    of  the   whole    region   round  about   had   at  that   eariv  hour 
fiixked  into  the  town  to  d,i  us  reverence.     They  were  very  gooc'-natnred  and 
deferential  and  anxious  tojilease  this  mir.iculously-mounted  body  of  invader^, 
at   the   same   time   that  they  gra'ilieil   iln-ir   curiosity   cimccrning  them;  an,l 
the-r  only  repret  seemed  to  attach  to  the  necessarily  transitory  nature  of  the 
e.xhijitinn.  which,  as  one  of  th(  m  said,  "  was  ten  times  more  fim  than  anv 
circ  IS  that  nvei  came  to  Kastport.  '     \ot  a  few  prolonged  their  enjovment  of 
»he  novel  spectacle  bv  following  the  procession  in  carriages  for  rpaite  a  dis- 
tance out  of  the  village.     Three  and  a  half  miles  out  at  ic  o'clock,  \  h.  from 
the   stait,  tie   firs;    halt   was   sounded,  en  a  hi.l-top,  and  the   photographer 
tcok   l)is  "  l-st  shot"  at  the  intelligent  visages  of  his  fellow-cyclers.     Hi. 
seemingly  u.idue  haste,  in    thus    beginning    lield-practice  with    the  amateur 
camera,  proved  in  f.act  to  be  a  consummate   di.splay  of  foresight,— a  wise  dU- 
counting  of  the  probable  pitfalls  ahead, -tor  this  was  really  the  latest  po.ssible 
period  ot  the  tour  at  \.hicii  the  entire  party  could  offer  for  photographic  per- 
petuation a  set  of  faces  which  \v."-e  unscarred. 

The  ascent  to  the  hill  had  been  gradual,  but  the  descent  was  more  abrupt 
(so  steep  it  seemed  to  me.  indeed,  in  riding  down,  that  whc..,  tv^o  days  later, 
on  the  return  trip,  I  round  [  had  ridden  to  the  top  of  it,  I  almost  doubted  its 
identity),  and  at  uie  foo.  of  the  hill  was  a  little  ''corduroy  bridge,"  or  water- 
course rudely  made  of  logs,  the  si.les  of  which  were  not  well  banked  with 
earth.  I  remember  that  I  sat  well  back  and  took  a  tremendous  jolt  as  i 
bounded  acio  it  ;  so  1  was  mt  surprised  to  soon  hear  the  whistle  again  call 
a  halt  and  th  word  pass  alou-  to  the  front:  "Man  r)ff  ;  ba<ily  luirt."  i. 
proved  to  '-e  ,ine  of  the  oldest  of  our  married  men,  and  a-i  eYi)er;enced  and 
careful  rider,  who  .ad  been  ^'ated  thu>  to  cake  the  first  fligl  t  over  the  iiandlc 
bar  and  plunge  his  h.^  1  a.;ainst  the  "  s.^riic  -nd  unyielding  soil  of  .Maine." 
His  nose  -howeu  *he  .vorst  effe  s  of  the  siioc'  .  for  v  '  led  profusely  and  was 
l>retty  thoroughly  "skinned"-  ,,ut,  as  no  bones  were  broken,  he  decided  n.>'. 
to  abando.i  the  to.i%  ti^ ough  for  the  rest  of  thf.  forenoon  he  was  obliged  t^i 
ride  v.ith  ;  haiidkeirhief  about  his  face  :.«  a  inu.dage;  and  I  believe  he  did 
rot  shed  th,-  la-,-  scra-s  of  ..ourtpla  ^t,.  r  .ii.tH  the  very  morning,  eight  dav.s 
later,  when  he  wheehd  loiiieward  to   the  b.som  of  his  family.     This  inifal 


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n. cdent  caused  a  half-hour's  delay  ;  and.  at  a  hill-top  about  4  m.  further  on 
-..n,    erpass.HKthc  v.llage  of  I'crry,  there  was  another  long   stopple   i„' 
;.nler  that  the  s.raggln.g  rear-guard   might  have  a  chance   to    "  catch  up  " 
I  ere  was  a  short  slope  on  this  hill,  which  no  one  w.s  quite  able  to  conque'r 
-ut  I  beheve  there  was  no  other  grade  of  the  whole  forenoon's  ride  whi  h 
«as  not  mounted  by  one  or  another   of  our  .nore   expert  hill-climberV    n' 
-oner  had   the  rear-guard   reached  the  sun.mit  just  nlmed.  than  the    hot! 
r:.lwK.r  made   s.gns  of  again  attempting   to  acco-nplish  his  purpose     1    t.h'- 
■  ruw.  cr,ed  hm.  to  shauK-.     They  saul  that  the  signs  of  coming  rain  m  d     a 
■noa.  /orc,b,e  appeal  to  th.„.     It  was   now  ahnost  .linner-timet  and  th  J  h,d 
.on,ucred  hardly  „u.,e  t    .a  half  the  road  leading  to  the  dinner  table.    1^ 
I        already  y.e.ded    to   hunger;  the   „.en    slid   in.o  their   saddles;  and  the 
|h,uce  of  the.r  presence  giving  pi  otographic  immortality  to  that    ,artia  la 
-l.cape,  d.sappeared  forever.      Ffere.  too.  was  abandoned  all    pre.e   s     o 
l<ccpn,g  up  a  connnuous  line.  !,y  handicapph^g  the  fast   riders  to  tL  capacity 
'the  slow  ones;  and   as  occasional  scattering  rain-drops  combined  wi  h  the 
Muell  of  d„,ner  to  make  a  rather  effective  spur,  the  general  progress  because 
■nor.  rapKl  and  some  of  the  separated  groups    indulged  n,  siift'^lashes  ^Z 
..n.ted  bv  smooth  p.eces  of  road.     It  was  in  one  of  these  spurts  that  the 
second  serious  acculent   of  the  .lay  took  place,  and   it  proved  to  be  the  hst 
nnc   of    he    tour.     An    expert    rider   of    lioston.  speeding  along  on  a  level 
.K.ch   took   no  note   of  a  "corduroy  bridge"  until   flung   headlong  to  the 
..round,  wth  lacerated  wrists  and  furehead  and  lower-jaw.     If.s  injuries  did 
-..  prove  senous,  and  the  visible  signs  of  them  wore  off  in  the  course  of  a 
wee.;  but  he  was  one   of  the  six  who  withdrew   fro,  .   the  tour  three  davs 
uer.  out  of  despa,r  over  the  continuous  fogs.     There  were  probably  as  many 
a,  half  a  dozen  other  tumbles  in  the   curse  of  the  forenoon's  ride,  but  none 
of  the,n  m.portant  enough  to  draw  blood   or  cause  delav;  and  I  n.vself  had 
un  narrow  escapes  fron.  overthrow  by  the  rising  up  of  mv  rear  wheel  on 
own-grades.      1  he  Brewer   House  in  Robbinston,  ,7  m.  from   the  start,  was 
eache<    by  me   at  10  nnn.  past  i  o'clock,  and  I  was  about   midway  l,e.ween 
tae  hrst  arrivals  and   the    last,  which    covered    a   period    of  \  h.      fhe    two 
w.Hnuled  men   came   in  among  the  last,  but   they  both  rode   their  wheels  to 
!'-•  end.     .So  the  baggage-wagon  which  brought  up  the  rear  was  not  made  to 
'loambulance-duty  on  their  behalf,  though  I  believe  that  one  tired  stra^cler 
resorted  to  it  during  the  last  mile  or  so  of  the  trip. 

An  dmirable  dinner  was  ready  and  waiting  when  we  arrived  at  Robbins- 
o  ,  b-t  before  sittmg  down  to  it  we  quenched  our  thirst  with  innumerable 
,^  'blots  of  milk  and  gave  thanks  for  the  forethought  of  the  organizer  of  the 
e.M'eumon  in  specifically  contracting  with  the  landlord  that  this  preliminary 
revesnnent.as  well  as  a  plentiful  supply  of  water,  wash-bowls  and  toweK 
-  ""Id  In.  mst.ntly  accessible  on  our  arrival.  The  rain-drops  had  lost  their' 
f.  and  intermittent  character  by  the  time  the  latest  wheel  had  reached  the 
^hc  ter  of  the  tent  on  the  lawn  ;  and  during  our  stay  at  the  dinner-table  they 


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assumed  the  phase  of  a  heavy  shower  which  promised  to  continue  indcfinitclv 
As  the  excellent  little  inn  had  no  tacilitics  for  lodging  so  large  a  paity,  and 
as  arrangements  had  been  made  for  spending  the  night  at  the  American 
House,  in  the  city  of  Calais,  \2  nv  beyond,  negotiations  w<re  opened  'jy  tele- 
phone with  the  landlord  thereof  which  ultimately  resulted  in  his  sending 
down  two  or  three  large  covered  "  barges,"  about  nightfall,  and  luulin"  the 
tourists  thither  by  horsc-|K)wer.  The  conmiittee  conducting  these  negotia- 
tions tirst  sought  for  horses  and  wagons  in  Robbinston,  and  learned,  when 
just  too  late,  that  the  party  might  readily  have  gone  thence  to  (  alais  by  the 
afternoon  steanil)oat,  if  they  had  bestirred  themselves  immedi  Uely  after  din. 
ner.  The  forenoon  had  been  quite  cool,  but  though  I  soon  threw  off  mv 
jacket,  the  perspiration  caused  by  the  vigorous  exercise  had  been  sufficient  to 
dampen  my  riding-shirt  and  soak  my  underclothing  ;  and  the  prospect  of  bein" 
slowly  dragged  by  night  through  a  chilly  rainstorm  over  a  dozen  mihs  of 
muddy  highway,  with  two  thicknesses  of  wet  llannel  clinging  to  my  person, 
did  not  ajjpeal  to  me  as  exhilarating.  As  a  choice  of  evils,  I  decided  to  at- 
tempt wheeling  myself  to  Calais,  through  the  mud  and  rain.  I  could  at  ail 
events  continue  to  keep  warm  in  that  way,  and  the  drenching  of  my  outer 
garments  could  not  possibly  make  me  wetter  or  more  uncomfortable.  Anv 
thing  seemed  better  than  an  afternoon  of  listless  inactivity  and  uncertain  wait- 
ing ;  and,  in  case  the  mud  proved  too  much  for  me,  I  could  come  back  ayain, 
or  wait  at  some  farm-house  for  the  arrival  of  the  "  barge." 

Having  worked  myself  up  to  this  decision,  I  wasted  further  time  in  trviii" 
to  persuade  some  of  the  other  tourists  to  accompany  me;  but  none  of  the 
half-dozen  or  more  who  were  on  general  princii)les  disposed  to  do  sn,  liap. 
pened  to  have  an  extra  riding-sui^  among  his  baggage,  and  none  therefore 
cared  to  court  the  necessity  of  lying  abed  in  Calais  during  the  time  requisite 
for  drying  his  damaged  suit  into  usable  condition  again.  So  alone  I  started 
northward,  through  the  mud,  at  4.10  r.  M.,  with  a  driving  rainstorm  at  my 
back.  Helped  thus  by  the  wind,  I  completed  6  m.  at  the  end  of  the  first  h', 
and  reached  the  hotel  in  Calais  at  20  min.  past  6  o'clock.  Within  five  min- 
utes afterwards,  or  as  soon  as  I  had  washed  the  abundant  mud  from  my  boots 
and  wheel,  by  a  liberal  application  of  the  hose,  the  baggage-wagon  arrived, 
and  I  was  enabled  to  at  once  assume  dry  clothes,  partake  (quietly  of  supper 
and  get  the  nickel  of  my  bicycle  dried  and  polished  to  an  ideal  condition  of 
splendor,  before  the  arrival  of  the  first  barge  from  Robbinston,  with  its  noisy 
but  rather  jovial  troop  of  tourists,  who  hastened  to  congratulate  me  on  my 
angelic  appearance  in  a  clean  suit  of  white,  and  then  hurried  hungrily  to  the 
supper  room.  It  was  now  half-past  S  o'clock,  and  the  second  barge-load  did 
not  arrive  till  about  2  h.  later.  Meanwhile,  the  rain  had  continued  to  fall, 
with  varying  degrees  of  intensity,  though  there  was  a  brief  cessation  of  the 
downpour  soon  aft'  r  my  own  journey  ended.  My  velveteen  riding  clothes, 
though  so  well  soaked  then  as  to  require  20  h.  behind  the  stove  for  drying, 
had  really  shed  the  rain  much  better  than  would  have  beeii  expected,  and 


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t..-.s  mcrciscd  my  confulencc  in  the  superiority  of  this  particular  sort  of  fabric 
t„r  such  uses.  I  had  no  falln  durin.  those  dozen  miles;  I  did  no  extensive 
walking  except  on  the  upgrade.;  and  I  stuck  to  my  .addle  on  all  the  down, 
ward  slopes  but  two. 

So  lung  as  one  manages  to  keep  in  motion,  and  so  long  as  there  is  a  hard 
1-otton,   beneath  the  surface  mud  and   the   puddles  of  water  which   he   plows 
through.      r.dn,g  in  the  rain  "  is  not  specially  difficult,  and  it  has.  like  ni.ht- 
Mchng.  a  sort  of  grim  fascina^.n  of  its  own.     The  worst  part  of  it  is  the  need 
ni   occasional   d.s„,ounts,  for,  when  breeches  and   saddle   are  both    wet  and 
uhcn  soles  and   pedals  are  both  muddy,  there  is  considerable  trouble  about 
,ctnnK  smoothly  settled  into  one's  seat  again  and  resuming  the  proper  sort  of 
!m-,h  on  the  cranks.     Ilill-climbing  of  course  becomes  much  harder,  as  the 
rubber  tire  partly  loses  its  grip ;  and   the  same   increase  of  slippciness  also 
HKrcases  the  danger  of  side-falls,  especially  on  curves  or  ruts.     The  direction 
•n.d  lorce  of   the  wind,  which  is  always  an  important  matter  in  bicvcling   be- 
comes of  supreme  consequence  when  a  man  attempts  riding  in  a  storm  of  rain 
J.  snow   or  on  a  .steep  upward  gr.ade  ;  for.  if  it  be  strongly  adverse,  it  is  apt  to 
bo  prohibitory.     Had  the  storm  been  at  my  f.ace  instead  of  at  my  back,  on  the 
auernoon  m  cp.estion,  I  should  doubtless  have  been  4  h.  rather  than  z  in  doing 
...e  .2  m.  to  Calais  and  shoul  1   have  reached  there   in  decidedly  jaded  con 
u.tion.     As  a  ma  ter  of  fact  the  ride  left  nu  in  excellent  trim,  physically  ;  and 
when  once  more  I  was  drily  clothed  and  in  my  right  mind  to  spend  the  :.ven- 
.ng-at  Ictter-wnting.  I  could  afford  to  laugh  at  the  "freshness  "  of  those  of  mv 
-mpanions  who  had  started  off  for  a  week's  touring  amid  the  Down-EasI 
fo,s  without  anticipating  the   possibility  of  getting  rained  on,  and   without 
prohtmg  by  the  convenience  of  the  promised  baggage-wagon  for  the  convey- 
ance of  e.xtrn  jackets  and  shoes  and  breeches. 

I  could  afford  to  laugh  still  more  heartily  when  the   Calais  Advertiser  in- 
..rmed  an  interested  public  that  "  the  gentleman  who  came  to  town  on   his 
..cvcle,  through   ram  an,!  mud.  on  his  arrival   at  the  American   House,  was 
akcn  with  severe  cramps  in  his  limbs  and  suffered  much  pain  for  a  while   but 
c  has  got  over  it  and  is  doing  nicely.    The  rest  of  the  party  were  brought  up 
Irom  Robbinston  by  the   hotel  conveyances,  and  arrived  a  little  after  ten 
0  clock,  apparently  considerably  1,  .ged  out."     It  appears  from  this  that  even 
on  the  remote  border-line  of  Maine,  "at   the  head  of  navigation  on  the  St 
mix  river     there  may  be  found  rewspaper-men  who  have  perfectly  caught 
tl>e  tnck  of  our  most  advanced  and  enterprising  metropolitan  journalises  - 
who  can,  having  conceived  a  theory  of  a  current  event  or  fact  (for  example 
a    a  man  who  propels  a  bicycle  in  a  rainstorm  over  a   dozen  miles  of 
uddy  roa<l  must  be  thereby  disabled  as  to  his  legs  :  or  that  a  party  who  have 
HKlnlged  m  bicycling  for  a  few  hours,  even  under  quite  favorable  conditions 
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authoritative — to  all  save  the  insignificant  few  who  know  it  is  a  liet    The 
editor  of  the  Advertiser  ought  not  to  hide  such  gifts  behind  the  lumber-mills 
cf  Calais.     Let  him  come  down  here  to  New  York  City,  if  he  wishes  them 
to  be  appreciated  I    More  than  one  leading  journal  would  be  glad  to  give  him 
the  desk  where  its  "  special  despatches  "  from  remote  capitals  are  regularly 
written  ;  and  during  the  great  strike  of  the  telegraphers  his  services  would 
anywhere  have  commanded  the  highest  conceivable  price!     I  have  very  little 
doubt  that  the  condition  of  my  legs  at  630  p.  m.  on  the  19th  of  June,  i88j, 
was  for  seve'al  days  therepfter  the  leading  topic  of  conversation  throughout 
the  city  of  Calais;  and  that  among  the  more  disputatious  and  argumentative 
classes  of  citizens,  it  formed  a  bone  of  contention  for  many  months  there- 
after     To  be  sure,  the  Advertiser's  hated  rival  quickly  contradicted  the  storv 
of  my  exhausted  condition,  and  went  rather  to  the  other  extreme  in  saying 
that  my  "trip  through  the  rain,  though  not  a  pleasant,  was  an  easy  one  ;  and 
the  weakest  wheelman  in  the  party  could  have  made  twice  the  distance  on 
muddier  roads."    Nevertheless,  as  the  story  of  the  "cramps"  was  rer.llv 
"  put  in  print,'*  those  intelligent  lumbermen  whose  reflections  upon  bicycling 
are  conceived  in  a  sceptical  and  hostile  spirit,  will  undoubtedly  insist,  to  the 
end  of  their  lives,  that  there  must  have  been  "  something  in  it,"  even  though 
they  gradually  abandon  their  first  shrewd  I-told-you-so,  as  illustrated  by  the 
sad  case  of  "  that  New  York  feller,  who  fied  to  show  us  what  he  could  do, 
and  came  near  being  lamed  for  life."     It  seems  probable  enough,  indeed, 
that  no  bicycler,  traveling  a  dozen  miles,  alone,  on  a  rainy  and  foggy  after- 
ternoon,  through  such  a  thinly-settled  country,  ever  before  had  so  good  a 
chance  to  "  show  off "  in  the  sight  of  so  many  people.     A  watch  for  the  ex- 
pected cavalcade  had  apparently  been  kept  for  hours  from  the  front  windows 
of  every  house  on  the  road ;  and  when  I  told  the  people  (who  rushed  out 
through  the  storm  to  look  at  me,  and  question  me  as  to  "  when  the  others 
were  coming  ")  that  there  were  no  "  others  coming  "  except  in  covered  car- 
riages,—that  I  myself  personally  comprised  the  sum  and  substance  of  all  the 
circus  to  be  exhibited  that  afternoon,— the  gaze  which  had  been  originally 
designed  for  distribution  am.ong  three  dozen  riders  was  concentrated     ,)on 
the  single  one  with  such  intensity  that  it  cut  me  through  and  through !     If 
only  my  unknown  calumniator  of  the  Advertiser  could  have  imagined  how 
this  prolonged  "ovation  "  caused  my  heart  to  beat;  how  this  consciousness 
of  being  eagerly  watched  from  many  windows  as  an  important  and  interest- 
ing personage  inflated  my  vanity  to  the  bursting  point ;  how  this  knowledge 
that  I  was  for  that  twelve  miles  "  the  whole  expedition,"  suffused  my  soul 
with  a  truly  Jack-Horner-esque  complacency,— he  would  not  have  resorted  to 
"  cramps  "  as  an  explanation  ol  my  theoretically  dangerous  physical  condition ; 
he  would  have  laid  it  to  heart  disease  I 

The  route  planned  for  the  second  day  of  the  tour  led  in  the  forenoon 
from  Calais  to  Dennysville,  16  m.,  and  in  the  afternoon  to  I.ubec,  a  similar 
distance  beyond.      Dennysville   was  described   as   "a   veritable  gem  of  a 


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country  village,  whose  noble  elms  form  archways  over  the  smooth  streets 
and  whose  large,  square  houses,  set  somewhat  back  from  the  road,  tell  of 
peace  and  plenty";  and  Lubec  as  " picturesquely  situated  oa  a  high  bluff 
opposite  the  island  of  Campobello,  and  2  or  3  m.  s.  of  Eastport,  and  having 
the  preparation  of  herring  and  sardines  for  its  chief  industry."    The  steady 
drnvnpour  of  rain  during  the  night,  however,  had  rendered  the  roads  im- 
practicable for  touring  in  any  direction  on  that  second  day;  and  the  best  that 
could  be  hoped  for  was  that  Wednesday's  route  might  be  comfortably  taken 
on  Thursday.     Meanwhile  the  party  chartered  a  steam-tug  and  made  an  ex- 
cursion  down  the  river,  through  dense  fogs  and  occasional  sharp  showers  to 
Robbmston.  in  order  to  bring  thence  the  bicycles  and  two  or  three  of  the 
tourists  that  had  been  left  at  the  Brewer  House  during  the  night.     I  myself 
spent  the  day  agreeably  inside  the  hotel,  engaged  in  reading  and  writing, 
until  at  5  o'clock,  the  clouds  gave  promise  of  a  brief  «  cessation  of  hostilities  " 
and  I  made  sure  of  "a  visit  to  New  Brunswick"  by  driving  my  wheel  along 
the  wooden  sidewalks  and  across  the  little  bridge  into  the  village  of  St 
Stephens,  where  the  similar  sidewalks  admitted  of  considerable  additional 
nding    «  Larrigan  Manufactory  "  (inscribed  over  a  doorway  in  letters  of  such 
offensive  sue  that  not  even  a  flying  wheelman  could  pretend  ta  ignore  th^ 
crying  appeal  which  they  made  to  him)  was  the  first  foreign  notion  that 
affronted  me;  and   I   at  once  sprang  from   the  saddle,  overwhelmed    with 
curiosity  to  discover  what  "  Larrigan"  might  be.  and  prep..red,  if  necessary, 
to  assert  a  long  repressed  desire  to  eat  or  drink  my  fill  of  it.     Of  the  two  I 
rather  assumed  the  probability  of  its  being  something  to  drink;  for  it  is  w^ll 
unders.ood  that  any  purveyor  of  potables  whose  bar  is  just  beyond  the  pro- 
hibitory mfluences  of  the  "Maine  liquor  law"  has  an  excellent  chance  for 
"international"   patronage.     "'Larrigan    Manufactorv,'"   I   meditated,   "is 
probably  the  New  Brunswickian's  humorous  equivalent  for  '  Sample  FoOrn  ' 
Senate    'Club  House'  and  similar  familiar  euphemisms,  dear  to  the  heaA 
of  the  American 'bar-keep';"  and  none  of  the  numerous  persons  whom  I 
haves:nce  privately  questioned  on  the  subject  have  succeeded  in  making  a 
more  accurate  guess.      "Is  that  name  slang?"   asked  I  of  a  storekeeper 
pointing  across  to  the  sign,  "  or  is  it  a  word  in  general  use,-a  good,  dictionar; 
word  }    And  what  does  it  mean  1 "    "  Ha !  ha  1 "  laughed  he ;  "  it 's  common 
eno.gh,  and   I    s'pose   you'll    find    it   in  all    the   dictionaries.      Why,  man! 
larrigans  IS  boots -coarse,  stout  boots  for  the  lumbermen  to  wade  in,-boots 
made  of  hide  with  the  hair  on.     That 's  what  larrigans  is  I  " 

Dated  by  this  unexpected  addition  to  my  linguistic  knowledge,  I  took  a 
circuit  of  3  m.  on  the  St.  Stephen  sidewalks,  and  then  wheeled  back  to  ihe 
hotel  for  supper,  just  in  season  to  escape  wetting  by  the  shower  which  began 
at  7  o  clock  and  raged  till  after  midnight.  With  the  friendly  cooperation  of 
l>e  young  men  of  the  city,  whi>  shared  the  expense,  the  evening  was  enlivened 
hvan  entcrta^nment,  whereof  the  Calais  Tlm^s  remarked:  "The  wheelmen 
gave  a  ball,  Wednesday  night,  in  St.  Croix  Hall,  which  wai  largely  attended 


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by  the  leaders  of  society  in  Calais,  St.  Stephen  and  Milltown.     Excellent 
music  was  provided,  and  the  affair  was  brilliant  and  successful— the  floor 
being  ciowded  with  dancers  until  2.30  a.  m.     Previous  to  the  dancing,  a  fine 
exhibition  of  bicycling  was  given  by  saveral  of  the  wheelmen,  some  of  whose 
fancy  ^eais  were  marvelous  and  received  great  apolause."   Those  ot  the  party 
who  attended,  either  as  participants  or  as  spectators,  gave  unanimous  tes- 
timony that  the  girls  were  pretty  and  well-dressed  and  that  the  fun  was  the 
finest  possible ;  and  they  unanimously  reprobate  '  the  churlishness  of  the  few 
who  preferred  to  "stay  in  out  of  ♦he  wet  "  and  iiscuss  bicvcling  experiences 
around  the  hotel  stove.    This  wretched  minorit)  in  turn  ultimately  exchanged 
a  few  mild  grumbles  with  one  another  because   he  treasurer  of  the  expedition 
assessed  them  a  dollar  apiece  for  the  sport  which  they  had  had  no  share  in; 
and  ii  is,  indeed,  not  quite  easy  to  see  on  wh.it  pretext  the  venerrhle  rule, 
"  Those  who  dance  must  pay  the  piper,"  was  upset.     Perhaps  it  was  the  fog : 
The  fog    and  miats  were  as  dense  as  ever  on  Thursday  morning;  and 
the   postponed   overland   tour  to   Lubec,  by  way  of  Dennysville,  was  now 
abandoned  altogether,  in  favor  of  the  plan  of  reaching  the  first-named  port 
by  steam-tug,  starting  at  10.30.     The  interval  was  improved  by  most  of  the 
men  in  paying  a  pilgrin^age  to  St.  Stephen,  and  many  of  them  thus  enjoyed 
the  sensation  of  being  for  the  first  time  beyond  the  limits  of  their  native 
land, — veritable  tourists  in  a  foreign  dominion.    I,  too,  yielded  to  the  tempta- 
tion to  slide  across  the  bridge  again  and  assure   myself  that  the  "  Larrigan 
Manufactory  "  was  still  standing.     Then  for  a  while   I  tried  the  sidewalks  of 
Calais, — whose  shaded  main  street  would  have  allowed  us  to  enter  the  town 
in  fine  style  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  had  the  weather  been  pleasant, — and  at 
last  boarded  the  tug,  with  a  morning's  record  of  5  m.   Two  lumber-schooners 
had  to  be  towed  to  the  breakwater  before  our  tug  settled  down  to  the  sole 
bushiess  of  carrying  ns  to   Robbinston  (for  it  had  been  arranged   that  we 
should  stop  there  at  i  o'clock,  in  order  to   test  another  good  dinner  at  the 
Brewer  House),  and  while  the  towing  was  ir  progress  the  more  agile  and  ad- 
venturous of  oiir  ball-room  cavaliers  climbed  high  up  on  the  schooners'  masts 
and  waved  their  final  adieux  to  some  of  their  last  night's  charmers,  whose 
responsive  handkerchiefs  could  be  seen  faintly  fluttering   through  the  for, 
and  who  made  a  pantomime  of  flinging  themselves  from  the  dock  in  desp  »ir- 
ing  pursuit  of  us,  when,  "with  the  full  strength  of  the  company,"  we  cha.ued 
the  farewell  chorus : 

"  Good  bye,  ladies  !     Good  bye,  ladies  !     Good  bye,  ladies !     We  're  going  to  leave  you  now !  " 

Indistinct  glimpses  of  attractive  scenery  were  to  be  had  in  the  rare  and 
brief  intervals  when  there  was  a  partial  lifting  of  the  fog;  but  this  seemed  in 
general  to  grow  denser  as  we  advanced,  and  by  the  time  the  dock  at  Robbins-  ' 
ton  was  reached,  it  had  assumed  the  character  of  a  heavy  mist  or  thin  rain. 
The  hotel  was  known  to  be  exactly  i  m.  away,  and  ihe  road  thither  a  good 
one ;  but  the  crowd  all  scrambled  ashore  and  started  off  on  foot,  as  if  thev 


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unanimously  assumed  ihe  existence  of  mud  prohibitory  for  bicycling.    I,  how- 
ever, saw  fit  to  disembark  my  wheel,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  finding  that 
th-  track  was  q.iite  dry  enough  for  riding.     So  I  soon  soed  past  the  straggling 
fiiotmen  and  reached  the  hotel  from  the  3.  at  a  quarter  past  i  o'clock.     Ex- 
actly ten  minutes  afterwards  there  arrived  another  wheelman  from  the  north- 
ward,— the  first  of  the  three  bold  spirits  who,  just  before  the  tug  cast  off,  at 
a  quarter  of  1 1  o'clock,  suddenly  decided  that  they  would  push  their  wheels 
from  Calais  to  Robbmston,  at  whatever  cost.     They  found,  of  course,  that 
the  roads  were  in  much  worse  condition,  after  a  rain  of  two  days  than  I  had 
found  them  ifter  a  rain  of  3  or  4  h.;  and  during  the  first  half  of  the  journey 
their  progress  was  slow  and  difficuU.     As  the  hotel  was  approached  the  riding 
beuaine  fairly  good ;  and  I  have  just  reported  finding  it  so  for  i  m.  beyond 
the  hotel.     Tiiese  facts  were  considered  at  the  council  of  war  which  was  held 
alter  dianer  to  act  upon  the  lugubrious  report  of  the  captain  of  the  tug,  which 
was  to  the  effect  that  the  wind  and  fog  and  rough  water  might  perhaps  pre- 
\ent    his  reaching  Lubec  till  late  at  night;  and  that,  as  a  majority  of  the 
thirty-six  passengers  would  be  forced  to  stay  on  the  deck,  both  they  and  their 
wheels  would  probably  get  a  thorough  drenching.     Our  knowledge  of  the 
road  to  Eastport,  which  we  had  traversed  two  days  before,  led  many  of  us  to 
l)elieve  that  not  much  of  it  would  be  found  too  muddy  for  riding,  provided  the 
mist  did  not  change  again  into  rain;  and  the  crisis  was  theref.  -e  met  by  a  de- 
cision that  those  who  pleased  should  wheel   themselves  to  Eastport,  where 
tliey  could  rejoin  their  companions  Oi.  the  tug  and  ride  across  the  bay  to 
Lubec ;  or,  in  case  the  tug  should  be  delayed  or  wrecked,  could  proceed  thither 
by  tlie  regular  ferry-boat.     Those  who  made  the  choice  of  a  land  trip  were  re- 
quested to  at  once  leave  the  dining-room  and  disembark  their  wiieels  ;  and 
when  they  had  set  forth  on  that  errand,  the  number  of  "  tug-boat  tourists  " 
who  lagged  ingloriously  behind  was  just  sixteen,     before  the  crisis  had  been 
discussed  at  all,  however,  the  two  "  Star  men  "  had  individually  decided  not 
to  indulge  in  any  further  "marine  bicycling,"  and  had  quietly  taken  their 
wheels  from  the  boat  and  started  for  Eastport.     I  suspected  that  they  might 
be  the  pair  of  ghostly  shapes  which  I  saw  vanishing  into  the  fog  of  a  hill-top, 
when  I  emerged  from  the  ho.el  enclosure,  at  2.30  p.  m.,  and  I  started  in  pur- 
suit.    A  man  whom  I  soon  met  assured  me  in  apparent  good-faith  that  the 
two  unknown  pioneers  rode  machines  exactly  like  my  own,— machines  which 
(lid  not  "  have  the  little  wheel  in  front,"— but  when  I  overhauled  them,  about 
2  <n.  out,  I  found  that  he  had  lied.     Having  satisfied  my  curiosity  and  given 
word  that  the  majority  of  the  party  wer     ilso  on  the  road,  I  halteda  while  to  let 
the  same  overtake  me.     When  waiting  grew  monotonous  and  inaction  made 
nie  chilly,  I  jogged  on  again,  until  at  the  top  ( ^  .  long  hill,  4  m.  from  the  start, 
where  I  could  have  an  excellent  view  of  the  approaching  troop,  I  again  incor- 
porated myself  with  it,  at  about  4  o'clock.     I  had  been  forced  to  walk  up  two 
or  three  long  slopes  before  getting  to  this  point,  but  thencefcrth  near!y  all  the 
track  was  ridable,  and  some  of  it  in  even  better  condition  than  before  the 


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rain.  A  brisk  pace  was  maintained  thenceforth,  and  the  remaining  13  m.  were 
completed  in  2J  h.  As  we  swept  down  the  hill  and  through  the  main  street 
to  the  dock  at  Eastport,  the  welcoming  blasts  of  our  two  buglers,  who  hat! 
kept  to  the  steam -.ug,  assured  us  of  the  safe  arrival  of  that  important  craft- 
freighted  as  It  was  with  all  our  hopes  and  all  our  available  clothing,— though 
there  had  been  no  diminution  in  the  density  of  the  afternoon's  fog.  Both  sets 
of  tourists  were  happy,  for  the  patrons  of  the  tug  had  been  few  enough  to  ad- 
mit of  their  all  keeping  warm  and  dry,  and  they  professed  great  douhts  of 
our  declaration  that  we  had  found  the  roads  in  very  fair  condition  for  riding ; 
while  we,  in  the  consciousness  of  superior  virtue,  were  proud  to  give  then 
our  distinguished  assurance  thr.t  they  had  lost  one  of  the  pleasantest  opp(jr- 
tunities  of  the  entire  tour.  Our  afternoon's  ride  through  the  fog  was  certaMiI- 
a  very  enjoyable  one  for  its  novelty,  and  was  free  from  serious  accidents  or 
tiresome  delays ;  though  of  course  we  missed  the  L»autiful  scenery  of  Passa- 
maquoddy  bay,  which  had  delighted  our  eyes  on  the  northward  trip  of  Tues- 
day forenoon.  In  all  my  experience  of  6,000  m.  of  roadway,  I  can  recall  no 
single  stretch  of  30  m.  which  a  bicycler  could  find  more  pleasure  in  explor- 
ing, on  ^  pleasant  day,  than  this  between  Calais  and  Eastport.  It  seems  a 
pity  that  the  solid  granite  monuments  with  gilded  inscriptions,  which  admira- 
bly mark  the  miles  of  the  northern  Cjuarter  of  it,  could  not  have  been  con- 
tinued to  the  end. 

It  seems  a  pity,  also,  that  the  strange  spectacle  presented  at  the  dock, 
soon  after  our  arrival,  could  not  have  been  adequately  reproduced  by  artist 
or  photographer  (for  the  picture  on  p.  248  of  the  Wheelman's  sketch  does  no 
sort  of  justice  to  it).  By  reason  of  the  tremendous  tides  characteristic  of 
this  localitv,  the  tug  at  iow-wattr  lay  far  beneath  the  level  of  the  wharf,  and 
the  twenty  bicycles  had  to  be  hooked  upon  a  derrick  and  lowered  one  by  one 
down  to  the  distant  deck.  The  curious  crowds,  that  j^eopled  the  adjacent 
lumber-piles,  watched  the  process  with  unabated  interest  to  the  eid,  and 
when  the  tug  thei  vanished  into  the  mist,  expresssed  their  regrets,  that  the 
novel  sight  could  be  seen  no  more,  by  uttering  good-natured  shouts  of  farewell. 
A  -jss  the  bay  at  Lubec,  \  h.  later,  another  crowd  watched  the  disemb.irka- 
tio.i,  though  there  the  level  of  the  mainland  was  reached  by  means  of  an 
inclined  plane,  whose  green  and  slippery  surface  suggested  many  mishaps, 
but  really  gave  cause  for  none.  It  was  after  9  o'clock  that  night  when  we 
left  the  dining-room  of  the  Cobscook  House  and  adjourned  to  the  barn,  to 
rub  from  our  wheels  the  rust-producing  moisture;  but,  as  this  was  "the 
longest  day  of  the  year,"  a  late  supper  seemed  not  inappropriate.  The  ne.xt 
night's  supper  ^as  also  designed  to  be  taken  at  the  same  hotel,  and  the  inter- 
mediate day  was  to  be  devoted  to  exploring  Grand  Manan,  10  m.  away,  noted 
in  the  prospectus  as  "a  high,  rocky  island,  with  scenery  grand  beyond 
description,  and  with  a  hard,  smooth  road  running  its  entire  length,"  which  is 
15  m.  The  prospectus  did  not  say,  however,  that  "this  wonderful,  rocky 
sea  wall,  200  ft.  high,"  is  believed  by  most  travelers  to  have  its  perpendicu- 


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lar  .mpressiveness  often  concealed,  by  "  Bay  of  Fundy  fogs,"  for  hours  and 
days  and  even  weeks  at  a  time.     The  summer  visitor  is  always  sure  of  find- 
ing the  a,r  ■      the  island  cool,  but  is  never  sure  of  finding  it  clear._no  matter 
though  the  sun  be  shining  when  he  leaves  the  mainland.     There  was  no  sun 
sh.nmg  on    Lubec.    that    Friday  mo.ning,   bui.  ou    the    contrary,  the   town 
Ki,o.ed  beneath  massive  waves  of  fog,  which  rolled  in  from  the  ocean  in  a 
>...t  of  regular  order,  with  intervals  of  comparative  clearness  between  Ihem 
.s.x  ot  the  Massachusetts  men  here  declared  that  they  had  had  quite  enough 
of  u.  and  that,  smce  all  the  bicycling  of  the  tour  must  be  done  on  shipboard 
and  all  the  scenery  be  viewed  through  fogs,  they  themselves  would  take  the 
noon  boat  homeward  for  Portland.     This   disconsolate  intention  spurred  on 
the  photographer  to  "  take  "  the  party  again,  in  a  serried  mass  about  the  hotel 
door;  and  then  there  was  an  open-air  debate  as  to  whether  the  day's  excur- 
sion should  be  to  the  adjacent  island  of  Campobello,  or  to  the  more  distant 
and  distinguished  Grand  Manan.     An  attempted  reconsideration  of  the  vote 
fa. 01. ng  the  latter,  led  to  its  reassert.on  by  a  more  pronounced  majority; 
n  o  clock  was  named  as  the  hour  of  startir.s;  and  orders  were  given  for  a 
,nnch   to  be  earned  on  board  the  steam-tug  and  eaten  during  the  voyage 

I  he  commander  of  the  tour,  who,  during  all  this  interval,  in  temporary 
abdication   of  the  duties   of  that    position,   had    been   engaged    elsewhere 
.Mipenntending  necessary  repairs  for  his  machine,-now  took  counsel  with  the 
cuU,ous  minority  wl.o  favored  Campobello,  and  then  quietlv  gave  orders  to 
.seinbark  there.     This  change  met  the  warm  approval  of  the  captain  of  th. 
l.oat  who  had  opposed  the  plan  oi  visiting  the  more  distant  island  by  every  less 
conclusive  argument  than  violating  his  agreement  to  take  us  thither;  and 
who  protessed  that  his  narrow  escape  from  running  us  aground  on  ^he  way 
0  the  nearer  island  was  due  to  a  variation  in  his  compass  caused  by  the  in- 
riue.ce  of  our  bicyclic  steel  upon  the  magnetic  needle.     If  this  were  reallv 
t.ue.  It  would  of  course  have  been  foolhardy  in  him  to  have  attempted  stee;- 
...g  us  through  the  fog  to  Grand  Manan ;  and,  though  the  sun  probably  shone 
here  for  an  hour  jjr  two  that  day.  it  certainly  shone  for  quite  as  long  an  in- 
terval on  Campobello,  where  our  riding  proved  so  pleasant  as  to  ba  usn  all 
chance  of  any  one  s  cherishing  resentment  against  our  commander  for  wisely 

danmg  hall  immediately  after  landing,  and  were  told  that  the  ferry-boat 
-u  d  stop  for  us  on  her  return  trip  at  6  o'clock.  An  excellent  chance  was 
therefore  given  the  excursionists  to  breakup  into  little  groups  and  try  the 
V.U.OUS  roads  according  to  their  individual  pleasure,  without  the  irksomeness 
ot  a  formally  organized  march;  but  when  the  question  was  put  to  vote    a 

mlLtTr'''   ^^^'7^*h:.P'^"   -'   sticking  together;  and   most   of  ihe 
inority  then  seemed  to  feel  m  some  sense  b    md  to  abandon  their  own  ex- 
.ed  preferences.     So  one  of  the  '<  Star  n     .  "  and  myself  formed  the  only 
!i      ""^^I'T:"^  "P^-l^  P"^'^'«  tour  and  talk,  apart  from  the  main  proces- 
sion,    r  had  here  my  first  fair  chance  for  closely  observing  and  freely  rijs. 


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TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


cussing  the  numerous  special  advantages  of  this  "  American  "  machine;  and 
I  was  convinced,  by  the  surprising  feats  of  the  rider  in  descending  steep 
and  stony  slopes,  that  for  ease  in  coasting,  as  well  as  for  safety  on  t'own- 
grades  in  genera',  the  "  Star"  is  far  preferable  to  any  crank-driven  bicvclc. 
The  8  m.  of  island  roadway  which  I  traversed  (in  both  directions)  can  all  be 
recommended  as  pleasant,  and  most  of  it  as  smooth.  The  r.-hand  road  from 
the  dock  begins  by  ascending  a  hill,  and  ends  on  the  s..  re  level,  opposite 
Lubcc.  It  is  the  best  one  on  the  island,  being  3  m.  long,  and  affording  an 
excellent  coasting-place  on  the  return-trip,  when  one  reaches  the  woods  a'ier 
passing  the  big  summer  hotels.  This  coasting  will  bring  the  ridT  bac: 
almost  to  the  fork  in  the  road,  about  \  m.  from  tne  dock;  but  instead  of  re- 
turning further,  he  may  contmue  onward  \  m.  to  the  next  fork,  on  the  brow  of 
a  hill,  and  then  go  down  the  r.-hand  road  till  it  ends,  in  just  i  m.,  on  the  >ti\V\ 
and  desolate  ocean  beach.  Retracing  his  course  to  the  fork,  he  may  go 
onward  to  the  1.  through  the  woods  for  \  m.  till  he  reaches  the  \v. 'ering- 
trough  (excellently  pictured  on  p.  338  of  Wheelman),  where  the  cavalcade  of 
June  22  derided  to  turn  about.  I  myself,  however,  went  \\  ir.  beyonj  here 
before  making  the  turn,  and  was  even  tiien  by  no  means  at  the  end  of  th'; 
road, — though  I  cannot  deny  that  its  stony  slopes  made  rather  dangerous 
traveling  for  me,  if  not  for  my  co.iirade  on  the  "  Star";  and  the  mosquitoes. 
were  persistently  bloodthirsty.  The  1.  road  from  tiie  dock,  leading  past 
another  noted  summer  hotel  called  the  "Owen,"  we  trave.sed  for  only  i^ 
m.,  as  progress  became  too  rough  for  comfort  soon  after  passing  the  chu'il. 
Campobello  offered  for  our  inspection  several  barn-like  structures  where 
countless  numbers  of  herring  were  being  smoked;  and  at  Lubec,  durl.ig  the 
forenoon  or  previous  evening,  most  of  the  party  had  visited  the  establishment 
where  countless  other  herring,  of  smaller  size,  were  being  scraped  and  salted 
and  "  flaked  "  and  cooked  and  oiled  and  packed  in  little  tin  boxes  whose  labels 
were  designed  to  advertise  the  contents  as  "  genuine  French  sardines."  The 
proprietor,  or  his  chief  representative,  was  very  cordial  in  his  attentions  and 
quite  ready  to  present  eac!i  visitor  with  a  sample  box  of  bis  product.  Ills 
little  herrings  were  by  no  means  ill-tasting,  but  no  one  at  all  acquainted  with 
the  flavor  of  true  sardines  would  accept  that  of  their  Maine  counterfeits  as 
identical.  Much  of  thi.  work  in  the  shop  is  done  by  young  girls,  who  are  as- 
signed to  the  different  parts  of  it  in  regular  succession,  and  are  ''  paid  by  the 
piece."    The  hot:,  man  assured  us  that  the  annual  sales  exceeded  $So.ooo. 

Saturday,  the  la3t  regular  riding-day  of  the  tour,  was  the  first  day  whose 
events  happened  according  to  the  appointment  of  the  programme,  and  the  onlv 
day  when  the  whole  party  engaged  in  a  ride  of  any  considerable  length. 
Starting  from  Lubec  at  7  o'clock,  the  end  was  reached  at  Machias,  7  h.  later,— 
the  distance  being  announced  in  advance  a«  28  m.,  which  was  exactly  the 
record  of  my  own  cyclometer.  The  invitation  of  February  had  said  that  the 
road  was  "  so  hard  and  smooth  as  easily  to  be  covered  in  less  than  4  h.";  and 
I  believe  that  three  of  our  strongest  riders,  who  took  an  early  start  and  made 


IN  THE  DOIVX-EAST  FOGS. 


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no  delays  did  do  it  in  about  that  time,  finishing  at  half,,a,t  9  o'clock  I  n,v 
scl  had  agreed  to  start  early  with  "the  Star  man,"  in  order  to  take  b  eT 
fist  with  some  friends  of  his  at  Whinnc  i-  m  «,.»  k  .  u 
chance,  he  roused  me  from  bed  at  o '  Lk  in'tL  Ln  '  '  *""!;'  ""'"^'^ 
failed  to  get  to  Sleep  til,  nearly  r^^^::^::::^:^  l^^ 
av.ng  finished  a  preliminary  lunch  by  lamplight,  we  mounted  o.rTaddTe,:; 
4:0  A.  M.      I  he  chilliness  of  the  fog  induced  us  to  <r„  f^..  ,»  r    .  /  *aaa,es  at 

m.  out,  only  20  mm.  had  elapsed.     Three  miles  on    i  K  f.  u  '^'  "* 

second  halt  was  caused  by  a  Lilar  obstacle       „;;;  were  .h  llT;  -'"^ 
.1.0  remaining  5  m.  to  our  destination.     The  Denn^viH      o  d  wT  eTc':;? 
ni.  previous  to  this,  just  after  we  had  crossed  the  Gramme  rivrr    n  f       .    ? 
pretty  waterfall.     As  we  sat  at  breakfast   Ih   J      ^  '  °"'  °^  * 

prised  by  seeing  three  other  memb  rs  o  Th' ^art  '"ee^^Tu^f  T^^  ^  ^"■ 
W...S  not  till  9.40  A.  M.  that  the  main  column  apS^eSand  1  I  J'  "' '' 
■N  embrace.  The  sun,  which  had  overwhelLd  th"  fo  '  ,  VhT^^l  "  '"'° 
the   sad    truth  that  three  bicycles  were  WdW         u^  ',    ^-^'^"'''^^''^y^d 

owners  thereof  having  .j::T:z.^t:!z^:^:^:rz;;^i 

noon  s  p!easuring,-and  the  wheelmen  actually  in  line  were  thus  red.  r.Tt 
P  or  the  next  1 2  m.  the  path  was  softer  and  sandier   and  Id    h''^ 
of  stunted   pines  (^r../^.«V  picture  on  p.  245^  ves  a  «ooV  idea'of  T^ 
wuhout  ever  once  leading  into  the  shade,  thouih^hrsun'blae  'out  with  i' 
.-a„ng  intensity  as  the  forenoon  advanced.-as  if  to  make  up  for  his  ab  ence' 
'lurng  the  five  days  preceding.     A  general  halt  was  made  at  a  farnvhor 
^.   water,  at  a  charter  past  to.  and  another  at  half  past  12,  about  8  m  be  "nd 
Th.s  .second  stop  was  quite  prolonged,  for  we  were  all  overheated  Id  manJ 
w,she    to  bathe  their  burning  faces,  after  quenching  their  thir  t     't'o  m  les 
more  brought  us  to  East  Machias.  at  i  o'clock,  and  there  a  large  crL  had 
assembled  to  welcome  us.  beneath  the  folds  of  a  big  American  fiT    rt 
c  -ef  storekeeper  of  the  place  invited  us  in  to  refresh'ourXs  wSemon' 
adeand  crackers,  whereof  we  swallowed  enormous  quantities  a^d  thin 
pressed  our  heartfelt  thanks  for  the  courtesy  by  a  roLt^r^u^d  tf  chee"' 
No  possible  lunch  could  have  been  more  acceptable  to  such  a  weary  and  ne' 

eeme    to  shorten  the  dreary  gap  of  4  m.  or  more  which  still  separated  u, 

m    ne  waiting  dinner-table  at  Machias.     The  road  thither  pro' ed  good 

also,  but  there  were  many  cries  of  impatience  over  delays  caused     fir!*!  ' 

the  photographer's  zeal  for  taking  an  instantaneous  ;  ew  of    h    while    'ty 

n  motion,  and  second  by  the  captain's  zeal  for  making  an  al  gnment  ou'side 

we  s;w  t  at  a  th'  7"  T  '"""^  '"""  '"'  '""^'^^  ""^  '-tan'  but 
we  saw  that  a  thunder-storm  was  ever^-  instant  drawing  near«-  and  «,,  w;h 
not  wish  to  indulge  in  an  open-air  shower-bath.    The  Three  sw^  r  /        t 
had  preceded  us.  and  one.  two  of  the  "  ambu  Jnt  mir.' ^Lte^^ 


?ia«r^^r.«riaEI, 


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r/:x  n/()i/s,ixi)  miles  <;.\-  ./  lucvc/./:. 


when  the  aliKiimeiit  was  made  ;  nii<l  wc  swept  into  town  and  dismounted  1  1 
line,  facinj{  the  Eastern  Hotel,  in  very  respectable  style.  The  l)ij{  rain-drDp, 
were  alreaily  l>Cf;i""'"K ''* ''^■''•■'•-''>''' ^"wevcr;  and  soon  there  was  a  trenun 
(lou->  diiwnpoiir,  which  Listed  alxnit  1  h.,  Ani\  left  the  air  very  hot  and  suit!-,. 
The  men  wi-re  g'ad  enough  to  keep  (piict  lUiring  the  rest  of  the  afternoon,  hm 
just  before  itightfall  they  most  of  tliL-ni  yieliled  to  the  captain's  wishes  .uhI 
paraiied  through  the  tiwn  to  the  tr()ttiiigi)ark  and  there  engaged  in  .1  few  sii  1 
pit  evolutions  for  the  benefit  of  the  assembled  multitude.  .\t  the  sui)|)tr 
which  followed,  we  were  honored  by  the  jircsence  of  several  of  the  "  promi 
nent  citi/cns,"  with  their  ciii^encsses,  and  an  "  adilress  of  welcome,"  endini; 
up  with  an  apt  quotation  from  the  okl  "treadmill"  poem,  wiiich  was  vliv 
well  rcceiveii.  Our  clerical  member  made  an  appropriate  response;  and  then 
there  was  "  a  reception  "  in  the  parlors,  and  "music  by  the  band"  outside, 
where  the  flaring  kerosene  torches  and  the  red-coated  musicians  and  tin 
crowds  of  spectators  in  the  background  made  quite  a  brave  display.  .\lt.> 
gether,  it  was  "  a  great  day"  for  the  i|uiet  old  town  of  Machi.'s,  M.iine. 

If.  had  been  a  tiresome  day  for  me  personally,  however,  and  thoup:h  I 
made  out  to  keci)  my  cye,=  open  during  the  iirogre.ss  of  the  speech-making, 
I  was  fast  asleep  in  bed  licfore  the  brass-band  had  succeeded  in  struggling; 
through  theii"  overture.  There  was,  nevertheless,  a  sort  of  painful  i)leasurc 
in  thus  paying  with  my  person  the  expected  penalty  of  "  touring  with  a 
crowd."  My  theory  was  entirely  justified.  I  am  sure  I  should  not  have 
I)eon  half  so  weary  if  I  had  gone  over  the  same  road  alone,  that  day,  ii'  the 
same  number  of  hours,  riding  and  resting  exactly  when  and  where  I  pleascil. 
.Six  days  before,  after  traversing  a  similar  distance,  on  even  worse  roads,  in 
the  forenoon,  I  was  in  good  condition  for  enjoying  .m  afternoon's  ride  of  jo 
m.  more,  and  I  finished  the  day's  trip  in  excellent  sjjirits.  IJut  "thirty  milts 
more,"  on  tlie  afternoon  of  reaching  Machias,  wou!c".  certainly  have  finished 
lilt-,  no  matter  how  smooth  the  track.  The  next  forenoon  found  me  cjuitc 
refreshed,  however,  and  so,  towards  the  close  of  it  (while  the  majority  of  the 
party  were  dutifully  attending  church-service  "in  a  body,"  ana  our  clerical 
member  was,  by  s[)ecial  invitation  of  the  occupant,  airing  his  knee-breeches 
in  the  sacred  heights  of  the  pulpit),  I  wheeled  out  over  the  hills  and  through 
the  low  pine  woods  to  Whitneyville,  4  pi.,  and  to  a  certain  point,  2  m. 
beyond,  where  a  gully  caused  my  first  dismount,  and  suggested  the  pro|)rietv 
of  a  return  to  dinner.  I  was  40  min.  on  the  way  back, — being  stopped  only 
once  by  a  short,  rough  hill  at  Whitneyville  bridge.  The  sun  shone  hotly, 
but  a  refreshing  breeze  somewhat  tempered  its  rays.  A  small  deer  ran 
across  the  road,  a  few  rods  ahead  of  me,  in  the  woods  beyond  the  village 
just-named  (though  that  sort  of  animal  is  no  longer  common  in  the  region, 
and  I  think  none  of  my  fellow-tourists  sighted  a  specimen) ;  and  at  another 
point  of  the  ride  a  family  of  black  people  amused  mt  by  their  crazy  cries  of 
amazement  and  delight  at  witnessing  my  success  in  riding  up  and  down  a  hill. 
I.,atcr  in  the  day  I  was  also  amazed  by  my  success  in  climbing  up  the  steepest 


/A  THE  DOWN-EAST  FOGS. 


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..  .he  approachc.  to  .he  ho.el.  which  I  do  not  think  would  have  been  poBsi- 
l.i  .d  I  not  ju,t  emerged  from  the  river,  well  refreshed  by  the  .w.„:  2ci 
..  lulMozen  o    u.  enjoyed  there,  behind  the   log«.„K  d...n.  'a.  the  Portia"  . 

M..ch.a.po.t  at  4  oclock  on  Monday  morning,  we  noL  only  .Icpt  on  Wd  but 
.o,.k«urIa,t   unued  supper   thcrc.-wheeling  down   for  that  purpose,  on  a, 
x.c  kn     road  of  4  n...  .,ctween  5  and  6  P.  m.     Here  the  photogrVph^r  who 
lu,l  du..fu  ly  attended  church  in  .he  morning,  could  not  reLt  th'e    cm  .UUo„ 
of  wckedly  workmg  h.,  camera  a.  our  expense,  since  i.  wa.  po.i.ivclv  hi" 
1....  chance ;  and  .0  he  refused  .0  let  us  have  any  supper  until  wVhad  ridden 
m.,vn.mu^sma  crcle  in  fron.  of  .he  s.eamer  and  been  "instantaneous 
.ak  n.       So  pleasant  and   .nv.gora.ing  was  .he  evening  air  tha.  .he  whole 
party  enjoyed   .0  .he  utmost  this  fin.     "necessary"  ride  of  Surdav.  which 
f..nnaily  ended  the  tour,  and  were  put  in  good-humor  for  taking  a  philosophic 
a  ly  contemplative  view  of   i.  as  being,  o.  .he  whole  and  i'„  retros  Kct    a 
«.cat  success.     Several  even   made  another  visit  to   Machias.  after  supper 
0  enjoy  the  road  again  and  .es.  i.s  capaci.y  for  speed  ;  and  I  myself  wheeTed 
half-way  back  .here  m  order  to  secure  the  studs  which  had  Jen  torn  f  Im 
my  ln,cn  sh.r.-fron.  by  a  severe  .umble  of  .he  af.ernoon 

Th.s  wa.  a  proper  penalty  for  wearing  such  a  garment  in  place  of  the 
c.>M.nary  flannel  one;  and  the  fall  itself  was  caused  by  the  incau  ious 
exchange  of  my  customary  riding  boots  for  a  pair  of  loose  house  shoeT 
wmch  .mpa.red  my  grip  on  the  pedals.  I  though.  I  might  use  such  shoes  safely 
o.  so  short  and  smoo.h  a  ride.and  that,  as  this  was  our  final  "dressTande  i' 
■t  was  perhaps  incumbent  upon  me  to  r.rray  my  legs  accor.linc7„!t.  , 

.i  .n  fashion ;  but  in  .he  effor.  of  making  a  IJ.  ;ufh:;Th  '^  ^^ 

»..I...ed   off   the   r.gh.-hand  pedal  and   carried    me   ins.an.ly  with  it  to  th^ 
«ro,.nd     The  palms  of  both  hands  I^ore  quite  evenly  the   orcc  of    he  fl, 

^    Te?.  elXT     %'''r  ^"'"^'^'"'^^^  -ape  ^a  little  sklLmo: 
m)  left  eyebrow.-makmg  thus   the  first   outward  and  visible  scar  I  ever 
n^cewed  from  such  a  mishap.     The  bicycle  keeled  over  on  top  of  me  and 

response   to     he  warning  shout  of   .he  man  jus.  behind,  and   I  was  a^ain 
m....n  ed  and  m  mo.ion  before  any  one  else  had  observed    he  disLrer     tZ 

lus.rates  the     periodicity     of  accidents  that  the  only  other  fall  experienced 

-ne  .„  the  course  of  400  m.  traversed  durmg  the  m'onth.  in  four'd  fferen. 

atemn.;Tt  ""^^^  °"|.y  '^  ^^^^  '-'«-  by  a  sand-rut  which   I  heecUe  sly 

upon  my  hands,  and  caused  my  face  to  touch  the  dust  without  solidly  striking 

ve^  hVvrhaT""'  the  case  consists  in  this:  that  in  all  my  e^rt  t  f 

ever  have  had   any  perfectly  square  "headers"  except   these   two  which 

.ame  «o  near^  together..    My  "  involuntary  dismounts  "  have  r^^elybeln  ,0 


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ti:n  thousand  miles  o\  a  bicycle. 


•uHden  a^  to  forbid  my  scrambling  off  backwards  or  sid-iwise,  ei'en  tnouph 
I  immediately  afterwards  lost  my  equilibrium;  and,  when  .xctn^.lly  riung  for- 
ward over  the  handle-bar,  I  have  never  landed  squarely  on  both  hands,  save 
in  the  two  instances  named.  Tlic  brulvcii  »hirt-stu<ls  were  found  by  me, 
though  one  of  them  had  l>cen  well  groimd  up  by  a  wagon-tire  ;  and  thin, 
having  returned  to  Machiasport,  I  proceeded  a  couple  of  miles  sowthwarfl, 
over  .1  l)eautiful  road  whose  hilis  offered  fine  chances  for  coasting,  tmtil  the 
gathering  '  arkiicss  caused  a  return  to  the  s'eainer,  at  half-past  8,  with  a 
cvclumcter  record  of  24  m.  for  the  day.  The  "  Star  man  "  who  accompanied 
me  on  this  evening  spin  barely  escai>ed  illustrating  the  possibility  (whith  the 
peculiarity  of  the  mechanism  renders  very  remote)  of  "  taking  a  header," 
even  on  that  "safety  bicycle  ";  for  an  unobserved  gully  in  the  down-grade, 
which  he  was  coasting  at  tremendous  speed,  caused  it  to  "  ride  on  ihe  front 
wheel  op'v  "  for  several  feet,  without  quite  toppling  over.  Another  niish.i]) 
of  the  afternoon  was  that  of  the  man  who  attempted  to  make  no  di.-.mount  at 
the  place  where,  for  a  few  rods,  an  xtrcmely  narrow  and  difficult  path  I'd 
between  a  slough  of  mud  and  a  miry  ditch ;  and  who,  when  he  did  dismount, 
was  obliged  to  let  his  bicycle  take  a  plunge  into  the  latter.  The  two  Nova 
Scotiaiis  of  our  party,  who  joined  us  at  Kastport,  wheeled  back  to  kobliins- 
tci  that  Sunday  morning,  crossed  there  to  St.  Andrews,  N.  H.,  and  on  Tues- 
day noon  reached  St.  John,  115  m.  distant,  and  took  the  homeward  steamer. 
The  fogs  of  Monday  morning  were  dissipated  before  our  steamer  reached 
Jonesport,  about  8  or  9  o'clock,  and  halted  there  for  i  h.,  to  take  on  many 
wooden  boxes  which  were  packed  full  of  little  tin  boxes  containing  "  genuine 
French  sardines."  The  gangway  was  of  so  steep  an  incline  that  considerable 
skill  had  to  he  shown  by  the  deck  hands  in  .sliding  their  trucks  down  it  with- 
out disaster;  and  the  spectators  amused  themselves  by  speculations  as  to 
«?hether  a  given  man  would  get  a  given  load  of  boxes  safely  through,  or  would 
have  a  collision  that  would  disrupt  some  of  them  and  send  a  shower  of  sar- 
dine tins  flying  about  the  deck.  Short  pedestrian  tours  from  the  dock  showed 
that  the  roads  were  good,  and  some  of  the  party  talked  of  trying  them  by 
wheel  during  the  steamer's  delay ;  but  none  really  did  so.  Another  impro- 
vised project  was  that  of  wheeling  along  shore  down  to  Milbridge,  where  the 
steamer  next  stopped,  for  we  were  told  that  the  track  of  12  m.  leading  tiiithcr 
was  smooth  and  hard ;  pr.d  several  would  undoubtedly  have  attempted  this, 
myself  included,  had  not  the  forbidding  fact  been  announced  to  us  that  the 
steamer  did  not  touch  at  the  dock,  but  only  took  on  passengers  from  small 
boats,  some  distance  from  shore.  Ten  wheelmen,  however,  had  decided  to 
prolong  their  vacation  sufficiently  for  the  exploration  of  Mount  Desert,  and 
the  special  artist  also  went  ashore  with  them  there  at  i  o'clock.  '^)inner  on 
the  boat  was  finished  with  some  abruptness  at  Bar  JIarbor,  and  hasty  leave- 
takings  were  offered  the  seventeen  remaining  tourists  who  continued  onwards 
towards  Portland,  as  originally  appointed.  The  representative  of  one  of  the 
monster  "summer-resort"  hotela  of  Bar  Harbor  had  met  us  at  Machias  and 


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offered  the  inducement  of  half  rates,  if  we  wouUl  stop  over  for  a  d..y  or  two 
.1.1(1  liclp  "open  the  season  "  ot  liis  as  yet  unpeopled  establishment  ;  and  it 
may  l)e  added  th.it  several  of  the  lesser  hotels  i,reviously  paironized  had  im- 
mortalized our  visit  by  opening  new  registry  books,  emblazoned  as  to  the 
title  page  with  "  Tour -if  the  Portland  Bicycle  Club."  beneath  which  legend 
wc  placed  our  prct  ious  signatures. 

I  had  h.-rdly  l)elieved  that   the   fascination  of  "  riding  in  a  regular  bcnly 
together"  would   retain   its   hold  on   the  tourists  in  such   a  place  .i:*  Mount 
Desert,  where  the  plan  of  jogging  about  in  twos  or  threes  or  solitarily,  accord- 
ing to  in.lividual  whim,  seemed  so  much  more  in  keeping  with  the  character 
and  spirit  of  the  place ;  but  the  captain  was  inexorably  l)ent  on  taking  a  rcgu- 
i.ir  ride;  and  not  a  man  could  I  find  to  join  me  in  rcl)cllion  against  him.    His, 
decision  was,  after  a  brief  inspection  of  the  map,  that  we  must  attempt  what 
is  known  as  "  th  ,>  12m.  drive  ";  and  though  it  n.igi.t  perhaps  lie  fairly  assumed, 
on  general  prin.  M-ies,  that  the  roads  of  an   island  distinctively  1.  ..ous  for  its 
rocks  and  crags  could  not  be  safely  accepted  as  favoraUe  for  bicycling,  ex- 
cept  on  better  evidence  than  the  heliefs  and  guesses  of  a  lounger  in  a  "  sum- 
mer-resort hr     ■,••— the   rest  of  the  party  ;.cquiesced  in   the  decision   as  un- 
questioningly  as  if  it  had  related  to  an  afternoon's  spin  along  a  familiarly. 
known  macadamized  tra  k,  like   the    one  oveilooking  the   Hudson  from  New 
York  to  Tarrytown.     So,  at  a  quarter   bcfor--    2     /clock,   the  devoted  ten 
wheeled  out  from  the  seclusion  of  the  Grand  Central  Hotel,     id  started  south- 
ward,  with  gay  and  hopeful  hearts,— th-  ca.riage  of  the  artist  bringing  up  the 
rear.     Six  hours  and  ten  minutes  later,  the  specified  circuit  of  22  m.  was  com- 
pleted.    The  appointed  task  of  getting  the  bicycles     around  the  drive  "  had 
been  accomplished;  not  one  of  the  pleasurers  had  shiiked  a  single  rod  of  it ; 
and  though  most  of  them  were   badly  bruised,  all  were  at  least  sufficiently 
alive  to  be  conscious  of  unbroken  bones.     Yet  these  men  were  the  flite  of  the 
thirty  five,  so  far  as  touring  was  concerned,  for  a  similar  numbe.-  of  equally 
good  riders  could  not  have  been  selected  from  the  remaining  twenty-five,  nor 
a  simdar  number  of  better  riders  from  among  ten  times  as  many  uverage  bi- 
cyclers.    Not  one  of  them  was  weak  or  inexperienced  or  ill-mounted  on  the 
wheel ;  and  not  one  of  them  failed  to  get  tremendously  tired  before  half  the 
distance  was  gone  over.     It  was  by  all  odds  the  most  memorable  trii,  of  the 
entire  tour.     Its  hardships  and  exasperations  made  it  in  many  respects  unique 
for  probaHy  no  similar  set  of  tourists  ever  suffered  so  much  in  so  short  a 
time,  as  a  suitable  reward  for  their  foolishness.     A  graphic  picture   of  the 
character  of  the  roads,  and  of  the  afternoon's  sport,  may  be  vividly  presented 
to  the  minds  of  all   bicyclers  by  the  simjle  record:  "  Six  bent  handle-bars 
out  of  a  possible  ten  I  "  ' 

The  road,  though  rough  and  hilly,  was  fairly  ridable  at  the  start,  for 
when  a  stop  was  made  for  water,  at  the  end  of  i  h.,  4  m.  had  been  covered' 
and  one  intermediate  rest  had  'oeen  indulged  in.  The  pace  seemt  to  mj 
much  too  fast  for  comfort,  however,  and  I  gradually  dropped  to  the  rear,-- 


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276         TEAT  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

not  even  pretending  to  keep  in  sight  of  the  artist's  carriage,  which  I  soon 
allowed  to  pass  me.  I  overtook  the  party  only  when  the  halts  were  made, 
and,  on  the  second  occasion,  I  advised  the  captain  not  to  await  my  approach 
when  I  should  again  fall  behind,  because  of  the  probability  of  my  soon  turn- 
ing about,  or  trying  some  shorter  roacl  than  '*  the  drive."  I  explained  that 
the  shock  of  the  previous  day's  tumble  had  affected  me  more  seriously  than  I 
at  first  realized,— for  my  hands  were  sore  and  my  arms  were  stiff,  and  I  felt 
generally  listless  and  indisposed  to  the  making  of  any  very  active  or  pro- 
longed exertion,— but,  even  had  I  been  in  good  condition,  I  should  hardly 
have  been  inclined  to  accept  th,s  scheme  of  trooping  through  the  woods 
without  stop,  for  the  sake  of  "  covering  as  many  miles  as  possible  in  the 
afternoon,"  as  exactly  the  ideal  arrangement  for  "enjoying  the  scenery  of 
Mount  Desert."  However,  as  the  road  grew  more  difficult,  after  the  5th  m. 
had  been  entered  upon,  and  as  the  pace  grew  slower  because  the  party  were 
more  frequently  pedestrians,  my  own  spirits  began  to  rise,  and  I  decided  I 
would,  at  whatever  sacrifice,  -tick  to  them  till  the  bitter  end.  I  now  clearly 
foresaw  that  the  end  would  probably  be  very  bitter  indeed,  but  I  wanted  to 
have  the  happiness  of  sharing  in  its  bitterness  and  of  thus  winning  the  ri^ht 
of  a  personal  witness  to  testify  against  such  foolhardy  pleasuring.  What 
though  my  own  weariness  equaled  or  exceeded  that  of  every  one  else  .>  I 
.should  have  the  solace,  which  all  the  rest  would  lack,  of  seeing  my  theory 
about  ihe  discomforts  of  "  touring  in  a  crowd"  abundantly  justified  I  The 
more  ac  sweated  and  suffered,  the  better  I  should  be  pleased  I  The  deeper 
our  groans  and  regrets  and  'amentations,  the  louder  and  more  triumphant 
could  be  my  ciy  of  "  I  told  you  so  "1 

The  store  at  Seal  Harbor,  8  m.  from  the  start,  was  the  scene  of  our 
fourth  halt  and  our  longest  one  ;  and,  though  the  numerous  hills  for  the  4  m. 
leading  thither  were  so  steep  that  t'.iey  had  to  be  walked  down  as  well  as 
walked  up,  the  distance  was  covered  in  1  h.  Meanwhile,  on  a  certain  rocky 
and  sandy  descent,  a  trio  of  riders  had  been  flung  over  their  handle-bars  in 
rapid  succession,  and  I,  being  just  behind,  only  escaped  a  similar  fate  by  a 
quick  dismount.  One  of  these  unfortunates  was  the  victim  of  the  introducto;  v 
accident  at  Eastport, — from  the  effects  of  which  the  final  signs  were  just 
about  vanishing  from  his  nose,— and  another  was  a  townsman  of  his,  who  had 
never  before  "taken  a  header"  in  three  seasons  of  riding.  Our  captain, 
furthermore,  had  already  been  b,  ought  to  a  rer'.izing  sense  of  his  depravity  in 
choosing  so  rough  a  route,  by  being  forced  to  a  slight  side-fall  (though  he  was 
one  of  the  n-ost  careful  of  riders,  as  shown  by  his  remarkable  record  of 
6,000  m.-  r.Kich  of  it  on  the  macadami.?ed  roads  around  Boston — without  any 
falling  whatever) ;  and  he  had  far  harder  luck,  on  a  rough  descent  to  m.  be- 
yond, for  his  handle-bar  then  got  a  worse  bending  than  happened  to  any  other 
during  the  tour.  The  mishap  was  soon  righted,  however,  by  the  skilfully  ap- 
plied strength  of  our  "champion  long-distance  man"— who  had  by  this  time 
become  so  expert  at  the  business  as  to  make  us  gratefully  give  him  the  addi- 


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'ir"lL?'/  °'  "champion  handle-bar  straightener."  Before  this,  the  editor  of 
the  VVhedman  had  had  his  bar  pulled  into  shape,  when  he  took  the  first  of 
h.s  two  or  three  tumbles;  and  I  improved  that  occasion  to  let  "the  champion" 
also  exercise  h.s  muscle  on  mine,  which  hpd  exhibited  a  teL-tale  curve  since 
the  fall  of  the  previous  afternoon.     His  last  work  was  done  in  the  dusk  at  a 

r'n  H      .'.'  ""'11'°'"  '^^  '"^  °^  °"^  "'^^^  f°^  '^^'^  the  sixth  man 
tumbled  and  the  sixth  bar  was  bent.     That  final  fall  of  the  trip  so  changed 
the  complexion  of  the  party  that  the  "bent-handle  men,"  who  began  in  a 
minority  of  three  and  then  rose  to  the  dignity  of  "a  tie,"  now  clearly  com- 
manded a     working  majority  of  all,"  and  might  easily  bring  their  combined 
.1  -luck  to  bear  for  the  upsetting  of  the  happier  minority,  consisting  of  the 
clergyman,  the  Agricultural  College  student,  the  hanlle-lMr  straightener  and 
myself.     I  suggested,  therefore,  to  them  that  the  only  su..  way  of  protecting 
ourselves   against   this    uncanny  influence,  and   preserving   our    proud   pre- 
eminence over  the  six,  was  to  allow  them  to  ride  the  remaining  mile  to  the 
hotel,  wh.le  we  ourselves  trudged  thither  on  fooi !     But  the  road  now  proved 
too  smooth  for  the  indulgence  in  any  such  mock  superstitions,  and  we  all 
wheeled  along  together  at  a  good  smart  pace.     Thus,  the  last  mile  as  well  as 
the  first  one  of  what  might  be  called  "a  pedestrian  tour  with  bicycles  around 
the  22-m.  drive  of  Mount   Desert"  was   really  accomplished  a-wheelbark; 
though  I  am  very  sure  that  few  or  none  of  the  men  kept  ir  their  saddles  fo 
more  than  half  of  the  intermediate  distance. 

The  only  place  on  the  route  where  any  sort  of  refreshments  could   be 
purchased  was  the  store  at  Seal   Harbor;  and   there  we  feaste<!  for  twenty 
nnnutes  on  oranges  and  lemons  and  crackers  and  confectionery.     Two  miles 
and  a  quarter  beyond  is  a  watering-trough,  where  we  made  our  next  stop,  after 
orty  minutes  of  hilly  pedestrianism,  including  a  very  tiresome  crawl  over  a 
long  causeway  or  breakwater  of  loose  stones.     Beyond  the  water-trough  was 
a  stretch  of  rough,  hard  clay,  extending  northward  along  the  east   -ide  of 
homes  Sound,  and  we  rode  it  pretty  continuously  for  4  m.,  or  until  we  reached 
the  point  where  the  telegraph  line  crosses  it  and  goes  eastward.     It  was  now 
about  6  o  clock  as  we  also  turned  off  to  the  r.  to  follow  its  lead,  and  during 
th.s  hour  on  the  way  from  the  watering-place  the  course  had  been  so  rou.h 
and  difficult  as  fo  make  our  riding  almost  as  slow  and  tiresome  as  the  nre- 
v.ous  walking   had    been.      The   eastward   roadway   proved   smoothei.  and 
generally  shadier,  though  the  hilliness  continued,  and  at  the  top  of  one  long 
Slope  which  we  had  toiled  up  while  the  descending  sun  shone  hotly  upon  our 
backs,  we  made  our  sixth  and  last  general  halt  for  rest  and  water.     It  was 
now  a  quarter  of  7  o'clock,  and  we  lacked  4  m.  of  completing  the  circuit    The 
bending  of  two  handle-bars  formed  the  enlivening  incident,  of  the  firs't  part 
of  this  distance,  though  midway  between    them,  I  myself  was  individually 
t-nlivened  by  having  my  wheel  disregard  its  brake  nnd  run  away  wi'h  me  on  a 

rough  down-grade.     I  finally  escaped  the  evnerf^.'  A\...,^.  ^Ja  t u.   ., 

Wheel  and  myself  safely  to  a  halt,  by  a  backward  spring  and  scramble.^which'; 


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though  effective,  was  so  ludicrously  ungraceful  'hat  the  pedestrians  behind 

me  laughed   loud  and   long.     Aside  from  this,  our  miseries  were  alleviated 

occasionally  by  refreshing   bits   of  scenery,  lo:   our   circuit    included    Drj-, 

Green  and  Sargent's  mountains  as  well  as  Eagle  I>akc,  and  our  chances  for 

viewing  these  were,  a    one  time  or  another,  extrem  ly  good.   The  trouble  was 

hat  we  were  forced  to  restrict  ourselves  so  much  i.i  the  enjoyment  of  these 

chances  •  we  were  in  too  great  a  hurry.     The  "22-m.  drive  "  is  certainly  not 

to  be  recommended  as  an  ideal  path  for  bicycling;  but  I  am  sure  that  I  could 

find  considerable  enjoyment  in  going  over  it  alone,  if  I  devoted  a  whole  day 

to  the  excursion,  and  loitered  or  kept  in  motion  exactly  when  I  pleased ;  and 

I  should  surely  take  that  excursion  if  I  had  several  days  of  leisure  to  spend 

on  the   island.     At  the  supper  table,  that   evening,  where  "good  digestion 

waited  on  appetite  "  far  more  pronouncedly  than  the  young  women  nominally 

employed  for  that  purpose,  the  crowd  was  a  tolerably  happy  if  not  an  uj)- 

roariously  merry  one ;  for  the  pleasing  sense  of   difficulties  conquered  and 

perils  past  was  a  sort  of  solace  for  blistered  feet  and  aching  bones.     My  own 

physical  pangs  had  tiie  additional  solace  of  anticipations  realized.     The  trip 

had  proved  difficult  and  wearisome  beyond  my  fondest  hope  !   My  theory  was 

fully  justified ! 

The  peculiarly  healthfal  nature  of  bicycling,  even  when  practiced  under 
the  worst  conditions  and  far  beyond  the  pleasure-yielding  point,  was  shown  by 
the  fact  that,  on  the  following  morning,  every  man  of  the  party  was  ready  and 
an-xiousfor  "more."  Some  of  us  even  indulged  in  an  ante-breakfast  spin  of  2  or 
3  m.,  to  explore  the  smoothly-pa\ed  streets  of  the  village,  shrouded  as  yet  in 
the  heavy  morning  mists.  Most  of  the  party  left  the  hotel  about  half-past  9, 
for  a  northward  ride  of  6  m.,  alone;  the  shore  to  "  thj  Ovens,"— as  the  great 
holes  in  the  sea-side  cliffs  are  not  inappropriately  called.  I  joined  the  party 
at  the  time  of  their  taking  a  rest,  two-thirds  of  the  way  out,  where  some 
road-repairing  gave  e.xcuse  for  a  halt.  With  this  exception,  the  track  was 
continuously  good,  and  some  stretches  were  excellent,  though  walking  was 
needed  on  a  few  steep  or  stony  pitches  of  the  up-grades.  A  continuation  of 
this  road  leads  across  a  bridge  to  the  main  land,  and  so  on  to  Ellsworth. 
Bucksport  and  Bangor,  which  latter  city,  45  m.  away,  is  the  nearest  point  of 
approach  by  rail.  The  proprietors  of  the  stage  coaches  which  regularly  run 
between  Bar-IIarbor  and  the  places  named,  are  said  to  keep  the  ei.tire  line  in 
proper  condition ;  and  our  youngest  member,  the  college  stadent,  intended  to 
make  trial  of  it  in  proceeding  homeward.  An  eastward  branch  from  this 
main  route  leads  to  "  the  Ovens,"  and  a  wide  and  beautiful  water-view  may 
be  had  while  descending  thither.  We  stayed  on  that  remarkable  spot  for 
abmit  \  h.,  and  wished  we  might  remain  a  week,  but  the  claims  of  "dinner 
in  time  for  the  i  o'clock  boat,"  necessit^ucd  an  early  return  ;  and  for  once  at 
least,  on  this  final  spin  of  the  trip,  every  man  "went  as  he  pleased."  The 
fogs  of  the  early  morning  had  nov.  all  vanished ;  views  of  varying  beauty 
met  the  eye  at  every  turn,  and  the  sensaJou  of  spinning  along  the  sea-wall, 


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hi.;h  above  the  water  which  stretched  many  miles  away  in  the  svinlight,  wai 
very  fine  and  exhilarating.  Here  at  last  was  some  bicycling  really  worthy  of 
the  name  ;  but  It  was,  alas,  the  last !  At  least,  it  was  the  last  of  the  tour  for 
tlie  half-dozen  of  us  who  took  the  i  o'clock  hc^at  for  Rockland,  and  enjoyed 
together,  in  the  isolation  of  the  upper-dock,  a  five  hours'  sail  sufficiently 
delightful  to  more  than  atone  for  all  our  sufferings  on  the  trip.  Supper  was 
taken  on  shore  by  all  save  myself,  who  trusted  not  to  the  hotel-man's  siren 
song  that  there  was  "plenty  of  time,"  and  who  thereby  escaped  a  run 
through  the  dusty  streets  to  catch  "  the  Bangor  boat  for  Boston,"  where  we 
all  disembarked  at  7  o'clock  the  next  morning,  and  went  our  separate  ways. 

The  three  Worcest.*r  men  were  obliged  to  stay  another  day  at  Bar  Har- 
bor, in  order  -.o  use  their  original  excursion-tickets  on  the  direct  boat  to 
Portland ;  and  we  cjuite  wished  we  could  shaie  in  that  obli-.ition,  as  we  lOok 
leave  of  them,  and  of  the  lofty  child  of  Maine,  who  was  about  to  begin  a 
solitary  ride  on  the  stage  road  to  Rangor.  All  in  all,  the  stoi>over  at  Mount 
Desert  proved  a  most  satisfactory  prolongation  of  the  tour,  to  which  the  last 
happy  day  together  formed  a  most  brilliant  finale.  My  cyclometer's  record 
for  the  eight  days  between  Eastport  and  Bar  Harbor  was  171  m.,—  a  distance 
more  than  double  that  of  the  route  which  was  "  ofiiciaily  "  wheeled  by  the 
procession,  and  which  ended  at  Machiasport  on  Sunday  evening.  The 
oiiicial  route  amounted  indeed  to  only  80  m.,  even  including  the  return-trip 
fr(jm  Kobbinston  to  Eastport,  when  fifteen  bicycles  were  carried  by  the 
steam-tug.  Its  Lngtb  if  thus  baldly  presented  as  the  full  record  of  a  week's 
wheeling,  would  seem  quite  trivial  and  insignificant;  but  readers  of  this 
sketch  do  not  peed  to  be  assured  that  mere  "  mileage  "  forms  one  of  the 
least  important  factors  of  a  week's  successful  pleasuring  when  taken  by 
three  dozen  men  on  bicycles  "  amid  the  Down  East  fogs." 

Of  the  pictures  which  were  d-awn  by  H.  Sandham  (to  accompany  J.  S.  Phi'lips's  story, 
"A-wliecliiig  in  NoramDcga,"  in  the  Jan.  and  Feb.  issues  of  the  Wheelman,  18S4)  the  most 
grapliic  and  repres-ntalive  ones  were  the  two  largest,  each  of  which  covered  a  page,  and  served 
as  a  frontispiece  to  its  own  half  of  tlie  story.  "  In  the  Fog  "  (Jan.)  gives  a  go<Hl  idea  of  the 
ghusijy  appearance  presented  by  the  party  on  the  afternoon's  ride  to  Eastport  (see  p.  26S),  and 
its  leading  figure  is  perfectly  recognizable  as  the  President  of  the  Ma,s.sachusett3  15.  C. ;  while 
"  Rest  by  the  Roadside  "  (Feb.)  exct-llently  represents  the  scene  at  the  watering-trough  in  the 
Campibello  woods,  described  on  p.  270.  (Proof  impiessions  of  these  cuts,  on  heavy  paper  suita- 
Mf  fcir  framing,  may  be  had  for  20  c.  each,  at  the  office  of  Outing,  175  Tremont  St.,  lioston.) 
A  liille  picture  on  p.  341  gives  a  good  idea  of  "the  Ovens,"  wl  ich  I  have  mentioned  on  the 
opposite  page  ;  and  a  larger  sketch  on  p.  245  «el!  recalls  the  appearance  of  the  party  on  their 
winding  way  through  the  woods  towards  ^^.^chias  (see  p.  271  ante),  the  "  coaster  "  in  the  fore- 
ground being  recognizable  as  the  writer  t>f  the  article  which  it  illustrates.  Another  notable 
picture  is  a  collection  of  the  "  heads  "  of  the  party,  framed  by  the  front  wheel  of  a  bicycle,  which 
^t.•n<^s  four  inches  high  on  the  printed  page.  Some  of  these  are  recognizable  likenesses,  and  I 
t"uld  identify  ail  of  them  while  the  memory  of  my  companions'  features  ..as  fresh.  The  heads 
i:umlKr  only  however,  the  absent  ones  being  those  of  tl,e  artist  and  myself.  He  was  good 
ennugh,  nevci  less,  to  make  rtwm  in  the  sketch  for  a  pair  of  Ixmts,  whose  soles  are  inscribed 
JNAKi.  ■■  and  '-'  Kkun  "  ;  and  I  presume  his  inspiration  in  thus  giving  ti.em  immortality  was  due 
to  the  fact  that,  when  "  the  photographer  '  took '  the  party  again,  in  a  serried  mass  about  the  hotel 


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door  at  Lubec"  (se»  p.  269).  I  insiste("  on  keeping  my  head  o»it  of  range,  on  the  plea  that  it  wat 
"  lew  worthy  of  notice  than  the  only  properly  shod  pair  of  feet  in  the  party,"— which  same 
booted  extremities  I  thrust  prominently  into  the  foreground.  If  my  face  was  photographed  at 
all  on  that  tour,  it  must  have  been  done  while  the  party  were  in  motion  ;  for  I  always  turned 
the  back  of  my  head  to  the  camera  whenever  I  had  any  volition  in  the  matter  of  defending  my- 
self  from  its  deadly  aim. 

This  recollection  suggests  that  I  may  as  well  improve  the  present  opportunity  for  putting 
on  record  my  personal  philosophy  in  regard  to  the  "  portrait  business,"— for  when  a  wheelman 
in  some  remote  part  of  the  world  supplements  a  friendly  correspondence  by  an   offer  to  "  ex. 
change  photographs,"  it  seems  ungracious  in  me  to  refu^,  and  it  is  certainly  impos.sible  for  me 
to  supply  him  with  a  complete  written  explanation  ..f  the  reasons  which  support  my  invariable 
rule  of  refusal.     I  %.'ns  recently  amused  by  a  story  (in  iVnv  York  Telegram,  July  18,  '85,  appar- 
ently copied  from  some  foreign    journal),  concerning  a  certain    Countess  de  Casti'glione,  lo* 
living  in  Paris  at  the  age  of  about  ;o,  who  is  mj  vain  of  her  own  alleged  beauty  that  she  keeps 
the  grand  saloon  of  her  mansion   "  atiomed  with  photographs  of  herself  in  a  hundred   different 
posts  and  costumes  "  ;  and  who  at  the  same  time  is  "  such  a  monoma'niac  on  the  subject  of  in- 
visibility  "  that  she  forces  i  lost  of  her  distinguished  visitors  to  content  them-eJves  by  staring 
at  these  pictures  as  a  substitute  for  her  own  pepional  presence.     One  of  her  axioms,  however 
"To  see  me  against  my  will  is  to  rob  me,"  rather  appeals  to  my  .sympathy,  because  it  contains 
the  idea  on  which  is  based  my  iwn  objections  to  letting  strangers  have  my  likeness.     The  spread- 
ing  abroad  of  a  knowledge  of  one's  features  tends— even  more  directly  than  the  attaching  of 
notoriety  to  one's  family  name— to  the  restriction  of  his  personal  freedom.     Why  should  I  "  give 
my  looks  away  "  to  an  unknown  number  of  people,  and  thereby  put  it  in  their  power  to  "get 
the  drop  on  me,"  on  some  occasion  when  I  wish  to  enjoy  the  indeper.dence  atuching   to  obscu- 
rity ?     Why  should  I  set  my  likeness  up  as  a  target  for  the  remarks  of  the  thoughtless  and  light- 
minded  who  know  me  not  ?     When  I  reveal  my  identity  by  a  personal  interview,  I  can  judge 
somewhat  of  the  impression  which  my  presence  makes  upon  the  party-of-the-second-part,— and 
I  can  have  as  much  of  a  hold  upon  him  as  he  upon  me,  in  case  we  ever  afterwards  chance  to  be 
thrown  within  sighting  distance  of  each  other ;  but  when  a  stranger  gets  hold  of  my  identity 
through  a  picture,  he  gives  no  return  at  all  for  the  power  thereby  acquired  over  me,— and  I  pre- 
fer that  no  unknown  person  should  have  such  power.     Of  course,  a  friendly  correspondent  who 
has  sent  me  his  picture  cannot  be  classed  as  "  unknow-. "  (1  prize  such  portraits  highly,  and 
shall  be  grateful  for  every  addition  which  may  be  made  to  my  collection  of  them);  but  I  cannot 
send  mine  in  return  without  putting  it  wi.hin  the  possible  gaze  of  those  who  are  unknown,  and 
without  running  even  some  remote  risk  of  that  supremely  dreaded  curse  :  exposure  in  a  newspaper. 
The  difference  between  showing  one's  living  face,  and  giving  away  a  fixed  copy  of  it,  is  similar  to 
the   difference  between   speaking  words,  which  vanish  into  thin  air,  and  writing  words,  which 
may  be  kept  and  twisted  into  "  evidence,"-like  the  terrible  "  chops  and  tomato  sauce  "  of  pom 
Mr.  Pickwick.     Litera  scripta    marui      This  vital  <':lstinction  is  well  illustrated  in  the  following 
commen's  concerning  a  certain  London    '  society  journalist  "  whom  Lord   Coleridge  sentenced 
to  jail,  last  year  :  "  Gos.sip,  like  scores  of  other  human  amusements,  becomes  harmful  by  excess  ; 
and  the  objection  to  newspaper  gossip  is  that  it  is  nearly  always  excessive.     Every  man  kno«s 
that   his  personal  peculiarities,  his  looks,  his  character,  his  ability,  his  fortune,  his  tastes  and 
surroundings  are  a  frequent  topic  of    chit-chat  amont-  liis  friends  and  acquaintances— that  is, 
among  the  people  whose  houses  he  frequents,  or  who  Irequent   his,  or  whom   he  meets  at  the 
houses  of  others  of  the  same  circle.     Tlie.se,  however,  do  not  number  probably,  ir.  the  case  of 
the  most  sociable,  or  popular,  or  best-known  m;n,  over  500  all  told;  and  what   they  say  about 
him  he  hardly  ever  hears.     Most  of  what  is  said  it  would   probably  pain   him  to  hear,  either  as 
being  wounding  to  his  self-love,  or   as  indicating  that  more  was   known  of  his  private   affairs 
than  he  would  like  to  have  known.     When  this   tittle-tattle  finds  its  way  into  prim,  however,  it 
undergoes  a  very  serious  change.     From  being  the  gossip  of  a  few  score,  it  becomes  the  gossip 
••!  •.•.•.r.::-j  •.::•_•^:^J:::■.-  ;;:   :::::::c:u;.      ;:  Gcprivc5  tnc  vicii.n.u  all  iciugc.      u  makes  not  only  his  wite 
and  children  but  the  servants  in  his  own  house  participants  in  the  joke  or  story  against  him,  and 


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fullows  him  with  ridicule  or  discredit  to  all  the  hotels,  watering  places  and  steamboats  in  the 
civilized  world.  Ptrson;J  gossip  has  undoubtedly  been  from  th^  earliest  ages  the  chief  amuse- 
nienr  of  mankind,  and  will  probably  continue  to  be  so  as  long  as  humanity  is  iha  chief  interest  of 
human  b<.ings.  It  was  comparatively  harmless,  as  long  as  it  had  to  be  spread  by  word  of  mouth  ; 
but  '  society  newspapers  '  l.ave  undertaken  to  erect  factories  in  which  gossip  is  prepared  for  the 
market  and  spread  by  steam  machinery,— and  any  of  it  that  is  harmful  is  terribly  harmful.  1  he 
editorial  oversights  and  mistakes,  even  if  few  in  numb^-r,  deal  deadly  wounds.  To  many  peo- 
ple, too,  even  what  an  editor  thinks  a  kindly  '  notice,'  with  which  any  man  or  woman  ought  to 
be  pleased,  is  undiluted  pain  ;  for  there  are  some,  even  yet,  to  whom  publicity  of  any  kind  is  a 
simple  calamity.  They  „re  probably  becoming  scarcer  as  the  years  go  by,  but  they  still  linger 
among  us  in  considerable  numbers.  '  Society  editors '  find  it  hard  <.o  understand  them,  or  to 
sympathize  with  them,  but  they  are  none  the  less  God's  creatures  and  entiUed  to  humane  con- 
sideration."—/"/!* Nation,  April  24,  1884,  p.  355. 

These  words  o,.ght  to  make  clear  the  reason  of  my  preference  that  the  notoriety  which  is  a 
necessary  business  condition  of  my  forcing  a  sale  of  10,000  copies  of  this  book,  all  over  the  world, 
should  be  "  confined  strictly  to  business,"— should  attach  simply  to  my  name  and  address  as  a 
publisher,- without  conferring  a  hateful  and  needless  publicity  on  my  family  name  and  on  th- 
entirely  private  life  which  it  represents  and  protects.  Could  I  have  foreseen  that  I  was  destined 
to  embark  upon  a  scheme  whose  succes  implied  such  world-wide  notoriety  for  the  personal 
irade-mark  representing  it,  I  would  never  even  have  allowed  my  face  to  be  •'  taken  "  in  the  League 
groups,  amid  a  multitude  of  others ;  and  I  hope  no  one  will  be  so  lacking  in  "  humane  consider- 
ation "  for  m>  vishes  in  this  respect  as  ever  to  drag  it  out  from  that  friendly  obscurity.  When 
personal  preferences  are  of  a  purely  negative  sort,  they  ought  to  be  deferred  to,  no  matter  how 
whimsical  they  may  seem  to  a  person  not  in  sympathy  with  them.  It  is  not  to  be  expected  that 
a  man  will  take  artive  measures  to  gratity  the  whims  of  another ;  but  when  it  is  possible  to 
gratify  them  by  mere  inactivity,  by  doing  nothing,  by  "  minding  his  own  business,"  it  seems  to 
me  that  he  ought  not  to  take  active  measures  to  give  oflense.  There  is  one  picture  of  myself, 
however,  which,  though  I  have  not  yet  seen  it,  I  should  be  entirely  willing  to  see  reproduced 
in  the  illustrated  papers.  Indeed,  I  gave  permission  iv.  he  edii  r  of  the  Bi.  H'-orld  to  publish 
it,  some  years  ago,  when  he  asked  me  to  stand  as  one  of  a  "  series  "  then  appearing  in  that 
paper.  His  request  chanced  to  reach  me  just  as  I  returned  from  a  ride  to  Tarrjtown,  where 
the  clerk  of  the  Vincent  House  had  laughingly  assured  me  that  a  "  rear  elevation  "  of  my  figure 
formed  a  ve-;,  funny  backj;iound  to  a  photograph  of  a  party  of  'coaching-club  people^,"  which  a 
local  pho'ographer  had  taken,  in  front  of  the  hotel,  on  the  occasion  of  my  last  previous  visit. 
In  my  characteristic  attitude  of  "  polishinp  up  the  nickel-plate,"  I  had  turned  my  back  upon 
the  "coachers  " ;  and  the  fact  of  my  entire  unconsciousness  of  being  pictured  with  them  doubt- 
less added  to  the  natural  and  life-like  quality  of  the  "half-moon  "  view  of  my  white  flannel 
breeches  which  the  cam.;ra  perpetuated.  The  Bi.  World,  oddly  enough,  never  published  this 
"  speaking  likeness,"  nor  even  printed  my  letter  which  graciously  consented  that  the  same  might 
1«  used  as  one  of  its  "  series."  I  presume  that  copies  may  even  now  be  procured  at  the  photog- 
rapher's  shop  in  Tarrytown ;  and,  if  ever  I  wheel  up  there  again,  I  mean  to  take  a  look  at 
that  picture,  myself ! 

"  Mount  Desert,  on  the  Coast  of  Maine,"  by  Mrs.  Clara  Barnes  Martin  (Portland  :  Loring, 
Short  &  Harmon,  6th  ed.,  1SS5,  pp.  115,  price  75  c.),  "was  written  in  Oct.  1866,  ano  first 
privately  printed  in  the  following  May."  In  addition  to  excellent  photogiaphsof  Spouting  horn, 
Eagle  lake,  Cathedral  rock,  Otter  cliffs  and  Somes  sound,  it  is  accompanied  by  a  U.  S.  Coast 
Survey  map  (1875,  ,S  by  14  in.,  i  m.  to  J  in.),  which  gives  a  complete  showing  of  the  roads  and 
the  topography  in  detail.  An  inscription  on  iti  edge  says,  "  No.  103  (2),  price  20  cents"  ;  but 
I  infer  that  direct  application  must  be  made  to  the  Government  if  any  one  wishes  to  secure  the 
map  independently  of  the  book.  Rev.  S.  H .  Day  supplied  a  sketch  of  our  bicycling  experiences 
on  Mt.  Desert  to  the  Bi.  iror/J  {Nov.  23,  '83,  p.  28I,  supplementing  thus  the  report  of  the 

""■■-^  ■" ""'"   '^''■■-'=  "■-:■-  i""P"r  r.zc  ,^..nrca  vAug.  31,  ocpi.  /  .imi   21,  Gel.  5  and  20), 

by  "  Gccsee,"  who  also  prepared  a  briefer  one  for  his  own  paper,  the  MarbUluad  Messtnger. 


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NOVA  SCOTIA  AND  THE  ISLANDS  BEYOND.' 

I  BELIEVE  that  the  voyager  who  steams  out  of  Boston  Harbor  In  search 
of  a  foreign  port  can  leach  Yarmouth  (6,200  inhabitants),  the  most  south- 
westerly one  of  Nova  Scotia,  rooner  than  any  other.     At  all  events,  the  sail 
is  only  240  m.  lung,  and  can  be  finished  in  an   hour  or  two  less  than  a  fuM 
calendar  day.     It    was  the  steamer    "  New    Brunswick "  which   carried  nic 
thither  most  pleasantly,  amid  the  bright  sunshine   of  the  last  Tuesday  of 
August,  1S83  ;  but  it  was  a  bleak  wind  and  a  cloudy  sky  which  greeted  my 
arrival  on  the  morning  that  followed.     In  my  hurry  to  be  off,  I  entirely  forgot 
the  existence  of  the  collector  of  customs,  and   so  trundled  my  bicycle  and 
baggage  quickly  away  from  the  dock,  without  question  from  any  one  ;  though 
I  afterwards  learned  that  the  usual  practice  was  to  exact  a  bond,  or  deposit 
of  money,  as  security  that  the  tourist  would  not  leave  his  bicycle  permanently 
in  the  province  with   the   duty  unpaid.      Whether   the   inspector   failed   to 
observe  me,  or  whether  the  sight  of  my  white  ridin^'-costume  convinced  him 
that  I  must  be  certain  soon  to  return   whence  I   came,  I  did  not  stop  to 
inquire.     I  only  waited  long  enough  to  put  my  valise,  duly  labeled  for  Hali- 
fax, into  the  baggage-car  of  the  train  which  was  appointed  to  reach  that  city 
that  evening,  and  then  put  myself  into  the  saddle  for  a  five  days'  tour  thither. 
Mention  may  be  allowed  here,  however,  as  an  interesting  example  of  the 
mysteries  of  Canadian  express  management,  that,  though  the  man  in  charge 
of  the  car  assured  me  that  the  valise  should  go  "  straight  through,"  it  w-.s 
seized   upon  by  the   agent    of  some  rival  express    at  Digby  or  Annapolis, 
shipped  thence  by  slow  steamer  to  .St.  John,  and  finally  reached  Halifax,  and 
was  delivered  at  the  designated  hotel  there,  some  16  h.  after  my  own  arrival ! 
Instead  of  a  direct  ride  of  210  m.  on  the   train  by  which  I  started  it,  it  had 
been  given  a  sea-voyage,  had  tr.->veled  double  the  necessary  distance,  and  had 
been  six  days  on  the  .vay. 

When  I  mounted,  at  the  post-office,  in  Yarmouth,  at  8  o'clock  on  that 
Wednesday  .norning,  the  weother  was  just  about  as  dismal  and  threatening 
as  on  the  memorable  morning  in  June,  when  the  "  Down  East  party"  disem- 
barked at  Eastport  and  took  their  first  united  plunge  into  the  mists  of  Maine. 
The  character  of  the  road  and  the  scenery  also  suggested  the  environs  of 

•From  OiUing,  April,  1S84,  pp.  ji-18.  This  was  accompanied  by  a  full-page  picture  of  a  bi- 
cycler  (presumably  myself)  reclir.ing  in  the  sh.ide  of  a  Nova  Scotia  "forest,  primeval,— the 
wh^pering  piiv:  and  the  hemlocks";  and  it  gives  a  fairly  good  idea  of  the  same.  It  was  drawn  by 
Edmund  H.  (j.nr,  tt ;  and  copies  of  it,  on  heavy  paper,  suitable  for  framing,  are  supplied  for 
io  c.  cicn  uy  trit  jjubiiaiicia  oi  iiie  iiiajjaziiie,  175  Tremont  St.,  Boston. 


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K..stport.  for  my  course  led  through  a  rolling  country,  usually  in  sight  of  the 
se.,  and  an  attractive  and  ever-varying  combination  of  mountain-and-water 
vcws  accompan.ed  me  for  the  greater  part  of  the  day.-and.  indeed,  for  the 
.w„  <lays  following.     Weyn.outh,  47  m.  from  the  start,  is  the  first  town  of 
am  consequence,  and  the  first  place  where  the  tourist  comes  in  sight  of  the 
railway  after  leav.ng  Yarmouf],.  though  it  lies  only  a  few  miles  inland  from 
h,s   course,  and    there  are   several    of  its   intermediate   stations  which    are 
read.l>  accessible   to  h>m.     There  is  a  pretty  view  of  the  bridges  when  the 
n,  or  emerges  from  the  woods  into  sight  of  the  village,  and  there  is  a  long 
h>    wh.ch  r  rode  upw.th  difficulty  and  then  rode  down  with  caution,  as  ^ 
en  ered  the  bndge.     Just  beyond  this  bridge,  at  Wevmouth.  is  a  steep   rou^h 
h,ll,  w.ch  I  do  not  believe  any  bicycle  could  climb;  but  i    is  the  firs    real 
obstacle  t  a.  would  compel   a  dismount,  in  the  case    A  a  goo     rid  r  who 
started  at  \  armouth.     It  would  be  quite  a  creditable  feat,  to  be  sure   for  a 
man  to  cover  the  entire  47  n,.  without  stop;  for  the   track  is  continuously 
h,lly  and  some  of  the  g.ades  are  long,  and  some  are  steep,  and  some  a  e 
rou.h  and  stony  ;  but  good  luck  in  choos-Ing  the  path  at  certain  difficult  p,a 
w  uid  make  .t  an  ent.rely  practicable  feat.     There  was  not  a  rod  of  the  vay 
wh,ch  I  myself  could  not  ride,  and  there  was  not  a  single  one  of  my  enfor  ed 
>monnts  wh.ch  m.ght  not  have  been  avoided  by  a   little   better  judgment 
On  the  other  hand,  m  a  repetition  of  the  ride.  I  might  verv  likely  be  Heed 

0  stop  by  obstacles  which,  in  the  present  case.  I  had   the 'luck  focoquer 

1  longest  stay  m  the  saddle  began  at  Meteghan  at   .,0  p.  m..  and  lasted 
1.  .0  m,n..  durtng  which  I  accomplished   14^   m..  including  s  veral  h il  s 

xcept  for  a  mistake,  which  stopped  me  on  a  level  stretchfl  should  have 
kept  m  motion  another  h..  or  until  I  reached  the  bridge  in  Weymouth    Tm 
on;  for  I  was  wet  and  had  no  desire  to  dismount  or  rest  til    I  g"    to    " 
|ourney-s  end.     The  hotel  of  Forbes  Jones  was  at  the  bridge,  but  tha   o    Tis 
7oTV  "!,S^^°'!'''°"  ^  ^■■S'^^v  ^*'>-^°P.^nd  thither  I  p^o'ceeded  ar  L„g 
me  r;i'    ,  !;""  ''''  "'"  ''"'"S  '""^^  ^'Sorously  than  at  any  previous 

.me  of  the  day.  and.  as  no  other  hotel  could  be  reached  before  nightfall    I 
ceded  to  stop      My  first  halt  of  the  forenoon  nad  been  made  at flebL 
m.,  when  the  first  rain-drops  began  to  patter  down,  and  I  put  my  coa     n  "e' 
enuha-rubberroll   on  the   handle-bar.     At  a  threshing-mill,  3    "uX'' 
a-  ro.d  turned  off  to  the  r..  and  led  for  the  first  time  into  the  woods,     p! 
..  !<e  Garland.  I  reached  Maitland  at  10  o  clock,  and  after  a  brief  do  av 
.    .hng  and  cleaning,  rode   10  m.  without  stop  in  the  follow'ng  I  ou       nd 
c  m,  ed  the  long  church  hill  at  Salmon  River  and  the  still  b^  Si     beCnd 
Another  much  slower  hour  brought  me  to  the  scene  of  a  chTch  n    nTc   bs; 
bevond  the  village  of  Meteghan.  and  there   I   made  a  lunch  on    he  m 
-an.  of  the  feast  which   the  bedraggled  picnickers  Jlresen^atr 
-,    r  packing  away  in  boxes.     Some  of  the  merrymakers  were'elyrg 
the  adventurous  delights  of  a  revolvinrr  =,„;„„  ...  „,_.._..    .  .  .     ''"''^"g 

»-.....d.„„w,as  over  .hei,  ^:^i:^::;;; ^t^^v:^ 


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the  ma..y  dance  in  very  small  booths,  or  shanties,  t  .rough  whose  flimsy  roofs 
the  rain  kept  trickling  clown,  in  s|>ite  of  all  their  brave  adornment  with  ever 
green  boughs  and  artificial  flowers.  The  sight  of  all  this  provincial  plcasur 
ing  was  as  novel  and  amusing  to  me  as  the  sight  of  a  dripping  bicycle  touiist 
was  to  them,  and  we  therefore  stared  at  each  other  with  mutual  interest  and 
satisfaction.  Most  of  the  people  of  this  region  are  descendants  of  the  old 
Acadian  French,  who  returned  here  after  their  banishment  from  (Jrand 
I'ri'.  and  they  retain  much  of  the  primitive  simplicity  in  tneir  customs  and 
costumes.  The  uniformity  with  which  all  the  women  and  little  girls  keep 
their  faces  bandaged  up,  in  a  sort  of  nun-like  head-gear,  at  once  attracts 
notice.  Few  understand  the  Knglish  language ;  but,  as  "  money  "  is  the 
language  of  church  picnics  everywhere,  my  wants  were  quickly  supplied. 

Bright  sunshine  prevailed  on  Thursday  morning,  but,  as  the  rain  had  con- 
tinued to  fall  heavily  during  a  good  part  of  the  night,  and  as  nobody  in  Nova 
Scotia  ever  thinks  of  taking  breakfast  before  8  o'clock,  I  was  in  no  special 
hurry  about  getting  started  from  Weymouth ;  and  it  was  a  quarter  past  lo 
when  I  said  good-bye  to  the  representatives  of  the  Jones  family,  who  had  en- 
tertained  me  in  such  hospitable  and  friendly  fashion  as  to  make  me  feci  i.:ite 
at  home.     A   mistaken   detour  along  the  shore-road,  which   proved  rather 
rough,  resulted  in  bringing  me  back  to  the  main  road  at  a  point  3  m.  from  the 
start,  though  I  had  covered  double  that  distance,  in  i  J  h.     Ten  m.  beyond,  at 
3.15  p.  M.,  I  stopped  for  lunch  wl.en  confronted  by  the  sign  1  "  L.  Fontaine. 
Entertainment.     Meals  at  all  hours."     The  road  at  this  point  was  excellent^ 
and  almost  continu(;usly  overlooked  St.  Mary's  Bay,  affording  varied  views  of 
its  waters  and  of  the  lofty  -idges  of   Digby  Neck  beyond ;  but  there  now  fol- 
lowed I  ni.  of  riding  through  the  fore.-t,  and  I  then  turned  off  to  the  1.  and 
passed  under  the  railway,  instead  oi  keeping  straight  on  towards  Annanolis. 
Two  m.  beyond  I  reached  the  road  which  I  intended  to  take  for  that  city,  but, 
before  taking   it,  I   made  a  detour  down  to  Digby  (1.800  inhabitants),' and 
when  I  c.inie  back  to  the  fork  again,  \\  h.  later,  the  cyclometer  recorded  4  m. 
From   Digby   I   might  have  gone  backward  along  the  w.  side  of  St.  Mary's 
Bay,  first  on  Digby  Neck  and  then  on  Long  Island,  and  thence   have  crossed 
by  ferry  to  Meteghan  (which  would   have  made  a  pleasant  round  trip  from 
Yarmouth  of  about  isom.,  with  less  than  30  m.  cf  repetition),  or  I  might  have 
been  ferried  across  the  channel  to  the  Granville  side,  and  h=   c  proceeded  along 
the  base  of  North  mountain  to  the  village  of  that  name,  which   is  cpi)()>ite 
Annapolis,  ai'id  to  Bridgetown,  about  16  m.  beyond.     The  channel  in  question 
allows  ships  f'om  the  Bay  of  Fundy  to  approach  Digby  and  the   Annapolis 
Basin,  a  long,  land-locked  bay  on  which  the  village  of  that  name  is  situated. 
North  mountain  is  the  name  of  the  rit^ge,  600  to  700  ft.  high,  which  forms  the 
coast-line  of  the  Bay  of  Fundy  for  8  v.\.  or  more  to  the  n.  e.  of  Dighv,  until  it 
terminates  in  the   head'and  called  Blomidon  and  Cap,-  Split.     South  mount- 
ain is  the  corresponding  ridge.  300  to  500  ft.  high,  on  the  other  side  of  the 
•-•stjiii  aiivi  •ss.i.i\.-j  ui  .-iiiiiapuiii.      i  ae  iwo  ran^^cs  are  aijuul  a  haii-iiozcn  111. 


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aj-ut  at  Digby,  an<'  converge  somewhat  as  they  approach  Annapolis;  but  they 
afterwards  diverge  rapidly,  so  that,  to  the  eastward  of  Uwrencetown,  a  flat 
pliin,  15  or  20  m.  wide,  is  included  between  them. 

It  was  7.30  p.  M.  when  I  reac.ied  the  Dominion  Hotel,  ooposite  the  rail- 
rnail  station  in  Annapolis  {1.200  inhabitants),  and  I   had  been  3J  h.  in  doing 
the  20  m.  which  began  at  the  fork  in  the  road  outside  of  Digby.     That  town 
WIS  still  in  plain  sight  when  I  crossed  Victoria  bridge,  7  m.  on;  and  even  3 
m.  liter  I  had  a  view  of  it  from  a  hill-top.     Two  m.  beyond  this  I  descended 
a  long  hill  into  Clemcnsport,  and  rode  up  a  still  longer  one ;  soon  after  which, 
m  tiiL-  water  level,  I  met  with  a  few  rods  of  deej)  sand,  the  fust  obstacle  ot 
that  sort  which  I  encountered  on  my  tour.     My  record  Tor  that  second  dav, 
whi.  li  a.mprised  several  excellent  stretches  of  roadway,  and  offered  surpris- 
indy  few  reminders  of  the  last  night's  heavy  storm,  was  44^  m.     It  led  me 
through  a  pleasant  and  prosperous  region,  abounding  in  gardens  and  orchards ; 
and  even  the  long  lines  of  the  fishing  pounds  and  the  acres  of  black  mud  in  the 
ti.i.-w.iys  were  rather  agreeable  to  look  upon  by  reason  of  their  novelty.    The 
ready  accessibility  of  these  great  beds  of  black  gravci,  which  are  left  uncov- 
ered  by  the  receding  tides  in  the  rivers  and  basins,  doubtless  accounts  iu 
large  degree  for  the  average  excellence  of  the  roads  in  that  part  of  Nova 
Scotia.     Rain  again  fell  during  the  night,  and  a  heavy  mist  threatened  me 
with  more  when  I  mounted  at  9  on  the  following  morning,  and  took  a  turn 
through  the  deserted  fortress,  as  a  preliminary  to  the  resumption  of  my  jour- 
ney.   A  fine  view  was  had  there,  and  also  from  the  summit  of  Round  hill  7 
m.  on,  rnd  the  latter  included  Annapolis,  which  refused  to  be  banished  from 
sight  almost  as  persistently  as  Digby  had  refused  on  the  previous  afternoon. 
lirKlgetown,  9  m.  beyond  Round  hill,  contains  a  Grand  Central  Hotel 
which  charged  me  half  a  dollar  for  a  very  poor  dinner.     I  was  told  there  also 
that,  by  takmg  the  ferry  across  from   Annapolis  to  Granville,  I  might  have 
had  an  equally  smooth  road,  and  avoided  much  hill-climbing.     The  track 
thence  grew  somewhat  poorer  and  softer  as  I  advanced  to  the  village  of  Para- 
dise, s  m.,  ai:d  Lawrencetown,  3  m.;  and  at  the  latter  point  I  took  train  for 
25  m.  through  a  flat,  barren,  and  uninteresting  countrv,  whose  roads  were  too 
sandy  for  riding,  though  the  "  back  road,"  along  the  base  of  North  mountain. 
was  said  to  be  harder.     The  2  h.  ending  at  6.30  o'clock  sufficed  for  my  prog- 
ress from  Berwick  to  Kentville  (3,000  inhabitants),  about  a  dozer,  m.;  though 
mnch  walkmg  would  have  been  necessary  except  for  the  recent  rain,  and  I 
might,  perhaps,  wisely  have  kept  to  the  train  for  the  entire  distance     The 
Corn .v.all,s  valley  begins  at  Berwick,  however,  and  the  sun  was  once  mor- 
shm.ng  brightly  as  I  turned  1.  from  the  railwav  station  towards  that  villare 
though  I  might  also  have  gone  to  the  r.,  along  the  post-road,  instead  of  enter- 
mg  It  at  a  point  5  m.  further  on.     My  day's  record  was  34  m. 

Clear,  bracing  air  and  -k  cloudless  sky  supplied  ideal  atmospheric  con- 
anions  for  riding  on   Saturday  mornins.  as   I  sneH  jrav]-  ale---  -  ^•--  — 
cei;?nt  course  from  KenrvUlt,  through  the  academic  Vwi  of  Woi*fvnTe '(^ 


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inhabitants),  and  the  village  of  Horton.to  the  railroad  station,  on  the  historic 
site  of  Grand  J'rt.     Here  I  turned  about,  for  the  sake  of  climbing  a  hill  o-  er 
lool^ing  the  place  (though  I  might  more  readily  have  reached  this  summit  at 
the  outset  by  continuing  straight  up  a  broad,  disused  road,  instead  of  swin  - 
ing  off  to  the  right  on  the  smooth  track  leading  to  Morton),  and  I  devoted  w 
ho-.r  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  prospect  and  of  my  guide-book's  prescntafi,,,,  „f 
the  rhapsodies  which  it  had  inspired  in  former  tourists.     Then  I  jogged  (l,.u„ 
to  the  railroad-crossing  again,  and  so  through  the  "great  meadow."  which  the 
early  Acadians  reclaimed  from  the  tides  by  dikes,  until  I  reached  the  ever- 
green-shaded  elevation  called  I^ng  Island,  and  the  shore  of  the  famous  lia^i,, 
of  Mmas.     The  -lay  wagon-paths  across  the  meadows  were  all  ridable.  th(  uth 
too  rough  for  swift  or  pleasant  riding,  and  I  returned  by  a  new  route  and 
ma:lc  many  detours   in  getting  past  Horton  to  the  foot  of  the  long  incline 
called  Horton  Mountain,  from  the  summit  of  which  another  fine  view  was  en- 
joyed.    The  ascending  path  was  quite  smooth,  and   I  rode  the  whole  of  it 
dismounting  once  for  a  team,  but  the  downward  slope  of  2  or  3  m.  was  softer 
and  rougher,  so  that  I  shou'd  have  walked  most  of  it  had  I  been  touring  in 
thp  other  direction.     I   tarried  a  while  for  lunch  at   Hantsport,  and  devoted 
the  2  h.  ending  at  6  p.  m.  to  wheeling  thence  to  Windsor  (3,000  inhabitants), 
8  m.,  over  an  uninteresting  and  difl^cult,  though  continuously  ridable,  roacl! 
which  led,  for  the  most  part,  through  the  woods,  and  which  would  have  been 
hammered   into  smoother  condition   by  the  usual   wagon  traffic  had  not  this 
been  for  some  months  diverted  into  another  route  because  of  a  broken  bridge. 
King's  College— the   oldest   one   now   existing   in   the  whole    Dominion   of 
Canada,  having  been  founded  in  1788— stands  on  one  of  the  hills  of  Windsor; 
and  the  town  itself,  occupying  a  promontory  at  the  intersection  of  two  rivers,' 
impressed  me  as  the   prettiest  and  most  attractive  one  that   I  saw  it.   Nova 
Scotia.     Most  of  its  streets  and  outlying  roads  are  smoothly  macadamized, 
and  1  made  trial   of  them  to  the  e.vtent  of  nearly  8  m.,  in  companv  with  a 
couple  of  local  wheelmen,— fellow-tourists  of  mine  in  the  Down-East  partv  of 
June,— who  met  me  by  appoititment  when  I  reached  the  Victoria  Hotel,  and 
who  agreed  to  escort  me  at  least  a  part  of  the  way  to  Halifi^x  on  the  follow- 
ing morning.     My  cyclometer  recorded  47  m.  on  that  fourth  day  of  the  tour, 
and  lacked  but  rl  m.  of  reaching  the  same  distance  on  the  fifth. 

The  character  of  that  fifth  day's  riding,  which  completed  the  run  of  218 
m.  from  Yarmouth,  and  which  was  mostly  done  in  the  fog  and  rain,  may  be 
inferred  from  the  description  of  the  region  gi  en  in  "  Baddeck,"  by  Charles 
Dudley  Warner:  "  Indeed,  if  a  man  can  live  on  rocks,  like  a  goat,  he  mav 
settle  anywhere  between  Windsor  and  Halifax.  With  the  exception  of  a 
wild  pond  or  two,  we  saw  nothing  but  rocks  and  stunted  firs  for  45  m.,— a 
monotony  unrelieved  by  one  picturesque  feature."  An  hour's  swift  spin  of  8 
m.,  ending  at  8  o'clock  in  the  morning,  brought  us  to  the  end  of  the  level 
stretch  of  roadway  leading  from  Windsor;  and  there,  in  the  mist,  which  had 
t^^-t  •-•Jiiziaiiiij  \^i\s\'iiiv^  ut:;5cr,  un;ii  ic  vvas  iiow  «tiiuu&t  like  rain,  my  escort 


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hailc  mc  farewell  and  whirled  their  wheels  homeward  towards  the  town  of 
Mvtii  churches.    I  then  surprised  myself  by  going  without  stop  for  t\  m.  in  i  h. 
TO  niin.,  thoujjh  the  ascent  was  almost  continuous  for  the  first  2  or  3  m.,  and 
iiiiK  li  (if  the  remaining  distance  was  rough  and  slippery  on  account  of  tho  rain. 
riicnce  I  rode  by  shv)rt  stretches  to  the  railroad  station  called  Mount  Uniacke, 
(■i  m..  where  I  made  a  brief  pause  for  a  glass  of  milk,  and  then  started  forth 
in  a  shower,  which  gave  me  a  thorough  wetting.     It  was  exactly  no-n  when  I 
stnivicd  for  another  drink  of  milk  at  a  point  4  m.  beyond  this;  and  I  esti- 
ni.itci!  that  the  forenoon's  journey  of  24  m.  had  not  required  more  than  \  m.- 
(4  'A  liking,  spite  of  the  many  dismounts  demanded  by  the  slippery  and  diffi- 
(iilt  tr  .1  k.     I  walked  much,  however,  for  the  first  4  m.  of  the  afternoon,  until 
1  st.iuka  stretch  of  black  gravel,  before   reaching  the  place  with  the  sign 
"  1 6- Mile  House";  but  then  was  al)lc  to  ride  without  stop  for  more  than  i^  m. 
lullmving  this  came  4  m.  of  toiling  through  the  mud.  mostly  on  foot,  until  I 
readied  the  level  of  a  running  stream  or  river.     A  mile  beyond  this  I  came 
to  tlie  rifle  range,  and  then,  after  a  similar  interval,  to  the   Hotel   Bellevue, 
opposite  the  r.  r.  station  at  Bedford,  where  I  stopped  \  h.,  in  tho  midst  of  a 
heavy  drizzle,  to   partake  of  a  lunch,  which  supi)lied  the  first  food  more  sub- 
stantial than  milk  thr.t  I  had  during  the  journey.     In  dry  weather,  the  road 
from  this  point  along  the  shores  of  the   h.dford   ISas.n  to  the   Four-Mile 
House,  and  thtice  in  to  the  city,  is  a  good  one ;  and  in  spite  of  the  mud  and 
stones,  which  caused   frequent  stops    I   rode  nearly  all  of  it.     There  was 
verv  little  rain  falling  during  this  final   pull,  but  a  dense  fog  enshrouded  the 
town  when  I  finished  my  ride  at  the  door  of  the  Halifax  Hotel,  just  after  6 
oMnck.     My  course  through  the  forest  had  not  led  past  very  many  houses, 
nor  been  enlivened  by  very  many  extended  outlooks,  but,  on  a  pleasant  day] 
it  could  hardly  be  considered  so  desperately  monotonous  as  the  correspond- 
ing railway  ride  described  in  "  Baddeck." 

Mist  and  showers  prevailed  by  turns  during  all  the  next  day,  but  I 
managed  in  spite  of  them  to  ride  20  m.  in  the  city  streets  before  embarking 
on  the  steamer  "  \Vor^.3tcr,"  which  sailed  at  6  o'clock,  just  as  the  setting 
sun  began  to  shine.  My  longest  spin  was  to  Point  Pleasant,  a  park  of  ever- 
green trees  which  lies  between  the  ha-bor  and  the  river-like  inlet  called 
the  Northwest  Arm,  stretching  therefrom  for  4  m.,  to  within  2  m.  of  the 
r.edford  Basin.  The  shore  road  leading  to  this  park,  and  the  many  inter- 
secting roads  within  it,  are  macadamized  to  such  an  ideal  degree  of  smooth- 
ness that  even  a  very  hard  rain  will  not  make  them  perceptibly  sticky ;  but 
in  this  paradise  I  took  the  first  tumble  of  the  entire  tour,  while  carelessly 
swinging  my  legs  over  the  handle-bar  on  a  down-grade.  "^  7  o'clock  of 
Saturday  morning,  five  days  later,  when  the  "  Worcester,"  after  a  voyage  of 
630  m.,  was  once  more  lashed  to  the  dock  in  Halifa.x,  several  of  the  local 
wheelmen  dragged  me  from  my  state-room  to  breakfast  with  them  ashore, 

the  city  is  justly  proud.     Afterwards  I  went  alone  along  the  street  which 


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followed  tl.e  «l.orc  of  tnc  Hediord  m».„.  to  the  little  post-office,  whose  si«n 
read  "3-Mile  House."  where  I  crossed  the   road  by  which  I  entered  tlu-      ,v 
on  Sunday,  and  proceeded  2  m.  to   the  Seaside    House,  on   the  c  v.,,   „itv  ..i 
"  the  arm."    Mounting  there  I  rode  uj.  a  steep  and  difficult  hill,  and  continue  | 
without  stop  along  the  Chester  road,  si  ni.,  to  (;overnor'»  I^ke.     The  rel.  ri, 
to  "the  arm"  was  also  made  without  dismount,  and   more  eusily    n  J  h    ami 
thence  up  the   long  hill  to  the  Citadel,  and  so   to  the  Halifax  Hotel  '- ,„ 
in  sea-son  for  dinner.     Si.xty  cents  was  the  price   charged  for  thi,  exc'cllent 
repast,  and.  though  the  rate  per  day  is  only  $2.  there   is  no  other  hotel  in  all 
Nova  Scotia  whose  terms  are  so  expensive.     In   other  words,  the  hotel,  of 
the  province  are  very  cheap  and  very  poor,  when  judged  by  the  New  Vork 
standard.     The  village  of  Chester  is  45  m.  from   Halifax  by  the  shore  road 
and  the  bca-itiful  St.  Margaret's  Hay.  at  about   the  middle  point,  is  the  only 
intermediate   place  of  any  conse(iuencc.     According  to  the  guide-book    the 
stage  road  "runs  alonf,   its  shore  southwesterly  for  11  m.,  sometimes  aloiiK- 
side  of  beaches  of  dazzling  white  sand,  then  by  shingly  and  stony  stra.ids  on 
which  the  embayed  surf  breaks  lightly,  and   then  by  the  huts   A  fishermen  s 
hamlets,  with  their  boats,  nets,  and  kettles  by  the  roadside."     I  was  told 
that  the  entire  road  to  Chester  was  fairly  practicable  for  bicycling,  and  that 
Halifax  wheelmen  have  several  times  traversed   the  first  half  of  it  as  far  as 
St.  Margaret's  liay.     The  quarter  of  that  first  half,  whirh  I  myself  traversed 
without  dismount,  as   before  described,  led  through  a  "  dreary  and  thinly 
settled  region."  covered  by  the  stunted  second-growths  of  forests  which  had 
once  been  cut  off ;  and  the  occupant  of  the  sole  house  at  Governor's  Lake, 
which  is  one  of  a  seiies  of  connected  ponds  that  form  the  water-supply  of 
Halifax,  assured  me  that  the  character  of  the  roadway  and  scenery  remained 
unchanged  for  the  next  15  m.,  ending  at  the  bay.     From  Chester,  along  Ma- 
hone  Bay,  to  Lunenburg,  is  24  m,,  and  the  steamer  of  the  Yarmouth  line  for 
Boston  may  be  taken  at  the  latter  point,  or  at  Liverpool,  about  30  m.  beyoiui, 
though  the  stage  road  (  .nnecting  the  two  ports  is  described  as  "  traversing 
a  dreary  and  dismal  inland  region,  inhabited  by  Germans  whose  chief  indus- 
tiy  is  lumbering." 

From  Liverpool  to  Yarmouth,  104  m.,  '^  the  road  runs  along  the  heads 
of  the  bays  and  across  the  intervening  strips  of  land  ";  and  I  was  told  by 
te  •  str-5,  who  professed  to  have  been  ever  it,  that,  though  very  hi!lv,  it  is 
amo^.h  aj.  hard.  Shelburne,  Port  Latour.  and  Harrington  are  intermediate 
'.orf  .f-.j  vhich  acecos  maybe  had  to  Halifax  by  weekly  steamer.  Had 
time  allowed  I  should  have  tried  wheeling  from  the  last  named  city,  by  the 
route  just  indicated,  oack  to  the  port  where  I  first  landed,  and  thus  have 
completed  a  round  trip  of  abo-t  450  m.  The  route  actually  traversed  by 
me,  from  Yarmouth  to  Halifax,  when  laid  down  on  the  map,  appears  to  form 
very  nearly  the  arc  of  a  circle,  and  the  proposec  return  route  may  be  said, 
in  a  rough  way,  to  form  the  chord  of  the  same.     The  intermediate  region 


*i,_-_  i:_. 


:s  -«.'>;::i^:i;o  liiuny  iaKC3  uuu  tiVciaj  bui  13  so  thiniy 


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IKoplcd  that   it  may  be  generally  des'gnated  as  a  wilderness,  and  the  few 
,  r  .»s-roads  which  intersect  it  arc  none  .1  them  good  enough  for  the  bicvcle 
As  to  the  other  half  of  the   Nova  Scotia  peninsula,  I  am  incliT,ed  to  iWieve 
th..t  Its  coast  line,  to  the  n.  c.  from  Halifax,  might  be  pleasantly  explored  on 
the  wheel,  by  the  road  which  crosses  the  bay,  and  inlets  at  a  distance  from 
ifu-  ocean  of  from  2  to  10  m,  until  it  turns  inland  to  Guysboro',  at  the  head 
nf  (  hcdabucto  Hay.     Thence  the  road  to  the  Strait  of  Canso.  and  along  it 
.l.r-'UKh  Port  Mulg-ve  to  Tracad.c  and  Antigonish,  is  presumably  good  •  and 
the  presence  of  40  or   50  bicyclers   in   the  latter  town  is  a  voucher  for  the 
Krneral  excellence  of  its  local    ro.i.jwavs,  and  perhaps  also  for  the  particular 
one  which  reaches  along  the  north  c    ist  arou.ul  to  Pictou.     This  is  the  place 
where  'Se  steamer  sails  for  ports   in  Prince  F  dward  Island.  20  n..  to  the  n 
and  It  ;.  the  terminus  of  the  railroad  frcn   Halifax,  along  whose  general  line 
runs  a  highway,  by  which  the  tourist  couM  doubtles,  wheel  b^ck  to  that  city 
and  thus  complete  a  round  trip  of  perha-s  250  m. ;  or  he  might  go  directly 
across  from  Pictou  to  Truro,  40  m.,  .,  ul  ,rom   there  follow  the  shores  of  the 
Has.n  of  Minas   ..d  the  river  Ave   to   Windsor;  or  he  might  follow  the 
Rcneral  Ime  of  the  n.  coast,  at  som  ,  .,ce  inland,  to  Amherst,  about  100 

m  ;  thence  go  southwa.-"  to  Parrsl.o^o',  30  m.,  and  from  there  follow 
the  n  shore  of  the  Hasin  of  Minas  back  to  Truro.  Some  difficult  places 
wouK  loubtless  be  found  on  these  suggested  routes;  but  I  have  sufkcient 
fmh  m  their  general  excellence  to  be  willing  to  try  them  if  I  had  the  chance 

As  the  steaniship  line  to  which  the  "Worcester"  belongs  i.-.  organized 
under  he  laws  of  the  United  States,  the  ship  is  not  allowed  to  carry  on  any 
traffic  .etween  one  Canadian  port  and  another,  but  only  between  a  Canadian 
and  a  United  States  port.  The  agent,  however,  though  forbidden  by  aw  of 
he  Dominion  from  selling  me  a  passage  from  Halifax  to  Charlottetown  on 
Irince   Edward   Is  and.  kindly  consenvH    in   .-ir  iionciown,  on 

iralifaxtoBoston."toletmego    board  thVhin  1   'r'  '   ''T^'^  "'"" 
thit  ,o,nH     M  mc  go  .Doard  the  ship  on  her  outward  voyage  to 

that  1  land.    My  voyage  began,  as  already  described.  ,n  the  light  of  a  hriiliant 
..nset  which  marked  the  close  of  a  two  Hays'  period  of  rain  a'nd  fog ;  ar^d  th 
c  ntinuance  of  perfect   weather  on  Tuesday  m,de  the  passage  through    he 
Strait  of  Canso  a  pleasure  long  to  be  remembered.     An  hour's  halt  for    he 
discharge  of  freight  at  Port  Hawkesbury.  about  midday,  allowed  mo':  ,• 

0  wicnLa?lt'an«"'o''  Tk'"'  "  '''  "^""  ^°>-'^^'  ^^^  ^^  ^  ^''-"  to 
ao  twice  that  distance.     On  this  second  occasion   I  ventured  to  eo  ud  the 

oast  as  far  as  the  bridge  at  Port  Hastings;  and  I  was  assured    hat'the  sar^ 

n^ooth  road  of  powdered  rock  ran  along  the  coast,  in  sight  of  th    water  "o 

..7}    1    '    .'  '  "'"'"  '"P-  '°  ^'■"^^  ^'•°'"  ^^^^on  River  to  Baddeck 

a     try  the  roads  along  the  Bras  d'Or  Lakes.    I  think  it  would  be  prac  fcab  e' 

with  occasional  resort  to  the  steamers  f«  „.k-„i  c t,-o.     .    .    i^,.''."'*^^'"^. 

Louisburg.  and  then  back  by  .t.  Peter^  ai^  •l.rM:^;;:;^  thT^iiJ^ 


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point  at  Port  Hawkesbury.  All  the  testimony  I  could  find  agreed  as  to  the 
hardness  of  the  roads  and  the  absence  of  sand  ;  but  it  is  to  be  feared  that  in 
some  places  there  has  been  insutficient  wheel  traffic  to  grind  down  the  in- 
equalities of  the  rocky  surface.  The  ob*iining  of  suitable  food  in  so  thinly 
populated  a  region  might  also  be  a  matter  of  some  little  difficulty ;  but,  on 
the  wliole,  I  recommend  Cape  Breton  as  an  attractive  field  for  the  ad- 
venturous tourist.  His  wheel  will  be  sure  to  be  everywhere  greeted  as  a 
wonder<ompelling  novelty,  even  though  the  honor  of  being  "first  on  the 
island  "  has  already  been  snatched  away  by  "  No.  234." 

I  cannot  pretend  to  claim  for  it  a  similar  fame  in  respect  to  Prince 
Edward  Island,  for  a  bicycle  had  been  ridden  in  the  streets  of  Charlottetown 
by  a  youthful  summer  visitor,  during  a  week  or  two  of  the  previous  season ; 
but  1  think  1  am  the  first  bicycler  who  ever  took  a  tour  there,  and  it  will  not 
seem  very  surprising  if,  for  some  considerable  time  at  least,  I  also  prove  to 
be  the  last.  It  may  fairiy  be  said  of  the  island  roadways  that  they  are  not 
by  any  means  so  bad  as  they  look,  for  a  wheelman  who  inspected  them  from 
a  window  of  a  railroad  train  would  declare  at  once  that  they  were  entirely 
prohibitory  to  bicycling.  The  soil  is  a  reddish  sandy  clay,  but  very  fertile  and 
productive,  so  that  there  is  usually  a  thick  growth  of  grass  close  up  to  the 
wagon  ruts ;  and  when  the  ruts  themselves  are  too  deep  for  comfortable 
riding,  their  grassy  edfes  are  often  firm  enough  for  the  support  of  the  wheel. 
Outside  the  two  or  three  chief  towns,  the  road-beds  are  all  formed  of  the 
natural  soil,  and,  in  wet  weather,  many  of  them  become  little  better  than  im- 
passable sloughs ;  whereas,  in  dry  weather,  most  of  them  are  ridable,  and 
some  of  them  supply  quite  excellent  stretches  of  riding.  "  The  island  has 
109,000  inhabitants,  and  an  area  of  2,133  square  miles,  its  extreme  length 
being  130  m.  and  its  breadth  34  m.  The  soil,  which  is  mostly  derived  from 
red  sandstone,  is  kept  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  and  nearly  all  the  popu- 
lation is  rural.  The  surface  is  low  or  gently  undulating,  with  small  hil!  n 
the  central  parts,  and  the  scenery  is  quiet,  broken  every  few  miles  by  the  blue 
expanses  of  the  broad  bays  and  salt-water  lagoons.  The  air  is  balmy  and 
bracing,  and  the  niost  abundant  trees  are  the  evergreens.  A  conflict  of 
opinion  exists  \vith  regard  to  the  scenery,  some  travelers  having  greatly  ad- 
mired it,  while  others  declare  it  to  be  tame  and  uninteresting.  The  chief 
exports  are  oats,  barley,  hay,  potatoes,  fish,  live  stock  and  eggs." 

A  tiemendous  gale  was  blowing  when  I  disembarked  at  Charlottetown 
(12,000  inhabitants),  at  half-past  8  on  Wednesday  morning ;  and  I  had  no 
choice  except  to  let  myself  be  blown  by  it,  in  a  n.  e.  direction,  along  the  St. 
Peter's  rc-d,  which  follows  up  the  Hillsboro'  river,  not  far  from  its  i.  bank, 
for  18  m.,  to  Mt.  Stewart,  a  railway  junction,  where  one  line  branches  off  to 
Souris  and  the  other  to  Georgetown.  On  the  other  side  of  Charlottetowr 
the  railroad  runs  in  a  n.  w.  direction  to  Tignish,  117  m. ;  and  the  second  largest 
town  of  the  island  (Summerside,  with  3,000  inhabitants)  lies  about  midway 
on  the  Ime.     Spite  ot  the  great  help  which  the  wind  afforded,  I  was  4}  h.  on 


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the  way  to  Mt.  Stewart,  though  I  did  not  do  a  great  deal  of  walking     t  u  a 
one  needless  tumble  while  trying  to  mount  in    'sand  rut  anTthe  final  mUe 

that  I  at  first  thought  of  taking  the  evening  train  directly  back  fo  toT-  bul 
when  the  sun  appeared.  ,  h.  later,  I  decided  to  advance  through  themTd'  =^d 
meet  the  tram  at  a  station  further  up  the  line.     A  miscalculation  aT  to  ^t 
ance  caused  me  to  fa>l  in  doing  this,  and  I  was  also  dampened  somewhatt^ 
later  showers  of  ram;  but  the  close  of  the  afterno...  was  pleasant  Ind\he 
wmd,  though  less  vigorous  than  at  the  opening  of  the  dav  vJ^A         .     T 
last.  At  dusk,  having  been  another  4i  h.  o'n  the'road.  I  h  J;ctt1ish^^^^^^ 
.7  m  more  and  reached  the  little  fishing  hamlet  of  S.  Pete"      The  fr 
mennoned  m  the  gui.e-book  was  not  to  be  found  here,  butf     e  "mal  nVvl^ 
appI.cat.on  at  a  number  of  the  other  cottages.  I  was  finally  receTved  at  th^ 
boardmg-house  connected  with  the  store  n^nr  th.  ,        .  J  ,^^  "  ^''^ 

taken  care  of  for  the  night.     The'ire^Tt     V^t  T:^:tZ  idT:,' 
character,  except  in  the  respect  that  the  same  bree.e  blew  stiffly  in    he    am 
d.recfon,  mstead  of  turning  about,  as  I  had  hoped;  and  as  the'  WotesteT" 
was  appomted  to  start  on  her  return  vovace  at  c  p  «    t  a- a       .  "^°'''"'" 

re,™.  .,»„,..  „„„,  „„  „,  wse:rb^,iv;";L,o"'Ber''':s:: 

P  ace,     whose  desolate  appearance  suggested   Forlorn  as  a  more  graphif 

mle    was  one  of  th.  places  visited  by  me  early  in  the  day;  and  t^eb  sf  r^l 

f  al    was  supphed  bythe  Maltby  road,  on  which  I  wheeled  my  last  ^m 

I^c  Id  l^o     H  :r""  ''  '^'"^'°"-  ^''°''  ^°'"^  -  b«-^  ^^^  boa[.  howele" 
creed  around  the  c.ty  streets  to  the  extent  of  .  m.  or  more.     Th;  roldlo; 

1     tt:tt:^h'ld\rfl^:dV^''^^^:  perfectly  straight  lines  fo7  mini 

them-  thoulh  r       A  so-^ewhat  to  the  monotony  of  touring  over 

xcnded7ews  'rd        H      '  ''""'"  "'  ''^^  country,  which  affords'wide- 

•1  K    .K         •  "''""  occasional  hill-climbing  necessary,  supplies  in 

■    n  by  these  v.ews.  a  measure  of  relief  for  this  monotony.     Tam  su^     L  t 

P^rt    of  IheiirH     by  me  were  fair  samples  of  the  ridfng  afford  dn' 

for  bicvclt  I  Th  '  m"'  '''""'  '  '^""''^  "P^^'^^y  — -"d  it  as  a  field 

0  there  '  tkVv     ,      "T"^''  recommend  any  wheelman  who  proposes  to 

myself   '   '     h  I      ""'  ''"'  ''"'^  "P'^^  "  ^"^  =»"  ''^  -  ^^L"    Were 

parts  of  .. Nova  Scotia  and  the  islan^beyond  "Iff^  JiSr^iJ^;  i:^ 


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seen  in  the  United  Htatcs  to  seem  "provincial  "  and  "foreign";  but  Halifax 
is  the  only  place  where  their  foreign  quality  a  .ames  a  di«!tinctively  "  English  " 
tone.  The  city  suggests  a  small  edition  of  London,  and  it  is  well  worth  visit- 
ing as  a  curiosity  by  those  to  whom  the  real  London  is  ir.ut^;c^sible.  The 
British  flag  flyirg  above  the  Citadel;  the  red-coated  soldiers  stepping  jauntily 
about  the  streets  ;  the  yellow  brick  and  light  stone  fronts  of  the  buildings,  be- 
grimed with  the  smoke  of  soft  coal;  the  clumsiness  of  the  carts;  the  heavi- 
ness of  the  horses;  the  gardens  secludea  behind  hedges  and  br-  -  vails;  the 
mists  and  fogs  which   I  encountered  (though   I  believe  these  jt  so  fre- 

quent as  to  be  characteristic) ;  the  general  air  of  solidity,  ai.  '  pose,  aiid 
"slowness";  all  these  things  combine  to  recall  "life  in  London  "  to  one  who 
has  lived  there,  and  to  create  a  feeling  of  strangeness  and  remoteness  from 
home  in  the  mind  of  the  casual  visitor  from  any  city  in  the  United  States. 
In  some  way  it  seemed  larger  to  me  than  most  other  cities  accredited  with  a 
similar  population  of  36,000, — perhaps  because  all  the  other  places  in  Nova 
Scotia  are  so  small,— and  the  impression  left  upon  my  mind  was  a  pleasant 
one.  I  should  be  glad  to  make  another  and  a  longer  visit  there ;  and  I  know 
of  no  place  so  readily  accessible  from  Yankeeland,  where  the  inhabitants 
thereof  cr.n  get  so  genuine  a  taste  of  "  a  foreign  atmosphere,"  oi-  so  good  a 
view  of  the  contrasts  which  English  life  and  habits  present  to  their  own.  The 
"Worcester"  finally  took  r^e  away  from  Halifax  at  4  c  clock  of  a  Saturday 
afternoon,  after  I  had  ini'.ulged  in  a  parting  visit  to  the  park,  in  company 
with  some  of  the  local  wheelmen,  and  I  disembarked  at  Boston  about  two 
days  later,  after  an  absence  wMch  lacked  only  a  few  hours  of  completing  a 
fortnight.  During  this  interval  my  cyclometer  recorded  349  m.  of  wheeling, 
and  I  traveled  1,270  m.  by  boat  and  50  m.  by  railroad.  The  entire  expense  of  the 
tour  was  somewhat  less  than  $50,  and,  as  I  am  a  good  enough  sailor  to  have  no 
fear  of  sea-sickness,  and  was  favored  with  pleasant  weather  while  afloat.  I  en- 
joyed it  thoroughly  from  first  to  last.  Though  my  voyage  of  1,030  m.  on  the 
"  Worcester  "  kepv  me  afloat  on  some  hours  of  eight  successive  days,  it  also 
gave  me  some  hours  ashore  on  seven  o'  those  days,  and  allowed  an  indul- 
gence in  more  'han  100  m.  of  bicycling.  As  my  state-room  was  upon  the 
upper  deck,  and  I  was  allowed  to  keep  my  wheel  therein,  the  act  of  going 
ashore  at  the  several  stopping-places  could  be  done  without  delay. 

The  agei.t  of  the  line,  en  my  first  brief  application,  notified  me  that  a  charge 
of  eight  cents  per  cubic  foot  of  space  occupied  would  be  levied  for  trans- 
portation of  bicycle  from  Boston  to  Halifa:  :  hut  upon  my  informing  him  that 
the  Yarmouth  line,  by  which  I  proposed  to  make  my  outv.ard  voyage, exacted 
no  sucu  tax,  and  my  presenting  in  full  the  argument  for  classifying  a  tourist's 
bicycle  as  personal  baggage,  he  admitted  the  justice  of  the  claim  and  issued 
orders  that  bicy.les  should  thenceforth  be  taken  free,  .'it  owner's  risk,  on  both 
the  lines  of  the  company,  to  Savannah  as  well  as  to  Nova  Scotia.  Further- 
more, no  charge  for  the  wheel  was  made  on  either  of  the  railroads  which  I 
patronized.     An  excellent  table  was  spread  in  the  cabin  of  the  "  Worcester," 


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NOVA  SCOTIA  AND  THE  ISLANDS  BEYOND     ,93 

alv  Ufa  tTf-"  T'^'''  "'"  ^"^''''^''"^  •'y  -^  -''-  '  -»-ned  from 
a  day  and  a  half  s  subsistence  on  the  extremely  simple  fare  obtainable  in  Z 
.ntcr,or  of  Pr.nce  Edward  Island.     The  officers'of  tie  ship  at Tere  a  lid 

almost  invariab/y  civil  anTaLiru^to^  rasl"Tv;:„::::Tdl^'°^:  T^^ 
quiet  the  fears  of  nervous  horses  the  owners  thereof  ^f  ^''"""""^^'^  ^o 

the  trouble  they  had  caused  me,  and  be:  ted  theirb  astlS:  ^t:Tl  '" 
of  taking  offense  at  the  appearance  of  so  fine  and  beauti::!  :  veLlr"^'""'^ 

f.wlowing  ror,ort  :  "  Except  for  the  L  re  J  ,     ^        ■•'  *•"""  '  ^^""^  '^"'^'^^  'he 

from  Varn,outh  is  almost  uHUaWer/ir'r";  .'''^'""'^^^  ^  «°  Halifax,  that  direct  road 
a.Kl  very  hlily  and  runs .h^^  Jl^'h  t  alw ^  ['^  "  ""  '"  "'^'"'"  "     "  '^  '^"^ 

people  all  along  the  shore  we're  r-^hoStable  and'thr  """^:r"'-''™''^"  °'  "''"=■■  ■^'"^ 
but  one  or  two  exceptions.     We  we7e  Z   uh  I'v  f".   ""=  ,^^':7-'^"°-  were  fairly  good,  with 

t  .1  1         i"-      "'-'*"«  particularly  favored  with  fine  weathpr      n.,  .k.     c. 

of  the   ,st,   we  went  from  Yarmouth   to  Argyle   ,8  m  •  .d    to   fT^  ^    afternoon 

Kiver,  24  m. ;  4th.  to  Mill  Village  ..  m      ^'^    '  "*  ""■  '  ="''  '°   ^'y^e,  30  m. ;  3d,  to  Jordan 

o:h,  to  Halifax!  45  m.  1  ui^.;  Z' :rTj::zzt::  '"■ ""- r"'^^'^^-  ^^-^ 

Hads,artedji,st.fortni,„it  before,    ^^iur  ride  ihi:  fitty  ri^Li;:  J'"'^^' ""^"'^ - 

while  I  found  quue  a  number  o  statements  which  had  not  hi  ""  "  T  "'"'  '  '""''  '  ""'^ 
(KS75).  .hough  really  rendered  obsolerby  "ogress  of  tim^T  """'."""  ""= '^"'  '=''"'°" 
firs,  edition  would  to^ay  be  worth  double  irroT  '     "^  '""■'  "'''  '"'"  =■  ^"P^  °^  '^at 

.o„e,ed  ar.r  those  idJally  exLtenrEt;^?  LL'orS^er^::  an?"-  ^''^,'^°°^  '' 
p..c,ness  and  portability.  It  contains  plans  of  L  cities  0^8,  lohHir  '  A""''''' "•"■ 
Mo,.tr..l,andfivemaps,-thelan:estf,^hv.ftin  u  "^       '  "^'"f^".  Q»ebec  and 

cut  from  the   iar-est  man  conMln^H  .11  x,         o  Lawrence.     A  section  6  in.  sq. 

oramas.     Copyri  ■lued  1S76   .Ss..   rr,h  .a  -^^"""ecticut  valley.       Six  maps  and  six  pan- 

series  which  I  h,,ve  not  vet  procu'red   is^  A  .nid?  {     1     e   "''•  '''^-     ""  ^""'"'  "'  "" 

Her  from  Nin...,a  to   Mon,  ea   "    S  1  '        /       ,  *"    "=  M,,dle   States  with  the  northern  bor- 

.Hese  guides  t;ok  the  nl:    o     hi    S  .h^er   OsgS'.he       "''  ''"T'  ''  ''■  '    '^^•-'-'' 
'he  firm  of  TicUnnr  &  P.    „„..  Zl  '  "'^""^'  "'=.'-«^"'  "-ansfer  of  whose  business  ,0 

each  is  ,..30,  the  amou;;;of  i;fo™a;^:  ^^^^^Xd'^Zi:^^  ^^  it  I^l^Z^^ 


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II 


STRAIGHTAWAY   FOR  FORTY  DAYf 

Physically,  a  man  is  apt  to  be  at  his  best  during  the  ten  years  which 
bring  him  to  middle-age  at  thirty-five.     Of  his  possible  seven  decades,  that  is 
distinctively  the  one  during  which,  under  normal  conditions,  his  average  health 
and  vigor  will  mo6t  nearly    approach  the  ideal  standard.     Health  may  not 
always  ensure  happiness,  but  it  is  certainly  a  chief  condition  thereof ;  and 
whoever  puts  it  in  peril  by  continuous  overwork  during  those  "  ten  healthiest 
years,"  with  the  idea  <  f  thus  winning  leisure  in  which  to  enjoy  himself  later, 
.■icems  to  me  to  act  foolishly.     "  As  we  journey  through  life,  let  us  live  by  the 
way,"  is  a  maxim  that   has  ever  been  to  me  a  sufficient  excuse  for  "going 
slow  "  and  making  the  most  of  the  pleasures  of  the  passing  hour.    These 
theories   I  have  oftpr.  advanced  against  Philistine  acquaintances,  whose  all- 
absorbing   efforts   to  "get   on"   forced   an   indefinite    postponement   of  all 
thoughts  of  pleasuring,  and  I  have  warned  them  that  the  bodily  machine  tends 
to  run  less  and  less  smoothly  when  once  it  reaches  the  down-grade,  beginning 
at  the  half-way  point  on  its  ajipointed  course.     It  was  somewhat  exasperating, 
nevertheless,  to  have  the  truth  of  this  physical  law  so  promptly  demonstrated 
upon  my  own  person  ;  but  my  thirty-sixth  year  was  not  allowed  to  end  with- 
out bringing  to  me  an  attack  of  illness,— for  the  first  time  since  childhood.     I 
have  mentioned,  on  p.  62  that,  witirn  three  weeks  after  this  brief  prostration 
by  malarial  fever,  I  started  to  wheel  the  400  m.  described  in  Chapter  XVI., 
and  that  no  reminder  of  the  fever  kept  me  company  during  that  pleasant 
autumn  journey;  but  reminders  of  it  did  come  to  me  several  times  during  the 
following  winter  and  spring,  and  gave  a  grim  plausibility  to  the  theory  which 
an  acquaintance  kindly  propounded  for  my  encouragement.     "  That  sort  of 
fever,"  he  said,  "never  really  leaves  a  .nan  whom  it  has  once  got  hold  of; 
and  though  it  may  apparently  be  banished  by  quinine,  and  may  be  kept  cut  of 
sight  for  a  long  time,  by  leading  an  easy  life  with  an  abundance  of  out-dooi 
exercise,  it  still  lurks  in  the  system  and  is  likely  to  show  itself  again,  under 
stress  of  any  unusual  exposure  or  overv/ork."     This  cheering  generalization 
from  an  individual  experience  was  denied  by  a  medicine-m  .n  whom  I  con- 
sulted (at  about  the  middle  of  May,  when  I  was  so  thoroughly  "  run  down  " 
as  to  despair  of  improvement  from  any  further  persistence  in  my  let-alone 
policy),  for  ne  insisted  that  such  disease  might  be  eradicated  as  completely  as 
any  oth  proper  treatment  were  submitted  to.     In  deferenr";  to  my  ex- 

pressed   b'-    ;-'UCism    as  to    the    no^.P.ibiHfv  nf  r.^ir.f-^rr^n.-r    -:---  T-.^rrv-.- ..^i.:    .-..-?-..--.-. 


'The  first  part  of  this  is  from  Tit  Springfitld  IVhtelmtn's  Gatettt,  November,  1885. 


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tage  on  the  human  body  by  the  swallowing  of  "medicine,"  his  advice  was 
that  I  refrain  during  the  summer  from  any  great  exertion  or  activity,  either 
|)hysical  or  mental,  and  "  exchange  the  city  fo.  some  quiet  country  place,  free 
from  any  suspicion  of  mal::ria."  I  assured  him  in  reply  that  the  only  locality 
of  that  description  which  I  believed  to  exist  in  America  was  the  saddle  of  a 
bicycle  whose  tires  were  in  thj  act  of  marking  a  straightaway  trail.  Hence,  it 
was  "  by  a  physician's  advice,"  though  not  by  his  consent  or  approval,  that  I 
indulged  in  wheeling  "straightaway  for  forty  days." 

My  journey  of  72  m.  across  the  hills  of  New  Jersey  on  the  5th  of  May, 
1884  (see  pp.  173,  174),  completed  a  year's  record  of  4,337  m.,  which  I  wheeled 
with  the  definite  purpose  of  regaining  and  preserving  health  and  strength 
enough  for  the  production  of  this  book.  The  condition  I  was  in  at  the  be- 
ginning of  that  twelve  months'  mileage  maybe  shown  by  quoting  what  I've 
said  on  p.  195  concerning  my  ride  of  May  5,  18S3  :  "  Even  after  two  days' 
rest  at  my  friend'  house,  I  felt  so  weak  and  ill  when  I  started,  at  9  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  that  I  feared  I  might  not  be  able  to  stay  in  the  saddle.  Once 
mounted,  my  vigor  returned  somewhat,  and  though  the  heat  proved  to  be  in- 
tense, I  succeeded  in  grinding  oft  23  m.,  ending  at  7  p.  m."  Between  then 
and  the  22d  of  September,  when  I  shipped  my  bicycle  from  Springfield  to 
Detroit,  I  mounted  on  49  days  on;:  of  the  possible  109,  and  rode  1,415  m.,  in 
New  York,  Massachusetts,  Maine,  New  Brunswick,  Connecticut,  Nova  Scotia 
and  Rhode  Island,  as  detailed  in  succession  on  pp.  iio-iii,  255-281,  130-146, 
282-29J,  107-109.  By  this  time  I  had  sweat  enough  while  on  the  wheel  to 
effect  a  cure  of  the  malarial  s7/eats  which  had  occasionally  afflicted  me  at 
night ;  and  I  had  regained  my  weight,  and  felt  about  in  my  normal  condition. 
It  appeared  to  me  best,  however,  to  clinch  matters,  and  lessen  the  chances  of 
any  relapse,  by  staying  a  while  longer  in  the  only  American  locality  known  to 
be  "  free  from  malaria,"— naTiely,  the  Perch  of  Pigskin.  While  the  preserva- 
tion of  health  was  thus  the  main  excuse  for  my  determination,  several  other 
motives  combined  to  support  it.  In  the  first  place,  as  I  had  decided  to  pre- 
[lare  a  road-book  for  America,  it  seemed  desirable  that  I  should  make  a  really 
notab'e  exploration  of  its  roads,— should  be  able  to  demonstr.ite  mj  oft-ex- 
pressed belief  in  their  being  continuously  ridable  for  three  or  four  times  as 
far  as  the  longest  unbroken  trail  '  '80  m.,  see  p.  219)  that  my  bicycle  had  ever 
previously  mark-  '  upon  them.  So,  too,  I  was  curious  to  discover  whe:,her  I 
oukl  "ever  get  enough  rf "  touring,— whether  I  should  feel,  at  the  end  cr 
1,000  m.,  the  same  eager  desire  for  "  more  "  which  I  h-"l  felt  at  the  end  of  my 
longest  previous  tour,  measuring  only  half  that  distance.  Still  further,  I 
was  inspired  somewhat  by  the  longing  which  oppressed  the  Indian  chi'.' 
whom  Father  Taylor  tells  about  as  visiting  the  .stately  Boston  mansion  of 
Ahl)ot  Lawrence  :     "  Looking  around  the  splendid  parlor,  the  chief  said,  '  It 

is  very  good,— it  is  beautiful ;  but  I,— I  walk  large.     I  go  through  the  woods 

— 11,.  1  .  .  _    . 

•■•■•"  '-""'tinggrounas  one  cay,  aiui  i  iise  up  ui  the  morning  and  go  through 

them  igai'.i  the  next  day.     I  walk  large.'" 


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In  coming  to  this  decision  that  1  would  make  an  attempt  to  gratify  mv 
love  of  out-door  adventure  by  trying  to  "  walk  large  "  with  the  wheel,  I  had 
carefully  counted  the  chances  of  .oads  and  weather,  and  had  made  diligent 
study  of  all  existing  material  for  the  selection  of  a  route  that  gave  promise  of 
the  largest  proportion   of  smooth  roadway.     The   tirst  annual  tour  through 
Canada  of  the  Chicago  I].  C.,  the  previous  July,  had  shown  me  that  I  could 
be  sure  of  fmding  300  m.  of  such  roadway  between   Detroit  and   Niagara; 
and  an  illustrated  report  of  some   Washington   men's  ride  to  the  Natural 
r.ridge  (  The  Whedman,  Aug.,  18S3,  pp.  y.^^  ^31)  had  made  me  eager  to  trv  that 
longest  and  best  macadamized  track  in  the  Union,  which  stretches  trom  the 
edge  of  Pennsylvania  for  150  ni.  s.,  through  the  .Shenandoah  Valley,  to  .Staun- 
ton, in  Virginia.     My  own  experience  had  shown  that  a  fairly  ridable  route 
might  be  laid  s.  c.  .roni  Niagara  to  the  n.  border  of  rennsylvania,  and  I  pos- 
sessed a  printed   sketch   of  a  New  Yorker's  tour  in  that  State,  from  Port 
Jervis  through  Stroudsburg  and  Pottsville  to   Reading.     Thus,  in  thinking 
over  the  wheeling  allurements  of  these  separate  localities,  the  notion  gradu- 
ally took  .    ape  in  my  mind  that  it  might  be  pleasant  to  combine  the  enjoy- 
ment of  them  all  in  a  single,  monumental  tour,  "from  Michigan  to  Virginia." 
I  did  not  feel  constrained  to  j  roclaim  this  in  the  newspapers,  however,  nor 
yet  to  hire  a  brass-band  and  escort,  as  a  means  for  securing  an  a])propriate 
send-off.     Indeed,  1  began  ihc  ride  in  the  dead  silence  of  the  darkness  which 
precedes  daybreak  (though  on  no  other  occasion  have  I  ever  mounted  at  so 
uncomfortable  an  hour) ;  and  the  most  that  I  confessetl  about  my  plans  to  any 
one,  in  advance,  was  a  gcneial  intention  of  wheeling  homeward  towards  >:ew 
York,  "  as  far  .w  ihe  roads  and  the  weather  might  encourage  me."    I  would  not 
hamper  myself  by  even  so  slight  a  constraint  as  a  priv  Uelv-expressed  deter- 
mination to  "go  tluough."     I  telt  entirely   free  to  abandon   the  journey  af 
the  e.\act  joint  where  its  progress  might  cease  to  give  me  pleasure.     How- 
ever short  my  performance  mig  it  prove  to  be,  no  one  would  lijve  power  to 
ridicule  it  for  '.illing  short  of  my  promise,  because  I  promised  nothing. 

The  next  chapter  may  be  consulted  for  details  of  my  "fortnight's  ride  in 
Ontario,"  which  began  at  the  Crawford  House,  in  Windsor,  opposite  Detroit, 
Monday,  October  S,  1SS3,  at  4  A.  M.,and  ended  at  the  Kevere  House,  in  Pres' 
cott,  opposite  Ogdensbu-g,  ounday,  October  21,  at  u  30  r.  m.  The  cyclometer 
registered  a  fraction  less  than  635  m.  during  that  interval  (the  re])etitions  ot 
roadway  amounting  to  only  12  m.),  or  an  average  of  45J  m.  for  each  day. 
The  second  week's  mileage,  however,  was  326  (av.  46^  m.),  as  against  the  first 
week's  309;  and  this  was  r-i(;h  the  swiftest  section  of  the  tour,  wl.ose  final 
fortnight,  ending  Thursday,  November  22,  covered  only  49<S  m.  This  repre- 
sents the  distance  Trom  Susquehanna  to  Staunton,  and  is  an  average  of 
3Si  m.  a  day.  I  was  really  15  days  l-etween  those  two  places,  but  I  rested  on 
Sunday,  the  nth,  at  Port  Jervis.  I  wheeled  to  there  from  Cazenovia,  iSS  m., 
during  the  week  ending  on  the  loth,  and  I  wheeled  from  there  to  Gre'encastle 
(on  tlie  opposite  border  of  Pennsylvania),  262  m.,  during  the  week  ending  on 


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the  iSth.  Of  the  three  times  in  previous  years  when  I  stayed  in  the  saddle 
as  much  as  a  week  (see  p.  50)  the  nuleage  records  were  287,  251  and  280. 
Chapter  XXVI.,  which  describes  the  first  occasion  of  my  trying  the  bicycle 
on  2"  successive  days  (May  16  to  June  5,  1884;  t]j^\  m. ;  daily  average  37  m.) 

shews  the  mileage  of  the  three  consecutive  weeks  as  256,  224  and  294J, or 

518^  for  the  final  fortnight.  A  comparison  of  all  these  figures  fairly  illus- 
tr.acs  the  superiority  of  the  Canadian  roads,  und  gives  statistical  support  to 
my  expressed  opinion  that  the  course  of  a  i,ooo-ni.  stiaightuway  bicycle 
race  might  be  laid  out  upon  them,  between  Detroit  and  (^)uebec,  to  very 
much  better  advantage  than  bt'-.vecn  any  two  points  in  the  United  States. 
If  we  are  ever  to  have  any  competitions  on  th's  continent  .similar  to  those 
whi.h  Knglishmen  indulge  in  between  Land'u  End  and  John  O'Groat's, 
tiie  Dominion  rather  than  the  Union  is  destined  to  be  the  scene  thereof. 

The  powerful  part  played  by  the  weather  in  regulating  the  swiftness  of 
outdoor  riding  was  not  forgotten  by  me  when  I  said  that  the  figures  which 
represent  my  mileage  of    ten  separate   weeks   may  be  fairly  comijared,  as 
illustrative  of  the  relative  ridableness  of  the   roads   in  the  different  regions 
traversed.     The  delays  caused  by  rain  and  mud  and  wind  were  nearly  enough 
alike  in  the  several  weeks  to  prevent  any  serious  interference  with  the  force 
of  my  argument.      In  ordinary  talk  about  touring  or   road-riding,  lowever, 
these  important  atmospheric  factors  are  apt  to  be  ignored ;  so  that  it  is  often 
carelessly  said  of  a  rider  who  has  easily  covered  90  or  100  m.  in  a  day  that  he 
might  continue  his  progress  straight  through  the  country  for  500  m.  in  a  week 
or  1,000  m.  in  a  fortnight.      How  far  this  implied  absence  of  bad  weather  is 
removed  from  probability  may  be  shown  by  my  own  e.xperience  of  four  dis- 
tinct  storms  in  those  fourteen    Canadian   days.      Two  of    them  were  very 
severe  ones,  which  wet  me   through  when  they  began,  at  the  end  of  day's 
rides;  which  raged  all  night,  and  which  prevented  any  wheeling  on  the  fore- 
noons that  followed.     The  two  „.ilder  rains  also  fell  at  night,  and  rendered 
muddy  and  difficult  those  roads  which  otherwise  would  have  furnished  excel- 
lent riding.    Each  mild  rain  was  the  forerunner  of  a  day  or  two  of  damp  and 
threatening  weather,  ending  with  a  heavy  storm      There  was  still  a  fifth  rain, 
in  the  form  of  a  shower,  which  shortened  my  second  day's  ride.     A  sfrong 
wind  at  my  back  helped  vm  to  get  through  nearly  50  m.  of  mud  between 
Belleville  and  Kingston  on  my  twelfth  day,  and  the  rising  shower  drenched 
me  as  I  walked  the  last  few  miles  in  the  darknes.s.     Two  days  bcfoie,  when  I 
traversed  a  similar  distance  ending  at  Cobourg,  over  perfectly  smooth  roads 
with  many  up-grades,  I  had  the  wind  dead  against  me;  and  I  was  also  forced 
to  face  a  bitter  blast  during  my  final  day  ending  at  Prescott,  when  I  man- 
aged in  I4h.  to  cover  about  47  m.,  though  much  of  the  track  w.as  roughly 
frozen.     The  wind  was  oftener  against  me  than  with  me  on  the  other  days; 
so  that  I  might  probably  have  ridden  fa.ster  if  faced  in  the  opposite  direction, 

on  th.lt    Iinrtirnlar    fnrtnirrkf        T  Ar,  „„»  ... .: :^_ .1 _  •    ,.       1       , 

^' ^:'-*-  ■•:•> :;::v::   ;i:^   ;vcu;:;c:   «o    .>pcejuiiv    rjaci, 

for  no  one  ought  to  complain  of  an  "average"  which  allows  a  certain  amount 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


of  riding  every  day;  but,  if  I  could  be  assured  of  having  continuously  pleas- 
ant weather,  and  the  wind  always  at  my  back,  I  wou'd  engage  to  cover  those 
same  635  m.  in  ten  days.  A  fast  rider,  under  tliose  conditions,  could  cer- 
tainly make  the  journey  in  a  week;  and  I  think  that  such  a  one,  even  under  the 
actual  conditions  experienced  by  me,  might  have  ridden  365  m.  further  in 
the  same  fortnight.  I  mean  by  this  that,  if  he  had  left  Windsor  when  I  did, 
on  the  8th  of  October,  and  followed  my  route,  he  might  have  measured  his 
i,ocx)th  m.,  at  some  point  beyond  (Quebec,  at  the  identical  hour  when  I  reached 
Prescott,  on  the  21st. 

The  bitter  cold  of  the  frosty  morning  following  moderated  rapidly  after 
I  crossed  the  river  to  Ogdensburg,  and  the  next  four  days  were  mild  and 
pleasant,  though  a  slight  rain  fell  on  the  second  night.  During  these  four  I 
rode  138  m.,  ending  at  Syracuse  soon  after  noon  of  the  25th;  and  my  wheel 
rested  there  nine  days  before  I  resumed  the  journey.  As  I  had  ridden 
31  i  r.i.,  in  the  region  of  Detroit,  on  the  6th  and  7th,  I  could  now  for  the  first 
time  claim  acquaintance  with  the  saddle  for  twenty  consecutive  days,  and  mv 
whole  record  was  804  m.  Dividing  this  by  19  (since  my  first  day's  ride  began 
and  my  twentieth  day's  ended  at  2  i'.  M.),  shows  an  average  daily  mileage  of 
42J.  Having  planned  to  niaki  a  visit  of  five  or  six  days  with  a  friend  at 
Canandaigua,  I  had  despatched  my  baggage  to  bis  house  when  I  took  train 
from  New  York ;  and,  as  bad  weather  caused  my  stay  with  him  to  be  pro- 
longed to  nine  days,  it  seems  likely  that  my  journey  would  have  been 
interrupted  at  about  this  point,  in  any  case.  There  was  a  rain  storm  on  the 
night  of  the  26th,  and  the  remaining  days  of  the  month  were  nearly  all  damp 
and  cloudy,  with  occasional  rain,  which  changed  to  snow  on  the  evening  ut 
November  i.  This  first  white  coat  of  the  season  mostiy  disappeared  in 
slush,  th''  iic.\t  day, — though  traces  of  it  lingered  longer  on  the  hill-t  -^s, — 
and  I  resumed  my  ride  from  Syracuse  on  the  sunshiny  afternoon  of  the  ^i. 
I  proceeded  as  far  as  Cazenovia,  21  m.,  and  occupied  3}  h.  in  tramping  the 
last  third  of  that  distance  through  deep  irua  and  darkness.  Rain  fell  again 
during  the  night ;  and  of  the  •]\m..  which  I  traverseu  the  following  afternoon, 
starting  at  4  o'clock,  I  walked  the  final  half  in  the  dark.  Mud,  resulting 
from  the  snow  and  rain,  forced  me  to  walk  about  20  rr..  of  the  27  traversed  on 
the  sth;  and  a  heavy  rain  on  the  evening  of  the  6th  made  the  next  forenoon's 
ride  a  slow  and  muddy  one.  The  air  was  damp  and  warm,  but  a  n.  wind 
favored  me  and  gave  promise  of  fair  weather.  This  lasted  only  two  davs, 
however,  for  my  journey  of  the  Sth  encountered  dense  mist  and  occasional 
rain  drops  during  its  final  hour,  ending  at  10.30  »-.  M. ;  and  the  similar  con- 
dition of  drizzle  which  prevailed  when  I  ::tarted  on  again,  the  next  forenoon, 
soon  gave  place  to  a  two  hours'  steady  down-pour.  On  the  follcwing  day  I 
traverted  40  m.  ending  at  Port  Jervis,  though  the  rain  was  f.illing  on  me  dur- 
ing at  least  half  of  the  11  h.  spent  upon  the  road.  The  baggage  which  I 
had  despatched  from  Canandaij^ua,  and  a  month's  mail-matter  from  New 
York,  met  me  there  at  the  Delaware  House;   and  I  halted  a  day  to  enjoy 


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STRAIGHTA  WA  Y  FOR  FORTY  DA  YS.  2^9 

these  things,  and  to  have  my  new  handle-bar  fitted  at  a  :>iachine  shop  on  Mon- 
day morning.  Otherwise,  I  might  have  progressed  a  few  miles  through  the 
mud,  on  that  damp  and  drizzly  Sunday,  whose  midnight  brought  a  sudden 
change  to  wintry  weather.  Six  inches  of  snow  adorned  the  car-tops  of  the 
trnins  "hie!!  came  linuu^h  from  the  west  at  day-break;  and  when  I  started 
,  own  the  Delaware  at  10  o'clock,  I  faced  a  bitter-cold  gale  of  wind  and  ".ev- 
.ral  brief  snow  squalls.  (Severe  cold,  indeed,  prevailed  for  a  week,  but  no 
i.nore  rains  troubled  me  until  eleven  days  later,  just  at  rry  journey's  end, 
4C;i.i.  from  Port  Jervis.) 

The  sun  shone  it  noon,  when  I  passed  through  Milford,  but  I  quickly 
encountered  another  tempest  of  snow ;  and  the  third  big  sq-all  of  the  day 
whitened  me  about  two  hours  latf ..     Odd  and  interesting  scenic  effects  were 
several  times  produced  by  these  alternations  of  sunshine,  clouds  and  snow, 
along  the  v.'.lley,— drifting  off  against  the  horizon  like  showers  in  summer! 
.My  ride  of  28^  n-  ended  just  after  4  o'clock  at  the  Maple  Grove  Hotel,  below 
Hushkill.     Some  patches  of  mud  haii  been  encountered  on  this  usually  per- 
fect track;  and  the  mud  nnj  water  froze  to  my  wheel.     Roughly  frczen  mud 
covered  most  of  my  roadway  of  the  following  forenoon,  and  my  unprotected 
Hnger-cnds  grew  almost  numb  with  cold.     At  Stroudsburg  I  bought  a  cheap 
pair  of  thin  woolen  gloves,  and  found  that  my  "ball-catcher's  mitts"  could 
1.C  put  on  over  these  with  perfect  comfort.     A  biting  blast  confronted  me  at 
the  start,  next  morning,  and  then  there  came  a  few  rain  drops  which  quickly 
changed  into  a  brief  gale  of  snow  ;  while,  at  my  midday  passage  of  the  bridge 
over  the  Lehigh,  at  Lehightcn,  where  the  sun  was  shining,  a  much  more  ex- 
tensive snow-squall,  which  swept  through  the  defile  of  the  mountains  on  my 
right,  towardt>   Mauch  Chunk,  presented  a  charmingly  wintry  picture.     The 
moon  came  up  brightly  at  5.30,  that  afternoon,  but  my 'course  soon  afterwards 
wound  among  gaps  in  the  mountains,  and  its  rays  were  shut  off  from  mt, 
though  they  lighted   up  the  rugged  cliffs  on  the  further  side  of  the  Little 
Schuylkill,  which  was  at  my  1.      Monster  icicles    glistened  from  the  great 
rocks,  which   towered   above  me  on  the  r. ;    and  the  roadway,  which   had 
thawed  a  little  at  noon  and  then  frozen  solid,  was  too  rough  for  safe  riding 
even  it  it  had  been  out  of  the  shadow.     The  chilliness  of  the  gale  which 
swept  through  that  gap  seemed  phenomenal  in   its  intensity;   and  when  I 
reached  the  United  States  Hotel,  in  Tamaqua,  at  7  o'clock,  I  found  that  only 
a  twelfth  part  ^f  my  36  m.  record  had  been  made  in  tne  last  i^  h.     Not  a  bit 
of  thawing  was  possible  the  next  day,  November  15,  though  brilliant  sun- 
shine cheered  my  33  m.  progress,  and  the  wind  helped  the  latter  half  of  it 
more  than  it  hindered  the  first  half.    Such  a  tremendous  blast  was  also  at  mv 
back  When  I  left  Port  Clinton,  on  the  i6th.  with  a  light  layer  of  snow  again 
whitening  the  ground,  that  I  could  not  possibly  have  wheeled  in  the  opposite 
direction  ;  and  even  when  it  struck  me  sidewise,  later  in  the  day,  after  leaving 

"~ ^' '-""-    """i-"'^"-     mc  w^ma  was  siigiitiy  adverse,  aiso, 

during  the  17th  and  i8th,-     .nd  on  this  latter  day  the  intense  cold  definitely 


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300  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

moderated,  and  the  hazy  sunshine  gave  token  of  that  "Indian  summer" 
which  was  "crtaiuly  .„ct  the  next  forenoon  when  I  crossed  the  Potomac  and 
wheeled  to  .V.rt.n.sburg  (.y  „,.,.  So  m.ld  was  the  air  for  the  three  final  da^, 
of  my  tour  (u8  m  )  that  I  jogged  through  the  Shenandoah  Valley  in  mv  sh.  , 
sleeves,  and  I  sweat  profusely,  even  then.  A  warm,  damp  breeze  w  Jin  1 
face  on  the  la.t  day  of  all;  and  I  had  hardly  more  than  housed  myself  in  Z 
Virgm.a  .lotel.  at  Staunton,  when  the  rain  thus  betokened  began  to  dri.zl. 
down,.'s  ,f  to  n.akc  a  dismal  boast  of  its  power  to  prohibit  any  i,,cndcd 
progress  across  t!«c  50  m.  of  red  clay  which  separa-ed  the  end  of  t>,e  nikc 
from  the  Natural   llridgc.  ' 

My  tour  ended  at  5.15  v.  m.  „f  -.•"n.r.day.  November  iz ;  and  the  re.i.trv 
of   the  cyclometer,  from    Syracuse,   ,9  days  before,  was   6.8  m..  or    -  dailv 
average  of  y.\.     Thus,  on  each  side  of  that   n.ne  d.  vs"  halrin.^^   place  there 
was  a  record  of  exactly  20  days  with  the  wheel,  and  19  davs  of"  actual  wheel 
ing;  but  the  first  half  of  this  historic  "forty  days"  showed  a  mileage  of  S04 
(av.  42j).  and  the  daily  average  for  the  entire  journey  (,,4.,  m  ,  divided  by  iS) 
was  thu.  brought  up  to  37J  m.     iieducting  the  several  nules  of  repetitions  a, 
Detroit,  1  oronto,  and  Kingston,  and  the  shorter  duplications  o"   -ours- that 
happened  elsewhere,  I  call  my  genuine  "  straighta«  ay  "  trail  i  4       m    'tIi'i 
d.:,tance,  if  measured  straight  along  the  earth's  cir:umference,  would  covcl 
a  full^ighteenth  thereof;  and  it  was  by  far  the  Ion,  est  which  had  then  been 
made  by  the  tire  of  a  bicycle  continuously  upon  American  soil.     I  had  an 
agreeable  consciousness  of  this -nnh  at  the  time  of  the  perfon.^ance  •  but  I 
was  greatly  surprisec,  whcnc.^pe,:  need  English  observers  afterwards  assured 
me  of  their  belief  that  so  long  a  straightaway  trail  had  not  yet  been  made  hv 
any  L.    opcan  bicycler.     Much  longer  rides  have  since  been  tak    ,  in  both 
hemispheres,  and  several  of  them  (like  II.  R.  Goodwin's  wonderful  circu  t  ot 
2,051   m    during  the  first    tq  d.tys  of  June.   1885)   have  been    incoinpat.^blv 
swifter  than  mine;  but  the  simple  fact  of  precedence  in  time  seems  likclv  to 
ensure  my  own  monumental  exploration  a  uni.,ue  place  in  cycling  history.'   It 
makes  ine  laugh  to  thi:ik  that  so  slo-v  and  unambitious  a  wheelman  as  invselt 
should  have  held  for  a  while  <'the  world's  record"  in  respect  to  continuous 
trails,  merely  because  I  happened  to  be  the  earliest  of  mv  class  to  push  a  bi- 
cycle   straightaway  for  forty  days."     Among  sympathetic  cyclers  of  the  future 
wlio  may  e::amnic  w'th  curiosity  their  then  long  list  of  Ion-  rides,  1  trust  the 
memory  of  this  one  will  be"  loved  all  the  better  because  it  was  the  first^^ 

I  have  shown  that  its  atmospheric  hindrances  were  numerous,  but  I  do 
not  believe  that  the  "weather  probabilities  "of  so  extended  an  outing  could 
be  bettered  by  changing  the  season  of  it.  I  think  I  chose  as  good  a  time  of 
year  as  possible  ior  the  exploration  of  that  particular  r,4oo  tn..  of  territory. 
I  should  account  a  man  very  lucky  who  could  go  over  it  without  experiencing 
an  aggregate  of  discomforts  at  least  as  great  as  my  own.  The  intensely 
cold  air,  which  characterized  my  week's  passage  across  Pennsylvania,  sup- 
plied an  aumirabie  exhilaration  which  could  not  have  been  had  in  summer; 


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STRAIGH TAV.  A  Y  FOR  FORTY  DA  YS. 

\\v\  if  the  rains  '-hich  preceded  made  mud,  they  also  laid  the  dust  and  stiff- 
ei  ed  LP  the  sand  ruts, — those  two  banes  of  touring  in  very  dry  weather. 
I  ho  rain  storms  indeed  never  once  pro- od  prohibitory  to  daily  progress,  and 
the  happening  of  four  of  them  within  eight  days  did  not  prevent  my  fortnight 
ill  Ontario  from  being  luch  the  fastest  one  in  my  entire  wheeling  experience. 
I  m.iy  as  well  confe  s  here  that  one  reason  for  such  swiftness  was  a  lack  of 
te;nptations  for  tarrying.  It  was  by  no  means  an  unplc.isant  country  to  ride 
through, — it  was  far  less  monotonous  and  uninteresting  than  a  traveler  by 
train  would  imagine,— but  all  I  wanted  to  see  of  it  could  generally  be  seen 
well  (-nough  without  leaving  the  saddle.  There  were  few  salient  points  or 
noble  outlooks  where  I  longed  to  linger.  There  was  small  sense  of  loss  or 
rigret  in  continually  moving  on.  From  Tccumseh  on  Lake  .St.  Clair  to 
Kitigsvillc  on  Lake  Ontario;  along  the  shore  of  this  for  loom,  till  in  the  re- 
gion of  St.  Thomas,  where  a  turn  was  made  cross  country  for  50  m.  to  I^ake 
liuron  and  its  shore  skirted  for  a  do::en  miles  to  (loderich  ;  then  another  in- 
land stretch  of  190  m.  to  Toron"),  and  a  shore  road  along  Lake  (  ntario  and 
the  .St.  Lawrence  for  230  m.  to  I'rescott :  such  is  the  outline  of  a  course  that 
supplied  me  a  pleasing  variety  of  scenery,  but  "  without  prejudice  "  to  a  rapid 
pascage  through  it.  If  the  waters  of  the  lake,  in  sunshine  or  in  moonlight, 
made  a  pretty  section  of  my  horizon,  I  was  not  forced  to  halt  in  order  to  en- 
joy the  spectacle.  Its  attractiveness  was  increased,  rather,  by  the  constant 
change  implied  in  rapid  motion.  No  hills  worth  mentioning  were  met  for  the 
first  100  m. ;  and  the  roadway,  without  being  absolutely  straight,  was  a  very 
direct  one,  having  few  abrupt  turns  or  angles.  Cleared  and  cultivated  lands 
extended  back  from  it  on  each  side,  for  ^  m.  or  J  m.,  with  ■\  fringe  of  woods 
behind  them,  against  the  horizon.  In  the  hillier,  rougher  and  less  fertile  re- 
gions which  I  traversed  later,  I  found  similar  conditions  generally  prevailing, 
in  a  somewhat  modified  form  :  that  is,  there  was  u.sually  a  stretch  of  open 
country  n^ar  the  road,  with  a  wooded  background.  It  seems  to  me  that  very 
little  of  my  riding  was  "in  the  woods,"  and  almost  none  of  it  in  heavily-tim- 
l)ered  forests.  I  think,  too,  -hat  hardly  any  shade-trees  had  been  planted  along 
the  wayside.  Beneath  the  blazing  sun  of  midsummer,  therefore,  a  "  tenderfoot " 
tourist  through  Ontario  might  perhaps  consi>'er  its  roads  a  trifle  too  much 
III  fresco;  but,  on  thi.  whole,  as  I  have  said,  to  i  cycler  who  wants  the  pecul- 
iar pleasure  of  pushing  himself  at  a  swift  pace  a  ross  a  wide  stretch  of  coun- 
try, "  Talbot  Street "  offers  far  greater  attractio  i  than  any  500-m.  thorough- 
fare in  the  United  States. 

There  is,  let  me  here  insist,  a  peculi  pleasure  in  thus  swiftly  "  walking 
large  "  with  the  wheel ;  and  a  part  of  ._.  pleasure,  to  the  philosophic  mind. 
consists  in  certain  distinctive  intellectual  advantages  thus  gained,  which  could 
not  be  gained  by  slowly  wheeling  over  the  same  roads  in  separate,  short 
journeys.  For  example,  the  fundamental  fact  that  all  material  prosperity  is 
l).ised  upon  successful  agriculture,  was  exhibited  to  me  with  the  imnrpssive 
ness  which    attaches   only  to  an   "  object    lesson."     The  "  garden    region 


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302  r^'A'  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  HjCy-LE. 

of  f)ntario."which  I  cntcrea  at  the  ou.scr.  ovu'  ntly  supplied  comfortable 
\:rJ:V       ?^''  i..,.,b.tants.,hou«h  it  hanlly^cJ,  to  .c  wo  t  y  ' 

he   adjcct.vc.    .p.c.ure»Muc  and  lovely"  that  another    touring    cycler  1.1 
l>e,t«wcd  upon  .t ;  but.  the  further  I  p^..ceedeci.  the  poorer  grewThe  ,0     J  "^ 
.imdarly    the  apr   arance  of    the  people    and  their' habitafion,.     The  loT 
hkew.se  deter-orated  an.l   became  rougher  an    stonier  as  the  count  y't 
more  b'cak  and  barrr...     Ks  rocky  and  .terile  narure   impressed  m^  n,     . 
.he  final  dav  when  the  hou.es  were  fewer  in  number   anTmirntr'^^T:  .i^ 
than  ever  bc.ore.-some  A   them  being  nothin,  else  than  rudely:  u3    W 
cabins       1  h,s  natural  contrast,  between  the  richr  ess  of  the   I'rovince  n     r  mv 
pomt.  -entrance   and  poverty  near  my  poin.-of-departure.  wa,  in.e^"  ed  b 
the    a,  .„g  of    loaves  dur.ng  my  fortnight's  eastward  and  northward  ^ove 
ment  of  6ao  m.,-for  the  luxuriant  autumn  foliage  at  the  begmning  chan«Z 
bare  trunks  and  l-ranchcs  at  the  end.     An  improvement  in  surrour^iingsTa 

V  ork  S  ate.  30  m.  s..  was  through  a  rough  and  rock--  region,  but  the  greene^ 
grass  at  the  edges  of  the  rocks  and  forests  gave  token  of  a  rich  .  soil  and  miU 
cl.mate.      I  he  Otse-ic  valley,  on  my  route  from  Cazenovia  to  Hinghamton  1    / 
w.se  suggested  fertility,  spite  of  the  snow  upon  its  hilltops.     From  iJi.Xm,  n 
went  up  the  bank,  of   the  .Susc,uehan„a  to  the  town  of  thaT       m    Tn' 
c hmbed  over  the  mountains,  through  al.r.cst  40  m.  of  rugged  and  sZelv     t 

led  country  to  meet  the  Delaware  at  Ilonesdale.  and  follow  it  fo r'tw     Vha^^ 
distance.     Hetween  Stroudsburg  and  Tamaqua.  I  passed  through  a  fine  frm 
.ng  d.str.ct.  whose  German-lik- name,  showed  the  ownership  of  the"'Penn 
sylvanu  Dutch."     There  were  extended  views  of  smoothiycultivated    e  ds 

tte  bac?  "T  f  ''"'^■'  "'''  "''"^  ■'^••^  ^'y^^'l  -'^  '^'g^*  n^ountalns  • 
he  ba  kground  ;  there  were  whitewashed  stone-walls  and  houses  plastered  o 

he  outMde.  whose  p.azzas  and  fences  were  a.so  whitewashed    »here  were  lit- 

Choppecl-cabbage  and  smearkase  inside;  there  were  well-lettered  guide-po3t 
at  the  forks  and  c  -.     ,gs;  there  were  udy  little  girls,  who  said  "good  .no 
.ng   s,r.-  w.th  -^reat  respect,  and  there   was.  withal,   a  woman  who  gravely 
asked  what  n.,  name  might  be.  as  a  preliminary  to  answering  my  enquir 
about  the  best  way  of  reaching  the    iUage  hotel.  ^     " 

am-s.les.  adorned  wuh  the  reddish  leaves  of  scrul>oaks  interspersed  with  the 
br,ght  green  of  the  pme.  made  quite  a  brilliant  compensation  for  the  un- 
gh  ly  heaps  of  coal-dust.  A  few  hours  later,  my  environment  was  again 
stnctly  agncultural,  for  I  was  gazed  at  by  a  gang  of  not  less  than  twenty  men 
who  were  simultaneously  pulling  turnips  in  a  half-acre  lot.  The  next  day 
Reading  was  reached,  and  the  region  of  the  Cumberland  valley,  where  there 
were  broad  stretches  of  country  enlivened  by  green  wheat-fields,  and  mountain 
ndges  oommg  up  on  the  distant  hor.zon.     Red  barns  and  whitewashed  fences 

aaaea  to  the  treneral  an"'^'^'"—  "*  ~-.-* J   .1    •'■_•_ 

•'  ■■■■.^.-.■.■.■zzs  -;:u   i;:n:i  auU  piOspcnty.     The 


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niilc-posta  along  the  pike  were  inscribed  with  the  distances  not  only  to  Philadel- 
phii  and  llarrisburg,  its  terminal  towns,  but  also  with  those  to  Reading  and 
Lebanon,  intermediate.  The  villages  were  all  made  of  red-brick  houses,  hav- 
ing solid  wooden  shutters  painted  white,  and  these  shutters  were  inrariably 
kept  closed,  so  as  to  reiig.ously  exclude  the  healthful  light  of  the  sun  andpro- 
(luce  a  deadly  autumn  chill  inside.  Heyond  Harrisburg,  where  I  walked 
about  a  mile  along  the  double-bridge  which  spans  the  .Susquehanna,  the  coun- 
try seemed  somewhat  less  thickly-settled  and  productive.  The  mountain 
ridges  on  my  I.  made  a  level  line  againsi  the  horizon,  while  those  on  my  r. 
were  broken  into  peaks  and  spurs.  Then  came  Carlisle,  the  first  county- 
town  of  the  strictly  Southern  type,  whose  C(  tral  feature  is  a  sort  of  magni- 
tiod  cross-roads,  or  open  square,  from  which  Siart  four  <horoughfares  into  the 
I  ountry,  n.,  s.,  e.  and  w.  The  public  buildings  and  others — usually  of  brick, 
and  two  or  three  stories  high— front  upon  this  square;  and  the  effect  is  some- 
times rather  pleasing.  Chambersburg,  Greencastle,  Martinsburg,  Hagerstown 
:ind  Gettysburg  aie  among  those  towns  which  I  recall  as  built  in  just  this 
fashion.  My  passage  across  the  Potomac  at  Williamsport  was  made  exactly 
four  weeks  after  I  crossed  the  St.  Lawrence  at  Ogdensburg  (though  the  625 
m.  registered  between  those  rivers  represented  only  18  days  of  riding)  ;  and 
the  warm  Indian  summer  haze,  with  which  Virginia  then  welcomed  me  into 
the  matchless  Shenandoah  Valley,  offered  an  agreeable  contrast  to  the  bitter 
frost  with  which  Canada  had  coldly  kissed  me  good-by. 

All  01  'hese  vivid  and  instructive  contrasts  of  weather  a.id  soil  and 
scenery,  and  jf  their  relations  to  men  and  manners  and  houses,  are  the  dis- 
tinctive reward  of  "  walking  large  "  with  the  wheel.  In  no  other  way  can 
they  be  enjoyed  with  such  zest  and  j)erfection.  A  tourist  on  foot  moves  too 
slowly  to  see  the  country  on  .)  n -i'"'^  scale;  a  tourist  by  train  moves  too 
swiftly  to  see  the  individual  sign  i. lean  re  of  any  particular  features  of  it;  and 
a  tourist  on  horseback  or  in  a  carriL.e  would  probably  find  more  physical 
piin  than  intellectual  pleasure  if  i\o  atu-tnpted  to  explore  an  eighteenth  of  this 
flanet's  circumference  "  straightaway  in  forty  days."  Furthermore,  all  such 
travelers  necessarily  miss  i'.ie  sense  of  personal  elation  which  accompanies 
the  noiseless  rush  of  the  man  who  has  hitched  the  winged  wheels  to  his  feet. 
The  exhilaration  of  this  bird-like  flight  over  an  ideally  smooth  road  can  be 
imagined,  in  part,  even  by  those  who  have  not  been  so  happy  as  to  experience 
it;  but  only  a  genuine  wheelman  can  appreciate  that  certain  grim  gratification 
which  attaches  to  the  act  of  forcing  a  bicycle's  passage  along  the  roughest 
and  most  difficult  of  paths.  It  is  the  pleasure  of  "accomplishing  the  impos- 
sible,"—of  winning  a  victory  over  Nature  herself.  Hence,  though  I  took 
all  practicable  pains  to  include  in  my  route  the  best  roads  whose  existence 
was  known  to  me,  a  contemplation  "f  the  difficulties  which  must  nevertheless 
be  conquered,  in  combining  them  ».ito  a  single  trail,  was  not  entirely  un- 
pleasant. I  had  somewhat  of  that  "fierce  stern  inv  which  wr-ir-.r^  f.-^!  " 
when  I  looked  upon  the  map,  and  vowed  that  the  tattered  tires  of  my  old 


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r.rce,  oHHe  .,„h  were  figh.in^  ^.i^,  Ihe    Ji      .v",  '„  "^tt  T"" 
"Those  fci-ces  inve  finally  won  iho  fi.rhf  -  if  i»  i         •  "      -  ^  '  *'"^*''>- 

mules  whisked  n. ,  hic^c  e  awav  t^'    '    '     V      '^^^.'^''^'^'"Sly.  as  the  runawav 
r  K,^         u    I  ,  -  ^       seemnig  destruction,  at  the  -erv  time  wh. 

stood  at  'Us-O."     This  was  m  f,o„t  of  a  <li„»y  l„tle  tow  nn,.,  ,  .'"'" 

n..«pe,led  „>  „,  .-Uelcware  House-  an",  e    ,  Had  w  LdtHe"-       ■'''' 

Var'Ttoke'  T"'  ■?"■"■■""•  ":"'">-»S  ...e  ■' tile  t'e.  h  eT"::  "^ 
Vale,    m  token  of  ,ny  ttmmph,  I  guzjled  several  bottles  of  his  i,i,,h  1 

^i;f^^;^:^:;^:::n:^^z;.i„-r,Er^^^ 

Buarded  the  r. side  of  the  „ath  i,L  the  Hv.    Z^.^Z     ,' oTeV:""^" 

™i]  which^..:L?''^:^;::,,,'•rtlT„;;:.i^:;  r  «:nr"™" 

bicycle  trail  of  "a  thousand  miles  straitrhtawiv  •■     TK       u  7  American 

tired  and  bed,  ..g«,ed. ,  was  hap,,    SsMnlphan't'th  !lirst„2  '"',' 

n,.es-tho,e  s.o^  I^^f^or.  e"l- ^^rrardltdtr  foi^J''   t 

tti=:,'r-:f'::e7:s::;ir;t,\"r'"""-^^^^^^^ 

Globe's  circumference      I    h  h7        /  '^^'' ^»»  ^^  ^ 'wenty-fifth  part  of  the 

these  verses  of  "  If    jr  >•  <-^    i    ».        ■        .  l><-ci,  voicea  tor  me    )\- 

.he  ow     r  of    he  -r    iew    e  Tlole  "",    T'^  '"'"  ''^'"'=  '^  =  ^"^'  ^'^"^ 

l5  •**""=:  and  I.fttjd  tt,  the  nation's  thrnne  • 

And corufu.-red,  tiltnily.  ' 

Ah  I  that  soul  knows  in  whal  white  heal  ih^  Kln^i  „f ..:. u  ..      . 

• 'it!  ::--.Ti: 


I* 


STRAIGHTA  WA  Y  FOR  FORTY  DA  YS. 

The  white  flannel  of  my  riding-shirt,  which  the  rain  had  been  moistenin- 
or  hours  wa.  not  to  be  dried  even  by  the  white  heat  of  this  thoTsa  d "  > 
r,u,nph;  but  the  glow  of  this  was  certainly  great  enough  to  make  the  " 
hour  s  r.d.n8  very  viv.d  :n  my  memory.     I  wheeled  through  no  less  than  Tm 
of  mud  m  that  mterval,  though  the  rawhide  bearings  on  the  axle  had  now 
grown  so  soft  as  to  make  it  revolve  with  great  difficulty;  and  then  I  tramped 
through  the  darkness  (7  m.  in  2  h.)  to  the  end  at  Port  Jervis.-encountrrinu 
at  first  cont.nuo,.-  shallow  puddles  upon  a  smooth  surface  which  would  havt 
ecn  ndable  by  dayl.ght.  and  afterwards  stretcher  of  soft  and  sticky  mud 
Ihe  p.cture  presented  at  the  closing  in  of  night.-just  before  I  dismounted' 
and  reso  ved  that     would  take  no  more  risks  in  reaching  my  base-of-supplie  ' 
however  fresome  foot-progress  thither  might  prove.-impressed  itself  more 
last.ngly  upon  my  mmd  than  any  other  of  the  many  curious  and  att  a'tiv 
scenes  encountered  on  the  forty  days'  journey.     It  was  at  a  canal-lock  in  a 
sharp  bend  of  the  mountains,  where  a  water-fall  rushed  and  gurgled  and  a 
br.dge  afforded  a  m.mic  stage  upon  which  the  snail-p.ned  mules  seemed  to 
e  posmg  themselves  ia  a  sort  of   ghostly  fashion    as  their  g  eatThap 
bo  ned  up  w.th  vague  outlines  against  a  background  of  n,  ,t.  "xhe  yellow 
i.ghts  of    he  lower  boats  glimmered  fitfully  down  the  canal,  and  the  red  and 
green  lanterns  of  .he  Erie  cars  and   switches  flashed  a  fierce  res  onse  from 
t  e  opposue  shore,  as  the  trains  thundered  around  the  bend.     Th    gatfienne 
goom  and  darkness  seemed  almost  palpably  to    increase  with  eve^  Z 
f  he  wheel,  as  .t  sl.pped  silently  along  through  the  mud,  carrying  me  near 
toth.s  strange  scene,  and  the  shadowy  summits  guarding  the  rfvTrl  de"  e 
u  d  be  .magmed  as  coming  nearer  together,  as  if  bent  on  the  grim  jot 
o    clo  n,g  the  gap  agan^st  me.     Somehow,  the  situation  suggested  treVn 
gilian  lines  with  wh  ch  the  shiDwreckpd  /??„».„  u,  "Sb-'»tcu  me  vn- 

•«  .he  ■=„aer-h=ar„d  Dido      S„meht»  tt^  "  ■    '  T'""*  '"  "'"''"* 

"  /H/r,/a  dum  Jtuvii  currtnt,  dum  montibus  umhr^ 
Lustraiuni  convexa,  polus  dum  siJ^ra  parcel 
Semper  h^os,  ,u>me,u}:^  „.,„„.  UuOesgue  m^nebunt, 
Qutt  me  cumqiie  vacant  itrrce. " 

Only  one  fall  was  experienced  by  me  in  the  entire  6i8  m.  between  Svr. 
-e  and  Staunton  and  that  happened  just  before  noon  of  the  final  dl" 
when  I  was  w.thm  less  than  30  n,.  of  the  finish.  In  .rindin.  ZC^\  '?/ 
^\lTr  ^T"  "T  ^°"''="°*  P"»«d  out  from  under  me  towardsYhe V  while 
r  sat  down  heavily  towards  the  1..  exactly  a,  in  a  case  of  .y.,^.tol'[^^l 


3o6  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


s    i 


On  5  of  those  19  days  I  traveled  a  certain  amount  of  time  (J  h.  to  5  h.,  or 
I4h.  in  all)  after  dark;    and   I  rode   somewhat   on  each   occasion,  thojgh 
walking  largely  predominated.     M/  morning  start"  were  all  made  between  8 
and  9  o'clock.      On  10  of  the  20  days  in  the  first  half  of  my  tour,  my  night 
riding  made  the  co->==Jerable  aggregate  of  117  m.,  including  28  m.in  the  tiark 
while  completing  lOom.,  and  36  m.  in  th-  moonlight  while  completing  80  m., 
— the  two  longest  day's  runs  e.'er  made  by  me,  each  of  them  lasting  till  after 
2  A.  M.      My  tumbles  in  those  20  days  and  nights  were  also   much   more 
numerous  than  in  the  later  and  rougher  half  of  the  tour.     Indeed,  the  very 
first  thing  that  happened  to  me    after  mounting  my  wheel  at  the  door  of  the 
Michigan  Exchange  Hotel,  at  Detroit,  in  the  presence  of  certain  qclers  who 
wished  good  luck  for  my  Canadian  journey,  was  a  violent  header  at  a  hole  in 
the  wooden  pavement,  a  few  rod  •  distant.     Though  I  had  steered  clear  of  this 
same  hole  when  I  came  in,  an  hour  before,  I  forgot  about  it  in  the  glare  of 
the  gas  light;  but  I  rode  to  the  ferry  without  further  accident,  and  I  mounted 
before  daybreak,  next  morning,  without  any  fear  that  the  mishap  would  prove 
an  omen.     On  the  second  day,  102  m.  from  the  start,  I  took  a  bad  header, 
without  apparent   reason,  while  slowly  descending  a  rough  clay  hill.     Two 
days  and  100  m.  later  I  had  a  side-fall  at  a  mud  rut.      This  was  in  the  after- 
noon of  my  loo-m.  run ;  and  in  the  darkness  of  the  evening,  35  m.  beyond,  a 
stone  stopped  my  wheel  on  a  duwn-grade  and  gave  me  a  slow  and  harmless 
header  over  the  r.  handle.     Then,  after  18  m.  more  of  slow  progress  in  the 
dark,  I  had  a  backward  fall  when  my  wheel  plunged  into  a  mudhole.    This 
was   the   most  painful  one  of    any   in    my  experience,  and   as   it    happened 
after  I  had  ridden  about  99  r.i.,  I  thought  it  wise  to  do  my  looth  m.  on  foot. 
On  the  sixth  day,  20  m  beyond,  I  had  a  side-fall  to  1.,  in  grinding  against  a 
grassy  slope  on  the  edge  of  a  muddy  .oad  ;  and  on  the  eighth  day,  75  in.  be- 
yond, I  was  forced  to  take  a  backward  jump,  and  let  my  wheel  run  dow.i  a 
bank, — snapping  off  the  right  handle  by  contact  with  a  rock.     A  few  hours 
later,  just  as  I  started  on  my  moonlight  ride  of  36  m.  to  Toronto,  I  took  a 
header  to  r.,  from  striking  a  stone ;    and  just  after  midnight,  25  m.  beyond, 
I  had  a  heavy  side-fall  in  a  rut.     In  the  moonlight  of  the  next  eveninu',  while 
slowly  descending  a  hill,  I  took  another  header, — my  last  one  in  Canada,— 
412  m.  from  the  start.      At  the  ss7th  m.  l   dropped   my   wheel  in   a  mud 
rut;  at  the  663    m.,  I  flew  over  the  handles,  on  account  of  a  stone  on  an  uj> 
grade ;    and  at  the  754th  m.    ^  took  a  side-fab  on  a  sandy  ledge.     On  the 
forenoon  of  the  same  day  (tli    seventeenth)  vvhen  this  happened,  I  ran  a  rusty 
nail  through  the  sole  of  my  shoe  and  deep  into  my  foot,  by  jumping  down 
upon  the  board  which  it  projected  from.     This  pained  me  somewhat  until  I 
got  to  Syracuse,  but  was  cured  before  I  resumed  the  tour.  ^ 

'Physicians  having  several  times  queshooed  me  as  to  my  possibly  noticing  any  patholog- 
ical symptoms  developed  by  bicycling,  a.  .  as  to  my  opinion  wliethpr  long  ioiir«  on  th?  whrel 
would  be  likely  to  help  or  injure  people  of  inferior  physique,  it  seems  proper  to  print  my  general 
answer  right  here,  as  a  note  to  this  report  of  my  longest  personal  experience  a  wheelback.    As 


STRAIGHTA  ]VA  Y  FOR  FORTY  DA  YS.         '    307 

My  wheel  had  thirteen  falls  in  the  firsi  804111.,  as  thus  shown,  though 
I  escaped  a  share  in  two  of  them;  and,  in  the  final  618  m,  it  fell  once  in  ad- 
dition to  the  single  fall  which  I  had  with  it  when  only  28  m.  from  the  finish 
The  header  which  happened  at  the  412th  m.  caused  the  wheels  to  interfere- 
but  I  pulled  the  fork  back  into  position  again,  with  the  help  of  some  men 
who  were  playing  football  in  the  moonlight,  and  I  suffered  no  further  trouble 
from  this  fall  or  from  any  other.     Pages  43-46  may  be  ,.nsulted  for  my  report 
of  how  the  mechanism  stooa  the  wear  and  strain  during  the  long  journey 
and  of  the  accident  which  finally  disabled  it  and  forced  me  to  take  train  back 
to  New  York,  instead  of  wheeling  thither.    In  mentioning  the  clothes  which  I 
wore  (pp.  21-22),  I  have  said  that  a  velveteen  jacket  of  '79  and  corduroy 
breeches  of  '81  served  me  well  in  all  weathers.    I  might  have  included  in  the 
remark  my  flat  velveteen  hat  of  '8a     In  the  midnight  fall  which  I  suffered 
on  the  fourth  day's  ride,  the  breeches  caught  on  the  spring-clasp  of  the  back- 
bone and  were  very  badly  rent.    A  tailor  patched  them  up  for  me  successfully 
m  the  course  of  the  next  forenoon ;  but  when  I  again  tore  them  into  strips 
by  a  similar  "catch,"  while  making  a  sudden  dismount  in  a  snow  squall  be- 
low Port  Jervis  (Nov.  12,  about  1,025  m.  from  the  start),  I  was  forced  to  do 
the  patching  myself.     Thes-  breeches  are  still  "  rid-ble,"  and  as  they  offer  an 
excellent  example  of  the  needlework  and  embroidery  practiced  by  a  man  in 
the  woods,  I  may  even  yet  decide  to  put  them  up  as  a  derorative-art  prize 
for  the  club  *hich  does  the  most  to  increase  the  -    'e  o*^  this  book  1 

most  of  my  tours  are  begun  after  an  abstinence  of  weeks  or  montl  from  the  saddle,  the  ridinc 
of  ttie  first  few  days  (35  or  40  m.  eacf,)  always  liardens  up  the  fices,  so  that  the  act  of  expul- 
sion IS  usually  rather  painf-d.  The  difficulty  generally  wears  off  at  the  end  of  a  week's  riding  ■ 
theacfon  for  the  rest  of  the  tour  is  normal  and  easy;  and  no  relapse  or  evil-result  happens 
when  a  quieter,  indoor  life  is  resumed  again.  As  regards  this  only  unpleasant  tendency  known 
to  my  own  experience  of  wheeling,  my  off-hand  inference  was  that  people  afflicted  with  costive- 
ness  pile-  and  other  prevalent  rectal  and  anal  troubles  (from  which  I  have  always  been  free) 
might  perhaps  suffer  an  increase  of  the  same,  if  they  exposed  their  bodies  to  the  vibration  im- 
plied m  alWay  nd.ng  on  a  bicycle.  But  the  va)uelessness  of  any  such  generalization  from  a  sin- 
gle  individual  report  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  a  case  of  chronic  costiveness,  so  aggravated  as  to 
seem  almost  necessarily  fatal,  was  cured  (or  essentially  mitiga'ed)  by  a  resort  to  bicycling,  after 
all  the  remedies  of  the  medicine-men  had  been  tried  in  vain.  This  was  the  experience  of  a  law- 
y-rof  my  own  age.  who  began  wheeling  when  I  did,  and  who  has  ridden  more  thousands  of 
mi.es  than  I  have  and  whose  longest  day's  rides  have  exceeded  my  longest.  Since  the  time 
*hen  he  explamed  to  me  his  singular  restoration  to  health.  I  have  been  unwilling  to  admit  thai 

St  ffnl  whirr  '    ■    '  ""  °'  ''"^  '"^"'"     ^'  ^"^"''^  ^  '"S"'  saddle-soreness  or 

lavs  fit  5"  -T'^'k  """'  ""^  '"'  '^"'"'^  a  30  or  40  m.  ride  after  Ion,  inactivity,  I  have 
always  found  it  dimmish  on  the  ^-cond  day  ,  :  a  tour,  and  disappear  on  the  ihird.  Slight  super- 
fical  sores  or  pimply  skin-blisters,  near  where  the  body's  weight  rests  upon  the  saddle,  ..reTpt 
1  Tl/,  Z'  '"^      '/°"''  "'°"«''  *'"'°"'  *"-"  ^-="  "'  "^'''"'?-     A^  I  have  mentioned  on 

firsnimA  ,  T  "".  "'  '"  ""'  ''''  '""'■'  ^"«''  ^^  '"^''^='""K  "  '"  "79,  was  for  the 
nrst  lime  tiintpH  tn  m^  in  t^Mr..*  •» — •*.        r.  ...  . 


3::cr  ,.,,  ,-,;;acK  oi  Icvei  in  '02.  1  am  giad  to 


aH,i  .1.-.         r  _    J       f  "  ■• '  "*"■■   '"'  •'"••'-*'  "'  'c'ei  in    02.  1  am  glari  to 

,      K,L  ""^       ''    ^^  '"^  •"""  '°  ''*^'  ™'«^  "  °'  »"  ««"'J"<T' «°  offer  such  hints.     My  elbow 
troubled  me  not  at  all  on  that  tour,  nor  ha.  iu  possible  weakne«  been  suggested  to  me  «nce. 


308  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 

My  reason  for  not  offering  them  thus  as  a  help  to  my  subscription-list 
(see  p.  22)  was  the  dreadful  failure  of  a  similar  experiment,  when  I  shook  off 
my  shoes,  "on  soft  Susquehanna's  side,"  and  sent  them  to  the  chief  of  the  local 
wheelmen,  in  a  box  which  was  marked  somewhat  as  follows  :  "  The  enclosed 
shoes,  whose  total  record  is  i,8oo  m.,  and  which  are  the  first  shoes  in  America 
that  have  pushed   a  bicycle  more  than  800  m.  straigntaway,  are  hereby  re 
spectfully  p-esented  to  the  President  of  the  Binghamton  Bicycle  Club,  to  be 
off;;red  by  him,  under  proper  restrictions,  as  an  annual  challenge  trophy  for 
the  long-distance  championship  of  the  club."     Alas  for  ingratitude  and  un- 
appreciated  generosity  !    Only  one  subscription  was  sent  by  that  club  towards 
my  immortal  3,000;  and  it  has  never  yet  promoted  any  long-distance  races  for 
the  advertisement  of  my  shoes  and  my  book  I    Beyond  Port  Jervis  I  made  no 
attempt  to  fix  upon  any  third  base-of-supplies,  as  mv  route  was  uncertain  but 
despatched  my  baggage  directly  home  to  New  York,  though  I  did  not  reach 
there  until  a  fortnight  later.     The  changes  of  clothes  which  I  carried  with 
me  on  the  handle-bar  kept  me  comfortable  enough  in  that  mterval ;  as  thev 
did  indeed  during  the  three  weeks  before  I  met  my  baggage  at  the  opening  of 
the  tour.     Nevertheless,  I  still  adhere  to  my  old  opinion  (1881    p.  17)  that 
when  it  is  practicable  to  send  a  valise  ahead,  where  it  can  be  met  every  third 
or  fourth  day,  the  pleasure  of  touring  will  be  increased  by  such  action.     I  have 
praised  (p.  21)  the  lightness  of  the  silk  stockings  which  I  earned  for  evenint; 
wear  on  this  journey,  and  it  is  with  sincere  regret  that  I  confess  my  inability 
to  exactly  put  on  record  their  '•  passive  mileage  ";  but  I  know  I  must  have 
trundled  them  around  for  several  thousand  miles,  through  a  good  ma  )y  States 
and  Provmces.    Except  for  its  expensiveness,  I  should  no  doubt  regularly  pre- 
fer silk  t.    woolen  as  a  leg-covering  in  summer  journeys;  and  were  the  heels 
and  toes  of  stockings  to  be  woven  double,  whether  silk  or  woolen,  their  value 
to  the  cycler  might  be  almost  doubled  with  but  very  litMe  increase  in  their 
cost.     If  any  hosier  has  endeavored  to  make  his  fortune  by  advertising  a  sim- 
ple device  of  this  sort,  as  a  protection  of  the  garment  in  the  two  places  where 
the  wear  chiefly  comes  in  riding,  I  have  not  yet  had  the  pleasure  of  reading 
his  announcement. 

Considered  as  a  scheme  for  getting  rid  of  "  malaria,"  and  storing  up  a 
supply  of  strength  sufficient  for  the  production  of  this  book,  my  forty  days  of 
"  walking  large  "  with  the  wheel  proved  eminently  successful.  It  convinced 
m-,  too,  that  the  love  of  touring,  like  any  other  genuine  and  healthy  enjoyment, 
is  really  insatiable.  It  grows  by  what  it  feeds  on.  The  man  who  has  a  hearty 
liking  for  it,  is  always  bound  to  want  more.  He  is  like  the  Scotchman's  dog 
that  could  neve-  get  enough  of  fighting.  •'  I  go  through  the  woods  and  hunt- 
ing-grounds one  day,  and  I  rise  up  in  the  morning  and  go  through  them  again 
the  next  day,— I  walk  large,"  said  the  Indian;  and  it  seems  to  me  that  I,  in 
similar  spirit,  could  never  really  tire  of  "  wheeling  large."  I  care  too  much 
for  comfort"  to  sa.'^»'ifi'^'*»*"  "■»  frrair***-*?;.*™-  ^^»^««.„ i  j .  .  _ 

^  ""  .-...- '"'o  "vs^  :  •.::  a::u  UUZU'CruUo  COUiiiriCa  liiCrC  iV 

lor  the  sake  of  conquering  them,  while  innumerable  pleasanter  regions  are 


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STRAIGHTA  WA  V  FOR  FORTY  DA  YS.  300 

waiting  to  be  explored;  and  I  am  not  adventurous  enough  to  risk  my  life  in 
search  of  strange  sensations  and  unique  experiences,  as  Thomas  Stevens  is 
now  domg  m  Asia;  but  I  sympathize  eitirely  with  the  spirit  of  Stevens,  whi'h 
enables  hi,  to  take  pleasure  in  the  process  of  buckling  a  bicvcle-belt  round 
the  world ;  and  I  have  no  hope  of  higher  happiness  in  the  future  than  that 
wh.ch  would  attach  to  "  wheeling  large"  in  foreign  but  friendly  lands,  should 
Fortune  ever  thus  allow  me  to  push  "  Number  234,  Jr."  across  such  "  fresh 
hekls  and  pastures  new." 

If  this  ambition  seems  contemptible  to  the  man  whose  nature  shows  no 
.tram  of  the  noble  savage,  let  h^m  modestly  remember  that  the  savage    in 
turn,  looks  with  tne  sincerest  contempt  on  the  ambitions  and  amusements  of 
ihc  h.ghly-civilized.     To  the  men  of  my  own  age  and  generation  who  have 
MOW  fairly  taken  in  hand  the  political  management  of  this  continent  (though 
the  superfluously  lagging  veterans  who  were  not  "  in  de  wah  "  have  as  yet 
generally  failed  to  get  a  grip  on  that  truth),  let  me  say  that  the  exploration 
of  the  contment's  roads  seems  exactly  as  creditable.     I  wish  them  great  good- 
luck  in  their  little  game  called  "  politics  ";  but  it  seems  to  me  that  most  of 
the  players  make  it  a  very  little  game.     "  I  know  their  tricks  and  their  mar*- 
ners,"  and  I  am  not  impressed  at  all  with  the  notion  that  any  special  dignity 
or  grandeur  attaches  to  their   performance.     Afy  game   called  "wheeling" 
seems  quite  as  respectable  a  one  for  an  elderly  man  to  seek  his  amusement 
in ;  and  if  they  laugu  at  this  idea,  let  them  remember  that  "  he  laughs  best 
who  laughs  last."     I  do  not  affect  to  despise  any  kind  of  human  activity  which 
■s  engaged  m  sincerely;  I  only  insist  that  the  value  of  each  kind,  as  regards 
the  individual,  is  purely  relative,  dependent  entirely  upon  his  own  special 
"  mental  center,"  or  personal  point-of-view.     «  Of  the  many  precious  immuni- 
ties that  belong  to  humble  station,  there  are  none,"  as  Hamerton  says,  "  more 
valuable  than  the  freedom  from  false  amusements.     Any  hard  work,  however 
uncongenial,  has  the  qualities  of  a  mental  tonic,  for  you  see  a  sort  of  result  • 
whilst  a  false  pleasure  leaves  no  result  but  the  extreme  fatigue  that  attends 
it,-a  kind  of  fatigue  quite  exceptional  in  its  nature,  and  the  most  disagreeable 
that  is  known  to  man."     And  so,  when  some  conventional  ambition  or  cere- 
monious splendor  is  pointed  out  for  my  approval,  I  exclaim  :     "  It  is  v  ry 

.good,-it  is  beautiful ;  but  1,-1  walk  large."     Or  perhaps  '   sing,  in  happy 

paraphrase  of  George  Arnold's  verses  : 

'■  A  harml.-ss  fellow,  wasting  useless  days,  .im  I:    I  love  my  comfort  and  my  leisure- 

Let  those  who  wish  them,  toil  for  gold  and  praise;  to  me,  this  whirling  wheel  brings  more  of 

S;,  here  upon  it  let  me  ride  at  ease,  while  solemn  voices  from  th<  Pa.t  are  calling,       [nlea.sure 

M.ngled  wi;h  rustling  whispers  in  the  trees,  and  pleasant  sounds  of  water  idly  falling 

Praise,  ■£  you  will,  '  the  man  of  higher  aims  '  !     I  ask  but  leave  to  smell  the  flowers,  and  listen 

10  l.spmg  birds,  or  watch  the  sunset's  flames  on  the  broad  river's  surface  glow  and  glisten. 

V  es,  let  me  go  :  I  caru  no  longer  now  for  fame,  for  fortune,  or  for  empty  praises ; 

Kather  than  wear  a  crown  upon  my  brow,  IM  ride  forever  here  among  the  daisies. 

So  you  who  vrish  for  fame,  good  friend,  pass  by!  with  vou  I  p.ur?!-.-  r-.-.r.r..-.t  th-.V-  ;,. ;  . 

Give  me  peace,  health,  this  wheel  whereon  I  fly,  and  spare  me  both  the  labor'and  ^hriaurel  r  " 


XXIII. 


A  FORTNIGHT  IN  ONTARIO.* 

So  many  pretty  tales  had  been  told  me  about  the  smoothness  of  these 
Canadian  roads  that  I  thought   they  might  offer  a  better  chance  chan  any 
other  for  testing  my  ability  to  push  a  46-inch,  cone-bearing  bicycle  straight 
through  the  country  for  as  much  as  100  m.  in  the  course  of  a  single  day.    I 
entertained  a  general  intention  of  trying  to  do  that  distance,  therefore,  if  the 
wind  favored  me,  at  the  very  outset  of  my  long  tour ;  for  the  July  report  of  the 
Chicago  tourists  had  shown  that  the  first  unridable  stretch  of  road  began  at 
Clearville,  and  that  I  might  lay  off  100  m.  between  Windsor  and  that  point  by 
taking  a  route  somewhat  less  direct  than  their  own.     Beyond  Essex  Center, 
therefore,  I  turned  r.  to  Kingsville,  where  I  got  my  first  view  of  Lake  Erie,' 
and  then  1.  to  Leamington,  where  the  Chicago  men  first  got  near  the  lake. 
The  only  sand  of  the  day  was  encountered  on  the  8  m.  between  these  points, 
but  the  side-paths  were  then  practicable,  and  there  was  one  ideally  smooth 
spin  of  3  or  4  m.     When  I  reached  L.,  at  1 1  o'clock,  7  h.  from  the  start,  my 
cyclometer  registered  nearly  40  m.   (a  much  greater   distance    than  it  ever 
accredited  to  me  at  so  early  an  hour  on  any  other  occasion,  either  b'-fore  or 
since) ;  but,  as  the  wind  was  against  me,  I  gave  up  all  idea  of  trying  to  cover 
the  remaining  60  m.  to  Clearville,  and  did  not  resume  my  journey  till  after 
dinner,  at  1.30  p.  m.     Meanwhile,  however,  I  wheeled  down  to  the  lake,  ij 
m.  distant,  and  took  a  swim.     I  stopped  for  the  night  at  a  little  tavern  in 
Dealtown,  which  I  reached  at  6  (after  having  passed  across  about  3  m.  of 
rough  and  barely  ridable  clay  near  Wheatley) ;  and  as  I  had  traversed  72}  ni. 
since  leaving  Windsor,  14  h.  before,  and  was  not  particularly  weary,  it  seems 
likely  that  I  might  have  reached  C'earville  by  midnight.     Indeed,  when  sup- 
per was  over  and  I  saw  how  bright  the  moon  shone,  I  was  almost  tempted  to 
pack  up  again  and  go  on.     A  smooth  spin  of  14  m.  in  2  h.  of  the  next  forenoon 
brought  me  at  10.30  to  Troy  (Fairfield  P.  O.),  where  the  village  blacksmith 
insisted  that  I  should  halt  aiid  take  dinner  with  him,  in  order  that  "  his  boy" 
might  escort  mc  down  to  Clearville,  whither  we  wheeled  pleasantly  (12^  m.) 
between  12  and  2  p.  m.,— a  local  rider  accompanying  us  through  the  village  of 
Morpeth,  which  is  about  5  m.  from  Clearville. 

My  cyclometer  here  registered  99  m.  from  Windsor  (though  reports  of 
other  tourists  would  seem  to  show  that  it  fell  short  of  the  truth)  ;  and,  as  1 
had  given  5  m.  to  detours,  I  should  advise  any  one  who  wished  to  be  sure  of 
covering  100  m.  straightaway  before  reaching  C,  to  begin  his  ride  at  Tecum- 

»?rom   The  L.  A.  IV.  Bulletin,  November  and  December,  1885. 


A  FORTNIGHTIN  ONTARIO.  3,, 

seh,  about  8  m.  n.  e.  of  W.     The  whole  distance  is  practically  level  (,.  ,.,  there 
are  no  grades  ste.p  or  long  enough  to  be  troublesome),  and,  when  the  surface 
IS  at  Its  be!.t,  I  do  not  think  there  is  a  rod  of  it  which  would  force  a  good  rider 
t    dismount.     In  all  the  6,000  m.  of  roadway  explored  oy  me.  I  know  of  no 
other  stretch  of  100  m.  so  suitable  for  a  straightaway  rac- ;  and  I  am  sure  that 
a  fast  rider  who  was  favored  by  the  wind  might  speed  along  this  route  from 
recumseh  to  Cicarville  with  surprising  swiftness.     On  the  forenoon  of  the 
day  before  my  tour  began  I  wheeled  to  T.,  with  some  members  of  the  Detroit 
B.  C.,-turnmg  1.  at  the  top  of  the  little  hill  after  crossing  the  ferry  to  Wind- 
sor; then  r.  into  the  road  which  branches  off  near  where  a  r.  r.  bridge  may  be 
seen  on  the  1.  below  (it  was  at  this  point  that  I  made  my  first  mount  next 
morning,  an  hour  before  daylight,  and  faced  for  Essex  Center) ;  then  l'  in  a 
pretty  straight  line  for  Tecumseh.  9  m.  from  the  start  at  the  Michigan  Ex- 
change Hotel,  which    is  less  than  i  m.  from  the  ferry.     There  is  no  reason 
for  dismounting  between  W.  and  T.;  and  the  last  4  m..  beginning  at  "the 
Frenchman's  half-mile  track  "  were  covered  in  20  min.     Coming  back  from 
T.  for  about  3  m.  on  this  same  smooth  road,  wo  turned  r.  for  the  shore  of 
Lake  St.  Clair,  and  went  along  it  for  3^  m.  to  the  upper  ferry  for  Detroit,— 
finishing  thus  at  the  hotel  a  pleasant  4  h.  round-trip  of  t8  m.     No  questions  had 
been  asked  us  at  the  ferries  by  the  :ustoms  inspectors  (to  whom,  probably,  the 
faces  of  my  escort  were  familiar) ;  but  when  I  came  back  alone  in  the  evening 
(see  p.  306)  the  sub-officer  who  controlled  that  particular  gateway  of  Canada 
refused  to  let  my  bicycle  go  through  it  without  an  order  from  one  of  his 
superiors.     Two  hours,  therefore,  had  to  be  wasted  in  walking  and  waiting 
before  I  could  find  the  Collector  of  the  Port  at  home,  after  his  return  from' 
evening  service  at  church.     This,  fortunately,  had  had  a  good  effect  upon  his 
charitable  impulses,  for  he  did  not  resent  my  intrusion  upon  his  Sunday  night 
retirement,  but  graciously  signed  an  order  admitting  my  bicycle  to  the  Queen's 
Dominion,  and  wished  me  good  luck  "        v  exp.essed  intention  of  pushing  it 
100  m.   upon  the  morrow.     As  my  plan  of  getting  early  to  bed  had  been 
spoiled  by  this  del  y,  hardly  more  than  4h.  of  sleep  preceded  the  knock  which 
roused  me  at  3.30  A.  m.  to  begin  my  fir.st  trial  of  riding  before  daylight.     I 
had  many  narrow  escapes  from  falls,  but  I  kept  to  the  saddle  pretty  contin- 
uously until  da"rn  at  5,  and  I  think  that  on  no  other  occasion  have  I  ever  got 
o^er  as  much  as  5^  m.  in  i  h.  of  darkness.     My  only  previous  day's  ride  as 
lr,ng  as  this  (73  m.,  on  the  s.  shore  of  the  same  lake,  ending  at  Erie,  Sept. 
;,iS8o,— 7  A.  M.  to  II.4S  p.  M— see  p.  204)  was  after  a  good  night's  sleep.i 

'The  day  when  I  write  these  words  (Oct,  8,  ,885)  happens  to  be  the  second  anniversary  of 
this  opening  journey  of  my  fortnight  in  Ontario  ;  and  I  am  thereby  reminded  to  utter  warning 
igamst  the  deceitfulness  of  newspaper  paragraphs  recently  circulated  to  the  effect  that  there  has 
been  a  recent  change  made  for  the  better  in  Can.ida'3  cumbersome  customs  regulations  about 
bicycles.  On  the  contrary,  they  are  still  classed  among  ordinary  "  carriages  of  travelers  and 
nhicles  laden  with  merchandise,"  which  (un  '  r  the  rules  of  Aug.  e,  '81,  printed  in  L.  A.  If- 
iMittiH,  Aug.  13,  '85,  p.  123)  are  require<l  to  leave  the  Dominion  within  two  days,  at  the  place 


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'^f-y-vi'*  , 


3ia  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

The  reason  why  a  loom,  run  should  not  extend  lieyond  Clearville  is 
shown  by  the  extract  appended  to  this  i  iragraph;  though  I  found  the  road 
three  months  later,  by  no  means  so  intolerable  as  therein  described.     The 
first  li  m.  from  the  hotel  at  C,  and  the  last  li  m.  to  the  hotel  at  VVallacetown 
(mclud.ng  a  steep  hill  in  each  case),  I  wheeled  without  dismount;   and  the 
mtermediatc  distance,  which  my  cyclometer  called  14  m.,  I  got  over  at  the  rate 
of  3  m.  per  h.,  with  occasional  bits  of  riding.     Reaching  a  little  place  called 
tagle,  ,ust  at  dusk,  with  a  day's  record  of  37}  m.,  I  stopped  there  for  the 
night,  because    he  rain-drops  from  a  black  cloud  which  had  been  followinc 
me  some  hours  threatened  to  give  trouble  if  I  persisted  in  my  plan  of  tramn- 
mg  through  the  dark  to  W.,  GJ  m.  beyond.     My  third  day's  tour,  7  a.  m  to  c 
P.  M.,  was  39jm.,  ending  at  the  Tecumseh  House  in  London;  and  all  of  it 
iKyond  W.  was  ridden,  though  son.e  rough  riding  was  encountered  because 
of  my  choosmg  the  poorest  of  two  i)ossible  routes  at  Five  Stakes      As  I  did 
not  go  to  St.  Thomas,  my  route  differed  from  that  of  the  Chicago  men  f„r 
several  m.,—  lona  apparently  being  the  point  of  divergence.     After  only  6  h 
.n  bed.  I  was  roused  on  Thursday,  October  , ,,  at  5  o'clock,  and  I  mounted  in 
the  dusk  of  daybreak  at  5.45,  and  rode  to  Clandeboye,  20  m.,  in  just  i!  h 
where  I  halted   .^  h.  for  a  breakfast  of  chocolate,  eggs,  bread,  milk,  apple- 
sauce and  water.    I  had  previously  eaten  a  half-pound  of  grapes  as  I  wheeled 
along,  and  gnawed  a  few  bits  of  chocolate.      This  was  during  the  first  h 
which  brought  me  to  the  broken  bridge  at  St.  John,  6  m.  (beyond  Arva  be- 
fore reaching  which  I  rode  up  a  hill  ^m.  long);  and  I  was  delayed  here  \  h 
byjwalkmg  through  the  sand,  to  get  around  the  break.    Thence  I  went  at 

where  they  enter  it,  or  else  have  security  given  equal  to  the  amount  of  duty,  vhich  will  h,  .e- 
funded  on  proof  that  they  hav«  been  taken  out  of  the  Dominion  with.-  30  days.  Strictly  c, 
orced,  th.s  would  be  in  effect  prohibitory  to  intc-national  touring  on  tho  wheel  (for  no  one  would 
lay  out  a  route  •  across  the  line,"  in  the  face  of  such  a  red-tape  penalty,  so  long  a,  good  roac's 
were  freely  open  .0  h„n  elsewhere),  but  the  harshne.3  of  the  rule  is  mitigated  by  the  great  di^ 
cretion  allowed  the  collectors  in  deciding  what  constitutes  "  security."  In  my  cise  for  example 
It  was  nothmg  more  than  a  verbal  promise  to  push  the  wheel  home  to  New  York  'as  quickly  aj 
possible;  and  I  presume  that  any  other  solitary  touri.st.  who  encountered  a  good-natured  col- 
lector,  and  could  convince  him,  that  the  wheel  was  not  to  be  left  for  sale  in  the  Dominion  would 
escape  the  annoyance  and  expense  implied  in  making  a  deposit  of  money,  as  required  by  law 
What  tounsts  «^n,  however,  is  not  an  assurance  of  the  probability  that  this  antiquated  law  may 
be  officjally  evaded  but  rather  an  official  proclamation  that  they  shall  be  free  to  enter  Canada 
under  the  same  safe  and  simple  rule  which  my  Bermuda  trip  of  '84  forced  our  own  Treasury 
Department  to  adopt  conceminf  the  admission  of  touring  wheelmen  into  the  United  States  (as 
detailed  on  pp.  36S.370I     Let  the  Canadian  Wheelmen's   Association  demonstmte  its  value  by 

ZtlTL"r-""'T'°'''X^'^''"^'  Department  at  Ottawa  as  shall  convince  that  noble 
branch  of  the  Crcumlocutmn  Otfice  that  there  is  a  i^resent  need  of  reform.     Though  the  bicycle 

l^hTr  v''t,'r  '"••"«';''''  ="  "  P^-""^''  "  °°«.-«^  "ecessary  to  the  tourist's  comfort  as  the 
clothes  whtch  he  wears  Even  so  unprogressive  a  government  ^,  that  of  Italy  long  ago  recoR. 
nued  th,s  truth  by  permm.ng  free  passage  at  the  frontiers  to  wheels  in  actual  service ;  and  it  ll 
Wh  "7  "'""'''f /^."^  P^'^g^  '°  "^°«=  ^^^^  by  trains,  when  accompanied  by  their  owners. 
SJ  .!!:ru!!  fll'l  l.'''^!f"''  to  k«p  up  a  Chinese  wall,  for  preventing  the  money  of 

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O    0 

speed  to  Clandeboyc,  through  Birr  and  L.can,  where  a  long  hill  was  climbed 
-not  d.smoum,ng  at  all  during  the  .4  m..  except  two  or  three  times  £or  skit-' 
nsh  horses,  w.thm  2  m.  of  the  bridge.     Mounting  at  C,  on  the  stroke  of  ,0. 
I  never  left  the  saddle  until  „.io,  when  I  stopped  20  min.  a^  the  hotel  in 
hxeter  to  imbibe  two  lemonades.     The  cyclometer  showed  10,  m  as  the  dis- 
tance; and  on  only  one  previous  occasion  had  I  ever  gone  over  such  a  stretch 
so  rapidly  (Sept.  20,  'So;  North  East  to  Westfield.  N.  Y. ;  see  p   -06)      The 
dnver  of  a  buggy,  who  tried  for  several  m.  to  run  away  from  me.  served  very 
effectively  as  a  pace-make        At  Exeter  I  began  the  swiftest  of  all  my  lone 
straightaway  stays  in  the  saodle.-dismounting  at  the  hotel  in  Bayfield  at  i  i 
P.  M.  with  a  record  of  22  m.  for  the  2  h.  22  min.      The  last  8  m.  were  run'h 
less  tuan  35  mm.  (if  I  read  the  cyclometer  right  when  I  made  a  brief  halt  at 
i.iS,as  a  precaution  against  frightening  a  pretty  woman's  horse).     On  this 
most  exhilarating  spin,  the  wind  helped  me  greatly  as  far  as  Brucefield  (where 
I  turned  1.  up  a  long  slope  and  then  crossed  a  bridge  and  a  big  hill  beyond) 
and  I  met   no   other  such  ideally  sn.ooth    and  level   stretch  in   the   whole 
.400  m  of  my  journey.      Having  ..ow  covered  53  m.  in  8  h.  (three  straight 
pulls  of  6  h   ,0  mm.  in  the  saddle),  I  halted  40  min.  and  absorbed  about  a  uuart 
of  milk  before  entering  upon  the  second  and  roughest  stage  of   the  ride 
whose  47  m.  required  almost  12  h.  more  (including  2 J  h.  of  rests).    The  n  m" 
ending  at  Goderich  at  4.30  P.  M.  were  done  in  2  h.,  though  the  level  roadway 
much  of   It  in  sight  of   Lake  Huron)  was  nearly  all  muddy  and  difficult 
Having  added  i  m.  and  i  h.  in  G.,  while  securing  another  quart  of   milk    I 
changed  my  cours.  from  n.  e.  to  s.  e. ;  and  when  dusk  settled  down,  at   clc 
I  had  covered  72  m.,-the  longest  distance  ever  do:.e  by  me  in  12  h      There 
were  many  hills  in  this  region,  and  I  gave  50  min.  to   the  next  4  m.,  ending 
at  the  hotel  in  Holmesville,  where  I  rested  2  h.,  for  a  bath,  a  change  of  clothes 
ami  a  supper  (which  was  of  the   same  character  as  my  breakfast-no  solid 
food  having  been  partaken  of  during  the  10  h.  intervening).     I  was  told  that 
the  town  of  Mitchell.  24  m.  distant,  had  a  good  hotel  called  the  Hicks  House. 
nd  t.iat  the  road  thither  was  smooth,  without  many  hills.     The  moon  prom- 
ised to  light  my  way,  and,  as  I  was  by  no  means  weary,  the  conditions  tempted 
me  to  undeitake  the  completion  of  100  m.     Before  I  reached  Clinton,  at  o  i  c 
(4  m.  in  :f  h.)   the  moon  had  ceased  to  shine,  and  the  wind  came  up  against 
me.     Cheered  there  by  a  bottle  of  ginger  aie,  I  fared  to  Seaforth,  9  m    in 
the  next  2  h.,  and  there  indulged  in  two  bottles,-my  last  refreshment  of  'the 
journey.     After  midnight,  when  my  cyclometer  stood  at  91  m.,  the  wind  blew 
against  me  with  increasing  force,  the  mist  thickened,  and  the  darkness  deep- 
ened, so  that  the  track  grew  much  more  obscure.     I  could  barely  distinguish 
.t  for  a  rod  or  so  al.  --'  of  me  as  a  lightish  line  in  the  general  blackness,  but 
the  big  stones,  whose  whiteness  had  given  warning  to  me  earlier  in  the  night 
were  now  hidden  from  view,  and  I  did  much  walking  for  fear  of  them.     At  i' 

0  clock,  a  clump  of  houses  on  a  cross-roads  assured  me  fh^f  T  u.^  , u^j 

tne  hamlet  of  Dublin,  and  was  within  less  Mian  6  m.  of  the  finish.     My'fce^ 


314  TEN  TIIOl/SAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

were  at  once  conscious  of  a  greatly  increased  smoothness  in  the  roadway 
and  so  I  ventured  again  into  the  saddle,  and  kept  it  for  almost  exactly  4  m 
(I  counted  the  revolutions,  436  per  m.,  to  learn  my  rate  of  progress),  cr  until 
my  wheel  plunged  into  a  mud-hole,  and  I  suffered  a  violent  fall  backward 
After  this  I  rode  only  a  few  rods,  for  the  surface  evidently  grew  rougher  and 
more  treacherous;  and  I  was  too  nervous  from  the  pain  and  shock  of  the  fall 
to  attempt  any  further  risks.  So  I  walked  the  last  one  of  my  100  m..  com- 
pletnig  that  record  at  2  a.  m.  when  I  crossed  the  little  bridge  t  Mitd-  i.  I 
wanaered  \  m.  more  in  the  next  \  h, before  I  discovered  the  hotel;  and  I  har' 
to  kick  and  hammer  for  a  long  while  before  I  could  arouse  the  n  oprietor' 
Meanwhile  the  rain  began  to  fall.  »  .      i-  ■ 

•  I  Mn.  a  short  note  about  this  ride  to  the  Bi.  World  (O-      -6,  'gj,  p.  330).  and  a  report  of 
..also  appeared  .n  Hazletfs  "  Summary  of  Notable  Run,  "  l . ..  «.-wL"  Keb., 'sV  p  3    ") 

wlw  <      r!^  th.  expenence,  ..,  Canada  of  the  forty  (-.icago  touri.sU.  whose   route  fron. 
planned   .0   nde   dunng   the  next  two  days   to  Mitchell   and    Brantford,  but   were  forced  by 

head  of  Lake  Ontario  he  say,  :  "All  the  tourists  walked  at  leas,  half  and  most  of  them  walked 
wo  thnds.  I.  was  .he  'hardest'  road  we  had  ye.  encountered.  Planks  (mostly  unridab  e 
m  vanoussagesof  brokenness.  filled  in  with  unfathomable  mud)  formed  the  firsf,™  of  t- 
^d  then  followed  a  wretched  'stone  road,'  full  of  loose  bowlders  and  ruts  unrelieved  by  siuc^ 
paths  We  wen,  up  a  succession  of  hills  tc  \ncaster,  and  there,  7  m.  from  H.,  began  'goine 
down  the  mountam  »  In  regard  to  the  fin  .  difficult  section  of  the  tour,  he  ^ys'  <■  sZ 
after  leavng  ,h,s  h>ll,  ,us,  beyond  ,he  hotel  a,  Clearville,  ,he  road  grew  rapidly  bad,  un,il  ia 
few  m  „  beca.  .  positively  the  worst  road  any  of  the  party  had  ever  seen.  Within  a  distance 
of  .6  m.  were  .8  tremendous  hills,  made  by  deep  valleys  carved  in  the  grea.  clay  bluffs  by  rapid 

i;mns"of  h'^H  Vr"  l''  "^^'  °"'"^  '°  "'^  '""^  "='  "-°"'  «-  »  conglomeraL  of 
lumps  of  dry  hard  clay,  with  stones,  ni.s,  and  occasional  stretches  of  deep  sand  The  people 
along  ,5  m.  of  1.  left  no  imprint  of  any  foot-travel.  Even  where  hamlets  were  found  of  frl 
.5  to  30  houses,  there  were  no  side-paths  from  '.ouse  to  house ;  .0  turf,  no  relief  of  any  kind. 
The  road  generally  was  not  even  walkable;  it  had  no  flat  surface  big  enough  ,0  plant  one's  foot 
on.  Certainly  it  was  the  worst  dry  road  I  ever  saw.  After  about  .3  m.  of  ,hls  sort  of  .hinT 
.he  whole  party  were  at  Wr  enabled  to  mount  and  ride  in,o  WaIlace,own  for  supper,  with  a 
day  s  record  of  40  m."  He  says  that  the  whole  party  were  only  .gmin.  in  wheeling  tke  6.m. 
stretch  (    as  smooth  as  an  asphalt  pavement  ")  ending  at  Bayfield 

The  only  s,raigh,aw.y  ride,  of  ,00  m.  in  a  day,  which  had  been  taken  in  Canada  previous 
,0  my  own,  was  that  of  C.  H.  Hepinstall,  Captain  of  ,he  S,.  Thomas  B.  C.  and  a  jeweler  by 

I  oXT'/  >°  rr"  '"■■ '":  *'"  "'"'"  '■  "  ■'""'"■'^  =•'  *°'  *•  "•  °f  Sept.  30,  '8.,  I  reached 
London  (,Sm.)at  6..0,  and  waited  till  7..0  for  repairs;  stopped  at  St.  John  (6  m.)  Jh.  for 
breakfast  and  at  Lucan  (9  m.)  i  h.  for  a  rider  who  wished  to  go  a  few  m.  win.  me.  Reaching 
Exeter(48m.  from  the  star,)  at  11.05,  I  started  on  at  ...45;  r..-,ched  Mitchell  (.5  m.)  at  ..,5 
rested  .h.  for  dmner  and  then  went  on  to  Listowel  (.4  m.)  at  6.05.  Leaving  here,  after  sup- 
per, at  8^,0  I  finished  at  Fordwich  (,5  m.)  a,  9.47.  making  ,oa  m.  in  .7  h.  4a  min..  or  a  little 
over  , .  h.  of  actual  nding.  My  object  was  not  ,0  do  ,he  dis,ance  in  ,be  least  possible  time,  but 
rather  to  wheel  to  Fordwich  in  a  day,  and  see  all  my  friends  that  I  could  in  the  towns  along  the 
road.  I  earned  a  heavy  m.  i.  p.  bag,  full  as  I  could  stuff  it,  and  another  quite  as  large.  As 
Saturday  ,s  the  time  when  country  people  come  to  marl^et.  I  was  continually  meeting  teams 
which  would  not  face  the  wheel.  Considerable  rain  fell  in  the  forenoon,  but  the  aftemLn  was 
pleasant.     From  Exeter  to  Mitchell  the  road  was  somewhat  sandy  and  stony  ;  ar.d  frorr.  ,h.-r.» 


A  FORTNIGHT  /A'  ONTARIO. 

10  l-i-towel  quite  unHdable,  being  covered  with  deep  parallel  niU.  aa  no  repain  have  been 
n,adc  (or  year..  I  had  to  pick  my  w.y  along  the  aide.  ;  and  I  may  «y  the  «me  of  my  ronl. 
f,oro  L.  to  K,  »h,ch  led  through  iwamp.  with  corduroy  crossins,  and  many  stone*  -makin. 
.ughl-nd.ns  very  awkward.  The  .urface  from  London  to  Exeter  was,  a.  uaual.  '.imply  mar 
nifice.it  ft  will   be  ob.ervcd  that  hi.  route  coincided  with  mine  for  the.e  30  m     which  he 

...v.rcd  between  7  20  and  ...05  (jj  h..  with  .top,  of  |  h),  a.  compared  to  my  5.45,0  .',  ,o(,lh 
with  slop,  of  ijh.);  showing  that  even  my  riding  time  wa.  i  h.  .lower  than  hU 

At  the  do«:  of  the  .u  nmcr  of  '85.  four  member,  of  the  Star  W.  C  of  Cleveland  (Henry  E 
Cnubb,  John  J.  McTiguo.  Walter  Collm.,  and  Joseph  We.tx).  engaged  in  a  ,ucce„ful  fort' 
niKh.  .our,  comprising  a  large  .ec.ion  of  the  track  explored  b>  me,  a.  .hi,  mileage  .ummar/ 
r;  '^"«'»''*';^'='7''°'«-»>«''>,77;  .5.h..o.St.Thoma,.  ,;;  ,6,h,  to  Ldon.  .8 ; 
.7th,  to  ^odench,  66;  ,8.h,  to  Wood..«:k.  69;  .9th,  to  Guelph.  48;  aMh,  to  Toronto  60 ' 
,.,.,  spent  -n  roronto;  a.d,  to  Hamilton,  40;  ,3d.  ,0  Nia„.a,  50;  ,4th,  ,5th  and  rt.h.  i,! 
Niasara  and  Buffalo;  ,7th,  ,0  Erie,  98;  aSth.  .pen,  in  J.rie ;  agth,  ,0  Cleveland  8a  Thi, 
nuUs  655  m.  for  the  ..  r.d.ng  days,  and  the  total  of  the  tour  wa.  67;  m."  With  ll.i,  may  be 
compared  the  fortnight's  circuit  ta.on  a  year  earlier  by  Samuel  Roether,  «;cretary  of  the  Port 
Klgin  B.  C.  a.  reported  in  Canadian  Wkeelma,  .March,  '85,  p.  67):  "Starting  from  my 
home  on  Lake  Huron  at  7  am.  of  Aug.  ,4,  I  passed  through  Underwoo.*  d  Tiverton  over 
first-lass  gravel  road,  and  reached  Kincardine,  24  m.,  in  3  h.,  spite  of  the  wind  and  rain  About 
..  m.  beyond,  the  wi  .;l  increased  to  almost  a  hurricane,  but  I  wheeled  for  6  m.  behind  a  buerv 
which  broke  the  fo.c.  of  it,  and  having  lit  my  lamp  at  a  comer-s.ore,  8  m.  from  Goderich  I 
nuiiaged  ,0  reach  there  in  .J  h,  60  m.  from  home.  The  wind  wa.  with  me  on  the  asth  and 
I  reached  London  in  8  h.  of  riding  time.  The  next  afternoon  I  rode  to  St.  Thoma.  in  a  h  and 
on  the  forenoon  of  the  fourth  day  to  Aylmer.  Getting  out  of  my  course,  beyond  here  and  be- 
ing caught  by  a  shower,  I  took  train  ,0  Simcoe,  and  again  to  Hamilton  (for  the  road,  were 
imrassable  on  the  zSth  because  of  rain),  and  steamer  thence  to  Toronto  and  Niagara  Startmr 
...mcwaid  from  the.e  on  September  3,  at  9  o'clock,  I  reached  St.  Catharine'.,  for  dinner  but 
failed  to  find  good  road.  unti.  near  Beamsville,  from  which  place  to  Hamilton  they  are  'first- 
«.  There  .s  considerable  .ide-path  riding  near  Grimsby,  and  I  wa.  repaid  for  the  rough 
•ad.  by  magnificent  scenery.  Taking  train  to  Woodstock,  I  wheeled  thence  on  the  afternoon 
0  the  4th  through  Tavistock  to  Stratford ;  and  on  the  5,h  to  Goderich,  4a  m.  The  first  34  » 
"f  this  could  easily  be  done  without  dismount,  as  there  are  but  few  -l  until  Seaforth  is  reached' 
.1  fact  the  region  of  Clinton  is  where  most  of  the  hill,  on  this  re  •  m  to  have  been  placed  i 
bu  still  the  roads  are  fine,  and,  in  spite  of  heat  and  dust,  I  made  u  .2  m.  to  G«lerich  in 

•  i  h.  The  next  forenoon  I  went  .:.  through  Carlow  to  Lucknow,  along  a  road  which  can't  be 
beat,  as  I  covered  6  m.  of  it  in  aj  min.  In  the  afternoon  I  went  26  m.,  through  Riversdale  and 
tnmski  len,  on  the  Durham  gravel  road,  to  Walkert.,n.  with  a  st.ong  sun  and  hot  wind  on  my 
back  al  the  way.  The  heat  continued  to  intenw  that  I  took  Irai..  home  to  Port  Elpin  30  m 
A  good  road  was  said  to  connect  Lucknow  with  the  lake  shore  at  Kincardine,  .8  m  Through' 
out  the  .rip,  I  wore  a  ten^ent  straw  hat,  in  which  I  placed  a  fresh  cabbage-leaf  several  times  a 
day;  and  I  did  not  meet  with  a  single  accident.  I'm  only  sorry  that  my  outing  wa.  not  two 
mouths  inste?-!  of  two  weeks." 

The  same  rider  thus  descries  the  final  section  of  route  which  he  took  by  train  ("  C  W  A 
(.uide,"  p.  42) :  "  Port  Elgir  to  Walkerton,  32  m.,  may  easily  be  ridden  in  4  h.  Roads  o'l 
rst  half,  ,0  Paisley,  very  gooi  and  not  much  affected  by  rain  ;  spite  of  «,me  ugly  hills  to  be 
talked  up  and  down,  stretching  through  ,Jm.,  the  .6m.  require  less  than  2  h.  Last  halt 
(t».^oush  Dunkeld,  i,  m.,  and  Johnston's  Comers,  2J  m.)  is  too  .of,  after  a  rain,  and  too  dusty 
.n  dry^veather  In  .tarting  f«,m  P.  E.  to  Paisley,  you  go  aj  m.  s.  e.  on  Goderich  road  to  Half- 
way House  then  ji  m.  s.  to  Burgoyne.  T"  „.  road  from  Port  Elgin  t^  Southampton  U  7  m 
of  perfectly  level  gravel,  which  the  rain  impr.  s,  and  may  be  ridden  in  J  h.  I  rom  Owen  Sound 
(on  Georgian  Bay,  a  branch  of  Lake  Huron)  to  Port  Elgin.  28  m.,the  route  leads  through  Tara 

.2  m.,  of  which  the  first  7  are  rorkv  and  rnno-K  n,.  fk.  fi~i-^.u j  .  -u .  _  ' 

"I'e,  then  i^m.  w.  on  loth  concession  Airan,  good  gravel;    then  lim.  s.  to  Tara;    .Jm.  w. 


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316  /-AA-  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  R I  CYCLE. 

.0  l..,enn.y   h^rtlxravcl;   ,.«n  jf  m.  w.  .0  ArkwnKh,.  fine  :  then    5  „,   w   .0  B.r-rv„*   h    . 
ana  good.      I  he  .6  ,„.  from  T   .„  V.  t   „  ,he  be.,  I..  ,h..  rcK.on.     The  Allen  o,d,^dl^ 
..u.e  rro.  Owen  SounU  .0  K  K..  .hou.h  .hor.cr  .h,„  .he^r.  J.^\!^^^'Z\'^ .^'Z^' 
Jxxind  was  al*,  the  objective   ix,.nt  1.1  a  v^m.  tour   uken  bv  W    I    u/   ,  '" 

w.,u^.,  b.the.,.  o,  the  woHi...,  u,  Tanu  0:,^;;^:.  r  c.  w' a'":!:::  ""rt" 

On  Auk.  .3.  r.Kle  500,.  .0  Waterloo,  through  T.vutock.  Shakespeare,  Baden  and  Be  1 
whence  .0  W.  wa.  very  h.lly.  Next  day.  through  ftne  «:enery  to  l^c.lau  and  .he„  b  'T 
and  h..ly  road,  .0  Guelph.  .5  n,.  Th.rd  ride.  60 ....  to  Durham,  th  .  gh  Kergtode  1  ""h 
.3  m.  .„  50  m,„.)  Arthur  (stop  for  d...„er,,  ..  m.,  and  Mt.  Forest,  .on.  .-.he  a/.e".^'  r  hT  ' 
■  ng  bad  3nd  much  cut  up.  Fourth  r.de,  4c  .n  .0  W.xKor.l.  thr.ugl,  W,l!  „.'  ^71:  ^" 
and  Owen  Sound ;  the  v  m.  between  the  two  latter  ,.k,„g  only  50  n^i„  t  e  res'  o  .'he  r  7 
rough  and  rocky.     K.f.h  ride,  to  Moaford  (rough  but  down  h.'l   •   "h''  1  al         r  ""' 

C^»^ingwo<x,  (rotten  ,.one  and  fine  gravel,  one  0/  the  ^^7r^l:^:.::^^t:r:::'  I 

end  of  Lake  S„,.a«  ;  record.  45  m.     Next  day  wa,  a  tou,n  one  .•   we  ,00k  train  back 'to  H 

..  ..  w.  corner  of  lake,  and  wh.-eled  th.-nc-  aero.,  couory  45  m    .0  M^,o  Center  t    ^  ' 

a  clay  road  to  Cookston.  and  then  soft  .sand  ;  after  pa.«in;  ^ful         led    "  M„      ,"'"  "" 

.uelph  .e<.  through   Orangeville  (very  good)  to   H.llsburg  (splend.d  .  whence  .  •  .   e    ^.h  t 

fo^dT,:     ?""'  r  "^-     ""'  "  "•  "'""'  "''•='  ^"''''•'  -  ^^■""'"o.  through  Fre  L  t 
found  better  than  the  outward  ride  through  Breslau.     The  final  day's  run  to  Woods  o^rt;^. 
(9.. 5  A.  M.  to  .,  P.  M.),  was  the  swiftest  0/  the  :r.p,  though  we  had  to  walk  3  n,  onThe ^r 
.>  ge.  around  a  bjoken  bridge  "oefore  taking  our  dinner  at  Shakespeare    ',!.::  d-^^'sn-rr,; 
«  One  ph    we   whee le,.  4..  m     and  it  was  the  best  a.  well  a,  the  cheapest  trip  te  ever  had   • 
H.llsbu  ,,  na.„ed  ,n  the  above  re^x-rt,  is  4  m.  n.  w.  of    Krin  village,  which   ies  on  the  Era 
mosa  road  about  the  same  distance  n.  of  the  Bristol   Hotel   ruins,  where  my  own  rout    turn^" 
e..  as  shown  on  p.  3.8.      Of  :he  direct  road  thence  to  Owen  Sound,  no  report  is  give     for"^ 
..m   between  Oran.ev.lle  and  Shelburne;   but  for  the  „i  m.  thence  „.  w.  to  F^h  r to     t 
I^ngley.  of  Toronto,  supplies  the  following  :    .'  Fair  gravel,  with  sandy  stretches  for  5  n     ,'h„i 
fair'buuT'  ,",""""!:''"''   ""'■  '"'  ''^^  ""''  ""«  ^^-^slig'htlyrolling;  V:  .ok" 

Ind  11''  '  "•     "'"'  '  ''""""°"  "'  '  =^"=P'  '     "r"'*  "  -•  -«-'!'  8'-  ous  coaling 

and  grandly  p,c.ur      ue  v.ews,  .  ,a  can   be  done   in  about  3  h.     Markdale  is  8  m.  n.  w  ^Z 

^lliam   "n    :r-    .T"'  ''•  "  ^'"-'"'f-^-  whence  my   route  coincides  with  that  or^ 

r    ;.  „,     ,  "^'"''  ""'  ■■""'"  '"  ^^^  ^''"""^^  f^"-"  Toronto  (■•  C.  W.  A  Guide  ' 

w;fk    n      ,'"";;T'^--'  ^^  Vongest.  .m,  n.  ;  6  m.  loose  macadam  ,0  York  Mills,  but  side- 
walks  nearly  a  1  the  way.  and  two  steep  but  ridable  h.Ils;   then  4  m.  to  Thornh:    .  .m   fa     .0 

.long  the  6  m.  tc  Aurora;   thence  4  m.  good  rolling  macadam   to  Newmarket.     The  town  lies 
.  m.  e.  of  ma.n  road.  a„H  i,  „ffers  two  good  routes  .0  Lake  .-imcoe.     That  tluough  Holland'. 
Landmg  av.d  (,u.ll.mbury  to  Cook's  Bay  is  a  good  one  ;  but  the  route  to  Roach's  Pon„   ,,  „, 
■s  even  better  ;  for.  though  apparently  hilly,  almost  all  the  hills  are  surmountable,  and  there  are 

beir.  at'llT  v""^  '""/"•■"■     '"''=  ^  "■  ^""  '""^   '^^^^^''  '"  R°->''^  P-"'  -  *=-„<!. 

found  r  r        :"  "  ''""''  "■■""  °'  "^  '•^'^"      '*^'^-'""^  °ff  ^'  K.,  a  very  level  road  i 

found  runn,n,  through  8  m.  of  splendid  .:onn.ry.  pas,  Belhaven  to  Sut.or ,  a  r.  r.  terminus.    The 
routefrom  Newmarket  ts  to  Sharon.  4  m.,  Queensville,  3  m..  Jersey,  6  m.,  and  Keswick,  ,  m 
A  good  temperance  hotel  ,s  kept  open  during  the  summer  at  Roach's  Point."     One  short  route 

m.  7"'°'  T '""'''  ^""''"'  ''^^y^'"--'  ^'^^'  '»  D-"f««h.  7  m..  and  is  "level,  with  good 
stretches  of  gravel  ,ntersper-ed  by  bad  patches  of  sand."  U  leaves  the  rity  by  th<-  Winchester 
«.  bndge,  and  runs  through  ,he  townships  of  Scarboro  and  Markham.  This  sa..ne  road  may  be 
met  by  'i|rn.ng  off  from  the  Kmgston  road  at  the  Half-Way  House.  ..  m.  e.  of  Toronto  (a  m. 
b^yori  Don  Bndge),  and  wiU  offer  macadam  for  3  m  n.  to  Malvem.  "Thence  4  m  n  to 
Markham  is  a  mud  road.  The  next  9  m.,  to  StoufTvill,.  may  be  ridder-.  in  i  h  =r-.;t=  .-.;  ,.... 
weep  hills,  tor  u  is  all  fine  gravel."  '  •     ■    • — - 


A  FOR  TNIGH  T  IN  ONTA  RIO.  ^ ,  ^ 

Resuming  now  the  record  of  my  own  tour,  I  remark  that,  during  the  first 
!..ur  days  of  it,  I  covered  almost  exactly  250  m.  of  strange  roadway ;   and  if 
•my  other  rider  has  traced  as  long  an  American  trail  in  as  short  a    'me,  the 
report  of  it  has  escaped  my  notice.     The  nearest  ai)proach  to  it  tnat  I*  am 
aware  of   was  the  three   day-,'  ride  of    2,5  m.  by   H.   S.   Wood  (Staunton 
\  a.,  to  Columbia,  I'a. ;  May  23-25.  '84) ;  and  I  have  not  yet  heard  of  any  one 
else  who  has  tal.en  a  similar  straightaway  spin  approximately  as  swift      My 
own  loncjest  three  days'  ride  was  177  m.  (the  last  part  of  the  25o-m.  ride  just 
mcntic.ed);   next  was   156  m.,  Niagara   to    Eric;    Sept.   16-1?    'So  (see  pp 
50.  203);  and  third  was   issm.,  Lancaster.  Pa.,  to  Newark,  N.  J.;  June  3-5 
•S4.    The  longest   such  combmafion  during  my  b  t  ten  days  in  Ontario  was 
Sii  m.  (Gait  to  Cobourg).  as  may  be  seen  by  the  .  -!!   wing  summary,  show- 
mg  the  mileage  of  each  day's  ride,  and  the  town  and  hotel  where  it  ended- 
Fruiay.  Oct.   12,  Stratford    ("  Windsor "),  ,3} ;    ,3th,    IJerlin    ("American"), 
)|;   14th,  Gait   ("Queen's"),   i6i ;    isth,  Toronto    ("Rossin"),   70J;    i6th 
l'ickering,32j;  17th,  Cobourg  ("Arlington  ").  49i  ;  iSth,  HellcviUe  ("Dlfoe")' 
U\;  19th,  Kingston  ("Windsor"),  48};  20th.  Gananoquc  ("International")' 
-Ml ;  2ist,  Prescott  ("  Revere  "),  47. 

Secbach's  Hill,  in   Sebringville,   about  half-way  between  Mitchell   and 
Stratford,  is  said  to  be  "  the  highest  point  in  Western  Ontario,  affording  a 
m.ignificent  view  and  a  splendid  coast";    but  neither  o'  those  facts  was  of 
consequence  to  me  on  a  misty  and  muddy  afternoon.     Beyond  Stratford,  the 
first  town  that  I  p;  ssed  was  Shakespeare  (7  m.).  and  then  Hamburg  ^7'ni.), 
whence  the  Chicago  tourists  proposed  to  go  to  Ayr  (12  m.)  and  through  Par- 
to  Hrantford,  17m.  more.     Another  recommended  route  f-om  S'lkespeare 
to  H.  leads  s.  3  .^.  to  Tavistock  ;  s.  e.  14  m.  through  Strathallan  (7  m.)  lo  Wood- 
stock;  then  e.   and  s.  e.  30  m.  through    Eastwood,   Cathcart,    Burford   and 
Mt.  Vernon  to  Brantford.     Nearly  all  this  is  ridable,  on  hard  gravel  roads 
or  side-paths,  and  some  of  it  is  excellent.    The  8  m.  from  Paris  to  Brantford 
"can  be  covered  easily  in  i  h.,  rain  or  shine,  and  in  spite  of  the  hills  "    The 
same  authority  says  of  th-  bad  28  m.  leading  thence  to  Hamilton  (see  p.  314)  • 
"  Some  parts  supply  good  riding,  after  a  fortnight  of   dry  weather;   and  ex- 
tensive repairs  are  contemplated."     I  decided  to  avoid  this  bad  ."tretch  by 
going  e.  to  Toronto  and  then  back  again  s.  w.  along  the  lake  shore  to  Hamil- 
ton, and  so  e.  to  Niagara;  but,  when  I  reached  T.,  I  was  told  that  the  shore 
route  backward  was  poor,  while  if  I  kept  straight  along  to  the  n.  e.,  I  should 
h»cl  good  riding  for  200  m.  or  more.     Thus  I  was  persuaded  to  exchange 
Niagara  for  Ogdensburg  as  my  point  of  re-entering  the  United  States. 

From  Hamburg,  through  Wilmot  Center  (by  mistake  for  Baden)  aud 
I'eteroburg,  to  Berlm  I  found  the  hard  gravel  roads  unaffected  by  the  pre- 
vious day's  rain,  and  I  rode  up  all  he  hills.  The  next  a^ornoon,  following 
another  rainy  night,  I  went  throuf  "reslau  and  Preston  to  Gait  (which  was 
Y^  01  u.v  direct  course,  being  abo  half-way  to  Paris) ;  and,  thence,  on  the 
trosfy  morning  of  the  15th,  thr.mgh  ixcspeler  to  Guelph  (15  m.  in  3  h.).  where 


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3i8  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

I  turned  towards  Toronto  again.    Smooth  gravel  roads  ]ed  me  across  a  sue- 
cession  of  hills,  past  Eramosa  P.  O.  and  the  ha.nlct  of  Osprey  to  the  ruins 
of  the  burned  Bristol  Arms  Hotel  (17  m.  in  4  h.),  where  I  turned  to  the  r 
and  entered  the  first  cedar  forest  of  the  tour.     Hitherto  I  had  been  in  an 
open  country-,  affording  fine  views  of  the  autumn  foliage,  and  I  had  been 
grinding  up  long  hills  in  the  teeth  of  the  wind ;  but  now,  having  the  wind  at 
my  back,  I  rode  6  m.  in  50  min.  and  then  broke  my  handle-bar.     !  walked 
much  of  the  5  m.  to  Georgetown,  where  I  had  it  welded  (though  the  road  was 
good) ;  wheeling  thence  in  the  moonlight  to  Norval  (4  m.  in  40  min.),  whence 
I  followed  a  somewhat  winding  road,  with  occasional  stretches  of  sand  to 
the  Dew  Drop  Inn  cross-roads  (5^  m.  in  i^  h.)  at  8.45  p.  m.    Here  I  began  the 
longest,  swiftest  and  pleasantest  moonlight  cpin  of  my  experience  (7  m.  in 
50  min.)— the  course  being  "e.  two  concessions,  then  s.  through  Streetsviile 
and  Springfield  to  Dundas  St.,  then  e.  for  18  m.  to  Toronto."     The  main 
roads  of  this  region  are  straight,  and  cross  each  other  at  right  angles,  having 
apparently  been  laid  out  in  regular  parallels  at  the  time  of  the  original  land- 
grants.    People,  therefore,  speak  of  the  short  distances  between  these  parallel 
roads  as  being  so  many  "  concessions,"  just  as  city  men  speak  of  a  house  as 
being  so  many  "blocks"  away.    I've  forgotten  the  equivalent  distance  of  a 
"concession,"  but  I  remember  that  while  obeying  mv  directions  to  ride  "e. 
two  concessions  from  the  Dew  Drop  Inn,"  a  carriage  kept  quite  near  me- 
sometimes  in  front,  sometimes  behind— and  its  owner  said  I  ought  to  "keep 
straight  on  for  Toronto,"  instead  of   turning  s.  for  the  Dundas  road.    My 
7-m.  spin  ended  at  a  bit  of  sand,  perhaps  2  m.  before  reaching  that  road,— 
the  character  of   which  varied  greatly.    There  were  sou.e  ideally  smooth 
stretches,  whitely  glistening  in  the  frosty  moonlight ;  elsewhere  parallel  ruts 
covered  the  whole  roadway;   while  sand  was  usually  plentiful  nea    the  vil- 
lages.    The  side-paths  were  said  to  be  good  by  daylight  for  most  of  the 
distance,  but  the  night  shadows  made  them  too  dangerous  for  me.    The  tavern 
at  Cooksville,  64  in.  from  the  start,  gave  me  my  last  chance  for  beer,  at  11 
o'clo-J- ;  and,  after  a  Iieavy  side-fall  at  midnight,  I  did  considerable  tramping 
until  I  reached  the  board  walkc  in  the  outskirts  of  the  city.     It  was  at  2.40 
A.  M.  when  I  found  my  hotel,  and  plunged  into  the  bath-tub.      I  I  id  spent 
20  h.  in  doing  the  80  m.  (with  5  h.  of  rests),  and  had  not  been  supported  by 
very  luxurious  food  either  at  mornin/j  or  night,  while  my  mid-day  meal  had 
consisted  simply  of  milk.     M;-  breakfast,  indeed,  I  forgot  to  paj  for ;  and  I 
was  many  miles  from  Mespel'-r  when  the  nofon  occurred  to  me  that  the  land- 
lord of  its  little  inn,  wh  )  was  talking  with  me  when  I  mounted,  had  forgotten 
to  ask  payment.     Doubtless  he  was  surprised  a  second  time  when  he  received 
the  amount  from  me  by  mail. 

Toronto,  tbo  capital  of  the  Provinre,  seemed  to  me  more  wide-awaKe  and  American-like 
than  any  other  Canadian  city ;  and  from  the  fine  outlook  which  I  had  of  it  on  the  tower  of  th* 
Mjtropolitan  Methodist  Church,  it  seemed  to  off?r  shelter  to  much  ir.nrs  !h=r.  Jt;  =.-!:-!  t-.-.-;:!=. 
lion  of  90,000.    The  m,issive  and  substantial  architecture  of  iu  University  slso  impres^d  me 


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more  pleasantly  than  any  similar  structure  in  the  United  States  has  erer  done,  though  I  have 
withm  the  last  dozen  years,  looked  upon  all  of  our  chief  collegiate  buildings.     Several  of  the 
local  nders  accompan'td  me  about  the  city,  and  that  one  of  them  who  escorted  -'  out  of  it  late 
in  the  afternoon,  was  the  same  who  had  served  as  pilot  for  the  Chicago  tourists,  ti.ree  months 
before.     His  recommended  route  for  Guilph  ("  C.  W.  A.  Guide,"  p.  53)  is  4  m.  shorter  than 
mme,— the  differences  being  shown  by  the  following  summary  :     "At  Coolcsville,  16  m.  w.  of  T 
turn  n.  for  Brampton,  9  m.  of  clay  (good  in  dry  weather;  unridable  after  a  rain) ;  then  6  m   w' 
to  Norv,),  stiff  clay;  4  m.  w.  to  Georgetown,  clay,  good  only  in  dry  weather;  ,;  m.  to  Bristol 
Arms,  good  gravel ;  8  m.  s.  w.  to  Guelph,  fine  gravel,  and  fine  coasting,  on  long,  easy  grades  " 
His  portrait  appeared  in  the  CanaJian  Wheelman,  a  few  da>-s  after  I  met  him.  and  the  ap- 
pended  editonal  said  :    "  Without  ever  having  seen  a  real  bicycle,  but  only  engravings  thereof 
he  designed  a  woocen  machine,  and  on  ore  occasion  rode  it  from  Aylmer  to  Strathroy.  50  m..  in 
a  day.     Afterwards,  he  covered  the  same  50  m.  in  6  h..  on  an  iron  bicycle  of  his  own  making'  in 
which  the  bent  barrel  of  an  eld  gun  served  for  a  backbone."     As  a  reward  of  two  years'   'pa- 
sistent  coaxing,  he  has  at  last  prepared  for  me  the  following  biography  :    "  Perry  e!  Doolittle 
(b.  March  22,  186.),  M.  D.,  surgton  of  Toronto  B.  C..  residence  :  237  Front  st.  E.     I  now  ride 
a  54-inch  Invincible,  but  began  on  a  home-made  48  in.,  May  20,  1878.     My  mileage  to  date  (Oct 
6, -85)  IS  ..,750.  divided  by  years  as  follows:     '78,  .,300;  '79,^.250;  '80,  2,000  ; '8..  ,,650;  '82, 
t,5oo;    83,  1,100;  '84,  1,200;  '8s,  750.     I  made  one  run  of  25  m.  without  dismount  (Aug   10 
•79;  Strathroy  to  London),  in  3  h.  5  min.,  and  another  Ouly  28,  '83  ;  Kingston  to  Napanee).  in 
2  h   40  mm.     My  first  race  was  at  St.  Thomas.  May  24,  'S. ;  and  before  I  retired  from  the  path, 
in  the  autumn  of  '84,  I  took  part  in  53  contests,  and  won  38  first,  9  second  and  '  third  prizes      I 
held  the  Canadian  5  m.  championship  in  '8. -'82  and  the  Toronto  B.  C.  championship  in  '83-'84. 
All  my  riding  has  been  done  in  the  Province  of  Ontario." 

The  President  of  the  Canadian  Wheelmen's  Association,  R.   H.  McBride,  who  was  also 
Captain  of  the  Toronto  B.  C,  rode  around  the  city  with  me,  that  day ;  and,  some  three  weeks 
later,  in  company  with  Harry  Ryrie,  a  lieutenant  in  the  club,  he  made  a  day's  run  of  1,7  m   to 
Belleville,  over  the  same  route  which  I  had  spent  three  days  in  covering.     I  believe  that  Mr 
Hepinstall  and  myself  were  the  only  two  men  who  had  previously  wheeled  across  as  much  as 
100  m.  of  Canadian  soil  in  a  day  ;  and  that  this  third  ride  of  tnat  length  was  the  very  first  one  of 
the  sort  taken  anywhere  in  America  by  a  pair  of  wheelmen.     From  the  report  which  was  writ- 
ten at  my  request,  I  condense  the  following  :     "  Started  at  5.  lo  a.  m.  (Nov.  8,  '83) ;  finished  at 
midnight.      Riding  time,  15*  h.  ;  average  speed,  ^\  m.  per  h.  ;  wind  was  light  through  the  day 
and  air  was  cool  enough  to  make  us  keep  our  jackets  on.     All  the  roads  leading  from  Toronto 
are  poor,  and  our  route  was  one  of  the  worst,  being  mostly  unridable  for  4  m..  on  account  of 
stones  and  ruts.     We  kept  the  sidewalk  for  3  m.,  and  then  walked  and  rode  by  turns  in  the 
darkness  until  after  passing  Norway.     Good  wheeling  then  began,  and  we  reached  Halfway 
House,  8  m.,  at  6.06;  Highland  Creek,  .4  m., at  6.53;  Whitby,  30  m.,  at  8.38  ;  Oshawa   34  m 
at  9. 10.     The  latter  stretch  was  poor  and  very  hilly.     Halting  20  min.  for  lunch,  we  went  9  m   in 
li  h.  to  nowmansville,  43  m.,  at  10.45,-the  first  2  m.  and  last  3  m.  being  good,  and  the  rest 
being  rather  sandy,  though  ridable  at  the  edges.     Thence  on  good  gravel  to  Newcastle,  48  m 
at  11.22  (fine  coast  down  the  hill  on  entering  the  town),  and  Newtonville,  53  m.     Beyond  herti 
2  m.,  15  a  good  hill  for  coasting,  but  the  opposite  grade  must  be  walked  up;  then,  after  7  m' 
more  of  smooth  surface,  a  sharp  turn  «.  is  made  at  Welcome,  and  the  road  is  stony  and  rutty 
for  3  m.  to  Port  Hope,  65  m,     We  reached  here  at  2.05,  after  \  h.  stop  for  dinner  at  a  farm- 
house, and  we  spent  another  J  h.  looking  for  luggage  at  the  railwav  station.     Level  and  good 
road  to  Cobourg,  72  m.  at  3.20;  and  to  a  point  5  m.  beyond  where  we  halted  \  h.  for  tea 
Orafton,  8om.,  was  left  behind  at  447,  and  Colbome,  88  m.,  was  reached  at  6.05-darkness 
having  set  in  when  we  were  about  midway  between  those  two  places,  or  at  a  point  to  which  we 
hIu.  "'  "'''''"  '^"'°"'  dismount  from  Port  Hope.     After  20  min.  rest  ,,t  C,  we  went  on  to 
'"" '  'J  ■"•  "■•  "a^.  =""'  na;;ca  40  x,i.  ioi  a  ^ood  wash  and  hearty  supper.     Reaching  Tren- 
ton, ,05  m.,  at  10,  we  were  met  by  tome  Belleville  bicyclers,  and  resumed  the  journey  under 
their  escort,  20  min.  later,-fini.hing  at  BelleTille,  117  m.,  just  on  the  stroke  of  midnight." 


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320       tejv  thousand  miles  on  a  bicycle. 

The  principal  whaling  in  the  second  annual  tour  under  the  auspices  of  the  Chicago  B  C  w, 
long  th.  «.n,e  road.  July  .6-.,,  •«,  ;  and  fron,  President  Bates's'rcpor.  thereof  S^  Ma/ 
85.  Pr    .9S-J.0.).  I  extract  the  following  :     •'  Our  route  lay  along  the  n.  shore  of  L^n^ 
for  .4.  m    through  a  beautiful  and  thickly^ttled  country,  wi.n  numerous  pretty  vtW^^! 

of  the  blue  and  saxWotted  waters  of  the  lalce  lent  a  charm  to  the  landscape.  First  da^orrt^T' 
Whuby,  28  m.,  9,0  to  a  ;  thence  at  430  to  Newcastle,  .7  m.,-.,r  45  m  in  cj  h  of  ridL7  t^ 
ond  day.  .0  Bngh.on.  43  m..  ,.35  x.  m.  to  ,40  P.  m.  ;  riLg'ti.e,''  h  -th  tngest  Z  bet. 
at  Cobourg,  from  .,.30  .0  4.  Third  day,  ,0  Napance,  46  m„  9.^5  A.  m  to  6  ,!T T^^ 
o.ne.  4  h.  .5  min.,-the  final  ,4  m.  from  Belleville  being  cove^db  iust  a  h.  of  mm      '  " 

ing.     Thus  far  the  roads  had  been  generally  good,  with  sor^dm  ^^str^therr:" 
were  ,0  nde  over  the  best  road  of  the  whole  trip,  f .cm  Napanee  .0  King  t^„  at"    Th.^rh"na" 
n>w  .t  .s  as  smooth  and  fine  as  the  most  noted  road  nea,  Boston.     We  left  N  at  o  ,0,.  : 

at  K.  at  „.ao,-riding  time,  a  h.    .0  min."    There  is  an  ev,dent  com^^ilr '^1^^ 
caused  by  a  prmter's  blunder  in  changing  the  t,me  of  arrival  from  "  t^o  ")    and  i^o^h 
previous  days'  records,  it  may  be  presumed  that  they  represent  the  pace  olthe  sS  7   . 

which,  considering  thaTthe  pa 'j'LrreT^      a       mt:  tdLle  ^ZZIZ'  T"  I  '' 
short  run,  from  Napanee  to  Kingston,  aa  m.,  w'as  made  in  a,^  '3"       ^e  3he';    '".h     ^ 

oppo,.,.  d,,„,„.  KtaB«„„  ,„  N.p..„,  »i,h„„  ji.„„„„,    xi„  ,i„, "°,,  I,   ,71;,     K^ 
as  w  II  appear  from  the  followmg  excerpts :  "  There  is  nothing  in  Canada  or  :,7]..,.f  .h-       .• 

:rh:^';oa7";' '"^ "r? ^^^"^  ^ ""°'^-«'^'^  -Lr^'^ti::  "iru i '  r r; 

watched  roads  and  worse  hotels.     We  had  more  enjoyment  from  one  day's  touring  in  New  VoHc' 
heaL  1    fh  Tf7  f  7  "'  "''"""'  """P"'  ^'^^  '''"<= '°  ^  --='  -"•  on  every  s^e      We  le 
we  col  h"         ".        ?:  ^'""  "'  ^"""''='  ''"^  ''^'"S  left  behind,  iu  favor  oTa  count^wh 

lea        Astgart  ^aZ'Thrr'r  ^•"'^  ^''  '"=  ""'"  '"  ""'"^  ^^'  ^'^^P  -""  ^  -  '"^ 
vear      WhT-h,  '^'  ""'"  '■°'''''  '^""^  =*  ^reat  disappointment  over  tho^  of  last 

aTuranrt:t'::f:eTmT;r.:;h^^r^         ■:  ^-^ «-  •--"  - 
n^rt;irnn„rt;--"^«^'-^7*^'-^^^ 

as^rted  size, Td  l:  a  T,  TT  "  ""'!.'  "'  '""  ''='"'•  '""''*"'  ^^  »  ">»'  "'  '-"  «""-  of 
assorted  sizes,  and  then  a  stretch  of  ruts,  and  so  on  throughout  most  of  the  dav's  ride     Th,  rli^ 

T:T^iz;:7:;Xr''  "t:-^-  ^-^  "'°"'^'"  andioudjitt^"^^.^^: 

WHO  went  over  this  route  last  year  said  that  the  roads  wen.  tt,.„  o.,.~»       j 

have  siwiled  Ihrm      T%,,  »,      u    .         l      •    .  *"  8°°°'  ""*'  "^"nt  ram  must 

wa.\eTs:^'^a::-.h::;:,a:  e^t:  rv'i-d  in ;  s  '°-^z  ^'  r  -  t  '°  '^"•-^•^ 

min.  of  arf,„I  riding       a  f -.  _■_...„     '    """■     ^'  ''^J'  '  '■"='°^«>  "^  43*  m.  in  4  h.  35 

reached  without  inddent."  w"hile'uiiS"<UnreMhl'".tdr"  l'^  "T"'  ".",'  "'"'""'^  "" 

lie  uuing  oinner  there,  a  sudden  shower  thoroughly  dr-nched  the 


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ni  chines  before  they  could  be  Eot  under  rovpr     tk»  „  ,     . 

^uned,  through  the  'mud.  over  fo  d  ten  J,^  tl  ^  ZZiT  ""="  '','  ^°"^"^^  ^^  "- 
h.avy  shower,  when  we  were  about  half  IZT^^  P''""""'  ''^^  '  ^"'^  3"°'h" 

.1,.,,,  it  was  Jimply  a  st3n^  race  tr  the  YT"'  T^'"''''  '^°''^  "^  "'^'  ''"•-■■     ^f.er 

..a.edaprayer^'.than.l:sX„SnXt^Jat  ^"  ^^  ^ 

bv  •■  W.  I.  II.,-  also  a  lioston  man.  I  condensc^he  ioloJ^^  '  The  a^a  ""'  "'^^ 

byW.  Kingsley  Kvans.  of  London,  editor  of  the  Ca^ZZl' irf^  ''TT  """  ""^^^ 

credit  for  their  completeness  '1  he  di,,,n.  f  '  ,,  ,  '^'^''  '^  '^'''"^'n,  who  deserves  much 
man  was  stat.oned  4  m  from  th  sta  o'  a  T  ^^"^  *°  °'''°"  '""»  '■"'^-  '^  -  =>  "^S" 
space  for  the  racers  toTurn     anS  th  v  IT  a       V  '^"'^  ?^""  °'  ''^  ^""'^  "  '"^■■'  ^"--^  =""P^ 

...^urse ..m,  own;;ot::i;:L:^s;z-:-r-- ;:^^^^ 

ni,  of  It.  most  y  up-hill    was  in  v,.rv  l,,^  „i  ,  •,      ,  '" '"-t"'*"^  "'^  nign.vay,  tlie  first  25 

».ether,  in  this  ord'er  :    Stol,  Wc^,  W  ste  ;:i  'vi:  SicUe         •  rM"'^"  '"^  "^^"■^"-  "^"^"^ 

n..  unpleasant  l^:^'  £Z,  riii:  tTb;Taf^yr  t.rnr^W  ^  "^"^7''°"'  '"  ^ 
ditch  on  the  1.  of  the  team  and  clambered  up  be-ond      VVes  trvelt  Tl  *T   '^°*"  '"'°  ^ 

».de  of  the  road  on  the  gra.s  for  a  hundred  yard;  b  trel    ou7d  '  r'T    f  "    ,""  ''""^  ''^ 
SirUen  attempted  to  pass  on  the  ed-^e  of  the  ro.d   b  ,t  7  I  ^     °"       '"  '""'^  "«"'"■     ^^"^ 

»  -k,  ,ho  b„„„„d  fori,,  .„,k  „,i.(,,.,„,i,  '  ji^lj  C  ,  'l '  „   h     '•   ,      "  "  '""""'"' 
I !».•■  n..n.  .(,„  ,o„  J„a,i  „„  „„,k   M  "2,    ,,-°         ;■;:'■         ;'  '■'*  """"«■ 

«t^;=r;rrL;rs:k::;rs:r:':::;^"„?:7~ 
n*^r.r;;:*::irktt"rsi:™ 

at  ,a  ,T     Tt      .        c       ■        "^      ""''^  ''  "  '^'  ""<^  ^^'-■'^'^^'  ''■^^■i"S  '"••"1'-'  hi^  wheel  ridable 
■">2.35-     At  Trenton,  Stone  was  tod  that  Weber  WIS  i^.^l,,^;   J  1,-  j,-  "->=' "aaoie, 

*r  ".:£;  ?"  ir  '"■  —»-  *-  --" . '::  s:  ';r.r,r 

,,^..  . .        /^'"  '  ^-  '"^  '^"^  50  m.  m  3  h.  4.  mm.     He  was  .0  exhausted  ,h..  h„  h,^  .„  ,,. 


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pearance  that  bystanders  offered  odds  of  2  to  i  that  he  would  be  unable  to  finish.  Mungcr 
reached  the  hotel  21  min.  after  Stone  ;  ate  a  hearty  meal  of  steak  and  potatoes,  well  garnished 
with  liquids ;  was  rubbed  down ;  came  out ;  kicked  off  a  man's  hat,  and  vaulting  lightly  into 
the  saddle,  started  out  at  a  good  pace,  having  delayed  just  17  min.  Meantime  Westervelt  had 
arrived  at  2.22  (50  m.  •'!  4  h.  14  min.),  stopped  ■  min.  to  drink  a  bottle  of  ginger  ale,  ar«l  started  off 
4  min.  in  advance  of  Munger.  He  kept  second  place  until  iS  m.  beyond  Belleville,  when  he 
played  out  entirely  and  gave  up  the  contest.  Wo!>er  reached  B.  at  2.33,  exchanged  his  damaged 
wheel  for  a  new  one  that  was  waiting  for  him,  and  left  at  2.35.  At  Napanee,  where  he  was  about 
I  h.  behind  Mun^cr,  he  mounted  his  racing  wheel,  waiting  for  him  in  charge  of  C.  H.  (Jliicker- 
ing,  who  served  as  a  pace-maker  for  10  m. ,  while  Weber,  keeping  on,  arrived  at  Kingston  ai 
7.i4i  P.  M.,  making;  the  25I  m.  in  i  h  45  min.,  a  total  of  g  h.  14^  min.  Stone  reached  Napanet 
at  4.0S  (20  min.  ahead  of  Munger),  and  was  coached  thence  to  Kiii;.;ston  by  Lindell  Gordon,  in 
about  2  h.,  fini.ihin;;  at  6.36,  is  the  winner  of  the  race,  in  exactly  3  h.  2.%  min.  This  is  only  22 
min.  more  than  the  best  record  for  a  100  m.  road  race.  The  prize  is  a  circular  gold  medal  valued 
at  %(ya.  Munij^cr  was  coached  from  Belleville  to  Napanee  by  J.  W.  Viv  1,  and  thence  to  Kings- 
ton by  Gideon  Haynes,  jr. ,  who  once  brought  him  within  6  min.  of  Sti  ;.  He  finished  at  7.08J, 
6  min.  ahead  of  Weber,  with  a  record  of  9  h.  8J  min.  During  the  race  Stone  ate  nothing  ex- 
cept raw  eggs,  while  all  the  rest  drank  sherry  and  egg,  ginger  ale,  milk  and  cold  tea  in  greai 
quantities,  Wob -r  excelling  in  that  respect.  The  'incidents'  besides  those  already  mentioned 
were  a  header  taken  over  a  cow  by  Stone,  and  a  fearful  shake-up  for  Munger,  who  ran  into  a 
horse,  or  rather  the  horse  backed  into  him.  Forced  thus  to  make  a  back  dismount,  and  landinc 
astride  the  backbone  of  his  wheel,  he  was  '  knocked  out '  for  the  space  of  ten  minutes.  A« 
for  Westervelt,  considering  that  this  was  his  first  long  race,  he  made  a  wonderful  showing  and 
surprised  everybody.  Had  he  been  an  experienced  man,  and  known  just  how  to  take  care  of 
himself,  there  is  little   loubt  but  he  would  have  shown  up  at  the  finish  nearer  the  front." 

Some  previous  notable  rides  of  his  have  been  described  by  me  on  pp.  114,  182.  The  second 
man  in  the  race  (who  is  cajjtain  of  the  Detroit  B.  C,  aged  23  and  weighing  160  lbs  ),  distin- 
guished himself,  three  weeks  later,  by  driving  the  same  bicycle  211J  m.  in  24  h.,  beginning  at 
4  P.  M.  of  July  31.  The  roads  around  Boston  supplied  the  course,  Butcher  cyclometer  kept  the 
record,  and  pace-makers  were  present  for  the  entire  distance.  The  Ri.  JVorh.i  (An?.  7, 
p.  329)  recorded  the  exploit  as  beyond  dispute.  As  the  tragic  death  of  Cola  E.  Stone  (b 
Feb.  27,  '63  ;  d.  Sept.  26,  '85)  will  serve  to  permanently  connect  his  name  with  the  rcmarkablf 
100  m.  race  which  he  won,  I  present  here  the  brief  wheeling  biography  which  he  wrote  at  mv 
request,  July  29  :  "  It  was  sometime  in  Juno  of  'Si  that  I  made  my  fir.st  wild  and  nnsatisfactor>- 
attempt  to  ride.  I  got  the  knack  in  about  J  h.,  by  propping  the  wheel  up  with  a  fence-rail, 
climbing  on  and  then  throwing  the  rail  away.  The  date  of  my  first  mount  is  identical  with  that 
of  my  first  road-ride.  It  was  n't  a  very  long  ride, — only  about  3  m.  on  the  rond, — but  I  think  t'  . 
trail  would  have  measured  17.  My  longest  straightaway  day's  ride,  except  in  the  recent  race. 
was  from  St.  Louis  to  Clarksville,  about  80  m.,  on  the  r.  r.  track,  through  the  counties  of  St 
Louis,  St.  Charles,  Lincoln  and  Pike.  It  was  a  poor  r.  r.  track,  too ;  and  the  only  cow  we  saw- 
all  day  was  lying  peacefully  in  the  middle  of  it  (though  there  were  about  137  cattle-gu.irds  tn 
the  mile),  so  that  we  had  to  kick  her  to  make  her  get  up.  My  longest  tours  ha>e  been  nnlv 
Saturday-io-Monday  runs.  We  frequently  go  to  Manchester,  20  m.,  without  dismounting;  and 
I  don't  remember  ever  staying  in  the  .saddle  longer  than  that,  except  in  a  25  m.  race.  I  've  nevir 
kept  any  regular  account  of  mileage,  except  i  easionallv  for  a  month  or  two  at  a  time.  Judging 
from  that,  I  think  f  averaged  from  6,000  to  7,000  m.  a  y  ir,  through  '82,  'S3  and  '84.  I  've  done 
a  great  deal  of  riding,  I  know,  because  I  wear  out,  on  an  average,  two  back  tires  and  one  from 
tire  a  year,  and  I  al.rays  have  to  get  a  new  set  of  beariuTs,  every  8  or  9  months;  but  T  haven't 
the  slightest  idea  what  my  total  mileage  amounts  to.  My  weight,  when  stripped  for  racing,  is 
165  lbs.  ;  and  my  occupation,  as  shown  by  the  letter-head,  is  that  of  a  dealer  in  bicycles."  .At 
the  last  spring  meeting  of  the  St.  Louis  Ramblers,  he  rode  the  fastest  mile  ever  made  on  a  dirt  or 
cinder  track  west  of  the  Hudson,  defe.itine:  Weber,  in  2. .16?.  Wh!l;»  r.^rin^  nt  S-.nrin'-f^'^ld.  Senterr?- 
ber  8,  his  hand  was  broken  by  a  collision  and  fall,  in  the  last  half  of  the  loth  m. ;  but  this  mis- 


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hap  was  in  no  way  the  cause  of  his  sudden  death.     Resolutions  of  r«rr^.  f^  ,..•       j 

Pas^d  bv  .he  cyc.n.  Cubs  of  the  city  and  pHnted  i:.  IT.  2  oVi'T  n^t     i  WeTnl^ 

able  evdenceo    the.r  wnters'  sincerity..  This  maybe  shown  by  a  brief  extracV    omTe t' 

..uled  memonal  and  eulogy  given  in  a  St.  Louis  journal  (7-/1,  sLctator  Oct   ^\   TT 

w,th  his  ponrait,  which  also  appeared  in  the  L.A.^V   BuluniS^Tl^^'    )^    '°""'""'" 

n.-lJ  iyk,,l»un^s  Gazette.    Th»  euloeist  savs  •     <•  aT,      h     ,  ,        '  "^^  ^  ^  ^'"^  ■^^""^ 

.r.     Ill- eulogist  says  .        As  a  wheelman,  I  am  sat  sfied  that  1-p  l,,^ 
no  ,vM,g  equal.     He  was  good  for  long  distances  and  short  distances;  he  wallatl  r       l 
road,  and  smooth  ro..ds      lie  could  cl.mb  any  hill  that  a  horse  could    limbradTeoudnd 
ha:  is-off  where  good  riders  were  fain  to  dismount.     He  was  the  fnrp,^„  ,  u  . 

pr,<L.  of  his  club.     His  mastery  over  the  wheel  was  ab" lute  wasTndt  h^f  i:  '      Tl 

natural  and  certain  mode  of  locomotion,  and  as  obedient  as  .LTst  trah  d  ho-'^Tr  " 
never  was  a  man  more  absolutely  devoid  of  fear.     I  cannot  but  think  hel      ti  g::der  s  ::! 
men  nl  d-angement  when  he  determined  on  the  rash  act  which  ended  his  life.     He  wU   b     ' 
n.  n,bered  wuh  keen  regret  while  the  present  generation  of  wheelmen  remember  anythlg." 

"  7k^  ^"^^iT  'i'-'u''-'^  "'  ""'  ^''"  '■  ""'^  ^''"^  "-^  b^^'^'h^  beneath  the  sun. 
The  world.  wh..h  credits  what  is  done,  is  cold  to  all  that  might  have  been." 

"Clerical  Wheelman's  Canadian  Tour,  621  m  .  Au"   c-26    .aSc  "  ^,.  .k     .•  .       . 
fun,..ompiled  little  pamphlet  (.,  pp.)  issued  at  Lan'c.^s  e'r.  oj  m  J'.,  ^^   J:  '^  ^^  °'  \  "- 
S,..ll  (b,  Oct.  .3.  .84;),  a  cyclin,  enthusiast,  whose  executive  ab  Ihy  asTpr^c  ical  man  ff  aff"" 
haa  been  previously  .hown  by  the  busines.-success  attending  the  publiLZ    f    r"  I  uferl": 
Year  Look  "  (ed.  for  '83  has  .^  pp.  and  sells  for  35  c),  "  How  to  Pay  Church  Debts."  a  d  oZ 
m    ter-of-fact  p.eces  of  m.n.sterial  literature.     An  itinerary  for  each  day  nf  the  pr;pos  d^our 
w,.h  m.aps,  mtleage.   esfma.es  of  expenses,  and  other  exact  details.   fi„ed  .hc3v  of  th^ 
patnp  let,  whose  three  final  pages  contained  an  alphabetical  list  of  .'o  "cler  c^,  ^eelmen  " 
w    ,   hetr  rcstdences.     To  them  and  to  all  others  of  their  cloth  ,n  the  United  States.  U  L  ,  U.rL 
tt  e  boolc  addressed  ,ts  greeting,  with  a  "cordial  invitation  to  share  in  a  journey  vhich  w^  a! 
fin.  projected  for  the  author's  enjoyment  in  company  with  a  few  oersonal  friends.  '•    The  srcce!^ 
0  the  scheme  was  a,  once  assured  b,  .he  quantity  and  character  of  the  respon.ses.  so  that  the  sut 
pl  mentnry  circular  of  June  ,5  said  "  the  final  number  of  those  agreeing  ,0  participate  will  n!^ 
fall  far  short  of  40  or  50."     In  fact,  however,  there  w..e  so  man^withdrawals  bo     th    start 
Jat  the  real  number  was  reduced  to  .0.     Nine  of  these  were  laymen  (for  th    p'n  of  th.     u^ 
allowed  each  of  the  cic  -^  to  invite  "  any  friend  for  whose  character  and  bearing  he  wluld  be 
corne  personaHy  respons  ble  "),  but  only  5  of  the  whole  party  were  bachelors.     It  was    he    for  ' 
a  d,,n,fied  collection  of  «  good  men .  weighing  "^n  the  average,  according  to  the  st  ,  st       „- 
M3  ibs..  having  an  average  height  of  5  ft.  9  in.,  and  an  average  age  of  33  Jears.     "  p" 

ers  were  promptly  established,  the  Sund.us  were  spent  in  rest  and  worship,  and  tl       piri    of' 

^::::::S::::^i^^:T'r'  ''^ ""°'%""'-  ■'"■^"  '^----ns  wL  represented! 

■s  many  States      By  the  thundering  waters  of  Niagara,  the  final  photograph  was  taken   and  the 
uu.  ,  ,,,3  exchanged,  after  ,8  days  of  delightful  companionsh^   The  pa,t  'had  c  v 

e  ed  .  .ban  500  m. ,  and,  in  the  delightful  riding  between  Goderich  and  Kingston,  reached  the 
h^h  water  mark  of  c.omfort  and  pleasure.  It  was  a  longer  tour  than  had  ever  been  ccm^ished 
on  wheels  by  any  considerable  body  of  men."     My  quotation  is  from  a  well-written  articretS 

^"ceis"  li7::'r  7  "r  1  ^^  '^'""■"■=  ■'"  '"^-^  ^'""^^^<=  (" '^'"=  ^^^^^  - 

cvde  with'hiO    t  "^  f-"  '^'^''"'"'  ^""-  '''•  ""■  "5-457),  who  rode  a  tandem  tri- 

cle  with  his  brother,  and,  as  a  longest  day's  jo>,n,ey,  made  50  m.     On  the  same  dnv  (Aug   ,n) 

eony  „,„er  tncyder  ,n  the  party,  the  Rev   C.   E.   Fessenden,  of  Sumnn,    Hill.  Pa  .  accom 

Pl-l>cd  70  m.,  as  did  also  Professor  C.  P.  Hoffman,  of  Borden.own,  N,  J..  i„  company  with  the 

^ommander      the  two  bicycles  being  ridden  without  dismount  for  the  la  t  .3  n,    end  ng     V  I 

rJliot  Mason,  nf  Mfw  Vnrlr    n^^^r*^    y^u    „fur--i-:„_.  .,        .      .      -  V  I    "^ 

f.he  ..t,orb.n,  the  only  clergyman  of  the  trio);  and  the  still  longer  nin  of  ,c.  m.  b;  three 
Mtchigan  ministers  :  B.  J.  Holcombe,  of  De-roit,  J.  P.  Mavee.y,  of  Homer,  and  E.  P.  Johnson' 


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324  TE.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  lUCVCLE. 

i>f  Marshall.     The  last-named  sent  four  letters  descriptive  of  the  tour  to  the  Chicago  Tribune 
(reprinted  in  Marshall  Statesman),  and  I  reproduce  what  he  says  about  this  first  100  m.  straisht- 
away  ride  engaged  in  by  any  American  representatives  of  the  cloih  :    "  Starting  from  Port  Hope 
soon  after  5  a.  m.,  wc  found  the  first  40  m.  so  discouragingly  poor  that  some  of  us  gave  up  the 
idea  of  a  '  century  run,'  and  lazily  wasted  almost  3  h,  along  th.  road,  resting  at  farm-houses  or 
under  the  trees.     Courage  and  ambition  were  both  mightily  revived  by  the  fine  surface  en- 
countered at  Trenton,  and  we  joyfully  wheeled  the  13  m.  to  Belleville  in  i  h.,  reached  Nap.inee 
before  6  o'clock,  and  ftn.illy  Kingston.     H.'s  riding  time  was  loj  h.,  and  the  others  rfxlc  2  h 
l^.nger.     Kar  from  being  '  completely  used  up  next  day,'  we  only  felt  a  little  lazy  and  a  trifle 
stiff  in  the  knees,  but  were  ready  to  walk  or  wheel  around  the  city  streets  as  we  chose  "     fh 
same  writer  properly  denounces  the  delay  and  trouble  which  the  Canadian  customs  people  caused 
at  the  outset  of  the  tour  by  their  cast-iron  enforcement  of  Middle  Ages  "  regulations,  for  the 
repression  of  internatio.ial  touring  "  ;  and  he  praises  without  stint  the  universal  hospitality  s.iown 
by  the  C:anadian  people  not  of  the  customs,  who  arranged  formal  receptions  and  banquets  (in 
the  churches  and  town-halls)  at  Gait,  Woodstock,  Goderich,  Seaforih,  Mitchell,  Stratford  and 
elsewhere.     R.iiny  weather  combined  with  the  customs  interference  to  force  the  tcjrists  (rather 
than   disappoint  the  citizens  of  Gait,  who  had  prepared  to  welcome  them  August  6)  to  ride 
by  train   from    Hamilton,   the  first   day's  ride   being  from  Niagara   to  St.  Catharine's;  but 
the  Re;-.    Mr.   I'ope  kept  up  the  reputation  of   his  family  by  dring  the  whole  62  m.  on  his 
wheel,  though  he  found  the  road   from   H.  to  G.  "conspicuously  wretched."     From  there 
■'  next  morning,  s.  and  e.  to  Paris,  then  12  m.  due  w.  to  Princeton,  and  12  m.  to  Woodstock  (a 
total  of  45  m.,  on  account  of  a  mistaken  detour),  we  found  poor  re  .ids.     From  W.  to  Ingersoll 
an  the  forenoon   of  the  ijth,  the  surface  was  so  much  better  that  a  few  covered  the  10  m.  m  55 
n.in.,  and  most  of  tne  others  within  i\  h.     Hilly,  rough,  stony  and  sandy,  by  turns,  were  the 
next  6  m.  to  Thamesford  ;  and  the  following  10  m.  to  Dreanoy's  Corners,  though  generally  level 
were  neariy  as  vile  ;  but  the  final  stretch  thence  to  London  (9  m.)  was  much  better."     Rain  fell 
during  the  Sunday  while  the  party  halted  there;  so  the  start  on  the  Goderich  road  was  not  mad- 
until  2  P.  M.,  and  Monday  night  was  spent  at  Exeter.     The  remainder  of  the  route  coi-.cided 
wuh  my  own- -the  second  Sunday  being  spent  in  Toronto,  and  the  go-as-vou-please  rule  being 
adopted  from  there  to  Kmgston,  in  order  that  those  who  wished  to  attempt   100  m   m  a  day 
might  do  so  without  appearing  to  be  "  racing  against  the  partv."     Five  letters  about  the  tour 
were  written  for  the  Pittsburg  Despatch  by  the  Rev.  J.    F.   Cowan,  01  that  city,  editor  of  the 
"  Methodist  Protestant  Year  Hook,"  who  said  (Stratford,  Aug.  ,4 );  "  So  far   there  is  but  one 
opinion  as  to  Canadian  roads.     They  have  been  greatly  overrated.     One  could  hardly  find  .4^ 
m.  of  as  bad  continuous  riding  on  any  main  highway  in  N.  Y.,  N.  J.  or  Pa.     The  50  m  from 
Gait  to  -.Voodstock  is  simply  execrable  for  a  wheel;  while  from  there  to  London   the  road 
though  having  a  hard  bottom  and  little  sand,  has  a  very  rough  and  stonv  top  "    The  ma-^azine 
article,  before  alluded  to,  reflects  pleasantly  the  general  spirit  of  the  tour,  while  avoidiiv^  d- 
tails,  and  is  accompanied  by  a  pair  of  pictures  reproduced  from  Mr.  Holcombe's  photogr.inh, 
and  another  pair  of  ancient  cuts  from  Outing ;  but  its  main  purpose  is  the  argumentative^on'-  of 
converting  the  souls  of  unbelievers,  that  they  may  pin  their  faith   to  the  bicycle      I  ike  a  true 
preacher,  he  uses  the  tour  as  a  text  for  demonstrating  that  there  is  nothing  undignified  or  un- 
clerical  or  unmanly  about  a  sort  of  pleasuring  which  gives  the  weary  worker  new  strength  and 
vigor  for  fighting  the  battles  of  the  Church  ;  and  his  sermon  is  good  enough  to  take  rank  as  . 
definite  addition  to  the  literature  of  the  wheel.     Manufacturers  might  do  well  to  mail  a  copy  .4 
It  (as  a  tract  productive  of  "  business  ")  to  every  clergyman  in  America.     "  There  are  now  ab-ni 
250  or  300  of  these  who  use  the  wheel,"  writes  .Mr.  Stall  to  me  (Oct.  23,  '85)  "  and  I  am  surf 
that  next  summer's  clerical  tour  will  be  as  successful  as  the  first  one  and  much  lar-r     M. 
weight,  which  you  a   c  for,  is   ,45  ibs.,  and  height  is  5  ft.  .0  in.     1   ride  a  56  in.  Expen  on  the 
road,  and  a  tricycle  for  pastoral  work.     I  gained  14  lbs.  while  on  the  tour." 

A  five  days'  ride  (Kingston  to  Toronto,  July  20-24,  %)  was  thus  re,  ,ted  to  me  by  L.  B 
Graves,  of  Minneapolis  :  "  I  rode  a  S2  in.  Sanspareil,  and  was  accomnanied  V.  C  P.hr.-:rr.  ,-f 
Northampton,   Ms.,  on  a  50  in.  Columbia,  though  he  'ook  the  train  at'  Port  h  -pe,  on  account 


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rough  ana  s.eep  h.lls.     T„.  .oacis  were  in  good  co'nd.Z.  a  d  2     •;  L3;S  T  T 
.mds  were  westerly.      McDonnell  cyclometer  failed  about  half  inll  r       !  .  P^^va.l.ng 

.xnded  on  local  information  for  dista.Ls.     K   to  Napanee  .cm  7^"^'  '"''  ^  "*=  ''''■ 

forenoon  to  Uell.-ville    2?  m      Tl.irH  A       t  "^P^nee,  25  m.,  3.45  to  7.45  p.  „. ;  and  next 

3"  m.,  a.  ..5  r.  m..  u.;:4  havil  L'en  t  l  :t  p  rh.r  ^  t""':'';'  ^"'  ^^^'^'■^''  ^"""--- 

ncr  at  Port  Hofx.,  1  started  on  alone  a       p,     LT      V    I    L  '^"'-  '^'"  '  ^^  ^'°P  '°'  '^'"■ 

^fore  lear^.ing'^that  .  'd  n.i.ld  he  r  d^  i,  :t::  t:,  ,tv"f'  T'"  °'  T'  ""'  "'"^  ^^^^^ 
of  .ele.rnpH  poles.     Reaching  the  Mi,U.nk  'oTd  r m  ' o.  ^SlT I  :  t::'::"^  TT' 

alon.  the  next  3  m.  .0  Newcastle  in  /h.  Kifth  a:d  2  d";,"  '  -V'^rrp  T'^'  '"'  '''' 
...  loronto,  4S  m.  ;  roads  showing  fine  scenery,  but  steadiW  un^^ade        H  '         f'  "' 

towards  the  end,  so  that  1, 00k  side-path  whore7er  nractic  We  '.^:^"''"-\ """^  ."creastngly  poor 
a.  .  P.  M.  of  26th  I  took  steamer  across  th^  n\  f '?'"''.'^''-  '  '^^  ^'--'■'ther  was  very  warm,  and 
7n,.  ,n  .ih.     Starting  back  7    30T  T/  i"';:::;;?;  ^  V^'"'*^' ''^  '^■■^^-• 

3  n,.  from  N.,  on  the  Lew.s.on  rcL,  I  tuZ  r  '.d  t  e  td  r.;.^':,''  '"  t"'  '^'-"• 
P-...V  a,rect.  It  leads  through  a  flat  and  unintcr  sting  country  of  a  snn  ,  '  "'  '  '"""^ '' 
ra;hcr  uncomfortable  riding.-.hough  I  presume  the  1,    71  '  '''^""'=^'  ^"^  offers 

.ou„t.'.  Three  young  nfembers  S  tirB:":  ^^  Tc  ST  i^^f  W  "r  ^'  "'"°"'  "'^ 
-Macown)  rode  from  there  ,0  Kingston  in  6  h.  ending  at  4  p   m  '  ^ih     ^      I  '"^  ""'^  ^• 

i  Aug.  3,  'S3) ;  and,  at  about  the  same  time  Mr  IVn  f  ^  x,  '  "'  ^"''"'^'=  '°^  ^'""" 
.0  K.  and  back.  .00  m  ,  in  .;  h,  ".IgT;  ^m  '       "  "^  ''°"'^"'  ^^"'''  ^'"'^  ^^^  «• 

The  previous  chapter  (pp.  39509S,  30,,  306)  may  be  consulted  for  inci- 
dents of  tny  own  four  days'  trial  of  this  much-described  route  --o,^  Tor  ? 
to  Ktngston   .65  m.     I   registered   „s  n..  in  my  three  dCt  S^;  wnreTn" 

3  m.  from  Cobourg  to  K.ngston.-being  in  each  case  .  m.'  less  than  ac    edited 
to  the  single  day's  r.des  between  those  points  (pp.  310,  3,1)     An  idea  rnr,. 
a  wavs-smooth  road,  may  be  had  from  Kingsto.l.     r^'.  l  w'  to  P  r  s^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Z:: 

g  the  pen,tent,a,v  and  asylum;  and  another  macadamized  track  e  to,;!  w 

g  the  lake  shore  to  Bath,  .1  m.,  passing   VVilliamsville,  Collinsby  and 

M.llhaven;  but  mv  own  route  led  e.,  thr.^:  ,h  Ontario  st.,  pa  t  the  barr.C  s 

acres  the  Cataraqui  bridge,  and  r  m.  of  mac.  to  top  of   Barrvfield  hill     TwaJ 

o,n  .40  to  7  P.  M.  ,n  going  thence  by  direct  road  to  the  Int'ernatio  al     Z] 
t  <,ananoque,  ,7  m..  walking  the  last  m.  on  a  very  smooth  surface  and  the 

m,  receding  on  a  rough  and  muddy  one,  which  even  in  good  we\  h  r    '. 
d  V  gh    would  be  difficult  to  ride.     The  3  m.  previous  I  manag!,  to  cover 

ou    Tn      7T  '""'  °^   '■°"^^'^'""'''  "I'-S^^^-  -'1   -i"^-     Tl-e  first  4 r 
out  of   Harryfield  were  also  ridable,  ti.ough  difficult      St-irtinL^  nevt  T 

.^>e  l.ting,y^sty  air.  for  an  all  day'^  fight  against  r':^      1  ZZ:^ 

^  d  I  .alked  every  step  for  r  m..  until  this  road  rejoined  the  mab  1  ne  a 'in' 
My  longest  stay  in  the  saddle  was  2  m.,  endin-  a    ,14c   .nd    b  .u^ 

:;:Lii-i^--  -f^  ^''-  ^in^ge  ha:i,^  i:;^^;lf-- ,"'1:5 

,„,i-  "   ""'."'     ■~'''''"S"''^'^  -v-^auiage  i-actory '=  adjacent  to  a  post-office      After 
-k,ng  a  detour  1.  to  a  r.  r.  station,  in  vain  search  for  a  taver'n,  I  found  a  tittle 


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326  /-A-.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

house  with   a  sign  "Grocery "on  the  main  road,  20  m.  from  the  start-  and 
there  I  was   served  with  a  dinner  which,  being  my  first  repast  of   the'  day 
tasted  extremely  good.     A  frost-bitten  apple  and  little  piece  of  chocolate  had 
been  my  sole  sustenance  during  5  h.  on  the  road.     I  crossed  a  r.  r.  2  m  from 
the  grocery,  and  rested  again  after  another  4  m.     Then  1  rode  almost  contii, 
uously  till  I  reached  I.ynn  (the  first  sizable  village  yet   encountered)  and  the 
church  on  the  top  of  the  hill  beyond  it,  at  3.50;  and  I  next  read  my  cydom- 
eter  at  the  post-office  in  IJrockville,  6m.  in  i]  h.     A  peculiarly  brilliant  clav 
of  reddish  purple  color,  supplied   some  goodish   riding  in  thisr-.non;  and' 
at  the  fork,  beyond  Lynn,  I  turned  r.,  and  was   told  I  did  wisely,  the  u-'h  thJ 
"mine    road"  on   the  1.  would    also  have    brought    me  to  Urockviile.     Its 
"Revere  House,"  opposite  the  post-office,  was  an  attractive-looking  hostelry 
but,  as  I  wished  to  improve  the  departing  daylight,  I  turned  my  longing  eyes' 
away  from  it,  and   wheeled  down  the  St.   Lawrence  (first  on  wooden  walks 
and  then  op  good  macadam,  in  gentle  undulations),  5  m.,  to  a  wretched  little 
wayside  tavern  at  Maitland,  where  I  stopped  i  h.  for  supper.     Mounting  in 
the  dark  at  7.25,  I  rode  and  walked  by  turns,  over  a  track  of  ideal  smoothness 
to  a  toll-gate  (3  m.  in  \  h.) ;  and  thence  ventured  on  a  rather   larger  propor- 
tion of  riding  for  the 4  m.  ending  at  9.30  at  the  ferry  in  Prcscott.     I  was  too  late 
to  catch  a  boat  across  to  Ogdensburg,  and  win  the  hoped-for  boon  of  resting 
my  weary  bones  in  a   comfortable  bed  at  the   Seymour    House,  where  the 
United  States  flag  was  waving  its  defense  over  iny  awaiting  mail-matter;  and 
so  I  turned  back  from  the  ferry  to  the  little  "  Revere  Hou.se  "  (which  se'emed 
all  the  dingier  by  suggesting  the  memory  of  its  stone-fronted  namesake  at 
Hrockville),  and  reconciled  myself  to  the  acceptance  of  a  couch  of   straw  in  a 
stuffy,  kerosene-lit  bed-room,  by  remembering  that  this  fifteenth  night  in  "  cheap 
Canadian  lodgings  "  was,  at  all  events,  my  last.     These  final  47  m.,  completing 
the  fortnight's  635,  tired  me  more  than  anv  previous  day  of  the  tour,  because 
of  the  average  roughness  of  surface  and  the  fierce  gale  of  wind  ;  but  I  should 
say  that  the  last  12  m.  of  all  must  supply,  by  daylight,  about  as  pretty  a  stretch 
of  wheeling  as  can  be  found  in   Canada.     For  a  good  share  of  this  distance. 
the  road  is  within  a  few  rods  of  the  river's  surface,  and  a  clear  view  is  to  be' 
had  across  it  to  the  New  York  shore.     Even  through  the  dusk,  which  was  set- 
tling about  me  as  I  wheeled  from  Brockville,  the  outlook  seemed  a  fine  one. 
According  to  the  "  C.  W.  A.  Guide  "  (p.  59),  "  H.  C.  Goodman  and  S.  Carman,  Capt.  and 
l.ieut.  of  St.  Catherine's  H.  C,  wheeled  from  that  place  to  Prescott  in  1882,  but  were  there 
forced  by  wet  weather  to  abandon  the  plan  of  reaching  Montreal.     Despite  strenuous  endeavors, 
we  have  been  unable  to  find  any  one  who  has  ridden  from  P.  to  St.  Anne's,  70  m.,  which  is  the 
end  of  our  reported  route  from  Montreal,  24  m.     In  fact,  the  only  report  we  have  been  able  to 
get  e.  of  Gananoque  is  the  general  one  in  the  sketch  prepared  for  us  by  Karl  Kron  (pp.  81-S4) 
concerning  his  fortnight  in   Ontario.     Few  Canadian  wheelmen  seem  lo  ride  further  e.  than 
Kingston."     A  lounger  in  the  reeking  bar-room  of  the  tavern  at  Prescott  assured  me,  as  a  faci 
within   his  own  knowledge,  that   th  •  next  40  m.  down  the  river  from  P.  to   Cornwall  were  as 
smooth  as  the  12  m.  I  had  just  traversed;  and  that  he  believed  the  macadam  continued  through 
to  Montreal.     ApproxiiTiatc  truthfulness  on  the  ri.irf  r.f  mv  sr.fnT-msr.t  =^.=r.-.=  ::V.,.vi-..  !,..  :!.:.-  :;„... 
in  the  Canadian   Wketlman  (Oct.,  '84),  "  Sandy  McCaw  wheeled  from  Toronto  to'cornwall, 


A   FORTNIGHT  IN  ONTARIO.  327 

,t«>ut  175  m-.  i"  four  days,  last  month,  doing  upwards  of  80  m.  on  (wo  of  the  days;  and  he 
•ould  have  kept  on  to  Montreal  but  for  rain."  M.  is  about  65  m.  beyond  C,  and  20  m  beyond 
M.  Anne  s,  wh.ch  u  the  point-of-beginninR  of  the  river-routc  for  Quebec  presented  in  the  next 
paragraph.  This  I  conden^  from  the  excellent  repo-t  prepared  (or  me  by  f.  M  S  Jenkins 
Uptam  of  the  Ottawa  ti.  C.  t*FW printed  it  in  full,  Dec.  ...  .,.  '84).  and.  as  an  introduction 
m  h,5  story.  I  remark  that  S.  T.  Greene,  of  Belleville,  rode  from  I're^ott  t„  (ntawa  54  m 
,July  7.  'HS,  4  A.  M.  to  3  P.  M.),  in  about  8  h..  though  the  return  ride  could  be  done  i.i  6  h  • 
.,nd  1  offer  a  route  from  lirockville  to  Ottawa  ("  C.  W.  A.  (Juide."  p.  6.)  :  "  Between  Brockville 
,.,ul  .-smith's  I'alls,  JO  m.,  is  a  mac.  road,  out  of  repair  in  Sept.,  '83,  and  unsalisfaciory  for  wheel- 
.:,;;,  but  It  has  IK.  bad  lulls.  I"ad3  through  many  villages  with  fair  hotels,  and  tan   be  covered  in 

0  h  Butler's  Hotel,  at  S.  K..  is  a  good  one.  and  the  route  from  Ottawa  tliiiher  may  be  thus 
«h.,wn:  Wellington  St.,  .  m.  w. ;  across  r.  r.  to  Hutonburg  Corners,  .  m.  ;  good  mac  to 
ll.rcnton,  .^  m.  ;  to  blacksmith's  shop,  i)  m.  (detour  r.  to  batlwiig  beach  on  lake  shore) ;  to  Am- 
;.nor  road,  ,  m.  ;  toll-gate,  2}  m.  ;  t.  s.  at  Bell's  Corners  and  follow  mac.  road  5',  m.  to  O'Mara's 
Untcl,  easy  down-grade;  toll-gate,  jj  m..  with  Jock  river  on  1.;  Kichmond,  2J  m..  where  stands 
kicMy's  Hotel,  a  big  stone  building  which  offers  excellent  fare.      Ihe  scenery  to  this  point  is 

1  fincst.-makmg  a  pleasant  trip  of  j\  h.  on  light  up-grades,  and  the  return  requires  .J  h  less 

1 1,.  labor  of  covern.g  the  next  29  m.  to  Smith's  Kails  is  hardly  repaid  unless  the  tourist  ha,  ample 
nn...     Very  slow  wheeling  maybe  had  on   .a  of  the   16  m.  leading  to    Kraiiktown,  and   nearly 
,m.  of  sand  must  be  walked.     The  f.nal  stretch  to  S.  F.  is  not  dissimilar.  tlu,i,.^h,  at  a   point 
,  m.  beyond   K.,  a  detour  may  be  made  to  Perth,  8  m.,  along  a  clay  road  which  is  good  in   dry 
-.nlher.     Hick's  Hotel  recommended."     Shorter  routes  from  Ottawa  f  quote   from  the   same 
i  ahority  :  "  Wellington  st.  w,  and  Bridge  st.  n.  J  m.  along  car  tracks  to  Suspension  bridge  (fine 
w  of  Chnudiere  Kails) ;  s.  and  w.  i  ni.  to  Hull ;  t.  1.  at  first  cor.  after  crossing  bridge ;  next  L  r. 
.  .1  keep  n,  w.  .  m.  mac.  to  toll-gate  ;  n.  5  m.  to  Ironsides,  where  is  an  iron  mine.     Beyond,  i  m., 
-  ,1  \  m.  hiil  wh.ch  can  be  wheeled  up,  and  gives  magnificent  coast  on  return.     Chelsea  is  2  m' 
i;..ni  the  summit,  and  the  road  from  O.  to  C.  can  be  ridden  in  all  weathers,  -often  in  i  h.    Scener, 
..  very  beautiful,  with  Ottawa  end  Gatineau  rivers  to  n.  e.  and  Laurenlian  mts.  n.  and  n.  w    Gil- 
innur's  Park  is  worth  visiting  at  C.  and  the  mills  at  the  foot  of  the  cliff,  mar  which  a  pood  swim 
iniy  be  had.     The   same  may  be  said  of  Tucaches  Lake,  5   m.  from  Chelsea,  along  a  road  of 
-r-nd  sce.iery."     The  favorite  run   of  the  O.    B.    C.   is  to  Aylmer.    "  a  summer  resort  on  w. 
-hore  of  Lake  Dascli.  ne,  about  8  m.  of  mac.  which  can  always  be  relied  on  for  .  h.  outward 
::  P  (up-grade) and  40  min.  homeward.     Turn  s.  w.  at  Hull ;  pass  Eddy's  factory  ;  J  m.  beyond 
.>'.k  out    for    r.    r.  crossing;  right  up  a   hill  beyond   toll-gate;  Moore's  hill  is  safe  to  coast; 
P  !-■<  n  hotel  about  J  m.  from  toll-gale  and  take  r.  side  ;  then  6  m.  s.  w.  to  Pitcher".  Hotel  in  A  " 
Ir.m.    O.  to  Metcalfe    is   "all  mac.  except  the  last    li  m.,  which   is  clay,  good    when    dry. 
Hank  St.  s.  to  toll-gate,  J  m.  ;   Patterson's  'Jreek   bridge,  J  m.  ;  driving  park  and  loll-gate,  }  m.j 
canal  swing  bridge,    \  m.  ;   Lan.sdown  park  and  slight    ascent,  followed  by  fine  J  m.    coast  to 
liiliings  bridge,  which  crosses  Indian  river.     The  road  up  w.  bank  to  Manolick,  ij  m.,  to  toll- 
^.ite  and  }  m.  to  Bridge,  is  a  long  ascent  which  can  be  wheeled,  and  coasted  on  return.     O'Neil's 
H  ,tel  is  S  m.  s.,  and  Metcalfe  9  m.  beyond.     A   pice  of    7  m.  per  h.  ran  easily  be  kept."     Ot- 
tawa  to  Eastman  Springs:  "  Nicholas  st.   s.,  good  mac.  \  m.  to  canal  deep-cut ;  then  e.  J  m.  to 
th..  Rideau  river  at  Hurdman's  bridge,  whose  ends  are  bid  ;  s.  ■-.  J  m.  to  r.  r.  crossing  ;  s.  e.  ,J  m. 
10  toll-gate  at  Hawthorne ;  and  the   mac.  ends  at  church  and  cemetery  i  J  m.  p.     Tayloiworth  is 
7  m.  from  church,  and  Eastman  Springs  3  m.  beyond.     Sand  must  be  walkc-d  for  i  m.  from  church  ; 
rest  of  road  is  clay,  good  in  dry  weather,  unridable  when  wet."     In  leaving  Ottawa  for  Monl 
treal,  the  best  route   leads  through  "  Rideau   st.  e.  J  m.  tn  Rideau  hill,  and  a  bad  bridge   at 
bottom  over  Rideau  river ;   and  the  road  leading   up  this  connects  with   Eastman   Springs  and 
Nfetcalfe  roads.     From  bridge,  go  s.  e  to  toll-gate  and  c.  to  r.  r.  crossing,  i  m. ;  then  10  .n.  e.  to 
M.  Josephs  (2  m.  up-grade  before  reaching  Queen's  Creek)."     This  was  the  route  taken  by  Mr. 
k'nkins(b.  Jidy  6,  1S50:  weight,  iac  lbs.  ■   Premier  ti  in.V  v.h.nr,?  r:-r-_-.r!  T  -..-.-.v  r.r.!-.ar-..-!  > 

"  I  left  Ottawa  with  a  tricycling  compa..        on  Ihe  afternoon  of  Aug.  9,  '84,  and  we  rode  to 
t  :ircnce,  25  m.,  that  evening  ;  next  to  Caledonia  Springs,  25  m.;  tnird  forenoon  to  Hawkesbury, 


?! 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  JJ/CyCLE. 


.5  n,     «lu.,,cc   1   procccdol  al<mc  in  aften>o<,„  ,0  K.gaud,  .9  m.     l.cavmR  at  ,0  A.  m   of  Tu.- 
day.  I  a.n.<l  a„.l  si-c-n,  the  af.crn.K..,  at  St.  Anne'..  ..   ,„..  .,„d  rcxlc  >„.o  Montreal    ,0  n      , 
.he  c,x,l  of  the  ..vcn.nK,  ,aki„«  u-,  en  rouU  at  Kaclnne.     My  cx,K.„cncc-  was  a  very  plJa^ant  o',    ' 
and  I  can  rcconnncnd  the-   „.u..  ,„  ..:!   who  arc  content  wuh   50  n,.  a   day.      Kor  record  breav' 
cr,  „  would  1,0  a  nusiako.      The  «re.a  drawback  i,  that  the  road  bottom  i.  blue  clay,  ai.d  a  In 
ran,  re,uL.,s,t  unrulahN-a  <lown,,our.  innussablc  on   wheel  or  foot.     (,„  ,h,,,  acconn,    |  hi 
lumculanz  .d  snch  fac.lnics  for  csca.H..  a,  ..etn.boats  and  train,  afford.     Ottawa  to  St'  r„s  ,  I 
vdlaRo.  .0  m.,  ko,h1  mac.  ;  two  hotels.      Macadam  e„d.s,  in  .  m.,  and  there  i.  4  m   of  f  nr  U, 
road  to  (.nml.rland;  two  hotels,      Thenco   to   Clarence.  ,,  m..  all  ridable;   .  n,.' ,and>         1 
clay.     At    Ihnrvo.   on  the  opposite  side    of  the  river,    from    Clarence,   a  better  hot.  I  n  .'y   |„ 
found^     (     ,0  Uen.Iover.  ^  n,   clay.     The  Ottawa  nver  is  in  view  all  .he  wayfn.n,  •>  t„  » 
and  the  m.  nerv  ,s  very  beautifnl.     At  W.  ,he  roa.l  bends  inland,  and  afu  r  ,  n..  ,l„  •>•  ui„n  rlv   ', 
.s  s,R  „..c        A,  flan.a.  ..et,  ,  m..  the  ro.,d  cro.ssc.-  and  leaves  .h,s  river,  and  for  5  n,.'  ,0  A    r  V 
Uwo  hotels    ,s  ,,«.  sandy  for  wheeling.     The  road  chan.es  to  .lay  a.ain,  J  n,.  bc'.ond  A 
K.VCS  a  perfectly  lev.l,  stra.^ht  stretch  for   ,0  m.     A,   .Mfred  C  orners,  5  m.,  the  Orand  ,.,.;;  , 
a  edon,a  SpnnRS  can  be  .seen.  .  m.  off  on  r.  ,.  ;  hu,  I  kept  .stra„ht  on,  nnder  ,he  si^n  „f    | 
Ottawa  Hotel.  ,0  Cassburn  Corners.  0  n,.  clay  and  .  n,.  sandy  loan,,  all  ridabl,-.     of\ 
roads    hence   the  direct  one  ,0  Hawkesbury  (which  is  a  pretty  village,  worth  an  honr's  loiter 
the  m.lls  and  deer-parks)  ,s  very  sandy,  while,  by  turning  to  the  1.  a,  -he  Con.ers.  ,1„.  wlwelm  n 
wll  enjoy  .  „,.  ,ood  mac.  to  f/Ori.inal,  whence.  ,0   llawkesbnry,  the  ride  is  a  charnn,,^'   , 
over  Koo<l  gravel,  close  to  the  r.ver  bank.     There  are  fair  hotels  a,  both  places  ;  also  ferr    Cc  ^ 
necttn,  w,:h  ,he  C"    K  r.  r..  and  bo.Us  for  Ottawa  and  Montreal,      f-.nn,  H.  to  Point Tr 
..  n...  there  ,s  r,d,.ble  sahd  for  .  m.,  bn,  the  rest  is  too  stony  for  fa.,  ,idin,.     A  f.w  m.    r  ' 

,.  OS  np-.rade  ,s  encountered,  fron.  the  top  of  which  a  n.a.nificct  view  of  the  Ottawa  I.o  . 
.V.U  t  KaptcU  ,s  obta.nable.  A  market  stean.er  for  Montreal  runs  three  times  a  week  fro.n  IVL.; 
^or  une.     A  very  ,ood  clay  road  extends  thence  to  K,«and.  3  m.  (beautifullv  situa        o 

th an  ;  7";;A:;-   ;""  ;"^  ^.'^-'V-"  -  --  '■--"  -'-'^  o*^-  bettc.  acan.nK^at 
than  R  I       Of  the  .8  m.  from  k.  ,0  Vaudreuil,  .^-ood  clay  prevails  for  7  m     and  the  r-^t  In 
stotty  patches  that  call  for  careful  riding  :    but  the  scenery  atc^,es  for  all  shortc.it  \^e  r 
wmdsalon,  the  shores  of  the  Lake  of   Two  .Mount.tins,  so  near  its  ed,e  that  tlte  p      ni 
wheefan  has  but  ,0  lay  his  bike  against  a  tree  to  enjoy  a  plunge  in  its  cle^,  cool  ^^^ 
and  ,   .,J,.,      ,,,,,,  „,  ^^,^^_  ^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^  ^_^  Montrealers,  an.l  charmi    • 

U      or.  V   las  abound      After  so  many  m.  of  '  fion  jour,  Monsieur.'  the  English^peaki,;:;^ 

.0  St.  Anne  s,  and  affords  the  wheehnan  the  best  means  of  crossing,  if  ho  is  so  fortut-a.e  is  „ 

:d:.^^::;:^  "r:  t  ^'^V'-  \  -•  ^-°-  ^^'^  ^---  -  ^<  Anne,  is  ..::::::z 

s.de  wh.n  you  want  h,m.  Satisfactory  accommodation  n>ay  be  had  at  the  Clarendon  a  le 
summer  hotel  on  the  water's  cd.-e  at  St    At,,,,.'.      Ti,  .u  •"  "<•  i-'-ircncion.  a  iar.-e 

a.,d   after  7  m    ,  ,„  .h  n  ,  (     ,  ,        ^^-^""^  "'     ^  ^^''<'^  "^e  ro.id  rtms  along  the  river  bank. 

Montreal,      f  he  outward  route  from  M.  is  Sherbrooke  .st    w    ,t  m  •  Cote  S,     \n,.;, 

Kool  coast  ng  ,0  l„ue  lionnets,  i  m,  ;  Reilly's  Crossing,  i  m.  ;  Lower  Machine  ,m  •  Cppt 
Uchn,e    ,.i  nt.  ;  nver  bank  ,„  f^orval,  .J  m.  ;   Va-ois,  .J  m.  ;   Point  Claire,  .J  m.'  '      " 

•.Ion.  th'e  n    shM  '"  ^  ,     "T  ""'  •'"  '^""  '""  ""'  "^•='^'-     ^^  1  had  heard  that  th.  r.  .,d 

..  to  l,ouchcruIle,  5  m.,  the  road  ,s  a  tough  mac,  which  it  is  a  relief  to  exchat.ge  for  the  verv 

.rea  '     t^^,  TT       .'T  ''  ^  '•''""'■°°"'  ^"'^  ""  '"^^'^^'  ^'--"  ™"'""^'  ^-'v  to  M,„. 

Morel,  25  m.  further,  a  partv  nf  sup.'evor?;  *.".!.H  r^.~  ;V.-t  sv. ,j :.-    .  ■         .     .' 

m.,-as  far  as  they  had  been,-so  sandy,  indeed,  as  to"  be  diffic^t  with  ho^Hnd  camagr'o'i 


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curse,  there  are  «lway»  fo<,t-path  anU  ({raw  chancer,  and  a  wheelman,  «ith  plenty  o(  time 
1.1  his  hands,  mighl  do  the  trip  very  well  ;  but,  as  1  was  inipaticnily  l<M)ki.ig  forward  ii,  Lower 
It    Lawroiicc  wheeling,  and  was  rustricied  a.s  to  lime,  1  took  the  b<at  at  S.  (or  Qutbec.      In 
wriiiiiK  u(  ihe  rido  below  tlicre  I  find  my  cnthuwasm  rising  to  a  degree  that  makes  it  difficult  to 
k«-p  vMll.in  praclical  bounds.     The  stimulatin«  salt  air,  grand  scenery,  and  tlshinK  and  shooting 
•IM'ortunrtie,  the  route  offers,  render  ih.s  a6o  m.  of  straightaway  ri.ling  a  most  satisfactory  vaca- 
i«.„  jaunt.     Such  easy  spiiiiiing  of  f«  or  70  m.  a  day  would  seem  really  heavrnly,  but  for  the 
i.ro,aie  (act  that  fresh  m>at  has  the  rarity  <,(  angels'  visits  in  this  French-lana.iian  region      .Salt 
i.nrk  abounds,  and  lish  can  be  pr<<:ured :  but  this  diet  won't  give  a  wheelman  wings.      Ii  is  not  a 
record-breaking  diet.     I  have,  however,  discovered  possibilities  of  beefsteak  in  the  following  vil. 
ln;es,  which  the  tourist  will  <lo  w^ll  to  note  and  arrange  his  wheel!  .g  hours  accordingly  :     Mont- 
iiiag  ly,  l.'Islet,  Riviere  Ouellc,  Kamouraska,  Notre  Dame  du  P(,rtaL'e,  and,  of  course,  Kivii-re 
I.jupd.a  Kochell..-  Ilcmse),  which  is  a  railway  center,  and  Cacouna,  5  m.  beyond,  whi.h  is  the 
u  lef  Canadian  summer  resort  (St.  Lawrence  Hall,  *a.so;   Mansion   Houst-,  «i  5,,)      I  I,.,,!  fme 
ridin-  all  the  way  from  Quebec  to  C.'.,  .31   m.     Of  Ihe  road  (10,,,  (.  acouna  lo"lrois  Pistoles,  30 
m  ,  I  cannot  s|H.-ak  (ully,  thouijh  I  went  several  m.  below  C,  an<l  (ound  it  passable  for  a  bicycle  ; 
and  lb.'  inhabitants  assured  me  it  preserved  the  ,-ime  character  the  rest  of  the  way.      It  is,  how^ 
-ver,  <iuite  impassable  for  a  tricycle,  owing  to  high  grass  rid-es  between    ae  wheel  tracks  i  and, 
,1.  I  ha,!  been  joined  by  a  tricycier  at  Riviere  du  Loup,  I  took  train  from  C,  to  'Irois  Pistoles.' 
This  M  a  refreshment  station  on  the   Intercolonial  Railway,  and  excellent  accommodation  can  be 
foiiiid  at  tlij  rest  lurant.     There  is  a  good  beach  for  bathing  near  by.     Thence  to  liic,  31m.,  the 
ro.id  i ,  f,iir  clay       -ou-h  St.  Simon  to  .St.  Fabian  (no  hotels),  20  m.,  ther   changes  to  gravel.'and 
iMipr-.ves  with  every  m.  until  at  Uic,  it  is  nearly  perfect.     The  scenery  on  this  last  10  m.  is  very 
itlractive.     from  Trois  Pistoles  the  road,  which  has  clung  to  the  shore  up  to  this  point,  takes  a 
mor.r  i;,lan<l  course.     After  leaving  St.  Kabiaii,  it  descends  into  a  beautiful  valley,  walled  in  cm 
.iiher  side  by  lofty  mountains.     The  only  outlet  is  found  by  following  a  secretive  little  river  to 
wlire  it  joins  l!ic  li.iy,  and  this  the  road  does  to  goo<l  purpose,  revealing  a  widening  prospect 
with  every  pedal-push,  until  the  bay  itself,  sentineled  by  woody  islands,  with  liic  village  stretch- 
ir.g  alon- its  curving  fihorcs,  and  beyond  the  almost  limitless  water-reach  of  old  St.  Lawrence, 
presents  a  scene  that  commands  the  attention  of  the  most  prosaic.     Bic  is  a  popular  sea-side  re- 
-it.     Thence   to   Riinouski,  12   m.,the  road  is  a  little  soft   for  2  m.,to  where  Uatte   I!ay,  a 
lulhing   beach,    is   passed,   after   which    it    hardens   and   affords    most    satisfactory   wheeling. 
I  i.m  R.   (t\«)  hotels)  the  road  is  fine   gravel,  and  runs  along   the  beach.     There  arc  no  hills 
worth  mentioning,  and  the  wheelman  can   '  rush  '  with  impunity   for  26  m.     Lather  Point  is 
passed  ,,  in.  from  R.     In  summer,  this  is  the  p.int  of  reception  and  despatch  for  the  Canadian 
Trans-.\tlantic  mail  service.     Mails  are  convcye  :  thus  far  by  rail,  and  are  here  shipped  by  tender 
to  passing  steamers.     The  wharf  is  of  extraordinary  length  and  riilable  from  end  to  end.     St. 
Luce  (no  hole!)  is  6  m.  further,  and  St.  I'lavie  (p<«r  hotel),  10  m.   ueyond.     At  St.  F.  the  old 
Sovcmmcnt  '  Mctapcdiac  '  road  is  found  running  inland  to  New  Lrunswick  with  tempting  direct. 
iiess,  the  sign-board  reading  '  .10  m.  to    Campbellton.'      Leaving    St.    F.,  the   road  continues 
unchan-ed  in  character  for  6  m.,  when  it  leaves  the  beach   for  higher  ground,  and  is  hilly  for  4 
m.  to  Crand  Metis  (two  hotels).     The  Metis  affords  good  fishing,  and  the  falls,  about  ij  m.  up 
the  river,  arc  well  worth  a  visit.     From  G.  M.  to   Little   Metis,  7  m.,  is  principally  beach  road 
again,  and  affords  delightful  wheeling.     L.  M.  is  a  summer  resort  and  either  one  of  the  two  large 
hotels  rPariff  Hall  and  Astor  House)  will  be  found  satisfactory.      From  L.  AL  to  Malaiie,  26  m., 
the  road  eoiitimies  a  beach  one,  of  such  excellent  qualit.'  that   I  covered  it  in  2  h.  10  min.     The 
villages  offer  but  scant  accommodation,  and  it  is  better  not  to  depend  on  them.    Two  little  rivers, 
the  Tartijoiix  and  lilanelie,  are  crossed.     The  latter  has  an  attrac.ive  fall  a  short  distance  from' 
the  mad.     At  ALitane,  the  hotel  kept  by  Mr.  Fraser.  the   Norwegian  vice-consul,  will  be  found 
satisfactory.     M.    is  literally  the  get-off  place  on  this  route.      So  I  got  off,  and  made  it   the 
terrsinus  of  my  tour.^   The  road  is  said  to  struggle  on  for  a  few  parishes  further,  and  is  then  lost 

'"  •::-"a:::n;r:n.      \..:,-,c^  DaTriir.g  .-,r,d  ii^leug  .oc  ciic  recreations  offered  by  the  village,  which  is 

refreshingly  isolated,  30  m.  from  the  nearest  r.  r.     It  might  make  the  finish  of  a  fine  straighta- 


330  TEN  THOUS^r/D  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

warcen.urv  ..arting  f.„m  Troi,  Pis.olc,;  for  there  a,c  ,o  „..  of  b<:au.i,ul  wheel.ng.  and  th. 
o,h„  30  are  by  ,...  „,can.  bad.  The  .  or  5  unridablc  h.lls  are  ..ecp  r.uher  .han  long.  !  d  wo  J. 
no  cau,en,uch  delay  ;wh.le  li.c.  Kan.ou.L.  and  Lu.Ie  .vleU,  couM  b.-  dc,.ndedt.  fur  g" 
hearty  fare.  1  h.,  whole  rou.e  alon,  .he  Lower  S..  Lawrence  I  cnno.  Uk,  h.^hly  commend  ;o' 
be,>de,  .he  scx.uc  a..rac,.on.  wh.ch  I  've  only  h,„,ed  a.,  i,  ha,  a  ..eculur  .. :,al  iutcr.,..  i„  .ha. 
..  .mroducc,  .he  wheeln.an  ,0  a  re«,..n  wher-  ,he  old  Feudal  .Sy..e.n  s.ill  .x  ,u.  Ihou.h  nuKl. 
fied  ,„,o  V,  semblance  of  co„M,.ency  w„l.  n.  kIch,  .de.> .  of  equuy.  .he  chan;  ..  a  r.^cn.  o,.c 
.r.d  haweally  b.en  effected  on  paper  only,  :he  origi„al  cuMom,  s.ill  oL...n,n.g  .0  a  d.Krce  .hai 
g.vc,  a  d.MuK,  charac.er  .0  ,hcse  people.  D,.,a„ce,  are  recko.,...d  by  L-aKUcs.  half  K  .iuc,  a^.d 
acres  ;  ,upcr»,u.on,  of  a  pas.  age  are  cherished  ;  and  quai,,,  lu.lc  cus.o,,,.  of  •  the  long-l.    "r 

pnse  u,  a.  every  .urn.     In  shor.,  .he  .r.p  offer,  a  refrc.h.ng  d,ve  tn.o ts,  cen.ury ;  .',d  I  •,„ 

already  arran«,ng  .„  rcpcvu  i,  ,.ex.  year,  when  I  hope  ai.u  ,0  pencratc  n.u.  New   IJru,,  ,wk1  " 
As    for  .h,s    >(5  trip,    i,  extended  only  front   Uuebec  .0   Little  Met.s,   and  was  taUen    hv 
three  n.e.nbers  of  th.Ot.awa  H.  C.  :  Jenkin..  Koy.  and  Harrison.     Th.  beach    r'.Ll  "vin 
been  n„.,red   by  .he  spring  noods.  w.re  no.  a,  good  as  .n  '84.     A  .ep.en.Lr  par ^  .  p^^^ 
A  pho,„e  Ha,nel  and  Colin  I.e.hering.on.  amateur  oarsmen,  rode  fro,,,  Quebec  .o\  vl*  e  hi 

from  QueK.c  ,0  Mon.morenc.  KalN.  ;J  m..  and  Chateau  Richer.  HJ  nv.  finding  spienu.d  nu 
,nd  mag,,,f,ce„,  coast.ng.     The  next  6  m..  ,0  St.   .Vnne.  was  so  poo,  „,at  he  c;osLd  "o  .he    ' 
hore  and  con nnucd  on  .0  Cacouna,  fi„d,ng  everything  delightful,  'except  .he  ham  and  ee« 
ree  ..rnes  a  day      '     The  rou.e  from  Q.  .0  C.  ,s  .hus  g.vcn  by  W.  N    Campbell    ."s.S 
...  Quebec)^     "Cross  nver  .0  Point  Levi;  then   a    .„  m.  mac.  .0  fieaumo  ,. ;  9  ,n   sand  'nd 
loam  .0  S..  VaI.er  (good  hotel):  jj  m,  loam  to  lierthier;  7  m   gravel  to  S,   Tlom  .^1      r. 
exc,,.  first  m.) ;   ..  m.  ,oa^  and  grave,  .„  L'.slet  (fair  hot'e.) ;  \  TIo  S.      e  ,    Z     1    "^"gt^ 
vol  loam  and  grave, ;  fa,r  then  for  ,  m.  to  .S,.  Roch.  an<l  ,  m    to  St.  Anne    ridable  b,,,  .  iffic^ 
day  thence  to  R.v.e-re  Due.le  ;  then  hilly  but  good  for  ..  m.  to  KamourasU ;  Cny  an    ,     m    ' 
M.  Andre,  9  n,        u,n  and  gravel  ,0  No.re  Dame  du  Portage.  8  m.;  gravel  to  Riviere  d.  I  '", 
m.,  and  loam  ,0  Cacoun.,,  5  m.     Kven  a  lit.le  r..in  makes  these  road.s  ba<I ;  much  ma  el    hem 
unr,dab,e,         iy  contrast,  the  ,6  n,.  from  Q.  u,  Chateau  Richer  is  called  ''  excellcn  tat    1  ,  a 
ons  and  „,  all  weathers;  average  time,  .J  h."     Likewise  the  w.  road  from  Q.  .0  St.  I    v      m 
and  Cap    Rou.e.   4  ....    "  .«    always    ridable  and  none    the  worse  for  a  considerable   r  in"; 
Good  ma-.,  also  .r-nches  n.  w.  from  Q.  .0  Charlesbourg,  3  m.,  and  St.  Pierre,  5  m      w  ^  „ 
S.oneham,  7  m  .  ,n,n.  be  reached  on  rather  poor  road  of  sand  and  loam.     H-    \  \  n,   a,  dim 
are  -.0  be  me.    ,  •  ore  reaching  St.   P.     A  three  days'  run  from  Po.nt   Lev:  ,0  Caco u, "  t  rT 
ported  by  C.  .M.  Douglass  iOutin,,  Dec,  'S,,  p.  .77).  J,  called  "the  first  one  along   h     rod  " 
hough  happe„,ng  a  year  after  Mr,  Roy's  ,ide  f.om  S,.  A.  to  C. ;  and  he  says  :     '.  A  sp le  did  5 
m.  run.  ,,e.-.r  R.v.ere  du  Loup,  on  excellent  gravel,  just  by  the  water's  edge    was  an  cxx  ,,'1 
luxury;  for  parts  of  the  route  were  decidedly  bad     and  often  a  baked,  humpy,  c,:,y  road   creed 
us  eith,  r  to  get   ,ff  and  wn.k,  or  else  bo  .seriously  johed  '• 

As  the  main  roads  of  the  Dominion  show  a  better  ..verage  excellence  than  ,hos  ■  of  the 
boll  \  m\"  I'""',"  •-•PPropna.eness  in  the  fact  that  the  earliest-prin.ed  of  American  road- 
books should  be  the  work  of  Domn.ion  wheelmen.     Indeed,  the  first  trai,  ma.le  on  this  con.inent 

It    while  h' ST,  '"'rr  '  '°  '"•  """'''"'''  '"  ^^^^"  '"  ''•"<<=  '"^  «"'  -'^^  f"'/  ■■ 
874  .  wh.le  H.  S.  1  ,bbs,  capta.n  of  the  same  club,  ,00k  a  joo-m.  tour  in  England  that  s  .m'.-  ve-r 

.mport.ng  ..hence  a  Challenge  bicycle  he  ,00k  his  first  ride  on  it  in  M.,  Aug   ,     '  7    .,„!  he 

won  a  medal  for  .  m.  at  the  first  bicycle  race  ever  held  in  Canada.  June  7   '79.     M  for'.he  lit 

volume   from  wh,ch  I  've  already  made  many  ex,r:,cts,  its  title-page  reads  thus  :  "  The  C  W  A 

Gutde  Book   conta,n,ng  descriptions  of  Canadian  roads,  hotels,  consuls,  etc..  with  the  cons.'it,.: 

tion  and  ^y-.a-vs  of  the  Assocat.on  (organized,  Sept..  .SSj).     Published  by  order  of  the  bo-,d  of 

omcers,  Aprtl    .8S4.     H.  B.  Donly,  VV.  G.  Eakins.  J.  S.  Brierley.  editors'"     It  has  ..S  ;.,,;. 

i  ::;i7r:°'  inrrrr/?: '  '^  i  ■":j"i'^!'  "-"^^  ■•-  "-'"le  doth  covers  =  is  j  i,' '.hick 

-      "  "■'■  ^-  '■  "-•  "•  '^-  i^"'"y.  occreiary  ot  the  Canadian  Wheelmen's 


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A«,cia.ion  (who«  .member,  receive  i,  free),  .nd  wa.  printed  .,  ,he  office  of  .h.  f,or/^k  R^ 
f-r.»r.  .S.a,co..,  On,...f  w,,„h  ..unul  he  ..an  edi-..     Offic,  .1,  hU.or.cal  and  Mu  „^Tm^,,^" 
o..r  ..car  y  50  pp  .  ,,.„..,  a.  .he  .„.„„.«  „.   ,hc  booW  ;  "  recon^mended  t.  N  "    "  .2 
ananged  alphal.  Mcally  are  ..a.ned  u„  p.  70;  ...llowing  ,hi,  U  a  val..able  h«  o'  ,.,  , 

cub,  co,npo..„«  ...e  Associat.o,,,  a  .Cal  of  n.ore  Chan  5 '.  ..ame,  cove    ne  o  ,   '        ' 

,,.  are  devo.cd  .0  ■■exrcdcd  .ours,"  including  n.y  Ln  cZ^e   c     "n  O  v     "  ""'  " 

..nd  Pri,.ce   tdward  Island.     The  "  r„ad-rcp„L  "  prol^  "  h   froJ  '     ""'  ''^■°"" 

.  .,c«,  word,),  and  are  ••  classified  under  ccrLn  ce..      M   J.  ,   Lied  ir    .h'.'  f'",  "  " "'  ^T' 
M   Tbomas,  London,  S'.  Marv'.  (J.Klcr.th    Port  H.i,.    w  'f    f       '  '"'""'"K  "rder  • 

.......  ,ep.i,-.b„„..  ,„,  dot.,  „d„.  „,„i„„,„,  „7„„ ,  ^,^  ;^~  -  °  r :,  'i'°°' 

1  s  •«  lopyoi   It   to  c  .lis  p«:ket.      Fhe  ed.tors  ask   indiiltence  f,,r  th. 

"le     >_.  vv.  A.  Ouidf    also  issued  a'lo  c.  ni.ip  of  (Ontario   in  '^         hirh  "  r„„.  ..     ^ 

...h.  .embers  of^  ,He  Assoc..i„n  ••  amon^  who.  .he':...;-edr  w^d'^i   :::;:r^: 

V"  vuKcr,  Clare  &  Cable,  of  T,.ron.o(3.  by  „!,...  .o.n.  ,o  ,  in.),  .1,0  n  ap  gives  .1^  '  '  Id^ 
r,;n<u,ed  rou.cs  ,n  red,  and  .he  c,„.  .„y  h-„es  in  bl  ck,  but  make,  no  a,..n,..  L  show  ,he  mou  . 
...nsnvers   and  railroads,  or  .he  quality  of   .h.  routes  laid  down.     Nevertheless   i.  i    Tmo  ." 
usefu   supplement  ,o. he  s..ide's  statistic;  and  a  similar  ch.vrt  for  the  Province  of  Oucbecwi^ 
.lo....less  be  ...^  a  with  the  'S6  edition  of  .he  bo<,k,  which  is  promi     d  for  ..  e^i  g  o    T 

t"r"""K  ^,''='>"',-'^-"f  "'^fi-tedi.ion  have  all  been  disposed  of ;   and  i.  is  pos  |ble 

....  .he  new  book  may  have  t.iaps  directly  attached  to  it,  bu,  cut  in.o  smaller  section     rcon 

.  l.:.i.  of  ^^anl.oba  •  th^  f  ,      r  '     n  '  ^"''"'  '"''  ^'^  nr>u,.wick,  with 

i^'....ick  a.,c    p  As     f  ,  T  ""Z     T"'      ■  f   '1-  "■'■'^'^■•"'  '^-  ^^■'■"  ""'- 

M.n,  f  ,    J\  '•  y  ■'''^°  '^^"^  J'^'-Ph    Couchette's  map  of  the 

n  m:„u.n  (mounted,  g.-o),  ..„co  includes  New  England,  New  York  and  ■  pans  of  U    S 

w.d,  separate  ..ans  of  environs  of  Montreal,  Niagara  and  i..l.  Superior,  ai,     .  ,'  Z"!  N    / 
I  ossessio.s.     A  railroad  map  of  Ontario  and  New  York  (.S;  ■    ,,  bv  .6  in     «  m     o  i. 

.s  published  by  G.  H.  Adams  &  Son,  5,  Heekman  st  ,  N   Y  '  '       "■  '°  ""- ""^ 

I  :.  routes  of  th3  giude,  as  already  noted,  are  given  in  a  general  w.  to  e.  orde  ■   similar  to 

»uh  page-references  to  the  connect  ng  points  on  mv  route      Port  <;,.,„1  •  .      •      '     '^''' 

scenery,  on  Lake  Erie  (Eraser  House.  LZ.r  resorrL T blu^    is::'    'or:.'!'  ^^T^ 

V :."' ':  ^^"'^t  '^  \"  !;i''^  ^""'^  ^^^•^'  ™-^''-  ^"^^"y  --^v.  passing  t. ,  :,g?  1^1  n  ^; 

1  ;bo,  .  .,  e.  ..  m.  from  St.  T.  to  Aylmer  (through  Yarmouth  Center.  New  San.   ,  and  Orwem 

!h.  lake  .shoe  at  Port  nurwell.  .7  m.,  through  Mt.  Salem  and  Grovesend.    (Route  from  A 

4..  3.^)  o  Chatham  leads  through  Richmond  and  Locke  sts.  to  Westminster,  4  m  •  I  ambe.h  ^ 
:::  ''^l'"^:?;  ' .'"-.l'*"  "^^-^  •^■"«)  =  ^ongwooa  road  .0  Melbourne,  o  m.  (biThili;".  .Sh! 
,.  I.  ■./.-■  '  •^;:; "-;""-  =  "'•  '  ^'""nesvi.ie,  .6  m.  (sandy  and  almost  unridable).  where  take  w 
«-"-of  nver;  Chatham,  „  m.  (day,  good  in  drywea.her;  u..ndah'      fterarain).     Thefimr6 


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TEN  THOUSANO  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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m.  from  L.  is  go<Kl  gravel ;  and  a  f.vrly  ridable  road  exL-nris  from  C   s   t  m   to  Ch^rin    <■ 
and  so  .o  H,.cU.u.n.i..  c.  of  U,.a.ow.,  wl.re  n.y  first  da/s  ride  ended  ^3.5      I^w 'r 
from  X    to  .san.,a  <at  tn.  fo.-  of  Lak.  Huron,  and  opposue  l>or.  Huron' Mici.)  i    a  Ja,   i    ; 
gravel  road  of    S  n..,  v.,^  evel,  except  a  few  h.ls  near  VVarwiclc.  wh.ch  i.s  4  n>.  n.  w   of  ^ 
ford,  w h,ch  .s  36  n,.  w.  of  L.     A  fair  but  rather  hilly  route  extends  from  W.  i  m   e  and  then "  »' 
m.  s   along  the  Navoo  road  to  Alvinston,  whence  a  ndable  road  extend,  to  Tha-nesville  7,  J 
o.,  the  Chatham  .»a.e.     Lrom  Watford  ,0  Korrest.  ■■  take  ,Sth   side  road  n,  .0  „,  .  fa,r  «  av     : 
then  w.  on  Oil,  concession  ;  then  5  side  lines  (c;ay  and  .ravel,  ,->od  only  .hen  dry) ;  then  n   .  „,' 
U.  V     and  sp!ond,d  wheehng  beyond  U  .0  Stony  Point  and  Kettle  Point  on  Lake  Huron."     'yZ 
/I         ''  A.lsa  Lra,s  (wh.ch  .s  5  m.  s.  w.  .f  Clandeboye,  p.  3,,),  "  ta!  e  the  .S.h  side  road  w 

and  H  "  r  "'"'"'"'V^^t''  ?■  -5  .'■"•  '«  "'^  '""-S-^'^  '  '"-  "■  '3  "'•  to  A.  C.  Nearly  all  gravel 
and  hne  wheehng  on  wh.ch  .he  ran.  has  little  or  no  bad  effect.  The  ro.ad  f ro  n  L.  to  S.rafh  ,  v 
.6  m.  wh.ch  has  been  done  without  dismount  (p.  3.9).  leads  over  Dlackfriars  l.ridge  ,0  Poph 
H.  ,  .8  ,n.,  and  at  .S^.s  about  3i  m.  s.  of  the  VVat^ord  ro,.d.  C;„od  gravel  extends  from  S  „ 
De  aw.are.  ..  m.  ;  and  n.  w.  front  .S.  to  Forrest,  .3  m.,  through  Ryckman's  Corners,  Adelaide 
and  Arkona;  but  ran,  s,>on  spo.ls  this  n.  w.  route.  From  I.  n.  e.  through  Thorndale  .0  S, 
Mary  s,  .4  m  the  sur.ace  .s  n.ostly  gravel,  of  varying  goodness  ;  t!,ence  n.  ,S  m,  to  Miiehell  i,, 
3.4)  ....  good  gravel,  pass.ng  through  Mclnryre's  Corners,  ,  m.,  and  Fuller..  .,.    b  -vor  1 

Prom  .Mcln.yre  s  ,0  Exeter  (p.  3,3)  .3  m.,good  gravel  prev.ls,  except  2  m.,  an.  0  are'a  L 

h.gh  h„  s  w.  of  k.rkton,  8  m..  the  next  village  being  Winchelsea,  i  m.     St.  M  ..,  .  e    .    m  , 
Straiford  rp.  3,7,  „  a  h.rd  gravel  road,  hilly  and  rou.h  for  th.  i",.   t  3  m.,  the  rest  genily  .^L 
and  very  good.-Conroy  p.  „,  b.ing  half  way.     St.  Mary's  s,34  .n.to  I„c;ersoll  {„.  3^^ :  '  ^1 
hard  gravel  roa.l,  h.Ily  and  poor,  .  ,n.  c.  to  M.-dina,  where  t.  s.  to  Nissouri  gr   vel  ro.ad   or  '■o.i' 
co,,cess,on,  to  kuUo.e,  ,0  ,n.,  .no.ler.n.ely  good  ;  then  Thamesford,  6  ,n.,  medium  ,  then  In'...', 
solh,  6  m.,  ro.gh  gravel,  mos.lya..wn  hll,."     From  CUn.onCp.  3,,,)  ,0  Payfield,  9  n,.  s.  w     ■•  rt„. 
for  zj  m.  ;  senes  of  h.lls  f.r  .  m,  ;  splendid  1  n-.l  stretch  for  .  m.  ;  remainder  b,-o'-en, '.  nd  v, 
crooked  .hat  way  mu.st  be  .oquircd.     (iood  riding  at  IJayf.eld  on  lake  shore,  and  thence  a  roa.l 
due  e.  to  beatorth,  .7m.,  wl.ich  can  be  .idden  without  dismount."     The  n.  road  of  .0  ,n   fro,., 
..hnto.,  .s  through  Londsboro,  i  „,.,  hard  gravel :   BIy,l,e,  5  m.  ;   Bel;,^ave,  4  .n.  ;  to  Windham 
5  m.     A  .un,  ,0  1.  aro.nd  a  l.,:,_   :,ut  ridable  hill  ,.  m.tde  .  m.  n.  of  L.,  and  then  a  slight  t    r  ■' 
il.  must  also  be  clnnbed  at  Bly:  :,e  and  lieigrave.  and  the  reads  thee  arc  not  -ry  c^ooj      I'uck 
..ow  (p.  3.5)  is  ■.  .n.  w.  of  W.,  on  cou,-,y  side  -,e  road,  part  sand,  p..rt  gr.avel,  a^nd  v;v  hilly" 
_       Smtcoc,  the  honi:  of  the  ch.ef  compiler  .f  ,-.e  guide,  is  just  half-way  alo.,g  the  84  m',  ro,.  . 
.rom  Aylmer  (p.  33.)  .0  Ham.l.on  (p.  334),  and  o  m.  from  Lake  Eri.  nt  Port  Dover.     I,  h.sa 
good  hote  ,  the  Ba.tersby,  and  the  ride  .0  the  lake  may  be  easily  taken  i..  ,  h.,  along  a  pleasan, 
road  wh.ch  the  ra.n  i.nproves.     The  route  to  Ayln.er  is  alo.,g  the   Talbot  road  w   la  the  ^  r 
cross.ng,  a  level  run  of  .  m.  on  hard  gravel;  then  fair  side-pa.hs  to  A^herton,  7  m.,'  and  Delhi 
4  .n.,  except  th.it  the  Us,  .  m.,  end„g  with  a  i.ill,  is  mostiv  unridable.     Beyond  D.  the  road  is' 
magn.hc-.n.  :  8  .n^.n  (:our.l..,.d,  tne,,  a  7  .n.  level  ,0  Doyle's  Hot-,  then  3i  m.  clay  to  Stafford- 
v.ile,  3  m.  clay  ,0  R.cl,mo:ul,  7  ,n  good  gravel  ,0  Aylmo,       The  e.  trip  of  4.  m.  fro.n  S.  to  1  fam,  - 
ton  ,s,  on  .,e  who^e,  a  good  oue,  ptssing  thro.,gh  grand  scenery,  especially  near  H. ;  a.,d  K  .nav 
be  do.,e  .„  5  h.     Take  'lalbot  st.  e.  ,0  m.  to  Murphy's  Corners,  clav  and  sa..d  .   ,  m.  ..   t„   urn' 
hard  clay;  i  ,n.  e.  to  . Fa-vis ;  then  f.rst  cl.ss  run  on  old  stige  ro.ad  n.  e.  to  H.tgersv.ile,  6  m  ■ 
fa,r  c.ay  to  Caledon.a,  9  m.  ;  lo.n        nd  "My,  very  stony,  roling,  ,0  Mt.   Hope,  7  m.  ;  fair  clay  Ic 
Kyckman  s  (,orners,  3  .■„.  ■  ,hen  4  m.  o..  gently  roiling  clav  io.,m  to  Mountain  View  Hotel,  over- 
look.ng  Ham.lto  ,,-~io  which  descend  throngn  John  St.     The  road  from  Delhi  th.-ough  Hawtrev 
to  Wnrw.ch,  ,2  m.,  .s  called  hilly,  sandy  anl  mostly  unridable.     (>,od  side-path  riding  may  be 
had  tio.n  S.mcoe  to  Vittoria,  8  m.,  a  summer  resort  3  m.  from  Lake  Erie,  and  to  Po-t  Uyerse 
Ihe  .,.  .ind  e   road  of  8  m.  from  S.  to  Wa.erford  m.ay  be  done  in  40  min.  ;  and  the  Cocks'.ut, 
gravel  road  the.ic.  n.  e   ,hro..gh  Bosto.t  and  Bealton  to  Brantford.  .7  m,  (p.  3,4!   i    c.:'.-d  very 
fair.     The  n.  route  of  28  m.  from  .S.  to  Paris  (p.  3,7)  offers  fine  gravel  or  else  ridable  si.i  -p.itl.s 
thus:  •■  Rou.,d   Plains,   7  m. ;  Scotland,  7  m.;    Pishop's  Gate,  ,  m. ;     Pelton's  Comers,  4  m 
DV  going   w.  one  concossion  at  Scotland    hiJU  n^ ";US.-.~/w  ;■!..; 


■    U  vv/iU'.U. 


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XXIV. 


THOUSAND  ISLANDS    TO    NATURAL    13RIDGK.' 

i:iNf;sTON,atthefootof  Lake  Ontario,  is  distant  inahcc  line  only  175111. 
trom  Hamilton,  af  the  head  of  it;  and  "the  Lake  of  the  Thousand  Islands," 
which  begins  there,  forms  in  fact  the  uppermost  section  of  the  River  St.  I,aw- 
leiice,  and  nay  be  considered  as  terminating  at  ISrockville,  50  m.  n.  e.  of  K. 
riiis  picturesque  and  romantic  arcliipelago  comprises  more  than  i,.Soo  islands 
iiul  islets,  of  which  the  largest  by  far  is  Wolf  Island  (15  m.  Ion;;),  directly 
opposite  Kingston.  On  the  New  V  jrk  shore,  i  m.  s.  e.  of  the  island,  is  Tape 
Vincent,  the  terminus  of  a  r.  r.  from  Watertown,  20  m.  s.  e.;  and  the  wheel- 
ing between  liiose  places  is  said  'o  be  good.  Alexandria  Bay,  a  famous  sum- 
mer ort,  is  25  m.  n.  c.  of  Cape  Vincent,  on  the  same  shore;  and  I  believe 
the  snore  route  thither  has  been  found  fairly  ridable  by  the  bicycle,  as  well  as 
the  direct  road  of  30  m.  from  Watertown.  I  presume,  in  fact,  that  little 
troiMjJe  would  be  had  in  pushing  along  the  New  York  shore  for  another  20  m., 
to  Morristown,  whence  a  steam  ferry-boat  crosses  the  river  eve-v  i  h.  to 
Mrockvi'le.  G.-manoque  is  about  15  m.  w.  of  Alexandria  Hay;  an'd,"during 
the  summer  season,  the  numerous  steamers  which  ply  among  the  islands  give 
ready  connection  jetween  all  the  ports  1  have  named.  They  may  be  reached 
also  by  the  throu[,h  boatj  from  Montreal  and  Quebec,  on  the  n.  e.,  and  Os- 
wego, Rochester  (Charlotte),  Niagara  and  Toronto  on  the  >    w. 

Thi  previous  chapter  has  made  plain  why  Kingston  is  the  natural  termi- 
iKil-point  in  the  wheeling  of  any  tourist  who  starts  from  Western  Ontario  to 
visit  tiieThousn-  :  Islands;  and  it  has  also  recorded  the  fact  (;  p.  ^25-326) 
that  I  myself  no  jnly  did  rot  slop  there  but  co.itinued  down  the  river  "for  a 
<lozen  miles  be;...v  Brockvdle,  where  the  Last  of  the  islands  were  left  behind,— 
finishing  thus  at  Fresco  t,  on  t'le  night  of  October  2.,  1S83,  ^  fortnight's  straight- 
away run  of  63s  m.,  which  began  at  Windsor,  opposite  Detroit,  -i  the  morning 
.  f  the  8th.  The  bitterly  cobi  air  which  prevailed  at  daybreak  on  the  22d,  when 
i  took  the  first  b-at  a  -.oss  'o  Ogdensburg,  perhaps  kept  the  customs  inspector 
irom  the  dock.  At  a'l  events,  I  mounted  there  without  challenge  and  wheeled 
up  to  the  Seymour  House.  ^  m.,-though  that  was  nearlv  six  months  before 
my  "  Bermuda  ca:.e  "  caused  the  United  States  to  relax  its  restrictions  a-ainst 
l.ioycle  toi'.ing,  whicli  vvere  even  more  vexatious  and  absurd  than  those  hv 
which  the  Dominion  r.uthor^ties  still  seek  to  prevent  Yankee  wheelmen  from 
^pcndmg  their  vacations,  and  vacation-money,  in  Canada.  A  good  breakfast 
seemed  specially  refreshing,  after  the  scanty  fare  of  the  previous  dav  ;  and, 

'  The  fir-t  part  of  this  i%  from  ntSprins.field  WktilmtfCs  G  izcttc.  Decetnbor.  ,885. 


334  TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BfCVCLE. 

.  bavins  answered  my  letters.  I  mounted  at  9,  and  rode  in    ij  h.  to  Ileuvelton 
7  m    over  a  smooth  and  level  surface,  with  a  sharp  descent  across  the      ? 
track  at  II.     At  the  top  of  a  hill  which  I  walked  up.  2  m.  beyond  after 'h 
poor  r.ding.  I  could  see  the  village  of  Rensselaer 'kus   oIZy'^ZaTso 
some  mountam-pcaks.  v.-hose  outlines  del.ghted  me    because   fny  Ca'ad 
horizons  had  offered  my  eyes  very  little  variety  of  that  sort      Wa^ki;,  '  , 
h,n  through  the  s.nd  and  crossing  a  bridge.  /  kept  the  :  to  ^  h    -^h  I" 
school-house  (4  m.).  where,  of  ihree  possible  roads,  the  1   was  said  to  1     ,1 
best   though  I  found  that  it  led  overa  succession  of  ^ho     iX     '      3,'    '^ 
unrulable  for  4  m.  to  De  Kalb  (no  hotel,,  where  I  took  a  heade     Jst  Jk  £ 
stone  on  an  .p-grade,  after  having  gone  .50  m.  vithout  a  fall.     The  roa  n,,, 
proves  and  ,s  good  through  Richvillo,  7  m.,  beyond  wh.ch   I  whe  1]   up    ^ 

1.  along  a  gravel  road. somewhat  hilly  but  generallv    ■    ,nth  =,nrl  „      1  f 
endi.j^,w.tha  long  but   ridablegraJewhi^h:;:dL.orrr^^ 
A.     My  first  stop  -.v.s  forced   i    m.  beyond  it;  then  rough  clav  preva  led  to 
the  rjverbr,dge.  which  I  crossed,  only  to  find  the  roughness   incre  s     to 
unndable  po.nt,  as  I  plodded  along  a  plain  to  a  Cross-roads  sc loo,-  ouse 
where  I  turned  r.  over  the  stream  again  (I  learned  later  that  I  should  W 

from  A      Sand  prevaded  then  for  i  m.,  or  until  I  turned  r.  on  the  road  which 
I  should  have  followed  from  the  school-house  ;  and  after  going  sYm  on    11 
road  I  reached  the  stone  "3  m.  to  Evans  MUls."      The  last  2  m.  to  t Lt  p 
was  mostly  ndable.  and  I  reached  .he  corners.  5  m.  beyond,  in  a  -i    ,e  m 

mdar  time  T'"'  '^  T  ''°°'"'  "°"^^  '"  Watertown.'s^  m..  I  we ,7 
simdar   ime  domgthe  last  2  m.  without  stop,  over  rather  rough   macadam 
nd,ng  ,n  m,st  and  dusk  at  5.5  v.  m.     On  this  d.y  and  the  preceding  ol' 
had  nothnig  substantial  to  cat  between  breakfast  and  sup-er 

UticrrT T   VI'   ^T"   °'  ''''  ''"^''  "■'"  ^'"^  ac;ompanied  me  from 

poi  ;  nro  Th"^  ^^'^ '^""""^  "^^°"  ^"'^  ''•  ^°9»--hen  rain  at  tha> 
pon.t  pre  ented  h,s  pdotmg  me  thence  through  W.  to  AL.-xandria  Bav;  and 
as  he  had  also  been  n.,  companion  between  Boston  and  Portsmouth  in  '8. 
p.  01),  he  felt  under  bonds  to  see  me  safely  started  out  of  town.  We  left 
the  hotel  at  7  A.  m.,  and  pot  to  the  end  of  the  good  riding,  4  m.,  in   .c  m",, 

tIkTs        ',  TT  ''^^''""^^   ■'  ^^•'  ^'^""'  '  -••  "P  -^ '-S  grade    L::: 

6  m  to  Ad""  r  ^    ''T'  '^^""'  '''^-    '^^  '''''  '  ''•  '"  ^^'^g  '^e  next 

6m.^to^Adams  Center;  but   i   h.    represented    a    halt  for   bathing   mv  foo,, 


where  I  ran  a  nail  into  it  h 


rroia  uii  appie  fee  upon  a  hoard 


THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NA  TURAL  BRIDGE.     335 

which  siipi)orted  the  unlucky  nail  in  sticking  stiffly  upward  (p.  306).     We 
Rave  only  \  h.  to  the  4  m.  from  A-Jams  Center  to  Adams,  and  continued  at 
speed  along  .1  smooth  stretch  beyond  it.     From  Fierrepont  Manor,  5  m.  from 
A.,  we  went  without  stop  4  m.  in  i  h.,  through  Mannsville,  to  a  water-trough 
at  a  fork,  where  we  turned  r.  (the  I.  route,  thrcugh   Laconia,  was  said   to  be 
!e«s  sandy},  and  were  \  h.  in  getting  over  the  2  m.  to  the  Sandy  Creek  Hotel, 
where  we  stop;)ed  i  h.  for  dinner.     Ridable  stretches  of  chv,  broken  by  sandi 
took  U3  to   Pulaski,  5J  m.  in  1  h.;  and  at  the  foot  o*^  a  long  grade,  3  m.  be- 
yond, my  companion  said  good  bye  and  turned  hjmeward,— the  time  being  4 
o'clock.     Colosse,  of  curious  name,  7  m.,  was  reached  2  h.  later,  after  consid- 
erable walking  in  the  dark,  and  I  perforce  sought  shelter  for  the  night  in  its 
terribly  squalid  little  tavern.     Shouts  and  shrieks  of  mirth  from  its  bar-room, 
soon  after  I  went  up  stairs,  showed  that  (for  the  first  night  of  my  tour)  I  had 
forgotten  .^  lock  together  the  wheels  of  the  bicycle ;  and  an  awful  hush  fell 
upon  the  assembly  when  I  returned  for  that  purpose,  and  displaced  a  small 
boy  who  had  kindly  consented  to  entertain  them  by  a  few  experiments  in  the 
saddle.    The  weather  of  the  day  had  been  ideally  pleasant,  with  favorable 
wind,  and  the  42  m.  covered  represented  but  8^  h.  of  actual  motion.     The 
next  day  was  also  mild  and  balmy,  barring  the  first  2  m.  after  daybreak,  when 
a  keen  frost  filled  the  air.     For  t,\  m.,  to  Hastings,  the  road  was  difficult,  and 
then  followed  6  m.  of  sandy  stretches,  mostly  unridable,  to  the  hotel  in  Cen- 
tral Square,  -.vhere  I  halted  i  h.  for  breakfast,  ending  at  1040.     It  was  while 
plodding  hungrily  along  one  of  the  most  hopeless,  not  to  say  utterly  irre- 
claimable, of  these  sandy  levels,  that    I  was  confronted  by   a  'woman   who 
came  out  from  a  little  farm  house  in  the  woods  to  enquire  of  me  where  she 
could  purchase  a  tricycle  I     I  gave  her  a  manufacturer's  address  from  whirh 
she  m>ght   procure  a  price  catalogue;   and  I  gave  her   this  answer  when 
questioned  as  to  the  probaole  time  required  for  learning   to  drive  a  tricycle, 
with  speed  and  comfort,  over  country  roads  of  that  sort :     "  Not  less  than  100 
years  !  "     The  road  grew  better,  however,  from  Central  Square  to  TJrewerton 
perhaps  5  1.!.,  where  I  crossed  the  Oneida  river,  near  the  lake  (20  m.  long)  of 
same  name  for  which  jt  is  the  outlet.     The  board  "12  m.  to  Syracuse  "  was 
reached  at  11. 45,  and  the  next  one  in  20  min.     Goodish   riding  soon  brought 
metoC,cero,with  its  unclassical  cheese-factorv,  and  its  plank  road,  along 
which   I  joggeu   without  stop,  through  Centerville,  till   I  reached  the  water- 
trough  a  little  beyond  the  board  "  3  m.  to  S.,"  at  1.30.     It  was  \  h.  later  when 
I  stabled  my  steed  in  Olmstcad's  harness  store,  3J  m.  on,  with  a  record  of  27 
ni.  for  the  half-day,  and  804  m.  for  19  successive  days. 

Chapter  XXII.  can  be  consulted  (pp.  298-300,  302-303)  for  a  general 
statement  ot  the  geographic  and  atmospheric  conditions  which  characterized 
my  19  days'  ride  fiom  Syracuse  to  Staunton,  618  m.  I  bc^an  it  November 
3.  at  2  p.  M.  (after  halting  at  the  house  of  a  friend  nine  days,  during  which 
there  was  much  bad  weather  endina  in  a  snow  str^rm  •.vhi.-h  !=ft  >!-.=  ...  ..1.,  .:_ 
plorably  muddy),  by  taking  the  1.  sidewalk  of  Genesee  st.  at  the  park  and 


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336  TEN  THOUSAND  M/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

traversing  the  flagstones  for  i  m  tn  thr  r 

the  hill  and  beyond  till  it  ended    A  ,J      iVtnT"^'      "^  '''  "'^""^  ^^^"^  "I> 
n..  of  n.uddy  hL  to  Orville  tav'ern   which  st^H  T  "'    '   '^  ^"^  ^^^^P  ' 
gates  zi  .n.  apart,  but  I  c..^^  ;t:t  ,;:;:"' '"''T  '"'^■^^"  '"" 

sidewalk  then  f-  r  %  m.  to  Favette    whe'e      t     "       ^"'r'  ""'  '"""^'  ^  «»-' 
M-.  3  m.,  in  ,  iLre.  at  fo^k    „'  tl    IHl    I  a  ga  :t?:  T  ''   ""'  "^■^"^" 

3  m..  in  35  n.i„.  Dusk  had  now  settled  dl.'wn  (5  "^ \  mT, 7"^ '°  '"'^"' 
agani.  though  the  macadam  extended  ,,  lutle  unher  to  t'h  1  '  T""'"'  "''' 
It  was  now  pitch  dark,  and  the    roadway  a  mere  sWh  T'"'  "'  "''" 

•  m.  of  this,  a  wayfarer  told  me  to  "  1. 1  t  tTe  nj'  f  t  ,"^  .  ''''""  ^'^«"' 
but  I  failed  to  see  it.  and  so  stru^..l.r         .  ^°''''  ''>'  ^  ^''"^  '^""se  "  ; 

".e  to  t.  1.  up  a  long  and  rou^  S  to  "  '  """"='^'  "'^"^  -"^  ^'^'-^  -"" 
found  this  at  last.  T^ear  a  r  r  cro  si,  !  Tm  "'  "/^  "'""'  '  '^''  ■"'■--^-  ' 
■iding  would  be  possible  .  dr  ;::;;;'  ,'17 V'°"^'^  ^''^^  ^^'^^^^^^'^ 
the  valley  on  r.  At  last  I  crossed  th"  '  V  '  '  '  '""  ''''''  '''"'' 
along  the  lake.-flounderin.  thrT.h  .  -n  ^"';'.  "'''  '  ''^''■""'  '-^"^l  '■  '• 
trees,  and  so  reached  the  he  ter  of  ,.  T  '  T/''  ■^'"'^'  '''''''^^'^  ^^'^ 
o'clock,  just  as  the  rain  drop  ;V  o  paUe"  Iw  r'^;:^  '''''''''""'  "  "^° 
damp  but  not  rainv   inrl   J,)  ,  ^""^  "'^■^'f  morning  was 

coeA,,„  „  „::'■;;::";:,";":  wr^Xcr-fr-TS' ; '"'"'-'  •"  '"■■ 

inc  at  6  -o  ,  Vlorl-      T)  •  ,   ooastock.  ^J  m.     I  did  so  in  2i  h.,  end- 

and  waC,  the  lasl  :^m"'t  T  H^'r  ^'°"'^"  '^"^'^  ^°"^"^>-  °^  -'  '"  • 
tempted  me  to  l^Hnl.:;  ^  i  .\ota;d:-r:,:^'  /Th^^^"  ^°^"'''^'^^ 
part  of  the  day  in  the  experimen  X?  !,       had  spent  theearlv 

axle;  and  as  th^se  had  no:  b     rg^^^'um^^  ^°  ^  ^^  ^ 

The  rawhide  washeHnserted  in  sLring  rea^.u^kirw:  ^ed  lo^ ^  r, 
threw^away,  two  days  later,  as  an  impracticable  device.'  ' 

'  Tlie  President  of  tl,..  Cazcnovia  K    C,  Severe  Dorion,  a  dru-^gist    invited  m.  tn  h' 
«  a  proper  plac.  for  pu.tin,  .y  bicvc!.  i,,  order,   and  assured  me fh  t',      "     wTatier   h    '^^ 

had  also  made  the  r„n  from  West  Wo.d.tock  to  C,  with  the  help  of  th-  wind  n  3  h  Ih  t 
he  grades  r.re  easier  in  the  other  direction,  as  f  took  .hem,-the  'w.  ron„  ' 'b  i^  "^  f;it 
nch  case  to  the  route  which  is  a  little  mor.  direct.     He  .ave  me  the  folio.,,,,  ou;;;'   o   a  dav' 

breakfast    rAX       ''  •"•,^'  took  a  6  m.  circuit  in   Cnzenovia,   and  then  rode  ,a  m  for 

Thencr^:t;r^Lri;::^^,t::i--^r?;^;^--^ 

variation  in  m- own  route  between   the  Tho  ,s'nd   T       J'  \   J'"^  "'l'' '^V-pests  a  des.raWe 

Kins,  of  Cincinnatus,  told  .,e  he  rode  thence   thrlrh  T  L"     '"  '""  "''■"  "   ^^   "'^• 

South  Otselic  and  back      T,t  ,  ^'  '^        "''"'■•  ""  '^'^  ""^"^  '""'^-^  "f  "i<^  "'•''■  '^ 

river  and  canal,  through  Oreene.  ,o^l^.!lr^Z^ '  '""""  ''   ^  =•'""«  "^*  ""'  "^  "'^ 


THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGE.     337 

West  Woodstock  was  still  in  sight,  next  morning,  after  I  had  got  to  the 
to,   of  a  long  h.ll  3  m.  beyond  it;  and  Shed's   Corners.  ,  m.  on.  was  reached 
n,  ■  h  from  the  start      For  6  m.  further,  the  road  continued  to  wind  among 
smooth  and  stenle   h.lls  to  Georgetown,  a  sizable  village  at  the  end  of  the 
Otsehc   Valley.     The   stretch   of    loam    below   G.    was   Lid   to   be    "sa  d! 
Papered      m  summer  ;  but  the  snow  storm  of  four  days  before  (whereof  white 
patches  st,ll  lingered  on   the  hi.l-tops)  had  turned  it  into  a  slough  o    Ual 
mud   through  wh.ch  I  toiled  for  about  .  m..  without  a  bit  of  riding,  to  a  cross 
roads  school  house    where  1.   or  r.   may  be  taken  to  North  OtscHc.     Taking 
c  r     I  reached  the   p.  o.   of  that  name   (.3  m.  and  4i  h.  from  the  start)  at 
:-'.p,  a,.  1  mimched  some  apples  for  \  h..  in   lack  of  anything  better  ^vithout 
.  -ossmg  t.e  br,dge  to  the  village  on  1.     At  the  next  fori  I  w'nt  u^hiH  to 
.l.en  t   1.  under  br.dge  of  abandoned  r.  r.,  r|  m.     An  equal  distance  bevond   s' 
^.tork  by  a  grave-yard,  whe..  either   road  may  be  taken,  but  I  chose  the 
because  leveier  and  had  bits  of  riding  for  3  m.  to  South  Otselic.  where  stands 
.  s,.a   le  new   hotel.     North   Pitcher.  3  m.,  was  reached  in  t  'h.  and  So ,  h 
t  her    4  m     also   m   .   h.,  about  half  the  latter  stret.h  being  ridable.     I 
prol  ably  walked  20  m.  of  the  .7  which  I  traversed  that  day  (9^  Ik),  though  al 
would  be  r.dable  .n  summer,  except  a  few  of  the  h.lls.     My  next  d  v's  rfde  o 
^^  m.  seemed   wonderfullv  swift  in  contrast,  for  though  I  gave  8  h   to  it   my 
numerous  rests  amounted  to  ne.rly  3  h. ;  and  the  surface  kept  improving  al 
advanced.     Mountn,g  at  S.30,  I  t.  1.  J  m.  out,  and  then  t.  r.  down    he  va!lev- 
Unannatus     ,  m.,  where  I  am   told  ^hat  the   leveier  road  on  r.  bank  of 

.avoid  ,  "'  "I  \  '"  "''^'"-  '"^  ^'^^  ^  '^^'^   b"'  -"'--  on  the 

d     h       .TT'-  '^'  '"f'  "'  "  '""S  '^'"'  3  ni.  below  (nearly  all  ridden) 

had  a  beautiful  v.ew  of  the  sunlit  valley ;  an<l  fine  views  were  before  me  a 

rode  down  hdl   for   ,    m..  and  then   J  m.  to  the  hotel  at  Willet        ndeed 

h  r    was  good  scenery  all  the  wav  to  Upper  Lisle  (6  m.  in  ^  h.),  whose    Utie' 

hote   supp bed  me  with  a  really  excellent   dinner  for  35  c.,iti;ugh   Us    1  ' 

vi    V  t  and   i       ,  "  "•/?';'''  ""   ''"'  "'  '  ^  "'•  ^"•'  '  l^-'  --'her  fine 

wcwfon.,  and   then  descended  for   i J  m.,  except  one  short  up-grade  which 
w  ..Id  usually  be  r.dable.     The  bridge  leading  to  Whitnev's  Point  was   cm 
'"■low  Upper  Lisle  ;  but.  instead  of  crossing  it.  I  kept  on  f,     oerhZV      .    T" 
-t  bridge  over  a  branch  of  the  river,  be^o^d  wTilrt  e  r'oad  w^ind^aC: 

:      ^Hat  ";  :'";^:'  ""  ^'^  T^^^'  ^"^--^^--^  °^  surface,  ptttrfw 
and  fall.     From    h.s  po.nt  to  the  little  "  temperance  hotel  "  ieyond  the 

in    1    h^lTT    h"        ^'*-  '"i"  "'"'^  '  '''''''  ''  5  P.  M..  I  was  sprinklec 
'I  on  slightly ;  and  a  heavy  ra.n  then  continued  far  into  the  ni^ht      The  next 

r;:' rdtr;'r ^'^  t' '''''-'  '^^'  -'''  ^-■•^-  ^^^ ^""-  •^'^  «- 

vi   v-a    0    n^ad      h       ,"'      "'  '°  ''"  '°''  °'  ^  ^'s*^  I^'"  having  a  fine 
^.  .0  o'clock,  having  crossed  tl^b;idg: below  th^H  ^::;ti  -ui;^ 


338  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BFCYCLE. 


the  first  sand  seen  in  about    loo  m. ;    but  the  side-paths   proved   gcneraliv 
ridable  to  Port  Dickson,  and  I  rode  continuously  for  3  in.,  from  the  point  where 
its  h.  r.  r.  begins  to  the  post-office  in  Binghamtoii   (11  m.   in  2^  h.  from  Che- 
nango Forks).     What  with  letter-writing,  chatting  with  local  riders,  buying  a 
new  pair  of  shoes  (see  pp.  308,  218),  and  getting  dinner,  2\  h.  slijiped  awav 
before  I  resumed  the  saddle.     I   rode   i   m.   to  the  bridge  and  i  m.  beyond  • 
then  walked  nearly  i  m.,  including  a  long   hill   (for  the  road  was  nearly  as 
rutty  as  I  had  found  it  in  the  dry  season  of  '80 ;  see   p.   206) ;  t.  r.  with  the 
river  in  i  m.  at  the  fork  where  stands  the  4  m.   plank;  and,  finally,  at  the 
bridge  where  stands  the  5  m.  plank  and  where  darkness  overtook  me  in  '80 
my   real   riding  of  the   d.iy    began.     An  excellent  gravel    surface  stretches 
thence  for  9'  m.  to  the  post-ofiice  in   Great  Bend,  the  first  town  across  the 
Pennsylvania  line;  and  I  seemed  to  myself  to  be  going  very  fast  when  I  got 
over  it  in  i^  h.     My  only  stop  was  made  for  a  horse,  which  I  met  under  the 
r.  r.  about  3V  m.  after  mounting,— though  the   hill  which  I  soon  afterwards 
climbed,  beyond  the  r.  r.  tracks,  and  the  hill  which  confronted  me  previously 
were  both  quite  difficult.     Beyond  the  post-office  in  G.  B.,  I  mistakenly  kept 
to  the  1.   (whereas  the  r.  was  recommended  by  riders  of-  both  Binghamton 
and  Susquehanna),,  and  soon  found  stones  sprinkled  on  a  soft  surface.     At 
the  fork,  1}  m.  on,  I   walked  up-hill  to  r.  and  had  a  fine  view  backward  of 
G.  B.     The  descent  on  wheel  was  rath;r  ticklish  in  the  gathering  dusk;  and 
though  the  next  7  m.  would  have  offeied  fair  wheeling  in   the  day  time',  and 
tixough   I   was  tempted  occasionally   to   mount   in    the   frosty   moonlight,  I 
tramped  most  of  the  distance  (2  h.)  and,  at  7  o'clock  crossed   the  bridge  over 
the  Susquehanna  into  the  town  of  that  name,  and  sought   its  chief  hotel,  the 
Starucca,  which  is  connected  with  the  r.  r.  station.     I   recommend  it  as  a 
place  where  wheelmen  will  probably  get  good  treatment  hereafter,  because 
of  the  emphasis  with  which  I  resented  the  incivility  there  offered  to  myselt. 
The  hotel  clerk  having  shown  me  to  a  room,  I  made  my  usual  remark  thai 
I  would  "be  ready  for  supper  in  about  half  an  hour";  but,  instcaJ.  of  giving 
the  usual  assurance  that  a  good  supper  should  then  be  ready  for  -.ne,  he  pulled 
out  his  watch  and  said  with  an  insolent  swagger :  "  Tables  are  cleared  at  7.30. 
If  you  want  any  supper,  you  must  come  down  now."     This  was  not  exactly  an 
alluring  sort  of  "  hospitality"  for  a  traveler  to  have  thrust  upon  him,  as  a 
sequel  to  a  tiresome  day's  journey  of  35  m.,— which  had  left  him  wet  with 
perspiration,  in  spite  of  the  frosty  night  air,— and  so  I  picked  up  my  roll  of 
luggage  and   said   I  would   take  my  chance  of  shelter  at  some  other  hotel, 
where  it  might  be  allowable  to  properly  wash  and  dress  myself  as  a  prelim- 
inary to  eating.     As  I  re-entered  the  hotel  ofiice,  and  put  on  my  jacket,  which 
I  had  thrown  upon  the  heater  to  dry,  and  ordered  my  bicycle  to  be  brought 
out  of  the  cloak-room,  the  loungers  about  the  place  pricked  up  their  ears  to 
know  what  the  trouble  might  be ;  and  one  of  the  proprietors  appeared  on  the 
scene,  with  apologies  for  the  rudeness  which  had   been  offered.      Being  a 

.  ::--.;;;:a:;  ;;::;:o=;;,  ;:c  v.lbncu  It)    aiiiOulu  liic    lliaticr    OVCr  by  the  promise  of  a 


THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGE.    339 

Kood  supper ;  but,  as  I  quietly  insisted  that  I'd  had  enough  of  the  Starucca.  he 
kindly  piloted  me  to  the  "  second  best  "  hotel,  where  I  was  allowed  to  take  my 
time  in  putting  on  dry  clothes,  and  afterwards  to  eat  in  peace,  without  refer- 
ence to  any  kitchen  girl's  rule  as  to  "clearing  the  tables  at  7.30."  The  lect- 
ure on  the  value  of  civility  which  that  hotel  clerk  received  from  his  employer, 
after  my  withdrawal,  was,  I  trust,  sanctified  to  him  for  his  everlasting  good ; 
and  the  hotel  itself,  I  am  sure,  can  hereafter  be  all  the  better  depended  upon 
to  make  wheelmen  comfortable  because  of  the  fact  that,  when  once  it  en- 
deavored to  rob  me  of  comfort,  I  flatly  turned  my  back  upon  it. 

I  felt  quite  elated,  next  morning,  at  my  ability  to  wheel  to  the  top  of  the 
hill  (nearly  i  m.)  which  offers  a  fine  view  of  the  town.     This  start  was  at  8.40 
o'clock,  and  I  was   14  h.   in  covering  the   39  m.  stretching  thence  over  the 
moimtains   to  the  Allen  House  in  Ilonesdale.     It   was   just   noon  when  I 
crossed  the  r.  r.  track  at  Thompson  station,  9  m.  from  S.,  riding  down  a  steep 
hill  whose  water-courses  made  it  dangerous;  but,  as  dinner  was   not  quite 
ready  at  the  Jefferson  House,  a  neat-looking  little  hostelry,  I  jogged  along  to 
Hinds  Corners  p.  o.  (5  m.  in  \\  h.),  where  I  found  no  other  provender  than 
apples.     The  surface  to  this  point  was  composed  of  light  yellow  soil,  and  was 
ridable  except  on  the  up-grade?,  which  were  pretty  continuous.     At  Belmont 
(6  m.  in  2  h.),  which  consists  of  two  private  houses  at  a  cross-roads,  I  turned 
1.  and  rode  down  hill  \  m.  to  the  tanneries.     Before  beginning  the  descent 
towards   B.,  a  fine  view  was  had  of  the  country  for  many  m.  on  every  side ; 
and  there  were  numerous  ridable  stretches  of  red  clay  and  black  loam,  though 
I  had  to  toil  through  one   mud-slough  for  \  m.   in  the    woods.      Had  the 
weather  been  dry,'  I  should  have  turned  r.  at  the  tanneries  and  followed  the 
creek  down  to   Prompton ;  but,  to  avoid  the  probable  mud  of  that  route,  I 
kept  straight  on  and  walked  up  a  smooth  \  m.  hill   of  red  clay  to  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, where  the  sign  "  oysters  15  c.  a  plate,"  in  front  of  the  local  book-store, 
tempted  me  to  stop  J  h.     A  flock  of  admiring  school-children  collected  around 
that  literary  emporium,  to  see  me  eat  and  then  resume  the  saddle.     I  soon  t. 
r.  down  hill ;  also  took  r.  at  the  first  fork,  and  again  r.  where  the  stone  reser- 
voir stands,  opposite  a  brick  house,  3  m.     This  was  fair  wheeling;  but  the 
next  \\  m.,  which  brought  me  to  the  creek  road  leading  from  the  tanneries, 
would  hardly  be  ridable  even  by  daylight.     The  creek  road  proved  level  and 
firm,  leading  through  a  narrow  valley;    and  after  walking  along  it  i  h.  (3J  m.) 
I  ventured  to  ride  \\  m.  to  Aldenville.     Several  short  stretches  of  deep  sand 
were  met  with  between  the-e  and  Prompton,  4J  m. ;  then,  after  one  rather 
sandy  hill,  I  found  good  going  for  nearly  2  m.  to  the  wretched  little  road- 
house  where,  after  much  urging,  I  secured  some  chocolate  and  eggs  for  sup- 
per.    I  was  nearly  i  h.  in  walking  the  2\  m.  thence  to  the  hotel  in  Honesdale, 
—and,  as  the  mist  threatened  to  change  into  rain,  I  assumed  my  jacket,  for 
the  first  time  since  morning.     I  kept  it  on,  the  next  morning,  however,  for 
when  I  mounted  at  9.50,  after  getting  information  about  roads  from  a  local 
wheelman  employed  in  a  coal-office  adjacent  to  the  tow-path,  the  mist  had 


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340  TEN  THOUSAND  M/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

thickened  to  a  drizzle.     Twenty  minutes  later,  when  I  had  gone  about  2  m 

and  was  almost  at  the  end  of  the  "  mile  level."  a  pair  of  mules  ran  away  whh 

my  b.cycle.  as  deta.led  on  pp.  44.45;    and  I   worked  in  the  lock-house 

noon  gctt.ng  ,t  „uo  ridable  shape  again.     After  i  m.  of  service,  the  crick 

handle-bar  broke  off.  forcing  me  .0  walk  to  the  next  lock,  and  delay  there  , 

.n  httn,g  a  wagon-spoke  to  the  head.     In  the  next  2  h..  ending  at  4  o'clock    1 

r  .de  5J  m.  to  llawley.  where  I  got  my  bar  welded  and  stopped  for  th    n  g'h 

■t  the   Keystone    House.     Sunshine  cheered  me   during    this   final   stretch 

though  the  ram  fell  heavily  for  the  3  h.  preceding.     The  canal-lock    wet 

qu.te  near  together  and  the  approaches  to  them  were  quite  steep,  though  a 

on  a  down-g.ade.     I    „und  longer  levels   the   next  day.  whose  foreno  n  w  ' 

damp  and  warm    and    whose  afternoon    was   damp   and    rainy.     The   cana 

c  osses  the  Delaware  tw.ce  at  Lackawaxen;  and  the  rain  beg  n  falling    u 

at  noon,  soon  after  I  had  crossed   the  lower  bridge.  .7  m.  and  4  h.  f  om 

Before  crossn.g  the  first  one.  I  night  have  1. 1.,  to  reach  a  big  hotel,  called  the 

VN  dhamson   wh.ch  ,s  a  sort  of  summer  resort ;  but  I  in  fact  got  a  lu  ch  o 

crackers  and  beer  about  ,  o'clock  at  a  bar-room  in  l^arrvville.  4  m.  on  "ere 

a  so  bought  a  str,p  of  oil-cloth  to  protect  my  jacket,  which  I  had  stra^  ed  o 

the  outsKle  of  my  rubber-covered  luggage-roll.    Fond  Eddy,  7  m..  was  reache 

after  .  h.  o    ra.ny  .^.eling.  and  darkness  came  upon  me  5  m.  b^o    ,.         ^ 

tramped  the  last  7  m..  which  brought  me  to   the  Delaware   House   i,P 
Jervis.  at  7.15  p.  m.i  '       '  ""^^ 

-Pages  304,  305  may  be  consulted  for  scenic  details  of  this  rainy  afternoon's  ride    d„rln„ 
wh,ch  r    completed    ■  the  first  American  bicycle  trail  of  .,oco  m.  sLightaway  "     Nearl 

he  40  m.  traversed  tl>at  day,  through  mist  and  rain  and  mud,  would  offer  pieasant  wh    ,i  1 
■n  pleasant  weather;  and  I  believe  the  tow-path  would  be  practicable  to  its  te^i  ul  on    W 
Hudson  nver  at  Rondout  (see  p.  .88).     Another  good  route  to  the  Hudson  was  thu  "iven  m 
.y  a  local  nder  who  had  wheeled  from  Port  Jervis  to  Newburg  :  "  Cuddeback  -il le  o  m  n 
.s  reached  by  the  excellent  Huguenot   road,  and  Otisville  is  from  4  .0  6  m    bevld  !_hal    ,L' 

.stance  -qu-rmg  to  be  walked,  on  account  of  a  steep  hill.     Other  such  hills  give  .'roub       e 
for-  reachmg  the  Hudson,  but  there  is  no  sand  to  renderthe  levels  unridable.     The  town   pl«d 

r-   r.    ,2  m.  to  Newburg."     A  nde  from  .Scranton  to   Honesdale,   30  m      was  takrn    ^J 

..  .  ..  5  P.  M..  by  V.  C.  Hand(who  reported  it  in  Bi.  ir^f^O^T'Jl  IT'h  h"' 
NV..ke.barte  riders ;  and  the  party  next  day  proceeded  to  Port  JerCis  o  m  ,'  f  A  M  o  '^ 
'  hnd,ng  the  usually  easy  tow-path  rather  heavy  and  dusty  from  recem'repai'r  a^d  wa  t  of  ra^,' 
Ihebestndmgwas  wthmafewinchesof  the  edge,  where  the  tug-ropes  had  made  th  ! 
.ace  smoo  h  ;  and,  n,  spue  of  close  watching  of  our  wh.  .Is,  three  of  us,  at  one  tim  or  „ 
other,  took  'coolers'  ,n  the  canal.  These  interesting  i,u,.ents  happened  betw  e  Hawl  ' 
wuchwereached  ,ih.from.he  start,  and  Lackawaxen,  which  we 'reached  at  on"  5; 
monotony  of  hem  that  wdd  region  has  so  few  interruptions  that  the  memory  of  "  the  bicvc 
m.n  who  tumbled  mto  the  canal,  two  years  ago,"  was  still  fresh  among  the  people  whom     L 

ne  sudden  ttghten.ng  up  of  a  tu.-rope,  which  he  had  ridden  across  as  incautiously  as  I  myself' 
Details  have  been  sent  to  me  as  follows,  by  A.  J.  Kolp  (b.  ,849),  ex<aptain  of  Scranton  BC 
about  the  rout^  leading  from  that  city  :  "  N.  e.  road  good  to  Orbonda^    .6  m  f    en  6  m  ove; 

:Z:::r7::Z'::  '^''^-'^^   -^  ">^  --  --.h  and  dangerous  (better  take  car: 

gravity  r.  r.,  1  .  to  W.l;  next  lo  m    fair  tr,  h^A   .,.   u j-i-      .r., 

' ■ -;:-.:r.      i::-c  n. -route,  iioiu   '6.  lu  Biiig- 


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THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGE.     34, 

■7   »'^\^''m°"^„^  '^'    '"""^   '''"'"'  °^    November  ,2,  down  the  Dcla- 
wa,e  to  Bushk.ll.  28  m.,  has  been  described  on  p.  299.     I  spent  .  h.,  next 
mornmg.  upon  the  first  4i  m..  which  brought  me  to  Jim  Price's  house,  where 
I  had  t.  1    ,n   ,880.  at  the  s.gn  "8   m.  to  Del.   Water  Gap"  (p.  207)-  and 
.  h.  upon  the  next  3i  m.  to  the  cross-roads  tavern  at  Craig's  Meadows.    Roughly 
frozen  mud  formed  the  roadway  for  all  this  distance;  and  my  best  ride  of 
the  forenoon   was  x\  m.  on  the  sidewalk  from  the  r.  r.  crossing  above  East 
Mroudsburg  to  the  hurnett   House  in  S.  (.j  m.  from  the  start),  where  I  se- 
cured a  notably  good  dinner.     I  t.  r.  at  fork  .  m.  (rom  hotel,  and  used  side- 
paths  for  I  m.  to  the  sign  '•  5  m.  to  Snydersville,"  though  I  found  it  in  4  m 
on  a  stretch  of  black  gravel,  after  considerable  experier.ce  with  sandy,  stonj 
and  iMl  y   roads.     I  ought  to  have  t.  1.  at  S.,  and  avoided  hills;  bui  I  kept 
..long  the  d.rect  road  2  m.  and  1. 1.  at  the  falls  of  Sciota  (where  also  I  mi.ht 
l.:we  taken  r.),  and  then  I  t.  r.  at  the   hotel  and  tannery.  J  m.  on.  and  walked 
up  long  h.lls  to  the  tavern  at  Mechanicsviile.  2\  m.     liy  this  time,  it  was  dark 
,m<i  1  tramped  2  m.  further  to  the  tavern  in  Brodheadsville  (venturing  into' 
the  saddle  for  short  spells  when  the  moon  shone),  at  6  o'clock,  and  halted  i  h 
tor  supper.      The  badness  of  this  showed  the  impossibility  of  my  faring  worse 
l.v  going  further,  and  so  I  tramped  2\  m.  beyond,  along  a  level  which  would 
have  been  ndahle  by  daylight,  to  another  little  cross-roads  inn  at   Pleasant 
valley,  where  my  bed  had  only  one  sheet  and  my  door  had  no  lock  at  all 
but  where  my  pocket-book  suffered  a  lightening  of  only  40  c.  for  lodging  and' 
hreakfast.     (A  nde  from   Stroudsburg  to  Phillipsburg,  9  m.,  and  Brodheads- 
v.llc,  3i  m.,  was    reported  in  the    Wheel,  Aug.  3,  '83;  and  it  probably  led 
along  the  other  side  of  the   broad  valley  which  I  traversed;  but  I  was  told 
that   my  own  route  was  shorter  and   better.)     Next  morning,    I  rode  from 
I'icasant  Valley  to   Kresgeville,  3J  m.  in  \  h.,  against  a  bitter  gale  of  wind 
aionjr  a  gravel  track  with  many  turnings,  but  all  ridable  and  some  stretches 
excellent.     Trochsville,  a  brick  tavern  where  five  roads  meet,  is  2  J  m.  on  and 
of  two  possible  routes  from  K.,  I  chose  the  r.,  turning  round  the  corner  and 
hnally  up  a  J  m.  hill,  which  would  be  ridable  with  the  wind.     Stemlersville 
another  bnck  tavern  at  a  turn  in  the  road,  was  5  m.  from  T.,  and  I  rode  the 
first  ,  m    pretty  continuously  up-grade.     Five  m.  beyond  S..  I  crossed  the 
r.  r.  tracks  at  Weissport,  after  i  m.  or  so  of  continuous  houses,  before  reach- 
ing which  I  descended  a  defile  overhung  with  evergreens ;  and  at  the  Exchange 
Hotel  m  Lehighton,  1  m.  beyond  the  W.  r.  r.  crossing,  I  got  a  comfortable 
50  c^dimier,  though  it  was  by  no  means  as  well  served  as  the  one  at  Strouds- 
ham,on,57ni    (pp  „<,,  3,0),  is  a  Rood  dny'.  work  for  a  determined  rider,  being  rather  hilly 
th  u,h  0    fa,r  sur  ace.     It  leads   .hrou.h  Clarke's  Summit,   WaverK,   Blakeley,  Glen.^od 

.He,  a^  thence  unr.dable  to  the  Water  Gap,  57  m.     The  s.  road  from  S.  is  fair,  through  Tav 
"rv,I!e  ,0  Putston  Junction,  9  m.,  thence  very  good  to  W.lkesbarre  (p.  ..o),   oreith     !ide 
the  r.ver,  the  e.  route  being  7  m„  and  the  w.   route.  „  r.      A.   f„,  ..„„„,  ....°  .        f  "  . 
-."..u.  ,,000  m.  each  m  '80   '8,  and  '82,  and  ..358  m.  in  '83.     My  wheel  is  a  5.  in.,' and'  I  doTo' 
ii-e  It  m  Romg  to  business."  "   t  ao  not 


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342  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  lilCVCLE. 

turg.     Mauch  Chunk  ma.      .  .cached  by  going  up  the  tow-path 3  m.  from  W 
and  the  canal  which  begins  there  follows  the   I.chigh  down  to  AUentown  an.l 
h^ston,   and  then  the  Delaware    to  Trenton.     A  canal  reaches  from  t"  to 
New  Urunswick  (p.  167)  and  also  from    Kaston  to  Jersey  City  (p.  173)      Mv 
afternoon's  ride  led  along  one  of  the  slopes  of  the  Mahonmg  Valley  (•,    .qm 
and  my  longest  stay  in  the  saddle  was  jj  m.,  beginning  at    Pleasant  Corners' 
a  cross-roads  tavern,  5  m.  from   my  dining  place.     I  t.  r..  away  from  the  val' 
ley,  2\  m.  beyond  this  point  of  dismounting;  and,  after   another  4  m     niv 
course  wound  among   the    .ountains  until  Tamaqua  was  reached  at  7  o'clock 
(p.  299)-     My  first  forced  dismount,  ne.xt  mo-ning,  was  at  a  hill  leading  up  v> 
the  forlorn  little  mining  village  of  Tuscarora.  4  ni. ;  thence  to  the  bridge  lead 
ing  1.  to  Middlcport,4jm  ;  New  I'liiladelphia,  2  m.;  then  without   stop  for 
4\  m.  to  hill  beyond  I'ort  Carbon ;  and  so  to  the  jmst  office  in    I'ottsville 
If  m.,  at  noon.     .Starting  ij  h.  later,  I  followed  the  main  street,  passnw  the' 
Henry  Clay  statue  on  hill  top  to  r.,  to  .Mt.  Carbon  station,  below  which  I 
crossed  bridge  and  t.  r.  down  th-  river  until  a  hill   forced  a  halt.     In.stcad  oi 
going   then  through  .Schuylkill   Ilavcn,  on  an  excellent  road  of  rotten  rock 
which  avoids  the  hilis  of  Orwigsburg,  I  k-ft  S.  11.  on  mv  r.,  and  climbed  a  Ion- 
rough  hill,  and  thqn,  in  3  m.,  was  forced  to  dismount  bv  the  hill  at  O   (which' 
boasts  a  new  and  good-looking  hotel  called  the  Arcadian).     Just  i  m  bcvomi 
here,  I  reached  the  top  of  the  second  long    lill  of  red  clay  which  had  to  be 
walked  ;  and,  at  the  foot  of  the  next  hill,  }  m.  further,  I  reached  the  place 
where  I  should  have  come  out  if  I  had  taken  the   proper  road  throu-^h  .S   II 
bome  2  m.  beyond  here  is  a  fork,  where  I  should  have  t.  1.  with  the  tele-'r  .ph 
poles  across  a  covered  bridge,  but  so  smooth  was  this  stretch  of  road  (made 
of  rotten  rock  or  black  gravel,  ground  to  whiteness  bv  the  traffic)  that  I  kept  on 
to  the  r.  without  noticing  it.     Returning  J  m.  to  the  bridge,  when  I  discovered 
my  mistake,  I  walked  up  a  long  grade  to  a  pine-covcrcd  hill-top  where  stood 
a  stone     23  m.  to  Reading  "  ;  and  then  rode  i  m.  down  a  hill  of  brilliantly  red 
clay.     Beyond  here  was  a  waterfall,  from  which  I  walked  ,\  m.  to  the  tenter 
Ho  el    m  Port   Clinton,  at  6,-though  I  should  have  ridden  except  for  the 
darkness.     This  road  winds  among  the  mountains,  with  river  on  1.,  ♦hrou'^h 
a  wild  and  rugged  region,  and  would  offer  very  pleasant  wheeling  bv  davli-^ht 
My  .nfternoon  ride  had  been  along  the  edge  of  a  valley,  with  a  rolling  surf^ace 
spread  far  out  to  the  n.  and  e. 

An  up-grade  road,  along  a  shelf  .,f  the  mountain-side,  overlooking  the 
nver  and  canal  on  r.,  was  ridden  by  me.  on  the  morning  of  the  i6th.  in  spite 
of  frozen  ruts  and  a  film  of  snow.  A  bitter  gale  of  wind  blew  me  alon,. 
and  combined  with  brilliant  sunshine  in  a  cloudless  skv  to  m  '.e  mv  pro-^reis 
■deally  exhilarating.  I  took  the  tow-path  at  9  o'clock.  2i  m.  and'i  ..  ^fter 
leaving  I  ort  Clinton,  and  kept  it  through  Hambur^^  to  Shoemaker'sville  4! 
ni.,  at  10.20,  though  I  ought  to  have  followed  it  to  the  other  side  of  S  The 
road  was  said  to  be  rough  from  H.  to  S.,  and  the  tow-path  was  also  roughened 


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THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGi:.    343 

in  summer.  I  met  few  boats,  and  I  walked  i  m.  where  the  wind  was  at  my 
side.  Had  I  beon  facing  it,  I  could  not  have  ridden  at  all  on  such  a  surface. 
At  Mooresville,  2jm.,  I  took  the  tow-path  again  for  2\  m.  to  the  first  bridge  at 
Lcestown  (lying  off  to  the  r.),  where  I  whizzed  down  a  smooth  slope  for  i  m. 
A  well-known  tavern  called  Solomon's  Temple  stands  2  m.  from  this  point, 
and  I  reached  it  at  noon,  by  leaving  the  turnpike  at  the  covered  bridge  and 
following  the  telegraph  poles  along  the  Temple  road,  whose  hilly  and 
roughly  frozen  surface  of  yellow  clay  was  made  ridable  by  the  tremendous 
wind.  Thence  I  went  without  stop  down  a  dangerous  clay  hill  and  through 
streets  of  very  rough  macadam  to  a  pc^nt  in  Reading  within  \  in.  of  the  Key- 
.■,toiie  Hotel,  wiicre  I  rested  I  h.  for  dinner;  and  this  4i  m.  in  .10  min.  was 
perhaps  tiie  longest  stay  I  had  made  in  the  saddle  since  leaving  Syracuse. 
J5S  m.  behind.  The  fortnight  thus  terminating  included  the  slowest  and 
most  difficult  riding  of  my  entire  tour ;  and  I  remember  Reading  pleasantly 
as  the  place  where  I  got  fail  ly  "  out  of  the  woods  "  and  struck  the  turnpike 
wiiich  allowed  swift  progress  nearly  all  the  way  to  the  finish,  six  days  later, 
yo  m.  s.  w.  From  the  hotel,  I  followed  Penn  st.,  the  chief  business  avenue' 
of  the  city,  to  the  bridge,  beyond  which  I  t.  r.  and  rode  to  the  top  of  the 
liill,  where  I  halted  for  the  sake  of  the  backward  view.  Then  I  went  with- 
out dismount  12  m.  in  2  h.,  climbing  one  quite  difficult  hill,  and  .several  lesser 
ones,  and  ]-assing  a  number  of  villages,  of  which  Robesonia  was  the  one 
nearest  where  I  halted.  My  course  being  w.  or  n.  w.,  the  n.  wind  which  had 
iielpcd  nic  in  the  forenoon  now  hindered  mc  somewhat,  until  it  went  down 
with  the  sun.  I  was  ij  h.  in  doing  the  next  6  m.,  ending  at  the  15aney 
House  in  Mycrstown  at  5.30,— the  last  5  m.  having  been  done  without  stop, 
in  spite  of  several  hills,  the  most  difficult  of  which  was  the  one  beyond 
Womclsdorf,  having  a  church  and  grave-yard  on  its  summit. 

Except  for  a  slightly  adverse  wind,  the  next  day  supplied  ideal  weather 
for  riding  (bright  sunshine  and  bitter-cold  air),  and  I  improved  it  by  covering 
51  m.  (S.30  A.  M.  to  7.45  p.  M.),  or  a  greater  distance  than  was  accredited  to 
any  of  my  forty  days,  except  three  of  those  in  Canada.  My  first  mount  was 
terminateJ  inexactly  3h.  (19J  m.)  by  a  stony  hill  beyond  the  village  of  Palmy- 
ra ;  and  ranks  next  in  length  to  my  straightaway  stay  from  Tarrvtown  to  P'iftv- 
iiinth  street  (p.  53).  The  grade  of  the  hill  would  not  have  prohibited  riding, 
•t  thc.'iiirface  had  been  smooth;  and  my  second  stop  was  at  Hummelstown 
p.  o.,  3^  m.  Poorish  sections  of  road  were  encountered  along  here  ;  but  from 
a  point  between  the  7th  and  the  6th  m.  stones,  I  went  without  stop  to  the  r.  r. 
station  in  Ilarrisburg,  at  2  o'clock  (32^^  m.  from  the  start),  b'irelv  escaping  a 
tumble  on  the  dangerous  hill  that  leads  down  to  the  r.  r.  crossing.  I  passed 
ihrough  Lebanon,  the  county  seat,  in  i^  h.  after  leaving  Myerstown  :  and  I 
lonqucred  a  series  of  three  hills  beyond  Annville,  which  might  be  called  diffi- 
cult, more  difficult,  and  most  difficult.     Having  walked  the   long  bridge  over 

the   *^!l=.r!!!.''hTr-r  •     -;f*."r  i  K     t^^^  (.-.-.-  A'.-.-.-      ,     T   i J    it.  _  -   :  ; 

* ""  ''  -'--'-'   4  •■■  IC3L  I--/:   *.:::;;;;;r,  1  I.  r.  wtiG    tHCn  \,Ui'Vcu  to  i.,  uiuiei 

the  tracks,  and  so  reached  Hoguestown,  gj  m.,  in  2  h.     I  rode  2  m.   more  in 


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■'.  past  Dick- 
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344  TEA    TiiOl'SAXU  .I///.A;a   ox  A   IHLVL/Jl. 

the  gathering   dusk,  a  ,d    the.,  waiked    7   m..  along  a  ridable  surface  to  ,lu 
Horemx-  House  ...  Carlisle,  except  a  short  spin  in  the  gas-l,gh,cd  stre 
Near  the  hn.s  ,.      ,e,  „,y  wheel  tun.ble  in  a  rut.  and  theriv   -  .do  I;, 

he  spokes  which  the  n.ules  had  i.ju.ed.  a  week  before.      .   ,  ^  ll 

to  a  local  cycler  as  a  kce,.sake.  by  virtuo  of  Us  bein.  ih    ..r.t  J.r-      n  .„' ^      ' 
wheel  whose  rec  rd  was  ,...0  n..     Starting  at  ..  th^  ne  J  „'    ZZ:^. 

«or  dn.ner  4  h.  later  at  the  Shern.an  House  in  Sh.p,:  -.u,  ,      ^'  _ '^  " 

}  or  4  .n.  being  done  without  stop  and  furn.ing  my  be  r  „,.,  '  ''^' 

spue  of  the  h.lls.      At    the   start.  I    followed  the  teleg,  .ph    • 
".son  College  ..nd  the  r.  r.   freight  house,  for   .    n,.  ,0  ,'     ,  ,v„cre   1  t   1 

am  I  covere.1  the  next  6  n.   in  .  h.     Kesunung  the  sadd,.  at  ..  I  re!^..^,  J 
National  Hotel  in  ChambersbiirK,  10  ni     at  4  -the  lis.  ,  m    1 
;eMhan..0..preceding.     ^^^^..  .^  ,^.Z::::^Z  ^Zl^:!  Z 
s  opped  .,d,ngat  5,35.  ^  ".on.  and  tran.ped  n.  t  h.  .,  „.e  Nationa       ot'e 

ty  ^aul     t,  m        Ihis  stretch  was  a  badly-kept  pike,  .nuch  poocr  than  win. 
I  had  previous  y  .raversed.-.specially  the   '-rst  5  n,.  out  from   C,"    d 
J  ue  unndable  when  wet.     (iood  weather  and  ,ood  scenery  accon.,  a  Ic 

blac     „:  ti:";'  ""';■"  ^"'  ^'•'^'^•'^  ^^^^^^  ^^  ^-'^  ^nU  wheeled  in   .1"       h 

to  his  home  this  forenoon      •  lu        J  ,  "    "^'^"'"'^•''""^''  '"<=  '^'^^^ 

the  nex     "  ,     io  t     ,         u'  fernoon ;  proceeding  thence  ,5  m.  further,  in 
the  next  i,  1.,  to  Taylor  s  Hotel  m  Winchester,  where  I  spent  the  ni^ht     ihe 

^•Jm.  from  the  pyfr>m->^  tr.  v\,'    iji         _  ...  J'^"'-  "^  'c  ni.,n[.      1  nt 

"■" ■"■"'■'""  """  '-"■""-i'Cu-   wiiiiout   leaving   the  saddle. 


JHOU.SAM)  /SLA ADS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGE.     345 

H  a  r.dcr  had  nerve  enough  ,0  wheel   through    the  ford,  mstead  of  crawling 
.uross  on  the  s.de-piank  as  I  did;  and  I  do  not    recollect  any  grade  or  othef 
.iMadc   wh.ch  would   force  a  dis-nount   before    reaching   Htaunton^^  ^ 
....her,  .£  the  surface  were  in  normal  condition  and  the  wind  favorabl^  Tt 
.M..ol>abc  however,  that  fresh  .nctai  will  always  be  found   atone  point  o 
-other  of  th.s  ..5   n..  macadamized  roadway,  for  the  tollcon.pany    ow  i" 
uconsu  teconon.y  by  repairing  different  sections  at   different   season,    ad 
.vavoKi.ngar,;  expense  for  a  road-roller,  which  would  immediately  Lnd 
t).  bus  of  hmestone  m.o  ridable  shape.     Ordinary  traffic,  rather  is    Icp  nded 
upon  to  do  .h,s  duty,  an.,  ,  bel.eve  about  three  Inths  of  it  a;    u     a,    '  ' 
qu  r  d  to  gr.nu  the  new  surface    into  smoothness.     Under  this  syste.n.' the 
outer    edges    become    earhest    ridable,   and   a   bicvcler  may  ofte .  pick 
waycomfortab  y  along  them,  while  yet  ,he  center  of  the  roadway  .s  a  rid  e 
o    loose  metal,  and    tricycling    would    be    quite    impractic.ule.     In  spite  of 
hcse  probable  obstacles  resulting  from  its  primitive  managen,ent,  this  long- 
r.t  and  best  n.acadam.zed  road  m  the  Union   is.  in  my  belief,  the  most  prorr- 
.M,,;,  course  n>  the  Union  for  a  b.cycler  who  is  ambitious  to   make    a  longer 
Mra.ghtaway  stay  m  the  saddle  than  any  yet  recorded  here.     Wooden  m?Ie- 
!".sts,  ongmally  painted  white  and  marked  in   black,  are  .set  diagonally  to 
tlicroadway,  so  as  readily  to  show  the  mileage  numerals  to  "  W  "  and  '•  S  " 
n;  on  the.r  opposite  sides;  but  some  of  the  markings  have  been  obliterated 
I',  (he  weather,  and  some  by  deliberate  malice  or  idiocy. 

After   vainly  waiting  24  h-    in    Martinsburg,   for    a  money-orcler.  which 
arnvcd  next  day.  I  telegraphed  that  money  be  sent  to  me  at  .Staunton,  and  I 
wheeled  up  to  the  telegraph-office  at  Winchester.  22  m.  below,  just  as  the 
rq.ly  came  in  that  it  had  been  so  sent.     Oddly  enough,  my  comrade  of  ihepre- 
vmus  forenoon  had  taken  the  same  journey,  only  .  h.  in  advance  of  me  •  and 
I  therctore  explored  the  environs  of  W.  in  his  company,  and  afterwcrds'rodc 
.1  li. tie  with  a  New  Yorker  who  was  a  student  there  in  the  Shenandoah  Acad- 
cnv.     He  sa,d  that  the  pike  w.  to  Romney,  40  m.,  was  reported  hard  and 
smooth,  thoujih  It  leads  through  a  thinly  settled  country,  and  he  hims.-K  I,,d 
"-'  I'ccn  inclined  to  explore  it  beyond  the  point    where  he  once  suffered  an 
a.saul.   r^.m  highwaymen,  while  returning  toward  W.  after  dark      When  1 
ieft  ihc  hotel,  1.  -xt  morning  at  7.30,  I  failed  to  t.  r.  at  the  first  fork,  and  so.  a 
kittle  later,  I  t.  r.  at  a  dirt-road,  which  brought  mc  across  to  the  first  toll-gate 
■^  ridc  of  3  h.,  through  the  little  villages  of  Kernstown,  Newtown  .  ,   1  Middle- 
f'-n,  brought  me  to  Strasburg,  iS  m..  at  whose  Chalybeate  Jprings  Hotel  I  got 
■''..nch  and  a  letter,  as  well  as  much  interesting  information  about  the  roads 
^nd  battle-fields  adjacent.     I  had  planned  to  spend  the  previous  night  there 
'or  the  house  had  been  recommended   to  me  as  both  new  and  neat ;  whereas 
t  chest  fnendof  the  best  h-  1  in  Winchester  cannot  deny  that  it  is  both 
ud  and  musty.     Resuming     ...  saddle  at  12.15.  I  wheeled  2\  m.  to  the  top  of 
the  long  incline  of  Fisher's  Hill,  and  then  pulled  out  mv  mr.ns  of  th.  K,m;„ 
-ug,u  tnere  (Sept.  22  and  Oct.  19.  1864)  and  studied    the  details  of  them 


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346  TEAT  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Woodstock,  9  m.  on,  is  a  county  town,  whose  chief  hotel  is  the  Strickler,  and 
I  passed  it  at  2  o'clock.     There  was  a  long  incline   beyond  here,  and  also  at 
Edinburg,  (i\  m.,  ^hich  I  reached  in  \\  h.     The  next  h.  took  me  to  Mt.  Jack- 
son, 5  m.,  and  the  next  to   Newmarket,  7  m.,  where  I  stopped  at  the  Central 
Hotel  at  5.40.     This  last  section  seemed  almost  continuously  up-grade,  and 
the  nvijght  deepened  rapidly  to  dusk  and  darkness  as  I  went  over  it ;  but  it 
offered  smoother  stret.hes  than  I  had  previously  met,  and  my  speed  was  there- 
fore good.     Six  months    later,  when  I  tried  it  by  daylight,  s.  to  n.  (without 
stop,  6.25  to  7.10  p.  M.),  1    thought   it  a  wonderfully  line  course  ;  and  there  is 
no  other  section  in  the  whole  famous  Valley  of  Virginia  whose  scenery  can 
be  ca'.lcd  more  beautiful.     A  damp  breeze  from  the  s.  blew  gently  in  my  face 
during   the  final  day  (November  22)  as  well  as  the  one  preceding;  and  at 
ti.4S  o'clock,    just  3  h.  (14  m.)   after  leaving    Newmarket,  a  rut  somehow 
caught  hold  of  my  front  wheel  and  pulled  it  out  from  under  me,  as  if  it  were 
slipping  on  ice.     Thus,  590  m.  from    Syracuse,  after  much  rough  and  clanger 
ous  riding,  carelessness  on  a  smooth  roadway  caused  my  first  fall.     \ear  a 
bridge,  2  m.  beyond  here,  where  I  rode  up  a  steep  hill,  I  remember  a  specially 
fine  view.     Then  came  Harrisonburg   (i^  m.  on,  where  I  halted  \  h.  for  din- 
ner), wh:.h  is  the  freshest  looking  town  in  the  valley,  thanks  to  the  cruel  fate 
which  destroyed  nearly  all  its  houses  in  war  time,  and  so  gave  modern  archi- 
tecture a  chance  to  control  the  rebuilding.     I  reached    Mt.  Crawford,  7^  r... 
in  I  h  ,  and  walked  the  last  section  of  a  long  hill  with  a  toll-gate  near  its  top, 
4i  m.  on,  meanwhile  riding  up  several  ditficult  hills,  with  a  horseman  along- 
side me.     The  toll-gate  hill  would  be   ridable,  however,  with  a  favoring  wind 
and  smoother  surface.     I  halted  3  m.  beyond,  after  passing  Mt.  Sydney,  and, 
after  another  5  m.,  reached  the  post  near  the  r.  r.  track  which  says  "4'm.  to 
S."     Mounting  there  at  4.30,  I  reached  the  Virginia  Hotel  in  Staunton,  4  m  , 
at  5.15,  pfter  riding  up  in  succession  three  rather  difficult  hills.     No  sunshine 
brightened  this  day's  ride  of  42  m.,  though  the  air  was  very  warm,  and  the 
white  clouds  floating  along  the    summits    of  the  IJluc    Ridge    made  quite  a 
jirclty  picture. 

"Tli->.^!ijna.ulna!.  V.illcy  in  i  '.4,-' lyC.eo.  K.  Pond,  .issociate  editor  of  tli'? /I  rmr««„,  .V'rjz/v 
Jmrm/(^.  Y.  :  Scrlbncrs,  iSS.,,  pp.  jS6,  ?,),  is  a  book  wliich  should  be  read  by  every  intclli- 
i;ent  tourist  vl,o  proposes  to  visit  this  inost  attr.nctive  locality;  and  I  recommend  that  he  follow 
my  example  by  carrying  in  his  pocket  its  maps  and  pages  uliich  describe  the  b.Utle-fields,-or 
e  se,  as  ihj  volume  is  not  a  1  avy  one,  let  liim  strap  ii  bodily  to  his  bicycle.  "  The  Valley  cf 
Virginia  "  i^  mini:tely  desc.ibed  in  its  opening  chapter,  from  which  I  quote  below  ;  and  at  the 
hradof  this  is  an  excellent  map  (s^byj^  in.,  20  m.  to  i  in.),  showing  the  ro.ids,  mountnlns 
and  streams  for  the  entire  region  between  H.igerstown  and  Cumberland,  on  the  n.,,ibovethe 
Potomac,  and  I.ynchbnrj  nnd  Appomattox  uo  m.  K'ow  Staunton),  on  the  s.,  below  the  James 
Donblc.pa.se  maps  of  the  battle-fields  at  Winchester  (1  m.  to  1  in.)  and  Fisher's  Hill  (\  m.  to 
I  in.)  will  well  ropny  careful  study  while  "  on  the  spot  "  ;  and  the  lesser  charts  make  a  useful 
showing  of  the  roads,  like  those  from  Newmarket  to  Luray,  p.  18,  and  Washington  to  Ha.ccrs- 
town,  1-..  52.  I  quo.e  from  pp.  1-8,  condensing  somewhat  the  phraseology;  "  Virginia'^ 
parallel  rivers,  flowing  to  the  Atlantic,  were  water-bai.-iers  ..gainst  attacks  from  ihe  n.,  wiiile  up- 
reared  to  shield  its  w.  front  were  the  rampant  ridges  of  its  highland  domain.     The  valleys  he- 


THOUSAND  ISLANDS  TO  NATURAL  BRIDGE.    347 

tween  these  ridges  fumished  well-sheltered  avenues  for  invadinR  Northern  territory:  and  the 
most  commanding  o.ie  of  all  was  the  valley  of  theShenandoah,  named  from  the  chief  river  that 
drams  U      Its  e.  waJ  is  the  lof.y  Blue  Ridge  ;  i.s  w.,  the  North  mts..  a  pa.t  o!  the  main  chain 
nf  the  Alleghanies.     Smce  its  -course  is  s.  v. .,  a  Confederate  army  moving  n.  through  It  would 
at  the  same  t.m    draw  nearer  Washington,  whereas  a  Union  advance  s.  would  diverge  from  the 
straight  course  to  Richmond.     The  Potomac  running  at  right  angles  to  the  line  of  the  Ridge  a 
lurce  crossing  this  border  stream  at  Williamsport  would  already  be  60  m   n  or  in  the  rear  of 
Washington  ;  while  one  day's  march  n.  through  the  CumbeTland  Valley,  which  is  simply  a  cm- 
utiuation  of  the  Shenandoah,  would  carry  a  body  of  Confederate  horsemen  among  the  peaceful 
farm  lands  of  Pennsylvania.     Thus,  from  the  first,  the  Slienand.xth  was  a  temptfng  field  for  the 
str.it  -gists  of  both  armies.     The  war's  initial  campaign  turned  on  the  use  made  of  it  by  the 
threes  which  General  J.  E.  Johnston  posted  at  its  outle.,  and  it  was  the  scene  of  constant  Con- 
federate  manceuvrinc;,  whelhc    )n  a  large  scale,  und-;:  Jackson,  Ewell  and  Eariy.  or  on  a  smaller 
one,  under  Ashby,  M.-.by,  In.ooden  and  Gilmor.     Lee  found  there  a  line  of  communications  lor 
h,s  Maryland  campaign,  r.nd  -aplured  at   Harper's  Ferry  ,0,000  men  and  73  ^uns.     There   too 
he  sought  rest  and  ref-eshment  in  retreating  from  the  Antietam  ;  and   Uiilher  again  (having 
made  it  the  route  of  hv.  secor:  1  invasion  after  defeating  Hooker  at  Clianccllorsville)  he  fell  back 
.ifter  G^tlysburg,  pitching  his  camps   along  the  Dpequon.     Thus,  though  sub.>rdinate  to  the 
,n,i>n  scene  of   operations  e.  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  the  valley  h.d  always    pla- ed  an  important 
part  in  ihe  drama  of  the  war.     It  had  yielded  sc  many  captures  of  Union  garrisons,  and  so  many 
rf.sasters  m  the  field,  as  to  be   calk-d  the  Valley  of  Humiliation  ;  and  not   until  ,t  was  wreMed 
from  Confederate  control  in  '64,  as  set  forth  in  this  volume,  did  the  probUm  of  the  Richmond 
cainpaign  find  a  successful  solution.     •    •    •     !„   the  mountainous  count  y  s.  of  the  S   valley 
proper,  the  rivers  run  to  all  points  of  the  compass.     The  Roanoke  and  t!.e  New  diverge  from 
..pposite  slopes  of  the  same  rang.- ;  the  Ka.,awha  and  the  James,  from  neighboring  headwaters 
take  their  several  ways,  after  many  turnings,  the  one   to  the   Mississippi  and  the  other  to  the 
Atlantic.      A  little  s.  of  where  the  James  rushes  through  the  Blue   Ridgc  at  Balcony   Falls 
the  range  also  breaks  apart  at  the  Peaks  of  Otter.     On  a  branch  of  the  James,  ca'Ied  North 
river,  is   Lexin^-on,  a  county  seat;  and  this  brings  us   fairiy  into  the  valley  itself,  for  below  L 
the  S.  takes  its  rise  in  a  multitude  of  streams  that  combine  in  three,  called  North,  Middle  and 
.>outh,  these  uniting  in  turn  lower  down,  near  Port  Republic.     At  Staunton.  35  m.  below  L 
we  strike  upon  the  valley  pike,  a  fine,  macadamized  road,  well  worn  by  Northern  and  Souhern 
troops  and  tfains.     W.  of  the  pike  is  the  '  back -road,'  with  a  '  middle  road  ^  in  some  places 
between  the  two.     Near  Harrisonburg,  25  m.  n.  of  Staunton,  an  Uolated  chain  called  Massa- 
nutltr,  rising  abruptly  to  a  height  equal  to  that  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  divides  the  valley  for  more 
than  40  m.,  v.va\  at  Strasburg  this  beautiful  range  suddenly  falls  again  into  the   plains.     It  was 
crossed  by  a  goor-  road  connecting  Newmarket  with  Luray.     The  South  Fork,  or  larger  branch 
if  the  .<lienardoah,  flews  through  the  easternmost  of  the  two  valleys  created  by  Massanutten- 
ca'.lecl  P.ige  or  Luray  valley-while  the  main  or  Strasburg  valley,  w.  of  -he  range,  is  drained  by 
the   North   Fork,  which,  nsing  in  the  N.  mts..  winds  alo.-:g  the  w.  flank  of  .Massnnutten    unt.i 
.-scaping  around  the  base  at  Strasburic,  it  joins  the  South  Fork  near  Front  Rnyal.  and  the  main 
river  thus  formed  skirts  thenceforth  the  foot  of  the  Blue  Ridge  till  it  swells  the   Potomac  at 
Harper's    1  erry,   .55  m,   below  Lexington.     At  Strasburg,  the  valley,  relieved  of  the  Massa- 
nuttcn,  recovers  its  usual  breadth  of  20  m.     Military   operations  were   aided   by  the  fine   roads 
that   connectect   all   the  important  towns  with  each  other  and,  through  the  leading  gaps   with 
those  ot  Eastern  Virginia.     The  valley  was  also  so  largely  cleared  and  cultivated  that  troops  could 
march  almost  where  they  liked  through  the  fields,  on  both  sides  of  the  roads,  leaviim  these  for 
ihe  guns  and  wagons,  the  whole  column  thereby  advancing  very  rapidly.     The  creeks  and  rivers 
could  be  waded  neariy  everj'where  during  the  summer  and  autumn,  the  military  significance  of 
the  fords  being  in  most  instances  simply  that  of  leveled   approaches  to  the  crossing-places  ;  for 
Diten  even  small  streams  ran  between  high  and  precipitous  banks.     In  the  Blue  Ri.lge  there 
are  practicable  gaps  all  the  way  from  the  James  to  the   Potomac,  that  connect  the  valley  with 
Intern   Virginia.     Beginning  with   Rockfish,  the  outlet  of  Staunton,  and  passing  Jaman's 


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343  TEN  THOUSAND  .\fILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Brown's.  Semon,,  Powell',  and  High  Top,  which  give  access  from  Port  Republic  to  Charlcttev 
ville  we  come  to  Swift  Run  Gap,  through  which  a  turnpike  leads  from  Conrad's  Store  to  Sten 
nardsville,  and  there  branches  to  Orange  and  GordonsviUe.  A  little  farther  n.  two  more  tun,' 
pikes  cross  the  Ridge  through  Milani's  and  Thornton  gaps,  one  leading  from  Newmarket  across" 
the  Massanutten  to  Madison,  and  the  other  diverging  from  it  by  way  of  Luray  to  Cuipeper 
F  rom  Luray  a  very  good  road  runs  n.  between  the  Ridge  and  the  South  Fork  to  Front  Royal' 
where  another  pike  gives  access  to  the  country  east  of  the  Ridge  by  Thoroughfare  and  Chester 
gaps.     A   few  m.  farther  on.  through  Manassas  Gap,  ran  the   railroad  of  that  name      From 

Winchester  turnpikes  led  through  Ashby's  and  Snicker's  gaps  to  Aldie.  while  G  ..gory's  at,d  Kcvt. 

gaps  are  nearer  Harpers  Kerry.     Doorways   in  plenty,  therefore,  opened  through  the    K,d' 

Ihe  best  single  point  for  commanding  these  passes  was  (Jordonsville.'- 

"  A  Tour  to  the  Natural  Bridge,-  as  described  by  L.  W.  Seely  ( Tlu  IVIutlman,  Au-    ,!,v, 
PP- 323-331),  was  a  chief  inspiration  of  my  own  nde  thither,  and  it  rendered  me  good°s'erv>cc 
as  a  pockf.c  companion.     The  accompanying  pictures  of  that  great  freak  of  nature,  drawn  bv  H 
Sandhain.  are  as  satisfactory  as  could  be  hoped  for  in  a  case  whose  magnitude  is  beyond  ti.e 
power  of   artistic  rep.-oduction  ;  but  the  sketch  of  the  Natural  Bridge  Hotel  (though  apparui  t'v 
copied  from  a  photograph)  gives  no  adequate  notion  uf  that  extensive  caravansary      The  fact    1 
Its  greatness  deserves  insisting  upon,  because  it  is  one  of  the  three  hotels  in  Virginia  wh.re  tla- 
managers   ide..,  of  comfort  is  likely  to  seem   satisfactory  and  "  modern,"  according  to  the   N,u 
Yorker's   standard.     "The  Luray  Inn"  is  another,  newer  and  more   elegant;  and  the   tlnni 
(which  I  am  t<.ld  IS  equally  fine,  and  under  the  management  of  th_  .same  Philadelphians  who  I,  ,ve 
made   a  reputation  at  Luray)  is  "  the  Roanoke,"  at    Salem,  less  than  50  m.  s.   w  from  Nu 
ural  Bridge.      The  tour  in  question  .-  is  taken  by  three  members  of  the  Capital  B   C   •  and  the 
reporter  of  it.  before   mentioned   (b.   iJec.    .0,   ..,^;  began  riding  Feb.,   iSSo),  ^ode'a  ,6  „. 
Singer   weighing  58  lbs.,  including  ..  lbs.  of  baggage.      His  companions  wore  Ma.  Hansman' 
48  in.  X,ra(59  lbs.   mcl.  .0  lb.  baggage),  and  C.  V,.  Allen,  5.  in.  Bayliss  i-  Thoma,s(5,  lb..,  incl 
8i  lbs.  baggage).      Ihey  left  Harper's  Ferry  Au,^  .H,  ,S8.,  at  ,..,0  p.  m..  and  reached  Washin,- 
ton  Sept    ,7,  late  m  the  af.. moon,  with  a  record  ot  449"..,  exclusive  of  .30  m.  'oy  train.     The  ex- 
penses  of  the  2.  days'  trip  averaged  less  than  $3  a  day  for  each  man,  and  (as  on  5  days  practically 
no  wheeling  was  done)  the  average  day's  record  may  be  called  iS  m.     1  hey  met  my  own  rou,: 
at  Winchester,  and  after  halting  there  3  days  for  a  broken  backbone,  rodo  to  Strasbur-^    iS   ,„  ' 

4  10  6.30  P  M.  Next  day  they  went  to  Newmarket,  "  riding  up  all  the  hills,"  and  thui'  :.•  n.'d 
e  along  the  Luray  road  to  the  Valley  View  Springs  Hotel,  2  m.  (the  last  i  m.  bein^  up  the 
Massanutten  mountain),  which  i.  probably  a  pleasanter  stopping  place  than  the  Centr;i  Hotel 
m  Newmarket,  tor  it  "gave  a  panoramic  view  of  the  valley,  which  is  here  25  m.  wide,  and  our 
w.  horuon  was  nearly  ,00  m.  away."  On  the  return  from  Luray.  they  rode  from  N.  .0  Harr- 
sonburg,  ,8  m..  1,1  2  h.  iS  min.,  doing  the  first  10  m.  without  dismount  in  ,  h  "  The  .0  m 
thence  to  Staunton,  though  not  as  good  as  some  parts  of  the  :;ike.  is  all  ridable,  and  «e  co'^erej 
It,  next  day,  n,  about  3}  h.  Five  days  later.  Sept.  .,,  in  the  face  of  a  driving  rain,  and  a  .sl.an, 
n.  e.  gale,  which  at  times  absolutely  brought  us  to  a  standstill,  we   rode   back  from  S    to  H   in 

5  h  Ihe  recuperative  iwers'of  the  valley  pike  were  well  shown  on  the  ,.th,  for  then'we 
made  our  longest  nm  of  the  tour,  an  even  50  m.,  ending  nt  the  Chalvbc,  te  House  in  S.rasbure 
at  6.25  P.  M.    the  last  25  m.,  from  Mt.    Jackson,  having  been  bec.n'at  ,  o'clock.     We  reached 

here  a.  .  o  c  ock.  having  done  the  7  ,n.  from   Newmarket  in  .  I  •       p^ves  how  little  eiTect 

two  days  of  heavy  ran,  had  had  upon  the  pike,  which  dries  as  qinc.  ,  as  concrete,  and  is  at 
various  pomts  a  perfect  road,  without  dust  or  mud  and  with  n'^ver  ..  rut.  We  ran  to  Wmchester 
18  n.,  next  morning,  and  on  the  following  forenoon  to  Martinsburg,  22\  m  ,  in  2  h  17  nun  ' 
with  20  mm.  stop  at  Btmker  Hill.  The  ,0  m.  thence  to  ^ '  .ere  run  in  50  mi„.  The  pike  fron,' 
W^  to  M.  was  a  revelation  to  us,  stretching  through  a  fer  .„d  beautiful  country,  almost  level 
and  provided  with  plainly-marked  m  -posts,  which  had  a  most  encouraging  way  of  comin.^  pas, 

'T.^*  «"m  ''T'"^  ^-  '*  ■'•  "'  '"^'  '°  "=-''^"^'"*".  -9m..  and  were  favorably  impressed 
with  the  I?aldwin  House,  where  we  spent  the  night.  We  had  kept  the  pike  all  the  way.  thougn 
told  that  the  C.  &  O.  tow-path  also  supplied  good  riding  for  the  j  m.  from  Falling  Waters  t. 


thouc;axd  islands  ro  natural  bridge.   349 

ascent  of  2  m.  might  be  ndden   thou<.hvt,ll,i„    •         f  V,  ^  *'"'^(s«e  p.  238  .     This 

on  .he  descent  .n.o  the  ^^^f^CT^r^;:^^.   'T^'"^'""^  *"  "-^-^■ 
Citocin  mts.,  up  which  we  walked   r^JlrZ'^  K  f  '^  ""  **  *"■  "^  ""=  ^ase  of  .he 

...res  of  ^rede^L  in  the  e      Ther     on  the  '.Lr'""    ""'.T  '^'''*"''  ^"'^  ^^  ^'■«'"  "'  '»>« 
hrulg.  bui!t  in  .-        and  we  found  o^h.r      .'  *'  """"'^  ""^  ^'""'^='^>-  ^y  '  ^'''d  «one 

HiHy  but  ndab.  p.e  w;icrto:rit  Po^rc^r  ^^  ^^  -''  ^°^:i"-  '•■^^^- '"« 

n,.nce  the  road  was  poorer  and  ston.er  .0  Ellicou  Ci!  '    '  m"  Ir't  '  K"°d  d.nner  was  had. 
'..ore.     At  the  start  from  E.  C     after  a  comfon,   .  v.  V"  '««"'»""  9  m.  of   Haiti- 

aw.,y  into  the  woods,  and  forded   te   VZllT^^  "'t  "  '''   "°"^^''  """^^'  ^^  ^'^y^ 
....    and  reached  a  house  died  I  Li      M  '"  '"^  '''"''=  ''"'  ^«  ''^"^  ="'  off  ' 

.-...  tl-ce.oWashinr.J."^^^  ""     -'•     The 

..c-ed,  for  the  f^rst  .ime  o\  .L  ZlytfThe  1  "'       ■'''^'  '""^''  "'  "  "''  ="  ~'^'« 

n.ua  ;  but  while  1  only  accompli  dim   ,£1^"'  '  "'"'  ""'"  ^'  '■  '^'"'"'  "'^  ^^  c^  to 

i.-  i,.  despair,  the/mana^^i't ':*  ^  fr:.\  ro::::::,,:';:^;"^  s  '■;  ^■"'  '^^"  '--'^'^ 

s.x„,s  .0  me  quite  rapid  for  a  surface  which  is  at  nil  rvl     u   u       •'      ,  ■  "'^  °^  P'°8Tess 

..  it  were  so  desperately  slow  ,s  Tni,     If  ,  I     '  •""'    ""^  •'"""'■^"  ^P""*^  °f  «  a, 

•  r.reat  quagmires  andUdoesabcnLiireT'^H        ',    r"^"''  '''''""^  °^   '"'  -'^  ^ 
.....a  s.ase-ride,  requiring  us  to   ift  tl  e  itt  K  I'f      """'^'^  '"  ^''^'"="^''  =^~""'  "^  =■,  Vir- 

...ore  solid  surface      Fro^C      wll     J tt'r  '"^"' ^"'^  "-^  "-"'  'hrough   the  mud  to  a 
way.  om.,  it  became  com^a^'ti:   1  dr,      nd "^l-'  ''7 T"  """^"^'^'^  ^"--hat.  and  ..  Mid- 
hills  were  steep,  but  wc   w^re  re-M  f        1  ''  "'  *''''^  niakinge  m.  per  h.     The 
-nery  which  gr'ee'^d       fZ  e  ch    ummit      Vv";""""  ''  T  T^""^""'  ^^^^  ^^  — '" 
>-  a.  6.2,,  just  4  h,  from  C.  ,    .avi  ^To  e  .^e  1':"       ^',1       ""."'r^'  "°"'  '"  ^"■"«- 
l-nnsid-.-ring  the  hard  hill-pulli„„  and  rLTr,                u      ""      '  P''''  ^""^  Fairfield  in  2  h. 
cvcling  Anlnias  who  reach:       ^na  b    Se   a  tf/thlf     ''t'  h"^  ,'7^  ^     ""'"^  =  "^°"^''  » 
..^  n,.  from  S.  .n  3  h.  I     We  reached  thllihar'      .'tT.'.egl  'ou   T"  t  ''  '"'"'  "' 
at  the  Natural  Bridge.     The  road  of    ,=  n,    ,w,l      !  '  *"""«  "'^  '^'■''  '''•^V':'" 
scribable;    for.  ^.  rain  had  fall  '  d .  n     ,h          .'    T      '  ""''  ''  "'^  ''"'^^''  ^'--'  -"^e- 
Clogging  in  th;  roar  forks,  and        eat  br'ak    andl  '  ''^/^"^"^"'"^  ^^'  ^'^^  ^as  at  i,s  worst. 
™ling  was  impossible  and  walking  an     ffo«'  ^s  t™d'dT     ^""  "'  "'"'^  =   ^"  "'- 
region  touched  by  the  shower  uJro.dbeclL                        ^  ^   '       "'^"'  *"^  S°'  ''«=y°"<^  '^e 
of  wood  in  a  wild  and  deso  at'e     n  n  rv      tI  27^'    '^'  ""  ""  ''""^'' '°"«  '•-'^»'- 
from  the  Briuge,  down  a  roaJ  «      se  T'     I           '            '  *'  '°"™'^'^  '°  •*>'  '■  '■  «'="i°".  3  >" 
Hescribed,  and  iot    r    ;    heLe  ,0  slnTon'  ,^'^'^-P""-"'! '— '^^P-ity  can  hardl     be 
Three  year=  afterwards,  on    of    1  tri^    M    H        '  "  '         "\"'  ""'^'  '"  ^  "°"""S  rain." 
'1  .^  time  on  a  sociable    ric;cre    wuh  a  Mr   K^rTv '"-"k"'';'.^'  '°  ''""^'  ^"^«'-  S-"*^ 
'Sn.t.  6,  ,8S5),  through  S.a.,  o^^  I  exing^        l.l    i^^'H      "'""'"/''T  "'^  ^^"^   ^"^- 
ridden  from  I..   ,0  the  Hndge    m   VsrS  o  T             ''^L'"^  ""'' °"=  ^'^"''^^"  ^'^'l 
S.aun,on,  and  wheMec.               ,0  Man'ln t                       ■'    ' "  '     R«"™ing,  they  took  train  ,0 
'em.p,ions  caused   .        .-..Iv-  preS      one"''  Th'  "  '  '"  ''  ''  "  "'"'  '"  'P'"=  "'  "^-^  - 
...andM.  ^'asreac-,.,,;      The  ,1      1  JJ' T"   ""   "'"'  ="  '•"5    -■  "'  "^  ^ept. 

.d::na:-fvr^~^ 

'-red  n,e    MthV      vroa;Thtcrrr  "'^'t^K^  T  ""=  '""'^  "'^•^' °^  November^ 
'--  i^  in  fact  so  bad  as    ,ti    Tob^^^tlkabTe"  r'  "1"'^  "  '^•"'^  "  '^'^  P'"''"  ' 

.^.  ab.v.  my  head,      I  d^  ai^n."  '1'  t'/r..'^^"'  "^'  ^'^^^^  ^'  ^  '-^=d  bicycle 


'ifted  !i 


r    .        ...  ,  ""*  •"=  ""^'gnt  01  a  loaded  b  cycle 

;-  only  aUer..;,;to  u.n.:^d^: -t^  rS;::;h  at^V"  T  'T^'  " 


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350  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

a  post  2  m.  from  the  hotel,  and  i  m.  beyond  my  last  attempt  to  try  the  saddle,  I  gave  up  hop? 
and  floundered  back  again  through  the  mist  and  dnzile  to  my  starting  point.     Decidmg  then  u. 
wheel  homewards  to  New  York,  without  even  visiting  the  Bridge,  I  was  again  balked,  by  mv 
mechanical  clumsineas  in  "  tightening  up  "  the  bicycle  to  such  a  degree  that  its  wheels  refused 
to  revolve  at  all  (see  p.  46X     So,  at  5  o'clock  I  started  with  it  by  train  for  Lexington,  on  the 
newly-opened  Valley  Branch  of  the  B.  &  O.  r.  r.,  whose  terminal  station  was  yet  unbuilt,  and 
whose  passengers  were  at  8  o'clock  plumiied  down  in  the  mud  and  rain  and  pitchy  darkness,  at 
a  desolate  point  i  m.  from  town.     A  hackman  kindly  offered  to  carry  niy  bicycle  thither  for  «i 
and  assured  me  that  no  shelter  could  be  found  for  it  otherwise ;  but  I  discovered  a  little  slianu 
used  by  the  telegraphers,  and  persuaded  them  to  receive  "  No.  234,"  though  they  warned  mc 
that  it  would  probably  be  stolen  before  the  next  night.     Considering  that  three  spokes  werr 
knocked  out  and  the  rim  so  cracked  and  bulged  as  not  to  turn  at  all,  I  gladly  accepted  ihc 
chance  of  robbery,  and  then  I  tramped  through  the  mist  and  mud  for  the  National  Hotel,  when-  a 
most  wretched  supper  formed  a  fitting  finale  to  the  pleasures  of  the  day.     As  this  hotel  is  not 
only  "  the  best  one  in  town,"  but  also  "  the  i.lde^*,"  it  is  no  more  than  fair  that  I  should  record 
my  surprise  and  delight  on  being  shown  to  a  bedroom  whose  furniture  and  fittinss  were  new  and 
neat— instead  of  being  (as  1  shudderingly  exiiectcd)  the  ancient  and  fish-like  leiics  of  "  befo'  <Ic 
wah."    Wakened  by  request  at  5  A.  M.,  I  finally  dressed  in  a  hurry  and  ran  through  the  fog  and 
darkness  to  catch  the  6.30  tram  for  Balcony  Kails,  at  whoie  sole  and  single  "  boarding-house  "  I 
ultimately  managed  to  get  a  breakfast,  of  oysters  and  chicken.     The  latter  was  walking  around 
the  hou.se,  quite  sociable  like,  when  I  clambered  down  from  the  train  ;  and  the  attending  negress, 
who  did  the  cooking  for  the  establishment,  wrung  its  neck  m  my  presence,  and  then  dissected  the 
carcass   and  threw  th*  pieces  into  the  frying  pan,  with  a  matter-of-f.ict   dexterity  which   the 
chicken  had  doubtless,  on  previous  occasions,  thon-ht  very  charming  to  behold.       Dreakfast 
over  at  9. 1;,  1  started  out  throush  the  fog,  ant'  roj  '..c!  t!ie  Natural  Bridge  Hotel,  9  m.  in  2J  h.,  hv 
which  time  the  sun  was  shining  brij;lulv. 

Balco.iy  Kalis  lies  on  the  main  line  of  the  RIchtr   -A  &  Alleghany  r.  r.  (which  is  a  recent 
successor  to  the  old  J.imes  river  can.il  of  Vashingtoii'.  t;me— winning  largely  upon  its  tow- 
path,  and  making  the  same  unfortunate  short-stop  at  Ciifton  forge,  230  m.,  without  cros^ms 
the  Alleghanies^  and  I  had  reached  it  by  a  branch  track  of  21m.  from  L.,  thereby  gt     iig 
within   6  m.  of   the  station  called  Natural  Bridge.      An   up-hill   carriage  road  of  ii  m.  lead^ 
thence  to  the  hotel ;  but  as  no  train  was  due  on  the  main  line  for  4  h.,  I  walked  along  the  tr.ia 
for  6  m.,  and  then  had  a  pleasant  tramp  through  the  wixids,  along  a  path  where  bicycling  wot  M 
be  occasionally  practicable,  in  spite  of  all  the  hard  things  the  Washington  wheelmen  wrot^e  aboui 
it.     I  c;>.me  dt>wn  the  same  road  in  a  carriage,  the  next  noon,  in  the  midst  of  a  rain  storm  which 
had  raged  with  varying  intensity  for  hours,  and  took  train  for  20  m.  to  Riverside,  whence  I 
tramped  back  to  my  hotel  at  Lexington,  7  m.  in  2  h.,  in  season  for  supper,  and  then  at  i,  with 
my  bicycle  safely  stored  in  the  baggage<ar,  began  my  homeward  journey  to  New  York,  450  m 
in  19  h.     The  Valley  Branch  of  the  B.  &  O.  r.  r.  extends  along  the  w.  side  of  the  Massanutter, 
through  Strasburg  and  Winchester,  and  joins  the  main  line  at  Harper's  Korry ;   rthile  the  Shen- 
andoah Vallty  r.  r.  runs  parallel  to  It  along  the  e.  or  Luray  side  of  Massanutten,  slretching  from 
Hagerstown  240  m.  s.  to  RoanoUc,  and  crossing  the  R.  &  A.  r.  r.  at  Natural  Bridge  station,  40 
m.  from  Roanoke.      Hence,  exoc^f  for  the  need  of  going  back  to  L.  for  my  bicycle,  I  should 
not  have  left  t'^e  tra:  .    ,'  this  road  at  Riverside,  but  should  have  kept  it  straight  down  the  v.i!- 
ley  until  ft  met  th.-  B.  i  u.  main  line ;  or,  if  I  had  wished  to  reach  Staunton,  I  should  have  gw 
ofl  at  Waynesboro  Junction,  55  m.  from  Natural  Bridge,  and  taken  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  r.  r 
for  12  m.  to  S.      My  object  in  giving  all  these  details  is  to  make  clear  to  the  touring  wheel- 
man that  th-  most  economical  way  of  combining  a  visit  to  the  two  great  natural  wonders  of 
Virginia  is  I.,  t.ike  train  directly  from  Luray  to  Natural  Bridge,  no  m.     Wavnesboro  Is  just 
half-wav  b.  tween,  close  beside  Rockfish  Gap,  through  which  the  C.  &  O.  r.  r.  goes  to  Charlottes- 
ville (the  d.ief  town  of  Albemarie  county,  and  seat  of  the  University  of  Virginia),  37  m.  0.,  and 
Co  Gordonsville,  ji  n'.  n.  e.     Culpeper  is  about  25  m.  n.  of  G.,  and  Warrenton  about  20  m.  n 
of  C. ;  and  Chapter  XXVI.  will  describe  the  route  I  wheeled  from  Washin(,ton  to  Warrenton 


II  « 


THOUSAXD  ISLANDS  TO  .VATCTRAL  BRIDGE.     35, 

•tiid  thence  to  l,uray.     By  taking  train  at  L.  at  2  p.  m.,  one  may  reach  Natural  Bridge  «  6, 
s;.enu  the  nisht  and  following  forenoon  there  and  get  back  to  L.  again  at  6;  or  he  may  spend 
,'.  h.  at  the  Undge,  take  train  at  i  o'clock   and    reach    L.  at  5  a.  m.     Or,  if  he  prefers  to 
leave  L.  at  2  a.  M.,  he  may  reach  the  Bridge  at  daybreak,  and  start  on  the  return  either  at  mid- 
day or  midnight.     As  .hcse  trains  are  n  h.  apart,  and  as  the  C.  &  ().  r.  r.  also  has  only  two 
trains  a  day,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  chances  are  very  slight  rf  .hangii      trains  at  Waynesboro 
Junction  (for  Staunton,  12  m.  w.,  or  Charlottesville,  27  m.  e.)  without  long  delays.     That  is  why 
1  say  that  L.,  though  50  m.  further  from  the  Bridge  than  S.,  is  the  most  economical  point  of 
resorting  to  the  r.  r.  for  a  touring  wheelman  who  designs  to  visit  all  three  places.     Remounting 
his  wheel  at  L.  at  daybreak  (after  a  comfortable  nigiu  at  the  famous  hotel  there,  or  a  night  on 
thetraini,  he  may  chmb  over  the  Massanutten  to  Newmarket  and  then  speed  down  ihe  valley 
pike  to  S.  ;  or,  if  he  wishes  to  go  around  the  mountain  rather  than  over  it,  he  may  follow  the  South 
Fork  n.  for  20  m.  through  the  Luray  valley  to  Front  Royal  (though  I  have  quoted  an  authority 
in  praise  of  this  road,  p.  348,  I  was  told  at  L.  that  it  was  fairly  ridable  in  dry  weather  only)   and 
thence  t.  w.  10  m.  to  the  pike  at  Strasburg  or  Middletown.     Varying  my  recommendation  some- 
what, I  may  su-gest  that,  if  a  man  were  spry,  he  might  be  able  to  get  his  wheel  from  the  Uig- 
^age-car  to  the  baggage-room  at  Waynesboro  during  the  halt  of  the  train  which  was  takin-  him 
from  L.  to  Natural  Bridge;  and  then,  returning  to  W.  instead  of  L.,  he  could  wheel  tho'^2  m 
to  S.,  11  the  weath.-r  favored,  and  he  did  not  wish  to  wait  for .   connecting  train      Another  varia 
tion  would  be  to  wheel  from  S.  to  W,.  and,  after  taking  a  visit  by  train  to  L.,  or  the  Brid-e   or 
both,  reiom  the  bicycle  at  W.,  and  push  it  through  the  gap  to  Charlottesville,  where  may' be 
Yisited  the  tomb  of  Thomas  Jefferson  at  Monticello.     Still  another  plan  would  be,  in  returning 
n  by  tram  from  the  Bridge,  to  snatch  the  bicycle  out  of  the  baggage-room  at  W.  and  put  it  on 
the  same  tran,,  wh.ch  would  then  carry  the  tourist  directly  along  to  the  junction  with  the  B  & 

0  .nam  I.ne,  . ,.  m.  above,  or  allow  him  to  halt  at  L.,  when  half-way  thither.      Holders  of  first- 
class  unhm.ted  tickets  are  allowed  "  stop-over  privileges  "  nt  both  Luray  and  Natural  Bridge 

"  Ihe  red  clay  road  from  Staunton  to  Charlottesville  gets  in  fine  condition  at  times  ;  but  a 
continued  drought  makes  it  seriously  dusty,  and  rains  turn  it  into  deep  mud.  Same  may  be  .said 
of  route  to  Lexington.  The  road  to  White  Sulphur  Springs  (90  m.  s.  w.  on  C.  &  O  r  r  )  is  an 
old  pike,  free  from  sand,  smooth  and  hard.  Except  for  a  few  places  where  the  grades  arerather 
heavv,  ,t  could  all  be  ridden.     The  scenery  is  magnificent ;  and,  even  with  my  limited  experience, 

1  should  not  be  afraid  to  attempt  the  trip."  Such  is  the  report  to  me  (March  2.  'S5)  of  W  W 
<;,bbs.  President  of  the  Star  B.  C.  at  S.  ;  and  I  supplement  it  with  the  following,  from  L  b' 
Kns  ow.  of  Richm-  ,,d  (July  9.  '85) :  "  Such  parts  of  the  old  stage  road  as  I  saw  from  th^'cnr 
windows  between  white  Sulphur  Springs  and  S.  were  equal  to  the  smoothest  streets  in  Wash- 
ington, being  composed  of  minute  particles  of  slate,  packed  hard  and  smooth.  Cut  there  were 
Kits  of  lulls  that  would  give  good  chances  for  walking.  I  am  told  that  roads  are  good  from  S 
to  Gordonsville ;  and  my  observation  from  the  car  window  would  confirm  this.  The  hill  coun- 
try ,s  there  left  behind,  and  with  it  rocks,  and,  as  a  consequence,  good  roads.  From  G  to 
Richmond  76  m.  s.  e,  by  r.  r.)  they  are  said  to  be  sandy.  From  R.  to  Lexington  (.  .5  m  w  in 
a  bee  hne)  1  know  nothing  about  them.  Sandy  roads  prevent  our  taking  any  lone  runs  from^R 
Ashland  we  sometimes  visit,  by  a  route  of  26  m.,  which  requires  a  6  m.  walk  in  s;nd  five  inches 
deep^   1  he  ridmg  ,0  Petersburg,  20  m.  s.  e. ,  is  also  very  tiresome,  and  2  or  ,  m.  must  be  walked  " 

Pot.s.own  43  m.  n  w.  of  Philadelphia,  is  the  home  of  Hugh  J.  High,  who  wheeled  3409 
m.  between  May  4  and  Oct.  .0,  '85,  mostly  in  a  circuit  of  unrepeated  roadway.  A  full  accoum 
of  this  notable  journey  will  be  given  in  Chapter  XXX.  ;  but,  for  better  comparison  with  facts 
m  the  present,  1  here  exhibit  the  route  of  his  last  .2  days:  "Sept.  29,  Grayson  Kv  to 
Uarbersville,  W.  Va.,  46  m.  (2),  8  h.  ;  30th,  Charleston.  42  m.  (tj),  7  .  ToT:  Ga' Ws 
Hndge,  38  m.  (3J),  8  h.  ;  2d,  Lig  Snell  Mt.,  32  m.  ,2.),  to  h.  ;  3d,  Lewisburg  27  m.  Ij^  h 
4.h,  Covington,  Va.,  32  m.  (8),  7  h, ;  5th,  Goshen,  38  m.  (,o),  8h.  ;  6th,  Mt.  Sidnev  42  m  (S)' 
S  \^  :  7th,  .-^trasDurg,  65  m„  7h.  ;  8th,  Hagerstown,  65  m.,  8  h.  ;  9th,  New  Oxford,  41  m.  (9),  7J  h  • 
loth.  r  ottstown,  S,  m.  (4),  .2  h.  The  numerals  in  parenthesis  show  the  miles  walked  each  day 
and  the  h   numerals  show  the  actual  riding  time.     On  the  3d,  4th,  6th  and  Sth.  the  rides  were 


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,552  7-i^A'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

..eara  of  U  was  completed,  oddly  enough,  on  .he'  verTLyaf  L  'iZ"^,  ^^  '  "^  ^'  -' 
.aymg  that  ,„y  own  .50m.    Canadan  run,  of  exactly  two  ye"  s  eaXr  ^''^''f  ^"  P- 3.;. 

longest;  and.as  a  furthur  coincidence   i-  b^^n  at  M^    7,  '   ^'^""^  '°  ^ '^'-^ 

.O..H  «n,3hof .  ^,... .o..wh;.ofr ;;v:i\r;::^r-,rh:'sr"' --'^ '-■■• 

...apsof  the  War  l^epannfenl"  on  a's:;>:'of  3  :  7  .n'^rcr;n7h''''  '":  '"^  '""^^'^^ 
.he  w.  tnargn,  a  strip  of  cou.ury  30  ..  wide  is  show:,  st^c  n^  h  ^e^.o  N  "^'If  ^' 
Chesapeake  Bay.  and  all  the  roads,  streams,  .wamps  and  i  ill,  and  !hl  "  t'  ^.  ^  '"'' 
armies,  are  plainly  marked.      The   "Virginia"   L  T'  '"'''"  °^  "'^  ^"i"" 

shows  the  more  .mponan.  roads       „d  a    kmarH''^  h"":  '""  ^'^  "•  '°  '  '"  >  ^'* 

in  the  book,-thc  combined  map  of  Mai  Conn  anTn  .'''  h  t  T''  '"  "'  °"'"  •^'-- 
-^ale.  3  m.  to  .  m.  Street  p,aL  of  the  cittsTf  New'v  rk  JT^ t  t'^  W  1  "^  "'^'^ 
m.  .0  .i  ,n.;  are  likewise  given.     Ail  the  roads  between  W    and  Ri  hin.  7^^'\""^"-  '  • 

|l.e..apu.  ..•  ..  in..  .3  m,  to  .  in.)  which  accompanies  Tevtiramna'  °  l'-'^  "" 
•^,,"  by  .Andrew  .4.  Humphreys.  lirig.-On.  and  Chief  of  E  gin  '  U  s  T''"^"  ^  '"  "" 
ners.  ,8S3.^0;  and  the  book  itself  may  b.  recommended  as  ^Irn.yg.-;,-,  f,,,'  \  7''- 
tourist  in  this  region  of  battlc-tieids      It  Is  th^  fin,l  ,„     •  •        .      ^  "^  studi,,,,, 

^ '  '^'"^i".  anc/Vrice,  called  -  vt  C  1;         ^iXu  wi: '":'  i:,''"^^"  ^"'""'"  °'  ""- 

was  the  Shenandoah  book  from  wlucli  I  have  liberal!  v  quo  e^  Thrf  r  "  """'""" 

c-r,,  Virginia  are  :    (1 11.)  ■■  fhc  Peninsuh  ''    !  1 1         T     c    ,.!^  "'''"  °""  ^'^'"^  ^""■ 

.     •.        ,.,  .   ,    ,  ■^       1 -11.  f tnmsula,     by  Alexander  S.  Webb,  Bvt    Mai    Cn    j-    i;    a 

Assistant  Chief  „f  Artillery,  Army  of  the  Potomac,  .86.-'6.  ;  (I  V  )  "  The  Armv     ".       P        .: 

.5  m.  ,0  .  in. .,  and  the  four  battle-fields  named  in  the  titles,  ,  m    to  ,    n      Ko  '  ,h        .        '        ' 
Pleteness,  I  append  the  titles  of  the  other  volumes  of  the  s  r  eT'a  d   '    „  of  ,h        "V    """" 

(en    11.  S.  Vols.  ;  (VII.)  .'  The  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  "bvt^:.?  ■.;:,:;'  i"'     '^'  " 

pp.,     by  F.  \.   Greene,  Lieut,   of  Engineers.   U.   S.   Armv  ;   ,IX  )  "Atla,,-.  "  bv     .     h      " 
ox^^  ex-Governorof  Oh.,;  late  Secretary  of  the  Interior  of  the  uLted  ; ;  SJ^^  y 

Jaclb  n  rx'^Th?  m    ^"T  •  f  K   '■ ''''  ''"''  '"  ''^  Sea-Franklin  and  n's  ,•  le   '  I 

.s^^Tr^ind^^j^^rci::  n£;^^TiJz'  ?r^r^^^."c^,  ^7^  "■'" 

"in.-  .S  by  ..  in.,  .0  c,  ;  L  '"c^'^  Wail!^,^^:'^':    ^'^  f  '  I^  S?!  1  ^"T- 
m.,,»  issued  by  G.  H,  Adams  &  Son,   5.  Beekman  st,     N    Y    (^oo   each     o  m  •'" 

Va.  and  W,  Va,."  "  Md.  and  Del.,"  ■•  Ky,  and  Tenn.,"  "  N  C  and  "c   -' "  Ga  a.'^A    "•' 

A!v  .-.nd  Miss.,"  '.  Florid..,"  "  Texas,"  -  Ark.  and  Indian  Ter  " 


n 


XXV. 

THE  CORAL  REEFS  OF  BERMUDA.^ 

"  Thtre  are  islands  in  the  ocean 

Where  the  wild  and  restless  motion 
Of  the  heart  that  beats  and  surges  with  its  passion  and  its  pain. 

May  be  stilled  to  quiet  dreaniinj; 

Till  all  pain  is  but  a  seeniiii<' 
Of  a  world  long  left  behind  us  that  we  i.e'cr  shall  see  a.ain." 

-Thk  I5ermuclas  "  had  been  present  to  my  mind  for  more  than  a  dozer 
years,  as  a  spot  of  the  earth's  surface  whi.h  I  definitely  desired  to  v"sit  whe"" 
the  e  came  to  n.e,  at  the  opening  of  the  year  ,884,  a  leiter  which  I  mle," 
qu  c  competent  to  answer  by  an  emphatic  No,  without  even  troub  nTm 
-It  to  brea'-  the  seal  of  it.  I  recognized  the  superscription  as  that  of  The" 
genial  en  hus.ast  who  had  persuaded  me  to  be  one  of  the  three  dozen  "par 
cpants  ,n  a  week's  wheeling  "amid  the  down  east  fogs,"  of  the  previous 
rune;  an^'  felt  assured  that  he  was  now  trying  to  per  uade  me  o  nT 
t.c:pate.,    t  similar  excursion  "  along  the  Ken7ebe\"  ihi^h  I  L"w  that'he 

0     c    ed   vi  h"^^  ^  ^"'"::  '°  *''  ^^"""^  discomforts  necessarily 

z:::^::l:::z  "::  m:T  ;Vnt7r7r  '^^r  '"^  --  -^^ 

His  temerity  tn  thus  attempting  to  c:::e;omr:roH!^m;^;  ^^^^^^^ 

up  my  pen  to  give  written  expression  of  this  feeling,  it  occ,  rred  to  mVfK  ! 

c.v.t>^demanded  my  first  taking  a  glance  at  his  lett   rrihe  Topened 

when  ./,'""'"'  "'  '"^  ^'^'"-"°'  ^  -"-'•  «f  «"--er  saunterers 
a-.heelback  amtd  the  wo,.„  of  Maine,  but  his  own  solitary  sCf  on  a  v^wl 
vovage  to  the  Bermudas  -     Somehow,  it  had  been  his  luck  to  itr  ke  The  one 

t  e  time  nor  the  money  for  any  such  mid-winter  outing.     But  Ls  tempta 

ermudas,  -  n  behalf   of  the  very  scenes  which  I   for  a  decade  had  been 
vague^arnmg  to  set  my  eyes  upon.-in'  behalf  of  the  very  ^Jace  to  which 

TVon,  -n.  SM«£A-^U  lVHeel...n's  Ga^tU,  January,  ,885.  pp.  ,3^.43. 


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354  7£,V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

I  had  insensibly  attached  the  quoted  bit  of  newspaper  verse  as  a  true  de- 
scription ;  a  place  where 

"  There  are  little  shady  harbors, 
There  are  cckjI  and  quiet  arU>rs, 
'Ncatli  the  trees  upon  the  islands  that  are  brightly  resting  there." 

In  the  face  of  this  extreme  temptation,  presented  so  unexpectedly,  and  in 
such  glowing  colors,  I  hesitated— and  was  lost.  Duty  and  prudence  ceased 
to  have  compelling  power.  To  me,  as  to  the  mariner  in  the  old  storv,  Ber- 
muda had  suddenly  become  a  veritable  Loadstone  Rock.  "  It  was  drawing 
me  to  itself,  and  I  must  go."  At  first,  of  course,  I  quieted  my  con.'^cienLc 
with  a  few  weak  struggles  against  the  inevitable  ;  but  after  the  man  of  Maine 
hod  made  plausible  answers  to  the  various  practical  difficulties  which  I 
urged  against  accepting  his  proposal,  I,  "saying  I  would  ne'er  consent, 
consented."  Then,  having  named  the  day,  I  hurled  at  him  still  another 
stanza  from  the  song  already  quoted.     "  Yes  !"  I  cried, 

"  Yes,  away  we'll  go  a-boating, 

•And  to  other  ishiiuls  iloating. 
Other  skies  and  other  idliiig  seelcini^,  with  our  careless  song ; 

Now  in  bright  I.igoons  bo  sailing 

Where  our  heavy  keel  goes  trailing, 
From  beyond  the  reef  of  coral,  all  its  listless  wake  along," 

The  steamship  "  f  )iinoco  "  took  us  away  from  New  York  on  a  Thursday 
afternoon,  the  6th  of  March,  just  as  the  sunshine  had  begun  to  dispel  the 
wintry  gloom  in  which  a  raging  snow-storm  had  for  twenty-four  hours  en- 
shrouded th-  great  city;  and  daybreak  of  Sunday  disclosed  to  us  the  longed- 
for  outlines  cf  the  blessed  islands,  whose  verdure  was  suggestive  of  perpetual 
summer,  though  there  were  spots  of  limestone  glistening  through  the  green, 
as  a  sort  of  reminder  of  the  snow  which  we  had  so  recently  fled  from.  The 
literature  of  the  locality  had  been  well-studied  during  the  voyage;  and  I 
may  properly  quote  from  it,  at  this  point,  enough  preliminary  facts  to  render 
intelligible  the  record  of  my  own  personal  explorations.  A  Philadelphia 
lawyer  shall  be  my  first  authority!  :— 

These  islands,  now  converted  into  one  by  perm.ment  and  solid  causeways,  constitute  the 
summit  of  a  great  submarine  mountain,  somewhat  higher  than  Mont  Blanc,  and  some  600  mile^ 
distant  from  any  other  land.  The  land  area  is  about  nineteen  and  one-fourth  square  miles, 
or  about  12,378  acres,  of  which  2,300  acres  are  under  tillage.  The  construction  of  its  rocks, 
ar.d  the  derivation  of  its  vegetation,  birds,  and  insects,  af?ord  some  interesting  and  suggestive 
illustrations  of  modern  views  on  those  entertaining  subjects.  Its  settlement  vras  nearly  coin- 
cident with  that  of  Virginia,  although  its  population  of  761  per  square  mile  far  exceeds  that 
of  Virginia,  or  of  any  other  rural  part  of  the  adjacent  continent.  The  aggregate  population 
(exclusive  of  sailors  and  soldiers)  is  14,650,  of  which  60  percent,  is  colored,  but,  owing  to  i 
.^60  freehold  qualification,  the  whole  number  of  legal  voters  is  854.  Hence  the  representative 
body,  ar  well  as  all  administrative  functions,  is  in  the  hands  of  the  most  respected,  t-ix-piyiiic; 


J.  W.,  in  Tlif  .Vatiot,  March  27,  1884,  p.  275. 


THE  CORAL  REEFS  OF  BERMUDA. 


355 


c.iuenv  I  he  general  revenue  is  about  XJjo.ooo,  derived  entirely  from  a  specific  duty  on  n>iriu 
and  tobacco,  and  a  trifling  ad-voiorem  duty  of  5  i,er  cent,  on  all  other  importations.  From 
,i,„  revenue  »  maintained  the  entire  legislative  and  ju.licial,  and  a  fair  proportion  of  the  ex- 
ecutive  machmery,  excellent  municipal  conveniences  in  tlie  two  towns  of  Hamilton  and  St 
Cieorge's,  a  general  island  police,  and  the  efficient  maintenance  of  over  ninety-five  miles  of " 
ro.i<lsand  streets,  exclusive  of  the  sixteen  miles  of  military  r.ads,  which  are  also  open  to  public 
use,  but  maintained  by  the  Imperial  military  authorities.  It  is  these  streeU  and  roads  and 
their  economic  construction,  which  are  especially  interesting  to  Americans,  who  have  only  got 
a  step  beyond  savage  tribes  in  the  making  and  maintenance  of  public  highways,  although  we 
spend  somewhat  more  upon  them  than  the  richest  and  most  perfectly  supplied  European  na- 
lions.  The  Bermuda  roads,  though  penetrating  a  very  uneven  and  undulating  surface  are  • 
gnded  almost  to  the  capacity  of  railroads,  shrinking  from  no  "  rock  cuts  "  or  expensive  "  fills  " 
,.rs„lid  causeways,  to  obtain  this  result.  Most  of  the  heaviest  work  of  grading,  draining  and 
n-etaiing  (they  are  all  metaled)  was  done  by  borrowing  long-term  convicts  from  the  mother- 
country.  The  heavy  fortifications  belonging  to  the  Imperial  Clovemment  were  mainly  con- 
structed in  the  same  manner -that  is  to  say.  at  no  expense  except  transportation,  since  the 
(■iivicts  had  to  be  subsisted  somewhere. 

The  situation  of  the  island.^  (latitude,  32°  20'  N.;  longitude,  64°  41'  W.)  is 
"as  far  south  as  Charleston  and  as  far  east  as  Nova  Scotia;  and  there  is 
s.iiil  to  be  no  habitable  land  so  isolated  on  the  face  of  the  round  globe 
unless  it  may  possibly  be  St.  Helena."  Tropical  plants  flourish,  not  because' 
the  summer  heat  greatly  exceeds  that  of  the  main  land,  but  because  they  are 
not  winter-killed.  A  mild  form  of  slavery  existed  from  1618  to  1834,  when 
the  English  Government  abolished  it  by  paying  about  $35  each  for  the  4  200 
blacks  then  m  servitude.  According  to  Godet  ("  History  of  Bermuda  "  Lon- 
don, i860),  "  Bermuda,  conjointly  with  Halifax,  holds  in  check  the'  whole 
Atlantic  coast  of  the  United  States,  upon  which  nature  has  bestowed  no 
equivalent  for  naval  purposes;  and  it  also  controls  the  West  Indies  the 
(.ulf  of  Mexico,  and  the  southern  coasts  of  the  United  States."  A  well-known 
gUKle-book.i  after  remarking  that  "the  soil  is  very  thin,  and  of  a  red  color- 
that  It  IS  already  overworked,  and  constantly  demands  fertilizers;  and  that 

bali^"  IddTf- '  '''''""''  '^'^'''''''^  '"  '^"  "'"'"'  "^  '°"«  "*''""  °"  ^  '''"^^'""^ 

The   most    noteworthy  characteristic  of  the  iiem,,.  ^  .c   in  t»,-.  „  •   •         r    ^ 

number  one  hundred,   with  a  large  flock  of  nameles.  rocks      Thl  M  ,    These  tslets 

shaped  like  a  fish-hook,  from  St.  George'.   Is"anT  o   Ire  anH  iT    .       ^^"  ^™"^  ^°™'  '  '''''" 
wav<!     c\r.  .!,„      -1  • ,     .  "'*■'=  '    isiana  to   Ireland  Island,  and  connected  bv  cause- 

ways^O^he  northern  .ide  they  are  hedged  in  by  a  remarkable  coralline  reef  extendfng  in  a 

"'The  Atlantic  Islands,"  by   S.   G.  W.   benjamin,  8vo.  pp    .74  (New  York-   H,r™.,  « 
I^^"thers,  ,878),  devotes  twenty  p..ges  to  Bermuda.  ^  '   ^^"^^  ^ 


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356  //.A'  THOUSAND  MILES  0.\  A  BICYCLE. 

»cnu^,rclec,.n,plctely  across.  M.b..„cUng, he  arc  of  .he   bay  lying  between  the>«  .wo  ,sla.,d,    . 
chs  ancc  o   Iwen.y-hvc  m.le,.      I,  is  worthy  of  remark  that  the  Hern.aaas  are  in  ,h.  h,Khc«   |'„ 
Uude  >u  wh.ch  coral  ,nv=ct.s  bui-d  in  the  form  of  rocks.     In  heavy  wea.h.r  th...  i.nn.eul  Ur,    , 
.,  crnelly  temble,  beaten  by  an  unb„.k-n  „u«  of  ra^.-g  brca^..,.     A,  .here  „  but  one  .J' I 
by  which  ..  can  be  entered,  it  serve*  as  an  .mpenctrable  c/,*zW-^-./r„,  agauut  all  s'ln^     ^ 
the  enemy      The   island...  .n   a  direct   hne.  are    but   fdteen  m.ies  .n  4th.  a'.d  .lei  „        ." 
mdos  broad,  and  genera.ly  very  nu.ch  narrower,  and  excessively  cnt  up  wah  creek,  and  \Z 
and  yet  they  K.ve  M^  nnpress.on  of  a  n.uch  larger  area- to  such   a  degree  as  almost  to   r 
w.th.n  the  dcru.u,on  of  an  illusion.      The  surface,  nowhere  over  .50  L  h.^h   .    al wa  !  u  T' 
Utng;  and  thus  one  w.ll  often  .n,d  hin.self  in  a  little  sylvan  hollow  surrounded  "by  hUlssls' et 
as  tog.ve.he  .mpressmno.  .ons.derable   elevation;    , hey  are  clothed  with  cedar   erov^ 
the  mtcrveutng  ,r,eadow.|a,uU  lies,  perchance,  a  little  pool  .surrounded  by  auractive  Ln.-hou 
and  gardens,  and  a  church-sp.re.     One  could  eaMly  imaKin.-  hnnself  in  some  New  Kngl..„d  vac 
hundreds  of  nnlcs  from   the  sea    when   a  turn  in  the   road    reveal,  the  ocean  only  a  few  score 
yards  away;  and  the  .llus.on  ,s  he„h,ened  by  the  numerous  adn.irable  roads  rtmning  i„  e"! 
d,rect.on.     A  penal  settlement  existed  uu.a  recently   in    Uermuda.   and  the  convicts  werej^f 
ployed  ,0  hew  out  of  .he  rocks   ...  n.ilcs   of  camage-roads.     The  ..uest.on   is.   "If  thesj  „     " 
had  no   .smned,  would. hese  roads  have   been   constructed?    and  what   would  these   ,sla,  d 
without  these  roads.' "  is].o.us  ut 

What  the  isla.ul.s  are  wUh  them  wa.s  pleasantly  told  in  a  .series  of  letters 
to  the  New  York  Tunes,  during  the  first  two  months  of  1S83,  W  VV  Drvs 
dale,  whose  most  precious  bit  of  testimony  for  wheelmen  was  as  fJllows-  "It 
would  be  hard  to  equal  the  IJermuda  roads,  and  utterly  impo.ssible  to  excel 
them.  They  are  sntuoth,  hard,  and  clean.  When  there  are  hills,  they  are  not 
steep  hills.  When  it  is  dry,  there  is  no  dust.  When  it  is  rainy,  there  is  no 
mud.  1  hesc  roads  run  all  over  the  island  in  every  direction.  The  road-bed 
IS  solid  rock,  planed  down  as  smooth  as  a  floor." 

Such  ideal  conditions  for  wheeling  are  due  to  the  singular  fact  which 
gives  distinctiveness  to  so  many  other  conditions  of  existence  in  Ikrmuda 
that  the  coral  or  limestone  can  be  ci-t  and  worked  almost  as  easily  as  if  it 
were  cheese.  "  The  limestone  quarries,  whence  are  taken  the  great  blocks 
of  which  all  the  buildings  in  Bermuda  are  composed,  may  be  seen  every- 
where ;  but  the  chisel  and  hand-saw  take  the  place  of  blast  and  drill."  Mark 
Twain's  "  Notes  of  an  Idle  E.xcursion,"i  present  theca.se  quite  clearly,  thus  :- 

Bermuda  is  a  coral  island,  with  a  six  inch  crust  of  soil  on  top  of  it,  and  every  man  has  a 
qitarry  on  h,s  own  premises.  Kverywhere  you  go  you  see  sq..are  recesses  cut  out  of  the  hill- 
sides. With  perpendicular  walls,  unmarred  by  crack  or  crevice  ;  and  perhaps  you  imagine  that  a 
house  grew  out  of  the  ground  there,  and  has  been  removed  in  a  single  piece  from  the  mould  If 
you  do  you  err ;  but  the  material  for  a  house  has  been  quarried  there.  They  cut  right  down 
through  the  coral,  to  any  depth  which  is  convenient.- ten  to  twenty  feet,- and  t.ike  it  out 
m  great  square  blocks.  This  cutting  is  done  with  a  chisel,  which  has  a  handle  twelve  or  fiftee,. 
feet  long,  and  ,s  used  as  one  uses  a  crowb.-,r  when  he  is  drilling  a  hole,  or  a  dasher  when  he 
IS  churning.  Ihus  soft  ,s  this  stone.  Tlyn.  with  a  co.nmon  hand-saw,  they  saw  the  great 
blocks  into  h..ndsome,  h..,e  bricks,  that  are  two  feet  long,  a  foot  wide,  and  about  six  inches 
thick.     These  stand  loosely  piled  during  a  month  to  harden  ;  then  the  work  of  building  begins. 

"Reprinted  as  the  .semnd  chapter  (pp.  36  to  .03)  of  "The  Stolen  White  Elephant  "  (Bos- 
ton :  Osgood  &  Co.,  1SS3).  ^ 


THE  CORAL  KEICFS  OF  JiEAW/UDA.  35; 

1!.  hou^isbuil.nf.hes,  blocU,  i,  i,  ,«,fed  w„h  broad  corn)  ,Ubs  an  inch  thick.  ,ho« 
...1,«  lap  upon  each  other.  ^  that  the  r.,,.f  looks  hke  a  ,ucces,.o„  of  shallow  step,  or  terraces  ■ 
,  .  .h.mney,  are  ..:!t  of  ,h=  coral  bUk,.  a„.i  sawed  into  graceful  and  picturesque  patterns' 
,h.  ground  floor  veranda.,  paved  w.th  coral  blocks;  also  the  walk  to  the  Rate;  the  fence  U 
(„nl.  of  coral  block,,- built  in  massive  panels,  with  broad  capstones  and  heavy  Rate-pos,,,  and 
,lu.  whole  tnmmcd  into  e.asy  Ime,  and  comely  shape  with  the  saw.  Then  ,hcy  pm  a  hard 
out  of  whitewash,  a,  thuk  as  your  thumb-nail,  on  the  fence  and  all  over  the  house  roof 
.h.nneys  and  al  Cas.d  thus  in  i„  hard  scale  of  whitew,.sh.  not  a  crack,  or  Mgn  of  a' scam' 
„r  ,,.,,„ns  of  the  block,,  .s  detectable,  from  base-s.,  „e  to  chimney-.op;  the  buildiMR  looks  a.  ii 
,.  h.,,1  been  carved  from  a  smglebU^I  of  stone,  and  the  doors  and  windows  sawed  out  after- 
wAr.l,.  A  Bermuda  house  does  not  look  like  marble  ;  it  is  a  nmeh  intenser  .-Lite  than  hat  It 
„  .xacly  the  whue  of  the  icing  of  a  cake,  and  has  the  .ame  unc,„pi,as,zed  and  scarcely  ..e^ep- 
,.b  e  pol.sh.  There  ts  «,meth:ng  exhilara.„>g.  even  hilarious,  about  its  vivid  whiteness  when 
...  sun  p  ay,  upon  ,t.  I  know  of  no  other  country  that  has  chimney.  -  too  pure  and  white  for 
■  us  world-worthy  ,o  be  gazed  at  and  gloated  over.  Wherever  vou  go,  in  the  town  or  along 
llucoun.ry  roads,  among  l.t.Ie  po.a.o-farms  and  patches,  or  extensive  country-seats  these 
st.i,„les,  wlu.e  dwellings,  gleaming  out  from  flowers  and  f.liage,  m-e,  you  at  every  tnrn  The 
leas,  httle  bit  of  a  cot t, age  is  as  white  and  blemishlcss  as  the  stat.  'iest  mansion.  Nowhere  i, 
,Kre  dirt  or  stench,  puddle  or  hog-wallow,  neglect,  disorder  or  l..ck  of  trimness  and  neatness 
h.  roads,  the  streets,  the  dwellings,  the  people,  the  clothes.-their  neatness  extends  to  every! 
d.n,  that  fall,  under  the  eye.     It  is  the  tidiest  country  in  the  world.     And  very  much  the 

IklluSt,  too. 

iiermud.-.  roads  are  made  by  cutting  down  a  few  inches  into  the  solid  white  coral-or  a  rood 
m,,„v  f.e.  where  a  hill  intrude,  itself-and  smoothing  ofl  the  surface  of  the  road-bed  It  is  a 
s,m,,l     .ndeasy  process.     The  grain  of  the  coral  is  coar.se  and  porous;    the  road-bed  has  the 

',"  h     •    riTtr"    '"""'  *""  ''"«"■•     '""'"^  "'""'^y  roads  curve  and  wind  hither  and 
.  uherinthedehghtfulest  way.  unfolding  pretty  siirprises  at  every  turn:    pillowy  masses  of 
oIe.,nder  that  seem  ,o  float  out  from  behind  distant  projections  like  the  pink  cloud-banks  of  sun- 
set :  sudden  plunge,  among  cottages  and  gardens,  life  and  activity,  followed  by  as  sudden  plunges 
m,o  the  somber  twilight  and  stillness  of  the  wood,  ;  Hitt.' ,     visions  of  white  fortresses  and 
beacon  towers,  pictured  against  the  sky  on  remote  hill-to,        glimpses  of  shining  green  sea 
ca;„h,  for  a  moment  through  oper  head.;..nds.  then  lost  ag^.n  ;    more  woods  and  solitude  ;  anj 
by  and  by  another  turn  lays  bare,  without  warning,  the  full  sweep  of  the  inland  ocean,  en- 
nched  with  Its  bars  of  soft  color,  and  graced  with  its  wandering  sails.    Take  any  road  you  please 
ynu  may  depend  upon  .t,  yor.  will  not  stay  in  it  half  a  mile.     Your  road  is  everythin/that  a 
road  ought  to  be  :   .t  .,  bordered  with  trees,  and  w-th  strange  plants  and  flowers  ;   it  is  shady 
and  pleasant  or  sunny  and  .still  pleasant;   it  carrl.  ,  you  by  the  prettiest  and  peacefulest  and 
most  homel.ke   of  homes,  and  through  stretches  of  forest  that  lie  in  a  deep  hush  sometimes 
and  sometimes  are  alive  with  the  music  of  birds ;    it  curves  always,  which  is  a  continual  promise' 
whereas  straight   roads  reveal  everything  at  a  glance  and  kill  interest.     Your  road  is  all  this' 
an^  yet  you  will  not  stay  in  it  half  a  mile   for  the  reason  that  little,  seductive,  mysterious  roads 
are  always  branching  out  from  it  on  either  hand,  and  as  these  curve   sharply  also,  and  hide 
what  IS  beyond,  you  cannot  resist  the  temptation  to  desert  your  own  chosen  road  and  explore 
hem.    \  ou  are  usually  paid  for  your  trouble  ;   consequently,  your  walk  i.nland  always  turns  out 
to  be  one  of  the  most  crooked,  involved,  purposeless,  and  interesting  experiences  a  body  can 
.magine.    There  is  enough  of  variety.      Sometimes  you  are  in  the   level  open,  with  marshes 
th.ck.grovvn  with  flag-lances  that  are  ten  feet  high  on  the  one  hand,  and  potato  and  onion  or- 
chards on  the  other  ;  next,  you  are  on  a  hill-top.  with  the  ocean  and  the  island,  spread  around 
you;  presently  the  road  winds  through  a  deep  cut.  shut  in  by  perpendicular  walls,  thirty  or  fo-ly 
eet  high  ;   and  by  and  by  your  way  is  along  the  sea-edge,  and  you  may  look  down  a  fathom  or 
two  through  the  transparent  waters  and  watch  the  diamond-like  flash  and  play  of  the  light  upon 
.he  rocks  and  sands  on  the  bottom  until  you  are  tired  of  it,- if  you  are  so  constituted  as  ,o^ 
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3S8  TEJ\/  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE, 

The  general  character  of  the  place  having  been  impressed   upon   the 

readers  mmd  by  th.s  graphic  and  appreciative  description,  he  will  be  .„ab  ed 

o  grasp  w.th  mtelhgence.  and  I  hope  with  sympathetic  interest,  the'  sta  L 

t.cal  details  of  my  ow.  matter-of-fact  report  concerning  the  de.r.  delightful" 

paths  of  th.s  "ocean  paradise  for  wheelmen."     Fort  St  George    overl     u 

^  the  town  of  that  name,  which  was  formerly  the  capital  of  the  pr;vince  stand! 

the     letter  J     which  slopes  thence  m  a  southwesterly  direction  for  a  dozen 
nules.  and  then  curves  to  the  west  and  north  for  six  miles,  ending  at  Son,- 
-set.    Thepomtof  the  « fish-hook"  e.xtcnds  two  miles  northeasterly  fro 
here,  and  consists  of  Ireland  Island  (reached  by  a  horse-ferry),  on  which  i 
situated  the  Royal  dock-yard.     Less  than  a  mife  and  a  half  a'c'oss  the  w  , 

^Tk     .f  ;'.  ^'"!f    ''""'•  "  '^'"'^'""'^  P^^J^^^'"^  ^^""^  ""^"^  'he  curve  begins 
?  T  J  J,.  two  miles  behind  this  headland  stands  "Hamiltcn.  on  her 

clustered  hill-s:des  and  summits,  the  whitest  mass  of  terraced  architecture 
which  exists  in  the  world."  The  relative  situation  of  things  may  perhap.  be 
suggested  more  dearly  by  cou.idering  Spanish  Point  as  the  end  of  the  left 
thumb,  Ireland  Pomt  as  the  end  of  the  fo-efinger.  which  is  crooked  towards 
It,  and  Hamilton  Harbor  as  lying  at  the  junction  of  the  thumb  and  fineer  In 
entering  this  harbor,  «  we  steamed  between  two  island  points,  whose  rocky 
jaws  allowed  only  just  enough  room  for  the  vessel's  body,"-and  it  is  only 
or  a  few  hours  of  each  day,  when  the  tide  is  high,  that  they  allow  even  this 
Hence,  though  we  were  in  sight  of  land  at  daybreak  on  Sunday,  and  though 
we  soon  came  up  within  hailing  distance  of  Fort  St.  George,  and  then  steamed 

vlrS^h^«^■'  »",?''"' '°  '^^  ""'•^""^^  "^  ^^^^^y  ^^y-  ^^  ^^e  dock. 

jard,  the  Orinoco  "  did  not  reach  the  dock  in  Hamilton  until  late  in  the 
afternoon.      Most  of  her  passengers  went  ashore  six  hours  earlier,  however 

re^,fr  Tk  7^?  "'"'  ''°"^'''^'  ^°'" '''''  P"^P°^^  :  ^"''  -«  the  customs' 
regulations  forbade  the  taking  of  anything  with  them  except  hand-baggage  I 

preferred  to  stu:k  by  the  ship,  and  devote  the  time  to  getting  my  bi'ycle  in 
trim  for  immediate  service,  after  I  had  superintended  the  hoisting  of  it  from 
the  hold,  and  had  convinced  the  custom-house  officer  that  h.  might  properlv 
grant  me  the  privilege  of  riding  it  directly  away  from  the  dock,  instead  of  de- 
laying It  there  until  Monday  morning,  for  tedious  ofl^cial  formalities. 

Early  m  the  day,  my  companion  became  so  exhilarated  at  the  sight  of  the 
cedar-covered  shores  (the  smoothness  of  whose  roads  seemed  to  his  mind's 
eye  doubly  attractive,  in  contrast  to  the  roughness  of  the  sea,  which  had 
gwen  h.m  two  days  of  wretchedness),  that  he  was  almost  ready  to  iay  violent 
tw  ""VT^  the  under-officers  of  the  ship  for  declaring,  peremptorilv, 
that,  as  the  disembarkation  of  the  bicycles  on  Sunday  was  quite  out  of  the 
question,  a  1  thoughts  of  indulgence  in  wheeling  must  be  postponed  until  the 
moi  ow.     Ills  mdignant  sorrow  over  this  prospective  calamity  was  assuaged 

!!ho'r   f  .K^  7  T'T'''""""  that  I  would  guarantee  the  prompt  putting 
ashore  of  the  wheels,  all  under-officcrs  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding;  and. 


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as  the  hours  wore  on,  the  increasing  warmth  of  the  atmosphere  soothed  his 
excitement  into  sleepiness  and  languor,  so  that,  when  the  time  for  disembark- 
ing really  came,  he  decided  that  it  was  the  part  of  prudence  to  devote  a  solid 
night's  rest  to  overcoming  the  effects  of  sea-sickness,  before  venturing  to 
entrust  his  weary  frame  to  the  saddle  at  all.  Alone,  therefore,  at  a  qUarter- 
l)ast  five  o'clock,  I  pushed  my  wheel  down  the  gangway  and  through  the  ad- 
miring throng  of  two  hundred  well-dressed  Bermudians,  white  and  black,  and 
foithwith  started  off  for  a  ride  of  a  dozen  miles  to  St.  George's,  in  front  of 
whose  hotel  I  dismounted  at  half-past  seven  o'clock. 

No  inns  or  public  houses  are  to  be  found  between  these  two  main  towns, 
though  there  are  several  little  post-office  groceries  where  the  traveler  may 
refresh  himself  with  fruits,  confectionery,  crackers  and  cheese,  and  bottled 
sarsaparilla.  I  believe,  however,  that  a  regular  "  American  hotel "  is  soon  to 
be  erected  at  the  Flatts,  which  is  the  first  objective  point  on  the  route,  being 
a  little  collection  of  houses  at  the  little  bridge  (four  miles  from  Hamilton) 
that  crosses  the  inlet  into  Harrington  Sound.  This  is  described  as  "  a  charm- 
ing inland  sea,  bordered  by  high  cliffs,  alternated  by  smooth  beaches  and 
tables  of  coral  rock,"  and  its  dimensions  may  be  generally  indicated  as  those 
of  an  irregular  oval,  fully  a  mile  broad  and  nearly  two  miles  long.  The 
second  objective  point  is  the  Causeway,  which  is  a  mile  long, — or,  rather, 
nearly  two  miles  long,  if  it  be  considered  as  extending  to  the  Causeway  Cot- 
tage, beyond  the  iron  swing-bridge,  which  is  six  miles  from  the  Flatts,  and  a 
mile-and-a  half  from  St.  George's.  Three  main  roads  from  Hamilton — called 
the  North,  the  Middle,  and  the  South^onve.ge  at  the  Flatts ;  and  two  of  them 
continue  thence  on  opposite  sides  of  the  Sound  and  meet  at  the  Causeway, 
whence  a  single  road  runs  to  St.  George's.  The  North  road,  which  a  local 
guide  caiij  "  the  most  airy  and  easy  of  the  three,"  was  the  one  which  I  first 
made  triil  of,  when  I  wheeled  away  from  the  ship,  that  Sunday  afternoon. 
Facing  the  west,  I  turned  up  hill  to  the  right,  and  again  to  the  right,  passing 
on  my  left  the  terraces  in  front  of  the  Hamilton  Hotel ;  then  turning  l?ft  and 
climbing  Mount  Langton  through  a  deep  cut,  whence  I  descended  through 
an  avenue  of  cedars  to  the  north  shore,  one  mile  from  the  dock.  Thence,  for 
three  miles  to  the  Flatts,  I  gayly  glided  along  the  shore,  looking  out  all  the 
while  over  the  intensely  blue  ocean,  which  shone  with  unwonted  brilliancy 
beneath  the  rays  of  the  setting  sun.  The  North  road,  which  turns  to  the  left 
across  the  bridge  at  the  Flatts,  continues  to  overlook  the  ocean,  for  two  miles 
farther ;  but  I  preferred  to  keep  directly  on  by  what  from  that  point  is  called 
the  South  road,  which  skirts  Harrington  Souiid  for  a  similar  distance,  and 
then,  making  two  successive  turns  to  the  right,  extends  to  the  Causeway. 
The  left-hand  road  at  both  of  these"  turns  leads  over  to  the  north  shore,  but 
the  second  is  much  the  better  one  to  travel.  There  is  also  a  more  direct 
road,  of  rougher  surface,  leading  from  the  Sound  to  the  Causeway.  The  ride 
across  this — with  green  waters  upon  one  side,  and  blue  waters  upon  the  other, 
and  the  hues  of  both  varying  in  intensity  according  to  the  tides  and  the  posi- 


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!lTh°^h '^n '°'f  '"'^T''  "^"^'  ^  ^*=^  P'^^'*"'  ""'^ '  '^"^  -^y  fi"t  "de  there, 
m  the  bnlLantly  moonht  solitude  cf  my  first  night  ashore,  seeined  particuJa.Iv 
strange  and  exh.laratin,.  The  twelve-mile  course,  which  I  traversed  t 
first  n>ght  n.ay  be  wheeled  without  dismount,  in  both  directions.  T  think  the 
same  may  be  said  of  the  north  route  around  the  Sound;  but.  though  I  rode 
over  ,t  ,n  00th  directions.  I  cannot  remember  whether  I  conquered  .11  the 
hills  or  not.  ^  '"^ 

,n  I^^fT^  ''°^'^u'  '■?''^'''  ^'  ^  ""■'"  ^'■°'"  '^'^  'J^'^'*  i"  Hamilton,  bv  goine 
southeaster  y  to  tne  head  of  the  harb  ,  and  then  curving  south.     Meanfh  e 
h    celebra  ed  row  of      e  cabbage-palm  trees,  whose  stately  trunks  look  1 
ch,seled  columns  of  stone,  have  been  passed  on  the  right.    Along  the  so    h 
hore.  though  not  m  s.ght  of  the  water,  one  goes  in  an  easterly  direction 
hrough  a  marshy  and  wooded  country,  for  nearly  two  mLes.  and  then  turns' 

h,ll.  and  then  makmg  a  sharp  descent  ro  the  Fl.tts;  or  he  may  keep  straight 
on  at  the  fork  and  turn  off  for  the  Flatts  at  St.  Mark's  church;  or  he  may 
contmue  past  tne  church  up  Knapton  Hill,  and  descend  to  the  ma  n  road  at  a 
pomt  near  the  Devil's  Hole,  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Harrington  Sound  - 
the  d.stance  to  here  from  the  fork  being  two  miles,  much  of  which  is  sandy 
and  unr.dable.  Just  fceyond  here  a  road  branches  off  to  the  right  directly 
fo  Tuckertown;  but  I,  in  seeking  that  place,  kept  to  the  main  ro.d  for  a 
m,le-and-a-quarter  beyond  the  Devil's  Hole  (this  is  a  walled  enclos-  e  on  the 
r^ht.  guarded  by  broken  bottles,  where  a  shilling  fee  is  extracted  from  each 

ent  depths  of  the  ho  e) ;  and  then,  at  the  top  of  an  incline.  I  turned  to  the 
ngh.  and  went  a  half-m,le  to  mee.  the  direct  road  before  mentioned,  on  which 
I  then  wheeled  a  mile,  o,  till  I  reached  its  terminus,  at  the  wharf  in  Tucker- 
town.  As  there  was  nothing  to  the  town  except  this  little  wooden  wharf  I 
soon  turned  about,  and  walked  up  to  the  signal  station,  whence  some  intereL- 
ing  views  were  to  be  had.  Rejoining  my  wheel  at  the  foot  of  this  hill  I 
drove  ,t  westward  for  a  mile  over  a  neglected  military  road,  which  would  ha've 
brought  me  mto  the  South  Toad  again,  near  St.  Mark's  church,  if  I  had  been 
will.ng  to  plod  about  two  miles  farther,  over  its  rough  stones,     t  preferred 

scXd'L  H-f  '"''/°  '?•  '''°^^^'^'  '"^  "^^  '^'"""'  ^y  "^^  -"» •  -''"cly  de: 
scnled  a  d.stance  of  e.ght  miles.     The  process  of  exploring  Fort  Albert,  in 

the  last-named  town,  the  public  garden  (where  flourishes  a  date-palm  130 
years  old),  and  "  the  point,"  required  me  to  test  two  miles  more  of  excellent 
roadway;  but  when  I  turned  up  hill  to  the  right,  just  before  reaching  the 
Cau  eway  Cottage,  and  explored  a  half-mile  of  rough,  sandy,  and  hilly  road, 
eadmg  towards  the  north  shore.  I  felt  satisfied  that  a  return  to  Hamilton  by 
hat  'outewoud  hardly  be  worth  while,  even  if  the  old  ferry  were  in  opera- 
tion, of  which  I  did  not  feel  confident. 

eithe?nf  ^h'^'^'h'''"'^  ^""^  """'■"°"  *°  '•^^  *"^"^  '^  =*  '^^lf-'"i'^  shorter  than 
either  of  the  other  two;  and,  though  more  hilly  than  either,  it  is  attractive 


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because  of  th*;  smoothness  of  its  surface,  while  th  overhanging  cedars  give  it 
a  specially  secluded  character,  and  supply  a  gr.eful  shade  from  the  glare  of 
the  sun.  Near  the  east  end  of  Hamilton  hp .  bor,  just  before  reaching  the 
line  of  five,  tall  palm-trees,  the  wheelman  t  .ust  turn  left  and  ride  up  a  half- 
mile  hill,  from  whose  summit  there  is  a  des  ent  of  three-quarters  of  a  mile  to 
Christ  church,  whence  he  must  go  up  hir  again,  to  th.-  northeastward,  for  a 
mile-and-a-quarter,  to  the  little  tiiangle  vhere  a  junc'Jon  is  made  with  the 
road  leading  from  the  south  shore  down  to  the  Flatts.  Christ  church  is  con- 
nected to  the  north  shore  by  a  direci  road  a  mile  long  ;  and  from  the  top  of 
the  hill  that  overlooks  the  five  palm-trees  there  is  a  rather  sandy  cross-road, 
three-quarters  of  a  mile  long,  which  passes  through  the  military  barracks  at 
Prospect,  and  descends  to  the  north  shore  at  a  point  a  half-mile  east  of  whsre 
the  road  from  Mount  Langton  reaches  the  shore.  From  this  latter  junction, 
J.e  shore  road  may  be  ridden  westward  for  two  miles  to  its  terminus  at  Span- 
ish Point,  whence  a  return  course  of  about  that  distance  may  be  laid  out, 
without  much  repetition  of  roadway,  to  the  dock  at  Hamilton.  When  about 
iialf-way  between  the  point  and  the  dock,  a  detour,  which  requires  about  a 
mile  of  wheeling,  may  be  made  to  the  place  called  Fairyland. 

The  first  mile  of  the  route  to  Somerset  is  identical  with  that  gone  over 
in  reaching  the  South  road,  but  a  backward  (westerly)  course  is  then  taken 
along  the  south  side  of  the  harbor,  so  that  the  Seconal  mile  ends  about  oppo- 
site the  starting  point.     At  the  crest  of   a  hill,  a  little  beyond  here,  the 
be-st  route  makes  an  angle  to  the  left,  and  in  a  few  rods  brings  the  tourist 
to  the  main  road,  by  which  he  can  go  towards  Somerset  (right),  or  turn  back 
towards  Hamilton  (left).    A  narrower,  rougher,  and  hillier  road,  two  miles 
long,  whose  additional   picturesqueness    partly  atones    for   its   difficulties, 
descends  from  the  crest  of  hill  just  mentioned,  and  follows  the  shore  until 
it  f.;.ally  turns  off  and  joins  the  main  road,— its  appearance  at  the  point  of 
junction  being  that  of  a  private  lane.     A  mile  beyond  here  is  Gibbs's  Hill, 
24S  ^eet  in  height,  from  the  top  of  whose  light-house  (362  feet  above  high 
water),  a  wonderfully  attractive  panoramic  view  may  be  had  of  the  entire 
region.    The  bicycler,  instead  of  .-attempting  to  traverse  the  road   leading 
up  the   hfill  itself,  should  leave  his  wheel  on  the  main  road,  at  the  point 
where  the  telegraph  wires  cross  it,  _nd  climb  thence  by  a  foov-path  directly  to 
the  summit.     Four  miles  beyond  this  is  Scaur  Hill,  surmounted  by  a  private 
boarding-house,  where  we  secured  a  good  dinner,  as  a  result  of  a  friendly 
warning  that  better  fare  was  obtainable  there  than  at  the  hotel  in  Somerset. 
From  Scaur  Hill,  which  I  m.Taged  to  ride  up,  in  both  directions,  though  the 
effort  made  me  groan,  I  had  a  fine  spin  northward  to  the  public  wharf  and 
thence  along  tht  shore,  past  the  Sc--rset  House  and  police  station  to  the 
horse-ferry,  a  distance  of  two-and-ahalf  miles.    There  is  a  road  extending 
along  the  outside  shore  of  the  island,  for  about  ten  miles,  from  Somerset 
Bridge  to  a  point  opposite  Hamilton,  and  it  is  very  nearly  parallel,  at  a  dis- 
tance of  a  quarter  or  a  third  of  a  mile,  to  the  highway  which  we  traversed ; 


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36a  TEA-  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

but  it  was  said  to  be  generally  sandy  and  impracticable  for  a  bicycle,  and  so 
we  made  no  attempt  to  e::plcre  it.     In   the  wooded  heights  of  Fairmoun, 
opposue  Ham>lton.i.  quit,:  a  network  of  ridable  roads,  of  whose  intrracTc; 
I  wdl  say  nothmg  more  th=  n  that  the  bicycler  may  find  much  pleasure  in  di" 
portmg  himself  at  hap.haz;,rd  among  them. 

My  cyclometer  registered  .42  miles  in  Bermuda,  distributed  as  follows  • 
Sunday.!.;  Monday.  33;  Tuesday,  36;  Weunesday.  38;  Thursday.  .31 
covered  56  m.les  of  roa.lway  which  was  new  to  me.  and  34  milel  of'th 
same  m  an  opposite  or  ne-v  direction,  leaving  a  remainder  of  5.  miles  to  re^.! 
resent  the  absolute  repetidons.  On  the  forenoon  of  the  second  day,  whi'e 
I  rode  down  to  Hamilton,  to  seek  my  companion,  he  rode  up  to  St.  George's 
by  another  route,  m  sear.h  of  me;  and,  as  we  each  of  us  reversed  th 
operation  m  the  afternoor.  we  slept  In  separate  towns  on  ihe  second  night 
^  well  as  the  first.  On  the  third  night.  I  rejoined  him  a:  his  hotel.-fhe 
day  having  been  spent  bj  us  in  separately  exploring  opposite  ends  of  the 

comn  ""'  T^'^  'T""  ^'  ""  ^'"^  •'"'y  °"^  *'^^"  -  'I'd  any  wheeling  i 
company.     Early  m  the  morning  of  the  fifth  and  find  day,  he  saw  his  bicycle 

wlLT      ""^^'r^t'"  '•"'  "^""^^  °^  '^^   "Orinoco."  on  which  he  em- 

?ha.  t    \-Tl  1'  "''''''  '  '°"''""''^  '"^  "*^^^'  ''''  f«-  h°""  l-'er  than 

that  or  till  the  verf  moment  when  the  steam-launch  started  off  with  the 
mails  to  meet  the  ship  a.  her  anchorage  beyond  the  reef  in  Grassy  Bay  In 
appreh-nsion  of  possible  accident  during  those  final  hours.  I  warned  my  com- 
pamon  that,  m  case  I  should  fail  to  catch  the  mail-boat.  it  would  be  his  dutv 
to  send  back  my  baggage,  and  as  much  cash  as  he  could  spare,  in  order  to 
keep  me  comfortable  during  the  fortnight  which  would  elapse  before  the 
sailing  of  the  next  homeward  steamer. 

The  naiTowness  with  which  I  escaped  such  accident  formed  the  most 
exciting  incident  of  my  entire  visit ;  for,  by  son  miscalculation  of  distances 
I  found  myself  on  the  North  shore  road,  at  the  foot  of  Prospect  Hill,  within' 
less  than  a  quarter-hour  of  tne  time  announced  for  the  steamer's  departure. 
The  route  which  I  took  from  there  to  the  dock  was  measured  by  my  cyclom- 
T  r!  '"^^r^"'-^  ^"'  I  '^"^  '^•^"fi'l^"'  it  was  longer,  for  I  went  around  bv 
the  Admiral  s  corner,  whereas  the  direct  route  across  the  hill  calkd  Mount 

a-half.  Whatever  the  actual  distance  might  prove  to  be  when  calmly  meas- 
ured  ma  less  desperate  crisis,  that  final  spin  of  mine,  "along  the  coral 
reefs  of  Bermuda."  seemed  the  longest  two  miles  of  the  entire  10,000  over 
which  my  "  No.  234  "  had  carried  me.  For  the  first  time  in  my  experience,  I 
rode  as  fast  as  I  could."  I  devoted  my  entire  force  and  energy  to  the 
one  endeavor  of  speedily  "getting  there."  My  mind  dwelt  angrily  upon  the 
various  troubles  and  perplexities  which  would  result  from  suddenly  "getting 
left  for  a  fortnight  upon  an  island  having  no  connection  with  the  worid  that 
I  belonged  to,  until  it  really  seemed  that  I  was  "riding  for  my  life  "  In 
the  midst  of  this  exciting  caase,  before  I  had  turned  away  from  the  shore, 


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or  got  within  a  mile  of  the  dock,  a  sand-rut  gave  m-  a  violent  header, — 
the  first  and  last  fall  which  I  had  during  the  visit.  I  picked  up  my  vcner- 
;iHle  wheel  with  profound  trepidation,  for,  if  the  accident  had  disabled  it  at 
ail,  my  last  hope  of  sailing  for  New  York,  that  day,  would  have  disappeared. 
Fortune  favors  the  foolish,  sometinu-s,  however,  as  well  as  the  brave ;  and  my 
own  folly,  in  taking  so  needless  a  risk,  was  not  fated  to  be  properly  pun- 
ished. "  No.  234  "  came  up  smiling  from  the  sand ;  and  I  without  stopping 
to  brush  the  white  coral  dust  from  my  white  flannel  iding  costume,  was 
soon  pushing  its  pedals  harder  than  ever,  in  my  despairing  drive  for  the  dock. 
1  suppose  that  all  touring  wheelmen  have  occasionally,  like  myself,  been 
oppressed  with  remorseful  exasperation  over  their  own  mistaken  choices 
among  possib!e  alternatives  while  on  the  road ;  but  I  don't  think  I  ever  had 
a  more  contemptuous  opinion  of  my  own  discretion  and  sagacity  as  a  traveler 
than  during  those  last  bitter  moments  of  that  "  bad  quarter-hour  "  when  the 
tattered  tires  of  my  bicycle  were  pounding  along,  with  every  atom  of  speed 
which  I  could  impart  to  them,  through  the  glistening  streets  of  "  the  whitest 
city  m  the  world."  All's  well  that  ends  w^U,  however;  and  though  I  reached 
the  dock  two  minutes  before  the  appointed  time,  the  mail-boat  didn't  really 
push  off  till  twenty  minutes  afterwards..  Life  in  T  srmuda  is  a  matter  of 
such  infinite  leisure  that  even  the  post-office  people  seem  to  resent  the  tyranny 
of  clocks  and  schedules  1  Even  the  "  Mo-on-dy-ne  "  likes  to  lag,  though  her 
name  means  "  messenger."  I  was  escorted  on  that  final  spin  by  a  young  man 
from  Massachusetts,  a  fellow-voyager  on  the  outward  passage,  who  intended 
to  remain  upon  the  island  for  several  weeks.  I  presume  that  he  would  have 
proved  a  much  faster  rider  than  myself  on  any  ordinary  occasion,  and  perhaps 
he  did  not  now  exert  himself  to  keep  up  with  me.  At  all  events,  he  was  con- 
siderably in  the  rear  as  we  approached  the  dock,  and,  whether  he  thought  my 
pace  a  swift  one  or  not,  I  can  assure  him  that  he  is  the  only  cycler  who  ever 
competed  with  my  swiftest  pace,  or  ever  saw  me  doing  my  very  best  to  fly 
over  the  ground. 

Ideally  pleasant  weather  favored  my  five  days  on  the  i.slands;  for 
a  sudden  shower  of  a  few  hours'  duration,  which  worke''  -"o  injury  to  the 
roads,  could  hardly  be  called  an  exception  to  it.  The  mildness  of  the  air 
tempted  me  to  sleep  on  deck  in  the  moonlight,  during  the  first  night  of  the  re- 
turn voyage, — though  my  slumber  was  not  profound  after  a  rat  had  once 
interrupted  it  by  running  across  my  face.  A  bench  in  the  smoking-room  sup- 
plied my  couch  on  the  second  night,  which  was  a  stormy  one  ;  while  the  bitter 
cold  of  the  third  night  drove  me  to  my  own  proper  state-room,  and  made  its 
air  endurable  m  spite  of  the  "  inside  "  position.  This  room  was  an  excep- 
tionally large  cne,  but,  for  a  man  who  values  "  outer  ventilation  "  as  much 
as  I  do,  it  was  the  very  "  last  ch'  'ce  "  in  the  ship.  My  misfortune  in  getting 
assigned  to  it  resulted  from  this  ihat  when  I  boug'.it  a  roumi-trip  ticket,  two 
months  in  advance,  and  selected  a  most  comfortabH  upper-deck  room,  I  as- 
sumed that  the  same  was  assured  to  me  for  the  return  voyage  also.      A 


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364  T-AW  T//0[/S-,1A^D  MIU-S  ON  A  B/CVCLE. 

knowlcclRc  of  my  mistake  m,y  give  friendly  warning  .0  other  tourist,  that 
cy  .,.M,Id  wr.te  to  the  Hermuda  agents  of  th.  line,  to'ecure  choice  0^0^ 
just  as  early  as  the  exact  date  of  the  return  voyage  i,  decided  uoor     TK 
stcamsHip  company's  service  .s  fortnightly  (week^n  ^^^^^ J^ 
and  .ts  charge  for  round-trip  tickets  is  fifty  dollars.     Such  tickets  are  not  1 
■ted  as  to  time;  hut.  if  the  traveler  returns  by  the  same  boat  wh  take      im 
out.  he  need  spend  no  more  than  ten  dollars  u  on  the  island   .nd  can  th- 
rest.,ct  to  sixty  dollars  the  cost  of  his  ten  days'  absence  from  Ne.  York 
know  of  no  other  way  in  which  the  expenditure  of  so  little  tineTnd  .^ 
can  ..give  to  the  inhabitants  of  that  city  so  genuine  r  us  r:-"."',:::;: 
atmosphere.'  or  so  good  a  view  of  the  contrasts  which  Engl.sh  colonVa  ,1 
and  hab.ts  present  to  their  own."    I  adapt  thus  a  previo.s'remark  of  mi 
as  to  th=  advantages  which  a   Hostonian  may  gain  bv  a  visit  to  H,Wf, 
Nova  Scotia,  which  is  more  readilv  accessible  "' '" 

The  relative  inaccessibility  of  Bermuda -the  penalty  vhich  most  good 
Americans  must  pay  to  Neptune,  when  the  steamer  plunge,  .h rough     e  se, 
■ckenmg  surges  of  the  Gulf  Stream,  on  the  .ay  chit heri-is  the  one  c   c  n  " 

natural  barrier  agamst  the  excursionist  and  the  pleasur.-secker  is  an^^erlV, 
■ng   one.  and  though  Its  power  to  .'keep  out    he  crowd ''wiZk 
the  knowledge  of  Her.uuda's  special  att;actions  s  rd^. .0^  ge t     :t:; 

lar.   b  H""f\     '°""  "'"  "''"  ""^""y  ^•■■^^"P--      ''here  A  a  way    be" 
a  ge  body  of  American  travelers  whom  no  possible  picture  of  the  beauties  o 
th.s  ocean  paradi.se   will   ever   tempt  into  exposing    their  stomachs  to  the 
wrenching  commonly   produced  by  the  cross-currenfs  and  chT^py  seas  of  tS 
Oul    Stream.     Nevertheless,  the  man  who  wishes  to  enjoy  tl  e  nristTne  s  1 
Pl.city  of  the  Someis  Islands,  should  visit  them  right  speed   y   aid  take  no 
tnist  .„    he  theory  that  the  discomforts  of  sea-sickness  li  ,    ong  p  event  t 
de  of  American  travel  from  rolling  in  with  sufficient  volume  to  obH    r 

Ya  k  e".'  at'-fo    ""  "'"'  '  ^""''  '  ^"'  '""^'^   '^  ^  P^^'^ility  th      o 
s^ui  ,  r°H  ^!'''  •'"P^^^^'"^"^"    '-^y  have  pnt  an  end  to  that  delightfullv 
stupid  and  admirably  exasperating  old  custom  of  -*«//^«^  a  gangway  ou   to 

tnZT''  ""'   T  ''  ""^"'  ^"'  °^  ^^•'-S  it  to  pfecef  every'time 
departs  (ensunng  a  long  delay,  on  each   occasion),   instead   of  keeTinrthc 
same  in  condition  for  immediate  use.  seeping  the 

theirThr!'"'''  ^"°^^'  ^'""'""  '  ^"'^  "^  commendation  for  the  contrast  which 
their  thnf.y  appearance  and  self-respecting  politeness  presents  to  the  looks 
and  manner  of  their  race  upon  the  main-land.     I  am  afraid  they  rega  d  wit 
d^dain  these  ess  fortunate  ones,  because  of  their  slow  improvement  under 

at^s    ne^elT     "r  ''f "'''  '""  ^'"^^^  °^  ^'^^^y'   conditions  which 
altnost  necessarily  render  them  cringing  and  servile  when  poor,  and  insolent 

the  other  hand,  were  the  first  ones  I  ever  saw  who  seemed  sincerely  to  hold 
themselves  "just  as  good  as  white  folks,"  without  making  any  fuss  about  i. 


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ft  was  a  thing  simply  taken  tor  ^ranted ;  an  cnt  re  matter  of  course.  I  recall 
IS  a  pleasantly  novel  civility,  their  salutation  of  "good  night  I  "  (just  as  we 
say  "good  mornincl")  when  I  sped  past  them,  in  the  dusk  or  the  moon- 
l.jSht,  on  that  first  Sunday  evening  ashore.  I  recall,  too,  the  picturesque  ap- 
I.tarance  of  a  group  of  colored  school-children,  ranged  along  the  glistening 
road  m  the  order  of  their  size,  who  gazed  with  admiring  silence  upon  the 
white-clad  white  man  from  America,  silently  sliding  past  them  on  his  silver 
wheel.  I  remember,  too,  the  impression  of  age  and  solidity  and  perfection 
and  permanence  given  to  my  mind  by  the  deep-cut  ,  -,uls  through  the  rocks. 
It  seemed  as  if  the  work  had  beeti  done  centuries  ago,  for  no  scars  of  it  re- 
mained, and  the  weather-darkened  surfaces  of  these  soft  coral  cliffs,  overhung 
with  cedars  and  vines  and  oleanders,  suggested  a  flint-like  hardness  of 
structure  which  idealized  the  road-builders  into  very  heroes  of  perseverance. 
liut  most  of  all  I  remember  the  loquot  I 

He  it  known,  then,  that  the  loquot  is  a  pear-shaped  fruit,  growing  in 
yellow  clusters,  which  make  the  tree   extremely  attractive  to  the  eye,  and 
that  Its  delicacy  of  structure  is  such  that  it  begins  to  decay  within  less  than  a 
dozen  hours  from  the  time  of  plucking.     Hence,  though  the  best  of  all  the 
other  mnumerable  fruits  and  vegetables  which  Bermuda  produces  are  mar- 
keted  m  New  York,  and  should  be  sought  there  rather  than  on  the  islands 
the  loquot    cannot    be    exported!      No   Yankee  can   hope  to   delight  his 
palate  with  Us  matchless  flavor  unless  he  first  crosses  the   Gulf   Stream  I 
Perhaps  it  is  because  of  my  own  superiority  to  sea-sickness  that  I  extol  the 
loquot  as  supplying  in  itself  full  compensation  for  a   three   days'  voyage 
Hut  certainly  I  liked  the  loquot.     IhadKo  like  it.     There  is  a  sort  of  sub- 
tle toothsomeness,  or  fineness  of  flavor,  about  the    fruit,  which   is    inde- 
scribably delicious.     "  They're  good,  the  loqnots  are,"  as  my  companion  said, 
with  a  tone  of  heartfelt  emphasis,  not  indicated  by  the  simple  words,  when 
he  sadly  threw  into  Grassy  Bay  the   pits  of  the  last  handful  which  I  had 
brought  out  to  him  in  the  mail-boat;  "there's  no  sort  of  doubt  about  the 
loquots!"    There  may  well   be  a  doubt,  however,  as  to  the  accuracy  of  my 
careless  suggestion  about  their  growth  being  confined  to  Bermuda;  for  th/t 
was  intended  to  signify  nothing  more  than  my  own  ignorance  of  their  ex- 
istence elsewhere.      Very   likely  they  may  dourish  in  other  islands  farthe, 
^outh ;  like  Jamaica,  whither  Bermudians  have  a  chance  to  go,  once  a  month. 
by  Cunard  steamer,  which  also,  in  the  other  direction,  gives  them  a  monthly 
n-ail  to   Hal-iax.      That    city,  which    I    !,.ve    elsewhere  characterized,  as 
seeming  to  me  like  a  sort  of  little  London,- as  the  most  English-like  place 
on  t<»e  North  American  continent,-is  just  about  as  near,  in  sailing  distance. 
as  IS  the  city  of  New  York;  while,  as  regards  customs  and  tastes  and  sym- 
pathies, it  is  much  nearer  to  them.     In  Bermuda,  as  in  Nova  Scotia,  "take 
the  left"  is  the  rule  of  the  road.      There  is  nothing  really  extraordinary, 
therefore,  m  the  seemingly   odd  fact   that  the  bishop  of    Newfoundland 
should  embrace  lermuda  in  his  diocese,  making  biennial  visitations  to  the 


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366  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

milder  island.     So,  too,  it  would  be  quite  in  keeping  with  the  geography  of 
the  case  to  recommend  that  a   September  wheeling   tourist   through  New- 
foundland,  Cape    Breton    and    Nova    Scotia,    should    thence    prolong    his 
travels  by  taking  steamer  direct  for  the  coral   reefs  of   Bermuda.     Which- 
ever route  the  traveler  may  choose,  let  me  advise  him  to  equip  himself  not 
only   with  an  abundance  of  clothing   suitable  for  sui.amcr  and  winter,  b.n 
also  with  all  the  attainable  literature  relating  to  the  scene  ol  his  visit    The 
old-time  guide  is  the  "  Bermuda    Pocket    Almanac  •    (issued  annually  fron, 
the  office  of  the  Royal  Gazette,  and  costing  half  a  dollar),  which  contains 
tables  of  roads  and  distances,   amid   numerous    other   statistics,   and  which 
renders  them  all  intelligible  by  exhibiting  on  its  cover  a  map  of  the  islands 
drawn  upon  a  scale  of  three  miles  to  the  inch.      A  much  larger  and  more' 
clearly  drawn  map,  printed  in  colors,  is  appended  to  Mrs.  Dorr's  recently 
issued    volume,'    which   every    visitor   to   the    islands    should    have  in   his 
pocket;  though  the  littler  map  of  the  "Almanac"  gives  to  the  wheelman  a 
completer  showing  of  the  roads. 

A  new  guide-book,^  in  the  field  which  this  ancient  annual  has  hitherto 
monopolized,  presets  still  1  third  map,- larger  than  either  of  the  others 
ind  in  many  respect^  more  useful  to  the  explorer,—  though  it  fails  to  show 
the  road  leading  to  the  Flatts  from  the  Wesleyan  chapel  on  the  south  shore, 
and  also  the  road  directly  connecting  Christ  church  with  the  north  shore.    A 
"process"  reproduction  of  the  rude  old  maps  and  pictures  which  were  pre- 
pared, centuries  ago,  by  order  of  the   immortal  Captain  John   Smith,-who 
was  the  earliest  guide-book-maker  for  this  microscopic  speck  of  the  western 
world,— is  another  praiseworthy  feature  in  the  work  of  his  latest  imitator. 
Its   distinctive   value,   however,   consists   in   the  series   of  sixteen  "photo- 
prints," which  have  power  to  give  to  the  mind  of  a  stranger  a  far  better  idea 
of  the  peculiar  beauties  of  Bermuda,  thr.n  volumes  of  descriptive  writing 
could  afford,  and  which  recall  those  beauties,  with  a  pleasing  degree  of  vivid- 
ness, to  the  mind  of  the  home-returned  visitor.     The  scenes  which  I  myself 
saw  are  here  preserved  exactly  as  I  saw  them,— the  author's  visit  having  pre- 
ceded my  own  by  only  a  few  weeks,— for  he  says :    "  The  photographs  were 
iaken  by  me,  on  gelatine  dry  plates,  during  the   months    of  January  and 
February,  1884,  and  the  prints  were  made  from  these  negatives  by  the  Photo- 
Electrotype  Company,"  of  which  he  happens  to  be  the  president.     The  letter- 
press contains  about  all  the  customary,  cut-and-dried   information  which  a 
casual  tourist  is  supposed  to  need;    and,  if  such  tourist  be  a  bicycler,  his 
desire  for  lightness  and  port-.bility  will  doubtless  impel  him   to  offer  the 
criticism   that  "it  contains  too  much  information,"— that  if  the  historical 

'"Bermuda,  an  Idyl  of  the  Summer  Islands,"  by  Mrs.  Julia  C.  R.  Dorr,  wmo,  pp.  150, 
pnce  *i.2s  (New  York  :  Scribner's  Sons,  1884). 

•"Illustrated  Bermuda  Guide."  by  James  H.  Stark.  ,2mo.  pp   157  (and  advertisiDg  pp.  35), 
pnce  Jj.oo  (Boston  :  Photo-Electrotype  Co.,  1884). 


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third  of  it  had  been  omitted,  and  if  the  weight  of  the  renoainder  had  been  still 
f.irther  reduced  by  the  use  of  thinner  paper,  the  book  would  have  a  beiter 
chance  of  finally  supplanting  in  his  affections  that  very  manageaMt*  old  blue- 
covered  stand-by,  the  rightly-named  "  bermuda  I'ocket  Alrnaiiac."  Such 
criticism  would  seem  to  me  sound  enough,  but  the  best  practical  icmedy  in 
the  case  is  for  the  bicycler  to  buy  both  books,  even  though  he  cycles  with 
only  one  of  them.  I  myself  certainly  hate  to  see  a  modern  guide-book 
padded  out  by  the  plunder  which  a  drag-net  may  be  made  to  yield  from  the 
stores  of  ancient  history,  and  yet,  as  I  am  a  loyal  son  of  Massachusetts,  I 
feel  bound  to  forgive  the  sinner  in  the  present  case,  because,  being  a 
Hostonian,  he  humanly  yielded  to  the  temptation  of  telling  people  the  story 
of  how  little  Bermuda  helped  the  great  George  Washington  to  "drive  the 
British  out  of  Boston."  K  was  by  means  of  a  ship-'oa-J  of  gunpowder,  of 
which  the  besiegers  stood  in  the  direst  need,  and  which  the  Bermudians  stole 
for  them  from  a  government  storehouse.  So  remote  in  those  days  was  the 
island  from  having  its  present  character  of  a  fortified  stronghold,  and  so 
poorly  guarded  was  the  governntent  powder-magazine,  that  the  responsibility 
of  the  theft  was  never  fixed  upon  anyone,  though  there  was  naturally  an  out- 
burst of  wrath  in  "official  circles"  when  their  sleepy  limits  were  finally  pene- 
trated by  "news  from  Boston,"  disclosing  the  ultimate  use  to  which  the 
mysteriously  missing  gunpowder  had  been  put. 

"  We  have  not  been  quite  everywhere,  yet.  Bat  one  thing  we  are  all 
agreed  upon:  nowhere  have  we  found  within  the  compass  of  nineteen  square 
miles  so  much  that  was  novel,  beautiful,  and  interesting,  with  such  air  and 
such  sunshine,  and  such  peace,  as  we  have  found  just  here."  Such  was  the 
testimony  of  some  widely-traveled  acquaintances  which  Mrs.  Dorr  presents 
as  best  reflecting  the  personal  impressions  which  she  has  endeavored  to  em- 
body in  her  "  book  of  Bermudian  days  " ;  and  such  shall  be  my  testimony, 
also,  as  I  recommend  her  pleasantly-wrritten  little  volume  to  those  who  seek 
the  islands.  I  mildly  suggest  to  them,  however,  that  the  dreamy  poetry  of 
the  place  may  have  led  the  lady  to  idealize  beyond  the  recognizable  point 
some  of  the  prosaic  discomforts  of  existence  there ;  just  as  it  led  certain 
ma-eculine  witnesses,  whom  I  have  quoted,  to  report  that  all  the  roads  are 
perfectly  hard  and  smooth  of  surface,  and  perfectly  gentle  as  regards  their 
slopes.  There  are  fleas  in  Bermuda,  let  me  sadly  say,  and  they  bite  as 
remorselessly  as  if  dwelling  in  less  poetic  climes.  I  do  not  like  the  fleas  ;  but 
theloquots  I  do  like.  And  it  is  as  the  Land  of  the  Incomparable  Loquot 
that  I  shall  always  cherish  the  Bermudas  in  my  dreams  ! 

"  So,  in  this  wintry  weather, 

Were  we  rich,  we'd  go  together, 
Sailing  £ar  o'er  distant  oceans,  and  among  the  dreamy  isles ; 

But  those  queer,  outlandish  places 

Will  find,  this  year,  no  traces 
Of  the  while-ciad  cycler,  Karl  Kron,  where  he  wheeled  those  happy  miles," 


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368  /£'A'  THOUSAJWD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

I  did  not  enclose  my  bicycle  in  a  crate  for  the  homeward  voyage  b  ,t 
merely  bandaged  its  forks  and  backbone  with  cloth  before  lowering  it 'into 
the  hold;  and  »o  it  was  easily  put  in  order  for  1  HJ-g,  when  hauled  on  deck 
again,  as  the  "  Orinoco  "  steamed  up  the  harbor  of  New  York,  in  the  fore 
noon  of  Sunday,  March  iCx     In  the  innocince  of  my  heart  I  supoosed  that 
"the  bicycle  being  entitled  to  free  entry  because  of  American  manufacture  " 
I   should  be  allowed  lo  mount  it  at  the  dock  and  ride  right  up  home  to 
Washington  Squar=.     Hut  the  "  deputy  surveyor  "—as  the  lordly  creature  was 
c  .led  who  happened  to  be  in  command  of  this  particular  gang  of  custom- 
house mercenaries— asserted  his  authority  to  the  contrary;  and,  though  know- 
ing perfectly  well  that  the  machine  luas  American,  and  that  I  had  embarked 
with  it  from  the  same  dock  only  ten  days  before,  he  ordered  it  to  be  "sent  to 
the  Public  Stores  for  appraisement."    The  same  order  was  issued  concerning 
the  crated  machine  of  my  companion,  accompanied  by  the  assurance  that  as 
this  was  of  English  make,  a  duty  of  35  per  cent,  would  certainly  be  levied 
upon  It,  in  spite  of  that  duty  having  once  been  regularly  paid  when  the  bicycle 
was  first  imported  into  Ar   3rica.     We  sought  out  the  Pi-blic  stores    next 
T?,'"^:^'"''  '-^"''^^^  ourselves  singularly  fortunate  in  meeting  there  with  an 
affable  official  gentleman.  w!.o  sympathized  with  our  troubles,  becauc  his  own 
son  had  been  touring  by  wheel  in  Europe,  and  who  endorsed  our  "papers  " 
with  the  request  that  the  "deputy  appraiser,"  to  whose  official  keeping  the 
bicycles  had  been  consigned,  would  "make  the  appraisal  informal,"  and  so 
let  us  take  them  away  without  additional  bother.     When  we  finally  reached 
the  presence  of  that  functionary,  however,  after  various  delays  for  the  wind- 
ing of  red  tape  at  the  desks  of  several  of  his  underlings,  he  gruffly  said  that 
he  should  exercise  no  discretion  in  the  matter,  bur  should  formally  enter  both 
machines  for  the  custom-house,  and  that  the  one  of  English  make  would  have 
to  pay  duty.     The  reason  why  he.  like  the  "deputy  surveyor"  on  the  dock 
refused  to  pass  my  own  bicycle,  which  he  knew  was  "entitled  to  free  entry  " 
was  presumably  his  desire  to  force  me  to  employ  a  "custom-house  broker" 
to  attend  to  the  intricate  and  exasperating  formalities  exacted  by  custom- 
house regulations,   even   in  a  case  of  "free  entry."    The  usually  accepted 
theory  of  the  matter  is,  that  these  private  brokers  pay  to  the  government 
officers  a  certain  percentage  of  the  fees  derived  from  each  traveler  whom  the 
officers  deliver  into  their  hands;  and  that,  unless  he  directly  bribes  the  latter 
to  take  a  lenient  vjew  of  the  law,  they  will  use  the  authority  which  a  harsh  n- 
terpretation  of  it  -ives   them  to  revenge  themselves  by  "sending   his  case 
through  the  custom-house."     If  the  traveler  wishes  to  leave  the  citv  on  the 
day  of  landing,  such  act  of  the  officer  on  the  dock  simply  forces  the'employ- 
ment  of  a  broker,  because  "the  papers  in  the  case"  cannot  reach  the  custom- 
house  for  one  or  two  days  afterwardri. 

Having  wasted  a  good  share  of  one  forenoon  in  lollowing  my  «  papers  " 
through  the  hands  of  a  half-dozen  official  persons,  in  as  many  different  .corns 
of  the  Public  Stores,  only  to  gain  from  the  last  one  the  surly  assurance  that 


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369 


(ir.Mcad  of  atoning  to  the  best  of  hi^  al.ilitv  f.,r  the  in.,. 

Iv   inflicted  u,.on  n.c  l,y  ,hc  unju.st  d     ill .     At  T    """''""*"  "'" 

•..cwo.dd  send  „,e  th....«„ .,.  '^'^^Zi^rii::::^^':^ 

•>>r"ugh      .„  person,  instead  of  allowing  n.vself  to  I  rt.;,,d  t^^  I       T 
wouki  have  l,ccn  more  loui.  al   ot  curs..   ,',.  .  "^  "   -^«-"  ">  a  Uoker.     it 

.h.ch  the  United  States  l:^::!:::^^:^^^  '"  '"""^^  '""^  ^^'-'^^ 

H.c.  upon  me  for  the    ,.,gh  cri.e  and       s     ^a^    l^Z^T^^'l  '"  '" 
HrrnuKla  for  a  ten  .lays'  outinc-   Lut  I  ..r.f         <  ^  ■"-■  **^"'  '" 

V.  rat,.er  than  a.,.^  the  '"^^p';;  Z:^:' ZlZ  '''  'T'  ^''  '"^ 

.0  Kuin  their  expected  "  divvy  "  of  the  hml  ^     "*'''"'''  '•'l'"'"^'  " 

-r.  from  me.     ()„  Thursd  .v   tl^erlf        7       ^^'  ^''"'''  "^^^ ''-'«"^-d  to  ex- 

^.-....■house.en«aJ:^:;:^;:  ^';-  ,:'::;e':;,::r'  .t^  '-^'^^  ''- 

•■■rce  entry  ".  had  completely  covered  my  bicvd        T  '  T  ''""'"  "' 

..  clo.en  distinct  operation^  before  l::e:'d£ent'  ^Z'^:;::  l^^ 
-parato  apartments,  on  .liffcrent  floors  of  the  building.  ^  d  t"  ,a  „'„  toJ 
MX  y-fo,,,  cents  t„  the  United  States  of  America   for  the  cnfor-  d  u  "  1 

-''.c  Stores.  An  .der  on  the  keeper  of  the  same  was  m  'iv en  to  " 
^.n      h,s   w  en  f  presented  it  there,  went  through  .he  han-ls  o    tw      1  e   1 

■  I  I    .pie  hefo.-e  the  last  of  them  trundled  n.y  "  No   2u"  o„t  LZ 
l..l.t  of  dav.  and  accorded  n.e  full  authority  to  ride  off  with  it  ''  '""^ 

-n  of  the  United  State,  (..verrlment.  and  thu:'L  cX    ^  t/Z  h" 
■e  n.cs.,mab,e  blessing  of  a  "free  e„t,y.'-     „.d   the   cntryTe    "  bj  ut 
"tv.the  process  would    have  been  no  longer  or  more  compi  cated     and 
i'-e  taken  pa.ns  thus  to  exhibit  in  detail  the  atrocities  of  the  r  Sons  the 
-M.„,  ,n  order  that  wheelmen  .,av  approximately  realise    ow'g      t  :  bot 
-as  conferred  upon  every  traveler,  native  or  foreign,  who  enter     a  tlnr 
states  oort  with  his  wheel,  as  an  ultimate  result  of  my  .isi,  "o  ,    r  ^.da      T  e 
"""Panion  who  persuaded  me  into  this  visit  early  abandoned  tl^r  7"      f 
-i  only  resumec.  his  original  intention,  at  the  ^^ ^:::^^r:^Ci 
-  .0  "go  anyhow."     Knowing  that  hi.  machine  had  pa  d  duty  on Ifs  on-.i 
".'I  m,,,„rtafon  from  Kngland  he  "kicked  "  airainst  the  i,I..7f     T       •      ^ 
;,-ond  tax  of  the  sort  when  we  returned  f^t/t    ^^t^i:^:;: l^t!: 
nghsh  prov.nce,  lying  there  in  the  ocean,  only  ;oo  m.  from  New  Yo  k      The 
-on.  .ouse  people  assured    us    that    all    previous  "kickers"  ag    L  ^h 
ci    r    ■   ""Z"'        7  1  ""  ''"^^"^>-  r^^P-'--t   had  finally 'sw      owe 

Sec.tarv  of  the  Treasury  to  o^^^ "l  2::;\Z;::j:^i:^'^-:: 

ages  are  not  personal  nor  household  effects,  and  can  only  be  Emitted  "o 

e  e.,t.y  when  used  by  an  immigrant  in  the  act  of  immig^a'     n  :  '       h  J 

"^  n„e  wh.ch  the  customs  men  proudly  pointed  to  as  giting  an  irre/.cab^^ 


^p^a^j*^^,,^  ±^.-^. 


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373 


TEA  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


negative  to  all  our  hopes  of  justice, — the  decision  of  Secretary  Sherman  (June 
28,  1878,  on  the  appeal  of  A.  D.  Chandler,  of  Boston,  against  paying,  on  an 
imported  bicycle,  the  45  per  cent,  duty  exacted  against  "  machinery  ")  having 
settled  the  fact  that,  for  customs  purposes,  the  bicycle  must  be  classified  as  , 
"carriage."  My  companion,  nevertheless,  put  m  his  appeal  to  the  authorities 
at  Washington;  and  with  a  celerity  which  w.,>  really  wonderful,  in  view  of 
the  usual  slowness  of  official  routine,  secured  their  decision,  of  April  9,  that 
"  bicycles,  accompanying  a  passenger,  may  be  regarded  as  personal  effects, 
not  merchandise,  within  the  language  of  the  full  list,  and  therefore  exempt 
from  duty."  Thus  not  only  was  a  remedy  given  for  the  intolerable  injustice 
specially  complained  of  by  my  companion  (of  taxing  a  returning  American  a 
second  time  on  a  wheel  which  had  previously  paid  its  proper  duty),  but  the 
whole  antiquated  scheme  of  restrictions,  which  were  practically  prohibitory  to 
international  touring  on  the  wheel,  v;as  done  uway  with.  Any  traveler  can 
now  bring  his  bicyi  le  freely  into  the  United  States,  without  regard  to  the  fact 
of  its  American  or  foreign  origin,  and  without  the  expensive  delays  insepara- 
ble from  entry  at  the  custom-house,  even  when  the  entry  is  "  free."  The  ofiii- 
cer  at  the  dock  may  require  the  passenger  to  declare  that  his  bicycle  has  been 
"in  actual  use,"  and  that  he  does  not  import  it  with  the  intention  of  imme- 
diately selling  it ;  but  they  no  longer  have  the  power  to  prevent  his  mounting 
the  machine  at  the  dock  and  riding  away  to  his  proper  business.  Bribes  and 
brokerage  are  no  longer  necessary. 

Except  for  my  determination  to  include  a  chapter  of  Bcrmiidian  experiences  in  "  Trn  Thou- 
sand Miles  on  a  Bicycle,"  this  triumph  of  justice  and  civilization  might  have  been  postponed  for 
several  years  longer ;  and  I  should  therefore  think  the  chapter  incomplete  if  it  did  not  contain 
a  full  account  of  this  triumph,  and  did  not  urge  every  American  wheelman  who  reads  it  to  cher- 
ish a  grateful  recollection  of  the  honest  judge,  so  recently  dead,  who  br^  ht  this  triumph  about 
The  late  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  Charles  J.  Folger,  may  well  be  remembered  by  others  on 
account  of  the  squareness  of  his  character  as  manifested  in  decisions  of  greater  popular  im- 
portance ;  but  I  want  wheelmen  specially  to  remember  him  01  that  same  quality  as  manifested 
in  his  righteous  decision  of  "  the  Bermuda  bicycle  case."  I  want  them  to  remember  him  as  a 
man  whose  strong  sense  of  justice  gave  him  the  vision  to  see  through  all  the  sophistries  of  ' '  prece- 
dent "  and  get  a  firm  grip  on  the  ultimate  truth  (incomp.ehensible  though  it  be  to  the  underlings 
of  the  custom-house)  that,  "  in  this  democratic  government  of  ours,  nothing  is  ever  really  settled 
which  is  not  settled  r/^f A/."  The  names  of  Benjamin  Harris  Brewster,  Attorney-General;  of 
Charles  R.  Skinner,  Congrcsman  from  New  York,  and  of  T.  B.  Reed,  Congressman  from 
Maine,  also  deserve  all  the  honor  which  this  chapter  of  mine  can  ensure  to  them  in  the  hearts 
.if  cyclers  for  their  effective  services  in  -etting  an  old  wrong  righted.  I  do  not  like  the  political 
party  which  these  gentlemen  belong  to ;  but  f  am  glad  to  bear  testimony  to  their  manliness  in 
recognizing  the  truth  that  the  removal  of  injustice  from  any  dass  of  citizens  (no  matter  how  few, 
or  young,  or  humble,  or  uninlluential,  they  are  presumed  to  be)  ought  never  to  be  considered  too 
trivia!  or  undignified  an  act  for  even  the  highest  officer  of  the  government  to  take  interest  in.  So. 
I  say  igain,  "let  lasting  honor  be  attached  to  the  names  of  the  four  men  who  so  prumpliy 
brought  about  the  great  reform  ;  who  persuaded  the  United  States  to  cease  playini;  the  part  of  a 
cut-throat  and  bully  towards  those  of  iier  citizens  who  might  return  from  wheeling  tours  in  fonign 
lands ;  who  deprived  the  '  deputy  surveyor  '  and  the  '  deputy  appraiser  '  of  all  further  power  to 
K^^,^^^^  ^»^  torment  me  like  a  criminal,  in  case  it  is  ever?.23ln  niyh*ppylot  to  sail  into  port,  aiier 
.-.nother  visit  to  '  the  blessed  isles  of  Bermuua.'  " 


kp->. 


XXVI.  * 

BULL  RUN,  LURAY  CAVERN  AND  GETTYSBURG. > 

Washington  having  been  chosen  as  the  place  for  the  fifth  annual  meet  of 
the  League,  I  accepted  the  fact  as  an  excuse  for  wheeling  thither  to  be  a 
spectator  of  the  parade.     From  the  personal  part  which  I  had  taken  in  its 
four  previous  ones,  as  rearmost  rider  in  the  -agtag-and-bobtail  division  known 
as  "the  unattached,"  I  felt  entirely  qualified  t.    .ppreciate  the  beauties  of  a 
spectacle  that  "the  new  rule"  (which  I  myself  had  urged  the  adoption  of 
though  rumous  to  my  last  hope  of  individual  glory)  declared  should  not  be 
(hsfigured  by  the  presence  of  any  such  variegated  rabble  of  guys     ^d  gro- 
tesques as  I  had  been  wont  to  risk  my  life  among  at  the  earlier  meets.     As  a 
matter  of   fact,  a  sudden   softening  of    the  spine,  on  the  part  of  those  in 
authority, allowed  this  rule  to  be  "suspended";  and  the  customary  "mob  on 
wheels"  therefore  sauntered  along  in  Indian  file  through  the  broad  roadways 
of  the  Capital.     Hence,  I  was  rather  glad  that  I  reached  it  too  late  to  look 
upon  such  a  sorry  sight,  for  it  might  have  exasperated  me  to  the  pitch  of 
desperation.    Here,  in  the  single  "  show  city  "  which  America  can  boast  of,  on 
magnificent  avenues  of  asphalt,  where  24  wheelmen  could  ride  abreast,  and 
V  aerc  the  smallest  "  company  fronts  "  allowable  for  parade  should  be  files  of 
16  or   12  or  8,  a  long-drawn-out  column   of    ill-arranged  and  parti-colored 
paraders  straggled  through  the  streets,  by  twos  and  fours  (May  20.  1884) 
under  pretense  of  proclaiming  "  the  dignity  and  power  of  the  League."    Such 
was  the  sad  truth  that  I  gathered  from  beneath  the  florid  rhetoric  and  lavish 
audation  with  which  the  historians  of  the  day  sought  to  conceal  the  League's 
failure  to  improve  this  first  great  opportunity  ever  offered  in  America  for  I 
really  impressive  and  inspiring  display  of  spectacular  wheelmanship 

It  was,  ,n  fact,  just  about  as  bad  a  show  as  that  which  had  been  given 
thi-ee  vears  earlier,  in   the   badly-policed   lanes  of    the  Httle  New  England 
PIU.  Boston      I  remember  my  rage,  on  that  occasion,  at  the  utter  lack  of 
any  efficient  police  protection  for  the  wheelmen's  procession,  against  the  dis- 
astrous intrusion  of  an  entirely  orderly  and  good-natured  cro^d  of  lookers-on ; 
nd  ,t  ,s  a  matter  of  recent  history  that  when  400  local  cyclers  endeavored  to 
hyen  an  autumn  evening  in  that  solemn  city,  by  a  "lantern  parade"  (Oct 
-.    85),  a  rufiianly  and  ill-natured   crowd  an.used  themselves    by    hurlinr 
missiles  at  the  lanterns  and  upsetting  the  riders,  until  at  last  the  police  an 
reared  on  the  scene  and  summarily  dragged  off  to  the  station-house  a  quiet 
citizen  who  had  courageously  defended  the  luckless  vfh.ee] rr-.f-r-.  a--.ir-=^  ■-■■■-    ■-' 


'The  first  part  of  this  is  from   TAr  Sprin^fUld  IV^m^nU  Gazette,  January. 


1886. 


372  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  most  obnoxious  of  their  rascally  rssailants.     Hut  however  small  might  be 
my  reasonable  expectation,  as  a  Massachusetts  man,  of  seeing  either  safety  or 
splendor  characterize  a  street  show  in  an  Irish  sea-coast  settlement  like  Bos- 
ton,  I  certainly  did    cherish  great   hopes,  as  an  American,  that  our  reallv 
magnificent   National   Capital  might  in  pire  the   League  to  make  there  one 
thoroughly  creditable  public  display  of    tself.      Fortune,  therefore,  was  kind 
m  so  delaying  my  advance,  as  to  hide  the  sad  reality  from  my  actual  vision 
Embittered  as  I  then  was  by  a  four  months'  steady  struggle  with  the  prelimi- 
nary  subscription-lis^  of   this  book,  my  shattered  nerves  might  have  given 
way  to  the  strain  of  disappointment  in  seeing  the  noble  streets  of  Washing 
ton  belittled  by  this  pitiful  parade  of  the  customary,  Indian-file,  no-two-coats- 
ahke  "mob  on  wheels."     The  market  rate  of  dynamite  being  "only  6-  cents 
a  pound,"  1  might  have  decided  (in  a  fit  of  emotional  insanitv,  when  thus  un- 
nerved)  to   blot  out   the  whole  wretched  business,— or  at  least  the    "staff 
officers,"  who  seemed  chiefly  responsible  for  it,  as  the  ostensible  ring-leaders 
of  the  mob.     So,  it  was  a  blessing  to  all  concerned  that  my  bicycle  didn't 
bear  me  into  sighting  distance  of  the  big  white  dome,  until  long  after  the 
League's  "  fifth  annual  mob  "  had  been  dispersed. 

My  two  days'  ride  ^rom  Xew  York  to  Philadelphia,  loo  m.,  which  raised 
the  mileage  of  "ly  new  machine  (straightaway  from  Hartford)  to  just  "  234," 
has  been  already  reported  on  p.  172.     Next  morning.  May  19, 1  -ode  from  the 
Bingham  House  along  the  brick-shaped  stone  blocks  of  Market  st.,  \\  m.  w.. 
to  the  bridge.     An  eighth  of  a  m.  beyond  that,  just  opposite  the  r.'r.  station, 
Woodward  av.  branches  off  to  the  1.,  and  I  tried  its  sidewalk  flags  i  ni.  and 
then  t.  1.  at  the  cemetery  corner.     After  about  i  m.  of  off-and-on,  I  struck  a 
yellow  clay  road  and  went   without  stop,  jpite  of  hills,  to  the  Buttonwood 
House  at  Darby,  3  m.     A  planked  horse-car  track  extends  to  this  point  and 
would  probably  l)e  ridable  in  all  weathers.     A  hilly  pike  whose  mac.  is  worn 
into  ruts  stretches   thence  to  Chester,  6  m.,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Military 
Academy  surmounts  a  hill  on  the  r.,   as  one  enters   the  town.     My  ro-.le, 
which  a  local  wheelman  recommended,  led  up  Seventh  st.  i  m.,  then  1.  through 
Curling  on  Belgian  blocks  to  Second,  then  up  this  fo;-  i  m.  or  more,  then  t.  r. 
back  to  the  pike,  near  a  mill  at  Fourth.     Less  than  3  m.  beyond  here,  at  1.30 
1'.  M.,  I  for  the  first  time  wheeled  into  the  little  State  of    Delaware,— "the 
line  "  being  marked  by  a  cedar  stump  on  the  r.     Following  this  were  a  series 
of  hills,  tiresome  wheeling,  whether  up  or  down,  and  one  of  them  i  m.  long, 
—relieved  by  fine  views  of  the  Delaware  river  and  ship-  sailing  undt.   (uli 
canvas.     I  crossed  the  Brandywine  into  Wilmington,  just  7  m.  after  entering 
the  State,  and   halted   \  h.  at  a  restaurant  on  its  n.ain  street,  \  m.  beyond. 
Newport,  3i  m.,  was  reached  at  5.10,  and  the   Deer  Park   Hotel  ir  Newark. 
9'ii.,  at  7.20,— making  my  da-  's  record  38I  m.     The  hotel  pcoole  .said  that 
the  road  to  Elkton  and  Perryville  (Havre  de  Grace)  was  level  but  very  sandv, 
and  advised  me  to  try  the  hillier  route,  and  cross  the  Susquehanna  bv  ferrv 
at  J  on  Deposit,  5  or  6  m.  above  the  r.  r.  bridge  connecting  Havre  de  Grace 


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with  Perryville.  As  a  result  of  a  heavy  night's  rain,  I  found,  as  soon  as  I  got 
l)eyond  the  town  limits,— perhaps  i  m.  from  the  hotel,— that  the  clay  roads 
had  changed  to  mud,  which  was  not  ridable  and  was  hardly  walkable,  on  ac- 
c.,unt  of  the  clogging  in  the  forks.  Half-way  up  a  big  hill,  a  little  more  than 
li  m.  after  starting,  I  crossed  into  Maryland,— ending  thus  a  Delaware  trail 
of  \\  m.,— and  I  reached  the  top  of  another  long  hill  at  8  o'clock,  3  m.  and 
t  J  h.  from  the  start.  A  store  and  one  or  two  other  houses  stood  here,  and  I 
imbibed  a  quart  of  milk,  in  lack  of  any  other  attainable  breakfast.  Three  h 
later,  I  had  p.ogressed  only  7  m.  more,  and  I  lay  on  my  back  on  a  bridge^ 
thoroughly  tired  from  the  long  dragging  of  my  wheel  through  the  clay.  Brick 
Church,  \\  m.,  was  reached  at  noon,  and  i  h.  spent  there  for  dinner  at  its  poor 
little  tavern.  My  walking  amounted  to  about  7  m.  to  this  point,  but  beyond  it 
the  roads  were  dryer  and  more  dowr-grade.-so  that  I  walked  less  and  reached 
Port  Deposit,  8i  m.,  in  3  h.,  entering  it  by  a  long  and  verv  steep  descent. 

Disembarking  from  the  ferry  boat,  on  s.  side  of  the  Susquehanna,  at  4.35, 
followed  a  winding  .uurse  up  the  ravine  to  ].,  and  then,  after  passing  a 
bruige  about  i  m.  out,  t.  r.     The  road  gradu.Jy  improved  as  I  drew  near  a 
coss-roads  called  Level.  5  m.  from  the  river,  at  6  o'clock,  where  I  t.  1   with 
the  telegraph  poles,  and  enjoyed,  on  a  level  of  i  m.  or  so,  my  first  good  riding 
of  the  day.     At  Churchville,  3^  m.,  I  stopped  for  an  orange,  and  found  my 
watch  had  stopped  also.     The  time  was  about  7  ;  and  I  then  went  without 
halt  along  a  good  dirt  road  for  5J  m.  to  Bel  Air.  at  7.45-     There  I  t.  r.,  and 
reached  the  hotel,  after  riding  a  few  rods  o.,  r.  sidewalk;  but,  if  I  had  t  1    I 
should  have  even  more  quickly  reached  the  head  of  the  pike  leading  to  Ral'ti- 
.nore.     Down  this  winding  way  of  fairly  good  mac.  I  sped  at  7  o'clock,  next 
morning,  and  climbed  some  rather  stiff  hills  before  resting  \  h.,  at  a  point 
.^  in.  out,  to  oil   and  polish  my  wheel.     I   didn't  leave  the  saddle  again  for 
I  \  h.,  when  I  was  flung  out  of  it,  13  m.  beyond,  by  carelesslv  riding  among  some 
trcsh  lumps  of  stone  on  the  edge  of  the  road.     ("  Number  234,  Jr  "  thus  s-jf- 
icr.u  lis  first  fall,  324  m.  from  the  start  at  Hartford, and  the  r.  handle-bar  was 
so  badly  bent  that  my  leg  grazed  against  it  at  every  revolution  of  the  wheel 
I  or  the  next  50  m.  to  Washington.     I  did  not  have  a  second  fall  until  a  fort- 
night later,  on  the  last  day  of  my  tour,  51 1  m.  beyond  ;  sec  ]x  173.)  My  third  stop 
was  made  in  5J  m.,  when  I  reached  the  cobble  stones  in  the  outskirts  of  Balti- 
H'ore.at  10.45;    and  the  22  m.  to  this  point  mi^ht  have  been  done  without 
<  ismount.      Turning  r.  along  Boundary  av.  to  Fillmore  st.,  1  went  1.  on  its 
liag-stone  sidewalks  to  the  junction  of  Baltimore  and  Frederick  sts.,  4  m    and 
thence  followed  alongside  the  horse-car  track  to  Catonsvillc,  4  m.    At  Ellicott 
'  'tv,  4i  m.  on  (see  p.  349).  I  halted  \  h.  for  lunch,  and  then,  between  2  20  and 
-MO,  wheeled  up  a  hill   ijm.  long,  except  its  steepest  pitch  of  two  rods  at 
.'I'out  the  middle  point.     The  course  beyond  proved  continuously  hilly;  and 
r  at  a  cross-roads  on  a  hill-top,  and  at  4.35  reached  a  cross-roads  store 

L'    -d  Clarksville,  nm,  from  P..  V.    Tf..°  ;>.r-v*  rirv.   -^.-!^.j  .-.!  -. i.: : 

house  in  the  hamlet  of  Ashton,  where  a  previous  tourist  had  told  meit^'would 


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374  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON    '  BICYCLE. 

be  possi!)Ic  to  procure  supper;  and  though  I  covered  this  di^.ance  in  i  h   and 
probably  rode  j  of  it,  because  of  downgrade!,,  it  was  the  poorest  stretch  of 
the  day,  and  its  abundant  sand  would  have  forced  me  to  walk  nearly  all  of  it 
had  I  been  faced  in  the  other  direction.     Starting  from  A.  at  6  30    I  rode' 
without  stop  till  7.55,  nearly  10  m. ;    and  then,  in  the  thickening  darkness 
walked  most  of  the  2  m.  to  Sligo,  at  8.35.     My  Maryland  trail  of  95  m.  ended 
\  m.  beyond  here  when  I  crossed  into  the  District  of  Columbia;  and,  as  the 
road  grew  very  smooth,  I  ventured  again  into  the  saddle  and  rode  almost 
continuously  for  3  m.  to  che  Boundr.^  av.  of  Washington,  at  9.45.     Thence 
aiong  the   gas  lighted   asphalt  of  Ninth  and   11  sts.  to  Twentieth    ilm 
where  I  found  n>y  clean  clothes  awaiting  me  at  10.15.     My  day's  record  was 
6s|  m.,  as  compared  to  35  m.  of  the  previous  day ;  and  my  5  days'  ride  from 
N.  Y.  (Hoboken  Feny)  to  W.  measured  just  240  m. 

The  bright  sunshine  and  hot  air  of  that  final  day  were  tempered  some- 
what by  agenth  breeze,  which  was  generally  in  my  face;  but  the  weather  of 
the  next  3  days,  while  I  tarried  in  Washington,  was  extremely  hot  and  stickv 
with  heavy  evening  showers  which  gave  no  life  to  the  atmosphere.     The  4^' 
m.  which  I  registered  during  that  visit  probably  represented  ism.  of  njxv 
road,  15m.  of  new-direction  riding,  and  13  m.  of  repetitions;  and  I  was  sur- 
prised on  the  evening  of  the  first  day,  when  I  took  my  first  look  at  Butcher 
cyclometer,  whose  action  had  hitherto  given  me  no  reason  for  distrust,  to  find 
only  7im.  recorded,  tliough  I  vaguely  believed  that  I  had  been  jogging  ab.  u 
the  asphalt  for  2  or  3  h.  altogether.     For  the  next  600  m.,  however,  it  seemea 
to  run  accurately,  until  it  stuck  at  the  1,000  m.  point,  as  described  on  p.  14- 
At  4.30  A.  M.  of  May  25,  just  before  daybreak,  and  after  less  than  6  h.  of  sleep 
I  left  the  St.  Marc  Hotel,  which  had  given  me  pleasant  shelter  for  3  days  and 
nights,  and  began  a  tiresome  journey  of  48  m.,  which  ended  about  9  p.  m.  at 
the  Warren  Green  Hotel  in  Warrenton.     My  real  start  was  made  at  5.15   at 
the  house  of  the  President  of  the  Washington  Cycle  Club,  i^  m.  from 'the 
hotel,  where,  after  rousing  him  from  slumber,  I  had  a  chance  to  munch  some 
crackers  and  cheese,  moistened  with  oranges,  before  my  escort  gave  the  word 
to  mount.     We  crossed  Georgetown  Bridge,  into  Virginia,  2\  m,  at  5.40,  and 
at  once  t.  r.  and  climbed  hills  pretty  steadily,  on   winding  and  difucult  but 
usually  ridable  roads,  till  we  reached  the  brick  house  in  Falls  Church,  6J  m., 
at  6.55,  and  halted  ^  h.  for  some  milk.     Fairfax   Court   House,  SJ  m.,  was 
reached  in  2  h.;  and,  while  my  comrade  arranged  to  get  some  breakfast  there 
before  starting  backward  for  Alexandria,   I  pushed  on  alone  at  10.10,  and 
reached  Centerville,  7  m.,  in  2  h.     Thi>  was  approached  by  a  rough  hill,  \  m. 
long,  from  whose  top  (along  which  stretched  a  line  of  the  earthworks,  thrown 
up  in  war  time)  I  got  my  first  <>:ght  of  the  Blue  Ridge.     On  the  descent,  I 
twisted  to  the  r.,  and  then  soon  again  to  the  1.,  whence  the  old  pike  goes  in  a 
bee    line   to    Warrenton.     Rotten  red-sandstone,  of  which  an  excellent  road 
might  easily  be  made,  is  abundant,  all  along  here;  and  I  found  it  ridable  r\ 


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BULL  RUN,  LURA  Y  CA  VE  AND  GETTYSBURG.    375 

long  halt  on  the  way  to  chat  with  a  talkative  native.  He  had  heard  the  can- 
nonade in  the  opening  Sunday  battle  of  the  civil  war,  23  years  before,  while 

liously  turning  a  grindstone  to  sharpen  a  big  bowie  knife  for  a  trooper,  who 
then  galloped  rway  with  it  in  the  direction  of  the  noise;  and  he  had  seen  a 
good  deal  of  the  second  Bull  Run  battle,  from  the  safe  lookout  of  a  lofty 
tree;  and  he  described  to  me  various  military  evolutions  which  he  had  wit- 
nessed upon  this  same  broad  sweep  of  rolling  grass-land  that  we  were  now 
lazily  looking  at  in  the  summer  sunshine. 

Stone  parapets  surmounting  a  double-culvert  characterize  the  bridge  over 
the  historic  Bull  Run,  which  is  2\  m.  beyond  Cub  Run.  I  had  spent  \  h.  in 
doing  'he  distance,  and  as  I  haltea  here  a  while,  to  eat  a  few  apples  for  lunch, 

I  called  clearly  to  mind  another  pleasant  Sunday  afternoon  of  my  boyhood 

July  21,  1861 — when  I  "wondered  if  the  expected  battle  had  begun,"  and 
when  in  reality  men  were  fighting  and  falling  around  this  self-same  brook  and 
liridge.  An  h.  later,  at  a  clump  of  houses  called  Groveton,  I  was  shown  the 
marks  made  by  musketry  i.'  the  walls;  and  I  also  noticed  that  the  flower-bed 
Ixjrders  were  formed  from  fragments  of  shell  from  the  adjoining  battle-field 
of  '(--•.  A  negro,  who  saw  part  of  this  fight,  described  to  me  the  appearance 
of  things  after  it  was  over;  and  he  also  gave  me  a  rifle  bullet  which  he  had 
plowed  up,  the  previous  Friday,  "  along  wid  a  couple  of  carcasses  "  (soldiers' 
skeletoi.s)  which  he  "frew  inter  de  fence.''  At  5  o'clock,  I  had  got  6J  m. 
beyond  Bull  Run  to  Gainesville,  which  has  a  r.  r.  station  and  a  "store," 
whose  proprietor  talked  \n\h.  me  about  his  war  experiences,  for  \  h.,  while  I 
drank  some  milk,  and  offered  to  give  e  a  b  d  for  the  night.  I  preferred  to 
push  on,  however,  and  by  7  o'clock,  just  before  darkness  closed  in,  had  ad- 
vanced 5  m.,  to  a  certain  hill-top,  where  I  secured  another  drink  of  milk,  my 
last  -lourishment  on  the  journey.  This  hill  was  just  beyond  Buckland,  where 
a  ford,  three  rods  wide,  forced  me  to  go  up  stream  about  ten  times  that  dis- 
tance and  there  drag  my  birycle  across,  on  slijipery  rocks  and  logs,  with  a 
torrent  rushing  below.  From  this  point  to  Warrenton,  8  m.,  the  hills  suc- 
ceeded each  other  closely,  and  water  ran  across  the  road  in  each  depression 
between  them.  The  last  three  streams,  which  I  crossed  in  pitchy  darkness, 
were  bordered  with  a  rod  or  two  of  deep,  red  clay  mud,  owing  to  a  heavy 
shower  which  h?d  raged  in  that  region,  the  previous  night.  I  sank  nearly 
half  way  to  my  knees  in  this  terrible  stuff,  and  got  my  wheel  completely 
smeared  and  clogged  with  it,  though  my  white  breeches  escaped  serious  dis- 
tigurement.  Somehow,  I  managed  to  i.iamber  across  these  sloughs,  on  the 
fences,  without  really  dropping  into  the  water ;  and  from  the  last  and  worst  of 
them,  where  my  cyclometer  presumably  stuck,  I  tramped  wearily  in  for  i  m.  to 
the  hutel.  It  was  about  10  o'clock  when  I  finished  supper,  which  was  the  first 
food  of  any  account  that  I  had  that  day ;  and  I  then  worked  till  midnight 
getting  my  bicycle  into  approximately  decent  condition.      Considering  the 

notable  ones;  and  the  incident  of  floundering  through  the  mud,  in  the  pitchy 


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376  TEAT  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 

once  .M  ..„  „...  ,K„.  „,.i,„„  „,  w  jr^L  o^Lr,:!'.:"; ":;'; 

My  companion   thus  reports  his  return  •   "  I  fonnH  ,  „  ™.        .  , 
about  8  m.,  and  stopped  there  from  ,..,ot";.  30      xi/rlrT'!"'"  ^"■'■^"  '"  V--- 
magnificent  road.-called  the   Leesburg  pike    .think  -bu    the  \       t'  '''°"'  '  "^  '  *-  ^ 

n.t  one  they  had  ever  seen  roll  along  l  ,  m  ad  tl  r-  £  o^  fc  to  G  ""  ""^  ''•  *^^  '"^ 
ending  at  5  r.  M.,  and  my  day's  record  was  ,6}  t,  I  1  ^; '  .  ^'=°'«'^'°*''  '"  J"«  .  h., 
Alexandria,  about  «  m..  .  goL,  and  that  U.e'  rid  thnTefo:!'':  U.  T"""  '^'""  ^  '" 
Washington,  is  decently  good  in  certai,.  weathers      Th  ,  ''  ^""""'  "-^^  """b  "' 

to  Fairfax  Court  House,' .  m.  n.  ;  and  the  di  ct  tour  T'  T'  '^  ""  "'  ""^  '"^^  ^^^  ■' 
bicycle,  though  I  never  learned  thL  details  0  7"  Ano.he;  w"h"  ,'""•""  ''^^  '^'^•^"  "'^''^-  "^^^ 
Uossman,  of  the  Cap.tal  B.  C,  adds  .he  following  Sard,  ^^"''0  ""r".'"'''  ^  ' 
not  quite  as  limited  as  the  remarks  in  vour  Snrin  fi  a  u  ^'  *^'  "^  suburban  riding  is 
for  there  are  at  least  three  pikes  .ead  /rifrS'^Vw^r  ''■  "''  """"■  ^''^  '°  -''>■ ' 
away  for  a  dozen  ra.  without  a  dismo-ni   and  1   ,        VI  ^^'"S*^  "''"  ""  g°  ^'"isht- 

or  .0  m.,-assumin,  dry  wea.h  "of  court  Th?  U  '•'"".'  "'"  ""''  ""'  ^'"P^-  '«  "> 
become  so  poor  as  to  remind  on.  o  what  yTsav  of  ■  eT  H  '^  ^^'^  '''""'  ^°  ■"■  °^  ->  "- 
and  hence  do  not  tempt  one  into  touring  unhe  Y  the  tct'"  '  f  •'""'"''  ^^^"^  '■'■  ^^  '^■ 
these  20  m.,  our  three  best  turnpikes  arf  mostlv  n,  f  "  '"""'  '""'""«  "P""  '^at,  for 

ber,  and  often  ridable  during  tl^:  I  her  Z  ?:  JZ  '"^^  ^^  '"""  ''''''  '^  ^•-- 

Bridge,isofharclcIay,which  when  pocked  mLTa  fine,  .  '•  ""''  ''™'"'  ""^  '^'^^'^  ^'-'i 
Park  to  Yonkers.  The  second-besl  Wds  to  Grea-  Fa  Is  Tn  th"  pT  ''°'"""'  '™'"  '^--■' 
the  first  9  r.,.  to  Cabin  John   Bridge  is  very  smooth    ,  J         ^     ,  '"'  ='  '"--'^^   *^''^l' 

rather  steep  hills.  The  third  outle't,  nl^ed  the  Wmh  st  Tk  ^  7 ';'""'''  '"""^  '"^  '- 
wood,  4  m.  ;  Silver  Spring,  3  m.  ;  and  Broo  ",,e,  J^'  ^her  the  ff  ^  ^  ;'""^"'  '^"■«•"■ 
6  m.,  and  the  r.  ,0  Ellicott  Citv.     The  regular   B^liTmor!  '"      '"'^*  '°  ^'^''^"'^' 

Bladensburg.  The  Alexandria 'pike  i!  ridS  e  .0  17  ^i^,'^:  IZt  ""'^^^  '^^  ^  -  "■ 
mounts.  Besides  these,  there  are  numerous  cross  roads  IZ'otr^^  u'TT'  """"'  '''" 
short  runs  during  eieht  months  of  the  veir      In  fw  '"f"*"' ""'''"y  "^  -^'^y-  which  admit  of  pleasant 

they  are  all  mor:smooth  and ;l\'r„m  „a  1  /  Th  :i:::S^^^  ^"'^  ^7  """'  '-"-""' 
Boston),  where  I  visited   last  summer      P,  rl  u    .  Bndgewater  (only  24  m.  from 

H.^e  contain  many  m.  J^mdl^lT :;^  ^^^^^  ^t^:!  "'V^T^' 
cvclers  on  entering  the  gates  is  in  grateful  contrast  ,0  the  rudeness  onThownh  T,  ",' 
hogs  upon  the  road."    Of  the  same  writer's  report  of  ride  to  b1i   Ire  fWil  ^^ 

A.  .M.  to  6., 5  P.  M.  :     50  m,\  in  commnv  with  C    \1     u      ■  , '"  "'^""""'^^   ("^P"'   -',  '8-t ;  9  45 

found  two  smal!  streams  to  ford   anr  =.  f„     ^ii     I       u  "''^'"'  ™^  "^^  Preference,  and 

surface.     There  is  n"  ote,       A    bu^me.         '.  ,!:!,       "  """  '"^  ■■'■''""  "P'  ""  ^^ '  "^  »-'' 
we  took  dinner  there  Lotl^gtl  6  m  "'!  'f  "^'^  ^'  ^'^^  ^^'■^'^'"'^  ^^^  O  ;  a„d 

i-ormed  the  worst  part  of  ^''Z  t:^  1^^uu:::t^'r;T"'TT  "f  ^^"''  ^"^^" 


hilly  and  poorer  riding,  we  halted  :i  h     =-..J 


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-.  more  than  ,  or  5  are  unridaC-.hHo'^est "dT''  '^^  °"''  *"'  °^  "'^  "'""'^°- »""» 
..>  Which  poin.  .he  surface  is  ^^^n.J' ^!2::l:7Z^Z^Z:t:'y'T  ^"^'  "  "" 

-  a  .e.y  poor  sandy  pi;  e  with  occasional  red  clav   are  a  n.  Z  rT  ^^^hmgton,  which 

-  W.  A  Kood  pike  leads  from  B.  .0  Wes.minste'r  ,6  rn  TK  «''.'','"•  *"  "^"''^  ""'«  *'  -• 
..es  through  afla.  country  and  is  always  IcepHn  ^  Bev  H^  '.  ''"  °'  "' '"  ««='«'—". 
for  ridin,.  and  the  surface  is  poorer.  Of  h  twl  rT  ds  from  H  ,  «  /T  ""  ""'"'  ''"'^  ""  «"P 
-d  ■  the  Hel  Air,-  the  latter  is  so  difficult,  .oth  iHurface  and  i,  h  t'V'  "'  '  ''^  "^'''"'^  " 
...«n  it.  while  the  former  oflers  one  of  or  besM  n,  "  .^  h  ^"t"'  "'"  ^"^''"  ""  ^'^'^  ^'" 
Spnngneld  men.  named  b.Iow,  "  the  IM  Air  "  a  adviseJ  W  1'  '  ""'"''"  P'  ^^^  =  ""^  '^e 
■rom  Bait,  to  Vor.  „a.  a  ,rea.'  deal  of  traffic'  ^^^^  ^CTJIT'  '  h ^  °"^  '"' 
."  d  offers  excellent  wheeling.  The  runs  ,0  Govans,  wn  *  m  an  T  '"'  ''""'"• 
popular,  and  are  „„t  interrupted  by  long  or  steep  hill  I n 7.  ,  T^' '  "'  '  ""  '  "=  ""^^ 
-.s  road  for  .5  or  .0  m.  ot,t  of  B      For  a   sho  t      '  ,';     h        '            "'  "°"*=  """'^  "^'"'"^  "" 

-udeof  oyster.shel,s«roundtoid..smoothn  s  ).T:ie    leaT^^^^^^^^  ' '!!'  '-^■' -'' ' 

^-.arsu  urban  hotel  on  the  Patapsco.  near  its  entrance  .^'t    Che^Ta  e'^Bl:""""'^"''  "  ^  ""-^ 

■LrouRh  New  Britain  and  Meriden  to  New  Haven  7^  n,  f'rlm  s  .^  ''^Vi"'^"  l^'octed^ 
...e  6th,  we  wheeled  across  Staten  Island   from  Clif  ',  ,     ,  '  f  "'"''  ^''*'  '"  ^   ^^     O" 

-nd  then  by  fine  roads  ,0  .Somervi  1  .  38  m  aT  .  J-  ',  i"  ^  "  *"""  ""^^  '^"^  -->- 
fron.  Perth  Amboy  had  led  through  M^.^L^en  nd  V  Jtrnt^hrrr' "^^  .'''"  '""'' 
on  the  n.side  of  the  river  .0  Bouna  Brook.-takin.  a  '^™"" '^J' ^''."^  *= '""'^d  ^'"d  went 
we  were  carried  some  little  distance  in  a  farm  wag.  'to  .  tlo„  h  T  '"sh  '  Tl  ""l  "^  ''' 
came  up  to  the  hubs  ;  and  then  we  wheel.-H  fhr        .    n,         V  «^shout  where  the  water 

dinner  at  Nassau  Ho'tel).  Laten:  v^le  tentorCrtl",  n'^'"''""^  ^^"'^"°"  ^''""^ 
.He  evening,  68  m,.  of  which  the  last  6 m.  we^h  ;dfy  S  '  xhJ^'T."'  '"  ^"''^'^^'P''--  ^ 
I'-  a  little,  and  then  to  Chester   .8  m      On  ,L     T         f    \  "'  "^^^  *^  "''^^'"'^  a''""' 

-n,  ..  m.  (dinner,,  whenc.  th  y  grew  con^tamlv  n  V"  ,"1  'I'*'  ^"^  ^"^''^  '°  ^■^"'"-«- 
las,  7  m.,  ending  a    North  Fas'  HmT       "^      ?  "''"  ^'""^  "^  '"  "^"^  '"°^'  "^  "^e 

.0  Perryville,  crlsed  by  tr!'  ? ,'0  H^vre  I  0^^^"  I  ^  T  kl  "^"'^^  '  '"•  ''  ^^"'^  ^^^  ''"'^ 
4.  m„  which  we  reached  at  ni^ht      Z  I  '"  "''P""  ™"'^  ^'"-   Baltimore, 

road.     Early  on  thrf.h.  4  3  17™  ;he  cT'  T  Tl  "'''  "  "^  °"  "''^  '^"""^^  ^"^  ''■•" 

opposite  the  rnsane  Asyi...  f_  ^H^r;;;:  2-;:^  ^  ^  ir.u^'u"''^'  T 
"i^5^:d::r  t::t:;ri^-  -;-pa.  wheeimg  .^:^\:::z'^^ 

between  fair  and  poor,  s  f^.r  ^  Ce  ^^hT  '"'  ^'•^^"-■',  ^'~-  "  -i«ht  be  ca-Ied 
and  sandy  that  it  couK  rarely  b  r  dd"  1  -t  '  i'""^*',""'"' '  '""  '-V'-d  that  it  grew  so  hilly 
a.  considerable  ri,k.  Washington  t  si  tedTtZ'rd  Z\  ^""''  T  '''  "''^  ^^"'^' 
;^Hed  a  day's  record  of  „  m..  making  .5/m.  for Ih  d'a  Vo  Jn  ^7"  (S:,""^";,  ^^  't 
my  own  5  days' route  nf  240  m     on  on    ,7,    „,      Th»  ,  •";        '        (^omp.ire  this  with 

>«h  at  7  A.  M.  of  the  .eth.  and  Prn«..  ..!  kL  A?.tT''.'^.^''.°".^-    .'^'^  ^'^^-^^  ^"'  'he  tow- 
^n  overflow  wl.re  a  rod  of  water  had^o-be^w^ded;'  Mol^f  ^;;::;:;h  Z^^^^^Z  Zt^ 


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1>  -ju«e  of  rfcrnt  rainf,  anrt  it  wa«  ft  r.  m.  when  we  left  it  and  crossed  the  long  bridge  to 
Columbia,  43  m.,  whence  we  went,  after  lupper,  to  Lancaster,  11  m.  Wood's  road-book  says 
'  the  tow-path  is  good  almost  the  entire  distance  to  H.  de  G.  and  wide  enough  for  two  carriages 
abreast';  but  there  are  in  factonly  a  very  few  places  where  teams  can  pass  each  other  m  safety,  and 
'ven  a  wheelman  generally  has  to  dismount  to  let  an  ordinary  team  go  by.  In  some  places  the 
path  is  on  the  brink  of  t  precipice,  where  the  cycler  rides  within  18  in.  of  the  edge,  so  that  a  falsr 
move  would  send  him  shooting  into  space.  The  novelty  of  this  danger,  and  the  fine  scenery,  msde 
the  experience  a  pleasant  ane,  though  the  thermometer  stood  at  1040,  when  we  rested  1  h.  for  din- 
ner at  McCall's  Kerry  House,  20  m.  from  the  start.  The  must  refreshmg  ride  of  our  tour  was  the 
last  20  m.  of  our  last  day,  Paoli  to  Phila.,  when  our  total  was  6oi  m.  A  sprained  wrist,  when 
5  m.  from  I..,  caused  us  to  take  train  at  Bird-in-Hand,  but  we  alighted  again,  two  stations  be- 
yond, .->nd  thence  took  a  hot  pace  to  Paoli,  at  i  o'clock.  We  both  rode  54  in.  Standard  Colum- 
bias(53  lbs.),  and  are  satisfied  that  the  registry  of  Lakin  cyclometer  (514^  ni.  for  the  14  days) 
was  perfectly  accurate.  Our  repetitions  of  roadway  were  mostly  confined  to  the  146  m.  regis- 
tered while  at  Washington.  S.%  for  previous  record,  I  have  not  krpt  a  cyclometer  from  ilie 
first,  but  think  I  may  have  done  about  3,000  m.  each  season  since  I  bet;, 111,  in  '83.  My  longest 
ride  then  was  to  Hartford  and  back;  but  in  '84  I  rode  to  New  Haven  with  my  brother  (two 
months  after  his  learning),  and  to  Phila.  and  back  to  N.  Y,,  whence  I  proceeded  alone  to  Troy, 
160  m.  in  3  days,  in  spite  of  poor  roads;  and  kept  on  through  Grafton,  over  the  mountain,  to 
Greenfield,  whence  I  pushed  home  to  S.  in  43  h.  I  al.so  wheeled  from  S.  to  Lake  Pleasant 
(beyond  G.)  and  back  in  one  day,  finding  fair  roads  except  for  the  7  m.  nearest  the  lake.  My 
100  m.  run  to  Boston  that  same  autumn  has  already  been  mentioned  (p.  114).  I  jrce  wheeled 
ig  m.  in  80  min.  on  the  road  without  dismount,  though  I  never  yet  tried  to  see  how  long  a  stay 
I  could  make  in  the  saddle."  To  these  statistics  from  Mr.  Eldred,  Mr.  Sawtell  adds  the  follow- 
ing :  "  I  bought  my  first  wheel  in  the  spring  of  '84,  having  perhaps  ridden  100  m.  previously. 
My  only  long  tiip  besides  the  recent  one  was  300  m.,  through  Worcester,  Lowell,  Boston  and 
Providence.  As  I  have  ridden  steadily  for  two  seasons,  to  and  from  my  work  in  a  furnishing 
store,  I  think  it  would  be  safe  to  set  my  mileage  at  3,000." 

The  pastor  of  the  First  English  Lutheran  Church  at  Columbia,  Pa.,  W.  P.  Evans,  writes  : 
"  The  best  run  hereabouts  is  down  the  tide-water  tcw-path,  through  some  very  beautiful  scenery 
along  the  Susquehanna,  to  the  river's  mouth,  48  m.  The  25  m.  of  this  which  I  have  ridden  is 
certainly  worthy  of  a  description  in  your  book.  My  total  mileage  is  nearly  3,000,  and  represents 
touring,  daily  exercising,  and  somewhat  of  pastoral  work.  My  longest  single  tour  was  from 
Cooperstown  to  Albany  and  Rhinebeck  and  return."  The  date  of  these  words  was  Jan.  30, 
'84;  but  in  August  following  the  writer  accompanied  his  friend.  Rev.  S.  Stall,  for  the  greater 
part  of  a  tour  of  590  m.,  extending  through  Phila.,  N.  V.,  Albany,  Round  Lake,  Saratoga, 
Sharon  Springs,  Cooperstown,  Port  Jervis,  and  Del.  Waler  (iap  to  Easton :  and  in  August. 
'85,  he  took  part  in  the  "  clerical  wheelmen's  tour,"  devised  by  Mr.  S.,  and  described  on  p.  323 

The'e  was  no  sunshine,  next  day,  but  the  atmosphere  was  hot  and  sticky, 
with  occasional  light,  drizzly  showers.  Finishing  breakfast  at  9,  I  devoted  2 
h.  to  polishing  up  my  wheel,  and  getting  the  cycloi,  ter  into  working  order. 
I  turned  the  hands  along  i  m.,  to  represent  the  prooable  distance  traversed 
after  the  mud  clogged  it.  Starting  at  2  v.  M.,  in  the  midst  of  an  admiring 
crowd,  who  had  come  to  attend  the  opening  day  of  court,  I  found,  in  the 
course  of  a  few  m.,  several  Jiills  which  had  to  be  walked,  and  little  water- 
courses, edged  with  mud,  which  gave  considerable  trouble.  Then  I  sat  down 
beside  a  broad  expanse  of  reddish  water,  which  reached  nearly  to  the  bellies 
of  the  hoises  that  were  ridden  through  it ;  ana  T  smiled  sadly  when  the  riders 
assured  me  that  ;wo  other  equally  bad  "fords"  v.ere  to  be  found  within  \xx\., 
on  account  of   the  twisting  of  the  same  creek  across  iiie  road,     r^inallv,  a 


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farM.er-s  car.,  laden  with  sacks  of  meal  and  .lour,  came  along;  and  I  clam- 
bered on  top  of  the  same.  and.  after  i  m.  of  the  most  tiresome  folting  con  d  - 
able  disembarked  on  the  further  side  of  the  third  ford.  I  ought  to  hlc 
.uc  to  the  cart  for  a  fe.  rods  further,  because  I  was  forced  alm'ost  ile- 
cl>a.e  y  to  drag  the  b.cycle  through  three  desperate  mud  holes.  Crossi-.g  he 
.ron  bndge  over  the  Rappahannock,  at  a  store  and  p.  o.  called  Waterloo  6i  m 

'T;,        Tr"'     tTt  '''  ^"^'  ^°  i-proved  as  to  be  almost  contin  ousTy 
rulable.  and  I  reached  the  foot  of  the  hill  where  stands  the  store  of  AmosvillJ 
51  m.    at   S.30      l-he  prospects  of   finding  a  lodging-place  further  on  beinJ 
very  dub.ous.  I  accepted  the  proprietor's  invitation,  and  rode  back  to  lit 
.use,  half-way  up  the  hill,  for  the  night.     The  bearings  of  my  right  n... 
hav.ng  been  jarred  full  of  flour  by  i  .„.  of  jolting  on  the  sacks.  I  improved  th 
oa..s,on  to  clean  ,t,  and  did  so  successfully ;  though  I  was  frightened  at  first 
when  the  2.  steel  balls  rattled  out  on  the  floor,  for  I  had  supposed  they  w  /e' 
conhned  ma  collar,  .nd  I  doubted  my  ability  to  replace  thl  propedy       V 
notable  feature  on  th.s  afternoon's  road  were  the  clun.sy.  canvas-topped  wa- 
ons  drawn  by  4.  6  or  8  horses  or  mules,  with  oig  bells  jangling  above  thel; 
nccLs.  ana  red  tassels  attached  for  style.     Their  negri  dHvers,  as  ^ell  . 
0  her  s  ray  speamens  o    humanity  who  were  met,  always  uttered  loud  shr  eks 
uf  laughter,  whenever  they  saw  me  mount  the  bicycle 

My  next  day's  ride  of  34J  m.  led  over  the  Blue  Ridge,  and  ended  at  6  ,0 
.■  M.  at  the  famous  Luray  Inn.     The  rain  storm  which  had  raged  durin'   the 
.Mght  made  the  roads  heavy  when  I  started  at  7  .  =  •  but  all  illTff    T  .     f 
Hhed  before  I  reached  Gaines's  cross-roads.  C^ml.^and^^  1  a   ^      VVallnT 
t'",  the  c.  h.  town  ne.xt  on  the  road  (5^  m.  in  lih.)   is     ailed  "I  tH.'? 
a.U„suish  it  from  the  Capital ;  and  before  getting  to  U  7  wa     orced  to 
a  WKle  stream  on  a  iog-and-plank  bridge,  whose  ends  ^ee  rat  ed^ffiuirS 
cces.     A  snmlar  experience  was   had  when  entering  Sper^yl  11     6  m    (^ 
35-'),  though  that  br  dge  was  shorter-  nnri  ;„  „     .  ,     '  """y-^"'^'  "">•  <P- 


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winding  around  lowards  the  summit  of  the  gap  (3J  m.  in    i^  h.),  where  this 
bolitary  hurscman  was  awaiting  inc. 

This  highest  jjlace  in  the  road  is  opposite  a  peak  called  Mary's  rock, 
from  which  a  wonderfully  wide  view  is  said  to  be  attainable;  and  a  picnic 
|)arty  had  just  come  down  from  the  enjoyment  of  it  as  I  passed  along.  Fine 
views  had  tempted  mc  to  stop  at  various  points  on  my  upward  road,  which 
was  smooth  enough  to  make  easy  riding  on  the  descent.  My  own  actual  de- 
scent on  the  w.  was  continuously  ridable  for  4J  m.,  though  I  gave  i  h.  to  it 
and  made  two  brief  halts  on  the  way.  I  stopped  first  i  m.  from  the  summit, 
in  rounding  a  sharp  curve,  where  I  was  a  little  afraid  my  brake  would  not 
hold,  and  where  I  also  wished  to  enjoy  the  view.  IIil  next  dismount  was 
made  2\  m.  below,  ;o  avoid  frightening  a  wood-team.  Aj  to  this,  I  have  a 
mirthful  recollection  of  the  alacrity  with  which  a  brave  passenger  leaped  frcin 
the  w.igon  and  scrambled  up  the  bank  into  the  woods, — "  So  as  to  be  ready  to 
catch  the  horses,"  he  explained  to  me,  apologetically,  as  I  walked  past  those 
not  very  rampant  animals,  whose  driver  kept  them  well  in  hand.  My  third 
dismount,  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain,  i  m.  below,  wai  also  because  of  a  team. 

This  down-hill  ride  of  4J  m.  was  perhaps  the  strangest  and  most  ticklish 
one  in  my  experience.  Though  I  made  it  very  slowly  and  carefully,  I  h.id  an 
abiding  consciousness  that  "every  minute  wasgwine  ter  be  de  nex',"  as  Uncle 
Remus  says;  and,  as  the  cold  chills  crept  along  my  spine,  whenever  the  rear 
wheel  lifted  in  air,  I  rather  wondered  at  my  temerity  in  sticking  to  the  sad- 
dle longer.  Even  to  the  least  adventurous  of  mortals,  however,  such  liiliiig, 
"  on  de  brink  ob  ruin,"  has  a  grim  fascination  all  its  own;  and  it  forced  ine 
to  persist  in  the  freak  of  tempting  fickle  Fortune  to  the  uttermost,  so  long  as 
I  did  n't  really  fall.  I  'm  too  cautious  a  man  ever  to  seek  out  such  a  grade, 
for  the  sake  of  taking  a  risky  ride  down  it;  but  when  I  fouiidlt,  asasectionof 
my  appointed  path,  I  felt  in  duty  bound  to  make  a  trial  of  my  abilities  as  a 
"  hillian,"  even  though  my  hair  stiffened  to  spikiness,  as  one  stcej)  pitch  after 
another  was  revealed  to  my  anxious  gaze.  There  were  some  rough  places, 
and  some  patches  of  red  clay  which  a  rain  would  soon  render  unridabie;  but 
most  of  the  ;oad  was  fairly  smoctth,  and  led  through  deep  woods,  with  only 
a  few  ouilooks  into  the  valley.  At  sotne  of  these  places,  I  could  see  the 
den.=,o  ram-sheets  of  separate  showers,  sweeping  along  the  tops  of  adjacent 
mountain.^ ;  and,  though  I  wp.s  lightly  sprinkled  upon  without  being  wetted, 
the  rattling  claps  oi  tiiunder  and  sharp  flashes  of  lightning  added  to  the 
weirdness  of  my  environment.  'he  spectacular  effect  of  this  battle  of  the 
elements  was  certainly  grand,  and  I  recall  it  with  ^'."asure ;  though,  as  I  low- 
ered myself  slowly  downward,  aching,  as  to  my  arms,  from  the  strain  of  a 
l^rolongcd  clutch  upon  the  handle-bar,  and  expecting  momentarily  to  be 
drenched  by  a  sudden  sweep  towards  me  of  the  shower,  I  did  not  then  regard 
my  lot  as  a  superlatively  happy  one.  I  was  comforted,  however,  by  the 
thought  that  if  my  final  "  transformation  scene  "  were  really  destined  to  be 


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*..iil<i  l)c  a  certain  poetic  appropriateness  about  it;  and  that  my  executor 
would  be  able  to  assure  the  sorrowing  subscribers  of  this  book  that  "  Number 
.■54,  Jr.,"  was  found  with  a  creditable  degree  of  polish  upon  its  nickel-plate 
iiul  that  the  white  riding-clothes  of  its  owner  were  fairly  clean  I 

After  rounding  a  rocky  ledge  at  the  foot  of  the  mountain.  I   found  a 
^tr.ight  road— rather  rough,  with  some  streaks  of  red  and  yellow  clay— to  a 
hill  beyond  a  r.  r.  crossing,  about  2  m.     Beyond  this,  I  met  ^  ford,  crossed  by 
X  narrow  plank  ;  and,  afterwards,  within  I  m.  of  the  fine  hotel  at  Luray,  a  stiP 
l)ro,uler  one,  having  no  sign  of  a  b  idge  but  a  rough  rail  fence,  along  which 
.o.ne  well-dressed  ladies  were  slowly  struggling,  with  an  awkwardness  (juite 
painful  to  behold.     Kealizing   that   it   would   be   useless  for  me  to  attempt 
Hrnggng  m;  bicycle  along  such  a  fence,  I  raised  it  above  my  head  and  stolidly 
|.l(Hl(led  for  a  rod  or  two  through  six  inches  of  running  water.     At  the  1.  r.,  I 
t.  I.  along  the  tracks  to  the  station,  and  then  rode  up  the  steep  but  smooth 
board  walk  to  the  Luray  Inn.     The  entrance  to  the  Cave  is  ij  m.  away,  and 
I  wheeled  thither  and  back,  tne  next  forenoon,  though  the  hill  through  the 
village  is  a  steep  one.     Regretfully,  at  2.30,  I  turned  my  back  on  the  scene  of 
my  "last  good  dinner  in  Virginia,"  and  in  i  h.  reached   the  ferry  over  the 
South  Fork,  4  J  m.     Good  riding  followed  for  3  m.,  and  then  i  m.  of  up-grade 
..Iter  which  I  walked  most  of  the  la  t  2  m.,  to  c  e  summit  of  the  Massanut- 
ten,  at  ;  o'clock,  though  I  think  a  powertu.  rider  might  conquer  the  whole  of 
It.    The  first  of  the  descent  was  smooth,  but  towards  the  end  the  rough  clav 
seemed  too  dangerous  for  me  to  ride.     The  views  of  the  Shenandoah  Vallev 
.«  I  thus  descended  into  it,  were  of  surpassing  beauty.     I  struck  the  valleV 
i'lke,  at  the  Central  Hotel  in  Newmarket,  4  m.  from  the  summit,  in  i  h    the 
latter  part  of  the  road,  from  the  covered  bridge,  being  of  rouah  brown  c'av 
winch  would  probably  be  found  hammered  into  smoothness  ii,  dry  weathc'r.' 
"Lovely"  is  the  prop.r  adjective  to  apply  to  the  broad  pUin  where    stands  the   Lurav 
"..,  w,th  nearly  a  '  of  tts  honzon  bounded  by  the  beautifully  blue  summit,  of  the  Blue  Ridee  - 
the  remoter  ones  almost  imperceptibly  sinking  into  the  blue  of  the  sky  itself,     The  U\\  where 
--.-ce  IS  made  to  the  Cave  also  commands  a  noble  outlook  ;  though  this  is  not  needed  to  cheer 
.he  spTUs  of  the  tourtst  when  he  emerges  from  an  inspection  of  its  wonders.     The  electric  lights 
:e  ecting  the  g Utter  of  the  g,gantic  crystals,  make  the  cavern  itself  a  .'airly  cheerful  pla.e,  1^1 
-H.t  detrac  mg  f.om  „s  we.rd  at>d  indescrSable  impressiveness  ;  whereas.  In  the  Mammoth  Cave 
,,  I  A        "PP"'"°^if'='=''"g '>=f'  "P°n  -"y  ""ind  was  one  of  profound  gloon.  over  its  mysterious- 

w  irr"     '■•  '""'  "'°""'  "^°"  "«•"''  ^°"*  °'  °"'='^  P^-P"  '"'^  i'»  'J"!-''  chasms, 

d  would  .Uumine  as  most  remarkable  domes  and  chambers  by  burning  red  and  blue  chemicals  : 

»ut  the  darkness  seemed  all  the  deeper  after  these  brief  breaks  in  it.  and  the  prison-like  feelin-^ 

Pr^uced  ,y  ,  ,         ,,,      ^,^,^  .  ^^.^^  ^^^^^  ^.^^^,^^_  ^^  ^^.^  ^^^^^  be'possible  untn    h: 

.  gu.de  came  along  the  route  (a  period  of  a  few  minutes  or  of  severa.  hours),  was  not  a  happv 

...e^     Mammoth  Cave,  furthermore,  has  been  vulgarized  .n  some  ph^^s  by  piles  of  stones  rudely 

Pon  the  cetlmgs,  and  by  the  pits  and  implements  used  in  the  n.aking  of  saltpetre,  and  bv  a 

rr.h       1,  r,"  '".I"''''"'  T  ^^^^^'^  """'""«  "^'^"  ''W«=hhave  been  swept  down 

Unch  r      h  K'  • '"      ""'"7      "'°"  "^''  "'  P'""''*  '•'"^-     "^he  house  which  make,  this 

cilnnw,,;^  *•  i" '.        '   "  '""  --^™'*==  cui;;  carij,  in  ihc  century  to  shelter  a 

^ "ony  of  consumpttves,  who  vainly  hoped  that  the  unvarying  temperature  of  the  cavern  would 


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rr.,ore  ,hci,  d.^a«a  lung.  .„  h.aUh.     They  might  more  pic*u„.:y  l,.,ve  died  a.  ,he  om.c,  „ 
^em..o  n...  than  ,hu.  d.nmally  .,..ve  buncd  .hcm«.v«  from  .h,_-  davli^h. ;  for  .hou^l.  •„,;. 

m.le.  may  thrrc  1«  walked,  mud.  „(  ,ho  walking  lead,  through  dcp  a,.M I  ,..m.  o(  „  Z 

r.,ck,  which  arc,l.„p..ry  w„h  wa..r  „r  o,h.rwi«  diffic.,1,.  Whc,  „  „!  ,,,rain,an  a„kl.  in  sue, 
a  place.  ,he  task  of  h.KK,ng  her  „u,.  5  or  6  m  .  by  ,l,e  flickenoK  li«h,  ,.f  lan.er,.,,  i.  ,„,  „„  ," 
for  romance  o,  ,„«,ry.  .  name  .he«  defect,  and  d.^omfort,  of  ,he  cavern  not  to  d;.co„ra«e  an 
heahhy  and  v.^orou.  pery,n  from  going  there  (for  MamMo.h  Lave  „  a  real  wonder  of  ,h.  word 
wh.ch  every  American  ou^ht  ,0  vi..,,  in  ,pi.e  of  ,he  ,  ,n.  of  bad  road  which  separate,  i.  fro.n  ,1,; 
ra.lway,.  bu,  ,0  emphasize  ,hc  contrast  wh.ch  the  even,  of  I.uray  offer,  in  ^e,pec.  ,0  a.tra  ,  ve 
n.^  and  ..ccev..b  .,y.  By  virtue  of  ...  recent  di.overy.  it  has  ..en  kept  unnLrred.  Tn  I 
made  >. ;  and  all  .„  spectacular  ma.^n.ficence  m,.y  be  viewed  in  a  comfortable  and  leilurdy  Zl 
ner  A.,ngle  inspection  of  tl.e  Mamm,„li  (  ..vo  sufficed  ,0  gratify  my  curiosity;  bu,  I  .", 
would  like  to  l,K,k  at  often,  ius,  a.s  I  like  to  l.K.k  often  at  Niagara  ^ 

I  .nay  say  the  same  of  tliu-  N.uur.il  llridge.  and  the  mountain,  overhanging  it  ;  and  I  have 
explained  on  p.  .s-  ■  ow  conveniently  a  tri,,  thiiher  may  Ik:  combine,!  with  one  to  f^uray      A  Z 
ru,...  road,  which  crosses  the  liri,l,oa  f -wrodss.  of  the  h,.tel  and  no,  much  above  its  level  .,nds 
by  easy  grades  to  the  top  o.  Mt.  J..ff.rs.m,  a  smooth  and  open  summit  crowned  by  an  obse;.,  ^ 
which  offer,  -in  inspiring  view  of  grand  moun.a^.-ran  -es  in  nearly  every  direc.ion.-the  extreme 
peaks  on  the  l.oruon  being  nearly  .,..  m.  apart,      i  though,  myself  very  fortunate  in  having  Z 
whole  of  a  sun.l;.ny  afternoon  to  loiter  u,«,n  tha,  glorious  hill-top  (in  a  balmy  temn-  .ture  of  ,0^ 
,ho,igh  It  was  the  last  Saturday  of  autumn),  for  a  two  days'  fo^  lifted  jus,  before  my  arrival  and 
a  two  days  ram  began  soon  after  nightfall.     "  I'louresque  B.  and  O."  (see  p.  .45)  makes  ody  a 
casual  allusion  .0  Nat^ral  Bridge,  though  it  gives  a  third  o,"  its  space  (pp.  68-m,)  !o  "  the  V  ife 
of  Virginia,     an    Ulustra.e,  the  same  with  3.  pictures,  including  a  fairly  good  view  of  Lura 
Cave,  and  of  the  VVh.te  Sulphur  Springs  Hotel.     The  same  authority  says  tha,  a  good  hotel  mav 
be  found  at  Weyer  s  Cave,  which  .s  reached  by  a  stagecoach  ride  of  .4  m..  beginning  a,  a  noim 
about  ha.f-way  between  Staunton  and  Harrisonburg.     This  cav.  is  described  with  enthusiasm  in 
Picturesque  America"  (\.  ,,2),  by  Sallie  A.  Brock  ;  and  there  are  also  caves  near  Newmarket 
whose   attractions  are   locally  proclaimed  as  "  superior   in   some   respects  to  Luray  "    f)t  the 
journey  to  I.,  which  some  Washington  wheelmen  made,  from  the  Valley  View  Springs  Hotel 
overlooking  Newmarket,  I  quote  the  following  report  from  the  irjk,,'/maH  article  us.d  on  p' 
348;  and  It  may  be  instructively  compared  with  my  own  experiences  on  the  same  road,  as  given 
on  p.  381:    "On  Sept.  4,  we  climbed   laboriously  on  foot  (40  mm.)  to  the   top  o,  the  mourn- 
am.-the  surface  being  hnrd  and  smooth ,  but  unridable  for  any  distance  on  account  of  the    racie  - 
and.  after  seeing  that  the  brakes  were  in  order,  began  the  descent.     That  was  a  memorable  piece 
of  h.ll-nd.ng !     A  recent  shower  had  made  the  road-bed  wet ;  stones  of  all  sizes  lay  around  pro- 
miscuously;  sharp  turns  occurred  at  short  intervals;  but  over  all  was  the  grade— at  least  i  in 
8  all  the  way  down.     Every  foot  t-.  the  bottom  was  ridden  without  dismount  by  tv.o  of  us,  and 
the  cyclometer  showed  the  distance  from  the  summit  was  just  2^  m.     Of  tho  7  m.  thence  to  the 
I.ur.ty  Inn,  which  was  reached  at  ij.30,  the  first  3  m.,  to  the  North  Fork,  is  excellent ;  the  rest 
has  many  hills  and  steer  ones,  and  the  loose  .tones  treacherously  imbedded  in  the  soil  demand 
great  care  m  riding.     We  rode  down  the  almost  perpendicular  hill  into  Luray,  and  one  of  the 
,-arty  aftenvards  rode  up  it.     Next  morning,  we  retraced  our  course,  walking  to  the  summit  of 
Massanutt  r ,     .d  rid.ng  down  the  opposite  s,de  to  Valley  View  House  for  dinner.    Thence  al 
3  we  proceeded  across  to  Newmarket  and  struck  the  Valley  pike  again." 

I  ha',  planned  to  go  again  to  Staunton,  but,  being  two  days  behind  mv 
schedule,  I  decided  that  I  mu.^t  deny  myself  that  pleasure,  and  so  faced  for 
the  n.,  along  one  of  the  very  prettiest  sections  of  the  entire  valley.  1  have 
alluded  in  Chapter  XXIV.  (p.  346)  t  this  7  m.  spin  without  stop,  6.25  to  y.ro 
P.  M..  as  a  specially  exhilarating  one  .  and  it  sharpened  my  appetite  for  sup- 
per at  Wilson's  Hotel,  in  Mt.  Jackson,  where  I  was  quite  taker,  aback  hv  the 


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unexpected  luxury  ..f  hroilcd  frogVIegv  Through  all  this  favored  region,  the 
noble  lull!  fro^  vaunts  himsci  in  much  grandeur  and  greet.ness,  and  furnishes 
K-reat  sport  to  the  small  boy,  after  school  hours  arc  over.  I  saw  several  such 
:ntently  cuKaKcd  in  "fr(4'King."  at  previous  points  on  the  road,  but  neve.-  sus- 
pected that  I  was  to  enjoy  the  rcsulfs  of  similar  labors;  and  I  presume  that 
.uiy  e|)i..ireon  the  wheel,  who  may  plan  to  pass  a  night  in  Mt.  Jackson,  can 
ilways  make  sure  of  a  frog  supper,  during  the  season,  by  sending  a  day's 
notice  of  his  desire  to  (lie  owner  of  the  comfortable  hotel  there  situated. 

When  I  started  aw.iy  from  it,  at  6  A.  m.  of  May  29,  a  very  cold  wind  was 
Mowin;; ;  and  the  air  (  >ntiiuicil  of  >uch  phenomenal  chilliness  during  the  day 
tliat  I  actually  kci)t  on  w    tiannel  j.icki  t  without  discmifort.    The  night  which 
tollowcil   was   s,,   bitter  as   to  set   .ill  the  natives  to    hivering.     I  afterwards 
Karned,  to  niy  sorn.w,  that  (his  ext. aordinary  cold  wave  had  Ijeen  very  widely 
diffused,— pi, ),luciMg,  in  Ma.s   uhusetts,  a  frost  of  unheard-of  severity  which 
destroyed  all  the  crops.     Hut      was  an  ideal  day  for  wheeling,  and  I  reached 
ihe  Chalybeate  Springs  If   t.  I    in  Strasburg,  25  m.,  in  just  3  h.,  covering  thus 
.1  longer  distance  than  evci  before  in  that  interval.     My  first  stop  was  for  the 
-ake  of  a  horse ;  my  secon-I  wis  forced  by  a  long  hill  of  rough  mac.  which  i 
.oukln't  quite  surmount  [-.h.    same  hill  was  the  only  one  not  conquered  by  11. 
•S.  Wood,  the  prcviou?  week,  in  riding  the  whole  125  m.  from  Staunton  to  the 
I'Qtom-c),  .-xndat  Woodstock  I  halted  to  get  a  drink  from  a  railk-wagon 
1  lus  -vas  at  tlie  middle-point  of  the  spin,  I2i  m.  and  li  h.  from  the  start,  and 
I  think  I  kept  the  saddle  then  to  S.     The  hotel  in  W.  was  labeled  "  Shenan- 
doah," and  looked  not  unattractive.     I   delayed   ij  h.  for  breakf.ast  and  for 
renewing  my  acquaintance  of  the  previous  November  with  the  owner  of  the 
hotel  (p.  345),  whom  I  qrickly  beguiled  into  subscribing  for  the  book  •  and  I 
made  several  long  stops  on  the  road,  to  enjoy  the  scenery,  or  the  talk  of  peo- 
;ue  who  recalled  the  stirring  events  of   war   times.     Hence,  it  was    nearly 
-'When   I   halted   for    lunch    at    a   restaurant    opposite   the   post-office   in 
Vinchester,  lyim.,  and  it  was  3  when   I     eally  resumed  my  journey  on  the 
l.erryv.lle  pike,  after  an  intermediate   progress   of    i  m.,   in  examining  the 
monuments  of  the  Confederals   cemetery.     The   50  m.   between   Newmarket 
and  this  point  had  been  wheeled  by  me  in  the  opposite  direction  (Nov.  21,  '83 
V30  A  M.  to  5.40  p.  M.,  see  p.  345),  but  the  rest  of  my  route  was  new.     Good 
wheeling  prevailed  for  4}  m.,  much  of  it  down  a  defile  which  allowed  no  view 
to  a  place  where  I  crossed  a  stream,  a  rod  wide,  on  stones  and  a  log      Ope' 
quon  creek,  with  a  ford  3  or  4  rods  wide,  was  ^  m.  beyond,  and  a  passing  farm- 
w.-.gon  ferried  me  across.     The  driver  said  there  was  a  line  of  stepping  stones 
a  httle  ways  below,  but  I  saw  nothing  of  fher.i.     Berryville,  6  m.,  was  reached 
■"  I  h.,  and  r  ought  there  to  have  takeu  a  sharp  1. 1.  for  the  Charlestown  pike, 
Dut  I  unwittingly  kept  straight  on  for  5  m.  tii!  brought  to  a  halt  by  the  river 
^t  Candleman's   Ferry,     (This  was  formerly  called   Snicker's,  and  leads  to 
Snicker's  Gap,  the  unattractive  route  through  which  to  the  Potomac  is  given 
on  p.  244.)     lurninf,  about,  I  made  one  or  two  detours  on  cross  roads  towards 


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Charlestown  before  deciding  to  go   baciv  to   nerryvillc  for  the  night,  and  I 
rode  2  m.  tiiere,  in  :i  v;iin  pursuit  of  "strawberries  for  sui)per,"  so  that  when 
I  stopped,  at  7.15,  my  d.iy's  record  was  just  67  m.     A  local  rider  escorted  nu 
3  m.  out,  the  n<-xt  morning  ;    am'   I  entered   West   Virginia,  2  m.  beyond  his 
place  of  leaving  iric,  at  10.45.     ''he  court  house  in  Charlestown,  7J  m.,  where 
John  Hrown  wa=.  tried  in  1859,  was  reached  just  before  noon,  and  though  .1 
decent-looking  hotel  called  the  Carter  stood  opposite  to  it,  I  decided  to  press 
on  to   Harper's    Kerry  for  dinner.     When    I    reached    the    Mountain    View 
House   there,  7}  m.   in    i  ^  h.,   I    found  a  horde  of  cheap  excursionists  from 
Washington  in  full  control;  and  I  had  to  f^ght  for  all  the  food  \  got.     Undei 
normal  conditions,  the  establishment  might  offer  a  fair  amount  of  comfort, 
and  it  is  certainly  a  great  improvement  on  the  desperately  dirty  one,  which  1 
found  there  two  years  before  (p.  241).     At  the  cemetery  on  the  hill  in  sight  ot 
H.  F.,  where  the  roads  fork,  I  t.  r.  down  a  rough  and  i)artly  unridable  slope 
to  the  riversi  Ic,  and  followed  this,  with  lofty  cliffs  overhanging  the  1.,  past 
the  U.  S.  Armory  ruins,  to  the  hotel.     The  1.  road  at  the  cemetery  was  said 
to  he  inferior.     The   road  from  C.  to  that  point  was  hilly  and  difficult,  with 
much  freshly-laid  mac,  and  one  or  two  small  villages.     Crossing  the  bridge 
into  Maryland  at  2,   I   t.  1.  up  the  C.  &   O.   tow-path,  and  after  riding  6  m. 
pleasantly  in  i  h.  (getting  over  two  waste-weirs  on  logs  and  wading  one,  which 
would  be  troublesome  in  time  of   high  water),  I  stopped  about  i  h.  to  chat 
with  a  tourist  who  was  wheeling   in  the  opposite  direction  (see  p.  244).     1 
rode  the  next  6  m.  as  fast  as  I  could  (}  h.),  and  then  t.  r.  from  the  tow-|)atii, 
walked  u;)  a  hill,  and  followed  a  rough  road  of    yellow  clay  to  Sharj.sljurg, 
ji  m.     The  [ilace  where  I  left  the  canal  was  op])osite  the  bridge  which  crosses 
the  Potomac  to  Shepherdstown,  whence  a  good  mac.  road  extends  w.  t  .  Mai- 
tinsburg,    12  m.  (p.  344)  ;    while  another  road,    i)resumably    ridable,    reaches 
from  Sharpsburg  to  Williaiiisport  (pp.  23S,  344). 

I  found  the  people  of  S.  celebrating  Memorial  I)av,  by  dec>  ating  the 
graves  in  the  adjacent  National  Cemetery,  where  sleep  the  2,000  Union 
soldiers  who  fell  in  thegreat  battle  of  the  Antietam  (Sept.  17,  1S62),  that  raged 
from  dayl)reak  till  sundown,  along  the  hills  and  thiough  the  ravines  among 
which  winds  the  deeply-flowing  creek  whose  name  was  thus  made  historic.  I 
believe  I  crossed  it  twice  by  bridges,  one  on  each  side  of  .S.,  and  that  2  or  3  in, 
of  my  riding  was  along  a  path  where  the  bloody  waves  of  battle  had  surged 
b;-rk  and  forth  upon  that  dreadful  day.  [  reached  tlic  Baldwin  House  in 
Hag;.-rstown  (p.  23S),  at  7.10  p.  M.,  with  a  day's  record  of  .\%\  m.,  and  at  once 
possessed  myself  of  the  liaggage  which  I  had  sent  thither  from  Washington, 
and  which  I  next  day  despatched  to  New  Vovk.  I  rode  2;/)  m.  in  the  6  days  be- 
tween \V.  and  H.,  and  246  m.  in  the  6  days  between  H.  and  N.  Y. ;  and  I 
think  each  experience  represents  about  as  long  a  time  or  distance  as  I  like  to 
push  a  bicycle  without  having  access  to  a  larger  supply  of  personal  comforts 
than  I  care  to  carry  on  it.  My  ride  from  Sharpsburg  to  H.,  13  m.  in  \\  h,. 
w  IS  diung  an  undulating  toii-pike  of  mac,  often  bordered  with  locust-tree*  in 


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U.11  bloom,  with  ridable  hills  and  many  pleasing  views  of  a  fertile  and  pros- 
pcrous  country.     Startmg  n.  from  the  central   square  of  H.  at  „  a  m  ofth. 
i.st.  I  t.  r.  at  the  first  toll^ate.  r  J  m..  and  after'passing  the  gate  at  Lett 
l-R.  51  m    at  „.so^  t.  1.  for  Waynesboro.  5  m..  which  I  just  inside  the  "t 
o    Pennsylvania.     Thence  I  jogged  on.  at  r.30.  after  a  dinner  at  the  Nationa! 
Hotel  (whose  owner  said  he  was  glad  to  subscribe  for  a  wheeler's  gul  eve 
tl-ough  forced  to  fight  the  printers  for  not  spelling  his  own  name  "  VVhe ler  " 
c,.rr;mg  a  paper  bag  full  of   strawberries  at  the  1.  end  of  my  handle  b J' 
K-Uherthan  drop  these,  on  the  occasion  of   a  sudden  dismount,   i  ,       eJe 
wheel  .tself  drop,  for  the  first  time  in  its  history  (record,  667  m.)  -and       did 
no.  drop  .t  again  until  738  m.  later.     The  toll-gate  on  the  nLnUin  summi 
5  -n.   rom  W.,  was  reached  in  3  h..  and  at  the  brick  summer-hote.  of  Monte 
rev.  im  beyond   I  ,  ,,  ,„j   .^^^^    ^^^^  ^  ,^    ^^   ^^^^^^^  f  Monte- 

warned  tha  the  hrst  sign  "1.  to  Gettysburg  "  would  lead  me  into  .  rough  and 
my  road,  I  kept  on  till  within  a  few  rods  of  the  toll-gate  of  the  E«s 
..rg  ,.ke.  and  there  t.  1.  across  a  covered  bridge.     At  5  o'clock,  when  T    m 

;;"  ;'  r"^"^  '  "'^^  "^i"-  *°  ^-^field."  and  r  was  Imost  ih  Z 
«etnng  to  the  Mans.on  House  in  K.  3J  m..  which  is  also  called  M  llerl 
own  I  finished  at  the  Kagh  MotH  in  Gettysburg,  8^  m..  at  7.30  o^  lock 
I  l.e  la  t  s  or  6  m.  of  road,  bemg  made  of  powdered  red  sandstone  „asfa1rlv 
goo  ;  but  from  the  bridge  to  F.  the  surface  was  mostly  unridable  hoTeh 
level.     I  was  assured,  by  the  owner  of   the  Fade    that  fh^  r!/  t 

mountains,  which  I  had  been  warned  against,  wo    d  have    '„  f      T      I 
better  than  the  one  actually  traversed      I  naid!n  .1  •  "^  """"^ 

w..ichwasperfectly  Clear  aid  pleasat.-t::;tNa::o?alTm:tr^^^^ 
-vera!  crcu.ts  of  its  ideally  smooth  roads,  so  that  ,  m  werelddeA 
register  when  I  returned  to  the  hotel  for  breakfast.  "  '"'' 

(Jcneral  Doubleday's  book  on  "r,ettvsI.iir^'Wc™K 
havealludodtoonp  35.   is  an  admirl  ,l" V  .(S^'-'bners.  |,),  whose  map,  of  , he  region  I 

';e..eve  a  cheaper, oca,  guide  is  pr^a    e  aV      ^7  T^^.T 'r^  ' 

.1.0  great  circular  building  of  the   Boston   Cvclornl  f  ^     '"  ^  ''<^°'"'"'="'lecl  to 

where,  according  to  the  advertisen^en       ■  vou  s.r  .  '""'  ^''  '"  ""  ■^"'"°"'  '''  «-'""• 

Place   and  .a,  expect  to   see  ^ .JZT^  7':^:£' Zl^  "^^  "^^  ^ '"^ 
pendednolessthan«ioooooinni.rf^^„„„.i-  ,    '   '"^  ^^e  .    tor  the    managers   have  ex- 

b-l.  which  r..,ed  alonTtrs    s^"       '  d  2  "r  ."'  "''^"'^"'^■'-"  "^  Oe'ty^burg."     The 

^l.ly  rank  in  his'.ory  a,  clef  amo      L  dt    i^e":  Tof'  hV"  'T  "^  '^^  °'  ^"'^'  '^^^'  *"'  '^^ 
-.de  her  supreme  effort  .0  play  the  part  of  In   n'der    and        ^"'-  '  ''  '""'  ""=  '""' 

->  .he  field  so  mighty  and  hopeful  ThosI  NoJ  re  ^U  '  n  r^'^r  "''  '"'  ^'"^  '"  '""'^ 
"•on,  from  so  many  States    stru^el^  ,0  Inn„      T     T  '  ^  '"  '"■■'">'  "-epresentative 

."ese  endless  row, 'of  sold LrgSelne,  ^".hirvir'r? '"^ '''=  '"^^'^^-  '-''-«- 
equally  numerous  Confederate  dead  -.Sc  unmarlcd  ^^TI  ""7'  T^*  """"'"«  "'  ''" 
wl.0  is  possessed  hy  any  other  sentiment  than  one  of  nrof '  '^  "  '"  '"'  '^'  '  "''^  "''=  '"='" 
many  of  America's  best  and  bravest  wer  fated  LoTk  """"  ""'  ^"""'"-'"  '"««  •» 
■f  nowhere  else,  the  survivors  or  ,uc«L,  of  tiat^^r  '  "  ""^  *"°"^"-  At  t^ettysburg, 
Rone  from  th.  ,t..,  <:,.  ,«_^  ..  "      ^".°'  I*'**  ^"'"B  K^neratmn,  which  ha,  now  mostiv 

cl-uy  for  all."    A,  I  stood  there  i;;side";h7^Z'ol  "Z  m""  T''""  '°^'"''  """'-**"^ 
25  ^    *•  °*  "'''  Massachusetts  men.  on  that  bright 


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TEN  IHOL'SAND  MILES  L  V  A  BICYCLE. 


Sunday  morning,  the  first  day  of  summer,  twenty-one  years  after  the  combat,  I  thought  of  the 
wise  words  spoken  at  the  age  of  34  by  the  '  ailant  soldier  whom  I  like  to  remember  as  the  best 
single  contribution  which  that  native  Sta' ,  of  mine  mnrle  to  the  civil  war:  William  Francis 
Bartlett  i,b.  June  6,  1840,  d.  Dec  17,  1876),  the  youngcsi  man  who  catii?  out  of  that  war  as  a 
M?ior  General,  commanding  a  division  iu  the  largest  army  of  t^'y'-tj  times.  And  these  «re  the 
words,  whoie  statesm^tnlike  -rapp  u.il  greatness  nude  them  seem  to  me  more  trulv  monumental 
than  any  of  the  inscriptions  which  I  read  on  the  monument-;  at  Gettysburg,  that  Sunday  morn- 
ing,— words  which  I  hope  will  be  remembered,  as  the  characteristic  and  representative  utterance 
of  a  typical  and  thoroughbred  Yankee,  long  after  the  pitiful  maunderings  of  the  decrepit 
political  pigmies,  who  now  pretend  .0  speak  for  New  England  ^.  '1  have  been  buried,  with 
themselves,  in  charitable  oblivion:     "  It  was  to  make  this  a      -  reunited  country,  where 

every  man  sho..id  be  in  reality  free  and  equal  before  the  law,  .  .  ir  comrides  fought,  our 
brothers  fell.  They  died  not  that  New  England  might  prosper,  v,,  >iiat  the  West  might  thrive. 
They  died  not  to  defend  the  Northern  Capitol,  or  preserve  those  marble  halls  where  the  pol- 
ished statesmen  cf  the  period  conc'uct  their  dignified  debates!  They  died  for  their  country— 
for  the  South  fu>  Uss  than  for  the  North.  And  the  Southern  youth,  in  the  days  to  come,  will 
see  this,  and,  as  he  stands  in  these  hallowed  halls  and  reads  those  names,  realiting  the  grandeur 
and  power  of  a  country  which,  thanks  to  them,  is  still  his,  will  exclaim:  'These  men  fought 
for  my  salvation  as  well  as  for  their  ow.i.  They  died  to  preserve  not  merely  the  unity  of  a 
nation,  but  the  destinies  of  a  continent.'  •  •  •  As  an  American,  I  am  as  proud  of  the  men 
who  charged  so  bravely  with  Pickett's  Division  on  our  lines  at  Gettysburg,  as  I  am  of  the  men 
who  so  bravely  met  and  repulsed  them  there.  Men  cannot  always  choose  the  right  cause  ;  but 
when,  having  chosen  that  which  conscience  dictates,  they  are  rea.'.y  to  die  for  it,  if  they  justify 
not  their  cans'?,  they  at  least  ennoble  themselves.  And  the  men  who,  for  conscience'  sake,  fought 
against  their  government  at  Gettysburg,  ought  easily  to  be  forgiven  by  the  sons  of  men  who,  for 
conscience'  sake,  lo  .ght  against  their  government  at  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill.  As  Massa- 
chusetts was  first  m  war,  so  let  her  be  first  in  peace,  and  she  shall  ever  be  first  in  the  heans  of 
her  countrymen.  And  let  us  here  resolve  that,  true  to  her  ancient  motto,  while  in  wr.r  ' Ense 
fetii  yutcidam,^  in  peace  she  demands,  not  only  for  herself,  but  for  every  inch  of  this  grear 
country,  '  Tub  liiertaie  quietem.^  " — From  his  speeches  at  Cambridge,  June  24,  1874,  and  Lex- 
ington, April  19,  1875,  as  given  on  pp.  251,  257  of  "Memoir  of  General  Bartlett,"  by  Francis 
Winthrop  Palfrey  (Boston:  Houghton,  Osgood  &  Co.,  1878). 

Resuming  the  journey  from  G.  at  11. 10,  I  stopped  for  dinner  at  Oxford, 
10  m.,  f-om  1.20  to  2,  and  reached  Abbottown,  4  m.,  at  2.55.  The  pike  to  this 
point  (  nd  for  6  m.  further,  where  the  smooth  riding  of  the  day  began)  may 
be  described  as  a  cobble-stone  macad'.m,  with  the  top-dressing  washed  away, 
having  side-bracks  of  red  sandstone  or  red  and  yellow  clay;  fairly  level  and 
most  of  it  ridable,  but  none  of  it  excellent.  The  city  of  York  hove  in  sight 
4  or  5  m.  before  I  reached  it.  Descending  into  it  at  last  by  a  gentle  grade  to 
the  'iver,  I  crossed  this  and  went  past  the  National  Hotel  to  the  central 
square  and  market  place,  at  5.25,  when  the  cyclometer  registered  9  m.  from 
the  point  of  striking  the  smooth  r  tad.  At  6.20  I  had  ridden  5J  m.  more ;  and 
I  reached  the  Susquehanna,  2  m.  beyond  this, — making  a  sharp  descent  through 
Wrigbtsville  to  the  bridge.  My  cyclometer  called  this  dark  and  dismal 
structure  just  i  m  long;  and  \m.  beyond  its  end  at  Columbia,  I  ended  my 
day's  journey  of  44j^m.,  .it  the  Franklin  House,  at  7.50  p.  m.  Monday  fore- 
nooi.  I  devoted  to  walking  about  town,  and  talking  with  local  riders;  and  in 
the  afternoon,  between  2  and  5,  I  wheeled  leisurely  to  Lancaster,  iim.,  es- 

wvi  ic-i  '^'j  ,x  ^'uii  *-.*!    '..i^i ^^' :iic>!y  *->ii<::  '...**    v*'i:^:ii  wiiwi  *,v.ir\^o    mUttaircu  tltC  Cicris-.*: 


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tour  described  on  -  z^:^.    The  mac.  was  rather  dusty,  for  want  of  rain;   but 
I  think  my  companions  said  they  had  several  times  ridden  between  C  and  L 
without  dismount.     Another  L.  rider  piloted  me  4^  m..  next  morning;  to  the 
Landis  Valley  House,  where  I  t.  r.  and  followed  the  Catfish  pike  to  its  end  at 
Oregoti ;  and  then  a  dirt  ^oad,  winding  over  the  hills,  while  locust  blossoms 
filled  the  air  with  fragrance,  just  as  on  my  afternoon's  approach  to  Hagers- 
town.     Passing  the  cross-roads  of  East  Lynde  and  Akron,  I  came  to  Ephrata 
at  10.30  (i3i  m.  in  3  h.  from  L.),  where  "  the  Mt.  Vernon  House  by  Z.  Under- 
cuffler"  presented  a  decent  appearance;  and  I  stopped  i  h.  later  at  Reams- 
town  4m.,  for  ice-cream.     Another  4  m.  took  me  to  Adam.town,  and  a  stop 
of  .  h.  for  dinner;  thence  5  m.  in  ij  h.  to  the  Five  Mile  House,  in  sight  of 
Rciding.  at  3. 1  s.     The  road  was  good,  all  the  way  into  R.,  and  I  reached  Penn 
St.  ^here,  sJ  m..  at  4 ;   and  after  a  talk  with  local  cyclers,  and  a  detour  to 
Ninth  St.,  I  was  told  to  try  Fifth  St.,  as  the  be:  t  outlet  from  the  city 

Climbing  the  hill  past  the  cemetery,  wheie  a  fine  view  was  offered   I  t  1 
It  Its  foot,  and  went  under  the  first  culvert  but  not  the  second.     From  this 
pent  along  the  r.  r.  and  so  t.  the  Temple  road-house,-6i  m.  at  6,  I  reversed 
the  route  by  which  I  entered  the  city  on  the  previous  autumn  (see  p.  34.). 
and  at  7  I  reached  the  top  of  a  hill,  4  m.  from  the  Temple;  and  at  8  10  I 
reached  Kutztown,  6  m..  riding  without  stop  for  i  m.  or  more  at  the  end 
spite  c    dusk  and  darkness.     Afier  a  long  but  smooth  ascent,  I  passed  a 
large  State  institution  on  the  r.,  before  descending  into  K.,  whose  hotels  are 
all  inferior.     I  afterwards  thought  that  I  might  have  fared  quite  as  wHl   if  I 
had  stopped  at  the  lone  road-house  about  midway  between  R.  and  K      I 
covered  49  m.,  that  day.  on  roads  of  soft  yellow  clay  or  brown  loam,  which 
were  nearly  all  ridable,  though  they  offered  hardly  any  good  riding.     The  sun 
shone  brightly,  but  a  breeze  tempered  the  heat.     The  next  day  was  hotter 
and  the  afternoon  roads  were  dusty;  and  as  my  night's  sleep  after  the  long 
journey  had  been  poor,  I  rode  no  further  than  Easton  (35  m.,  9  A.  m.  to  6  p.  m  ) 
Kothrocksville  tempted  me  to  stop  for  beer  at  10,  Trexlertown  was  passed 
^t  ti ;  and  the  American  House  in  Allentown,  18^  m.  from  K.,  was  reached 
at  12.30.     Light  brown  and  yellow  day  supplied  pretty  good  riding  from  K. 
to  1 .,  but  between  T.  and  A.  there  were  many  stones  covered  by  deep  dust  and 
several  bad  hills.     Cheered  by  the  first  well-served  dinner  I  had  had  sinte 
eavingthe  Luray  Inn,  a  week  before  (296  m.),  I  jogged  to  Bethlehem,  be- 
tween 2  and  3.30,  paying  8  c.  toll  for  the  use  of  the  dusty  mac.  road,  which  is 
said  to  offer  excellent  riding  in  damper  weather.     Resting  \  h.  in  B.,  I  reached 
the  tarmersville  Hotel,  10  m.  from  A.,  at  4.40,  and  then  took  no  further  note 
of  my  cyclometer  until  the  finish,  6im.  beyond,  at  the  United  .States  Hotel 
■n  Kaston.     This  stands  on  a  corner,  a  short  distance  1.  of  the  public  square, 
into  which  I  descended  by  a  very  steep  grade. 

,h.  I'lT.  *'''!*^^  ^le^ribed  (p.  ,73)  the  next  day's  ride  across  New  Jersey  to  Newark.  72  m.. 

.  ,,^^  d:.~cai;  :..  :r.c  ..u  Jay»'  ^;.ri;uit  of  705  m.  which  was  thus  completed,  and 

which  raised  my  cyclometer  to  898  m.     I  mounted  not  again  for  more  than  three  months  ;  and 


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38S  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  story  of  how  I  then  continued  the  trail  100  m.  .0  Springfield  in  September  has  been  told  on  pp. 
169-172,  146-148,  121 ;  and  of  my  December  ride  back  to  New  York,  on  pp.  122,  134,  136.  On 
the  a4th  of  December,  in  the  midst  of  a  driving  snow-storm,  I  rode  my  wheel  from  Washington 
H-ights  to  Washington  Square,  7 J  m.,  and  stored  it  in  my  chambers,  with  the  vow  not  to  mount 
it  again  •'  until  after, the  publication  of  my  book."  Hence,  for  more  than  a  year  I've  had  not 
even  a  taste  of  wheeimg.  That  final  ride  was  my  44th  on  "  No.  234,  Jr.,"  during  8  months,  and 
brought  its  record  up  to  1,408  m.,— showing  a  daily  average  of  iiearl-  12  m.  I  fell  with  it  on  the 
324th  and  836th  m.,  and  dropped  it  on  the  667lh  and  1,407th  m.-     .  -he  1.  crank  in  the  lat- 

ter case,  and  the  ha-.dle-bar  the  other  times.     When  I  reached  r  starting-point  in  Hart- 

ford (Dec.  4),  I  completed  a  continuous  circuit  of  1,050  m.  of  l  ;  irate  .jadway  (excluding  all 
detours  as  well  as  repetitions) ;  and  less  than  250  m.  of  that  circuit  had  b?pn  included  in  the  5,000 
m.  previously  explored  by  me  in  riding  twice  that  distance  on  a  bicycle.  This  fact  suggests  the 
readiness  with  which  even  the  most  exper  enced  of  nders  may  lay  out  a  pleasant  course  through 
country  which  is  entirely  new  to  him.     T  le  good  touring  routes  are  nractically  inexhaustible. 

The  compiler  of  the  "  League  Road  Book  of  Pa.  and  N.  J.,"  described  on  p.  177,  H.  S. 
Wood  (b.  Dec.  iS,  i860),  of  Philadelphia,  ha    supplied  for  me  the  following  det.iils  of  his  215  m. 
ride  from  Staunton  to  Gettysburg  and  Columbia,  which  I  have  already  alluded  to  (pp.  317,  383) 
as  the  longest  three  days'  straightaway   nm    yet  reported  in   America  :  "  Starting  from's.  at 
6  A.  M.,  May  23,  18S4,  i  h.  after  completing  an  all-night,  sleepless  ride  by  train  from  Washing- 
ton, I  reached  HarrisonviUe  at  9,  and  Newmarket,  44J  m.,  at  11. 10.     Between  2.20  and  4,1 
rode  from  N.  to  Edinburg,  where  a  storm  stopped  me  till  5.40,  when  I  wheeled  5  m.  in  a  hard 
rain  to  Woodstock,  at  6.20,  completing  thus  a  run  of  63  m.  in  6i  h.  of  riding.     The  weather  •va!' 
warm  and  ca'm,  and  the  next  day's  was  very  hot,  with  a  light  breeze  at  my  back ;  while  the 
road  surface  in  the  bottoms  was  heavy  frrm  the  i^in.     Leaving  W.  at  8  A.  m.,  J  reached  Hagers- 
town  at  6.30  p.  M.,  a  run  of  73  m.  in  7}  h.  of  riding.     My  longest  stop  was  at  Winchester,  1}  b., 
ending  at  1.20 ;  Bunker  Hill,  11^  m.,  was  passed  at  2.45  ;  Martinsburg,  10  m.,  at  4,  and  Will' 
iamsport,  14  m.,  at  5.35.     On   Sunday,  I  covered  79  m.,  H.  to  Columbia,  7  a.  m.  to  7.45  p.  m. 
About  half  the  road  was  very  poor,  and  my  riding  time  of  loj  h.  was  divided  equal!  ■  by  my  stop 
of  I  h.  at  Gettysburg,  37  m.  from  H.,  where  1  got  a  good  dinner    at   the  '  Eagle.'     I  reached 
Waynesboro,  iii  m.  from  H.,  at  8.35  ;   Emmetsburg,  y^  m.,  at  11..5 ;  and  Gettysburg,  n  m., 
at  I  p.  M.     As  no  road  could  be  worse  than  this  vile  stretch  from  E.  to  G.,  where  several  hills 
must  be  walked,  I  advise  others  to  avoid  any  such  detour  by  taking  the  direct  route  from  W.  to 
G.     The  10  m.  from  G.  to  O  cford,  ->  to  3.40  p.  m.,  offered  ve.->'  poor  wheeling,  and  the  surf.ice 
then  gradually  improved  for  5  m.  to  Abbotstown.     I  rode  all  the  hills  but  one  between  Staunton 
and  Hagerstown;  had  no  falls  during  the  215  m.,  and  felt  no  ill  effects  on  the  fourth  day,  when  I 
did  considerable  wheeling  in  the  region  of  Columbia,  before  embarking  there  on  a  long  boating 
trip,  which  finished  my  vacation.     My  wheel  was  a  58  in.  Light  Rudge,  with  Duryea  saddle  and 
McDonnell  cyclometer.     A  year  earlier  (July  i,  '83),  I  took  a  straightaway  ride  of  just  12  h.,  from 
Philadelphia  to  Columbia,  about  80  m.,  ending  at  4.  i;  p.  m.,— my  longest  stop  being  ij  h.   for 
din«er  at  T,ancaster.     I  rode  then  a  54  in.  Expert,  and  was  favored  with  a  cool  wird  at  my  back  ; 
but  I  would  not  care  to  take  the  same  trip  again,  for  the  25  m.  from    Coatcsville  to  L.  was  very 
•  •'Ugh  and  hilly,  though  much  of  it  ridable.     Let  me  say  thai  an  excellent  course  of  53  m.  from 
Philadelphia  to  Wilmington  is  to  follow  this  same  Lancaster  pike  20  m.  to  Paoli,  then  t.  1.  for  West 
Chester  and  Chadd's  Ford  and  follow  the  Brandywine  to  W.    This  allows  14  m.  of  splendid  Tel- 
ford, 9  m.  of  very  good  clay  and  20  tn.  of  good  dirt,  besides  the  pavement-riding  in  the  terminal 
cities.     I  cannot  tell  how  near  my  total  riding  approximates  :o  10,000  m.. ,  as  I  kept  no  record 
the  first  year.     Of    my  '82   tour  from  New  Vork  to  Boston,  to  which  the  Wheelman's  letter 
alluded,  the  less  said  the  better.     I  can  thir.k  of  nothing  else  in  my  record  worth  mentioning, 
except  a  ride  of  106  m.  on  July  4,  '84,  between  d^/brea!   and  darkness.     Starting  fro  ,i  Frank- 
ford  (Phila.),  I  reached  Plainfield,  69  m.,  in  season  for  a  i  o'clock  dinner,  then  continued  to  Jersey 
,  and  came  back  from  there  to  Newark,— the  latter  part  of  th-  journey  being  in  the  rain." 

.r       W    nrinfA^I    tWO  Columns      in    r!r;i;^?    rvf  "thf    ::"if*r::"s1*='^    ^^-^r-  — -^.-.-^  "  '-     i*-—      '       S      1.1/ 

Birl!ei:n{.K\i'i.  i-j,  '85,  p.  156);  and  on  Oct.  i8  he  rode  again  from   Phila.  to  Lancaster,  60  m. 


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i..  7i  h.,  and  reached  Columbia,  ,.  m.,  a  h.  later.  His  route  from  Paoli  to  L.  was  about  »  m 
(or  3  h.)  shorter  than  the  pike  between  those  points,  which  he  had  traversed  on  his  previous 
lourney  ;  and  the  .4  m.  section  cf  it  from  P.  to  Downingtown  is  thus  described  :  "  Leave  the  pike 
at  Ureen  Tree  and  take  Indian  King  road,  which  is  parallel  to  Penn.  r.  r.,  on  s.  side  to  Mal- 
vern whence  it  turns  sou-ewhat  s.  w.,  to  Indian  King  Inn,  where  it  merges  into  the  Boot  road 
direct  for  D.  At  Valley  Creek,  abo".  2  m.  before  reaching  D.,  it  goes  under  r.  r.,  and  the  w' 
down-grade  of  hill  there  is  1  dable.  The  surface  is  mostly  hard  clay,  much  superior  to  the  pike  " 
Possibly  th«  newer  route  was  the  one  taken  by  S,  B.  Downey,  of  L.,  when  he  wheeled  from 
that  city  to  Phila.  (Lane.  av.  and  S2d.  St.),  "  Sept.  20,  'Ss,  between  6.30  a.  m.  and  2  p.  m  on  a 
country  road,  a  distance  of  about  70  m.,  with  two  stoppages  for  meals."  Another  notable'  local 
ride  was  that  of  Frank  Ernberg,  LandisviUe  to  Phila.,  76  m.,  4  a.  m.  to  7  p.  m.,  June  15,  '85. 

"The  Philadelphia  riding  district  "  is  thus  described  by  Mr.  W.  in  his  road-book-  "Ail 
wheelman  use  the  Park  and  the  Lancaster  pike  on  the  n.  w.  ;  m^ny  take  the  gra-el  highways  ra- 
diating from  Camden  on  the  e.,  and  a  :ew  of  the  bolder  and  more  curious  riders  penetrate  the  com- 
paratively unknown  regions  to  the  n.  and  s.  w.     The  Lancaster  pike,  whereon  commence  routes 
10  West  Chester,  Lancaster,  Norristown  and  Reading,  begins  at  the  52d  st.  station  of  the  Penn 
r.  r.  and  leads  the  wheelman  over  an   unsurpassed  Telford  road,  with  many  hills,  through  Ard- 
more(4),  H,,  verford  College  (5),  Bryn  Mawr  (t>),   Wayne  (.0),  Devon  (12),    Berwya  (,3)  and 
Paoli  (16).     Branching  from  the  main  pike,  generally  to  the  n.,  are  many  roads  whose  surfaces 
are  fast  being  laid  with  the  Telford  pavement.     Already  starting  from  Bryn   Mawr  the  road  s 
to  (,.  W.  Childs's  .  ountry-seat,  aid  Montgomery  av.  w.  to  the  Gulf  Mills  (a  lovely  spot)  ofier 
inviting  diversions,  while  most  valuable  of  all  appears  the  newly  piked  road  to  Conshohocken 
and  Nomstown,  leading  from  Bryn  Mawr  station  n.     From  Ardnore  in  turn  a  Telford  leads  s  to 
Coopertown,  and  a  similar  one  n.  to  Merion  Square,  while  from  Overbrook  a  new  and  valuable 
route  has  been  create  1  to  the  hitherto  inaccessible  General  Wayne  Hotel,  with  digressions  on 
Highland  and  Union  av's.     The  fashionable  suburban  character  of  this  neighborhood  ensures 
constant  additions  to  the  now  quite  respectable  list  of  n.  w.  runs,  and  when  the  beautiful  Mill 
I  reek  road  shall  have  joined  its  well-paved  companions,  cyclers  will  have  little  more  to  desire 
m  that  direction.     In  Fairmount  Park  wheelmen  enjoy  perfect  liberty  on  the  carriage  ways 
provided  :  (.)  That  a  bell  be  carried  always  ;  a  lamp   by  night ;  and  a  whistle,  not  at  all      (2) 
Ihat  wheelmen  ride   not  more  than  two  abreast.     (3)  That  no  coasting   be   attempted     (4) 
Ihat  no  wh«I    be  left  unattended  by  the    roadside.     (5)  That  the  pa.e  shall   not    exceed 
;  m.  per  h.  (the  judgment  of  tlie  police  on  this  subject,  however,  beini;  somewhat  elasti'-)      Ow 
ing  to  the  cost  of  the  City  Hall,  municipal  expenditure  on  both  Park  and  streets  has  been  of 
recent  years  much  too  small  for  maintenance,  and  the    Fairmount   roads  are,  therefore,   much 
inferior  to  the  Lancaster  pike.     The  West  Park  has  the  better  surface  at  present,  although   the 
Kast  Park  is  the  more  interesting  in  its  river  road,  which,  if    followed   up  the  Schuylkill   and 
Wissahickon  to   Indian  Rock,   furnishes  a  straightaway  of  ,0  m.  of  ..nsurpa  sed   beauty    but 
constancy  increasing    difficulty.     The  various  deviations  n.  the  West  Park  surround  the'sites 
of  the  Ceritennial    buildings,  and  finally  concentrate  at  the  top  of  Belmont   into  one  highwav 
•eacng  to  the  Old  Ford  liUl.     n     .aking  the  Park  circ  it,  always  start  with  the  W.st.  in  order 

ward  to  the  Falls  Bndge   over  which  one  must  walk  to  the  East  Park  drive 

"To  the  n.  of  P.  the  comparatively  inaccessible  region  of  Germantown  offer.,  a  few  mac 
sreets   ,n  the   midst  of  a  wilderness  of   pavement  or  san.,  and  if,  by  skilful  navi.a.ion,  the 
A   emerges  on  the  farther  side,  he  finds  the  abominable  Reading  road  .0  Norristown   and  the 
.■   e  naable  Bethlehe:r.  and  Lime  Kiln  pikes  leading  due  n.,  over  a  stony  and  hilly  ccantry   into 
^le  better     new  red  sandstone  "  of  Montgomery  county.     This  condition  remains  unchanged 
«hen,  m  passing  e.,  wt  strike  the  Old  York  road-a  prolongation  of  North  Broad  st      Between 
t.as  road  and  Frankford  a  riding  wilderness  intervenes,  and  a  7  m.  jolt  over  cobbles  or   side- 
walks mLSt  be  endured  before  the  f:.iHy  good  R,  ;<ito!  nike  is  reach.-d      SW-.--..^  ........  =!._  .^„. 

.ties,  and  s.  w    border,  we  find  the  extension  of  Market  st  ,-the  direct' and  worsi"p<^ible 
route  to  West  Chester,  embodying  all  that  is  vile  of  stone  and  dust.     Crossing  .his  delectable 


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390  TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

highway,  and  coming  from  the  mac.  region  o.  North  Belmont  av.  and  Overbrook  is  the  Town 
•hip  Line  road,  which  has  left  its  mac.  near  the  Uncaster  pike  to  lose  iu  conglomerate  idertitv 
in  radiatmg  forks  to  Media  and  Chester.     Still  farther  s.  the  Baltimore  pike  ('  Baltimore '  mean 
mg  that  traveler,  thereto  should  Uke  any  other  route),  starting  from  the  r.  fork  at  Darby  road 
and  Woodlands  Cemetery,  leads  by  a  very  direct,  rough  and  hilly  route  to  Media  and  Chadd's 
Ford.     Passmg  s.  once  more,  and  commencing  where  the   Bah.  pike  began,  we  find  the  D,rbv 
road,  with  .  m.  or  ,0  of  sidewalk-riding  before  the  cobbles  give  place  to  very  uncertain  mac 
T^ns  >s.  at  some  seasons,  fairriding  to  Darby ;  thence  somewhat  rough  and  rutty  to  Chester  and 
Wilmmgton.     But  by  far  the  most  satisfactory  southern  outlet  is  the  Tir.icum  road,  parallel  to 
the  Delaware  below  the  mouth  of  .he  Schuylkill.     This  road,  approached  by  5  m.  of  Belgian 
mac,  and  side  paths,  offers  a  dead  level  surface  of  very  fair,  quickly     .ying  gravel  for  another 
4  m„  and  finally  jom,  the  Darby  and  Chester  pike  (after  a  sand  hole  and  a  turn  inland)  near 
Moore  s  Station.     Crossing  the  river  to  Camden  by  Market  St.  Ferry,  and  beginning  with  the 
northernmost,  we  find  the  gravel  pikes  to  Burlington  (fair  to  poor),  Merchantville  and  Moores- 
town  (,:ood),  Marlton  (fair),    Haddonfield  and  White  Horse  (good),  and  Mt.  Ephraim  (good) 
The  connections  with  South  Jersey  are  best  made  by  South  St.  Ferry  to  Gloucester  whence  a 
good  iTavel  pike  leads  to  Woodbury.     From  this  point  three  highways  radiate  southward  -the 
easlrmmost  through  Pitman  Grove  and  Glassboro'  to  Vineland  (fair  to  poor),  the  next  to  Woods 
town  by  way  of  Mullica  Hill,  and  the  last  direct  to  Swedesboro',  Woodstown  and  Salem     From 
Salem  a  magnificent  surface  runs  through  Bridgeton  and   Millville  to  Vineland      All  the  Jersey 
roads  above  mentioned  are  reclaimed  from  a  sandy  soil  by  gravel  piking.     They  become  vile  in 
frosty  weather  and  dusty  in  a  very  dry  season,  but  are  generally  fine,  especially  after  the  sprinc 
scraping,  or  a  soakingi  rain  in  summer.     The  Devon  Inn,  the  Wavne  hotels,  or  that  at  Bryn 
Mawr,  afford  visitors  the  best  and  most  compact  riding  with  the  highest  social  advanUges  " 


The  latter  part  of  the  next  chapter  is  from  the  Whtfl  ll^clj,  London,  Oct. ,  '85.     The  alle 
goncal  design  which  1  have  described  on  the  opposite  page  {HarptrU  IVeekly,  Jan   9  '69  p  25) 
was  drawn  by  Winslow  Homer,  who,  at  about  that  time,  occupied  a  studio  in  the  Univereity  Build 
mg.     The  same  paper  of  April  ,0  (p.  236)  had  a  sketch  of  the  Prince  Imperial  and  a  boy  com 
panion  practicing  on  velocipedes  in  the  presence  of  th-  Emperor,  in  the  reserved  garden  of  ihe 
Tuileries.     Its  final  illustration  of  the  subject  (May  i,  p.  28.)  was  a  full-page  nicture,  drawn  b/ 
Thomas  Worth,  entitled  "  The  Velocipede  Mania— What  It  May  Come  To  !"     This  is  of  a 
comic  cast,  and  depicts  eight  bicycles  and  three  four-wheelers,  driving  swiftly  along  in  front  of 
"  J.  Shank's  Horse  Meat  Market."     The  latter  vehicles  are  -.idden  by  women,  one  of  them 
.  r.vir.g  a  baby  m  her  arms,  another  having  a  tarbage-cart  atta.:hed,  and  the  third  being  a  lady 
of  fafhion,  for  whom  a  parasol  is  held  by  a  "  tiger  "  in  the  rear.     The  bicvcle  riders  are  an  ed- 
itor, a  soldier,  a  clerrman,  a  docto.,  a  student,  a  baker,  a  milkman  and  a  butcher-boy;  and  the 
single  pedestrian  in  the  sketch  is  emerging,  with  his  arm  in  a  sling,  from  the  "  Velocipede  Man- 
ufactory and  Rid^  g  School."    At  just  about  the  time  when   this  picture  wa..  printed,  "  the 
v-raze  "  came  to  its  sudden  end  ;  and  this  end  was  foretold  by  another  comic  cut  in  the'  same 
issue  of  the  paper :    "  The  Fate  of  the  Bicycles—'  Knives  to  Grind  !  '  "    The  only  later  allu- 
sion to  it  ever  given  in  Harper's  Weekly  was  contained  in   the  following   sketch   of  a  "  Wheel- 
ocipede  "  which  the  editor  inserted  twice  (June  26,  p.  407;   Sept.  11,  p.  5S7) :     "  It  has  only  one 
wheel ;  neither  treadle  nor  saddle  ;  and  is  built  in  such  shape  that  ;  ju   don't  have  to  straddle. 
The  man  who  propels  it  takes  hold  with  his  hands  of  two  parallel  bars,  and  on  the  ground 
stands  :  puts  his  feet  in  motion,  one  after  the  other,  while  the  vehicle  goes  without  any  bother. 
This  funny  machine  has  no  painting  nor  gilding  :    it  is  useful  to  carry  material  for  buiiding- 
shingles  and  shavings,  brick,  lime  and  plaster— and,  the  lighter  the  load,  it  can  travel  the  faster. 
It  is  better  than  a  bicycle,  for  it  isn't  so  narrow;  and  our  wheelocipede  we  call  a  wheel- 
barrow! "    The  ancient  bone-shakers  of  Alnwick  Castle,  mertioneH  on  p.  386  as  exciting  rc- 

'*■     ""  "     '"'"'•    •''•"•~    •.;-.:::r  :    t.~.:;;y    cy  \^.   :*.l.   IvOUgiaSS,  v^iiu  (tiiudcb  to  iilein  in    iilc 

WhtclmaH  (Dec.  '84,  p.  174),  "A-wheel  in  Three  Continents." 


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BONE-SK'AKER   DAYS.» 

Time  plays  queer  tricks  with  nortal  memory,  but  it  never  drives  from 

the  mmd  of  a  college  '  red  man  the  distinctive  number  of  his  "  class."    About 

h.s  particular  numeral  which  marks  the  exact  point  in  the  century  where 

h.s  four  years'  undergraduate  life  was  terminated,  there  is  a  certain  magical 

significance  that  age  has  no  power  to  spoil.     His  boyish  dreams  of  ft.  as 

ITrK"^';;^  T'""''"'^'''''^'"  '^""'='"  history,  may  nil  have  been  dis- 
s  pated;  his  collegian's  enthusiasm  m  chanting  it  aloud, as  a  war-cry  for  "the 
class,  may  all  have  been  forgotten ;  but  the  numeral  itseL  clings  everlast- 
ngiy  to  his  consciousness.  No  man  ever  quite  banishes  from  recollection 
the  year  when  he  graduated."  It  is  a  fixed  fact  in  his  existence;  a  well- 
defined  objecti ve-point ;  a  clearly-lettered  mile-stone  on  the  roadway  of  life  If 
he  makes  acquanuance  with  a  graduate  of  some  other  college  whose  "  vear  " 
was  Identical  the  coincidence  appeals  to  him  in  much  the  same  way  as  a 
similarity  in  b.rth-days.  Indeed,  the  year  of  his  «  cla.s  »  is  apt  to  be  more 
vividly  pictured  upon  his  mind  than  the  year  of  his  birth 

It  was  not.  therefore,  on  acco4nt  of  fear  lest  I  forget  the  j>roper  place  in 
tne  century  of  my  own  college  class,  that  I  have  kept  continuous?^  upon  the 
wall  of  my  bed-chamber,  for  more  than  a  decade  and  a  half,  an  allegorical 
representation  of  the  advent  into  America  of  "  ,869."  It  is  simply  a  wood- 
engraving,  nine  by  fo-rteen  inches  in  .ize,  which  originally  covered  a  page  in 
I  arper^s  Weekly ;  bui  its  historical  and  personal  significance  male  ft  seem 
me  we  1  worthy  of  being  mounted  and  framed  and  glazed  and  erected  in  " 
place  of  honor.     The  sketch  shows  Father  Time  in  the  act  of  trundling  off 

red  in^r'\  .K^''"^^"  ^"'''''^'  •"  '""^  S"'^'^  of  a  drunken  ma'co" 
lapsed  m  a  wheelbarrow,  just  as  the  midnight  bells  ring  in  the  New  Year 

tl  f  7r  '"  J"*^^^'^^^'-  ^'^-"g'^  tl^e  tissue-par.r  hoop  which  is' 
proudly  presided  over  by  a  pretty  Columbine.      Even  th-   black  cat  upon  the 

''1860  •'>"'"'  r'"  '"  '^*^'  '"  "^•^''"'^  '«  ^'^'^  ^'-^  °^  ^h^  Cranks 
ann  -Ir.  ^'^^'^^^'^^^y  '^  pleasantly  strewn  with  flowers,  and  whose  happy 
appearance  recalls  to  my  mind  these  lines  of  the  poet  O'Brien : 

"  Pink  a=  the  rose  is  his  skin  so  fair ;  round  as  an  apple  his  perfect  shape  ; 
Wh,le  the  hght  .hat  fall,  on  his  ta  ...y  hair  is  like  sun  in  the  heart  of  a  bursting  grape." 
Thus   the   picture  serves   to   remi..d  me  not  only  of  the  year  when  I 
ned  crossing  the  bridge  between  youth  and  manho..H.  hnf  .f  'k.  r 


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392  TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  hobby,  which  has  caused  so  notable  a  deviation  to  my  career  in  middle 
age,  crossed  the  ocean  and  took  posses-ion  of  America  at  the  opening  „f 
that  self-same  year.     On  the  first  Thursday  „f  it,  when  I  came  down  to  \ew 
Haven,   to  enter  ui,„n    the  final  six  months  of   my   undergraduate   life    it 
seemed  as  if  every  waking  hour  of  that  period  would  have   to  be  devoted  to 
hard  work.     I  had  been  kept  out  of  college  during  the  previous  term,  un.i.r 
a  mistaken  decision  of  the   Faculty  that  it  would  be  "  practically  hopeless  " 
for  me  to  attempt  winning  my  degree  with  the  class;  and  I  was  thercf-    e  at 
a  great  disadvantage   in  respect  to  my  studies,  and  was  bound  by  ev-^ry  cm 
SKlerat.on  of  pride  to  ?n  succeed  in  them  as  to  demonstrate  the  unjustness  nf 
the  official  judgment  which  had  been  pronounced  against  me.     As  one  .,' 
the  editors  of  "the  oldest  college  m.igazinc   in  the  world,"  I  had  vowed  t., 
my  four  sceptical  associates  th.«  (in  spite  of  their  expectation  that  the  clit,,- 
na!  board  would  be  out-of-pocket,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  as  all  previous  boards 
had  been,  "in  return  f.r  the  honor  of  the  position")  the  ma^^azinc  must  be 
made  to  y.ela  a  profit  for  our  year's  work  upon  it ;  and  to  bring  this  thine  to 
pass  required  that  I  should  make  my  face  hateful   to  all  the  underclassmen 
by  the  relentless  persistency  with  which  I  puisued  them  for  "subscriptions"' 
At  the  same  time  it  wis  incumbent  upon  me  to  persuade  them  to  give  an  ad- 
ditional proof  of  patriotism   by  helping  pay  the  printer's  bill  for  my  "index 
to  the  first  thir,^v-three  years   of  the  magazine."_the   indulgence  in  which 
monumental  compilation  had  been  the  immediate  cause  of  my  failue  to  pass 
the  Faculty's  e.xamination,  six  months   before.      Finally,   as    the   class    had 
elected  me  to  deliver  their  "valedictory  poem  "  on   Presentation  Day   I    vas 
under  bonds  to  "work  the  rhyming  dictionary  "  industriously,  in  the  hope  of 
grinding  out  something  that  might  dc    no  discredit  to  that  honorable  occa- 
sion;  and  It  was  also  my  duty  to  compile  for  public  readi    -  then  a  "four 
years'  personal  history  of  the  First  Division,"  whose  mention  of     ach  of  the 
fifty  men  who  had  belonged  to  my  own  quarter  of  the  class  should  be  in  such 
form  as  to  amuse  the  others  without  giving  any  individual  offense 

-..r  t"/^"' kT'''  ^^'"'^'"^d  '°f«™  a  :.,;avier  load  than  my  young  shoul- 
ders had  ever  before  attempted  to  carry;    and   I  resolutely  put  away  all  hope 
of  mdulging  in  any  other  kind  of  amusement  thai,   the  demonstration  that 
they  were  strong  enough  to  carry  it.     I  hardened  my  heart,  therefore,  against 
K    rJ-V      "'^^'''^'  eating-club,  discussing  the  great  velocipedic  furor 
wh.ch  had  taken  sudden  possession  of  the  college  and  the  city.      Entrancing 
tales  were  told  me  daily  of  the  comic  and  exciting  scenes  to  be  witnessed  at 
thennk,  and  of  the  wonderful  possibilities  which  even  the  most  sedate  and 
cautious  of  citizens  attributed  to  this  new  means  of  locomotion.     Great  was 
my  temptation,  and  it  increased  from  week  to  week,  as  tne  excitement  inten- 
sihed  and  drew  one  classmate  after  another  into  the  vortex ;  but  still  I  siid  • 
'  I  will  not  go;  I  cannot  afford  the  time."     At  last,  however,  four  weeks 
from  the^day  when  the  _.^rm  opened,  my  curiosity  got  the  better  of  my  judg- 
m-?nt,  a::d  I  <■  caouaiiy  dropped  in,  at  a  riding  school  on  State  street,  just  to 


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we  what  the  thi.ig  was  like,  anyhow."     It  w..s  at  half-past  8  o'clock,  on  the 
pvening  of  Thursday,  February  4,  .869,  that   my  eyes   thus  for  the  first  time 
leisted   themselves  upon   the  alluring  outlines  of  a  hone-shaker.     My  daily 
journal  of  that  date  records  the  simple  fact  without  comment  or  explanation  • 
but   I  thinU   it  not  unlikely  that  the  ultimate  excuse  which  I  g;ive  my  con- 
scR-nce,  for  this  gratification   of  curiosity,  was   the   need  of  doing  something 
unusual  to  dispel  t'v;  gloom  which  oppressed  mc  on  account  of  the  death 
ten  days  before,  of  my  much-loved  bull-dog.      At  all  events,  [   did  certainly 
re-iuire  some  lively  a:,d  cheerful  experience,  to  alleviate  the  memory  of  that 
melancholy  event;  and  the  scenes  of  a  velocipede  rink  were  said  to  supply 
by  common  consent,  "the  greatest  fun  a-going."     My  fancv  seems  to  have 
lx.cn  captivated  at  once,     -^he  new  love  came  on  with  a  ru^h,  as  a  solace  for 
the  love  that  was  dead.     The  record  shows  that,  on  the  following  forenoon, ''  I 
went  m  to  watch  the  velocipedes,  a  little  while,"  on  my  return  from  correcting 
magazmc  proofs  at  the  printing  office,  which  was  adjacent;  and  that,  the  very 
next  day,  I  deliberately  "  went  down  to  the  hall,  and  practiced  with  a  machine 
for  fifteen  minutes,   after  waiting  there  two  hours  for  a  chance."     This  re- 
mark gives  an  idea  of  the  briskness  of  the   business  which  the  owners  of 
niiks  were  doing;  for  not   only  was  every  velocipede   kept  continuously  in 
use,  at  the  rate  of  "  a  cent  a  minute,"  but  crowds  of  eager  patrons  waited 
impatiently  to  "take  their  quarter-hour  turns,"  or  even  gave  a  prer  ium  for 
the  "chances"  of  those  who  had  registered    in  advance.      The   enormous 
waste  of  time  thus  involved,  in  the   process  of  "learning  to   ride,"  brought 
me  back  again  to  a  realizing  sense  of  the  truth  that  I  simply  could  not  afford 
to  acquire  that  most  delightful  accomplishment.    I  vowed  that  this  third  visit  to 
the  rink  should  be  my  last,  and  that  I  would  banish  from  my  ureast  all  ambi- 
tion for  winning  tne  mastery  over   this  exasperatingly  insolent  but  marvel- 
ously  seductive  mechanism.     I  relied  upon  the  axiom,  "  out  of  sight— out  of 
mind,"  to  cure  the  foolish   passion  which  had  been  awakened  within  me. 
"Hut  it  seemed  otherwise  to  the  gods."     The  velocipede  would  n't  stay  out  of 
sight.     On  the  contrary,  within  three  days  from  the  taking  of  my  solemn  vow 
to  shun  the  deadly  allurements  of  the  rink,  it  boldly  emerged  from  the  deco- 
rous concealment  of  that  sawdust-sprinkled  sanctum,  and  began  flaunting  it- 
self along  the  city  sidewalks.     A.11   in  vain  did  I  try  to  chain  my  thoughts  to 
"the  appointed  studies  of  the  curriculum,"  or  to  confine  my  enthusiasm  to 
''Lit.  subscriptions  and  index-checks."      Nc  .  -nount  of  absorption  in  books 
could  deaden  my  ears  to  the  bewitching  rattle  made  by  the  approaching  iron 
tires  upon  the  bricks ;  and  when  I  gazed  from  my  study  window  and  actually 
Mw  an  acqraintaice  proudly  prancing  by  on  a  velocipede,   my  heart   was 
quite  gone.     The  charming  spectacle  enraptured  my  soul,  and  at  the  same 
time  embittered  it.     I  felt  that  I,  too,  must  be  a  rider,  or  die ! 

This  sensation  stands  unique  in  my  experience,  and  I  can  recall  it 
as  freshly  as  if  it  had  happened  to  me  yesterday.  My  way  of  life  has  always 
oeen  such  as  to  ke      me  unusually  free  from  envy ;  and  there  has  never  been 


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394  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

a  time,  save  this  one,  when  a  consciousness  of  my  inability  to  do  a  thing, 
Thich   I  saw  another  person  doing,  has  had  power  to  maice  me  unhappy! 
Though  the  ability  to  ride  a  hoise,  to  sail  a  boat,  to  row  skilfully,  to  run 
■wiftly,  to  throw  or  catch  a  ball,  to  box,  to  fence,  to  swing,  to  dance,  to  jump, 
or  to  vault— always  seemed  to  me,  in  each  case,  a  very  pleasant  possession, 
my  own  lack  of  it  never  gave  me  an  instant's  uneasiness.     Hut  here  at  last 
was  an  athletic  accomplishment  whose  attainment  seemed  sui)crlatively  de- 
sirable !     The  idea  of  existing  powerless  any  longer   in  the  presence  of  the 
two-wheeler  seemed  personally  ignominious.     I   could  not  bear  to  breathe 
the  same  air  with  men  whose  victory  over  it  seemed   to  brand  me  as  their  in- 
ferior.    So,  seven  days  i.-om  the  date  of  my  vow  of  total  absti-ience  from  the 
rink,  I  rushed  again  to  its  embrace.     The  record  says :     "  I  run  one  of  the 
machines  for  an  hour,  without  learning  anvthing  at  a.;i.     Horribly  hot  work. 
Cool  off  in  time  for  supper,  and  at  lo  v.  m.  take  another  half  hour  on  the 
veloc,  with  no  better  result  than  before.     Next  morning  (Sunday),  when  the 
chapel  bell  summons  me  to  put  on  my  clothes,  I  discover  that  the  seat  of  mv 
trousers  has  been  torn  completely  out."      Monday's  report  adds  :     "  Instead 
of  usual  evening  exercise  at  the  gym.,  I  chase  up  the  veloc.  for  an  hour,  an^ 
•learn  how  '  just  a  little."     Immediately  following        j   preliminary  sugges- 
tion of  victory,  comes  the  triumphant   ?ntry :     "Tuesday,   February  1 6— I 
rush  right  down  to  the  velocipede  hall,  after  mornir.g  recitation,  and  ride 
there  for  an  hour.     Eureka !  Eureka  I      I  'm  really  a  velocipedist  at  last !  "    I 
indulged  in  two  rides  the  next  day,  and  engaged  a  "  Pickering  "for  a  sidewalk 
spin  on  the  early  moir,  of  the  i8th;  but,  as  a  heavy  snow-storm  raged  then,  I 
trundled  the  hobby  to  the  gymnasium,  and  circled   fldightedly  there  for  an 
hour,— repeating  the  experience  on  the  19th.     On  the  20  h,  which  was  Satur- 
day, I  had  my  first  out-door  riding,  and  made  trial  of  tlie  concrete  walks  of 
the  same   public  green  where  Pierre  Lallement,  the  inventor  A  "the  crank 
idea,"  had  given  an  exhibition  of  his  mechanism,  nearly  three  years  before, 
as  detailed  on  p.  140.     "To  think  that  only  last  Saturday  I  couldn't  ride  a 
velocipede  I     It  seems   a  hundred  years  since  then  I  "      Such   is  the  entry 
which  shows  the  degree  of  my  progress  within  a  fortnight  after  vowing  to  ab- 
stain from  the  rink.     The  suspension  of  recitations   on  Washington's  liirth- 
day  {22d)  and  on  the   "day  of  fasting   and  prayer  for  colleges"  (2Sth)  gave 
me  opportunity  for  "riding  all  around  the  city,"  and  the  record  is  similar  for 
the  I2th  and  17th  of  March  and  the  3d  and  13th  of  April,  on  which  latter 
day  I  went  home  for  a  fortnight's  vacation.     Exclamations  expressive  of  my 
joy  and  delight  in  the  sport  are  sandwiched  in  among  the  memoranda  of 
these  gala  occasions,  and  of  the  intermediate  shorter  rides.     Westville,  less 
than  four  miles  distant  from  the  college,  is  the  most  remote  spot  named 
(April  3)  in  m^  wheeling  record,  and  the  latest  date  is  May  15.      Four  after- 
supper  rides  upon  the  rlag-stone  walks  of  the  college-yard  are  recorded  during 
the  week  which  ended  then;  and  it  is  to  be  noted  that  my  final  experience 
With  the  machine  in  New  ilavcii  happened  just  three  months  from  the  day 


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of  my  <=r,t  victory  over  it.  The  enforcement  of  a  municipal  law.  dur.ng  the 
April  vacation,  forbidding  the  use  of  velocipedes  on  the  city  sidewalks  ex- 
I.lains  why  the  field  of  my  M:.y  riding  was  so  restricted.  It  was  because  of 
these  cramped  conditions,  and  not  because  of  any  diminution  of  my  ardor 
that  I  aband    led  it  altogether.  ' 

One  misfortune  only  befell  my  quarter-year's  career  on  the  bone-shaker- 
hut  that  one  attained  a  national  notoriety,  in  so  far  as  universal  newspaper 
mention  could  confer  it.     The  facts  of  the  case  were  these  :     I  was  driving  a 
velocipede  southward  along   the   west   sidewalk  of  Dwight  street  at  a  slow 
rate  on  the  afternoon  of  February  24,  when  I  noticed  that  an  old  white  horse 
hitched  beside  the  roadway,  showed  symptoms  of  fright.     I   dismounted  im- 
mediately, but,  though  a  distance  of  two  or  three  rods  still  intervened  the 
animal  continued  his  contortions,  made  a  vain  attempt  at  impalement  on  the 
h,tching-post,   and   then   threw  himself  down.      He   was   soon    brought    up 
again,  by  the  assistance  of  .ome  men  who  ran  out  from  an  adjacen*  carper- 
tors  shop,  and  was  a,,parently  uninjured.      I  expresses  my    regret j  to  the 
owner,  who  had  by  this  time  appeared  upon  the  scene;  and,  as  one  of  the 
wheels  of  his  carriage,  to  which  the  horse  was   attached,   had  suffered  the 
loss  of  one  or  two  spokes,  in  the  animal's  endeavor  to  kick  himself  free  I 
made  a  tender  of  payment,  to  cover  the  probable  cost  of  repairs,  and  the 
owner  accepted  a  dollar  with  apparent  satisfaction.     The  next  fore.ioon 
however,  those  of  my  fellow-velocipedists,  who  chanced  to  see  me  riding' 
kindly  shouted  the  information  that  the  city  police  had  been  "  visiting  all  the' 
rinks,  in  order  to  arrest  the  student  whc  scared  a  horse";  and  I  found,  when 
I  returned  to  my  lodgings,  at  noon,  that  officia!    inquiry  had  actually  been 
ma'lc  for  me  there.     I  hastened  down  to  police  headquarters,  therefore,  to 
demand  an  explanation  of  the  threatened  outrage,  and  was  told  by  the  chief 
that  there  had  been  no  pretense  of  authority  to  arrest,  but  that,  as  a  personal 
uvor  to  the  owner  of  the  horse,  he  had   instructed   some  of  his  men  to  dis- 
cover the  velocipe.  list's  identity.      He  gave  me  the  address  of  the  owner 
(Rosenbluth  by  name,  broker  and  general  agent  by  occupation,  German  Jew 
by  descent),  and  I  at  once  repaired  thither  to  learn  wh-t  migt^t  he  wanted. 
The  man  said  that  a  large  sw.lling  h;  1  appeared  on  the  spot  where  the  horse 
tried  to  run  the  post  into  his  belly;  that  he  valued  the  beast  at  5150  and 
should  hold  me  responsible  if.  as  seeme,    probable,  he  were  to  die;  but  that 
he  would  accept  a  tender  of  %ip,  in  '  tn  of  all  prospective  damages.     In- 
stead of  greedily  jumping  at  this  W    al  offer,  I  divided  the  sum  of  1^4  equally 
between  a  horse-doctor  and   :>      .wyer.     The  former,   having  examined  the 
horse,  suggested  that  he  mi     .  „ardly  sell  for  more  than  $50,  even  without 
the  swelling,  and  that  this  might  soon  disappear  (as  in  fact  it  did).     The  law- 
yer advised  me  that  I  was  not  responsible  for  any  penalty ;  and  I  sent  a  note 
of  that  effect  to  the  owner.     I  repeated  my  decision  to  him,  verbally,  the  next 

- "■  ■■"■-  o>""--*=""":>  '.vniic  1  was  cngagcti  in  my 

customary  club-swinging.     And  these  be  the  final   words  of  Rosenbluth,  as 


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396         7-/-A'  THOUSAND  AtlLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

recorded  in  my  journal  of  March  ;  ;      *  S-  you  says  you  pay  me  noting  ?    Vcr' 
well  I     I  '11  sue  you,  if  it  costs  me  five  tousanu  dollar  I " 

(Jn  the  face  of  the  facts,  as  here  minutely  presented  by  the  chief  actor  in 
ihem,  there   seems  little  cxcMse  for  making  this   a  "celebrated  case";  but 
there  arc    ast  latent  possibilities  in  "journalism";    and  the  short  story  which 
these  facts  gave  a  local  newspaper  an    xcuse  for  setting  afloat  (with  eight  er- 
rors in  less  »han  that  number  uf  lines)  appealed  to  two  circumstances  which 
ensuied  for  it  a  currency  quite  unexampled  among  the  "  velocipede  items  "  of 
that  period.     In  .hr  first  place,  as  the  .«to.y  appeared  at  tl.-  exact  »imc  when 
the  vclocipedic  furor  was  at  its  height,  all   over  the   Union,  the  newspapers 
were  then  most  eager  to  print  any  possible  paragraph  wh  jh  concerned  or  il- 
lustratcd  it;  and,  in  the  second  place,  the  newspajicrs  are  always  glad  to  give 
prominence  to  gossip  concerning  an   undergraduate  of  a  famous  college,  ts- 
pecially  when  it  represents  him  in  an  unfortunate  or  humiliating  light.     They 
do  this  for  the  same  reason  that  Knglish  papers  prattle  about  the  personal 
errors  and  mishaps  of  "the   nobility  and  gentry  ":  because  they  believe  tiiaf 
"  the  masses  "  like  to  read  such  things  about  "  their  I  ctters."     A  great  Amer- 
ican college  community  exhibits,  as  regards  the  personal  relations  of  the  stu- 
dents to  one  another,  the   nearest  approximation   to  an   ideal   democracy 
("liberty,  equality,' fraternity  ")  that  exists  anywhere  in  the  world  ;  but,  on  the 
other  hand,  the  only  real  and  n»rmanent  aristocracy  which  can  be  found  in 
the  American  social   system   is  its  mass  of  undergraduate   collegians.     We 
possess  no  other  well-defined  body  of  men  who  are  oblivious  of  money-mak- 
ing, or  who  are  able  to  maintain  their  personal  amusements  and  customs,  on  a 
scheme  of  exclusion,  in  a  perfectly  complete  and  unapproachable   world  of 
their  own.     Individual   connection  with  this  aristocracy  must  terminate  in 
four  years,  but  the  thing  itself   continues   unbroken  through   all  the  ages. 
After  graduation,  the  ex-collegian  descends  at  once  to  his  proper  level  in  the 
world  of  common-place.— whether  it  be  to  drive  a  ncrse-car,  for  his  daily 
bread,  or  to  drive  a  "  tally-ho  coach,"  for  proclaiming  his  meuim.rship  in  the 
sham  a."-       acy  of  wealth  aud  fashion;— but,  whatever  happens  to  him,  he 
knows  that  hate  can  never  rob  him  of  the  consciousness  of  having  once  "bc- 
longcJ  to  the    real    nobility,"  universally  so  recognized  by  all   Americans. 
Full  proof  of  this  universal   recognition   has   been  supplied  me  by  a  quarter 
century's  acquaintance  with  the  newspapers ;  and   no  one  can  fail  to  be  con- 
vinced of  it  who  will  study  with  any  care  the  philosophy  of  their  manage- 
ment. The  rakish  rhetoric  of  the  illustrated  police  gazettes,  just  as  unmistak- 
ably as  the  pious  platitudes  of  the  religious  weeklies,  bears  testimony  to  this 
same  truth,  which  the  satirists  and  humorists  of  the  daily  press  continually 
trade  upon.     All  journalists    understand  that  the   trick  of  connecting  their 
jokes,  or  pungent  par.-xgrapns,  or  solemn  homilies,  or  scandalous  stories,  with 
the  name  of  some  college  well-known  to  their  readers,  is  the  best  attainable 
trick  for  compelling  their  interest  in  the  same.     Of  course,  the  names  that 
are  most  frequentlv  taken  in  vain  are  those  of  th."  ri^.n.-rr.-s  .-.f  -.-;.J.=ct  v^:-.:-.?^ 


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Silt  even  the  smaller  ones  form  a  basis  {fix  considerable  lyinR  and  misrepre- 
^intation  in  trie  coiuinns  of  the  local  papers.  It  is  a  traditional  complaint  in 
iiii'lerKfaduate  journals,  that  collegians  are  the  only  class  of  American  youth 
whose  harmless  horse-play  and  petty  escapades  are  systematically  paraded  in 
the  public  press  anH  solemnly  discoursed  upon  by  the  heavy  moralists;  and 
whose  athletic  pastimes  (though  notoriously  confined  to  a  few  hours  of  leisure) 
arc  habitua'ly  joked  about,  by  the  public  humorists,  as  if  comprising  the 
vliolc  sum  of  college  life.  These  complaints  are  entirely  just,  but  the  evils 
i.'rnplaincd  of  are  a  natural  part  cf  the  situation:  they  merely  show  the  re- 
l.itionship  which  newspaper-makers,  in  a  free  country,  necessarily  bear  to  any 
rcicgnized  aristocracy.  When  the  pronrietor  of  one  of  the  illustrated  crimi- 
nal weeklies  picture-.  "  fifty  students  .  Harvard"  as  the  patrons  of  some 
im.if;inary  cock-light,  he  gives  conclusive  proof  of  his  belief  that  that  is  the 
noblest  name  in  America  to  conjure  with,  as  a  means  of  stimulating  the  in- 
iiTcst  of  even  the  most  ignorant  of  readers  in  his  obscene  rubbish. 

Perhaps  this  prelude  is  !onger  than  necessary  to  account  for  the  vogue 
which  my  "horse  accident"  had  among  the  editors,  but  it  will  serve  to  em- 
phasize the  fact  that  the  paragraph  made  one  of  the  most  remarkable  runs 
on  record.  I  believe  there  was  no  sizable  city  between  Bangor  and  San 
I'rancisco  whose  newspapers  did  not  give  it  some  sort  of  a  show.  The  lying 
lines  exasperated  me  at  first,  but  I  afterwards  took  a  sort  of  perverse  pleas- 
ure in  watching  them  "  limp  from  scissors  to  scissors  "  across  the  continent, 
ched  them  thus  through  the  files  of  the  college  reading-room,  but,  as  I 
resistv  the  base  temptation  to  indulge  in  any  surreptitious  snipping  thcre- 
frotn,  and  only  purchased  such  few  papers  as  came  in  my  way,  the  number  of 
distinct  specimens  which  I  find  in  my  scrap-book,  and  now  literally  repro- 
duce, is  only  nine.  The  first  of  these  is  the  original  story,  containing  eight 
misstatements  of  fact,  aiul  ihe  rest  were  all  copied  from  or  based  upon  it.  I 
regret  my  neglect  in  failing  to  preserve  the  names  of  the  papers  to  which  the 
several  extracts  should  be  accredited;  but  the  collection,  even  as  it  stands, 
has  a  certain  representative  >  alue,  as  exhibiting  the  average  trustworthiness  of 
"journalism."  The  ninth  and  linal  extract  which  I  reproduce  will  be  recog- 
nized by  all  experienced  journalists  as  a  really  fine  specimen  of  what  is 
known  in  a  newspaper  office  as  "  intelligent  condensation,"— the  art  of  re- 
casting the  substance  of  a  current  story  into  the  fewest  possible  words.  The 
paragrapher  concerned  in  this  special  case,  instead  of  making  a  slovenly  sur- 
render of  "  eight  lines  for  the  eight  lies,  "  had  the  genius  to  "  boil  down  the 
whole  business  into  a  single  line,"  containing  a  single  lie  eight  times  as  im- 
probable as  any  one  of  those  in  the  original  I  This,  surely,  was  a  master 
stroke  in  the  direction  of  securing  "  readableness."  The  simple  majesty  of 
such  falsification  compels  me  to  pay  the  tribute  of  italics.* 

'  "On  Wednesday,  a  student  riduig  a  velocipede,  in  attempting  to  cross  a  street  in  the  upper 
part  of  the  city,  ran  into  a  horiS,  throwing  the  animal  down,  and  in  attemptins;  to  nse  the  ani- 
ni  \1  breached  himself,  and  it  is  expected  he  will  have  to  be  killed.     The  owner  considered  him 


398  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

of  1  '■"'"f  ;"^''^,'^f  «"^  «^  '^^  ^'"ks  kept  on  exhibition  a  venerable  «  veloss  " 
of  the  sort  U  at  had  seen  service  in  New  Haven  during  the  rage  of  fifty  yeal 

H  TV'f  "  7"  '"'^  "  ''"'''^  '^'"™^y  ^'^^'^  ^hat  the  bonelhaker  seemed 
ttl    '     ^"' f  ^"^"'  •"  ^°-P-'-"-     A  fair  description  of  it  is  g  ve^  ' 

hefol     vvmg  badly-wruten  letter,  dated  at  Yale,  July  ,4,  1819:     "The  'v 
T         '^,^^"-'^'^ '»>«=  C""o-ty  of  the  students.     It  is  a  small   carriage" 
w.  h  one  wheel  placed  before  the  other,  and  a  saddle  between  the.n.  on  wS 

he  r.der  s.ts.  and  by  touching  his  feet  to   the  ground,  sets  the  wheels  in 
t.on.  and  keeps  them  rolling  by  now  and   then  lightly  touching  the  ground 
Some  w.ll  rKJe  at  the  rate  of  /.«  ^^.san  hour.     I  have  rode  it  a  nuXrof 
nmes,  and  can  advance  six  or  seven  miles  an  hour.     It  requires  a  leveT  ard 
beaten  road."    The  YaU  Courant  oi  February  ir  ,860  hL  -,  r^^        ^'',    "?- 
M.alf.Hours  With  the  Best  Velocipedes."  deUrf^tfvf'ofl^         oTs  S^T  ' 
ence      The  first  words  were  :     "  We  caught  the  fever,"  an  '  the  last  •     '  Lo,  ' 
hve  It^f-the-swift-foot .  "     From  the  same  paper  of'  a  week    a  "r  'l  ext 
thefollowmg:      "  Velocipedomania.-Every   student  and   eery   other   man 
seems  to  have  velocipede  on  the  brain.    Two  halls  have  beer^pened  inTh 

tiat       .^Trrr''""'  ™'^'"«  ^'^  S^^^'  ^«=--d;  and   Iload "romi 
that  a  third  (the  basement  of  Music  Hall)  shall   be    n   r.,  r        P'°™"'" 

bSh"  "'  r,  •'"-""  "■'  ^'-"^^  -"i»s  tL  pr'^po"  rr  :„; : 

Br«h.r^nd  L,„o,„.  <deb..i„g-s„d=.y  hall,)  i„,„  „„e  commodious  vS 

won    $300,  and  calls  upon  the  Junior  for  that  amonnt      c u  ^ 

We  expect  items  of  a  sirnilar  character  da^r  oon  "_! V J ^  ^  the   velocipede  mania. 

.6.  .86,.  (.)  .■  The  velocipede  mania  ha^^Ii^Ttaken -iTd  ^X"  dir  F  ""^  f r'"'  ''' 
.tantly  filled.  da>  and  evening,  by  novices  learnLg  how  to  manage  the  machil  "1  '""  "" 
ber  of  those  engaged  in  the  exerri.iP  ar*  \-,i      .  j  machme.     /.  large  num- 

wi.h  .He  vehicleTL  Hd'^hT;  •  hrch':.  ^^ 'Zle!  aT^-^nT^^  """  "^^  ^"^^"^ 
•n  th  ,,,  „,  .,,  ,,^_  ^„  .„,^  ^  ^^^^^^  ^^^^-^-^ay      .  -or  m  c:rossm       street 

on  attempting  tonse  sustained  injuries  which  it  is  thought  will  necesshl.  Tu^'  I  ,  ?' 
owner  calls  upon  the  student  for  ^300  damages"    (,)'\\  ".'";.'"^'';^'^"  ^^'^'  and  the 

his  '  animal '  attempted  to  cross  a  street  inThe  upper  nr-  of  tZ^'t  T  T'^  "°'  ^°"'"' 
he  collided  wi.h  a  horse,  ,hro^ving  the  beas  do3  nn7'     ,u\     ^'  ^='^""'^^y'  ^•»'h.  when 

was  so  injured  that  he  wm  have  to  ^^.X^i^nTr^  '"   ^"  ""' "= 

a)  "A  velocipedist  ran  his  machine  into  a  horse  Ihlcros  ^  s  rTcrrclT'  r\  T" 
was  thrown  down,  and  in  attemotino-  to  ■,,»  ..r,  1    j,     •  ?  '^ecently.     The  horse 

owner  of  the  horle  now  wan.TT-'lm  ;™  ") '^fst'uT?  M'  '^  ''^  ,^°"''^-^'-  ■'"^ 
Haven  recently  ran  into  a  horse  !hro  JnTfh        ■        .  ''"''"«  =*  velocipede  i„  New 

it.  The  owner  values  the  hor^a^^^Z  and  c:,:™''  7'  '".''  '  ^^  "'^*"'"'''  ^^'^"^  '"i"™« 
pect  ,0  have  .0  chronicle  seve^  accidTnt  of  h  nZ  Lf  H  '"  ,"^'  ^"°""'-  '^'"^  '^''- 
If  thevelocipedes.riansgettoothkkont.   *  S     nature   before  .he  velocipede  season  closes. 

v.de  .hemseWeswi..h  stol!  rnis  ft  e^t  g^  Z -%:  ^.-t^T'?  H  ^"' ^^^  '"  "- 

against  and  threw  down  a  valuable  horse  in  New  Haven     he  otlferd  ,  T  ''^  ^''"'''""^ 

>3oo  from  the  unlucky  rider  because  the  horse  is  7a  al^ilrli  "  t^'"T  /  ^^"""  """ 
Haven,  last  week,  wMIp  crossin-  a  street   r;in  n  .       T  .  *'^     ^  velocipedist  in  New 

wassoinjured  by  the  fall  thaM^^  rnt  ;::3:Sg:d'r:i;t:Tnd1''™ 'r.  ^T 
pede  rider  responsible  to  the  ex.ent  of  $300  "  fsT-A  V^  ,^  '-- now  holds  the  veloci- 
peded  against  a  valuable  horse      The  anitnardi.H        /■  '"''  "'^  °"'"  '^^y-  ^=''^'- 

velocipeHUt  '.     .„.  ..  .   A.I    •„_""  """."'  !^'^'''  ='"''  "'<=  o*^""  claims  $300  from  the  'a.al 
■   "—/-.-«.  r««  over  a  horse  and  kUUd  him. " 


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399 


pede  arena  has  been  actually  agitated  about  college  for  some  time,  since  the 
appearance  of  the  fascinating  bicyculars.  Bring  on  your  'glorious  memories,' 
ye  babblers  of  the  forum,  for  these  Philistines  be  upon  thee  ;  these  Gauls  a^ 
sault  your  very  senate  chamber;  these  '  wabblers  '  mean  business.  Already 
have  i\ifijervida  ,-otcE  wakened  unwonted  echoes  about  the  ears  of  the  grim 
.  .demical  ancestors  in  Alumni  Hall.  Neither  bolts  nor  oaken  doors  have 
barred  their  entrance  to  those  august  presences.  How,  then,  shall  the 
flimsy  trapi.ings  of  your  bellowing-places  avail  to  awe  them  >  We  think  the 
mania  is  :ather  subsiding,  however,  though  one-,  two-,  three-  and  four-wheeled 
vehicles  have  made  their  appearance  (the  one-wheeler  is  a  wheel-barrow). 
The  best  time  on  record  is  to  the  boat-house  in  twelve  minutes,  and  back; 
distance,  a  mile  and  a  quarter."  The  latter  remark  is  ambiguous,  but,  as  I  do 
not  believe  that  any  Yale  bone-shaker  ever  made  the  round  trip  of  two  miles 
and  a  half  in  twelve  minutes,  I  suppose  the  reference  is  to  the  downward 
ride  simply.  Even  on  that  interpretation,  it  was  a  faster  one  than  I  recollect 
taking.  No  races  took  place  at  New  Haven,  either  in  the  rinks  or  on  the  side- 
walks ;  but  first  prizes  for  "  the  most  skilful  riding  "  were  won  by  two  students 
in  rink  competitions,  and  one  of  these  winners  exhibited  his  skill  at  the  ath- 
letic exhibition  given  in  the  college  gymnasium  about  ihe  middle  of  March. 

The  truth  of  the  opening  remark  of  the  present  chapter,  concerning  the 
fallibility  of  memory,  is  again  illustrated  by  the  fact  that,  after  writing  those 
pages  which  tell  how  I  for  four  weeks  refrained  from  taking  a  look  at  the 
hobby  which  had  aroused  my  classmates'  enthusiasm,  I  find,  on  turning  to 
my  own  printed  chronicle  of  those  times,  that  the  actual  period  of  my  resist- 
ance to  temptation  was  only  four  days  !  Though  the  craze  had  captured  New 
York  on  New  Year's,  it  was  exactly  a  month  in  reaching  New  Haven,— prob- 
ably because  the  metropolitan  demand  for  machines  prevented  the  man-.'* 
urers  from  taking  any  outside  orders.  In  assigning  "January  "  as  th'  .  ■ 
of  considerable  college  table-talk  on  the  subject,  my  recollection  m.  „ot 
have  been  entirely  at  fault,  however,  because  the  current  newspaper  gossip 
must  have  attracted  some  attention,  and  some  of  the  many  undergraduates 
who  spent  their  vacation  in  the  big  city  must  have  brought  back  stories  of 
the  "wheelomania"  which  prevailed  there.  My  own  earliest  printed  para- 
graph on  the  subject  is  this  (writt  ,u  February  4,  1869,  the  self-same  day  that 
I  iirst  saw  a  bone-shaker) :  "  The  velocipede  is  the  plaything  of  the  hour 
among  the  Seniors,  who  find  in  its  subtle  and  alluring  capabilities  their  chief 
amusement."  The  progress  and  decline  of  the  furor  were  minutely  chroni- 
cled in  three  successive  monthly  issues  of  the  Vale  Literary  Magazine,  from 
which  I  ^,\\\  now  present  extracts,  with  the  date  of  each.  The  first  two  were 
written  by  myself,  and  the  verses  have  since  seen  the  light  in  the  Whidmun 
(July,  1883,  pp.  256.  311).  The  record  also  has  a  certain  historic  value,  as 
representing  in  a  general  way  what  happened,  during  that  exciting  period',  at 
every  other  considerabh  college,  and  every  other  wide-awake  rity,  throuffhout 
the  entire  land.     In  my  tours,  it  is  a  common  experience  to  meet  with  men— 


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TEA-  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A   B [CYCLE. 


of  great  d.vcrs.ty  ,n  character  and  occupation,  but  resembling  eacn  other  in  r. 
spect  o  be,ng  about  forty  years  o.d-who  are  inspired  by  thf  sight  of  en  w 
b.cycle  to  recount  to  me  the  comic  experiences  of  their  "bone-shaker  days  " 

"  By  all  odds,   the  liveliest  thing,  of  the  month  have  been  the  velocioedM    wh;.K    f    u 
.elves  o.„h,  to  make  February.  .«69,  famous  in  our  history.     They  ca^rto  .0  J    H    «       ?" 
of  the   mo..h      The   old    church  on   the  con.er  of  S.a.e^n J  Coun's^^nuLld  ?',    " 
rKl.ng.room.  and  beg.nners  were  'at  -■.,'  nigh,  and  day.  f„r  the  space  ^f  a  wee?  Th;  V 
shop-keepers    below  objectefl   to   having    the   plaster   from   the    walls   sLink^rH  u 

longer,  and  so  the  rink  was  nosed.  On  the  .oth,  two  clerTs  from  W'  ^m  "T  '^'"' 
school  in  Literary  Hall,  on  State  „.  ;  but  thev  too  Z  the  end  of  ,  "^  ^  T""^  '  "'"■* 
obliged  to  -move  on.'  and  so  went  home  with 'tie  r"  ma  h  „  Tha.c^TrTc:  """'  ^"^ 
at  DeGarmo's  old  dancing  hail,   ,0,   Chapel  st     for   th.  1    1,       j^^  ''"  =*  ""'' 

tncn  forced  out  of  the  bu.fding.  as  ^he  o  he7s  had'^ent:  f  ^"""^°"  '''  ^°"''  =""1  *- 
.uch  falling  piaster.  Their  /resent  Hding-rLm^rer':f"'cr:w:  a"d  t:^',:  iXt'erl;"" 
those  already   mentioned,  and   altogether   superior  to   the   nnlv  0,1,        *^^'^'' '''s- '«  better  than 

■  toadley-s.  established  in  .b.t,asem'ent  of  m3h°1  on  the  8th  Hoad  T  '"  °'""'"" ' 
of  the  first  to  introduce  the  '  veloss  •  and   h.H     "     '  °"  "'^  '^"'-     ""^''-  however,  was  one 

door  usage,  within  a  day  or^.wo^The  o^  ng'of  helaS' rk  "" S S'   ''f,  ''' r 

=;on2:r:fr^r:aSrzr  ^-ir^'^^^^^^ 

-.es.c.iman.orbicycularprofir'^L^r'uI^irS 

chines  for  out-door  use  at  a   halfj^n,,  ,„  u  j  -,  .      .  >"ougn   noaa.   lets  ma- 

v™.,  ..d  h.  „.„,„  „p.„,  „,„  i.  :.;~.^"."f.ir  ^':,''^^2■-^■'': 
sidewalk  at  the  west  end  of  ChaneUt   ;.fh.  i^.,  ^ i  resort,   out  the  broad 

P..r,  „  ..,  though  „„y  .cc  J"w<ii";h,  L,f "  'hi    T  '"  -  ""'•  "  '  "^ 

„  J'-l.  f       ,     "^     .  '"''°"  '*"*"  °'  W"«l»«  b,u.,  ,hi.g"   E..„   ,h,  ,. 

...;f:;L'^,s=t'Srr:;'^irh;^i^^^^^^^^ 

mg  and  other  .mprovements,  and  is  enuipped  with  a  dozen  machines,  including  sevet^l  new 
R  .  The  proprietor  ,s  also  prepanng  a  quarter-mile  trac!..  in  the  neighborho^Tsav'I 
Rock,  whtch  .,  expected  to  be  in  readiness  for  out-door  rider,   'nd  racer,  about  t^^mLdle:^ 

I't  of  ZicTaifTh::-'''r"°,"r'''r'"^^ """-  °^''''  ^-•^^^--  "''-• 

"!.?.."''?  _'^'-  .^'"'  ■  ■''»<""PPl<ed  with  a  dozen  machine,,  and  it  ha.  th.  ,Hvnn. 
■  •„     -•:  •.::-  =:.-:=..  .;.  :n.  ...aiic.  ui  .ocaiion.  but  .t  atlords  no  special  facilities  for  beginner,. 


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401 

•W.,y  down  town,  on  Franklin  ,t..  we  climb  u,      >ur  flight,  of  stair,  and   reach  the  big  '  Elm 
.  „y  R.nk,   openeo  March  .6.     Barring  the  dift.  ulty  of  getting  ,0  it,  ,h„  i,  the  best  in  New 
Haven,  as  ,t  certainly  ,s  the  larger,     it  claims,  indeed,  to  be  the  largest  in  New  England   and 
.IS  outer  track  measure,  one-sixteenth  of  a  mile,  exclusive  of  a  good-sized  L.  reserved  for  be- 
.nmers.     fts  slock  of  machine,  comprise,  eighteen,  mostly  of  the  '  Hartford '  pattern  hut  is 
soon  ,0  be  mcreased  by  several  '  Pickerings '  and  '  Monods.'      Hoad.'s  original  <  Pickering  ' 
,v  .he  way.  >s  the  only  one  thus  far  owned  in  the  city,  and  we  are  fully  confirmed  in  our  opinio^ 
.hat  ,t  ,s  the  best  vanety  whtch  ha,  yet  been  put  forth.     The  ..*o  first  mentioned  rink,  rent  mt 
chmes  for  usage  upon  the  street,  a-,  do  also  three  or  four  o  ..er  concern,.      A  cent  a  minut-  still 
cnmmues  to  be  the  reguU.    .ax,   and  an   admission   fee  of  ten   or  fifteen  cents  is  generally 
charged  m  the  evemng.-the  ticket  entitling  the  visitor,  at  his  option,  .0  a  similar  number  of 
m."„.esupona'veloss.'     The  subscription  paper  which  was  started  about  the  middle  of  Feb- 
ruary, for  the  purchase  of  velocipedes  for  the  gymnasium,  has  for  more  than  a  month  made  a 
....Hin,  ul  exh,b.t,on  of  the  two  lonely  legends  :  '  Instructor  in  gymnastics,  $.5;  D  J    Merrill 
dassof    ^^  $^.      A  more  complicated  plan,  devi.,ed  by  the  same  instructor,  whereby  evervi 
subscriber  for  the  purchase  of  gymnasium  velocipede,  was  to  have  a  proportionate  amount  of  riZ 
in,  upon  the  saTne.   was  detailed  upon  several    sheets   of  foolscap  and  posted  in  the  reading. 
rrnm.  for  several  dnvs  ;  but  we  believe  it  fared  no  better  than  its  predecessor.     We  presume  the 
l.".."r  of  the  gym    might  make  a  good  thing  by  getting  a  few  machines  and  renting  them 
a   low  rates  to  colleg     men  ;  but  to  expect  the  latter  to  pledge  the  money  in  advance  is  absurd 
I  wo  or  three  velocipedes  are  already  owned  in  college,  and  doubtless  the  number  will  be  greatly 
.-.creased  ,iext  term.     They  as  yet  have  the  right  of  way  on  the  sidewalks,  and,  if  the  cify  offi- 
cials have  any  idea  of  restricting  it,  we  are  sure  they  will  a:  once  change  their  minds,  when  , hey 
read  the    prayer  '  appended  to  this  chronicle.     These  .   rses.  by  the  w.y,  are  the  ^ork  of  the 
pnvate  sweep'  of  our  Class  Poet,  who  concocted  them  by  the  aid  of  the  latter',  rhyming  die 
....nary,  while  he  (the  C.  P.)  was  ab«,rbed  in  calculating  his  '  InH.x  '  iosses.     '  The  sweep 'al«. 
Kave  us  a  list  of  words  rhyming  with  '  velocipede,'  ir      lait=-^  1   to  those  employed  by   hLself 
a..    .Iv        we  now  publish,   for  general  accommod.  .on        ^  c-  re-  pre-  se   ante-  super-  inter! 
cede    .>,..palmi-muIti.plumi-centi-pede,suc-pro-ex-c     .,    feed,   bleed,   need,  deed,   reed 
hreed,  freed,  weed,  bead,  lead,  ple,d,  mislead,  mead,  read,  knead.'     Though  the  value  of  the 
rhviiies  indicated  is  almost  incalculable,  the  pn.e  of  the  present  Lii.  will  remain  unchanged  : 

0  city  fathers,  hear  my  prayer!     I'm  but  a  student,  yet  give  heed. 
And.  as  you  hope  for  mercy,  spare  !     Don't,  Jan'i  outlaw   Velocioljde  ' 
Why  banish  him  ?     He  does  no  harm  to  any  one.     In  'ecd.  indeed, 

1  know  the  timid  feel  alarm  and  hatred  for  Velocipeae  ; 

Hut  yet  I  say  he  harms  them  not.     Their  fancy  't  is  which  seems  to  need 
Repression,  for  it  makes  them  plot  and  lie  against  Velocipede. 
Don't  believe  the  stories  that  they  tell,  of  accident  or  foul  misdeed; 
The/^««wA  •  horse '  long  since  got  well,  uninju.ed  by  Velocipede 
ris  envy  simply  that 's  at  work  :  the  one  who  must  on  foot  proceed 
Feels  jealous  when,  with  artful  quirk,  another  rides  Velocipede 
Some,  too,  there  are,  who  hate  all  fun  ;  who  count  all  sport  of  ill  the  seed  • 
And  such  judge  that  the  Evil  One  himself  devised  Velocipede 
Hut  those  who  believe  in  life,  and  joy,  and  jollity,  must  fain  concede 
The  many  virtues  of  this  toy  we  fondly  call  Velocipede 
So  let  him  have  the  right  of  way !     The  sidewalks  he  will  „nt  impede 
Nor  force  the  footman  to  dc'ay  their  steps  for  him.  Ve!.K;ipeQe. 
Or,  if  from  Chapel.  State  and  Church  you  order  him.  we  are  agreed 
If,  leaving  these  streets  in  the  lu.ch,  elsewhere  may  roam  Velocipede 
Now,  city  fathers,  hear  my  prayer :   !  'm  but  a  student,  yet  give  heed 


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r.y  oiiiy  luve,    v  eiocipede  I  '' 

(April  7,  i86q,  pp.  295,  '96,  308,  joq.) 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILE':  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


1^^ 

*t 

I" 

"  As  for  velocipedes,  we  caii  only  tell,  what  we  never  expected  to  have  to  tell,  of  their  dv- 
ing  days.  Alas!  Poor  Yorick  I  A  dire  pronunciamento  of  the  ci'y  fathers  (' No  person  shall 
use  or  propel  by  riding  thereon  any  velocipede  along  or  upon  any  paved  walk  in  said  city,  formed 
for  the  convenience  of  foot  passengers,  under  penalty  of  $25 ')  has  sent  you  to  an  unlimeiy 
grave.  Many  disciples  nnoum  their  loss ;  but  columns  full  of  complaints  have  availed  not  for 
repealing  the  obnoxious  article.  A  couple  of  bold  riders,  who  were  arrested  on  the  green 
owed  their  release  to  the  fact  that /)<»z<*</ walks  were  specified;  but  this  quibble  will  no  longer 
prevent  strict  justice  from  being  meted  out  to  all  offenders.  Anticipations  of  bright  moonlijjht 
ric'ss  on  the  green,  on  summer  evenings,  have  faded  beneath  the  cruel  blow.  The  best  rinks 
with  their  best  machines  at  25  cents  per  hour  cannot  rescue  the  dying-out  enthusiasm.  Monods 
Pickerings,  and  Hartfords  are  temptingless.  The  large  Velocipedrome  at  the  Beach  House 
Savin  Kock,  is  not  realizing  the  golden  ex(>ectations  of  its  builders.  Eli  has  grown  thin  from 
the  total  '  standstill '  of  his  velocipede  stock.  The  comer  rink  at  Park  and  Crown  sts.  offers 
big  inducements ;  but  few  are  enticed.  Elm  City  still  assures  us  that  his  building  ii  warranted 
to  stand  for  ages ;  but  few  attempt  to  test  the  accuracy  of  his  statements.  Here  and  there  a  soli- 
tary  ridei  passes  along  the  college  yard, — sole  remnants  of  your  former  greatness, — sole  proofs 
of  what  you  might  have  been.  Nor  is  the  sky  overcast  with  circles  of  hope..  No  more  will 
your  followers  'see  stars.'  Signs  point  to  a  premature  di.ath.  Your  days  are  niunbered,  0 
Velocipedus!     The  Lit.  has  done  with  you. 

'Green  be  the  f urf  above  thee,  friend  of  my  earlier  days ; 

None  knew  thee  but  to  love  thee  ;  none  named  thee  but  to  praise.'  " 

(May  22,  i86g,  p.  368.) 

A  little  book  called  "  The  Velocipede  ;  its  History,  Varieties  and  Prac- 
tice," by  J.  T.  Goddard   (N.  Y.:  Hurd  &   Houghton;    pp.   107;  large  type; 
thirteen  coarse  wood-cuts),  is  the  only  such  memorial  which  the   mania  pro- 
duced here  ;  and  its  preface — daied  at  Camb''idge,  March  20,  1869 — assumes 
that  no  book  on  the  subject  bad  then  been   published  abroad.     Though   has- 
tily flung  together,  without  literary  skill, — a  mere  jumble  und  hodge-podge  of 
unaccredited  gleanings  from  the  newspapers,  and  from  tho  circulars  of  man- 
ufacturers and  inventors, — it   serves   well   to  show  how  extensive  the  craze 
really  was,  and  to  point  the  contrast  between  that  noisy  furor  and  the  quiet 
advent,  a  decade  later,  of  the  sort  of  cycling  which  is  destined  to  flourish  for- 
ever.    The  history  of  the  wheel  in  England  e.xhibits  no  such  contrasts.     The 
London  authority  quoted   in  the  first   of  the  fine-type  extracts  appended  to 
this  paragraph  (reprinted  also  in  Harper's    Weekly,  March   30,  1869,  p.  189) 
represents  John   Bull  at  that  time  as  an  amused  spectator  of  Brother  Jona- 
than's antics.     The  British  bone-shaker  days  had  no  such  wildly  impetuoius 
and  frenziedly  hopeful   beginning  ;    but,  on  the  other  hand,  they  had  no  such 
sudden  and  ignominious  ending.     Though  the  American  carriage-makers  all 
dropped  the  veloce  in  a  hurry,  with   a  feeling  of  contempt  for  their  own  folly 
in  having  interrupted  their  proper  business  in  behalf  of  such  a  deceptive  toy, 
the  less-excitable  Englishmen   kept  pegging  away  at  it,  both  on  the  road  and 
in  the  machine-shoji,  until   the  modern  bicycle   was  evolved.     Velocipeding 
never  entirely  ceased  in  that  country,  in  spite  of  the  reaction  which  followed 
the  impetus  of  1868-9;  ^"^d  neither  there  nor  here  nor  anywhere  in  the  world 
has  any  "  craze  "  or  "  mania  "  ever  been  developed  in  regard  to  the  modciH 
oicycic.     1  ni3  giii  01  aw  inc  ages  coincs  to  aii  couiitncs  c^Uictiy,  as  ii  cot;- 


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scious  of  its  power  and  permanency.     It  causes  no  general  fuss  or  ferment ; 
it  asserts  its  supremacy  soberly;  but  it  comes  to  stay. 

The  furor  has  migrated  from  Fra,  ce  to  our  brethren  across  the  Atlantic,  passing  ove-  us. 
The  g^-ahead  vehicle  is  exactly  suited  to  American  ideas.  Schools,  with  the  imposing  name  of 
Velocinoiiums,  lor  teaching  the  young  idea  how  to  gyrate,  are  being  established ;  races  are 
being  rolled  ;  men  and  boys  are  whizzing  here,  there  and  every  where,  at  a  speed  of  twelve  miles 
an  hour.  Inventors  are  improving  the  machines,  and  are  making  them  wholesale,  the  supply  at 
present  falling  short  of  the  demand.  Our  turn  may  come  yet.  Or  have  we  had  it  ?  Thei  e 
was  a  considerable  rage  for  velocipedes  in  England  some  thirty  [fifty  ?]  years  ago.  There  may 
U;  those  living  who  can  recollect  seeing  no  less  a  man  than  Michael  Faraday  spinning  one  up 
Hampstead  Hill.— TA*  GentletHanU  Mugazine,  London,  February,  i86q. 

The  two  oest  and  largest  rinks  in  the  United  Sutes  are  to  be  found  at  Harvard  Square, 
t'ambridge.  One  of  them  has  12,000  sq.  ft.  of  floor,  and  25  good  machines.  The  other,  built 
by  J.  C.  Stiles,  is  in  the  f&rm  of  an  amphitheatre,  and  has  a  circular  course  of  a  little  less  than 
an  eighth  of  a  mile.  Or'y  part  of  the  track  is  under  cover.  At  night  this  rink  is  brilliantly 
lighted,  and  the  scene  is  at  once  novel  and  inspiring.  Scores  of  riders  rush  madly  after  each 
oi''.er  at  break-neck  speed,  round  and  round  the  arena.  We  have  seen  an  expert  wheel  over  the 
course  in  17  sec,  which  is  neariy  as  good  time  as  any  recorded  abroad,  and  better  than  any 
heretofore  made  in  this  country.  Harvard  students  crowd  these  rinks ;  the  billiard-halls  and 
other  places  of  resort  are  deserted,  and  all  are  eager  votaries  of  the  fascinating  art.  The  fever 
is  not  confined  to  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States,  but  rages  throughout  the  South  and  West. 
The  Hanlon  Brothers,  well  known  as  gymnasts,  have  the  largest  hal!  in  New  York,  with  25 
machi.ies,  and,  at  their  recent  '  velocipede  reception  and  hop  '  exhibited  many  daring  feats  upon 
the  bicycle.  Other  gentlemen  afterwards  gave  proof  of  their  skill,  among  them  Charies  A. 
Dana,  editor  ot  he  Sun,  who  is  an  expert  rider.— Goddard's  "  The  Velocipede,"  pp.  93,  95. 

Several  months  have  passed  since  we  heard  of  a  two-wheeled  contrivance,  called  bicircU 
or  veloce,  by  which  it  was  possible  for  an  active  Frenchman  to  traverse  ten  miles  of  the  streets 
of  Paris  in  a  single  hour.  The  fever  which  raged  so  high  there  seems  to  have  broken  out  in 
America.  Schools  for  the  instruction  of  velocipede-riding  are  being  opened.  Youngsters  ride 
down  Fifth  Avenue  with  their  school-books  strapped  in  front  of  their  velocipedes,  and  expert 
riders  cause  crowds  cf  spectators  to  visit  the  public  squares,  which  afford  excellent  tracks  for 
the  light  wheels  to  move  swiftly  over.  The  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  has  secured  two  of  the 
.A,merican  machines,  and  other  gentlemen,  well  known  in  the  literary  and  artistic  world,  are 
possessed  of  their  magic  circles.  One  of  them  takes  his  ride  of  nearly  ten  miles  daily,  and 
saves  time  as  well  as  enjoying  the  ride.  A  number  of  persons  are  already  making  use  of  the 
velocipede  as  a  means  of  traversing  the  distance  between  their  homes  and  places  of  business. 
Piofessional  inventors  are  now  laboring  to  bring  it  to  American  completeness,  and  the  fewdeal- 
ei^  in  New  York  are  doing  quite  a  driving  business.  Their  prices  range  from  $60  to  5 100, 
about  the  same  as  in  France.  The  weight  of  a  medium  sized  machine  is  about  60  los.,  and  the 
size  of  driving-whee',  most  in  favor  from  30  to  36  in.  The  wintei  eason  is  not  favorable  to 
r/iTiW/'-ridinK,  but  with  opening  of  spring  we  may  expect  to  see  the  two-wheeled  affairs  gliding 
gracefully  about  the  streets  and  whizzing  swifily  through  the  smooth  roads  of  Central  Park.— 
Harper's  Weekly,  Dec.  19,  1868,  p.  811. 

The  above  extract  from  that  well-edited  and  really  representative  "  journal  of  civiliznf'on  " 
exhibits  the  date  of  its  earliest  mention  of  the  matter,  w'lich  wa';  m.'.de  to  accfimpany  a  pair  of 
pictures:  "  Velocipede  Race  in  I'aris  on  Sunday  Afternoon  "  and  "The  American  Veloci- 
pede." The  former,  reproduced  from  a  foreign  paper,  represents  four  women  competing,  in  the 
presence  of  a  large  crowd ;  and  the  latter,  sketched  by  T.  R.  Davis,  gives  a  grxxl  idea  of  the 
Pickering  machine,  which  was  described  in  the  following  words  from  the  Scientific  American  : 
"  It  differs  from  the  French  veloce  in  the  arrangement  of  the  tiller,  which  is  brought  well  back 
and  sufficiently  high  to  allow  of  a  perfectly  unrieht  position  in  ridins.  The  stirruDS  or  crank 
pedals  are  three-«ided,  with  circular  flanges  at  each  end ;  and,  as  they  turn  on  the  crank  pins. 


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404  TE.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  pressure  of  ihe  foot  will  always  bring  one  of  the  three  sides  into  proper  position.  Th? 
connecting  apparatus  differs  from  that  of  the  French  bicycle  in  thai  the  saddle-bar  serves  i:iiy 
as  a  seat  and  a  brake,  and  is  not  attached  to  the  rear  wheel.  By  a  simple  pressure  forw.ird 
against  the  tiller,  and  a  backward  pressure  againsc  the  tail  of  the  liaddle,  the  saddle-spriii'..;  1, 
compressed  and  the  brake  attached  to  it  is  brought  firmly  down  upon  the  wheel."  Harper's 
»f«*/j' afterwards  printed  (Feb.  20,  1869,  p.  124)  the  picture  of  "an  ice  velocipede  recently 
.seen  on  the  river  near  Tarrytown.  It  has  but  one  wheel,  whose  tire  is  armed  with  sharp  points 
to  prevent  slipping.  The  frame  is  supported  behind  by  two  steel  runners,  like  those  afiched 
to  ice-boats,  and  the  machine  is  propelled  with  astonishing  rapidity  "  This  was  folJDUtd 
(March  6,  p.  149)  by  a  reproduction  of  "  the  picture  publi.shed  by  Ackerman  of  London  in  1S19, 
showing  precisely  the  same  thing  as  the  velocipede  which  is  just  at  this  moment  so  popular  m 
New  York,  except  in  the  crank  or  treadle."  Quotations  from  a  weekly  paper  of  August  of 
that  year  arc  appended  to  show  that  "our  excitable  citizens  went  into  an  ecstasy  of  astonish- 
ment and  delight  over  the  introduction  of  these  'dandy  horsis,' and  x\\z  laanufacturers  for  a 
time  could  not  apparently  meet  the  demand  of  the  '  velocipeders. '  "  Tlie  editor  adds  :  "  Ihe 
velocipede  mania  of  a  half-century  ago  soon  died  out  in  New  York,  and  the  people  who  h.id 
purchased  machines  at  high  prices  gave  them  away  as  playthings  for  grown-up  boys.  Time 
must  decide  whether  history  is  to  repeat  itself.  At  present,  however,  there  seems  to  be  no 
diminution  of  the  interest  taken  in  this  curious  machine,  of  which  a  single  agency  in  this  city 
has  prepared  seventy  patents  for  improvements." 

Ooddard's  little  book  reprints  all  these  details  about  the  New  Yorl:  craze  of  1S19  (pp.14, 
is),  and  also  makes  casual  allusicm  to  the  "  ice  velocipede,  invented  by  a  renlleman  of 
Poughkeepsie,  who  pn»pels  it  with  astonishing  rapidity  "  (p.  81).  A  story  is  also  quoted  (p.  13) 
from  William  Howitt's  "  Visits  to  Remarkable  Places,"  published  1S41,  showing  this  odd  dis- 
covery mads  by  him  at  Alnwick  Castle:  "Among  the  curiosities  laid  up  here  are  two  veloci- 
pedes, machines  which  tv-nty  years  ago  were  for  a  short  period  much  in  vogue.  It  is  said  that 
the  duke  and  his  physicians  used  to  amuse  themselves  in  careering  about  the  grounds  with  these 
steeds.  One  young  man  of  my  acquaintance  rode  on  one  of  these  wciden  horses  all  the  way 
from  London  to  Falkirk  in  Scotland,  and  was  requested  at  various  towns  to  exhibit  his  man- 
agement of  it  to  the  ladies  and  gentlemen  of  the  place.  He  afterward  made  a  long  excursion 
to  France  upon  it;  for  he  was  a  very  adroit  velocipedean." 

Looking  backward  through  the  mists  of  more  than  sixteen  year.s,  I  am 
quite  unable  to  recall  the  image  of  a  single  one  of  my  contemporaries  a.,  he 
"  sat  his  veloss  "  in  New  Haven.  I  remember  the  names  of  some  who  were 
persistent  riders,  but  I  have  entirely  forgotten  whether  they  ever  accompanied 
me,  or  whether  I  always  rode  solitarily.  I  cannot  create  a  vivid  mental  pict- 
ure of  how  the  bone-shakers  used  to  look  upon  the  .street;  though  the 
"  scenes  in  a  velocipede  riding  school  "  are  called  back  with  some  degree  of 
freshness  whenever  I  turn  to  a  certain  wood-cut  of  that  name  which  ap- 
peared in  Harper's  Weekly  (Feb.  13,  1869,  P-  109).  It  was  on  Saturday,  the 
24th  ot  July,  that  I  brought  ho  le  my  "  impossible"  A.  B.  degree  and  the 
record  shows  that  my  first  act,  on  the  26th,  was  to  send  for  the  lists  of  vari- 
ous velocipede  makers.  The  price  of  a  new  "  Pickering "  had  already 
dropped  from  )i5i30  to  $80 ;  but  I  bought  a  second-hand  one  of  the  ex-keeper 
of  a  rink,  paying  $20  for  it.  This  was  on  the  13th  of  August,  and  on  the 
following  day  I  spent  an  hour  and  a  half  in  riding  it  four  miles  to  Spring- 
field, where  I  urged  the  dealer  to  return  my  money.  Instead  of  consentiPLr 
;•„•  •.:::!,  ::c  iiiauc  .i  icw  repair^  wnicfi  He  dcci<iicu  "  caused  the  wheels  to  run 


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true. '  as  o  ig.nally  warranted.     I  denied  his  assertion,  but  my  denial  did  not 
.iva^l  to  loosen  his  hold  on  the  $20;  and  so    I  sent  the  Pickering  home  in  a 
cart.     I  took  short  rides  with  it,  every  day  or  two,  until  the  end  of  October  • 
and,  on  a  half-dozen  occasions,  during  the   la...:t    month,  went   as  far  as  the 
post  office,  two  miles  distant.     This  was  my  furthest  objective  point  and   i 
presume  such  long  tours  ir;av  have  been  rather  wearisome,  for  I  oftener  em- 
ployed a  horse  to  draw  me   thither,  in  spite  of  my  indifference  to  driving 
My  latest  entry  concerning  this  machine  shows   that   on   the  first  day  of  De 
ccn.bcr  "  I  rode  a  little  in  attic,  in  addition   to  usual  exercise."     This  usual 
exercise  was  club-swinf;ing,  to  which  I  gave  about  a  half-hour  daily;  and  the 
.cene  of  ,t  was  the  top  story  of  a  large  storehouse,  whose  floor  furnished  a 
Mnooth  ndmg-suriace,  but  whose  converging  rafters  restricted  the  scope  of  it 
How  much  or  how  little  I  circled  there,  on  the  vdoce,  as  a  supplement  to  my 
customary  club  exercise,  during  that  winter,  I  cannot  now  recall ;  but  I  prol> 
ably  never  again  mounted  the  Pickering  in  the  open  air,  for,  when  the  warm 
weather  returned,  I  presented  it  to  a  twelve-year-old  boy,  who  has  preserved 
It,  I  believe,  even  unto  the  present  time.     When   he   last  dragged  it  out  for 
my  insiK:ction,  a  year  or  two  ago,  I  was  impressed  with  surprise  at  my  ever 
having  had  the  ability  to  ride  it,  and  at  my  ever  having  had  the  infatuation  to 
see  grace  and  loveliness  in  its  clumsy  outlines. 

My  post-collegiate  experiences  with  the  bone-shaker  were  doubtless  re- 
stricted by  my  lack  of  leisure  for  indulging  the  hobby;  for  it  was  during  the 
half-year  that  ended  with  the   last  day  of  April,  1870,  that  I   wrote  "  Four 
Years  at  Yale,"  a  sort  of  cyclopedia  of  undergraduate  life  there,  or  matter- 
of-fact  presentation  of  student  customs  and  traditions.     The  production  of 
such  a  manuscript  (950  large  pages,  containing  about  220,000  words)   in  so 
short  a  time  required  uninterrupted  industry;  and  the  events  which  followed 
Its  completion  proved  almost  cq.-.llv  prohibitory  to  thoughts  of  velocipeding 
During  a  nme  months'  Europea,_  ..ur  which  began   in  October,  1871,1  made 
four  distinct  visits  to  England  and  London ;  and,  on  the   last  and  longest  of 
these  visits,  I  saw  a  sight  which  pleased  me  more,  and  made  a  stronger  im- 
pression on  my  memory,  than  any  other  single  experience  of  the   tour.     This 
was  the  dog  show  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  Sydenham,  where  1,050  specimens  of 
the  canine  nobility  of  the  kingdom  (including  a  goodly  number  of  adorable 
bull  dogs)  howled  and  barked  a  discordant  chorus  which  made  sweet  melody 
in  mv  ears.     No  show  of  the  sort  had  then  been  known  in  America,  and  a 
passage  across  the  Atlantic  seemed  to  me  a  small  price  to  pay  for  the  privi- 
lege of  witnessing  so  sublime  a  spectacle.     I  record  the  date  of  it  here,  how- 
ever, only  because  that  was  the  last  day  when  I  ever  put  myself  astride  of  a 
bone-shaker,  as  shown  by  this  entry  (June  7,  1872) :     "  After  regretfully  tak- 
niR  leave  of  the  dogs,  I  went  out  into  the  garden  d  the  palace  and  hired  a 
velocipede  'for  an  hour';  but  I  got  enough  of  it  in  ten   minutes,  because  of 


the  wetness  of  the  eround  and  the  bnr!;-..----.: 


I  piovc  to  mv 


own  satisfaction,  however,  that   I  still  know  how  to    ride."     My  memory  of 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  unrecorded  sights  of  tho  e  days  is  very  vague,  but  it  seems  to  me  that  I 
used  to  be  confronted  quite  often  by  the  veloct  in  the  parks  no*  only  of 
London,  but  of  Paris,  Vienna  and  other  continental  cities.  In  all  thnsc 
places,  however,  my  own  favorite  "  mount '  was  the  roof  of  an  omnibus  or 
horse-car;  though  when  I  went  to  Ixindon  again,  in  Dece'mber,  1875,  ^  "w  so 
many  advertisements  of  the  new-fangled,  rubber-tired  bicycles — giving  prices 
at  whicl-.  they  could  he  hired  by  the  day  or  week,  for  use  upon  the  road— th.u 
my  old-time  passion  tor  personal  wheeling  revived  once  more,  and  I  resolved 
to  take  a  tour  with  one  before  I  left  the  country. 

Had  I  kept  this  resolve,  I   should  inevitably  have   purchased  a  bicycle; 
and,  as  I  sailed  homeward  from   Liverpool   on   the   20th  of  April,  1876,  thai 
same  supposititious  machine  would  have  been  the  first  of  its  sort  to  roll  aloiii; 
our  United  .States  roads,— because  the  first  thai  actually  did  this  dated  its  ca- 
reer from  the  same  summer's  Centennial    Exhibition  at    Philadelphia.     Pro- 
crastination, that  thief  of  time,  thus  robbed  me,    "  all  unbeknownst,"  of  mv 
possible  honors  as  a  pioneer.     Though  I  lived  for  nearly  five  months  in  the 
unbroken  seclusion  of  "  No.  33,  St.  James's   Place,  S.    W.,"  without   once 
speaking  to  a  private  acquaintance,  and  though  the  rather  remarkable  task  for 
which  I  established  myself  in    that  haughty  and  high-priced  cul-de-sac  (the 
construction  of  a  secret  tunnel  thence  to  the  innermost  vaults  of  Somerset 
House)  was  completed  long  before  the  expiration  of  that  period,  I  somehow 
never  quite  got  leisure  to  indulge  in  the  anticipated  bicycling.      Perhaps  the 
thought  that  the  roads  would  grow^  better  with  the  advancing  spring  led  me 
to  postpone  the  experience  to  as  late  a  date  as  possible  ;  until  at  last   I  sud 
denly  saw,  amid  the  rush  of  things  which  must  be  ('one  as       iling  day  drew 
near,   that   I    had  postponed   it   beyond    the    possibility   of  realization.    Of 
course,  I  had  no  shadow  ot  a  premonition   of  'he  brilliant  future  which  was 
just  then  beginning  to  dawn  upon  the  modified  bone-shaker.      I  did  not  think 
of  the  proposed  ride  as  a  matter  of  vast  latent  significance.     I  did  noi  sus- 
pect that  it  concealed  the  "  potency  "  of  causing  a  definite  deviation  in  mv 
whole  course  of  life,  such  as  my  actual  adoption  of  the  wheel,  three  years 
later,  has  caused  in  fact.     But  it  is  certainly  true  that,  among  all  the  regret., 
for  things  undone  and  pleasures  postponed,  my  chief  regret,  when  I  sailed 
away  from  England  in  '76,  was  connected  with  the  fact  that   I   had  failed  to 
explore  its  roads  on  a  bicycle  I     My  consolation  was  the  old  one:    that  the 
my:  eries  and  attractions  of  the  mighty  metropolis   are  too  vast  and  varied 
for  any  philosophic  visitor  ever  to  reach  the  end  of.     My  own  selected  sam- 
ples of    "  life  "  there  had  proved  sufficiently  amusing  and  instructive,  even 
without  any  trials  of  the  wheel.   Though  the  mystic  formula  "  G.  B.  V.  4.  5.  6." 
had  not  availed  to  give  me  the  hoped-for  pot  of  gold,  when  I  reached  the  end 
of  its  rainbow,  it  had  at  least  been  the  means  of  impressing  me  anew  with 
the  significance  of  the=e  lines  from  Cowper : 


"  Where  hsf.  n!.T.f;'.;r!'  sxrh  3  fi.-!H i.~.  ri.-h    =.-.  ;!-.; 

Opulent,  enlarged,  and  still  increasing  London  I 


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XXVIII. 


CURL.* 

CuRi.  was  the  best  dog  that  ever  lived.  His  face  was  his  fortune.  The* 
soul  which  shone  through  that  ugly  visage  was  one  whose  beauty  not  even 
the  pen  of  Shaicespeare  could  do  justice  to.  He  was  neither  a  gentleman  nor 
a  scholar,— for  he  was  born  in  a  beer-saloon  kept  by  an  Irishman,  and  the 
discipline  of  his  earlier  months  was  innjerfect ;  but  he  was  a  genuine 
liiimorist,  a  devout  believe.-  in  the  supernatural,  and  a  thoroughly  honest 
seeker  after  a  high  ideal  for  the  shading  of  his  personal  conduct.  Realizing 
dearly  the  vanity  of  life,  he  early  decided  to  attempt  getting  the  most  good 
possible  from  it  by  treating  it  as  a  joke  ;  and  though  his  own  vanities  and 
affectations  and  pretenses  were  many  and  whimsical,  they  were  too  trans- 
parent to  be  a  real  blot  upon  his  character.  No  one  knew  better  than  himself 
tiiat  they  were  mere  devices  of  "  business,"  assumed  for  conventional  and 
necessary  purposes;  and  it  rar'-ly  happened,  when  the  occasion  was  over,  that 
he  would  refuse  to  admit  this,  or  to  join  with  me  in  laughing  at  them. 

His  function  in  the  universe  was  to  serve  as  guardian  of  the  ancestral 
larm  or  market-garden  where  I  was  born  and  brought  up,  and  where  a  great 
many  men  and  boys  were  employed  under  conditions  favorable  to  the 
development  of  insolence  and  thievishness.  For  the  repression  of  those 
lawless  tendencies  in  such  a  place,  no  instrument  of  police  h?s  ever  yet  been 
found  quite  so  effective  as  the  presence  of  a  savage  watch-d.ig,  i)rovided  his 
own  savage  impulses  can  be  repressed  at  the  proper  point.  They  are  useful 
as  a  menace  and  a  warning,— as  a  vague,  overhanging  terror,  to  discourage  and 
dishearten  the  prospective  doer-of-evil,— but  they  must  nf-ver  be  gratified  by 
the  actual  taste  of  blood.  No  man  or  boy  will  consent  to  work  at  a  place 
where  he  is  liable  to  be  bitten,  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  ordinary  and 
proper  tasks;  but  no  such  a  one  can  fail  to  have  his  moral  tendencies 
stiffened  and  confirmed  in  the  right  direction  by  an  ever-present  belief  that, 
if  he  sneaks  back  in  the  night  time  for  the  special  and  improper  task  of 
liiggmg   off  a    loid  of   farm-produce,    or  if    he    attempts   to    offer    personal 

'See  heliot;  -  portrait  facing  the  title-page.  The  likeness  was  made  by  the  Photo-Gravure 
Company,  of  853  Rroadway,  N.  Y. .  from  the  origin.aI  ambrotype,  taken  by  A.  F.  Daniels,  at 
Chicopee,  Mass.,  Dec.  24,  ii-8.  This  biographical  sketch  of  Curl  wa;  unanimously  lejected  by 
tlie  editors  of  a  dozen  magazines  to  whose  inspection  I  submitved  it,  though  my  own  necessarily 
partial  judgment  attributes  to  it  the  possession  of  more  "contemporaneous  human  interest," 
witii  respect  to  the  general  reader,  than  attat '  es  to  anything  else  contained  in  the  book.  Copies 
uf  this  chapter  (with  heliotype  appended)  will  be  mailed  by  the  publisher  for  25  c.  each. 


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violence  to  his  employer,  the  jaws  of  a  powerful  bull-dog  will  simultaneoiisiv 
fasten  upon  his  throat  witii  the  rcinorsclcssncss  of  an  avenging  angel. 

Here,   then,   was  Curl's  opportu  lity ;  and   wonderfully  well   did  he  im- 
prove it.     He  magnified   his  office  to  the  utmost.     He  came  in  time  to  rani, 
himself  as  the  true  f>v,..er  of  the  farm.    Never  failing  to  accord  dignified  ami 
affable   toleration   to  the  presence  ')f  other  members   of  the  family,  it  was 
plain  that  he  after  a  while   adopted  the  theory  that  they  were  a  sjiecies  <if 
favored  guests  or  tenants-at-will,  whom  it  was  his  good-pleasure,  as  the  real 
Jiead  of  the  establishment,  to  entertain  and  delend      He    vas,  m  essence  and 
intention,  the  mildest-mannered  dog  that  ever  scuttled  home  to  gnaw  a  bonei 
Not  so  much  as  once  in  all  his  long  life  die*   \.^   ever    inflict  a  bite  upon  a 
single  human   being.      No  creature   t'        walks  the  earth  could   be  softer 
hearted,  or  more   actively  sympatheta,  or    more    aidently  desirous  of   cul 
tivatir.g  the  frienc'ship  of  every  chance  acquaintance  who  offered  civil  greet- 
ing     If  his  true  character,  as  revealed  to  me  and  his  other  intimates,  could 
have  been  comprehended  by  the  general  outside  public,  he  would  have  been 
u.terly  worthless  as  a  barrier  and  a  defense.     The  fact,  then,  that  he  served 
in  such  capacity  for  many  years,  with  eminent   honor  and  never  varying  suc- 
cess, supplies  a  striking  proof  of  the  deceitfulness  of  appearances.     In  the 
language  of  the  tramps,  he  remained  a  "holy  terror  '  to  the  I.-t      Even  in 
extreme  old  age,  his  feeb.     and  tottering  presence  gave   the  farm  a  sort  of 
traditionary  prestige  as  tK^  abiding  place  of  an  animal  whose  ferocious  and 
blood-thirsty  nature  presented,  as   Dr    Johnsoi    might  say,  a  potentiality  of 
destructiveness  beyond  the  dream  of  the  prize-fighter.     I  used   to  tell   these 
things  to  Curl;  and   the  knowledge  of  them  (such  was  his  sense  of  humor 
and  his  appreciation  of  the  grotesqueness  in   the  contrast  between  his  real 
-nd  his  reputed  character)  undoubtedly  helped  to  cheer  and  prolong  his  life 
He  took   pleasure    in    maintaining   his   entirely    undeserved    reputation  for 
savagery.     He  understood  that  the  keeping  up  of  appearances  was  a  part  of 
his  daily  routine   of  duties.      He   knew  that   his  position    as  "chief  of  the 
state"   demanded    the    preservation    of    a    bold   front   in   the    presence   of 
strangers.     He  supposed,  too,  that  his  little  tricks  of  bluster  and    bravado 
were  what  chiefly  compelled  their  respect  and  deference.     As  to  this  I  never 
had  the  heart  to  attempt  to  undeceive  him.     The  resuU  might  have  been  dis- 
astrous to  our  friendship.     I„  fact,  I  my.^lf  could  rarelv  be  forced  to  admit 
the  truth,  without  a  rankling  sense  of  outrage  and  resentment.     But  the  true 
source  of  Curls  remarkable  hold  upon  the  public  imagination  was  his  ugly 
mug.     His  face  was  his  fortune 

Idealized  as  it  was  to  me  by  the  light  of  affection,  I  always  accounted  it 
the  handsomest  face  that  canine  creature  was  ever  blessed  with.  The  ambro 
type  which  was  taken  of  Curl,  with  my  arm  proudly  encircling  his  admired 
head,  "when  I  was  twelve  and  he  was  two,"  is  a  speaking  portrait,  possessed 
of  a  lifelike  force  and  vigor  which  no  photographic  reproduction  has  been 
~ '"  J-"-'''--  ■-■-•.  -•"-•  •••••":•.."  i.ic  nciiutyj^e  cuuy  now  presented  as  a  frontis- 


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i  ;ecc  to  this  book  fails  atlcqualciy  to  depict.  Gazing  upon  that  ambrotyK 
alter  the  lapse  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  reflecting  how  well 
thit  special  artistic  process  has  justitie.l  ito  name  by  preserving  Curl's 
fc.uures  for  me  with  such  "immortal  freshness,"  I  am  even  now  unable  to 
c.mprehend  why  other  people  fail  to  recognize  those  features  as  handsome,- 
,.>  the  very  perfection  of  canine  beauty  It  was  always  hard  for  mc  to  realize 
•iiat  folks  were  in  earnest  who  called  him  "as  homely  as  a  hedge  fence." 
Appreciating  as  I  did  his  unbounded  good-nature  and  kind-heartedness,  the 
s|.ectacle  of  people  shrinking  back  from  him  in  terror  and  dismay  was  always 
very  trying  to  my  finer  feelings.  I  might  laugh  at  their  foolishness,  but  the 
t.  stimony  thus  involuntarily  given  to  the  sincerity  of  their  belief  in  his  evil 
..ppcaiance  was  exasperating  to  mc.  Curl's  nose  and  ears  were  black  and 
IkIow  the  ears  were  dark  brindled  patches,  of  irregular  shape,  which  I  con- 
sidered veritable  Deauty-spots,  though  the  one  of  them  which  encircled  his 
Ictt  eye  doubtless  served  to  i  tensify  the  stern  and  implacable  expression 
which  gave  him  his  practical  value.  All  the  rest  ot  his  outward  form  was 
wlmc,-  reflecting  thus  the  purity  of  his  inward  character.  In  most  respects 
he  was  a  thoroughgoing  bulldog,  with  square  shoulders  and  flattened  nose, 
l)iit  he  lacked  the  protrr.ding  lower  jaw  characteristic  of  that  type,  and  his 
large  size  and  dignified  deportment  showed  there  was  something  of  the 
strain  of  the  mastiff  in  him  His  ancestry  was  obscure,  but  the  Irish  rum- 
seller  who  nurtured  him  had  enough  faith  in  it,  or  in  his  own  eariy  promise  of 
"gameness,"  to  solemnly  dedicate  him  for  service  in  the  prize  ring,  Curl's 
ears  were  therefore  cropped,  the  tip-end  of  his  tail  was  bitten  off  by  human 
teeth,  and  "the  little  white  worm  which  makes  a  dog  go  mad"  (presumably 
some  short  nerve  or  ligament)  was  carefully  extracted  from  beneath  his 
tongue  These  two  latter  ceremonies  arr  -if  ar  to  the  heart  of  Hibernian 
superstition,  as  supremely  important  step;  he  preliminary  training  of  ;. 

successful  fighter,  and  the  inestimable  vali ,  .  them  was  dwelt  upon  with 
great  earnestness  when  the  time  came  for  naming  the  price  at  which  this 
most  ferociously  promising  pup  could  be  purchased.  "  The  blackness  of  the 
roof  of  the  mouth  of  him,"  which  was  u  ideniable,  was  also  alleged  as 
another  praiseworthy  "point,"  indicative  of  tenacity  and  truculence.  In 
short,  such  a  dog  as  Curl  seemed  destined  to  become,  up  to  the  very  moment 
"hen  a  change  of  ownership  rescued  him  from  behind  the  bar  of  a  low  grog. 
gery,  and  ensi-.ied  for  him  a  peaceful  pastoral  career,— such  a  dog  as  Curl 
seemed  always  in  fact  to  be  to  those  who  casually  met  him,— was  shown  with 
a  fairly  graphic  touch  by  the  professional  poet  of  Puck,  when  he  put  forth 
this  "  impression  "  : 

Bow-legged  champion  of  the  town,  you  yawn  and  lick  your  chops  with  glee, 
And  watch  the  cat  a-     nd  the  tree  like  lightning,  when  yoa  deign  to  frown. 
You  chew  all  enemies      pulp,  and,   neath  the  light  of  summer  moons, 
The  lover's  doe-skin  pantaloons  you  swallow  at  a  single  gulp. 


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kitten,— that  e  ailed  the  baser  passions  of  the  real  Curl,  known  to  the  present 
history,  lie  could  not  hear  to  see  that  dandified  city  dog  upon  th,*  place,  or 
to  feel  that  he  was  anywhere  secreted  upon  the  place.  It  grieved  him.  He 
resented  it  as  a  personal  affront.  "  1  am  a  peaceful  dog  and  a  well-disposed," 
Curl  would  say;  "I  give  trouble  to  no  honest  wayfarers  at  the  outer  gate. 
But  the  rules  of  this  farm  are  '  .\o  dogs  allowed  on  the  premises ! '  and  it 's 
my  duty  to  expel  this  interloper.  You  may  call  it  jealousy,  but  I  call  it 
duty."  Thereupon  the  hairs  in  Curl's  back  would  bristle  up  with  a  Jcrry- 
Crunchcr-like  spikiness,  his  tail  would  oscillate  stiffly  to  and  fro,  a  ^urid  light 
would  flash  from  his  eyes,  his  cropped  ears  would  slant  bark  at  a  dangerous 
ang'?;  and  either  he  or  -'Spot"  had  to  be  forthwith  incarcerated  until  the 
time  came  for  the  lover's  departure.  On  one  memorable  occasion,  when  the 
dungton  drear  chanced  to  be  a  v;.cant  room  in  the  second  story,  through 
whose  closed  window  Curl  had  an  unobstructed  view  of  his  handsome  vis- 
itor,—sauntering  placidly  about  and  evon  sniffing  at  the  fragment.s  of  food  in 
his  own  basin,— the  maddening  sight  overcame  his  habitual  caution.  Then. 
was  the  sound  of  breaking  glass;  there  was  the  sight  of  a  big  white  b.il'  dog 
sprawling  for  an  instant  on  a  narrow  ledge  of  roof,  with  a  shattered  window 
sash  encircling  him;  there  was  the  'dull,  sickening  thud"  and  the  sharp 
yelp  of  pain  as  his  body  struck  the  earth.  Hut,  in  another  instant,  Curl  had 
resumed  his  official  duties  as  commander  of  the  farm,  and  "  sprung,  all  claws, 
upon  the  foe." 

This  escapade  of  Curl's  hot  youth  always  brought  to  his  face  a  glow  of 
pride,  when  I  recalled  it  to  him  in  maturer  years,— long  after  the  lover  had 
taken  his  bride  away,  and  the  incursions  of  the  spotted  coach-dog  had  be- 
come ..after  of  .ncient  history.  No  other  canine  intruder  ever  again  regu 
larly  came  upon  the  farm  ;  but  "  Black  Jack,"  a  shaggy  Newfoundland,  sid- 
ing less  than  a  quarter-mile  away,  used  often  to  trot  majestically  by  tin.  -*f 
and  incidentally  throw  glances  of  lofty  scorn  on  Curl  and  all  his  belongings. 
A  hearty  reciprocation  of  this  was  shown  whenever  Cur'  S.ad  occasion  to  go  by 
Jack'"  jate;  for  he  then  walked  so  slowly  and  stifiiy,  and  held  his  tail  with 
such  a  minatory  and  insolent  twist,  that  even  a  far  less  intelligent  dog  than 
Jack  would  have  understood  the  odium  ..nd  contempt  thus  expressed  for  him. 
Jack  appreciated  it  perfectly.  For  all  the  years  of  their  lives— and  as  re- 
gards the  times  of  tht.r  deaths  they  were  not  greatly  divided— th.y  were  sworn 
enemies.  The  whole  town  knew  it ;  and  they  both  knew  that  the  town  knew 
it.  It  was  one  of  the  conventions  of  their  existc  nee.  No  ovher  dog  ventured 
to  compare  himself  with  them,  or  to  aspire  to  a  leadership  in  puolic  affairs. 
It  was  universally  recognized  that  these  two  were  "the  best  two  dogs  in 
town."  The  gre.it  question  was,  Which  of  the  two  is  the  better  dog  }  Opin- 
ion was  aboui  equally  divided,  and  the  question  has  remained  unanswered  to 
the  present  dav.  Curl  and  Jack  never  fought.  They  continually  chaDpr.Ted 
each  other  to  combat.     They  always  carried  chips  on  their  shoulders.     They 


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|)crately  for  the  fray  >vhen  "held  back  by  their  friends."  But  each  dog  wa* 
It  heart  a  trifle  afraid  of  the  other;  and  I  think  they  had  secretly  signed  a 
mutual  compact  that  the  test  of  superior  prowess  should  never  really  be  maao 
I'.ven  in  his  mos»  confidential  moments,  however,  Curl  woul  never  admit  to 
me  the  existence  of  any  such  treaty  ;  and  always,  at  the  mere  mention  of  his 
ha'cd  rival's  name, 

"  With  every  bristling  hair  along  his  back  tie  fiercely  fi  )wncd, 
And  curled  his  tail  until  he  raised  his  hind  legs  from  the  ground." 
Whenever,  therefore,  he  failed  promptly  to  answer  -ny  call,  I  had  only  to 
pretend  to  call  Jack,  or  to  speak  pet  wo  ds  to  Jack,  or  to  scrape  the  feed-dish 
for  Jack,  and  I  was  sure  that  Curl,  if  with!  1  ear-shot,  would  soon  come  rushing 
iiulignantly  forward.  It  was  a  diversior  also,  when  Curl's  eyes  had  been 
bandaged,  to  "  make-lxlieve "  feed  or  fonv::.  Jack  in  his  presence.  His 
simulated  rage  and  desperation  over  thi.s  imaginary  affront  were  in  most  amu'^- 
uig  contrast  to  his  transports  of  joy  and  affection  when  the  ban-!age  was  re- 
moved and  he  was  assured  again  of  the  fact  that  he  himself  was  the  only  per- 
fect dog  in  the  world.  Once  when  Jack  ran  forth  from  his  gale  and  barked 
vitiously  at  Curl  who  was  proudly  rolling  by  in  an  empty  market-wagon,  and 
wa.s  therefore  inaccessible.  Curl  fairly  shrieked  himself  ho,  rse  by  the  rapidity 
and  vigor  of  his  replies.  While  then  he  was  running  franticany  around  the 
wagon,  in  a  pretended  paroxysm  of  dismay  ?  his  inability  to  "  out  and  at 
him,"  the  tail-board  suddenly  gave  way  beneath  his  pressure,  and  the  two 
furious  enemies  were  thus  brought  close  together  on  the  ground,  with  never  a 
I)arrier  between  them.  The  instant  their  surprise  was  over,  the  magnificent 
Jack  was  seen  retreating  within  his  gate,  and  the  truculent  Cu.l  trotting 
homeward  as  mildly  as  if  just  returning  from  .Sunday  f  ch>.  j|.  It  was  a  favor- 
ite demonstration  of  belligerency  with  Curl,— when  the  sight  of  Jack,  running 
gayly  along  with  a  carriage,  revivec  in  his  breast  an  active  sense  of  his  rival's 
moral  baseness, — to  chase  him  violently  for  the  thirty  rods  or  so  which  repre- 
sented the  garden's  frontage  upon  the  street.  Had  such  pursuit  been  planned 
in  good-faith,  Curl  would  have  taken  to  the  road  by  way  of  the  front  ga»e ; 
but,  instead  of  doing  this,  his  practice  was  to  run  through  the  garden,  along 
the  inner  side  of  the  picket  fence,  shouting  defiance  and  imprecations  at  Jack 
.IS  he  ran.  When  the  angle  of  the  garden  fences  was  thus  reached,  Cur! 
always  expressed  great  surprise  and  grief  at  finding  no  gate  or  other  outlet 
there ,  and  he  would  sometimes  carry  his  pretense  so  far  as  to  gnaw  at  a 
picket  or  dig  a  little  dirt  from  under  the  fence,  in  his  desperate  desire  to  over- 
hai::  the  hated  Jack,  who  by  this  time  would  be  far  down  the  road.  A  great 
ch.-inge  came  over  Curl's  spirit  on  a  certain  morning  when,  having  plunged 
through  the  garden  with  phenomenal  speed  and  ferocity,  in  pursuit  of  a  dc^ 
whom  he  had  no  real  desire  to  reach,  he  found  (as  a  result  of  my  having  re- 
moved two  pickets,  foi  "s  discomfiture)  that  an  outlet  to  the  street  really 
existed  there!  Curl  spru  through  it,  as  in  duty  bound,  but  his  pursuit  of  the 
foe  immediately  relaxe.!  i..  vigor,  a.^d  was  very  soon  transformed  into  an  ap- 


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parent  endciivor  to  follow  a  chipmunk  up  the  big  maple  tree.  I  ultimately 
replaced  the  pickets,  for  I  wished  to  abet  Curl  in  all  his  simulations  of 
bravery ;  but  it  seemed  to  me  that  he  never  afterwards  took  quite  as  thorough 
a  satisfaction  as. before  in  charging  down  upon  his  enemies  from  behind  the 
safe  barrier  of  the  picket  fence.  The  demonstrated  element  of  danger  in  the 
case  had  somewhat  impaired  his  confidence  and  enthusiasm.  Knowing  that 
his  duty  to  the  farm  demanded  the  keeping  up  of  a  reputation  as  a  "  terrible 
fighter,"  he  fulfilled  that  function  perfectly  without  any  violation  of  the  peace. 
Except  for  the  conventional  necessities  of  their  respective  positions,  I  have 
no  doubt  that  Jack  and  himself  would  gladly  have  joined  in  chanting  the  fol- 
lowing duet,  with  responsive  wags  of  their  tails,  as  well  representing  their 
ideal  of  canine  wisdom  and  philosophy : 

"  You  may  sing  of  your  dog,  your  bottom  dog,  or  of  any  dog  that  you  please  ; 
i  go  for  the  dog,  the  wise  old  dog,  that  knowingly  takes  his  ease. 
And,  wagging  his  tail  outside  the  ring,— keeping,  always,  his  bone  in  sight,— 
Cares  not  a  pin,  in  his  sound  old  head — the  outside  dog  in  the  fight. 
Not  his  is  the  bone  they  are  fighting  for ;  and  why  should  my  dog  sail  in. 
With  nothing  to  gain,  but  a  certain  change  to  lose  his  own  precious  skin? 
There  may  be  a  few,  perhaps,  who  fail  to  see  it  quite  in  this  light, 
But,  when  the'fur  flies,  I  had  rather  be  the  outside  dog  in  the  fight. 
I  know  there  are  dogs — injudicious  dogs — who  think  it  quite  the  thing 
To  take  the  part  of  one  of  the  dogs,  and  go  yelping  into  the  ring ; 
But  I  care  not  a  pin  what  all  may  say,  in  regard  to  the  wrong  or  right, 
My  money  goes,  as  well  as  my  song,  for  the  dog  that  keeps  oui  of  the  fight." 

In  respect  to  a  certain  pair  of  dogs  who  stood  in  abject  dread  of  him.  Curl 
never  assumed  the  existence  of  any  better  route  uf  approach  than  through 
the  front  gate.  One  of  these  was  a  black-and-tan,  of  about  half  his  own  size, 
whom  Curl  would  tumble  into  the  dust  with  his  paw,  and  tlen  stand  above, 
rather  shamefacedly,  as  if  in  doubt.  After  a  while,  he  would  settle  the  doubt 
by  letting  the  dog  run  on  to  rejoin  the  milk-wagon  to  which  he  was  attached. 
Curl  never  bit  or  otherwise  injured  this  dog,  and  the  dog  never  resented  the 
indignity  of  Laving  Curl  stand  on  all  fours  above  him  ;  but  he  would  some- 
times make  a  long  detoar  into  the  field,  to  avoid  this  chance  of  being  rolled 
in  the  dust ;  and  Curl  would  even  then  give  chase  and  for -°  the  making  of 
a  longer  detour.  The  other  regular  recipient  of  discipline  from  Curl  was  a 
meek  greyhound,  belonging  to  a  cracker-pedlar  who  drove  past  the  farm  once 
a  week,  and  gave  notice  of  his  passing  by  a  string  of  sleig  -bells  on  his  horse's 
neck.  Whenever  Curl  was  observed  to  whine  and  show  symptoms  of  un 
easiness  without  apparent  cause,  it  usually  happened  that  the  sound  of  the 
cracker-pedlar's  bells  would  become  audible  to  human  ears  soon  afterwards. 
The  bells  probably  seemed,  to  Curl's  mind,  specially  designed  to  taunt  him 
with  the  announcement  that  an  absurdly  thin  greyhound  was  about  to  run  by; 
and  he  usually  resented  it  by  chasing  after  him,  for  a  dozen  or  twenty  rods, 
and  growling  savagely, — though  he  never  flisgrrarpH  him.self  bv  offcrina  act- 
ual violence  to  so  frail  and  spiritless  a  specimen.     The  ringing  of  the  large 


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dinner-bell,  by  which  the  men  in  the  field  were  ordered  to  quit  work  at  noon 
ind  night,  also  had  a  sort  of  horrible  fascination  for  Curl.  He  would  place 
himself  as  .:lose  as  possible  to  the  ringer,  throw  back  his  lars,  lift  his  nose 
straight  up  to  the  sky,  and  dolefully  howl  a  prolonged  howi  of  despair.  I 
myself  used  to  be  greatly  entertained  by  these  dismal  outpourings,  and  I 
would  sometimes  jangle  the  bell  for  Curl's  special  edification  ;  but  other  peo- 
ple did  not  like  them,  and  some  of  the  superstitious  would  secretly  say  that 
they  "  boded  a  death  in  the  family." 

The  Fourth  of  July  was  a  grievous  day  for  Curl,  and  care  had  to  be 
take,  then  to  prevent  him  from  committing  involuntary  suicide,  so  eager  was 
he  to  attack  and  suppress  the  explosion  of  gunpowder  in  any  and  every  shape. 
He  would  pounce  upon  and  try  to  bite  a  pack  of  exploding  fire-crackers,  un- 
less dragged  away  from  them  by  main  force  ;  and,  had  the  monster  "cannon 
crackers  "  of  the  present  day  been  then  in  vogue,  he  would  doubtless  have  had 
his  jaws  blown  off  while  furtively  endeavoring  to  bite  into  silence  one  of 
those  hissing  enemies.  Once,  when  I  inadvertently  left  a  Roman  candle 
Hazing  in  the  ground,  I  was  reminded  of  his  presence  by  hearing  his  teeth 
snapping  above  it;  and  his  whiskers  had  been  singed  off  before  he  could  be 
rescued.  On  the  same  evening,  while  I  was  standing  on  c  hot-bed  frame,  wav- 
ing another  candle  aloft,  Curl  gave  a  running  jump  with  all  his  force,  in  the 
direction  of  the  fire,  and  striking  me  in  the  stomach,  knocked  me  backward 
into  the  soft  earth  of  the  hot-bed, — my  head  just  barely  escaping  contact  with 
the  cross-bar  of  the  frame,  which  contact  would  probably  have  been  fatal.  It 
was  rare  sport,  hov/ever,  to  fire  a  pin-wheel,  just  high  enough  to  be  out  of 
Curl's  reach,  but  not  too  high  to  discourage  him  from  jumping  at  it.  Jump  he 
would,  tirelessly,  so  long  as  the  wheel  continued  to  whirl ;  and  the  sparks, 
which  formed  a  halo  about  his  head,  expired  harmlessly  at  the  instant  of  con- 
tact with  it.  To  send  Curl  in  pursuit  of  a  fiery  snake  or  "  chaser,"  was  also 
another  approved  diversion  :  one  instant  his  white  form  would  be  seen  speed- 
ing along,  illuminated  by  the  shower  of  sparks  streaming  from  the  tail  of  the 
"  snake  "—and  the  next  instant,  through  the  blackness  of  darkness,  would  be 
heard  the  dog's  puzzled  grunt,  proclaiming  his  surprise  at  the  sudden  disap- 
pearance of  the  ifpiis  fatuus. 

The  setting  off  of  fireworks  was  not,  however,  the  only  sort  of  human 
activity  which  Curl  resented  as  immoral.  It  grieved  him  greatly  to  see  any 
one  walking  on  the  roofs  of  i'ne  house  and  barns;  or  to  hear  the  district- 
school  children  rattle  their  sticks  along  the  picket  fence;  and  the  rapid 
trundling  of  an  empty  wheelbarrow  upon  the  brick  sidewalk  awakened  his 
ictive  hostility.  He  would  endeavor  to  retard  its  progress  bv  pressing  his 
thick  neck  against  the  revolving  wheel,  or  even  by  biting  it,  and  the  sides  of 
the  harrow.  He  never  interfered  with  this  when  it  was  loaded  with  vege- 
tables, nor  when  it  was  wh'-eled  slowly  about,  even  it  empty ;  but  any  attempt 
;;;  piisu  it  rapiuiy,  as  a.  K'ailci  ul  apori,  iic  considered  highly  improper.  It 
was  a  convention  with  him  also  to  assume  great  anger  whenever  I  pounded 


1^  "** 


414 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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with  a  broomstick  or  rake-handle  upon  the  door  of  his  den, — which  apartment 
occupied  a  recess  beneath  the  stairs  of  the  woodshed  and  was  designated,  bv 
a  sign  of  large  letters,  as  belonging  specially  to  "THE  DORG."  The 
sham-fights  which  I  there  used  to  engage  in  with  the  beloved  beast  were 
something  terrible  to  behold,— by  any  one  who  did  not  know  that  his  frantic 
manifestations  of  the  wildest  rage  were  mere  humorous  assumptions.  It  was 
all  in  fun.  The  minute  that  my  desperate  attack  upon  his  castle  ceased,  he 
was  ready  to  rush  out  and  overwhelm  me  with  caresses.  The  sight  of  men 
wrestling  or  scuflfiing  with  one  another  was  so  objectionable  to  his  mind  that 
he  would  usually  try  to  spring  upon  them  and  separate  them;  and  it  vexed 
him  greatly  to  see  men  throwing  missiles  at  one  another,  or  at  any  object 
whatever.  Instead  of  avoiding  any  missile  coming  in  his  own  direction,  he 
would  put  himself  in  the  way  of  it,— jumping  into  the  air,  if  necessary,  in  his 
endeavor  to  catch  it  in  his  mouth.  The  sharper  the  hurt  which  such  a  thing 
gave  him,  the  more  eager  he  became  to  stop  the  next  one.  Had  it  been 
allowable  to  persist  in  any  such  cruel  experiment,  I  know  that  Curl  would 
have  "  caught  things  "  until  he  was  killed  in  the  effort.  His  hostility  seemed 
to  be  directed  against  the  missile  itself,  rather  than  against  the  thrower  of  it ; 
and,  if  a  cannon-bjill  had  been  hurled  at  him,  he  would  never  have  flinched 
from  his  assumed  duty  of  trying  to  stop  it. 

This  characteristic  gave  a  chance  for  great  fun  in  the  winter,  whenever  the 
snow  was  sticky  enough  to  pack  well  together ;  for  Curl  would  spring  val- 
iantly against  the  largest  lumps  which  could  be  lifted  over  him ;  and  the  proc- 
ess of  being  overwhelmed  by  their  bulk  and  impetus  was  not  rea'ly  a  painful 
one.  Curl  enjoyed  immensely  these  struggles  in  the  snow,  but  he  hated  verv 
much  to  be  imprisoned  in  a  snow-cave.  My  plan  was,  when  the  cave  was  in 
readiness,  to  throw  a  piece  of  meat  into  its  inmost  recess,  send  Curl  in  pur- 
suit of  it,  and  then,  before  he  had  time  to  withdraw,  seal  up  the  entrance  with 
a  heavy  barrier  of  snow.  Afterwards,  I  would  torment  my  victim  by  offering 
honeyed  compliments  to  "  Jack,"  or  pretending  to  feed  him  lavishly,  until  at 
last  Curl  would  tunnel  his  way  out  of  the  prison,  or  else  I  would  break  its 
roof  down  upon  his  head.  It  became  increasingly  difficult,  as  experience 
sharpened  his  sagacity,  to  coax  Curl  into  a  trap  of  this  sort ;  and  there  was 
something  very  amusing  in  his  various  shrewd  endeavors  to  secure  the  meat 
without  irretrievably  committing  his  entire  body  to  the  cave.  No  amount  of 
coaxing  or  entreaty  could  ever  persuade  him  to  draw  me  on  a  sled,  for  so 
much  as  a  single  rod,  when  faced  awa  '  from  home.  But  sometimes,  when  an 
ice-storm  had  made  a  stout  crust  upon  the  surface  of  the  snow,  I  would  get 
Curl  away  off  in  the  field,  and  then,  having  hitched  him  to  the  sled  on  which 
I  had  seated  myself,  I  would  tell  him  to  "Go  home!"  He  went,  on  such 
occasions,  with  surprising  swiftness.  Under  no  other  impulse  did  iny  "(;cn. 
Scott  "  ever  travel  quite  so  fast. 

In  skating  times,  also.  Curl  was  emphatically  "a  big  thine  on  ice,"  and 
the  manner  in  which  his  rotund  body  would  glide  along  the  slippery  surface, 


fi^'i:^ 


THE  BEST  OF  BULL-DOGS. 


as  a  sequel  to  any  attempt  on  his  part  to  make  a  sudden  curve  while  running, 
was  ludicrous  in  the  extreme.  He  had  a  great  dread  of  water  in  an  unfrozen 
condition,  however,  and  regarded  the  application  of  it  to  his  body  in  the  light 
of  a  punishment.  Though  always  glad  to  accompany  me  into  the  field,  he  v,  is 
apt  to  slink  back,  dubiously,  as  the  river  bank  was  approached ;  and  consider- 
able coaxing  and  dragging  had  to  be  resorted  to  in  getting  him  into  my  flat- 
bottomed  skiff,  albeit  the  stern  of  this  was  conspicuously  lettered  "  The  Bull 
Dorg."  The  problem  then  was  to  row  the  boat  out  as  far  as  possible  before 
Curl  sprang  overboard;  for,  much  as  he  hated  the  water  he  hated  still  more 
to  see  the  solid  earth  receding  from  him,  and  there  was  always  a  point  at 
which  commands,  reproofs  and  entreaties  proved  powerless  to  prevent  his 
obeying  the  first  law  of  nature,  and  swimming,  .-^s  he  thought,  for  his  life.  The 
protruding,  blood-shot  eyes,  and  sad  look  of  desperation,  which  characterized 
Curl  on  such  occasions, — as  he  paddled  rapidly  to  the  shore  and  hurried 
breathlessly  up  the  bank  to  secrete  himself  in  the  asparagus-bed  or  the  corn- 
field,— gave  risf  to  unsympathetic  mirth  on  the  part  of  those  who  knew  the 
real  benefit  which  the  bath  conferred  upon  him.  He  never  ran  home  alone 
on  such  occasions,  no  matter  how  long  I  might  be  busied  with  the  boat.  At 
some  point  on  my  homeward  walk.  Curl  would  be  sure  to  frisk  out  gayly  from 
his  lurking-place ;  but  he  would  also  be  sure  to  keep  well  in  advance  of  me 
until  the  nearness  of  the  house  convinced  him  that  I  meditated  no  return  to  the 
river.  Once  or  twice  in  his  life  Curl  was  regularly  "  tubbed  "  and  scrubbed  ; 
but  the  process  was  so  saddening  and  depressing  to  his  spirits,  and  the  mem- 
ory of  the  indignity  rankled  so  long  in  his  mind,  that  the  benefit  to  his  bodily 
purity  seemed  hardly  an  adequate  compensation  for  his  mental  distress. 

In  the  hottest  and  most  thirst-provoking  of  days,  he  regarded  with  dis- 
trust and  suspicion,  any  tender  to  him  of  fresh,  cool  water  in  a  clean  basin, 
lie  could  rarely  be  persuaded  to  taste  it;  and,  if  he  did  so,  his  manner  showed 
that  he  believed  the  true  object  of  the  kindness  was  a  plan  of  drenching  him 
with  the  contents  of  the  basin, — though  that  trick  was  in  fact  never  played 
upon  him.  His  favorite  drinking-place  was  the  spoui  which  carried  the 
waste-water  from  the  pump-room  sink  into  the  drain :  and  the  dirtier  and 
soapier  this  water  happened  to  be,  the  better  Curl  seemed  to  relish  it.  He 
rarely  consented  to  patronize  the  horses'  drinking-trough,  which  was  eqn-Ily 
accessible,  and  the  water  of  which  was  reasonably  clean.  He  probably 
thought,  in  fact,  that  the  drinking  of  water  at  all  was  a  sort  of  weak  and  igno- 
minious indulgence,  which  it  hrcame  him,  as  far  as  possible,  to  conceal.  The 
great  advantage  of  the  spout  was,  that  an  overhanging  bench  or  shelf  gave 
him  a  certain  sense  of  privacy  and  seclusion  while  in  the  act  of  slaking  his 
thiist  there.  He  always  did  it  furtively,  and  ran  away  whenever  he  found 
himself  observed.  His  favorite  beverage  was  buttermilk,  and,  in  respect  to 
the  imbibing  of  this,  he  also  showed  a  perverse  preference  for  the  pail  de- 


voted 
reached 


fr>     til 


I 


41 


the  brimming  edge  of  the  latter,  however,  after  he  had  gorged  him- 


1l 


410  TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

self  at  the  swill  pail  (Curl  often  took  a  vulgar  satisfaction  in  plunging  his 
entire  head  beneath  its  milky  surface,  in  pursuit  of  possible  delicacies  hidden 
at  the  bottom),  and  had  bolstered  his  distended  Ijodv  up  against  the  fence  to 
sleep  off  the  effects  of  the  debauch,— his  eves  immediately  opened  and  his 
appetite   returned.     Walking  with    dignified   and    deprecatory  tread   to  the 
basin,  he  would  insert  his  nose  therein  and  continue  to  lap  the  milk  until  the 
last  drop,  or  the  b.st  cat,  had  disappeared.     If  the  cats  returned  when  the 
dish  was  refilled,  Curl  would  also  return  from  the  fence  and  repeat  the  process 
The  cats  stood  in  no  sort  of  awe  of  him,  for  he  always  gave  a  dignified  tolera- 
tion to  their  friendly  advances,  and  sometimes,  in  moods  of  special  tender- 
ness,  he  would  condescend  to  stroke  their  foreheads  with  his  tongue  when 
they  purringly  arched  their  backs  upward  for  hi    approval.     He  never  even 
growled  his  resentment  when  they  clawed  bits  of  ,olid  food  out  of  the  dish  at 
which  he  was   feeding,— though  he  once  contemptuously   tossed  aside  and 
thereby  inadvercently  killed,  a  kitten,  who,  not  content  with  intruding  into  the 
dish,  inserted  her  claws  in  his  cheek.     Hut,  as  regards  the  pre-emption  of  the 
milk,  the  point  simply  was  that,  as  soon  as  Curl's  flat  nose  covered  the  basin 
the  cats  were  hopelessly  shut  off :  there  was  no  space  left  in  which  thev  could 
insert  their  tonguej. 

It  was  always  a  pleasure  to  me  to  feed  Curl  at  the  table,  and  I  taught 
him  at  that  place  the  only  real  "trick"  which  he  ever  learned.     He  would 
patiently  hold  upon  his  no.se  even  the  most  tempting  morsel  of  food  until  my 
exclamation    of  "  There!  Curl,"  gave  permission  to   toss  it  in   the   air  and 
swallow  it  on  the  descent.     Hence,  the  cry  of  "  There!  Curl,"  or  "  There! 
Jack,"  uttered  in  his  absence,  was  alwavs  understood  by  him,  when  he  heard 
it,  as  signifying  a  distribution  of  something  to  eat.     There  was  something 
funny  about  the  intentness  with  which  Curl,  after  "swallowing  at  a  single 
gulp  "  a  large  bit  of  meat  which  I  had  tossed  into  his  mouth,  would  examine 
the  carpet  to  see  if  by  chance  it  had  escaped  him.     It  was  only  when  thus 
convinced  of  his  having  really  absorbed  the  morsel,  that  he  would  allow  the 
complacent  smile  of  the  true  gastronomer  to  overspread  his  face.     There  were 
perilous  pyramids  of  chairs,  and  tottering  wood  piles,  and  slippery  roofs,  to 
whose  summits  I  enticed  Curl,  with  irresistibly  tempting  baits,  in  those  dear 
old  days;  nor  was  the  practice   of  teaching  him  a  polite  slowness  in  the 
swallowing  of  meat  (by  the  device  of  having  it  hitched  to  a  string  whereof  I 
held  one  end)  entirely  unknown  to  my  experience.     It  used  to  seein  to  me 
that,  when  Curl  watched  the     eople  sitting  at  table,  he  everlastingly  turned 
over  in  mind,  as  an  inexplicable  pu7  !e,  the  reason  for  their  moderation  in 
failing  to  greedily  seize  upon  all  the  food  which  lay  unprotected  before  them. 
A  single  yielding  to  a  great  temptation  of  this  sort  was  the  only  blot  that 
ever  fell  upon  Curl's  reputation  for  entire  integrity.     On  a  certain  fated  noon 
of  his  early  youth,  while  the  deleterious  influences  of  his  low  associations  be- 
hind the  bar   were  still  fresh  upon  him,  the  sieht  of  d  platter  of  hnm.  it-.t 
cooked  and  awaiting  transfer  from  the  stove-hearth  to  the  dining-table,  proved 


THE  BEST  OF  BULL-DOGS. 


417 


t  .0  much  for  his  virtue.  He  bolted  the  entire  slice  at  a  gulp,  and  then  bolted, 
himself,  for  the  lawn.  Here  the  ham  rose  up  and  "gave  him  pause."  He 
. Illicitly  swallowed  it  again,  but  had  no  more  than  reached  the  corner  of  the 
house  when  the  slippery  slice  once  more  asserted  itself.  His  third  absorp- 
tion of  it  proved  effectual,  however,  as  the  digestive  processes  were  doubtless 
^tlmulated  by  the  tremendous  horsewhipping  which  he  received  from  the 
heavy  hand  of  outraged  authority.     1  fe  never  stole  again. 

The  fifty  acres  within  the  farm  limits  gave  Curl  ample  opportunity  for  ex- 
ercise, and  he  well  understood  that  he  was  not  expected   to  wander  beyond 
thtin.     He  was  not  often  allowed  to  accompany  any  one  beyond  them;  and 
though  he  esteemed  it  a  treat  to  ride— either  in  the  family  carriage,  or  in 
,1  market-wagon,  or  a  buggy,  or  a  sleigh— he  did  not  often  feel   aggrieved 
because  not  invited.     The  clumsy  vigor  with  which  he  would,  when  requested, 
throw  his  hea-'y  body  far  enough  up  on  the  big    market-wagon  to  bring  it 
within  reach  of  the  beckoning  hand  which  would  then  drag  him  in  by  the  collar 
WIS  rather  amusing.     Still  more   so  was    his   persistence   in  sitting  on  the 
lro;it  seat,  or  in  standing  in  a  position   that  would  allow  him  to  look  over 
the  dash-board  or  one  side  of  it.     Under  no  circumstances  would  Curl  ever 
toiKsent  to  occupy   a   rear  position  in   any  moving  vehicle.     He  seemed  to 
consider  it  a  degradation.     His  sense  of  duty  demanr'ed  that  he,  as  the  true 
■onimander,  should  have  an  outlook  at  the  front.     Even  better  than  in  the 
...tse  of  wagons,  his  powers  as  a  leaper  were    .xhibitcd  by  the  act  of  scaling  a 
certam  high  board-fence,  which  I  had  occasion  to  climb  when  on  my  way  to 
collect  maple  sap.     Crouching  close  to  the  ground.  Curl  would  spring  upward 
lar  enough  to  clutch  the  top  of  the  fence   with  his  paws  ;  then,  drawing  his 
iK.dy  up  with  them,  he  would  balance  himself  for  a  mo-nent  and  jump   down 
soiKlly  upon  the  other  side.     O,.  ono  notable  occasion,  however,-as  a  result 
of  too  vigorc-s  a  jump,  or  of  a  subsequent  loss  of  his  foothold— Curl  exhib- 
ite.l  himself  upon  the  summit  of  the  fence,  transfixed  as  to  his  stomach  and 
with  all  fours  waving  wildly  in  the  air.     It  was  a  recognized    part  of  his 
duties  to  drive  the  neighbors'  hens  out  of  the  garden;  and  it  was  his  custom 
when  they,  with  much  squawking,  flew  over  the  picket  fence  which  marked 
the  boundary  line,  to  continue  at  full    speed,    with    head    and    eyes    lifted 
■tt,   until  the  fence  brought   him  to  a  sudden  halt.  *  No  matter  how  often 
^..:s  chase  was  repeated.  Curl  never  seemed  to  remember  that  any  fence  ex- 
isted there,  until    his  body  came   into  violent  collision  with  it.     'His  entire 
attention  was  concentrated  upon  the  hens,  and  upon  envious  thou-hts  of  their 
superior  ability  in  flying.     Yet  he  tried  never  to  catch  them.     Heliever  killed 
a  hen  ;  and  if  a  specially  stupid  specimen  sometimes  forced  him  to  take   a 
mouthful  of  feathers  from  her,  before  she  would  vacate  t  l,e  premises   he  felt 
rather  ashamed  that  his  official  duty  in  the  case  had  demanded  such    rude 
tonduct  from  him.     He  was  wont  to  paw  the  troublesome  feathers  from  his 
mouth  with  a  rueful  and  crestfallen,  air. 

Somewhat  similar  to  this  was  his  distress  at  getting  a  fly  in  his  mouth, 


S  'A 


4i8 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


,.,-iM 


'5: 


)  y 


when,  after  long  continued  efforts,  he  had  managed  to  capture  one.  A  fly  on 
the  end  of  Curl's  nose  would  be  watched  by  him  with  great  intentness  and 
deliberation  befo.e  he  made  the  final  endeavor  to  toss  and  catch  it,  like  a  piece 
of  meat.  He  also  had  a  way,  when  in  a  hostile  mood  toward  the  flies,  of 
assuming  a  particularly  fixed  and  stony  stare,  gazing  straight  into  vacancv 
until  a  fly  crossed  his  field  of  vision  when  his  open  jaws  would  come  together 
with  a  snap.  If  the  fly  escaped,  the  operation  was  repeated  ;  if  captureo, 
Curl  was  put  to  considerable  trouble  in  getting  his  mouth  clear  of  it.  This 
recalls  my  own  favorite  device  of  sticking  his  jaws  together  with  warm  molas- 
ses candy,  or  maple  wax,  whereof  he  was  so  fond  that,  no  matter  how  often 
the  indulgence  brought  him  to  grief,  he  was  always  ready  to  partake.  To  ?' 
this  besotted  lover  of  sweets  lie  upon  his  back  and  awkwardly  try  to  prv  his 
jaws  apart  with  his  paws,  or  to  dislodge  with  his  paw  a  luscious  lump  clinging 
to  the  roof  of  his  mouth,  was  a  sight  to  be  remembered,  it  was  my  custom 
to  accelerate  his  movements  in  such  cases  by  pretending  that  "  Black  Jack  " 
was  about  to  be  introduced  and  pounce  upon  him  in  this  shamelessly  dis- 
abled condition.  Curl  once  pounced  upon  and  killed  a  big  woodchuck,  in 
a  fair  fight  in  the  open  field,  while  walk-ng  with  me  one  day;  and  that  was 
a  fairly  crcditabla  feat  for  a  dog  of  his  clumsiness  to  do.  He  appreciated 
fully  the  glory  of  his  achievement;  and, having  dragged  home  the  carcass  of 
the  foe,  he  proudly  exhibited  it,  and  at  intervals  made  fierce  jiublic  attacks 
upon  it,  for  a  day  or  two,  until  it  was  hidden  from  him  by  burial.  His  on- 
slaught upon  some  bumble-bees,  whose  nest  in  the  clover  had  been  stirred  up 
by  the  ]irogress  of  the  mowing  machine,  was  less  happy  in  its  conclusion. 
When  the  buzzing  insects  had  stung  Curl  into  a  lively  realization  of  the  fact 
that  he  was  utterly  vanquished,  and  could  hope  for  no  relief  or  safety  but  in 
flight,  he  fled  with  a  good  degree  of  speed, — pausing  once  to  roll  upon  the 
ground,  as  a  means  of  shaking  off  his  tormentors.  I  remember — as  clearly  as 
if  I  saw  it  yesterday,  instead  of  in  one  of  those  remote  summers  "  before  the 
war  " — the  look  of  agonized  bewilderment  that  overspread  Curl's  face  when, 
on  reaching  the  crest  of  the  hill  by  the  barn,  he  twisted  his  head  far  enough 
around  to  see  that  one  of  these  tormentors  was  still  clinging  to  him  and  vip 
orously  "  putting  in  his  work."  Curl's  jaws  snapped  despairingly  within  an 
inch  or  so  of  the  unapproachable  bee,  which  was  lodged  exactly  in  the  center 
of  his  back ;  and  further  rollings  on  the  ground  were  equally  in  vain  ;  but, 
finally,  at  the  saw-horse,  he  scraped  himself  free. 

There  was  only  one  other  occasion  in  Curl's  life  when  he  was  thoroughly 
abashed  and  disconcerted  and  robbed  of  his  self-conceit,  by  tlic  undeniable 
superioritv  of  a  fellow-animal.  It  was  the  day  he  saw  the  elephant.  lie  had 
barked  with  gay  superciliousness  at  the  circus-wagons,  and  had  sniffed  the  sniff 
of  contempt  at  the  horsemen  ;  but  when  this  vast  and  incredible  mass  of  an- 
imated matter  loped  across  his  field  of  vision,  Turl  was  simply  overwhelmed, 
stupefied,  paralyzed.    His  tail  dropped,  his  legs  trembled  and  refused  to  support 


him,  his  body  shivered  and  shook  as  with  a  fit  of  ;i   ue,  in  the  prese 


;nce  of  this 


THE  liEST  OF  BULL-DOGS. 


419 


gigantic  monster  whose  existence  had  never  been  dreamed  of.  Curl's  belief 
in  his  own  magnificence  shrunk  down  to  the  lowest  notch.  He  slunk  off  to 
his  den  and  remained  there  all  the  day  in  woeful  meditation, — trying  to  recon- 
cile his  saddened  soul  to  the  astonishing  discovery  that  the  world  contained 
something  mightier  than  himself.  At  the  other  extreme  in  the  animal  king- 
dom were  the  fleas  which  infested  Curl  and  inadc  him  grateful  towards  any  one 
who  would  scratch  his  back  along  the  central  ridge  where  his  own  teeth  could 
not  do  police  duty  efficiently.  I  know  not  whether  there  really  exist  two  dis- 
tinct varieties  of  this  particular  species  of  vermin;  but  I  mention  it  as  a  fact 
that,  while  I  am  very  susceptible  to  the  bite  of  the  flea,  and  of  every  other 
poisonous  insect,  I  never  received  any  such  bites  as  a  result  of  my  intimate  as- 
sociation with  Curl,  though  fleas  could  always  be  found  skipping  about  in  iiis  fine 
white  hair.  His  demonstration  of  pleasure  at  being  scratched  consisted  in  hold- 
ing his  head  and  ears  well  back  and  rapidly  protruding  his  tongue  above  his  up- 
per lip.  The  most  comic  exhibition  which  Curl  ever  gave,  however,  of  the 
essential  blithcness  and  gayety  of  his  nature,  was  the  diversion  which  wc  called 
"circling."  There  was  no  such  word  as  "  cycler  "  known  in  those  days,  but, 
as  a  "circler,"  Curl  surely  surpassed  all  the  dogs  of  history.  Whenever  the 
sense  of  merriment  took  full  control  of  him, — whenever  a  supreme  conscious- 
ness of  "  the  joy  and  pride  of  life  "  prompted  him  to  work  off  his  supera- 
bundance of  animal  spirits, — Curl  would  suddenly  adopt  a  curious  conven- 
tional attitude  (arching  his  back,  flattening  his  ears  and  giving  a  peculiar 
twist  to  his  tail)  and  would  dart  off  with  unprecedented  velocity, — scampering 
into  the  garden  by  one  gate  and  out  by  the  other, — maicmg  a  special  circuit  of 
the  hot-bed  frames  while  there, — and  finally  bringing  his  performance  to  a 
close  by  a  most  sprightly  and  mirth-provoking  specimen  of  "  circling  "  upon 
the  lawn.  Then  he  would  resume  his  customary  dignity  with  a  sly  wink  of 
innocence,  as   if   to  say  :     "  Lord,  what  fools  wc  mortals  be  !  " 

It  was  the  deep  religious  element  in  Curl's  nature,  however, — the  abiding 
faith  which  he  had  in  the  supernatural, — which  chiefly  distinguishes  him  in  my 
mind  from  among  all  the  dogs  1  iiave  ever  known  or  read  about.  Curl  wor- 
shiped an  idol ;  and  his  unswerving  belief  in  it  cheered,  comforted  and  strength- 
ened him  in  the  most  trying  periods.  His  idol  was  a  wooden  saw-hor'^e.  Its  ap- 
pearance may  be  described  as  resembling  two  parallel  specimens  of  the  letter 
X,  about  twenty  inches  high,  joined  at  their  centers  by  a  cross-piece  a  foot 
long,  and  at  the  ends  of  their  legs  by  similar  braces.  The  amount  of  space 
included  between  the  two  crossed  uprights,  the  central  cross-p-cco  and  the 
lower  braces  was  so  small  that  no  dog  of  Curl's  size  could  have  been  dragged 
through  it  against  his  wishes.  Only  on  specially  important  occasions,  indeed, 
did  Curl  really  insist  upon  pushing  himself  through  it,  for  the  process  was 
definitely  a  painful  one.  Ordinarily,  he  was  satisfied  to  rub  up  against  the  side 
of  the  saw-horse,  or  even  to  lie  down  in  front  of   it.     Its   simple    presence 


^nc\\)r\f^A   liir*-*  TififK 


1     cor^oA 


wooden  sympathy  was  grateful  to  him  in  every  time  of  trouble. 


If  Curl  was 


i 


iiSiiM 


420  TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

seen  bracing  his  body  against  the  saw-horse  and  mildly  whining,  we  all  under- 
stood that  some  minor  sorrow  opprcs-scd  him.  His  action  signified  that  he 
had  seen  Jack  just  trot  past;  or  that  he  heard  the  distant  bells  of  the  cracker- 
pedlar  ;  or  that  he  noticed  a  man  upon  the  roof;  or  that  the  wheelbarrow  had 
been  trundled  rapidly  along  the  bricks  ;  or  that  the  dinner-bell  had  been 
rung  ;  or  that  the  "  shed  boys  "  had  varied  the  monotony  of  cleaning  vegeta- 
l)les  by  throwing  them  at  one  another  or  by  scuffling ;  or  that  a  gun  or  cannon 
had  l>ccn  fired  ;  or  that  a  door  had  been  violently  slammed ;  or  that  a  horse, 
cow,  or  pig  had  escaped  from  confinement  and  been  chased  noisily  around  the' 
yard  ;  or  that  the  district-school  children  Iiad  been  rattling  their  st'  along 
the  picket  fence  ;  or  that  I  had  been  hammering  on  the  door  of  1.  den,  or 
snowballing  him,  or  placing  tempting  baits  of  meat  in  discouragingly  danger- 
ous positions.  When,  however.  Curl  was  observed  to  actually  thrust  himself 
into  the  saw-horse,  and  scrape  his  body  painfully  back  and  forth  between  its 
braces,  uttering  short  barks  and  groans  of  anger  and  distress,  he  proclaimed 
that  the  serenity  of  his  righteous  soul  had  been  most  seriously  ruffled. 

Whenever  Curl  left  the  presence  of  any  one,  with  an  air  of  resentment,  or 
injury,  or  dejection,  or  sorrow,  there  was  no  doubt  whatever  as  to  his  desti- 
nation.    He  at  onte  sought  the  saw-horse;   and  the  degree  of  his  mental  dis- 
turbance could  be  accurately  gauged  both  by  the   rapidity  with  which  he 
sought  it,  and  by  his  conduct  on  arriving  in  its  sacred  presence.     If  he  at 
once  lay  down,  the  trouble  was  slight;  if  he  walked  aro.md  the  beloved  idol 
and  groaned  plaintively,  the  matter  was  more  serious ;  but,  if  he  wormed  him- 
self through  it  and   cried   aloud,  then,  assuredly  his  moral  sensibilities  were 
stirred  to  their  lowest   depths.     On  the  Fourth  of  July,  as  may  be  inferred, 
<'url  was  never  absent  from  the  saw-horse  for  a  moment,  except  when  actively 
engaged  in  the  attempt  to  suppress  the  explosion  of  gunpowder;  and  in  the 
evening,  during  the  lull  which  f.^llowed   the  setting  off  of  any  large  piece  of 
fireworks,  his  indignant  voice  could  be  heard,  coming  from  the  direction  of 
the  saw-horse,  in  the  peculiar,  suppressed  tones,  which  testified  that  he  was 
scjueezed  tightly  between  its  rounds.     After  every  attack  of  his  upon  Roman 
candle  or  pin-wheel  or  fiery  serpent,   he   would  rush  back  to  his  idol  for  a 
moment  of  comfort,  and  then  hurry  out   again,  with   fresh  zeal,  to  renew  the 
fight.     Likewise  when  snowballs  or  other  missiles  were  hurled  in  his  direction, 
he  would— after  jumping  at  or  chasing  each  one  of  them,  as  a  matter  of  tradi- 
tional duty— whirl  rapidly  around  and  back  himself  up  against  the  saw-horse, 
before  making  the  next  onset.     Such  contact  with  it  seemed  to  give  him  in- 
domitable courage  and  perseverance.     I   think  he   cherished  the  notion  not 
only  that  defeat  and  retreat  were  alike  impossible,  so  long  as  this  magic  de- 
vice w.is  behind  him,  but  that  his  onslaughts  on  the  missiles  somehow  served 
to  defend  it  from  insult  and  desecration.     His  battle-cry  seemed  to  be : 
"  While  stands  the  sturdy  Saw-horse,  Curl  shall  stand ; 

And  when  Curl  falls,  the  world !  " 


THE  BEST  OF  BULL-DOGS.  42, 

I  never  had  the  heart  to  deprive  the  dog  of  this  priceless  treasure,  for  any 
preat  length  of  time,  and  I  usually  took  pains  to  let  it  stand  in  some  easily 
■uccssible  spot,  shady  in  summer  and  sunny  in  winter.  But  'vhenever  1  did 
indulge  in  the  perverse  pleasure  of  exasperating  Curl  to  the  heart-breaking 
point,  and  witnessing  his  dismay  when,  having  hurried  off  to  seek  the  solace 
which  a  saw-horse  grants,  he  found  his  idol  had  been  removed  from  its 
wonted  shrine, — in  fsct,  whenever,  for  any  reason,  this  idol  was  not  accessible 
lo  him, — Curl  adopted  another  device  fur  doing  penance  which  was  almost  as 
carious  as  his  riginal  infatuation.  There  stood  behind  the  high  fence  of  the 
barn -yard  a  certain  flat-roofed  shed,  in  which  were  stored  stacks  of  cord-wood, 
iiKJ  heavy  bits  of  logs,  sawn  into  shape  for  use  in  the  fire-place.  Thrown 
roLi-hiy  together,  they  made  an  insecure  sort  of  a  pyramid,  whose  apex, 
tottering  just  beneath  the  roof,  was  a  favorit^  place  for  the  baiting  of  Curl 
with  meat.  In  his  endeavors  to  reach  the  bait,  the  dog  would  usually  pull 
down  several  logs  and  roll  with  them  to  the  bottom,— getting,  of  course, 
somewhat  brui-sed  and  ruffled  by  the  process.  When,  however,  the  saw- 
horse  could  not  be  found,  or  when  it  was  exposed  to  a  pouring  rain.  Curl,  if 
in  affliction,  would  voluntarily  resort  to  this  unsteady  wood-pile  (which,  ordi- 
narily, he  was  distrustful  of,  when  the  endeavor  was  made  to  persuade  him  to 
ascend  it  by  baits),  and  would  pull  down  the  loose  logs  upon  himself,  and 
bite  them,  with  every  appearance  of  fTocious  satisfaction.  In  spite  of  all 
tumbles,  he  would  usually  persevere  until  he  reached  the  summit:  and  his 
ability,  while  there,  to  bump  his  head  against  the  roof,  each  time  that  he 
nttcrcd  a  wrathful  bark,  seemed  specially  gratifying  to  him. 

Curl  was  born  in  the  summer  of  1856;  and,  as  the  illiterate  people  who 
|)rcsided  over  his  birth  preserved  no  written  record  of  the  exact  dav  of  it,  I 
insisted  that  it  must  have  been  the  Fourth  of  July.  That,  certainly,  was  to 
me  the  happiest  day  in  all  the  calendar ;  and  during  no  other  day  did  Curl 
himself  stick  so  steadfastly  by  the  saw-horse  and  devote  himself  so  unreserv- 
edly to  serious  meditation.  Another  supposititious  date  of  his  birth,  advanced 
by  a  certain  member  of  the  household  (whose  gross  partisanship  as  a  Repub- 
lican obscured  the  nobler  sentiment  of  patriotism),  was  the  day  when  that 
new-born  party  nominated  its  first  Presidential  candidate,  Colonel  John  C. 
Fremont.  Party  spirit  even  went  so  far  as  to  decree  that  the  new  dog— just 
rescued  from  the  actual  groggery  and  the  prospective  fighting-pit— should  be 
formally  named  "Colonel  Fremont"  But  mv  own  ten-vear-old  foot  was 
planted  in  flat  opposition.  I  declared  that  the  new  dog  should  noi  thus  be 
dragged  into  politics  ;  and  I  defied  the  ability  of  the  proposer  to  foist  such  an 
awkward  name  upon  the  acceptance  of  the  household.  Knowing  that  I  was 
powerless,  in  the  face  of  hostile  authority,  to  secure  the  adoption  of  the  quite- 
contrasted  name  which  was  my  real  preference,  I  hit  upon  "Curl,"  as  hav- 
ing a  somewhat  similar  sound  and  being  more  smoothly-spoken.  By  cease- 
■035iy  pruclmiuing  this  as  'he  dog's  icai  tltie,  I  soon  forced  it  into  general 
recognition  ;  so  that,  within  a  year,  even  the  most  persistent  supporter  of  the 


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422  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


\%^     I 


word  "Colonel  "  was  obliged  to  abandon  it  as  obsolete  and  ineffectire  in  rcf 
erence  to  the  noble  animal. 

In  political  amiiation.  Curl  classified  himself  with  those  who  were  known 
as  "War  Democrats."     Y.s,  h     would  sa,.  "I  goes  i„  for    Daln:    Linkun 
Omral  Scott.  Ginral  Micklenan.  and  all  the  fine  ginrals  and  sojers  uv  thr 
Union  army  -pretickerlerly  T.  F.  Mahher.    and  the  gallant  Crunnel  Crorcr. 
ran,  of  the  69th  r.giment.  Mahher's   brigade."     Such  was  his  "platform  "  ^, 
inscribed  upon  the  Union  flag,  nailed  fast  to  the  door  of  his  den,  in  the  "clafic 
days  of  -6.."     When   I   called   his  attention  to  the   l)cculiar  orthography  of 
this,  or  reminded  him  that   no  "  r  "  was  needed  in   the  spc.iing  of  "dog" 
Curl  smiled  sadly  and  said  in  response  that  he  was  a  plain,  blunt  bull-doc 
whose  early  educational  advantages  had  been  limited,  who  was  now  too  old 
to  learn  new  tricks,  who  never  made  any  pretensions  to  elegance,  and  for 
whom,  therefore,  any  kind  of  spelling  was  good   enough.     There  were  occa 
sions,  perhaps  a  half-dozen  in  the  whole  course  of  his  life,  when  Curl  left  the 
farm  for  a  day  and  a  night  at  a  time,  and  returned  with  blood-shot  eves  a  id 
disheveled  hair,  and  a  generally  damaged  and  depraved  appearance  which 
betrayed  the  fact  that  he  had  been  treading  in  paths  of  vice.     At  such  times 
I  used  to  profess  my  belief  that  he  had  revisited  the  vile  groggery  whence  we 
had  rescued  him  ;  that  he  had  freely  volunteered  to  help  his  former  master 
dispense  rum  and  gin  to  wretched  customers  over  the  counter,  or  even  to 
mi.x  drinks  for  the  more  luxurious  ones;  and  that  I  had  no  doubt  he  gloried 
in  his  shame,  and  secretly  wished  he  might  always  be  a  wicked  and  despised 
saloon-keeper  instead  of  an  honest  and  respected  farmer. 

Outside  the  farm,  I  never  admitted  that  Curl  had  any  individual  name 
I  always  designated  him  simply  as  "the  Dog,"-by  eminence  and  superiority 
the  dog;  since  ther-  could  be  no  other  worth  my  talking  about.  Even  in  later 
years,  when  I  introduced  his  portrait  into  the  steel-plate  vignette  of  a  college 
secret-society,  and  had  it  emblazoned  ^n  the  droi>curtain  in  the  society-hall, 
I  insisted  that  my  classmates  should  know  it  only  as  "  the  dog."  The  health 
of  Curl  always  seemed  rugged,  until  impaired  by  artificial  means;  though, 
from  a  very  early  period,  he  was  troubled  occasionally  by  spells  of  a  sort  of 
whooping  cough,  whose  spasms  would  almost  strangle  him.  When  they  were 
over,  he  would  wag  his  tail  and  wink,  as  much  as  to  say :  "  It 's  of  no  con- 
sequence, gentlemen.  I  'm  only  in  fu.,."  But  the  paralysis  which  came  upon 
Curl's  hind-quarters-as  a  result  of  poison,  left  within  his  reach  by  some 
malicious  or  careless  person— was  a  much  more  serious  matter.  The  liberal 
doses  of  raw-eggs  and  sulphur,  which  were  administered  to  him  -^s  an  anti- 
dote, and  which  he  swallowed  with  apparent  intelligence  of  the  design  to 
help  him.  did  indeed  bring  back  to  him  the  control  of  his  limbs  and  help  pro- 
long his  life.  Lut  his  full  strength  did  not  come  '.,:,  k.  He  was  never  arain 
the  same  dog.  He  no  longer  had  power  to  spring  into  the  market-wagon,  or 
scale  the  b^ig  board  fence.  His  attempts  at  "circling  "  were  brief  and  ii> 
enecUvc.     i.ven  the  sad  luxury  of  crawling  through  the  saw-horse  became 


THE  BEST  OF  BULL-DOGS. 


423 


increasingly  difficult  of  attainment.  The  vision  of  one  eye  was  ultimately 
impaired  by  the  poison.  The  dog's  intellectual  traits  and  characteristic*, 
however,  remained  unchanged  until  the  last. 

He  never  could  be  made  to  really  look  upon  his  own  reflection  in  the 
mirror,  but  would  turn  away  his  eyes  from  it  restlessly,  as  if  it  were  some 
trick  or  deception,  which  he  did  not  comprehend,  and  did  not  wish  in  any  way 
to  be  mixed  up  with.  The  sight  of  a  person  lying  in  bed  oppressed  him  with. 
apprehension  and  dismay.  A  bed-chamber  itself  he  regarded  as  an  uncanny 
phice.  Me  was  always  uncomfortable  wheii  simmoned  there;  and  the  signal 
lo  run  down  stairs  was  hailed  with  a  joyous  bark  of  relief.  In  winter  even- 
inj^s,  he  liked  to  stretch  himself  out,  close  beside  the  stove  or  firc-i)lacc,  and 
do/e  there  in  a  heat  that  was  almost  intense  enough  to  roast  him.  lie  often 
snored  loudly,  and,  as  became  a  dog  of  iiis  superstitious  nature,  he  was  not 
infrequently  vexed  by  dreams  and  visions  and  nightmares.  I  remember  that 
he  once,  while  in  profound  slumber,  went  through  a  .  the  motions  of  scenting 
init  and  digging  up  an  imaginary  bone  which  he  had  buried.  Usually,  how- 
ever, ihe  phantasm  took  the  guise  of  another  dog — presumably  Jack — with 
whoi.  '  i  grappled  and  fought.  On  such  occasions  the  muffled  growls  and 
barks,  and  suppressed  snapping  of  the  jaws,  had  such  a  peculiarly  ghostly 
etfcct  that  I  was  always  greatly  interested  in  watching  them.  Less  sym- 
pathetic observers,  however,  sometimes  thought  them  disagreeable  ;  and  I  re- 
call the  fact  that,  on  a  certain  rainy  Sunday,  when  some  newly-arrived  guests 
of  the  house  were  left  alone  there,  during  the  hours  of  church  service,  w'th 
the  assurance  that  Curl  would  supply  companionship  and  protection,  his 
slumbrous  activity  caused  them  considerable  alarm.  The  convulsive  twitch- 
ings  of  his  legs  and  jaws,  and  defiant  vibrations  of  his  tail,  were  accepted  by 
them  as  symptoms  of  approaching  madness  ;  and  his  muttered  growlings  were 
thought  to  be  a  warning  of  his  probable  attack  upon  them  if  they  attempted 
to  leave  the  room.  So  they  sat  still  in  their  chairs  until  the  return  of  the 
family  from  church  released  thcin  from  the  seemingly  perilous  protection  of 
this  dreadful  guardian. 

When  the  time  came  for  the  household  to  retire,  it  was  the  custom  of  the 
mistress  thereof  to  say  "  Come,  Curl,  you  want  to  go  out !  *'  and  to  impress 
that  assumed  want  upon  his  recognition  by  various  wheedling  remarks  as  to 
his  personal  goodness ;  or  even  by  pretenses  that  Black  Jack  was  about  to  be 
regaled  with  an  appetizing  repast,  just  outside  the  door.  At  such  times.  Curl 
would  finally  arise,  with  great  deliberation,  yawn  tremendously,  stretch  him- 
self almost  flat  to  the  floor — first  by  a  forward  motion  of  the  fore  legs  and  then 
by  a  backward  push  of  the  hind  legs— and  at  last  advance  with  incredible 
slowness  of  tread  towards  the  indicated  exit.  The  instant  that  the  door  closed 
upon  him,  however,  he  would  rush  with  great  speed  down  the  brick  walk, 
barking  briskly  ;  and  having  thus  proclaimed  at  the  outer  gate  his  conti  :ued 

'Jcfl3.P.Cf*  of  r.Trl-'  m'*,rl  -tII  fifHrr  f*r*^rr*.if*'^    !■•.."■  ■^* .".:-.!.•?  ■JVl^K^?r■^■;"  ^.-.   V.'-.z.  A^%-.  f.~,-r   f*-^ 

night.     In  case  the  mistress  attempted  to  accelerate  Curl's  progress  towards 


|I|JUB^^ 


424  ^TA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  DICYCLK. 

the  door.-and  he  often  interrupted  it.  to  Ka^c  critically  upon  the  pictures  and 
furn.ture.  .,r.  haply,  upon  the  ceilir„,-by  dragging  upon  hi,  collar,  he  w„ul.l 
resent  the  insult  with  a  growl  of  such  profundity  and  apparent  wickedness  that 
she  usually  respected  it  and  returned   to  moral  .  -i.sion.     "  M..ther  is  reallv 
the  only  person  left  in  the  family  whom  Curl  can  sc     c : "  that,  towards  the 
last,  was  a  recognized  joke  w.th  all  me  rest  of  us.     It  did  seem  funny  that  mv 
one  who  had   lived  for  long   v.ars '•  behind  the  scenes,"-where  every  ac"t  of 
(.url  s  was  known  to  have  reflected  the  real  harmlcssness  of  disposition   the 
real  gentleness  of  heart,  which  lay  concealed  1,.-  u-ath  his  rough  exterior 'an.l 
h.s  conventional  assumptions  of  ferocity.-could  actually  be  afraid  of  him      I 
have  no  doubt  that  Clurl's  sense  of  humor  led  him  to  enjoy  the  joke  aho-  i„d 
that.  >n  Ins  old  af^e.  when  the  mistr-ss  assumed  courage  en.  ,gh  to  hasten  him 
along  by  the  collar,  as  all    his  other  familiars  had  habitually  done  from  his 
early  youth,   the  knowledge  that    his    blood-curdling  growls  had  ceased  „. 
be  accepted  as  serious,  was  a  source  of  secret  -  rrow  to  him.     It  was  a  sort  of 
last  straw,  which  bctoLcncd  that  the  end  was  near. 

Curl  died  on  a  cold  Sunday  night  in  winter.-the  night  of  the  24th  of  lan- 
uary.  ,869      I  was  sixty  miles  awav  from  him,-as  I  had  been,  indeed,  during 
most  of  the  four  years  of  my  college  course,  then  ending,-but  I  think  that 
some  subtle  touch  of  the  saw-horse  had  inspired  his  prophetic  soul   with  a 
knowledge  of  the  first  incoming  wave  of  that  mania  for  "  velocipeding  "  which 
w  IS  (lo.tmcd  to  mark  the  month  as  memorable  in  the  annals  of  American  cy- 
cling.    I  think  he  foresaw  that  the  velocipede-the  fore-runner  of  the  modern 
b:cycle-vvas  destined  to  receive  from  me  an  enthusiastic  welcome.     I  think 
he  r'-alizc<l  that  .ny  admiration  for  his  own  particular  "  circling"  was  about  to 
be  suppianled  by  my  admiration  for  "  c-cling  "  in  general.     I  think  that  his 
n.cntment  of  the  notion  of  my  pushing  about  a  velorioede  or  bicycle  (a  mech- 
anism far   more  scandalous  and  repulsive  to  his   s':,ise  of  proprie'y  than  the 
wheelbarrow  with  which  I  had  sometimes  ve.xed  him)  was  so  e.v.iremc  that  he 
decided  he  would  not  live  to  witness  the  shameful  sight.     So,  alone  in  the 
cold  and  darkness  of  a  winter's  midnight,  he  dragged  his  tottering  limbs  out 
from  his  sr  ugly  sheltered  den,  and,  in  a  final  search  for  the  saw-hor.;e,  dropped 
down  dead  in  the  snow. 

Yet  not  altogether  alone  did  my  old  friend  die.  During  the  last  year  ef 
Curl's  life,  as  a  re-enforcemeiit  to  his  waning  activities  as  a  defender,  there 
was  introduced  upon  the  farm  a  small  house-dog,  whose  color  gave  him  the 
name  of  "  IJuff,"  but  whose  character  was  best  reflected  by  the  title  of 
"Uriah  Ileep."  I  myself  invariably  addressed  him  in  this  w.av,  and  he  never 
denied  the  justice  of  the  stigma,  or  resented  the  application  of  it ;  for  he  \va- 
the  most  hypocritically  "umble"  and  meanest-spirited  dog  in  the  entire  circlc 
of  my  acquaintance.  Curl  never  so  much  as  admitted  that  he  was  a  dog  at 
a.l  (for  It  would  have  broken  his  heart  to  recognize  the  presence  on  the  place 
Z  ^"1  ';''^[,"';'"f  •■'^'''''  o"-  to  a^ate  a  jot  of  the  pretensc-stiffly  maintained 
•:::  -.0  -.lie  iast— iaut  iic  T.as  ihc  aupicmc  commander,  fully  competent  to 


THE  BEST  OF  BUI.I.-DOGS.  ^jj 

protect  all  the  interests  of  the  farm),  but  he  give  Uriah  a  sort  of  con- 
temptuous toleration,  as  if  he  rankcl  hi  m  in  the  same  class  with  the  cats. 
Though  Cur.  would  quickly  resent  any  kind  attentions  shown  to  any  other 
(log,  -I  )  matter  how  small ;  though  he  was  disturbed  when  marked  deference 
WIS  paid  to  a  visiting  baby,  and  was  distressed  when  members  of  the  house 
hold  exhibited  any  interest  or  admiration  in  gazing  upon  a  newly-born  colt,  or 
..ilf,  or  i)ig,— he  maintained  a  serene  indifference  as  to  Uriah.  No  amount  of 
stiokings  bestowed  upon  the  sleek  head  of  that  despicable  character  could 
arouse  Curl's  jealousy,  or  even  rufHe  his  complacency.  He  simply  ignored 
I  nah.  To  his  consciousness,  there  was  no  such  dog.  Yet  the  cars  of  this 
unrecognized  interloper,  who  -isillanimous  nature  lowered  him  inor.-.!!' 
k^iieath  the  level  of  any  respec:  .uic  dog's  contempt,  gave  him  a  certain  v„iue 
as  a  guardian  oi  the  public  safety.  The  least  disturbance  of  the  wonted  quiet 
of  night-time  attracted  ,tant  attention,  and  was  promptly  aiiiioc  iced  by 

a  very  sharp  and  penetrating  voice.  The  habit  was  no  credit  to  him,— for  ht 
was  a  consummate  coward,  who  would  have  fled  from  the  meanest  toe,— but 
it  made  him  useful  On  the  last  night  ol  Curl's  life,  .owever,  the  usually 
contemptible  Huff  (for  I  will  consent  to  '  him  by  his  baptismal  name  u'l 
connection  with  this  single  creditable  ^,  .;earance)  jjcrformed  the  oidy 
admirable  act  of  his  entire  existence.  For  this  one  touch  oi  nature,  I  wl  1 
try  to  do  him  justice.  For  this  one  display  of  kindness  and  fortitude,— 
shining  as  it  docs  i  contrast  to  the  otherwise  unrelieved  baseness  of  his 
character,— his  memory  shall  alway  find  a  soft  sjjot  in  my  heirt.  lii  ,i,  in 
irutl).  made  a  desperate  disturbance,  at  intervals  between  midnight  LnH 
morn..!-,  on  that  mournful  occasion;  but  his  barkings  and  scratchings  at  the 
outer  door  were  all  in  vain.  Those  who  heard  them  did  not  believe  that  the 
trouble  was  seriou- enough  to  deserve  inquiring  into  until  morning;  and  so 
they  resumed  their  slumbers.  When  morning  came.  Buff  was  still  alert  and 
Hemonstrativ  "  ■■  •  rliestriser  was  p-omptly  seized  hold  of  by  him  and 
was  led,  with  .tement,  along  the  path  which  his  own  feet  had  worn 

through  the  .i  the  course  of  his  vain  vigil.     Huff  had  evidently  run 

bac'c-and-forth  many  times  during  the  night,  in  the  '  avor  to  sum-  on  help 
for  the  fallen  hero,  and  he  l;ad  as  evidently  kept  guard  till  daylij,  beside 
that  prostrate  form.  For  there,  at  the  end  of  the  path,  lay  Curl ;  and  therf , 
just  beyond  him,  stood  the  snow-embedded  saw-horse,  up-  n  whose  idoliz.d 
outlines  the  dead  face  of  the  dear  old  dog  seemed  still  to  b..  fixed  in  fondness. 

"  Weave  a  circle  round  him  thrice, 
And  close  your  eyes  in  ho!y  dread. 
He  now  on  honeydew  is  fL-d, 
And  drinks  the  milk  of  P.-u-adis*-.  ' 


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XXIX. 

CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.* 

That  subtle  essence  which,  in  lack  ol  a  more  graphic  term,  we  call 
"character,"  though  it  is  sufficiently  rare  among  men   and  rarer  yet  among 
women,  IS  rarest  of  all  among  the  buildings  which  the  human  race  erect  for 
their  habitations.     However  greatly  the  houses  of  men  may  differ  in  size  or 
architecture,— in  outward  appearance  or  inner   arrangement.— one  house  is 
apt   to   be    very  much  like  another    in  its  lack  of    inherent  distinctiveness 
The  reader  must  be  a  very  exceptional  and  widely-tra'       d  percon  if  he  can 
recall  as  many  as  a  dozen  abodes  which  have  impre.'-         him  ns  endowed 
with  a  genuine  individuality,-as  having  a  nature  essentially  different  from 
that  of  every  other  house  in  the  world.     It  is  within  the  cxperien.       >i  al- 
most every  one  to  occasionally  meet  with  a  man  wh  ^se  pecuHir  traics  and 
endowments  create  this  impression,  that  he  is  the  only  one  of  his  kind  that 
ever  existed  or    ever  could  exist;    but  an  inanimate  building  possessed  of 
this  indescriDable  attribute  ot  "cha-.acter"  is  so  rare  an  object-cspecally 
m  a  new   count.y  like  America-that  I    presume    a  great  majority  of   the 
people  whose  liv.3  have  been  spent  here  have  never  formed  the  acquaint- 
ance of  even  one  such  specime.i.     Grotesque  and  singular  mansions,  whose 
exact  types  of  grandeur  or  ugliness  or  absurdity  are  knov.n  to  be  inique 
may  be  found  on  both  slope,    of  the  continent ;  but  they  all  afflict  the  nos^ 
trils  with  so  strong  an  odor  of  fresh  paint  ard    -arnish  as  to  render  them 
in  a  moral  sense  quite  colorless.     "  Character  "  is  a  product  of  age  and  ex- 
perience,  and  it  can  no  more  h;  attached  to  a  house  bv   artificial  process 
than  a  "  moss-grown,    historic  ruin  "  can   be  incorporated  into  a  landscape 
by  contract  with  tho  nearest  stone-cutter. 

London  is  to  me  the  most  i..teresting  cuy  in  the  world,  because  of  the 
amount  of  "character"  which  seems  to  have  accumulated  theic  as  a  gift  of 
all  the  ages.  It  is  this,  I  take  it,  which  gives  the  touch  of  truth  to  Dr 
Johnson's  oft-quoted  remark  to  the  e^ect  that  it  is  all  things  to  all  men  ■ 
that  each  individ  „  '.  .-onception  of  ii  reflects  his  own  nature;  that  it  is  a 
city  of  banks,  or  a  city  of  )  ook-shops,  or  a  citv  of  taverns,  or  a  city  of  horse- 
markets,  or  a  city  of  .hea.crs,  or  a  city  of  a  hundred  other  things,  according 
to  one's  personal  point-ot-view.  The  Modern  Babvlon  is  certainly  the  only 
mnabited  spot  in  Europe  where  a  man  may  mind  his  o-.vn  busi:,..-ss,  and  iso- 
late himself  almost  r.s  completely  from  observation  as  if  in  a  .lesert  solitude. 
The  fact  th-:  it  contains  mor-  people  than  the  cities  of  Pans,  IJerlin,  Vienna, 

•%-opiea  oi  iiiia  wiiaplci,  uii  iicav  '.CI  p.ipcr,  wi;i  bc  maiicd  by  the  publisher  f  /  25  c.  cich. 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        427 

Rome,  Dresden  and  Turin  combined,  suggests  "  the  boundless  contiguity  of 
shade"  that  renders  possible  1  degree  of  sr elusion  '  hich  is  quite  unat- 
tainable in  those  lesser  cities.  The  immensity  of  Lond^  .i  was  the  charac- 
teristic of  it  which  never  left  my  consciousness  during  the  half-year  that  it 
was  my  good-fortune  to  be  hidden  there,— without  once  setting  eyes  upon  a 
single  personal  acquaintance ;  Lnd  I  do  not  pretend  that  my  persistent  ex- 
plorations of  its  mysteries  revealed  to  me  a  one-hundredth  part  of  them.'  I 
know  that  there  are  secret  chambers,  in  the  "  inns-of-court  "  and  other  se- 
cluded buildings,  where  men  may  live  peacefully  for  years  without  having 
their  existence  or  their  daily  movements  known  to  more  than  a  very  few 
people.  But  I  am  confident  that  there  is  no  place  in  London  where  the  habit 
of  bodily  self-suporession  can  be  maintained  with  such  a  degree  of  complete- 
ness as  is  possible  to  tenants  of  a  certain  Building  in  America  whose  phe- 
nomenal queerness  it  is  my  present  object  to  exhibit  and  explain. 

The  two  millions  of  people  who  dwell  upon  Manhattan  Island  and  the 
opposite  shores— though  equal  in  rumber  to  the  combined  inhabitants  of 
■'hiladelphia,  Chicago,  Boston  and  Baltimore— firm  but  a  twenty-fifth  part 
of  the  nation's  population,  whereas  a  fifth  of  all  the  people  of  England  are 
conccnrated  at  London.  Nevertheless,  New  York  is  the  exact  counterpart 
cf  the  latter  city  in  rei'pect  to  the  obliteration  of  the  sense  of  locality.  It  is 
certainly  the  only  inhabited  spot  in  the  western  hemisphere  -vhere  a  man  is 
allowed  to  live  as  he  likes,  without  question,  or  criticiam  or  notice  from  his 
ne.\*-door  neighbor.  I  have  visited  all  but  two  of  the  other  twenty  cities 
here  which  .lave  a  population  in  excess  of  a  hundred  thousand  ;  and  I  know- 
it  is  not  po<:sible  for  even  the  obscurest  persoii  to  live  as  much  as  a  week  in 
any  one  of  them  without  attracting  remark  or  recogniaon.  No  visitor  who 
ralks  along  Broadway,  or  any  other  greaf  thoroughtare  of  the  metropolis, 
can  fail  to  feel  impressed,  if  not  oppressed,  by  his  own  relative  insignificance 
to  the  mas-  in  a  far  more  intense  degree  than  he  is  ever  cr  ,scious  of  when 
elsewhere  An  entire  change  in  the  moral  atmosphere,— a  subtle  sense  of 
greater  L.angencss,  and  remoteness,  and  "  unhumanity  "  in  the  active  life 
around  him,— mi  st  be  Perceptible  to  any  one  who  comes  here  after  visiting  a 
smaller  city.  This  tnMropoIitan  characteristic  of  indiff  rence  and  impcson- 
a'ity  is  appreciathxiy  shown  by  a  certain  accomplished  Bostonian,  when  he 
describes,  ^s  a  part  cf  his  "  midsummer  day's  dream  of  97°  in  the  shade," 
the  business  liko  and  effective,  but  entirely  unsympathetic,  way  in  which  the 
wants  of  a  victim  cf  sun-stroke  were  attended  to  in  a  Broadway  drug-Ltore  : 

"  Did  you  sc;  how  the  people  looked,  one  aftrr  another,  so  indifferently  at  thit  couple,  and 
fvid-.itly  forgot  the  ,  the  next  instant  ?  It  was  dreadful.  I  shouldn't  like  to  have  jkotz  sun- 
struck  m  New  Vurk."  "  That  '5  very  considerate  of  you  ;  but,  place  lor  piacc,  if  any  accident 
must  happen  tome  among  strangers,  I  think  I  should  prefer  to  have  it  in  New  York.  The 
biggest  place  is  always  th?  kindest  as  well  as  the  cruelcst  place.  Amongst  the  housands  of 
spectators  the  Good  Samarilan  as  well  as  the  Lcvite  would  be  sure  to  be.     As  for  a  sun-stroke, 


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^■.io>.     ijui  II  jfuu  toiiipci  iMe  10  a  tnoice  m  tlie  matter,  then  1  say,  give  me 
the  busiest  part  of  '{roadway  for  a  sun-stroke.     There  is  such  experience  of  calamity  there  that 


428  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

you  could  hardiy  fall  the  first  victim  of  any  misfortune.  Probably  the  gentleman  at  the  apothe 
cary  s  was  merely  exhausted  by  the  heat,  and  ran  in  there  for  revival  The  apothecary  ha,  a 
case  of  the  kind  on  his  hands  every  blazing  afternoon,  ard  knows  just  what  to  do  The  crowd 
may  be  a  little  tnnuyi  of  sun-strokes,  and  to  that  degree  indifferent,  but  they  most  likely  kr,r» 
that  they  can  only  do  harm  by  an  expression  of  sympathy,  and  so  they  delegate  their  pitvas.hev 
have  delegated  thei;  helpfulness  to  the  proper  authority,  and  go  about  their  business  If  a  min 
was  overcome  m  the  middle  of  a  village  street,  the  blundering  country  druggist  would  n't  know 
what,  to  do.  and  the  tender-hearted  people  would  crowd  about  so  that  no  breath  of  air  cou.l 
reach  the  victim."-"  The^r  Wedding  Journey,"  by  W.  D.  Howells,  ,87.,  pp.  53,  54. 

Now,  in  just  the  same  unique  degree  tl.at  x\ew  York  is  distinguished 
above  all  other  American  cities  for  the  lightness  of  its  "  social  pressure  "  s„ 
IS  the  particular  Uuilding  which  I  have  in  mind  to  describe  distitigui'shed 
above  all  other  abodes  in  New  York.  It  offers  the  nearest  approximation  to 
a  home  of  perfect  individual  liberty  that  has  ever  been  heard  of  outside  of  a 
wilderness.  I  have  said  that  nothing  comparable  to  it  is  contained  in  Loii- 
don,-wl,ich  is  the  only  European  city  where  the  existence  of  its  counteMr.rt 
could  be  conceived  of  as  possiblc,-and  1  insist  upon  again  designating  it 'as 
the  freest  place  to  be  found  anywhere-not  simply  in  free  America  but  on  the 
whole  habitable  globe.  So  singular  a  struc.M-e  could  not  well  survive  the 
storms  of  fifty  years  without  attracting  the  notice  of  the  story-tellers-  and 
one  of  them  made  it  serve  effectively  as  th  .  ene  of  a  society  novel.  I  quote 
his  descriptions,  written  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  as  showing  with  almost 
literal  trutl-.fulness  the  facts  of  to-day  : 

»•,  rv^'''v'\"'',\'"'n  r^'u""  ^""^'^'"^  ^^'^"  '"  Amenca."  said  he,  as  we  left  the  Chuz.le. 
w.t[New  York  IlotelJ  by  the  side  door  on  Mannering  [WaverleyJ  Place  and  de.scended  frn,„ 
Broadway  as  far  as  Ailanthus  Square.  On  the  corner,  fronting  that  mean,  shabby  enclosu.,- 
btilltteet  pointed  out  a  huge  granite  or  rough  marble  building. 

"  There  I  live  "  said  he.  "  It 's  not  a  jail,  as  you  might  suppose  from  its  grimmish  aspect 
Not  an  Asylum.  Not  a  Retreat.  No  lunatics,  that  I  know  of,  kept  there,  nor  anythin-  mv'  e- 
nous,  guilty,  or  out  of  the  way."  * 

"  Chrysalis  College,  is  it  not.'  " 
'*  You  have  not  forgotten  its  monastic  phiz  ?" 

"No;  I  remember  the  si.im  convent,  sham  castle,  modem-antique  affair.  But  how  .!.. 
you  happen  to  b''  quartered  theri. .'     Is  the  college  defunct  ?  " 

"  Not  defunct ;  only  without  vitality.     The'Xi  ustees  fancied  that,  if  thev  built  roomy,  ili.ir 
college  would  be  populous ;  if  they  built  marble,  it  would  be  perm.nent ;   if  they  built  C.othi. 
It  would  be  scholastic  .ind  medieval  in   its  influe.ices;   if  they  had  narrow,  mullioned  v.iiKlo«  ' 
not  too  much  disorgain/.ing  modern  thought  would  penetrate." 
Well,  and  what  was  the  result?  " 
"The  result  is  that  the  old  nickname  of  Chrysalis  sticks  to  it,  and  whatever  real  name  H 
rnay  have  ,s   forgotten.     There  it  stands,  big,  battlemented,  buttressed,  marble,  with  wlnd.m^ 
like  o-enelles  ;  and  inside  they  keep  up  the  traditional  methods  of  education." 
Iliit  pupils  don't  hi>'<>aguer  it '  "  • 

"  That  is  the  Dlunt  fact.     It  stays  an  ineffectual  high-low  school.     The  halls  and  lecture- 
rooms  would  stand  vacant,  so  they  let  them  to  lodgers." 
"  You  are  not  very  grateful  to  your  landlords." 
"  I  pay  my  .ciii  .ind  have  a  right  to  criticise." 
"  Who  live  there  besides     _,a  ?  " 

"Several  artists,  a  brace  -f  young  doctors,  one  or  two  quiet  men-ilwut-town,  Churm,  a.Ki 
myself.     But  here  we  are,  l?vng,  at  the  grand  portal  of  the  grand  front." 
"  I  see  the  front  and  the  dcM)r.     Where  is  the  crandeur'  " 

« jV''  — -•  -••--      ■  • 

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Up  goes  your  nose  !     You  have  lived  too  long  in  Florence.     Brunelleschi  ..i.d  Giotto  have  spoilt 
vmi.     Well,  I  will  show  you  something  better  inside.     Follow  me  !  " 

We  entered  the  edifice,  half  college,  half  lodging-house,  through  a  large  doorway,  under  a 
IK.iiited  arch.  The  interior  was  singularly  ill-contrived.  A  lobby  opened  at  the  door,  communi- 
c.iiiii^:;  with  a  dirn  corridor  running  through  the  middle  of  the  building,  parallel  to  the  front.  A 
1  iii-lracery  vaulting  of  plaster,  peeled  ind  crumbling,  ceiled  the  lobby.  A  marble  stairway,  with 
irdi,  hand-rails,  went  squarely  and  clumsily  up  froi  1  the  door,  nearly  nllinf.  she  lobby.  Slillfleet 
led  th^  way  upstairs.  He  poir'^d  to  the  fan-tracery.  "  ThiG  of  course  reminds  you  of  King's 
I  ollege  Chipel,"  said  he. 

"  Entirely,"  replied  I.  "  Pity  it  is  deciduous  I  "  and  I  brushed  off  from  my  coat  several 
rt.ikes  of  its  whitewash. 

The  stairs  landed  us  on  the  main  floor  of  the  '.^uilding.  Another  dimly  lighted  corridor, 
inswermg  to  the  one  below,  but  loftier,  ran  from  end  to  end  of  tie  building.  This  also  was 
inved  with  marble  tiles.  Large  Gothicish  doors  opened  along  on  either  side.  The  middle  room 
')n  the  rear  of  the  corridor  was  two  stories  high,  and  ser%-ed  as  chapel  and  lecture-room.  On 
cither  side  of  this  a  narrow  staircase  climbed  to  the  upper  floors. 

By  the  half-light  from  the  great  window  over  the  dooi  .vay  wheie  v,e  had  -ntered,  and  from  a 
sin';le  mulUoned  window  at  the  northern  end  of  the  corridor,  there  was  a  bastard  medisvalism  of 
ftfect  in  Chrysalis,  rather  welcome  after  the  bald  red-brick  houses  without. 

"  How  do  you  like  it  ?  "  asked  Stillfleet.  "  It's  not  old  enough  to  be  romantic.  But  then 
it  does  not  smell  of  new  punt,  as  the  rest  of  America  does." 

We  turned  up  the  echoing  corridor  toward  the  north  window.  We  passed  a  side  staircase 
md  a  heavily  p.idlocked  door  en  the  right.  On  the  left  was  a  class-room.  The  door  was  open. 
Wo  could  see  a  swarm  of  collegians  buzzing  for  such  drops  of  the  honey  of  learning  as  the>  ^ould 
,'et  from  a  lank  plant  of  a  professor.  We  stopped  at  the  farther  door  on  the  right,  adjoining 
the  one  so  carefully  padlocked.  It  bore  my  friend's  plate.  Stillfleet  drew  a  great  key,  aimed  at 
the  keyhole  and  snapped  the  bolt,  all  with  a  mysterious  and  theatrical  air. 

"  .Shut  your  eyes  now,  and  enter  into  Rubbish  Palace !  "  exclaimed  he,  leading  me  several 
^leps  forward  before  he  commanded  "  Open  sesame '  " 

"Where  am  I?"  I  cried,  staring  about  in  surprise.  "This  is  magic,  phantasmagoria, 
H.irry.  Outside  was  the  nineteenth  century;  here  is  the  fifteenth.  When  I  shut  my  eyes,  I 
was  in  a  seedy  building  in  a  busy  modern  town.  I  open  them,  and  here  I  am  in  the  Palazzo 
Sforza  of  an  old  Italian  city,  in  the  great  chamber  where  there  was  love  and  hate,  passion  and 
ilospair,  revelry  and  poison,  long  before  Columbus  cracked  the  egg." 

"  It  is  a  rather  rum  old  place,"  said  Stillfleet,  twisting  his  third  mustache,  and  enjoying 
my  surprise. 

"  You  call  it  thirty  fe>.t  square  and  seventeen  high?  Built  for  some  grand  college  purpose, 
1  suppose  ?" 

".As  a  hall,  I  believe,  for  the  dons  to  receive  lions  in  on  great  occasions.  But  lions  and  great 
Dceasious  never  came.  So  I  h.ive  inherited.  It  is  the  old  story.  Sic  vos  twn  vobis  eedificatis 
•fies.  How  do  you  like  it?  Not  too  somber,  eh?  with  only  those  two  narrow  windows  open- 
ing north  ?  '■ 

"  Certainly  not  too  somber.  I  don't  want  the  remorseless  day  staring  in  upon  my  studies. 
How  do  I  like  it?  K.r.ormously.  The  place  is  a  romance.  It  is  Dantesque,  Eyronic,  Victor 
Hugoisli.  I  shall  be  sure  of  rich  old  morbid  fancies  under  this  ceiling,  with  its  frescoed 
,  r.ibesque-,  faded  and  crumbling.  But  what  use  has  Densdeth  for  the  dark  room  with  the 
p.idlocked  aoor,  next  to  yours  ?— here,  too,  in  this  public  privacy  of  Chrysalis  ? " 

"  The  publicity  makes  privacy.     Densdeth  savsit  is  his  store-room  for  books  and  furniture.  ' 

"  Well,  why  noi  ?    You  speak  incredulously." 

"  Because  there's  a  faint  suspicion  that  he  lies.  The  last  janitor,  an  ex-servant  of 
Deiisdeth's,  is  dead.  None  now  is  allowed  to  enter  there  except  the  owner's  own  man,  a 
>  jrrid  black  creature.  He  opens  the  door  cautiously,  and  a  curtain  appears.  He  closes  the 
(ii)iirl  fore  he  lifts  it.  Dc.isdeth  may  pestle  poisons,  grind  stillettos,  sweat  eagles,  revel  by 
>;  is-iigiu  there.     What  do  I  know  ?  " 

"  You  are  not  inquisitive,  then,  in  Chrysalis? " 

"  No.  We  nave  no  concUrge  by  the  street-door  to  spy  ourselves  or  our  visitors.  We  can 
live  h>re   in   comileter  privacy   than   anywhere  in   Christendom.     Daggeroni,  De  Bogus,   or 

Mademoiselle  des  Mollets  rr.i^Kt    r^r.H??v.".;:c  •s:\\\\  m---  r.r*.=HK.-.r    sn.-t   !  r-.A-.,--r  !-—  tK-  -.-t--*^  " 

"*'ecil  Dreeme."  by  Theodore  Winthrop,  1861,  pp.  33-41  (N.  V 


H.  Hilt,  1876,  pp.  j6o). 


4.3°  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

That  final  paragraph  is  the  most  significarit  one  of  the  entire  quott>i  de- 
scription, for  it  can  be  applied  with  similai  truthfuhiess  to  no  other  habita- 
tion on  the  planet ;  but,  before  attempting  any  commentary  on  the  words  of 
the  novelist,  I  wish  to  compare  with  them  the  words  which  other  well-in 
for  1  writers  have  printed,  beginning  with  those  of  the  present  editor  of 
the  Atlantic  Monthly.  They  apjjcared  a  half-decade  later  than  the  novel,  in  a 
series  of  sketches  which  he  prepared  concerning  tl^e  young  artists  of  New 
York  for  a  youths'  magazii.c.  He  was  then  not  quite  thirty  years  old.  An 
ill-drawn  northwest  view  of  the  University  accompanied  one  of  his  articles, 
and  a  well-drawn  picture  of  an  artist's  chamber  therein  embellished  the  other: 

Trnd-s  of  a  foalher,  like  the  birds,  are  fond  of  flocking  together,  and  have  a  habit  of  light- 
ing  on  particular  sjrots  without  any  -  .nicular  reason  for  so  doing.  Our  friends,  the  artists 
possess  the  same  social  tendencies,  and,  in  the  selection  of  their  studios,  often  display  the  same 
eccentricity.  We  shall  never  be  able  to  understand  why  eight  or  ten  of  these  pleasant  fellow. 
have  located  themselves  in  the  New  York  University.  There  isn't  a  more  gloomy  structure 
outside  of  one  of  Mrs.  Radclifle's  romances;  and  we  hold  that  few  men  could  pass  a  wee^  in 
those  lugubrious  chambers  -vithout  adding  a  m<.rbid  streak  to  their  natures,— the  present  gerial 
inmates  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  There  is  something  human  in  the  changes  which  come 
ovei  houses.  Many  of  them  keep  up  their  respectability  for  a  long  period,  and  ripen  gradually 
into  a  cheery,  dignifi-,-a  old-age;  even  if  they  become  dilapidated  and  threadbare,  you  see  ai 
once  that  ihcy  are  gerttlemen,  in  spite  of  their  shabby  coats.  Other  buildings  appear  tj  suffer 
disappointments  in  life,  and  grow  saturnine,  and,  if  they  happen  to  be  the  scene-of  some  tragedy 
they  seem  never  to  forget  it.     Something  about  them  tells  you, 

"  As  plain  as  whisper  in  the  ear,  the  place  is  haunted." 
The  University  is  one  of  those  buildings  that  have  lost  their  enthusiasm.  It  is  dingy  and 
despondent,  and  does  n't  care.  Jt  lifts  its  machicolated  turrets  above  the  tree  t  ps  of  Washing 
ton  Square  wuh  an  air  of  forlorn  indifference.  Summer  or  winter,  fog,  snow,  or  sunshine  -thev 
are  all  one  to  this  dreary  old  pile.  It  ought  to  be  a  cheerful  place,  just  as  some  morose'people 
ought  to  be  light-hearted,  having  everything  to  render  them  so.  The  edifice  Jaces  a  beautiful 
park,  full  of  fine  old  trees,  and  enlivened  by  one  coflee-colored  squirrel,  who  generously  makes 
himself  visible  for  nearly  half  an  hour  once  every  summer.  As  we  write,  his  advent  is  anxiously 
expected,  the  foumain  is  singing  a  silvery  prelude,  and  the  blossoms  are  flaunting  themselves 
under  the  very  nose  ,f  we  may  say  it,  of  the  University.  But  it  refuses  to  be  merry,  looming  un 
there  stiff  and  repellant,  wuh  the  soft  spring  gales  fanning  its  weather-beaten  turrets  -an  arrhw 
tectural  example  of  ingratitude.     Mr.  Longfellow  says  that 

"  All  houses  '.vherein  men  have  lived  and  died  are  haunted  houses." 
In  one  of  those  same  turrets,  many  years  ago,  a  young  artist  grew  very  weary  of  this  life.  Per- 
haps  his  melancholy  spirit  still  pervades  the  dusty  chambers,  goes  wearily  up  and  down  -.he 
badly-.ighted  staircases,  as  he  used  to  do  in  the  flesh.  If  so,  that  is  what  chills  us,  as  yve  pa...s 
^rough  the  long  uncarpeted  halls,  leading  to  the  little  nookery  tenanted  by  Mr.  Winslow  Homer 
The  University  is  not  monopolized  by  artists,  however.  The  ground  floor  is  used  for  a  v.iriety 
of  purposes.  We  have  an  ill-defined  id.a  that  there  ,s  a  cla.ssical  school  located  somewhere  on 
the  premises,  for  we  have  now  and  then  met  files  of  spectral  little  boys,  with  tattered  Utin 
grammars  under  their  a.  ms,  gliding  stealthily  out  of  the  somber  dooryvay,  and  disappearing  in  the 
sunshine.  Several  theological  ar.d  scientific  societies  have  their  meetings  here,  and  a  literary 
c.ub  some-  les  holds  fonh  upstairs  in  a  spacious  lecture-room.  Excepting  the  studios  there  iv 
httle  to  mtei.-st  us,  unless  it  be  the  locked  apartment  in  which  a  whimsit.i!  virtuoso  has  store.)  » 
great  quantity  of  cunosities,  which  he  brought  from  Kurope,  years  ago,  and  has  since  left  to  the 
r:Tv.;i=.     i::~  ...yc:„ .„-jr,  room  13  iuiiini  io  very  good  dramatic  account  Dy 


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the  late  TTictdore  Winflirop,  in  his  romance  of  "Cecil  Dreeme."  (A  friend  informs  us  that 
this  "  antiquary's  collection  "  has  been  removed  within  a  year  or  two.)—"  Among  the  Studios," 
by  T.  U.  Aldnch  {Our  Young  Folks,  Boston,  July,  iSo6,  pp.  394-393). 

In  the  September  issue  of  the  magazine  (p.  573)  ilio  same  writer  added  :     "  A  little  boy 

we  know  he  must  be  a  spectral  little  boy,  and  are  sure  he  has  a  tattered  Latin  grammar  under  his 
nrrn— has  written  us  a  dispi.iting  missive,  in  which  he  finds  fault  with  us  because  we  called  the 
University  a  gloomy  building,  and  wondered  how  people  could  live  in  it  and  not  grow  mor- 
bid. Now  the  tone  of  our  sinister  little  friend's  letter  is  an  evidence  of  the  deteriorating  effect 
which  the  cheerless  architecture  of  the  University  exercises  on  the  youthful  mind.  Figuratively 
speaking,  ho  has  thrown  down  the  tattered  Latin  grammar,  taken  off  his  little  jacket,  and  dared 
us  to  meet  him  in  mortal  combat  on  the  threshold  of  the  haunted  castle.  For  our  part,  we  shall 
avoid  that  spectral  little  boy."     Mr.  Aldrich  also  tells  a  story  (p.  J97)  concerning  a  negro  boot- 

:.ick  called  lioncs,  who,  after  having  been  persuaded  with  great  difSculty  to  enter  one  of  the 
!„uJiQS,  in  <irder  to  serve  as  a  model  ("at  the  foot  of  each  stairway  he  evinced  a  desire  to  run 
away  "),  was  ;,o  alarmed  when  the  artist  locked  the  door  npon  him  that  he  shrieked  aloud  and 
bounced  furiously  around  the  room  until  permitted  to  escape  :  "  The  cause  of  this  singular 
conduct  on  the  part  of  \x.'.  I3ones  was  afterwards  accounted  for.  It  appears  the  simple  fellow 
had  somehow  conceived  the  idea  that  the  artist  was  '  a  medicine  man  '  (/.  e.,  an  army  surgeon), 
and  that  he  had  lured  him,  Mr.  Bones,  into  his  den,  for  the  purpose  of  relieving  said  Mr.  Bones 
of  a  limb  or  two,  by  way  of  practice.  This  is  one  solution  of  our  friend's  terror.  My  own  im- 
pression is,  however,  that  the  profound  gloom  of  the  University  turned  his  brain." 

A  much  more  recent  article  concerning  "The  Young  Artists  of  New  York"  (By  W.  H. 
Kibhop,  in  Scribner's  Monilily,  January,  1S80,  p.  362),  accompanied  by  a  good  wood-cut  of  one 
cf  the  chambers  alluded  to,  said:  "  If  something  odd  in  the  way  of  a  studio  be  demanded,  it 
may  be  found  in  the  old-fashioned  Tudor  pile  known  as  the  University  building,  more  lingular 
now  than  when  Winthrop  found  it  an  appropriate  place  for  the  location  of  his  romance  of 

Cecil  Drccme.'  Tne  chapel  has  been  divided  by  a  floor  at  half  its  height,  and  this  again  by  a 
few  pan'  :s.  In  the  spacious  upper  chambers  thus  formed,  which  command  picturesque  views 
of  W  .igton  Square,  the  Hudson  River  and  the  New  Jersey  hills  beyond,  the  ribs  and 
per  ivcs  of  the  vaulted  roof  still  show,  with  a  most  ancient  and  baronial  efiect."  With  this 
may  be  compered  the  remarks,  of  the  same  date,  in  "  Appletons'  Dictio:  ary  of  New  York" 
(p.  221):  "  The  University  building  was  formerly  a  place  in  which  the  best  known  members  of 
t!^-  artistic  and  literary  world  had  their  chambers,  which  were  used  both  as  studios  and  lodgings. 
Some  of  them  still  remain  as  tenants  of  their  old  apartments,  but  the  prevalence  of  lodging  and 
apartment  houses  of  late  years  has  drawn  the  majority  of  them  away.  Theodore  Winthrop's 
clever  novel  of  '  Cecil  Dreeme  '  gives  a  capital  idea  of  the  buildings  as  they  were  in  the  ante- 
war  period,  and  among  his  characters  will  be  recognized  a  well-known  littirateur  and  editor, 
who  is  still  a  tenant  of  the  University,  and  whose  elegantly  decorated  apartments  and  Tine  collec- 
tion of  bric-a-brac  form  one  of  the  attractions  there." 

A  metropolitan  correspondent  of  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle ,v/\\o  said  he  himself  had 
once  occupied  the  historic  little  room,  in  the  southwest  turret  of  the  Building  ("historic" 
because  there  Professors  Draper  and  Morse,  in  1839,  made  the  first  American  experiments  in 
photography,  simultaneously  with  Daguerre's  discovery  of  it  in  France),  offered  the  following 
testimony  in  that  paper  of  June  6,  1880:  "The  most  interesting  feature  of  this  locality  is  a 
ponderous  jiilc  at  the  eastern  end  of  the  Square,  built  of  gray  stone,  and  frowning,  like  a  gloomy 
sncient  castle,  upon  the  trees  and  greensward  of  the  park.  There  is  no  building  in  the  city  that 
resembles  it  in  any  particular.  Its  architecture  is  of  a  (}othic  type,  its  windows,  walls,  massive 
doors  and  all,  being  in  keeping.  Along  the  edge  of  its  roof  are  heavy  battlements,  and  battle- 
mented  turrets  rise  at  the  four  comers.  A  venerable  air  of  age  hangs  over  it.  It  is  on.  of  the 
few  buildings  in  the  metropolis  that  awaken  curiosity  in  a  stranger,  and  give  his  fancy  an 
opportunity  to  roam.  The  structure  has  an  evil  repute  with  the  servant-girls  of  the  neighbor- 
h*X)d.  At  niffht  they  pass  it  on  the  other  side  of  the  street,  and  thpy  whi«ner  nKout  it  with 
dilated  eyes.     They  have  a  notion  thtt  deep  in  sub-cellars  lie  corpses,  skeletons  and  other  dread- 


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ful  things;  for  they  believe  that   among  the  many  institutions  and  person,  quartered  in  the 
building  .s  a  medical  school,  frequented  by  a  large  number  of  heartless  young  doctors." 

The  square  itself,  covering  eight  acres  of  ground,  is  the  largest  one  in 
the    city. -excepting    Central    Park,  whose    area  is   just  a  hundred   times 
greater,  and  whose  lower  boundary  is  two  and  a  half  miles  to  the  northward 
1  he  deed  of  the  transfer  of  the  eight  acres   in  1797,  when  the  city  purchased 
them  from  the  Smith  estate  to  form  a  Potter's   Field,  called  for  "ninety  lots 
on   Sandy  Hill  lane."     Th.rty  years  later,  when  the  place  was  converted  into 
Washington  Parade  Ground,  burials  there  had  been  for  along  time  unknown 
The  novelist  whom  I  have  first  quoted  called  it  (.S60)  "a  mean,  shabby  en" 
closure.     Ailanthus    Square  was    indeed  a  wretch  d    piace.  stiffly   laid  out 
shabbily  kept,  planted  with  mean  twiglcss  trees;  and  in  the  middle  stoo<l  the' 
basin  of  an  extinct  fountain,  filled  with  foul  snow,  through  which  tiie  dcul 
cats  and  dogs  were  beginning   to  sprout,  at  the  solicitation  of  the  winter  sun 
shine.     A  dreary  place,  and  drearily  surrounded  bv  red  brick  houses    with 
marble  steps  monstrous  white,  and  blinds  monstrous  green,-all  destined  ,0 
be  board.ng-houses  m  a  decade."     The  prophecy  was  not  fulfilled,  however 
for  a  recent  chronicler  has  truthfully  said:  "The  whole  neighborhood  w.s 
formerly  one  of  the    most  quiet  and  fashionable  in  the  citv.'and   alon^-  the 
north  front  of  the  park  it  is  so  still."     A  view    of  this  "north  front," and  of 
the    northwest    turret   of    the    University,  is    impressed  upon  the  cover   of 
Henry  James's  novel  called  "  Washington  Square  "  (N  Y.:  Harpers    iSSr   nn 
223),  into  which  he  inserts  a  "topographical  parenthesis"  as  follows  (p.  .'3) ' 
The  ideal  of  quiet  and  of  genteel  retirement,  in  .835,  .vas  found  in  Washington  Snu.re 
where    he  Doctor  built  himself  a  handsome,  modern,  wide-fronted  house,  with  a  big  balcon; 
before  the  draw,  ng  room  windows,  and  a  flight  of  white-marble  steps  ascending  to  a  pona  Iwh   h 
*as  a  so  faced  w.th  wh.te  marble.     This  structure,  and  many  of  its  neighbo",  wh.^h  it  exacd  • 
esembled,  were  supposed   forty  years  ago.  to  embody  the  last  results  of  arch  tectura    s  "  c  ' 
and  they  rema.n  to  th.s  day  very  solid  and  honorable  dwellings.     In  front  of  them  was  ,  e 
^uare,  containing  a  considerable   quantity  of   inexpensive  vegetation,  enclosed  by  a  Z^L 
pahng.  whtch  increased  its  rural  and   accessible  appearance;  and  rou-.d  the  comer  Ts 
more  august  precinct  of  the  Fifth  Avenue,  .aking  its  origm  at  this  P.int  with  a  spaciol   , 
^nfident  air  which  already  marUed  it  for  high  destinies.     I  know  not  whether  it  is  owL 
he   endcrness  of  early  associations,  but  this  portion  of  New  York  appears  to  many  p  rZ  t 
most  delectable.     It  has  a  kind  of  established  repose  which  is  not  of  frequent  occC     ■ 
other  quarters  of  the  large,  shrill  city;  it  has  a  riper,  richer,  more  honorable  look,   ha        y 
h    upper  ramifications  of  the  great  longitudinal  thoroughfare-the    look  of  having  Z 

hug  of  asocial  history.     I,  was  here,  as  you  might  have  been  informed  on  gocfd  au  hor^ 
tla  you  had  come  into  a  world  which  appeared  to  offer  a  varietv  of  sources  of  Lerest        w  , 

mended  itself  alike  to  the  infant  imagination  and  the  infant  palate;  it  was  here  that  you  t,H,k 
your  firs  wal  s  abroad,  following  the  nursery  maid  with  unequal  step  and  sniffi,  ^    p   h   s  n^ n^ 
odor  of  the  ailanthus  trees  which  at  that  time  formed  the  principal  umbrage  of  fhe  Squar       n. 
diffused  an  aroma  which  you  were  not  yet  critical  enough  to  dislike  as  it  deserved 

Elsewhere  the  novelist  says  of  his  heroine:  "She  preferred  the  house 
.n  Washington  Square  to  any  other  habitation  whatever,  and  •  •  •  the 
miadle  of  August   found    her   still  in  th?   h.-=f.--.J  =  .1-!,..  k.   _^   ,,-    ,  • 


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CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS        433 

Square.-'  When  the  palings  were  taken  down,  and  the  park  otherwise  "im- 
proved, mor^than  a  decade  ago.  the  mistake  was  made  of  cutting  it  in  two 
by  Y^^'lway.-under  the  pretense  of  a  necessity  for  giving  a  direct  outlet  to 
the  traffic  of  Fifth  Avenue  into  the  two  streets  obliquely  opposite  Since 
then  two  more^erious  assaults  on  the  integrity  of  the  park  have  been  made 
and  decs.vely  baftled.  One  plan  contemplated  using  it  as  an  approach  to  the 
Hudson  River  1  unnel,  and  the  other  sought  to  erect  upon  it  a  regimental 
armory.  Prom  a  journalistic  protest  against  the  latter  desecration.  I  extract 
this  sympathetic  and  accurate  account  of  the  Square  as  it  appears  to-day: 

The  park  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  preuiest  in  the  city.     With  the  picturesque  University 
bu,ldmgs  on  the  ea.ts.de,  and  to  the  north  the  old-fashioned,  substantial  dwelling-housinm 
a  wooden  row  of      four-^ory.  high-stoop,  brown-stone  fronts,"  but  a  quiet  row  of  ^it^uil 
0  so.,  susgestmg  a  hfc  withn.  „f  a  different  sort  from  that  led  by  the  McGillicuddy.  and^^e 
I  .nph  rs-removed  from  the  roar  and  bustle  of  Broadway,  it  seems,  what  !n  fact  it  is,  a  quarte 
of  an  older  and  pleasanter  town  wh.ch  luckily  has  escaped  the  ravages  of  contractors  ^nd  streeT 
openers  and  survives  to  remind  us  that  city  life  is  not  necessarily  ugly  and  repulsive.     Wash- 
u,g.on  Square,  too,  ,s  one  of  the  few  public  parks  in  the  older  parts  of  the  city  in  which  rich  and 
p,.r  meet  on  common  ground      The  south  side  of  the  square  and  the  streets  near  it  are  inhalv 
. Kd  by  people  of  the  poorer  class  who  have  looked  upon  the  park  for  year,  as  their  chUdrent 
pay  ground,  and  on  Sundays  and  public  holidaj^  in  the  spring  and  eariy  summer  it  is  pleasant 
...nofcethntthe  shade  of  the  fine  old  trees  and  the  cool  breezes  are  not  monop-Jli  ed' b  "h 
r=ch  at  the  ^-P^nfe  of  the  poor,  nor  by  the  poor  to  the  exclusion  of  the  rich,  but  are  really  dem! 

m  most  of  the  old  parks.     They  generally  fall  prey  to  some  distinct  class,  a,  with  Tomp^n^ 
.quare,  or  else  become  mere  thoroughfares,  like  Madison  and  Union  Squares.     Bu.  Washing 
on  Square  has  preserved  this  characteristic  of  a  bygone  time,  and  with  its  fountain,  a^d  ifs 
broad  walks  and  shady  seats  filled  with  merry  children,  nurses  with  their  white  caps.  ;nd  he 
^d  there  a  group  of  enterpnsing  householder,  spending  the  morning  alfresco  wi.h^^eir  nlh 
bors.1  suggest,  faintly  the  pictures  of  life  in  New  York  handed  down  to  us  by  our  gr,ndmo"he« 
when  the  Bowling  Green  was  m  all  its  glory,  and  the  Von  Twillers  and  Stuy^esanru^.^  take 
.!.  ■  r  afternoon  stroll  upon  the  Battery.-r^  Nation,  Mar^h  7,  .878,  p.  .69. 

I  have  taken  pains   to  present  this  great  varietv  of  citations,  as  a  pre- 
.m.naryto  my  own  story,  in   order  that  their  united  testimony,  concerning 
the  phenomenal    amount  of  "character"  concentrated  upon  this  particular 
point   m    the  metropolis,  may  convince    the    reader  that  the  tale   is  worth 
the  telhng.     The  legal  style  and  title  of  the  institution  is  "  The   University 
of  the  City  of  New  York."     Its  corner-stone  was  laid  in  July,   ,833.  and  its 
rooms    were    first    occupied  for  purposes   of   instruction    in    1835.     Mean- 
time Its  erection  had  been  the  cause  of  a  "  stons-cutters'  riot."  arising  from 
the  fact  that  the  material  used  to  form  its  walls  had  been  chiseled  and  worked 
by  convicts  of  the  State  at  Sing  Sing  ;  and  one  of  its  walls  had  to  be  rebuilt 
at  great  expense,  because,  as  originally  misplaced,  it  intruded  upon  ground 
belonpmg  to  the  city.     These  initial  mischances  seem  almost  like  portents  of 
the  executive  misfortunes  which  have  ever  since   connected  themselves  with 
the  problem  of  management.     The  great  and  irremediable   misfortune,  as  I 
understand  it,  was  the  business  panic  or  revulsion  of  1837,  which  financiallv 


fH? 


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the  incn  of   wealth  upon  whose  generosity,  public-spirit  and  local- 


-  i'i 


Mi    i a 


434  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

pride  the  trustees  had  confidently  counted  for  the  proper  endowment  <»f 
professorships.  Neither  Harvard  nor  Yale  possessed  at  that  period  a  single 
building  which  could  claim  any  architectural  attribute  beyond  what  attaches 
to  a  rectangular  pile  of  red  bricks  (or  of  white  stone — for  Harvard  had  one 
such  structure) ;  and  though  Princeton  aould  point  with  pride  to  the  brown 
sandstone  front  of  Nassau  Hall,  against  which  Washington  fired  his  cannon 
— and  which  was,  when  erected  in  1756,  "the  finest  building  between  New 
York  and  Thiladeiphia" — the  first  really  massive  and  imposing  collegiate 
pile  put  np  on  this  continent  was  that  of  the  New  York  University.  It  was 
one  of  the  very  largest,  if  not  ♦he  largest,  of  all  the  big  buildings  then  to  he 
found  within  the  limits  of  America's  biggest  city  ;  and  marvelous  as  has  been 
the  growth  of  that  city  within  the  intermediate  half-century,  there  are  not 
many  of  its  monster  buildings  of  to-day  which  cover  a  greater  superficial  area 
or  irake  a  greater  impression  upon  the  memory  of  the  casual  passer-by. ^ 

The  dream  of  the  founders  doubtless  was  to  endow  their  professorships 
on  a  proportionately  magnificent  scale, — to  make  the  emoluments  of  service 
in  this  great  "  university  "  as  much  superior  to  those  of   the  poorly-paid  in- 

'A  picture  of  Washington  Square,  surmounting  similar  ones  of  Union  and  Madison  squares, 
may  be  found  on  the  554th  page  of  the  second  volume  of  "  Picturesque  America  "  (N.  Y  : 
Appletons,  1872),  accompanied  by  this  remark:  "  The  castellated-looking  building  on  its  eastern 
Ixjrder  is  the  University,  a  Gothic  pile  of  considerable  age  and  quaint  aspect,  suggestive  of  the 
medixval  structures  that  lie  scattered  through  the  European  countries."  The  sketch  gives  the 
Building  a  squatty  appearance,  however,  quite  different  from  its  actual  loftiness  ;  and  no  proper 
conception  of  this  is  afforded  by  the  little  wood-cut  in  "  Duyckinck's  Cyclopxdia  "  (ii.,  733). 
The  picture  which  I  have  had  printed  on  the  fiy-leaf  of  subscribers'  copies  of  this  book,  though 
equally  small,  is  fairly  satisfactory,  and  is  taken  from  the  southweit.  That  also  is  the  frontage 
shown  by  the  larger  and  better  cut  in  Mrs.  Martha  J.  Lamb's"  History  of  tlieCity  of  New  York" 
(ii.,  719),  which  says  :  "  It  v.as  a  Gothic  structure  of  white  freestone,  modeled  after  King's  Col- 
lege, England,  and  was  esteemed  a  masterpiece  of  pointed  architecture,  with  its  octagonal  tur- 
rets rising  at  each  of  the  four  comers.  It  was  a  fine  edifice,  180  feet  long  by  100  feet  wide,  on 
Washington  Square,  which  was  then  (the  comer  stone  was  laid  in  1833)  quite  a  long  distance 
from  the  city,  whose  population  was  about  200,000.  It  was  opened  in  1835,  and  publicly  dedi- 
cated May  20,  1837.  The  rooms  of  the  upper  story  adjacent  to  the  chapel  on  the  north  side 
were  occupied  by  Professor  S.  F.  B.  Morse  and  his  pupils  ;  and  in  the  following  September, 
having  completed  the  first  crude  telegraph  recording  apparatus,  he  exhibited  to  a  select  assembly 
at  the  University  the  operation  of  the  new  system,  showing  his  ability  to  communicate  between 
points  five  miles  apart  (p.  742)-  I  n  the  '  stone-cutters'  rebellion  '  the  men  paraded  the  streets  with 
incendiary  placards  and  even  went  so  far  as  to  attack  several  houses.  The  troops  were  called 
out  and,  after  dispersing  the  malcontents,  la\  under  arms  in  Washington  Square  four  days  and 
four  nights."  Biographical  details  concemii;.  the  professors  and  other  people  interested  in  the 
enterprise  cover  more  than  two  pages  in  "  Duyckinck's  Cyclopsedia  of  American  Literature  " 
(1850),  already  alluded  to,  but  the  only  remarks  that  seem  worth  my  quoting  are  these  ;  "The 
erection  of  the  building,  and  the  period  of  commercial  depression  which  followed  its  commence- 
ment, weighed  heavily  on  the  fortunes  of  the  young  institution.  It  was  the  first  introduction, 
on  any  considerable  scale,  of  the  English  collegiate  style  of  architecture."  The  "Supplement 
of  1866"  to  the  work  just  quoted  offered  this  additional  fact  about  the  University  ;  "'Its  debt 
of  $70,250  was  paid  June  14,  1854.  Immediately  afterwards  the  council  proceeded  to  carry  out 
the  great  aim  of  the  institution  by  measures  for  organizing  the  School  of  Art,  the  School  of 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        435 

.tractors  in  mere  "colleges "  like  Harvard  and  Yale,  as  this  pretentious 
uademic  palace  of  the  metropolis  was  superior  to  the  mean  rectangular 
barracks,  which  sheltered  their  students  in  the  little  provincial  cities  of  Cam- 
bridge and  New  Haven.  No  "dormitory  system  "  was  to  be  tolerated  here' 
no  undergraduates  whatever  were  to  be  lodged  in  this  latest  temple  of  learn- 
ing; ;  all  of  its  apartments  were  to  be  devoted  to  purposes  of  instruction  and 
government ;  and  professors  and  students  alike  were  to  make  their  homes 
where  they  pleased,  throughout  the  city,  as  is  the  custom  of  university  life  in 
Germany.  The  Chancellor  and  the  Vice  Chancellor,  however  (so  common  a 
title  as  "President  "naturally  seemed  inadequate  for  the  executive  chief  of 
so  grand  an  institution  I ),  were  to  occupy  the  two  houses  which  are  attached 
to  the  flanks  of  the  main  edifice,  on  parallel  streets,  and  which  justify  the 
occasional  designation  of  it  in  the  plural.  The  second  part  of  the  founders' 
dream— or  perhaps  I  may  better  say  the  second  original  feature  in  their 
scheme— concerned  the  attraction  of  endowments  by  the  device  of  so  consti- 
tuting its  governing  board  as  to  "represent  no  single  religious  denomination  " 
though  at  the  same  time  "keeping  the  University  under  distinct  religious  ar'd 
evangelical  influence."  All  the  earlier  colleges  had  been  started  by  sectarians 
avowedly  as  feeders  for  some  particular  church  denomination  ;  and  I  believe 
the  University  of  Virginia  (which  had  been  got  into  operation  hardly  half-a- 
dozen  years  before,  just  as  its  famous  founder,  Thomas  Jeff erson,  drew  his  lat- 
est breath)  was  the  first  important  academic  experiment  ever  attempted  in 
.\merica  without  the  aid  and  control  of  the  clergy. 

The  theory,  therefore,  seemed  then  sufficiently  plausible,  that,  as  the  cler- 
ical influence  of  a  single  religious  order  had  been  able  to  attract  enough  funds 
tor  founding  and  endowing  many  a  fairly  prosperous  college,  such  influence  in 
several  powerful  denominations  combined  might  suffice  for  creating  and  main- 
taining a  colossal  university,  of  a  scope  and  dignity  commensurate  with  the 
wealth  and  splendor  of  the  metropolis.  The  practical  difficulties  in  the  way  of 
making  a  combination  of  that  sort  really  effective  to-day  are  generally  recog- 
nized as  insuperable  ;  and  I  am  probably  not  alone  in  believing  that  they  were 
insuperable  in  1830.  I  do  not  think  that,  at  the  best,  the  trustees  could  have 
collected  money  enough  to  make  their  professorial  chairs  the  "  softest "  seats 
of  the  sort  attainable  in  America,— money  enough  to  have  finally  formed  a 
Facidty  outranking  in  fame  and  influence  the  educational  staff  of  every  other 
college.  But  except  for  the  business  disaster  of  1837,  they  might  very  likely 
have  secured  sufficient  endowments  to  have  given  the  mstitution  a  prosperous 
start  and  allowed  it  to  make  a  fair  test  of  whatever  distinctive  merits  really 
attached  to  the  plans  of  its  organizers.  I  have  called  that  initial  misfortune 
an  irremediable  one,  because,  although  the  rich  men  of  America  often  give 
their  money  in  support  of  educational  enterprises  with  a  lavishness  that 
seems  incomprehensible  to  a  foreigner,  they  almost  always  prefer  to  act  as 
"founders,"  even  when  they  do  not  insist  on  attaching  their  family  names  to 
tiicii   gifts,     ihe    common    human    desire  to  create,  to  originate,  to  figure 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


among  the  first,  r       -.Is  the  course  of  their  generosity.    The  argument  which 
demonstrates  th«t  all  money  added  to  the  endowment  of  an  old  college  does 
ten  times  as  much  good  as  the  same  amount  spent  in  founding  a  new  pne,  has 
never  been   seriously  disputed ;  but    the  nev  schemes,  nevertheless,  are  the 
ones  to  which  the  wealth  of  the  wealthy  rtiay  be  most  easily  attracted.     Fifty 
years  ago,  furthermore,  the  sense  of  locality  was  as  strong  here  as  it  now  is 
in  the  lesser  American  cities,  so  that  the  pride  of  citizenship  could  be  suc- 
cessfully appealed  to  for  stirring  a  man's  generosity  in  behalf  of  any  project 
calculated  to  ennoble  the  name  and  fame  of  his  native  town.     But  to-day  this 
feeling  is  so  coiipletely  obliterated  that,  to  the  minds  of  most   of  the  two 
millions  of  people  here  congregatea,  the  name  "  New  York  City  "  means  just 
what  the  name  "  London  "  did  to  the  mind  of  Dr.  Johnson  ;  — it  means  simply 
"  the  world."     One's  personal  pride  in  the  present  planet — as  distinguished 
from  the  sun  or  the  moon,  or  any  less  familiar  member  of  the  universe- 
may  be  very  sincere  and  hearty,  but  it  is  too  vague  a  sentiment  to  prompt  the 
loosening  of  one's  purse-strings  ;  it  cannot  be  traded  upon  as  can  the  West- 
ern man's  fierce  desire  to  see    Chicago  exalted  above   St.  Louis.     The  exist- 
ence of  "  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York" 
(a  body  having  a  sort  of  visitorial  power  in  respect  to   the  institutions  ot 
higher  education  chartered  by  the  State,  but  authorized  also  to  itself  confer 
academic  degrees),  and  of  "the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  "(which  was 
formerly  called  "  the  Free  Academy,"  and  which  is  carried  on    by  the  city 
government  as  a  sort  of  crown    to  the  free  public  school  system,  being  the 
only  American  college  maintained  by  municipal  taxes),  are  two  facts  which 
serve  to  impair  still  further  the  local  significance  of  the  title  of  the  institution 
which  I  am   describing;  because  its  identity  is  often  confused  with    those 
others  in  the  popular  mind.    The  friends  of  Columbia  College  also  insist 
that  the  efforts  of  that  wealthy  corporation,  in  enlarging  the  number  and  scope 
of  its  courses  and  departments,  have  won  for  it  the  position  of  the  'eal  uni- 
versity of  the  metropolis. 

All  these  things  prove  the  hopelessness  of  e.er  attracting  an  enuowment 
adequate  to  the  plans  of  the  founders.  A  conviction  of  this  truth  has  so  dis- 
heartened such  sanguine  souls  as  have  in  recent  years  made  zealous  atteni  -s 
in  that  direction,  that  some  of  them  have  been  driven  to  the  other  extreme 
and  have  urged  that,  in  lack  of  funds  for  its  full  development,  the  under- 
graduate  department  ought  to  be  suspended  or  abolished.  The  indignan; 
negative  which  checked  a  serious  attempt  of  this  sort  in  1881,  following  the 
lesser  attempts  of  three  and  four  years  earlier,  demonstrated  the  perpetuity 
of  the  University.  Its  entire  suppression  is  just  as  impossible  as  its  magnifi- 
cent enlargement.  No  man  or  body  of  men  will  t  r  give  money  enough  to 
effect  the  latter,  but  hundreds  of  its  graduates  will  always  contribute  a  suffi- 
ciency of  their  dollars  to  prevent  the  former,  when  the  pinch  really  oonies. 
There  is  a  very  creditable  trait  in  the  American  character  which  ensures  an 
enormous  amount  of  latent  vitality  to  even  the  ooorest  one  of  r>ur  mllepes 


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CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        437 

that  ha»  managed  in  some  way  to  outlive  its  infancy.  Almost  every  alum- 
nus takes  pride  enough  in  his  oachclor's  degree  to  he  n.iling  to  help  away 
from  the  verge  of  bankruptcy  the  institution  which  conferred  it.  He  may 
not  be  generous  enough  to  help  it  achieve  success,  but  he  will  rally  to  iu 
rescue  when  he  sees  it  approaching  actual  dissolution.  Such  a  prospect 
makes  a  very  strong  appeal  to  his  self-love,  for  no  man  likes  to  confess  that 
"the  college  where  he  graduated"  is  really  defunct.  The  admission  seems 
a  sort  of  personal  stigma  upon  his  early  life.  It  may  be  too  poor  an  affair  to 
boast  about,  or  to  send  his  sons  to,  or  to  help  push  into  prosperity ;  but  he  is 
not  quite  willing  to  sec  it  die. 

The  New  York  University,  lowever,  is  very  far  from  being  the   poorest 
one  among  our  four  hundred  American  colleges.     On  the  contrary,  as  soon  as  a 
dozen  or  twenty  of  the  oldest  and  richest  of  them  have  been  passed  by,  it  can 
easily  stand  comparison  to  almost  any  one  of  the  others.     The  contemptuous 
tone  with  which  its  educational  advantages  are  belittled  by  the  novelist  whom 
I  have  quoted,  and  by  others,  is  not  based  upon  justice,— however  much  it 
may  add  to  the  literary  effect  of  their  remarkc      The  half-century  catalogue 
of  instructors  and  alumni  exhibits  as  large  a  proportion  of  noteworthy  names 
as  any  similar  collection  which  is  known  to  me.     The   professors  who  have 
distinguished  themselves  in  science  and  literature;  the  graduates  who  have 
won  fame  and  recognition  as  leaders  in  the  various  walks  of  active  life,  are 
as  numerous  as  those  whom  any  other  college  of  its  size  can  boast  of.    The 
circumstance  which   obscures    this  truth  is  the   overshadowing  immensity 
of  the  city  itself,  which  seems  to  dwarf  whatever  comes   into  comparison 
with  it.    Stat  tnagni   nominis  umbra.     Situated   elsewhere,   the    University 
might  easily  overshadow  its  surroundings,  and  give  tone  and  distinction  to 
some  quiet  village  which  would  otherwise  remain   obscure.     Many  a  lesser 
school  has  done  this,  and  thereby  ensured  for  itself  the  respect  and  deference 
of  casual  writers,  who  carelessly  sneer  at  the   University  as  if  it   were  of 
smaller  consequence.     It  is  its  fate  to  be  misjudged  and  condemned  in  popular 
repute,  not  for  lack  of  merits  of  its  own,  but  because  it  has  the  misfortune  to 
tak.  the  name  of  the  great  city  in   vain.     Even  Columbia  College,  ranking 
fourth  in  age  and  almost  first  in  wealth  among  such  foundations  in  America, 
is  hardly  recognized  as  a  factor  in  the  active  life  of  the  metropolis.     This 
was  well  shown  by  the  remark  which  its  most  authoritative  newspaper  made,  a 
few  years  ago,  in  commenting  on  the  great  gains  that  had  resulted  to  Har- 
vard from  the  policy  of  absolute  publicity  with  respect  to  the  college  finances : 
"Our   own  Columbia  treats  its  affairs  as  if  they  were  the  affairs  of  a   pri- 
vate business   partnership,— that  is,  keeps  the  details   oi    its  management 
more  secret  than  the  law  allows  any  banking  corporation  to  keep  theirs.  *    * 
Columbia  is  suffering,  and  must  always  suffer,  from  this  mistaken  policy. 
There  is  about  as  much  known,  and  as  much  interest  felt,  about  her  by  the 
ordinary  New  Yorker  as  about  Trinity  Church  or  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbon" 
—  i'he  Nation,  July  7,  1881,  p.  2. 


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I  believe  that  the  Medical  School  ot  the  University  has  always  been  con- 
ducted at  a  distance  of  a  mile  or  more  from  the  Square ;  and  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  has  also,  in  recent  years,  been  removed  from  the  University  Build 
ing  ;  but  the    Law  School  still  flourishes  there,  the    Department  of 

Science  and  Arts,  with  its  iour  undergr.idi"te  da^;i  of  Seniors,  'uniors, 
Soph(  Tio-es  and  Irtshmen.  It  happens,  ihv/cfore,  'hat,  for  five  days  of  tht 
week,  b  tween  cen  in  the  morning  and  tvo  i  Y, -.  ..'  «rnoon,  something  likt 
two  hundred  people  frequent  the  corridors  in  tlu  .  ;r  part  of  the  Bull  'inu, 
and  the  lecture-rooms  which  open  out  fiom  *hcm.  Several  societies  likewise 
have  their    halls  and  offices  there,  and  the      v  n  the  center  is  usually 

rented  to  some  religious  organization  which  i.otds  service  in  it  cr  Sundays, 
and  occasionally  on  the  evenings  of  other  days,  ''"he  janitc-  ind  his  family, 
and  the  servants  in  his  employ,  live  upon  the  ground  floor.  His  office  or 
reception-room  is  not  adjacent,  however,  to  either  one  of  the  five  entrances 
of  the  Building;  and  as  these  entrances  face  upon  three  different  streets,  and 
are  left  unlocked  from  daybreak  until  ten  o'clock  at  night,  whoever  pleases 
may  visit  the  Building  without  att-acting  any  one's  observation,  either  outside 
or  inside.  Tenants  may  of  course  gain  admission  by  their  latch-keys  at  any 
hour  of  the  night,  and  they  also  know  how  to  arouse  the  janitor  by  rapping  on 
a  cer'.'in  secluded  window ;  but  that  worthy  is  freed  from  the  attacks  of  the 
gene.  ..  public,  after  his  hour  of  locking-up,  for  no  bell-pull  or  other  device 
exists  by  which  any  casual  vi'-itor  may  interrupt  the  nightly  quiet  of  the  Uni- 
versity. He  might  kick  and  pound  for  an  hour  upon  its  ponderous  portals 
withoi..  being  h*'ard  inside,  and  without  arousing  anyone's  protest  except, 
perchance,  that  of  a  passing  policeman.  There  is  no  other  house  in  the  world 
where  the  conditions  of  management  combine  so  completely  to  protect  each 
individual  inhabitant  from  casual  observation  or  deliberate  espionage.  The 
identity  of  the  forty  or  fifty  people  who  live  there  is  merged  in  the  mass  of 
two  hundred  or  more  who  daily  visit  there;  and  the  attempt  to  watch  the 
incomings  and  outgoings  of  any  particular  one  of  them  would  be  extremely 
difficult,  even  V  .'11  passed  through  a  single  doorway.  But  as  all  may  in  fact 
choose  l)etwee  1  fv-i  doorways,-- opening  ort  three  separate  streets,  to  the 
north,  west  and  south,  -no  e*";  -ictive  watch  can  be  kept  except  by  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  spy  svstem  so  elaborate  as  to  deft«i  its  own  object  by  attracting 
notice  to  itself. 

This  peculiarity  of  the  place  was  put  into  prominence  by  the  novelist 
whom  I  have  quoted,  because  the  plausibility  of  his  story  of  "Cecil  Dreeme" 
depended  c  ''rely  upon  th"  degree  of  his  success  in  convincing  his  readers  of 
the  singular  fact.  He  caused  the  heroine  of  the  tale  to  live  for  a  long  time, 
disguised  as  a  man,  in  a  solitary  chamber  of  the  University,  to  which  she  had 
taken  flight  in  order  to  escape  marriage  with  the  villain  of  the  tale  (who  also 
had  a  room  there,  though  he  resided  elsewhere),  to  whom  she  had  been 
pledged  by  her  wealthy  hut  mercenary  father.     This  father  believed  she  had 


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lortunatc  young  woman,  which  was  found  floating  in  the  river,  and  was  identi- 
tiid  as  his  daughter's.  The  daughter,  living  in  disguise  as  "Cecil  Dreemc, 
artist,"  never  ventured  into  the  open  air  except  by  night,  and  thus  escaped  recog- 
nition by  her  kindred  and  fashionable  friends  whose  mansions  were  in  the 
immediate  neighborhood.  Now,  there  is  no  other  habitation  in  the  city 
where  such  singular  conduct  could  fail  to  attract  suspicious  obsorvation  to 
the  person  who  practiced  it;  and  such  observation  would  necessarily  mean 
disco vciy  when  the  person  to  whom  it  attached  was  a  woman  in  disguise. 
Hut  no  conduct  of  dwellers  in  the  University  is  accounted  singular,  or  sus- 
picious or  notict.ible.  No  one  of  them  pretends  to  know  or  care  about  any 
other  one, — whether  he  be  in  or  out,  ill  or  well,  rich  or  poor,  alive  or  dead! 
I  may  have  troops  of  friends  call  upon  me  daily,  or  1  may  seclude  myself  for 
months  without  letting  a  creature  cross  my  threshold,  and  no  outsider  need 
be  aware  of  either  circumstance;  not  even  the  jani.or  need  know  whether  I 
am  enjoying  a  sociable  or  a  solitary  life.  The  novelist  told  the  simple  truth 
in  saying  :  "  IVe  can  live  here  in  completer  privacy  than  anywhere  in  Christendotn. 
Dai^geroni,  De  Bogus,  or  Madamoiselle  De  Moile^s  might  rendegvous  with  my 
neighbor,  and  I  never  be  the  wiser." ^ 


'  The  main  incident  of  the  story  turns  upon  the  disguise  of  a  woman  as  a  man,  and  we  are 
bound  to  say  that  we  remember  no  instance  of  a  like  success,— perfectly  pure,  modest  and 
spirited,— short  of  Viola  and  Ro3alind.  •  •  •  He  has  invested  this  building  with  a  mysterious, 
romantic  interest  far  beyond  anything  hitherto  attained  by  our  local  writers.  "e  must  protest 
against  some  of  the  charges  of  shabbiness,  decay  and  flimsiness  he  has  brought  agninst  an  edifice 
of  very  fair  architectural  pretensions.  The  marble  staircase  would  be  a  very  respecUble  flight  of 
steps  in  any  college  edifice  of  the  old  world,  and  you  can  ascend  without  any  fear  of  flakes  of 
whitewash.  Mr.  Winthrop  should  have  known  that  the  boys  did  not  mob  their  professors  and 
that  such  men  as  •  •  •  are  not  mullein  stalks.  An  occasional  injustice  must,  however,  be 
pardoned  to  the  satirist.  His  hits  are  in  the  main  as  well  deserved  as  they  are  sharp.— Sketch 
of  Winthrop,  in  "  Supplement  to  Duyckinck's  History  of  American  Literature  "  (1866;  p.  151). 

"  The  Life  and  Poems  of  Theodore  Winthrop  "  edited  by  his  sister,  with  portrait  (N.  Y.  : 
H.  Holt  Si  Co.,  1884,  pp.  313),  is  a  book  which  I  hoped  might  supply  much  quotable  material, 
but  it  really  contains  no  allusion  whatever  to  the  fact  of  his  living  in  the  University,  and  it  ac- 
credits the  writing  of  "  Cecil  Dreeme"  to  the  year  i86o  only  by  implication.  That  sketch  shows 
such  intimate  knowledge  and  sympathetic  appreciation  of  the  Building's  queemess,  however,  as 
to  foi  the  conviction  th?.t  the  author  must  have  resided  in  it  during  some  part  of  the  thirteen 
years  w.,ich  he  lived  after  graduating  p.t  Yale.  H  not,  he  must  '.lave  been  on  intimate  terms 
with  some  of  the  residents,  and  made  frequent  visitations  at  their  chambers.  Winthrop  was 
bjrn  at  New  Haven,  September  22,  1828,  and  was  killed  at  Great  B'.  2I,  Virginia,  June  .3, 
1861,  in  the  enrHest  skirmish  of  the  civil  war.  "  He  f'-U  ne  -er  to  the  .nemy's  works  than  any 
other  man  went  during  the  fight. "  H  fame  is  worth  dying  for  (which  I  doubt),  he  was  singularly 
fortunate  in  his  death.  It  made  him  the  representati  /e  man  of  an  r-a.  It  gave  a  strange  stir 
and  intensity  to  the  patriotic  passion  for  Union.  It  proclaimed  that  the  very  best  youth  of  the 
North  were  bound  to  do  battle  in  its  defense.  As  his  bir>grapher  truly  says,  "  his  memory  was 
idealized  and  worshiped  b-  the  young  men  of  that  day."  Even  the  youngest  of  us  pve  him 
reverent  recognition  a«  lypica!  hero  of  a  troublous  time.  Thus,  the  books  which  appeared 
soon  after  his  death  (for  he  had  won  no  wirie  literary  reputation  while  living)  assumed  a  factitious 
impo.  tance.  and  were  ensured  a  remarkably  wide  circulation.  I  f^v  rr-.tb:r.=-  a-:;:r:5t  tK--!r  fj-.M^.- 
deserving  this  as  pieces  of  literature.     I  merely  record  the  fact  that  their  great  vogue  was  due  to 


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440  r£JV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICVCLE. 

A  ^\'^^'''  "  '^'^  "°'  ^"  ''^'^'  ^^""'  ^«'  '*>«  ^«=>«si".  the  counterfeiter 
and  the  adventuress?    What  has  prevented  its  becoming  a  very  Aisat u 
disreputable  refugees  and  enemi.s  of  society?     What  protection  ex        fo 
he  tenants  property  or  life,  if  unobservejl  access  maybe  had  by  every  on 
to  these  sohtan.  corr.dors  until  ten  o'clock  at  night,  and  no  police^.pe? 

that,  as  robbers  and  rnurderers  seek  those  places  v.hich  are  most  prom  ^i  J 
of  spo.ls  they  avoid  the  University  because  of  a  belief  that  it  contains  noTh 
jr,g  worth  the  trouble  of  stealmg.     Us  appearance  is  altogether  to'p   so  ' 
l.ke  for  attractmg  any  escaped  jail-birds  who  may  chance  to  be  flutterLb 
neath  the  trees  of  the  Square.     To   the  minds  of  the  ignorant,   the  word 
college"    or    "university"  is  often   synonymous   with    or  sugges dv     0 
'•med,cal.school  ";  and.  as  the  chief  function  of  such  schools  is  be  iev  d  to 
be  .he  d^sect.on  of  a  vast  quantity  of  human  bodies,  the  walls  which  concea 
th.s  uncanny  work  are  looked  upo.  with  a  good  deal  of  superstitious  lead 
an.  abhorrence      The  casual  sneak-thief  has  a  healthy  fear  of  prow  ing  fo 
plunder  m  the  dark   and  dingy  halls  of  the  University,  lest  "the  medi  a 
students,"  who   are   presumably  secreted   there   with   their  carving  kni-"s 
snould  se,ze  upon  and  devour  him.     The  story  already  quoted  concerning  the 
error  shown   by  the  negro  boot-black  in  the  artist's  studio,  illustrates  th 
same  trad.t.on.  as  to  th.  dangers  of  entering  the  IJuilding.  which  has  wide 
currency  m  all  the  reg.on  round  about  it.     Another  theory  in  reference  to  it 
occupants  was  disclosed  to  me  as  I  sat  in  the  Square,  one  Monday  evening 
near    he  bench  where  two  washerwomen  were  resting  with  their  bundles.' 

called  "Tie °nH-  ITT''""  :r'*'"  '''"  ""^'^'■'^"'"  apartment-house 
called     The  Benedick,"  whose  red-brick  front    is  on  a   line  with  the  Uni- 

versity  s,  and  not  many  rods  to  the  south  of  it.  and  whose  chambers  were  de- 
signed and  advertised  for  the  occupancy  of  men  only.  "  It ',  all  the  same  as 
the  big  stone  buildin'  where  they  keeps  the  ;ld  bachelors."  said  one  of  the 
women,  gravely.  «  You  see  the  popilation  has  growed  since  the  city  built  it  for 
jm,  ,ong  ago,  and  so  they  got  too  crowded  like.  That 's  why  the  new  brick 
house  vvas  built  to  ,H,t  some  of  'em  in."  This  conception  of  an  infirTiar-  or 
retreat  for  <  the  old  bachelors,"  as  a  sort  of  class  apart,  under  nunicipalpro- 
tection  and  authority,  doubtless  has  less  vogue  than  the  notion  of  a  vast  dis- 
sect.ng-room  or  ,  hamber-of-horrors  ;  but  I  think  it  probable  that  most  of  such 
evi.-d.sDosed  frequenters  of  the  locality  as  may  know  that  there  are  other 
lodgers  ,n  the  University  besides  "  the  medical  students,"  believe  tho^e 
others  to  be  bachelors.  They  believe  them  to  be  impecunious  ones  also,  for 
thej^^annot  conceive  of  a  man's  living  in  so  funereal  a  pile  except  under 
the  "  blooc  and  iron  "behind  them      We  felt  that  the  pen  which  traced  them  had  been  dipped 

We  were  proud  to  read  an  author  of  whom  we  could  rightly  say,  in  sad  and  wrathful  defiance  : 
"  A  better  or  a  braver  man  never  rode  in  battle's  van." 


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pressure  of  poverty.  Furthermore,  even  if  an  adventurous  thief  managed  to 
break  into  a  half-dozen  apartments  without  detection,  he  might  not  find  any- 
thing better  than  empty  recitation-benches,  or  dusty  laboratory  apparatus,  or 
full-length  "  portraits  of  the  chancellors,"  or  ponderous  law  tomes,— fo."  most 
of  the  ioors  of  the  public  rooms  bear  no  labels,  and  they  look  exactly  like 
those  of  the  adjoining  private  rooms,  which  also,  in  many  cases,  make  no 
showing  of  the  tenants'  names.  But  if  a  thief  had  the  luck  to  avoid  the  col- 
legiate chambers,  and  penetiate  a  private  room  in  the  owner's  absenc  ,  the 
chance  for  plunder  would  still  be  much  pooier  than  in  a  private  hoi:be.  It 
may  fairly  be  assumed,  of  men  who  live  alone,  that  the  personal  possessions 
with  which  they  surround  themselves— even  when  they  have  the  ability  to  in- 
dulge in  a  good  d.  jree  of  splendor  and  luxury— are  not  of  that  compact  and 
portable  sort  dear  to  the  heart  of  the  housebreakei.  A  bachelor,  if  he  likes  to 
have  good  furniture  about  him,  may  buy  a  costly  sideboard  to  gratify  that  lik- 
ing ;  but  his  idea)  of  lavishness  in  fitting  it  up  will  be  more  apt  to  take  the 
shape  of  potables  than  of  silver-plate.  Hence  the  intelligent  burglar's  chief 
interest  centers  upon  family  life;  for  well  he  knows  that,  where  the  wife 
is.  there  shall  the  solid  silver-ware  be  found  also.  I  am  not  forgetful  of  the 
wide  advertisement  that  the  newspapers  gave  in  1883  tj  the  public  auction  of 
pictures  and  bric-a-brac  which  netted  $50,000  to  a  departing  tenant  of  the 
University  (though  some  of  the  choicest  of  the  treasures  accumulated  in  his 
chambers,  rumor  said,  were  reserved  from  the  sale) ;  but  I  do  not  think  the 
prevalent  belief  as  to  the  unwealthy  character  of  the  other  tenants  was 
thereby  diminished  at  all.  If  the  thieves  read  about  the  auction,  they  must 
also  h^ve  read  that  the  owner  of  the  collections  which  brought  such  "  big 
monpy  "  was  the  chief  editor  of  a  prominent  daily  newspaper,  and  that  he 
kept  a  body-servant  continually  guarding  his  door.  They  must  have  rated 
him  as  an  entire  exception  to  the  ordinary  inhabitants  of  such  a  prison,  whose 
possessions  offer,  ostensibly  af  well  as  actually,  no  real  temptation  to  a 
robber.  It  would  be  hard  to  name  another  lodging-house  in  the  city  where 
the  very  nature  of  things  makes  the  danger  of  sneak-thievery  so  slight. 

Some  of  the  same  considerations  which  deter  the  lower  order  of  criminals 
from  attempting  to  prey  upon  the  tenants  of  the  Building  deter  also  the 
higher  order  of  criminals  from  becoming  tenants  there,  as  a  means  --f  more 
secretly  concocting  their  schemes  for  preying  upon  society  in  general.  Such 
ivrds-of-a-feather,  however  nmch  they  may  like  to  hide  themselves  from  the 
iijservation  of  the  police,  are  very  generally  inclined  to  flock  together  ;  and 
they  are  undoubtedly  wise  in  believing  that  such  procedure  offers  them  the 
best  chance  of  individual  concealment.  A  man  of  evil-conscience  looks  upon 
solitude  as  a  supreme  terror;  he  cannot  endure  continued  isolation;  "  the  pro- 
found gloom  of  the  University  would  turn  his  brain."  It  is  about  the  last 
place  in  the  world,  therefore,  where  a  bad  woman  would  consent  to  -seclude 
herself ;  though  the  entire  truthfulness  (so  far  as  practicability  goes)  of  the 
story  of  "Cecil  Dreeme's  "  concealment  there  shows  that  no  other  place  ex- 


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ists  in  the  world  where  such  seclusion  coulr'  be  made  so  complete.    This 
peculiar  possibility  often  gives  rise  to  considerable  verbal  banter,  represent- 
ing each  bachelor  tenant  as  the  proprietor  of  a  sort  of  harem ;  and  a  dis- 
reputable daily  newspaper  once  went  so  far  as  to  publish  silly  stories  of  this 
kind,  with  the  serious  "  business  "  purpbse  of  impairing  the  influence  of  a 
rival  sheet  in  local  politics.     As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  there  is  probably 
no  other  public  house  in  the  city  where  the  conditions  of  existence  offer  so 
few  temptations  to  indulgence  in  that  particular  sort  cf  "immorality."     Such 
women  as  are  encountered  here  exhibit  in  a  pre-eminent  degree  the  supreme 
virtue  of  minding  their  own  business.     They  give  no  occasion  or  pretext  for 
any  gossip  or  tittle-tattle  or  scandal,  like  that  which  is  continually  cropping 
out  in  every  hotel  or  boarding-house.     If,  therefore,  a  bachelor  resident  of 
the  University  is  disposed  "to  sport  with  Amaryllis  in  the  shade,"  the  chosen 
scene  of  such    indulgence  seems   more  likely  to  be  the    hotel  or  boardinu' 
house  than  his  own  mysterious  home.     Since,  not  being  at  hand,  she  must 
deP-Mtely  be  sought,  it  is  manifestly  more  easy  as  well  as  more  prudent  thus 
to  meet  her  on  neutral  ground,  or  even  in  her  personal  and  private  haunts 
than  to  escort  or  summon  her  to  his  own  grim  chambers.     No  difficulty  exists 
in  any  city  where  a  million  of  the  human  race  are  herded,  to  prevent  a  man 
and  woman  from  livir.g  togeth-.  though  unmarried,  with  entire  privacy  and 
concealment ;  and  no  city  of  that  size  can  maintain  a  hotel— whether  large  or 
small,  magnificent  or  humble,  fashionable  or  exclusive— in  the  possession  ot 
machinery  powerful  enough  to  exclude  such  unwedded  pairs.     "The  nature 
of  things,"  ou  the  other  hand,  seems  sufficient  to  exclude  them  from  the  Uni- 
versity ;  for  I  can  conceive  of  no  place  where  the  mutual  wearisomeness  which 
always  ends  that  sort  of  relationship  would  be  more  quickly  developed. 

Nevertheless,  though  a  most  unsuitable  place  for  the  keeping  ot  a  mis- 
tress, the  Castle  might  conceivably  supply  an  acceptable  home  for  the  shelter 
of  a  wife,  provided  her  tastes  were  unconventional  enough  to  be  in  sympathy 
with  such  solitary  surroundings.  Many  a  lonely  dweller  here  has  doubtless 
dreamed  wistfully  of  these  as  a  charming  background  ior  some  new  I'aul-and- 
Virginia  business,  wherein  he  himself  might  play  a  most  delighted  and  de- 
voted  part,—"  the  world  forgetting,  by  the  world  forgot."  Indeed,  the  dream 
may  have  been  realized,  for  aught  that  I  know  to  the  contrary.  I  possess  a 
vague  impression  that  one  or  two  married  pairs  have  at  times  had  a  place 
among  my  contemporaries  in  the  Building;  but,  if  this  were  so,  they  m..  t 
have  tired  of  it  quickly,  for  I  think  that  al  '  -  'ong-term  stayers  are  sinulc 
men.  I  recall,  too,  the  fact  that  an  acquaintanc  jf  mine,  who  came  back  to 
live  here  in  his  bachelor  chambers,  during  the  summer  months  while  his  wife 
took  an  outing  in  Europe,  spoke  regretfully  of  the  hopeless  gap  between  the 
two  kinds  of  existence.  He  was  haj  in  his  married  life,  and  was  too  gen- 
erous to  wish  to  deprive  his  wife  of  suv.n  happiness  as  she  found  in  "  society  " ; 
but,  he  thought,  "if  madame  might  really  be  inspired  to  throw  it  all  over- 
board, in  order  to  share  a  free  life  with  me  in  this  peaceful  solitude,-ah ! 


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CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        443 

that  would  be  fine  I "  His  notion  was  that  such  existence  might  continuously 
supply  the  same  sort  of  zest  which  a  man  briefly  secures  by  dragging  his  wife 
off  to  some  remote  mountain  or  wilderness  or  mining-camp,  "where  there  are 
no  other  women  around,  to  keep  her  neck  tightly  chained  beneath  the  yoke  of 
conformity."  The  inn  and  freedom  of  the  mining<amp  experience  are  some- 
what impaired,  however,  by  the  wife's  consciousness  of  eccentricity  :  she  at- 
tracts t  -luch  attention,  and  is  gazed  at  too  curiously,  as  the  only  present 
specimen  of  her  sex.  But  in  the  solitude  of  the  University  she  would  attract 
no  notice  at  all,  for  a  great  many  other  women  are  to  be  seen  there,  silently 
going  their  own  separate  ways.  "  They  never  speak  as  they  pass  by."  The 
tomb-like  atmosphere  of  the  corridors  does  not  encourage  loitering  or  socia- 
bility. People  hasten  through  them  as  speedily  as  possible  and  disappear 
into  their  .several  chambers.  No  one  wastes  time  in  It.,  king  at  any  one  t.se, 
or  curiosity  in  speculating  about  a.y  one  else.  No  decently-dressed  visitor, 
whether  man  or  woman,  who  goes  directly  along,  as  if  on  business  bent,  is 
ever  questioned  by  the  janitor. 

That  worthy,  however,  makes  vigorous  'aifare  on  all  evident  intruders ; 
and  it  is  unusual  for  ^oggars,  tramps,  pedlars  or  other  pests  to  get  beyond 
his  office.  His  wife  aud  family  dwell  with  him  upon  the  ground  floor,  as  well 
as  two  or  three  female  servar's.  Washerwomen  regularly  call  for  clothes  in 
all  parts  of  the  Building.  In  the  artists'  studios  at  the  top,  women  and  girls 
often  pose  as  models.  A  charitable  society  has  an  office,  presided  over  by  a 
woman,  which  is  frequently  visited  by  the  lady  managers.  Another  apartment 
has  been  honored,  I  believe,  in  times  past,  by  fashionable  maidens  attending 
their  music  lessons.  More  women  than  men  are  at:  acted  to  the  public  re- 
ligious services  which  are  held  in  the  chapel  on  Sundays,  and  o  the  even- 
ings of  certain  other  days.  A  physician's  office,  long  established  here,  doubt- 
less I.^s  its  due  propor^=oa  of  feminine  patients.  The  storage  of  household 
effrcts  in  the  basement  is  sometimes  superintended  by  the  women  who  own 
them.  The  prof  ssors'  wives  anfi  daughters  presumably  make  the  University 
an  occasional  rendezvous.  Serious  argument  has  been  offered  in  favor  of 
opening  its  lectur  and  recitation-rooms  to  lady  students,  or  of  having  the  pro- 
fessors instruct  them  in  private  classes ;  while,  on  the  other  hand,  "  the  an- 
nual reception  o^  '  e  gr.iduating  class  "  draws  hither  the  sisters  and  cousins 
and  oth  :r  girl  friends  thereof,  to  make  the  grim  corridors  gay  for  a  few  hours 
with  music  and  f  ncing.  Thus,  for  op'  eason  or  another,  a  great  variety  of 
womankih  e  proper  business  within  the  walls  of  the  University;  and  the 

go-ng  o-  ^mmg  of  a"v  individual  woman  is  no  more  noticed  nor  thought  of 
than  t!.'  puing  or  com.ng  of  a  man.  The  peculiarity  of  the  place  is  that  its 
atmosphere  f^-ces  every  one  to  stick  strictly  to  business ;  to  maintain  a  per- 
sonal i:,  uion  and  reserve;  to  be  solitary,  exclusive,  unobservant  and  self- 
ahsor!>ed.  In  the  same  way  that,  as  Winthrop  said,  "  its  publicity  makes 
pnvatT,"  so  does  its  unique  capacity  for  the  complete  concealment  of  a 
w ,- -.n  keep   it  singularly  free   from  scandal.     A  bachelor  resident   has  a 


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444  TEN  THOUSAND  M/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

serene  consciousness  that  the  inquisitive  eyes  which  would  watch  his  move 
ments  m  any  lodging-house  or  "hotel,  and  the  idle  tongues  which  would  there 
set  afloat  s.lly  stories  of  his  "  undue  attentions  "  to  any  women  of  the  place 
towards  whom  he  showed  a  chance  kindness  or  civility,  cannot  exist  in  Z 
University.  A  married  resident  knows  likewise  that  heTe  his  wife  is  nr^ 
tected  not  only  from  all  such  invidious  gossip,  but  from  all  contact  with  o^ 
suggestion  of  the  sort  of  social  evil  which  that  gossip  represents 

I  have  quoted  the  published  testimony  of  many  witnesses  to  show  that 
he  outward  appearance  of  the  Building  is  apt  to  suggest  the  notion  of  .  castle 
tothemmd  of  a  stranger;  but  I  do  not  consider  this  circumstance  of  an 
great  importance  except  as  a  coincidence.     "  Walls  do  not  a  prison  make  "  • 
and  It  IS  not  because  of  its  stone  turrets  and  battlements  that  I  account  my' 
home  a  castle.     Donius  sua  cuujue  est  tutissimum  refugium.     "  Every   man's 
house,"  as  Lord  Chatham  said,  "is  called  his  castle.     Why?     Because  it  i 
surrounded  by  a  moat,  or  defended  by  a  wall  .>     No.     It  may  be  a  straw-built 
hut;  the  wind  may  whistle  around  it,  the  rain  may  enter  it,-but  the  kin. 
cannot        Personal   freedom,  in  other  words,    is    what  is  distinctively  predi- 
cated by  the  "castle  "  simile  ;  and  the  place  where  the  largest  amount  o,  this 
IS  attainable  by  any  one   is  inside  his  own  doorway.     The  largest  amount 
which  he  actually  obtains  there  is  npt  to  be  small,  however;  for.  though  it  is 
the  general  habit  of  people  to  sp.ak  ,.,f  individual  liberty  as  a  thing  supremely 
desirable,  they  are  not  generally  ^vi:;.ng  to  pay  the  price  which  it  costs.     They 
may  occasionally  make  sacrifues  fo.  a  bnef  taste  of  it,  but,  as  a  regular  diet 
there  are  other  things  which  better  .uit  theu-  digestion.     The  ordinary  ambi- 
tion of  people  is  to  complicate  rather  than  to  simplify  the  machi>  ,ry  of  their 
lives,  and  the  ordinary  result  of  success  is  that  they  become  slaves  to  the 
machme.     They  welcome  to  the  control  of  the  castle  a  tyrant  more  relentless 
than  any  law-defying  king  could   ever  have  been,  and  they  pay  him  most 
liberally  for  robbing  them  of  the  last  shred  and  atom  of  privacy  and  inde- 
pendence.     "  Custom  "  is  the  admired  Juggernaut  under  whose  wheels  thev 
long  to  be  rolled  until  they  become  as  flat  and  undistinguishable  as  a  row  of 
postage  stamps.      Instead  of  the  old,  heroic,  ^^Ave  !  Cctsar,  Imperator  I  Mon- 
turt  te  salutant!"  these  self-immolating  moderns  seem  to  cry  : 

"  Hurrah  for  the  R-«ther  of  the  Sun  !  Hurrah  for  the  Father  of  the  Moon  I 
In  all  the  wo-"'.!  there's  none  like  Quashlboo. 

IU.ffr.!„  of  biftaioes  !    Bull  of  bulls!    He  sit3  on  a  throne  of  his  subjects'  skulls. 
A-  .1  .•  he  needs  more  to  play  at  foot-ball,  ours  all  for  him— all !  all  I 
H.igKabajee  1    Huggabajoo !    Hail,  Lord  and  Emperor  of  Bugaboo  I  " 

The  perfection  of  creature-comfort-the  highest  imaginable  ideal  of 
purely  physical  well-being  and  material  ease-may  be  found  in  the  great 
cowntry  houses  and  the  London  mansions  of  the  wealthy  men  of  England. 
No  set  of  tellurians  at  least  can  affect  to  despise  them.'  The  descendants 
CM  Adam,  the  world  over,  can  show  nothing  better."  As  machines  for  the 
dispensing  of  hospitality,  nothing  so  complete  exists  elsswhere  on  this  planet 


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CASTLE  SOLITUDE  FN  THE  METROPOLIS.        445 

The  visitor  is  charmed  and  delighted  with  the  admirably  effective  devices  by 
which  his  personal  ease  and  tranquillity  are  at  all  times  ensured.     Yet  the 
chief  feeling  left  upon  my  mind,  by  a  contemplation  of  these  wonderfully  fine 
establishments,  has  always  been  one  of  pity  for  the  mental  serfdom  which  the 
elaborateness  of  their  management  necessarily  entails  upon  the  proud  pro- 
prietors.    The  "  castle  "  ideal  is  completely  obiitera.cd.     The  ostensible  own- 
ers have  no  right  of  initiative,— no  power  to  gratify  any  personal  freak  or 
whim.    The  real  rulers  are  the  so-called  servants,  who  lord  it  over  the  master 
and  mistress  with  a  rod  of  iron.     The  movements  of  the  latter  must  be  as 
unvarying  as  the  movements  of  automatons,  or  the  smoothness  and  harmony 
of  the  play  will  be  spoiled.     If  the  chief  actors  attempt  to  vary  the  monotony 
by  interpolations  in  the  traditional  text,  the  people  behind  the  scenes  .-ing 
down  the  curtain,  and  the  show  is  stopped.     The  lives  of  the  wealthy  seem 
Renerally  like  a  sort  of  clock-work,  run  for  the  benefit  of  a  vast  body  of  vassals 
and  retainers,  whose  comfort  depends  upon  the  regularity  of  tl-at  running. 
No  matter,  therefore,  how  pronounced  an  individuality  a  man  may  have  been 
given  by  nature,  he  is  powerless  to  assert  \l  in  the  presence  of  this  pervasive 
and   uncompromising    opposition.     The   mere   dead-weight   of    numbers   is 
against  him.     The  combined  interest  which  all  his  hirelings  have,  in  keeping 
liim  moving  inside  the  conventional  groove,  finally  conquers  any  impulse  of 
his  own  to  mova  out  of  it.     Their  opposition— though  silent,  and  passive,  and 
respectful   and  decorous— is  irresistible   because   of  its   supreme  stolidity. 
Having  no  heat  nor  passion,  it  never  flags  nor  tires ;  and,  after  the  master's 
collisions  with  it  have  been  numerous  enough  to  produce  intellectual  weari- 
ness, he  always  abandons  the  game  as  not  worth  the  candle,  and  submits  to 
the  inevitable  necessity  of  living  in  strict  accordance  with  the  ideal  which 
his  servants   have   marked  out  for  him  as  correct.     The  certainty  of  such 
ultimate  submission  is  shown  by  the  old  story  of  the  coachman  who,  when 
asked  to  bring  his  master  a  pitcher  of  water,  respectfully  urged  that  such 
service  was  the   proper  function  of  the  butler.     "  Being  a  reasonable  man. 
the  master  admitted  the  conventional  justice  of  this,  and   ordered   bim  to 
harness  the  horses  and  transport  the  pitcher-bearing  butler  to  the  well  which 
was  a  few  rods  distant."     If  people  laugh  at  the  coachman's  punishment,  it 
is  because  they  lack  the  philosophy  to  see  that  the  master  was  the  worse 
punished.     The  mental  wear  of  thus  asserting  himself  was  far  more  annoy- 
ing to  him  than  the  slight  physical  labor  was  to  his  coachman ;  and  it  is  to 
be  presumed  that  he  either  changed  his  policy  or  ended  his  life  in  an  asylum. 
The  highly-organized  social  system  of  England,  with  its  strictly-defined 
grades  and  "classes,"  produces  various  creditable   rssults ;  but  one  of  its 
most  obtrusively  characteristic  results  is  the  prominent  development  given  to 
that  unlovely  trait  in  human  nature  which  causes  a  man  to  fawn  on  those  of 
his  race  who  are  classed  above  him,  and  to  spurn  those  who  are  classed  be- 
low.   This  is  why  the  English  are  so  stilted  and  strait-laced  in  their  manners 
and  personal    Dehavior.     "  Self-suppression  is  the  lesson  which  the  system 


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446  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

constantly  inculcates,  by  prerspt  and  by  very  strong  example."     If  a  man  ex- 
pects  to  "  get  on,"  he  must  adapt  his  notions  and  conduct  as  closely  as  pos- 
sible to  those  of  "  the  class  just  above  ";  and  he  is  under  the  constant  pressure 
of  temptation  to  so  conduct  himself  as  to  deceive  others  into  thinking  that  he 
has  "  got  on,"  in  advance  of  the  fact.     No  scheme  could  be  better  devised 
for  producing  artificiality  and  uniformity,  and  for  concealing  every  trace  of 
"  nature " ;  and  if   any    Englishman,   from   the   highest   to  the  lowest,   pro- 
fesses  that  he  is  not  in  some  degree  affected  by  this  fundamental  fact  of 
his   environment,    he  declares  that  he   is  more  than  human.     In  every  civ- 
ilized  country   the   struggle   to  "keep  up  appearances"  absorbs   most  of 
the  energy  of  the  human  race;  but   the  conditions  of  existence  in  England 
cause  the  struggle  to  rage  there  with  phenomenal  intensity  and  obtrusive- 
ness.     The  inevitable  compulsion  under  which  each  class  imitates  "  its  bet- 
ters," results,  of  course,  in  the  transfer  of  the  same  ideal  from  the  richest  to 
the  poorest.    As  the  chief  ambition  of  the  wealthy  is  to  own  an  establishment 
so  vast  that  the  machinery  for  managing  it  obliterates  the  owner's  personality 
tha  chief  vanity  of  the  very  poor  is  to  boast  the  abilitv  to  hire  some  one  still 
poorer,  for  a  "slavey,"  and  to  put  their  necks  under  the  yoke  of  her  caprice 
and  inefficiency.     No  Englishman  feels  that  he  is  quite  respectable  unless  he 
makes  his  life  in  some  way  dependent  upon- a  social  inferior  whom  he  can 
nominally  command,— unless  he  occasionally  postures,  in  one  guise  or  an- 
other, as  "an  employer."i     The  universal  prevalence  of  this  habit-of-mind  is 
illustrated  by  the  story    (otherwise   pointless)  of  a  certain  "  literary  discus- 
sion "  in  which  the  first  speaker  indignantly  asks  :    "  Do  you  suppose  there  's 
any  truth  in  the  rumor  that  Lord  Suchaplace  didn't  really  write  his  recently 
published  book  of  poems.' "  and  the  second  speaker  says,  with  languid  sur- 
prise :     "  Write  'em  >     Why  should  he  ?     I  never  heard  that  he  was  such  a 
sfngy  man.     Of  course  he  employed  a  servant  to  make  the  book  for  him." 
The  joke  implied  in  this  matter-of-fact  stripping  off  of  the  last  shred  of  re- 
sponsibility, in  a  case  essentially  personal,  is  relished  by  everybody,  because 

'There  is  no  nation  in  thr  world  that  has  so  acute  a  sense  of  the  value,  almost  the  necessity, 
of  wealth  for  human  intercours"  as  the  English  nation.  They  silently  accept  the  maxim,  "  A 
large  income  is  a  necessary  of  life";  and  they  class  each  other  according  to  the  scale  of 'thc-r 
establishments,  looking  up  with  unfeigned  reverence  to  those  who  have  many  servants,  many 
hors.s,  and  gigantic  houses  wh-re  a  grent  hospitality  is  dispensed.  An  ordinary  Engiishman 
thmks  he  has  failed  in  life,  and  his  friends  are  of  the  same  opinion,  if  he  does  not  arrive  at  tho 
ability  to  imitate  this  style  and  state,  at  least  in  a  minor  degree.  I  think  it  deeply  to  '.e  deplored 
that  an  expenditure  far  beyond  what  can  be  met  by  the  physical  or  intellectual  labor  of  ordinary 
workers  should  be  thought  necessary,  in  order  that  people  may  meet  and  talk  in  comfort.  The 
big  English  house  is  a  machine,  which  runs  with  unrivaled  smoothness  ;  but  it  masters  its  m.ister, 
It  possesses  its  nominal  possessor.  George  Borrow  had  the  deepest  sense  of  the  Englishman's 
slavery  to  his  big,  well-ordered  dwelling,  and  saw  in  it  the  cause  of  unnumbered  anxieties,  often 
ending  in  heart-disease,  paralysis,  bankruptcy,  and  in  minor  cases  sacrificing  all  chance  of  leisure 
and  quiet  happiness.  Many  a  land-owner  has  rrippled  himself  by  erecting  a  great  house  on  his 
estate,— one  of  those  huge,  tastelesr  buildings  that  express  nothing  but  pompous  pride.- 
"  Human  Intercourse,"  by  P.  G.  Hamerton,  p.  145  (Boston:  Roberts  Bros.,  i!i84,  pp.  430). 


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447 


eich  one  is  secretly  conscious  of  the  many  cases  where  he  himself  feels  con- 
strained, for  appearance's  sake,  "to  employ  a  servan.,"  in  doing  what  mig'  t 
be  more  pleasantly  and  decently  done  by  his  own  hands.  I  believe  it  was 
President  Lincoln  who  remarked,  in  reference  to  the  expressed  amaiement  of 
some  titled  foreigner,  over  a  newspaper  statement  that  the  President  some- 
times expedited  matters  by  blacking  his  own  boots :  '*  Well,  I  've  always 
n  >ticed  that  the  folks  who  are  ashamed  of  doing  any  such  proper  act  for 
themselves  never  have  any  scruples  about  blacking  other  people's  boots  I  " 
Perhaps  the  unpleasant  necessity  of  continually  "truckling  to  the  class 
above  "  needs  the  counter  irritant  of  rigid  adherence  to  the  custom  of  "  em- 
ploying some  one  below,"  as  a  means  of  preserving  to  the  Briton  his  self- 
respect.  M  all  events,  he  is  apt  to  look  with  contempt  upon  all  fellow-beings 
wlio  habitually  perform  certain  personal  offices  without  paid  assistance. 
Poverty  or  peniiriousness  is  the  oniy  explanation  which  he  can  assign  for 
such  conduct, — or  for  the  use  of  water  as  a  beveraqe.  The  drinking  of 
"something  better"  seems,  in  its  way,  to  the  minds  of  "the  lower  classes," 
a  token  of  affluence  and  "respectability."  That  belief,  therefore,  helps  in- 
tensify their  resentment  of  legal  .estrictions  upon  such  indulgence,  and  to 
giv"  political  potency  to  their  cry  : 

"  Damn  your  eyes,  if  ever  you  tries  to  rob  -s.  poor  man  of  his  beer  !  " 

^he  "globe-trotting "proclivities  of  the  well-to-do  English,  which  have 
wnn  for  them  the  title  of  "  a  nation  of  travelers,"  seem  to  me  perfectly  ex- 
piiincd  I'N  'he  necessity  they  labor  under  of  seeking  abroad  an  antidote  for 
th'.'ir  continuous  self-.nuppre&sion  at  home.  "  The  great  distinction  which  rank 
ami  money  -  btain  in  England  must  at  timer  grow  unspeakably  irksome  to  those 
who  spend  their  lives  in  the  midf,t  of  its  society."  Unless  they  had  the  outer 
world  to  wreak  themselves  upan — unless  they  could  occasionally  break  away 
from  the  self-imposed  and  ever-present  thralldom  of  living  in  oubjection  to 
their  servants — they  would  simply  die  from  the  cunnilative  pressure  of  their 
own  eminent  respectability  !  When  last  I  sojourned  in  the  shadow  ot  this,  a 
decade  ago,  I  ha  f^r  a  companion  an  excelleot  litt).-  book  (newly  published 
then,  by  a  Yale  LiaJuate  of  '64)  from  which  I  've  already  adapted  a  phrase 
or  two,  and  from  which  I  will  now  extract  a  longer  paragraph,  as  well  repre- 
senting my  own  observ.i'ions  on  the  spot.  I  have  italicized  the  sentence 
which  seems  to  best  for  ulate  the  reason  for  the  persona!  colorlessness  of 
"society  people,"  in  all  ciwnes  and  countiies  : 

1  found  everj-whcre  111  exi  "^sive  respect  of  the  individual  for  the  seniiment  of  the  mass— I 
mtan  in  regard  to  behavior.  I :.  matters  ot  opinion  there  it  greater  latitude  than  with  us.  Now- 
adays a  man  in  England  may  believe  anything  he  chooses;  the  reason  being,  I  suppose,  that 
beliefs  hav  not  much  root  or  practical  impr.;-tance.  Authority  seems  to  have  left  the  domain  of 
•.bought  and  literature,  and  'o  have  invaded  that  of  manners.  Of  the  two  sorts  of  t>Tanny,  I  think 
1  should  prefer  the  first.  \  should  rather  be  compelled  to  write  my  poetry  in  pentameters,  and 
to  .speak  with  respect  of  the  Church  and  the  Government,  than  to  be  forever  made  ,o  behave  as 
oth^r  people  dictate.     I  know  Englishmen  do  not  r.ccept  this  a«  true  of  themselves.     One  of 


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448  TEA'  THOUSAND  Af/LIwS  ON  /i  hlCVCLE. 

them,  to  whom  I  had  hinted  somethmg  of  the  sort,  said.  "  Oh,  I  don't  know ;  we  do  about  . 
we  pleane."     Precisely;  but  they  have  lived  so  constantly  in  the  eyes  „f   other  people  have  .  \ 
so  used  to  conformmK,  that  they  never  think  of  wanting  to  do  what  «Kiety  would  disapprove  nf 
Th,y  havt  been  ,a  m  tlu  hnbit  0/  suiduing  whatewr  fuUivt  individuality  they  ^ss»ss  that  tlu, 
havt  at  Uut  got  rid  0/  ,t.     Of  course,  it  would  Ije  imjiossible  to  make  them  believe  this      The 
mistake  their  inattention,  the  hostile  front  they  present  to  the  world,  and  their  indifference  t 
the  stnctures  of  foreigners  when  they  are  abroad,  for  real  indei^ndence  and  a  self-reliant  a  l" 
herence  to  nature.     But  there  seems  to  me  to  be  something  conventional  even  about  the  ru.'ie 
and  loungmg  munners  of  which  they  are  so  proud,     ft  is  like  the  "  stand-at-ease  "  of  soldiers 
It  would  be  highly  improper  and  contrary  to  orders  to  do  anything  else.     Englishmen  appeare  I 
to  me  to  be  cr.tic.sing  themselves  away  ;  but  the  age  everywhere  partakes  of  the  tendency      I, 
has  come  to  attach  great  importance  to  proper  externals,  to  seemliness,  to  a  dignified  and  harmo- 
nious  behavior.     We  all  demote  an  exceedingly  particular  and  microscopic  care  to  our  outward 
walk  and  conversation.     Tins  is  true  of  Americans,  and  it  i,  .rue  of  all  educated  English  people 
but  the  disease  reaches  ,ts  extremes,  forr,.  among  Englishmen  of   f.ashion  and  qualitv  -"  Im' 
pressinns  of  London  Social  Life,"  by  E.  S.  Nadal,  pp.  ,o-„  (New  York  :  Scribners.  ,875). 

The  final  words  of  the  same  book  (pp.  217-223)  seem  al.so  worth  nuotin" 
here,  as  a  correct  showing  of  the  social  conditions  which  exist  in  the  Amt-i- 
can  metropolis.     How  such  conditions    are  affected  by  aristocracy   and  bv 
democracy  seems  to  me  excellently  shown  by  thus  contrasting  the  two  Kreat 
est  cities  of  the  Er.glish-speaking  nee  : 

There  Is  no  society  •,,  New  York  which  corre.p-.nds  to  tha,  of   London  or  Pari,  and  anv 
writer  who  aaemptsto  make  the  idea  that  there  is  the  keynote  of  his  work  will  be  likelv .! 
produce  a  sdly.  vulgar  book.     Whether  or  no  there  .should  be  such  societies,  or  whe.lL 
where  they  exist   they  do  good  or  harm,  I  do  not  say.     I  only  say  that  there  is  no  such  soeie,; 
among  us,  and  that  novelists  should  not  wr„e  as  if  there  were.     There  are  yet  some  unreasona- 
ble   d.scnminafons  concerning  employments  among  us,  but  it  is  certain  that  the  movement  of 
public  sentiment  has  been  strongly  and  rapidly  towards  democracy.     There  was,  during  the  earlv 
yeare  of  our  existence,  an  approach  to  a  nation.^]  aristocratic  society.     A  governor  or  a  senator 
a  ,udse,  a  commodore,  or  a  general,  was  an  aristocrat.     Anybcnly  who  reflected  or   represented 
the  d  .-nity  of  the  government  was  an  aristocrat.     This  feeling  continued  till  near  the  middle 
of  the  century,  or  un.,1  the  second  generation  of  statesmen  had  disappeared.     It  has  now  gone 
where  the  woodbine  twine.h  "  to  use  the  significant  expression  of  the  significant  Jin.  Fisk 
The  extreme  weakness  of  the  aristocratic  element  among  us  at  present  is  in  part- in  very  small 
part-tp  be  explained  by  the  want  of  respect  in  our  people.     A  plain  man  in  this  country  care, 
nothing  for  the  man  who  is  above  him  ;  is  rather  proud,  and  believe,  it  to  be  a  virtue  that  he 
does  not  care.     Nor  does  it  appear  a  thing  to  be  regretted  that  such  a  state  of  mind  exists  in 
the  humbler  citizen  towards  the  greater  one.     It  is  well  .0  have  A  admire  B,  if  he  is  a  person  of 
supenor  rectitude,  energy  and  intelligence.     But  what  advantage  will  it  be  to  society  to  have  K 
admire  B  because   B  lives  in  a  better  house  .nd  may  have  a  better  dinner  than   A.'    There 
IS  no  need  to  put  the  cart  before  the  horse.     The  value  of  veneration  among  the  masses  of  men 
IS  obvious  where  they  have  anything  to  venerate.     And  there  can  be  so  want  of  the  capacitv 
for  respect  among  our  people.     It  is  absurd  to  call  this  "  a  country  in  which  superiorities  are 
-either  coveted  nor  respected."    The  contrary  is  the  fact;  the  few  real  superiorities  that  we 
have  are,  perhaps  respected  too  much.     The  bulk  of  our  reading  public  know  enough  to  recog- 
mxe  what  IS  excellent,  but  have  no.  the  critical  self<onfidence  which  is  the  property  of  educated 
men.     They  therefore  fad  to  insist  that  .he  greatest  men  have  their  limitations  and  cannot  in- 
elude  everything ;  but,  in  a  kind  of  dazed  reverie,  accept  whatever  is  told  them 

The  national  aristocratic  society  has  disappeared  with  the  disappearance  of  respect  for  the 
poll  lean.  What  IS  called  "position  "is  in  this  country  now  altogether  local.  This  is  neces- 
sarily  true.     A  is  known  among  his  neighbors  as  a  rich  and  decent  person  ;  his  wife  und  daugh- 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        440 

,n.  ar.  ''  nice  "  (,h.  American  for  "  noble  "),  either  ab«,k.ely  or  relatively  ,„  the  ^ople  around 
>h.,.      A  ha,  po....on  therefore  in  hi,  own  town  ;  if  he  move,  e!,ewhere  he  docs  no.  inevnaWy 
,„L.  .t  wuh  h,m.     Now,  .n  very  little  and  very  si.nple  com„,.nitios.  the,*  idea,  of  pcu  on  and 
,r.Hedent  arc  most   .mportant.     In  a  very  great  place,  on  the  other  hand,  few  m^are  Urge 
..  ..ugh  .0  be  seen  over  the  whole   town.     A,  a  conscquoce,  we  see  that   New  York  i,    ^rhan! 
■  Ik.  most  democrat.c  town  in  the  country.     It  ha,  become  so  .Inr.ns  the  year,  in  «h,ch    t  ha 
.., ..  shoottng  .nto  a  poK.t.on  ,,f  such  national  and  cosmopohtan  importance      ,t  i,  now  c  u  te 
...K.rafc  a  place  as  the  >nev,table  varieties  o'f  acodent  and  talent  among  men  will  perm"   t  to  b^ 
l...ar..r.ceofexdus.vene.ss   which    is  sure  to  succeed    .n  a   .mailer  place.  wTri  he« 
■„.p,e  greatly  de.s.re  to  do  what  they  f.nd  difficult  to  do.     They  do  not  cire  at  all  to  do  what  the^ 
.,.,w  they  n.ay  do.     Accordmgly.  ,n  a  town  or  cty  of  m.Klerate  size,  the  people  who  wish  to  b 
.0,,,,.  better  than  the.r  ne.,hl.rs,  and  who  have  son.e  li.t.e  adva,ua,e  to's.ar,  with,  ar^  wile': 
Uq,  ,0  themselves.     Ihey  thus  prevent  their  neighbors  from  finding  out  that  the  excluded  and 
.lu-  ..xclu.s,ves  arc  ,ust  alike.     They  hav-  for  their  ally  that  profound  wan,  of  confidence  of  ordi- 
.....  V  l-cople  m  the.r  own  perceptions,      liut  this  is  a  device  which  will  not  do  in  a  city  of  the  size 
m.l  u ,.k-nach,ng  m„v,rtance  of  New  York.     What  will  the  mover  of  commerce  or  politics  over 
.I..-  f.,ce  of  the  country  care  f„r  the  opinion  of  the  gentlewon,an  around  the  corner,  who  thinks  him 
v..U..r.     Ihu,  we  see  ,t  to  be  impossible  that  any  dominant  society  may  exist  in  this  coontrv 
1  h.  recognition  of  ,h,s  fact  should  teach  quiet  to  people  inclined  to  be  restless.      It  need  not  be 
.n.w.kom.  to  the  friend  of  man,  for  he  will  ren.ember  that  democracy  doe,  not  mean  the  ,ri- 
"n„  I,  of  u„l,ty  over  d.gn.ty  and   refinement,  but   that  i,  means  dignity  ..nd   refinement  for  the 
n,.u,y.     Wr.ters  of   ficon  n,ay  regret  ,he  want  of  div,  ,  si.y  and  picturesqueness  which  the  fact 
HuoUes,  bu,  „  ,s  always  well  to  know  the  truth  ;   if  ,l„,v  desire  to  avoid  vulgarity  and  the  waste 
.f  such  opportur.mes  as  they  have,  they  must  heed  it.     To  make  men  and  women  interesting  as 
members  of  society  ,s  denied  them  ;  but  should  these  writers  have  the  wit  to  paint  men  and 
w..r,en  as  they  are    the  field  is  wide  enough.     There  are  on  all  sides   people  who  are  charming 
! .  contemplate,  and  whom  it  should  be  a  ple-Lsure  to  describe. 

The  social  life  of  America  is  ruled  l,y  the  .servants,  jt.st  as  relentlessly  as 
tl.at  of  'ngland,  but  the  tyr.inny  takes  a  somewhat  different  .shape  on  ac- 
count of  the  changed  environment.  They  rule  here  by  their  insoletice  and 
wonhlessness  (the  result  of  a  happy-Ro-hicky  consciousness  of  ability  to  earn 
a  livelihood,  and  "perhaps  better  their  chances,"  whenever  discharged  by  an 
employer),  and  not,  as  in  England,  bv  the  mechanical  perfection  of  their  de 
portment.  An  Knglishman's  servatits  are  so  proper  and  punctilious  that 
tiKv  constrain  h.m  to  perform  his  appointed  function  in  the  social  machine 
wuh  .similar  correctness  and  solemnity;  but  an  American's  are  so  pert  and 
untrustworthy-so  likely  to  desert  him  as  soon  as  he  has  drilled  them  to  a 
fa.r  dc-rec  of  efficiency,  or  stands  in  special  need  of  their  services-that  thev 
prevent  the  construction  of  any  elaborate  social  machine  ^vhatever.  I  am 
.iwarc,  of  course,  that  the  non-cvi.stence  of  such  a  thing  in  the  Western 
World  IS  due,  in  a  broad  sense,  to  the  sweep  of  democracv.  There  is  simply 
no  place  for  it  in  our  free  system  of  living,  as  is  well  shown  bv  the  writer 
whom  I  have  just  quoted.  But  as  the  impossibility  of  procuring  a  perma- 
nent rctmuc  of  personal  servitors-a  set  of  well-trained  menials  who  can  al- 
ways be  depended  upon  to  operate  a  complicated  system  of  housekeeping 
without  jar  or  friction-is  itself  a  direct  result  of  the  one-man-'s-as-good-as- 
another  axiom,  I  think  it  right  to  make  a  point  of  asserting  this  one  imme- 
J.atcly  i^r^actical  part  of  the  argument,   in  preference   to  the  whole  general 


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TK.\'  THOUSAND  Af/LfwS  ON  A  lilCYCU:. 


truth.  I  know  that,  among  the  wtaltliv,  there  may  l>c  orcasionally  found  .1 
family  whose  womankind  are  gifted  with  such  an  unusual  amount  ol  imui 
five  tact,  coml)ine(l  with  kindness  of  heart,  that  they  compel  "the  servant 
question"  to  assume  much  the  same  sfttK-d  ])hase  which  it  has  in  the  home 
of  a  well-to-do  Englishman.  I  know  that,  among  the  multitude  of  luxurious- 
ly-appointed houses  in  this  rich  city,  a  few  may  be  found  whose  smoothmss 
of  "  movement  "  seems  permanently  assvircd,  in  spite  of  the  tlemocratic  rest- 
lessness which  |)crvades  the  very  atmosphere.  Nevertheless,  I  helicv  u 
may  be  s.ifely  assumed  that,  wherever  two  Americin  matrons  meet  togtiher 
inuler  coiulitii'  is  favorable  to  an  unreserved  conversation,  a  prominent  pluct 
in  it  will  alim)st  always  be  given  to  the  trials  and  tribulations  experienced  at 
the  hands  of  their  "help."     Like  "politics"  in  the  case   of  a  pair  of  men 

similarly  situated,  this   is   one   of  the  stock   subjects   to  talk  about, atopic 

which  may  be  i)resumed  to  challenge  the  interest  and  sympathetic  attention 
of  every  housekeeper,— a  "  burning  question"  which  in  some  degree  embit- 
ters every  such  woman's  life.  If  hotels  and  boarding-houses  here  attraita 
larger  proportion  of  families  than  in  Kngland,  it  is  not  because  the  ])riv.u  y 
and  C(miforts  of  a  home  are  prized  less  here  than  there.  It  is  simplv  be- 
cause our  womankind  bieak  down  under  the  strain  and  serfdom  resulting 
from  the  effort  to  get  any  efticicnt  service  out  of  the  only  class  available  for 
household  hire:  the  ignorant  and  ill-trained  domestics  of  an  alien  raet. 
Whether  the  scale  of  the  mt^nat^e  implies  the  presence  of  only  one  scrv.int, 
or  of  a  full  dozen,  the  result  is  the  same  :  the  mistress  of  it  is  subjected  u< 
constant  annoyance  and  anxiety,  until  at  last  she  "  gives  it  up,"  and  takes  her 
husband  an!  children  to  a  hotel.' 

Hotel-life,  in  its  turn,  produces  a  sort  of  constraint  analogous  to  that 
which  crushes  an  English  householder  in  the  presence  of  his  servants,  but 
without  the  compensation  which  he  enjoys  in  dignity  and  privacy  and  re- 
pose. Whoever  inhabits  a  house  to  which  another  fainily  besides  his  own 
may  have  access  is  always  exposed  to  the  danger  of  contact  with  jjcojilc 
whose  presence  is  disagreeable,  whose  acquaintanceship  is  undesirable,  whose 
evil  tongues  produce  gossip  and  backbiting,  and  whose  evil   acts  result  in 

•A  few  days  after  this  paragraph  was  put  in  tj-pe,  I  came  across  a  confirmitinn  of  it  in  .1  let- 
ter conccminc;  "  South -Co.ist  Living  in  Engl.ind."  It  w.-is  written  in  Devonshire,  August  8; 
and,  as  New  Yorkers  will  generally  recognize  the  writer  as  an  entirely  competent  witness,  on 
account  of  his  extensive  international  experiences,  I  am  glad  to  quote  the  paragraph  whirh  coa- 
cems  my  argument  :  "  In  America  we  are  very  fond  of  boasting  of  our  sujicrior  cntnfnrf,  Iiut 
this  consists  in  our  having  houses  proWded  with  every  convenience  and  structural  f.icility  for 
comfort,  in  which,  except  for  large  incomeS;  real  comfort  is  out  of  the  question,  for  want  of  go<xl 
service.  In  our  own  homes  the  miserable  dependence  on  wretched  scivants  makes  life  only 
diluted  woe.  In  exceptional  cases,  and  at  great  cost,  people  in  America  can  enjoy  comfort  in 
their  own  houses ;  but  when  we  go  away  for  the  summer  the  comfort  of  the  poorest  w.itcrini;- 
place  in  England  is  not  to  be  had  for  love  or  money.  It  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  t'-  .:  we 
have  the  maximum  of  domestic  comfort  in  America ;  say  what  we  will,  that  is  reserved  for 
England."— W.  J.  Stillman,  in  the  Nation,  Aug.  17,  1885,  p.  169. 


CAsri.K  soufi/.}/-:  in  ihe  metropolis. 


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piiMir  scandal.  These  and  its  other  evident  disadvantage*  rendci  hotcl-lifo 
mcosarily  restless  and  transitory.  It  is  a  make-shift;  a  temiwrary  device 
inr  "getti-j5  along"  until  the  arrival  of  some  happier  day  when  a  Ijctter  and 
more  permanent  mode  of  living  can  he  sought  clnewhere.  A  methodically. 
minded  j)crHon,  whose  sense  of  locality  is  .so  strongly  developed  that  he  takes 
pi.  .isnre  in  thinking  of  his  home  as  a  fixture  and  finality,  and  hates  to  con- 
Mil.r  the  possibility  of  "  changing  his  spots  like  the  leopar.l/'sccs  in  advance 
ili.it  every  hotel  continually  thrcatci.  to  utter  the  command,  "  Move  on  I  " 
riiis  edict  may  come  not  .iily  in  the  form  of  an  outbreak  of  any  one  of  the 
.-vils  specified  as  latent  in  the  situation,  but  in  the  f'>rm  oi'  incrca  ed  rent,  or 
.f  .1  transfer  of  the  building  to  other  owners  or  uses.  These  transfers  in 
\\  w  York  are  so  continuous,— the  ebb  and  flow  of  particular  cla.s.ses  of  the 
po|iulation  is  so  erratic,— that  even  if  a  man  purchase  a  mansion,  instead  of 
mirily  hiring  apartmei.is,  "in  a  genteel  neighborhood,"  the  fact  of  pro- 
pri.t.Tship  gives  no  i)lcdgc  of  an  extended  stay  there.  A  band  of  railway 
rolilurs  may  suddenly  despoil  him  of  his  repose,  ..r  other  invincible  invaders 
mav  ol)literate  every  trace  of  "gentility  "  from  his  surroundings. 

All  additional  social  danger  (which  threatens  the  pride  of  permanent 
tciKUK  y,  if  not  the  fact  itself)  results  from  the  great  length  of  the  residence 
strt  CIS,  which  stretch  across  the  island  in  unbroken  cast-and-west  jiarallels, 
iKiiu  river  to  river,— a  distance  of  two  full  miles.  I  have  already  explained! 
in  describing  the  topo.;ra[)hy  of  the  city  (p.  65),  that  there  arc  more  than  fifty 
su.  li  .streets  (numbered  successively  northward  from  7th  st.  to  5yth  st.)  be- 
twon  Washington  Scpiare  and  C'entral  Park,  H  distance  of  two  and  a  half 
miles,  but  that  distinctive  residential  "cl-racter"  attaches  chiefly  to  the 
longitudinal  thoroughfares  of  the  island,  .-  lich  are  called  "  avenues,"  and 
which  are  also  parallel  (ip  a  north-and-sc.  th  direction,  at  distances' vary- 
in;;  from  a  fifth  to  a  tenth  of  a  mile),  and  which  therefore  intersect  the 
"striets  "  at  right  angles.  Fifth  Avenue,  the  center  or  backbone  of  the  sys- 
tem, has  none  but  wealthy  people  for  residents,  while  the  houses  of  Twelfth 
Av.-nuc,  its  westernmost  parallel,  an  1  of  Avenue  I),  its  easternmost,  on  the 
opposite  water-fronts,  shelter  none  but  very  poor  people.  Each  of  the  fifteen 
other  parallel  avenues  between  these  extremes  has  a  more-or-Iess  generally 
recignized  "character"  of  its  own;  though  there  are,  of  course,  great  con- 
trasts between  specific  sections  of  the  same  avenue,  that  lie  four  or  five  miles 
apart.  Nevertheless,  the  numbered  ca.st-and-west  streets  of  the  metropolitan 
"gridiron  "  are  the  ones  that  contain  the  vast  bulk  of  our  well-io-do  people; 
while,  as  the  "  character  lines  "  are  drawn  across  them  at  right  angles  by  the 
"avenues"  (of  greatly  varying  reputations),  no  single  "  street  "  can  hope  to 
have  a  uniform  "character"  for  its  whole  two  miles,— such  as  is  accredited 
to  Fiftli  Avenue's  straight  stretch  of  thrice  that  distance,  from  Washington 
Square  to  the  Harlem.  Hence  results  the  social  peril  alluded  to  in  the  open- 
ing words  of  my  paragraph:  that  the  numerous  people  quite  the  reverse  of 
"nice,"  who  must  of  necessity  occupy  numerous  houses  at  the  river  ends  of 


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each  of  these  streets,  will  so  conduct  themselves  as  to  give  its  distinctive 
numeral  "  a  bad  name."     New  Yorkers  themselves  may  know,  in  such  a  case. 
that  the  central  section  of  the  street  (to  which  the  bisecting  line  of  Fifth  Ave- 
nue gives  character  and  dignity)  has  a  longer  row  of  handsome  houses,  than 
are  usually  comprised  in  the  whole  of  a  fashionable  street  in  London';  and 
that  none  but  the  most  eminently  respectable  of  residents  are  to  be  accred- 
ited to  those  houses.      New  Yorkers  may  know  that  proximity  of  a  doorway 
to  Fifth  Avenue  is  denoted  by  the  lowness  of  its  number  (i,  2,  3  and  the  like), 
and  proximity  to  the  water-side  by  a  high  number,  like  600  or  700.     But  oj. 
siders  do  not  know  these  things,  nor  make  any  discrimination  when  they  read 
the  newspapers'  appetizing  stories  of  metropolitan  vice  and  crime.     A  given 
street  sometimes  gets  a  sudden  shove  into  national  notoriety  in  this  manner- 
and  though  fashionable  folks  may  not  feel  forced  to  change  their  abodes  on 
account  of  the  evil  deeds  done  in  another  neighborhood,  many  blocks  away, 
the  fact  that  such  things  are  proclaimed  as  happening  in  "  our  street  "  must 
prove  a  bar  to  the  development  of  much  affection  or  enthusiasm  for  the  pai- 
ticular  numeral  which   represents  it     "  Thirtieth  Street,"  for  example,  is 
rather  endeared   to   me   personally  because   of  a  certain  fine   house  there 
whose  elegant  hospitality  has  for  twenty  years  been  extended  to  me  with  un- 
varying  kindness.     The  owner  had  built  and  occupied  it,  ten  years  or  more 
before  I  knew  him,  at  a  time  when  the  site  seemed  very  far  "  up  town."    At 
first,  indeed,  I  believe  the  house  stood  almost  isolated  between  the  Avenue 
and  Broadway,  though  its  individuality  was  soon  swallowed  up  in  the  undis- 
tmguUhable  mass  of  "solid  front "  which  has  long  connected  the  two.     No 
doubt,  the  other  houses  in  this  front  may  be  filled  with  treasures  just  as  fine, 
and  possibly  some  of  the  owners  may  have  lived  there  nearly  as  long,  in  spite 
of  the  temptation  to  follow  the  wave  of  fashion  that  through  all  these  years 
has    been  ever  receding    northward.     But   though  "  Thirtieth  Street  "thus 
privately  appeals  to  me  as  a  shining  example  of  the  truth  that  the  possession 
of  wealth  does  not  inevitably  debar  a  New  Yorker  from  having  a  permanent 
home  of  his  own,  "Ihirtieth  Street,"  as  projected  on  the  mind  of  a  casual 
reader  of  the  newspapers,  carries  a  definite  suggestion  of  crime  and  ill-repute. 
In  the  western  section  of  that  street  stands  the  "  police  station-house  of  the 
29tb  precinct,"  and  the  captain  in  command  thereof  is  more  talked  about,  for 
whatever  reason,  than  any  similar  officer  of  the  entire  force.     This  excep- 
tional notoriety  he  is  said  to  attribute  to  the  exceptional  difficulties  inherent 
in  his  position,— as  a  result  of  the  fact  that  within  the  limits  of  the  region  un- 
der his  sway  are  included  a  majority  of  the  great  hotels  and  theaters,  and  (as 
their  inevitable  accompaniment)  a  large  number  of  those  resorts  where  the 
people  who  have  been  attracted  to  the  hoteh  and  theaters,  from  all  parts  of 
America,  like  to  go  "in  search  of  whom  they  may  be  devoured  by."    Thus 
it  happens  that,  as  a  vast  floating  population,  of  the  sort  which  practitioners 
of  "the  profitable  vices"  best  like  to  prey  upon,  always  demand  police  at- 
tention,  either  for  control  or  defense,  within  the  boundaries  of  "  the  29th," 


CASTLE  SOUTUDE  IN  THE  METROPOUS.        453 

the  name  of  the  street  containing  its  station-house  suffers  somewhat  by  fall- 
ing  under  the  shadow  of  their  wickedness.  But  the  name  of  the  great  cen- 
tral artery  of  the  street  system  stands  superior  to  all  iu  offshoots,  and  the 
fact  that  it  alone  is  held  so  high  above  reproach  tempts  me  to  quote  the  fol- 
lowing  description,  recently  written  by  Joseph  H.  Howard,  jr. : 

Whenever  a  house  U  for  sale  or  rent  m  Fifth  Avenue  iu  ««dent.  feei  a  profound  interest 
■n  the  chanicter  of  the  inmate,  that  are  to  be.    They  dread  lest  the  mansion  may  be  converted 
.0  unworthy  uses;  lest  they  may  be  hourly  shocked  by  a  plebeian  neighbor  who  is  what  they 
fiemselves  were  twenty  years,  or  five  years,  or  perhaps  a  few  months  before.     Their  vigilance 
>s  sleepless  m  tLJ.  rfgard;  still  they  have  often  been  compelled  to  buy  out  commo,    tradesmen 
and  ambitious  courtesans,  and  enterpiising  blacklegs,  who  had  purchased  an  abiding  place  in 
the  socially  sacrod  vidnage.     It  is  the  habit  of  New  Yorkers  to  style  Fifth  Avenue  the  first 
street  in  America.     So  far  as  wealth  and  extent  and  uniformity  of  buildings  go,  it  probably  is. 
beginning  at  Washington  Square,  it  extends  above  Harlem ;  and  as  far  as  Fifty-ninth  Street,  it 
is  almost  an  unbroken  line  of  brownstone  palaces,  while  from  that  point  up  its  magnificence'  is 
marvelous.    The  architecture  is  not  only  impressive,  it  U  oppressive.     Its  great  defect  is  in  its 
monotony,  which  soon  grows  tiresome.    A  variation,  a  ocntrast— wmethin;  nuch  less  orroUe  or 
elabor-te— would  be  a  relief,     iu  lack  of  enclosures,  of  ground,  of  grass-pUts,  of  gardens,  is  a 
visual  vice.     Block  after  block,  mile  upon  mile,  of  the  same  lofty  brownstone,  high  stoop, 
broad-suired  fronts  wearies  the  eye.     It  is  like  the  perpetual  red  brick,  with  white  steps  aild 
white  door  and  window  facings  for  which  Philadelphia  has  become  proverbial.    One  longs  in  the 
avenue  for  more  marble,  more  brick,  more  iron,  more  wood  even— some  change  in  the  style  and 
aspects  of  the  somber-seeming  houses,  whose  occupants,  one  fancies  from  the  exterior,  look, 
think,  dress  and  act  alike.     One  might  go,  it  appears,  into  ajy  drawing-room  between  Central 
Park  and  the  old  Washington  Parade  Grouinl,  and  he  would  be  greeted  with  the  same  forms, 
see  the  same  gestuies,  hear  the  same  speeches.     The  stately  mansions  give  the  impression  that 
they  have  all  dreamed  the  same  dream  of  beauty  the  same  night,  and  in  the  morning  ha/e  found 
it  realiied ;  so  they  frown  sternly  upon  one  another,  for  each  has  what  the  ether  wished,  antJ 
should  have  had  alone.     The  slavish  spirit  of  imiution  with  poverty  of  invention  has  spoiled 
the  broad  thoroughfare,  where  we  should  have  had  the  Moorish  and  Gothic,  Ionic  and  Doric 
order,  Egyptian  weight  and  Italian  lightnes-s  Tudor  strength  and  Elizabeth  picturesqueness. 
It  is  a  grievous  pity  that  where  there  is  so  much  money  there  is  so  little  taste.    The  sum  of 
Fifth  Avenue  wealth   is  unquestionably  far  beyond  that  of  any  street  in  the  country.     The 
dwellings  cost  more ;  the  furniture  and  works  of  art  are  more  expensive ;  the  incomes  of  the  in- 
mates are  larger  and  more  prodigally  spent  than  they  are  anywhere  else  on  the  continent.    The 
interior  of  the  houses  U  often  gorgeous.     Nothing  within  money's  purchase,  but  much  that  per- 
fect taste  would  have  suggested,  seems  omitted.    There  are  few  of  the  mansions  that  do  not  re- 
veal something  like  tawdriness  in  the  excess  of  display.     The  outward  eye  is  too  much  ad- 
dressed.   The  profusion  is  a  trifle  barbaric.    The  subtle  suggestions  of  complete  elegance  are 
not  there.     Still,  to  those  who  have  suffered  from  the  absence  of  material  comfort,  or  to  those 
whose  temperaments  are  voluptuous  and  indolent,  as  most  poetic  ones  are,  a  feeling  akin  to 
happiness?  must  be  bom  of  the  splendid  surroundings  that  belong  to  the  homes  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  rich.     What  soft  velvet  carpets  are  theirs;  what  handsome  pictures;  what   rich  cur- 
tains ;  what  charming  frescoes  ;  what  marbles  of  grace.     Thi  people  who  live  side  by  side  in  the 
pretentious  avenue  know  each  other  not.     Knickerbocker  and  parvenu,  the  inheritor  of  wealth 
and  the  architect  of  his  own  fortune,  the  genuine  genUeman  -and  the  vulgar  snob,  reside  in  the 
same  block.    One  house  is  visited  by  the  best  and  most  distinguished ;  the  house  adjoining  by 
men  who  Ulk  loud  in  suicidal  syntax,  and  vromen  who  wear  hollyhocks  in  their  hair,  and 
yellow  dresses  with  pink  trimmings.     Here  dwells  an  author  whose  works  give  him  a  large 
income ;  over  the  way,  a  fellow  who  has  a  genius  for  money-getting,  but  who  cannot  solve  the 
mysteries  of  spelling.     Some  of  the  most  spacious  and  expensive  mansions  on  the  avenue 


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454 


TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


i|-flt:' 


lif'-l 


alway*  have  a  deserted  look.  Only  the  occupanU  and  »erva.U8  appear  on  the  'aigh,  carved 
stoop ;  only  the  carriages  the  master  of  the  esublishment  owns  stop  before  the  door.  Thai 
family  purchased  a  house  in  the  avenue,  but  society  has  not  accepted  its  members.  They  have 
noihing  but  a  new  fortune  to  recommend  tl.em.  They  must  bide  their  time.  The  fimt  genera 
tion  of  the  unrecognized  fares  hard.  The  second  is  educated  and  the  third  claim*  '.ineage— prates 
of  "  gentility,"  and  frowns  upon  what  it.-  grandparents  were.  To  get  into  the  aven  le  and  into 
its  society  are  different  things.  They  who  struggle  to  enter  certain  circles  are  not  wanted. 
Those  who  are  indifferent  to  mere  fashion  are  in  request ;  for  r  .t  to  seek,  socially,  is  usually  ti 
be  sought.  Fifth  Avenue  is,  indeed,  one  of  the  phenomena,  and  its  growth  one  of  the  extraor- 
dinary  developments  of  this  peculiar  age.— N.  V.  cor.  of  '.ne  Philadelphia  Press,  May  14,  ,885 

Thus,  through  this  famous  Avenue,  my  pen  at  last  comes  back  to  the 
curious  Cast'.e  which  stands  at  the  head  of  it,  and  which  I  wish  to  celebrate 
for  the  contrast  which  the  freedom  attainable  within  its  walls  offers  to  the 
"  servitudp  to  servants  "  that  generally  prevails  elsewhere.  Though  there 
may  be  some  who  actually  enjoy  personal  contact  with  that  sorf  of  people,  it 
can  be  fairly  assumed  that  the  majority  would  prefer  to  employ  any  practi- 
cable mechanical  appliance  to  effect  the  same  resu'ts.  The  majority  recog- 
nize that  the  employment  of  the  human  machine  is  an  evil,  but  they  resort  to 
it  as  an  inevitable  necessity, — because  no  substitute  is  obtainable  for  properlv 
performing  the,  drudgery  of  civilized  life.  When  their  servitude  to  this 
"  necessary  evil  "  grows  absolutely  unendurable  from  long  continuance,  they 
"  make  a  break  for  the  woods,"  and  adopt  a  savage  life  for  a  while,— camp- 
ing out  and  "doing  their  own  work,"— or  else  they  rcsor^  to  travel,  which, 
though  it  implies  a  great  deal  of  dependence  upon  menials,  at  least  frees  the 
relationship  from  the  personal  element :  no  single  one  of;  them  wields  supreme 
power.  A  variety  of  gams,  of  course,  results  both  from  "the  visiting  of 
many  cities  "  and  from  "  roughing  it  in  the  wilds  " ;  but  the  chief  gain  possi- 
ble from  either  experience  is  the  relief  offered  from  wearing  the  yoke  of 
conformity.  It  is  only  while  freed  from  the  routine  tyranny  of  his  own 
house  that  a  man  can  afford  to  be  his  simple  self,  to  live  naturally,  to  do  just 
what  he  likes,  to  speak  his  own  mind. 

When  I  assert,  therefore,  that  a  tenant  of  the  University  may  there  secure 
for  himself  continuously  either  the  absolute  isolation  of  a  savage  in  the 
wilderness,  or  the  relative  isolation  of  a  traveler  through  the  cities,— that  he 
may  there  approximate  the  ideal  of  intellectual  independence  exactly  accord- 
ing to  the  degree  of  his  willingness  to  sacrifice  creature  comforts  and  con- 
ventional luxuries, — I  assert  what  can  be  truly  said  of  no  other  house  in  the 
world.  This  statement  of  its  distinctive  quality  shows,  of  course,  why  the 
Building  makes  so  strong  an  appeal  to  those  who  can  sympathize  with  the  cr}- 
of  Shelley :  "  I  will  submit  to  any  other  species  of  torture  than  that  of  being 
bored  to  death  by  idle  ladies  and  gentlemen."  The  conveiitional  escape 
which  is  allowed  an  active  young  New  Yorker  of  wealth  and  fashion  from 
this  sort  of  conventional  ♦orture,  is  "the  running  of  a  cattle  ranch  out  in 
Montana."  His  frivolous  friends  do  not  resent  as  a  personal  affront  such 
scurrying  away  for  "the  plains,"  and  he  may  even  print  a  book  like  "  Hunt- 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS. 


455 


ing  Trips  of  a  Ranchman  "  without  rousing  their  languid  consciousness  to  the 
fact  that  its  existence  is  a  significant  tribute  to  their  own  utter  uninteresting- 
ness.  They  will  be  apt  to  act  differently,  however,  if,  instead  of  hidi.ig  from 
them  amid  the  mountains  of  Washir.gton  Territory,  "  where  rolls  the  Oregon, 
and  hears  no  sound  save  his  own  dashings,"  he  ventures  to  pitch  his  lonely 
camp  upon  the  castled  crag  that  frowns  o'er  the  wide  acres  of  Washington 
Square.  There,  his  seclusion  seems  re.idered  more  profound  by  the  muffled 
roar  of  a  mighty  cit\  ,  traffic  which  ceaselessly  rolls  its  human  tide  along  the 
great  ...oroughfares  beyond ;  and  there,  without  the  expense,  and  waste,  and 
discomfort  demanded  by  a  sojourn  in  the  Far  West,  he  may  "  rough  it  "  to  his 
heart's  content.  But  there,  also,  such  unsocial  conduct  will  be  stigmatized 
as  "  crankiness  "  by  the  fine  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  may  chance  to  hear 
of  it ; — for  the  notion  of  his  permanently  "  camping  out "  in  the  midst  of  a 
great  city,  and  leading  the  free  and  unsophisticated  life  of  a  gentle  savage,  in 
preference  to  taking  part  in  their  own  "  chromo  civilization  "  which  surrounds 
him,  is  a  notion  of  such  direct  and  unequivocal  contempt  for  their  authority 
that  the  sting  of  it  has  power  to  penetrate  even  the  dense  vanity  and  stolid 
self-complacency  of  such  "social  leaders." 

I  entertain  a  theory  as  to  a  certain  little  room  in  the  University,  which  is 
of  about  the  size  and  shape  of  a  hunter's  hut,  that  the  bachelor  owner  thereof 
never  lets  another  human  being  enter  it ;  that  h  n.s  no  carpet,  nor  easy 
chairs,  nor  bed  nor  bed-clothing;  and  that,  when  he  spends  a  night  in 
the  den,  he  throws  himself  into  a  hammock,  pulls  a  bear-skin  or  buffalo-pelt 
over  his  usual  attire,  for  the  sake  of  warmth,  and,  with  a  pistol-holster  under 
his  head  for  a  pillow,  gazes  at  the  stars  above  the  tree-tops  until  his  closed 
eyes  bring  dreams  of  "old  times  among  the  Rockies."  I  imagine  that  he  has 
a  few  grimy  paintings  and  dusty  war-relics  for  ornaments,  and  a  few  well-worn 
books  for  companions ;  and  that  he  takes  pride  in  the  cobwebs  and  dirt  and 
disorder  which  characterize  his  abode, — rejoicing  daily  at  the  tangible  testi- 
mony which  they  give  of  the  uninterruptedness  of  his  occupancy,  and  of  the 
powerlessness  of  any  menial  intruder  to  "  arrange "  his  possessions  accord- 
ing to  some  cast-iron  system  of  propriety.  I  h.ow  nothing  at  all  of  the  life 
led  by  this  man,  or  by  any  other  one  of  my  co-^jartners  in  the  Castle.  I  only 
say  that  the  sort  of  existence  which  I  have  at  ributed  to  him  would  be  entirely 
practicable  here,  and  would  attract  no  notice  or  comment.  If  a  "  society 
man  "  never  really  indulges  in  it,  it  is  merely  because  he  doe»  not  esteem 
such  indulgence  worth  the  sacrifice  of  all  his  fashionable  affiliations; — be- 
cause he  deems  it  cheaper  to  get  the  same  kind  of  thing  by  "roughing  it" 
under  the  conventional  conditions  which  do  not  arouse  the  resentment  of  the 
stay  at-homes  of  Fifth  Avenue.  He  knows  that  "  on  the  plains  of  the  Far 
West  "  he  can  "  run  his  own  ranch  "  without  seeming  to  them  ridiculous  or 
"  cranky  ";  but  he  hardly  has  nerve  enough  to  attempt  the  same  experiment  in 
their  immediate  presence,  on  the  plains  of  Washington  Square. 

Most  men,  however,  even  among  those  who  hate  conformity,  do  not  care 


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4S6  TEN  THOUiiAND  MILES  ON  A  lilCVCLE. 

o  make  the  sacrifice  impHed  in  securing  complete  independence  from  tV 
.  mployment  of  household  servitors.     They  are  satisfied  if  they  cln  hold   h 
latter  at  arm's  length,  in  an  impersonal  relationship,  such  as  resu hTfrom    hi 
constant  changes  .mplied  in  traveling.     The  resources  of  modern  sc  e„«  a, 
low  a  resident  of  the  University  to  do  this  with  a  near  approach  to  dp  ct  ' 
ness.     If  he  .s  w.lhng.  at  the  outset,  to  expend  as  much  upon  the  fittings  ad 
permanent  machmcry  of  his  apartments  as  would  suffice  to  purchase  a  «ood 
sued  house  m  the  country,  he  may  enjoy  a  fair  degree  of 'comf or    or'evet 
luxury,  wuhout  the  loss  of  liberty  .hich  such  enjoyment  usually  impH^s      ,f 
he  IS  wulmg  to  put  in  water-works,  telephones,  electric-lights,  fireplace 
chimneys,  e  evators,  floorings,  doors,  windows  and  walls  (all  th;se  without' 
any  written  lease  and  without  any  assurance,  save  the  mere  v.  ,wJof  h 
place,  that  h.s  "  improvements  "  will  nof  be  made  a  pretext  .or  an  C"1X 
hi.  rent,  or  the  transfer  of  his  chambers  to  some  one  els.),  he  may  fai  I'y "u L 
ply  the  more  obtrusive  physical  deficiencies  of  a  house  that  has  been  stani 
mg    for    a    half-century.  that    was    built  chiefly  with   a   view   to  sec    mt 
mprcssiveness  of  outward  aspect,  and  that  was  not  designed  to  be  lived  i   at 
all.     A  man  may  readily  arrange  that  a  washer-woman  shall  bring  a.  d     k 
his  clothes  withou^t  entering  his  door,  or  even  setting  eyes  on  him  ne    o„  t 
He  may  adopt  a  similar  scheme  in  reference  to  the  waiters  whom  he  summons 
by  telephone   rom  a  restaur..nt  to  bring  him  food  or  drink.     He  may  ™ 

ti'ons th'?  °? r"'" :'° "'^" ^"^ '^'^ ^^'^^' °^ °pp—  him lith :;: 

tions  that  are  not  desired.    The  nnii,-P  fh.c,      i  ,    ,  ""  >  aucn 

ucsiicu.     me  police,  the  fire  alarm  and  the  messenger  s^rv 

in'oZ        r?'  '°  his  immediate  command  by  the  touchTng  Zkno T 
In  other  words,  if  a  man  o.  wealth  thinks  it  worth  while,  it  is  entirely  practi 

neonieT  .T  '^""""'^  '"^  ^  "'^^"^  "^  ^'^''^'^  "^^  "layemploy  a  g  'tma 
people  to  help  h,m  carry  on  quite  an  elegant  and  elaborate  sysL  oT  iX 
but  m  a  quite  impersonal  way.-I  mean  without  the  friction  and  a.iL  a  ce' 
of  direct  contact  and  acquaintanceship.  Perhaps  no  such  man  eve  does  „ 
act  ead  such  a  life  here.  All  I  insist  upon  is  t'hat  the  cond  tionlex  st  he  ^ 
for  leading  it.  as  they  exist  nowhere  else,  and  that  the  fact  o  X^^^, 
would  excite  no  observation  or  comment.  ^ 

Pungent  fumes  from  the  chemical  experiments  in  the  laboratories  mav 
sometimes  ascend  the  stairwavs   hnf  ^^-u-  •»   i"c  laooratones  may 

life  as  the  odor  If  TJl    Z^t'     u  "^  '"  suggestive  of  ordinary  human 

life  as  the  odor  of  food  will  often  be  encountered  there  or  in  the  connecting 
corridors.     No  cooking  goes  on  in  the  Building,  except  that  of    he    anU or" 
mall  «..«^.,  ,„  the  subterranean  regions;  and  it  is  only  on  great  oica  ion 

mg  hou.es.  of  all  styles  and  prices,  may  be  found  with-n  a  half-mile  radius 

so"  t"     ::U^s^  '7''V\ '''  ^^^''^  "'^y  ^^  P— '^  ^o  take  mos^of  tt' 
of  them   h.  .        u  "■'  '■'^"'"'■'y  ^'"""g^'  •"  '°  ^he  chambers  of  some 

to  suZ'onTnVhT  "^    "  '"""  '^'^P*^^"^  ^°""-^'-  -  ^-^t  use  it 

indornr  r  7"  '      "'"'  '"'"''  °^  '^'  ^^y'  whenever  bad  weather  or 

indolence  disposes  them  to  avoid  the  trouble  of  going  out.     The  janitor,  in 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        457 

addition  to  his  regular  salary  for  general  services,  is  paid  a  certain  small  per- 
centage on  the  rents,  as  a  device  for  stimulating  his  activity  and  promptness 
ip  making  the  quarterly  collections  thereof;  but  the  power  of  this  stimulus 
is  more  than  offset  by  a  stimulus  of  the  opposite  sort,— an  incentive  to  dila- 
toriness,-  which  attaches  to  the  fact  that  the  janitor's  income  is  much  more 
largely  affected  by  his  success  ia  persuading  tenants  to  employ  his  servants. 
He  generally  succeeds  in  impressing  each  ne-v-comer  that  it  is  an  unwritten 
law  of  the  place  that  they  should  be  thus  employed ;  and,  as  it  is  easier  for 
the  new-comer  to  submit  to  the  existing  scheme  than  to  devise  a  substitute 
for  it,  I  suppose  that  most  of  the  lodgers'  rooms  are  ca'ed  for  in  this  way : 
thaf  is,  the  janitor  is  paid  a  fixed  monthly  stipend  for  the  services  of  his' 
servants,  and  is  held  responsible  for  their  efficiency  and  honesty.  At  a  cer- 
tain hour  of  the  day  they  have  access  to  the  tenant's  rooms  and  "  put  things 
in  order  "  there ;  but  he  exercises  no  personal  authority  over  them,  and,  if 
their  routine  work  is  not  .satisfactory,  his  complaint  is  not  made  to  them  per- 
sonally but  to  their  employer.  The  wages  which  the  janitor  agrees  to  pay  his 
servants  being  necessarily  a  fixed  quantity,  whether  they  have  many  or  few 
rooms  to  care  for,  it  is  evidently  for  his  interest  that  the  number  should  be 
many  rather  than  few.  Thus  it  comes  about  that  the  janitor's  percentage  on 
the  promptly-paid  rent  of  a  tenant  who  renders  no  tribute  to  him  for  servants, 
is  of  much  less  account  than  his  profits  in  leasing  these  servants  to  a  tenant 
who  promptly  pays  the  monthly  stipend  agreed  upon,  but  who  indefinitely 
postpones  the  payment  of  the  rent  due  to  the  trustees  of  the  University. 

I  entertain  a  dreadful  suspicion  that,  when  the  natural  effects  of  this 
enlightened  system  are  unpleasantly  obtruded  upon  the  minds  of  the  latter, 
they  are  apt  to  decide  that  the  exaction  of  increased  rents,  againct  those  per- 
inaner.t  tenants  who  can  be  depended  on  to  pay,  is  an  easier  device  for 
"bringing  up  the  average  receipts  "  than  the  pursuit  of  hopelessly  delinquent 
"  transients."  Perhaps  I  am  wrong  in  this  suspicion,  as  well  as  in  tae  one  on 
which  it  is  based  (that  the  janitor's  zeal  in  enforcing  the  law  against  such  de- 
linquents is  apt  to  be  somewhat  modified  by  the  natural  human  desire  "not 
to  tike  the  bread  out  of  his  own  mouth  ") ;  but,  in  any  case,  I  must  accredit 
the  janitor  with  a  great  gift,  akin  to  genius,  for  persuading  people  of  the  ap- 
palling dangers  which  overhang  the  existence  of  a  tenant  who  declines  to 
employ  the  regular  servants  of  the  University.  Even  the  traditional  Phila- 
delphia lawyer  never  rende.ed  himself  a  more  perfect  master  of  the  trick, 
which  Demosthenes  used  to  tell  us  about,  as  the  characteristic  one  of  the 
legal  fraternity  in  his  time,  of  "  making  the  worse  appear  the  better  reason." 
If  a  prospective  tenant  finally  forces  out  the  unwelcome  truth  that  private 
servants  are  not  positively  prohibited  from  entering  these  walls,  the  admission 
is  coupled  with  such  significant  shrugg^ngs  of  shoulders,  such  dark  hints  of 
past  misdeeds,  and  such  dreadful  suggestions  of  future  peril,  as  to  make  a 
man  feel  that  the  employment  of  them  here  would  be  a  sort  of  irnpiou?  defi- 
ance of  Providence,— a  fool-hardy  exposure  of  his  life,  his  fortune  and  his 


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458  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

sacred  honor.     He  is  somehow  given  to  understand,  without  any  ex?ct  verbal 
formulation  or  assertion  of  the  idea,  that  the  pervasive  gloom  of  the  Univer 
sity  has  a  subtle  power  to  develop  a  morbidly  thievish— not  to  say  murderous 
—tendency  in  the  minds  ot  such  servitors  as  he  might  elsewhere  rely  upon  as 
trust-.vorthy  and  kind  ;  and  that  no  comfort  or  safety  can,  therefore,  be  ex- 
pected, unless  he  entrusts  his  chambers  to  the  care  of  those  competent  do- 
mestics who  are  under  th;  responsible  rule  of  the  janitor,  and  who  have  been 
trained  by  this,  and  by  habit  and  custom  and  experience,  to  resist  the  evils 
•vhich  are  inherent  in  so  peculiar  an  atmosphere.    There  is  enough  truth  on 
the  surface  of  this  theory  to  make  it  plain  tliat  a  majority  of  the  tenants  act 
wisely  in  refraining  from  the  introduction  of  a  troop  of  special  servants  into 
the  Castk,  to  prey  upon  themselves  and  their  neighbors.     I  should  regret  the 
general  adoption  of  any  such  system  and  should  deprecate  its  dangers.     The 
present  plan  ensures  as  good  service  as  the  average  man  is  willing  to  pay  for; 
and  I  would  not  recommend  any  new-comer  to  depart  therefrom.     It  will 
certainly  be  wise  for  him,  at  the  outset,  to  "  make  himself  solid  with  the  jan- 
itor," even  though  he  may  not  share  that  worthy's  conviction  that  the  rob- 
beries, suicides  and  sudden  deaths,  sometimes  noted  in  the  newspapers  as 
happening  at  the ;  Building,  are,  in  some  occult  way,  ultimately  due  to  the 
non-exclusion  from  its  walls  of  all  valets,  body-servants  and  "  private  sweeps  " 
except  those  controlled  by  himself. 

"  The  mighty  concierge  "  is  classed  hostis  humani generis,  by  the  writers  of 
all  highly-civilized  countries,  just  as  universally  as  the  subscription-book 
agent,  or  the  patent-medicine  pedlar;  and  the  extract  given  below  f.om  the 
testimony  of  a  recent  witness  (who  prints  more  than  a  solid  column  to  show 
"why  the  Parisian  press  sneer  a.id  mock  at  the  candidacy  of  M.  Aube  be- 
cause he  is  a  concierge")  would  be  fairly  applicable  to  the  janitors  of' the 
fas!.ionable  apartment-houses  in  New  York.i     It  would  be  quite  unjust,  how- 

'  Do  not  mistake  this  for  a  pleasantry.  The  concierge  rules  as  autocratically  over  his  king- 
dom  as  ever  did  any  Russian  Czar  over  hi,  empire  before  the  emancipation  of  the  serfs  and  the 
invention  of  N.h.hsm.  A  great  change  has  been  made  from  the  olden  time  when  Cerberus  in- 
habued  a  hole  m  the  wall,  as  it  were  ;  mended  old  boots  and  pieced  ancient  garments,  while  his 
spouse  did  odd  jobs  for  tenants,  and  his  olive-branches  went  of  errands.  While  all  the  rest  of 
Pans  tends  toward  democratization,  the  concierge  goes  in  for  "  aristocratization. "  Like  all  func- 
tionaries, he  has  a  supreme  contempt  for  the  public.  He  considers  the  tenants  oi  the  dwelling 
which  -.e  manages '  as  his  subordinates,  and  you  need  no  more  expect  civility  from  him  than  you 
o  "  T  *  ^°i  ''•  °'  """  conductor  of  an  omnibus,  or  a  railway  official,  or  an  employ^  at  the 

Pans  Post  Office.  Nothing  can  convince  him  that  he  is  rot  the  absolute  master  of  every 
lodger.  I  represent,  he  says,  the  landlord,  and  as  such  have  rull  authority  to  let  the  premises 
to  raise  the  rent,  and  to  give  warning.  Tt  is  he  who  elaborates  the  "  rules  of  the  house,"  and  it 
IS  he  who  has  invented  the  interdiction  of  dogs,  children,  and  canary  birds,  an  interdiction 
which  IS  only  revocable  at  his  good  pleasure.  And  try  to  be  on  good  terms  with  him,  for  he  ha, 
at  his  dispo^l  ways  and  means  by  which,  if  your  emente  be  not  c^diaU,  your  life  will  become 
a  burden  He  will  keep  the  door  unopened  for  ,ou  on  a  rainy  day.  he  will  invariably  tell  your 
fnends  that  you  are  not  at  home,  he  will  shake  his  carpet  over  your  head  as  you  descend  the 
staircase,  and  mflict  upon  you  a  thousand  petty  annoyances  against  which  you  have  no  redi^ss, 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  AfETROPOLfS.        459 

cYcr,  to  confound  with  them  'he  janitor  of  the  University  Building;  and  mjr 
quotation  concerning  the  insolence  and  tyranny  which  must  br  submitted  to 
at  the  hands  of  the  others  is  chiefly  designed  to  point  by  contrast  his  own 
relative  politeness — and  powerlessness.  Though  I  >-ave  hinted  on  a  previous 
page  that  he  may  not  always  rise  entirely  superior  to  the  distinguishing  trait 
of  his  class,  I  am  bound  to  add  that  he  seems  to  be  about  as  unique  a  phe- 
nomenon among  janitors  as  tht  Huilditig  is  among  buildings.  At  all  events, 
he  is  the  only  one  I  ev;r  heard  of,  in  any  part  of  the  world,  in  whoT.  the 
usual  strictly  sordid  and  mercenary  motives  ars  sometimes  si^pianted  by 
sentimental  considerations  as  a  basis  for  conduct.  Th:  janUur  takes  a  per- 
sonal pride  in  the  plact-,  rot  merely  because  he  t.as  lOr  fifietii  years  person- 
ally helped  maintain  it  " in  the  fronc  rank  of  American  universities"  (with 
his  name  in  the  annual  catalogue),  but  because  he  is  vaguely  conscious  that 
its  queerness  as  a  lodging-house  reflects  a  sort  of  personal  distinction  upon 
himself.  He  feels  that  no  other  janitor  lives  in  so  scholarly  and  mysterious 
and  historic  an  atmosphere,  or  comes  in  suc'  close  contact  with  so  many  cu- 
rious and  remarkable  charactt  is.  According  to  the  familiar  principle,  ootm/ 
igiiotutn  pro  magnifico,  he  learns  io  reverence  those  who  will  not  submit  to 
him.  He  points  with  a  kind  of  hiish'id  -nd  awe-struck  pride  it  ^hcse  tenants 
who  have  asserted  conr.plete  independence  of  his  authority,  as  if  he  would 
say,  "  What  other  janitor  in  New  York  can  exhibit  such  tine  specimens  of 
crankiness  and  eccentricity?"  He  e.falts  no  one  to  this  pantneoii,  however, 
until  the  last  conceivable  device  for  aolding  him  dov/n  10  the  icv«'l  of  ordi- 
nary mortals  has  been  tried  in  vain.  Reversing  the  maxim  of  Richelieu,  Kis 
policy  might  perhaps  thus  be  fairly  formulated  : 

"  Fiiit,  employ  all  means  to  crush  !  "    "  Failing  these  ? "    "  All  methods  to  conciliate !  " 

The  janitor  is  quite  loyal  to  the  under/:;! aduates ;  and  when  each  depart- 
ing class  of  them  (after  having  been  for  four  years  summoned  to  their  daily 
recitations  by  his  hourly  beatings  of  the  gong ;  and  after  having,  for  that 
period,  tormented  him  by  the  tricks  and  skylarking  customary  with  such 
youth)  present  him  or  his  wife  with  a  gift  of  silver-ware  or  jewelry,  as  a  final 


for  to  your  complaint  he  will  reply  that  it  was  "  purely  an  acddent  independent  of  his  will." 
rnie,  you  can  retaliate,  but  I  am  not  sure  that  you  will  come  off  first  best.  And  it  is  •  .ot  the 
concierge's  ability  to  cause  petty  annoyances  wiiirh  constitutes  his  importance.  In  his  hands  he 
holds  your  credit,  your  reputation,  your  fortune,  and  your  honor.  Should  you  undertake  any 
business  enterprise  it  is  of  the  concierge  that  is  asked  information  of  your  standing ;  shou'd 
you  have  any  difficulty  with  Dame  Justice,  he  is  the  first  authority  appealed  to  for  proofs  of 
your  honorableness  ;  should  you  change  your  tailor,  it  is  your  concierge  to  whom  will  be  put  the 
question  of  your  solvency.  Everything  depends  upon  your  relations  with  this  autocrat,  who  will 
giv"  a  certificate  for  the  Prix  Montyon  to  the  blackest  of  scoundrels,  or  ruin  the  standing  of  an 
honest  man,  according  to  the  degree  of  generosity  of  the  individual.  Last  weik,  a  concierge 
was  sentenced  to  a  hea-y  fine  and  sixteen  days  in  jail  for  defamation  of  character,  but  few  per- 
sons are  brave  enough  to  risk  the  scandal  which  that  suit  caused,  when  the  plaintifTs  character 
was  torn  to  shreds  by  the  defendant's  counsel ;  and  so  people  go  on  and  let  themselves  be  bled 
and  blackmailed.— Paris  correspondence  (Sept.  25)  of  the  New  York  Timet,  Oct.  12,  1884,  p.  5. 


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460  TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

testimonial  of  good-will,  he  is  always  equal  to  the  occasion.     I  mean  thai  he 
makes  it  an  ixcuse  for  "treating"  the  class  to  a  "reception  "  whose  ex- 
pensivc-iess  must  consider  »bly  exceed  the  mere  money  value  of  their  gift, 
and  whose  chief  feature  is  a  "  speech  of  acceptance,"  giorifying  this  latest 
class  as  superior  to  all  its  distinguished  predecessors.     The  janitor  rather 
pride i  himself,  indeed,  on  his  oratorical  powers,  and  as  these  hav5  given  him 
a  sort  of  reputatio  .  among  the  local  political  managers,  he  not  unfrequently 
figu.es  at  their  autumn  "  campaign  rallies "  in   the   thickiy-settled   region 
below  ihe  ^u.ire.     I  believe  this  is  the  only  vanity  he  ever  indulges  in  out- 
side the  Buildinj;  and  except  during  these  brief   seasons  of  shouting  the 
praises  of  his  party  (which  is  the  "  G.  O.  P.,"  opposed  to  "  R.  R,  R."),  he 
may  always  be  found  there  at  evening  time,  ready  to  bar  its  doors  against' the 
outside  work!,  promptly  on  the  stroke  of  10.     Portraits  of  his  admired  polit- 
ical leaders  form  a  prominent  feature  in  the  adornment  of  the  walls  of  his 
office,  but  he  is  not  an  "  offensive  partisan  "  to  any  such  extent  as  the  Parisian 
concierge,  who  suppresses  all  political  circulars'  and  newspapers  which  he 
does  not  wish  his  tenants  to  read,  and  who  takes  care  to  keep  them  fully  sup- 
plied  with  the  liteiature  of  his  own  party.     Dwellers  in  the  University,  on 
the  other  hand,  nqcd  not  allow  any  of  their  mail-matter  to  be  submitted  to 
the  janitor's  inspection,  for  the  government  postmen  are  instructed  to  make 
direct  deliveries  at  the  separate  chambers  of  all  who  express  a  wish  to  that 
effect.     In  this  way  also  it  is  distinguished  from  an  ordinary  apartment-house 
or^ hotel,  for  there  the  postal  deliveries  are  all  made  at  the  main  office. 
.  *    In  enumerating  the  physical  shortcomings  of  the  place,  which  the  tenant 
must  rem    ly  at  his  own  expense  if  he  wishes  to  live  with  much  comfort  or 
elegance,  I  have  noted  by  implication  the  general  absence  of  what  are  called 
"  modern  improvements."    The  absence  of  any  general  means  for  heating  or 
"elevating  "  serves  the  good  purpose,  however,  of  lessening  the  dangers  of 
fire.    These  are  already  so  considerable  that  the  underwriters  attach  a  high 
rate  of  insurance  to  the  building ;  and  if  it  were  to  be  "  improved  "  by  steam 
pipes  and  an  elevator  shaft,  its  dry  wooden  floors  and  staircases  would  doubt- 
less soon  disappear  oefore  the  flames.     Such  a  disaster  would  not  be  likely 
to  imperil  the  life  of  a  tenant  in  the  main  structure,— for,  in  the  improbable 
case  of  both  its  stairways  burning  simultaneously  at  the  bottom,  with  such 
suddenness  as  to  forbid  descent,  he  could  still  ascend  to  the  roof,  and  thence 
easily  jump  down  to  the  roofs  of  the  houses  which  adjoin  each  wing.    If, 
however,  a  fire  should  start  at  the  foot  of  the  narrow  stairway  of  either  of 
these  wings,  it  would  be  apt  to  leap  almost  instantly  to  the  top  of  the  tower 
(induced  by  the  draft  which  a  window  kept  constantly  open  there  would  en- 
sure), and  thus  shut  off  all  chance  of  the  tenants'  escape,  unless  thty  were 
able  to  lower  themselves  from  the  outer  windows  to  the  street  below.     In 
other  words,  these  wings  are  distinctively  death-traps,  though  they  were  orig- 
inally designed  to  serve  as  elegant  abodes  for  the  Chancellor  and  Vice  Chan- 
cellor of  the  University,  and  were  the  only  parts  of  it  thought  fit  to  live  in. 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        461 


I  myself  would  not  sleep  in  one  of  them  for  a  single  night  without  a  fire- 
e^icape  by  my  bedside  (I  keep  one,  in  fact,  even  in  my  own  much  safer  cham- 
bers) ;  and  the  general  hopelessness  of  saving  any  property  from  destruction. 
Ml  case  a  fire  should  once  get  fairly  started  in  any  part  of  the  Caiitle,  may 
well  serve  as  a  barrier  to  prevent  a  cautious  man  from  risking  his  treasures 
in  it.  A  lazy  one  will  likewise  do  well  to  think  twice  before  he  pitches  his 
c.imp  where  access  can  only  be  gaimd  by  the  ascent  of  n-rarly  one  hundred 
steps;  for  the  best  apartments — like  so  many  other  best  things  in  l<fe — are 
those  at  the  top. 

In  direct  contrast  to  the  practice  of  ether  American  colleges  and  univer- 
sities (the  latter  word  has  been  so  generally  misused  hrre  that  it  is  now 
synonymous  with  the  former  in  ordinal  y  usage),  where  the  president  is  -x- 
pected  to  be  the  chief  motive  power  in  the  management,  and  to  bring  great 
things  to  pass  by  that  personal  capacity  to  properly  grasp  and  combine  de- 
tails which  is  called  executive  ability — the  Chancellor  of  the  University  is 
excused  from  all  attention  to  its  finances.  The  present  incumbent  of  the 
oftice  is  the  pastor  of  one  of  the  largest  congregations  in  the  city,  and  his 
immediate  predecessor  held  a  similar  position.  Hence,  as  the  duties  directly 
pressing  upon  every  such  man  must  always  be  beyond  his  power  of  fulfil- 
ment, even  when  he  devotes  every  atom  of  energy  to  the  work  of  his  church 
iiione,  the  business  management  of  the  University  is  of  necessity  abdicated 
to  others.  The  trustees,  of  course,  are  the  legal  managers,  in  whom  all  ulti- 
mate authority  rests ;  but,  as  active  men  of  the  world,  absorbed  in  their  own 
.iffairs,  they  like  to  avoid  the  irksomeness  of  attending  to  petty  details,  by 
putting  as  much  as  possible  of  responsibility  for  them  upon  the  shoulders  of 
the  two  senior  professors.  These  in  turn,  being  already  overburdertd  with 
their  own  proper  duties  ar  instructors,  are  inclined,  when  such  matte  s  cannot 
easily  be  referred  back  to  the  trustees,  to  leave  them  to  the  janitoi ;  who  thus 
becomes,  in  ePtct,  the  executive  chief  of  the  institution.  A  chronic  want  of 
funds  for  its  proper  maintenance  adds  to  the  interestingness  of  this  curious 
situation,  so  far  as  casual  tenants  are  concerned.  If  one  of  these  objects  to  a 
leaky  roof  or  broken  window,  an  overcharge  of  rent  or  inefficient  service,  and 
gets  tired  of  talking  to  the  janitor  on  the  subject,  perhaps  he  may  nerve  him- 
self up  to  the  point  of  bringing  his  grievance  before  one  of  the  professors, 
who  may  very  likely  refer  him  to  one  of  the  trusteea.  The  trustee  does  n't 
want  to  be  bored  with  the  case,  and  refers  him  back  to  another  professor,  who 
perhaps  refers  him  to  the  janitor  as  final  authority.  A  great  many  days  hav- 
ing been  wasted  in  getting  the  matter  as  far  along  as  this,  a  great  many  more 
go  by  before  anything  is  done,^ven  assuming  that  the  tenant's  prayer  is 
granted.  After  the  average  man  has  been  badgered  for  a  «vhile  in  this  way, — 
bandied  back  and  forth  bf  tween  the  representatives  of  a  divided  and  practi- 
cally unapproachable  authority, — he  of  course  goes  off  in  despair  to  seek 
some  house  where  less  chaotic  conditions  prevail ;  and  a  new  tenant  follows 
in  his  footsteps  and  in  due  time  undergoes  the  same  exasperations.     If  the 


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new  tenant  chances  to  have  more  philosophy  than  "  the  average  mi.n,"  he  will 
.earn  to  accept  these  exasperations  as  natural  concomiunts  of  an  exceptional 
situation ;  he  will  quietly  pay  for  such  "  .-epairs  and  improvements  "  as  he 
wants;  he  will  see  that  if  the  who'.e  establishment  were  to  l>e  modernized 
and  run  on  business  principles,"  the  peculiar  charm  of  it  would  disappear. 

This  charm  attaches    to  one's   individual  ability   to  run    his  own    part 
of  the  Castle  in   his  own  way;  and  "  his  part  "is  practically  "  the  whole." 
for  ail  the  rest  of  the  tenants  are  in  effect  his  vassals  and  servitors :  their 
presence  is  essential  to  his  own  safety  and  happiness,  though  they  ensure  this 
without  personal  contact.     Like  the  retinue  of  an  old  feudal  castle,  they  give 
a  human  attractiveness  to  the  few  chambers  which  the  lord  thereof  really  uses 
as  his  own.     Like  the  lord  thereof,  on  the  other  hand,  each  resident  of  this 
Castle  may  always  feel  reflected  upon  himself  the  dignity  of  its  entire  owner- 
ship.    The  fact  of  such  residence  makes  his  iiie  a  mystery  to  every  outsider. 
It  conveys  no  notion  of  whether  he  is  rich  or  poor;  whether  he  occupies  one 
room  or  many;  whether  he  lives  in  <;>itire  isolation   with  the  simplicity  of  a 
savage,  or  with  body-servants  at  his  nod  and  beck  to  sui)ply  him  with  all  the 
luxuries  of  an  epicurean.     There  is  no  general  camaraderie  among  the  resi- 
dents ;  no  cohesiviness  between  the  independent  atoms ;  no  visits  exchanged 
between  rooms  unless  the  occupants  have  known  each  other  elsewhere.     It  is 
tacitly  understood  by  all  that  the  object  of  a  man's  making  his  home  in  such 
a  place  is  not  to  form  new  acquaintances,  but  to  escape  from  those  already 
formed,— to  simplify  the  machinery  of  life  rather  than  to  complicate  it.     The 
inspiring    fiction  of  "  sole  ownership  by    each  "  would  l)e   sadly  impaired 
If  the  presence  and  partnership  of  the  others  were  formally  recognized.     For 
my  own  part,  I  feel  the  utmost  friendliness  and  good-will  towards  my  co-pro- 
prietors of  the  Castle;  but  I  believe  that  the  most  acceptable  manifestation  I 
can  make  of  the  sentiment  is  the  negative  one  of  letting  them  entirely  alone 
while  within  its  walls.     V/cre  I  to  be  met  in  a  remote  part  of  the  world  by 
some  man  who  had  lived  long  in  the  University,  his  mention  of  that  fact  would 
be  the  best  possible  passport  to  my  favor.     I  should  feel  in  ad-  ance  that  he 
would  make  an  interesting  companion,  because  no  one  without  great  resources 
in  himself  could  long  survive  a  stay  here.     The  capacity  to  endure  solitude 
with  .  neerfulness  is  a  crucial  test  of  character,  so  far  as  concerns  showing  that 
It  is  above  the  commonplace;  and  t'iough  a  man  t„av  le.id  here  a  very  social 
life  of  the  strictly  conventional  sort,  it  is  fairly  to  be  presumed  that,  unless 
he  were  fully  competent  to  enjoy  a  lonely  one  in  his  own  wigwam,  he  would 
not  long  submit  to  the  limitations  which  residence  here  imposes.     Their  lack 
of  camaraderie  ensures  a  sort  of  placid  feeling  in  the  janitor's  mind  that  the 
tenants  will  not  conspire  to  accomplish  his  overthrow,  as  is  often  done  in 
other  places  where  individual  resentments  of  slight  injuries  and  shortcomings 
are  combined,  by  conversation  and  interchange  of  experiences,  into  a  general 
hostile  sentiment  which  has  power  to  remove  the  object  of  it.     On  the  other 
hand,  there  is  a  fair  offset  to  this  in  the  uncertainty  that  the  janitor  neces- 


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larily  haa  concerning  the  po»9it"t  "  influence  "  of  any  given  tenant  with  sonn 
unknown  mcml>er  of  the  board  01  tru*t<:cs.  This  fact  that  he  is  employed  by 
a  mysterious  bodv  of  far-extending  and  undiscoverable  connections,  instead 
of  by  a  single  owner  whose  friends  could  be  easily  identified,  is  evidently  a 
f.ict  that  tends  to  secure  good  treatment  for  the  tenants.  There  is  always  a 
I'readfcl  possibility  that  each  one  of  these  may  hive  a  "  friend  at  court,"  with 
powec  to  work  the  guillotine  remorselessly,  if  things  go  wrong ! 

In  explaining  how  "  its  publicity  makes  privacy,"  I  have  said  that  the 
hiibitual  passing  of  many  men  and  women  through  the  corridors  renders  the 
presence  there  of  any  additional  man  or  woman  quite  unnoticcable  ;  yet  ' 
think  that  a  chance  visitor,  late  in  the  day,  after  the  departure  of  the  students 
and  their  instructors,  would  be  apt  to  get  the  idea  that  the  Building  was  quite 
uninhabited.  It  is  certainly  exceptional  when  the  long  halls  re-echo  any 
other  tread  than  my  own,  on  niy  passage  through  them.  During  the  seven 
years  while  the  apartments  adjoining  mine  *ere  hrld  by  two  college  acquaint- 
ances, with  whom  I  exchanged  many  calls,  1  am  sure  that  I  never  met  them 
on  the  stairways  a  dozen  times.  During  an  equally  long  interval  while  the 
editor-in-chief  of  the  daily  newspaper  which  enrployed  me  had  apartments 
here  which  I  used  to  pass  two  or  three  times  each  day,  and  which  I  knew 
that  he  emerged  from  each  day,  I  never  saw  him  seven  times,  except  inside 
his  chambers  or  the  editorial  rooms.  Reflecting  upon  these  curious  reversals 
of  probability,  one  might  almost  be  pardonid  for  a  superstitious  belief  in  the 
existence  of  some  subtle  influence  which  impels  each  owner  of  the  Castle  to 
enter  or  leave  it  only  at  times  when  he  is  least  likely  to  be  confronted  by  any 
living  reminder  of  the  truth  that  he  is  not  really  the  sole  proprietor  of  its 
magnificent  solitude.  As  the  chances  of  casual  contact  between  tenants  who 
are  acquainted  is  so  slight,  it  follows  that  a  man  may  live. here  for  years  be- 
fore the  faces  of  non-acquaintances  become  familiar  enough  to  impress  then»- 
selves  upon  him  as  belonging  to  residents  rather  than  to  the  ever-changing 
mass  of  visitors.  Of  the  latter,  as  of  tenants  who  stay  but  a  year  or  two,  it 
may  be  said :  "  Come  they  and  go,  we  heed  them  not,  though  others  hail  their 
advent."  Names  of  residents  become  fixed  in  mind  sooner  than  faces,  for 
ihey  are  seen  accredited  to  the  Building  in  newspapers  and  directories,  or 
noticed  at  the  janitor's  post-office,  or  reported  through  mutual  acquaintances. 
Indeed,  there  formerly  existed  a  lonesome-looking  bulletin-board  where  a 
new-comer  sometimes  nailed  up  his  "  card,"  as  a  guide  to  those  who  might 
wish  to  discover  the  exact  number  of  his  room ;  but  no  old-resident  ever  en- 
couraged a  device  so  inharmonious  with  the  spirit  of  the  place,  and  this  mis- 
called "  directory"  has  been  wisely  obliterated.  Unless  a  visitor  "  gets  his 
bearings,"  and  exact  information,  at  the  ianitor's  office,  he  may  now  wander 
about,  as  in  a  labyrinth,  for  an  indefinite  period,  without  finding  the  person 
whom  he  is  in  search  of,  or  without  being  confronted  by  any  obtrusive  sign 
whatever.  The  corridors,  I  may  add,  are  lighter  at  night  i-han  at  any  other 
time ;  for  gas  jets  burn  there  continuously  until  dawn. 


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Though  a  master  of  the  Castle  soon  grows  familiar,  in  these  several 
ways,  with  certain  names  as  belonging  to  its  retinue,  and,  ultimately,  with  cer 
tain  faces  he  may  be  a  still  longer  time  in  connecting  the  faces  with  the 
names.     Thus,  the  existence  of  the   Nestor  of  the  place  never  happened  to 
be  revealed  to  me  until,  in  preparing  for  print  "  a  directory  of  Yale  men  liv 
mg  in  New   York  and  its  environs  "  (1879),  '-  had  occasion  to  unearth  his 
name.     Were  it  not  for  the  conventional  ban  which  rests  upon  each  resident 
against  impairing  the  freedom  of  the  place  by  forming  any  acquaintanceships 
there,  I  should  be  tempted  to  intrude  upon  the  privacy  of  this  venerable  man 
and  beg  him  to  tell  me  about  some  of  the  interesting  people  who  have  been 
hidden  here  with  him  behind  these  walls,  at  one  time  or  another,  during  the 
half-century  (for  the  tradition  is  that  he  began  as  a  tenant,  among  the  very 
first,  as  soon  as  his  undergraduate  days  were   over).     I  recall  a  rumor  that 
Sam  Colt  was  a  resident  during  the  years  while  he  wrs  perfecting  the  idea 
of  the  "  revolver"  which  gave  him  f.me  and  fortune;  and  I  know  that  quite 
a  long  catalogue   might  be  made  of  men  who   have  attained  distinction  as 
painters,  or  lawyers,  or  politicians,  cr  authors,  as  a  sequel  to  obscurity  here  in 
earlier  days.     That  obscurity  seems  to  me  to  have  had  in  it  more  likelihood 
of  happiness,  however,  than  the  celebrity  of  later  date.    "  As  a  man  thinketh 
so  IS  he."     I  know  nothing  of  the  thoughts  of  the  man  who  has  lived  here' 
longest:  but  =n  the  fact  uf  his  long  residence  here  I  account  him  outwardly 
fortunate.     When  he  went  up  to  New  Haven  as  a   Freshman   in  1833  he 
joined  a  class  of  young  fellows  from  whom  have  since  been  elected  a  President 
of  the  United  States,  a  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  (the  officer  o*  great- 
est dignity  in  America),  a  United  States  Senator  of  New  York,  a  Minister  to 
England,  a  member  of  two  Presidential  Cabinets,  a  Governor,  a  General  a 
College  President,  and  a  long   line  of  professors,  clergymen,   lawyers,  and 
other  dignitaries  whose  names  have  attained  wide  repute  in   their  several 
States,  if  not  in  the  nation  at  large.     Vet  .nis  veteran,  who  has  kept  secluded 
m  Washington  Square,  during  -V   these  years,  not  even  reporting  to  the  class 
secretary  the  fact  of  his  existence,  .ppears  to  me  to  have  been  happier  in  his 
"environment  "than  any  of  those  more  distinguished  classmates  who  have 
flaunted  themselves  in  the   fierce  light  that  beats  about  the  great  dome  in 
Washington  City.     Not  a  single  one  of  these  eminent  people  possesses  my 
personal  admiration ;  for  even  the  Chief  Justice  has  forbidden  me  to  hold 
him  in  high  honor  since  that  lamentable  day  when  he  decided  that  neither  the 
Constitution  nor  the  Supreme  Court  should  any  longer  serve  the  citizen  as  a 
barrier  against  the  confiscating  powers  of  Congress. 

Ind-ed,  I  am  free  to  say  that,  of  ail  the  men  who  have  made  any  public 
stir  m  the  world  during  the  years  in  which  I  have  been  breathing  its  air,  I  can 
recall  only  two  who  have  done  anything  which  I  myself  should  have  taken  su- 
preme pleasure  in  doing :  pleasure  enough,  I  mean,  to  compensate  for  the  loss 
of  personal  freedom  implied  in  the  notorietv  nersp.s.iri'v  ar.-.-^rr.T-.2=,.,;,..-, . ...u 
public  acts.     One  was  an   English  playwright ;  the  other  an  "AmericanVrval* 


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officer  When  the  former  paused  from  his  routine  work  in  London  and  lis- 
tened to  the  mirthful  echoes  coming  back  from  every  city  and  town  and  ham- 
let  in  the  world  that  spoke  his  mother  tongue,  assuring  him  that  the  praises 
of  "  Pinafore  "  were  being  simultaneously  chanted  in  a  coi.tinuous  chorus 
which  encircled  the  planet,— whrn  he  reflected  that  no  mortal's  pen  had  ever 
before  been  given  power  thus  to  enliven  the  broad  countenance  of  the  whole 
mighty  English-speaking  race  with  such  a  burst  of  "  vast  and  inextinguishable 
laughter," — I  think  the  sensation  must  have  been  worth  having.  Likewise, 
when  the  other  man  laid  his  right  hand  on  the  Obelisk  at  Alexandria  and  with 
ills  leit  set  it  up  again  in  New  York,— when,  having  quietly  accomplished,  by 
means  of  his  own  invention,  a  unique  enterprise  which  all  well-informed  persons 
had  ridiculed  as  "impossible,"  he  saw  the  mighty  monolith  swinging  majes- 
tically into  position  on  its  pedestal  in  Central  Park,— I  think  that  he,  too,  on 
that  icy  midday  of  midwinter,  must  have  felt  entirely  -'good."*  It  is  the  pri- 
vate, subjective  sensation,  in  each  of  these  cases,  which  appeals  to  me  as 
exceptionably  admirable,- not  the  public,  objective  celebrity  attaching  there- 
to. Indeed,  I  do  not  suppose  that  either  man  has  won  any  permanent  fame, 
since  that  is  usually  reserved  for  those  who  are  appointed  to  do  something 
of  universal  human  interest, — such  as  successfully  superintending  the  slaughter 
of  a  vast  multitude  of  the  human  race,  as  Lincoln  and  Grant  were  appointed 
111  our  day.  Finer  far  than  that,  however,  seems  to  me  the  sensation  of  hav- 
ing secretly  commanded  Castle  Solitude  during  all  this  troublous  half -century ; 
though  whether  any  resident  has  really  lived  here  as  its  commander,  or  only 
as  one  of  its  retinue,  can  of  course  be  known  to  his  own  heart  alone.  It  is 
an  intangible  essence  whose  quality  depends  upon  the  intellectual  bent  of  the 
individual,— upon  his  willingness  to  accept  "xclusively  one  half  or  the  other 
of  this  double-definition : 

Name  and  fame  ?  "  Ti.  fly  sublime  through  the  courts,  the  camps,  the  schools  !  " 
"  'Tis  to  be  the  b,  il  of  Time,  bandied  in  the  hands  of  fools  !  " 
Aside  from  the  artists,  for  whom  this  has  always  been  a  recognized 
haunt,  I  think  that  a  majority  of  the  tenants  have  always  been  college-bred 
men,  and  that  Yale  has  always  had  more  gradu.ttcs  here  than  any  other  one 
college.  This  has  certainly  been  the  fact  during  the  last  decade;  and  Yale 
has  also  been  continuously  represented  in  the  P^acultyby  eminent  and  influen- 
tial professors.  There  existed  at  New  Haven  in  my  time,  twenty  years  ago 
(manifesting  itsei:  most  tangibly  in  the  region  of  "the  fence,"  on  lazy  sum- 
mer evenings),  a  sort  of  halo  of  sympathetic  respect  for  the  memory  of  the 
unknown  genius  to  whom  tradition  had  accredited  the  apothegm  :  "  Yale 
College  would  be  the  ideal  place  for  an  education,  if  the  Faculty  would  only 
dispense  with  the  literary  and  religious  exercises  1  "  Perhaps  the  influence  of 
that  ancient  but  ever-appetizing  jest  accounts  in  part  for  the  preponderance  of 

M  feel  proud  to  record  that,  after  erecting  the  Ot)elisk  (Jan.  ji,  1881),  Lieutenant  Com- 
"lanucr  Hjiiry  H.  Gorringe  iiveci  for  two  or  three  years  m  ttie  University  Building.  He  died 
before  completing  his  45th  year  (July  6,  1885),  in  a  house  that  fronts  upon  Washington  Square. 

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TEiV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  college  in  respect  to  the  number  of  graduates  who  have  sought  to  realize 
on  Washington  Square  this  delightful  dream  of  an  academic  Utopia,  by  enroll- 
ing themselves  as  honorary  members  in  this  real  University  of  Cockagiie  ' 
To  me,  at  all  events,  a  special  zest  is  given  to  life  here  by  a  consciousness  of 
the  "literary  and  religious  exercises  "  which  are  raging  on  all  sides  of  me, 
and  which  others  are  compelled  to  take  part  in  while  I  mysef  escape  such 
thralldom.  The  dim  strains  from  the  chapel  organ  add  to  my  tranquillity  by 
reminding  me  that  no  Faculty  any  longer  have  power  tp  haul  me  from  bed, 
by  that  signal,  to  an  unwilling  and  unbreakfasted  participation  in  the  formality 
called  "morning  prayers."  Even  the  bowlings  and  fights  and  rushes  ami 
miscellaneous  horse-play  with  which  the  younger  classes  of  collegians  some- 
times render  the  halls  uproarious,  serve  an  excellent  moral  purpose.  IJke 
the  constant  demands  which  a  troop  of  active  children  make  upon  their  father, 
the  turmoil  and  tomfoolery  of  these  academic  children  help  prevent  the  resi- 
dent bachelor  from  becoming  entirely  self-absorbed.  Their  antics  help  keep 
him  in  accord  with  the  fun  and  freshness  of  the  new  generation,  by  the  force 
of  the  reminiscence  which  they  awaken  of  his  own  more  frolicsome  davs. 
"  When  I  was  imbibing  classic  culture,"  he  reflects;  "  when  I  used  to  sock 
with  Socrates,  rip  with  Kuripides,  and  mark  with  Marcus  Aurelius,'  this  same 
sort  of  nonsense  pleased  me  too.    As  the  dear,  departed  Calverley  hath  it, 

'  When  within  i../  veins  the  blocKl  ran,  and  the  cxiris  were  on  my  brow, 
I  did,  O  ye  undergraduates,  much  as  ye  are  doing  now  !  '  " 

"  Anything  for  a  quiet  life  "  is  a  rendering  I  like  to  make  of  Algernon 
Sidney's  famous  phrase,  "  Ease  petit  placidam  sub  liOertate  quietem"  which 
winds  its  Latin  length  around  the  historic  Indian  on  the  coat-of-ar.ns  v); 
Massachusetts ;  or,  as  I  sometimes  expand  the  idea,  when  I  gaze  upon  the 
full-sizec'  figure  of  that  noble  savage,  frescoed  upon  the  ceiling  of  my  hall- 
way, "  He  '11  fight  to  the  last  gasp,  if  need  be,  but  he  will  have  peace."  The 
unique  advantage  of  Castle  Solitude  seems  to  me  to  be  this  :  that  peace  may 
here  be  had  for  the  least  possible  amount  of  fighting, — that  a  quiet  life  n.ay 
here  be  led  without  the  sacrifice  of  an  "  anything  "  which  is  of  supreme  value. 
I  do  not  extol  the  place  as  a  hermitage,  but  rather  because  it  allows  those 


•Such  a  teniioHcy  h.is  even  gained  recognition  in  current  fiction,  as  sliown  br  this  extract 
from  a  Y.ile  professor's  tal<?,  contrasting  the  exiiectations  of  certain  imaginary  classmates,  im 
graduation  night,  with  the  stories  of  their  actu.tl  lives,  as  reported  twenty  years  later  :  "  Arm- 
strong and  you  have  c.ranged  places  in  one  respect,  I  should  think,"  said  I.  "  He  is  keeping 
a  boarding-house  somewliere  in  Connecticut.  And  instead  of  leading  a  Tulkinghorny  exist- 
etce  in  the  New  York  University  Building,  as  he  firmly  intended,  ha  has  married  and  pro- 
duced a  numerous  offspring,  I  hear."—"  Split  Zephyr  ;  an  Attenfated  Yarn  Spun  In  the  Fates," 
by  Henry  A.  Beers,  p.  79  (Scribncrs'  Stories  by  American  Authors,  Vol.  wii.,  1SS4,  pp.  2o(>). 
The  allusion,  of  course,  is  to  one  of  the  characters  who  plays  so  prominent  a  part  in  "  Bleak 
House,"  and  who  is  described  in  the  index  to  Charies  T>icker.s's  works,  as  follows  :  "  Mr. 
Tulkinghom.  an  old-fashioned  old  gentleman,  legal  adviser  of  the  D>?d!ocks:  '  an  oyster  of  the 
oM  school,  whom  nobody  can  open.'  " 


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tnings  which  cannot  elsewhere  be  had  except  amid  the  discomforts  of  a 
hermitage.  As  "  the  happiness  of  sympathetic  human  intercourse  seems  to  me 
incomparably  greater  than  any  other  pleasure," — as  the  companionship  of  my 
friends  seems  by  far  the  finest  enjoyment  that  existence  has  to  offer, — fio  do  I 
value  this  curious  Castk  where  I  can  assert  my  own  nature  without  cutting 
myself  off  fron.  the  presence  of  the  people  whom  I  like,  and  can  lead  my  own 
lite  without  arousing  the  resentment  of  the  people  whom  I  regard  with  indif- 
krencc.  "  The  condition  in  which  a  man  does  not  pay  formal  calls,  and  is  not 
invited  to  state  dinners  and  dances,  may  be  very  lamentable  and  deserving  of 
polite  contempt,  but  it  need  not  be  absolute  solitude,  as  society  people  as- 
sume. Such  is  not  the  condition  of  any  one  in  a  civilized  country  who  is  out 
of  a  prison  cell."  In  a  large  city,  the  social  instinct  can  be  gratified  by 
chance  acquaintanceships,  which  are  continually  changing,  I'ke  those  formed 
on  a  journey.  All  sorts  and  patterns  of  "  the  human  various"  can  be  stud- 
ied off-hand,  and  without  need  of  introduction.  Plenty  of  people  worth  talk- 
ing to  are  always  obtainable  at  every  nook  and  corner.  What  fashionable 
folks  re.illy  mean  %Vhen  they  stigmatize  a  city  man  as  "  solitary  "  is  not  that 
he  really  leads  the  lonely  life  of  a  hermit,  but  that  he  refrains  from  those 
social  relationships  of  a  formal  and  permanent  sort  which  would  subject  him 
to  the  inflexible  conventions  of  ''  good  society."  In  other  words,  the  solitude 
of  the  Castle  results  not  from  its  standing  "  out  of  the  world  "  (for  it  is  in  the 
very  center  of  a  densely-iieopled  and  most  interesting  world),  but  only  "out 
of  the  fashion."  Its  situation  seems  to  combine  many  of  the  advantages  0/ 
both  the  places  described  in  the  opening  words  of  the  extract  which  I  now 
give  from  a  favorite  author,  who  has  already  supplied  me  with  a  phrase  or 
two,  and  whose  remarks  about  solitude  and  independence  shor'  so  well  the 
value  and  the  cost  of  each  that  I  should  like  to  quote  even  more  extensively: 

Tlie  solitude  which  is  really  injurious  is  the  severance  from  all  who  are  cpable  of  under- 
standing us.  The  most  favorable  life  would  have  its  times  of  open  and  equal  intercourse  with  the 
best  riinds,  and  also  its  periods  of  retreat.  My  ideal  would  be  a  house  in  London,  not  far  from 
nne  or  two  houses  which  are  so  full  of  light  and  warmth  that  it  is  a  liberal  education  to  have 
entered  them,  and  a  solitary  tower  on  some  island  of  the  Hebrides,  with  no  companions  but  the 
se.v;j;ulls  and  the  thunde'ing  surges  of  the  Atlantic.  One  such  island  I  know  well,  and  it  is  before 
my  mind's  eye,  clear  as  a  picture,  whilst  I  am  writing.  It  was  a  dream  of  my  youth  to  build  a 
'mver  there,  with  three  or  four  little  rooms  in  it,  and  walls  as  strong  as  a  lighthouse.  There  have 
\Kvn  more  foolish  dreams,  and  there  have  been  less  competent  teachers  than  the  tempests  that 
Would  have  roused  me  and  the  calms  that  would  have  brought  mo  peace. 

It  is  a  traditional  habit  of  mankind  to  see  only  the  disadvanfai;  .  of  solitude,  without  con- 
sidering its  compensations ;  but  there  are  great  compensations,  some  of  the  greatest  being  nega- 
tive. The  lonely  man  is  lord  of  his  own  hours  and  of  his  own  purse  ;  his  days  are  long  and 
unbroken  ;  he  escaprs  from  every  form  of  Oitentation,  and  may  live  quite  simply  and  sincerely 
in  j;reat  culm  breadths  of  leisure.  I  knew  one  who  passed  his  summers  in  the  heart  of  a  vast  for- 
est, in  a  common  thatched  cottage  with  furniture  of  common  deal,  and  for  this  retre:it  he  quitted 
very  gladly  a  ricb.  tine  house  in  the  city.  He  wore  nothing  but  old  clothes,  read  only  a  few  old 
bonks,  without  the  least  regard  to  the  opinions  of  the  learned,  and  did  not  take  in  a  newspaper. 


enter  into  his  h'lraor,  he  had  acquired  a  horror  of  towns  and  crowds.     This  was  not  from 


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nervousness,  bn'  luse  lie  felt  imprisoned  and  impeded  in  his  thinkinR,  which  needed  the 
d-pths  of  the  fuiesl,  the  venerable  trees,  the  communication  with  primjeval  natu-e,  from  which 
he  drew  a  mysterious  but  necessary  nourishment  f<-r  the  (wculiar  activity  of  his  mind.  His 
temper  was  grave  and  earnest,  but  unfalimgly  cheerful  and  entirely  free  from  any  tcndenq-  to 
bitterness.  On  tH"  walls  of  his  habitation  he  inscribed  with  a  piece  of  charcoal  a  quotation 
from  I)c  Senancour  :   "  In  the  world  a  man  lives  in  hi-t  own  age  ;  in  solitude,  in  all  the  ages  " 

He  who  h;  s  lived  for  some  great  space  of  existence  apart  from  the  tumult  of  the  world,  has 
discovered  the  vanity  of  those  things  for  which  he  has  no  natural  aptitude  or  gift— their  rt'lativt 
vanity,  I  mean,  their  uselessiiess  to  himself,  personally  ;  and  at  the  same  time  he  has  learned 
what  is  truly  preci.,us  and  go<Kl  for  him.  Surely  tlii;  is  knowledge  of  inestimable  value  to  a 
man  :  surely  it  is  a  great  thing  for  any  one,  in  the  bewildering  confur.ion  of  distracting  toils  ar.d 
pleasures,  to  have  found  out  the  labfir  that  he  is  most  fit  for,  and  the  pleasures  that  satisfy  him 
best.  Society  so  encouraiies  us  in  affectatio^is  that  it  scarcely  leaves  us  a  chance  of  knowing  our 
own  minds;  but  in  solitude  this  knowledge  comes  of  itself,  and  delivers  us  from  innumerable 
vanities.  The  man  of  the  world  does  not  con.sult  his  own  intellectual  needs,  but  considers  the 
eyes  of  his  visitors  ;  the  solitary  student  takes  his  literature  n-.,  a  lonely  travelor  takes  food  when 
he  is  hungry,  without  reference  to  the  <jrdered  courses  of  public  hospitality. 

The  life  of  the  perfect  hermit,  and  that  of  these  persons  who  feel  themselves  nothing  in- 
dividually,  and  have  no  existence  but  what  they  receive  from  others,  are  alike  imperfect  lives, 
The  perfect  life  is  like  that  of  a  ship  of  war,  which  ha?  its  own  pl.ice  in.the  fleet  and  can  share 
ill  its  strenglh  and  discipline,  but  can  al.so  go  forth  alone  in  the  solitude  of  the  infinite  sea.  We 
ought  to  belong  to  society,  to  have  our  phce  in  it,  and  yet  to  be  capable  of  a  complete  individual 
existence  outside  ol  it.  I  value  society  for  the  abundance  of  ideas  which  it  brings  before  us,  like 
carriages  in  a  frequented  slreet ;  but  I  value  solitude  for  sincerity  and  peace,  and  for  the  better 
understanding  of  the  thoughts  that  are  truly  ours.  We  need  society  ar.d  we  need  .soli.ude  also 
as  we  need  summer  and  winter,  day  and  night,  cxerci.^e  and  rest.  Society  is  necessary  to  give 
us  our  share  and  place  in  the  colli  ctive  life  of  humanity  ;  but  solitude  is  necessary  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  individual  life.-  The  Int."llectual  Life,"  by  P.  G.  Hamerton,  pp.  332-333 
324-327  (Boston  :  Roberts  Bros.,  1S73,  pp.  455). 

Shelley  was  a  lover  of  solitude  ;  which  means  that  he  liked  full  and  adequate  human  inter- 
course so  much  that  the  insufficient  imitation  of  it  was  intokiable  to  him.  It  is  in  this  as  in 
other  pleasures,  the  better  we  appreciate  the  real  thing,  th»  less  we  are  disixised  to  accept  the 
spurious  copy  as  a  substitute.  By  far  the  greater  part  of  what  passes  for  human  intercourse  is 
not  intercourse  at  all,  but  only  acting,  of  which  the  highest  object  and  most  considerable  merit  is 
to  conceal  the  weariness  that  accompanies  its  hollow  observances.  Steady  workers  do  not  need 
much  company.  To  be  occupied  with  a  task  that  is  difTicult  and  arduous  but  that  we  know  to  be 
within  our  poweis,  and  to  awake  early  every  morning  with  the  delightful  feeling  that  the  whofe 
.  1)  can  be  given  to  it  without  fear  of  interruption,  is  the  perfection  of  happiness  for  one  who 
ii-;  ihe  gift  of  throwing  himself  heartily  into  his  work.  This  is  the  best  independence,— to  have 
something  to  do  and  .something  that  cr.n  be  done,  and  done  most  perfectly,  in  solitude.  Many 
of  us  would  rather  live  in  solitude  and  on  small  means  at  Como  than  on  a  great  income  in  Man- 
chester. As  there  is  no  pleasure  in  military  life  for  a  soldier  who  fears  death,  so  there  is  110  in- 
dependence in  civil  existence  for  the  man  whr.  has  an  overpowering  dread  of  solitude.  What 
the  railway  is  to  physical  motion,  settled  conventions  are  to  the  movements  of  the  mind.  There 
are  men  whose  whole  art  of  living  consist?  in  passing  from  one  conventionalism  to  another,  as  a 
traveler  changes  his  train.  They  tike  their  religion,  their  politics,  their  edication,  their  social 
and  literary  opinions,  all  as  provided  by  the  brains  of  others.  For  those  who  are  satisfied  with 
easy,  conventional  ways,  the  desire  for  intellectual  independence  is  unintelligible.  What  is  the 
need  of  it  ?  Why  go,  i.ientally,  on  a  bicycle  or  in  a  canoe,  by  your  own  toilsome  exertions,  when 
you  may  sit  so  very  comfortably  in  the  train,  a  rug  round  your  laiy  legs,  and  your  softly  capped 
head  in  a  corner?  Independence  and  originality  are  so  Iit*'»'  esteemed  in  what  is  called  "  good 
siieietv  "  in  Fr.T.trr    thnt  th.-  .ir^'..^.-t;-^-p=  '*  -'^^.-f^f^i^.^.-.^i  **  -.^-.A  "  —'.-." .**'  ..,-  ,.,.„_;.,„;!-. l  ;..  ^ 

bad  sense.     The  French  ideal  of  "  good  form  "  is  to  be  one  of  the  small  crowu  of  rich  and  fasli- 


CASTLE  SOLITUDE  IN  THE  METROPOLIS.        469 

ionable  people,  undistinguithable  from  the  others.  Bohemianism  and  Philiatinism  are  the  termi 
by  which,  for  want  of  better,  *e  designate  two  opposite  ways  of  estimating  weaith  and  culture. 
The  Dohemian  is  the  man  who  with  small  means  desires  and  contrives  to  obtain  the  intellectual 
advantages  of  wealth,  which  he  considers  to  be  leisure  to  think  and  read,  travel,  and  intelligent 
conversation.  The  Philiitine  is  the  man  who,  whether  his  means  are  small  or  large,  devotes 
himself  wholly  to  the  attainment  of  the  material  advantages  of  wealth,— a  large  house,  good  food 
and  wine,  clothes,  horses  and  servants.  The  Bohemian  makes  the  btit  advanuges  his  first  aim 
being  contented  with  such  ?.  small  measure  of  riches  as,  when  ingeniously  and  skilfully  em- 
pidyed,  r.iay  secure  them ;  and  the  art  and  craft  of  L'uhemianism  is  to  get  for  that  small  amount 
of  money  such  an  amount  of  leisure,  reading,  travel  and  good  conveisation  as  may  sufHce  to 
nuke  life  interesting.  Its  asceticism,  on  the  physical  side,  is  not  a  severe  reli.;ious  asceticism,  but 
a  disposition,  like  that  of  a  thorough  soldier  or  traveler,  to  do  without  luxury  a  d  comfort,  and 
lake  the  absence  of  them  gayly  when  they  are  not  to  be  had.  Indeed,  there  may  be  some  con- 
nectioT  hetweeii  iiohemian^sm  and  the  life  of  the  red  Indian  who  roams  in  his  woods  and  contents 
himself  wi.h  a  low  standard  of  physical  well  being.  I  sometimes  wonder,  as  regards  a  certain 
loved  and  respected  Philistine  friend  of  mine,  if  it  ever  occurred  to  him  to  reflect,  in  the  tedious 
hours  of  too  tranquil  age,  how  much  of  what  is  best  in  the  world  had  been  simply  missed  by  him  ; 
how  he  had  missed  all  the  variety  and  interest  of  travel,  the  charm  of  intellectual  society,  the  in- 
fluences of  genius,  and  even  the  physical  excitements  of  healthy  out-door  amusements.  A  true 
Bohemian  knows  the  value  of  mere  shelter,  of  food  enough  to  satisfy  hi;nger,  of  plain  clothes 
that  will  keep  him  sufficiently  warm ;  and  in  the  things  of  the  mind  he  values  the  liberty  to  use 
his  own  faculties  as  a  kind  of  happiness  in  itself.  H-s  philosophy  leads  him  to  take  an  interest 
in  talking  with  human  beings  of  all  sorts  and  conditions,  and  in  different  countries.  He  does 
not  despise  the  poor,  for,  whether  rich  or  poor  in  his  own  person,  he  understands  simplicity  of 
life ;  and,  if  the  poor  man  lives  in  a  small  cot'age,  he  too  has  probab!.-  been  lodged  less  spa- 
ciously still,  in  some  small  hut  or  tent.  He  has  lived  often,  in  rough  ti  ivel,  as  the  poor  live 
every  day.  I  maintain  that  such  tastes  and  experiences  are  valuable  both  in  prosperity  and  in 
adversity.—"  Human  Intercourse,"  by  p.  G.  Hamerton,  pp.  47,  27,  31,  15,  298,  314,  with  sen- 
tences re-arranged  (Boston  :  Roberts  Bros.,  1884,  pp.  430). 

As  more  than  four  hundred  British  subjects  have  subscribed  for  this 
book,  there  may  be  soiue  truly  loyal  souls  among  them  who  will  be  proud  to 
know  that  a  remote  suggestion  of  royalty,  as  well  as  an  odor  of  sanctity,  at- 
taches to  the  scene  of  its  composition.  I  think  it  quite  improbable  that  any 
other  American  book  has  ever  been  written  in  a  room  that  has  known  the 
presence  of  the  future  King  of  England ;  but  it  is  a  fact  that  the  apartments 
inhabited  by  me  were  constructed  in  1875  >"  a  part  of  the  space  that  formed 
the  chaj,°l  of  the  University  at  the  time  when  the  royal  Oxford  collegian, 
Albert  Edward,  was  forced  to  do  penance  there,  a  quarter-century  ago.  The 
following  report  of  the  ceremonial  was  published  soon  afterwards  in  the  stu- 
dents' Quarterly  Magazine,  and  was  reprinted  as  a  curiosity  in  its  issue  of 
Octnher,  1878,  from  which  I  now  quote  it.  The  story  has  an  independent 
interest  to  home  readers,  as  throwing  a  strong  side-light  on  the  simplicity  of 
social  manners  and  customs  in  that  remote  era  "  before  the  war."  Except 
the  cemetery  at  Greenwood,  and  the  prisons  on  Blackwell's  Island,  it  seems 
that  the  chapel  of  the  University  was  the  only  show-place  the  city  then  had 
for  the  entertainment  of  distinguished  visitors  whom  it  was  desirable  to  im- 
press with  an  idea  of  the  crs^Hpnr  anri  ciir>et-ir.r;fi,  «f  fK:»„.. 


* — -,«i:i._ 


When  the  royal  visitor  arrived  in  New  York  he  was  immediately  besieged  with  numberless 
Invitations  to  visit  our  public  institutions.     But  few  of  these,  of  course,  could  be  honored  with  a 


* 


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T&W  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


second  thought,  owing  to  want  of  time  ;  but  that  of  Chancellor  Ferris  was  promptly  accepted 
ana  the  honor  of  his  Srst  visit  in   this  city  was  awarded  to  our  University.     As  soon  as  the 
Prince  had  signified  his  acceptance,  a  plan  of  reception  was  adopted,  and  ProfesMjr  Wedgwood 
then  at  the  head  of  the  Law    Faculty,  appointed  to  carry  it  into  effect,  assisted  by  the  students 
in  the  collegiate  department.     The  visit  was  to  take  place  on   Friday,  October  12,  i860,  at  half^ 
past  ten  a.  m.,  and  the  Prince  was  to  be  received  in   the  large   chapel.     This  chapil,  risiiiT 
through  three  stories  of  the  building,  had  a  capacity  for  comfortably  seating  twelve  hundred  oef 
sons,  and  its  rich  ornamentation  and  beautiful  windows  gave  it  a  very  venerable   appearan 
quite  in  contrast  to  the  sma"  chupo!  in  which  we  nov;  worship  every  morning.     Invitations  w 
issued  to  the  wives  and  daughters  of  the  professors  and   members  of  the  council,  and  to  t'he 
mothers,  sisters  and  "lady  friends  "of  the  students,  and  a  stage  was  erected  sufficiently  large 
to  accommodate  the  Prince  and  his  suite,  the  officers  of  the  Univ.nity,  and  other  invited  guesTs 
On  the  mommg  of  the  appointed  day,  long  before  the  ar.ival  of  the  Prince,  the  chapel  was 
densely  filled  with  as  brilliant  and  fascinating  an  audience  as  ever  assembled  within  its  walls 
The  council,  professors,  and  judges  of  the  courts  assembled  in  the  Chancellor's  room  ;  while  the 
students,  arrayed  in  their  college  gowns,  and  wearing  the  insignia  of  their  various  sccieties,  we.e 
arranged  ii,  double  columns  from  the  sidewalk  along  the  various  halls  through  which  the  Prince 
was  to  pass  in  his  visit  to  the  several  departments  of  the  University.     The  Prince  and  his  suite 
left  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  at  half-p.ist  ten  o'clock  and  drove   rapidly  down   Fifth   Avenue  to 
Washington  Square,  where  a  line  view   .f  the  University  Building  at  the  head  of  the  Square  Aas 
presented  to  them.     Alighting  at  the  main  entrance  on  University  Place,  the  Prince  was  met 
by   Prof.    Wedgwood,  and  conducted   up  the  marble  stairway  to  the  main  hall,  where  he  was 
received  by  Chancellor  Ferns  in  his  official  robes.     Arm  m  arm  the  Chancellor  aod  the  English 
student  proceeded  to  the  large  chapel,  followed  by  Lord  Lyons,  th-  Duke  of   Newcastle,  Earl 
St.  Germains,  General  Bruce,  the  British  Consul  Archibald,  and  other  members  of  the  Prince's 
suite,  with  the  officers  of  the  University  and  the  judges  of  the  several  courts.     As  the  procession 
passed  along  through  the  lines  of  students  to  the  ch.-  pel,  the  Prince  was  greeted  with  the  ut- 
most respect  and  deference.     As  he  entered  the  chapel,  the  band  struck  up   England's  national 
anthem,  and  the  whole  audience  rose  to  receive  the  Prince,  and  greeted  him  with  the  waving  of 
handkerchiefs  and  half-suppressed  words  of  welcome.     The  procession,  led  by  the  venerable 
Chancellor  and  the  young  Prince,  ascended  the  platform  and  passed  to  the  places  assigned  to 
them.     The  Prince,  with  his  suite,  took  a  position  on  one  side  of  the  platform,  and  the  council, 
prrjfessors  and  invited  guests  occupied  the  other  side.     A  short   consultation  was  then  held,  at 
the  termination  of  which  a  signal  was  given,  the  music  ceased,  and  the  audience  was  hushed  to 
profoui  '  silence,  while  the  Chancellor  pronounced  an  address  of  welcome.     The  Prince,  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle  and  Lord  Lyons  had  each  expressed  a  wish  to  meet  on  the  occasion  of  their 
visit  three  of  the  professors,  who  were  personally  known  to  them,  and  who  had  attained  a  Euro- 
pean celebrity— Prof.  Valentine  Mott,  at  that  time  acknowledged  to  be  the  first  surgeon  in  Amer- 
ica ;  Prof.  John  W.  Draper,  who  first  applied  photography  to  the  taking  of  portraits  from  life,  and 
in  his  room  in  the  University  Building  made  the  first  picture  of  the  hur-an  face  by  the  light  of  the 
sun  ;  and  Prof.  Samuel  F  B.  Morse,  who  invented  the  electro-magne    .  telegraph,  and  performed 
his  first  successful  experiment  within  the  walls  of   N.  Y.  U.     Ac     rdingly  the>  were  now  spe- 
cially  intrcKluced,  and   Prof,    Morse   expressed  his  most  hearty  thanks   for  the   kind  attentions 
shown  him  by  the  Duke  of  Newcastle  on  his  first  visit  to  London  with  his  infant  telegraph. 

A  neatly  engrossed  copy  of  the  Chancellor's  address,  with  the  resolutions  previously 
adopted  by  the  council,  was  then  presented  to  the  Prince,  who  received  the  same  and  made  an 
appropriate  reply.  The  Chancellor  then  presented  to  the  Prince  the  members  of  the  council, 
the  professors  of  the  several  F::culties,  the  judges  of  the  courts,  and  the  ladies.  The  Prince 
mingled  freely  with  the  gentlemen  upon  the  platform  for  some  time,  and  then,  taking  the  arm  of 
the  Chancellor,  he  left  the  chapel  and  passed  into  the  law  library  and  lecture-room.  Here  h.- 
noticed  a  large  number  of  valuable  books  presented  to  the  University  by  King  William  IV.  an  ! 
:ir:  ;-:.:;=::iy  v-=="-  "•  :c;G-a,  a— ,or.g  .vnicri  are  the  cuUic  pubiitjiions  of  the  Record  Commit 
sioners.     Mr.  John  Taylor  Johnston's  gift,  a  complete  modem  law  library,  seemed  to  attra 


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e^ipecial  attention.  From  the  'aw  library  the  Prince  waa  conducted  to  the  council  chamber,  and 
tlieiice  to  the  marble  stairway,  where  the  Chancellor  took  leave  of  his  royal  guest.  As  the 
Prince  and  his  suite  entered  their  carriages,  the  studenis  formed  in  front,  and,  joined  by  thou- 
sands of  spectators  there  assembled,  gave  three  times  three  he?rty  cheers  for  the  Oxford  student 

Five  days  later,  when  the  train  which  carried  the  Prince  from  Albany  to 
Boston  passed  through  Springfield,  and  that  much-admired  youth,  standing 
on  the  rear  platform  thereof,  lifted  his  litHe  beaver  hat,  in  acknowledgment 
of  the  acclamations  of  the  populace,  I  recollect  that  the  heavy  hand  of  a 
hackman  swept  me  and  my  school-fellows  from  the  places  of  vantage  we  had 
gained  on  the  wheels  of  his  vehicle, — so  that  we  saw  nothing  but  the  princely 
hat.  The  next  afternoon,  however,  enthroned  safely  upon  a  stool  in  the  win- 
dow of  Little  &  Brown's  bookstore,  on  Washington  street,  I  gazed  squarely 
upon  the  red-coated  scion  of  royalty,  as  his  carriage  rolled  along  in  the  great 
procession  which  the  Hoslonians  arranged  in  his  honor.  I  mention  these 
facts  for  the  sake  of  saying  that  though  I  was  an  "ordinary,  human  boy 
enough  "  to  take  a  keen  interest  in  any  sort  of  a  show  that  commanded  uni- 
versal popular  attention,  I  recall  my  personal  feeling  towards  the  central  "ig- 
ure  in  it  as  one  of  pity  rather  than  envy.  It  seemed  to  me  that  such  a  boy 
could  have  no  fun.  I  felt  that  I  was  more  fortunate  in  the  possession  of  a 
frolicsome  bull-dog,  and  in  the  liberty  to  play  with  him  to  my  heart's  content, 
after  school  hours  were  over,  than  this  resplendent  British  boy  could  ever 
hope  to  be.  Long  years  afterwards,  in  '76,  a  similar  senti.aent  possessed  me, 
when  I  gazed  upon  the  Prince's  mother,  as  she  made  a  royal  "  progress  " 
through  London,  to  signalize  the  opening  of  some  charitable  institution  at  the 
Kast  End.  Looking  into  the  face  of  this  most  distinguished  woman  in  the 
world,  the  uppermost  thought  in  my  mind  was  one  of  speculative  curiosity  as 
to  what  real  pleasure  there  could  conceivably  be  to  her  in  the  magnificent 
boredom  of  all  such  pomp  and  pageantry.  It  seemed  to  me  as  if  she  were 
owned  absolutely,  as  a  sort  of  toy,  by  the  mighty  mob  that  surged  in  loyal 
waves  around  her.  I  wondered,  too,  if  she  ever,  in  changing  about  from  one 
castle  or  palace  to  another,  felt  any  longing  for  that  unattainable  sort  of  castle, 
whose  impossible  solitude  and  privacy  would  make  it  truly  her  own. 

After  all,  however,  the  fo.mders  of  the  University,  a  half-century  ago, 
Ijuilded  better  than  they  knew  ;  and  their  successors  c^  a  quarter-century  ago 
acted  wiser  than  they  knew  when  they  dragged  in  the  Prince  to  admire  it. 
T  le  founders  failed  in  their  ostensi'ole  object,  because  the  .stars  in  their 
courses  fo-ght  against  it  as  impracticable ;  but  their  very  failure  was  a  part 
and  parcel  of  a  imique  achievement,  which,  while  I  live,  shall  at  least  in  one 
heart  keep  their  memorv  green.  All  unwittingly,  they  were  the  instruments 
for  accomplishing  what  no  one  else  has  ever  done, — what  no  mortal  men  could 
conceivably  by  design  and  premeditation  ever  have  power  to  do.  If  "  tne  no- 
blest study  of  mankind  is  man,"  this  temple  of  learning  which  they  built  oflfers 

ever  possesses  "  the  vision  and  the  faculty  divine  "  may  clearly  overlook  the 


:  iMmOsmmmsm. , . 


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47a  TEAT  THOUSAXD  AflLES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 

universe.  Like  as  a  Lonaon  cabman  lookcth  with  critical  and  inii>crHon.il  in 
tercst  upon  the  tendered  coin  which  represents  no  more  than  his  legal  fare  s,, 
here  the  philosophic  observer  may  hold  at  arm's  length,  as  if  it  were  no  p„s,i 
blc  concern  of  his.  that  mysterious  gift  called  Life.  If  America  is  indeed  dis 
tmctively  a  lanJ  of  liberty,  th.it  place  in  it  where  the  quality  reaches  its  hii-h 
est  development  ought  specially  to  interest  the  foreign  visitor  Thus,  thoush 
the  "Chancellor"  of  twenty-five  years  a-o  had  no  possible  conception  of  it 
there  was  a  certain  poetic  appropri.  ....ess  in  forcing  the  future  King  „f 
England  to  do  his  earliest  homage  in  America  at  what  seems  to  me  the  most 
sacred  shrine  in  the  habitable  globe  because  it  is  the  chosen  alKxle  of 
Freedom.  My  pen  may  not  ha\e  had  power  to  paint  all  its  peculiarities  with 
a  graphic  touch ;  but  I  am  sure  that  they  deserve  such  painting.  I  an.  sure 
that  I  rightly  use  the  superlative  when  I  characterize  it  on  my  letterheads 
by  adapting  these  lines  from  Calverley  : 

"  'Xulla  Hon  donanda  lauru  '  is  tlint  Huilding  :  ynu  could  not- 
Placing  New  Yiik's  map  before  you— light  on  half  so  queer  a  spot." 

I  am  sure,  too,  that  the  seemingly  strange  act  of  giving  to  such  a  subject 

the  longest  chapter  in  a  long  book  on  bicycling,  will  not  go  unsupported  by 

the  sympathy  of  my  three  thousand  subscribers.     Understanding  as  they  do 

the  supremely  e.xhilarating  sense  of  independence  which  the  whirling   wheel 

imparts  to  the  motion  of  the  body,  they  will  api)reciate  the  appropriateness 

of  my  describing  to  them  the  machinery  of  a  unique  habitation  whose  "simple 

shelter  "allows  a  like   liberty  to  -the  movom    .t   of    the   mind.    They  will 

readily  recognize,  I  doubt  not,  the  subtle  analogy  which  exists  between  the 

Building   and  the  bicycle,   and  will  clearly  comprehend  why  the  two  must 

needs  be  coupled  in  my  admiration.     Yet,  as  the  great  majority  of  them  are 

much  younger  than  myself,  they  will  perhaps  be  thankful  for  the  reminder 

that,  while  I  admire  the  two,  my  book  recommend,  to  them  only  the  one ; 

while  I  account  freedom  a  very  fine  thing,  I  do  not  urge  their  general  pur  uit 

of  it,  to  the  exclusion  of  the  other  fine  things  which  this  world  contains.     My 

own   experience  is  that  Renan  w?.s  right  in  deprecating   the  common  talk 

which  ridicules  the  generous  "  illusions  of  youth."  and  in  declaring   rather 

that  its  only  real   illusion  is  a  disbelief  in  the  brevity  of  life.     When  a  sense 

of  this  finally  comes  upon  a  man,  I  may  name  to  hiiri  not  only  the  bicycle  for 

balm  but  the  Castle  for  consolation  ;  but  for  his  earlier  and  brighter  days  my 

preferable  pointer  must  always  be  this  famous  old  poem  of  Robert  Herrick's: 

"  Gather  the  roses  while  ye  may !     Old  Time  is  still  a-fiying  ; 

And  this  same  flower  that  smiles  rt>-day,  to-morrow  will  be  dying. 

Tlie  glorious  lamp  of  heaven,  the  sun,  the  higher  he  's  a-gettine. 

The  sooner  will  his  course  be  run,  the  nearer  he  's  to  setting. 

Tha»  ige  is  best  which  is  the  first,  when  youth  and  blood  are  wanner ; 

But   being  spent,  the  worse  and  worst  times  shall  succeed  the  former, 
f     1     _    .  .    .  .  .... 


'>'.  6"  "liiry. 


.,  ,      —  .,  _  — J ,  p_  ...... .  J I 

Lest,  having  lost  but  once  your  prime,  you  may  forever  tarry." 


^ii*^k. 


XXX. 


,//. 


long-distancp:  routes  and  riders. 

Confirmation  has  already  been  given— in  the  shape  of  foot-notes  to 
my  touring  reports,  showing  the  swifter  average  advance  made  by  other 
riders  on  the  same  routes — of  the  fact  insisted  upon  in  the  Preface,  that  such 
rc|)orts  instructively  exhibit  what  anybody  of  ordinary  |)hysique  can  easily  do. 
1  have  said  that  this  book  would  seem  much  less  likely  to  gain  acceptance,  as 
a  valuable  contribution  to  human  knowledge,  if  it  recorded  the  exploits  of  an 
athletic  or  exceptionally  strong  and  vigorous  traveler,  rather  than  the  common- 
place cxi)eriences  of  a  man-of-no-account,  who  regulates  the  speed  and  the  dis- 
tance of  his  riding  by  the  simple  rule  of  getting  the  most  possible  pleasure 
from  it.  As  cumulative  evidence  in  the  same  li.ie  of  argument,  I  offer  the 
present  chapter  to  prove  tliat  my  capacity  to  take  pleasure  thus,  in  laying 
clown  a  long  bicycle-trail,  is  by  no  means  exceptional.  There  are  plenty  of 
other  men  who  enjoy  this  particular  form  of  "  conquering  the  earth  "  just  as 
heartily  as  I  do;  and  several  of  them  have  indulged  in  such  amusement  'nuch 
more  extensively  than  myself.  Those  whose  stories  I  here  group  together  are 
fairly  representative  cases ;  and  though  the  first  one  is  likely  to  forever  siand 
unique  in  history,  the  number  of  less-notable  long-distance  tourists  will  surely 
increase  with  each  advancing  year.  Some  parts  of  my  introduction  to  Chap- 
ter XXXI.  might  serve  also  as  a  suitable  preface  to  the  reports  now  given. 

Thomas  Stevens  (b.  Dec.  24,  1854)  rightly  holds  the  place  of  honor  on  this  record.  He  has 
already  made  a  straightaway  bicycle  trail  of  Sooo  m.,— an  incomparably  longer  and  more  difficult 
one  than  any  previously  in  existence,— and  he  will  extend  it  during  1886,  until  it  completely  en- 
circles the  globe,  unless  he  gets  killed  on  the  way.  Leaving  the  Pacific  ocean  at  San  Francisco, 
April  j2,  1884,  he  pushed  the  bicycle  3700  m.  before  reaching  the  Atlantic  at  Boston,  August  4 ; 
and  resuming  his  trail,  on  the  other  side,  at  Liverpool,  May  2,  1885,  he  extended  it  4300  m.  to 
Teheran,  the  capital  of  Persia,  .September  30,  where  he  halted  again  for  the  winter,  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  third  and  most  desperate  st:.  of  his  dangerous  round-the-world  adventure.  A 
iLitive  of  Great  Berkhamsted,  rfertfordshire,  Kngland,  he  emigrated  to  America  at  the  age  of 
iS,  and  went  immediately  to  join  a  brother  who  had  settled  w.  of  the  Mississippi.  From  that 
time  (1871)  :,e  never  recrossed  the  river  until  the  bicycle  brought  him  to  it,  13  years  later.  Much 
of  this  period  was  given  to  farming  and  ranching  in  Missouri  and  Wyoming  (his  parents  still 
c.irry  on  a  farm  near  Kansas  City) ;  but  for  two  years  he  was  employed  in  the  rolling  mills  of 
the  Union  Pacific  r.  r.,  at  Laramie  City,  and  he  also  engaged  somewhat  in  out-door  "  railroad- 
ins,"  kept  a  small  storj  for  a  while,  and  turned  his  hand  to  a  variety  of  things  such  as  offer  a 
livelihood  to  an  enterprising  emigrant  in  a  new  country.  Having  a  desire  to  vary  this  sort  of  life 
by  "  seeing  more  of  the  world,"  the  no'iin  oc-^rred  to  him  that  the  saddle  of  a  bicycle  might  be 
made  to  offer  a  praaicable  outlook.  Hence  his  decision  to  attempt  the  ride  from  ocean  to 
ctcaii,  in  the  belief  that  the  incidents  ot  so  novel  a  journey  might  be  formulated  into  an  attract- 
ive book,  whose  publisher  would  supply  funds  for  continuing  the  trail  across  Europe  to  Con- 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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stantinople,  end  perhap*  ultimately  •crou  Asia  alui.     He  had  never  even  mounted  a  wheel  jt 
the  time  d/  conceiving  this  idea ;  but  a  two  hours'  trial  (Nov.,  'Sj)  nude  him  a  rider,  and,  mi  iht 
early  sprini;,  he  went  to  San  Krancisco,  for  a  few  weeks'  practice  on  the  roads  before  stannii; 
out.     He  Niiight  a  Standard  Columbia  (painted,  50  in.),  and  quietly  pushed  it  across  the  (.<jiiii. 
nent,  in  \at,  days,  asking  favors  of  no  one.     Col.  Pope  then  presented  him  with  a  nickeled  Ex- 
pert, in  exchange  for  the  old  machine,  but  made  no  further  motion  to  encourage  a  continuance 
of  the  enterprise  ;  and  a  certain  New  York  sporting  publisher,  who  had  b>en  vaguely  kept  m 
mind  as  a  possible  patron  of  it,  was  found  not  to  be  the  man  wl.  jm  such  a  scheme  cou'd  ileiiend 
upon  for  trustworthy  sup|M>rt.     So  Stevens  set  about  making  his  first  serious  eflort  with  the 
|>en  ;  and,  in  tho  course  of  sir  or  seven  weeks,  produced   a   narrative  of  some  jH.ooo  wiprils 
which,  by  my  advice,  he  sold  to  Outing,  in  whose  columns  it  finally  a|>|>eared  (April.  May,  Juiic 
and  July,  18S5,  pp.   42-51,   164-177,  iijo-joi,    4">4iJ).  with    16   illuitraiiona   by   VV.  A.  ki.^crs. 
Enc<niraged  by  advance  paynien!  for  this,  he  worked  steadily  on,  from  C  tober  to  March   pre- 
paring a  more  elaborate  sketch  (about   140,000  words)  of  his  cross-continent  adventures;  and 
then  began  to  look  around  for  some  book-pubiishcri  who  might  buy  tho  manuscript.     Just  at 
this  time.  Col.  I'ope,  a  chief  stockholder  in  the  inaRazine,  having  Seen  impressed  by  the  value 
of  his  Outing  articles,  iiid  the  genuineness  of  his  ambition  to  really  push  a  bicycle  round  ihe 
world,  invited  him  up  to  Boston,  and  commissioned  him  as  a  regular  corresixmdent  to  complete 
the  jouriu-y.     Like  all  such  corrospondunti,  he  is  presumably  allowed  his  expenses  and  a  crt.ii.i 
sum  for  each  printed  production.     The  exact  details  of  the  arrangement  arc  unknown  to  me 
but  it  embraces  a  plan  of  ultimately  republishing  his  sketches  in  l>ook  form.     Thos»  which  have 
appeared  in  the  successive  issues  of  Outing,  as  I  write  these  words,  are  deslgmted  as  follows  : 
"From  America  to  Ihe  German  Frontier"  (Oct.,   pp.  35-50),  "Germany,  Austria  and  Hun- 
gary"  (Nov.,   pp.    183-198),   "Through   Slavonia   and   Servia "  (Dec,   pp.    2S6-302),   "  Ron- 
melia,  and  into  Turkey"  (Jan.,  pp.    v9-39  )      "Through   European  Turkey"  is  announced 
for  Feb.,  and  the  story   of  his  Asiatic  erp^riences,  from  ConsUntinople  to  Teheran  (1576  m.), 
will  begin  in  March  and  run  through  five  or  six  numbers.      H  he  survives  the  perils  which  beset 
the  last  section  of  his  proposed  pathway,  through  China,  he  will  sail  thence  home  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  then  re-write  his  entire  experiences  to  form  a  large  volume  ("Around  the  World  on  a 
Uicycle,"  illustrated  by  all  the  pictures  in  the  Outing  series  and  many  new  ones),  for  publica- 
tion at  the  close  of  1887.     I  believe  that  he  left  in  London  the  inanuscript  of  his  "Acros.s 
America,"  and  I  presume  it  would  be  p..nted  there,  in  case  he  should  get  killed.     Otherwise,  he 
will  incorporate  it  with  the  larger  book,  and  never  issue  it  separately. 

In  contrast  to  my  own  "  guide-bool;  ideal  "  of  supplying  minute  facts  about  roads  and  dis- 
tances,  for  the  special  benefit  of  cyclers  who  may  wish  to  traverse  the  paths  I  have  explored,  he 
addresses  himself  to  the  task  of  pleasing  the  stay-p--home  public  in  general,  by  exhibiting  v^ 
them  simply  the  salient  points  of  his  experience,  without  reference  to  its  routine  drudgery  and 
common-place  details.  I  think  he  must  succeed  in  this,  for  his  gifts  as  a  descriptive  writer  are 
considerable,  and  he  evidently  has  the  knack  of  telling  a  story  in  a  way  to  make  it  interesting 
without  much  waste  of  words.  Considering  thai  such  school  days  as  he  enjoyed  were  ended  at 
18,  and  that  his  only  previous  efforts  with  the  pen  were  desultory  paragraphs  in  a  Laramie  news- 
paper, the  mere  literal y  shortcomings  of  his  magazine  pieces  are  surprisingly  f-w  and  unimpor- 
tant. Indeed,  T  believe  that  a  simple  reprint  of  this  Outing  series,  "  From  San  Francisco 
to  reheran,"  would  make  a  more  readable  book  than  any  existing  specimen  of  cycling  litera- 
ture;  and  1  predict  for  "  Around  the  World  on  a  Bicycle,"  if  he  completes  it,  a  very  extended 
sale.  As  he  has  little  liking  for  statistics,  he  prints  few  .'acts  ?.bout  himself  or  his  equipment,  ex- 
cept incidentally ;  and  most  of  the  information  which  I  now  give  as  to  these  points  is  derived 
less  from  Outing  than  from  notes  of  conversations  which  I  had  with  him  during  his  eight 
months'  stay  in  N.  Y.  On  the  first  forenoon  of  his  arrival  here  (Aug.  15,  '84)  he  accepted  an 
invitation  to  visit  my  chambers  and  submit  to  a  rigorous  cross-questioning ;  and  the  last  thing  I 
urged  upon  him  when  I  said  good-bye,  on  the  deck  of  the  "  City  of  Chicago,"  just  about  start- 
ing to  carry  him  to  Liverpool  (April  q,  '85),  was  the  "  policy  of  puttine;  some  intere.iing  sinti.;- 
tics  :.ito  his  reports."     A  fairly-good  full-length  portrait  of  Stevens,  in  riding  costume,  standing 


LONG-D/STAACE  ROC/TES  AND  R/DFRS. 


475 


l^^ide  hit  bicycle  occupied  a  qiurtrr-p»ge  of  Har^t  Wttkly  (Aug.  30,  '84,  •'  from  a  pholo- 
Hra|)h  by  Klaslor  "),  and  was  accompat^-^  by  11  linen  Df  biography.  A  rather  better  piaure, 
aUo  lull  length,  was  the  lithograph  which  the  Wlutt  M-'or/./ (London,  June,  'K5I  included  in  its 
•  gallery  of  cycling  celebrities,"  with  a  two-page  descriptive  sketch.  A  fac-»imile  of  his  auto- 
^raph  was  appended  to  this,  and  also  to  Outing's  vignette  (Oct.,  '85,  p.  34,  from  an  Knglijh 
liluuograph),  which  is  the  most  truthful  liktness  of  the  three. 

The  distance  by  rail  from  San  Krancisco  to  Boston  is  sh<iwn  in  the  official  guide  as  3416  m. 
■Stevens  carried  no  cyclometer,  and  he  tf>ok  so  little  interest  in  the  statistics  of  distance  that  he 
never  even  reckoned  up  .he  total  from  the  tables  in  the  guidi  .  When  I  asked  as  to  this  total, 
hi'  simply  said  that  he  "  guessed  his  bicyc'e  trail  from  ocean  to  ocean  was  at  least  200  m.  longer 
1I1.111  the  r.  r.  track,  and  that  he  had  heard  this  called  3500  m.  long."  CoiLSulling  the  guide, 
however,  I  find  that  the  distance  from  Hoston  to  <  >iT).iba,  by  way  of  Chicago  and  Rock  Island, 
IS  i5i;o  m.  (Boston  to  Miiffalo,  510  m.  ;  thence  to  Chica>,o,  540  m.),  and  that  the  three  sections 
of  the  Pacifier,  r.,  near  which  his  route  generally  lay  as  far  as  the  Mismmri  river,  have  .heir 
mileage  given  in  the  official  guide  thus  :  San  Francisco  to  Ogden,  834;  ().  ;o  ('heyenr.e,  515; 
(  to  Omaha,  517.  Of  the  first  section,  he  was  forced  to  walk  from  J  to§  the  way,  and  the'propor- 
tiiin  of  riding  fur  the  next  two  sections  was  but  little  better.  As  to  this  roui,'h  and  desolate  stretch 
of  continent,  where  his  own  trail  must  have  considerably  exceeded  if^>  ni.,  he  told  me  that,  if 
he  were  to  push  a  wheel  across  it  again,  he  would  lather  have  the  same  lielong  to  a  barrow  than 
a  bicycle.  Such  propulsion  would  require  more  time,  but  would  involve  less  hardship,  for 
eiioiish  fiKxl  and  blankets  to  make  the  tourist  comfortable  could  easily  be  trundled  alon^  in  the 
wheelbarrow.  Weighing  \y,  lbs.  at  the  start  (his  height  being  about  the  same  as  my  own,  5  ft. 
5  in.),  he  lost  25  lbs.  on  th--  way  to  Cheyenne,  but  gradually  regained  it  K-fore  the  end  of  his 
journey.  One  who  saw  him  in  the  city  just  named  wrote  :  "  In  appearance,  he  was  anything 
but  a  holiday  wheelman,  lirown  as  a  nut,  j.nd  mud-bespattered,  all  surplus  fat  had  been  worn 
otT  by  his  severe  and  protracted  woik.  His  blue  ^annel  shirt  wa»  a  deal  too  large  for  him  and 
much  weather-stained  His  knickerbockers  had  given  way  to  a  pairof  blue  overalls,  gathered  at 
the  knees  within  a  pair  of  duck  hunting  leggings,  once  brown,  but  now  completely  disguised  as 
to  texture  and  color  by  heavy  alkali  mud."  (These  overalls  were  worn  only  500  m.,  Rawlins  to 
Kearney  Junction,  where  he  was  overtaken  by  the  breeches  which  he  had  ordered  at  f)gden, 
and  which,  I  think,  served  to  the  end.)  He  cirried  an  extra  riding-shirt,  and  a  long  cloak  ot 
thin  waterproof,  which  he  used  as  a  protection  against  the  drippings  from  the  icicles  and  melting 
snow  during  his  40  ra.  tramp  through  the  r.  r.  snow-sheds ;  but  he  had  no  coat  at  all,  from  ocean 
to  ocean.  "  Coats  are  not  in  styleamongthe  Wyoming  cow-boys,"  he  told  me.  From  Ft.  Sidney, 
iixj  ni.  e.  of  Cheyenne,  "by  the  courtesy  of  th-:  commanding  officer,  he  was  enabled  to  journey 
eastward  under  the  grateful  shade  of  a  military  summer  helmet,  in  lieu  of  the  semi-sombrero 
slouch  that  had  lasted  through  from  San  Francisco  "  ;  and  he  wore  this  same  head-gear  on  the- 
il,iy  when  I  welcomed  him  to  "  No.  56."  Ht  used  up  four  pairs  of  stockings  and  three  pairs  of 
canvas  shoes.  As  for  th-;  bicycle  itself,  he  certified  to  iu  makers  that  it  stood  the  strain  with- 
out break  or  any  excessive  wear,  though  he  "  took  uncounted  headers."  I  now  offer  his  storr, 
in  the  first  person  and  present  tenso,  as  if  I  were  quoting  an  abstract  which  he  had  prepared  for 
iiie  from  his  Outing  narrative.  In  truth,  however,  many  of  the  words  and  facts  never  appeared 
in  this,  but  are  derived  from  talks  I  had  with  him;  and  all  the  bracketed  numerals  (indicating 
miles  from  San  Francisco  ^n  the  r.  r.)are  interpolated  by  me  from  the  official  guide,  as  ap- 
proximately showing  the  distances  on  his  actual  route.  It  should  be  understood  that  most  of 
these  names  to  which  numerali  are  attached  represent  merely  section-houses,  in  charge  of  a 
section-boss  and  five  or  six  Chinese  laborers  ;  and  that  the  difiiculty  of  getting  any  sort  of  food 
at  such  places,  or  blankets  to  sleep  on,  was  often  extreme. 

"  The  rainiest  winter  known  to  California  since  '57  preceded  my  start  from  Oakland  pier 
Tuesday,  April  22,  '84,  at  8.28  a.  m.),  but  level  and  good  riding  brought  me  to  San  Pablo,  16 
n.,  in  i.V  h.  Beyond  comes  a  succession  of  short  hills,  with  many  mud-holes  and  washouts,  and 
;'  r.  ;.-,c  low  ;u;e  .=i.vi,T<p.i,  triiougu  viTucii  i  imu  iiiyscii  liuu^iiig  di  6  o'clock,  though  i  am 
afterwards  able  to  ride,  by  the  light  of  the  burning  nishes,  and  so  spend  the  first  night  at  Suisi  n, 


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]>  m.  beyond  T.  P.  Tlie  Mcnnd  night  U  at  Elmira,  after  ij  m.  pr<>|[reu  in  the  rain,  and  the 
third  at  bacramento,  jo  m.,  whereuf  b  ni.  had  to  be  walked,  '  bump,  bump,  bump,'  on  the  iiet  i>| 
the  r.  r.  tremle,  because  oi  the  ri/er'i  overflow.  Thi*  weary  tatk  takes  4  h.,  and  when  a  tram 
CcHitci  along,  I  iquat  on  the  end  uf  a  prujcctinK  cross-beam,  and  let  the  bicycle  hang  over.  An- 
other hi((h  trestle-bridge  has  to  l>e  crossed  \\  m.  e.  uf  S.  (whence  a  fine  view  uf  the  snow-capiwd 
Siciras),  and  then  I  enjoy  a  10  m.  ride  through  a  park-like  sheep-ranch  of  60,000  acres,  but 
have  to  t>ay  for  it  by  tramping  across-lois  through  numberless  gales  and  small  ranches  to  reach 
the  main  road  aga>n.  Kocklin  (ii])  is  fairly  in  the  foot-hill  country,  many  of  whose  roads  are 
of  an  excellent  hard  and  stony  surface,  proof  against  the  winter  rains.  Newcastle  (lai)  is  a  su- 
tion  near  the  old-time  mining  camps  of  Ophir  and  Gold-hill ;  then  come  Auburn  (11;/,  Clipper 
(Jap  (133),  Colfax  (145),  (Sold  Run  U55).  Dutch  Flat  (157),  and  Hlue  CaAon  (169J,  where  1  en- 
tered  the  gloomy  bu:  friendly  shelter  of  the  great  protecting  sheds,  which  extend  with  but  lew 
breaks  for  nearly  40  m.  Winding  around  the  mountain-sides,  their  roofs  are  built  so  tUniin>[ 
that  the  mighty  avalanche  of  rock  and  snow  that  comes  thundering  down  frr-in  above  glides 
harmlessly  over  into  the  chasm  beyond  The  stations,  sectitm-houses  and  water-tanks  are  all 
under  these  huge  sheds;  and,  when  I  emerge  at  :he  other  end  I  shall  be  over  the  summit  and 
well  down  the  eastern  slope  of  the  mountains,  within  a  few  m.  of  Truckee  (jio).  As  I  enter  the 
sheds,  gaunt  winter  rules  supreme,  and  the  only  vegetation  is  the  hr.rdy  pine,  half-buried  in  the 
snow ;  though  but  four  days  have  gone  since  I  \vas  in  the  semi-tropical  Sacramento  valley— 
which  is  ridable  in  dry  weather  for  150  m.  lieyond  Kocklin,  I  had  '  footed  it '  for  4  m.  of  ex. 
cellenf  surface,  owing  to  a  header  which  temporarily  disabled  the  bicyc!*  ;  but  from  Newcastle 
onwards  no  riding  w^  possible  in  the  wagon  roads,  on  account  of  the  stickiness  of  the  red  clay, 
and  I  kept  to  the  railway  track,  where  1  occasionally  found  ridable  side-paths.  I  sleep  one  night 
at  Summit  (196),  in  the  snow-sheds,  7017  ft.  above  the  sea  level,  and  the  next  at  Verdi  (234),  in 
Nevada,  4  m.  out  of  California.     The  two  States  have  neither  scenery  nor  climate  111  common. 

"  '  Over  the  Deserts  of  Nevada '  is  the  title  of  my  second  Outing  article.  After  leaving  the 
sheds,  I  had  followed  the  rapid  Truckee  river  down  the  slope  of  the  Sierras,  through  its  caftnn, 
without  finding  much  good  road  till  I  crossed  into  the  '  Sr.ge-brush  State  '  and  approached 
Verdi;  and  good  road  continued  when  I  started  thence,  on  May  Day  morning,  still  follnwing 
the  Truckee,  so  that  I  roll  into  Rene  1^245)  at  10.30  o'clock.  I  am  told  that,  in  '82,  F.  T.  Merrill 
and  a  companion  had  pushed  their  bicycles  to  t'lis  point,— following  the  wagon  road  nvjr  the 
mountains,  as  their  tour  was  made  in  summer  when  progress  is  possible  outside  the  snow-sheds. 
The  mountains  containing  the  Comstock  lodes  are  in  plain  sight  of  Reno,  which  is  the  point 
from  which  those  famous  mining  camps  used  to  be  reached,  and  my  route  leads  through  1  strip 
of  goad  agricultural  land,  until  the  meadows  gradually  contract,  and  I  am  again  following  the 
Truckee  down  a  narrow  space  between  mountains.  I  sleep  that  night  on  the  floor  of  a  ranch- 
man's shanty,  about  20  m.  beyond  R.,  having  wheeled  |  the  distance,  by  short  stretches:  and, 
the  next  forenoon,  at  Wadsworth  (289),  I  bid  adieu  to  the  Truckee,  -/hich  f  nave  followed 
nearly  100  m. ,  and  start  across  the  Forty  Mile  Pi  ert  which  separates  it  from  the  Humboldt 
river.  Not  a  blade  of  grass  nor  drop  of  water  can  be  found  in  the  whole  distance,  and  though 
much  of  the  trail  is  quite  unfit  for  cycling,  there  are  occasional  alkali  flats,  which  I  wheel  swiftly 
across,  while  the  blading  sun  casts  my  shadow  on  the  white  surface  with  start'  ■  s? 

From  the  desert,  mv  road  leads  up  the  valley  of  the  H'lnboldt.  I  halt  during  Sur><ay,  n.iv  / 
at  Lovelocks;  then  by  turns  ride  on  smooth  alkali  and  trundle  through  deep  ■  .'■;<  R. 
Patch  (373),  Humboldt  ',385),  Mill  City  (396),  to  Winnemucca  C4J4),  the  rounty  seat,  having 
1200  inhabitants.  I  climb  the  mountains  20  m.  e.  of  here,  and  from  the  summit  even  the  slug- 
gish Humboldt  looks  beautiful.  Some  splendid  riding  on  the  alkali  is  had  before  reaching  Stnne 
House  (454),  where  I  secure  a  supper  but  am  denied  a  lodging ;  and  as  the  intense  cold  ends  my 
slumbers  at  midnight  on  the  planks  of  an  open  shanty,  I  ride  and  walk  by  moonlight  till  day- 
break at  Battle  Mountain  (474).  The  valley  broadens  into  a  plain  of  some  size  25  m.  beyond 
here,  and  as  the  trail  ends  at  a  place  where  the  river  Is  less  than  loo  ft.  wide,  I  swim  it,— using 
some  fpnr(»-nost.<i  as  .T  flrit  on  w  h  to  carrv  niv  clothes  ar.i!  the  hirvrl:-  P.^f.~.rr  tK:c  :-  trs-,-. 
ersing  the  low  alkali  bottom  through  which  flow  doiens  of  small  streams  to  the  Humboldt,  I  had 


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I  ften  jumped  them,  by  using  the  machine  for  a  vaulting-bar,  or  else  waded  acrim,  carrying  it  on 
my  khuulder.  h<  .  md  Ucowawc  (507),  1  follow  ihe  river  through  Humboldt  caA<m,  in  prefer- 
ence tu  a  circuituua  route  over  the  mountains,  rea<  h  I'lliiade  13J)),  at  4  p.  m  aiul  (.'arli'i  (514) 
j.ite  in  the  evening.  Little  riding  is  possiblr  through  jll  this  section,  and  in  order  to  do  the 
uily  40  m.  th,»t  I  have  imposed  upon  myself,  I  often  »l.irt  at  daybreak  Taking  dinner  next 
<i,iy  at  fclko  (557),  I  am  cheered  l>y  a  local  -Solon.  *ho  gives  this  bright  summary  of  the  triHing 
,;e<>graphical  obstacles  ahead  of  me  :  '  Theie  is  oi'ly  a  small  rise  at  Sherman,  and  another  still 
smaller  at  the  AUcghanies;  all  the  balance  is  down  hill  to  the  Atlantic.  (.)f  course  you'll  have 
til  boat  it  across  the  Krog  |x>nd.  I'hen  there's  Europe — mostly  level;  go's  Asia,  e«(cpt  the 
Himalayas — and  you  can  soon  cross  'em.  Then  you're  all  hunky,  for  there's  no  mountains  to 
,|K:ak  of  in  China.'  Pa.s.sing  tialleck  (jSj),  near  the  fort  of  that  name,  1  gradually  app^tach  the 
source  of  the  Humboldt,  which  has  fliM»ded  the  valley  hereabouts,  and  at  WelU  I615),  I  take 
leave  of  It  for  good.     My  last  night  in  Nevada  is  at  Tecoma  (677),  close  upon  llie  border. 

"  '  Through  Uuh,  over  the  Rockies  and  <m  the  Great  Plains  '  is  the  title  of  my  third  Oufmg 
.irlii-le.  I'he  route  now  leads  along  the  n.  boundary  of  the  Great  American  Desert,  where 
rilling  is  occasionally  possible  to  a  man  who  is  disgusted  with  walking,  and  the  dry  saline  air 
arouses  an  aln.ost  unquenchable  thirst.  At  3  p.  m.  I  roll  into  the  small  Mormon  settlement  ,,f 
lerrace  (711),  and  spend  the  nigh'  at  Matliii  (731),  where  an  extensive  view  may  lie  had  <if  the 
desert,— a  plain  of  white  alkali,  stretching  beyond  the  limit  of  human  vision,  like  a  motidiiltss 
sea,— and  where  the  section-house  foreman  «  ures  me  that  -  ^>,er  could  skim  like  a  bird,  for 
many  miles,  on  the  smooth,  hard,  salt  flats.  A  few  m.  e.  of  M.,  the  road  leads  oi.r  a  spur  of 
the  Red  Dome  range,  whence  1  had  my  first  view  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake,  in  whose  cold  waters 
•  am  soon  taking  a  bath.  After  dinner  at  Kelton  (742),  I  follow  the  lake  shore  to  the  salt-works 
near  .Monument,  at  6  p.  m.,  and  continue  along  it  next  day  till  my  road  leads  over  the  n.  spur  o' 
the  Promontory  mountains,  where  I  ?.nd  some  hard  gravel  that  offers  a  few  m.  of  th»  '.wst 
riJing  1  have  had  in  Utah.  In  the  pass  of  another  spur  of  the  same  range,  10  m.  on,  I  have  a 
view  of  30  m.  of  mud-flats  stretching  e,  to  the  Mormon  settlements,  which  dot  the  strip  r*  fertile 
land  between  Bear  river  and  the  bas;  of  the  mighty  Wahsatch  mountains.  The  flats  are  bor- 
dered on  llie  s.  by  the  marshy  shores  of  the  lake,  and  on  the  n.  by  the  Blue  Creek  mountaiis; 
and  they  swarm  with  gnats  and  mosquitoes.  On  leaving  Promontory  (781),  I  expect  to  r  ach 
Corinne  (809)  for  the  night,  but  at  7  o'clock  I  accept  the  foreman's  invitation  to  stop  at  the  sec- 
tion-house of  Quarry,  and  so  it  is  10  next  day  when  I  cross  Bear  river  at  C,  and  find  myself  on  the 
somewhat  superior  road  which  takes  me  to  Ogden  (834)  at  supper  time.  The  contrast  between 
the  dreary  deserts  I  have  been  traversing,  and  this  verdant  region  of  prosperous  Mormon  farms, 
with  orchards  in  full  bloom,  seems  magical.  Ogden,  with  Sooo  inhabitants,  is  the  only  large 
town  I  have  met  since  leavir.E  Reno  (which  has  about  \  as  many,  and  ranks  second  in  Nevada), 
and  I  halt  there  during  the  whole  of  Sunday,  May  18.  Then,  riding  and  w?lking  alternately, 
12  m.  e  ,  I  enter  Weber  cafion,  through  which  the  river,  the  r.  r.,  and  an  uncertain  wagon-traU 
make  their  way  throutrh  the  Wahsatch  mountains  to  the  table-lands  of  Wyoming  Territory.  As 
the  river  is  flooded,  I  hav  to  do  much  slow  trundling  on  the  '.  r.  track,  but  I  reach  Echo  (874) 
fr  the  night.     My  last  memory  of  the  caflon  and  of  Otah  is  the  .magnificent  Castle  Rock  (890). 

"  I  entered  Wyominc  nt  Evanston  CgcK)\  lata  in  the  afternoon  of  May  ji,  and  followed  the 
tra-i  down  Yellow  creek  to  Hilliard  (02;?)  after  dark.  At  Piedm.ont  (938),  I  decide  to  go  around 
by  way  of  Ft.  Bridger  and  strike  the  direct  trail  again  at  Carter  (963) ;  and  the  next  noon  finds 
me  there  in  bed,  after  jxperiencing  the  toughest  24  h.  of  my  entire  tour.  During  that  time  I 
had  nothing  to  eat ;  I  forded  no  less  than  nine  streams  of  ice-cold  water  ;  I  spent  the  night  in 
an  abandoned  freight-waRmi,  on  a  rain-soaked  aJobe  plain;  and  I  then  had  to  carry  the  bicycle 
across  6  m.  of  deep,  sticky  clay,  where  trundling  was  quite  impossible.  On  the  ?^th,  however, 
I  am  able  to  push  27  m  th'  ugh  the  Bad  Lands,  amid  buttes  of  mingled  clay  and  rock,  for  din- 
ner at  Granger  (990) ;  and  -ext  da"  I  pass  the  castellated  rocks  at  Green  River  (1020),  and  reach 
Rock  Springs  (1036)  for  the  night.     Splendid  alkali  flats  abound  e.  of  here  and  I  bowl  across 


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nuthing  will  grow,  I  stand  on  the  morning  of  the  28th,  at  10  o'clock,  on  the  '  continental  divide' 
(1129),  where,  as  1  face  n.,  all  waters  on  my  r.  flow  e.  to  the  Atlantic,  and  all  on  my  1.  flow  w.  to 
the  Pacific.  'i"he  spot  is  a  broad,  low  pass  through  the  Rockies,  more  plain  than  mountain 
from  which  a  commanding  vie*  of  many  mounuin  chains  may  be  had.  Down-grade  is  then 
the  rule  to  Rawlins  {1157),  where  I  spend  two  nights  and  a  day.  Hardly  half  of  this  descent  is 
ridable ;  but  on  the  morning  of  the  30th  I  wheel  a!ong  a  very  good  road  16  m.  to  breakfast  at 
Kt.  Steele  (1172),  on  the  w.  bank  of  the  North  Platte  river.  Just  before  gettinj;  to  it,  I  ride 
through  the  first  prairie-dog  town  on  my  route,  though  I  meet  plenty  of  others  during  the  next  " 
300  m.  E'.k  mountain,  a  famous  landmark,  now  looms  up,  10  m.  s.,  and,  as  I  penetrate  the 
Laramie  plain.s,  the  persistent  sage-brush,  which  has  hovered  about  my  trail  for  neaily  1000  m- 
grows  beautifully  less,  and  the  short,  nutritious  buffalo  grass  is  creeping  everywhere.  1  stay 
over  night . -It  Carbon  (1311)  and,  after  passing  through  the  valley  of  Medicine  Bow  (1220),  find 
some  good  riding  on  the  hard  gravel  surface  of  the  high-ind-dry  plains.  These  are  divided  into 
shallow  basins  by  rocky  ridges,  and  frcm  the  brow  of  one  of  them  I  have  an  extensive  view  'pf 
many  mountain  langes, — the  caster.,  one  being  the  Black  Hills,  the  last  chain  of  the  Rockies, 
and  the  only  barrier  that  separates  me  from  the  broad  prairies  rolling  towards  the  Missouri. 
After  dmner  at  Rock  Creek  (1242),  I  get  caught  in  a  storm  of  rain  and  hail,  but  I  spend  the 
night  at  Lookout  (12'xi),  and  by  taking  an  early  start  reach  Laramie  (1294)  for  dinner.  I  stop 
there  for  the  rest  of  Sunday  and  also  Monday,  with  ray  acquaintances,  who  comprise  the  first 
wheelmen  I  have  seen  since  my  tour  began  ;  and  on  June  3  I  scale  the  final  range  and  descend 
to  Cheyenne  (1351), — the  last  12  m.  having  such  a  smooth  granite  surface  that  my  use  of  the 
brake  heats  the  spoon  find  scorches  the  red  rubber  tire  to  blackness.  The  nijjht  of  the  4th  is 
spent  at  Pine  filuffs  (1394),  which  is  within  a  few  milesof  the  Nebraska  border  ;  and  long  before 
reaching  it  the  Rockies  have  receded  from  sight  and  left  me  alone  on  the  boundless  prairie.  In 
fording  Pole  creek,  holding  bicycle  and  clothes  above  my  head,  I  tumble  in  the  water  and  wet 
everything ;  but  f  continue  along  the  creek  next  day,  and  pass  the  night  of  the  5th  at  Potter 
(1434).  The  road  imp  ves  as  I  approach  Sidney  (1453),  and  I  sweep  into  town  at  a  good 
pace, — taking  a  spin  to  the  neighboring  fort  while  I  wait  for  dinner.  I  am  now  approaching  the 
western  border  of  the  farming  country,  and  .spend  the  night  at  Lodge  Pole(i47i);  but  lo- 
moriow  I  shall  sleep  beside  the  waters  of  the  Piatte. 

"  '  From  the  Plains  to  the  Atlantic '  is  a  title  which  shows  the  wide  sweep  of  my  fourth 
(?«//i>«^  article,  for  it  covers  much  more  than  half  of  the  tour.  Trundling  through  the  nuiddy 
bottoms  of  the  South  Platte,  I  pass  Ogallala  (1525),  and,  after  a  night  in  a  homesteader's  duq- 
oiit,  take  d'nner  at  North  Platte  (157^)),  cross  a  substantial  wagon-bridge  just  below  where  the 
n.  and  3.  branches  join  and  proceed  eastward  as  '  the  Platte  "  simply,  and  so  I  reach  Brady 
Island  (1599)  for  the  night.  Stretches  of  sand  alternate  with  ridable  roads  all  down  the  Platte, 
and  I  remember  Willow  I -.land  (161 7)  as  the  place  where  a  rattlesnake  fastened  his  deadly  fai^ps 
harmlessly  in  my  thick  canvas  leggings.  I  consider  it  a  lucky  day  that  does  not  add  to  my  long 
and  eventful  list  of  headers,  but  I  am  surprised  when  a  squall  blows  me  and  the  bicycle  clear 
over, — though  Nebrask.T  is  a  very  windy  country,  where  a  calm  day  seems  quite  the  exception. 
More  ridable  roads  are  met  e.  of  Plum  Creek  (1636),  but  they  are  still  nothing  more  than  traiit 
across  the  prairie,  until  at  Ke.irney  Jun'ttion  (1672)  they  become  excellent.  J  pass  Grand  Island 
(1713)  and  Central  City  (1735),  and  on  June  15  ride  from  Duncan  (1768)  to  North  Bend  (1.S05I. 
The  Platte  turns  s.  at  Fremont  (1820),  to  join  the  Missouri  at  Plattsmouth,  and  I  leave  it,  to 
follow  the  '  old  military  road  ' — a  continuous  mud-hole — through  the  Elkhorn  valley  to  Omaha 
(1866).  Vesting  here  a  day,  I  obtain  a  permit  to  trundle  my  wheel  along  the  r.  r.  bridge  to 
Council  Bluffs;  and  nine  days  after  thus  crossing  the  Missouri  into  Iowa,  I  wheel  along  the 
splendid  government  bridge  from  Davenport  to  Rock  Island  (218^),  and  thus  cross  the  Mis.sis- 
sippi  into  Illinois,  rejoicing  that  f  of  my  tour  is  completed.  I  celebrate  the  Fourth  of  July  by 
rolling  into  Chicago  (2348),  for  a  week's  rest ;  and  my  fortnight's  route  thither  may  be  thus 
shown. — the  last  town  mentioned  with  each  date  being  my  stonpinp;-nIa» '»  for  the  nipht :  and  i!ie 
numerals  signifying  the  distances  by  rail  from  Omaha  :  June  19,  Council  Bluffs  to  Carson 
hilly;  20th,  good  to  Griswold  ;  21st,  very  good  and  level  to  Casey,  90;  22d,  similar  to   Stuart, 


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iji,  and  Elarlham,  112;  23d,  (air  to  Des  Moines,  142,  and  Altoona,  153;  24th,  variable  to 
Colfax,  165,  Newton,  177,  and  Kellogg,  186;  asth,  variable  to  Grirnell,  197,  BrookJyn,  212, 
and  Victor,  220 ;  26th,  sandy  to  S.  Amana,  238,  Homestead,  243,  and  liftin,255;  27th,  fair 
to  Iowa  City,  263,  -andy  to  Moscow,  288,  very  g»od  for  last  20  m.  to  Davenport,  317,  Rock 
Island,  319;  29th,  some  macadam,  some  sand,  fair  average,  Moline,  321,  Geneseo,  341, 
Atkinson,  348;  30th,  level  and  improving,  Sheffield,  363,  Wyanet,  371,  Princeton,  378, 
Lamoille;  July  i,  sections  of  splendid  gravel,  Mendota,  3S9,  Bartville,  Sandwich,  4>6, 
Piano,  420,  Yorkville ;  2d,  fair,  Oswego,  Naperville,  453 :  jd.  Lyons,  472 ;  4th,  rather  poor 
and  worn  macadam  to  Chicago,  482.  '  Variable  '  is  the  word  to  describe  the  Iowa  roads,  whose 
surface  greatly  depend-,  upon  the  weather.  When  wet,  the  farmers'  heavy  teams  wear  it  into 
nits,  which  remain  rough  until  ground  down  by  traffic.  The  soil  is  a  black  loam  or  clay,  very 
sticky  after  rain.  Autumn  is  hence  a  better  riding  season  than  spring ;  and  I  may  say  the  same 
tor  Nebraska  and  Wyoming,  where  I  encountered  the  dampest  May  on  record.  The  last  25  m. 
to  Omaha,  through  the  Elk  river  bottom,  is  somewhat  rolling,  and  offered  3  fairiy  good  surface, 
in  spite  of  the  muddy  '  military  road.'  For  75  m.  e.  of  O.,  the  prairie  rolls  like  a  heavy  Atlantic 
swell,  and  during  a  day's  journey  I  passed  through  a  dozen  alternate  stretches  of  muddy  and 
dusty  road  ;  fo.-,  like  a  huge  watering-pot  do  the  rain-clouds  pass  to  and  fro  over  this  great  gar- 
den of  the  West,  which  is  practically  one  continuous  fenile  farm  from  the  Missouri  to  the 
Mississippi.  My  route  after  cros.sing  this  led  for  some  m.  up  the  river  bottom,  whose  roads 
(iff.-r  much  sand ;  but  this  disappears  near  Rock  river,  where  an  excellent  surface  is  found 
beneath  the  oak  groves  lining  that  beautiful  stream,  and  their  shade  is  specially  grateful  since 
the  thermometer  shows  100'  in  the  sun.  In  Bureau  county,  the  gravel  roads  are  very  fine. 
"  Good  riding  for  15  m.  from  Chicago,  and  then  tough  trundling  through  deep  sand  for  3 
m.,  land  me  in  Indiana,  which,  for  the  first  35  m.  around  the  s.  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  is 
simply  sand.  This  is  packed  firmer  on  the  water's  edge,  and.  as  the  roads  can  hardly  be  traversed 
at  all,  I  try  trundling  there  for  20  m.,  and  then  shoulder  the  bicycle,  and  scale  the  sand- 
dunes  which  border  the  lake,  and  after  wandering  i  h.  through  a  wilderness  of  swamps,  sand- 
hills and  hickory  thickets,  reach  Miller's  Station  for  the  night.  At  Chesterton,  5  m.  on,  the  sur- 
face improves,  but  there  is  sand  enough  to  break  the  force  of  headers,  which  I  still  manage  fre- 
quently to  take,  in  spite  of  iny  long  experience.  At  Laporte,  i8  m.  from  C,  the  riding  is  good 
for  some  distance,  but  I  traverse  several  m.  of  corduroy  road,  thr'  ugh  huckleberry  swamps,  be- 
fore reaching  breakfast  at  Crum's  Point  (after  sleeping  under  a  wheat-shock),  whence  splendid 
gravel  roads  lead  to  South  Bend  (27  m.  from  L.),  and  on  through  Mishawaka  (5  m.),  alternating 
with  sandy  stretches,  to  Goshen  (21  m.),  a  pretty  town  on  tli  ■  Elkhart  river.  It  is  10  a.  m.  of 
July  17,  when  I  bcwl  across  the  boundary  line  into  Ohio,  w.  .se  first  town  is  Edgarton  (59  m. 
from  (;.),  whence  I  follow  the  course  of  the  Merchants'  &  Bankers'  telegraph,  through  deep 
dust  caused  by  drought,  to  Napoleon,  and  then  go  up  the  Maumee  river, — first  trying  the  canal 
tow-path,  and  then  exchanging  it  'or  the  very  fair  wagon  road.  At  Perrysburg  (where  I  can  see 
the  smoke  of  Toledo)  I  strike  the  well-known  '  Maumee  pike,' — 40  m.  of  stone  road,  almost  a 
dead  level.  The  w.  part  of  it  is  kept  in  rather  poor  repair,  but  the  16  m.  frr.m  Fremont  to 
Hellevue  is  splendid.  Patchi  ■,  of  sand  are  found  after  leaving  this  e.  end  of  the  pike,  but  there 
are  numerous  good  side-paths  as  far  as  Cleveland  (67  m.  from  B.),  where  I  spin  down  the  fa- 
mous Euclid  av.,  to  the  'iHage  of  that  name  (10  m.),  and  continue  by  good  or  fair  roads  to  Ash- 
tabula (54  m.  from  E.),  and  by  rather  hilly  and  sandy  ones  to  Conneaut  (14  m/l.  just  beyond 
which  I  enter  Pennsylvania  at  West  Springfield.  .-Vs  you  have  ridden  w.  from  Boston  to  Ash- 
tabula (see  p.  205),  over  roads  mostly  coincident  with  my  own,  I  will  only  add  that  beyond  Syra- 
cuse I  tried  the  Erie  tow-path  and  the  highway  by  turns;  but  rode  between  the  r.  r.  tracks  from 
Schenectady  to  Albany,  and  thence  to  the  State  line  of  Massachusetts,  and  also  from  Palmer  to 
Worcester,  without  trouble  except  at  culverts.  My  sleeping-places  from  Chicago,  were  :  July 
12,  Miller's  Station;  13,  Laporte  ;  14,  Goshen;  15,  Kendalville  ;  16,  Ridgeville ;  17,  near  Per- 
r\'?.l>'.!r^ :  :8.  Bellevue  :  iq.  Klyria  :  20,  M^disoti ;  2!.  Oir?-rdt  2?.  Anpnla  :  71.  Rnffalo :  24, 
Leroy  ,  25,  Canandaigua  ;  26,  Marcellus ;  27,  De  Witt ;  28,  near  Uticr, ;  29,  Indian  Castle  ;  30, 
Crane's  Village;  31,  near  Nassau,  Aug.    i,  Otis;  2,  Palmer;  3,  Worcester;  4,  Boston. 


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It  wa$  a  o'clock  on  Monday  afternoon  when  I  greeted  the  Atlantic,  just  15  weeks  from  San 
Francisco.  I  made  no  all-day  halts  e.  of  Chicago,  and  my  average  for  the  24  days  thence  to 
Do«ton  (estimating  the  distance  at  1024  m.  ;  it  is  1050  by  r.  r.)  was  m\  m.  The  14  days  when  I 
made  no  advance  at  all  were  April  27,  at  Clipper  Gap ;  May  4,  Lo/elocks  ;  ii,  Deeth  ;  18,  Og- 
den ;  29,  Rawlins  ;  June  2,  Laramie  ;  18,  Omaha  ;  and  July  5  to  1 1  inclusive,  at  Chicago.  My 
shorter  halts  for  a  half-day  or  more  would  increase  the  total  to  at  least  21  complete  days,  so  ihat 
my  actual  time  in  traveling  may  be  called  12  weeks.  East  of  the  Mississippi,  I  had  average 
good  weather,  though  it  was  hot  and  showery  nearly  all  the  way  through  Iowa  and  Illinois.  In 
Wyoming,  it  was  the  wettest  season  on  record,  and  rain  fell  almost  every  day.  The  adobe  clay 
of  that  Territory,  when  thus  soaked,  makes  the  most  terrible  mud  imaginable.  Next  to  the  8  m. 
of  this  which  I  waded  through,  .May  12-23,  before  getting  to  Carter  station,  the  worst  surface  I 
encountered  was  on  the  day  I  left  Chicago,  and  plunged  into  the  swamps  and  sands  of  Indiana. 
Yet  some  of  the  gravel  roads  of  that  State  an  I  llinois  gave  better  riding  than  I  usually  found  in 
N.  Y.  or  Mass. ;  though  I  nowhere  met  a  single  long  stretch  comparable  to  'he  '  ridge  road ' 
that  ends  near  Buffalo.  On  this,  I  took  my  longest  day's  ride,  Girard  to  Angola  (82  m.  by  r.  r.); 
and  the  ride  ranking  second  was  in  Nebraska  ending  at  Kearney  Junction,  from  a  point  near 
Plum  Creek,  about  65  m.  away.  Of  the  whole  distance  traversed,  from  ocean  to  ocean,  I  suppose 
at  least  }  was  done  on  foot.  The  chief  discomfort  ot  the  experience  was  hunger,  as  my  appetite 
was  all  the  while  ravenous,  and  a  sufficiency  of  even  the  coarsest  food  was  often  unattainable." 
(Dividing  3416,  the  total  r.  r.  mileage  from  San  Francisco  to  Boston,  by  84,  as  representing  the 
full  days  of  touting,  gives  a  daily  average  of  40}  m.,  which  seems  a  very  high  on;.  The  actual 
distance  was  much  greatt.,  probably  approaching  nearly  to  the  "  rough  guess  "  of  3700  m.) 

Stevens  left  Livei'pool  on  Saturday,  May  2,  1885,  at  4  p.  m.,  and  was  escorted  by  local  rid- 
ers,  through  several  showers,  to  Warrington  ;  he  stopiJed  at  Stone  for  the  night  of  the  3d,  ind 
rode  on  the  4th  through  Biimingham  to  Coventry  (60  m.),  in  spite  of  continuous  rain  ;  reached 
Berkhamsted,  his  native  place,  on  the  sth,  and  London  on  the  6th  ;  whence  (after  a  three  days' 
halt,  to  attend  the  annual  tricycling  parade)  he  fared  to  Croydon,  on  the  9th,  and  through 
Brighton  to  Newhaven,  on  the  loth,— finishing  thus  "  the  first  300  m.  he  ever  wheeled  without 
a  header."  Disemhirking  at  Dieppe,  next  morning,  his  course  lay  through  the  Arques  valley 
to  Rouen  and  Eibeuf ;  thence,  on  the  12th,  to  Mantes,  on  the  Seine;  and  on  the  13th  to  Paris, 
at  2  P.  M.,  where  he  rested  the  next  two  days.  On  the  i6th,  he  went  through  Fontenoy  and 
Provins  to  Sezanne,  where  "  a  heavy  rain  during  the  night  rather  improved  the  gravel  surface," 
so  that  on  the  17th,  starting  at  8.3  j  A.  M.  and  stopping  i  h.  for  dinner  at  Vitry  le  Francois  (65 
'xil.),  he  "  reached  Bar  le  Due  at  5  p.  M.,  a  distance  of  160  kilometers  (about  100  m.),  without 
any  undue  exertion.  The  forenoon's  road  was  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  stretches  imaginable, 
most  of  the  surface  being  as  perfect  as  an  asphalt  boulevard,  and  the  contour  of  the  country 
somewhat  resembling  the  swelling  prairies  of  Iowa."  A  storm  of  rain  and  hail  enforced  a  halt 
during  the  18th,  at  the  village  of  Trouville,  but  on  the  19th,  in  spite  of  bad  weather,  he  reached 
Nancy,  and  on  the  zoth  crossed  into  Germany  (Lorraine),  and  spent  the  night  at  Pfalzburg.  His 
French  mileage  .vas  about  400,  representing  only  six  full  riding  days  ;  for  he  "  found  the  Nor- 
mandy roads  superior  even  to  the  English ;  those  e.  of  Paris  not  quite  so  good,  but  better 
than  the  roads  around  Boston.  Through  the  Arques  valley,  there  is  not  a  loose  stone  or  rut  or 
depression  anywhere  ;  and  at  every  cross-roads  stands  an  iron  post,  giving  distances  in  kilometers 
and  yards  to  several  of  the  nearest  towns ;  while  small  stone  posts  along  the  roadside  mark  every 
100  yards.  The  German  roads  possess  the  single  merit  of  hardness,  but  generally  make  no 
pretense  to  smoothness ;  the  idea,  apparently,  being  to  keep  spreading  plenty  of  loc"  flint- 
stones  on  the  surface, — so  that  the  wheelman  must  either  follow  the  wheel-marks  or  pick  his  ,"ay 
along  the  edges.  This  is  especially  true  of  Bavaria.  I  was  agreeably  surprised  to  find  :he 
roads  through  Servia  rank  next  to  the  French  and  English,  though,  as  they  a  e  mostly  unmac- 
adamiied,  my  experience  of  them  might  not  have  been  as  enjoyable  if  wet  weather  had  pre- 
vailed. The  camel-paths  across  the  level  plains  of  Persia,  being  of  hard  srave!.  are  simolv 
perfect  for  wheeling,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  I  covered  the  last  aoo  m.  to  Teheran,  the  cap- 
ital, in  three  days ;  but  that  was  incomparably  the  best  stretch  e.  of  Constantinople,  and  I  had 


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rather  wheel  from  C.  to  London  and  back  again,  than  from  T  ,midt  to  the  Persian  frontier.  In 
Asia  Minor  and  Koo.  tan,  I  found  little  else  but  mountains,  and  they  were  the  steepest  ones 
I  ever  climbed.  The  mule-paths  a  1  amel-trails  which  I  followed  there  for  nearly  looo  m., 
over  a  succession  of  mountain  ranges  and  spurs,  were  immeasurably  more  difficult  than  any- 
thing experiei.ced  in  the  Roclcies.  Nevei  theJess,  all  through  Angora  (which  poverty-strickeo 
provinc3  ooasu  450  m.  of  artificial  wagon-road,  thanks  to  the  f  nergy  of  the  present  mayor  of  its 
uipital,  Souleiman  Efeiidi),  I  would  prefer  the  bicycle  to  a  horse  " 

Constantinople  was  his  first  appointed  stopping  place,  on  account  of  the  heat  (July  a  to 
Aug.  12),  and  h'  estimated  his  two  months'  mi'»-'^e  thither  from  Liverpool  as  about  2750, — kis 
longest  halt  having  been  at  Vienna,  for  the  ''  r  ..  •  ree  days  of  summer.  His  itinerary  from  the 
Kliine    was   as    follows:    "May    20,    go,  hilly  roads,   through  the  rain,  to  Savem*; 

slippery  descent  into  the  Rhine  valley  at  Ma    ;        .ra;  croti  the  river  at  Strasburg  ;  level  and 
less  muddy  to  Oberkirch;  21st,  up  the  Rench  valley,  by  well-nigh  perfect  road  to  Petersthal ; 
th;ii  miles  of  steep  trundling  through  the  Black  Forest,  till    I  cross  the  line  from   Baden  into 
Wurtemburg,  at  the  summit,  and   have   a  smooth   and  gentle   descent   to    Freudenstadt ;  22d, 
rather  hilly  and  stony,  to  Rothenburg  ;  23d,  rain  and   mud,  through  Tubingen  to    Blaubeuren  ; 
24th,  down  the  Danube  to  Ulm,  where  I  cross  i.ito  Bavaria,  and  rtach  Augsburg  at  early  even- 
ing, having  covered  120  kil.   since   10  o'clock,  spite  of  abundant  loose  stones;  25th,  Munich, 
where  I  halt  for  the  afternoon  and  next  day  ;  27th,  starting  after  a  night's  rain,  through  •  waste 
of  loose  flints  and  mud-filled  rutS;  I  take  my  first  European  header  ;  find  better  roads  along  the 
Inn  river  to  Alt  Getting  ;  28th,  at  Simpach,  cross  the   Inn  and  enter  Austria,  whose  upland 
roads  thence  to  the  valley  of  the  Danube  have  less  loose  flints  but  are  aggravatingly  hilly  ;  29th, 
Strenburg  ;  30th,  Neu   Longbach  ;  31st,  at  noon,  Vienna.     June  4,  have  an  Austrian  escort  to 
Pressburg,  where  cross  into  Hungary  at  noon,  and  find  a  fair  proportion  of  side-paths  to  Alien- 
I-  ,r^^ — dry  weather  having  made  th'  highway  as  unridable  as  a  plowed   field ;  5th,  down  the 
Danube,  through   the  level  wheat-fieWs  to   Nezmely;  6th,  through  broiling  hot  weather,  by 
rather  smoother  but  hillier  roads,  to    Budapest,  where  I   am   welcomed  by  the  C.  T.  C.  coij^ul, 
L.  D.  Kostovitz,  who  introduced  the  first  bicycle  here,  on  his  returrj  from   England,  in  the  au- 
tumn of  '79,  though  there  are  now  100  riders;  8th,  to  Duna  Pentele,  75  m.;  hot  and  dusty,  but 
iuperior  roads,  fringed  with  mulberry  trees,  instead  of  the  poplars,  which  were  the  crowning 
'.;iory  of  the  French  landscape,  and  the  abundant  apple  and  pear  trees  which  shaded  the  way  in 
Cermany  ;  9th,  Szeksard  ;   loth,  Duna  Siekeso,— where  I  halt  half  a  day,  as  it  is  the  home  d. 
Svijtoiar  Egali,  who  is  my  companion  from  Budapest  to  Belgrade,  and  who  wheeled  in  '84  from 
Montpelli.;r,  in  France,  through  Italy,  Styria  and  Croitia,  to  Budapest ;  nth,  Eszek,  the  '-apital 
of  Slavonia,  where  rain  stops  us  for  a  day,  and  causes  much  slow  trundling  through  the   mud, 
on  the  13th,  to  Sarengrad  ;   14th,  Peterwardein,  on  ihe  border  of  Hungary,  opposite  Neusati ; 
15th,  over  the  Fruskagora  mountains  to  Batainitz  ;   i6th,  early  in  the  foren<        to  Belgrade,  the 
capital  of  Servia,  where  a  bicycle  club  of  30  forms  the   last  cycling  outpost  towards  the  Orient  ; 
iSth,  Grotzka,  25  k.,  from  4  to  7.30  P.  M.;    19th,  Jagu-iina,  8   A.  M.  to  9  p.  M.,— 145   k.,  in  spite 
of  the  great  heat,  and  much  poor  surface  during  the  first  45  k.  to  Semendria,  where   I  left  the 
Danube  which  I  had  been  following  in  a  general  way  for  a  fortnight,  and  turned  due  s.  up  the 
smaller  Morava  valley;  20th,  Nisch,   5.30  A.  M.,  to  6  p.  M., — 120  k.  of  even  better  average  rid- 
in'^  than  the  day  before  ;    2ist,  over  the  Balkans   and  through  the   Nissiva  valley  to  Bela  Pa- 
lanka,  50  k.,  where  rain  hnlds  me  over  Sunday,  while  my  companion  from  Belgrade  (Douchan 
I'opovitz,  'theb2st  rider  in  Servia')  hires  a  team  to  drag  him  back  through  the  mud  to  N.; 
23d,  through  the  border  towns  of  Pirot  and   Zaribrod,  unto  Bulgaria, — a  country  of  mountains 
and  plateaas,— to  Sofia,  its  capital,  s  A.  n.  to  4- 30  p.  M.,  no  k.,  in   spite  of  mud,  hill  climbing 
and  rutty  roads  ;  24th,,  helped  by  the  wind,  the  same  as  yesterday,  I  manage  to  ride,  along  the 
worst  road  yet  experienced  in  Euv-pc,  to  Ichtiman,  in   Roumelia.    at   3   o'clock;  25th,  through 
mud  and  rain,  over  the  Kodja  Balkans,  then  down  the  Maritza  valley  by  decent  macadam  to  a 
n^haita  beyond  Tartar  Bazardjik  ;  aoth,  a  ride  of  2  h.,  on  good  surface,  for  breakfast   at  Phil- 
ippopolis,  the  capital;  then  through   showers  and  mud  to  Cauheme ;    27th,  fairiy  smooth  but 
hilly  roads  to  Hermouli,  the  last  town  of  Roumelia,  at  11  A.M.;  then  against  a  head-wind  to 
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Mustapha  Pasha,  the  first  town  i.i  Turkey  pro|)er,  and  through  the  rain  tcwarda  Adranople 
until  at  lo  p.  M.,  I  reach  a  dry  spot  and  crawl  under  some  prune  bushes  for  the  night ;  iSih 
breakfast  in  A. ,  on  roast  lamb,  the  first  well^ooked  bit  of  meat  I  've  had  since  leaving  Kisch 
rain  has  fallen  during  every  one  of  these  8  days,  but  I  suppose  I  should  be  glad  of  it,  for  unsuf^ 
ferable  heat  is  the  only  other  alternative  in  the  Orient  at  this  season  ;  iry  road  turnL  from  the 
Maritza  valley  at  A.,  and  leads  across  iH-  ''»ary  undulations  of  the  Adrianople  plains-tr-elesi 
and  hilly  grazing  lands,  traversed  by  small  sloughs— to  Lski  Baba,  where  rain  holds  me  during 
Sunday,  i9th,  and  »•  '.^re  my  fourth  ChUing  chapter  is  finished.  My  course  for  these  last  two 
days  has  led  along  an  ancient  and  abai  doned  macadam,  which  gives  occasional  ridable  stretches. 
where  the  traffic  has  worn  down  the  weeds  and  thistles,  and  which  offers  a  refuge  from  the  mud- 
sloughs  of  the  adjacent  dirt  road,  though  nearly  every  bridge  and  culvert  has  been  destroyed; 
and  during  the  next  two  days  of  rain  and  mud  I  complete  the  European  section  of  my  tour,  ant! 
roll  into  Constantinople  on  thi  morning  ot  July  2,  fur  a  six  weeks'  halt.  '  We  fancy  the  rider 
looks  a  little  fatigued,'  says  the  SUmboid  Jo  <rnal,  '  but  his  horse  is  in  good  condition.' 

"Crossing  the  Bosi>orus  into  Asia  Miner,  at  Ismidt,  Aug.  12,  I  reach  Angora  (220m.  by 
cyclom.)at  6  p.  m.  of  the  i6i;i,  though  the  post  service  over  the  same  route  takes  9  days,  and  the 
first  half  of  it  is  simply  mule-paths  over  moun'ains,— the  worst  I  ever  traversed  ;  and  1  stop  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  Henry  Binns,  an  Englishman  engaged  in  the  mohair  trade,  as  my  only  chance  of 
gettmg  a  day's  quiet,  against  the  tremendous  mobs  of  curious  natives  who  besiege  every  k:uin 
where  I  put  up,  from  the  moment  of  my  arrival  until  1  leave  ths  town,  importuT^ing  me  to  bin  I 
bin  !  ('  mount!  mount !  "•,  and  offering  to  give  me  everytl  ing  conceivable,  eycpt  what  I  most 
need— rest.  Here  at  Angora,  it  is  promised  that  if  the  crowds  will  give  me  a  day's  peace  for 
letter  writing,  I  will  ri(ie  before  them  on  the  fo.enoon  of  departure,  along  a  straight  macadamized 
stretch  of  600  yards,  outside  tlie  town  ;  and  at  10. ^o  on  the  i8lh,  I  find  more  than  2000  people 
awaiting  tfiere  to  see  'the  crazy  Englishman  on  the  Devil's  carriage.'  The  body-guard  of  the 
governor,  Sirri  Pacha  (who  is  present,  with  most  of  t  le  government  officials  and  the  iliU  of  the 
city),  whip  back  the  throngs  to  clear  the  course  for  me,  and  f  wheel  up  and  down  this  thrice,  be- 
fore starting  on  for  Sivas  (2S3  m.),  a  city  of  50,000,  where  I  halt  a  day  and  have  an  interview 
with  the  pasha,  Halif  Rifat,  and  with  the  American  missionary,  Rev.  A.  W.  Hubbard.  Be- 
tween Aug.  27  and  Sept.  3,  I  traverse  the  next  30S  m.  to  Erzeroum,  a  daily  average  of  40  m., 
Ill  spite  of  bridgeless  streams  and  precipitous  mountain-trails,  for  in  the  valleys  I  often  find 
stretches  of  road  that  would  be  creditable  to  a  European  country.  Leaving  E.  on  the  7th,  I 
pass  into  Persia  at  a  point  beyond  Khoi,  nd  reach  Tabreez  (389  m.)  on  the  i8th,  doing  the  list 
40  m.  on  m.icadam  in  half  a  day.  This  is  a  part  of  the  great  caravan  route,  and  though  there 
are  no  wheeled  vehicles  at  all  in  Persia,  the  country  is  less  mountainous  than  Asia  Minor,  and 
the  camel-trails  allow  more  riding  than  I  expected.  Tabreez  is  the  site  of  ancient  Tarsus, 
and  on  the  way  hither  I  pa.ss  close  to  the  foot  of  Mt.  Ararat,  whose  top  is  covered  with  snow.  1 
halt  in  T.  two  days,  as  there  are  several  Engli^h-speakinp  residents  with  whom  I  can  talk  ;  ami 
I  find  Europeans  in  charge  of  two  telegraph  stations  which  I  encounter  on  the  way  to  Teheran 
(576  m.),  whe'-e  I  finish  my  touring  for  1SS5  at  noon  of  .Sept.  30.  It  seems  n  pity  to  be  resting 
in  O-tober,  the  best  month  of  the  twelve  for  traveling  in  Central  Asia,  but  as  I  could  get  no 
farther  e.  than  Herat  this  sason,  and  might  be  overtaken  by  bad  weathe-  on  the  way,  it  is 
wisest  to  spend  the  winter  here  at  the  capital,  where  I  can  learn  something  of  the  roads  and 
customs  and  languages  of  the  dangerous  cnnntries  to  be  traversed  in  '86  (for,  though  I  ?m  well 
past  th-.-  half-way  stage  of  my  round-the-world  route,  the  real  difficulties  of  it  are  still  ahead),  and 
write  my  f><//»^ articles  in  comfort.  Between  Bei  liazaar,  where  my  cyciometir-pin  broke,  and 
Sivas,  where  I  Had  it  repaired  again,  the  measurement  01  300  m.  is  by  Turkish  post-hours ;  all 
the  resi  01  the  way  i*  is  by  cyclomcf  and  the  total  from  Constantinople  to  Teheran  is  1576  m. 
As  I  made  no  advance  at  all  on  7  days  of  the  50,  this  shows  an  average  daily  progress  through 
Asia  .  )  almost  37  m. .--without  allo-.ving  for  the  ^hoiter  halts.  Durin-  the  two  months  which  1 
spent  in  crossing  Europe,  I  carried  no  cyclometer,  but  I  compute  the  distance  as  2750  m. ; 

.-:-  :::y  .;::  t:;:y  ::.t:;r,  itnrjuf.ica  ;g   3   IG.  t..;_^ril,  XTiZ   4S  uAJra  "AuCii  i  Uiu  auiiic   fiuiiig  nhuw  an  a\ 

age  advance  of  574  m.     There  were  t:.-s  91  riding  days  in  the  five  months*  journey  from  Liver- 


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pool  t»  Teheran  (4326  m.),  showing  an  average  of  more  than  47i  m.  a  clay.  The  bicycle,  like 
inys;lf,  has  had  several  narrow  escapes,  but  is  without  a  serious  flaw  to  tell  the  story  of  what  it 
has  undergone,  except  that  the  rear  tire  is  worn  quite  down  to  the  rim.  1  have  n't  had  occasion 
to  so  much  as  lighten  a  spoke  ;  and  as  I  have  n't  had  lime  to  polish  the  nickel  plate,  it  naturally 
presents  a  slightly  travel-stained  appearance.  This  50  in.  wheel,  it  is  safe  to  say,  has  created 
rnor^.  genuine  interest,  from  Constantinople  to  Teheran,  than  anything  that  ever  went  over  the 
same  route.  Within  a  week  after  my  arrival,  e-en  the  bhah  himself  invited  me  to  gratify  his 
cv.riosily  by  displaying  to  him  the  capacities  r.echanism ;  and  on  the  8th  Oct.  (as  de- 

l.uled  in  Jan.  Outing)  I  wheeled  in  the   presc  hat  monarch,  along  the  ^>^  m..of  macadam 

which  connects  the  city  with  the  royal  palace  .-a  ga.  >ns  at  Doshan  Tepe.  My  earher  experi- 
ences in  Koordistan  and  Persia  have  been  strange  and  varied  almost  beyond  belief,  and  my  de- 
scriptions of  them  cannot  fail  to  be  far  more  novel  and  entertaining  than  anything  I  ever  wrote 
about  the  tours  across  America  and  Europe."  (Illustrated  arlidts about  Teheran,  by  S.  G.  W 
Benjamin,  late  U.  S.  Minister  to  Persia,  appear  in  the  current  Century  and  Harper's,  im.,  '86.) 

The  foregoing  summary  of  Stevens's  story  has  been  compiled  by  me,  from  several  sources, 
at  a  cost  of  eight  days'  ?'  ady  work  (56  h.);  and  I  have  gladly  given  to  it  this  great  amount  of 
time  and  space— just  when  both  are  very  precious  to  me— not  only  because  I  think  his  advent- 
ure the  most  remarkable  and  interesting  exploit  ever  accomplished  by  a  bicycle,  or  ever  likely 
to  be  accomplished,  but  because  it  appeals  to  me  personally,  as  having  a  sort  of  kinship  with 
my  own  desperate  struggle  to  push  this  book  around  the  world.  Stevens  was  born  the  day  be- 
fore Christmas,  the  same  as  myself,  though  eight  years  later ;  he  learned  bicycling  at  the  close 
of  "83,  as  the  first  step  in  his  scheme,  just  when  I  was  formulating  the  first  prospectus  of  mine ; 
he  made  the  "  impossible  "  passage  from  the  Pacific  to  the  Mississippi  during  the  same  early 
months  of  '84  while  I  was  capturing  the  "  impossible  "  looo  subscribers  that  I  called  for  as  a 
preliminary  guarantee  of  ^ood-faith, — both  of  us  thereby  simultaneously  winning  from  the  cycling 
wcifld  that  sort  <jf  recognition  which  il  ilways  given  to  men  whose  acts  show  they  mean  what 
they  ;,ay ;  he  completed  the  second  stage  of  his  journey,  by  entering  Constantinople,  at  the 
middle  of  'Si  (which  few  people  seriously  expected  him  to  Ho),  on  almost  the  identical  day 
when  I  registered  my  long-fought-for  3000th  subscription  (which  all  well-informed  observers  had 
insisted  was  unattainable) ;  he  reached  his  winter's  resting  place,  at  the  capital  of  Persia,  just 
when  I  was  compelled  to  give  my  overworked  right  arm  a  similar  long  rest,  by  learning  to  push 
the  pen  with  my  left ;  and  now,  at  the  opening  of  'S6,  he  realizes,  as  clearly  as  I  do,  that  this 
third  and  decisi  e  year  is  to  be  the  most  diflScult  of  any,  and  that  the  obstacles  overcome  are 
.  Imrst  insignificant  in  comparison  to  the  barriers  stilt  separating  us  from  our  respective  goals  of 
success.  Indeed,  it  would  hardly  be  an  abuse  of  words  to  carry  the  comparison  even  further, 
and  say  that  I  have  remotely  and  imperceptibly  and  unwillingly  done  something  similar  to  that 
which  he  has  done  directly  and  openly  and  boldly  :  staked  life  itself  on  the  ability  to  "  get  'here.'' 

To  a  man  like  me,  who  has  always  accounted  among  the  necessities  of  existence  a  fair 
amovnt  of  out-door  exercise,  and  the  companionship  of  his  friends,  along  continued  stretch  of 
"  solitary  confinement  at  hard  labor  "  bears  a  suggestion  of  deadliness  about  it,  even  when 
self-imposed  ;  and,  though  I  claim  no  credit  for  thus  ol^eying  that  apparently  inevitable  law  of 
the  universe,  which  decrees  that  nothing  important  shall  be  accomplished  here  except  by  one 
who  is  willing  to  "  sail  as  closely  as  possible  to  the  wind  "  of  his  probable  strength  and  vitality, 
— in  other  words,  to  push  himself  as  near  the  brink  of  actual  suicide  as  he  believes  can  be  done 
without  tumbling  over  it, — I  hope  the  comparison,  which  I  point  by  alluding  to  that  law,  may  at 
least  help  to  clear  Stevens,  in  the  minds  )f  some,  from  any  appearance  of  being  either  reckless 
nr  foolhardy.  He  is  as  much  of  a  man-of-business  as  I  am,  and  he  has  the  same  motive  and 
inspiration  that  I  have  tor  accomplishing  the  same  result,  though  his  "  environment"  enfoices 
ihe  use  of  methods  which  an.  muc.  more  spectacular  and  interesting — because  more  dangerous 
—than  my  own.  We  both  believe  that  fhe  most  amusinf  place  to  enjoy  a  view  of  "life"  is 
from  the  toD  of  a  bicvcl'".  and  we  are  both  w'lin?  to  make  the  needed  sacrifices  to  earn  enough 
money  for  indulging  in  that  amusem:>nt.  It  is  proper  that  he  should  have  his  pay  ensured  him 
in  advance,  because  of  tht  vastly  greater  peril  that  he  undergoes  ;  but  I  insist  that  such  insur- 


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484  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

ance  does  nol  make  his  motive  a  whit  more  "  mtrcenary  "  than  my  own.  If  any  supercilious 
iiersons  are  inclined  to  sneer  at  Stevens  because  his  round-ihe-world  bicycling  is  "  an  advertise' 
raent."  I  hope  to  be  compliir.ented  by  having  them  extend  the  sneer  to  cover  me  and  my  round 
th.'-world  book.  This  was  designed  simply  as  "  an  advertisement,"-a  more  elaborate  and 
painstaking  advertisement  of  the  power  and  permanence  of  cycling  than  any  man's  pen  had 
previously  attempted -and if  (instead  of  wearily  drumming  up  "  3000  subscribers")  I  could 
have  persuaded  a  single  generous  patron  of  the  -  ort  to  have  ensured  my  whole  payment  in 
advance,  I  should  have  thought  myself  much  lucl,  .  than  now,  when  the  question  of  my  re 
--..inf,  an  adequate  reward  for  two  years'  work  actually  rendered  is  a  question  of  my  still  find 
ing  30,000  hidividual  patrons  disposed  to  contribute  their  mites  towards  that  result. 

The  insu}anty  and  littleness  of  the  average  British  business-man's  mind  were  'ever  more 
perfectly  show.)  than  in  the  inability  of  "  the  trade  "  of  England  to  grasp  the  idea  that  the 
success  of  the  St-vens  scheme  would  be  "  an  advertisement  "  for  each  and  every  one  of  them 
Instead,  therefore,  of  "booming"  it  to  the  utmost,  through  the  press,  for  their  ovim  business 
advantage,  and  getfng  some  share  of  the  credit  as  its  ostensible  supporters,  they  held  aloof 
from  It,  and  as  far  as  possible  ignored  it,  as  if  it  were  a  dangerous  Yankee  trick  for  discrediting 
the  manufactures  of  i^ngland.  I  was  glad  to  find,  at  our  first  interview,  that  Stevens  himself 
had  none  of  -his  narrowness  of  vision,  but  heartily  accepted  my  own  theory  as  to  the  essential 
"  so'idanty  "  (m  distinction  from  rivalry)  of  our  two  schen»es  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
cycling  literature.  "  The  success  of  one  must  help  rather  than  hinder  the  success  of  the  other 
I  said  to  him  then  and  still  believe  ;  and  my  strong  sympathy  for  the  man  himself  may  perhaps 
render  the  story  of  his  Oriental  adventures  more  interesting  to  me  than  to  those  who  never  met 
him,  or  who  have  less  anthusiasm  than  I  for  .seeing  the  .vorld  a-wheelback  ;  but  I  do  not  think  1 
am  controlled  by  any  selfish  or  personal  considerations  when  I  urge  every  one  of  my  readers  to 
read  his  Outing  sketches,  and  in  due  time  to  buy  the  book  which  is  to  be  built  from  them 
Such  slight  hints  as  have  already  be.n  printed  about  the  "  wild  times"  he  has^iad  in  penetrat^ 
ing  Asia,  are  enough  to  stir  the  blood  of  the  most  sluggish  with  a  keen  desire  to  learn  the  full 
details  of  them  ;  and  if  any  cyclers  exist  who  regard  his  story  with  indifference,  I  can  only  say 
as  one  of  iny  earliest  subscribers  said  of  those  who  might  fail  to  pledge  me  their  support  on  the 
instant  of  reading  the  first  prospectus  of  this  book  :  "  Their  bicycles  ought  to  be  taken  right 
away  from  them !  " 

Second  only  to  Stevens,  in  respect  'o  the  le-.gth  of  American  roadwav  explored  in  a  single 
season,  stands  Hugh  J.  High  (b.  April  26,  1858),  who  in  '85  wheeled  from  Pottstown,  Pa.,  May 
4,  continuously  to  Middleton,  la.,  Junes;  and  then,  after  a  three  months'  stay  in  Nebraska, 
wheeled  h.ime  again,  by  a  different  route,  Aug.  ^^  to  Oct.  10.  The  length  of  his  westward 
trail  was  looi  m.,  whc.eof  174  m.  had  to  be  walked,  and  his  riding  time  was  193J  h.;  eastward 
trail,  1664  m.,  227  1.1.  walked,  riding  time  304  h.  Combining  the  two,  the  corresponding  figures 
are  2665,  40:,  497J ;  and  as  he  toured  343  m.  to  different  points  in  Nebraska,  his  total  mileage 
for  the  five  months  wis  3008.  By  occupation  he  is  a  "  ieacher  of  b.ass  and  reed  bands  and 
orchestras,  and  leader  of  the  orchestra  at  Pottstown  Opera  House,"  where  he  has  lived  since 
•82,  when  he  finished  jj  years  of  service  as  musician  in  the  U.  S.  Cavalry  Band  at  Ft.  Jeffer- 
son, Mo.  He  considers  this  army  training  "  as  good  a  school  as  we  have  in  this  country  for 
the  haniing  of  such  music,"— his  previous  acquisitions  of  that  sort  having  been  gained  under 
difficulties,  during  the  leisure  le:  from  working  ,0  h.  a  day  in  the  nail-mill  at  Birdshaw,  9  m.  w. 
of  P.,— for  the  death  of  his  father  forced  him  to  leave  school  at  the  age  of  14  and  earn  his  own 
support.  Proximity  to  the  bicycles  of  his  r.phew  and  brother  led  him  to  become  a  rider,  at 
the  opening  of  '83,  and  he  took  short  rides  of  8  to  12  ra.,  almost  daily  during  that  season,  spite 
of  abundant  tumbles.  The  Pottstown  B.  C,  of  12  members,  was  formed  Aug.  i,  '84,  and 
elected  him  captain.  On  the  25th,  he  sold  his  Standard  Columbia  and  bought  the  Expert 
which  has  served  him  since.  With  it  he  got  a  McDonnell  cyclometer,  which  durine  the  next 
9  weeks  registered  533  m.  ihen,  Nov.  8  to  25,  in  company  with  A.  M.  Sheffey  and  J.  G. 
High,  he  took  a  450  m.  tour  to  Washington  and  back ;  and  his  enjoyment  of  this  led  him  to 


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plan  a  longer  one  for  the  spring;  of  'S5.  Meanwhile  he  added  i83  m.  to  hit  record,  and  decided 
to  make  Seward,  Neb.,  his  objective  point,  as  he  "  wished  to  visit  a  friend  there,  and  also  see  the 
intermediate  country, — especially  the  mountains  of  Western  Pennsylvania.  My  outfit  com- 
prised corduroy  breeches,  having  the  seat  and  front  faced  with  deer-skin,  sewed  with  string  in 
double  seams,  and  they  were  in  good  condition  at  the  end  of  the  trip,  though  mysho,  j  were 
full  of  holes  then.  Thitse  wen  low<ut,  and  I  started  with  rubber  soles,  but  soon  tore  ihcm 
off.  My  stockings  lasted  as  far  as  St.  Louis  (1669  m.),  where  I  bought  a  second  pair.  Garnet 
was  the  color  of  both,  and  also  of  my  shirt ;  and  I  wore  a  light  colored  jockey  cap  Besides 
my  louring  bag,  I  used  a  luggage-carrier  for  my  gossam.'r  waterproof ,  rnd  I  stuck  a  38  in.  bu!l- 
ili)g  revolver  in  n-y  buckskin  belt ;  also  a  hand  piccolo,  by  the  playing  of  which  I  amused  rty- 
sjlf  on  the  way, — sometimes  in  company  with  \(^  bands.  My  weight  .at  end  of  outwanl 
trip  was  ij8  lbs  ,  or  just  a  pound  less  than  at  the  start;  it  increased  to  144  lbs.  while  in 
Nebraska;  diminished  11  lbs.  within  four  days  after  starting  to  return  and  so  continued  to 
the  end;  but  rose  again  within  two  months  to  I4»J  lbs.  I  had  a  very  good  appetite,  all  the 
time,  and  my  general  health  was  first<lass.  My  return  home,  on  the  evening  of  Oct.  10, 
was  celebrated  by  the  band,  bicycle  club  and  citiiens  generally,  escorting  me  through  the 
principal  streets  of  the  town;  and  my  bicycle  was  afterwards  put  on  exhibition  at  the  Boston 
offic;  of  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  to  convince  people  how  well  it  had  siood   the  strain. 

"  The  numerals  of  the  following  itinerary  show  first  the  day's  mileage,  and  second  its  rid- 
ing hours  (miles  done  on  foot  being  given  in  parenthesis) ;  the  asterisk  shows  where  rain  put  a 
stop  to  riding  ;  and  the  first  halt  in  each  State  is  the  only  one  where  mention  of  its  name  seems 
nc"dful  :  May  4,  Lebanon,  Pa.,  44,  6;  5,  Cariisle,  44,  7  ;  6,  McConnellsburg,  54,  10;  7,  *Ray'B 
Hill,  IS  (7),  :i  ,  8,  Schellsburg,  34  (8),  6  ;  9,  *Stoyestown,  19  (10),  5  ;  10,  Youngstown,  28  (10), 
7;  II,  Pittsburg,  43  (12),  10;  12,  Steubenville,  O.,  39(15),  10  (stopped  here  5  days  to  visit 
friends)  ;  18,  Hendrysbarg,  49  (9),  8i  ;  19,  *New  Concord,  32  (8),  4^  ;  20,  Reynoldsburg,  62  (8), 
9;  21,  Springfield,  58,  7;  22,  'Vandalia,  21,  2J ;  23,  Lewisville,  Ind.,  64,  9;  24,  Indianapolis, 
43,6;  25,  Greencastle,  41,  7 ;  2^^  Paris,  111.,  58  (10),  12J;  27,  Chesterville,  42  (8),  9;  28,  •at  a 
(arm-house,  28  (3),  6J  ;  29,  Decatur,  14  (5),  3  ;  30,  Mount  Pulaski,  23  (10),  6 ;  >i,  Havana,  49 
(20),  13J  ;  June  i,  'Lewi-stown,  8  (8),  3^ ;  2,  *Bushnell,  36  (5),  8  ;  3,  'Disco,  30  (2),  6  ;  4,  •  Bur- 
lington, la.,  13  (11),  4}  ;  5,  Middleton,  9  (6),  3.  I  was  thus  hindered  by  rain  on  g  of  my  18 
riding  days,  and  there  were  only  3  days  when  I  did  no  walking,  but  my  average  daily  advance 
was  35i  m.  for  the  looi  m.  An  engagement  at  Seward  on  June  5  then  fnrced  me  to  take  train, 
and  that  was  the  only  section  of  my  tour  not  done  by  wheel.  My  return  record  was  as  follows  : 
Au;.  27,  DeWitt,  Neb.,  47,  9;  28,  Marysville,  Kan.,  51,  9;  29,  •Waterville,  21  (6),  4;  30,  Clay 
Center,  43  (3),  8i ;  Sept.  2,  Belone,  61  (5),  (O ;  3,  Medina,  53  (i),  8J ;  4,  Perryv  lie,  1  (1),  i;  6, 
•Lawrence,  20(18),  5J ;  8,  Edwardsville,  z^  (24),  8J;  9,  Independence,  Mo.,  27  (ii),  5};  10, 
Strasburg,  37  (18),  9;  11,  La  Monte,  50  (5),  9;  13,  *Otterville,  24  (g),  b\\  14,  Centertown, 
JO  (15),  8i  ;  15,  Linn,  38(22),  10;  16,  at  a  farm-house,  34  (15),  9:  17,  Gray's  Summit,  35(15), 
8J;  18,  St.  Louis,  38  (2),  si  ;  19,  New  Baden,  111.,  30,  5  ;  20,  Rome,  60,  gj  :  21,  Albion,  53,  9 ; 
22,  Oakland,  Ind.,  43  (2),  ^;  23,  Boston,  46  (6),  9;  24,  Berrville,  39  (12),  8;  25,  Simpsonville, 
Ky.,  40,  si;  26,  Winchestcir,  75,  10;  27,  Farmers'  Crossing,  41  (1),  6;  28,  Grayson,  44(3),  9. 
(Itinerary  for  next  12  days  may  be  found  at  foot  of  p.  351.;  Rain  stopped  me  entirely  on  5 
days  of  this  return  trip,  and  hindered  me  on  7  of  tho  other  39  when  I  did  some  riding  (it  was  all 
riding  on  9  days  only),  so  that  my  average  daily  mileage  for  the  1664  m.  was  42}.  I  printed 
t;ibles  of  these  distances  in  Spr.  Wh.  Gaz.  (*'ov.)  and  Phil.  Cyc.  Rec.  (Nov.  14,  28^  and 
supplied  for  the  latter  th>  following  remarks  about  the  roads  :  Pennsylvania. — ''ike  to 
Chambersburg  ;  hilly  to  Ft.  Ixindon,  incl.  g  m.  over  Cone  mtn.  ;  three  mtn.  ridges  to  ShcllsburR  ; 
iq  m.,  stony  and  sandy,  over  Alleghanies :  10  m.,  fair  pike  to  Jannertown,  where  cross  Laurel  hill, 
steep  ami  stony  for  g  m.  ;  fair  road  through  Ligonier  valley;  stony  and  bad  through  Chestnut 
Ridge  valley,  g  m.  to  Youngstown  ;  thence  to  Pittsburg  by  pike,  fair  but  hilly,  for  34  m.,  and 
then  by  rKv.  rd.  throuirh  Rraddock,  bitter  in  dry  weather.  Ohio. — Steubenville,  by  road  of  same 
name,  can  only  be  1  'dden  in  dry  weather.  To  Hcndrysburg,by  Ohio  riv.  rd.  to  Bridgeport,  23  m., 
with  s  m.  bad  bluff  ;  on  r.  r. ,  gravel  ballast.     At  Bridgeport  took  National  pike  ;  hilly,  good ; 


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486  T£,V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  4  BICYCLE. 

Jacktown,  73  m.,  pike,  hilly.  /Wiix«,.,_Indianapo!i,,  206  m.,  pike  level  e.xxl  •  Cr. 
4.  m.,  p.ke,  .om.  ..-.xl ;  5  m.  dir.  to  Greencastl^  p  ke  ..  ^  ;  „.  'Jed  ^v^a'l  Mr"'' 
tndged  //W>.-Pari,;  dir.  to  Hra.l.  bad;  bette'r  .0  •I>rre  C  ■  ^,7  w  'b""  ■ "''' 
Spnngfield  rd  5  n,.  ;  .he..  „o„y,  ^ndy  and  bluff  rd.  4  m.  ;  ,hen  level.  IJ  ca  ur  i  '  IT i 
muck  ...ndable  when  we. ;  as  i.  was  n  .„y,  used  r.  r.  bed,  be.ween  ..ik  who  ":""'' 
J  Micoln,  33  m.  ;  on  .lack  .,f  P.  D.  &   K    r   r    dirt  balla,.       H,„,  j  u  n  '»'»tRnce. 

ble  ;  b^ance  „.  .  ...  di.  balla...     Lewi.oJn.  tl^iSi.,     r^,^:^  'l,  ^J^^^"^- 

AV.....      Koads  .h.u«h,L  .  e.'o.  S.a^  J.^dTble  inte  tLt^n.  "  Tre'ry^^.r 
hard  ran.  a  b.cyclercan  venture  on  any  of  .he  n,os.,y-...veled  onel,  but  grea.  care  Ju     ^  t: 

Ar„.«.„._Lee's  Sun,mit,  .7  m.  by  Missouri  Pacific   r.  r.,  n,ostly  ridable  to  Inde^  del 
m      balance  most.y  unndable.     An  old  stage  road  runs  from  Kansas  City  to  St.  T^utZJ^ 

weah  '  T-  ■"  ■^'^'^"°"  '''•'■  ''°  ''""^'"'^'  "•  '"-  "^y  '"^-^e  road  f  prairie,  go^  iri 
wea.her.  Ln.on.  .09  m.  ;  miserable,  bluffs,  stones,  sand  and  unbrid:;ed  creeks.  Gray's  Sum 
nm.  ,4  m.  ;  stone  and  dirt  road  alongside  o.'  each  other,  former  mostly  unridable  St  Louis' 
38  m,  same  as  last  for  8  m.,  then  fine  grav.t  pike.  30  m.  N.  side  of  Missouri' ri.  is' 
sa,d  o  be  mostly  pra.ne  road,  and  I  advise  cyders  to  take  it.  ////«,^._Mt.  Carmel  ...  m  ■ 
mostly  prame  road,  clay  and  sand  mixed  ;  some  hills  near  Wabash  riv.  M,ana.-Ne^  Albany' 
.23  r-  .  about  so  m.  good,  ridable  road  ;  balance  bhuTs,  strny  and  sandy.  A>«/«<-tv  -I  ou' ' 
v.lle  to  Farmers'  Crossing,  ,4.  m.  ;  fine  pike.  Catle.tsburg,  jo  m.  ;  sandy,  stony,  and  se'veral 
rdTa^C  T  'V"""-  •  "^f  '^-^'''--'-"'ey  Bridge,  .00  m.  ;  valley  road.  sand.  ;  4  m 
bad  near  G.    B.      F.r^;„,^._Staunton,    .6,  m.     A  worn-out  stage  road  leads  to   Codington 

.V«ell  and  Mud  Creek  mtns.,  and  several  mountain  ridges.  The  Alleghanies  lie  between 
Lew.sburg.  W.  Va.,  and  Covi,:gton.  Va.,  and  are  mostly  ridable.  From  Covington  to  Goshen 
38  m.,  there  ,s  scarcely  any  road,  the  railroad  side-path  being  best  for  the  bicycle  There  ar 
several  nvers  ,0  ford,  fn  .his  way  I  crossed  the  Cow-Pasture  riv.  three  times,  and  the  Jackson 
nv.  once.  Goshen  to  Buffalo  Gap,  5  m.  ;  bad  branch  road  before  reaching  latter,  where  I 
strucka  stage  road,  ,n  fa,r  condition,  leading  to  the  famous  Shenandoah  vallev  pike  a'  M.  Sidney 
(see  p.  352)  only  ,0  m.  n.  of  S.aunton.  ^^ry/an^/.-Hagers.own  .0  Roverville,  ,5  m.  pike 
where  cross  Sou.h  mtn.,  6  m.,  pike  over  mountain  and  8  m,  dirt  road  to  G.ctysburg,  Pa  '  New 
Oxford,  ,om.  ;  won.-out  pike;  summer  road  alongside.  York,  ,8  m.  ;  Columbia  ,,  m  •  I  m- 
caster   9  m.  •   New  Holland,  ,5  m.,  all  pike.     Pot.stown,,  ,%  m.,  stone  and  dir.  mixed."    ' 

Or.  H^  Jarvis  (b.  May  4,  .S54)  reports  from  Oxford,  Md.  ;  "  I  have  lived  in  this  place  for 
en  years,  but  I  was  00™  at  St.  Paul.  I  started  thence  on  my  bicycle  July  .0,  '83,  and  was  abon, 
.6  days  on  the  way  .0  Bal.,more.-say  23  days  of  actual  all-day  wheeling.  I  car.-ied  no  cyclom- 
eter but  I  estimate  that  more  'han  .500  m.  were  travelled.  My  longest  day's  ride  w'as  ,-„, 
les,,  than  85  m.fl  th.nk  ,t  was  nearer  95).  and  my  shortest  was  35  m.,  on  the  occasion  of  hein. 
^..^p^a  Dy  ..  ,..„.-„>„,„.  M,  >i,e  monntams  near  IJeer  Park,  Md.  On  several  nights,  I  rode  as 
late  as  .0  or  ..  o  clock,  and  for  two  weeks  t  slept  comfortably  in  a  portable  tent  of  my  own  in- 


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vention.     As  I  perspire  very  freely,  and  had  some  warm  days  to  contend  with,  I  lost  weight  at 
ftrst  but  soon  regained  my  normal  condition.     I  drink  abundamly  on  the  road,  no  iwtter  what 
s,„ne  riders  say  about  'one  glass  of  miU  being  enough.'     My  only  fall  on  the  entire  tnp  was 
,K-ar  Piedmont,  caused  by  striking  a  loose  stone  while  coasting  a  short  hill.     This  bent  the 
crank  into  the  sixikes,  but  did  no  harm  to  myself,  as  I  slid  ..ff  sidewise  on  to  terra  hrroa.     I  also 
br(,ke  out  three  spokes  by  catching  my  heel  in  them  on  three  separate  occasions,  b-  *-..:  «o 
other  accidents.     I  resorted  to  trains  from  Chicago  to  Kt.  Wayne,  and  from  Massi'lon,  (;.,  to 
Oakland    Md  ,  whence  I  wheeled  to    Hagerstown  and  Baltimore,  and   so  home.     1,./  other 
wheeling,  therefore,  was  from  St.  Paul  to  Chicago,  and  from  Kt.  Wayne  to  Ma».Mllon.     The 
n.-r  roads  from   St.  Paul  to    Hastings,  through  the  w.  side,  and  thence  to  Winona  ar-  fair  and 
good  witn  vc-  fine  views  of  the  Mississippi.     Kntering  here  Into  Wisconsin,  I  found   he  reads 
across  that  State  to   Milwaukee  almost  all  ridable,  with  but  few  hills.     Thence  to   Chicago  the 
nding  is  quite  fair,  and  I    may  say  the  same   of  it  to  Kt.   Wayne.     Kroi  .  there   throi-gh  to 
Wheeling  W.  Va.,  it  is  more  or  less  hilly  and  rough;  thence  to  Krederick  quite  h.ll>  (some 
very  sharp  hills) ;  but  between  K.  and  Baltimore  there  is  good  coastir;-.     My  w..eel  was  a  52-in. 
Kxtraordinary;  and  between  June,  'So.  and  Oct.,  'S3,  1  rode  it  in  the  following  fifteen  states  : 
Mass     NY    N   J..  Penn.,  Del.,  Md.,  Va.,  W.  Va.,  O.,  I.id.,  111.,  Mich.,  Wis.,  Mmn.,  la., 
and  Dakota  Territory,     I  'm  inclined  to  think  that  my  next  purchase  will  be  the  same  style  of 
machine  of  smaller  si^e ;  since,  after  actual  test  of  under-size  and  over-sue  wheels.  I  will  take 
the  under-size  at  all  times  for  all  kinds  of  work  on  the  road.     1  've  taken  interest  in  wheehng 
since '76,  when  I  saw  the  first  bicycle  or    exhibition  at  Philadelphia;  but  it   was   not   until 
the  fall  of  '79  that  t  procured  my  'Columbia,  No.  244,'  which  style    of  mauiine  I  think  has 
never  had  an  equal  for  rough  wear  and  tear.     Mine  stood  many  miles  of   very  rough  runnmg, 
without  costing  anything  for  repairs,  except  a  handle-bar  and  crank-shaft,  both  broken  by  falls  on 
wet  and  greasy  cobble-stones.     If  1  am  alive  in  the  summer  and  autumn  of  '86,  I  in'end  to  nuake 
a  continuous  trail  with  the  tire  of  my  bicycle  from  Winnipeg,  in   Manitoba,  to  New  York  City." 
The  youngest  tourist  among  those  who  have  made  very  long  straightaway  trails  seems  to  be 
(leo.  W.  Baker  (b.  Nov.  3,  1864),  of  the  St.  Louis  Ramblers,  who  puflied  a48  in.  Victor  thence 
to  Boston,  July  1-2S,  '85,  without  serious  accident,  as  recorded  in  the  '.Vheel  and  Bi.  World  of 
.Aug.  7,  and  Spr.  Wh.  Gaz.  of  Sept.,  from  which  sources  I    jondense  the  following  :  "  Colum- 
l)u<,  454  m.,  was  reached  on  the  morning  of  the  9th,  a  daily  average  of  50  m.,  though  I  made 
the  So  m.  ?rom  Terre  Haute  to  indiaiiapolis  (half  of  it        poor  roads)  in  8  h.,  thereby  breaking 
the  record  between  those  places.     My  longest  nde  was  1..  m  Erie  to  Buffalo,  90  m.  in  n  h., 
whence  through  Albany  to  Boston  I  found  the  poorest  average  riding  of  all.    I  several  times  rode 
as  much  as  60  or  T^  m.  in  a  day.     My  only  run  after  dark  was  from  Batavia  to  Leroy,  10  m. 
My  one  day's  illness  apparently  '-suited  from  a  change  in  the  drinking  water,  early  in  the  tnp ; 
l)ut  I  wheeled  20  m.  that  day.     Rain  did  not  deter  me,  and  I  never  caught  cold.     I  found  my 
best  riding  hours  were  from  4  A,  M.  to  12,  und  I  rested  considerably  in  the  afternoons.     Estimat- 
ing my  rests  as  84  days,  my  complete  riding-days  as  19  and  my  distance  as  1354  m.,  would  show 
an  average  daily  mileage  of  almost  71m.;  while  dividing  the  distance  by  the  full  28  days  of  the 
tour  would  still  show  an  average  of  neariy  484  m.     I  tcok  six  headers  while  trying  to  ride  down 
a  single  hill  at  Ashtabula,  but  had  very  few  falls  on  level  ground.     My  baggage  was  strapped  be- 
hind the  saddle  in  a  little  valise.     My  height  is  5  ft,  6  in,,  weight,  135  lbs,, and  I  lost  hardly  3  lbs. 
on  the  way.     I  was  forced  to  do  considerable  walking  on  the  Ohio  roads.    Those  of  Illinois  were 
the  best."     He  has  sent  no  leply  to  repeated  letters  of  mine,  askingif  these  statements  rest  upon 
his  authority,  and  requesting  him  to  supply  a  table  of  daily  distances  and  halting-places ;  and 
similar  enquiries  which  I  have  addressed  to  subscribe  s  in   St.   Louis,  and  to  the  editors  of  the 
cycling  papers  there,  for  fuller  details  of  His  remarkable  trip,  have  likewise  brought  no  response. 
The  mileage  from  St.  L.  to  Boston,  by  r.  r.  guide,  is  1228,  divided  thus  :  through  Terre  Haute 
to   I.dianapolis,   264;  Cleveland,  283;   Buffalo,    183;  Albany,   398.     [After  the  above  was  in 
type,  I  received  from  Mr.  B,  a  i?buiaicu  repoii  (jan,    14,    SOi,  ^iia   !  nitr.  a:— .c-;r/  —a—  rvv::: 
for  these  extracts  from  it  :     "  My  cyclom,  broke  before  I  'd  gone   150  m,,  and  I  took  distances 
on  th;  authority  of  people,  met  on  the  road,  who  were  supposed  to  know.     I  'm  sorry  now 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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I  dulD  t  keep  .  record  of  a  grea.  many  thing,.     The  last  two  day.  of  ,ne  *rip  g.»e  a  lon.rr 
o.,ieage(.»3j  than  any  other  two,  though  I  spoiled  the  conlnmuy  of  i.  by  taking   train  ( 
through  H.K«ac  tunnel,  rather  than  walk  9  m.  over  the   nuu.      I    was  from  4  a    m    1     '  '" 
r.  u.,  m  wheeling  83  m.  from  New  Lebanon,  N.  V..  to   Athol,  besxle.  the  tunnel  r.de    JTx 
re.     ed  B«,ton,  80  m.,  next  day  at  0  jo  p.  m.     f  give  the  miles  of  each  day',  ride    *,  h  tl 
pUce  and  hour  w^ere  it  end    1  I' p.  m.'  b.-n.g  understood  unle«*  '  a.  m.'  U  exprewed)   as  f  " 
low.:     July,   io,  Trenton.  4.30;  ,d,  50,  Kggcrstowu,  6;  3d,  34,   Effingham,  4  i  4th    70'    iv" 
Haute  sjo;  5th,  ,0.  n,  T.  H.;  6,h.  80.  Indianapolis,  a.30;  7th,  70,    Richmond,  6.3;     «,h\7 
Spnngficld    5;  .>.h,  44.  Columbus,  .,.30  A.M.;   ,.th,65,  Uucyrus,  5  ;    .  .th,  ao.  I'lymouth,  3  •  ,',  ,,' 
65,Klyr.a,6;   .3th,  .0,  Lleveland,  8.30  a.  M  ;    u.h.  jo,   -ieneva,    (a  10)6.30;   .jth   50    Kn. 
.6.h,.^.Bufialo.3      .;.h.Nia,araa.abackby.raln;    .8th,  57.  I.roy.  s!   .U.  35  C  1^^^^  ' 
;  aoth,  a.,  farm-house.  4 ;  a.st.  55.  -Syracu.sc,  3;  aad.    .5,  Chittenango,  (6.30  to)  8-  „d  "  ' 
Utica    . .  A    .  ;  ,4th    45,  Fort  Pla,,,,  6 ;  ,5.!,,  O5,  Albany   3  ;  a6th,  40.  New  t.banon    5 ;  ,;  h 
83.At^ol,  7.30;  „S.h,  ^,  13o.ton.  6.30.     This  makes  a  total  of   .347  m.      I  was  ill  on  the  Ihi 
o    .oth  and  slep.  only  a  li.tle  ;  rode  ,0  m.  01.  the  .  ..h,  though  feeling  very  weak,  and  on  .,,h  c^ 
pleted  a  three  days'  run  of  ,40  m.,  by  taking  a  bad  header.      I  still  car-y  scars  from  the  fa  1,  1  h  H 
a.  Ashtabula  on  the  .5th.     Several  d..ys  were  very  hot,  the  a,d  showing  ^^  in  I  shad!  " 

One  of  the  earliest  lM,g  tours  made  in  this  country  also  terminated  at  Hoston  (Oct    .,    'So)    nv 
mg  been  begun  54  days  previously  at  f.ima.which  is7i  m.  s.ofToledo.  .30  m.  n.  of  fi.ici'nnati,  a"„d 
.bout  30  m.  e.  of  the  fnd  ana  border.    The  B,.  IV^tUoi  Dec.  3  gave  two  columns  ,c  a  report  ,f  i 
^m  a  talk  with  R.  W.  Harmen.er,  and  this  f  thuscondense  :  "  My  companion,  Charles  K.  Cani 
beU^of  Lima,  rc-ie  a  ,a  in.,  while  f  rode  a  54  in.,  both  being  Standard  Columbias,  recently  pro! 
cur-d,  .or  ne.the>  A  us  had  ndde.i  .00  m.  all  told.    My  weight  increased  from  ,  ,3  to  .45  lbs  durin. 
thetnp.     WeMartedAug.  19.  at  5  p.  m,  and  rode  ..*  m.  to  Cranberry  ;  ,oth.  Kinley  «m  ■  i- 
Tiffin,  28  m.:  2.d,   Mo".:oeville;   23d,    Norwalk,  4  •  -   ;  2.,th,  bad  clay  roads  for' 20  m '-my 
companion  breaking  down  and  going  to  Cleveland  by  train;  2sth,  Cleveland;  27lh,   (.leniva  ■ 
»8»h,  Girard  ;  joth,  Westfield.     Two  days  later,   my  companion  rejoined  me  at  Uke  C  hautau' 
qua,  and  our  tour  continued:  Sept.    ,.   MayvUle   to  Silver  Creek;  2d,   Buffalo;  3d     Niagara- 
4th    Albion;   uh,  Rochester  ;  6th,  Clyd- ;   7th.  Syracuse;  9th,  Utica  ;   loth,  Little  Falls  •   .',ih' 
Schenectady  ;   .2th.  Albany.     The  road  was  bad  for  this  last  ,5m.,  and  for  most  of  the  way  .  [ 
took  the  r.  r.  track ;  as  also  from  Utica  to  Little  Falls,  on  acr-^nnt  of  rain  ;  while  from  Clyde  to 
Syracuse  we  mostly  tried  the  tow-path,   as   the  road   was  sandy  and  stony.     On  the  .,th    we 
wheeled  30  m.  down  the  river  to  fiudson,   whence  on   .6th,  Mr.    Campbell  started  for  Boston 
while  I  visited  New  York  and  the  Catskills  till  Uct.    o,    when  f  wheeled  37  m.  from  Hudson  to 
Mt^ Gray    by  gnod  road,  with  only  one  large  hill ;  on  the  7th,  by  sandy,  stony  and  mountainous 
roads  to  Westfield  ;  8th,  to  Springfield  ;  gth,  to  Worcester  ;  where  I  halted  a  day  and  then  rode 
to  Boston  on  Monday,  the  ..th."     (By  referring  to  p.    201,   it  will  be  seen   that  1  left  Ulica 
fomgw.,  on  the  morning  of  Sept.   9.    'So.   while  these   tourist  ,   coming  e..   arrived  there  that' 
Mm.  n.ght :  but  f  failed  to  meet  them  or  to  hear  of  them.)    Though  the  Bi.  n'or/J ^>haw%  that 
Mr.  P.  rode  on  3.  of  the  54  days,  it  exagger-tcs  the  distance  covered  to  "  about  .000  m    "  and  says 
It  was  "  accomplished  in  about  20  riding  days,  or  an  average  of  50  m.  a  day."     Similar  vague  and 
uncertain  phrases  were  used  in  the  papers  to  characterize  the  tour  which  Gale  Sherman    of  the 
same  town,  took  to  Boston,  the  next  .spring.     I   exchanRed  a  few   words  with  him  there  at  tlie 
time  of  the  league  meet  in  May.  but  have   forgot,  n   what   he  said  as   tr  the  proportion  of  his 
(oumey  which  was  done  by  train  ;  and  the  letter  of  enquiry  which    I  addressed  to  Lima  (Dec 
.9,  -85)  brought  no  response,  from  either  him  or  Mr.  Parmenter.     The  same  fate  befell  my  let- 
ter of  same  date  to  another  tourist,  whom  I  met  on  the  same  occasion  :  W.  H.  Craigin   of  Bos- 
ton  who  wheeled  from  Chicago  to  Wheeling,  in  the  autumn  following  ;  then  sold  his'mad.ii.e 
.nd  took  tram  to  Wash.ngton.  where   I  met  him  again  at  the  close  of  my  ow^  autumn  ride 
along  the  Potomac  "  (Oct.  28.  '8,,  see  p.  242).     I  remember  he  told  me  that  tonrint;  had  s„ch 

a  fascination  iThim  that  he  had  decided  to  2b.-!:iH.".n  !h.-  -.vh.-sl  a-.:;.^!..  r _;  ...'_„ 

only  security  against  letting  his  love  for  it  get  the  better  of  his  desire  to  '^succeed  in  busfnlss" 
He  felt  that,  if  he  trusted  himself  in  the  saddle  at  all,  he  could  hardly  resist  the  temptation  to 


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"continually  go  i-toiirinK-"     A  report  of  hi>  joii-n«v.  wilh  the  title,  "  Chicigo  10  [lotton,"  wu 
ujiitinueil  through  several  numben  of  ihe  Bi.  World,  over  the  signature,  "  Cruokshank-i. 

"  Western  adventures  of  a  bicycle  touris*  :  being  a  truthful  narration  of  a  trip  from  Dan- 
ville,  111.,  to  Cheyenne,  Wy.,  written  by  the  very  '  idjit  '  who  did  the  deed,"  was  ihe  title  of 
iliout  12,000  words  which  Will  Rom  printed  in  a  half-dozen  issues  of  his  weekly  taper,  the 
Taothfkk  ()vAy  ij  to  Aug.  17,  '83),  at  Ashmore,  111.,  concerning  his  tour  of  the  previous  vsa- 
wm,  which  also  supplied  him  with  materials  for  a  public  lecture.  In  the  first  place,  lie  adver- 
livd  in  the  Bi.  U'orldKo  send  the  story  in  pamphlet  form  for  20  c.  ;  but  tliose  who,  like  myself, 
fnrwarded  the  amount,  heard  nothing  from  t  for  several  months,  until  the  Toothpick  series 
ifived,  with  an  apologetic  remark  as  to  the  hopelessne-u,  of  issuing  the  projected  book.  The 
litirary  quality  of  the  report  corresponds  very  well  with  is  chosen  title,  but  such  few  facts,  dates 
and  exact  sta:  sties  as  may  be  frund  in  it  I  present  as  follows  :  "  S.arted  the  middle  of  Ar  -ust, 
'Sj  ;  was  six  v.x-ks  vn  the  road  ;  traveled  about  1400  m.,  of  which  lietween  300  m.  and  400  m. 
was  by  train  (on  short  jumps,  when  roads  were  unusually  bad,  because  of  mud,  hills  and  sand)  \ 
cost  of  trip,  I140,  including  the  r.  r.  ticket  home;  used  u  52  in.  Standard  Columbia,  and  had 
had  only  three  weeks'  practice  ;  route  lay  llirough  the  mud  to  Mattoon,  and  Lincoln,  then  by 
dryer  roads  to  I'eoria,  Bureau,  and  Tishwilka  ;  final  ^\  m.  to  Princeton  took  3  h.,  through  mud, 
.iiid  while  I  waited  there  five  days  (or  it  to  dry,  I  found  some  good  wheeling  in  and  around 
Hennepin,  on  e  bank  of  Illinois  riv.  Friday,  Sept.  6,  1  rode  45  m.,  from  P.  to  (ieneseo,  the 
first  12  m.  Ijeing  very  good,  the  rest  exceedingly  rough  and  bumpy,  with  several  bad  swamp*; 
7th,  sandy  and  diffir-ilt  for  about  30  m.  to  Rock  Island,  at  5  p.  m.  ;  ylh  after  a  detour  to 
.Moline,  5  m.  e.,  I  cross  the  Mississippi  to  Daven]  anr'.  have  good  roads  for  35  m.,  but  get 

lired  of  the  hills,  and  so  take  train  to  Iowa  City;  ake  train  several  times  befo.j  getting  to 
(Irinnell,  on  the  1  iih  ;  between  there  and  Oes  Moines  the  hills  are  many  and  big  ;  but  beyond 
the  roads  are  quite  good  ;  and  after  spending  sevciai  days  in  Council  Hluffs  I  cross  ti.e  Missouri 
to  Omaha,  on  the  i8th,  and  find  good  roads  to  Elkhom  and  Central  City  (135  m.),  whence  I 
wheel  for  dinner  26  m.  to  Grand  Island,  and  20  ,:i.  more  to  Wells  River  at  5  p.  m.  ;  and  next 
<l.iy  cover  (.  m.  to  Plum  Creek,  though  thrice  throv/n  into  ruts  by  the  winds,  which  blow  in  Ne- 
braska as  I'  *here  else  ;  one  of  these  falls  takes  the  tire  half  ofj  my  big  wheel,  and  the  other 
lames  me  ii  the  knee,— the  only  hurt  of  my  trip ;  i- xt  day  I  get  to  North  Platte,  partly  by 
irain  ;  thence  wheel  to  Ogallala;  and  my  last  night  o-  ihe  road  is  at  Sidney,  which  I  reach  late 
and  leave  early.  The  final  day  is  the  chilliest  of  all,  b;it  as  th-  gravel  roads  are  quite  smooth 
mid  hard,  I  try  to  keep  warm  and  be  satist.ed,  in  spite  of  thr  terrible  loncsfjmeness  caused  by 
ilie  graveyard  silence  of  that  dreary  and  desolate  region  of  prairies  ;  but  when  darkness  over- 
takes me  at  a  section-house  some  miles  from  Cheyenne,  I  board  a  freight  train  which  carries  me 
10  that  city  late  at  night.  The  Nebraska  air  was  very  exhilarnting,  and  Ihouph  my  trail  through 
ih.'  beautiful  Platte  valley  was  up-grade,  it  was  nearly  always  in  sight  of  the  r.  r,  and  there  were 
no  hillr,  to  climb.  Sometimes  the  surface  was  excellent  ;  sometimes  only  moderately  pood,  but 
hardly  ever  positively  bad,  except  where  patches  of  sand  were  found.  Much  riding  had  to  be 
d"iie  in  the  wagon-track,  as  the  prairie  roads  tienerally  consist  of  a  big  ridge  in  the  middle,  with 
a  rut  on  each  side.  I  expressed  a  valise  ahead,  fron"  place  to  place,  as  I  think  it  a  nuisance  to 
have  a  m.  i.  p.  bag  or  other  bulky  object  strapped  to  Ihe  bicycle.  I  also  recommend  a  tourist  on 
a  long  trip  to  ride  a  wheel  from  two  to  four  inches  under  size."  No  reply  came  to  my  enquiry 
for  further  details  (Dec.  '85),  though  the  writer  subscribed  for  my  book,  early  in  '84. 

A  fortnight's  tour  of  686  m.  (July  15-29,  '84),  taken  by  H.  C.  Finkler.  Captain  of  the  .San 
Francisco  I?.  C,  and  a  stenographer  by  profession,  comprised  the  exploration  of  more  than  350 
ni.  of  Californian  roadway  ;  and  the  report  which  he  sent  to  me  covered  ten  columns  in  the 
»«■/}«/ (Nov.  21,  2S  ;  Dec.  5,  '84^  from  which  I  condense  the  following  :  "  My  wheel  was  a  52 
■  •I.  light  roadster  (34  lbs.)  and  carried  25  lbs.  of  luggage,  and  for  the  first  three  days  I  was  accom- 
panied by  A.  M.  Wapple.  The  roads  were  in  fine  condition,  but  we  made  several  halts  and  de- 
murs and  cross-cuts  over  rough  country,  so  that  our  mileage,  as  shown  each  night  by  odometer, 
^lood  as  follows  :  .isth,  San  Jose,  56 j  ;  16th,  San  Felipe,  41:  17th,  HolHster,  24J.  On  the 
i8lh,  when  2  m.  from  H.,  I  forded  the  San    Benito  riv.,  which  has  a  muddy  and  qaicksandy 


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bottom.  ai.a  took  breakfast  at  San  Juan,  7  m.  00,  before  walking  up  ana  down  the  rough  a.,d 
•leep  m...    t.1111    17^  m.  to  .-Ulinaa,  in  the  midst  of  adobe  nods,  whence,  alter  lunch,  1  surtrd 
toward,  the  «ra-«.o*>t,  and  alter  fording  the  Saliiui.  and  sev.ral  smaller  stream.,  reached  ihe 
Kl  Mome   Hotel  m  Monterey,  with  4  day's  record  of  55^  m.  <,f  pleasant  nding  and  walkin. 
through  beautiful  scenery.     My  road  a.  far  as  San  Jose  had  been  level  and  superbly  stnooih 
and  the  region  of  M.nterey  boasts  50  m.  or  more  of  wmlpapered  ami   polished  drivewa-.;  bu 
a.  soon  ai  1  left  that  great  sea-side  resort,  tnonotonoua  biliuws  of  >and  had  to  be  tra.-iiped'acK>s. 
and  r<,iigh  farm-road^  of  ha.d  adobe,  so  tS..  .„y  record  of  the  iSth,  at  Castroville.  was  but  j,) 
m..  of  wluch  much  h*l  been  ridden  lu  M.  befoi  •  sUrting.     \  he  mosquit.^s  caiiw.l  grrai  trouble 
fr.  m  C.  to  Watsonville.  where  1  met  the  l.ibson  brother.,  who  had  wheeled  from  S.  V    and 
w..    induced  me  to  abandon  the  plan  of  continuing  up  the  coast  •..  Sa.  ta  Crui,  as  they  said  ihe 
sand  on  the  roads  would  make  progress  t,».  laborious.     So  1  struck  acr<»s.  thr     ign  ihe  '  hitman 
ai.d(.rayrantnes.to  the   hanla  Clara  valley,  and  with  the  wind's  help  s,»..  reached  (iilrov 
whence  1  doubled  on  my  track  of  four  days  before  to  Madrone.  48^  m.  for  the  day      Ihence 
on  the  a. SI,  by  my  former  perfect  road  lor  iS  m.  to  San  Jose,  where  at  .0  I  began  a  climb  .,( 
asl  tn.  to  the  Lick  (Jbserv.tory  on   Mt.  Hamilton,  at  5.30  r.  m.     This  is  an  altitude  of  4440  ft 
and  the  rise  of  the  la>t  7  m.  is  1^70  ft.     From  what  is  called  ihe  summit  (1..  m.  from  S   J   •  i,„o 
ft   elevation),  \  descended  to  Hill's  Valley  and  Smith's  Creek,  8J  m.,  and  then  climbed  up  a 
winding  grade,  of  aU.ut  6  ft    to   too.  for  the  fir.al  6|  m.    to  the  Observatory.      In  returninK 
through  a  .    avy  fog.  I  twik  a  cross-cut  trail  to  the  brick-yard,  i  m..  and  reached  Smith's  t  reek 
a  h.  after  leaving  the  top,  with  a  day's  record  of  55*  m.     On  the  aid.  1  took  a  swift  spin  .„ 
Alum  rock  and  back,  before  breakfasting  at  the  Junction  House,  whence  I  returned  to  San  Jose 
for  a  short  stop  -t  chUrch,  and  then  continued  through  Melp.  u  (6t  m.\  Washington  Cornem 
(8J  m.),  San  Lorcnio  (i6i  m.),  Oakland  pier  (16  J  m.),  and  so  across  to  me  starting-point  of  my 
tour  i.  5  p.  M, -making  83  m.  for  the  day,  which  was  cooled  by  gentle  showers,  and  380}  m.  for 
the  8  days,  during  which  I  traveled  in  the  counties  of  San  Francisco.  San  Mateo,  Santa  Clara. 
San  Benito  a..d  Alameda.     The  proposed  run  of  the  second  week  through  Marin  county  from 
San  Rafael  had  to  be  abandoned,  because  the  rain,  which  continued  during  the  a3d,  made  the 
roads  too  muddy;  but  I   took  boat  to  Petaluma  instead,  and  at  6  a.  m.  of  June  24.  started 
thence,  ..gainst  a  strong  n.  wind,  for  breakfast  at  Santa  Rosa,  i6}  m.     For  the  next  16  m.  to 
Healdsburg,  the  wind  rapidly  improved  the  roads,  which  are  of  gravelly  surface,  so  that  two 
days  later  they  would  stand  a  fair  comparison  to  the  finest  in  the  State.     Numerous  but  gentle 
grades  offered  good  chance*  ',.  coasting  during  the  next   18  m.  to  Cloverdale,  where  I  spent  the 
night  (soj  m.  for  the  d  ,  ;  434^  m.  for  the  tour),  except  those  near  the  '  Swiss-Italian  colony," 
whose  constant  wood-hauling  had  made  things  rough  and  rutty.     As  far  as  Hoptown,  16}  m., 

I  also  found  a  bumpy  adobe  surface  and  steep  hills,  on  the  25th,  and  I  had  te  ord  the  Russian 
riv,  before  reaching  Ukiab,  18  m.,  but  the  roads  were  then  good,  though  very  du  'v.  to  Cleve- 
land's Mill,  8  m.  On  the  26th,  after  ri.'ing  13  m.,  '  cnme  in  sight  of  the  Blue  lakes,  and  sped 
smoothly  along  a  toll-road,  exhi'arated  by  the  mountain  air  and  the  grandeur  of  the  scenery, 
until  at  last  I  coasted  down  a  gentle  slope  to  the  hotel  on  the  shore.  After  a  brief  halt  here,  1 
proceeded  by  fair  roads  14  m.  down-grade  to  Lake  Port,  on  Lake  Clear,  a  superb  piece  of  water 

II  m.  wide  and  27  m.  long,  where  I  halted  several  hours  for  a  sail  and  swim  ;  and  then  went 
through  Kelseyville,  %\  m.,  to  Olenbrook,  11  m.,  for  the  night.  This  day's  surroundings  were 
indescribably  attractive  :  mountainous  roads  winding  amid  steep  bluffs  and  deep  caiions,  with 
enchanting  views  of  the  lake  at  every  turn  ;  but  pleasanter  than  all  was  the  fact  of  my  overtak- 
ing  three  fellow-wheelmen  at  G.,  who  had  left  Petaluma  two  days  in  a '•.ince  of  myself,  and 
been  delayed  by  bad  weather  and  a  broken  bicycle.  The  trio  wer'  C-^- ri;e  Rideout,  Ernest 
Rideout  and  A.  H.  Cowen,  the  first  of  whom  took  train  home  next  day  '  S.  c  ,  while  the  other 
two  wheeled  with  me  to  Napa,  56  m.  We  spent  the  forenoon  in  walking  over  the  St.  Helena 
mtn.  to  Calistoga,  28  m..  where  we  were  fairly  in  the  beautiful  Napa  valley,  and  we  covered 
the  next  9  m.  to  St.  Helena  in  f  h.,  for  the  road  is  the  best  in  this  n.  part  of  the  State,  and  it 

continues  fair  to  Nana ^  with  occasional  bumGv  natche*.      W.*  i.-v-.V  5r.  ^ar!-..-  ^t-.i :V._    .stK 

and  finished  61  m.,  through  the  Saciamento  valley,  at  Davisville,  at  6  ?.  m.,  after  much  tramp- 


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m,:  coupled  with  (rightfui  heat  and  n  line'  juj  tomi^ntinK  innects,— lh«  intermediate  points  be- 
itiK  lordelia,  ijI  m.  ;  Kairfield.  8  m.  (at  11  o'clock);  Klmira,  14  m.  ;  and  Dixon,  ij^  m.  <)n 
ihe  J^lh,  we  made  an  excursion  to  Wnodland  and  back  (ij  m),  and  then  took  can  home  for 
S  K,— though  I  »toi  :ied  over  it  Sacramento  long  enough  to  do  jo  m.  o<  wheeling  between  there 
and  Kivrnide.  My  six  days'  mileage  thus  amounted  to  J03I,  and  included  six  counties  : 
■>..iioma,  Mendocino,  Lake  Na,  ,  Solano.  Volo  and  Sacramento;  and  I  gained  5)  lbs.  during 
the  fiirlnight's  tour  of  6«6}  m.  through  eleven  counties." 

Another  notable  fonnighl'i  to-,  in  California  (April  11-35.  '85  ;  3^19  m.  ;  reported  it.  i>r. 
1*  h  i'lat.,  A:i^  '«»  "ii  63-ft4)  was  taken  by  Kmest  Rideout  (b.  July  jj,  1865)  with  his  brothe. 
W.tltf.(b.  Jul/  11,  1H67),  to  the  V'»emite  Valley,— their  first  day's  route  covering  nearly  the 
s.iinc  ground  as  the  lait  day's  of  the  tour  just  given,  but  in  a.i  opposite  direction  :  "As  the  road 
fr.irn  S.  K.  to  South  Vallfjo  is  in  very  poor  condition  in  April,  we  went  thither  by  »teamer,  and 
fmin.l  (airly  gooo  riding  through  North  ''allejo  to  the  Four  Mile  House,  6  m.,  wheice  we 
w.ilked  most  of  the  11  m.  to  Cordelia,  or  Bridgeport,  for  dinner  at  n.30.  We  s|ieeded  thence 
111  Siiisun,  6  m.  in  J  h.  ;  to  Klmira,  11  m.  of  fair  road,  at  4,  and  to  Dixon,  by  poorer  ones  at  7, 
whfii  we  stopped  at  the  Arcade  House.  The  main  road  along  here  is  a  pleasant  one,  but 
therr  are  so  many  side-tracks  that  the  tourist  is  apt  very  frequently  to  bring  up  against  a  farm 
Kate,  which  compels  him  to  turn  back  and  begin  again.  After  passing  Davisville  at  9  A.  M.  of 
ilie  13th,  we  obeyed  the  advice  of  a  '>ad  boy,  who  directed  us  across  the  fields  to  the  'top 
road,'  which,  when  reached  after  many  difficult  tniles,  proved  scarcely  walkable  im  account  of 
deep  mud,  and  led  acros.s  three  bridgeless  streams,  where  wo  had  to  strip  and  wade,  with  our 
clothes  and  wheels  above  our  heads.  We  reached  Sacramento  at  3  F.  M.,  completely  used  up, 
with  a  diy's  record  of  26  m.  ;  but  were  fresh  for  a  new  Stan  on  the  14th,  and  reached  KIk  (Jrove, 
l^^  m  ,  in  4^  h.,  just  before  noon,  in  spite  of  straying  into  by-paths,  and  meeting  deep  ruts  which 
forteil  us  to  walk.  Walff's  headers,  to  this  point  of  the  tcjr,  nuriibered  just  eight ;  and  his  new 
President  bicycle  suffered  in  handles  and  pedals,  while  an  injury  to  one  crank  forced  the  shorten- 
ing up  of  both.  Halting  a  h.  for  din,.er,  we  nxle  i:}  m.  to  dalt,  in  i}  h.  ;  reached  Woodbri  Ig- 
7)m  ,at  4.?"  and  Stockton,  15  m.,  at  6.35.  We  stopped  a  day  at  S.,  which  is  the  real  poiti'  of 
de(>arture  for  the  Yosemite  run  (our  preliminary  visit  to  Sacramen  o  being  chiefly  foi  the  sake 
of  seeing  friends  on  the  way),  and  on  the  i6lh  reached  Karmington,  \^\  m.,  by  good  road,  at 
10  1;,  Knight's  Kerry,  aoj  m.,  at  3,  and  Cloudman'»  or  John  Curtain's,  at  6.30.  On  the  17th, 
up  lull  by  rough  roads  to  Chinese  Camp,  8  m.  (7. 10  to  10.10);  then  a  still  tougher  ascent  for  13 
m  to  Priest's  (including  one  hill  which  had  to  be  "alked  up  for  3  m.);  then  3  m.  to  Groveland, 
during  which  we  twice  waded  the  Tuolumne  riv.,  ..esi'les  crossing  it  by  ferry  (25  c.)  at  Jackson- 
ville. We  each  had  to  pay  50  c.  toll  on  the  road,  for  this  is  t---Td  of  every  one,  whether  walk- 
•n)!  or  riding.  On  the  -Sth,  to  Cror':er's,  23J  m.  (6.30  A.  M.  to  3.40  p.  M.),  with  grand  scene-y  all 
ne  way,  but  no  houses.  H..e  we  got  the  best  meals  we  had  had  since  leaving  Stockton  :  and, 
as  we  were  now  well  up  in  the  mountains,  the  falling  snow  caused  a  delay  in  our  start,  on  the 
mor.iing  of  the  19th,  and  afterwards  drove  us  to  the  shelter  of  a  deserted  log-cabin.  The  rold 
stopped  the  working  of  my  cyclometer;  but  the  distance  from  Crocker's  to  Crane's  Klat  is  8  m., 
ind  the  summit  .s  i  in.  beyond,  followed  by  a  descent  of  14  m.  into  the  valley.  We  couldn't 
1  de  much,  on  account  of  the  snow  and  the  cold  ;  and  at  one  time  we  were  almost  froien.  Ice 
formed  all  over  our  bicycles  and  prevented  the  wheels  from  revolving,  until  we  picked  it  away 
with  cur  knives.  After  a  stretch  of  this  sort  of  traveling,  the  roads  became  clearer,  and  allowed 
us  to  ride,  until,  at  a  certain  bend  in  the  road,  we  suddenly  saw  the  famous  valley  smiling  at 
our  feet,  in  all  its  loveliness,  though  4  m.  of  steep  de.scents  remained  before  we  really  reached 
It,  and  put  up  at  the  Barnard  House.  The  backbone  of  Walter's  machine  broke  o:.  the  way 
down,  and  vie  tool,  turns  in  trundling  it  until  we  reached  a  blacksmith,  who  clums.ly  welded  it 
together,  at  a  charge  of  $5.  Our  mileage  for  the  seven  days  was  -.^\\,  of  which  118J  represented 
the  distance  from  Stockton.  Having  visited  Bridal  Veil  falls  and  Mirror  lake,  we  gave  the  rest 
of  the  day  to  scaling  Glacier  point  (covered  with  snow),  whence  we  could  see  the  Vernal  and 
Nevada  fails,  and  almost  everyttiing  else  in  this  indescribably  splendid  valley  ;  and  at  7  a.  m.  of 
.April  21  resumed  o'\s  bicycles  for  the  return.     We  reached  Crocker's  at  3.30  p.  m.,— the  cyclom- 


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eter,  which  had  thawed  out  while  in  the  valley,  giving  the  di&tanLe  as  53  m.,— and  spent  the 
SL'corul  niKlit  at  (Jrovoton,  in  order  to  fix  ihi;  tire  of  Walter's  little  wheel,  which  strip'Hd  uff 
when  6  III.  from  there.  Next  inoriiiiig  he  bent  Ills  handle-bar  by  a  fall  and  then  broke  ii,  m  try. 
ing  to  pull  it  straight ;  and  my  own  r.  handle-bar  snapped  off  on  the  2sth,  while  coasting  a  hu' 
in  less  tnan  2  m.  after  starting  from  Kmglu'a  Ferry  at  6  a.  m.,  and  within  half  a  mile  after  my 
pushing  off  a  pedal.  Kigging  up  a  wooden  handle,  10  correspond  with  Waller's,  I  rode  5  ni 
furih -r  with  one  pedal,  and  then  fitted  in  a  carriage-bolt  which  served  in  place  of  the  other  as 
far  as  Karmington,  where  1  took  one  of  Walter's,  and  reachoi'  Stockton  at  i  v  M.,— he  goini; 
thither  by  train  (as  the  welded  backbone  was  near;y  ready  to  1  .\  apjrt  again),  and  both  of  us 
thence  ho—  ■■"  r.  The  bicycle  used  on  this  tour  was  my  old  Expert,  which  had  been 
thiou^h  r       .  ign  ;  and  its  brake-spoon   was  half  worn  away  .vheii  the  tour  ended." 

The  »  •■  .lU'ay  ride  in  California  seems  to  have  been  the  one  described  in  the  Morninsr 

Ciiil  A'i  takL  Sunil        June  15,  ';>.  f™'"  ^a"   Francisco  (Twentieth  and  Mission  sts.j,  jt 

A.  M.,  to  San  Jose,  at   1  jo  p.  m  ,  with  halts  amounting  to  i   h.  50  rain.     The  first  stretch   ii 
Cooma,  wasroush'st,  and  req    red  much  walking;  the  last,  from  Santa  Clara,  was  smootlicM 
and  swiftest.     The  people  all  along  the  route  were  as  kind  and  hospitable  as  they  were  curious 
und  admiring  ;  and  the  "time"  was  sent  back  by  telegraph.     Great  surprise  was  expres.std  j; 
the  fact  of  wheeling  so  silently  through  a  flock  of  200  sheep,  which  were  resting  in  the  ro.i.l 
that  onlv  one  of  them  got  up  to  move  aw.iy.     This  was  the  first  long  rid  ■  ever  taken  bv  Irt.i 
T.  MeriMi    b.  1S5S),  who  is  now  of  the  firm  of   Hollister  &  Merrill,  |  roprielors  of  the  North- 
west stencil  and  rubber-stamp  works,  at  Portland,  Or.,  and  whose  personal  report  to  me  (.-icpi. 
27,   84)  is  as  follows  :  "  I  have  kept  no  record  of  my  out-door  riding ;  in  fact,  have  not  induli'ed 
in  a  great  deal  of  it.'     I  once  took  a  round-trip  from  S.   F.,  with  F.  W.  Caples,  of  that  ciiy"  10 
Santa  Cruz,  Monterey,  Watsonville,  (lilroy,  San  Jose  and  home  ;  and  once  with  A.  A    Heniiet;, 
of  S.  F.,  climbed  over  the  Sierra  Nevadas  to  Reno,  300  m.  in  6  days  (see  p.  470;  also  IVhe.-l,  I  eb. 
6,  '85).     Most  of  the  Oregon  roads  are  inferior  to  those  of  California,  tliough  I  've  not  yet  tri^t] 
150  111.  of  them.     I  learned  to  ride  ilie  bone-shaker  in  Boston,  14  years  ago,  and  have  practic  il 
on  it  or  the  bicycle  pretty  -leadilyever  since.     I  've  appeared  in  public  for  about  10  years,  and 
during  that  time  have  ric'den  80  weeks  at  Wotxlward's  Gardens,  in  S.  F.,  carrying  my  two  brothers 
on  my  shoulders,  one  above  the  other.     While  there,  also,  I  ga\        special  performance  before 
the  King  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,  6  years  ago.     In  these  ways  I  have  earned  the  title  of  '  profes- 
sional champion  trick-bicycler  of  the  Pacific  coast.'     I  have  taught  180  men  and  12  women  how- 
to  ride  the  bicycle,  and  I  intend  to  open  another  school  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion,  next  wiiucr. 
In  last  winter's  race  here,  I  covered  256  m.  in  21  h.,  on  a  50  in.  Expert  (46  lbs.).     I've  just  now 
returned  from  '  doing  the  county  fairs,'  and  I  expect  to  continue  riding  for  many  years  to  come  " 
A  notable  run  of   100  in    in   12}  li.  was  made  by  H.  C.  Finkler,  July  3,  '84,   "  to  see  how 
much  he  could  easily  do  wuliout  straining,  while  invigorated  by  his  fortnight's  tour,"  already 
('jscribed;  and  the  record  is  as  follows,— the  first  numera'  showing  the  hour,  the  second  the 
mileage  :    "  Start  7.35,  Mission  and  Twenty-sixth  sts.,  o;    9,  I'onrteen  Mile  House,  iij;    q.15, 
li.  O.  Mills's  Villa,  at  Millbrae,  13*;   10.  Belmont  Hotel,  22;  1045,  Redwood  City,  25?:  11. 15! 
M-mlo  Paik,2.)};   11.25,   Palo  Alto,  31J  ;    11.45,  Mayfield,  34} ;    12,  Mountain  View.  39J;   ,.05 
p.  u.,  Santa  Clara,  47J  :    i-Jo,  San  Jnse,  51^;  3,  Covote,  63J;  ,.,0,  Madrone,  69I ;  5  ::;,  Gilrov, 
SiJ;  0.55,  San   Felipe,  qiJ;  S,  Hollister.  looj.     At  the  outso(  of  the  route,  which  wis  a  con- 
tinuation of  .Mission  St.,  a  slow  pace  was  enforced  by  the  ■■vind.     From  Millbrae  to  San  Jnse,  the 
road  is  shaded  on  both  sides  by  large  trees,  and  it  was  on  this  smooth  stretch  that  I  look  a 
terrific  header  while  going  down  a  gentle  grade.     My  second  mishap  was  within  1}  m.  of  Hollis- 
ter :  a  collision  with  a  farm-wagon,  which  refused  to  turn  out.     Allowing  for  !■;  stops,  my  aver- 
age gait  was  about  10  m.  per  h.,  and  the  ride  brought  my  total  vacalion  milci^je  up  to  7S7." 
This  is  the  longest  straightaway  .  un  yet  reported  in  California ;  though  greater  number  of  m.  in 
12  h.  have  since  been    traversed  upon  the  same  roads.     Thus,  the  Bi.    H'orld  (Apr.  24.  'S;) 
printed  a  report  of  150  m.  ride  taken  by  Wm.  J.  Bowman,  of  Oakland  B.  C,  to  (lilroyanri  back. 
sta-ting  Sunday,  .March  72,  at  7.30  a.  m  ,  and  finishing   Monday  at   i   A.  M.,  with  rests  that  re- 
duced his  time  in  the  saddle  to  ij  h.  25  min.     "  His  first  dismount  was  made  at  the  public 


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sciuare,  in  front  o£  St.  Jame»  Hotel,  in  San  Jose  (45  m.),  at  ....s.-ihe  times  at  previous  point. 
lx:.g:  ban  Lorenz.,  S.jo;   Mt.   Eden,  S.45  ;  Alvarado,  9.05;  Centerville,  y.^o;   Washington 
Lorners.  9.55.     He  reached  Gilroy  (30  m.)  at  3  r.  m.,  !>aving  pushed  against  a  heavy  wind  for 
last  iS  m.,  and  made  one  stop  of  i  h.   and  one  of  5  min.,  besides  ihe  J  h.  at  San  Jose       He 
mad.  three  stops  of  5  min.  each  on  the  return  thither,  3,30  to  6.10  ...  m.  ;  and  his  record  then 
stood  at  .05  m.  for  9  h.  20  min.  of  actual  riding.     He  rode  slowly  for  the  final  45  m.  (6  20  p    m 
to  1  A.  M.,  with  three  rests  of  i  h.  each^  to  his  home  at  Ninth  and  Grove  stL.,  Oakland    iji  h 
tn.m  the  start,  as  the  clouds  obscured  the  moon."     The  same  paper  later  said  of  the  same  man 
July  10,  '»5)  ;     •'  He  claims  to  have  made  two  bicycle  runs,  between  midnight  of  May  30  and 
(,,47  A.  u.  of  June  2.  which  gave  a  total  of  347  m.  for  the  54  h.  47  min.  included.     After  doin-  .67 
,n  ,  h.  had  a  half  night's  sleep,  and  then  rode  the  final  200  m, -about  i  of  which  was  a^-ainsl  a 
h  ..d-wmd.     Dunng  the  hours  of  darkness,  he  used  a  small  hub-lamp  and  made  slow  progress  " 
.AcLordmg  to  the  ;r>4.W(Aug.  28,  '85),   "  J.  E.  Gibson,  Capt.  of  Garden  City  I'.   C.    San  Fran 
u,co,  made  an  attempt  to  beat   the  24  b.  road-recurd  of  207 J  m.  which  was  won  in' May  by  K 
R   Cook.     Startmg  at  8.05  a.  m.,  July  29,  he  completed  211  m.  nt  8  A.  M.  of  the  30th    though 
w.  judge  by  the  reports  that  he  rode  more  than  twice .    .rihe  same  stretch  of  roadway,-a  rei^re- 
iKiiMble  practice  which  the  League  racing  board  should  legislate  against."     The  J!i    World 
^id  :   '•  We  do  not  loam  that  J.  E.  Gibson,  of  San  Jose,  took  any  method  to  verify  his  route  anti 
distances  of  July  29."     My  letters  to  both  riders,  request    ,g  details,  have  brought  no  response. 

A  larger  share  of  attention  was  given  in  the  press  to  the  ride  of  1-  red  Russ  Cook  (b.  Nov. 
9,  i36i),  which  was  more  carefully  managed,  and  about  which  he  authorized  his  friend,  S.  V. 
Booth,  jr.,  to  furnish  me  the  following  particulars  :  "  He  learned  to  ride  March  15,  '84,  on  a 
54  in.  Harvard,  and  won  his  first  medal  May  30  by  doing  J  m.  in  1.29J,  on  a  .soft  clay  track. 
\\\~,  height  is  5  ft.  9  in.,  weight  about  170  lbs.,  and  his  portrait  was  printed  in  Spr.  IV/,.  Gaz. 
(J.iii.,  '85).  He  now  rides  a  54  in.  Victor,  the  same  which  served  him  in  making  the  long  record. 
Leaving  Folsom  and  Twenty-first  sts.  at  ..30  p.  m.  (May  2,  '85),  he  went  without  stop  to  San 
Jose  at  5.23,— a  route  which  had  never  before  been  done  without  dismount  or  in  so  short  a  time 
iji  m.  in  3  h.  53  sec),  and  he  did  not  leave  the  saddle  again  for  the  30  m.  to  (;i!roy,  at  8.30. 
Hispapjr  was  signed  at  the  start  by  C.  A.  Kellogg;  at  Belmoi:»  Cj3  m.  at  3.15)  by  A.'  Walter^ 
mire,  while  he  circled  slowly  around  ;  at  Sar  Jose  by  A.  M.  Bogardus,  and  at  Gilroy  b>  W.  H. 
.Smith  The  first  14  m.  is  rather  rough  and  hilly,  and  has  one  hill  which  few  riders  can  con- 
quer; the  next  9  m.  is  rolling  and  a  little  sandy  ;  but  the  next  28  m.,  B.  to  S.  J.,  is  the  finest 
stretch  of  country  road  we  have,  and  he  covered  it  at  v  ly  nearly  the  rate  of  .4  m.  per  h.  The 
other  route,  leading  down  the  c.  side  of  ih  ■  bay  (Oakland  to  S.  J.)  offers  fewer  hills  but  poorer 
riding.  Thence  to  Gilroy  he  had  10  m.  of  fine  surface  and  20  m.  of  poor  p.iiches.  Wailing  it 
G.  till  9,  for  the  moon  to  rise,  a  fog  cam^  instead  and  then  a  wind  sprang  up  against  him,  so 
th  u  he  was  5  h.  on  his  way  back  to  S.  J.  (paper  signed  by  M.  Coselino  at  2  A.  M.),  and,  pass'in^- 
a.;ain  through  Belmont,  reached  Millbrae,  34J  m.,  at  6. 14  a.  m.  (signed  by  J.  J.  Callah.in),  lieing 
•Ti  t  on  the  way  by  W  M.  Meeker,  who,  after  breakfast,  accompanied  him  back  to  S.  J.  (signed 
.11  10.30  by  G.  R.  Bailey),  where  dinner  was  taken,  and  the  final  return  made  to  Belmont,  27.J 
m.,  at  1.2S  p.  M.  (signed  by  A.  Walterraire),  making  a  total  of  207J  m.,  in  19  h.  38  min.  of  ac- 
tual riding.  His  signers  all  resided  near  the  r.  r.  stations,where  the  time  is  kept  accurately,  and 
coiTis|x)nded  in  each  case  with  his  own  watch,  which  did  not  vary  a  minute.  He  had  probably 
dune  1200  m.  of  road-riding,  this  year,  before  the  long  ride,  and  so  was  feeling  pretty  well ;  anil 
Iv;  attended  to  business  as  usual,  the  day  after  it,  without  showing  any  signs  of  weariness." 

With  this  may  bo  compared  the  straightaway  record  made  on  the  same  road  by  Joseph  I.. 
B'ey(b  Oct.  25,  1S73),  whose  exploit  seems  to  place  hi.n  well  ahead  of  all  other  long-distance 
1  "irists  who  are  not  yet  a  dozen  years  old  !  The  following  story  is  condensed  from  his  letter  to 
me  of  Oct.  4  '85  :  "  My  bicycle  is  of  the  cheap  iron  kind  called  '  Ideal,'  38  in.  and  38  lbs.. 
and  I  first  began  riding  it  in  Aug.,  '84.     I  myself  weigh  62  lbs.  and  am  4  ft.  4J  in.  high,     f  often 

-.;:;.- ::c.^aT;.■,  nr.a  or.  r.ur.aay.^  n-.aKC  longer  injjn  mio  iiic  Louiiiry, — always  accompanied  by 
some  larger  person.  In  February  I  took  a  silver  medal  for  second  place  in  1  i  m.  race  for  boy» 
under  16,  and  was  only  J  sec.  behind  the  winner,  Geo.  Dixon,  aged  15,  who  rode  a  52  in.  wheel. 


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and  whose  time  was  4. 21  J,  KncniiraRed  by  this,  1  .oaxrd  my  parents  to  let  me  attep^nt  a  l.irv- 
cle  tour  of  150  m.,  to  my  aunt's,  at  Salinas.  I  left  home  (Kiiis  st.  and  Van  Ness  av.)  July  2,  ,„ 
II  o'clock,  VMih  my  cousin,  Mr.  Gambitz,  and  we  got  to  San  Jose  at  5  p.  m.  (52  m.),  though  we 
stopped  a  nunute  or  two  at  almost  every  .station,  for  the  weather  was  hot  and  the  roads  were  lirv 
I  wore  a  flannel  suit,  with  canvas  shoes  and  a  straw  hat,  and  took  extra  underclothinR  in  a  lug- 
gage-carrier. We  left  S.  J.  at  6  a.  m.  of  the  jad,  but  returned  again,  .0  have  a  blackMiiith  fix 
my  cousin's  bicycle,  whose  backbone  bmke  at  the  head;  and  we  spent  1  h.  in  clambering  to  the 
top  of  the  San  Juan  mtn.,  about  1  m.,  with  a  gale  of  ice-cold  wind  in  our  faces.  I  coas.ed 
down  at  a  terrible  rate,  going  so  fast  that  I  seerr-1  to  be  standing  still.  My  eyes  became  s<i 
blomUliot  I  could  hardly  see,  when  I  got  to  ihu  bottom,  and  stretched  myself  out  to  take  the 
cramp  from  my  neck  and  fingers.  After  ihat,  eve.ything  was  favorable  for  a  fast  ride,  and  we 
did  ride  fast,  until  finally,  at  a  bend  in  the  mounta  ,is,  the  dome  of  the  court  house  i,i'  Salin.is 
came  into  view.  Those  last  2  m.  seemed  the  longest  of  all,  but  we  finish..d  at  6.05  p.  m.,^ 
making  9S  m.  for  the  12  h.  I  did  not  keep  count  of  the  distances  between  stations,  nor  ot  the 
time  spent  in  rests.  I  was  not  at  all  used  up  by  the  ride,  and  I  started  a  few  days  later  for  Mcn- 
terey,  but  found  such  poor  roads  that  I  took  the  ti-ain  there.  I  used  to  wheel  the  :o  m.  Hr/ve  b  - 
fore  breakfast.      If  I  get  a  ball-bearing  bicycle,  next  year,  I  mean  to  do  some  fast  riding." 

Philadelphia  has  a  Washington  .Square  and  it  resembles  its  more  famous  namesa.<e  of  \ew 
York  in  the  fact  of  being  bounded  on  one  side  by  Seventh  st.,— "  Walnut,  Locust  and  Sixth  sis. 
form  its  other  three  borders.     It  is  now  well  kept,  with  gras.«-plots  and  pretty  flowers.     Its  big 
trees  are  historic.     Ihe  pavement  is  of  flagstones,  which  arc  pretty  even,  though  the  corners  are 
jomewhat  sharp.     Hicycling  within  its  limits  is  against  the  law,  but,  as  mvhi.me  is  hardly  a 
stone's-throw  away  (281  S.  4tli),  I  often  ride  there  at  night  after  10  o'cl.        and  no  oup  ever 
tries  to  .stop  me.     About  5  laps  make   i  m  ,  and  the  swiftest  hour's  ride   I   ever  anywhere  took 
(15  ni.)  waso:.  the  Square,  between  9 and  10,  p.  m.,  Jan.  2.  '85."    Such  was  the  answer  sent  to  my 
enquiry  by  a  rider  whose  total  record  (7500  m.)  represents  incomparably  more  touring  than  has 
been  accomplished  by  any  other  American  not  yet  20  years  old.     This  is  W.  B.  Page  (b.  Feb. 
23,  1866),  a  student  in  the  class  of  '87  at  the  Univ.  of  Penn.,  whose  recent  athletic  exploits  are 
matters  of  record  in  the  "  Clipper  Almanac."     Chief  of  these  was  the  "  running  high  jump  ,A 
6  ft.  \  in.  (5J  in.  higher  than  his  own  head),  which  ranks  as  the  third  best  in  the  worid."     His 
bent  for  out -door  life  seems  hereditary,  as  his  father,  S.  Davis  Page,  was  an  enthusiastic  rowing 
man  at  Vale,  and  executive  chief  of  the  boat  club  during  the  year  of  his  graduation  ('59),  when 
the  first  crew  was  trained  that  ever  defeated  Harvard.     The  son  is  methodically  minded,  and 
(as  becomes  a  dweller  near  Washington  .Square,  whose  wheeling  ideal  is  like  my  own,  "  a  con- 
tinuous  straightaway  trail  through  unexplored   country  ")  has  kept  accurate  memoranda  of  his 
travels.     No  other  contributor  to  this  book  has  prepared  so  systematic  and  complete  a  s.ory  cin- 
cerning  so  many  miles  of  roadway,  and  I  regret  the  need   of  omitting  from  it  a  number  of  inter- 
esting  details  :     "  It  was  in  '79  that  I  bought  a  little  bone-shaker,  and  taught  myself  how  to 
ride,  in  Washington  Square.     I  took  it  with  me  to  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  where  I  spent  ihe 
next  two  summers,  and  rode  it  400  m.  there  in  '80  and  370  m.  in  '81.     My  best  record  was  12  m.  in 
I  h.,  Winchester  to  Millwood,  racing  with  a  horse  which  I  kept  ahead  of  until  the  last  400  vds., 
when  he  drew  past.     In  May,  'S2,  I  bought  a  52  in  Standard  Columbia  (No.  5730).  and  it'now 
leans  against  the  wall  where  I  write,  locking  not  much  th«  worse  for  wear,  though  I  've  i)ii,',hed 
It  6681  m.,  in  7  diflferent  States.     It  is  a  painted  machine,  whose  bright  parts  I  always  keep  clean 
and  free  from  rust,  and  I  hope  to  make  it  see  me  through  many  more  summer  touts.     I  think 
its  present  tire,  which  has  a  two  years'  record  of  ,897  m.,  will  last  another  season.     The  first 
tire  I  discarded  at  the  end  of  '83,  when  its  record  was  2784  m.     Outside  of  the  long  vacation 
iours  in  summer,  my  mileage  does  not  amoimt  to  much,  as    I  do  no  racing  and  cannot  often 
leave  my  university  studies  to  get  out  for  a  long  nin.     I  train  for  jumping,  during  such  leisure 
as  I  ITave  in  the  spring ;  but  I  think  my  success  at  this  is  in  no  small  degree  due  to  my  indirect 
training  on  the  wheel.     My  tourinj'  costume  consists  of  gray  shirt  and  breeches  (without  under- 
clothes), dark  stockings,  stout  shoes,  and  a  while  helmet  with  a  streamer  that  extends  8  or  10 
in.  back  of  my  head.     In  my  bag,  I  carry  a  complete  cycling  suit  of  dark  blue,  white  flannel 


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^l.iii,  polo  cap,  pair  of  pumps,  underclothing  and  toilet  articles,— the  whole  weishinf;  15  lbs.  or 
.nor-.  The  ba?  is  of  my  own  construction, -.S  in,  long  by  6  in.  deep,  and  tapering  in  breadth 
fn.m  10  m.  at  the  top  to  6  at  the  bottom,  with  the  tool-case  slung  below.  In  order  t<.  clear  all 
ih.s,  I  have  lo  vault  into  the  sc.;uie,  but  I  account  that  the  quickest  and  therefore  the  best  way 
ot  mounting  wl.ile  on  a  tour,  no  matter  what  the  surface  of  the  road  may  be.  As  I  enjoy  fine 
scenery,  I  plan  my  routes  to  i.iclude  a,s  much  of  it  as  possible  ;  and  as  I  am  of  sociable  disp<«i- 
uo...  I  also  endeavor  to  visit  a  goodly  number  of  summer  resorts.  The  outfit  in  my  bag  allows 
m:  10  make  a  presentable  appearance  in  a  hotel-parlor  or  dancing-hall,  and  at  the  same  -ime  get 
Miy  ridii:g  clothes  washed  for  the  next  day.     My  lamp  is  a  large  size  '  King  of  the  Road." 

"  I  spent  the  summer  of  '82  at  Winchester,  the  same  as  the  two  previous  ones;  and  while 
there  wheeled  to  Lexington  and  back  (three  days  each  way,  with  a  week's  visit  to  friends  be- 
tw,-en),  a    round  trip    of  290  m.,    which  was  not  bad    for    a  boy    of    16.     My    other    riding 
.immiiued  to  750m,,  making  the  year's  mileage  1040.     The  first  day  of  my  tour  ended  at  New- 
ni.irket,  50  m,  i.i  12  h.  (S  h.  of  riding),  and  the  second  at  Staunton,    44.   m.      I'lie   36  m.  thence 
10  I^xington  is  a  rough  and  hilly  stretch  which  had  never  before  been  traversed   by  bicycle  ; 
but  ths  1.1  t  18  m.,  from  Midway,  is  partly  mac,  and  I  got  over  it  easily  in  3  h.     My  remark  to 
•.ii,u  effect  was  twisted  by  some  one  into  a  declaration  that   I   nKle  fvom  S,  itself  in  3  h.;  and  a 
tn„  of  A'ashlngion  riders  who  came  over  the  ground  a  month  later  denounced  me  in  their  re- 
port in  the  H'hefhnaH  for  making  so  preposterous  a  claim  (see  p.  349  for  quoted  allusion  to  '  a 
cycling  Ananias  '),     As  they  also  expressed  surprise  that  such  a  prodigious  tourist  should  '  have 
to  bL-  carried  to  the  Natural  Bridge  in  a  wagon,'  I  may  as  well  mention  the  fact  that  I  walked  to 
It  from  L.  and  back  again  in  a  single  day  (a  round  trip  of  30  m),  not  taking  my  wheel  on  ac- 
count of  the  mud  ;  and  that  I  covered  the  last  6  m.  in  i  h.  10  min.,  which  rate  of  speed  I  hardly 
ilunk  any  of  the  trio  would  have  improved  upon,  as  they  preferred  to  take  train  from  the 
IJnilge  b     .<  to  Staunton.     I  might  well  have  .etunied  by  train  also,  for  I  had  a  wretched  day's 
lu-  bnck  from  L  to  S.,  through  the  rain-soaked  clay,  walking  all  but  2  m.  near      airfield.     In 
iS<3,  my  touring  was   somewhat   longer,-the  outward  trip    to  Capon  Springs,  .  . .-    m.,  begin- 
ning; July  6,  and  the  homeward  trip  of  i72i  m.  beginning  at  Winchester,  Sept  7.    Between  times, 
I  roue  302  m.  in  Virginia  (90  m.  by  lamp) ;  and  my  home  wheeling  was  879  m   for  the  first  J 
an<!  .52i  m.  for  the  last  1  of  the  year ;  so  that  my  total  mileage  for  '83  was  1748.     The  firet  day 
July  6,  I  wheeled  40  ....  to  Coitesville  ;  and  on  the  7th,  though  rain  fell  all  day,  I  might  have  got  to 
l..u,caster  by  keeping  to  the  nike,  but  I  tried  the  muddy  Valley  road,  and  had  to  stop  at  the 
lup.  .2  m.     On  the  8th,  I  went  ^^\  m.  forbreakfr.st.it   L:  24  m.  for  a  late  dinner  at  York 
a  '.  r.  M.,  and  then  .8J  m.  to  New  Oxford,-tht  final  half  i,y  lamp.     On  the  9th    I  was  2  h 
mdoing.om.  of  poor  road  to  Gettysburg  ;  then  from  4  to  6  p.  m.  on  the  next  lo  m   tothefooto' 
the  Ulue  Ridge,  which  I  wheeled  up  for  3i  m,  with  less  trouble  than  I  descended  to  Fayetteville 
-though  I  made  no  dismount  for  that  final  ,0  m.  of   perfectly  strange  road  except  to  light  mv 
lamp  on  the  summit.     On  the  .oth,  by  6m.  of  limestone  pike  to  Chambersburg  (p   344).andi,m 
"fmud  road  to  (Jreencastle.     On  the  ..th,i„   ij  h.  to   Williamsport,    .4  m„  with  only  one  dis^ 
mount;  the  next  14  m.  lo  Martinsburg  in  ij  h.;  and  Winchester,  22  m.,  at  6  p   m     though  I 
took  the  wrong  road  for  4  m.  out  of  M.     A  few  days  after  this,  I  wheeled  to  Capon   Springs 
»ncl  back,  a  round  trip  of  58  m,,  of  which  the  first  12  m.  on  the  Romney  pike  was  good  and 
the  list  1.  m.,  beyond  Rock  '^-•n  Springs,  was  very  bad.     I  was  the  first  man  to  push  a  bicv- 
U''  H        ^h  to  either  plar.       Lighting  my  lamp  at  Winchester  at  3  A.  M.  of  Sept,  7,  I  passed 
Mnrt-     uurg  at  5.15.  and  halted  50  min,  for  breakfast  at  William  .port  (36  m  )  at  7  50-  then 
through  Hagerstown  (6  m.),  Greencastle  (,2  m„  partly  bad  clay)  and  Manon  to  Chambe^burg 
in  in.)  for  dinner  at  1.30;  then  a  tough  pull  over  the  mountains  for  26  m.  m  Getty-burg,  3  to 
;  4^  P,  M.,  for  supper;  fin.illy,  by  la.ip.  ;.45  to  9.20,  across  a  wretched  road,  to  New   cTxford 
'l...,'le   IIotel)-with  a  total  straightaway  mileage  of  loi,  to  represent  14  h.  of   riding      Dar- 
ms  next  two  days,  I  wheeled  4^*  m.  to      .ncaster,  and  then  29  m.  from  Coatesville  to  Bryn 
.\I.iwr,— th"-  constant  downpour  f   -cingme  to  take  cars  for  the  inter.-nedbt?  J.-:-:t2r..-.-= 

••  In  ,8.,4,  my  outward  trip,  July  2-22,  led  to  Pittsburg  (the  first  one  ever  taken  from  end 
10  end  of  Pennsylvania)  and  thence  to  Winchester,  553  m,;  my  homeward  trip,   Sept.  9-13, 


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was  ajij  ir..;  and  between  the  two  I  rod^  665  m.  In  Virpnia,— making  13994  for  the  vacation. 
A»  I  rode  546  m.  for  the  first  i  of  the  year  and  1764  m.  for  the  last  i,  my  total  mileage  for  '84 
was  2122.  The  dates  and  lodging-places  of  my  Pittsburg  tour,  with  hou-^  of  actual  travel, 
were  as  follows  :  July  2,6.15  a.  m.  to  5.50  ?.  M.,  Paradise,  57i  m.,  8J  h.;  3d,  4.35  a.  m.  to 
/.25  V.  M.,  Uunaimion,  65^  m.,  loj  h.;  4'h.  c  20  a.  m.  to  4  p  m.,  canal  lock  uear  Lewislon 
Narrows,  40  m.,  7^  h.;  5th,  5.20  .  7.50  .v.  m.,  Lewistun,  9  m.;  6th,  3  to  6.45  p.  m.,  Allenville, 
22  m.;  7th,  4  A.  «.  t0  3.iop.  M.,  Altoona,  5om.,9  h.  (1  then  took  train  15  m.  to Cres.son  Springs, 
m  ord'jr  to  enjoy  from  th'  car-windows  the  fine  scenery  of  the  Horse  Shoe  Curve,  which  I 
should  have  missed  if  1  hau  wheeled  along  the  Portage  road,  though  this  is  easily  ridable) ;  8ih 

1  to6.2o  P.  M,  Johnstown,  29  m.,  44  h.;  9th,  12.30  to  6.35  p  m..  Blairsville,  aSJ  m.sh.;  lolh, 
4.55  A.  M.  to  I  45  p.  M.,  Pittsburg  (Mononi,-ihela  Housed  38  m.,  8  h.  This  total  of  3394  m.  in 
crossing  the  State  really  represents  but  6  days  of  rid  .ig.  I  resumed  my  journey  July  12,  2.15  to  7 
p.  M.,  Washingtoii  34  m.;  13th,  2.50  to  7.20  p.  M.,  Brownsville,  24  m.  (by  W.i  Nati(«ial  Pike, 
still  well  kept  ..id  having  .uge  iron  m.  posts,  6  ft.  high,  at  3  m.  intervals) ;  14th,  5.30  a.  m.  to  1 
p.  M.,  f-  ..iiellsville,  25)  m  (where,  as  the  road  which  f  'd  bem  told  was  '  good  for  22  m.,'  was 
in  fact  closed,  I  look  train  to  Somerset,  though  I  might  easily  have  wheeled  there  by  the  other 
route  from  Uniontown);  15th,  9.30  a.  k  to  6.50  p.  m.,  Bedford,  40  m.,  7  h.;  i6th,  Bed.ord 
Springs,  2m.,  4  h.;  J7th,  9.45  A  M.  106.30  p.  M.,  Werefordsburg,  40  m.,  7  h.;  i8th,  8.50  a.  m.  to 
12.45  P  M.  Berkeley  Springs,  lom  ,  i  h.  (last  6  m.,  from  (he  Potomac,  opp.  Hancock,  fine  rid- 
ing; see  ^  239);  21st,  I  to  8.30P.M.,  farm-house  5  m.  beyond  Pughtown,  34  m.,  6  h. ;  2jd, 
Winchester,  4  in.  in  4  h  at  6.45  A.  M.  This  made  553  m.  from  Phila.,  and  represented  between 
10  and  II  full  riding  days,  about  which  I  now  add  a  few  details.  On  July  3,  fine  riding  with- 
out dismount,  Lancaster  to  Mountjoy,  12  m.;  rough  and  mountainous  to  Middletown,  15  ni.; 
good  surf.ice  and  scenery  along  the  river  to  Harrisburg,  9  m.,  and  Dauphin,  9m.,  where  f  t.  r 
over  the  mountains,  crossed  the  river  at  Clark's  Ferry,  8  m.,  and  then  went  down  it  to  Duncan- 
non.  Good,  but  mountainous  road  led  on  4th  to  Newport,  16  m.,  where  I  crossed  the  Juniata,  and 
rode  up  it  on  fine  surface  for  5  m.;  took  tow-path,  15  m.  beyond,  to  get  through  the  Lewiston  Nar- 
row<<,  but  found  .t  m  wretched  condition,  on  account  of  overflows  ;  was  forced  by  rain  storm  to 
spend  the  night  in  a  lock-house,  and  took  3  headers  into  the  canal,  next  morning,  after  which  I 
walked  8  m.  to  L.,  and  waited  during  the  day  for  my  clothes  to  be  washed.  I  al'o  bent  a  pedal- 
pin  by  a  fall.     Mountain-climbing,  through  fine  scenery,  was  the  rule  on  the  7th,  when  I  walkrfl 

2  m.  up  Bald  Eagle  mtn.,  the  steepest  grade  of  the  tour,  and  then  dowr  gain  ;  and  my  route,  a 
the  8lh  was  mostly  traversed  on  foot,  with  mistaken  detour,  and  nothing  to  eat.  Walking  was 
again  needed  on  the  gth,  though  there  were  some  ridable  stretches  of  cinders  along  the  r.  r., 
and  44  m.  of  fair  tow-path ;  but  the  fine  scenery  of  the  Pack  Saddle  on  the  Conemaugh, 
where  the  rushing  river  makes  the  mountains  resound  with  a  perpetual  roar,  well  repaid  the 
long  tramp  on  rough  ballast.  The  grandest  scenery  of  the  tour  was  at  the  summit  of  the  Alle- 
ghanies,  where  I  spent  2  '.\.  at  midday  01  the  15th,  and  afterwards,  in  descending,  was  hindered 
somewhat  by  showers.  On  the  17th,  from  Bedford  to  Everett,  8  m.,  ai  1  Clearville,  9  m.,  1 
found  good  surface  (last  stretch  mountainous),  but  broke  a  pedal-pin,  which  1  at  once  replaced 
by  a  new  one  ;  and  afterwards  cracked  my  handle-bar  and  kn>x:ked  my  rear  wheel  out  of  true, 
— these  mishaps  being  caused  by  the  working  loose  of  my  bag,  which  gave  me  two  bad  head- 
ers.    Noble  views  are  to  be  had  from  the  tower  on  the  mountain-top  at  Berkeley  .Springs,  and 

,lso  from  various  points  on  the  trail  which  I  followed  thence  through  the  mountains,  1  .n  the  2  ist, 
to  Pughtown, — riding  through  many  small  creeks,  and  one  deep  one,  some  40  yds.  wide,  without 
a  fall.  After  the  first  8  m  of  ridable  clay,  much  of  this  road  led  thro  igh  heavy  forests  and  un- 
inhabi'ed  5elds,  and  where  its  middle  was  not  overgrown  with  grass  the  big  stones  were  abun- 
dant. My  bed  that  night  consisted  of  six  chairs  in  a  farmer's  kitchen."  (See  p.  244  f^r  account 
of  W.  W.  Darnell's  1000  m.  tour  of  '83,  whose  route  coincided  in  parts  with  thisone.) 

"  The  longest  day's  rides  included  in  the  665  m.  recorded  during  my  stay  at  W.  were  rounti- 
trips  to  Harper's  Ferry,  52  m.;  Martinsburg,  44  m.;  Upper-ille  (twice  over  the  Blue  Ridge\  50 


Starting  at  7.45  a.  m.,  I  found  the  Romney  pike  gocd  mac.  for   5   m.  to   Kound   hill,  where  it 


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ih.inges  to  red  slate,  also  fine,  and  I  cnaMed  down  the  w.  dope  of  I.ittle  Nortli  mtn.  through 
tine  scenery.  The  creek  which  I  forded  6  times  in  the  12  m.  from  W.  to  the  cross-roads  (i  h  ) 
was  not  stony,  and  gave  slight  trouble,  but  I  had  to  ford  it  later,  on  foot,  at  8  different  pUces. 
At  the  cros»-roads  I  t.  1.,  and  found  tine  surface  for  4  m.  and  then  rather  sandy  to  the  fork,  \\ 
111.,  where  I  t.  r.,  by  direction  of  guide-board,  and  found  2  m.  more  of  good  riding,  and  after- 
wards a  direct  ro^d,  along  steep  and  stony  ridges,  where  the  scenery  compensated  for  the  walk- 
ini;  and  the  forests  supplied  pleasant  shade,  to  Capon  Springs,  at  noon.  If  I  had  t.  1.  at  the 
fork  and  gone  }  m.  over  the  ridge,  I  should  have  reached  Rock  Enon  Springs ;  and  I  returned 
in  ij  h.  from  that  fork  to  Wmchester,  17J  ra.,  whereof  the  last  12  m.  was  done  without  dis- 
niniint,  though  mostly  up-grade.  On  Sept.  9,  I  left  W.  at  a.  10  A.  m.  and  reached  the  National 
Hotel  in  Washington  at  5  p.  M.,  76  m.  in  \i\  h.  of  the  hottest  day  in  the  year.  I  had  neailya 
full  moon,  but  my  lamp  helped  where  trees  made  deep  shade.  At  4  m.  I  forded  the  Opequon 
(111  foot;  passed  Berryville  (6  m.)at  3.30,  and  at  4  gut  to  Candleman's  Ferry,  4J  m.,  where  I 
had  20  min.  delay  in  being  poled  across  the  Shenandoah  (see  p.  383) ;  then  climbed  the  steep 
liliie  Ridge,  and  at  6.25  got  to  Round  Hill  p.  o.,  whence  the  road  was  g<x)d  for  12  m  through 
I'nrcellville  and  Hamilton  to  Leesburg  at  8.30,  where  stopped  i  h.  for  breakfa-^i. ;  crossed  the 
I'litomac  at  Edward's  Ferry,  at  10.30,  and  had  dirt  road  thence  for  17  -n.  to  Great  Falls  of  the 
Potomac  (dinner  1.30  to  2.30);  then  went  by  Cabin  John's  Bridge  and  Georgetown  'o  the  finish 
at  5.  Two  days  later,  I  wheeled  to  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Brightwood,  Colesville  and  Ashton,  21 
m.  (3.15  to  6.30  p.  M.),   and  was  well  cared  for  over  night  at  Mr.  Stabler's  (p.  376).     Starting  at 

7  A.  M.  on  the  12th,  in  a  light  rain,  I  walked  on  a  muddy  and  up-hill  road  most  of  the  way  to 
Clarksville,  reached  Ellicott  City,  15  m.  on,  at  g.50,  and  Baltimore,  9  m.,  at  12.20,  and  by  a 
wretched  and  mostly  unridable  road  to  a  private  house  in  Abington,  at  6.10  p.  M.,  with  a  day's 
record  of  50  m.  On  the  13th,  I  found  a  good  clay  road  through  Aberdeen  to  Havre  de  Grace, 
13  m.  in  I J  h.;  crossed  the  river  by  train,  and  then  had  to  walk  through  16  m.  of  heavy  sand  to- 
Klkton  ;  whence  I  rode  20^  m.  to  Wilmington,  2.30  to  5.50  p.  M.,  and  took  the  cars  for  home. 

"  In  1885,  my  touring  from  July  22  to  Sept.  14  amounted  to  1166J  m.  I  only  rode  150  m 
afterwards,  and  my  mileage  for  the  first  \  of  the  year  (458J  m.)  .vas  without  mishap,  except  the 
occasional  breaking  of  a  pedal-pin  ;  but  it  included  67  m.  ridden  on  snow,  and  the  ea<-1iest  15  m. 
of  all  (Jan  2,  in  Washington  Square,  9  to  10  p.  M.)  was  the  longest  distance  I  ever  covered  in 
I  h.  The  record  for  the  year  was  thus  1775  m.,  railing  my  total  mileage  to  7451,  exclusive  of 
what  little  I  wheeled  in  '79.  My  tour  of  '85  led  first  10  the  Catskilk,  thus  :  July  22,  5  a.  m.  to 
8.15  p.  M.,  Centerville,  69  m.,  iij  h.  ;  13d,  6  a.  m.  to  7.15  p.  M.,  Guymard  Springs,  60J  m., 
7}  h.  ;  24th,  4  A.  M.  to  7.20  p.  M.,  Hyde  Park,  58}  m.,  8J  h.  ;  25th,  8  A.  M.  to  8.15  p.  m..  Cats- 
kill  Mtns.,  43J  m.,  8  h.  ;  27th,  6.40  a.  m.  to  7  p.  M.,  352  m.,  6^  h.  ;  31st,  12  to  6.45  p.  m.,  Delhi, 
.1?  m.,  si  h.  ;  Aug.  i,  5.45  A.  M.  to  7  p.  m..  West  Coventry,  48  m.,  y  h.  ;  2d,  4  to  8.15  p.  m.. 
Lisle,  22  m.,  3J  h.  ;  3d,  6.10  A.  m.  to  2  p.  M.,  Ithaca,  33  m.,  6  h.  ;  12th,  at  Williamsport,  5  m.  ; 
)3th,  8.40  A.  M.  to  7.15  p.  M.,  Berwick,  46J  m.,  6^  h.  ;  14th,  8.20  A.  M.  to  4  p.  M.,  Drifton,  24 
m.,  3}  h.  ;  15th  to  23d,  detours,  28  m.  ;  24th,  4  to  a  p.  M  ,  Tamaqua,  22  m.,  2^  h.  ;  25th,  4  a.  m. 
to  5.^0  p.  M.,  Shellsburg,  60  m.,  gj  h.  ;  26th,  5  a.  m.  to  5.40  p.  M  ,  Chambersburg,  66  m.,  9I 
h.  ;  27th,  8.45  A.  M.  to  4.30  p.  M.,  Martins'jiirg,  40^  m.,  6  h.  ;  28lh,  12.30  a.  m.  to  11. 15  p.  m.,  lo 
Staunton  and  back  to  Harrisonburg,  141  m.,  18  h.  ;  29th,  12.30  to  11  P.  M.,  Winchester,  68J  m., 

8  h.  ;  31st,  near  W.,  39  m.  ;  Sept.  11,  3.20  to  7.30  p.  M.,  Williamsport.  37  m.,  i\  h.  ;  12th,  8.20. 
A  M.  to  7.45  p.  M.,  York,  69J  m.,  9J  h.  ;  13th,  2.45  to  7.20  p.  M.,  Paradise,  34  m.,  4  h.  ;  14th, 
Philadelphia,  57  m.,  8  h.  (12  h.  on  the  road).  Considering  the  obstacles  encountered  on  my  jj 
days'  ride  of  231  m.  to  the  Caiskills,  I  think  the  daily  average  of  Oo  m.  a  good  one.  At  the 
start,  after  doing  10  m.  to  Willow  Grove,  I  went  w'thout  dismount  12  m.  to  my  first  breakfast ; 
and  from  Pipersville,  10  m.,  to  Bucksville,  7^  m.,  had  a  good  clay  road,  well  shaded;  from 
Kintncrsville,  4  m  ,  had  good  tow-path  to  Uhlersville,  6^  m.  ;  beyond  Easton,  5  ra.,  the  scenery- 
atones  for  the  hilly  and  sandy  river-road.  The  riding  continued  generally  poor  through  the 
Water  Gap  to  Bushkill ;  whence  it  was  of  course  fine  to  Port  Jervis  ;  and  from  there  I  went  on 
excellent  shale  5  m.  n.,  and  then  t.  r.  over  the  valley  and  up  the  mountains  i     n.  to  Guymard 


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mtn.,  and  then  8  in.  to  Middletown,  at  5 .^o ;  but,  about  6  m.  beyond  (when  I  suddenly  caught  my 
machine,  after  making  a  quick  dismount)  the  backbone,  heavily  weighted   with  baggage,  swung 
around  against  the  head  with  such  force  as  to  bend  tht  ..  fork  hai;-.vay  through,  forcing  me  to 
go  cautiously  to  Newburg,  iSJ  ni.,  where  I  waited  for  repairs  from  10.3010  5.45;  then  crossed 
th..-  Hudson,  and  kept  along  iis  e.  bank  to  Hyuc  Park,  doing  the  last  64  ra.  from  Poughkeepsle 
ill  I  h.  without  dismount  (p.  196).     At  Rhinebeck,  on  the  25th,  I  t   \.  for  the  fine  and  shady  river 
road  which  brought  me  to  Germantown,  where  I  was  t-.ken  ucross  the  river  in  a  sail  boat,  gettine 
cau-ht  in  a  thunderstorm,  which  made  the  clay  so  muddy  that  I  walked  the  8  m.  to  Pal'enville  • 
whjnce  at  sunset   I  ascended  the  Kaaterskill  Clove  (seep.   188),  and  afterwards  viewed  th' 
mountains  by  moonlight  (Laurel   House).     On  the  27th,  I  traversed  36  m.  more  of  mountain 
road),  through  Tannersville  and  Phcenicia,  ending  at  the   Grand  Hotel,  2500  ft.  above  tide- 
water.    About  12  m.  before  \      ,  a  sand  rut  threw  rae  into  a  fence  and  badly  bent  my  wheel  so 
that  I  spent  4  h.  in  taking  out  and  replacing  the  spokes,  to  get  it  into  ridable  shape ;  and  1 
waited  then  till  the  31st  for  the  machine  to  take  a  trip  to  Phila.  for  repairs.     I  found  the  last  S 
m.  to  Delhi  very     ood,  but,  on  Aug.  i,  walked  thence  6  m.  up  the  mtn.,  and  followed  the  direct 
road  to  Franklin,  whence  good  riding  was  the  rule  to  Unadilla,  10  m.,  and  Bainbridge,  n  m 
followed  by  g  m.  hilly  and  sandy  to  West  Cove.     v.     On  the  2d,  obeying  my  usual  .Sunday  nile,' 
to  ride  but  a  few  h,  towards  night,— I  went  down-grade  to  Greene,  7  m.,  and  the  Triangle,  6  m.  i 
whence  I  t.  r.  up  the  creek,  out  of  my  course,  for  the  sake  of  the  good  road  to  Lisle.   On  the  3d' 
in  spite  of  rains  which  spoiled  the  roads,  I  traversed  31  m.  to  Ithaca,  and  was  i  m.  beyond  it  at 
5  p.  M. ,  on  the  way  to  Watkins,  when  the  backbone  snapped  off  close  up  to  the  head. 

"  This  was  the  first  serious  break  my  bicycle  ever  had  (record,  5752  m.) ;  so  I  again  shipped  it 
to  Philadelphia  fdr  repairs.     At  Williamsport,  where  I  rejoined  it  on  the  12th,  the  wheels  inter- 
fered  and  caused  a  halt,  after  5  m.  ;  and  when  this  was  remedied,  on  the  13th,  the  fork  which 
was  fixed  at  Newburg  gave  way,  and  another  repairer  made  a  bad  job  of  it ;  nevertheless  I  m.ide 
46  m.,  mostly  on  hilly  and  sandy  roads.     On  the  14th,  I  crossed  the  Susquehanna  ;  had  a  steep 
climb  of  4j  m.  up  the  Nescopeck  mtn.  on  the  way  to  Conyngham,  and  another  of  ij  m.  up  the 
Bucks  mtn.  ;  and  found  the  b-'st   riding  on  the  4  m.   stretch  of  slag  and  .  inders,  ending  at 
Orifton  ;  whence,  on  the  24th  a  good  road  took  me  to  Hazleton,  in  a  drizzle  of  rain,  and  then, 
amid  fine  mountain  .scen-ry  to  Tamaqua.     My  route  from  there  (see  p.  342  for  another  and 
longer  route  from  T.   to   Harrisburg),   on   2sth,   was    to   Hecla,   8  m.  ;    Orwigsburg,  6  m.  ■ 
Schuylkill  Haven,  4i  m.  ;  whence   to  Pine  Grove,  14  m.,  I  wheeled  in  x  h.,— the  fastert  run  of 
the  tour,— along  a  beautiful  valley  whose  almost  level  clay  road  was  slightly  improved  by  the 
morning's  rain,  while  the  surface  of  the  next  5  m.  to  Mifflin  was  finer  yet.     I  made  a  mistake  in 
crossing  the  river  here,  for  I  found  a  very  sandy  road ;  and  a  terrible  thunderstorm  overtook  me  at 
Union  Forge,  in  the  gap  of  Blue  mtn.,  and  made  such  mud  that  I  couldn't  ride  the  down-grade 
.hat  finished  my  60  m.  nm  at  Shellsburg.  '  Mud  was  also  a  hindrance  in  getting  thence  to  Harris- 
burg, i4i  m.,  for  breakfast,  on  the  26th,  but  I  rode  from  there  to  C.ambersburg,  51}  m.,  be- 
tween 9.30  A.    M.   and  5.40  p.  M.     Leaving  Martinsburg  )  h.  after  midnight  on  the  aSt'h,  I 
reached  Fisher's  hill,  42  m.,  at  sunrise,  though  much  loose  mac.  had  been  .spread  along  the  latter 
half  of  the  distance,— the  longest  moonlight  run  of  my  experience.     I  breakfasted  at  Wotxlstock, 
II  m.  (7  to  S,3o  o'clock),  and  left  my  luggage-bag  th.re;  then  had  fine  road  to  Newmarket,  19  m. 
in  ij  h.,  and  covered  (he  last  14  m.  without  stop.     Harrisonburg,  18 J  m.,  was  mv  dining-place; 
and  I  pushed  the  wheel  25!  m.  thence  to  .Staunton,  2.30  to  6  p.  m  ,  though  new  stone  had  been 
laid  all  the  way  except  the  first  3  m.,  and  much  walking  was  enforced."    [This  finished  the 
longest  4  days'  straightaway  ride  yet  taken  in  America  (282  m.  from  Tamaqua),  the  one  ranking 
next  to  it  being  H.  J.  High's  254  m.,  from  near  Staunton  to  Pottsville,  see  p.  352.     It  also  fin- 
ished the  longest  ;  days'  straightaway  (222  m.  from  Chambcrsburg),  the  best  previous  one  beini; 
H.  S.  Wood's  215  m.,  S.  to  Columbia ;  see  pp.  317.388.]    "  Resting  10  min.,  after  thus  com- 
pleting 116  m.,  I  turned  about  and  had  traversed  8  m.  more  at  7.15,  when  I  found  that  the  f.irk, 
which  had  been  twice  badly  mended,  had  again  broken  loose,  from  bumping  down  the  stony  hills. 
J  wasted  \  h.  in   the   vain  eitort  to  make  it  rigid  with  wi.es,  and  also   halted  \  h,  for  supper  at 
9.     Afterwards,  I  tried  the  saddle  by  short  stretches  in  the  moonlight,  and  stopped  for  jiood  at 


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Tfarrisonburg.  at  ii.  15  p.  m.  Except  for  the  gi-ing  out  of  my  machine,  I  should  have  added  jo 
n,.  to  the  141  traversed,  in  spite  ui  the  loose  stones  on  the  pike.  At  the  several  hotels  where  1 
stopped,  1  took  pains  to  register  my  name,  with  the  time  of  arrival  and  departure.  1  d.voted  the 
next  forenoon  to  getting  my  fork  mended,  and  then  wheel-d  68i  m.  to  Winchester  ai  u  p  m 
completing  thus  397  m.  from  Drifton,  which  I  left  only  5  days  and  7  h.  before.  My  homeward 
tour  from  W.,  Sept.  11-14,  was  through  Gettysburg  and  'Jolurabia,  and  should  really  be  called  a 
3  days'  ride.  The  only  mishap  of  the  .97  m.  was  a  broken  pedal-pin,  which  forced  me  to  do  .0 
m.  of  one-legged  riding,  the  first  afternoon.  Previous  to  '85  I  never  used  a  cyclometer  and  my 
experience  from  its  use  has  disgusted  me  with  them.  Mine.  I  admit,  w.is  a  bad  make  (Spald 
mg),  but.even  the  fine  ones  get  out  of  order,  and  fail  to  always  give  good  results.  On  my  whole 
tnp  of  1.66  m.  my  cyclom.  registereu  orly  ,40  m.  Vou  might  now  ask,  how  I  estimate  my  dis- 
tances ?  I  reply,  by  taking  a  large  map  and  with  a  small  scale  of  J  m.  in  a  pair  o,'  spring  dividers 
measuring  the  distance  before  I  start  on  a  tour.  On  the  trip,  where  there  are  m.  posts  I  follow 
their  readings;  at  least  I  do  this  on  old  stage  routes,  where  they  can  be  relied  upon.  If  there  are 
1.0  m.  posts  and  I  cannot  get  the  distance  any  other  way,  I  follow  the  measurements  I  found  on 
the  map,  for  I  found  where  I  compared  the  distance  by  m.  posts  and  tne  distance  by  measure- 
ments that  in  .00  m.  there  was  a  variation  only  of  J  to  J  m.,  and  of  course  the  distance  by  meas- 
urements IS,  if  anything,  shorter  than  the  actual  distance.  This  is  obvious  from  the  fact  that 
the  measurements  on  a  map  do  not  allow  for  the  hills.  At  all  events,  I  think  this  method  is 
more  exact  than  the  cyclom. ;  for  when  coasting  at  a  high  rate  of  speed  it  does  not  always  act 
but  sometimes  skips.  Of  course  when  I  arrive  home  I  always  verify  the  results  on  the  map 
My  expenses  for  repairs  have  s,.  far  been  about  $25  ;  and  m,  average  expenses  of  a  summer 
tour  about  J75;  which  is  cheap  for  1000  m." 

As  a  suitable  contrast  to  this  interesting  story  of  what  pleasant  travels  an  undergraduate  of 
■  9  has  been  able  to  take  during  his  summer  vacations,  I  note  the  case  of  a  fellow-townsman  of 
liis,  three  times  as  old,  the  President  of  the  Phila.  Local  Telegraph  Co.,  Henry  Bentley,  who 
i:i  '82  sought  relief  from  business  cares  by  pushing  a  bicycle  home  from  Saratoga.  I  belieU  he 
has  taken  numerous  shorter  tours,  and  I  remember  his  telling  me— at  Boston,  where  he  called  at 
my  hotel,  to  wish  me  success  on  the  Nova  Scotia  trip— that,  in  order  to  avoid  the  annoyance  of 
■getting  into  the  papers  "  while  thus  enjoying  his  wheel,  he  was  accustomed  to  register  at  the 
hotels  by  some  such  name  as  J.  Smith  or  T.  Brown.  Another  elderly  tourist  is  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Arthur  Edwards,  editor  of  the  Northwestern  Christian  Advocate,  who  told  me— at  Chicago,  in 
'  '2— of  some  interesting  long-distance  business  which  he  had  been  doing  in  Europe,  with  his 
l)"y,  the  year  before,  at  the  rate  of  40  m.  a  day  ;  but  who  has  not  heeued  my  entreaties  that  he 
formulate  these  and  otiier  experiences  for  insertion  in  this  book.  Mr.  Bentley  has  been  simi- 
Lirly  obdurate  in  reference  to  my  appeal  for  statistics,  though  he  "  used  to  write  for  Greeley's 
Trihiw,  in  his  younger  days."  A  tour  whose  chief  object  seemed  to  be  "getting  into  the 
papers,"  since  the  progress  of  it  while  it  lasted  was  daily  telegraphed  back  to  the  Herald,  was 
the  so-called  "New  York  to  Chicago"  trip  (summer  of  '79)  of  Wentworth  Rollins,  who 
opened  the  earliest  riding-school  in  the  city,  and  who  seems  to  have  pushed  a  bicycle  up  the 
Hudson  a  ( onsiderable  part  of  the  way  to  Saratoga,  where  he  exhibited  it.  Puck  afterwards 
pounded  him  with  its  rhetorical  sledge-hammer,  for  palming  off  upon  the  editors  a  plagiarited 
poem  ;  and  I  have  a  vague  recollection  that  this  was  in  praise  o*  wheeling.  Anoth  -.•  advertis- 
uis  scheme  in  the  shape  of  a  tour  was  that  of  the  professional  .ers,  V/.  M.  Woodside  and  W. 
J.  Morgan,  who  mounted  their  wheels,  with  much  pomp  and  circumstance,  in  front  of  the  New 
\ork  City  Hall,  on  May  Day,  1884,  at  i  p,  m,,  with  the  avowed  intention  of  pushing  them  to 
S.m  Francisco.  They  spent  that  nl^ht  in  New  Brunswick,  and  got  to  Phila.,  94  m.,  at  8.35 
P.  M.  of  the  2d.  Canton,  72  m.,  was  reached  on  the  5th  and  Washington  on  the  gth,  when  the 
idea  was  abandoned,  as  having  "  no  money  in  it,"— the  plan  of  raising  funds  by  hall  exhibitions 
proving  an  entire  failure.  I  myself  soon  afterwards  took  a  5  days'  ride,  N.  Y.  to  W.,  and,  in  a 
•  •  X  i.:rrc -.v;:.-.  :.-,c  r.rr^r-nameu  iouii.-,;,  ieanieu  ihai  in  May,  "02,  he  rode  straightaway  in  I re- 
laiul.qom.  inSh,,  Port  Rush  to  Belfast,  with  only  two  stops,— the  final  stretch  being  58  m. 
without  dismount.     He  also  said  he  had  stayed  in  the  saddle  for  i6a  m.,  in  a  race  at  Chicago. 


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At  about  the  close  of  '84,  a  news-note  was  widely  circulated  saying  i  "George  V  Hai- 
tian, of  {{rentwood,  Cal.,  intends  to  drive  his  bicycle  to  N.  V.,  and  then  home  by  way  of  Texas 
and  M;xico ;  "  but  he  has  not  yet  made  the  attempt,  nor  replied  to  my  enquiry  as  to  whether 
he  intended  to  attempt  it.  I  have  been  similarly  unable  to  extort  any  details  from  the  trio  who 
were  thus  mentioned  in  the  5/.  H^orld,  Sept.  25,  '.S5  :  "Myers,  Fleming  and  Matthews,  of 
the  Penn  City  Wheelmen,  have  just  returned  fiom  a  toir  which  begun  July  i.  They  covered 
nearly  3000  m.,  and  went  through  Penn.,  Md.,  W.  Va.,  Va.,  O.,  Can.,  N.  Y.,  Mass.,  k.  I  , 
Conn,  and  N.  J."  (see  p.  245).  Another  unauthenticated  paragraph,  afloat  in  the  papers  (Nov  , 
'85)  concerned  a  "  business  tour  in  .southern  Ohio,  which  will  probably  amount  to  2000  m  ," 
taken  by  W.  A.  .^pp,  of  the  Cleveland  Post  Office.  Some  700  m.  of  autumn  tourigg  in  Kansas 
was  minutely  described  by  "Adol  Escens  "  in  the  L.  A.  H-'.  Bulletin  (Nov.  20,  '85,  and  follow- 
ing  weeks  1,  showing  the  enioyment  which  the  bicycle  incidentally  brought  to  Frank  S.  Kav, 
while  traveling  to  take  orders  for  the  business  house  in  Kansas  City  which  employs  him.  \ 
spring  tour  of  the  New  (Orleans  H.  C,  "  straightaway  to  Boston,  to  attend  the  League  meet  uf 
'86,"  with  A.  M.  Hill  and  S.  M.  Patton  as  chief  promoters,  is  announced  in  January  as  likelv 
to  attract  a  half-dozen  riders.  This  was  perhaps  inspired  by  the  reports  of  an  '85  journey 
taken  by  three  other  S  -utherners,  J.  H.  Polhill,  of  Macon,  (ja.,  Wm.  Maxwell,  of  Charlotte, 
N.  C,  and  Frank  Steffner,  of  Asheville,  N.  C.  The  latter  kept  a  diary  of  the  tour,  but  de- 
clined to  supply  therefrom  the  details  of  Southern  roads,  which  1  requested  for  publication,  un- 
less I  would  pay  him  with  a  copy  of  this  book.  I  therefore  present  the  following,  fiom  the 
H-'heel  of  Aug.  28,  which  gave  a  column  report  of  an  interview  with  the  trio,  who  seem  to  have 
reached  N.  Y.  onihe  24th,  and  to  have  rested  there  a  week  before  wheeling  to  the  Springfield 
tournament,  the  objective  point  of  th^ir  trip  :  "  P.  left  Macor  July  5  ;  was  joined  next  day  by 
M.,  and  the  two  met  S.  at  Nashville,  Aug.  i.  Much  of  their  route  led  through  a  country  where 
people  had  never  before  seen  a  bicycle ;  and  in  the  Kentucky  n.ountains  they  were  suspected 
of  being  government  detectives,  on  the  search  for  illicit  whisky-stills.  They  took  an  easy  pace 
at  morning  and  evening,  and  rested  under  the  trees  at  midday  j  but  on  one  occasion  they  cov- 
ered 95  m.  in  g  h."  They  probably  struck  the  Shenandoah  pike  near  Staunton,  for  a  Philadel- 
phia paper  alluded  to  them  as  "  the  first  bicyclers  who  have  crossed  the  Alleghanies  and  the 
Blue  Ridge,"— though  my  book  records  that  several  other  riders  had  previously  done  this. 

New  Hampshire's  representative  tourist  seems  to  be  Moses  Sheriff  (b.  Sept.  17,  '57),  Capt. 
of  the  Manchester  B.  C,  who  is  emplcved  at  the  Print  Works  there,  and  who  rode  thincc  to 
Three  Rivers  and  back,  698  m.  (July  5  to  Aug.  9,  '84),  his  longest  day  being  67  m.  and  his  shortest 
45  m.  His  mileage,  as  recorded  by  Butcher  cyclom.,  on  a  54  in.  Rudge  roadster,  from  the  first 
of  '83  to  Aug.  29,  '85 (when  I  tool;  notes  of  a  talk  with  him),  was  3795  ;  and  he  thought  it  proba- 
ble that  the  so  in.  Standard  Columbia,  used  in  '81  and  '82,  had  served  for  about  1500  m.  each 
year.  His  route  followed  the  Concord  r.  r.,  along  the  Merrimac  river  to  White  River  Junction, 
about  -5  m.,  sandy  and  hilly;  fair  riding  then  to  Montpeiier  and  Milton,  followed  by  6  m.  of 
sand  ;  level  along  the  shore  of  Lake  Champlain,  with  many  smoc'h  stretches,  to  St.  Alhans  and 
St.  Armand,  where  he  entered  the  Province  of  Quebec.  Through  St.  Jolms  and  Sharington,  he 
reached  the  St.  Lawrence  and  found  good  riding  along  it  for  10  m.  to  St.  Lambert  (opp.  Mon- 
treal), and  to  Three  Rivers,  where  he  crossed  over  and  returnee!  to  M.  on  the  n.  w.  shore  with- 
out any  trouble.  Retracing  his  outward  course  as  far  as  W.  R.  Junction,  he  went  thence  home- 
ward through  Newport  and  North  Weare,  and  found  much  better  roads  than  along  the  Merri- 
mac. Previous  to  this,  his  longest  tour  had  been  from  Manchester  to  Boston  and  back  (no  ml, 
Sunday,  July  19,  '82,  3  A.  M.  to  8  p.  m.,  during  which  his  rests  amounted  to  only  i\  h.  The 
poorest  part  of  the  road  is  from  M.  to  Nashua,  19  m.,  and  it  improves  thence  to  Lowell,  14  m 
aua  all  the  way  to  R.  The  road  from  M.  to  Portsmouth  is  poor  for  20  m.  and  then  good  for 
30  m.  He  wheeled  61  m.  through  Nashua  and  Fitchburg  to  West  Gardner,  Aug.  23,  'Ss.and 
found  last  40  m.  fair  rid';  j ;  thence,  on  24th,  39  m.,  rather  rough  and  hilly,  to  Greenfield,  where 
he  took  train  through  the  tunnel,  and  on  the  26th,  wheeled  from  North  Adams,  through  Pitts 
field  to  Chatham,  48^  m.  of  good  surface;  27th,  down  the  Hudson  to  Cold  Spring,  78  m. ;  and 
28th,  to  N.  Y.,  55  m.,— a  total  of  281  for  five  days.     He  intended  to  complete  a  circuit  of  500111. 


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The  tourist  who  as  bf  st  combined  business  with  pleasure,  by  wheeling  nvcr  the  lonKe^t 
stretches  f  Americai  roadway  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  appointed  duties,  is  Kdward  R. 
lirt;w(b.  1851),  who  Decanie  a  rider  in  Nov.,  '79,  and  has  been  emp'  'ed  pretty  steadily  since 
ilicn  by  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  to  establish  hundreds  of  agencies  for  the  sale  of  their  machines, 
.,11(1,  incidentally,  to  paint  the  monster  .  ^n»  which  proclaim  "  Columbia  Bicycles  ""  to  the  train- 
p,i-..sengers  near  large  cities.  His  first  road-ride  was  in  March,  '80,  on  a  48  in.  wheel,  from 
.Albany  to  liuffalo ;  then  Niagara  to  Cleveland;  Toledo  to  Ann  Arbor;  Jackson;  Lansing; 
Cliicago  ;  Indianapolis;  Milwaukee  to  Oconomowoc  and  the  lakes ;  Chicago  to  Joliet,  Bliwm- 
iii^liin,  Peoria,  Springfield,  Alton  and  St.  Louis  (Aug.  and  Sept.);  train  to  Indianapolis;  thence 
by  wheel  to  Lima,  Bellefontaine,  Springfield,  Dayton,  Hamilton  and  Cincinnati ;  afterwards  to 
Xiiiia  and  Urbana  ;  total,  2800  m.  In  '81,  he  rode  3600;  '82,  4000;  '83,  5960,— making  his 
iiwiLMge  for  the  four  years  i6,a6o.  New  Orleans  and  Chattanooga  were  visited  in  '8i  ;  and  his 
route  of  '83  began  at  N.  Y.,  May  jo,  and  extended  during  3  months  through  8  States  as  fol- 
li.ws  :  "  Morristown,  Port  Jervis,  IJel.  Water  Gap,  Scranton  (thence  by  gravity  r.  r.  to  Hones- 
d.ilc),  Binghamton,  Elmira,  Corning,  Ba.'avia,  Rochester,  Loci  port,  Niagara,  Buffalo,  Krie, 
t  levL-land,  Oberlin,  Medina,  Akron,  Clevelind,  Akron,  Massillon,  Canton,  Columbus,  .Spring- 
titkl,  Urbana,  Bellefontaine,  Sidney^  Springfield,  Columbus  (also  S.  to  C.  by  tr  .in),  Springfield, 
Cincinnati,  Mt.  Verr,;n,  Louisvillt,  I  exinr.ton,  Maysville,  Xenia,  Newark,  Wheeling  (train  to 
N.  v.,  about  Sept.  1),  New  Haven,  Harford  and  Springfield."  I  extorted  these  statistics 
from  him  on  a  hot  May  afternoon  in  '84,  while  we  rested  by  the  road-side,  a  few  miles  out  of 
Washington,  before  spinning  back  again  towards  the  great  white  dome.  I  think  a  threatened 
slumer  was  what  induced  me  to  postpone  my  enquiries  as  to  his  routes  of  '81  and  '82  ;  and  per- 
haps the  rain  and  heat  combined  to  destroy  his  recollection  of  the  agreement  about  copying  from 
his  log-lxxiks,  for  my  benefit,  the  exact  details  of  his  four  years'  riding.  At  all  events,  no  such 
record  has  ever  reached  me;  and,  in  lack  of  it,  I  am  forced  to  offer  this  entirely  inadequate  ac- 
count of  a  man,  who  has  the  materials  for  telling  a  very  long  and  interesting  story  about  the 
roads  he  has  got  acquainted  with  in  wheeling  20,000  m.  on  a  bicycle.  I  hope  he  may  have  the 
story  ready  for  insertion  in  "  My  Second  Ten  Thousand  "  I  Meanwhile,  I  prasent  his  testimony 
that  the  roads  of  Ohio — which  he  has  perhaps  tried  more  thoroughly  than  any  one  else — are  of 
more  than  average  excellence  ;  also  the  testimony  of  his  friei  '  that  he  has  a  more  thr.u  average 
faculty  for  forcing  the  bicycle  to  serve  as  baggage-carrier.  Lc  og  it  down  with  a  photographer's 
camera,  paint-pofx  and  other  bulky  trappings,  he  will  drive  it  along  as  unconcernedly  as  an  ordi- 
nary man  will  drive  an  unencumbered  mach'  .e.  I  believe  his  only  serious  accident  (an  injury  to 
the  wrist,  early  in  '85)  resulted  from  slipping  on  the  ice  while  thus  laden.  In  the  r.^utes  given, 
a  semi-colon  signifies  a  brief  resort  to  the  cars  ,  otherwise,  'nis  wheeling  was  continuous. 

Will  P.  Cramer  (b.  Apr.  13,  1863),  League  consul  at  Albia,  la.,  engaged  in  a  good  deal  of 
long-distance  bicycling  in  '85,  starting  out  for  the  West,  June  28,  with  a  goods-'., ^j^....  hich  he 
employed  another  young  man  to  drive,  while  he  himself  generally  went  ahead  on  the  bi. ,  and  took 
advance  orders  for  the  goods.  In  case  of  bad  roads  or  weather,  the  wagon  supplied  him  with 
transportation.  I  omit,  for  lack  of  space,  the  story  of  his  earlier  travels,  and  give  only  the  con- 
clusion of  them,  when  his  56  in.  Columbia  made  a  long  straightaway  trail,  at  a  very  rapid  rate, 
thus:  McCook,  Neb.,  Aug.  12  at  9  A.  m.,  to  Denver,  Col.,  Aug.  14  at  10.45  *•  m.,  the  r.  r.  His- 
lance  being  255  m.,  and  the  route  actually  traversed  being  somewhat  shorter,  though  he  carried 
11:)  cyclom.  His  report  to  me,  Jan.  6,  '85,  says:  "  From  Culbertson,  12  m.  out,  I  found  good 
roids  for  12  m.  to  Stratton  (dinner) ;  and  between  12.45  ^nd  6.35  p.  m.,  I  wheeled  from  S.  through 
Benkleman,  19  m.,  Haigler,  21m.,  and  Laird,  9  m.,  to  Wray,  7  m., — making  89  m.  for  the  day.  I 
had  tu  go  through  some  canons,  but  did  n't  strike  any  but  what  I  could  ride  up,  by  taking  a  good 
run.  In  fact,  all  the  going  was  good.  On  the  13th,  I  finished  breakfast  in  time  to  start  at  6.30; 
pas.sed  through  Eckley,  15  m.,  and  at  11.30  stopped  i  h.  for  dinner  at  Akron,  19  m.;  then  went 
through  Pinneo,  13  m..  Brush,  11  m..  Ft.  Morgan,  10  m.,  to  Roggen,  32  m.,at  about  5.30,  mak- 
ing 119  m.  r  ,.  the  day.  On  the  14th,  I  started  at6  and  rode  to  Hudson,  17  m.  in  ijh.,  for  break- 
last;  then  went  through  Barr,  s  m.,  and  reached  Denver  at  10.45.  "3"  f^c  iSth,  I  started  out, 
along  the  Union  Pacific  r.  r.  up  the  Platte  (a  very  fine  road),  and  took  it  easily  to  Buffalo.  40  m." 


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XXXI, 


STATISriCS  FROM  THE  VETERANS. 

1! A.siiKi'LNK.ss  has  been  defined  as  "  vanity  turned   wrong-side-out,"  or  a 
sort  of  mental  awkwardness  resulting  from  the  belief  that  one's   little  errors 
and  defects  of  behavior  are  closely  observed  by  others.     In  fact,  however, 
not  much  i)hilosophy  is  needed  to  convince  a  man  that  the  self-absorption  of 
those  others  prevents  them  fronj  noticing  his  faults,  just  as  inevitably  as  it  pre- 
vents them  from  recognizing  his  merits.     They  have   no  energv  to  waste  in 
keeping  a  careful  watch  upon  any  one  who  is  not  of  extraordinary  consequence. 
To  assume  their  disapproval,  therefore,   is  hardly  more  modest  than  to  as- 
sume their  approval  ,  tor  the  basis  of  each   assumj)tion  must  needs  be  the 
notion    that   one's   presence    is  or  that    exceptional    importance    which  has 
power  to  stir  thein  from  their  usual   unobservant   attitude  of  profound  indif- 
ference.    My  object  in  mentioning  these  things  is  to  make  clear  what  I  mean 
by  the  theory  that  the  admitted   difficulty   of  procuring  personal  statistics  is 
probably  due  to  the  fact  that  most  men  are  either  boastful   or  bashful.     The 
former  hate  to  lay  aside  the  long-bow  for  the  pen,  and  to  reduce  their  glitter- 
ing generalities  to  exr  't  statements,  with  dates  and  details,  which  may  be  in- 
vestigated.    The  bashful  men,  on  the  other  hand,  hate  to  publish  the    Implest 
facts  about  themselves,  out  of  dread  lest  the  act  be  taken  for  boastfulness. 
They  are  afraid  that  the  whole  world  will  halt  from"  its  ■     itomary  business. 
in  order  to  point  the  finger  of  scorn  at  them  for  presuming  to  put  on  record 
such  personal  details  as  might,  in  the  case  of  a  very  famous  man,  attract  the 
whole  world  s  interest.     It  is  hard  to  disabuse  them  of  this  silly  notion,  and 
to  make  them  realize  that  the  interest  of  statistics  is  a  purely  scientific  and 
impersonal  one.     It  is  because  they  are  of  no  possible  account,  as  individual 
atoms,  to  the  world  at  large,  that  thefr  stories,  when  grouped  together,  make 
an  interesting  aggregate  which  is  of  value  to  the  world.     Hov.ever  little  we 
may  care  for  the  doings  of  "an  average  man,"  as  such,  "the  average  man" 
is  a  personage  who  claims  some  share  of  the  sympathy  or  all  of  us  ;  and  it  is 
the  function  of  personal  statistics  to  help  define  and  materialize  him.     When 
I  ask  John   Smith,  and  Tom   Brown,  and  all  the  rest,  to  let  me   print  their 
birthdays  alongside  their  wheeling  records,  it  is  not  from  a  belief  that  these 
dates  have  any  personal  interest  outside  the  small  circle  of  each  man's  ac- 
quaintance ;  but  because  of  their  statistical  value,  when  aggregated,  in  help- 
ing determine  the  average  age  at  which  a  man  is  most  active  on  the  wheel. 

It  would  not  be  strictly  true  for  me  to  say  thp.t  I    have  spent  more  time 
ana  cncrg}'  in  peisuaciiiig  linily  cycicis  to  picparc  ior  this  book  brief  and  uii- 


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iihti.isive  sfatcments-of-fact  alwut  themselves,  than  in  persuading  tliirty  hun- 
(lri<l  of  thetn  to  subscribe  for  the  book ;  neither  will  I  declare  that  a  general 
invitation  for  wheelmen  \.^  call  at  my  chambers,  in  orcier  to  have  their  front 
tilth  knocked  out  for  my  amusement,  would  have  brought  mere  responses 
than  my  general  appeals  for  the  aforesaid  statemcnt»-of-fact ;  but  these  exag- 
-iiated  comparisons  wii'  give  a  not  inaccurate  idea  of  the  difficulties  I  have 
iiiiDuntered  in  securing  such  autobiographies  as  the  book  contains.  1  plainly 
.iimciunce,  therefore,  that  none  of  my  contiibutors  belong  to  the  boas  ful 
,!a^s;  and  I  also  regretfully  ad(J  (to  save  th'  space  that  would  be  re(|uirc 
tor  jirintin^  all  their  self-deprecatory  remarks)  that  many  of  them  belong  to 
till-  bashful  class.  Hence,  it  wouiu  be  an  act  of  wanton  injustice  for  the 
reader  to  censure  any  of  t'  ■  men  as  "thiusting  themselves  forward  "  ;  since 
ni()>t  of  them  have  in  fact  consented  to  be  dragged  forward  only  l)ecause 
ihcy  aw  no  other  way  of  i)utting  an  end  to  my  persistent  clamor  for  their 
"lives."  Let  him  understand,  too,  that  I  assume  direct  responsibility  for  any 
faults  of  exjiression  which  may  apjiear  in  these  narratives,  while  I  freely  ac- 
iTidit  to  each  apparent  narrator  any  literary  merits  which  his  story  tray  be 
thought  to  possess.  Wherever  I  could  easily  save  space  by  changing  or 
condensing  the  language,  I  have  done  so;  and  if  I  ha"e  thus  put  into  any 
man's  mouth  words  which  he  would  prefer  not  to  b  accredited  with,  his  dis- 
claimer of  h.  ving  written  them  should  be  accepted  without  question,  in  spite 
of  the  evide  ice  of  the  printed  page.  I  give  most  of  these  reports  in  the 
first  jierson,  for  the  sake  of  brev'ty,  and  I  interpolate  no  ideas  of  my  own, 
Init  I  do  not  pretend  to  adhere  inflexibly  to  the  original  text.  I  '  ;  each 
contributor  may  find  I  have  quoted  his  thought  with  essential  corrjctness, 
even  wheffl  make  my  widest  departures  from  literal  accuracy. 

Charles  E.  V\M.  (b.  March  ij,  1845)  deserves  earliest  mention,  as  the  chief  organizer  of 
American  cycling,  as  the  first  authoritative  writer  about  it,  and  as  the  uniformly  dignified  de- 
fender of  its  rights  and  its  respectability  against  the  encroachments  of  the  ignorant  and  the  ridi- 
cule of  the  light-minded.  He  graduated  at  Haverford  College  in  '70,  and  is  now,  as  for  some 
years  past,  at  the  head  of  the  law  and  patent  department  of  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  as  attorney 
and  counselor.  A  fairly  good  portrait  of  him  appeared  in  he  iVhrel  (V)tz.  21, '81)  accompa- 
nied by  brief  biography.  He  first  mounted  the  bi.  in  Jan.,  '78,  at  the  riding-school  of  Cunning- 
ham, Heath  &  Co.;  took  his  first  road-ride  March  i,  and  covered  1000  m.  that  year;  in  '79  bis 
mileaie  was  i^oo,  and  in  the  six  years  since  then  it  r.as  been  represented  by  smaller  figures  as 
f  illows  :  900,  1300,  600,  500,  20..,  and  30, — a  total  of  6080.  His  successive  machines  have 
been  Tension  46,  Harvard  48,  Carver  50,  .Sped;'  Columbia  50,  Standard  Columbia  .8  and  Kx- 
pert  50,  and  he  has  also  ridden  Excelsior,  Royal  Salvo  and  Columbia  tricycles.  He  has  ridden 
in  all  the  N.  E.  States  except  Vt.;  also  in  N.  Y.,  Pa.  and  D.  C;  and  has  probably  co  ered  2000 
m.  (if  different  roads ;  longest  day's  ride,  60  m.  "  The  first  American  bicycle  tour  "  (  Boston  to 
I'nrtland ;  four  daj-s  in  Aug.,  '79)  was  taken  by  him  in  company  with  E.  W.  Tope  ani  W.  S, 
SIncum ;  and  when  the  report  which  he  printed  of  it,  with  that  title,  in  the  j7/.  WVr/f/CNi'.Tcli 
II,  '^i,  p.  275),  was  challenged  by  W.  E.  Gilman,  in  behalf  of  himself  and  a  friend,  who  had 
taken  their  bicycles  throuj;'.!  the  White  Mtns.  at  an  earlier  date,  the  fact  was  pointed  out  that 
they  were  the  retinue  of  a  touring  pany  in  carriages  rather  than   bicycle  explorers  pure  and 

;;v....l_         \S,,.\,  -....1:—   jI.-  ..  i!-U     V..-. \.^r   '.\llr.\^     '-.a\     \'r     "     ;.---.V   -   t-.v.~.  .^  -  v-=*  t.-.;-.-    .-.'    f--.  i—       ^~ 

exploring  the  roads  of  Mass.     He  planned  and  comipanded  the  "  Wheel  Around  the   Hub," 


504 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  O.V  A  BICYCLE. 


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Sept.  11-11,  *7v(»ee  p.  it),  »n<l  hi»  tlescriplion  of  ll,  handsomely  illustrated,  in  Siriiiur'i  (Kih  , 
■»..),  wu  the  hr»t  specimen  of  cycling  literature-  whii  h  attracted  much  attention  fioin  the  RencrAl 
public.  I  was  reprmluced  in  the  (rA/-c//»wi«  afterwards.  From  his  letter  to  me  (Jan.  .<, 'v, ; 
h.islily  written  in  response  to  my  threat  that  1  should  de«tro\  him  with  dynamite  unleu  In-  (uril,. 
with  contributed  something  for  this  chapter),  I  extract  the  foHowuiK;  "MylKlii  'o  the  cuiw 
of  cycling  hai  been  given  in  these  wayi:  (1)  As  a  member  of  the  Boston  city  goveninieiit,  I 
was  able  to  do,  and  did  do,  more  than  any  one  else,  to  save  the  rights  of  wheelmen  in  that  ci;v, 
and  throui^hout  the  State  of  Mass.;  and  alwi,  by  instiluti.  g  the  •4th  of  July  h>.  races'  under 
city  auspices,  to  give  racing  a  hold  on  the  supixirt  of  the  substantial  cla»»es  111  the  community 
(j)  As  author  of  'The  American  llicycler  '  I  gave  a  ready  source  of  inforination  to  writers  in 
the  public  press,  who  not  only  resorted  to  it  for  facts  but  also  took  frcra  it  their  tone  .pf  writing 
seriously  alxiiit  the  subject.  The  book,  furthermore,  was  the  direct  means  of  making  m.uiv 
professiiMii.I  and  ilderly  men  adopt  the  bicycle.  I  Ijcgan  it  in  the  autumn  ot  '7Saiid  lioi^hcj  m 
the  spring  of  '79,  though  I  can't  tell  how  many  solid  hours  I  si>eiit  uimn  it.  Houghton,  OsjjckkI 
&  Co.  is.sucd  the  first  edition  (1000  copies  at  $0  and  I  netted  #97. 50 from  the  sale  of  these  ;  whiie 
from  the  2d  ed.  (3000  copies  at  50c  )  .  received  >  100.  Hoth  issues  were  cloth-bound  and  -re 
now  nut  of  print.  (3)  I  'iropossd  and  promoted  the  l^eague  of  American  Wheelmen  ;  drew  11, 
cons'itution  ;  served  as  its  first  president  for  neariy  two  yr.irs  ;  and  have  done  .ictive  work  fur  it 
ever  since.  I  um  still  ana  live  member  and  officer  of  it,  but  not  of  any  club  ;  ihouj;!!  I  w.is 
for  four  years  president  of  the  Uostim  B.C.,  and  am  now  an  honorary  member  of  the  Nf.iss. 
B.  C,  the  N.  \'.  B.  t:.,  and  the  Montreal  B.  C.  (4)  I  fojnded  the  Bicycling  ii'arld  ind  la- 
bored with  it,  till  the  end  of  my  editorshi,"  in  Feb.,  '81,  as  no  otiier  editor  has  done  since.  I 
was  midwife  for  the  ll'heelman,  -n  Sept.,  '82,  and  one  of  its  «tafl  until  the  change  was  made 
into  Outing,  which  I  '^  -w  served  as  editoi  ior  about  a  year.  F"or  these  and  other  mediums,  1 
have  probably  writtei.  uS  much  in  relation  to  bicycling  as  any  one.  ^5)  My  legal  opinions  on  thf 
rights  of  wheelmen— the  chief  of  which  was  printed  in  the  Hi.  H'trr/J {May  6,  '81,  p.  4o<>'l  and 
condensed  thence  for  the  L.  A.  W.  circular — have  l)eeii  in  constant  requisition  and  use  ;  have 
never  been  controverted,  but  always  sustained  ;  and  have  thus  L'cn  helpful  to  the  cause.  As 
for  the  diminution  in  my  wheeling  for  the  last  three  years,  it  is  accounted  for  by  increased  ab- 
sorption in  work,  and  by  the  fict  that  my  place  of  habitation  is  not  favorable  to  the  use  of  the 
wheel  between  it  and  my  office.  Ill-health  in  'S5,  and  a  resort  .  "-hting  during  such  leisure  as 
I  had,  reduced  my  record  for  that  year  to  30  m.,  but  1  expect  to  ride  much  more  in  '86." 

A  veteran  wheelman  in  a  double  sense  is  Joseph  O.  Dalton  (b.  Feb.  8,  182S).  who  prepared 
at  my  request  the  following  story  (If^/uef,  Aug.  15,  '84):  "  I  was  one  of  the  three  who  were 
tlie  earliest  in  using  the  English  modern  bicycle,  on  its  real  advent  in  this  coimtrv  at  Boston  in 
th^  summer  or  fall  of  '77.  Col.  Pope  at  the  same  time  was  trying,  with  an  English  friend,  a 
mostly  wooden  imitation.  Several  young  mechanics  in  this  city  had  for  a  year  or  two  been  usini; 
similar  michines  made  of  wcxid  or  iron,  after  the  improved  pattern,  and  there  had  been  a  (lw 
'  'oradic  cases  of  true  bicycle,  on  the  race  track  and  the  stage,  in  New  York  and  elsewhere. 
The  Centennial  expositio.i  at  Philadelphia  contained  a  number  of  imported  bicycles,  exhibited 
by  Lawford  &  Timms.  Having  learned  the  art  of  bal-ince  on  that  sort  of  twivwheeler  which 
now  b.;ars  only  an  opprobrious  name,  I  borrowed  one  of  the  new  kind,  a  Paragon,  and  on  Sept. 
19,  '77,  took  my  fL-st  ride  at  once  upon  the  road.  Though  a  48-!n.  wheel,  it  had  a  seat  as  high 
as  that  of  a  '  -n.  now.  and  was  dangerously  upright  and  top-heavy.  After  riding  it  190  m.  in 
about  two  m^.  'hs,  I  sold  it  for  the  owners  (out  of  regard  for  my  bones).  In  Dec.  I  got  an 
Ariel,  46-in.,  from  the  same  parties,  and  rode  it  to  the  end  o5  the  year,  about  2<Yt  m.  I  used 
the  same  during  the  first  \  of  '78,  when  I  received  6  more  machines  from  the  firm  under  an  ar- 
rangement to  sell  them  also.  These  were  among  the  first  bicycles  sold  in  this  country'.  I  also 
assis.ed  in  nursing  the  infant  cult,  by  editorial  and  other  writing  in  the  city  papers,  and  'n  F.  W. 
Weston's  eccentric  but  valuable  Bicycling  Journal :  and  was  ioincH  with  him  and  a  dozen  others 
in  launching  the  first  club,  a  craft  that  still  shows  the  losy  tint  on  her  prow,  but  'tis  more  the 
healthy  hue  of  prosperity,  than  of  vinous  origin.  For  the  rest  of  that  year,  and  to  the  List  of 
April,  '79,  I  rode  a  48-in.  Ariel,  that  make  having  a  bar  and  tension-rods  inside  the  wheel,  by 


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which  the  liub  could  be  turned  and  all  the  «p<>kc»  tightened  at  once.  I  then  bought  a  liRht  road- 
Mir,  Club  5i>-in.,  *hii.h  I  rude  until  Oit  ,  '8j.  Siiict  thcf  I  hi  ■■>■  used  an  Xlraordiinry,  safety 
inai..nne,  JJ  111  ,  the  tirst  I  have  had  which  ran  on  anything  Intter  than  roller  or  cone  bearings, 
this  kind  1  lliiiik  is  in  mos'  resiwcts  the  best  for  such  riders  as  mysiK,  though  it  :»  not  made 
lii;lit  enough  [ur  ni  -n  of  le>»  than  iy>  lbs  —in  my  case  nearly  10  lbs.  lets.  I  have  adopted  thia 
torni  fur  good  and  all  ;  in  the  words  of  a  rhymster: 

'  ',ct  si>ecd  prevail,  and  records  lower  ;  but  Safety  be  my  choice  of  goer.' 

"  I  object  to  these  long-distance  fellows  who  swfr|)  over  many  lands,  and  measure  nflP,  in 
4  or  5  years,  leagues  enough  to  girdle  tin:  (Mobe.  They  seem  to  <  ant  the  earth,  as  the  sayinj:  's. 
1  o  travel  alx)ut  the  lenjith  of  its  diai";^ii:r  in  '•  ;  !ar»  is  the  more  pro|H:r  thing.  After  about  .  jo 
in.  on  the  old,  heavy,  and  high-built  machines,  1  r(xie  the  I'lub  nearly  4500  m.,  .md  the  Xtra,  up 
to  date,  about  jooo  m.  It  wjs  more  than  a  year  before  I  could  rightly  mount  or  dismount,  and 
my  fiilU  fur  two  ur  three  y.ars  were  numerous  and  various,  by  the  combined  faults  of  machines 
and  rider,  but  resulted  ui  no  hurt  worse  than  a  sprain.  My  riding  has  been  wholly  for  exercise, 
111  relieve  occupations  mainly  sedentary  ;  it  has  been  done  mostly  near  Boston,  reaching  only  as 
l.ir  as  Worcester  in  one  direction,  and  Gloucester  in  another  ;  making  45  to  50  iv  day  two  or 
three  limes,  and  longest  tour  80  m.;  have  used  a    jyclomctcr  but  little,  and   :•  <  '   my  mile- 

.i^e  by  the  kimwii  length  of  familiar  routes,  or  often  by  estimating  ai  the  n.(Kiir_;,  rate  of  5  to 
ji  m.  an  hour  fir  the   time  out,  including  stops.      The  yearly  di«l,o,ces  are:     iSy^,  1540;  ';')> 
1515;  'So,  n(>s;  '81,980;  '82,  1135;   'S3,  iif>e.      Add  450  m.  for '77,  and  445  m.  for '84  to  Aug. 
1,  and  my  total  is  8fx)5  m."     He  added  465  m.  to  tins  before  the  year  ended  (      '  •  and  his  gig 
ni.  of  '85  w.ii  thus  distributed:     Jan.,  19;  Mar.,  28;  Apr.,  116;  May,    149;    June.  *S'<  J"'y. 
30;  Aui!.,i54;   Sept., .79;  '>ct.,iio;   Nov.,  79;   Dec,  10,— making  the  total  for  9  years  10,079 
m.     Hi's'M.yra  liicyclica:  Forty  Poets  on   the  Wheel"  lOct.,   '80;  ed.    500)  was  the  earliest 
hook  of  cycling  verses  issued  in  this  country.     The  second  edition  apjieaied  In   March,  '85,  en- 
larged to  160  pp.,  with  the  amended  title  of  "  Sixty  Poets."     It  is  bound  in  doth,  and  may  be 
h.iil  by  mailin-  a  postal-note  for  75  c.  to  the  author,  at  the  house  of  the   Hoston  B   C,  87  Hoyls- 
tnn  St.      His  advertisement  thus  describes  it:     "  A  phenomenal  series  of  high  flights  and  carols 
1  comic  verse.     To  voice  the  cycling  spirit  in  the  best  manner  from  many  points  of  view,  his 
Siiix-r-parodic  method  is  applied  at  last  to  all  available  material  fron'  the  whole  range  of  poetry. 
TIiiTe  is  also  a  pyrotechnic  and  kaleidoscopic   variety  of  other  so.ifr         many  measures,  mostly 
t'lrning  upon  the  Wheel,  and  in  its  own  steely  and  tonic  style,  by  tl.^  :-irea'c  bird  of  cvcling, 
cackle,  lark  and  ch.inticleer  in  one  !     Rare  as  it  is  to  see  anything  really  NKW  in   the  field  of 
poetry,  occupied  for  ages  by  the  finest  wits  of  the  world,  it  is  found  in  this  book,  which  is  quite 
without  a  parallel  in  its  plan  and  leading  feature.     Eri/iui/  mus^  igmin,  carmenqtu  canenti." 
Hardly  five  years  younger  than  the  Boston  poet  is  the  Mic'.igan  journalist,  I..  J.  Bates  (b. 
Sept.  24,  1S32),  who  assumed  the  editorship  of  the  Lansing  Republican,  in  Jan.,  '86,  after  about 
;o  years'  connection  with   the   Post  and  Tribune  at   Detroit.     He  is  one  of  the  few  trained 
writers  that  have  contributed  to  the  cycling  press,— his  signature  as  '•  President   Bates  "  being 
familiar  to  all,  and  his  style  being  sufficiently  mp'Ued  to  "ix  the  authorship  of  even   the  shorter 
pieces  which  are  signed  "P.."      His  report  to  me  is  as  follows  (Dec.    12,  '85):     "My  birth- 
place xvas  Hunter,  a  little  village  in  th.-  Catskill  section  of  the  Hudson  Valley.     I  was  rnarried 
at  Grand  Rapids,  Aug.   18,  i860,  to  Aiiss  Jenny  L.  Tracy,  and  have  two  children,  a  daughter 
and  a  son.     I  am  now  53,  but  can  k-;ep  up  with  any  kind  of  a  procession  on  wheels,  and  have 
IS  much  fun  a.s  any  of  the  crowd.     I  was  the  eariiest  bicycler  in  Michigan  ;  received  my  Co- 
imbia    March   21,  '79,  and  struggled  with  it  in  the  back-alley  for  a  weet  before  learning  to 
mount,  as  I  'd  never  watched  any  one  else  perform  that  act ;  but  when   I  did  at  last  mount 
and  ride  through  the  alley,  I  went  around  the  entire  block  on   the   street ;    and   I  've  ridden 
about  every  fair  day  since.     This  was  on  March  29  [the  self-.sam.  0  iy  tV.it  the  author  of  this 
u„„i,  i,.3,^.,j  .„  j{Af  o,  p,u.;or. :  see  n.  i'.\.  and  om  Sept    •>.  1  orraniied  the  Detroit  B.  C,  the 
first  in  the  State,  with  S  members,  and  was  elected  president.     Kach  year  since  then  I  've  been 
unanimously  re-elected,  in  spite  of  my  protest,  except  in  '84,  when  I  positively  refused  to  serve. 


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5o6  TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


My  wheeling  amountea  to  over  jooo  m.  during  6  months  of  summer  and  autumn  the  on'v 
year  I  ever  kept  a  record.      My  annual  totaJ  must  be  large.-never  less    tlian    2000  to  jcxi 
.n.-and  m  '84  I  gue=:s  it  was  3500.     I  rid.  about  .0  m.  a  aay.-going  to  and  from  my  olfice 
thus  on  almost  -ver)        -sible  day,-and  there  are  not  more  than  6  to  .2  weeks  in  the  year  when 
weather  prev    is  my  riding.      My  present  50  in.  Expert  has  carried  m<t  over  11,000  m       i  a 
cost  of  only  5O  c.  for  repairs  caused  by  breakages,  and  *2  f  or  a  new  tire  to  rear  wheel'    I'e 
sides  taking  part  in  the  three  gri.>d  tours,  of  a  fortnight  each,  managed  by  the  Chicago  men 
I  've  been  on  .00  or    niore   short  lours,  of  .  to  .,  days'  duration,  and  uncounted  all-day  runs' 
My  only  -venous  accident  was  in  '84,  after  safely  returning  from  the  Canada  tour,  wher  1  broke 
two  nbs  by  a  slight  fall,  which  was  produced  by  a  block  of  wood-paving  being  tliiown  against 
my  wheel  where  some  street  repairs  were  in   progress.      The  only  fall  of  any  kind  I  vl  lud 
smce  then  >•    s  caused  by  the  breaking  under  my  wheel  of  a  board  in  th.-  sidewalk  at  Naparee 
giving  me  a  slight  bruise.     I  wrote  my  first  bicycle  article  in  winter   of  '79-'»o.  and  was   aston' 
ished  to  find  it  going  the  rounds  of  the  prcs».     My  imaginative  sketch  called  'A  Midnight  Ride  ' 
in  I)urba.,k's  '  Wheelman's  .Annual  for  '82,'  also  had  quite  a  run,  in  EngLird  as  well  as  Amer 
Ki,  and!  believe  is  still  afloat,  accredited  as  a  veritable   adventure.     Mv  pieces  for  the   Bi 
IVorld^A  'S.  included  'Our  New  Year's  Call  on  Wheels'  (Jan.    ,4)  and  'The   Bumps  Sere' 
nado'  (Nov.  u).     In  the  magazine  ^alled  the  Wluelman,  and  then   OtUing,  be.ules  my  renorts 
of  the  Canadi  tours  (April,  May,  '84  ;   May,  '85).  I  printed  ,,ractical  essays  on  the   '  Ideal  Tri 
cycle  '  (March,  'S3),  '  Our  Hijjhway  Laws  as  Affected  by  fiicvcling  '  (March  April   'S,)  '  Poi," 
ic.-.:  Power  of  the  L.  A.  W.'  (.May,  '83),  and  the  follown.g  sketches  :     '  True  Hi'storv'of  rh., 
ClubRun'  (Dec    -82), 'The  Club  Christening'  (Jan.. '8,),   •  Th.   Bi.   Club  Attend  a  Sewln. 
Circle     (teb.),     Irue  History  of  Capt.  Hardrider's  Run  '  (Mav),  '  Mr.   CufJ  and  Mis,  M,r" 
fP    H"^'!'.nu"""'  "''^""''"  ^'^'^  "•''^  Assassinated  '  (Oct.),  "  Mr.  Condor  and  Afiss  Weal'.hv' 
Jan., '84),  'The  Twiddle  Twins' (Feb.),  'My  Wife's  Tricycle '  (JuM,   'The  Perker  H  n  ' 
>ept.)    '  Ride  •  ,po..m,    Nov.),    'How   Mr.    Pod  .-inkle   was' Encouraged '  (A,  li      ^    "Z 
0  rull.ver  Bard  Coa.ted  the  Bridge '  (July).  'On  the  Proper  Econom;  of  Trith  '  (Sept  )     A 
for   eye  omete-s,    I    have    examined  several,   and  think   the  perfect   one  has  no,  yet  appeared, 
lough  the  improved  Butcher  ,s  pretty  good.     The  fi,ures  on  the  dial-pla.e  should  be  J  in  long 
b  ack  on  white  ;  and  the  best  dial  I  've  seen  was  that  of  the  proposed  Lamson  cvc.     The  per! 
feet  me^r  should  run  by  friction-wheels.  not  ccgs,  and  should  record  r   m   exactly  when  me^s 
ured.     The  trouble  with  meters  that  allow  a  r.ed  number  of  cogs  to  the  m  T.tt  t  ey  n"; 
measure  a  few  ft.  or  m.  more  or  less  than  .  m„  and  the  repetition  of  these  sH.ht  errors  fi„„ 
causes  a  large  one.     In  conclusion,  let  me  add,  as  a  notable  fact  about  bicycling  that  I  've  .    v 
seen  an  experienced  wheelman  tlu>rou,yy  ,ire4  by  any    :de  or  run,  no  m.-tt^  r  how  CZ-i 
mean  not  so  tired  but  that,  after   resting  a  single  h.,    he   could   froiic   about    as  if         sh    o 
ily  ride  several  m.  more.     The  24  Canada  tourists  of  '8.,  wheeled  a  daily  average  of  50  m 
the  79  of    84.47i  m     and  the   ,07  of  '85,  4sW  ,-not  only  without  sickness  or  serious  acci 
dent,  but  wnh  actual  gain  of  wei,ht  in  the  cases  of   all  hut  4  of   the  2,0  indi  idu  Tl  ^ 

seems  al^l  the  mo,e  remarkable  in  view  of    the   fact   that   they  were   often  w  t  bytd  r^ 
storms,  drank  everything  on  the  road,  and  went  late  to  bed  " 

Hi  \v''^u-,  ^r^^'-^i^'"^  =>'-=<>-  ^^ernred  close  attention  from  regular  renders  of  the 
fhe        ■    t '"  "1         ''• ''  "  "  •-'"1"«-P''-  reversal  of  one  which  now  «ive    a 

y  C    A''H;:;:,Ub  ^T    '  .-.eresting  a.ticles,  of  universal  popularitv.  whenever  of^ciall    use 

s'd  astthh  k  of  ,  i  ■        '  "■;  ■''^'  "'  ""^  ^'"''  ^="''""'  ''^'■•^  •-"  P-«-o"«h.     X  .row 

ad  as  I  think  of  his  pres,  „,  degeneracy,  in  ,1  is  signing  bank-notes  and  government  drafts  dur- 

and  Excur^,.  ns      such  as  he  used  to  supply  for  the  ir/,ee/man  (Feb.,  Mar,  'H4)   when  he  wn, 
a  simple  bank-clerk  and  bach.lo,.     Wiih  a  carefully-kept  cyclometer-record  about  twice  as  gre 
as  my  own,-greater,  1,,  fact,  tnan  that  of  any  other  American,-he  cherishes  mv  own  fond^ 
oraccmatestatistics  of  wheeling,  and  as  he  is  abou-  the  only  writer  s.,ve  mvself  vho  has  a^ 
t^empted  any  painstaking  presentation  of  the  same,  on  ..  large  scale,  I  regret  to  see  a  i.c  .ack  of 


oiK  nut  01  his  pen.     He  still  pushes  it  occa 


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iiiaya/ine  article  called  "  Twenty  Thousand  Miles  on  New  England  Roads,"'  embodying  his 
experiences,  but  cannot  say  how  soon  this  may  be  ready  for  publication.  When  I  first  persuaded 
him  to  attempt  such  a  piece,  in  order  that  1  might  reprint  a  summary  of  it,  "  Fifteen  "  was  the 
tir>i  word  in  its  title  ;  and,  as  the  introductory  numeral  grew  higher  with  advancing  months  he 
gr.idually  came  to  see  that  his  easiest  way  of  keeping  faith  was  to  prepare  a  summary  for  me  di- 
rectly, and  trust  to  the  future  for  finding  leisure  to  expand  it.  His  record  is  a  most  instructive 
oi:c,  as  showing  the  value  of  the  bicycle  to  a  man  whose  business  keeps  him  larg...  in-doors 
and  tiiained  to  a  single  locality ;  and  it  offers  an  interesting  contrast  to  that  of  Mr.  Drew  Cp. 
501 1,  whose  similarly  extensive  mileage  proved  the  value  of  the  bicycle  to  a  man  whose  badness 
keeps  him  largely  out-doors,  and  moving  to  many  localities.  As  it  seems  likely  that  no  other 
.Vnierican— with  the  possible  exception  of  myself— has  taken  so  many  careful  readings  from  the 
cyclometer,  a  special  importance  attaches  to  what  he  says  on  that  point  (Dec.  q,  '85)  :  "  1  have 
used  various  other  kinds,  but  for  the  most  part  have  carried  Ritchie's  magnetic  cyclometer.  I 
siill  depend  upon  it,  for  it  has  never  failed  me,  and  regular  tests  convince  me  that  it  is  accurate. 
1  .1111  occasionally  obliged  to  put  in  a  new  washer,  or  otherwise  take  up  the  wear,  but  its  inside 
construction  and  operation  have  been  satisfactory.  Other  makes  have  the  advantage  over  it  in 
r  -iiect  to  a  dial  which  can  be  read  while  riding  ;  and  if  a  change  in  size  of  wheel  should  force 
Hi.  to  get  a  new  eye,  I  think  I  should  give  the  Butcher  a  test. 

"  When  my  Columbia,  No.  61,  first  reached  me  (Apr.  3,  '79),  a  eye.  was  attached  to  it,  and 
1  hegan  revolving  the  same  at  the  rate  of  :ioo  to  300  m.  per  month,  so  that  at  the  end  of  the 
y  ar  it  recorded  1660  m.  My  mileage  in  '80  was  2840  ;  and,  as  I  found  I  had  missed  riding  only 
on  a  dozen  winter  days,  I  decided  in  '81  to  make  the  first  American  out-door  record  for  every 
day  in  the  year.  I  accomplished  this,  though  my  rides  through  the  snow,  on  a  few  stormy  days, 
were  short  as  well  as  uncomfortable, — the  sum  of  the  365  rides  being  3175.  My  '82  mileage  was 
31)25;  '83,3675;  '84,  3210;  '85,2830,3  total  of  21,015.  My  duties  during  the  last  year  have 
been  so  pressing  that  I  've  hardly  taken  time  to  do  the  wheeling  that  I  think  necessary  as  health 
fuel  for  my  work.  The  first  loio  m.  of  it  were  ridden  before  the  close  of  July,  showing  1820  m. 
for  the  last  5  mor.ihs  of  the  year.  P.eginning  in  '7.S  with  a  46  in.  wheel,  I  've  had  a  larger  size 
nearly  every  year  and  now  comfortably  ride  a  5).  I  retain  four  of  my  old  bicycles  in  my 
wlieel-house, — the  favorite  veterans  being  Joh'.  Hull  (imported  in  '77  or  '78 ;  solid  backbone),  and 
.'"pecial  Columbia,  with  its  record  of  6000  ni.  They  still  do  me  good  service,  on  ainy  days  and 
winter  months,  when  my  nickeled  wheels  are  laid  aside.  I  received  the  John  Bull  in  June,  '78,  but 
take  no  note  of  the  few  hundred  m.  I  rode  that  year.  Mj  cyclom.  record  also  excludes  the  m.  I 
have  covered  on  the  road  by  tricycle  and  tandem,  the  many  h.  I  have  bicycled  in  our  club  rink,  and 
the  luni;  distances  I  have  pushed  the  marine  bicycle,  on  rivers,  lakes  and  ocean.  I  have  lot  ridden 
at  any  time  just  to  increase  my  record,  but  chiefly  for  enjoyment,  and  for  the  sake  of  counl'ract- 
iiii;  the  unhealthful  tendencies  of  an  occupation  which  confines  me  in-doors,  under  considerable 
mental  strain.  The  daily  rides  my  hobby  gives  me,  between  the  house  and  bank,  have  kept  me 
in  perfect  health  ;  and  though  these  arc  not  the  limits  of  my  activity,  it  has  been  conii.'ed  almost 
wlidlly  to  New  England.  The  separate  roadways  I  ha-,  explored  would  probably  not  amount 
to5M)m.  ;  the  longest  of  these  being  in  Mass. ,  the  hardest  being  across  the  stoep  and  sandy 
liills  of  Me.,  and  tie  most  varied  being  around  home  in  N.  H.  My  first  all-day's  .straightaway 
ride  was  freni  Portsmouth  to  Pioston,  66  m.  (.Vug.,  '7'-'  ;  and  3'ou  can  consult  my  articles  in  the 
U7ic,-/»iatt  (Jan.,  'S3  ;  Feb.,  Mar.,  '84)  for  details  ot  the  126  m.  ride  I  took  Oct.  2g,  '82,  with 
"inil  and  rain  against  me,  and  of  the  even  1,-10  m.  run  in  10  h.,  Nov.  3,  '83.  I  have  no  scars  to 
!;vv,  and  no  serious  accidents  to  relate  of  myself  or  wheels,  my  bills  for  repairs  of  which  have 
been  very  slight.  I  have  never  been  injured  by  reason  of  breakage  or  falls  from  crank  bicycles, 
thnuii  I  have  tried  all  the  various  accomplishments  the  wheel  affords, — including  fancy  riding, 
drilling  and  racing.  As  to  headers,  I  could  relate  a  long  chapter  of  them,  but  more  happened 
in  tlie  first  nxxi  m.  than  in  all  the  distance  traversed  since.  One  piece  of  my  good  luck  seems 
peculiar  :  during  hundreds  of  miles  ridden  by  night  and  on  the  ice,  I  never  yet  h.ul  a  fall." 

"vViiiiaiii  V.  Ciiinian  lii,  Nov.  25,  i^^'f),  treasurer  01  tiie  N.isima  Carci  and  Giazrd  Paper  Co., 
is  another  New  Hampshire  pioneer  who  wrote  extensively  for  the  wheeling  press  in  '  s  earlier 


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days,  and  who  is  now  forced  by  the  cares  o£  businc  3S  and  married  life  to  give  less  time  to  the 
wheel  and  the  pen.  His  portrait  and  biography  appeared  in  Spr.  H^h.  Gaz.  (June,  '84,  p.  k.). 
One  of  his  earliest  recollections  is  the  departure  of  troops,  fc.  the  South,  from  Albany,  his  H.ih- 
place,  though  his  parents  moved  thence  to  Nashua,  in  war  time,  and  he  graduated  at  its  hi^h 
school  in  '75,  and  entered  as  Freshman  at  Dartmouth.  College  was  soon  abandoned  in  favor  cif 
a  business  school  at  lioston,  whence  he  went  into  the  employ  of  a  papei'  mill  at  West  Henniker 
N.  H.  (Feb.  I,  '77)1  *'"!,  after  jj  years  there,  assumed  his  present  p<»ition  in  Nashua.  Me 
learned  to  ride  in  Oct.,  ^^%,  but  did  not  buy  a  bicycle  till  late  in  Nov.,  and  hardly  covered  13  m 
that  year.  His  mileage  for  '79  vas  about  1830,  and  '80  proved  his  best  year  (4780  m.) ;  the  an- 
nual record  decreasing  since  then  as  follows:  '81,4100;  '82,  2700;  '83,  1509;  '84,  11 17;  'S; 
637;  total,  i2,6S5.  "Though  this  decline,  enforced  ly  business  demands,  seems  a  great  ont  " 
(he  writes  to  me  D^c.  10,  '85),  "  my  bicycles  are  nevertheless  kept  in  constant  use,  the  entire 
riding  season.  The  difference  is  that  f  use  them  only  in  short  spins,  for  healthful  exerci.xe,  in 
jogging  about  town, — my  longest  day's  ride  in  '85  being  a  round  trip  of  30  m.  Th  jugh  I  have 
spent  more  than  i^ioo  on  cyclometers,  none  are  attached  to  the  wheels  I  now  use  (a  Rudge  and 
an  Expert),  and,  until  a  radical  improvement  can  be  made,  I  want  none.  The  r„ugh,  sandy,  and 
hilly  roads  of  N.  H  (where  most  of  my  riding  has  been  done,  though  I  have  wheeled  consider- 
ably in  Mass.,  and  a  little  in  N.  Y.  and  N.  J.,— as  also  K  Chicago  and  Washington,  while  at- 
tending the  League  meets)  shake  them  all  to  pieces.  My  wheeling  record  has  therefore  been 
made  up  from  my  knowledge  of  distances  traversed,  estimated  to  the  best  of  my  judgment.  I  do 
not  pretend  that  it  is  absolutely  correct,  and  I  make  no  claim  or  boast  for  it.  I  've  never  half  kept 
an  account  of  mileage,  except  to  add  up  the  probable  totals  as  I  went  along ;  but,  as  you  insist 
upon  it,  I  supply  the  liest  details  I  can.  Though  I  have  ridden  a  little  in  Jan.  and  Feb,,  my  nr- 
dinary  season  has  been  restricted  to  the  other  ten  months  of  each  year.  Dur'ng '8o-'Si,  for 
many  days  in  succession  I  rode  40  m.  or  more,  outside  of  business  hours,  th.is  :  to  Lowell  aiul 
b.ick  without  dismount  (30  m,);  then,  after  dinner,  to  lyngsboro  and  back  without  dismoinit 
(Hi  m.),'in  i  h.  5  min.  t  used  tc-  indulge  in  many  similar  performances,  of  which  I  took  no 
note, — riding  persistently.  '  nipht  and  day,  up  hill  and  uown,  over  all  creation.'  f  grew  so  fond 
of  knickerbockers  that  I  wore  them  almost  continuously,  for  every  sort  of  business  or  pleasure  ; 
and  I  tried  all  sorts  of  rigs  and  outfits, — bioadcloth,  white  flannel,  club  uniforms,  plain  shirts  with 
belts,  and  all  the  colors  in  all  combinations  possible.  I  have  ridden  some  250  m.  on  tricycles 
( Harvaid,  Victor  and  Columbia),  thoiitih  none  is  now  owned  by  me,  or  by  any  one  else  in  this 
part  of  N.  H.,  where  the  sandy  roads  hardly  warrant  their  use.  Besides  my  two  ma.ine  bicy- 
cles, I  have  owned  and  ridden  th,.  following  :  Newton  Challenge,  Velocity,  4  Colunibias  (1 
Standards,  i  Special,  i  Expert),  3  Harvards,  Shadow,  Vale,  Rudge  light  roadster,  American 
Rudge,  Ro/al  Mail,  Club,  Special  Club,  Union,  Matchless,  American  Star,  liritish  Challenge, 
.Sanspareil,  Kangaroo  and  Victor.  I  was  appointed  League  consul,  early  in  '81  and  on  Sept.  17, 
organized  the  Nashua  Wheel  Club  (now  defunct) ;  was  its  first  president,  and  n  '82  was  chosen 
captain.  In  May  of  that  year,  I  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  L.  A.  W.,  and  ,vas  re-elected  in 
'S3.  I  am  N.  H.  consul  of  the  C.  T.  C,  and  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Wh;elmcn's  Associa- 
tion, as  well  as  of  the  Mass.  B.  C.  and  the  Springfield  1..  C, — a  life  member  in  the  latter  case.'' 
"  Ixion  "  was  a  familiar  signature  to  early  readers  of  the  Bi.  li-'orld,  and  t  sometimes  even 
now  appears  there,  representing  Llewellyn  H.  Johnson  (b.  March  17,  1851)),  a  graduate  cf 
Swarthmore  College  in  '78,  and  recently  established  as  a  dealer  in  cycles  at  East  Orange  (3  \\- 
lington  PI.),  who  sent  me  this  short  story,  Jan.  i,  '36  :  "  I  took  my  first  ride  Jan.  7,  '79,  and 
have  wheeled  in  N.  J.,  N.  V.,  Mass.,  Vt  ,  N.  H.,  Va.,  Md.,  D.  C,  R.  L,  Pro  v.  Que.,  Eng.  and 
Wales.  Mileage,  18,723,  divided  annually  thus  (the  additional  figures,  after  first  2  years,  show 
bi.  and  tri.  records  respectively):  '79,1643;  '3o,  2030;  '81,  3139— 3068,  71:  '82,  13S7— 1224J, 
■'^'2i;  'S3,  231,1 — gHii,  1319J;  '84,  4048—1^77,  2171  ;  '85,  4175—2245,  1930.  This  gives  a  lot.il 
of  i3,o6<)  for  the  bi.  and  5654  for  the  tri.  My  experience  with  cyclometers  (overs  these  eight  : 
Lakin.  Excelsior,  UnderwoiKl,  Stanton  (the  two  latter  are  English),  Pope,  .VIcDonnell,  Spa'd- 

denounce  the  Butcher  as  a  fraud."     A  monthly  analysis  of  his  '84  road-recrrd  was  given  in  Bi. 


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509 


;/'or/i/(Jan.  23, 'S5)  as  follows;  "  Jan.,  20J— 8J,  12;  Feb.,  101—25,7'!;  .Mar.,  182—11,  171; 
Apr.,  520—266,254;  May,  372— 130,  242;  June,  452— 200.  252  ;  July,  616-  -2(90,  326;  Aug.,  448— 
379,  69;  Sept.,  31S— 214,  104;  Oct.,  347—202,  145;  Nov.,  4J2— 8i,  34i  ;  l^ec,  2494—704,  179. 
The  third  numeral  assigned  to  each  month  shows  the  records  of  tricj'cles,  and  they  are  designated 
by  italics  in  this  analysis  of  the  year's  mileage  between  the  machines  ridden  :  Humber,  1100; 
Kucker,  646;  Humber  Tandem,  613;  Pony  Star,  505^;  Yale,  4224;  Rucker,  347;  Kuckcr 
Tandem,  127;  Facile,  79;  I'ictor,  68;  Sanspareil,  45;  Traveler,  id;  Kangaroo,  26  :  Cheyles- 
more  Sociable,  15;  Rudge,  10;  American  Club,  10;  Humber,  6;  Columbia,  2."  His  ride  of 
July  10,  '84,  on  the  roads  around  Orange,  "lowering  the  American  24  h.  tri.  record,"  was  fully 
d-scribed  in  the  Bi.  IVorld ul  July  18,  which  said  that  he  "  carried  a  McDonnell  cyclom.  which 
had  previously  been  tested  over  accurately-measured  roads,  and  was  accompanied  by  a  veteran 
lider  whose  Excelsior  cyclom.  is  known  to  be  absolutely  accurate."  The  same  paper  printed  a 
biography  (Jan.  i',  i88i),  accompanied  by  a  full-leni;.h  wood-cut  portrait  of  him  in  racing  cos- 
tu"ie  ;  for  his  was  the  first  well-known  name  upo.i  the  race-records  of  American  amateurs,  and 
1  regret  that  the  space  he  has  consented  to  fill  in  this  book  is  so  slight. 

f  may  say  the  same  about  the  captain  of  his  club,  the  Orange  Wanderers,  J.  Warren  Smith, 
whom  I  take  'o  be  the  only  American  possessed  of  an  accurate  cyclometpr-record  that  repre- 
sents the  wheeling  of  59  successive  months,  and  whose  entire  record  for  66  months  (one  month 
only  with  no  riding)  is  20,027^  m.  These  notable  facts  are  shown  in  the  following  admirably- 
arranged  table  which  he  sent  to  me  Jan.  5,  '86,  with  this  remark:  "  I  began  riding  in  Jan.,  '80, 
but  I  make  no  account  in  the  table  of  my  first  6  months,  when  I  had  no  cyclometer.  I  have 
used  only  the  very  best  procurable,  testing  each  one  on  a  carefully-measured  track,  and  dis- 
carding it  if  not  found  correct."  I  assume  that  this  valued  contributor  is  a  clerk  in  the  Orange 
National  bank,  and  that  most  of  his  riding  has  been  done  outside  of  office  hours  in  the  region 
light  around  there.  My  enquiries  as  to  those  poji.ls  and  many  others,  including  the  names  of 
the  good  and  bad  cyclometers,  have  gone  unanswered  ;  but  much  can  be  pardoned  a  man  who 
has  the  patience  to  tabulate  a  mileage  record  in  this  shape  : 


Jan. 

Feb. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

May 

June 

July 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct.  1  Nov. 

Dec. 

Total 

18S0 

87 
626J 

ii5i 

73 

87  i  66J 

50J    47'^4 

■8SI 

-2i 

65i 

i.u4 

3754 

523i 
456i 

54»i 

4094 

4444 

3f'5 

235i 

3700? 

1882  1014 

107 

456} 

528J   47>3 

5274 

4014  1  4ooi 

23oi 

284 

66J 

4032? 

ISS3 

"J 

44 

.434 

.64}   2S4} 

3693 

338 

305 

187 

'964   352* 

>97j 

25565 

18S4 

loj 

"S 

t77i 

601 

7.14 

901J 

5034 

7'4 

65Si 
2264 

572* 
326i 

6o3i 

5'7i 

35'J 

59314 

■885!  139} 

224 

2104 

2504 

462 

324 

232  1  207 

704 

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Another  rider  who  has  made  a  large  record  in  that  sa.ne  favored  region  is  Robert  D.  Mead 
(b.  May  19,  1851),  of  Newark,  who  has  also  done  plenty  of  rough  touring  outside  it,  as  shown 
by  the  report  now  given,  in  addition  to  that  on  p.  164.  His  letter  to  me  says,  Aug.  12,  '85 
"  This  morning's  spin  bri  gs  my  total  to  13,023^  m.,  representing  626  days  on  which  I  havo 
niounted  the  wheel,  out  of  the  1035  days  which  have  elapsed  since  the  time  of  my  first  ride,  Oct 
13,  '82."  '  He  added  about  2000  m.  during  the  next  4  months,  for  his  letter  of  Dec.  23  says  : 
"  My  mileage  is  now  15,154.  I  wish  you  could  have  been  with  me  on  the  ride  I  enjoyed  this 
morning,— starting  in  the  moonlight  at  5.30  and  reaching  Hemlock  Falls  just  as  d.iy  was  bre.ik- 
ing.  The  place  is  7  m.  from  Roseville  station  (by  Park  or  Central  av.  to  the  valley  rnad  ;  t.  r 
up  hill  at  S.  Orange  av.,  and  afterwards  t.  1.),  in  the  s.  e.  cor.  of  Essex  co.,  and  the  water  has 
a  tall  of  about  25  ft.  in  a  narrow  ravine,  thickly  siiaucu.  The  icc  whicii  covcicii  liic  laCc  01  tnc 
falls,  to-day,  made  a  pretty  winter  picture.     During  my  annual  autumn  vacation  tour,  stormy 


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510  TE.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

w^alhLT  interfered  on  5  days  of  the  12  (as  I  show  by  the  •),  but  my  circuit  covered  4  States  an  ! 
5S2i  m.,  representing  121  h.  in  the  saddle  and  x(^\  h.  of  rests  on  the  road,  the  average  s|>e -d  be 
inga  tritl^  over  6  ni.  per  h.      In  the  following  iist  I  give  this  speed  for  each  day,  expressed  I'o 
tenths  of  1  m.,  after  the  name  of  place  where  day's  ride  ended  ;  the  numeral  before  each  name 
shows  the  day's  distance,  expressed  to  sixteenths  of  i  m.  :  <  let.  5,62.10,  Canterbury,  e.42 ;  6th  • 
39.J,   Washington    Hollow,   6.53;   7th,*  47-3- Cornwall  liridge,   4.60;  Sth,»  37.14,  .Stockhridge 
6.31  ;  9th,  55.9,  Hoosac  Corners,  7.10;   loth,  56.7,  Caldwell,  6.71 ;  i2ih,  70. 12,  .Schodack   7 -x  ' 
13th,*  27.4,   Hudson,  5;   i4th,»3.o2,   Poughkeeps.e,  6.02;   15th,  57.14,   Monti'cello,  5.74  •   yuxh 
48.9.  Hranchville,  6.0S ;   I7tli,  49  ',  Newark,  5.83.     (Cars  were  taken  from  Hudson  to  Tivoli,  „.i 
the  13th,*  and  from  Cochecton  to  Port  Jcrvis  on  the  i6th,— the  m.  thus  ridden  of  course  bciii  > 
disregarded  in  the  record.)     \\\  my  15,154  m.  have  been  done  on  a  single  bicycle,  which  I  bought 
at  second-hand,  with  an  Kxccisior  cyclometer  attached.     1  have  tested  the  accuracy  of  this°b/ 
counting  the  turns  of  the  wheel  for  many  m.,  and  its  invariableness  by  going  over  the  same 
course  many  times,  at  different  rates  of  speed.     One  course,  more  than   17  ni.  long,  I  have  trav- 
ersed at  least  100  times,— varying  my  speed  from  t  h.  29  min.  to  3  h.,— and  I  am  satisfied  that 
the  cyclom.  is  very  accurate.     Its  leather  washers  need  replaci.ig  after  every  2000  or  3000  m    .in,I 
once  I  have  sent  it  for  slight  repairs,  made  necessary  by  long  uso,  to  t'.e  makers  (E    E    lieiun,, 
Mfg.  Co.,  29.  W.  nth  St.,  X.  Y.).     I  have  never   met  a  wheelman,  using  any  other  make  „E 
cyclom.,  who  could,  with  equal  reason,  give  so  good  a  report." 

A  Jerseyman  also  by  residence  since  .Aug.,  '85  (at  Jersey  City,  52.  Bergen  av.),  though  for 
the  5  previous  years  a  practitioner  at  New  Haven,  is  the  present  official  handicapper  of  tie 
League,  Dr.  N.   P,  Tyler  (b.  Oct.  „,  '48,  at  Barrytow;,,  N.  Y.),  who  says  of  his  .4  3-4  „,    'f 
riding,   ,„  4yrs.  and  2   mos.,  that  it  was  "of   necessity  confined  mostly  to  Connecticut  and  1 
limited  number  of  roads.-probably  not  more  than  ,Soo  m.  of  separate  roadway  havin^  been  tnv 
ersed  by  me,  all  told.     I  learned  to  ride,  at  the  end  of  May,  '82,  for  the  sake  of  s.avn,^  horse 
flesh  ;  and  my  own  flesh  increased  .6  lbs.  within  6  weeks.     In  '83,  I  gave  up  both  horses   md 
used  the  bicycle  entirely  for  professional  calls,  except  in  rainy  and  snov.y  weather      Mv' fir~t 
long  nde  was  40  m.   to   Hartford  (Oct.) ;  ten   days   after  which  (Nov.  2)  I  went  over  thesime 
route  and  continued  straight  on  to  Springfield,  68  m.,  in  9  h.     I  made  2  other  trips  to  H,ir.f!,rcl 
4  to  Lndgeport,  and  2  to  Meriden  and  back,  that  season  (total,  428  m.),  besides  coMstanti-  rid- 
ing about  town.     So  1  estimate  my  mileage  of  '82  as  about  2200  m.,  though  I  once  told  von'  •■  a 
guess,  that  .5-.0  m.  might  probably  cover  it.     My  Jan.  record  of  '83  was  compiled  from  knowl- 
edge of  distances ;  and  from  that  point  on  I  simply  added  up  the  cyclom.  readings  until  at  end 
of  Pec.  the  total  was  427S  m       In  '84,  I  kept  a  regular  log,  showing  5009  m.  ridden  in  287  dav,; 
and  I  supplied  the  B..  »•  W(Jan.  ,6,  '85,  p.  ,7.)  a  table  of  months,  which  I  now  reprod.ic.:- 
the  first  numeral  showmg  mileage,  the  second  the  riding  days,  and  the  third  the  greatest  nvlei-e 
on  any  one  calendar  day  :     Jan.,  107,  .4,  20  ;  Feb  .  85,  .4.  .2  ;  Mar.,  34,  4,  r,;  Apr     ,0,   26  20- 

o7'^'  '°'  '«  ^  V  '"•«"°'  "''  '''•  -'"'^■'  ''''  "''''  ^"«  •  ^7°'  ^^'  "=  Sept.;  574,' =9,' 4^.- 
Oct.,  699,  3..  98 ;   Nov.,  8.3,  29,  68 ;  Dec,  48.,  23,  55-     The  Oct.  ride  of  98  L  wast  p^n  of 

my  .30  m.  straightawav  run  (see  p.  ,28)  whose  22J  h.  were  divided  by  midnight.  My  mileage 
for  hrst  7  mos.  of  85  was  2S87,  assigned  to  203  days,  as  follows  :  Jan.,  325,  28,  3. ;  Feb.,  303,  2^ 
2,  ;  Mar.,  282,  3.,  39:  -Apr,,  403.  30,  26;  May,  50,,  29,  37:  June,  r„o,  30,  49:  Julv,  4^.^  =«, 
53.  I  began  with  a  50  in.  wheel  ;  rode  a  52  in.  Expert  through  ',83,  and  a  5=  in.  Rudge  (34  Ibs.l 
m  84  ;  but  the  bi.  that  has  given  the  most  out-and-out  satisfaction  for  general  road  riding,  is  ., 
5.  in.  Rudge  (29  lbs.),  which  I've  used  ever  since  (458S  m.)  without  repairs.-and  without 
brake,  bell  or  lantern.  I  have  made  a  few  trials  on  the  racing  path,  but  mv  professional  en- 
gagements have  thus  far  prevented  any  longer  tour  on  the  road  than  24  h.  P.-rhaps  mv  most 
noteworthy  exploit  was  staying  in  the  saddle  straightaway  for  25  m.  of  difficult  surface,  as 
recorded  on  p.  ,38.  Though  I  am  accustomed  to  a  fast  pace  on  the  road,  and  receive  numerous 
falls,  I  have  never  been  seriously  hurt,  or  even  laid  up.  Regarding  cyclometers,  I  have  used 
some  make  constantly,  save  the  first  few  months  of  my  ridins— 3  =-  in  Mrn.-.r.r..-I!  !-.-.-.••::•.•.  -.1- 
most  always  been  on  my  machine.  My  experience  is,  that,  when  this  is  driven  around  a  correct'v 
measured  race  track  at  a  3.30  or  slower  gait,  it  invarl.-My  registers  correctly,  but  a  higher  r.tte  of 


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speed  causes  it  to  stand  still.  E.  g.,  from  New  Haven  to  Branford  it  measured  jj  m.,  but 
only  7J  m.  coming  back,  when  two  long  hills  were  coasted  at  a  high  rate  of  speed.  On  the  first 
appearance  of  the  Butcher,  1  obtained  a  hand-made  specimen  which  registered  52  ti.  of  a  century 
run  (Nov.  17,  '83,  see  p.  149)  and  then  stopped  ;  but,  as  my  McDonnell  was  still  on,  I  kept  the 
record  all  right.  I  sent  the  Butcher  to  be  repaired,  but  it  stopiied  again  and  again,  until  the 
makers  replaced  it  by  a  machine-made  one,  which  in  turn  played  the  same  trick,  imtil,  after  much 
trouble,  they  substituted  for  it  their  '85  movement.  This  stopped  for  repairs  at  100  m.,  then  ran 
to  1000  ni.  and  stopped.  As  I  had  been  riding  a  51  in.  bi.,  for  some  time  (subtracting  i  m.  for 
t/ery  49  m.  registered,  to  offset  the  excess  of  a  52  in.  eye),  I  now  procured  a  51  in.  eye.  of  the 
Butcher  Co.,  but  it  stopped  at  210  m.,  and  being  repaired  then,  it  has  run  to  1005  m.  without  ac- 
cident. I  liave  found  the  McDonnell  simple  and  always  in  working  order,  but  in  comparison 
with  the  Butcher,  on  siime  wheel,  it  lust  from  5  to  13  m.  in  every  100.  The  Butcher  is  accurate 
while  it  runs,  and  has  the  great  advantage  of  being  read  from  the  saddle  ;  but  it  gives  out  when 
you  most  need  it,  .and  the  lantern  atta<  i.ent  is  con.stantly  coming  to  pieces  from  the  jar.  I 
have  tried  the  Kxcjlsior  also.  It  is  a'  >lutely  true,  but  only  registers  100  m.  An  absolute  eye. 
after  the  pattern  of  the  Butcher,  but  containing  no  springs,  would  give  universal  satisfaction." 

Henry  \V.  Williams  (b.  June  6,  1847),  solicitor  of  American  and  foreign  patents  at  258  Wash- 
ington St.,  Boston,  is  one  of  the  few  riders  in  that  city  who  is  willing  to  set  a  good  example  to 
the  careless  and  diffident,  by  keeping  an  accurate  record  of  his  mileage,  and  making  annual 
publication  of  the  s;ime,— in  spite  of  the  Bi.  H^orliTs  sneers.  Though  born  at  Taunton,  the 
.State  capital  has  boen  his  home  since  1850,  and  I  was  therefore  justified  in  alluding  to  him  (p. 
25^)  as  the  representative  Bostonian  of  our  touring  party  "  in  the  Down  liast  fogs."  I  have 
ni  ;ntioncd  (p.  279)  that  his  apijearance  on  that  occasion  was  excellently  represented  in  Sandham's 
Outing  picture,  and  have  expressed  my  heart-felt  joy  (p.  276)  at  his  getting  a  bad  header  while 
piloting  a  party  of  us  dov  ■■  one  of  the  steepest  pitches  of  Mt.  Desert, — for  not  r'therwise  could 
he  have  received  in  this  world  a  punishment  suitable  for  his  depravity  in  choosing  so  rough  a 
route!  The  case  is  thus  alluded  to  in  a  letter  of  his  which  was  printed  (5/.  l^'orid,  Apr.  24, 
'S5)  among  the  advertising  "  testimonials  "  of  the  Poi^e  Mfg.  Co. :  "  In  these  tin.es  of  '  safety  ' 
wheels,  small  and  great,  it  may  be  interesting  to  know  that  I  traveled  7500  m.,  consecutively, 
on  Columbia  bicycles,  without  a  single  fall  (save  one) ;  and  that  a  bad  hill,  on  the  famous  '22-m. 
drive'  in  .Mt.  Desert,  was  what  prevented  the  record  from  reaching  7501.  My  freedom  from 
accidents  while  a-wheel  I  attribute  mainly  to  three  things:  the  exercise  of  ordinary  care,  re- 
fraining from  coasting,  and  the  stancliness,  rigidity,  and  good  workmanship  of  Columbia  wheels. 
I  have  ridden  13,500  m.  on  Columbia  machines,  of  which  over  9000  m.  were  on  the  Expert  bicy- 
cle, in  many  States  and  over  all  sorts  of  roads.  As  I  regard  the  Expert  as  by  far  the  most  satis- 
f.ictory  wheel  made  for  every-day,  take-em-as-you-find-era  roa  3,  I  still  ride  it  daily."  Hisletter 
to  me,  of  .\pr.  10,  'S4,  gives  funher  details  of  the  matter:  "The  only  remarkable  thing  about 
my  record  seems  the  fact  of  my  riding  7500  m.  without  a  fall  (or  involuntary  dismount  of  any 
kii\d),  except  in  two  instances,  when  I  was  nin  into, — once  by  a  careless  driver,  and  or-f^  by  a 
very  fresh  bicycler.     In  both  cases  the  men   stupidly  t.  1.,  instead  of  r.,  and,  as   I  was  ,  at 

Sliced,  I  had  no  time  for  a  backward  spring,  so  that  a  collision  ensued.  My  freedom  fro.,  .alls, 
in  spite  of  a  great  deal  of  hard  and  sandy  road-riding,  I  attribute  mainly  to  a  knack  which  I 
have  of  makiiv.:  a  very  quick  dismount,  when  emergencv  demands."  His  letter  to  me  of  Dec. 
0,  '85,  combin  1  with  the  previous  one,  gives  the  following  facts:  "  I  first  bestrode  the  bicycle 
i:i  June,  '80,  .it  the  Poj  '  riding  school ;  took  my  first  out-door  ride,  at  Washington,  before 
the  next  month  was  a  week  old,  and  Ixinght  my  first  machine,  a  Columbia  Special,  July  15  ;  af- 
terwards, I  i: , -d  a  Standard  and  then  the  Expert  which  I  now  have.  M>  1277  m.  of  tricycling 
(S3,  601  m.;  '84,  317  m.;  '85,  359  m.)  h.as  been  done  on  the  National,  the  three-track  Columbia, 
and  the  two-track  C.  Of  cyclometers,  I  have  thoroughly  tried  but  three-  Pope,  McDonnell 
and  Ritchie  Magnetic,  and  the  last  is  the  only  one  I  found  to  be  accurate.  Such  small  parts  of 
:::y  recurci  aa  r.avc  not  Dccn  ;^cpt  tjy  II,  Tiavc  r>tlcii  carciuiiy  *CiiIicu  uv  ^uo*i  iitau-niaps.  'iiie 
total  is  15,578  m.,  of  which  14,201  m.  was  bv  bicycle.  Outside  the  State  limits,  my  wheeling 
hashard'y  amounted  10650  m.,  divided  about  as  follows:     D.  C,  150;  N.  Y.,  225  ;  N.  H.,  150; 


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Mc,  120;  R.  I.,  50.  Ill  the  fnllowiiig  annual  summaries  (after  'So,  when  I  only  kkIc  607  m  ), 
the  numerals  stand  for  miles,  riding-days,  average  miles  per  day,  and  longest  mimthly  mileatt.- 
'8i,  3060,  iSj,  i6j,  456;  '82,  3559,  1S3,  lyi,  553;  '83,3451,20^1,  if,},  477;  '84,  2450,  145, 
•  (>}.  515;  'J*5.  i\Vh  '5'J.  '53.  439i-  ri'>;  miniber  of  day'»  rid.s  exceeding  50  in.  which  I  hive 
taken  in  the  last  5  years  is  34,  arranged  as  follows;  7,  12,  6,  5,  4.  (.),i  each  of  8  months  in  '12 
I  rode  over  300  m.;  and  it  was  in  '82  that  I  took  my  longest  ride  (118  m.  inside  of  18  h.,  as 
shown  on  p.  25S).  The  similarity  of  these  averages  shows  the  fact  that  i  've  used  the  wheel  as 
a  commonplace  factor  in  daily  life — riding  hundreds  of  times  between  my  law  office  in  the  citv 
and  my  residence  in  the  suburbs  ;  hurrying  for  the  doctor  with  it,  more  than  once  ;  goinj;  in 
church ;  and,  on  several  occasions,  taking  a  journey  of  3  or  4  days,  though  no  extended  tnur 
E.g.,  1  had  a  pleasant  day's  run  of  48  m.  along  the  n.  shore  from  Boston  to  Pigeon  Oivc 
through  Salem,  25  m  ,  and  Gloucester,  16  m.,  with  one  bad  hill  beyond  G.  Next  day  I  took  a 
9  m.  route  through  Aimisquan  to  G.  (fine  scenery,  and  better  roads) ;  wlwncc,  after  2  m.  of  liatl 
road,  1  liad  fine  riding  to  Ipswich  and  Newburyport  (dinner),  and  |>oor  onwards  to  Hamp- 
ton, 37  m.  from  G.  Third  day,  by  Little  Hoar's  Head  and  Rye  Beach  to  Hotel  Wentworth  and 
Portsmouth  (beautiful  views  and  tolerable  riding),  whence  the  return  to  Newburyport  was  bv 
poor  roads,  which  you  are  familiar  with  (p.  101).  Earlyin'81,  I  joined  the  Mass.  B.  C,  and 
have  been  an  officer  of  ii  almost  ever  since;  though  my  third  term  as  president,  now  nearly 
ended,  will  be  the  last.  I  may  say  of  the  club  that  its  present  active  membership  (241,  ail 
fillers)  is  larger  than  that  of  any  other  in  the  U.  S., — not  excepting  bicycle  clubs  like  the  hi. stun 
which  allow  assiKiate  membership, — and  it  will  soon  exceed  250." 

Mr.  W.  has  contributed  a  few  road-reports  and  other  practical  pieces  to  the  Bi.  World,  ?^n6. 
also  at  least  one  arjinmentative  article  to  the  Wheelman,  deprecatory  of  the  conduct  of  cycle's 
whose  coasting  and  carelessnr  !S  make  needless  accidents  that  frighten  away  elderly  men  who 
would  take  to  the  wheel  if  they  knew  a  right  answer  could  be  given  to  their  question,  "  But  is 
it  safe?"  The  historian  of  his  club,  however,  at  least  as  concerns  "The  New  House  of  the 
Mass.  B.  C."  (Outing,  Mar.,  '85,  p.  429),  is  the  Rev.  S.  H.  Day  (b.  Mar.  11,  1S50),  who  in  ',^4 
held  the  office  of  first  lieutenant  thereof,  and  whose  white-capped  head  may  be  found  faciii.i; 
that  of  Mr.  \V.,  in  Sandham's  picture  of  the  "  Down  East  party"  (see  pp.  279,  25S),  across 
the  fork  of  the  bicycle  which  forms  a  frame-work  for  the  portraits.  He  was  one  of  the  four 
Mt.  Desert  martyrs  who  did  n't  tumble  on  the  fated  afternoon  which  made  "  6  bent  handle-bars 
out  of  a  possible  10" ;  his  story  of  the  ride  was  given  in  Bi.  World  (Nov.  23,  '83,  p.  28),  to 
which  he  has  otherwise  contributed  ;  and  he  also  printed  a  piece  deprecatory  of  "  Fast  Road 
Riding  "  (Whtelman,  Dec,  '83,  p.  225).  He  was  educated  at  Dickinson  Coll.  and  DrewTheol. 
Sem.,  and  is  now  in  charge  of  a  church  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.,  whence  he  sends  me  this  re- 
port (June  15  and  Dec.  i6,  '85):  "  .My  annual  mileage,  '80  to  '85,  is  500,  2300J,  2763J,  2800  and 
846, — total,  9210.  The  McDonnell  cyclometers  are  not  of  equal  merit,  but  mine  is  reliable. 
Such  riding  as  I  d'din  '3i  and  early  in  '82,  before  I  got  it,  I  have  estimated  carefully  from  known 
routes.  The  reason  for  the  sudden  shortenin;.;  in  my  record  is  that  I  've  never  had  time  to  ridt  for 
recreation  ;  the  large  road  records  I  made  the  past  ihree  years,  arcie  from  the  fact  that  from  \  to  \ 
vas  made  in  the  course  of  my  pastoral  visiting.  In  my  present  pastorate,  while  my  visiting  list  is 
from  3  to  4  times  as  large  as  at  S.  .Abinjton,  yet  the  town  is  so  compact  that  I  do  not  need  my 
bicycle  to  save  time  as  formerly.  Whatever  mention  you  may  make  of  my  riding,  notliint; 
would  give  me  more  satisfaction  than  to  have  you  offer  this — the  correct — explanation  of  the  dis- 
tance I  have  covered  on  the  wheel.  Such  statements  show  the  folly  of  '  :iKing  upon  it  as  a 
mere  exercise-machine.  Since  being  in  R.  I.,  I  have  ridden  to  church  in  making  an  exchange; 
and  not  a  word  of  objection  was  uttered  against  this  act,  though  the  bicycle  is  not  as  familiar 
here  as  in  M;iss.  Some  of  the  most  delightful  and  exhilarating  rides  I  've  ever  enjoyed  have 
been  when  the  thciinometer  was  below  zero.  To  the  bicycle  I  attribute  the  fact  that  '  blue  Mon- 
day '  is  a  thing  unknown  in  my  experience.  My  sometimes  preaching  without  notes,  '  loud 
snd  long'  (contrary  to  the  Methodist  discipline),  may  perhaps  be  accredited  to  the  same  in- 
strument. I  bought  a  bi.  in  July, '81,  because  I  had  just  sold  my  horse  and  carriage  and 
iiccui-u  a  c0uV(_ juTiwC  iv>  atiCuu  lO  puatorai  ciuiics,     A  puujic  iViaii  WaiiiS  liiii...     A  pTcacHcr  "tv^i;;;; 


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all  the  time  for  study  (at  apart  from  sermon-preparation)  he  can  get.  My  bicycle  and  phonog- 
raphy enable  me  to  put  more  into  each  week  than  without  lliem  would  be  pu:uible.  As  case  of 
l>ropiilsion  increased,  the  practicability  of  runs  and  tours,  apart  from  home  dunes,  was  seen  and 
acted  upon.  The  first  season,  '8r  1  toured  to  White  nuns.,  partly  by  train,  and  j  have  since ex- 
|)lori.;l  with  system  and  care  all  of  ».  e.  Mass.  (Norfolk,  Bristol  and  Plymouth  counties)  and  some 
o'.lier  se-tions  of  the  State.  I  once  went  from  lioston  to  b.  Abington  without  dismount,  35  in. 
siraiKhtawav.  I  have  ridder  50  in.  Columbias  (btandard  and  Expert),  and  am  now  using  a  53  in. 
Kudge  light  roadster,  as  for  two  years  past." 

Thomas  Midgley  (b.  Oct.  22,  i860),  whom  1  have  described  as  the  "champion  handle-bar 
striiKlitener  of  the  Down  East  party  "  (pp.  258,  277;,  sends  me  a  story  which  f  present  with 
very  few  changes.  1  had  to  write  so  much,  in  persuading  him  thus  to  "  write  anything," 
tli.it  t  can't  spare  any  more  time,  in  trying  to  "condense"'  1  believe  he  'las  born  in  to- 
sland,  but  emigrated  to  America  when  quite  young,  and  made  liis  home  ?'  Worcester  f'lr  a 
iliizen  years  or  so,  until  he  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  in  iJec,  '^4.  I  remember  he  used  a 
.McDonnell  cyclom.  in  the  Maine  tour,  and  had  a  good  opinion  of  it  (the  college  student  and 
the  clergyman  just  described  also  carried  McDonnells,  and  the  three  agreed  pretty  well  with 
one  .mother  and  with  my  Pope  cyclom.,  on  the  22  m.  test,  at  Mt.  Desert,  wnen  these  four  wheels 
were  the  only  ones  that  didn't  fall,  "out  of  a  possible  10");  so  I  presume  most  of  his  '83 
record  was  kept  with  it.  As  to  his  ace  at  the  Washington  Athletic  Park,  Oct.  26,  'S3,  Haz- 
lett's  "  Summary  "  (H^k^elmnn,  Feb.,  '84,  p.  369)  speaks  as  follows:  "  Hiscompetitor  was  R.  F. 
Koste.,  of  tialtimore,  who  had  been  suffering  a  fortnight  from  fever  and  a^ue,  but,  in  lack  of 
iiiher  entries,  determine!  to  start  anyhow.  Midgley  shot  away,  and  led  I''.  100  yds.  on  the 
rirst  lap  (i  m).  Both  rode  with  excellent  judgment  under  the  circumstances.  M.  knew  he  was 
<ure  of  lirst  place  unless  he  broke  down  ;  but  the  first  lap  convinced  him  thai  th  •  wind  was 
too  strong,  and  the  track  too  soft,  from  recent  heavy  rains,  to  admit  of  his  beating  L.  H. 
Johnson's  in-door,  3. 9.45i,  or  even  Place's  out.door,  3.27.11J  for  50  m.  He  had  nothing  to 
tear  from  K. ,  who  had  never  ridden  over  30  m.  in  his  life  before,  on  track  or  road.  So  he  set- 
tled down  to  about  14  m.  per  h.  for  all  day.  Foster,  on  the  other  hand,  knew  about  11  m.  per 
li  was  all  he  could  stand ;  and,  with  an  Auburndale  in  one  pocket  and  a  lap-scorcr  in  the 
"tlier,  he  regulated  himself  like  a  clock  to  that  gait,  and  no  challenges  from  Mid'^ley,  or  urg- 
iii!;s  from  pace-makers,  could  shake  him.  The  high  wind  and  soft  track  gradually  to!d  on  the 
<ixed,  and  both  men  tapered  off  in  pace  considerably  after  going  30  or  40  m.  When-  M. 
pa<;sed  50  m.,  F.  was  within  a  few  yds.  of  jo  m.  to  the  bad,  and  when  he  reached  100,  F. 
li.id  not  scored  79,  neither  having  made  a  dismount  or  slackened  for  an  instant.  As  an- 
nounced from  the  judges'  stand  before  the  start,  the  time  limit  was,  as  usual,  10  h.,  and  a 
■special  prize  was  given  to  the  rider  covering  the  greatest  number  of  m.  in  that  time  without 
le.iviiig  the  saddle.  M.  was  satisfied  with  his  day's  work  of  100  m.,  and  quit  at  once,  with 
111  further  apparent  inconvenience  than  a  sprained  heel.  F.  kept  on,  and,  encouraged  by  the 
"fiicials,  succeeded  in  riding  102^  m.  without  a  dismount,— a  very  fair  performance  for  a  sick 
nun.  The  100  m.  were  made  by  M.  in  7.25. 52^,  and  it  took  F.  9  45,4s  to  run  his  102  m.  (see 
■^core  in  Dec.  Wheelman,  p.  232).  F.  ran  his  last  J  in  5S  sec,  and  would  have  gone  on  for  the 
lull  10  h.;  but  the  officials  were  tired  and  hungr>-,  and  the  2  m.  sufficed  to  give  him  first  prize  for 
"ot  dismounting."  The  same  article  describes  the  100  m.  road  race  which  M.  won,  over  9  com- 
petitors, though  he  does  not  allude  to  himself  as  winner  in  the  fillowing  autobiography. 

"  I  began  on  a  Standard  Columbia  ('  No.  10 '),  in  the  fall  of  '80,  and  f  had  the  riding 
fever  so  bad  that  I  kept  on  wheeling  right  up  to  Christmas  of  that  year,  regardless  of  the 
weather,  until  the  breaking  of  a  crank  brought  my  season's  sport  to  a  halt,  with  a  record  of 
about  750  m.  The  next  year  I  did  no  riding  to  speak  of,  except  one  trip  to  Bost.m  and  back 
in  12  h.,  which  was  considered  good  in  those  days.  My  total  for  '81  did  not  exceed  300  m. 
It  was  in  '82  that  I  began  to  ride  in  earnest  thouch  mostly  ove'-  roads  which  are  very  familiar 
to  you.  Of  course  all  my  wheeling  had  i..  he  done  before  and  after  the  hours  of  work.  It 
w.is  in  the  fail  of  this  year  that  1  made  the  road  record  of  136  m.  in  company  with  Lincoln 
Holland.  W  rode  from  South  Framingham  to  '  pswich  (54  m.)  and  returned  to  Worcester  (82 
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m),  inside  of  22  h.  A  description  of  the  road  tnvened  wa»  published  in  au  Oct.  i,umbe 
o£  the  lii.  Horid.  Ihe  laurels,  if  «.  ihey  cai.  be  caiied,  which  were  won  on  this  ride  we  ' 
neon  taken  away  by  the  Ijwrcuce  B.  C,  but  1  was  determined  not  to  be  beaten  and"" 
(Nov.  5)  1  started  out  to  better  their  record  of  ibo  m.  This  resulted  m  my  riding  ,„  „  "  J" 
the  limited  lime,  and  a  report  of  it  appeared  in  the  next  week's  Hi.  lyorid  aiso  in  H  T  ■' 
"  Summary  of  NoUble  Runs  "  m  the  i^'luelmaH  (Jan..  •83).  This  practically  wound  uV"  ' 
Tiding  for  '81,  giving  me  a  total  of  j6oo  m.     A»  I    bad  resolved  that  I  would  try  fo  1 

rea.rd  in  '83.  on  the  first    day  of    tlmt   year  (though    the  ground  was    covered  with  ,n  ^7 
managed  to  reel  ofi  .om.;  but  the  next  few  days  1  was  not  as  fortunate,   and   my  ridin7  , 
the  month  dui  not  exceed  56  m.     lu  Feb.  1  covered  about  40  m.  and  in  March  only  <a     '1 
Uius  making  a  little  over  ioo  before  the  riding  season  opened.     On   the  a6th  of  AprUllef, 
the  shop  and  for  the  next  8  moutlis  did  liiUe  else   but  ride   the  wheel.      It  was  in   May  ihat  I 
rode  the  45  m.  straightaway  froni  Worcester  to  Boston  without   dismounting  ;  and   a.«  no  renori 
of  this  was  ever  published,   I  will    give  you  a  short   account   from   memory.     There  had  been 
considerable   talk  among   the  dub   boys  regarding   the   length    of  time   it  would  take   to  ride 
from  W.  (o  B.,  and  also  wheth.r  it  were  possible  to  ride  the   dUtance  without  dismountinK 
1  determined  to  try  the  thing  at  least,  an<l  set  upon  the  day  of  th :  Harvard  spring  races.     Un! 
fortunately.the  night  before  had  been  quite  stormy,  but  I  had  ridden  the  wheel  long  enough  to 
know  that  a  bicycler  could  not  always  have  everything  in  his  favor.      I  made  the  start  at"pre. 
cisely  8.1s  A.  M.  from  tlie  Union  Depot.    The  rain,  the  night  before,  had  made  tlie  roads  quite 
muddy,  and,  added  to  this,  a  stiff  little  breeie  began  to  blow  right  in  my  face  ;  but,  aftei  a  dozen 
m.  had  been  ridden,  the  latter  turned  around  in  my  f.ivor.     Shrewsbury  hill  was  climbed  and  the 
town  pump  reached 'without  any  trouble,  and  I  flew  down  the  hills  to  Northboro  in  very  quick 
order.     From  N.  on,  the  roads  uegan  to  rapidly  improve,  and  by  the  time  Southboro  was  reached 
they  were  all  one  could  desire,  or  expect  on  that  route.     Before  this,  however,  in  leaving  N.,  I 
made  a  mistake  and  took  the  road  for  Marlboro  instead  of  the  Southboro  road.     I  had  gone 
some  distance  before  finding  out  my  mistake,  and,  as  I  had  to  go  on  still  further  before  I  could  find 
a  place  wide  enough  to  turn  round  in  without  the  liability  of  a  dismount,  it  took  me  3  min.  to  ride 
back  again  to  tlie  main  road.     So  I  lost  by  this  mistake  about  7  min.     I  also  made  another  error 
in  going  from  .Southboro  to  Framingham,  by  taking  a  road  leading  over  a  long  liill,  very  similar 
in  siie  to  the  Shrewsbury  hill,  for  I  've  since  learned  that  there  was  a  much  better  road  around 
It.     From  Framingham  on,  the  surface  was  fine  and  it  took  me  only  6  min.  to  skip  from  F.  to 
.South  Framingliam.     Except  one  narrow  escape  from  a  header,  nothing  occurred  between  S.  F. 
and  the  mill-dam,  where  my  cyclom.  registered  just  45  m.  from  W.,  and  my  watch  told  me  that  I 
had  been  3  h.  27  min.  o.i  the  road.     I  must  say  I  felt  more  tired  and  used  up  after  this  ride  than 
any  other  I  ever  took,  thouj.  .  .ne  weariness  only  lasted  a  short  time  ;  and  after  dinner  I  felt  as 
good  as  ever  and  attended  the  Harvard  races  on  the  Charles  river  in  the  afternoon,— not  returning 
home  until  the  next  day.     I  consider  this  45  m.  ride  by  far  the  best  performance  F  ever  made  on 
the  wheel.     My  next  month's  trip  down  in  Maine,  you  are  as  familiar  with  as  mvself ;  and  all 
my  riding  of  any  note,  after  that,  was  done  on  the  track  and  in  road  races.     The  too  m.  race  of 
ihe  Boston  B.  C,  Oct.  6,  was  from  South  Natick  to  a  little  beyond  Rowley  and  return  to 
Bos.on  "..  C.  house.     I  made  this  "  i  9  h.  47  min.,  including  all  stops  ;  and  I  afterwards  rode 
two  or  three  25  m.  races,  whose  details  I  believe  are  of  no  interest  to  you.     My  next  long  ride 
was  100  m.  without  dismount,  in  Washington,     lliis  was  on  a  track,  however  (your  letter  asks 
onlv  for  road  records),  and  I  mention  it  only  because  of  its  being  the  last  thing  I  ever  attempted 
in  public  on  the  wheel.     Nevertheless,  I  rode  out  the  year,  making  a  total  of  5000  m.,  of  which 
28 1  m.  was  in  bi.  races  and  5  m.  in  a  tri.  race,  so  you  see  most  of  my  '83  riding  was  done  on  the 
road,  .ifter  all,  and  1200  m.  of  it  was  tnCT-cling,     In  'S4  I  rode  verj-  little,  not  over  500  m.  in  all ; 
and  in  I  (ecember  I  removed  to  Beaver  Falls.     1  have  done  scarcely  any  riding  here,  however,  as 
my  business  has  demanded  the  closest  attention.     I  think  150  m.  is  a  fair  figure  to  represent  my 
recor.l  for  '85.     Thus,  from  the  day  I  first  took  a  header  into  some  blackberry  bushes,  in  the 

autumn  nf  'Ro,  nr>  to  this  Dreser.t  f?ne  fDer.  zi.  '^.z\   m—  m'.\f^~~~  —.-;.;  V—  .--.!! :  .^ ti.:-  :.. 

really  underestimated,  except  for  '82-'83,  in  which  years  I  kept  a  careful  record  and  know  it  to 


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be  about  accurate.  The  latter  year,  you  will  see,  covers  just  about  half  my  total  mileag;e  for  the 
live,  i'tveral  times  in  it  I  took  day's  rides  of  60  to  90  m.,  but,  as  I  've  said,  all  of  them  were  on 
well-known  roads.  As  for  my  performance  in  Washington,  the  only  notable  thing  was  the  sim- 
ple fact  of  keeping  the  saddle  100  m.  without  dismount.  I  wish  to  explain,  too,  that  there  was  a 
misunderstanding  in  ;he  papers,  at  the  time,  in  regard  to  ;his  race,  and  a  good  deal  of  blame 
was  unjustly  attached  to  the  Capital  B.  C;  whereas  the  truth  was  that  its  members  did  every- 
thing in  their  power  to  make  my  trip  to  the  Capital  a  pleasant  one ;  and  they  succeeded,  too. 
The  reception  I  had  there  will  always  remain  one  of  the  most  pleasant  recollecti(/n»  of  my  bicy- 
cling days.  As  to  Beaver  Falls,  let  me  say  it  is  quite  a  growing  town  which  has  sprung  up  dur- 
ing the  last  14  years, — its  manufacturinp  industry  being  confined  to  steel  products  chiefly,  and 
its  success  (in  a  sense,  its  very  existence)  being  due  to  iis  favorable  location.  It  is  situated  on  the 
banks  of  the  Beaver  river,  4  m.  fron-  (he  point  where  sam'  <  rupties  •  ,ie  Ohio.      Its  r.  r.  facili- 

ties cannot  be  excelled.  It  ju.st  abounds  in  natural  ga.s,  so  that  hare  .lything  else  in  the  shape 
ol  fuel  is  used  here.  The  two  larije  ranges  of  hills  between  which  tne  town  lies  are  full  of  coal 
also,  inough  little  of  it  is  now  Mined.  Our  club,  the  Beaver  Valley  Wheelmen,  organized  last 
spring,  has  a  membership  of  14,  and  I  have  the  honor  of  being  captain.  Though  the  riding  sea- 
son is  not  as  long  as  in  the  East,  we  have  lots  of  fun  and  plenty  of  chances  for  trying  our  wheels. 
For  one  who  loves  scenery  better  than  fast  riding,  Beaver  Falls  is  a  very  good  place,  snice  our 
scenery  is  superb  ;  whichever  way  you  turn,  you  see  long  ranges  of  hills  and  abrupt  blufls  mixed 
in  with  winding  sheets  of  water.  Our  hills  here,  would  in  Mass.  be  called  mountains,  and 
really  some  of  them  are  not  unlike  the  hills  we  went  over  in  o-ir  Mt.  Desert  ride.  We  have  one 
road  which  I  have  called  '  the  Campobello,'  owing  to  its  similarity  in  scenery  (only  this  is  finer 
than  the  New  Brunswick  original),  and  another  which  I  call  '  Mt.  Desert,'  for  a  reason  I  have 
no  need  to  explain.     Vou  can  rest  assured  we  don't  ride  over  the  latter  very  often." 

That  other  member  of  the  "  unbent  handle-bar  four  at  Mt.  Desert,"  whose  intention  to 
wheel  homeward  therefrom  I  noted  on  p.  279,  was  W.  L.  Perham  (b.  Jan.  i,  1S65),  who  after- 
war  Is  reported  to  me  as  follows  :  "  My  trip  extended  from  Bar  Harbor  to  Bangor,  59  m.  ;  thence 
by  way  of  Rockland  to  Portland,  165  m.,  where  I  stopped  over  the  4th  of  July  celebration ; 
thence  home  to  Paris,  50  m.  ;  thence  by  way  of  Conway  to  the  Glen  House  (at  the  foot  of  Mt. 
Washington),  72  m.,  and  back  through  Gorham  to  Paris,  48  m.  ;  thence  through  Skowhe^an, 
l)exter  and  Bangor  to  Orono  ,155  m.,  making  a  total  of  549  m.,  without  any  crossing  or  doubling 
of  my  track,  excepting  at  Portland  on  the  bridge."  His  letter  of  Jan.  24,  '86,  reads  thus  :  "  I 
got  my  first  Standard  Columbia  July  29,  '82,  and  when  I  ended  my  last  ride  on  it,  Aug.  i,  '84, 
the  record  was  10,141  m.  The  old  wheel  was  slightly  shaky  thei-,  after  two  years  of  such  usage, 
ihoiish  you  remember  I  'm  not  subject  to  falls.  My  '83  mileage  was  4850  (av.  ride,  31  m.);  last 
5  mos.  of  '82,  2164  (av.  ride,  24  m.) ;  first  7  mos.  of  '84,  3124.  My  new  wheel  reached  me  at  5 
p  M  of  Aug.  I  (it  is  a  54  in.  Standard,  nickeled,  though  the  first  was  painted),  and  at  6  A.  m. 
of  the  2d,  I  started  ofi  on  it  for  a  straightaway  run  for  Bangor,  120  m.,  which  I  finished  at 
607  V.  M.  At  Augusta,  45  m.,  I  stopped  19  min.,  to  drink  a  quart  of  milk;  and,  afterwards, 
in  trying  to  get  to  B.  inside  the  even  12  h.,  I  rather  strained  myself,  though  I  wheeled  53  m.  next 
(lay.  During  the  rest  of  '84,  I  rode  15S4  m.,  making  a  total  of  4711,  with  an  average  day's  ride 
of  42  m.  In  '85  my  mileage  was  only  1681,  with  an  av.  ride  of  11  m.  The  reason  is  that  my 
employment  at  drawing,  in  an  architect's  office  at  Paris,  leaves  only  my  early  mornings  and 
evenings  for  the  wheel.  Still,  you  see  my  mileage  for  less  than  3}  years  foots  up  to  13,406.  I 
use  a  McDonnell  cyclom.,  which  I  have  tested  thoroughly  on  standard  trotting-tracks  (we 
have  no  cinder  paths  in  Maine)  and  I  find  it  registers  47  m.  for  48  m.  on  the  track.     This  is  all 

I  would  ask  for  as  to  accuracy,  though  I  exchanged  my  cyclom.  several  times  before  getting  a 
good  one.     My  winter  pastime  is  snow-shoeing,  and  I  find  it  nearly  as  fascinating  as  wheeling." 

Theodore  Rothe  (b.  Nov.  11,  1857)  was  second  by  57  min.  in  the  100  m.  race  which  began  at 
'•.JO  A  M.,  of  Oct.  6,  'S3  (and  of  whose  winner  the  IVkeelman  said  :  "  Midgley  was  perfectly 
fresh  at  the  finish,  and  could,  without  doubt,  have  made  much  faster  time  if  he  had  been 
jmsiieii  "),  ills  record  being  10  ii.  45  min.     The  third  man  was  L.  A.  Peabody,  of  Ivlarbiehead,  in 

II  h.  25  min.  ;  and  the  fourth  was  J.  F.  McClure,  of  the   fVkeelman,  at  ta  h.  40  min.     Mr.  R. 


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has  been  (or  nome  years  connected  with  the  International  Hotel,  at  Boston  {.biiJ^^  Wa»liine 
ton  »t.),  anil  has  put  this  book  on  file  at  its  office,  beslik-,  sub^.cribIllH  for  a  personal  copv      \\^ 
was  one  of  the  "  six  in  the  Down  K.iil  party  who  took  the  noon  boat  homeward  from  the  ( 
at  Lubec  '    (p.  zi^y) ;  and,  by  way  of  atoning  for  this  desertion,  he  consented  to  prepare  a  few 
personal  statistic*  for  m:,  though  his  letter  of  Kcb.  15,  'S4,  which   1    now  qu<H.,  said  he  had 
levcr  before  published  any  :     "  My  riding   began  in  June,  'si,  and  1  estimate  it  at  ijoo  fur  the 
year,  ihoUKli  1  nude  no  registry  of  11  until  .Sept.      For  'ii  1  Ve  kL-pt  a  full  record,  and  it  shows 
iiy  rides '/ilh  a  mileage   of  j(>y2,  and  consequently   a  remarkable  average  of   31   ni.  per  ride 
There  were  6  rides  of  between  50  and  («  m  ,  3  of  between  60  and   70  ;...,  1  of  73  m.,  1  nf  Si  m 
I  of   103  m.,  and  1  of  iio  m.  ;  yet  I  rememoer  of  but  two  days  when  I  kept  the  saddle  unusually 
long.     The  first  occasion  was  a  round  trip  to   Urockloii ;  the  out  ride  of  a  m.  was  made  in   i  h 
55  mill,  without  dismount ;  and  [h;n,  after  a  5  miii.  stop,  1  made  th ;  return  of  24  „,.  i,y  ^  ^j^ 
cuilous  route,  in  2  h.  30  iniii.,  ovjr  the   IJlue  hills,  also  without  dismount.     On  this  trip  a  pecul 
iar  adventure  happened.     While  riding  at  my  very  best  speed,  over  a  jwrfect  road,  1  suddenly 
noticed,  within  a  few  rods,  two  piaiiks  ^covering  what  proved  to  be  a  full-sized  fire  hose)  stretched 
across  the  road.      Imagine  my  pleasure!      Vet  a  quick  glance  showed  that,  at  one  end,  there  was 
a  space  of  a  few  inches  uncovered  ;  luckily  I   managed  to  turn  enough  to  take  the  lesser  of  the 
two  evil.s'  /.  ^..obstructions,  and  I  did  make  th.-  ho.-      11  safety.     1  never  had  tri.d  to  cro.s;  a  hos 
before,  and  would  never  undertake  it  again,  as  I  be,     ve  my  great  speed  at  the  time  was  all  that 
carried  me  over  s.ifely.     My  second  long-stay-in-saddle  ride  was  Oct.  4,  two  days  before  our  1.^ 
m.  road-race,  and  was  to  get  an  idea  of  the  best  speed  we  should  be  likely  to  attain  durlii-  the 
race.     Having  ridden  about  10  in,,  1  mounted  at  Medlord,  and  rode  to  Lynn,  10  m,  in  \  h  ;"tlKn 
without   dismount   rUturned  to   Medford,  ag.iinst   th.-    wind,  in   52   min..  and  con;inned  li-.ice 
home,  making  34  m.  in  all  without  dismount.      In  the    100  m.   race,  we  covered  about  60  m   of 
roadway,  but  1  've  no  idea  of  the  amount  of  roaHway  covered  by  m.-  in  mv  ye.nr's  ridn-,  exc  pt 
that  !t  would  be  very  small,  as  th.-re  are  but  few  roads  leading  from  the  city.     Mon  of'my  rid- 
mg  was  done  afternoons,  and  as  i  almost  always  returned  to  business  for  i  nr  2  h    afterwirds 
it  was  a  matter  of  repetition  of  15  or  20  m.  out  and   back,  save  when  I  took  an  cxcur-ion  of  a 
day  or  two.     I  'v.  ridden  in  all  the  N,  K,  States  except  Vt.,-  py  longes    straightawav  Umhr  on 
the  return  from  the  '  Down   lOast  trip'  when,  in  company  with   Mr.  Waterman,   I  ro.le  from 
Portland  to  Iloston,  .23  m,  in  2  days  ;  the  first  one  ending  at  Portsmouth.     This  I  consider  my 
hardest  ride,  owm-  to  the  unusually  hot  weather,  and  innumerable  heade.s  in  the  sands  of  the 
first  day.     I  used  a  McDonnell  cycloin.   during  the  early  part  of  the  season,  but,  finding  it  in- 
correct, made  the  greater  part  of  distances  by  map-measurement  or  by  local  sign  boards  "     His 
riding  during  the  next  two  ye.^rs  brou;;ht  the  total  mileage  up  to  .  .,344,  -is  shown  by  his  letfr  to 
me  of  Dec,  9,  '85,  containing  these  further  .st.itislics,      "  During  '84,  I  rode  32.5  m,  in  .  ,7  rides 
average  23^  m,  to  a  ride ;  3  ri<les  of  more  than  50  m,  .  of  62  m,,  .  of  ,08  m,,  and  the  ..nimal  kw 
m,  race  of  Hoston  13,  C.     My  after-dark  mileage,  without  a  lantern,  was  about  370  m.     My  '^5 
record  to  da'e  is  2137  m,,  representing  lo.S  rides.     The  fact  of  my  marriage  a  year  a^o  accounts 
for  my  not  wheeling  sc  much  lately,-lhe  average   'S;  ride,  you  see,    being  only  about  loj  m. 
Nevertheless,  I  took  ,  of  55,  .  of  60  and  .  of  6S  ;  doing  our  annual  .00  m,  race  in  the  fine  tlm" 
of  8i  h,,  even  though  the  actual  length  of  course  be  call. J  97  m.     In  contrast  to  your  own  habit 
of  drinking  frequently  on  the  road,  I  have  accustomed  myself  to  drink  as  little  as  possible  so  th.it 
thirst  troubles  me  scarcely  any.     During  the   100  m.  race   I   rode  74  m.  before  I  touched  a  drop 
of  water,  and  I  took  some  then  only  because  it  was  handv,-not  because  I  felt  the  need  of  it. 
The  only  other   iquid  I  took  was  at  about  55  m.-<some  beef  tea),  when  I  made  my  only  stop  for 
a  rub-down,  halting  perhaps  5  min.     About  2000  m.  of  this  year's  riding  was  done  on  my  Victor, 
the  best  wheel  I  have  ever  ridden.     In  '84  and  part  of  '85  I  rode  a  Vale  and  a  Hitmb'-r," 

Albert  S'.evens  Parsons  (b,  Nov,  16,  ,841),  treasurer  of  the  Cambridgeport  DIarv  Co  is 
one  of  those  prominent  pioneers  of  cycling  who  ought  to  have  supplied  a  long  storv  for  this 
record ;  though  '  truth  had  the  utmost  difficulty  in  forcing  him  to  relax  his  vise-like  grip  on 
even  a  few  perso..»i  details.  His  name  was  signed  fourth  on  the  I.ep.tr...?',  .-.ri—r.s!  r7■.^^^■^-\■:■-. 
list,   at   Newport  (May,  '80),  and  he  was  an  officer  in  it  till  '83,-servrng  first  as  its  correspond- 


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n.g  wcretary  for  two  terms,  and  then  one  year  as  vice-president.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
ihc  Ma»».  B.  C,  Feb.,  '79,  and  it.  president  in  '80,  '81  and  'Mj ;  began  riding  in  Nov  ,  V^  and 
io..kpart  m  the  "Wheel  Around  the  Hub,"  Sept., '7s,;  was  then  a  resident  of  CamhridKe 
inoush  boru  .it  Northtield,  and  now  lives  at  Ltxington,  and  rides  from  his  house  there  to  his 
othce  in  Canibridgeport  (105  Magaiine  si,  where  the  "  Standard  diaries  "  are  published).  "  This 
nukes  a  round  trip  of  16  m.,  and  i  take  it  almost  daily  from  May  to  Uecenber— that  is\n 
days  in  almost  every  week.  I  've  had  a  daily  record  of  15  m  ,  nearly  every  .leasant  dayi  for 
nu-.iths  at  a  time.  My  bicycling  has  been  continuous,  both  for  buslnrs.s  and  p'jasiire,  through  7 
sea.M,ns,  and  the  average  must  exceed  jooo  m.  a  year.  I  'm  not  able  at  this  moment  to  lay 
lui.db  on  the  annual  record,  but  i  may  find  it  in  time  to  senj  to  you  later.  1  used  a  McDonnell 
c^doni.  for  3  years  and  found  it  very  reliable  ;  but,  havin-  lost  it,  the  second  one  which  t  pot 
ha>  not  proved  so.  Most  of  my  riding  has  been  confined  to  Ma.ss.,  and  my  longest  day'-  -ecord 
i-  75  ni.  I  rode  a  Paragon  the  first  year  ;  then  a  bicycle  built  at  Newton  (by  a  man  ho* 
lunie  just  now  escaiies  oil)  for  a  year;  then  a  Standard  Columbia,  for  3  years;  and  sine  ,  an 
l..vi)Lrt,— the  fize  of  each  being  56  in.  fn  March,  'S6,  I  IxMight  a  Coventry  Convertible  tri,  and 
am  now  riding  that  considerably  more  than  the  bicycle,  f  continue  an  enthusiastic  believer  in 
bolh  bi.  and  tri.,  and  in  the  usefulness  and  importance  of  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen." 
In  iliis  brief  report  of  Dec.  10,  '85,  I  add  a  remark  made  by  "  C.  S.  H."  (H'heel,  Jan.  2..,  'H6): 
"  A.  S.  Parsons  hangs  to  the  honor  of  riding  a  tricycle  more  than  any  other  man  in  f^oston. 
Last  year  he  covered  upwards  of  H-aa  m."  An  article  of  his,  descriptive  of  the  League  meet  at 
t  hicago,  was  published  in  the  iriieelmanCSov.,  '82),  and  he  also  contributed  many  pieces  to  the 
earlier  volumes  of  the  Bi.  H'orld.  One  of  the  founders  of  the  Boston  I!.  C,  Willis  Farrington 
(whom  f  remember  as  representing  that  club  in  the  escort  of  a  parly  to  a  lunch  at  the  Blue  Bell, 
Milton,  after  the  League  meet  of  '81),  sends  an  even  briefer  report,  thus,  Dec.  14,  '85  :  "  I 
bought  my  first  bicycle  in  Sept.,  '78,  and  rode  438  m.  that  year  ;  mileage  for  7  seasons  since  has 
been  816,  12.^,  1121,  1364,  2580,  1857,  and  1452,— a  total  of  10,918.  Mileage  of  machines  ridden 
stands  as  follows  :  50.  in.  Stanley,  5fx) ;  52  in.  Stanley,  4142  ;  54  in.  Humber,  327;  53  in.  In- 
vincible, 3864 ;  48  in.  Royal  Salvo  sociable,  233;  48  in.  tricycle  (hired),  no;  48  in.  Invincible 
'ri  ,  1394  ;  4S  in.  Cripper  tri.,  28S.  This  shows  2025  m.  for  tricycling,  as  compared  with  8893  m. 
on  the  bicycle,  though  I  've  not  ridden  the  bi.  at  all  in  '85.  All  my  riding  in  '83-'84  was  in 
Kngland,  Isle  of  Wight  and  France,— the  record  on  a  sociable  tri.  being  made  with  Paul  Butler, 
•  Lfoston  '5.  C,  from  London,  to  Bradford,  in  Yorkshire.  I  've  had  a  cyclom.  on  every  machine. 
First  I  used  Thompson's,  which  I  judged  to  be  correct,  but,  as  it  recorded  revolutions  only,  I 
discarded  it  for  a  McDonnell.  T  tried  several  of  these,  and  found  them  all  defective.  Then  I 
used  liutcher's.  They  went  wrong  at  first,  being  their  eariier  productions.  I  have  now  one  of 
the  latest  patterns,  and  am  perfectly  satisfied.  It  is  a  great  comfort  to  be  able  to  read  it  from 
the  .sa-Jdi  .  A«  to  offices,  I  was  League  consul  for  Lowell,  until  I  resigned,  and  am  now  C.  T. 
C.  consul  for  Lowell ;  I  have  been  captain  of  the  Ix>well  I!.  C.,  and  am  still  a  member  of  it,  as 
well  as  a  life-member  of  the  Bostons."  I  jud-e  from  his  letter-head,  that  Mr.  F.  is  connected 
with  the  U.  S.  r.uiiting  Co.,  at  Lowell.  The  Bi.  iror/J  nl  Pec.  25,  '85,  mentions  a  group  pho- 
tiigraph  representing  himself,  his  wife,  his  little  girl  and  his  little  boy,  all  mounted  on  wheels,— 
together  with  the  baby,  in  a  four-wheeler,  guarded  by  the  family  dog. 

K.  A.  Hemmenway  (b.  Feb.  4,  1857),  secretary  of  the  Tremont  B.  C,  at  Dorchester,  whose 
occupation  is  that  of  mechanical  draushtsman,  reports  to  me  thus:  "I  first  mountet"  at  Cun- 
ningham's riding  school,  July  7,  '79,  and  took  my  first  road-ride  Icily  18.  All  my  riding  has 
been  done  on  two  machines:  the  first  a  50  in.  Duplex  Excelsior  (r)02om.),  the  present,  a  52  in.  Ex- 
pert Columbia,  '84  pattern  (5433*  m.).  My  earlie.«t  cyclometer  was  one  of  the  first  style  made  by 
the  Popes,  and  it  was  very  unsatisfactory.  The  principle  of  it«  operation  being  entirely  defective, 
It  wn aid  recard  on  the  average  only  about  §  the  istance  ;  so  I  placed  no  reliance  on  it.  My 
second  eye.  was  of  my  own  manufacture,  remodeled  from  the  first.  It  was  perfectly  accurate, 
and  I  used  it  for  3200  m.  My  present  eye.  is  a  Butcher,  which  I  have  run  about  sooo  m.  It  is 
made  on  a  correct  principle  and  its  durability  depends  merely  upon  the  quality  of  the  workman- 
ship.    In  the  first  cyclometers  made  by  the  Butcher  Co.  the  work  was,  unfortunately,  very  poor 


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Si8  TEN  THOl/SA.VD  Mil  es  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

*ndag«xldealof  trouble  w»,  cau.<d  thereby.     I    have  ,pem   considerable  time    in   rcpai„,„ 
mme    which.,  one  of  .he  «„.e  '84  lo.  .ha.  your  own  belonged  ,„.  but    I    understand    ,heTd 
ec,  have  ,.,«  been  (u  ly  remedied.     I  find  it  a  great  advan.age  ,0  be  able  ,„  read  .hTcv  ' 
rom  .he  saddle,  and   v.  far  as  my  knowledge  of  such  things   g,«s,  I    consider  the    HuVhcr  ,h 
best.     1  have  earned  a  small  lantern  o.-.  ..  for  from  500  to  600  m  ;   but  it  is  not  a.  convenien   a, 

K„.«  o    the  Road  •  which  I  have  since  .sed  (wi.hou.  the  eye.  because  a  hulvlanTern  n  e  , 
ad,u*.able  fr.c.on  device  to  prevent  it  fron  swinging  to  and  fro).     My  mileage  by  year,  s,a„  . 
.hu..-,he  new  roadway  explored  each  .ea^n  being  shown  by  parenthesis  :       .o,Sl  (J ', 
(75).  74oi  (Kx,,.  .50.J  (.60).  ,ao,i  (80).  ,75.*  (60).  j,,,*  (,65),-a  .o.al  of  ..,45  i  (-^l '     M 
mc.hly  mileage  for  M4  and  -85   maybe  compared    as  follow,:     Jan      a,l    „|      f1         ,    ^ 

Mar.sS,    .s.i;  Apr    .0,,  .^J  ;  N.ay.  304,.  30;  J;  June,  ^o,^',,.    ;     uJ    oo[t 
3'-*,  44.i;   Sept.,  330J.  46.I;   Oct..  38aJ,  4o.i;    Nov.,  ,4^.  aSji  ;   Dec  ,  .06*,  ,   ;!      Thel' 
crea,c. ,.    mileage  for  .he  past  two  years  is  due  .0  a  change  in   my  place  of   business,  whereby  I 
am  enabled  .0  use  the-  wh.      daily  in  going  ,0  and  from   my  work  (7  m.  each  way).     I  can    hu 
p.  ■      ..a  most  pracical  serv.ce  and  at  the  same  time  derive  much    benefit  from  the  dailv  oxer 
cise^     My  two  longest  day's  ride,  were   Aug.    a6,    '8a.    Dorchester  to   Newburypor,  and  back" 
.031  nv  (see  5.  i,orU^  Sept.  8    p    ,33).  and  .Sept.  6,  'Sa,  in  annual    .00  m.  racTTf  ,he  .,       „' 
B.  C^(see  Hazle.fs  'Summary,-  lVH..l,nan,  Jan.,  '83).  when  my  individual  score  was  .ojj  n,  " 
The  most  widely-known  tourist  west  of  the  AUeghanies  is  Hurley  B.  Ayers  (b  ()c.  8    ,,ScS^ 
though,  like  the  trumpeter  in  the  fable,  he  gets  this  repute  more  from    his  schemes  forinspirtng 
others  to  take  the  ro.id  than  from  his  own  personal  achievements  on  the  wheel.     His  connec.i„n 
will,  one  of  ,he  larger,  r.  offices  in  Chicago   has  enabled   him,   as  chairman   of  the  I  eaeue's 
transportation  comAii.tee.  .0  .ake  .he  proper  r  easures  for  convincing  .he  railroad  people  in  een 
eral  that  it  .s  for  iheir  interest  to  encourage  bicycle  touring,  and  gain  the  g<K.d.will  of  v  l.eelmen 
by  carrying  passengers'  wheels  as  personal  baggage.     On  ,he  other  hand,  hi,  enthusiasm  a,  i 
tourist  has  inspired  him  to  plan  and  "  personally  conduct  "  the  largest  and  most  impressive  dl, 
plays  of  practical  wi.eelm.inship  that  have  ever  anywhere  been    witnessed.     His   three   annual 
tours  through  Canada  (alluded  .0  on  pp.  „8,  .,5.  3,4.  3.0,  50.,)  have  proved  so  satisfactory  and 
increasingly  successful  as  .0  lead  the  League  to  invest  him  with  .he  special  office  of    "  tournns 
ter      ,n  o.der  that  the  fourth  tour  ('86)   may  be   directly  under   its    auspices.     Readers   of  ,h. 
cycling  press  have  for  years  been  familiar  with  his  name  or  initials  as  a   signature  of  con.^m,. 
tions  which  are  pretty  certain  to  be  readable,  though   his  "  readiness  "  as  a  writer  occa  .ionally 
leads  him  to  indulge  .n  pleasing  generalities  that  are  somevhat  at  variance  with  the  iurd  fact. 
of  the  case.  ^.  g.,  the  stupidly  vexatious  customs  regulatio.^s  of  Canada-whirh,  if  striclv  en- 
forced  would  prohibit  United  States  citizens  from  attempting  :o  per.crate  that  country  with 
their  bicyc  es-have  been  alluded  to  by  him  in  a  printed  letter  as  if  entirely  sa.isfac.ory  (see  p 
3.O;  whi.eaglowin;   nhrase  of  his,  in  .he   prospectus  of  the  "  clerical  wheelmen's  Canadian 
tour,     declaring  ,  ,he  r  ads  there  are  like  boulevards."  would  have  led  to  his  being  torn 

limb  from  .imb  trte      -eived  clergymen  could  have   got  'bodily  hold  of  him.  when   exasper- 

ated .0  the  pitch  of  d;sp  tion  by  a  >■  ,.  tramp  across  roads  which  at  best  are  barely  walka- 
ble  .  As  he  was  m  fact  beyond  thei,  .h,  the  only  solace  left  them  was  to  remember  him  in 
their  prayers,-and  trust  the  non-clerical  half  of  the  party  to  do  the  cursing  (see  p.  324).  His 
escape  from  destruction  by  their  righteous  wrath  was  a  happy  thing  for  the  cause  of  cycling, 
since  (speaking  in  all  serious,  ss)  there  are  not  many  Americans  who  have  done  more  to  advance 
that  cause  than  himself.  M.h  can  easily  be  forgiven  the  man  who  has  accomplished  much  ; 
and  my  object  in  thus  noting  these  little  slips  from  accuracy,  which  can  hardly  be  helped  when 
an  exuberant  fancy  expresses  itself  in  the  rapid  manipulation  of  a  type-writer,  is  ralher  to  il- 
lustrate  the  rule  that  Ml  men  have  their  limitations,  than  to  detr.ict  anythinj  from  the  respect 
due  for  solid  results  actually  brought  to  pass.  As  I  wished,  too,  to  give  his  story  a  sizable  sort 
of  paragraph  in  this  book  (for  the  drift  of  thought  which  finally  led  me  to  conceive  the  idea  of 
writing  It  was,  in  a  sense,  set  in  motion  by  some  hearty  praise  of  his  concerning  my  "234' 
reminiscences  in  the  U'luelman),  I  was  forced  to  "  cover  space  "  hy  nroyldins  a  Ion;  inlr-duc- 
tion  to  It  i  because   the  longest  autobiography  I  could  extract  from  him  was  this  :    "  I  began 


STATISTICS  FROM    THE   VETERANS. 


5'9 


lidiiig  a  4<>  in  Ariel,  Oct.  5, ';9i — ''•«  same  month  the  (.'hicago  B.  C.  wai  organixMl,— and  I 
ulieeled  loa  m.  that  year;  ude  a  Standard  Columbia  in  '8a,  a  54  in.  I).  H.  K.  Premier  from  'Ki 
to  'H4,  and  a  54  in.  Victor  in  '85 ;  toi>k  a  fortnight'i  tour,  around  Grand  Kapids,  Mith.,  the  Aral 
inoMlh  I  learned  to  ride,  and  engaged  in  annual  three  days'  rum  of  the  Milwaukee  K.  C,  in 
W.»uke»ha  Co  ,  Wis.,  in  'bo,  'Si  and  '8j,  bt.  rt,  of  course,  the  Canadian  tours  of  '8j,  '84  and 
'^^  My  inileaK  '  is  fully  ij,ioo,  and  its  distribu  n  through  the  last  six  sea.v>  t  was  about  as 
follows  :     ijoo,  2400,  1100,  ijoo,  1800  and  jioo.      My  birthplace  was  Ijmbeth,  (Ontario." 

Though  the  Ciiicago  B.  C.  proclaims  itself  very  little  in  the  (lapers,  it  i.i  niir  nf  the  perma- 
nent institutions  of  that  wide-awake  city,  and  hj«  probably  done  more.  In  a  quiet  way,  to  gel  cy- 
cling well  establi^ihed  and  respected,  in  the  great  central  section  of  the  continent,  than  any  simi- 
l.ir  agency  west  of  the  Atlantic  sloi«.  I  ,  captain,  Norton  H.  Van  Sicklen  (b.  Keb.  9,  iSfco.'), 
made  the  notable  record  of  507SJ  m.  in  '.^4,  which  was  tabulated  thus  by  inoiitht  1  Sfr.  Uf'h.  Gat., 
Keb.,  '«5,  p.  160;  :  Jan.,  95  ;  Feb.,  91J;  .Mar.,  114;  Apr,,  3S5J  ;  May,  45MJ  ,  June,  551  ,  July, 
43HJ  ;  ,\ug.,7o,);  Sept.,  <47  1  <Jct.,  57.H  ;  Nov.,  886;  Iiec.,3iy.  He  confirmed  the  authenticity 
of  this  in  a  letter  to  me  (Jan.  ao,  '8/j),  saying  that  lie  tstiniated  his  total  riding  as  </»<k>  m.  addi- 
tional, whereof  '85  should  be  accredited  with  4J00,  and  '83  with  it,oo,  though  he  did  not  kec,)  a 
montlily  record  of  mileage  in  either  year.  The  letter  adds  :  "  1  lea.med  to  nde  the  bi.  in  Dec., 
';>;,  and  think  my  mileage  was  at  lea"'  .joo,  on  rented  and  borrowed  tnachines,  before  I  bought 
.)  wheel  of  my  own,  at  the  close  of  '81.  I  've  used  but  two  makes  of  cyclometers, — the  IcDon- 
iiell  and  the  Kutclier  (petite), — and  f  account  a  good  one  of  the  former  much  l>elter  than  a  giKxf 
oTie  of  the  lattei.  My  experience  with  .his  has  been  very  unsatisfactory, — the  cam  being  too 
rtexible  and  the  rubber  coming  off,— while  one  of  my  Mcf)oi,nells  has  registered  3000  m.  and  is 
^lill  correct.  During  '84  I  used  two  of  them, — one  on  a  56  in.  Exp'  ;,  which  registered  over 
4ioo  m.  in  a  ye.ir,  and  one  on  a  57  in.  Vale,  which  I  rode  only  a  fev.  hundred  m.  in  '84.  As  for 
separate  road,  t  've  wheeled  about  1100  m.  of  it  :  fll.,  Ind.,  O.,  N.  Y.,  Minn,  and  Onl  My 
li-st  road  ride  was  in  Oct.,  '80,  I  think,— a  trip  with  the  club  to  S.  Chicago  and  back.  My  first 
race  was  Feb.  22,  'S3  ;  and,  if  you  care  to  mention  rr./  jiath  performances,  I  suggest  that  Mr 
.\yers  might  send  a  more  impartial  account  of  them  than  I  can  "  (see  p.  321). 

During  th"-  previous  year,  another  member  of  the  same  club,  who  was  then  its  vice-president 
and  a  consul  of  the  League,  made  an  even  higher  record, — running  up  an  annual  mileage  far  in 
excess  of  any  before  accredited  \o  an  American.  This  was  Frank  E.  Yates  (b.  May  18,  1843), 
well  known  as  an  oarsman  at  double  sculls,  with  W.  B.  Curtis  and  C.  E.  Courtney  as  partners, 
■iikI  as  the  winner  of  some  75  single-scull  1  ,  which  included  the  American  amateur  cham- 
pionshi;-.  in  '74  and  '76.  He  began  riding  the  bi.  Oit.  17,  '.».,,  and  probably  accomplished  2c3 
m.,  though  he  took  no  note  of  it.  His  '83  record,  in  addition  to  333  m.  of  tricycling,  was  5052 
rn.,  distributed  through  the  months  as  follow  j  :  Jan.,  no;  Feb.,2i8J;  Mar.,3'<3;  Apr.,^i7j; 
.May,  228;  June,  573;  July,  401;  Aug.,  46S;  Sept.,  51.^:  Oct.,  437;  Nov.,  b.f>\  Dec,  349. 
His  letter  which  enclosed  these  scores  to  me  (July  11,  '84)  said:  •'T^o'  large  figures  are  ac- 
counted for  by  the  fact  thai  f  am  an  enthusiast  at  bicyc'.i.ig,  and  my  business  ii  siitli  as  to  enable 
me  to  ride  2oi  h.  out  of  the  24,  should  f  feel  disposed,  since  I  am  engaged  only  during  Board  of 
Trade  hours  (9.70  A.  M.  to  i  p.  M.).  My  riding  was  done  almost  entirely  on  the  strei-  and 
boulevards  and  in  the  parks  of  the  ci^y,  save  two  trips  to  .South  Chicago  and  one  to  Riverdale, 
probably  100  m.  all  told.  My  wife  having  a  tricycle,  wi-  ui"<jd-n»ly  were  out  as  late  as  12  o'cIoc'k 
at  night,  and  I  presume  she  must  ha.e  ridden  nearly  ioo-.  1-1.  curing  the  year,  although  I  kept  no 
record  of  it.  My  lorgest  dav's  ride  was  78  m.  The  cyclometer  used  was  the  McDonnell, 
though  I  tried  about  half  a  dozen  before  I  got  one  that  was  correct.  My  wheel  was  a  54  in. 
Columbia  Expert,  during  the  last  nine  months,  for  until  March  31  I  rode  .»  52  in.  Expert;  and, 
excepL  for  two  head'jrs  (one  with  each  wheel,  breaking  two  handle-bars  and  one  .rank),  they 
never  cost  me  a  cent  for  repairs.  My  54  in.  is  apparently  as  good  as  new;  at  a:.y  rate,  I  would 
not  exchange  it  f-"vr  any  wheel  in  the  world.  During  the  first  half  of  '84,  I  've  ritiden  only  1^09 
m.,  my  afternoons  being  taken  up  with   other  affairs,  and  I  've  kept  no  monthly  record."     A 


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S20  TEA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

record  was  .hu.  broken  up,  but  .'  presume  I  mav  have  wheeled    , 

glad  to  see  your  book  make  mention  of  MisTAnnt  Svle..  T  ""'  ""'  '''"•  '  ^''""''1  ^'^ 
rider  in  the  world,  «..."    As  Mr.  y  u  novHbe  bul  .  "  "^'^  "''  **""'  ''-^■^:'" 

his  op.„ion  of  l.r  merits  may  not  be  ent^y  mpaZ  ^1"^  ""^  r"^""''  ^''^^-^^' 
gallant  as  to  begrudge  .be  ^pace  for  a  briefTs^^  ^  rir  ^k" ''"  r°""'  *"  ^ - 
less  queen  of  the  cyclists,  the  world's  acknowl.H  ^    .  '^  *'  ^"^  ^'^  circular:    "  This  peer- 

both  the  Columb.  and  Star  bicycled;  tr;:o:^?Sir'1r^ 

ever  ndden  the  Star,  ana  the  firs,  and  only  lady  ,o  ZoToul^  .  «;  ,"  '"'"'  '^'>  *''"  f'^' 
wheel.     She  .s  universally  conceded  to  J.h.  mLZacet    ,  J'    ,  '"'  "'  "'""«  ^  ^'"«'^ 

cetved  an  adverse  cr.t.c.sm  e.ther  from  the  pres^ h'eTiL  ct-''^'"^'  '"'^  •>"  """  ^^  - 

UtahsoldestrmerisprobablyGeo.  J.  Taylor  (b     Ian,  •     ^ 

^«rr^/£t,,«,„^A'««.  and  coroner  of  Salt  Lake  Coun.v'  ,  "^^,^' "'"^  "^  <he  editors  of  the 
«.d:  •  I  yesterday  ratsed  my  m.leage  record^!  ,o  li^  -Li:  H  .'""  '"  "^  <''"'^-  ■'^-  '^^^ 
n.ss  wluch  kept  me  oo  the  wheel,  for  1  had  no  Unte'ST  fi'^K  f'""  '^  ''^^"^"'^  "'  ''"- 
.xactiy  five  years  of  tt.  I  began  Au,.  .TC^^.H  in  cf  T'  '"  ''"■  ^° 
..after,.,.,...,::,  -.^'.r'.       ^*  '"•  <-"'"'"b,a.  and   rode   ,. 


year;  gradually  tncreasing  aftenvarcU  until   n'sTi   J,   '"'  *""'  '"*'   ^"'^'^   '5-  ■"■ 

.".  Harvard,  all  bright,  and  :  now  use  at  I    ILT       I'T^-     "^  "^'""'  *'"=^'  --"  ■ 
could  ride  a  5.  in.     My  longest  stra  "h  .'IJ it'''"  '   T"^'^''  *""   ^"'^  •^>'-^.  '>.oug 


»s  to  make 
'500  m.  that 

could  ride  a  5.  in.  ^My  longestMr^i;,;:;;;;,™'  ":t:^?' *'"'  "^"'^  ^>'-^.  "-i'> 
dusk.  50  m  ;  swiftest  ride.,  o:.  a  rather  rough  road,  Tn.l.it'''^:';:'!  ''"''  '  '■  "  "" 
Petite  Butcher,  which  weighs  only  .  o^..  and  never  fai7s  ,0  rl      ',  "'  ^''^'""-   '^  "'^ 

I>ec.  ,5.  '85,  which   encloses  an   extrac     from  Ih/^  T         ^"^""y-"  ">-  '-is  rote  of 

.ntnted  him  July  ..,  tluis:     "  The    l^Zu  censor:;      TT  "'  '   ''''"'  ""''"  ^^ 

!-dal-pincxtendingi,everaIinche3rearward  2  etihied?  ■"■='"''*'''  '"  ""  '-■^■ 
rod  is  '.iiiged  to  the  upper  part  of  the  fork   lirrehv     1    ^-"^"^'"^  *™"'S'"B  f"lcn,m-rod.  which 

.ion  wiihalmo.  absolute  frLlomll'^or^^^^^^^^  '"'^   -"'  - 

t>-  lover,  which  with  the  pedal  projects  forward  0'  ^^1'!^^  ""  K  "''"  '  '"'^"""  '"^ 

.v^vantage  in  leverage  over  the  ordinarv  crank      Th     added  I      U     '    ."  ^"'  '  '°-'''"='t"e 

exceed  .  lbs.,  a:,d  the  friction  is  so  slight  that  when  the  whe^,  "  ""   l''  '"'^''■"'  "'^'^  - 

without  stopping.     Its  advantages  arc  that  ,    ^i  he  "£  Z7  "  1'-  """  "^  ^  ™"- 

while  at  the  same  time  it  shortens  the  foot   motion   several  i„  '""'",  '"  'T""  '^^  *'''-^'- 

wmch  passes  :he  dead  center,  with  a  comparati     ^y    ho       pstr^k       ' -^e  T''!"'  "    ■^^'"'^'^• 

"«=d  as  a  pedal,  giving  a  s.ill  shorter  motion  for  down  hili  and  easv  J]^     T    T  ''"  ""'"'  *"= 

^ichcanbedonein:::!.^::::,;:^:^-;:':^::^?:'^^^^ 

The  mcreased  power  has  been  fully  tested  by  means  of  wejh.s  and  lie     ,      "m        u    """• 

s:t;r:;:x"^-:;— ■  ,^-'s^:;r£r "- "- = 

patent  treadles,  without  taking  a  header.  .  ride  ev  ry  day,  lin'r  or  mme"  "•  "  V 
over  all  sorts  of  roads      I 'v<-  .-.»J  .1,     d  j   ..  ,  «"nter  or  sjmmer,  /ain  or  shine, 

Oxlom.  to  either  of  tm,  or  to^n^  f  Ve  JirJ'      '''""''  "'  '"  "^  '^'  '''  ^^^  '^-^- 

ams.  of  whom  more  than  .o:,tt:ero  th.  br:;-"""!.^-  "  ^'''--'^  -^^^■- 
are  represented."  he  writes,  Sept  o  '8=  ■■forthlV  ^'  ^-^  1  """"^  "^  ^'"'^'"''  "'-•'•■•" 
present  one.     1  've  pushed    hi    weiTto   hr  f  t      ■'"  ""'  '^"''  '""^''  ^'''"'  """■  '  «"'  "'- 

now  we  have  qute  a  number  aTlf  1  .  '  '  ''■""*^  "  -"''"'^  "^  '"'"  commenda,;  ,n,  and 
.hat  machine  o:!!  T  ^^1;  so  ^  ft'eT  "  "'  '""  "  ^^'  "''^  '"'^'•^'"^  "'  ■""  •"^'"^  '" 
Columbia,  which  reached  me  hinir  .       T^  '"  """  "'^'  ^"^-'-1<".   f  ordered  a 

>n.  Speoa,  Coh..bi::^l^:.i:;:f--^  ^     --  ;^  -^-^  J^^^  .  -,  by  a  . 

r  •iisrr:;^^!^;^--  '^'?-  --^ "--  woum  „ott:^  wi:::  ^i:.tr.: 
-. . ..  in  sept; ,  t^ii'f:;;^  ^:;  :^i  /Ci-^n^^:;-  ::r 


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tion,  liking  ii  better  than  any  previous  wheel.  As  I  did  a  great  deal  of  riding  during  the  si 
••.ars  1  ustd  the  Special,  I  can  safely  say  that  I  pushed  it  more  than  i5,c>oo  m.  it  is  still  r-!den 
herein  town,  in  fair  condition.  My  lirst  Columbia  is  also  r.-nning  around  here  to-day,  wiih 
the  original  tire  upon  its  front  wheel.  Dur:ig  the  13  months  that  }  used  it  I  wore  the  front 
bearings  out  three  times.  1  had  them  renewed  twice,  and  then,  when  the  wheel  got  so  loose  as 
I.)  rub  against  the  brake,  I  sold  it  'o  a  machinist  who  put  in  ball-bearings  and  a  new  axle.  Ex- 
cept during  these  times  of  repair,  it  has  been  in  use  nearly  every  ridable  day  ^or  u  jwards  of  7 
years;  and  would  thus  make  a  good  mate  for  your  '  No.  234.' 

"My  riding  has  all  been  done  in  New  Jersey,  south  of  Camden,  where  we  have  a  con- 
siderable mileage  of  good  roads — the  best  straightaway  run  being  40  ni.,  through  .Salem  and  .\1- 
lowaystown  to  Woodstown.  This  round-trip  of  80  ni.  represents  my  longest  day's  ride  ;  and 
once  while  returning  from  it  (Oct.,  '84),  as  I  did  n.'t  happen  to  meet  any  bad  horses  or  woi -e 
drivers,  1  came  along  easily  for  29  m.  without  a  dismount,  in  2J  'i.  This  is  a  sandy  country, 
and,  as  our  roads  i.re  made  of  gravel  or  clay,  they  do  not  long  remain  muddy.  We  have  consid- 
erable fair  riding  through  the  winter,  and  during  the  last  i  of  the  year  I  make  good  use  of  ten 
Mioonlight  nights  each  month,  if  the  weather  is  clear.  As  I  live  J  m.  from  the  office,  1  wheel 
back  and  forth  and  also  on  all  business  errands  ;  "a  '  every  pleasant  afternoon,  from  5.30  till 
(lark,  will  find  nie  in  the  saddif .     This  year,  I  an,  'y  always  accompanied   on  th'-se  evening 

spins  by  my  10  year  old  son,  Albertus  Cwho  is  getti  ,  be  qui'."  .',  rider,  and  makes  short  trips 
independently,  both  before  and  after  school) ;  and  my  'Ss  mileage  is  much  less  than  usual,  on 
this  account,  for  my  af'er-supper  ride  is  now  only  10  or  15  m.,  in' t'  of  20  or  .-5  m.  whi  '  't 
used  to  be  when  I  rode  alone.  As  I  have  a  heavy  f  jt  of  books  tj  k.-ep,  my  touring  is  al.  ..u 
entirely  confined  to  Sundays."  His  postscript  ol  Jan.  i,  '86,  idds:  "  My  riding  for  the  last  10 
LIU'S,  amounted  to  4710  m.,  of  which  1103J  was  registered  from  March  5  to  May  31,  and  3606J 
for  the  rest  of  the  year,  distributed  thus:  June,  bi'-  ;  July,  574J  ;  Ai'g  (vocation),  310  ;  Sept., 
i)46j ;  Oct.,  564!  ;  No/.,  468^;  Dec,  41,  V  All  through  Dec.  our  roads  have  been  excellent, 
— better  than  in  summer, — and  they  are  so  still ;  for  we  've  had  very  little  freezinp-  weather  and  nc 
',';'■■%•.  Up  to  March  5,  I  never  used  a  cyclom.,  or  attempted  to  keep  a  record.  The  ijUtcher 
«'  ch  I  then  attaci  ed  registered  with  perfect  accuracy  to  Nov.  5°,  from  which  time  ii  has  lost 
in  III  J  to  J  on  nearly  every  m.,  as  the  bearings  are  getting  badly  worn,  "^hey  require  to  be 
frequently  tinkered,  to  ke^T  them  right,  and  I  boieve  mme  would  wear  out  before  running  up 
to  lo.ono  in.  I  e  been  obliged  also  to  fasten  the  balance  weicht  with  rivets.  The  instrument 
must  always  be  sonewhat  of  a  nuisance    v  Ith  the  bearings  in  their  present  shape." 

An  appropriate  companion-piece  to  the  foregoing  is  the  report  of  James  D.  Dowling  (b. 
.\ug.  I,  1835),  a  r.'sic'  nt  of  Camden,  at  53A  Broadway,  though  his  place  of  business  is  in  Phila. , 
at  406  Penn  st.  He  learned  to  ride  the  ordinary  bicycle,  by  raking  a  dozen  lessons  in  Oct.,  '3r, 
but  i  ought  a  51  in.  Star,  at  second  hand.  May  10,  'S2,  and  has  used  it  ever  since,  though  it  shows 
si.;'is  of  hr.rd  wear.  His  son  Harry  (b.  Aug.  6,  1870)  learned  on  a  wooclen  bicwle,  in  Sept.,  '8t, 
and  in  Dec.  bought  a  42  in.  wheel  which  he  has  since  ridden,  in  company  with  his  father,  who 
writes:  "  Our  mileage  record  from  May  10  to  Dec.  31,  '>s,  was  1S71  ;  in  '83,  2501  ;  and  in  '84, 
1920, — represtnting  excursions  to  different  points  in  N.  J.,  !'a.,  and  Del.,  varying  from  10  to  66 
m.  straightaway  from  home.  Whin  I  say  that  my  son  was  .lith  me  on  almost  M  the  day's  rides 
wb-s^e  record  is  from  30  to  to  m.,  the  story  seems  quite  a  cred'tabl?  one  for  him  In  '85,  he  got 
r.  .r  1  of  the  habit  of  ric'ing  with  me, — partly  from  illness,  which  confined  him  early  in  the 
ye.ir ;  partly  oni  outgrowing  his  wheel,  and  partly  from  a  naturally  increasing  preference  for 
comn.des  o.'  .lis  own  age, — so  that  t  've  had  his  youngei  brother  Joe  (h.  Dec  12,  1873)  for  a  com- 
panion, on  his  36  in.  Otto,  which  he  began  riding  in  July,  '8r.  He  holds  out  w  2II  for  short 
trips  of  20  m.,  bat  I  do  not  think  it  *ell  to  pusli  him  farther,  as  ?iis  «lifel  runs  rallier  Iiard.  My 
oldest  son,  x.  27,  is  not  a  rider,  and  I  cannot  get  my  three  daughters  to  tr>'  the  tricycle,  as  their 
mother  is  opposed  to  it.  In  summer,  my  daughters  st.iv  a  good  deal  at  Moorfstnwn.  where  I 
once  resided,  an>".  it  is  my  custom  to  spend  many  evenincs  there, — leading  Cirmlen  aboii'  7  and 
returning  about  11.  i  wheel  the  10  in.  111  u*,  to  /u  iinii.  .iiKi  icluiu  m  ".is  iu  in»  iimi.,  «»  iiic  ^laUc 
is  down  to  C.     Another  'avorite  evening  ride  of  mine  I  ca'.  the  triangle.     The  fi'st  side,  from 


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522  TEAT  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

C.  to  Mt.  Ephraim,  j  m.,  i,  rolling  but  good.  The  base,  from  M.  E.  .0  Haddonfield  ,  m  k 
foot-path  all  the  way.  the  firs,  i  m.  ou  s.  side,  the  res.  o„  n.  The  triangle  Wds^',  T'  '  ' 
to  the  star,.ng  pointat  C.  6m.,  U  all  level  a.d  slightly  down-grade.  l^.l^^tZ'^'  " 
without  du.n.ou„t  i„  .1  h.  The  road  fron.  Gloucester  to  Woodbury  T"  Ta  th  ^ '^  "■ 
n,  ts  always  good,  and  has  often  been  ridden  in  ,„  ™.n.,  either  wayTls  17^  Wei  7  1  ""•  ' 
nde  was  taken  Nov.  ..,  to  Quakertown  and  back.  84  m.  My  record  for  '8.  I  •  ^''' '"""''' 
age,  the  nding  d.ys.  and  the  longest  ride  for  eaci  month,  is'asfolW  ]an  :";V'^'"^ 
4..  3.  - ;  Mar.,  .3..  8,  .5  :  Apr.,  .,6,  9.  ^.  ;  May.  ,6;.  ,0,  46 ;  June  .97.  ».;  }  l"  ;.  ' 
65;  Aug..  355,  .4.65;  bept..345,  ...60;  Oct.,   .99,  .0,40;   Nov     ,c,    .,   L     u  T     "' 

This  gives  a  total  of  2588  for  the  year,  and  8880  for  the  4  years  "  In  «.l'  '  ^  '  '  '  *'  '"■ 
fall,  the  gravel  pikes  which  are  the  rule  in  N.  J.  .re  Lmlwhat  Jf  ■  buf  "'"'"  "  *'^"  "  '" 
good.  The  stone  pikes  are  generally  heavy  after  a  lon^  r  LT  '.he  alT  tl""'"!:  ''''  "^ 
have  a  bad  habit  of  cleaning  out  the  ditches  on  each  side  and  .hrowi^  'e  ^i  1'  "f -""''-=" 
which  makes  tough  riding,  as  i.  does  no.  pack  until  frost  comeird  then  off  /  '"  "'^' 
rutty.     The  g.  aval  pikes  in  N.  J.  are  scntped  after  each  snow  Ind    f  j   is  frl  '   "?"  "^' 

are  magnificent  then-as  smooth  as  a  floor     .  s  the  vounr!^'  a  .         T^  ""'"'"'  "'^^ 

30  years  old  are  afraid  of  the  cold,  and  I  do  nltc^rl  L  ride  ZVT  ^T  "'"  "^  '™'"  "  '" 
riding.  However,  I  i^.e  rdden'several  tL  be  h^ the  DlJiridtr'  tT"'  *""" 
fro.en  and  found  it  splend.u  spor.,-the  only  drawback  beLg  ^T^ab     ,t   u^       rZ^ ^ 

Uc^day.  .  les  as  .lows:     Mt.  ^PH^^ ^1^=:^^ .^^IH :^™  ^^ 

5.  Aewneld   35,  Vihela..d,  38,  Hammondton,  35 ;  Trenton,  40;  Hardington,  25-  Beveriv  J 

funhe  ,  ..,  Newcastle;  and  I  've  ridden  from  P.  ,0  Reading,  66  m.,  and  returned  by  trai" 
Except  ,n  a  few  cases,  when  ihe  start  has  been  made  as  early  as  ,  a   m  and  .h.  r„       ? 
late  as  8  .  m     my  day's  rides  .ith  my  son  have  begun  af.er\;ea\Lra.:d  ende^  "T^^^^ 
upper.     We  've  never  been  caught  in  but  .wo  s.onns,  bu,  in  one  of  these  we  had  to  r"      ,  „ 
in  a  heavy  wind  and  ra,n,-as  we  were  ,00  late  for  any  Sunday  trains.     After  a  warm  b2' 
c  aiige  of  clothes   and  good  supper,  neither  of  us  felt  any  ill  effects  f...  .he  exp^uT  A^r  ' 
gardsthe  press,  I 've  printed  pieces  in  the  l^'Aee/man,  Feb.,  '83;  3,   HWiJ   Mar    'S.       f 
chamc^  June,  '83  (description  of  ride  to  Reading),  and  two  in  the  Pkila.  Cycling  Rrcord\^!''< 

of  .he^       -d   ;  "^'^"  ^'-  J=^M'.-^^)  "-  "-"  '-"^<^^  o"  P-  "3  as  one  of^^.l^  v:?eSst 
of  the  long-distance  men;  and  his   letter  to  me   xrom   Go.tingen  (Feb.  .9,   '84)  reads  thu 

My  ndmg  record  ,s  now  .o,.oo  m.,  though  this  does  not  cover  my  total  mileag  ,  fort,  n  an 
can  keep  count  of  all  h.s  -acng-practice  and  little  spins.     It  was  in  the  Hartz  m.ns  ,  las   Nov 
hat  I  reached  the  .0,000  m.  limit.     I  have  driv  m  the  bi.  34.0  m.  in  ..  successive  months,  and  I 
as  smmer  covered  .085  m.  in  ,0  successive  days.     This  was  in  efJea  an  almost  con  inuou 
trail,  though  I  broke  ,.  once  by  taking  steamer,  and  once  by  taking  train,  besides  crossing  one 

saddle  was  4^  m.  The  other  day,  I  went  from  G.  .0  Hanover,  75  m„  against  a  rather  sharn 
wind,  without  having  to  walk  a  step,  5  A.  m.  to  3.0  P.  „.  My  riding  time  was  ;i  h..L  I  waT 
m  poor  practice,  and  wen,  .0  sVep  ,  h.  at  EIze,  besides  giving  .  h.  to  breakfast ;  „  herwise 
could  easily  have  got  to  H.  at  .  o'clock.  I  found  a  f.-w  steep  hills,  but  the  roads  in  general  ar 
fine  for  long  tours.  The  chief  obstacle  is  the  pavements  in  ,i,e  small  towns,  but,  a.  worst  h^ 
can  be  walked  through  in  .o  min.  I  do  no.  travel  much  wiih  the  wheelmen  here,  as  .1,  v  Z 
inclined  to  patronize  the  h.ghes.-price  hotels  and   take   frequently  to  ,he  trains     V   .    a '-n 

b>  myself   from  <  )s  end  to  G.,  cos,  only  $2^  though  I  visited  all  tiie  picture  galleries  and  o,he 
objects  of  in,eres..'      His  replv  .0  my  further  enquiries  (Halle,  May  35.-85)  adds:     '•  Record 

Z  "IT^T.,.  [^'^"'Tt    '."'  '''■•  ""''■.  ".•  '^«'  ="  «-'-.  »  ■■<>  'ook  my  first  all-day  ride 
"      '     "■' '  '"    /yvrt"K   4  >o  14.  I  think),  trom  New  Haven, 


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through  Foughkeepsie  and  Albany,  to  Saratoga  and  back  to  P.,  300  m.,  without  any  resort  to 
trains  (see  p.  141).  F.  L.  Bigelow  was  my  companion  all  the  way ;  R.  T.  Low  (a  classmate  of 
mine  in  Amherst  '3i)  joined  us  at  P.;  and  our  half-day's  ride  of  55  m.  thence  up  the  Hudson  (5 
\.  M.  to  I  p.  M.)  we  thought  quite  an  exploit  at  that  time.  I  am  now  just  on  the  eve  of  a  grand 
tour,  for  I  've  nearly  <inished  my  studies  here  (eye  specialties),  and  hope  to  cover  at  least  5000 
ni.  this  summer  and  see  several  countries.  When  I  return  home,  next  November,  I  expect  to 
begin  practice  in  Chicago,  though  my  birthplace  was  Madison,  Ct." 

EUioU  Mason  (b.  Feb.  11,  1852),  manager  of  the  N.  Y.  office  of  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  ..t  la 
Warren  st,,  is  mentioned  by  the  Whtel,  Jan.  ^^,  '86,  as  the  only  member  of  the  Citizens  B.  C. 
who  has  yet  made  a  "  century  run  "  (96  m.,  Cobourg  to  Kingston,  Aug.  18,  '85  ;  see  p.  323), 
and  as  the  second  man  in  the  club  in  resiject  to  mileage  for  '85, — his  record  being  3025,  as  com- 
pared with  Philip  Fontaine's  3205,  T.  C.  Smith's  2805,  W.  H.  McCormack's  230S  and  W.  B. 
Krus's2i69, — the  latter  representing  a  Facile.  From  notes  of  conversation  with  Mr.  E.,  I 
present  these  facts  about  his  earlier  wheeling:  Between  Sept.,  '79  and  Dec,  '81,  he  rode 
13,000  m.,  as  measured  by  Pope  cyclom. — his  average  being  78J  m.  a  day.  During  nearly  20 
mcjnihs  of  this  period,  he  was  a  school  teacher  at  Yonkers,  and,  except  Sundays,  he  rode  al- 
most daily,  spending  about  all  his  time  in  the  saddle  when  not  engaged  in  school  duties.  In  the 
spring  of  '81,  he  went  to  Boston,  to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Popes ;  removing  to  N.  Y.  a  year 
later,  to  open  their  riding-school  and  salesroom  on  34th  st.  He  wheeled  mt  less  than  500  m.  in 
'82, — nearly  all  of  it  in  the  city, — the  longest  day's  record  being  66J  ra.  In  '83  he  took  83  rides, 
amounting  to  1408J  m.,  and  his  '84  reo  "d  was  1221  m..—  making  a  total  mileage  of  19,15s-  His 
longest  st  :y  in  the  saddle  was  a  round  trij,  of  26J  m.  His  rule  of  "no  good  offer  refused  "  led 
him  to  sell  several  machines,  after  taking  only  a  few  rides  upon  them  ;  but  most  of  his  first  13,000 
m.  was  done  on  a  52  in.  Standard  ilumbia,  and  he  now  rides  a  54  m.  Expert.  Centaur 
and  Club  50  in.  have  also  been  t'led  by  him.  Three  backbones  have  been  broken,  dur- 
ing his  usage,  but  without  injury  to  himself.  Ritchie's  rpagnetic  cyclom.  he  praises,  as  having 
been  absolutely  accurate  in  his  own  experience,  and  as  the  only  variety  which,  as  a  dealer, 
ha  has  not  heard  any  complaint  of.  His  wife  is  a  rider  of  the  tricycle.  I  believe  the  same 
can  be  truly  recorded  as  to  the  wife  of  Will  R.  Pitman  (b.  April  12,  1849),  who,  in  a 
talk  had  with  me,  Nov.  i3,  '84,  said  he  'd  done  about  1500  m.  of  tricycling,  that  year,  and,  if  I 
rightly  understood,  had  been  not  infrequently  accompanied  by  the  lady  in  question.  He  won 
the  .American  100  m.  road-record,  iij  h.,  in  the  Boston  B.  C.  race,  Oct.  4,  '84 ;  but  all  his  bi- 
cycling of  the  year  hardly  amounted  to  10  m.  In  '83,  he  did  a  good  deal  of  racing  (Nov.  17, 
Ixion  road-race,  153  m.  was  won  in  20  h.;  see  Wheelman,  Mar.,  '84,  p.  457),  and  his  probable 
mileage  was  2000.  As  early  as  Sept.  4,  '69,  he  took  part  in  an  exhibition  race  of  bone-shakers, 
at  Bangor,  hu  native  town;  and  he  went  thence  in  Jan,,  '78,  to  Boston,  for  his  first  experience 
with  the  modern  bicycle,  at  the  riding-scnool  of  the  Cunninghams.  His  first  road-ride,  to  Ha- 
verhill, March  30.  created  great  excitement ;  and  a  later  one,  from  Fitchburg  to  Boston,  was 
also  given  liberal  notice  in  the  papers.  During  the  time  that  he  was  employed  by  the  Popes 
(Apr.  to  Oct.),  he  spent  almost  every  h.  of  leisure  in  the  saddle, — riding  regularly  from  4  to  7 
A.  M.,  and  also  nights,  at  the  Chestnut  H'il  reservoir,  and  all-day  trips  on  Sundays, — so  that  he 
thinks  his  average  400  m.  a  month,  and  his  total  for  '78  fully  3000  m.,  or  much  greater  than  for 
any  year  since.  In  May,  '78,  he  took  a  circuit  by  train  through  Providence,  New  Haven,  Hart- 
ford, Springfield,  and  Worcester, — giving  exhibitions  of  road-riding  in  the  streets  of  all  those 
'•'•■,  1,1  order  to  interest  people  in  the  bicycle  as  a  practical  vehicle,  and  pave  the  way  for  the 
establishment  of  agencies  for  i>s  sale.  In  Jan.,  '79,  he  returned  to  the  carpet  trade,  which  he 
has  since  followed,  and  his  mileage  of  that  year,  whose  Sundays  were  mostly  given  to  the  wheel, 
u  '^  probably  1000.  In  'So,  it  was  perhaps  rather  less  th.m  hat,  his  longest  trip  being  from 
1,5th  St.  to  "iney  Island  and  back, — though  he  took  part  in  the  League's  first  parade  at  New- 
port. In  '«t.  it  did  not  amount  to  500  m.;  and  in  '82,  which  included  some  riding  at  Washing- 
ton, Boston,  and  twice  at  Baltimore,  it  was  less  than    1500  m.     Combining  these  annual  ap- 


l.''pt  any  record,  shows  a  "  guess-work  total  "  of  about  10,500  m,,  at  the  close  of  '84.     The  bi- 


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524  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

cycle,  u«>d  by  him  have  been  Duplex  Excelsior.  Columbia  ('S.-'S^)  and  Ilumber  fg,^  •  ,n  1  u 
Premier  tncyclo,  which  he  exhibited  ,n  Hostonl  in  autumn  of  '79,  was  the  fi^t  on     e   '        u 
.here.     He  ha.  been  for  some  years  captain  of  the  Ixion  b/c  ;  owns  manv  med:      "'"'^'' 
the  earlier  races,  and  is  known  among  his  fam.l.ars  as  "  the  vete;a„*'  '  *™  '" 

Henry  K.  Ducker  (b.  June  27,  1848),  who  has  done  more  than  anv  one  el«.  t.  - 
cle  racing  in  America,  "  never  entered  a  race  or  competed  in  a      ah,  "     ^      T'^^:    T 
wheehng  (,n  '80   about  800  m.)  was  chiefly  for  pleasure  and  exercise  ;  L  ^„ce  then      •  eT 
too  busy  to  use  the  bicycle  except  as  a   time-saver  for  my  business       The         /  '   "<=  been 

thus  wheeled  for  this  stnctly  p.act.ca,  pur,x,se  ('S.  .0 '8  )  r  pTe^nt  a  savitf  of"'c6     ^      ' '" 
w..k.n,  days,  equivalent  m  c.sh  to  #400,  while  my  .heels  have  cost  , ess    hTj      a   si'"  ThT 
business  mileage  '  of  mne.  arranged  by  years,  stands  thus:      808    .,8,    ...S  i 

a..d  it  has  in  efl.c.  added  an  average  of  .J  days  to  .ny  life  eacht^:   w^'t         'r^^^aTo  i,":?; 
direct  advantage,  in  preserving  my  general  health.     I   rode  in  the  annual  processes  oM 
League,  at  New  York,  Washington  and  Buffalo;   and  the  longest  tour  I  ever  tookl 
Hartford  (Oct.  ...  '85),  which  I  accomplished  with  only  two  disinoun  s      The  ro  rd   tri^'  'f    \ 
m.  to  H.lyoke  and  back  ,  have  taken  twice.     These  six  cases  comprise  thi  w,,.  ^^f  r/i, 
■ngoutsidethecity   and.hesumof  themallis  insignificant   m   comparison   wuh   my    businet 
mile-  ^e.      My  earliest  wheel  was  a  48  in.  Harvard,  which  I  rode  from  May  ,0   'So    o  the    1 
of  '8.  ;  I  had  a  50  in.  Sanspareil  for  the  next  two  years,  and  in  '85  have  r'ddl^I  ii    v  7 
an    a  nickeled  Expert.  Uoth  of  which  .  still  retain.     .  used  the  Exc!.sior  .^vZ^^TZ'^Z 
Butcher.n   '84,  and   the   I.akin  in  .'85  ;  and,  as  far  as  I  can  Judge,  the  1    ,er    s  th    be  t 
organ.ed  the  .Sp.ngfield  B.  C,  May  3..  '8..  and  have  been  its  president  ever  smce      M      es 
dence  in    his  ci  y  dafes  from  April  =7.  '63  ;  the  previous  ten  years  having  been  spent  in   Br^k 
lyr,.  to  which  place  I  emigrated  from  England,  as  I  was  born  in   London,  on  Fleet     t      I  was' 
married  Nov.  4.  .868,  and  have  nine  children.     My  wife  and  two  oldest  girls  are  riders  <  f  T 
tricycle."     An  excelle.    portrait  of  Mr.  D.  may  be  found  among  the  lithog^^aph  c    ikei    :  ;  ^ 
cycling  editors  .n   the  London  " /rw„^  Annual   for '86-  (p.    .6),  alon^de   h  ,  of  ,   p., 
lisher,  Harry  Ethenng.on.     His  editorial  work  upon  tne   monthly  SpHnJeld  «v2/I.   W,  " 

the    .ub  IS  .-Ul  done  outs.de  of  office  hours,  so  as  not  .0  conflict  with  his  duties  as  superin. 

of  the  Springfield  Printing  Co.     He  has  heM  this  position  since '80;   and  in  '85  was  chl  , 

cnief  consul  o    the  Massachusetts  Division  of  the  League  of  America^  Wheelmen 

Anr    TT  '?-'""l'?°^  """""•  ''""'  '-^tonepersistent  wheelman.  I.  J    KuseKb 

Apr.  23.  .86.V     i  clothing  dealer,  who  reports  to  me  thus:     "  I  began  in  '77   on  a  hnn.  d    I 
^.o  lbs.),  whi..  I  regularly  rode,  between  the  house  and  store.  besiL:\a"- i  tL         t  f  .^ 
m.  and  one  of  20  m      So  I  probably  covered  500  .0  600  m.  with  it,  before   Feb.,  '78   when 

and  July,   80.  I  rode  some  .500  m.  on  a  46  in.  Columbia  ;  then  to  July.  -82,  about  2500  m    0 

nd  o  '  L  '        "/'  ""'  "'  ''''  '"^  ""■•  •^>'  ^>''^'^-  -  •-'  5^  in-  "ickeled  Expert: 

end  of    S4.  2v«  m.,  on  a  56  in.  Expert,  McDonnell  cyclom.;  to  July,  '85,  .500  m.,  by  Butcher 

StT  7o.  m     in"  ,        ■  ?'";-^S0.o  Milwaukee  and  back,  .80  m.,  in   26  h.;  second  best,  S.  ,0 

Jol  a   .07  m.,  in  3  davs  of  about  8  h.  ruling  each,  though  roads  were  in  poor  condition.     Both 

hese  tnps  were  in  .he  same  week,  and  that  was  my  longest  riding   week     287  m.     It  was  the 

condweek.nSept..'83,andformsapartof  my  best   month's  record,   850  m.     I've  ridden 

We  dar^n  ?'■'?""'  'T'  '"  l'"'  "^'  '"  ""  ^"'  ^^""'"  '  ^^"'^  "^  ^°  ^  ^°  -'  ^-^  "erne. 
\  e  dare  no  venture  out  far  on  the  roads  of  Central  Illinois,  except  from  June  to  Sept..  for  the 
black  soil  ,s  left  ,n  bad  condition  for  a  week  or  more  after  every  rain.  Our  park  has  25  m,  n 
beaiitif,,!  pavement,  however:  and  there  is  some  talk  of  applying  concrete  ,0  all  the  m..i„  ro,.h 
of  Sangamon  CO. ,-which  would  make  cycling  possible,  the  year  round,  through  a  very  lar^e 
;v,,on.  In  the  n.  and  s.  sections  of  111.,  the  roads  are  mostly  gravel,  instead  of  this  black  s.il. 
Though  our  cty  ordinance  against  cycling  has  never  been  repealed,  it  is  .nnV»K,  ,  A..^  ,...„,  - 
Anou.er  member  of  tne  o,d  guard,  Brandon  Eewis(b.  May  2.  .838),  sends  meaVevcn  shon.r 


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itory.  "  I  ami  dealer  in  shoes,  at  Lafayette,  Ind.,  and  though  I  first  iiiounicd  the  bi.  in  May, 
'70,  and  have  been  a  rider  ever  since,  I  never  kept  a  record  of  my  wheeling  experiences.  I  've 
mainly  u«jd  the  wheel  between  home  and  business,  ?nd  have  taken  no  tours,— my  longest  day's 
rid.,  oeing  j6  m."  With  this  may  be  compared  the  report  sent  Sept.  2,  '85,  by  Arthur  Young 
lb.  Nov.  30,  1861),  of  whom  Cola  Stone  wrote  to  me,  a  few  months  before,  that  "what  he 
.!  les  n't  know  about  the  roads  around  St.  Louis  isn't  worth  knowing":  "  1  began  to  ride  Ftb. 
24,  'So,  on  a  46  in.  Columbia  ;  changed  in  'S2  to  a  50  in.;  in  '83,  u.-^ed  a  54  in.  Expert ;  in  '84,  a 
5 )  In.  Expert,  4S  in.  Sanspareil  and  48  in.  Exper; ;  in  '85,  a  48  in.  Victor,  and  am  now  riding  a 
Kiulge  tandem  tri.  I  never  kept  a  log,  or  used  a  cyclom.,  but  I  average  iSoo  m.  a  year.  Out- 
siilL- this  State,  I 've  ridden  in  Kan.,  III.,  Me.,  Mass.,  and  N.  H.,— including  trips  up  Corey 
11,11  and  down  Mt.  Washington.  The  chief  roads  from  St.  Louis,  through  St.  L.  and  Jeff. 
counties,  arc  of  limestone  and  gravel  combined  ;  very  good  after  a  min  and  mi  Jity  mean  when 
(iisty.  I  name  their  mileajfe  thus:  Telegraph,  16;  Natural  Bridge,  i6j ;  St.' Charles  Rock, 
iS;  IJellefontaine,  If, :  '.livest.,  28 ;  Manchester,  32J  ;  Oravoi:*,  42;  Lem.iy  Ferry,  50.  The 
sr.ides  of  the  latter  a  v  so  steep  tliat  none  but  natives  attempt  to  ride  it,  and  the  Gravois  road 
is  also  a  bad  one  for  the  tenderfoot." 

The  reference  to  Mt.  W.  suggests  the  insertion  here  of  my  report  from  E.  H.  Corson  (b. 
Oil.  2h,  1S48),  whom  I  have  alluded  to  as  "  the  Star  man,"  on  pp.  257,  i(,,,  271,  in  describing 
my  '83  riding  with  him  in  Maine;  and  who  says,  Jan.  19,  '86:  "  I  learned  to  ride  in  June,  '82  ; 
•iml,  on  Sept.  18,  after  attending  the  meeting  which  organized  the  N.  H.  Div.  of  the  League, 
wlieeled  home  25  m.,  this  being  my  first  strai-htaway  trial  on  the  road.  Though  I  've  kept  no 
completL-  record  of  it,  I  've  ridden  a  groat  djal,  especially  in  '83.  It  was  on  Aug.  16  of  that 
yjar  that  I  rode  down  Mt.  Washington,— a  thin;j  that  was  never  done  before,  and  has  never 
beL'n  done  .since  succissfuUy.  I  've  written  a  full  account  of  this  for  the  new  ed.  of  the  '  Star 
Rider's  Manual,'  which  I  hope  to  issue  in  March.  I  conceived  the  idea  of  writing  the 
'  Manual '  while  wheeling  home  from  ths  Springfield  tournament  of  '83.  Th  nrst  ed.  was 
exh.ius";d  two  months  ago,  and  the  ord-Ts  for  the  new  book  show  it  is  likely  to  have  an  even 
larger  sale."  The  price  of  it  is  50  c.,  the  same  as  the  annual  subscription  to  the  Siar  Advo- 
cate, a  monthly  paper  which  Mr.  C.  has  published  at  East  1  ochester,  N.  H.,  .since  Mar., 
'^.  The  editor  of  the  oldest  of  American  cycling  journals,  Abbot  Bassett  {b.  March  10, 
1S45),  sends  me  the  following,  Jan.  19,  '86:  "  I  'm  not  much  of  a  veteran,  for  it  was  in  '81 
that  I  learned  to  ride  a  bicycle  of  John  S.  Pnnce.  I  did  n't  get  beyond  the  les.son  period, 
fir  my  attention  was  diverted  from  the  bi.  to  the  tri.  by  the  presence  of  a  three-wheeler  in 
the  place  where  I  dia  my  riding.  I  saw  at  once  that  the  tri.  was  the  wheel  for  me,  and  I 
began  to  study  it  and  get  my  friends  interested  in  it.  I  entered  into  a  long  correspondence 
with  Sturmev  and  Wilson,  anent  tricycles,  and  the  result  was  that  a  number  of  us  brought  over 
Kiiglish  machines  in  '82.  I  never  tried  a  bi.  on  the  road.  I  have  done  no  little  missionary 
work  for  the  three-wheeler,  and  to-day  Boston  has  a  very  large  number  of  tricyclers.  A  man 
who  rides  a  tri.  only  h.as  just  been  electei  captain  of  the  Boston  B.  C,  and,  when  some  one 
ur^ed  that  this  was  not  wise,  a  look  around  showed  that  every  prominent  member  of  the  club 
was  a  tricycler.  As  to  my  record,— it  has  been  impossible  for  me  to  keep  one,  for  1  ride  all 
■sorts  of  machines  and  over  all  distances,  't  is  important  for  me,  in  a  business  way,  to  know 
all  about  machines,  and  so  I  ride  the  different  ones  as  they  come  out.  Do  Stoddard,  Lov- 
eniig  &  Co.  get  out  a  new  wheel,  I  take  it  and  ride  it  i  few  weeks,  and  then  take  some  other 
dealer's.  In  this  way,  I  make  myself  an  authority  on  machines,  and  can  answer  those  who 
n.itiirally  call  on  me  for  advice  about  buying  wheels.  I  never  advise  any  particular  make, 
tlvui^h,  but  give  the  good  points  of  each  one.  So  you  will  see  that  as  there  is  no  good  cy- 
clom. that  will  lit  every  wheel,  1  can't  keep  a  record.  I  have  a  cyclom.  on  my  own  wheel 
but  I  didn't  ride  that  1000  m.  in  '85.  I  've  kept  no  kind  of  memorandum  of  my  riding,  and  I 
cannot  form  the  slightest  idea  what  my  mileage  is  ;  therefore  I  think  you  had  better  not  try  to 
touch  it.  I  became  business  manager  of  the  Bi.  WorlH'm  Aug.,  '81;  was  joint  editor  in  '83 
.ind  fuii  editor  in  '84;  was  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Manu/acturtrU  Gazttte,  boston,  in  the 
earlier  months  of  '81,  and  for  12  years  before  that  was  editor  of  the  C/ulsea  Ntuii."     Hisprede- 


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526  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

cesser  and  associate    in  the  editorxhip  of  the  Bi   World     I    <;     ri,,„   (  1 

State  St.).  tens  .e  a  si.i.a.y  indefini,:  stor,:      ■■  I  catoi  ^ve'-cy'^":  ITcL^'T,'  n^'  " 
kept  any,  except  in  an  intermittent  sort  of  way.     I  think  I  beean  ridincr  in  ^T\       } 
Jan..  V8).  and  ,  Ve  ridden.  ,  '.  sure,  more   fhan  .o.oi  .  i^f  :hi^  ifZ^ ^ !'''''''' 
Kngland.     During  the  la.,t  ,  or  3  years  I  Ve  confined  my  riding  almost  entire  t  !Th    i  *" ,'" 
and  in  '85  the  tricycle  and  tandem  were  my  only  mounts:excep!a  1^.:  safrty'ci  t      T^' 
your  request  about  my  ««..  ^//„^,.  i  Ve  ha.i  so  many  that  I  cannot  name  , hem      -  L^  d nn 
W.'  was  my  first  and  principal  one.     I  also  started  the  '  By  the   Way  '"      ^h     ,         -7 
pergonal  statement  which  I  Ve  been  able  to  extract  from  the  publisher  of  the  ^  'r    'V^' 
ord,  H.  B.  Hart,  who  sailed  with  me  to  Newport,  for  the  Leagu     r^e^    of  C     ■"a'',;„'''h 
c.--.  of  the  ptoneer  riders.  I  have  never  done  any  extended  touring;  have  l^en  kept  to      " 
.0  busmess.     Cycling  has  been  and  will  1«  benefited   mainly  by  my  inven^ons    and  Leh,    " 
tempts  at  literature.     A,  concerns  the  former  1  fee.  somewhaf  proud'of  my  Z'd  "    '""^  "■ 

wH.ch   reads  as  fol.ws:   /  ^"^ -^^..^^  .  ..y..ir;:/J:  ,:L:1-1  ^^^ 
.nth,  d,scharse^k.dut,es  uses  your  54  in.  E.pert  Columbia.     I  have   run  the    'an.e   'sole 
th.n,^.er  , ,  000  ,«.,,«  .4  months,  o^.r  all  kinds  0/  roads,  and  an,  „ad  to  s.y  ZoJZ't 
>^^''f^^nt/orreM.rsand,ny,n.uhimisin/irst^l^s  co.uHtion^      As  this  su'lem  h 
been  w.dely  cop.ed   and  as  no  one  else  in  America  has  professed  .0  ride  a  bicycle  stmTv  ' 
m  so  short  a  fme.u  seems  fair  ,0  expect   that  you  should  enable  me  to  infot  m™T  L 
scnbers  concenung  the  details  of  such  remarkable  wheeling.     I  therefore  ask  :     I^«werwha^ 

ro  d!  r"      r  "  T"""^  '"''•^'='  •      '"  *'^'  ^'^'^  ^"^  -^-"^  ^^^  >-  traverse   7k  nds 
oads?     By  „ha,  eye  ome.er  wer»  your  ..,<xx,  m.  measured,  and  what   was  your  mo    hly  mil 
ge?    Th,s  ,s  the  th.rd  letter  of  enquiry  which   I  have  addressed  .0  you  on  the  suZ. 
he  stamped  and  directed  envelope  which  I  enclose  brings  no  reply.  I  shall  print  a  co,     o  '  ,h 
letter  ,n  my  book   as  a  proof  to  my  subscribers  that  eve  J  ehance  has  be       gVn  yo"    or   '0 
vmcmg  .hem  of  the  authenticity  of  your  statement.      Respectfully  yours.        L   "   k"o"' 

No  reply  eommg  to  the  above  letter,  which  was  mailed  Dec.  .9,  I  addressed  a  note  to  Alfred 
thu        '^r  °  ."r  .^'^^'^'^"'^  «•  C-  -^  ex-editor  of  Cycling,  whose  answer  of  D  c  3.  re 
hus  :        I         ,„ght,y  acquauned  with  C.  D.  Kershaw,  who  is  a  professional,  and  1  rememb 
asktng  h.m   last  summer.  ,0  forward  to  you  a  statement  of  his  mileage.     I  m^st  co.  f  s"  haU 
have  not  , a,  on  much  stock  in  the  story,  although  I  know  he  has  ridden  a  great  d  a       I  u„d  /- 

ance  he  traveled.     While  this  '...ooo  m.  ,n  ,4  mo.s.'  (equal  to  786  m.  a  month,  or  .6  m   a  dav) 
■s  not  impossible   yet  it  seems  to  me  to  be  improbable,  considering  our  very  changeabre  wi ,  e 
wea  her  and  rather  poor  roads.     In  regard  to  my  own  record,  I  have  made  it  a  po  n  tto      1 

rack  of  my  nding.  and  although  its  total  is  the  small  one  of  5705  m.  in  7  vears.  I  give  Mo  vu 
for  what  It  may  be  worth.     I  first  mounted  a  wheel  in  Sent     'A  and  nw V         1       1  i 

arethpsp-     .,-,k.  "  ^  "neei  in  Sept.,    79.  and  my  annual  mileage  figures 

t  Wo  d    «  "^  ■->«-«-'-  dentist,  W.  G,  Kendall  (b.  July  ,,  .854)  :     "  First  sea! 

of  8.?  T^-  "Vr  •"•■  u''  '"'""'  '°^  ''5  ''  -"'■'  -"■  -  '^  ^'  -'^  677  on  a  tri.,  a  total 
c284e.  This  was  all  done  withm  50  m.  of  B.,  in  riding  from  my  reside,  in  the  suburbs  ,0  my 
office  evening  spins;  trips  of  from  50  to  90  m.  on  every  pleasant  Sundav  ;  and,  in  general  bv 
spenduig  every  possible  moment  on  my  machine.     I  took  no  long  .straightaway  to  rs.' nd^l  m 

S  e  fe ^alitMr  "  \]'  Z  ''''t''  "'''  ""'"''"'  *""  '  butcher  cyclom'    Thil  I  consider 
best,  l^^t-^  'he  most  legible  ;  though  the  I.akin  cyclom.  seems  ..  he  giving  great  satisfaction 

;  InVrfa  T  ,,  ^n  '"T'"  '  '""^  ""^^"  ^''"^  '-""'^  '^"^S=-  ^•''--  K^yal  Mail  Crip: 
per    nd  Traveller  and,  of  ate,  the  first  Crescent  eve.  ridden  either  here  or  in  England.     Of  this 

e  oH  ber"  1  --derable  next  season.     I  hope  to  be  able  to  add  a  few  mov  miles  to  this 

th  "for  w  ,  k  r  '■.  ■  T"""  '  ^''''  P"'="^  "'^  '»"=  '"■  "'°-  •»'-  "^e  b,.,  as  I  think 
that  for  well-kept  roads  it  is  the  mo"  ..r-.^,;,.,i u;...      .    .,      „_      _  _     _ 

three  tri.s  to  every  bi.;  and  on  a  r^cen.  :::7  wa;;he  only  b;cy:;er^::;  "  l..^^^  "^ 


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The  latest  record  that  comes  to  me  for  insertion  in  this  chapter  ia  m  the  authentic  form  of 
an  affidavit  before  John  McCann,  notary  public  at  Louisville,  subscribed  and  sworn  to  Jan.  16, 
'86,  by  J.  D.  Macaulay  (b.  Jan.  14,  i860,  at  New  Orleans),  to  the  e£Eea  that  his  bicycle  mileage 
i>{  '8j  amounted  to  657],  distributed  through  the  12  successive  months  as  follows:  325,  383,  446, 
563,  379,  305,  628,  663,  742,  1093,  526,  520.  I  append  his  reply  to  riy  enquiries:  "  I  am  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Piatt,  Macaulay  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  whiskies,  and  manufacturers  of 
spices.  Learned  to  ride  at  Liverpool,  Eng.,  in  '72  ;  but  my  wheel  was  so  heavy  as  to  disgust 
me  with  the  sport,  and  (except  for  a  few  mos.  in  '80)  I  did  no  n>ore  at  it  till  '84,  when  I  bought 
an  Expert,  and  rode  1003  ra.  between  Sept.  15  and  Dec.  31.  I  then  determined  to  ride  each  day 
in  '85,  with  the  result  given.  My  50  in.  Expert,  No.  5012,  stood  the  strain  far  better  than  I 
could  expect,  costing  not  a  cent  for  repairs, — though  I  paid  $b  for  an  extra-long  handle-bar,  for 
ease  in  hill-climbing.  I  carried  two  McDonnell  cyclometers  ;  but  I  had  none  at  all  on  the  Singer, 
wtiiili  I  used  61  days  in  May  and  June,  train.ng  for  some  races.  This  must  have  amounted  to 
at  least  350  m.,  in  addition  to  what  I  recorded  on  my  Expert  during  those  months,  for  I  never 
trained  less  than  3  m.  a  day  on  the  track,  or  in  the  Exposition  building.  My  longest  stays  in  the 
sii'ldle,  straightaway,  were  from  L.  to  Bardstown,  46  m.  in  4  h.  9  min.,  and  from  L.  to  Shelby- 
ville,  32  m.  in  2  h.  24  min.  In  the  Exposition  building,  I  once  rode  without  stop  62J  m.  in  5  h. 
My  longest  day's  ride  was  from  L.  to  L-exington,  94  m.  in  ii  h.  23  min.,  which  included  a  de- 
lour  of  8  m.  My  longest  week's  ride  was  423  m.,  Oct.  4  to  10,  followed  by  398  m.,  Oct.  11  to  17, 
making  82 1  m.  for  the  fortnight.  This  was  during  my  vacation  in  the  Blue  Grass  Region.  It  is 
my  intention  to  make  at  least  10,000  m.  in  '86,  and  I  see  no  reason  why  I  cannot  go  beyond  that ; 
for  my  January  mileage  thus  far  averages  high  enough,  considering  the  weather,  to  carry  me  well 
above  that  figure."     Mr.  M.  has  just  been  chosen  president  of  the  Louisville  Wheel  Club. 

The  reasonableness  of  his  intention  thus  expressed  is  shown  by  the  actual  record  of  5000  m. 
made  between  Mav  21  and  Nov.  14,  '85,  by  Charles  M.  Goodno\y  (b.  Apr.  28,  1867),  a  clerk  in 
the  Hampden  national  bank  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  captain  of  the  wheelmen  there.  He  thus 
reports  to  me,  Jan.  9 :  "I  learned  to  ride  May  i,  '83,  but  had  no  cyclom.  and  took  no  note  of 
mileage  before  this  season.  The  only  month's  record  I  kept  in  'Cs  was  that  ending  June  21 
(1250  m.),  and  during  one  week  of  this,  endin;^  June  15, 1  made  404  m.  Longest  day's  ride,  Oct. 
II,  loi  m.  in  SJ  h.  actual  riding.  Longest  straightaway  tour,  to  Holyoke,  about  17  m.  I  've  only 
had  a  half-day's  vacation,  this  year,  and  .ill  my  wheeling  has  been  done  before  and  after  bank- 
hours.  I  added  56  m.  to  the  5000  before  the  year  closed.  My  machine  is  a  54  in.  Royal  Mail, 
and  is  in  fine  condition."  The  Springfield  Republican  said,  Jan.  6  :  "All  the  summer  and  fall 
("loodnow  was  up  at  sunrise,  and  rods  even  into  the  night  when  moonlight  permitted.  For  3 
weeks  in  the  6  mos.  he  did  no  riding,  owing  to  the  breaking  of  his  machine."  All  this  was  in 
competition  for  the  "goH-plated  Standard  cjdometer  valued  at  $25,"  which  J.  A.  Lakin  &  Co., 
of  VV.,  offered,  at  the  beginning  of  the  season,  a',  a  prize  to  whoever  would  make  the  largest 
record  on  a  wheel  carrying  their  cyclom.  (The  price  of  this,  nickel  plated,  is  $10 ;  and  its  dial, 
marking  250  m.,  is  designed  to  be  read  from  Ihe  saddle,  though  riders  have  told  me  that  the  numer- 
als are  too  small  to  be  easily  distinguished.)  Competitors  were  required  "  to  make  affidavit  as  to 
their  records,  signed  by  two  witnesses  knowing  to  the  facts,"  and  to  hand  in  their  reports  by 
Jan.  15.  Only  6  days  before  that,  Mr.  L.  wrote  to  me  thus  :  "  We  have  not  yet  received  many 
long-distance  records.  The  second  in  size  is  that  of  Harry  A.  Ukin  (b.  Jan.  12,  1R67),  who  be- 
gan riding  in  '84,  and  whose  '85  mileage,  on  a  54  in.  Victor,  is  3991.  His  longest  day's  ride,  4 
A.  M.  to  8  p.  M.,  was  116  m.  H.  M.  Farr  (b.  May  28,  1S41),  of  Holyoke,  has  done  2S00  m.,  on 
a  38  in.  Rudge  Safety;  C.  Irving,  secretary  of  the  Dorchester  B.  C,  2333 J  m.,  between  Aug. 
and  Dec;  Gilbert  J.  Loomis  (ae.  about  14),  of  W.,  1276  m.,  from  Sept.  i  to  Dec.  24,  on  a  52  in. 
Victor  ;  J.  W.  Holland,  of  W.,  1354  m.,  on  a  50  in.  Expert ;  Fred  F.  Shepard,  of  W.,  1300  m." 
The  Republican  of  Feb.  4  announced  the  avi-ard  of  the  priie  to  Mr.  G.,  and  gave  the  mileage 
of  the  II  competitors,  all  but  3  of  whom  are  residents  of  Westfield.  The  records  of  the  4  not 
named  to  me  in  Mr.  L.'s  letter  are  :  2501  m.  on  a  t.2  in.  Victor,  by  Robert  Gowdv :  ^476  m  nn  a 
54  m.  Expert,  by  R.  L.  Scott;  1402  m.  on  a  54  in.  Expert,  by  F.  H.  Scott ;  and  152 1  m.  on  a  49 
in.  Columbia  light  roadster,  by  Joshua  Reynolds,  of  Stockport,  N.  V.    The  same  prize  is  to  be 


528  TEiW  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

offered  again  in  'so  for  the  best  certified  score  made  bv  the  user  of  ,1,;.  ;     . 

oud  «.d^.ted  oc...  to  .be  C.b  wbose  ,o  r.ders  n.l' ;re":::l;n:ar  J  ^t^r 

M  .  K.  .s  one  of  my  early  subscribers,  and  from  his  testimonul  about  the  Lat        ''  '  ' 

dressed  to  the  ntaker  thereof  (Jan.  6,  '86;,  1  ^iadly  copy  the  follown,^  ■      •  A^-''^"  c>c.om.,  .d- 

•So,  and  have  Wept  a  careful  .a„y  account.  \  '.' ..^n^SZ^.J^'I^TT  '"  '''''' 
46  m  Kxpert  ..  n,.  and  50  n,..  and  tny  pr.,ent  ,,  n.  lislu  roadstert  an^v  h  a^^^^^^^  '\  '"■  ^'"' 
on  them.-ben„  thus  able  to  jud.e  the  relative  merus  o.  the  prom.n  „.  m  kes  ,  '  e7  .".h"' 
aiso  by  specal  n.achinery  at  our  Kn,p,re  Loom  Works      Furth.rm.r  I     u  ^  '*'"" 

a..-d  «hee,  of  ir..  .0  ft.  .n  circumf.Lce.  wit^^^Lic^l  m;::;::^.::^  •  ^I^: -^'r 
the  run  mdicatcd  ft.  and  n       livrcnntr.H  i.,^  „.,  f  1  .        »>  "^  ^'^voiui.,  ns  while 

'•        J"^'-!'"-*'''^'' •^""  careful  measurements  wrh  ihi«  li>:i 
rateim.   straightaway  on  a  .eve,  road;  and  I  also  laid  out  around  ^y       ^Jr;:,:   r;;;:,; 
.ack  on  a  levdl  road  of  gravel,  hard  and  smooth.     I  used  the  stra.,l„  cLrse  in  tes      ^.L 
uttons  o   my  bicycle  wheels  to  the  i  m..  when  trundled  as  well  a;whe:::;de   "  ^a   es,:;'; 
have  found  your  cyclum.  the  most  satisfactory  as  to  accuracy    reliibilitv   rnn.,r     r 
•    .en^   neatness,  and  case  of  reading  front  theLddie.     My  wif^^        a  clZ  r:r::r  ^l'- 
with  Butcher  cy.lom.  attached  ;  and  though  this  has  registered  very  closely  Jith  yourt  I   ]        ,' 
hke  the  nK>des  of  attachment  o^  actuation,  nor  the  ./^.cLnge  of  the  Sur         -irK  ^ 
d.fficu.,  ,     ,e,d.  and  were  unreliable,  though  some  of  them  worked  fairly  well   and   I  h.d     , 

;:st^rsrr?;r-' IT'  ^"  °""- '  '^7^^'^'"' '-''-  cyciomingjr:;t.':;iz 

uui.v       to  ut...  31,   85),  .52,  m.  over  common  roads,  in  a  rout;h  and  hilly  country    md  thro,,,  K 
3     cayy  ran,  storms.     The  only  improvenKnt  I  suggest  is  the  insertion  of  a  s     1;;^  v 

onr'l  "'7,'^"     M  ;*"  T"'°"'  ""  ''"■  """-^  ""^  '■^■''^  '■'''  ^Sainst  the  sleeve,  a...d  its  re"   ,  ' 
.opp  d.     I    would  have  been  a  great  convenience  to  me,  when  trundling  tlir^.h  the  mut 
bave  been  all .  to  hold  the  dial  fast,  by  the  simple  turn  of  a  thumb-screw  ;  for  then       LTd  In 
pushed  the  b,.  backwards,  wi.h  the  small  wheel  in  the  air.  and  saved  mud-clo-gin"  in  bh 
forks.-the  brake  actn.g  as  scraner,      I  mean  to  try  such  a  screw  on  ,ny  cyclom. ,  an;it^^        ' 
544  m.  before  July  ..    so  that  my  whole  record  for  '35  is  .065  m..  re'presen.nig   .^  ly, 

record  .'^      '  '"'  "   '°'  '•■'"     '  ''"^''''  ''"^"^  ''''''■     '"^'-^  -«^--'l  -d  t  bula 

record,  occupy  .3  pp.  ta  a  dury,  ,.nd  th.re  are  5  pp.  additional  of  tabulated  distances  I  ha  e 
measured,  l-ro.n  tins  I  have  compiled  a  large  mileage-card,  .0  places  within  a  rad  of  35  m 
of  Stockport,  and  h,.ve  tacked  it  up  iu  the  post  office  for  general  informatton  "  '' 

The  re;,g,ous  editor  of  the  /'.s^-B.-s/aUA  wheels  4679  m.  in  .;  weeks,  and  knocks  all 
^mt.ar  records  nuo  secondary  place,"  is  the  somewhat  sensational   headline   w,th  wh    h  ,h 
A,>.r.an  // /..^.r«  (Jan.  '.6)  introduces  an  interesting  two-column   account  of  the  mi  e' 

ri    f or  ^ife'  'r.      '""'  k'"""  ""''■  ''  "''  '''''■  ■'  '''' ""'  ^"'^  ^-  "--^^  ^  -poster  .     ,.cal 
.  „     IT  'T'"   '"  ''"""°"'  ""'"'=  "^''«'"  "'""''"''^  '(>  'bs.  during  the  period      "  It 

was  ft  the  fall  of  '8,  that  he  Hrst  h.,d  occasion  to  pres^  a  bicycle  into  service,  hi  sole  ob^t  the 
betng  to  save  tntte  m  reach.ng  the  outlyin,  portions  ot  the  city,  where  his  ne;s  assignme  we " 
d  scarcely  any  thought  ben,gg,von  to  the  utility  of  the  machine  as  a  means  of°.ravel  arod 
the  down-.own  dtstncts.  Such  a  convenient  conveyance  did  it  prove  to  be,  l,ovvever  that  it  was 
w.th  regret  that  the  fall  of  snow,  which  put  an  end  to  cyclin  .as  witnessed  by  him  tt  wTh 
the  advent  of  the  spnng  of  '85,  he  soon  found,  after  the  ped.d  and  vault  mounts'lud  been  learned, 
that  the  b.cyc.e  svas  perfec:,y  practicable  for  use  in  the  short  rides  of  a  half  a  dozen  blocks  or  so 
m  the  bur.ness  portion  of  the  city.  It  was  in  covering  such  short  distances  that  bis  wheel  has 
been  chiefly  ernp.oyed  during  the  summer;  and  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  his  feet  have 
better  known  the  motion  of  pedaling  than  the  more  natural  but  slower  and  more  laborious  one  of 
walking.  Ot,t  of  the  22.  days,  there  were  only  30  when  he  failed  to  ride;  and  the  2,  days  when 
ram  caused  this  failure  were  distribttted  thus:  May,  4 ;  Aug., 2:  Sept..  5:  Oct., 5;  Nov.,  5. 
H,s  only  long  tnp  was  90  m.  to  Arcadia,  though  rides  of  ,0  m.,  to  Manchester  and  Baldwin,  were 
sometimes  ,r,ade  several  times  a  week      The  estimate  of  4679  m.  is  gained  from  multiplying  .9, 

ridmg  days  by  24jm.,  since  this  wftsihr.  .vpra^,^: —u,:,,..  ,  ,  ,„  . 

could  be  ascertained.     It  should  be  remembered  that  though  fully  j  ofi'his'dista-nce  w=;rtrverse"d 


STAT/ST/CS  FRO.Xf   THE  VETEPANS.  529 

on  the  granite  streets,  more  or  les,  wet  and  treacheroa,  and  without  bell  or  larap  on  the  bicycle 
the  colhs,on5  w.th  pedestrians  were  bnt  three,  and  they  occurred  in  dayiight,  wh.ie  the  coililni 
wuh  velMcles  were  but  two.  and  all  5  cases  were  without  damage  to  any  one.  The  mischief 
.lone  by  horses  being  frightened  amounted  to  nothing,  not  even  a  piece  of  harness  l.av.ng  been 
oro.en.  buch  a  record  ought  to  instruct  those  few  misguided  wheelmen  who  second  the  effort. 
of  Ignorant  law-makers  in  regard  to  '  compulsory  use  of  bells  and  lan.ps. '  It  seems  remarkable 
.hat  the  delicate  frame-wurk  of  so  fragile  a  piece  of  machinery  has  stood  the  wear  and  tear 
of  so  many  days  use;  and  the  fact  ought  to  silence  forever  the  objection  that  the  bicycl« 
was  made  only  for  pleasure-riding  in  the  country  or  on  smooth  boulevards.  The  streets  of  St 
l-ouis  are  paved  w.th  square  granite  blocks,  but,  although  the  system  has  been  well  extended 
through  the  commercial  parts  of  the  city,  it  would  be  dallying  w.th  the  truth  to  say  that  the  sur- 
face  IS  not  rough.  A  .ew  other  people  in  the  world  may  have  ridden  further  in  7  mos.'  time  but 
u  IS  doubtful  .f  they  have  done  a,  much  as  Mr.  Hick,  in  threading  crowded  streets,  turning 
sharp  corners,  crossing  slippery  car-tracks,  and  getting  out  of  the  entanglements  which  nearly 
every  day  of  cty  nding  makes  startlingly  new  and  numerous."  Two  letters  of  mine,  asking 
about  cyclom.  and  other  details,  have  brought  no  answer. 

The  distance  of  ,46  m.  without  dismount  was  made  in  ,4  h.  .7  min.,  at  Chicago,  beginning 
a.  lo  P.  M.  Aug.  .1,  '85.  by  John  W.  Ball  (b.  Sep,.  30,  .866),  who  rode  3.  m.  in  the  first  a  h.' 
and  whose  additional  mileage  for  the  remaining  .2  was  as  follows:  ,,  .4 ;  2,  ,4  ;  3,  ,0 ;  4  ,0; 
5.io;  6,8;  7,7;  8  6;  9,9;  10,8;  ,.,7;  ,2  (17  min.),  ,,.  I  copy  these  fit-ures  from' his  let! 
ter  to  me  of  Jan.  8,  86,  which  says:  "  I  started  from  Rosalie  Villa,  the  club  headquarters  and 
was  accompamed  all  the  while  by  one  or  more  members  of  the  Owl  B.  C.  We  rode  s  to  the 
Boulevard,  w.  on  this  to  the  park,  n.  on  Drexel  Boul.  to  39th  St.,  and  returned  by  same  route  to 
starting  point.  The  course  was  shown  as  8  m.  by  several  cycloms.  (mine  being  a  Butcher,  which 
I  consider  absolutely  correct),  and  I  went  over  it,  again  and  again,  with  the  intention  of  doinc 
at  least  .00  m.  without  dismount.  Of  the  4  stops  which  1  made  for  refreshment,  the  longest 
l....ed  a  minute,  when  I  leaned  against  a  lam,vpost.  My  wheel  was  a  ,2  in.  Columbia  lighw 
roadster,  and  my  mileage  was  checked  every  hour.  We  were  accompanied  at  the  start  by  Ralph 
fnb.rg,  who  intended  to  lower  the  24  h.  professional  record,  but  withdrew  at  the  end  of  50  ra 
because  of  cramps  in  the  stomach.  I  learned  to  ride  in  '77.  a  3J  in.  Otto  ;  had  a  44  in  Premier 
."  79,  and  a  48  m.  Standard  Columbia  for  a  short  time  in  '8.  ;  did  no  more  riding  till  the  spring 
of  85,  when  I  got  a  52  in.  Expert,  and  covered  over  2000  m.  before  the  year  ended.  Loneest' 
straightaway  tour.  Chicago  to  Bloomington,  .26  m.;  longest  straightaway  stay  in  saddle,  .2  m  : 
longest  stay  previous  to  the  ,46  m.  ride,  48  m."  Other  notable  road-riding  in  that  city  was  pro- 
moted in  -83  (by  a  club  called  the  Hermes,  which  was  among  those  lately  absorbed  into  the  Chi- 

T'v  f  ■  h'  ^J  '!!'  "*"■  °^  ^  ^°'''  '""''=''  ^°'  ">=  '''^Sest  mileage  made  in  J  year,  and  this  was  wo.». 
by  t-dward  K  Sharp,  with  a  record  of    2725;   H.   D.    Higinbotham  being   second,  with  24,2. 
the  race  began  Sept.  29,  wit..  ..early  every  member  of  the  club  competing  "  ^IVIuel  Feb   .8 
S4).  "  but  most  of  them  dropped  out  before  the  first  month  ended,  and  the  record  on  Oct    28. 
stood  :     H.  M.  Higinbotham,  4S0 ;   H.  D.  Higinbotham,  460;  E.  F.  Sharp,  450;  M.  D    Hull 
300.    The  second  month's  milea-e  of  the  same  men,  with  their  totals,  Nov.  28,  stood  thus-  620. 
I. .00);  950  (.4.0);  900(1550);   73o  (,oSo).     During  the  month  ending  Dec.  28,  Sharp  mad. 
1375.  to  H.  D.  Higinbotham's    ,22,  and  there  were  no  other  competitors." 

Krar.k  P.  Symonds,  president  of  the  b.  c.  at  Salem,  Mass.,  thus  reports  to  me,  Dec  14  '85- 
Regarding  cyclometers,  I  have  had  one  good  McDonnell  out  of  three.  It  was  accurate  •  the 
others  were  not.  My  Butcher  was  accurate  but  faulty.  First,  I  lost  ray  weight.  Next  the 
figured  part  of  the  cyclom.  broke  off.  Third,  the  small  screws  came  out  and  I  lost  the  lower 
part  from  the  upper.  This  was  Oct.  .,  when  the  registry  for  .68  days  in  '85  stood  at  2295  m 
Keepmg  account  of  trips  after  that,  I  reckon  my  whole  year's  mileage  to  exceed  3000  I  rode 
a  5J  in.  Expert.  McDonnell  cyclom.  accredited  me  with  2845  m.  in  '84;  and  I  kept  no  record 
c"'?J     _*'^.''"w''"'°"'/"^"^:     "^°''  °^  my  riding   has  been   about   business."    John  V. 

' "=•-"•"  ■^■-■-  -■">"  =5.  :i5i/,  apr.ai,uai.i»i  at  Greensburg,   Pa.,  since  June,  '80,  thus  reports 

Jan.  6,   86:     "I  learned  to  ride  the  old  bone-shaker,  and    I  first   mounted  the   modern   bi.  at 


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S30  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


PittsburR  in  '79.  "<■  perhaps  V  Boushf  my  fim  wheel,  a  56  in.  Kxpert.  in  July,  'R,,  .  „d  ^-^ 
it  in  '8j  to  buy  a  $•*  in.  I  rcKie  ab<uil  ifTxj  m.  in  '82,  1500  m.  in  '•(3.  J315J  in  '84  aiul  :o8oi  in 
•85.  longest  straightaway  trail,  C.  to  M.mch  Chunk,  194  m  in  4  days;  expenses,  »5  11 
l-<ingest  continuous  trail,  C.  to  Clearfield,  Altwna,  Bedford,  Johnstown  and  home,  329  ni  in 
si  day  ('84) ;  expenses,  >io.i5."  Charles  1  ar-ley  (h.  May  31,  .856).  a  book-ketper'at  Toronto 
"  learned  to  ride  Nov..  '.Si.  On  t>ec  »5,  v  n«  ir,  had  my  first  '  long  '  ride  of  10  m.,  taking 
nearly  3  h.  to  accomplish  the  t.  -l..      »n    ,  ^3  went  at  riding  in  earnest,  and  liefore  close 

of  season  had  taken  one  strai,.  .  v.  v  , ,  a..aCcompanied,  of  say  250  m.,  as  well  as  several 
all-day  trips,  the  tot.-il  for  sr-  «m.  x;ing  not  less  than  1000  m.  In  '84,  I  was  as  enthusiastic  as 
ever  and  covered  fully  150..  including  another  tour  of  nearly  300  m.  In  '85,  still  more  fasci- 
nated, and  determined  to  eclipse  previoiLS  season  ;  completed  1800  m.  including  a  tour  of  325  m., 
whereof  300  was  ridden  in  5  d.iys  .igainst  a  heavy  September  wind.  On  all  tours  I  carried  cv- 
dom.,  which  proved  as  true  as  expected,  the  variati;...  ixiw.'n  it  .nc".  mileage  as  reported  along 
the   road   not   being  of  any  acctmnt    in   a  d.iy's  r  In  May, '84,  I  r.-lei/m.  straightawav 

without  dismount,  from  Port  Hope  to  within  a  couple  of  miles  of  Brighton.  Have  not  specially 
undert.iken  any  long  .ill-day  rides,— my  best  being  70  m  ,  though  I've  done  th.it  several  times 
My  wheel  is  a  54  in."  (see  p.  316),  L.  B.  Craves  (b.  Aug.  8,  1S53),  C,  T.  C.  consul  .it  Minne- 
apolis, began  riding  in  May,  '82,  and  roughly  estimates  his  total  mil -age  at  7500,  divided  thus  by 
years  :  1500,  2000,  2500,  and  1500,  the  last  only  being  in  Minnesota.  His  machines  have  been 
54  in.  Star  (2),  51  in.  Sanspareil,  54  in.  Rucker  and  54  in.    Yale  (see  pp.  114,  nq,  324). 

F.  A.  KIwell  (b.  Nov.  7,  185S),  manager  of  Down  East  and  Bermuda  tours  (see  pp.  257,  353 1, 
beg.in  to  ride  in  the  spring  of  '81,  and  names  9000  as  probable  mileage.  A.  B.  Barkman  (b. 
Dec.  29,  1S59),  compiler  of  the  "  Road  Book  of  Long  Island,  1886,"  says  :  "  I  do  very  little 
night  riding,  and  have  not  yet  covered  100  m.  by  daylight,  though  coming  pretty  near  it  more 
than  once.  1  'm  certain  I  've  explored  more  than  1000  m.  of  separate  roadway,  and  can  com- 
pute 250  m.  of  it  on  Ix5ng  Island  alone.  I  've  often  made  the  run  from  the  club  rooms,  3^,^ 
Livingston  St.,  to  the  cathedral  at  Garden  City,  in  2}  h,  and  have  ridden  to  Syosset  in  3  h.  2c'min. 
From  9  to  10  ni.  per  h.  is  my  touring  gait,  on  a  good  road."  Winslow  T.  Williams  (b.  F-b.  i, 
1863),  League  representative  at  Yantic,  Ct.,  has  ridden  a  56  in.  nickeled  Expert,  from  '80  to  'ib, 
5060  m.,  as  measured  by  McDonnell  and  Butcher  cv-clometers.  E.  P.  Bumham,  of  Newton, 
well  known  as  a  racing  man,  reported  to  the  Bi.  lVor/d(Dec.  26,  '84)  a  mileage  of  3095  in  'sj 
and  3000  in  '84,  whereof  940  belonged  to  last  two  months,  and  1140  to  the  tricycle.  My  appeal 
to  him  for  '85  record  has  gone  unanswered,  as  also  my  letter  of  enquiry  to  Percy  Beltison,  of 
Ix)uisville,  who  was  said  to  have  a  cyclom.  record  of  4000  m.  for  the  last  10  mos.  of  '.84. 

An  October  paragraph,  in  regard  to  Joseph  Pernell  and  Elizabeth  Robins  Pennell,  his  wife, 
authors  of  "A  Tricycling  Pilgrimage  to  Canterbury,"  and  formerly  re!=idents  of  Philadelphia, 
.said  they  "lately  returned  to  London  from  a  journey  of  2000  m.  on  their  Humber  tandem, 
through  France  and  Switzerland  to  North  Italy  and  back."  Quite  as  significant  also  is  the  tri- 
cycling score  of  5957  m.  made  in  '85  by  a  trio  of  less-adventurous  American  ladies,  whrse 
husbands  wheeled  9289  m.  in  the  same  interval,  jo  that  the  total  ytar's  mileage  of  these  six 
"Orange  Wanderers"  reached  the  rather  imposing  figure  of  15,246.  The  wheeling  biocraphy 
of  the  most  widely-known  member  of  this  club,  L.  H.  Johnson  (b.  1859),  has  been  given  on 
p.  508,  which  shows  that  in  '85  he  m.ide  2245  m.  on  the  bi.  and  1930m.  on  the  three-wheeler. 
Mrs.  J.  rode  1776m.  on  the  tandem  and  210m.  on  the  single  tri.  (total,  1986m.),  and  I  believe 
this  comprised  considerable  touring  with  her  husband  in  England  and  Wales.  H.  C.  Douglas  rode 
2454  m. ,  and  Mrs.  D.  2276  m. ,  all  on  a  tandem  tri. ,— and  this  is  probably  the  largest  year's  mileage 
record  yet  made  in  America  by  a  lady,  or  by  man  and  wife  together.  L.  H.  Porter's  bicycling 
was  1312  m.  and  tric^-cling  1348  m.  (total,  2660m.);  while  Mrs.  P.  rode  1255  m  ""  the  tandem 
and  439  tn-  on  the  single  tri.,  making  a  total  of  1694  m.,  though  this  was  herf^rst  season  as  a  cy- 
cler. The  averages  are  3096  m.  for  the  men  ;  1985  m.  for  their  wives  ;  5082  m.  for  each  married 
pair,  and  2541  m.  for  each  individual.  Statistics  of  such  pleasant  "Orange  wanderings"  as 
these  have  an  evident  tendencw  however,  to  malce  the  hr.rh?»!nr  r.nnir.:!i-r  1:1.-^  =t  h.-srf  •  =-.-^  ^ir.. 
rather  than  print  any  more  of  them,  I  '11  put  a  stop  to  this  chapter,  right  here ! 


XXXII. 

BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS. 

Great  Britain  possesses  at  least  a  quarter-of  a-million  wheelmen.     In- 
(iec(.,  some  guessers  insist  that  the  real  number  is  twice  as  large,  though  I  am 
not  aware  that  any  attei.ipt  has  been  made  at  a  careful  estimate.     Yet  onlv  two 
dozen  of  this  vast  multitude  have  consented  to  answer  my  call  for  personal 
statistics.     Hence,  while  some  of  these  seem  very  remarkable,  I  do  not  pre- 
tend to  assume  that  a  still  more  extraordinary  lot  might  not  be  collected  in 
that  country,— if  the  collector  were  powerful  enough  to  get    hold  of  every 
privately-kept  wheeling  record  which  is  now  hidden  there.     I  simply  assert 
that  I  got  hold  of  all  I  could,  and  that  I  print  all  I  got  hold  of.     I  offer  these 
fij^ures  for  just  what  they  are  worth  in  each  individual  case,  and  I  hope  no 
writer  in  the  Knglish  press  will  be  so  unfair  as  to  make  sneering  or  censorious 
remarks  against  any  of  my  contributors.     Those  whose  records  are  small  are 
by  no  means  trying  to  pose  before  the  American  public  as  distinguished  long- 
distance riders.     My  invitation  was  to  aU  foreign  wheelmen  of  a  statistical  turn 
of  mind,  that  they  favor  me  with  a  summary  of  their  personal  memoianda. 
"The  average  man"  is  just  as  heartily  welcome  to  a  place  in  this  chapter  as 
the  rvceptional  man.     I  am  grateful  to  all  who  have  consented  to  stand  here, 
l)iit  the  degree  of  my  gratitude  to  each  is  measured  by  the  amount  of  trouble 
which  he  may  have  e.xpended  in  supplying  mt  v.-ith  his  personal  story,  and  not 
by  the  amount  of  miles  included  in  it,  nor  by  the  amount  of  interest  it  may 
presumably  have   to  readers  in  England.     My  introduction  to  the  previous 
chapter  applies  in  good  part  to  the  present  also,  and  s         d  be  carefully  con- 
sidered by  whomsoever  the  impulse  seizes  to  say  somc.ning  satirical  about 
any  of  the  men  mentioned  here. 

ri.e  first  place  in  this  group  seems  properly  to  belong  to  the  only  man  I  ever  heard  of  as 
having  an  authentic  year's  record  of  .0,000  m.  on  a  bicjcle.  This  is  E.  Tegetmeier,  a  member 
<.t  the  lielsize  B.  C.  and  a  resident  of  the  Finchley  suburb  of  London,  whose  report  to  me  (May 
3,  S4)  IS  dated  at  the  office  of  the  J^iM,  346  Strand.  I  infer  that  he  is  a  regular  writer  for  that 
paper,  and  assume  that  he  is  about  30  years  old  ;  and  I  have  somewhere  seen  the  printed  state- 
ment that  h,s  father  is  also  an  enthusiastic  cycler  :  "  From  a  wheelman's  point  of  view  En- 
gland may  be  regarded  as  possessing  unequaled  facilities  for  locomotion.  Scarcely  a  mile  of 
o  umry  b.t  .s  mtersected  by  a  road  of  some  kind,  and  although  many  are  what  we  here  call 
b.i(i,  few  m  their  normal  condition  are  unridah:  With  these  advantages,  English  riders  are 
nnl  only  able  to  show  better  results,  as  far  as  distances  go.  than  those  less  favorably  situated, 
but  they  derive  a  degree  of  pleasure  from  the  pursuit  commensurate  with  thr  smoothness  of  the 
rracls  ihey  travel  upon.  During  '83,  I  was  enabled  to  devote  considerable  time  to  bicycling  and 
th.s  may  account  for  my  riding  a  distance  aboir  three  ti.nes  greater  than  mv  nrevions  v!.,r1„ 
..c.^ue.  i.,ving  near  l.onaon,-about  7  m.  due  n.  of  Charing  Cross,-!  am  fairly  well  situated 
tor  nding.     In  going  out  for  a  day's  run    t  generally  take  a  northerly  course,  as  by  that  means 


I 


I 


532  /7:X  THOUSAXD  MILES  OX  A   BICYCLE. 

I  »m  «>one»I  -K  (he  rouKh  granite  roadi  which  surround  the  metro,H>li,  f„r  a  r»Hiu.  r.r  .nor  „ 
The  greater  part  of  the  dlMance  ridden  lant  year  wa.  made  up  by  day  run,,  ou,  an«  home  .,th„ul 
when  I  had  a  few  .lays    leisure,  I  womM  g«   ai,d    .tay  down    in    Bedfordshire,  where    thrrr  \,' 
%»mt  of  the  IxM  road,  .n  the  country,  and  ride  about  in   all    direction,.      My  l„ngeM    d.y" 
(.:«  m.)  wa,  from  KmtlUey  to  Norman  Cro«,.  Hantingdon,hire,  and  back,  with  deviatw',,,,'  Z 
.t  occupied,  with  stoppage,,  .o  h.     Wh.n  traveling  by  main  roads,  the  distance,  are  re.i.1,1.;  [v,l 
covered,  when  not  known,  by  reference  to  an  interesting  old    b.x,k    called    *  Paterson's    K,iH    • 
When  lh„  fa.ls  me,  I  mea-,ure  the  distance  with  _  •  Weale.nefna'  or    ordnance  or  o,h-r  lar.r 
«;.,le  maps.     My  lo.tgest  month's  score  wa,  rj^j  m.  and   the   best   week's  record  wa.    1   ,|,i„k' 
45'y  n,.,  rtdden  m  Nov.     Although  much  of  my  distance  was  covered  ,m  Hertfordshire '.nnd  Iw' 
fordsh.re  roads,  I  made  many  excursions  in  other  direction,,  such  a.  Leicester.  ,00  m  ■   l,,,w,ch' 
70  m,;   Eastbourne    75  m.;  H.rmmgham.    ,.0  m.,   Karrtngdon.    75  m.;  Coventry,  90 'm     I  ich' 
field    .io  m.;  and  Lly,  80  m..  returning  in  each    case,  often    by  a   circuitous   rou.e      In   a  four 
days   tour  at  Kaster,  through  Kent  and  along  the  south  coast,  ,40  m.  were  ridden      The  princi 
pal  tour  was  undertaken  in  Sept.,  with  three  other  -nembe^s  of  the  Belsize  B.  C     and  .>cc,.n,„l' 
nearly  three  weeks.     Crossn.g  ,0  Antwerp  and  traveling  by  tram   to   Basle,  in    Switzerland    w. 
rode  throngl,  some  of  the  most  picturesque  scenery  and  traversed  the  Furca  Pav<,  8co.,  f,   hi.h 
On  our  return  to  liasle.  we  had  covered  nearly  5».    m.  of    new  ground.      My  total  distance  f„r 
th.yearm.'ud.s.5runsof  .om.or    under;  but    for   these,  the    average    length   of  each   rule 
would  exceed  46  m.      fhe  d.stance    Iso  comprises  aa  rides  of   ,o„  m.    and  upward,  (an.nnnting 
altogether  to  2373  m.)  and  35  rides  of  80  m,  and  over.     About  80.x,  m    were   ridde-  n  ,  ,, 

b,cycle,-a  5^  in.  Matchless.  During  the  whole  year,  I  only  met  with  two  m^  .  bnt'in 
netthe.  cnse  d,d  an^  harm  result.  The  first  wa^  oy  over-running  the  machine  of  a  c,m„',ani„ 
owing  to  hi,  puil..;c  up  suddenly  to  avoid  a  r  c-monstrative  native  in  Switzerland  Ih,-  second 
time  f  was  unhorsed  occur, cd  near  Londo,  ,  and  came  of  my  encountering  in  the  dark  a  l.uee 
l-.mp  of  coal.  ne^Iiscntly  dropped  tn„^.  a  cart.  My  score  of  ,0,053  m.  in  '83  represented  ,30 
riding  day,,  giving  44  m  as  the  average  ride.  In  the  following  summary  by  months,  the  sue 
ce<isive  numerals  si-nfy  riding  days.  milc..-e,  average  ride  and  longest  ride.  The  sum  of  these 
.a  longest  ride,  is  ,339  m.:  Jan..  .3.  30,,  23,  ,00;  Feb.,  9,  575.  64,  .04:  Mar,  ,y,  6,83  36 
112;  Apr,  20,  929,  46i,  126;  May,  24,  i  .69,  4'!J,  .54;  June.   25,    1343.  54,  ,22;  July    .-,    5,/ 

S2,   .01;    Au-.,  24,   I205,  ,3,   107;    Sjpt.,   18.640,   3S},    103;    Oct.,    22,     1044,  47J,    103;    k./.,27! 

«°50i  39.  '02;  Dec,  19,  591,  31,  105. 

"  I  b-gan  to  rid-  in  the  fall  of  '72,  but  only  Jid  a  few  hundred  m.  that  year,  and  mv  total  M 
tl:e  end  of  '73  wa,  28,2  m.  Diirinj  th2  next  decade,  I  added  39,685  m.  to  th-s,  divided  by  year, 
a,  follows:  3333,  33,5,  4,85,  3700,  3695,  1496.  2486.  2904,  4218,  .0.053.  My  low  score  of  '79 
result-d  from  my  a't^ntion  being  then  divid.-d  bjtw.-en  bicycling  and  yachting.  The  first  fairly 
Ion-  run  I  toolc  was  90  m..  May  ...  '73.  "'i  a  45  '"•  bicycle  weighing  over  70  lbs.  Althougl,  I 
had  done  mnnn-.---..ie  rides  of  70,  So  and  90  m.,  it  was  not  until  '75  that  I  accomplished  a  run 
of  three  figures,  by  riding  .22  m.  on  Aug.  2  in  that  year.  I  participated  in  the  first  meet  .11 
Hampton  Court  (Apr.  ..,  '74)  which  attracted  only  30  or  40  riders.  Ano-her  incident  of  mv 
road  riding  w.xs  the  London  B.  C.  s  .00  m.  trial  of  '77,  from  Bath  to  London,  in  which  I  secured 
the  second  medal  (8  h.  35  min.).  On  June  .2, '8..  I  rode  from  Finchleyto  Bedford,  45  m  ,  with- 
out a  dismount,  in  3  h.  35  min..  and.  resting  i  h.  20  min.,  returned  by  the  same  road,  without  a 
dismount,  in  3  h.  33  min.  From  the  commencement.  I  have  kept  a  careful  account  of  all  mv 
riding,  with  any  incidents  worth  perpetuating,  and  I  find  these  records  both  useful  and  intereslini; 
As  re-ards  regimen,  I  will  merely  state  the  bare  fact  that  I  have  entirely  abstained  all  mv  life  from 
alcoholic  beverages.  It  would  be  practically  ir.ipossible  for  me  to  ascer-ain  how  many  separate 
miles  of  road  I  have  traversed  in  .naking  my  last  year's  score  of  ,0,053  ;  or.  rather,  it  would  be  a 
work  of  such  great  labor  that  I  have  not  time  to  und  :rtake  it :  but,  generally  speaking,  mv  riding 
has  not  been  so  varied  a,  yours  appears  to  have  been.  I  should  say  that  it  wa,  entirely  unlikely 
that  anyone  in  Europe  had  ridden  an^  hing  like  1420  m.  straightaway.  I  know  of  no  such 
nde.  The  longest  that  has  been  done  in  England  (that  c.tn  be  done)  is  from  I..ind's  Fnd  m  Inhn 
U  oroafs.  about  .000  m."     A  postscript  of  March  26,  '85,  adds:     "  My  opportunities  for  wheel- 


4:._, 


BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS. 


533 


K  were  to  much  leu  in  '84  that  I  only  rode  a  little  over  <ooo  m  ,  whici,.  though  a  ({ood  tcore, 
Mcmi.  rather  insignil^cant  in  compariion  with  my  previous  year'i.  It  raised  the  total  to  46,(^00! 
A^-.r  mere  newsiwper  rumors  oi  large  miltagcs,  which  are  'computed'  at  the  end  o{  a  year 
vuu  w.ll  agr-e  with  me  that  the  least  a  ruler  can   '  'so  the  most  he  can  do)  is   i„  keep  a 

c.irrful  record  of  every  ri-n.  with  route,  time  „d  other  deuils.     Unless  a  man  could 

(■rixluce  such  a  diary,  \  should  never  lliii     i;  .  ^c.  ^1       ig  his  score." 

H.  k.  Reynolds,  jr  ,  (b.  Nov.  3,  Wy/f   ep^fs 
lA  '.S5  increased  his  total  mileage  for  9  vrar 
here,  his  school  da^i  were  pa&sed  at  1  'o  ■,  a. 
Use,  as  an  "exhibitioner")  in  '80.     L)u.ing  th>. 
.IS  shown  in  the  following  story,  dated     iay  7 
total  number  of  m.  traversed  up  to  April,  * '       s 
srparate  road  in  a  year,  should  say  abou.  4500  in 
Miii-age  by  years,  and  longest  rides,  thus  . 


■at  the  1030  m.   ridden  during  the  first  half 
A  native  of  London,  and  now  a  resident 
')k  his  B.  A.  degree  at  Oxford  (New  Col- 
-f  years  ending  then  he  wheeled  20,898  m., 
"  I  learned  to  ride  in  April,  '77,  and  the 
Separatemilesof  roadway,  15,150.     Most 
'81.     First  lonr  'ide,  too  m.,  May  j6,  '77. 
'77.  ic'>g,  115;  '7*^.  5'4o,   las;  '79,6061,   105;  '80, 
>~ST^,  140;  '81,  8605,   140;  'Hi,  8700,  201  ;   '83,  8380,   184.      Have  been  into  all  the  counties  of 
KiiRland  en  bicycle,  and  know  Sussex,  Surrev,  Middlesex,  Herts,  Uerks,  Oxfordshire,  Bucks, 
Hants  and  Worcestershire  well.     Have  never  ridden  on  Continent,  nor  in  Wales,  nor  Ireland! 
My  '83  mileage  was  chiefly  done  by   riding  from  Croydon   to  Brighton  (46   m.)   on  .Saturday 
afternoons   and  wheeling  back  early    -jn    the    fol.'jwing  Mondays,   starting   generally    about    5 
K.  M.     Furthermore,  the  fart  that  I  do  all  my  jou-  .leys  on  bicycle,  and  also  use  my  bicycle  in  all 
sorts  of  every-day  pursuits,  to  save  walking,  -mtributes  very  largely  to  the  amount.     Longest 
day's  ride  in  '84  was  on  a  tricycle  :  1S4  m.  in  22J  h.     Longest  ever  done  straightaway,  201  m., 
London  to  York,  in  '82  ;  time,  21   h.  43  min.     Longest   stay  in  saddle,  70  m.  in  6^  h.     Longest 
I  ar.  Croydon  to  f.dinburgh  and  back,  by  the  lake  district  to   Exeter  and  thence  to  London 
iibout  1300  m.),  measured  by  Thompson's  cyclom.  and  checked  by  the  '  Wealemefna  '  on  the 
orrliiance  map.     Percentage  of  night  riding  about  50,  as  I  am  in  the  City  during  the  day.     When 
I   give   1300  m.   as  the  length  of  my  '83  tour,   I  don't  mean  that  I  went  straight    on  all  the 
while.     I  merely  rode  during  the  long  vacation,  from  one  place  to  another,  to  visit  friends,  for  I 
use  the  bicvcle  as  a  means  of  locomotion,  and  not  merely  for  sport.     My  best  performances,  if  I 
may  mention  what  have  been  said  to  be  my  best,  are  I  think  the  following:    I^ndon  B.  C.  I'ace, 
liaih  to  London  (100  m.),  3d  in  '81  (7  h.  58  min.),  ist  in  '82  (7  h.  26  min.)  and  1st  in  '83  (7  h! 
28  min.).     lalso  won  the  a  m.  race  for  Oxford  University,  at  Cambridge,  in  6  min.  i}  sec,  which 
was  prett.     ist  then,  though  nothing  now.     On  June  29,  '82,  I  rode  from  London  to  York,  200 
m    in  2iih.,  though  the  wind  was  adverse  all  day.     Have  got  'time  medals'  at   the   50  m. 
chai.ipionships  of  the  National  Cyclists'  Union  'of  who^e  executive  I  have  been  a  member  3 
years),   lamely  2.47-52  and  2.48.16.     Have  not  had  much  success  in  handicap  racing,  having  only 
twice  w(  n  an  open  handicap.     Won  championship  of  Brighton  ^n  '82.     Started  in  '83  in  24  h. 
iri.  rrce,  without  any  intention  of  racing  for  first  place,  being  quite  unused  to  the  tricycle,  and 
gni  a  golt    medal  for  Ao'r  .<  176  m.  (not  counting  8  or  9  lost  by  misdirection)  in  22}  h.     Dunn? 
llie  last  7  year-  I  have  •  ,„n  altogether  about  20  nrizes."     A  postscript  of  July  9  added  :    "  If  you 
print  the  lor^-oing,  I  must  request  you  to  lay  much  stress  upon  the  fact  that  neariy  all  my  bicy- 
cling is  c  .nt  a    ..     e„ns  of  locomotion,— simply  to  avoid  walking  or  to  save  cab  01  railway  fares. 
1  do  not  wish  to  appear  as  one  whose  sole  occupa'tlon  is  riding  a  bicycle,  for  I  have  my  living  to 
earn  (I  am  a  s'>licitor),  and  the  circulation  of  „uch  a  report  as  that  might  injure  me.     It  is,  of 
course,  very  far  from  being  the  case.     In  fact,  out  of  600  m.  I  rode  last  month  not  50  were  .  idden 
i      eiy  f  ,r  the  sal.      i  amusement,  and  the  whole  was  out  of  office  hours,  which  are  10  a.  m.  to 
5  P.  M.     Furthermore.  I  am  by  nu  means  a  man  with  only  one  hobby.     I  have  taken  3  or  4  prizes 
:it  school  and  college  (for  examinations  in  classics,  history,  and  the  like)  to  every  one  pri^e  I  have 
laken  at  athletics  ;  I  hive  also  won  prizes  at  ice-skating,  lawn-tennis,  and  running.     I  very  often 
ride  my  bicycle  merely  to  get  to  the  lawn-tennis  grounds.     Another  reason,  besides  the  one  I 
mrntioned  above  for  my  wishing  to  give  prominence  to  the  fact  that  I  dcm't  ride  the  bicycle  much 

mfrply  frir  t}!e2£'_ire.   !■-:  thiF.  :        I   wnr.t  thr-    n:-.K1-t.~  t.-.    -;-.-.v-.--;-. :-  \.\ : -,„^    ._.'-     _:,.-         '  z 

saving  time  and  trouble ;  as  useful  instruments,  and  not  as  toys.     At  present  they  are  still  too 


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534  r^.V  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

apt  lo  regard  them  in  this  latter  light."     OMting  accepted  my  reports  from  both  these  long^iis. 
taiice  men,  as  worthy  of  insertion  in  its  columns,  Aug.,  '84,  pp.  394-396. 

"  Kaod  "  is  perhaps  ilie  best-known   signature  of  I'lo  manv  used   in  the  cycling  press  bv 
Arthur  J.  Wilson  ^b.  Keu.  17,  1858),  vice-president  of  the  ISorth    ...ndon  Tricycling  Club,  wlm«! 
wheeling  record,  'S3  to  '85,  was  19,388  in.,  and  rei)rcsented  c.Hluor  riding  on  loji  of  the  ,„j, 
days  iiicliulcd  in  the  three  years,— the  exceptional  75  days  beloiignig  to  '84.     The  rea,.,  wuniici- 
ful  thing  about  the  matter  is  that  all  this  should  have  been  accomplished  without  acci'dei,   1,,'^a 
man  who  is  handicapped  with   a  moU  disheartening  b«!ily  intirinity  ;   for  t lie  name  (which  he 
earliest  signed,  in  his  21st  year,  to  a  i)aro.ly  in  th-  American  BuylingJour,i,i/j  ^i^mW,:^  that 
ihL  rifier  is  totally  deaf.     His  first   letter  to  me  (March  19,  '84)  reads  thus  :     "  My  '83  rccrd  i^ 
not  at  all  noticeable  for  the  mere  distance  tr.iversed,  but  rather  on  account  of  no  sinj^le  day  ui 
the  year  being  missed,  proving  the  eminent  :^ractic:'.biliiy  of  the  tricycle.     Kvery  dayl  whtded 
on  the  road,  no  matter  what  the  weather ;  and  as  1  was  for  the  first  six  months  engaged  all  day 
at  my  business  i\A>od  engraving),  I  considered  this  worthy  of  publication.     During  my  previous 
years'  cycling  experiences,  I  oaly  kept  record  of  distances  in  '80,  when  1  rode  about  ,4.x)  111.  „„ 
bicycles.     It  is  impos  ible  to  guess  at  my  tibial  mileage,  so  I  will  not  try  ,  on',  if  you  desire  to  obtain 
a  representative  recoid  of  long-distatice  bicycliirg,  I  should  recommend  you  to  refer  to  Mes^r, 
Reynolds  or   I'egetmeier,  who  have  some  very  big  annual  totals.     Keeping  records  is  not  vcy 
txte.-Mvely  practiced  in  this  country,  and   1  could  n,)t  get  wUhin  thousands  of  m.  of  iny  i.,t  ,| 
bicychng  and  tricycling  experiences,  either  in  the  aggregate  or  -.s  regards  distinct  m.     The  laucr 
would  be  small  in  proportion  to  the  t(;tal,  as  1  have  seldom  toured  far  from  home,-to  KdinburL-l, 
and  (llasgow  being  the  only  occasion  upon  which   I   went  more  than   150  m    away.     Of  cours.. 
even  in  such  a  re«ricted  radius,  there   are  so  many  th.rusands  of  m.  of  roads  in  i;n..^laiid  ihaj 
there  is  plenty  of  variety.     Still,  my  habits  are  not  of  an  exploring  nature,  but  I  ridLMlie  saine 
roads  over  and  over  again.     My  longest  day's  straightaway  was  ,18  m.,  from  my  hoas-  1,  .re  to 
a  friend's  house  in  Dorsetshire.      1  've  also  done  ,;;5  m.  straightaway.     My  jiher  'centuries'  «  ,e 
104  m.,  out-aiul-home  on  a  sociable  with  a  la<ly,  and  108  m.,  out-and-liome  on  a  single  tricyc'e 
I  never  did  more  thar  S3  m.  in  a  d.iy  on  a  bicycle.     I  once  rode  a  bi.  36  ra.  strai-,'ht!iway  wiUv 
out  a  dismount,  in  a  nouring  rain  ;  but  never  made  an  effort  at  such  feats.     My  longest  tour  was  ul 
about  .,000  m.  in  three  weeks,  on  a  bicycle.     Really  -lie  only  (eat  I  ever  perfornrert  on  a  bi  was 
in  ruling  from  my  home  in  Clapton,  the  n.  subuios  of  London,  through  the  city  trafnc,  to  Tern- 
:-'»  )iar,  in  the  busy  part  of  the  morning,  without  once  touching  my  handles  :   though  only  those 
who  know  the  crowded  state  of  London   .streets  can  adequately  appreciate   this!'    I. -m  not  a 
strong  rider;  never  won  any  races  worth  mentioning;  frequently  curi  up  when  on  hard  rides- 
only  seem  a  good  rid.r  when  amongst  '  the  mugs.'     For  swift  perf,  rmances  you  must  go  els> 
where.     My  hill-ciimbing  feats  on   hi|;h-geared  tricycles  have  been  due  principally  to  '  t'liniun- 
It  over  as  I  go  along,'  and  determination.     When  on  a  aay's  journev,  1  fre(,uentl"  walk  up  ve-v 
eas>  h;lls  simply  because  I  happen  to  feel  lazy.     In  a  word,  1  ride  for  pleasure,  no't  for  records  " 
I  urther  enquiries  of  mine  brought  these  other  deta.is  (April  .4)  :     "  liy  a  very  cursory  measure- 
r.ient  of  my  map  of  I'.rna.n,  1  guess  I  have  ridden   over  about  4000  distinct  m.  of  grou-  1   in- 
cluding perhaps  nearly  2000  within  20  m.  of  the  center  of  London  !     Our    oids  .-e  so  numerous, 
you  see,  compared  with  yours,  that  we  can  ride  many  thou.sands  of  distinct  m.  within  r.     jry  sniali 
=Tea.     With  the  exc.-ption  of  the  tour  to  ErWiburgh,  all  my  ridin-  has  been  within   .401,,   of 
London  I     And  slill  there  >re  numberless  places  close  at  home  v,-hich  I   have  yet  to  visit ;  and 
still  the  old  familiar  roads  are  ever  attractive!     Since  last  June,  I  've  been  compelled  to  relin- 
quish  wood.eng.avmg  entirely,  it  was  so  hanr.ful  to  .ny  eyesight ;   and,  if  I  had  £y^  to  spar,-, 
I  would  take  a  .2  months'  tour  ihrough  Creat  Riita'n.     I  believe  I  could  cover  .8.000  n.   in  the 
year,  with  pleasure  and  healthful  enjoyment     Sr.ch  a  journey  would  afford  material  for  a  very 
interesting  book,  I  imagine  ;  but  publishers  here  are  not  liberal  enough  to  make  it  worth  while. ' 
He  seems,  in  fact,  to  hav-      mnd  it   more    profitabl;   to   describ-   an   imaginary  "Journev 
through  Cvrlnnia,"  which  is  the  title  .,.'  an   octavo   of   ..x,   page.,,    issued    in    \:<-c'.  '85,  as  the 
"Christmas   numlxf   ot  the    '>//,■/,"  and   which   contains    two  or  three   likenesses  of  himself 
among  Its  many  pictures  and  portraits.      The  work  spent  upon  a  similar  b<«k,  called  "Our 


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l  amp,"  which  served  as  the  same  paper's  Christmas  number  in  '84,  was  probably  more  remu- 
nerative also  tlian  that  >;iveii  to  the  actual  "camp,"  at  the  Alexandra  Halace  grounds,  a  few 
inimthh  earlier.  'Ihe  joint-author  with  him  in  the  production  of  both  these  annuals  was  A.  (1. 
Moriisontb.  i860),  a  member  of  the  same  tri.  club,  who  uses  the  signature  "  Tilajiambungo," 
an.l  the  illustrations  were  supplied  by  U.  Moore.  In  a  printed  analysis  of  his  '84  tricycling,  Mr. 
\S .  says:  "Owing  to  three  successive  accidents  on  the  race-path,  1  was  laid  vp  for  several 
weeks  during  the  best  part  of  the  summer,  so  that  my  mileage  for  May,  June,  July  and  Aug. 
..,i»  only  1510,  as  compared  with  3189  for  Mar.,  Apr.,  Sept.  and  Oct.,  and  1645  for  Jan.,  Feb. 
.Nov  and  l)ec.  Mileage  of  machines  ridden  was  as  follows:  Tandems,  geared  to  57  in.  and  64 
ill.,  1O14;  (Juadratit,  geared  to  60  in.,  1497;  Kotary,  geared  to  58  in.,  1361;  ImperiaKlub, 
seared  to  u  in.,  i;;!  ;  sociables  geared  to  between  37  in.  and  60  in.,  476 ;  Humber  patiern, 
ijeared  to  between  52  in.  and  60  in.,  454;  various,  geared  to  be'ween  32  in.  and  61  in.,  371. 
Uiiigest  day's  mileages  :  116,  131,  151,  154,  and  i6j."  His  report  for  '85  s^ys  :  "  I  rode  the 
Quadrant  tricycle,  4510  m.;  tandom-s  1030;  Rover  safety  bicycles,  1079;  various  machines,  402  ; 
Lilt  though  1  did  some  wheeling  in  the  open  air  on  each  of  the  365  days,  the  same  as  in  '83,  it 
«as  not  all  restricted  to  tricycles  as  then.  Short-distance  racing  reduced  my  road  ri<ling  during 
ihe  .summer,  whose  weather  was  at  first  very  dry  and  then  very  wet  and  windy.  Mud  and  fogs 
prevailed  during  the  last  i  of  the  year  als«,  as  well  as  in  the  first  part  of  it,— so  tha*  Marrh. 
.\liril  and  May  i  when  I  covered  2S43  ni.)  were  tne  only  f.tir  riding  months."  His  letter  to  me 
(if  .\iig.  8,  '85,  .s.iys  :  "  I  first  rode  a  bone-shaker  when  at  school  in  '69,  but  only  took  regularly 
to  the  modern  wheel  in  '77.  At  the  merest  guess,  i  have  probably  ridden  in  all  30,000  m.  Fur- 
ther details  1  have  none.  My  machines  were  in  '77  a  54  in.  .Special  Challenge,  in  '78  a  hollow- 
spoked  .ill-bright  Carver,  in  '79  a  nickeled  Carver,  in  '.So  another  ditto,  in  '81  and  '82  a  56  in. 
.\rab  light  roadster,  and  since  then  almost  every  kind  of  tricycle  made,  but  principally  the  Club 
S(.ciable,  Imperial  Club  single,  Centaur  tandem.  Club  racer,  I^umber,  and  Quadrant  roadaer 
and  racer.  The  longest  mileage  on  any  one  machine  was  about  5000  m.  on  the  40  in.  Quadrant 
roadster,  which  I  am  still  riding,  geared  up  to  60  in.  You  will  see,  by  comparing  the  rec- 
ords, that  I  ride  fa'-ther  and  farther  every  year."  In  the  following  summary,  the  four  columns 
of  numerals  respectively  signify  riding  days,  mileage,  longest  ride  and  average  ride.  The  upright 
lines  distinguish  the  centra)  year,  1884,  from  'S3  on    the  left  and  '85  on  the  right. 


J.m.,... 

1.  b 

M.ir,,... 
Apr.,... 
M.iy,... 
June.  .. 
July.... 
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S.Tl.... 
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31..  309.. 
28..  234.. 
31  ••   45''>-  •■ 


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48. 

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60. 

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125. 

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29... 
31.., 
27... 

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21. .. 
21. .. 

27... 


26. 
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340.  . 
475... 
969... 
632.., 

735-- 
155... 
256... 
364 . . . 

563... 

1005  .  .  . 

548... 
282..-. 


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.  64?.... 
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82. 


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"The  mosi  wonderful  bicycle  trip  yet  done  "  (CytVii/),  "  the  greatest  road-record  in  Kn- 
t:lind  "  {Wheeling),  was  that  of  2054  m.  taken  during  the  first  19  days  oi  June,  'S5,  by  H.  K. 
(iiKKiwin  (b.  Oct.  2!,  1S55),  a  wholesale  jeweler,  at  Manchester,  where  he  has  been  engaged 
?.iiue  '68  in  the  self-same  shop, — No.  6  .Swan  st.  His  business  begins  at  9  A.  M.  and  lasts  12 
h  (14  h  on  Saturdays),  and  he  personally  attends  to  it  for  67  h.  each  week,  absenting  himself 
Wednesday  afternoons  only.  He  takes  a  fortnight':;  vacation,  in  the  autumn,  but  his  other  h  ili 
(lavs  of  the  year  do  not  exceed  a  week  when  combined.  In  the  face  of  this  cl_.se  confinement 
lor  49  weeks  out  of  the  52,  he  would  not  be  picked  out,  off  hand,  as  a  probable    long-distance 


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S36        tejV  thousand  miles  on  a  bicycle. 

rider ;  and  the  fact  of  his  having  nevertheless  wheeled  30.000  m.  durinR  the  las.  5!  year,  ou.lu 
.0  teac.  people  not  to  draw  hasty  inferences,  from  the  large   records  of  other  men,  th„  ^  f  I 
mhers  spend  so  nmcl,  of  their  time  in  the  saddle  as  .0  neglect  the   more   serious   duties  of    .f" 
H.S  case  is  an  excellent  illustration  of  the  economy  of  bicycling,  as  compared  with  other  ra^ 
times    for  a  man  who*,  leisure  is  limited.     "  Locked  up  here,  much  like  a  caged  bird  -  h.' 
says,      I  saw  I   must  have  some  sort  of  exercise;  and.  a:.  I  am  kept  out  of  other  spor'ts  b 
their  happemng  mostly  on  Saturdays.  I  resolved  to  lean.  the.  bicycle."     Further  quotations  ir 
given  from  his  letters  to  me  of  March  28,  April  27,  Julv  .9  and  Dec.  j,    '85  •    "I  ^m  ,  f, 
in.  high,  and  nde  a  48  in.  ordinary  bi.,  anH.  also  a   3«   in.  Facile.     In  a  general  way'  my  P<li„' 
may  be  assigned  |  .0  Sundays,   and  i  each  to  Wednesday  af.enioons,  to  nights  aft  r  fi  lis'Z; 
business  at  9  and  .0  the  three  week,  of  holidays.     It  is  done  exclusively  on  the  road   a,  I  V 
never  engaged  ,n  racing      r.fy  ...i.eage  by  yeais.  with  number  of  riding  days  and  longest  ride 
maybe   shown   thus:      'So,  ,737,  66,  82 ;    '8.,  5665,  229,  ...  :     '82.   60S3.    ^l^     ,98-    N,     "„!' 
.65,  .58i:    84,  5465,  .32,  .82;   '85,  5355,   .44,  ..4.      I  show   my  '85  mileage  by  months  in  .he 

3.8,  .6,  88     June    2240,  23,  .36};  July,   429,   .7,  74;  Aug.,  274,    .2,   80;  Sept.,   8:       „    J.. 
Oct.,  .4.   8,58;   Nov.,  M,,9,4.;   Dec,  .27,9.  29.     It  thus  appears  that  on  22,  day    of''8,  i 
did  not  ride  at  all.     The  2,4  m.  was  done  Sept.  26,  in  ,9}  h.  o.  actual  ridln.,  on  a  42  in   F.cle 
newstyle:  andmy  second-best  ride  of  '8,  was  ,83^  m.,  Sept.  20,   on  a  43  I       Rucker      Mv   'Xn 
mileage  was  confined  to  the  last  i  of  the  year,  and  excludes  a  lot  of    short  runs  not  booked 
I  he  mileage  of  my  .4  days   autumn  vacation,  in  '80,  was  563  ;  in  '8.,  748;  in    '82,  6.0  and  in 
33  (.3  aays  ,  ,S6S.     My  day  s  rides  ,n  excess  of  .00  m.  were  6  in  '8.,  8  in  '82  (,9,8    ,7s    ,4.    ,„ 
Hal.)  6  in   83  (.58^,  .37.  .42,  .32,  .22  and  ,02).  .2  in  '84  (.82,  .65,  .63,  .62,  ,5,,  ,2,;  ,!;'  .if 
./  al.\  and  .8  m   85,-making  50  altogether  in  a  total  of  933  Hding  days.     As  my  entire  mil'eage 
IS  29,998  m.,  my  average  nde  is  somewhat  over  32  m.      At   Easter,  in  '8.,  I    made  246  m    in  , 
days  ;  ,n   82,  264  m.  in  2J  days ;  in  'S3,  ,94  m.  in  3  days,  and  in  '84,  374  m.  in  4  days.     InMay 
84,  I  rr,  le  from  I  and  s  End   .0  John  O'tlroat's  and  back  to  Penrith,  .332  m.  in  mJ  consecu.iv^ 
days,  during  which  I  rested  .  day  ,4*  h.  .nd  again  ,4}  h„-the  actual  riding  time  being  .2  d.nvs 
5i  h.     1  his  nde  was  accomplished  on  a  38  in.  Facile,   and  its  gross  time   was  accepted  as 
record     from  930  to  .332  m.     The  amount  of  separate  road  traversed  m  '84  was  more  than 
25(x.  m.,  and  I  estimate  my  total  of  separate  road  as  more  than  6000  m.      I  've  been   on  nearly 
every  mam  and  by-road  in  tne  iiome  counties,  and  have  wheeled  in  34  counties  of  England,     6 
of  .Scotland  and  2  of  Wales,-bes,des  a!x,ut  2c«  m.  in  France.     I  'm  a  meml«=r  of  vour  L   A  W 
My  June  ride  of  'S5  ,„  John  O'Coat's  fS;,  m.)  was  done  in  7  d.  „  h.   35   min     and  the 
return  ,0  Land  s  End  , ;,754i  m  )  in  .5  d.   ,9  h.  45  min.     The  stopping-place  and  mileage  of  each 
day  were  as  follows,  with  intermediate  points  in  parenthesis  :     June  ,st,   Exeter  (Including  c  n, 
om   of  way  at   start),    .23*  ;  2d.  (Jlouces.er  (Bridgewa.er,    Bristol),    .cji  :  3d,    Beestnn  C L.le 
(Bridgenonh    Prees),,o,;4th.Kendal(through    Lancashire),    95;    5.H,  Abingtnn   (over  Sh.p 

Bona)    ,36J  ;  8th    John  OT.roaf^  (%}  m.;   stayed  2}  h  ),  then  back  ,0  Wick,  ,06;  ^th,  huc-r- 
ness(Uashmore,Bonar.  AUnamain,2m.  extra),  .30J;    ,oth.   Penh  (direct),   M,i;   ,„l,,I.ock- 
eJ,,e(Muintisl,andand  Abington),  ,,4;    .2th.  Preston  (over  Shap   Fells),  ,  .5  ,  ij.h,  BHde.nonl, 
t^hitchurch,   Wel.,g,o„),96:    ,4th,  Bristol  (Gloucester),  .88  ;    .j.h,  Okehampton  (Exeter),  9;; 
.6  h,  1  and  s  End  ( rruro),  ,06  ;    ,7,h,  Bodmin  ( Tniro).  59 ;    .8th,  Yeovil  (2  m„  Bridestow),  ,,2  ; 
.9.h,  Anderun,  s  Hotel,  London  (4  m.  at  Shaftesbury),  ,29.     I   don-  think   I  walked   .0  n,   on 
the  whole  tnp.     I  had  company  (7  or  8  riders  in  all)  for  less  than    ,50  m.;  bu,    I   took  68  ant,. 
graphs  of  witnesses  to  my  signature,  with  place  and  hour  named,  and   I   sent   off  some   40  tele- 
grams anci  ,00  letters,  from  out-of-the-way  points,  to  prove   the  ride.     The   fact  th.it   I  v.ffered 
from  indigest^^on  and  constipation  for  about  7  days,  and  really  was  out   of  condition  at  the  start 
makes  the  ride  seem  more  notable.     The  middle  piece  of  it  was  the  besl.-namely,  from  Abinc- 
ton  ,0  the  North  and  back  to  Preston,  8,5  m.  in  6  d.  20  h.      If  I  had  noticed  this,  at  the  time,  I 
would  have  ndden  all  night  on  the  6th  d.iy  and  so  m.ade  a   better  performance  still;   in  f,.rt    I 
should  undoubtedly  have  beaten  the  record  for  7  days  by  a  lot.     You  will  be  pleased  to  hear  .h.it 


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I  finished  fresher  and  better  in  health  than  ever.  On  the  day  after  the  supper  they  gave  me  in 
Ixindon  (/.  e.,  on  the  20th),  I  went  to  Ripley,  riding  over  60  m.  and  sj^ending  about  6  h.  there, 
and  every  one  seemed  surprised  to  see  how  well  I  was.  It  is  worth  noting  that  1  rode  down 
every  hill  during  the  entire  2054  m.  trip, — excepting  a  few  places  where  there  were  loose  stones 
right  across  ths  road, — and  kept  legs  over  the  handles  in  nearly  every  case.  A  few  miles  out  of 
Ixjndon,  we  came  nn  an  old  disused  tram  line,  and  this  gave  me  my  only  fall,  which  did  no  dam- 
ge.  When  we  got  on  to  the  asphalt,  several  policemen  wanted  to  stop  us,  though  it  only  was 
3  A.  M.,  for  they  saw  we  were  riding  furiously.  However,  we  reached  our  destination  in  spite  pf 
ihem,  and  I  w.is  ringing  Anderton's  bell  as  the  clorVs  chimed,  at  3.45,  exactly  19  days  from  the 
start.  I  wore  at  the  start  about  twice  the  weight  of  clothes  that  I  did  at  the  finish,  for  I  kept 
sending  small  parcels  of  them  home.  My  principal  food  was  beef,  mutton  ind  fish,  without 
vegetables.  I  had  tea,  coffee  or  cocoa  at  nearly  every  meal ;  occasionally  soup  as  well ;  por- 
ridge a  few  times  ;  brown  bread  and  oat  cakes  where  procurable  ;  plenty  of  butter  and  gravy  ; 
preserves  and  sweet  fruits  in  moderation.  I  ate  no  pastry,  but  took  the  fruit  out  of  pieL,  or  stewed 
fruit ;  had  about  5  ine.ils  a  day  (meat  to  each),  with  milk-and-soda  or  milk-and-eggs  in  between. 
The  things  that  disagreed  with  me  were  fried  s.V.t  beef  (cured  like  ham),  currant  and  raisin 
Dread  (nearly  new),  lemon  (too  acid),  and  lemon  squash.  I  found  Iamb,  chicken,  ham-and-eggs, 
or  eggs  alone,  not  sufficient  for  a  main  meal ;  for  I  always  rode  badly  if  I  did  not  have  either 
lieef,  mutton  or  tnh."  The  Cyclisfs  report  added  :  "  Mr.  G.  is  a  teetotaler,  and  he  found 
even  lemonade  detrimental,  if  taken  in  quantity.  Though  averaging  loS  m.  a  day  for  ig  days, 
his  Facile  sustained  no  damage  but  two  broken  spokes.  Five  times  had  he  done  1:5  m.  in  the 
(Iriy  ;  and  except  one  day,  when  he  h.id  ridden  until  1.30  A.  M.,  to  get  into  Preston,  he  had  never 
telt  tired ;  v  it  had  he  throughout  the  journey  bjen  saddle  sore,  his  seat  being  a  Lamplun-h  & 
Brown's  Eclipse  saddle,  rie  preferred,  he  said,  the  s.  to  n.  route,  owing  to  the  greater  chance 
of  f.iir  winds,  but,  given  a  calm,  would  choose  the  n.  to  s.  route  for  gradients." 

John  \V.  M.  Hrown  (b.  July  22,  1S58),  chief  consul  for  Lincolnshire  of  the  C.  T.  C,  a 
f.inner  and  large  gro\v»r  of  potatoes  at  Lutton,  Long  Sutton,  whose  bicycle  mileage  would  more 
ihan  twice  encircle  the  globe,  if  extended  in  a  straight  line,  contributes  the  following  :  "  I  can 
just  remember  the  old  bone-shakers  which  were  ail  the  rage  in  '731  when  I  was  a  bey  of  15,  liv- 
inj;  on  an  off-!;arm  of  my  father's,  some  2S  m.  from  Long  Sutton.  I  bought  a  sS-incher  (by 
.^ending  a  P.  O.  ().  for  £4,  in  answer  to  an  alluring  bazaar  adv.),  in  the  happy  bcl'ef  tliat  I  might 
ride  across  and  pleasantly  suriirise  the  people  at  home  ;  but,  after  2  mos.  usage  had  shown  me 
that  no  more  than  i  m.  could  be  ridden  without  takings  long  rest,  I  sold  it  in  disgust  for  10 shil- 
lings, and  attempted  no  more  bicycling  till  '76.  A  friend  called  on  me  then,  one  day,  riding  a 
4S  in.  Lynn  Express ;  and  I  mounted  it  to  have  a  try.  It  proved  so  much  easier  than  the  bone- 
bhaker,  that,  before  I  got  off,  I  had  been  to  Docking  and  back,  10  m.  Of  course,  I  bought  a 
machine  (48  in.  Coventry  Gentleman,  second-hand),  and  rode  it  a  good  many  miles,  or  until  a 
friend  broke  its  front  axle  for  me.  Then  I  got  a  52  in.  Singer  Challenge,  and,  on  this,  took  my 
lor,g-thou:.;lit-of  ride  to  Long  Sutton,  doing  the  28  m.  in  3  h.,  which  I  'hen  thouj^lu  a  preat  {cat. 
I  spent  most  of  my  spare  time  on  the  hi.,  and  at  the  end  of  the  season  had  ridden  2065  miles. 
In  '77,  I  rode  no  less  than  562oi  m.,  my  longest  ride  being  41  m.  in  about  6  h.  In  '73,  I  rode 
'J232i  m.,  the  machine  used  being  a  56  in.  :'~'esideratum,  weighing  about  ^4  lbs.  My  longest 
day's  ride  was  to  Lutton  and  back,  56  m.  In  '70,  I  did  not  ride  so  much,  inly  doing  3921  m. 
(longest  ride,  62  m.),  but,  towards  the  "  -  f.t  year,  having  exchanged  my  oldbi.  tor  a  54  in. 
Singer's  Challenge,  I  improved  a  good  deai  1,  -y  riding.  In  'So,  my  career  as  a  racing  nan  bc^an. 
I  ran  my  first  races  on  Easter  Monday  'Mar.  29),  at  the  Fakenham  Cricket  Club  sports,  win- 
ning the  I  m.  open  handicap  irom  the  86  yds.  mark  by  40  yds.;  11  st.irters,  J.  P..  Cam^'ing  being 
at  scratch.  I  also  won  the  4  ■  ice  from  the  400  yds.  mark,  12  starters,  Camp'ing  011  scratch. 
1  won  by  i!«  yds.,  lapping  the  itch  man.  The  course  was  h>N\vv  grass,  the  macl-'ic  used 
being  my  old  54  in.  Challenge,  weighing  56  lbs,  with  ij  in.  rtibber  on  driving-wheel.  Vh<: 
pri/es  were  filver  cups,  valued  at  ;{^i2  12s.  and  /'f.  6s.  Of  course  this  put  me  on  mymetr.:, 
Tul  I  again  tried  my  luck  at  the  Whitmonday  sports,  at  L>nn,  but,  being  put  next  to  scra.ch, 
did  not  get  anything.     During  the  season  I  ran  at  several  meetings  in  Norfolk  and  Lincolnshire, 


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with  varying  success,  my  most  no.able  win  being  in  the  annual  inter^oun.y  race  between  N,. 

«.cl.,  45i  m.     1   was  at  the  last  moment  asked  to  go  as  one  of  the  Norfolk  team      Ii,i.  ^  o-      f 
co,mu,on   and  not  know,„g  the  road.  1  thought  1  should  stand  no  chance,  but  I  mana.'d  to  r 
tn  first  o    the  Norfolk  team  and  third  in  the  race.-being  beaten  by  Vopplewell,  of        « xl     L    ; 
mm.,  and  Oxborrow  of  the  same  place,  by  .^  mtn.     My  tm.e  was  3  h    ;  min.     Th    ne     da 
rode  r.gh,  ho.ne,  a  distance  of  S7  n,.,-my  longest  ride  in  one  day.     iJuring  the  se^  J.   I  « 
first    .  second  and  a  thnd  pn.es   and  rode  0.,,  m.     ,n  '..,  I  „lved  .0  D.lcki       Tn  IXu 
and  rode  during  the  year  no  less  than  730.  m.     1  this  year  used  a  55  in.  Sandrineh  n,   mad 
pecully  for  me  by  Cox.  of  Lym,  and  a  splendid  machine  it  was  a.  that  time.     M y     os      '^  L' 
rides  tliKs  year  were  :     Docking  .0  Di.ss,  6,  m.  in  5  h.,  Apr.  .;  ;   Ipswich  to  D-.k    ;  8 
.01  h..  Apr.  ,,  (strong  head  w:nd).  and  Docking  to  Pe.erbo.o  and  back,  ..;  „,.    Jn.'.e  ■     , 
first  time  I  ever  rode  as  much  as  .00  m.  in  a  day.      I  took  during  the  year  ;  ,1  st,  ;i..    „  Z, 
third  prizes.        sailed  Sep.    .,  for  Canada,  where  I  spent  the  win,er,'retnrning    ome  in    ,       , 

and  back      I  was  only  able  to  use  one  arm,  having  a  short  time  before  put  my  wrist  out  by  1. 
■ng  off  of  my  machine,     besides   medal  in   r.icile  race,  I  took   „  first  prizes,  ,  s  co,  d  i       ' 

lird  ;  also  championship  of  the  Fakenham  K  C,  for  .,  m.  in  4Si  mi'n.  ,\1,  of  y  ' 
this  ear  I  ran  from  scratch.  In  ',,  I  moved  to  Long  Sutton,  and  rode  „:s4  "..,  .aKin^  -  " 
and  «  second  prizes  and  a   gold  medal.     This  brought  my  number  of  priz  s  up  to  53     l/j 

he  season  I  rode  „.i  m.  in  four  .4  h.   rides  thus  :     Jnne  .3.  ..;2  ni.,  in  the  Fa"e  r  I 

could  have  increase^  this  to  .30  m.,  if  I  had  known   where  Adams  was.     Jnlv  7.  in  the  t'i  vcl 

r   f ;.        '      '    1  °"  '"■■  "  '"■  '"  '^y  •""•  '"'  "'"^  ''  h.  record,  and  although  i,  r.uned 

.of   1.  day,  aiid  a  strong  wind  was  blowing,  ,  succeeded  in  doing  .3.!  m.,  thus'asily  b     ' 

h  t   on  r  r  "?""  "t  ''  ''"^■"■'-■'■'  "'  ''^"'«  ^'''^'  '"  '"  '""-  "■«^-  '-"-  circu,„sL,ces, 

hat,  on  Aug.  ,7,  I  made  another  attempt,  and  by  midnight  had  ridden  255^  m.     Aftei  this  ride 

announced  my  intention  of  retiring  from  the  racing  path,  but  the  old  love  being  so  string  in' 

^4.  I  couk  not  resist  the  invitation  to  race  again  ;   and,  entering  for  four  events  at  the  Wi.b.ch 

e     n    «    w  '  -cond  pnz.s  ;  also  a  medal  in  the  ,«,  m.  Kangaroo  race.     My  whole  mile 

g m    S    was  4.  o.     On  Whitmonday,  -85,    I   won   .   ni.   and  3  m.  races  from  scratch    ,u  ,l,c 

ong  Siitton  Cricket  Cub  sports,  thus  raising  my  number  of  prizes  to  ...     I  now  ride  ,.  light  5. 

1      Sandrinsham    and  I  keep  by  me  my  old   5.  in.  Sandrineham,  which  is  still  as  good  as  n.  v 

Although  It  has  been  ndden  by  my  brother  and  myself  over  30,000  m.  it  has  had  only  one  set  „f 

th  Mime     "d  I    r     '!"'  ""''"'  ""  '''"'"'   '^'"^  '"■■  '"••"«'>  '  '='"  "''  --••<^-  ^  "'-e  of      - 
he  tim  ,  and  I  think  they  were  turned  once.      The  present  tires  will  serve  for  tnanv  m   n,„re 

^  vn  i  ""m'",'"  ,  "  "^  '"  '•'''  ^-'"-  '^^'  """■'^■^''  '  ""^^^  '"  P-  '"  ^  Sood  score  bef-re 
,:iirT.  ?■  "-\'?'^V'  r  ^  """  =-^'^"-  ^'^-^^  ^^--^^  --'  =>  cyclometerwlnci,  I 
could  depend  upon.  I  Ve  kept  the  record  from  my  knowledge  of  roads  near  home,  and  fr.in 
maps  and  county  directories,  supplemented  by  enquiries  made  while  riding.  Mo.,  of  our  hieh- 
ways  have  m.  stones  on  them,  and  whenever  there's  been  anv  doubt  about  distances,  I  've  put 
down    he   owest  one;  so   that  I  'm   sure,  in  fact,  of   having   traveled   manv   more  m.  than  rc- 

,.1      1       1  ""    """    "^  '»^'P--'^'-"e    '"iles,'  but  my   rides  have  embraced  most  of  the 

principal  roads  in  eastern,  southern  and  central  England  " 

-The  Haverstock  Cycling  Club  are  essentially  a  road-riding  club,"  says  jrA.e/i,,^,  "and 
..>  we,  be  proud  o  their  prowess  in  piling  up  distances."  The  sub-captain  of  iha,  club. 
Mary  J.  Jones  (b.  .May  2.  ,HC.,X  rode  ,6,oi6  m.  during  the  3  vears  ending  with  "une,  'S,,  ..nci 
no  less  ,l,an  ,5,;;  m.  of  this  was  separate  roadway.  The  riding  davs  were  55S,  showing  nn 
average  rule  of  .SJ  m.  Riding  d.ivs,  mile.age,  longest  ride,  average' ride,  and  fresh  ro.ul  ,  f 
each  year,  are  shown  by  the  following  figures  :     'Sz,  37,  .o.z,  65.  .7,  3,9*  ;   '83.  aoz.  50ZZ},  .... 


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-Mj.SS'ji;  '84,287,  824ii,207j,j9,  1630;  '85,32,  1740,  i43,S4i,  74».     It  will  be  seen  that  the 
i»()  years,  'S3-'S4,  show  a    mileage  of    13,264,  as   compared  with  2852  of    the  two  half-years 
cmbined.     The  rider's  reports  to  me  (Jan.  and  July,  '85;  are  as   follows:     "I   use  the  bicy- 
cit;  to  save  walking  whenever  possible,  both  for  journeying  to  busniess  and   fur  various  every. 
<!.iy  pursuits.     A  good  deal  of  my  riding  has  been  done  in  Bedfordshire   and   Hunts— the.se  two 
c-iunties,  in  my  u|)ini(>n,  having  the  best  roads  in  England.     I  also  know  liucks,  Herts,  Middle, 
^ix,  N<itts,  Essex,  Suffolk,  Surrey,  %nd  Northamptonshire  well      I   have   ridden  in   34  English 
ciimies,  29  county  towns,  and  in  Wales.     My  principal  tour  (Sept.,  '84),  was  671  m.,  through 
(Kfurd,  (;iouc--ster,  Monmouth,  Hereford,  Worcester,   IJirmingham,  Wolverhampton,  Stafford, 
.Shrewsbury,   Wrexham,   Cliester,    Manchester,   Sheffield,   Doncaster,   Southwell,   Nottingham, 
Derby,  Leicester,  and   Northampton.     The  time  was  8  days,  and  the  -.  of  separate  roadway 
equaled  555.     This  was  followed,  near  the  close  of  the  month,  by  a  visit  to  the   Druidical  re- 
m.uiisat  Stoneheng-.',  and  to  Salisbury  and  Wincanton,  243  m.  in  2  d.  9  h.     I  had  also  indulged 
111  A  three  days'  tour  in  Aug.  to  St.  Ives,  Whittlesea,  Stamford,  Newark,  Lincoln  and  Nnvenby 
(157  ni.  the  first  day),  returning  through   Loughborough  and  Oakham,  334  m.     Another  of  my 
icurs  (10  days  in  Oct., 'S3)  was  in  the  eastern  counties  to  Epping,  Eye,   liungay,    lieccles,   Nor- 
»i(h,  Fressingtield,  Lowestoft;  home  by  Cambridge  and  Kicely,  456m.  (fresh  ground  329  m  ). 
1  h.ive  also  made  several  circular  excursions  in  '84,  starting  in  the  afternoon  and  riding  through. 
i:  the  liiglit  and  the  next  day  ;  by  these  means  bringing  more  fresh   country  within    my  reach. 
/.   ^  ,  to  Warwick,  iS9m.,  taking  up  about  33  h.;   Buckingham  and  Kimbolton,  iSi  ni.,  in  about 
27  h..   Ely  and  Newmarket,  about  163  m.  in  30  h.     My  longest   score   for  .i   month  is  1481  m.; 
for  a  week,  511  m.;  for  two  days,  238  m.;  or  for  separate  road  only  (/.   e.,  -round  never  before 
truersed  by  me),  701,   457,   and   169   ni.    respectively.     My    mileage  of  8241  in   '84  (when  my 
liniirs  devoted  to  business  averaged  50  per  week,    excepting   13  days)  comprises   16  rides  of  100 
111   or  more,  amounti.-. ;  t,.  .^,7  ni.  and  averaging  133  m.  each  ;  25  rides  from  5010  95  m.,  averag- 
in;  ',6  m.;   170  rides  cf  from     »  to  49  m.,  and  74  rides  of  10  m.  and  under;  these  last  lowering  the 
average  length  '  coii^iri-rab:-'      '1!,_-  four  best  rides  average  175  m.,  the  9  best,    151  m.,  while 
the  34  longest  average  100  m   ea-  !i.     The  very  longest   was  207!  m.  Oct.    5,  in   23   h.    54  min. 
Longest  stay  in  saddle,  66J  m.  in  7  h.,  from  St.  Albans  into   Peterborough.     The  route  was  to 
M.irket-Deeping,  returning  through  Huntingdon,  Cambridge,  and         Neots.     Night  riding,  34 
InTcent.     I  have  passed  through  Barnet  36  times  in  the  dark,  and  Rcdhurn  4  times,  although   I 
h.ivc  never  seen  the  place  by  daylight.     I  've  started  out  at  midniglit  on    12   occasions,  the  rides 
.iveraging  121  m.     Longest  stretch  of  road  traversed  without   any  walking,  162   m.  on  the  Great 
North  Road,  from  London  (Smithfield)  to   Doncaster.     On   July  24,  '83,    I  rode  to   Norman's 
Lni^s   and  back,  with  deviation,  151  m.,  in  16    h.  5  min.,  doing    100  m.  of  it   ing  h.  54  min.,  for 
cUil)  m..>d.il.     April  13,  'S3,  to  Wandsford  and  back,  162  m.,  winning  a  much-coveted  prize,  an 
old  book  called  '  Paterson's  Roads,'  offered  by  Mr.   Hayes  for  the  greatest  distance   out-and-in 
1)11  tlie  Oreat  North  Road.     I  took  the  attendance  prize  as  well,  by  covering  1536J  m.  in  the  32 
consecutive  runs,  which  included  the  excursions  to  Ipswich,  Lewes,  and  Portsmouth,  and  the  two 
15 -ni.  competitions.     Ilearned  to  ride  in  June,  '82,   and  in   Sept.   took   train   to  Lincoln,  and 
wlueled  bnck  to  London,  126  m,  in  aj  days.     This  first  ride  in  Lincolnshire  was  not  a  success; 
iv  '  -i'  ^^  all  control  on  the  dangerous  hill  at  Wellingore,  I  fell  on  my  head  and  back,  breaking 
otT  tl:r  siddle  as  well.     This,  the  blacksmith  at  Leadenham  fastened  on  with  wire,  but  the  last 
10  m.  of  my  journey  home  was  accomplished  by  means  of  string.     First   long  ride  (undertaken 
to  top  the  'century')  'vas  on  April   13,  '83,  to  Wansford  and  back,  162  m.,  in    igj  h.     My  pre- 
vious best  was  69  m.      Longest  stay  in  saddle,  39  m.  in  3J  h.      I  have  kept  a  record  of  all  my 
riding  from  the  first,  with   remarks  on  the  scencrv,  levels,  surface,  and  anything  else  useful  or 
iiilorestiiig,    about  any  fresh  road   traversed.     These  details,  sorted  into  counties,  prove  very 
useful  for  reference.     My  distances  have  been  taken  from  '  Paterson's  Roads,'  and  ordnance 
ni.ips,  and  by  actual  measurement.     My  8241  m.  of  riding  in  '84  was  all  done  on  a  49  in.  Rejsent 
'!>>■  J.  Trigwell,  a  London  maker),  ball  bearings  all  over,  including  head,  which  has  been  adjusted 
liut  once.       My  previous  wheels   were   50  in,   and   48  in.,   plain  bearings.       In   the   following 
iiioiithly  tables  for  "83  and  '84,  the  four  columns  of  .uimerals  respectively  denote   riding  days 


"' 


540  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  UN  A  BICYCLE. 

milease,  lonRest  ride  ind  average 
riding  (if  'ii4,  and  tlu     ixlh  shows 

Jan., o  o  o 

Feb I 


32 


M 


ar. 17       sbjj      69 

.        20         704  l()2 


494 


So 


April, 
M.i 

Ju"e y       SS^'I      '5S 

July. 19      4»2       i5oi 


Aug., 
Sept, 
Oct.,. 
Nov., 
Dec, 


'7 
'3 
22 
10 


57S      ^u\ 
4/' 


122 

31 

22 


Total 


202     502.1  J     162 


2«4Si   i,    .3,2f,4 


Totals, 2S7     8241J 

"  The  n>ikaKc  for  the  first  half  of  '85  gives  tl,e  meager  total  of  ,740,  made  up  by  ,8  runs  ,m,.  J 
50  m  ,  7  others  r.ot  exceeding  c,^  m. .  and  7  over  the  century;  fresh  ground  covered,  742  m    ,.. 
34  percent.     My  longest  straightaway  stay  iu  the  saddle  was   13J  h.  (June  28,  6  a.  m    to  - 
P.  M.),  a  lowering  of  6}  h.  from  my  previous  best.     After  starting  fiom  ho.n'-,  I  made  mv  first  a' 
tempt  at  riding  up  the  notorious  West  Hill  (Highgate),  and  having  conquered  this    l' kept  o„ 
through   Kp,,ing  Creen,    Hertford,  Cax-on,    Kllington,  Thrapslon,  and    Kettering  lo  Hnn„;d 
(lieds),  lofi  m.  without  a  dismount.     I  ;iftorwards  wheeled  enough  to  make  the  day's  total  ij, 
m.     My  loolh  ni   was  completed  at  the  '  second  danger-board  liill  '  ascent  at  Wollaston  ;  and  -1 
m.  had  never  been  ridden  by  me  bef..re.     As  1  was  not  intending  such  a  feat  when  I  started'  I 
carried  no  refreshment  whatever.     Alfred   Hayes's  challenge  for  a  4;   m    ride  to  Hedfoul  was 
what  inspired  n.e  to  keep  the  saddle,  after  once  getting  well  started ;  and  my  doing  ihe  .06  m 
mduced  h.m  in  turn  to  ride  70  m.  without  a  dismount.     The  Great  North  Road  is  certainlv  tlie 
best  average  cycling  highway  in   Kngland.     I  estimate  to  have  wheeled  2700  m.  or  it,  an  analv- 
sis  of  the  number  of  my  visits  to  various  places  along  it  showing  as  follows  :   1 19  times  to  Harriet 
II  m.  from  home  ;  4.3  to  Hatfield,  20  m.;  6  to  Haldock,  37  m.;  (30  to  Hitchin,  34  m.);  ,8  tn(;irt- 
ford,  48  m.:  8  to  Katon-Socon,  55  m.;  i,  to  Alconbury  Hill,  68  m.;  2  to  Stamford  ;;nd  Crantham 
.70  and  no  m.:  4  to  Newark,  124  m.;   i  to  Tuxford  and  Doncaster,  138  and  162  m.     It  may  be 
observed  that  these  visits  seem  somewhat  erratic.     A.  g:,  I  've  turned  at  Stamford  only  half  as 
many  times  as  at  Newark,  which  is  34  m.  beyond.     The  London  editor  of  the  Cjr/is/  C   W 
Nairn,  often  advises  tourists  for  Biggleswade  to  go  by  way  of  Hitchin  (which  I  've  put  in  parent 
thesis,  to  show  that  it 's  off  the  road),  rather  than  by  way  of  fialdock,  which  is  <7«  the  road      Had 
weather  accounts  in  part  for  decreased   mileage  of  '85,  and  a  bad  fall  at  Easter  accounts  for  tlie 
rest  of  it.     This  resulted  from  my  striking  a  lump  of  wood,  dropped  from  a  cart,  in  the  du^k 
while  bounding  down  a  steep  hill,  iu  the  Forest  of  Dean,  Gloucestershire.     For  days  afterwards! 
my  left  arm  was  bent  at  right  anglei,  and  my  right  wrist  powerless  for  lifting  even  aciip,-to  say 
nothing  of  a  strained  left  ankle,  a  thumb  crushed  open  up  to  the  nail,  and  a  bump  on  the  back  of 
my  head.     I  had  a  serious  fall  also  in  Aug.,  '84,  in  front  of  the  Mansion  House,  dislocating  mv 
left  shoulder;  but  within  a  fortnight  afterwards,  I  entered  a  24  h.  competition,  and  rode  the  far- 
Ihest  (103  m.),  with  my  arm  in  3  .sling  and  through  a  pouring  rain,— two  friends  helping  me  on 
and  off  at  first.     The  bicycle  was  not  to  be  blamed  for  either  of  my  accidents,  and  it  proved  the 
best  cure  for  both.      Perhaps  you  had  better  not  publish  anything  about  them,  lest  thev  be  made 
to  serve  wrongfully  as  texts  against  the  safety  of  cycling." 

Alfred  Hayes  (b.  Dec.  9,  1S51),  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Haverstock  C.  C.,and  its  first  sec- 
retary, has  a  9  years'  mileage  record  of  considerablv  more  than  the  29,2 16.  which  is  divided  thus : 
'77.20001  '78.  2868;  -70,  2080:  '»0:2H,y.  -8,,  282r,:  -82,359-  '83,  53,4;  '84,  43,6;  '85  (u, 
Aug.  ,6).  2380.  The  monthly  analysis  of  hi-,  best  year,  'S3  (riding  davs,  mileage  and  longest  ridel, 
■s  as  follows:    Jan.,  3,,  2.5,  40;  Feb.,  2S.  28S,  57  :  Mar.,  3.,  557,  90;  Apr.,  3c,  487,  .of,;  Mav, 


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BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS. 


541 


;i,  707,  ijo;  June,  25,  511,  156;  July,  8,  697,  173;  Aug.,  10,  67,S,  140;  Sept.,  7,  424,  100;  Oct., 
7,  31O,  9c;  Nov.,  8,  iij,  50;  Dec,  8,  261,  45.  Uf  the  224  days,  52  were  Sundays,  with  a  mile- 
njju  of  36<>i,  as  compared  to  the  iWij  m.  ridden  on  the  other  172  days.  On  7  cunseculive  Sun- 
(l.i>s,  he  rede  907  m.,as  shown  by  this  extract  from  the  Bi.  ..V«ru/j  (Sept.  21, 'Sj),  which  de- 
scribed the  Aug.  s  trip  in  full  :  "July  22,  i'tterborough  and  back,  164  ;  July  29,  Market-Dee|>- 
in;,' and  back,  174;  Aug.  5,  .Ounstable,  Ware,  liiihop  Stortford  and  Colchester,  105;  Aug  12, 
St.  Neots  and  back,  104  ;  Aug.  ly,  liigglcswade,  Cambridge,  and  Huntingdon  ;  returning  through 
I'.ackden,  140;  Aug.  26,  IJedford,  St.  Neots,  and  Caxton ;  returning  through  koyston  and 
W.ire,  i2o;  Sept.  2,  to  the  Rye  House,  thence  to  Hertford,  Stevenage,  Biggleswade,  and  Girt- 
fiird  ;  returning  through  Hitchin,  100."  From  his  letters  to  me  of  Aug.  15,  '84,  and  Aug.  18,  '85, 
1  tondense  the  following  :  "  Like  yourself,  i  learned  to  ride  the  woixlen  bone-shaker  in  '69,  and 
line  always  stuck  to  46  in.  as  the  proper  size  of  wheel,  ^ty  first  was  an  Ariel,  and  I  've  been 
rilling  regularly  ever  since  I  got  it,  in  '75  ;  though  it  was  not  until  1  superseded  tlii:>  by  an  Eclipse, 
ill  '77,  that  1  began  to  keep  a  record.  -My  riding,  that  year,  reached  just  2000  in.,  and  was  ru- 
tciriled  in  the  first  of  the  bicycle  ainiuals  wl.ich  published  a  diary  of  such  things.  In  '82  a  Lon- 
don mak«  named  Pick  built  me  what  I  then  thought  a  beautiful  little  bicycle;  and  I  'm  now 
able  to  say  (Aug.  iS,  '85),  aftrr  about  15,000  m.  of  experience  with  it,  that  it  's  the  best  one  I 
ever  had.  Though  I  was  born  in  London,  my  parents  ire  natives  of  Lincolnshire ;  and  that 
f.ict  perhaps  accounts  in  part  for  my  rides  being  mostly  confined  to  the  Great  North  Koad.  Tlis 
number  of  visits  I  've  made  to  places  along  it  (with  figures  in  parenthesis  showing  some  of  the 
ilist.inces  from  home)  may  be  noted  thus  :  Larnet  (Sj),  275  ;  Hatfield  (17),  151  ;  Welw7n  (22), 
Ml  ;  (iirtford,  41;  Tempsford,  25  ;  Eaton-Socoii,  23  ;  lUickden,  29;  Alconbury  (63),  28 ;  Nor- 
ni.in's  Cross  (73),  1 -s ;  Stamford  (86),  8  ;  (Iraiitliam,  i  ;  Newark,  1.  I  've  thrice  done  the  73  m. 
Ill  Norman's  Cross,  inside  6  h.  50  min.;  and  some  <  f  my  other  long  rides  may  be  named  thus  : 
June  5,  '81,  Stamford,  86  m.  in  8  h.  50  min.;  July  2,  '82,  Stamford  and  back  in  23}  li.;  July  16, 
'f-i,  Peterborough,  78  m,  in  ^\  h.;  and  July  29,  '83,  Market-Deeping  and  back,  176  m.  in  23  li. 
I  p  to  July  22,  '84,  my  runs  to  one  or  the  other  of  the  three  places  last  named  numbered  14. 
My  longest  day's  ride  in  '84  was  134  m.ani'  in  '85  (to  Aug.  18),  150  m.  During  these  two  years 
1  've  made  40  trips  to  Hitchin  (31  m.  out),  and  19  trips  to  Bedford  (47  m.).  My  business  is 
tint  of  leather-seller,  which  I  manage  sirgle  handed  ;  but  on  Thursdays  I  shut  up  shop  at  2,  and 
KLiieially  devote  the  rest  of  the  day  to  the  wheel.  Sunday  is  the  favorite  time  for  it,  however, 
fur  then  the  roads  are  mostly  deserted  of  traffic,  and  are  not  made  muddy  by  the  water  carts. 
1  "ve  ridden  every  Sunday  since  Apr.  30,  '82."     (This  last  remark  is  dated  Apr.  19,  '1:5.) 

The  hon.  sec.  of  the  Belsize  B.  C,  R.  P.  Hampton  Roberts,  in  yielding  to  iny  repeatetl 
requests  for  a  personal  statement,  without  regard  to  whether  the  mileage  were  much  or  little, 
sujiplicd  the  following  rejjort,  July  20,  '85  :  "  It  inu.st  be  remembered  that  these  figures  are 
n;ily  those  of  an  ordinary  rider,  and  the  presentation  of  such  particulars  in  minute,  analytical 
form  is  made  merely  to  meet  your  requireinent.s  for  complete  information  about  a  f.-.irly  repre- 
sentative record  of  an  average  Englishman  who  wheels  2000  m  a  year.  I  bof^an  in  May,  '77, 
«iiliout  any  preliminary  experience  on  the  bone-shaker,  and  rode  pretty  steadily  to  the  end  of 
Miy,  '84,  wh';n  my  total  was  16,000  m.  In  June,  I  was  compelled,  under  medical  advice,  to  aban- 
d.ui  bicycling 'for  a  season,' owing  to  illness  (brought  on,  in  a  large  measure,  it  is  feared,  by  a 
somewhat  injudicious  indulgence  in  the  fascinating  but  slighilj  treacherous  pastime) ;  and 
tbough  the  medical  veto  has  since  been  removed,  that  has  not,  so  far,  led  to  a  resumption  of 
riding  on  the  old  scale.  My  only  trials  of  the  wheel  for  a  year  past  have  been  two  rides  in  June, 
.imiiunting  to  60  m.  Out  of  rny  total  mileage  (16,060),  only  about  320  m.  have  been  covered  by 
tiicycle,  and  over  3300  m.  have  not  been  repeated  ;  that  is  to  say,  the  ground  has  only  once  been 
tr.iveledover;  880  m.  were  ridden  in  '77-'78,  when  unattached  to  any  club;  2700  m.  in  attend- 
ing the  regular  club  runs  of  the  Belsi/.e  B.  C.  on  Saturday  aftenioons,  and  nearly  1000  m.  in 
attending  the  official  tours  of  the  same  club,  which  t.ike  place  three  times  a  year,  though  I  did 
lilt  attend  all  of  these.  A  total  of  1784  m.  was  covered  in  16  rides  of  r-m  m.  or  over  in  a  day  of 
24  li.,  thus  :  '79,  no;  '81,  105  ;  '82,  100,  104,  107,  113,  129,  130,  150;  '83,  100,  loi,  103,  104,  107, 
loS,  113.     It  may  be  observed  of  my  longest  day's  ride  (150  m.),  that  it  was  part  of  a  crmtinuous 


54a  TEX  THOUSAXU  M/LES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 

ride  of  189m.,  of  which  the  other  39  m.  were  ridden  before  the  dav  began.     On  tlii,  pcca«i, 
made  my  longest  stay  in  the  saddle  without  a  dismount,  4S  m.     'Ihe  longest  diMa.ice  r  HH,  "  ' 
n.onih  was  S72  m.  in  Aug.,  '»i  ;  though   I   rode  864  m.  in  Aug.,  ',S2,  and  monthly  toi  ,'kV.l'iV' 
from  797  to  522  m.  were  made  in  8  other  mos.,  between  'Si  and  '83.      I    have    made  thr       ' ''' 
tended  tours  o.,t  of    England.      In  'S,,  nearly  3  weeks  in   Normandy  and  iJnttanv    w'ith   u 
Blackweil,  of  the  Canonbury  B.  C,  when  a  total  distmce  of    696  m.   was  covered      In  'v 
weeks  <n  Normandy,  Brittany  and  the  Valley  of  the  Loire,  with  W.  E.  Milner  and  H   C  \\    ' 
fellow  clubmen,  when  a  total  distance  of  574  m.  was  covered.     In  '83,  nearly  3  weeks  in  Swt    ' 
land,  also  with  fellow  clubmen,  W.  E.  Milner,  E.  Tegetmeier  and  R.  Revell   when  a  total  "' 
tance  of  400m.  was  covered.     Shorter  lours  in  England,  extending  over  3,  4  or  5  day.  at  i  ti'  ' 
have  often  been  undertaken,  and  the  total  distance  covered  in  this  wav"('excl„dinL'th,it  on  c"'i' 
tours  already  mentioned)  has  been  3390  m.     Adding  club  tours  and  tou'rs  abroad    v  e  arrive  .it"  ' 
total  of  6o<K,m.  traveled  in  this  way.     Hence   the  following  approxnnate  statement  ■'    Mi',',,.' 
m  tourn.g,  6060 ;  as  an  unattached  rider,  880;   in  .ittending  Helsi.e  B.  C    run.    2-,«-  .„  nrh", 
runs,  6420.      Wnner  ndi,      h.is  not  been  practice.l  to  any  conside.able  exte.u      'in  the  x  vei'.s' 
only  4  machn.es  have  been  ridden:    a   54  in.  Gentl-.-men's   Roadster,  a   .3  in     H  >IV,w  .Sn'oke 
Carver,  a  53  m.  Humber  and  a  jr,  in.   Rucker.     Th.'   Humbcr  saw  th.  greatest  s.-rvice  '  .m  r- 
than  I. ,850  m.,  including  the  three  tours  abn.ao.     Th,  c!is  anres  here  given  I  av  been  c  ufu  Iv 
measured  on  various  maps,  in  most  cases   ,hc  Ordnance  Surrey  ma,,s  01    r.nglaiul  n.  «,.ll  as 
those  of  France  and  .Switzerland   f  ,r  the  ruH   g    d  .ne  in  th<.se  countries),  and  in  nianve,.'. 
tlio  distances   have  also  been  checked  from    thr  st..ndarc'  mad  bo<,ks   of  Carv,  Paterson  ,uul 
Howard.     In  the  following  tabular  viev  of  seven  years'  wheeling,  the  riding  day^  and  mile^  of 
each  month  are  shown,  w,th  .\  colon  sep-irating  'h-  m.      First,  however,  I  give  the  aimual  totaK 
with  average  ride  and  longest  ride:     14:225,  ,(  ,  50:   28:590,  21,  63  ;  48:1280,  27,  no:  43:. .-'-6, 
29(77;  94:3 ")o.  34,  105;     109:4610,  42,    150;     9   :., 
458:16,000,  35,  150. 


Year.  Jan.  Feb. 

'77 

'78.     1:5     •••• 

'79 

'80 

'Xi 

.'82. 
''83. 

'84. 


Mar.       Apr. 


:■? 


3o7  ('-^'o 


7:115 

7:270 
3:40 

9:279 


4:6s 

V.63 

T-97 

'1:194 

13:69.) 


C  :o4   10:407 
f:i70     3:63 


Mav. 

2:15 

3:.r,2 

8:.'9S 

6:230 

i6:;22 
ir:;63 

8:340 

6:.j8 


June. 

3:42 
2:;o 
6:117 

7:245 
10:331 

9:402 

15797 

3:'25 


July. 

5  :^' 
5:114 
9:67 
6:212 

14:567 

■37'5 
12:653 


43.   "3  ;    27:773,  29,   70. 
Aug. 


in:  43: 
Ciand  tot.i!, 


2:-3 

,  :222 

7 :  ,  56 

I9:S72 


S,pt. 
2  7i 
4  73 

1:20 
9:320 


22:864     11:474 
11:654     '3--i5o 


Oct. 
1:15 

6 : '  4 1 
2:46 
8:25  = 
6:16, 
9:342 


X.,v. 
1:6 

5:154 

3:40 

4:150 

7'iS; 


1:43 

4:^9 
4:i-'4 


j:62  7:227  39:983  51:1582  60:2476  55:20X9  64:2404  6^:2791  43  ■529  32:i,.,,6  20:5,5  9:256 
The  five  principal  score?  made  in  '83  by  members  of  his  club  were  tabulated  for  the  ^'•. 
A'm'shy  Mr.  R  ,  who  vouched  for  the  distances  being  careiullj  verific  i.  His  own  ranked 
fourth.  The  rest  stood  thus  :  E.  Tegetmeier  (see  p.  53..),  10,053,  of  wliirli  2375  was  in  22  runs, 
thus:  100,  104,  112,  i2fi,  102,  to2,  154,  115,  122,  105,  100,  103,  loi,  107,  103,  102,  103,  103,  100, 
102,  102,  105;  \V.  E.  Milner,  554^,  of  which  1434  was  in  13  runs:  130,125,  114,111,110,  no, 
io<;,  108,  loS,  ro3,  102,  102,  102;  Roland  Revell,  4063,  of  which  523  -vas  in  5  runs:  roS,  no, 
102,  loi,  10.1 ;  J.  Miln'-r,  4033,  includinq;  i  nin  of  112.  W.  E.  Milner's  riding  was  d'^i  e  on  140 
days,  making  his  average  rido  39jm.;  but  his  record  for  51  Sundays  was  335..,  an  a  ..-r.ige  of 
65im.,  as  compared  with  2194  m,  on  the  other  89  days.  The  only  Sunday  when  he  did  no 
^\  l.eeling  was  while  riding  jv/th  his  bicycle  towards  Swit:-rrland  ;  and  his  machine  came  to  grief 
rn  each  of  the  tw,.  Sundays  when  his  score  was  less  than  .  6  m.  His  13  best  scores  have  a:r,.?ady 
been  given  ;  and  the  remaining  48  Sunday  rides,  in  'he  ord.:  of  their  mileage,  were  a.s  follows : 
86,  82,  76,  75,  74,  70,  70,  08,  60,  60,  50,  57,  57,  51^,  55,  54,  5,,  50.  50,  5c,  40,  48.  45,  4',,  4A,  41-  40, 
40,  3'^.  3'5,  3",  3"^.  37,  3,1,  32,  26.  18,  10.  By  months,  his  S^ndivs'  m.leage  and  .avor.ige  ride 
stood  thus  :  Jan.,  ,76,  44:  Feb..  23.,  57;  Mar.,  304,  7f>  ;  ■'  >r  ,  406.  8. ;  May,  29S  74:  Jime, 
339,  '''4;  Jily,  3S71  77;    Aug.,  406,  loi;    S.-pt.,  220,  55;  Oct.,  226,  51..;    Nov.,   193,  4S ;    Dec, 


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nRiriSH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS. 


543 


170,  34.  niouRh  J.  M liner's  longest  scores  were  111  and  S4  m.,  his  riding  was  confined  to  gj 
H.\y~,  and  v>  made  llic  high  averagf  nf  43  ni  ,  or  only  1  m  li'>i^  than  K  Tegetmeier's  Roland 
KevL'll's  116  rides  averaged  35  m.  each,  though  he  did  no  wheeling  ':.  Jan.  and  Feb.  and  only 
24  ni.  in  Nov.  The  mileage  of  the  5  men  during  the  \  year,  .\pr.  to  Sept.,  may  be  thus  com- 
p.ired  :  Tegetmeier,  57S9;  W.  E.  Milner,  3720;  Roljerts,  3301  ;  Revell,3o64;  J.  Milner,  2411. 
Tlie  3691m.  ridden  by  A.  Hayes  on  52  Sundays  of  '83  (p.  541)  may  be  compared  with  the 
3154  m.  of  W.  K.  Milner  ;  and  with  both  may  be  compared  the  2770 m.  done  in  '83  on  a  50 in. 
trirycle  by  M.  K.  f).  James,  who  does  not  ride  on  Sundays.  Evenings  and  Saturday  afternoons 
m.irk  the  limits  of  most  of  his  riding,  though  he  had  one  run  of  io(j  ni.,  and  his  iiO  rides  repre- 
.S'lited  all  the  months,  the  mileage  of  the  12  standing  thus  :  21,  73,  212,  425,  372,  30),  31)0,  451, 
1S7,  62,  22S,  40.  Another  non-.Sunday  rider  is  J.  S.  Warburton,  of  the  Surrey  United  B.  C, 
whose  160  rides  of  '83,  averaging  22 J  rn.  (longest,  101 J  m.),  were  taken  on  a  53  in.  Rucker,  and 
made  a  total  mileatje  of  3^)03,  distributed  through  the  mouths  as  follows  1  9,  37,  292^,  2.S7,  491^, 
4-'>3.  5»4i.  772J,  241,  205,  114J,  1S2.  J.  Rowe,  of  the  Centaur  B.  C,  also  rcxlc  every  month  of 
'S3  (279  davs),  doing  1 125  m.  on  the  bi.,  and  2755  m.  on  the  tri.  (single  and  'uciable),  a  total  ol 
4jSom.  His  wife  accomi>anied  him  on  the  sociable  for  ii49in.  of  this, — several  times  exceed. 
In;;  50m.,  and  onre  riding  as  much  as  h-j  m.  flis  own  longest  run  was  104  ni.  in  .May,  in  which 
iiicMith  he  rcKle  267  m.  on  the  bi.  and  25910.  on  the  tri.  In  Air.;,  his  tricycling  amounted  to 
V7;  m.  (best  nm,  57  m.),  and  he  only  made  4  m.  on  the  bi. 

Ihe  captain  of  the  North  London  T.  C,  Henry  T.  Wliarlow  (b.  Aug.  27,  1S43),  an  ac- 
cnunt:,nt,  sends  me  this  bri  f  report  ■  "  I  began  on  the  hi.  in  '70  and  the  tri.  in  '7?,  but  only  pot- 
ti  led  about,  as  most  other  fellows  did  in  those  days,  fn  '79,  I  took  to  wheeling  in  earnest,  and 
mv  annual  mileage  totals  have  gradi;,  .ly  uicreas,;!  since  then,  thus  :  6S0,  2050,  3205,  4162,  431 1, 
5-115,  and  (in  'S;  to  June  30)  3002,  making  23,32,  m.  for  6J  years.  I  've  not  taken  many  single 
rules  in  excessof  100  m.,— my  3  longest  b-ing  140  in  '83,  151  In  '84  and  115  in  'S5,  The  machines 
principally  riddrn  have  been  Coventry  Rotary  and  Humbcr."  From  tables  in  the  Tricyc/ist,  I 
n|.j'-nd  his  riinnthly  mileage  for  two  years,  remarking  that  his  17S  riding  days  of  'S3  averaged  24 
m.  each,  and  2r>9  days  nf '84  averaged  22  m.  each:  Jan.,  111.301;  Feb.,  115,206;  Mar., 467, 
417;  Apr.,  556.  53&;  May,  627,  523;  June,  452,  444;  July,  576,  541;  Aug.,  332,  557;  Sept.,  326, 
7:5 :  Oct.,  238,  613  ;  Nov.,  100,  535;  Dec,  4>',437-  From  the  same  paper,  f  reprint  the  tricy- 
c  ;ig  scores  of  C.  W.  Urowi  (b.  Apr.  4,  1865),  a  member  of  the  same  club,  for  the  last  10  mos. 
cf  '84,  giving  riding  days,  miles  and  furlongs:  Mar.,  30,  516.4;  Apr,,  26,  743.7;  May,  2^, 
6^t.i;  June,  30,  632.1;  July,  29,  698.7;  Aug.,  28,  507.5;  Sept.,  20,  834.0;  Oct.,  25,  615.6; 
Nov.,  25,  420.3;  Dec  ,  21,  397  2-  His  longest  runs  were  loi  m.  in  .Apr.  and  102  in  Sept.  ft 
will  be  seen  that  the  271  rides  amounted  to  6030}  m.,  an  average  of  22^  m.  His  record  for  '83 
was  35i'>oi  m.,  and  for  '85,  6454  m.,  of  which  4032  m.  were  ridden  in  the  last  J.  The  approxi- 
mate  mileage  of  his  first  year,  '82,  was  1000,— malciii-  a  total  of  17,043  m.  Longest  day's  run. 
1'.)  m.  In  sending  me  these  facts,  "  Faed,"  another  member  of  the  club  (see  p.  534),  adds  : 
'•  He  has  ridden  distances  of  at  least  10  m.  each  on  no  different  makes  of  cycles,  but  principally 
on  the  Coventry  Rotar\',  H'-nber,  and  Dearlove  tricycles."  Contrasted  with  this  is  the  report 
of  Walter  Hinns  (b.  Jan.  31.  1845),  ■"»  draper,  at  Salford,  who  was  persiiad-d  by  his  friend,  Mr. 
(niodwin  (see  p.  535^  to  send  me  the  following  :  "  My  present  machine,  a  firitish  Challenge,  has 
carried  me  nearly  13,000  m.,— my  total  mileage  being  22,147,  divided  thus  :  '79.  2447  ;  'So,  3407  ; 
'Si,  2840;  '82,  4437  ;  '83,  4295  ;  '84,  3732  :  '85  (up  to  May  6>,  989.  I  'm  sorry  that  I  never  kept 
a  record  before  '79,  for  f  've  ridden  constantly  since  the  earliest  days  of  the  bone-shaker.  I  see 
from  a  diary  of  '6<}  that  I  was  riding  then  ;  and  I  do  not  know  how  much  earlier.  As  my  work- 
ing hours  are  very  long,  I  use  the  bicycle  almost  entirely  in  going  to  and  from  business,  except 
that  I  take  my  annual  holidays  with  it,  and  Sunday  spins  through  Lancashire  and  Cheshire.  I 
siiiipose  I  'm  getting  to  be  rather  an  elderly  bicycler  as  well  as  bachelor;  but  I  mean  to  stick  to 
the  two-wheeler  as  long  as  f  can  get  on  the  top  of  one.     I  believe  in  rake,  mbber  and  spring." 

".•\  monument  of  the  highest  value  to  the  practical  uses  of  the  wheel  sport  "  was  the  edito- 
rial remark  attached  to  the  following  table  in  the  Tricyclist  (early  in  '84,  p.  3971,  prepared  by 
the  Rev.  H.  C.  Courtney,  Vicar  of  Halton,  to  exhibit  his  14  years'  riding.     "  I  do  not  suppose 


544  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICVCLE. 

anyone  else  has  kept  a  strict  account  <,f  their  ruling  f„r  such  a  length  of  linu,"  he  ^y,  ■•  „  <i  , 
hope  that  my  showins  will  induce  more  men  to  sl.ck  to  their  machines  through  the  winter 
well  as  the  other  seav.,,.  Al!  my  records,  fur  the  y.ar,  l,ef,„e  VS..  were  nude  on  the  t*'' 
wheeler,  those  f,.r  70  and  n  on  bone-shakers  ;  but,  as  I  have  rulden  4000  m.  in  '84  „„  ,he  thre 
wheeler.  I  .up,x,se  1  ,„ay  be  considered  a  bon^./^J,  tricyclist.  1  was  4O  last  b.r.h.lay  and  .m 
the  satne  we.gh.  (vu.,  ,.  stone)  as  when  I  was  at  (Jxford,  ,4  years  ago.  Al.houeh  a  ',.«'  de^ 
of  tne  distances  tabulated  were  done  in  my  own  parish  and  neighborho<Kl,  I  have  ridden  ihruu>h 
every  county  n.  Lngla.ul  but  Kent;  every  county  in  Wales;  eight  counties  in  Scot'and  and 
three  departments  <n  I  ranee."     Of  the  toul  r.ling,  36,475  m.  belongs  to  the  last  seven  yeais. 

.S70.    .87..    ,873.    .875.    .S7b.    .S77.    ,S7,S.    ,87y.     ,880.    ,88,.    ,8s,.   ,88,     Tot.l. 
January...       o  ..      o..     o..      o..     o..     C7..JS.       ,,c         ,, 
Kbrtury..        o..       o..     o..       o..      o..     50  ••  5.0  ..    ,0  ..     26  ..   ,07  ..,.,.,•.  S7.  ••  .8, 

,^' "••      °--     "■•      °  ••43S..  369. .  4.7  .. 844  ..    yo..  502  ..702. .050. .4,47 

{7 °  ■•     ">  ••  ;'  ■•     "  ••''■°  ••  "75  ••  868  ..650  ..  348  ..  47s  ..74.  ..34.  ..  4,ri 

{"'y '°^  ■•    "5  ••   ^3  ••  "^^  •■l"  ••   v/.  ..  344  ..83,  ..  465  ..  6,5  ..5^3  ..405  ..  4  ,8 

August  262  ..     ^  ..250  ..   ,60  ..,36  ..  6.5  ..  355  -SSo  ..  240  ..  635  ..3.3  ..5SS  ..  4,11, 

September.     34  ■•       o  ..     o  ..     „  ..    44  ..  234  ..  4^9  --Q^O  ..  346  ..  40.,  ..453  ..4'.'>  ..  3,„7 
October  5..       o..     c.       o..,75..     4-   ••  2,2   . .  5S3  . .  255  . .  28.   .  .3,,  .  ,607  ..  .,,7' 

November.      o..      o  ..     o..      4  • -335  ••  3'-;  ••  44^  •  .3..S  ■•  254  • .  404  ■  .3<>3  ..451  ••  2.,7, 
December.__o  ■■^■■_^  .._^  ■  ._r!_   . . J65  .^3  •_R.  • -^  . . J9.,  .^  ..374  ..2..,, 
Totals,       ,03        ,S6       35.      3SS     24-3      330.      5772     6242      3055     547.J     ^1     ^^,    ^.^ 
J.  S.  Whatton  (b.  May  13,  ,86,),  cx-captain  of  the  Cambridge  University  li   C     in  a  letter 
tome  of  July  25,  '85,  reported   thus:     "  My  mileage   for  the   7  years  ending  June  30,  '85   is 
20,700,  exactly  ;  and  it  is  in  no  way  remarkable  excejit  for  the  fact  that  it  is  the  road-record  of  a 
man  who  h.is  gone  in  not  unsuccessfully  fur  racing  during  the  last  4  of  the  7  years,-for  many  of 
our  best  racing  men  ride  little,  if  at  alt,  on  the  road.     I  tabulate  the  mileage  by  seasons   will, 
longer  momii's  record  and  longest  day's  ri,]e,  thus  :     '7S,  gSS,  40,,  57  ;   '7,^,  2246   637   85'   '80 
2326,  63,,  67;   '8,,  4530,  778,84;  '82,3,43,  395,  '25;  '83,  359f.,  609,   ..3;   '84,  2243,  j.^'joj  :' 
85,  1&2S,  sSo,  72.     This  includes  riding  in   every    English  county  but  two,  nearly  all  .Scotland 
and  a  little  of  Ireland.     About  a  quarter  of  it  is  made  up  of  touring.     Since  '8.,  mv  road-riding 
has  been  much  interfered  with  by  racing.     Road  machines  ridden,  58,  57,  and  56  "'    In  reply  tr, 
my  further  enquiries,  he  .,dded,Scpt.  22  :    "  My  longest  straightaway  run  without  a  dismount  was 
from  London  (9,  Somcrs  Place,  Hyde  Park  Square),  to  Petersfield,  in  Hampshire,  55  m.,  through 
Kingston  and  the  Hind  Head.     Longest  day's  ride,  Cambridge  to  Dath  202  m.  in  20  h.     Long- 
est  continnov.s  tour,  Glasgow  to  John  O'Ciroat's  and  back  through  Edinburgh,  York,  and  Lon- 
don,  to  Easibonrnc  (with  my  brother,  A.  B.  Whatton).  about   i  .00  m.     I  held  the  record  for  a  J 
m.  (flying  start)  from  July,  'S2,  for  two  years  ;  time,  36I  sees.;  and  am  ex-amateur  champion  for 
5  m.       Darring  accid:;nts.  I  have  never  started  in  a  scratch  race  without  finishing  either  first  or 
second.     As  re-nrds  regimen,  I  am  a  teetotaler  and  a  vegetarian.     I  took  mv  degree  (2d  class 
in  Historical  Tripos'),  at  Trinity  Coll.,  C.imb..  in  June,  '84.  and  my  earlier  education  was  had  at 
Hailcybury  Coll.     I  belong  to  the  London  B.  C.  and  Bath  C.  C. .  and  am  a  member  of  the  execu- 
tive in  the  N.  C.  U.  and  C.  T.  C."     Another  Londoner,  Frank   Salsbury.  of  the  Clarence  B. 
C,  sends  me  tab.,  s  from  the  Bi.  News,  sh.iwing  his  record  for  each  of  36  successive  months. 
Each  group  of  numerals  gives  the  riding  days,  longest  ride,  and  total  mileage  of  each  month,  and 
dashf  3  serve  to  separate  the  monthly  groups  of  '82  from  those  of  '83  and  '84  :    Jan.,  2,  20.  28- 
8.  53.  155— '3.   57.   40-3;   Feb.,  8,  40,  in— 7,  53.    ,30— ,6,   5,5.    463;   Mar.,  ,8,  35.  206—12.  71, 
365—25.  ^f^,  725;     Apr.,  ,0,  62,  291—14,  in,  503—20,  75,  6,,,;   May,  i,,  67,  336—23,  91,  569- 
29,93.829;  June,  ,3.26,  203-,;,  ,76,579-22,  .12,758;  July,  12,  70,  399-20,65,453-24,85, 
63.  ;   Aug.,  ,4,  10,,  427-. 9,  >oo,  499-27,  84,  8,2  ;   Sept.,  ,3,    ,28,  474-17,   113,  400-22,  120, 
650;  Oct.,  I.,  63,  325-22,  130,600-20,  183,  92,;   Nov.,  ,3,  53,  294-,4,  84,  375-2,,  ,05,  S,6; 


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L».c.,5,  53,  111—13,  5S.  387—'''.  64,  545-     Totals 


^^^'^>.     Hi4  'i\  mileage  was  1901,  and  a  remark  atlachiid  toilie  'S^  tab 
was  a  48  in.  built  by  Grout,  wiiicli  has  been  riddcu  a. together  about  17, 
hi-,  9j  rides  in  '85,  up  to  Mjy  ji,  was  3407  (making  his  total  th, 
that 


30,   iiS,  3J06— 1S6,   176,  5015—263,    183, 


le  says  that  "  ihe  machine 


Th 


le  mileage  of 


n,  ii,7ojj,and  as  this  was  larger 
than  on  any  previous  year  at  that  date,  it  may  be  presumed  that  his  entire  score  for  'it,  surpassed 
all  fornu-rones.     It  will  h-  noted  that  his  day's  rides  in  excess  of  100  m.  number  at  least  a  dozen. 
Fred.  W.  Brock,  of  Bristol,  writes  to  me  thus,  June  29,  '85  :  "  I  learned  to  ride  as  far  back 
as  '6/  or  '63,  when  f   was  but  a  small  boy.     My  lirst  machine,  of  the  old  wood.ii-wheel-aiid- 
iron-tire  class,  had  a  33  in.  driver,  with  a  32  in.  back  wheel   and  it  weigh  a  yS  lbs.     Smail  as 
til- .  may  se^m,  1  had  to  get  on  a  pavement,  or  against  a  wail,  in  order  to  mount,  ml  1  ;-  .rnni  10 
v.i.iit  into  the  saddle.     Having  used  this  for  some  years,  1  grew  out  of  it  and  neglected  riding, 
exc.pt  at  spasmodic  intervals,  until  '7;  (or  perhaps  '76),  whjii  I  purchased  a  modern  bicyc  e,  and 
h.ive  ridden  up  to  the  present  tiiiu,  alw.iys  having  at  least  1  machines  in  my  stud.     My  mileage, 
r.aing  days  and  longest  ride  m.iy  bj  sliowii  thus:     '7S,  2o6<>,  121,  101  ;    '79,  1352,  103,  &»;    'So 
i5J4,  So,  110;    "Si,  2242,  140,  72  ;  totals  for  the  4  years,  7017  m.  in  444  days.     I  regr.:t  to  have 
niisl.iid  my  diaries  for  other  years,  but  I  think  the  forc-oiiig  is  about  an  average,  and  you  will 
sec  from  it  that  my   riding  is  of  a  very  ordinary  sort.     My  only  tour  was  to  P  iris  in  '^'^,  thou-  h 
I  took  part  in  the  Hampton  Court  meet  of  '3i.     The  only  mos.  in  the  4  years  when  I  did  no 
riding  were  Feb.  and  Djc,  '78;  Jan.  and  Feb.,  '7';;  ami  Dec,  'So.     My  Lirgest  month's  rec 
Old  was  570,  in  July,  '78;  second  best,  430,  in  July,  'Si."     Another  contribution  to  my  "statis- 
lies  of  average  men  "  is  made  by  Geori;e  Hall  Kushworth  (b.  July  i,  1S4S),  a  stuff  merchant's 
m.in.iger  at  Bradford,  whose  mileage  from  .May  4,  '83,  to  Sept.  30,  '85  (327  days),  was  8213.   ^Vn 
analysis  of  it  may  be  shown  as  follows,  each  .?roup  of  numerals  civinj  tlia  riding  days,  milea"e 
and  longest  ride  of  e.ich  month,  and  dashes  sepanitin-  the  monthly  groups  of  'Jj  from  those  of  ^84 
and '85:    Jan.,o,  0,0-2,42,  25-8,  164,  39;   t"<:b.,o,  o,  o— 2,  47,  3^-2,  3',  =3  ;  Mar., 0.0,0- 
9,  167,  40-12,  303,  53  ;  Apr  ,  o,  o,  0-12,  23»,  82—12,  426,  97 ;  May,  14,  271,  54—12,  326,  C3— 
■.1.  3;5,  104;    June,  13,  39,,  70-23,  6io,  S3— 10,  235,  Ot;    July,    14,  432,  70—16,  37,,  C2— 13, 
3.0,33;    Aug.,  22,  693,  76-19,   5>5.  73-=i.  410,70;    Sept.,  m.  333,  77-'7,  339,  5  i-'J,  353! 
(./;  Oct.,  4,  99,  I'i—io,  267,  85— {?!,  (:-),  O;    Nov.,  i,    19,    19— 11,  217,   5o-<?),  (:),  O;   Dec,  2, 
2S,    iS-4,   S5,    35,-{'),    (?),   (?);    Totals,   81,2274,    77->37.    3263,   Ss-'og  ?    2.S73?  104?.      kly 
riding  has  been  chi-^fly  from  and  to  Bradford ;  and  in  the  course  of  it  I  have  visited  37  principal 
towns  in  (he  present  county  of  York,  9  in   Lancashire,  5  in  Durham,  ar.d  3  in  Northumberland 
My  longest  d.iy's  run  was  to  Catterick  and   b.ick   (io(  m.).    May  31,  '85.     I  mny  add  iliat  my 
s--cond  longest  day's  ride  was  to  Sunderland  (n.  e.  of  Durham),  on  Good  Friday  last  (97  m  )• 
.i!,o  that  during  all  my  riding  I  have  not  had  a  single   mishap  (of  sufficient   imponanco  to  rel 
nie.nb<r)  eilher  to  myself  or  machine.      All  my  mileage  was  done  on  the  tricvcle  until  J.i'y    'S- 
wh.n  1  got  a  Rover  Safety  bi.,  and  push.-d  it  ..5  m.  (to    ,95   for  the  tri.).     All  my  Au"  'r'idin- 
was  on  the  Rover,  and  in  Sept.  I  used  it  for  353  m. ,  and  th:  tri.  for  only  57  m- 
^       Scotland's  single  contribution  to  th;se   statistics   is  supplied  by   Hu^h  Callan  H)    .Au"    ,3 
6o\  M.  A.,  of  Glasgow  University  :  "  Having  learned  bicycling  last  D-cemher,  '  took  inv  firsi 
ndMuJan.,   85  ;  my  first  long  rid.  in  March  (80  m,),  and  second  in  June  (,04  m.),  bo-h  l.-ing 
...  the  daytime  and  continuous.      I  've  been  ,00  busy  ,0  be  out  much.     Longest  ride  within  ,2  h., 
July  22,  B.rne  to  Geneva,  9S  m.  (equal  very  easily  to   „o  m.  on  ordinary  ro.-tds1.     I.,,ngest  stay 
.n  the  sadJle,  July  22,  Lausanne  to  Geneva,   37  m.     My  trail  was  continuous  from  Amsterdam 
.0  (..neva  and  bac<  to  Arlon  (9,8  m.l,  July  ,,.28.     Other  d-nnils  of  mv  1100  m.  tonr  vou  may 
.rr..ct  from  the  /•.,.  /.„.„„/  f  Aug.  19,  p.  87',  wh^r.of  I  send  yon  a  copy."     I  ,no,.  from  thi, 
asfol.ows:        Taking   train  July  9,  Olasgow  to  Carlisle,  f  wheeled  thence  to  Hull  on  i.th 
.  .5^  I".),  and  emb,arked  for  Amsterdam.     I  give   the   termin.-tl   town  and  mileage  of  each  day 
t  ...s  :     .3th,  Arnheim,  67  ;   ,4,h,  Dusseldorf,  7,  :  .jth,  Coblent.,  80;   ,7th,  Mavence.  f,o:   ,8th, 
11 -Kblb.-rs,  55 ;  iSth,  Strasbourg,   75  (where  spent   loth):  20th.   Basle,   ;S ;  2,s,     Bern.    60  • 
2.'.i   Geneva,  98;  23d,  Morges,   ,2;  24-h,   Hesan^on,   79;   25th,    Loup,    57;  26th, '  Nancv,'  72;' 
yih,  flef.mgen,  57;  28th,  Arlon,  33.     T.iking  train  thence  to  Antwerp,  I  sailed  homeward  on 
■I.-'  29'h,  spent  30th  at  Hull,  and  took  train  to  Glasgow  on  j.st.     Bagg.ige  in  m.  i.  p.,  .0  lbs. 


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546  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Bntish  Challenge  wheel  stood  well,  only  having  the  tire  worn,  and  a  slight  crack  in  a  crank 
fcom  gomg  up  the  fearful  hills  of  the  Jura  country.  Riding  .^.uU  days  „oom.  would  rive  ftc^"' 
daily  average,  but  70  m.  is  nearer  truth,  a.  on  several  day,  I  stopped  many  hours  ,0  v^sit  h  t" 
««ing  spots,  while  on  most  1  stopped  up  for  a  little  at  such  places.  I  can  travel  theanlv  T  . 
becau«j  I  -m  as  familiar  with  French  as  with  English,  and  know  some  German  aul  l  ""h 
«he  large  hotels  frequen'ed  by  tourists,  ana  am  well  suited  with  a  clean  bed  in  some  li.ilp  \^ 
house..  The  average  cost  of  this  U  shown  to  be  less  than  30  c.  «5.5otr  thT^  i  ts^^^^^^^ 
he  whole  COS.  of  .3  days'  al»e„ce  from  Glasgow  was  Uu  whereo.'  ,.3  went  for  t^ns^nati 

If  you  are  surpn.sed  at  such  economy,  let  me  say  that  when  only  twenty  year,  old  I  t^k  a  s^, 
weeks  pedestnal  tour  through  France  and  Belgium  which  cost  only  $31." 

"  Springfield  "  seems  appropriate  as  the  birthplace  and  residence  of  the  only  rider  in   In- 
Und  who  has  contributed  to  my  statistics  :    William  Bowles  (b.  Dec.  8,  .850),  a  country  Eenilr" 
man  livmg  at  Castlemaityr,  20  m.  e.  of  Cork,  and  a  consul  of  the  C.  T.  C      His  renort  to  n 
(July  9,  '85)  reads  thus  :     "  Having  kept  an  accurate  diary  of  my  bicycle  riding  from  'the  ouj,' 
I  can  show  you  a  to'il  mileage  ot  13,202,  divided  by  years  as  follows:     '75    342-  '76    ,24,' 
77,988;  '78,  ,05;  V9,87.;  -So.  ,.2,;  -8,,  ..24;  '82,  ,644;  '^3.  .475;  '8,.  .560'; -85' (up  t,', 
July  9)  865.     You  may  rely  on  the  distances  being  as  accurate  as  it  is  possible  to  make  then, 
Up  to  the  sprmg  of  '83  I  took  them  from  large-scale  maps,  road  books  and  m.  stones,  and  sine- 
the.i  I  have  been  using  Stanton's  bi.  log,  which  I  always  found  correct  when  compared  with  m"^ 
itones  and  Ordnance  Su-ve/  maps.     As  f  car.not  -.»«  a  hub  lamp  with  it,  I  have  lately  eot  a 
K:ng.<.f.the-Road  lamp,  with  Hemu's  cyclom.  attached,  and  I   find  this  perfectly  accurate      I 
am  sure  you  u.ll  have  difficulty  iu  getting  hold  of  another  Irish  bicycist  who  has  been  riding  f„r 
.0  years  and  has  k^pt  such  a  diary  as  mine  from  the  very  start.     This  record  gives  the  names 
of  all  the  places  where  I  rode  each  day,  and  includes  the  following  tours  :    '78    Killarney    ,„ 
n,.  and  Co.  Limerick,  ,78  m.;  '82,  England,  325  m.;  '83.  Scotland,  4.7  m.;  '84,  Connemar^  and 
-western  highlands  of  Ireland,  488  m.     My  average  rate  of  traveling  on  tours  is  44^  m    a  day 
Total  of  separate  roadway  traversed,  about  2250  m.     My  weight  averages   140  lbs.     The  dates 
of  service  of  my  several  machines,  with  mileage,  are  as  follows  :     Sept.    20,    '75,   to  june   13 
'77.-48  in.  Ariel  (Haynes  &  Jeffries,  Coventr>),  20S3  ;  July  20,   '77.   to  Sept.   25,  '78  -50  in' 
Stanley  Head  Excelsior  (Bayliss  &  Thomas,  Coventry),  2237  ;  Oct.  2,  '78.  to  July  5.  '79  -54  in 
Duplex  Excelsior  (Bayliss&  Thomas),  663;  Sept.   29,  '79,   to   Feb.  26, '81,-52  in.  Perfection 
(Gorton,  Wolverhampton),  .562;  May  28, '8,,  to  March   .4. '85.-52  in.    Interchangeable  (Pal- 
mer&Co.,  Birmingham),  5837;  April  6,  to  Julyg,  '85,-5,  ■"•  D.  E.  H.  F.  (Bayliss  &  Thomas) 
865.     My  longest  distance  ridden  in  a   month  (Aug.,  '83)  was  542  m.     Longest  in  a  week  (Aug.' 
22  to  28,  '84),  resting  on  Sunday  and  riding  only  6  days,  315  m.     Longest  in  6  successive  days 
Monday  to  Saturday  (Aug.  6  to  11,  '83),  221  m.     My  longest  in  a  day  was  85  m.  (Sept.  9,  SS),' 
when  I  went  from  Springfield  to  Nenagh,  in  Co.  Tipperary,  vui  Lismore,  Cahir,  Cashel,  Holy- 
cross  and  Borrisoleigh.     On  this  ride  I  took  photographs  on  the  way,  carrying  the  apparatus  in 
knapsack,  as  well  as  a  large  m.  i.  p.  bag  filled  with  clothes.     My  longest  recorded  straightaway 
without  dismount  was  1%  m.,  but  I  may  have  ridden  further,  without  being  aware  of  it,  on  other 
occasions."     Post  cards  of  Sept.  2  and  Nov.  23   report  additional  mileage  of  968i  (raising  the 
'85  record  to  1833!  and  the  total,  for  a  trifle  more  than  10  years,  to   14,170}),  and  I  quote  from 
them  these  final  details.     "  Leaving  Springfield  on  the  13th  of  Aug.,  I   wheeled  to  Waterford, 
and  look  steamer  across  to  Milford.  In  Wales.     I  rode  through  South  Wales,  the  midland  coun- 
ties of  England,  North  Wales  and   back  along  the   w.   coast  of  Wales  to   M.,  where  I  took 
steamer  back  to  W  ,  and  rode  home  on  Aug.  29.  a  tour  of  712  m.     I   rode  every  day  except  the 
a  Sundays,  so  that  the  daily  average  was  ^^\  m.     My  longest  ride  without  dismount  was  from 
Waterford  tc  Dungar\an,  28  m.     t  also  rode  287  m.  between  Aug.  17  and  22,— which  was  66m. 
more  than  my  best  previous  record  for  6  days.     My  total  mileago  for  Aug.  was  765,— or  223  m. 
more  than  my  longest  pre-ious  month's  record  (Aug.,  '8^ '      During  Sept.  and  Oct.  I  only  rode 
94i  m.,  which  makes  the  7  months'  mileage  of  my  present  bicvcle  1833}  m.     I  never  do  muck 
wheeling  in  the  co!d  weather,  but  hope  to  begin  again  next  spring." 

"The  name  ,.f  Harry   Ktherington  (b.  Aug.  27.  1K55)  is  one  known,  and  creditably  known, 


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U)  every  reader  of  the  bicycling  press  in  the  United  Kingdom    and  he  i.  n.nu,n,ii    l 
perhap.  more  bicyclist,  than  any  other  rider."    Thus  spoke  2  A   T         P'^Wx  >«own  to 
•;8).  in  presenting  his  photograph  and  biography  o„"t^Se  ~ge    aSlu  saTr'^.^r "  "' 
o,her  English  wheelman's  name  is  nowsoTm'lfarly  .nowLiX  U^ti  Sut^lf^  '^r  ": 
successful  organizer  of  the  firat  cycling  "  event  "  of  ma«,;,..^.-         i!  "* 

,n  .he  genera,  press  of  America  (nLefy.  the iVrac^rA^cuZi  Sairtrnd""'  T'" 
'79,  when  Waller  made  the  wonderful  run  of  .404  m  in  .0,  hTh-  •       '  ^'"'°"'"'  S^pt- 

country.  Oct.  3,  V,.  as  manager  of  the  pro^^  Ji^rt.!  Keen  xl- 'tT  '°  f'  '"'  ''" 
and  though  this  exhibition-tour  proved  a'failure.  finai^S;  ^:2lr.Ti  r^^lu  ''"?"' 
clers  „  the  whole  Western  hemisphere),  the  renlembrance  or  trad,  o'n  o  t  ITaIT  T 
heartmess  of  .he  welcome  extended  h  ^  on  his  second  visit,  in  'sT  when  he  br^    I,  I  ' 

remarkably  fleet  band  of  -  makers'  amateurs  "  who  swept  off  the  prizes  a  S  S  ."7'  '^ 
ment  of  the  Springfield  B.  C.  and  "  lowerea  the  world's  records  -'  inTnei  „  "l"-     ""^ 

m  order  .0  give  a  thoroughly  friendly  cast  .0  the  notoriety  ZsUedbrhlm  r/a  S  d 
only  one  thmg  was  needed;  and  that  one  want  was  supDlied  bv  ,Z  ^  '"','"  *^^"'"=<:'"d. 
policy  which    a  rival    edito-  adorned    fnr  ,h.  ^"PPl'ed  by  the  curiously  short-sighted 

A.  H.  F,.'s  sagacity,  in  idlf^tT  Lll  ^a^lZTi  Sh  "'  '"T^''™  "  ''•'^'• 
derfully  good  account  of  themselves  in  the  "  ct^^er 1 12 -^  of ThTJ  ?  '',/'T  T""" 
iittled  by  a  dei.ial  ot  accomplished  fact,   this  rival   the  Th  f  k  V   "*'  "'"''^  ""'^  ^  ^ 

claimed  the  theory  (through  the  paper!     '  '   t  eToven.Vrt^^^^^  P- 

be  accepted  as  authentic !     Inasmuch   however  as  the  ^ffl     ,  '"""^  °"S''»  "<"  '» 

..ming  were  more  p«fect  than  at  any  b^r  ™ce  ever  fn  r''"'""''  '°,  ''""'"'  '"°"  '" 
one  of  the  many  hundreds  of  watch  hold. 7=  .  «J"  ""y^^ere  previously  run.  and  as  not 

ared  .0  question  the  r  rtord^dTv^ft^e  f-.ZT^^  '^"')  T  """'"'''  ""^  ""'  -"'- 

siBle  motive  for  raising  the  ,ues.i::raX  lirwrdLV::;c^ 

trusive  practical  result  of  the  rival  edicor's  act  (whether  hew,.  iJ     .  '.    ^' ""=  "">"»  °b- 

a  foothold  to  in  Eneland  and  I  f».„.f  T  '^'"  "nstrumenul  in  giving 

mentioned  arti  "le  b  the  ^^^ij,  '""'"  •'""  ""'"''""^  """-"  f™"  '"e  .Sori 

and  ';..  after  whU  he  jr  ht'^;/;  "'  r^^  T'^"  rl""  '""'"«''  '^'  '^ 
he  took  a  trip  of  87  m.  just  a  fortnight  later  'rid  p-.  ^'"""^  "''  '""^"'  ^"  "'  '«' 
superseded  by  a  54  in    Keen    and  th-  l        '  '^"'^"'^'  "^  '  5°  '"•  AHH.  which  he  soon 

made  ,1,1  the  end  of  '7,.  He'  joLed  ,h"  lL"^"r^-'T'  ""  '''"^''  ="'  "■■*  J°"-«y»  -« 
ers  of  the  Temple  B.  C  (Tan  ^6  'ts  on  vTL  '  '"  "'  '"'^  "*'  "•"  '"  '"*  ««  »«  *<>'"'«»• 
credi.  and  the  club's  advantlee  Thll'I  ^  '  """'^  "*  '"^''^'^  '"''  "^"K  '"  »•»  <"" 
.  m.  race  of  his  club  ('""'';)  Z^2tTT"lT'  ""''  ''^  """  '"'  ">'"*  •='»-  '•»  *• 
ridden  through  North  Waes  Dershire  v'  wT  '  r""  ""'•"'^  =  ''"'•  "  »  «-"'»-  »>•  »«• 
.-ish  county  except  Cornll Un  Kh  'mll^^^^^^  His  .  "'"'I;"": '  ■"''  '"  ''«'  '^'^  ^- 
Pany  with  Mr.  Meyer,  the  Temple  BcTh,"  His  longest  day's  ride  (May.  '„,,  in  com- 
and  Undon.  ,56  m  i;  rV*  h  This  w«  ^J'7"'"','«»  ^"^  Oc)ch^m  to  Portsmouth.  Brighton 
corresponding  day  in  '^^e  ma^e  T  z  m '  d"  I "'  ."*"""""  ^'°"''  "'''•  -"  ""  «»«. 
never  had  a'fall'fr»«  Ws  ,T„  :h  thoueh  7  h  t""'  •"■"  ""^-"■^"^  "■'^'"-  "'  "- 
ranged,  and  successf^y^.^^J^Tll:^''-;:-^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


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the  idea  and  labor  of  collecting  and  acknowledging  the  '  Bicyclists'  Indian  Famine  Fund ' 
(;£i39)  *"«  also  his;  while  another  proof  of  his  business  aptitude  was  shown  in  the  punctual 
carrying  out  of  last  June's  Temple  races,  in  spite  of  71  entries,  and  in  the  achievement  (per- 
haps  the  first  time  on  record  in  such  an  aSair)  of  a  financial  ..uccess.  The  club  testified  their 
appreciation  by  presenting  him  with  a  handsome  watch  and  chain  (valued  at  ^39),  at  their  re- 
cent annual  dinner,  when  he  announced  his  retirement  from  active  bicycling  affairs,  to  enter 
his  own  account  into  comt.iercial  life."  Repeated  requests  from  me  caused  hiin  to  promise 
(Mar.  10,  '85),  "  I  am  just  about  doing  a  young  history  of  my  past  for  your  book  ";  but  he 
never  really  wrote  it,  and  it  was  not  until  the  end  of  the  year  that  he  even  so  much  as  supplied 
me  wi-.h  the  Di.  Tinus  sketch,  accompanying  which  were  a  few  written  details  nhich  I  now 
quote  :  "  In  these  days,  my  riding  is  principally  on  a  Humber  Undem  with  y  wife,  though  I 
sometimes  take  to  the  road  on  a  bike  with  the  boys.  The  sportsman's  exhibition,  annually  hcxi 
in  Agricultural  Hall,  was  my  idja  and  has  bian  managed  for  four  years  as  an  acceptable  feature 
of  the  spring  season.  It  was  in  '80  that  I  started  the  IVkeel  IVorU,  with  G.  Lacy  Hillier;  ran 
it  with  great  success  for  18  mos.,  then  sold  it  well  to  Iliffe  &  Son,  and  contracted  an  agreement 
to  publish  it  and  the  Cyclut  at  thei'  offices,  152  Fleet  St.,  for  the  London  district.  I  did  well  by 
both  journals,  but  in  May,  '84,  dissolved  all  connection  with  the  Iliffes,  aiic  started  the  weekly 
Wheeling,  with  W.  MacWilliam.  He  orithdren,  on  friendly  terms,  in  Oct.,  and  I  ran  the  paper 
a^one  t-!!  Jan.  i,  '85,  when  I  secured,  as  joint  editor,  Tom  Moore,  of  the  Bi.  News."  A  year 
later,  another  important  change  was  made,— the  editorship  being  entrusted  to  W.  McCandlish 
and  F.  Percy  Low,  in  ord:r  that  the  proprietor  might  devote  all  his  energy  to  iu  business  inter- 
ests, — the  weekly  circulation  being  now  advertised  as  10,000  copies. 

"The  best  adtertising  medium  is  the  Cyclut,  with  a  circulation  of  over  30,000  copies  per 
month,  or  more  than  3  times  that  of  any  other  wheel  publication."  Such  is  the  statement  of 
the  latest  Ictter-head  coming  to  me  (Dec,  '85)  from  the  Coventry  office  of  that  old-established 
wsekly  journal,  whose  sub-title  is"  bicyc'ing  and  tricycling  trades'  review,"  and  whose  chief 
appeal  for  support,  if  I  rightly  interpret  its  ideal,  is  addressed  to  the  heavy-respectable  element, 
— tha  more  solid  (not  to  say  stolid)  section  of  the  English  cycling  fraternity.  As  may  be  seen 
by  consulting  my  final  chapter,  "  Literature  of  the  Wheel,"  its  editor,  Henry  Sturmey  (b.  Feb. 
aS),  is  author  and  compiler  of  several  standard  hand-books  on  the  subject,  and  I  suppose  he  may 
be  fairly  called  the  most  authori'ative  newspaper  writer  in  the  worid,  as  regards  the  practical 
mechanics  of  wheeling.  It  pleases  me,  therefore,  to  learn  that  his  thorouL-ligoing  experience 
with  all  sorts  and  sizes  of  cycles  has  brou-ht  him  to  the  same  conclusion  which  I  myself  (know- 
ing nothing  and  caring  nothing  about  the  relative  mechanical  advantages  of  different  makes) 
reached  by  simply  buying  a  46  in.  bicycle  and  pjshing  it  10,000  m.  He  thinks,  as  I  -lo,  that 
the  only  appreciable  element  of  danger  in  the  case  arises  from  the  vanity  of  mankind,  in  refus- 
ing to  seek  comfort  and  security  on  an  ordinary  bicycle  "  which  is  three  or  four  inches  under- 
size."  Instead  of  this,  ihcy  are  "continually  clamoring  for  close-build  and  hiph-position,  to 
enable  them  to  ride  as  big  wheels  as  they  can  possibly  stretch.  But  it  is  impossible  to  obtain 
either  enjoyment  or  safety  thus,  and,  as  a  consequence,  the  machines  get  the  blame  for  having 
b'pn  bni't  too  generally  on  pretty  but  unsafe  lines."  My  quotation  is  from  his  summing  up 
(Oct.,  '85)  of  a  lont;  discussion,  carried  on  by  correspondents  of  the  Cyclist,  as  to  the  compara- 
tive advanta^s  of  the  different  types  of  cycles ;  and  I  condense  his  final  words  thus  :  "  There 
is  no  sinjtie  form  of  cyck  that  will  suit  the  wants  of  every  one,  but  each  particular  type  is  ihe 
risrht  thine  when  in  the  right  place.  As  an  all-weather  vehicle,  the  tri.,  perhaps,  is  best;  and 
for  use  where  parcels  have  to  be  carried,  as  well  as  for  traffic  riding,  it  stands  to  the  fore.  But 
it  is  heavy  and  cumbersome  and  slow,  compared  with  its  confrhrts,  and  is  not  by  any  means  so 
free  from  danger  as  some  would  make  it,  thouirh  with  care  it  is  as  safe  as  a  horse  aiid  trap,  and 
probably  safer.  The  speed  that  has  been  obtained  on  the  road  by  noted  tri.  riders  has  in  some 
cas<-s  surpassed  that  of  riders  on  the  bi.,  but  such  riders  in  all  cases  have  been  exceptini:al  ones, 
with  machines  highly  geared  and  very  different  in  weight  from  those  supplied  to  the  ordinary 
customer.  The  safety  bi.  (so  called)  is  suitable  for  traffic  riding ;  such,  for  instance,  as  short, 
quick  business  t-alls.     It  is  easily  stowed  away,  aud  can  be  ridden  slowly  in  a  crowded  street,  or 


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brought  lustantly  to  a  dead  «op.  On  the  other  hand,  in  the  majority  of  ^eared-up  machines 
the  side-.lip  on  greasy  roadi  introduces  an  element  of  danger  that  is  totally  absent  from  the  tri' 
and  ordinary  bi.  All  things  considered,  we  believe  that  the  bicycle  proper,  when  sensibly  built 
15  no  more  dangerous  than  any  other  fom.  of  velocipede  m  the  hands  of  a  careful  and  experi- 
-nced  rider;  and  that  for  general,  what  might  be  termed  light,  riding,  that  is.  without  luggage, 
it  will  never  be  wrested  from  txipular  favor." 

Of  course,  whoever  attempts  to  deliver  an  opinion  as  an  expert  on  k  subject  where  so  many 
competing  business-interesu  are  concern^  must  expect  to  have  his  impartiality  cr.lled  in  ques- 
lion  oy  those  to  whom  his  opinion  is  unfavorable.     I  do  not  pretend  to  say  that  this  writer  is 
never  unfair  or  ill-informed,-for  his  specialty  is  one  whereof  I  am  profoundly  ignorant      I 
only  insist  that,  as  a  specialist,  his  opinion  is,  in  so  far  forth,  worthy  of  respect ;  and  that  I  am 
not  aware  of  the  existence  of  any  other  vnjter  who  appears  to  be  so  well-equipped  for  this  par- 
ticular sort  of  instruction,  or  to  labor   under  stronger   obligations  for  imparting  it   honestly  to 
the  public.     At  the  same  time,  there  seems  justice  in  the  censure  which  has  been  pronounced 
a^amst  him  for  ignoring  the  American  Star.-the  type  of  safety  bi.  which  has  incomparably  the 
widest  acceptance  in  this  country.-since,  as  a  distinctively  Yankee  notion,  it  dti-erves  extend-d 
trial  and  Jescription  at  the  hands  oi  any  one  who  professes  to  treat  exhaustively  of  wheeling 
mechanisms.     Mr.  S.  was  one  of  my  earliest   subscribers  in    England ;  and  his  expressions  of 
friendly  interest  in  my  scheme,  both  by  printed  paragraphs  in  the  Cyclut  and  by  private  letters, 
did  much  to  encourage  me  in  ih-  belief  that  it  mife'.it  be  so  shaped  as  to  command  some  degree 
of  attention  in  that  country.     I  am  told  that  he  was  a  schoolmaster  before  the  days  of  cycling 
journalism,  and  I  regret  my  inability  to  wheedle  from  him  more  biographical  detaiU  than  these 
few  conuined  in  his  letter  to  me  of  Mar.  ,9,  '84  :    "  We  have  no  authentic  account  of  men  who 
have  ndden  10,000  m.  in  England,  but  I  do  not  think  there  can  be  less  than  5000  or  ;o,ooo  of 
them,  and  their  num^r  is  probably  very  much  larger.     I  send  you  herewith  a  copy  of  our  last 
two  tabulated  lists,    jntaining  the  records  of  men  who  have  ridden  too  m.  within  the  day,  up  to 
Dec,  '81,  and  I  hope  to  publish  the  records  for  the  past  two  seasons  in  a  few  weeks.     I  cannot 
give  you  any  information  concerning  the  largest  number  of  separate  m.  of  roadway  covered  by 
any  individual  rider,  neither  can   I  say  who   has   ridden   the  longest  straightaway  distances  in 
Great  Britain,  beyond  the  3  or  4  riders  from  Land's  End  to   John  O'Groat's  and  vice  verm.     I 
should  say  the  longest  straightaway  tour  taken  in  Europe  must  be  that  of  A.  M.  Bolton,  who 
has  published  his  experience  in  a  book  entitled  '  Over  the  Pyrenees  ' ;  though  there  may  very 
likely  be  several  riders  who  have  exceeded  his   distanc-s,  yet  kept  their  light  under  ?.  bushel. 
With  regard  to  my  own  riding,  I  usually  cover  about  1000  m.  in  the  course  of  business  ;  and,  as 
I  have  but  little  time,  and  do  not  care  to  ride  on  Sundays,  my  score  is  not  great ;  but   I   reckon 
to  cover  about  3000  m.  yearly,  and  think  I  have  done  this  for  the  past  8  years,  which  would  give 
about  23,000  to  24,000  m.  as  my  sum  total,  without  counting  the  eariier  days  of  the  sport,  when 
I  did  little  more  th^tn  potter  about,  around  the  home  district.     I  think  many  of  our  older  riders 
have  covered  co' .jiderably  more  than  50,000  m." 

The  full-l.ngth  engraving  of  a  helmeted  bicycler,  equipped  for  a  tour,  which  is  impres.sed 
upon  the  par  er  cover  of  "  Over  the  Pyrenees,"  is  said  to  b-;  a  fairiy  recognizable  likeness  of  ttie 
author,  Alf.ed  M.  Boiton,  who  was  bom,  my  informant  added,  not  eariier  than  1864.  Mr.  B.'s 
own  letter  to  me  (Apr.  24,  '84)  reads  thus  :  "To  save  my  life,  I  could  n't  answer  your  questions, 
as  I  've  never  kept  a  record  of  the  required  facts.  I  began  bicycling  about  8  years  ago,  and 
have  ridden  about  u  different  machines,  but  I  cannot  say  what  my  total  mi'eage  mav  be.  As 
my  holidays  are  limited,  I  never  made  a  tour  of  more  than  800  m.;  though,  besides  vis  ng  most 
parts  of  England  and  a  portion  of  Scotland,  I  have  traveled  by  bicycle  in  France,  Germany, 
Holland,  Belgium,  Switzerland,  Spain,  Italy,  Norway  and  Sweden.  I  send  herewith  a  copy  ,  ' 
•  Over  the  Pyrenees  :  a  bicyclist's  adventures  among  the  Spaniards,'  which  was  issjed  some  time 
Jince  and  sold  well.  I  have  also  published,  as  a  weekly  supplement  to  the  Bt.  Ne7vs,  '  The 
Rocky  North,  a  summer's  holiday  among  the  fjelds,  fjords  and  fosses  of  Norway,  including  a 
dash  through  Sweden,'  and  there  will  ?oo;i  appear,  in  a  similar  manner,  '  My  Pilgrimage  to 
Rome,  or  three  weeks  among  the  Italians.'  "     Not  unlike  the  foregoing  for  indefiniteness,  was 


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55C  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

the  reporttcnt  me  Aug.  a4.  '85,  by  Ch.rles  Howard  (b.  Dec.,  185,),  whom  I  naturally  exuect.d 
U  the  author  of  a  sta:,darH  ttatittical  work  on  Engli.h  road»,  to  be  poueiMd  of  an  elaborii ' 
•heeling  biography,  ready  at  hand  :    "  Strange  ai  you  may  think  it,  I  've  never  kept  anaccoun! 
of  my  nding,  *hich  began  about  Vs-     I  cresume  it  would  average  about  2000  m.  a  year  —« 
total  of  aj,ooo,— but  I  should  not  put  my  separate  roadway  as  more  than  6000  m.,  or  even  tjll 
m.     My  brother  Alfred  has  a  larger  separate  mileage  th.-\n  mine.     I  know  a  g^  portion"^ 
the  roads  in  the  mid'ind  counties  as  far  as  Uncashire  and  Yorkshire,   and  the  western  and 
southwestern  as  far  as  Wihs  and  Dorset.     Surrey  f  know  well,  both  main  roads  and  by-road, 
and  I  have  ndden  over  the  greater  \xax  of  Kent  and  Sussex.     I   prefer,  as  a  rule,  to  leave  the 
beaten  track  and  explore  cut-of-thc-way  comers,- never  being  deterret:  by  a  bit  of  bad  road"^ 
recessiuting  the  use  of  shaiiks's  pony.     I  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  bone-shaker  in  '69  or 
'70,  and  remember  I  was  ambitious  to  have  one.  for  the  purpose  of  riding  to  and  from  school 
(some  20  m.  from  Manchester)  at  the  end  of  each  week  ;  but  as  the  roads  there  are  unfavo.able 
I   afterwards  abandoned  the  notion.     As   regards    my   books,  '  The   Roada  of   England  and 
Wale.'  was  published  in  'Sa.  ..t  ed.  in  June  at  js.  6d.;  ad   e.i  in  Aug.  at  5s..  which  has  been 
the  price  ever  smce.  except  that  with  map  it  is  6s.     Third  ed.   appeared  in  May.  '83,  and  4th 
ed.  m  May.  '84.     The  pagrs  have  remained  the  same  in  number  (423),  although  some  c'onsidera 
ble  corrections  have  been   introduced.     Part    I.    of  '  The    Route   Hook'   was  published  about 
April,  '85.     It  comprises  southern  England  (south  of  London  and  Bristol)  and  sells  at  is     The 
other  two  parts  will  be   ready  early  in '86.     Part    II.  shows  middle   England  and  Wales,  and 
Part  III.  northern  England.     1  am  now  engaged   in  writing  and  passing  through  the  press  a 
Cycl.s-'s  Itinerary  of  .Scotland.' which   will   be   publisheJ  at   is.  and  contain  about  200  pp 
One  feature  of  it  will  be  the  heifihts  of  the  road  at  various  points,  to  show  the  gradients." 

Robert  EdwaAl  Phillips  (b.  luly  30.  .855),  consulting  engineer  and  patent  agent,  at  Royal 
Courts  Chambers,  70,  ^^  and  72  Chancery  Lane,   thus  reports  to  me.  Sept.  i6.  '85  •    "  I  was 
elected  a  graduate  of  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  Enginc-rs  in  '79  and  a  member  of  the  same 
m  8a.     I  commenced  with  the  bicycle  in  '72  and  have  ridden  consistently  ever  since,  but  have 
never  kept  statistics  of  mileage.     I  can  safely  be  put  at  not  less  than  looo  m.  a  year,  and  I  have 
traveled  over  the  greater  part  of  England  and  the  north  of  the  continent.     In  business.  I  devote 
myself  particularly  to  cycling  patents,  for  I  have  made  the  construction  of  machines  a  special 
•tudy,  and  am  now  considered  a  leading  authority  on  these  matters.      My  first  work  was  a  table 
giving  description  of  every  existing  machir.-  in  the  market,  published  in  the  '  Bicyclist's  Pocket 
Book  of  '79.'     In  '80,  this  was  enlarged  info   t  pamphlet  entitled  'The  Bicyclist's  Guide  to 
Machmes  and  Makers'     In  '8..  I  published  '  The  Cyclist's  Pocket  Road  Guides."  which  have 
proved  very  pooular.   being  now   in   their   3d   ed.     The  year  '8j  saw  the  publication  of  my 
pamphlet.  '  Things  a  Cyclist  Ought  to  Know.'  which  has  had  an  unpaiallelca  circulation,  for  I 
•mnow  selling  the  4tli  ed.  (25th  thousand).     The  price  o<:  tiiis  is  only  a  penny,  nnd  it  co.ild  not  be 
produced  at  that  low  late  except  for  the  advertisements.     Let  me  assure  you  that  no  cycling 
book  in  England  can  pay  on  its  circuUf       alone.     I  've  acted  as  my  own  publisher  for  these  lit- 
tle works  because  I  could  find  no  one  el      enterprising  enough  to  undertake  them.     At  present. 
I  am  preparing  for  the  press  a  'Complete  Abridgment  of  all  Sijecifications  relating  to  Veloci- 
pedes,' from  the  earliest  enrolled  to  the  end  of  '83.     This  will  be  completely  indexed,  and  will 
prove  invaluable  to  all  connected  with  the  rrade.      Besides,  I  ha"e  written  and  read  a  paper  be- 
fore the  Institution  of  Mechanical   Engineers  on  '  The  Construction  of  Modem  Cycles,'  which 
has  been  pronounced  to  be  a  most  exhaustive  article.     I  have  invented  and  patented  several  im- 
provements in  cycles,  which  are  largely  used  in  this  country,  such  as  the  combination  rubbe^and 
rat-trap  pedal,  the  long  centered  Stanley  head,  the  safetvgrip  pedal,  the  present  method  of  sus- 
pending hub  lamps  or.  self-contained  bearings,  the  combination  bell,  and   the  handy  luggage 
carrier.     I    have   been   a   member   of   the  C.  1.  C.   and  of  the  N.  C.  U.  from    their  early 
dates  and  sit  on  the  council  of  each."     A  November  circular  from   Iliffe  &  Son  explains  that 
they  are  to  rublish  Mr.  P.'s  book  on  patents  as  soon  as  100  subscriptions  are  en-olled  at  £,1  is.; 
that  the  price  will  afterwards  be  advanced,  and  that  "  no  advertisements  will  be  admitted  toil." 
Geo.  Soudon  Bridgman  (b.  Feb.  m,  1839),  a.rhitec:  and  surwyor  at  Pai^jnton,  writes  to  me. 


liRJTlsn  AND  COLONIAL   HKCO/iDS.  551 

S  Irt.  b,  -85  :  <•  I  un  ore  of  the  very  earliest  ride-i  here,  having  imported  t  boneshaker  from 
i-AXM,  15  or  16  jtnn  once,  and  I  hope  to  ride  the  bi.,  if  all  goes  well,  until  I  am  50  at  least. 
Ijm  year,  I  took  a  900  m.  tour  on  this  little  Uland;  and  last  month  I  again  went  o/T  soma 
hundred  m.,  on  a  tandem,  with  my  son ;  and  the  enjo  .ent  is  sUII  on  the  increase."  Another 
subscriber,  S.  Colder,  of  Coventry,  sends  me  this  incident :  "  On  a  rainy  Sunday,  in  July,  '8a, 
when  I  rode  from  Brixton  homeward,  iia  m.,  my  58  in.  had  3  spokes  out  of  the  front  wheel  at 
siarting,  and  3  more  came  out  before  the  journey's  end,  yet  all  the  rest  were  tight  and  the  wheel 
true,  and  showed  no  signs  of  jiving  way.  I  have  several  times  rnlden  more  than  100  m.  in  a 
day  of  I]  or  13  h.,  and,  a  while  ago,  1  did  some  long  disunces  without  dismoun; ;  but  I  cannot 
just  now  put  hands  on  the  papers  conuiuing  the  details."  To  this  I  add  the  memorandum  of 
whai  a  young  New  Yorker,  Geo.  Thaddeus  Stevens (b.  Apr.  14,  ,865),  told  me  concerning. 
private  race  of  100  m.,  Bath  to  London  (Hammersmith),  in  which  he  competed  with  two  En- 
glish acquaintances,  June  27,  •?4,  riding  a  44  in.  K  umber  tri..  geared  to  60  in.  and  weighing  44 
lbs.  The  race  was  won  in  loj  h.,  he  himself  doing  the  100  m.  in  11  h.,  ending  at  6  p  w  , 
itiough  he  ro  >  13  m.  before  the  start  and  15  m.  to  Surbiton  afterwards,  making  1J7  for  the  day.' 
His  stops  amounted  to  about  i  h.,  and  his  longest  stay  in  the  saddle  was  as  m.,  though  he  had 
kept  it  for  36  m.  on  another  occasion. 

Though  my  own  straighuway  ride  of  1400  m.  in  '83  (pp.  a94-35o)  was  known  to  me  at  the 
time  as  being  twice  or  thrice  the  length  of  any  previous  performance  of  the  sort  in  America   I 
had  no  suspicion  of  its  being  a  "  worid's  record,"  until  my  correspondence  with  the  best-i'n-  • 
lom.ed  long^listance  men  of  England  (whom  I  asked  to  secure  for  me  details  of  the  longer 
lours  th.it  I  assumed  had  been  Uken  in  Europe)  gave  united  testimony,  which  I  have  printed  in 
this  chap.er,  that  no  continuous  trail  so  long  as  mine  had  ever  been  heard  of  there.    The  near- 
est  suggestion  to  anything  of  the  sort  which  the  most  dUigent  efforts  on  my  part  have  been  able 
to  unearth,  was  contained  in  the  following  paiagraph,  cut  for  me  by  a  friend  from  an  American 
newspaper  of  '83,  which  accredited  it  to  a  London  literary  weekly  the  Examiner :    "  The  value 
of  the  velocipede  or  bicycle  as  a  means  of  personal  transport  has  been  well  shown  by  the  ride 
across  Europe  of  Ivan  Zmertych,  who  left  London  on  the  7th  or  8th  of  June  and  rode  to  Dover. 
From  Ostend  he  started  on  the  10th,  and,  after  a  journey  of  1500  m.,  over  bad  roads  in  Delgium 
and  good  roads  in  Germany,  he  reached  Pesth  on  the  30th.     Thus  he  accomplished  about  80  m. 
each  day,  in  spite  of  some  wet  weather  and  vithout  any  mishap  to  himself  or  bicycle."     Having 
besought  the  good  offices  of  "  Faed,"  to  search  the  files  of  the  cycling  press  for  some  further 
particulars  of  the  case,  I  received  this  reply,  Dec.  14,  '85  :    "  I  have  been  unable  to  trace  any 
details  of  ths  nde  you  enquire  about ;  but  the  London  editor  of  the  Cyclist,  C.  W.  Nairn,  tells 
me  that  the  rider  viras  a  young  Magyar,  temporarily  residing  in  London,  and  at  the  time  a  mem- 
ber of  one  of  our  southern  suburban  clubs.     I  should  think  that  you  might  safely  ignor*  the 
item  altogether,  as  at  that  period  i^urists  often  took  the  train  without  mentioning  it,  and  the  dis- 
tance IS  not  at  all  well  authenticated."     My  letter  of  enquiry,  which  I  forwarded  to  Pesth  (Nov 
.6,  directed  to  Mr.  Z.,   "or  to  any  officer  of  the  bicycle  club  "),  finally  reached  th*  hands  of  L. 
D.  Kostoviti,  C.  T.  C.  consul  of  Budapest  (p.  481),  who  happened  to  know  of  him  is  residing 
at  Pressburg,  and  who  duly  sent  the  letter  thither,  notifying  me  of  the  fact,  Dec.  10.    There- 
»pon,  Dec.  28,  I  sent  a  second  appeal  to  Mr.  Z.,  at  Pressburg,  asking  for  at  least  a  post  card,  to 
confirm  or  to  correct  the  newspaper  statement,  and" to  inform  me  whether  the  trail  were  continu- 
ous ;  but  no  response  has  yet  arrived  (Feb.  10). 

Better  success  attended  my  efforts  to  reach  the  root  of  a  story,  vridely  copied  in  the  autumn 
of  84.  and  accredited  to  the  Hamlmrfr  ffews,  which  «iid  :  "  Hugo  Barthol,  a  native  of  Saxony, 
recently  completed  a  bicycle  journey  of  2800  m.  ini .  weeks.  He  rode  from  Gera  to  Naples,  go- 
ing  down  the  w.  coast  of  Italy  and  covering  the  whole  length  of  the  e.  coast  on  his  return.  He 
twice  accomplished  the  difficult  task  of  crossing  the  Apennines.  He  remained  from  3  to  6  dcy- 
•n  the  larger  cities.  The  feat  is  the  most  remarkable  on  record."  The  implication  of  tl 
rar^graph  is  that  the  tourist  made  a  continuous  circuit,  whereas  he  in  fact  resorted  thrice  i^ 
:n.ns  and  once  to  steam-r,  -his  whole  distance  by  wheel  being  3700  kilometers  ;  hv  rail  fi,o  k'  - 
a  total  of  4<29  k.,  or  2750  m.     His  bicycle  .rail  se^ms  to  have  been   unbroken  from  Cera'fo 


552  "ViA'  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Naples,  and  was  thus  probably  the  longest  straightaway  laid   down  in   Eiiroi>e  until  Th , 
Stevens  marked  a  much  longer  one.  Dieppe  to  Consuntinople,  in  the  oarly  summer  of  'St  (n  "slT 
blevens's  previous  trail  o£  3700  ni.  across  America  was  ...mpleted  at  Boston  on  the  verv  d 
when  Barthol  was  forced  to  take  train  alongside  the  Adriatic.     His  tour  as  a  whole  ranked 
to  that  of  Stevens  for  more  than  a  year ;  and  it  still  ranks  as  the  third  longest  known  ,  ""' 
record,-tl>e  second  place  having  been  held,  since  Oct.,  '85,  by  the  3000  m.  nde  of  HuJhT 
High  (p.  484).     1  am  indebted  to  the  C.  T.  C.  consul  at  Berlin.  T.  H.  S.  Walker  (editor  of  th 
fortnightly  Kad/akrer.  .8  Krausen  »t.,  W.),  for  the  following  abstract  of  the  manu^ript  report 
which  Mr.  li.,  who  IS  an  acquaintance  of  his,  sent  in  at  my  request  (June  2,  '85)  though  it  was 
not  published  in  his  paper.     "  He  tirst  conceived  the  idea  of  riding  to  Italy  after  makL  a  Irio 
through  (lermany  and  Holland  (May  .  to  Jun*  14,  '82),  but  could  not  carry  it  out  until  2  yrs  Uter 
A,s  an  ordinary  m.  i.  p.  bag  did  not  suffice  to  hold  enough  things  for  a  ij  weeks'  trip,  he  al^,  car 
ried  a  bundle  on  the  handle-bar,  the  weight  of  both  being  28  lbs.     He  rode  a  56  in.  Howe  weigh 
ing  45  lbs.,  and  his  own  weight  was  151,  making  a  total  of  224.     He  left  Gera  at  6  a.  m.  on'the  8lh 
of  June,  and  rode  as  far  as  Auma.     The  night's  resting-places  after  that  were  as  follows  •    9th 
Saalfeld;  loth,  Meiningen  ;   nth,  Fulda ;   ijth,  Frankfort;   13th,  Mainz;  (14th,  visited  Nied,'/ 
wall  monument);   15th,  Mannheim;   .8th,  Strasbourg  (t/;i.  Heidelberg  and  Speier) ;  20th   Fre. 
bourg ;  27A,  Basle ;  23d,    Schaffhausen ;  24th,   Constance ;  2Sth,   Zurich.     He   found  all  the 
roads  very  good  in  Switzerland,  and  at  Z.  he  met  a  friend,  whom  he  persuaded  to  accompany 
.him  to  Italy.     After  a  short  stay  at  Z.,  they  rode  over  the  St.  Gothard,  arriving  on  the  lyih  at 
Airolo;  30th  at  Bronico ;  and  July  ,st  at  Milan,  which  they  left  on  3d,  and  reached  Turin  on 
the  4th      They  rode  over  high  mountain  ridges  (6th  and  7th)  to  Genoa  ;  left  on  9th   via  Si>ejia 
and  Pisa,  reaching  Florence  on  .2th  ;  left  on  .fith,  and  after  hard  ride  got  to  Rome  on  the  20th 
This  was  a  stretch  Where  there  were  many  steep  hills  and  where  no  water  was  to  be  had  for  dis! 
tancesof  20  m.     Under  intense   heat,  they  found  great  relief   by  wearing  nvc.  cloths  on  their 
heads.     After  a  day's  rest,  they  rode  over  the  Albanian  Hills  and  were  obliged,  on-  night  to 
encamp  in  the  midst  of  the  Pontine  marshes.     On  the  26th  they  reached  Capua  at  10  a  m  'on 
the  27th  rode  into  Naples,  the  objective  point  of  the  tour.     Six  days  were  spent  in  visiting'the 
islands  of  Sochia  and  Capri,  also  Pompeu  and  Vesuvius.     Then,  Aug.  2,  they  rode  to  Crotto 
and  caused  here  such  excitement  that  loeo  people  collected  around  the  house  they  stopped  at 
Foggio  was  reached  on  the  3d,  and  they  then  took  the  wrong  track  and  got  to  Serra  Capriola  on 
the  Adiiatic,  where,  as  the  road  came  to  an  end,  they  had  to  take  train  to  Pescara      Thence 
they  wheeled  along  the  coast  to  Ancona,  7th;  Rimini,  9th;  and  Bologna,  ..th;  taking  train 
therefor  Venice,  on  account  of  exhaustion  from  the  intense  heat,  although  their  riding  had 
mostly  been  done  by  night.     Here  B.'s  friend  left  him,  and  he  himself  on  the  i6th  took  steamer 
to  Trieste.     On  the  i7th,herode  to  Miramarc  and  back,  ?nd  on  the  i8th  leftT.  fora6  days'  ride 
through  Kamhia,  Stiermark  and  over  the  Semmering  to  Vienna,  on  the  23d.     Thence  (m  the 
28th,  because  of  bad  weather,  he  took  train  to  Prague.     He  rode  <  ver  the  Era  mountaii,.  to 
Chemnitz  (Germany)  on  the  30th,  and  arrived  at  his  home  in  Ronneburg  near  Gera,  on  the  jist 
at  5  p.  .M.     He  afterwards  suffered  severely  from  intermittent  fever. "    The  accompanying  photo- 
graph (from  Oscar  Vogel  in  Ronneburg)  shows  a  beardless  youth,  in  eye-glasses,  standing  beside 
a  mud  bespattered  bi.,  which  is  loaded  down  fore  and  aft,  with  big,  ungainly  bags.     He  wears  a 
round  hat,  apparently  of  felt,  surmounting  a  hand.'ierchief,  which  extends  over  his  head  and  neck, 
and  his  riding  jacket  looks  very  much  like  a  peasant's  frock. 

A  vague  paragraph  which  was  afloat  in  the  American  pii>ers  of  Sept.,  '85,  said  that  "a 
Frenchman  nameuGuyhas  recently  accomplished  a  3  weeks'  trip  of  1400  m.  on  his  bicycle,  his 
average  rate  being  80  m.  a  Jay."  More  definite  than  this  was  the  Cyclist's  report  (July  8,  '85,  p. 
933)  of  the  "  magnificent  performance  "  of  P.  Rousset  (b.  1835),  of  Bordeaux,  president  of  the 
V^loce  Club  Bordelais,  who  "  started  at  6  A.  m.,  June  28,  to  accomplish  400  kilom.  (300  m.)  in  28 
h.  The  previous  day's  rain  had  made  the  road  very  wet  and  heavy  as  far  a-,  Castres.  F.  D? 
Civr/  and  H.  O.  Duncan  accompanied  him  from  Laprade  to  Marmande,  and  there  awaited  his 
return.  A  little  beyond  M., he  was  delayed  \  h.  in  getting  his  tri.  carted  across  a  flooded  road, 
but  the  surface  then  improved,  and  he  reached  the  turning  point  (200  k.)  well  inside  time.     The 


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BRITISH  AXD  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  553 

mght  •*«  calm,  .nd  the  moon  made  the  path  as  clear  a,  day.  On  getting  back  to  M  .  abont  4 
c  Clock,  he  appeared  fresh  and  made  no  delay,  and  during  the  last  h.  of  the  24  he  rode  2>1  k 
nukmg  a  total  of  „4  k.  (,65*  m.)  and  beating  by  .5  k.  the  best  previous  French  record  which 
wa,  h.s  own.  He  continued  on.  and.  though  the  roa.«s  were  in  an  awful  state.  con-,..cted  the 
400  k.  .n  a3  h.  I  mu..  rie  rode  a  Cnpper  semi-r-.cer  (50  lbs.,  Marriott  &  Cooper),  the  same  on 
which  De  C.vry  won  the  champ.on.h.p  of  France,  the  previous  Sunday.  His  performance 
se  Mn,  the  more  .  ston.shing,  because  of  his  being  almost  50  years  old  and  somewhat  stout  "  I 
msert  an  earlier  allusion  to  him  {Bi.  World,  A.g.  a,,  '84)  :     '•  P.  Roussef.  tri.  record  of  a88  k 

'"  ■"!  ;  u"  "°*  !*""  '^'""  ^''  ^'"''''  <"  ^'^'f  "^'  "'  ^""'  *''°  '«»«  »  r.»r  double^river  tri' 
,05  ^.  (ab^.t  .89i  m.)  July  i6.»  With  this  may  be  compared  what  is  said  to  be  (I^JUe/  Jan  8 
v.,  the  best  ,,  h.  nde  in  Holland  :  "  Kmil  Kiderlen,  of  Delfsl.aven,  a  village  near  Kot'te^^m 
recently  rod.  ,  b:.ycle  fro.n  R.  t .  Leeuwarden,  in  „  h.  35  min.,  inclusive  of  stoppages,  the  dis! 

'■'T  "  TT!:'^'  "^'"^  "'  '"•"  ^''"""'^'  '  "'"""^  paragraph  of  iH-c..  '85,  accredits  the 
2,  h.  record  of  Germany  to  "  M.  Josee  Kohont,  of  the  Cesky  Klub  Velocipedis.s,  who  recently 
covered  J48  m.  m  21^  h.  actual  riding  time."  ^ 

(»  W«,r.  Oct.  22.  '85),      for  J.  E.  Robinson  Tagart,  of  Facile  fame,  whose  aggregate  for  the 
year  up  toj^„e  u.  over  7500  m..  on    Thursday   last  covered  at  leas.  „<  m.  in  74  h      Leaving 
Hyde  Park  •  „ri,er  at  m.dn.ght.  he  wheeled  through  St.  Albans,  a.,o  a.  m..  Ampthill,  4.  .5  A.  m 
<f-.  .n   H.^rpenden),  ^.ce^.er,  .0  a.  m..    Nottingham,    ..45  p.  „.,  Grantham,  ^.50  P.  m  .  Nor- 
P.U.SL.OSS,  8^jo  p.  M.,  Alconbury.  .o.ij   p.  m.,  and  back  to  Norman's  Cross."     ;KW«^', 
n,eda.sfo:r,ders  oft.e  facne  ;.. '8,."  were  awarded   thus,-,he  numerals  ..i«nifying  day's 
mileage  :     J    H.  Adams.  266i  (Oct.   4.  record  for  24  h.);    P.  A.  Nix,  234;    E.  OxboL!,  234. 
A.  K  Lngle heart,224,  C^  Lloyd,  2ooi  ;    H.  Crook,  2«,4  ;  S.W.  Reynolds,  206;  W.  Brown,  206; 
W    E.  H.  LWd.2ooi;  B.  ,,allander,  300:  .    H.  R.  Goodwin.  ,64 •,  R.  W.  McDonald,  ,62;  A 
Fe.M,.  ,30  =   t.  W.  GMerncv,  .jj-     Additional  .old  medals  were  awarded  for  these  three  social 
perfonnance.  :  J.  H.  A.H..n,s.  Land',  Ena  .0  John  O'Groat's  (about  ,25  m.,  in  7  days,  lacking  J 
ill    ,       ;  ,^"^*"''  '"f  "=■  ""  '*i  -^-'*  ^P-  536) ;  E.  Oxborrow,  ,00  m.  in  7  h.  3.  min      From 
u    t    I     .      '°'       ^'      ^'«>"'""    ^o™-  «««istics  abo-jt  th«  Anfield   B.  C.  of   Liverpool 
which  offere-^pnzes  valued  .t  ^3=0  for  the  promotion  of  long-disUnce  rides  in  '85,  with  the  re- 
sult that  50   ,f  Its  20s  members  made  day's  runs  of  more  than  .00  m..  and  25  of  them  exceeded 

(tncycle)  20.1  G.  B  Mercer.  228!,  2,2.  208,  and  207;  Uwrence  Fletcher  (tricycle),  2..*  and 
.75  ;  Land  s  End  to  John  O'Groat's,  8  days  5  h.  20  min.  (beating  record);  Land's  End  to  Gretna 
(.reen,  joo  tn.  .n  4  days;  N.  Crooke.  209  and  202;  F.  W.  Mayor.  207;  D.  J.  Bell.  205 ;  A  R 
tell,  20s  end  2o.i,  Live,  ,1  to  London,  London  to  Liverpool-both  within  24  h.;  H  Eraser' 
205  (.00  m.  Kangaroo  race,  7  h.  6  min.  25  sec.) ;  H.  M.  Walker,  205  ;  E.  Harrison,  204;  h' 
Russell,  202;  J  K.  Conway.  202;  J.  B.  Beazley.  .gSJ;  A.  H.  Fletcher  (tricycle),  ,8. J;  W 
Downes  M.lls  (tncycle),  ,56;  A.  Barrow,  .53;  T.  B.  Conway,  .53;  J.  H.  Cook,  .56;  J.  P. 
Hetcher,  ,52;  A.  W.  Gamble.  .52;  T.  S.  Hughes,  .70;  E.  A.  Thompson,  .54;  W  M  Ker- 
row,  .54;  F.  A.   Waring,  .54;   R.   Fair.  jr..    .73.     The  largest  scores  were  as  follows  :    Law- 

rr  dTr  ,f"''  ""FJ''''-  '''°''  "■  ^"^^'^'  '°'°'  N- Crooke,  4500;  G,  B.  Mercer, 
vl'  ^'  .  ['  '?''  •  •  ^  ^'""'''''  ""  '  ^  ^-  ^'="'  35°°-  The  annual  24  h.  road-ride 
tu  Weedon  and  back  was  won  by  (;.  P.  Mill,  with  2(.,  m.;  G.  B.  Mercer  being  second,  with  2,2 
m.  m  2,  h.  The  club  will  offer  the  following  prizes  for  '86  :  A  gold  medal  for  250  m.  on  a  bi 
or  tandem  tn.,  225  m.  on  a  tri.  ;  a  gold  star  for  200  m.  on  a  bi.  or  tandem  tri.;  or  ,75  m  on  a 
tr..;  a  gold-centered  medal  for  .50  m.  on  any  class  of  cycle  ;  a  silver  star  fo.-  100  n,.  on  any  class 
0  cycle  ;  a  gold  medal  for  the  longest  distance  ridden  in  24  !..  during  the  year  ;  three  prizes  for 
attendance  at  runs  ;  four  prizes  (total  value.  20  guineas)  for  the  greatest  number  of  points  gained 
under  the  rules,  for  long-distance  riding ;  special  gold  medals  for  beatir.g  road  records 

The  best  record  for  swiftnessffrom  Land's  End  to  John  O'Groat's  was  latest  taken  on  a  .ri    br 
T.  R.  Marriott   Sept.  2.-27,  '85,-the  distance  being  898  m.  and  the  time  6  days  ,5  h.  22  min 
1I.S  photograph  farms  the  frontispiece  of  a  98  page   book  descriptive  of  this,  written  by  Totn 


554  'AW  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Moort,  ex-cditor  of  tVkMling,  and  published  at  the  office  of  that  paper  (Feb.  lo,  '86 ;  price  6d  V 
\  hv>pe  it  nuT  contain  a  complete  hit  of  the  other  ride»  over  tlie  iame  course,  for  the  Matittici  I 
■ow  give  are  ;mperfect.     The  twifteit  bi    ride  is  accredited  to  Jamet  Lennox  (J.  O'O.  to  L   t ) 
of  Dumfriei,  6  days  i6  h.  7  min.,  itarting  June  .9,   '85,  but   1   have  no  record  of  hi.  earlier 
trial*.     IVkttlMfol  Sept.  5.  '84,  printed  the  halting  place*  and  mileages  of  two  ride™  ihus 
"  H.  J.  Webb,  on  a  Humbe.  tri.,  Marling  Aug.    i;,  reached   Kxeter,   1J3J ;  Gloucester    2,j» 
Shrewibury,  3Joi  ;   Lancaater,  4»8| ;  Carliile,  497 1 ;   Edinburgh,  5S8J  ;   John  O'(;roat's,  IS9.SJ 
Not  saticfied  with  this  grand  performance,  he  turi.ed  back,  and  early  on  the  tenth  day  reached 
Inyemesa,  bringing  his  total  ride  for  9  d.  6  h.  35  min.  to  1048J  m,"     "  Alfred  Nixon,  st.irm.K  > 
day  earlier,  Aug.    16,   on   an    tmperial   Club  tii.,    reached   Okehampton,   98I ;  Taunton   ,,>J 
Bridgenorth,   96;  Uncaster.    iioj;    Car«»le.   68;   Edinburgh.    loi  ;    Inverness.    i4sj;'j„|,n 
©•(Jroat's,  11/4.     This  total  of  856J  m.  in  8  days  lowered  his  previous  record  by  some  6  days 
On  the  iSth,  1.15  to  u.45  p.  m..  he  rode  from  London  (Holbom  Viaduct)  to  Norman's  Cr<,ss  ^f 
m.\  agth,  to  Borough  Bridge.  130^  m,;  30th.  Dunbar,  161  m.  (at  2  .\.  m.  of  3,st);  3,51    i<;  a  m 
to  1.45  p.  M..  lidinburgh,— a   total   distance   of  397   m     in   a   d.    13  h."    Sept.    12-15    W    K 
Sutton  made  the  400  m.   from   L.   to   E.   in  a  d.   9  h.  whi:h  remains  the  best  record     jH 
Adams,  starting  from  I-and's  End  May  17.  'Sa,  on  a  <6  in.  Facile,  reached  John  O'Grcit's  in  1 
h.  less  than  7  days,— doing  197  m.  the  last  day,  his  total  route  being  about  923  m.  lon^     The 
best  previous  record  was  that  of  James  Lennox.   lo  days',  one  of  which  had  been  devoted  lo 
rest  (except  that   H.  R.  Goodwin  went  over  the  course  in  8  d.  15  h  ,  starting  just  a  day  ahead 
of  Adams).     "  A  wonderful  perfonnance  on  a  tricycle  "  was  ^'fueling'.  d.:signation  of  a  24  h 
run  of  a3ii  m.  taken  July  i,  '85   by  C.  H.  R.  Gossett,  an  elderly  man,  "  to  beat  the  record  " 
which  he  did  by  1)  m.     More  remarkable  than  all  was  the  ride  of  aoo  m.  taken  July  6  by  Mra 
J.  H.  Allen,  of  Birminsham,  in  6  min.  less  than  the  14  h.,on  an  ajtomatic  steering  Cripix-r 
tri.,  geared  to  564  in.  and  weighing  65  lbs.     She  was  accompanied  by  her  husband,  on  a  similar 
machine,  geared  to  60  in.,  and  he  probably  rode  ao  m.  more,  in  .trranging  for  her  at  various 
points.     Her  previous  oest  record  of  15a  m.  in  a4  h.,  was  en  a  4a  in.  single  driving  Royal  Mail, 
geared  to  48  in.     She  had  used  the  Cripper  more  than  1900  m.  in  a  little  more  than  a  mos.,  and 
she  "finished  the  long  ride  perfectly  fresh,"  said  the   Cyclut,  "though  having  ridden  all  the 
hills."    Among  the  several  attendants  for  short  stretches  was  J.  H.  Ball,  of  Coventry,  who  in  '83 
'ode  a  bi.  las  m.  without  dismount.     The  dates,  winners  and  times  of  the  annual  too  m.  races  on 
the  London  to  Bath  road  are  these  :    '77.  June  at.  C.  Walmesley.  8.13.30 :  '78,  June  10,  F   K 
Appleyard,  7.18.55  ;  '79.  June  a,  A.  H.  Koch,  8.57.55  ;  '80,  May  17.  A.  D.  Butler,  la.a  o;  '8. 
June  6,  L.  B.  Reynolds.  7.55.0;    'Sa,  May  ag,   H.   R.   Reynolds,  7.a6.o;    '83,  May  14    H    R.' 
Reynold's,  7.2  i.o;  '84.  June  a,  G.  F.  Beck.  8.16.40;  '85.  May  15,  P.  H  Watwn,  7.33.4, 


After  the  above  paragraph  was  put  in  type.  I  received  a  copy  of  the  little  book  named  at 
the  top  of  the  page,  and  I  find  that  it  gives  pp.  76.79  to  a  summary  of  8  long-distance  rides  pre- 
vious to  '83.— being  all  that  the  author  had  been  able  to  discover  any  record  of.  The  4  of  these 
that  were  from  London  to  John  O'Groat's  are  named  first,  for  convenience'  sake,  though  2  of 
them  were  later  in  time  than  a  of  the  rides  "  frcm  comer  to  comer  of  Great  Britain  "  ;  thus  : 
(i)  Oil  June  a,  '73,  Chas.  Spencer  and  3  other  members  of  the  Middlesex  B.  C,  started  from 
the  King's  Arms,  Kensington,  at  7.30  a.  m.,  followed  the  Great  North  Road  to  Newcastle-cn- 
Tyne  (277  m.  in  6  days),  and  reached  J.  O'G..  768  m,  at  8  p.  m.  oi  the  i6th.  (a)  in  Aug.,  '^r,, 
H.  Blackwell.  jr.,  of  the  Canonbury  B.  C,  rode  alone  over  the  same  route  in  11  d.  4  h  ,  and 
coiTiputed  the  distance  as  6S9  m.  ,-which  was  probably  more  nearly  correct  than  the  79  m  gr^eater 
estimate  of  Spencer.  (3)  In  Aug. ,  'S .  3  i.iembers  of  the  Brixton  B.  C.  rode  bv  a  different  route 
through  the  Scotch  lakes,  to  Invemes.s,  and  thence  by  the  former  route  to  T.  O'G.,  745  m,  in  16 
days,  whereof  5  were  devoted  to  visiting  and  sight-seeing.  (4)  In  Oct.,  "'Si,  H  Line  and  W 
Bourdon,  of  the  Bromley  B.  C.  rode  to  J.  O'G..  727  m..  in  ao  aavs,  including  a  2  days'  h.i!t  for 
snow,  and  much  other  stormy  weather.  (5)  On  Monday,  Julv  la.  '80.  H.  Blackwell,  jr.,  and 
Harman.  of  the  Canonbury  B.  C,  left  Penzance,  and  rode  to  J.  O'G  ,  S76  m..  in  i,  d.iys. 


BA'J//SH  AiJD  COLUMAL  RHCOHD^.  -j^ 

Th«  mate  from  Edinburgh  to  the  fini.h  wa»the  lame  at  in  Aug.,  '79;  «nd.  two  days  before  the 
.tart,  they  wheeled  from  P.  to  Land's  End  and  back,  ,a  m.     (6)  ()„  Monday,  June  jo   •«,    I 
Unno«  began  a  „  day.'  ride,  J.  O'G  ,  to  L.  E.,  945  m.     He  whce'ed  out  from  Wick  before 
ihe  .tart,  and  buk  from  L.  E.  to  Peniance  aTter  the  fini,h,-an  additional  jo  m.  in.ide  the  ., 
day.,-domg  .J.  m.  ou  the  final  day.     Alter  -,  day,'  ridmg.  he  re.ted  during  Sunday  at  hi.  home 
ii.  Uumfrie.;  and  m  I  suppovs  he  finished  on  Saturday  night,  with  only  •■  days  of  actuil  rid- 
mg.    He  faced  a  head-wind  all  the  way,  and  had  6  day.  of  wet  weather.     (7)  On  Monday  June 
5,   82.  at  4.5  K   M  ,  fon  Keith-Falconer  left  L.  E.,  for  a  ride  of  954  ,t..,  ending  at  J   O'C,     ,, 
d.,ys  later,  at  yxo  A.  M.-the  final  day',  record  being  ,,0  m.     He  uH-d  a  56  in.  wheel,  weighing 
45  lbs.     I  bel.cvc  he  wa.  then  an  undergraduate  at  Cambridge  ;  and  his  exploit  Kerns  to  have 
.ttracted  more  public  mtere.t  than  any  previous  long  ride.     By  invitation  of  the  citizen,  of 
Aberdeen,  he  gave  a  sort  of  informal  lecture  about  it  in  their  Town  Ha.l,  and  this  was  reported 
.n  full  by  Ihe  Aierdtm  Free  Preu  and  reprinted  by  the  it^/uelman  (Oct.,  '8j,  pp.  57-60)  show- 
ing the  log  of  each  day.     (8)  Two  months  liter,  on  Wednesdaj,  Aug.  16,  '8,,  Alfred  Niioi,   of 
r^nilon,  left  J.  O'G.  at  11  a,  m.  and  drove  a  tric7c!e  to  L.  E.  in  14  days,  ending  at  -o  55  a    m 
Mis  route  was  identical  with  the  previous  one,  except  that  he  was  misdirected  for  3  m.  and  rode 
from  Thurso  before  siarting.-so  that  the  total  was  1007  m.,  whereof  ,04  m.  belonged  :o  th^ 
l..st  day.     He  published  in  the  TricyclUt  a  detailed  account  of  this  earliest  long-distance  exploit 
on  a  t'lcycle,  and  the  ll^heelmaH  reprinted  it  (Nov.,  '8,,  pp.  „<>.,3a).     As  regard,  the  "  corner 
to  comer      ndes  of  '83,  Tom  Moore's  book  merely  says  that,  "  J.  Lennox  was  again  the  hero 
reatly  reducing  the  bi.  time  ;  and  A.  Nixon  put  in  another  capital  performance  on  the  tri  " ;' 
and  It  mentions  for  the  next  two  years  only  one  ride  besides  the  6  wbicii  f  have  already  recorded  — 
namely,  that  taken  in  '85  by  E.  Oxbop-ow.  on  a  Facile,  in  5  days  ,3  h.     "  Thus  the  end  of  '85 
taw  T.  R.  Marriott  absolutely  at  the  top  of  the  tree,  and  with  the  coveted  record  (certified  by 
the  Records  Committee  of  the  N.  C.  U.,  Nov.  2),  which  not  only  surpassed  all  previous  time. 
un  the  tri.  but  '  knocked  out '  the  bi.  record  also,  though  every  one  knows  the  two-wheel^r  is  a 
faster  machine.     This  Humber  tri.  madt  the  journey  (87.  m.  by  Hemu's  cyclom.)  without  a  nut 
or  screw  coming  loose,  though  weighing  only  54  lbs.     It  had  40  in.  wheels,  geared  to  56  in   and 
I  in.  tires."     It  was  mads  by  Marriott  &  Cooper,  of  which  firm  the  rider  is  senior  partner.     His 
height  IS  5  ft.  8  in.,  and  usual  weight  146  lbs.,  though  this  increased  to  150  lbs.  within  3  days 
after  the  ride.     The  full-Iei-gth  photograph  which  was  taken  then,  at  Glasgow,  to  form  a  frontis- 
piece for  the  book,  suggests  an  age  of  abc ut  35-     "The  hotel  where  the  ride  began,  at  3  min 
past  midmght  of  Monday,  Sept.  ..,  stam's  on  a  projecting  headland,  i\  m.  beyond  Sennen   the 
last  village  in  England,  and  at  the  very  edge  of  the  clifls,-thus  fully  justifying  its  title  of  Land's 
Knd.     A  thick  fog,  a  pouring  rain,  a  road  of  fearful  surface  and  some  gigantic  hi.ls,  character- 
ued  the  first  ij  h.  (to  Peniance,  ,o\  m.),  and  the  rain  did  not  stop  till  6.30  A.  m.,  when  56  m 
had  been  covered.     He  halted  for  sleep  at  Bridgewater,  at  ,..45  P.  M.,  after  getting  across  ,65 
m.,  which  included  more  rough  and  hilly  roads  than  any  later  day  of  the  ride,  and  which  was  30 
ni.  beyond  the  first  day's  stopping  pbceof  any  previous  rider  from  L.  K."     On  the  iind,  after  3I 
h.  in  bed,  he  started  at  4.30  A.  M.  and  rode  147  m.  to  Hodnet,  at  10  min.  pa.st  midnight,  making 
3um.  forthe48h.  ;  23rd,  "much  rain  and  wind  "  ;  430  a.  m.  to  .0.10  p.  m,  to  Kendal,  428 
m.  ;  24th,  "  winds  and  heavy  showers  "  ;  3.45  a.  m.  to  2.30  A.  m.  (of  2sth),  to  Edinburgh,  570 
m.  ;  2sth,  "  storms  of  rain,  snow  and  sleet  "  ;  after  only  ij  h.  in  bed,  6. 15  a.  m.  to  2.30  a.  m. 
(<if  26th),  to  Kingussie,  687  m.  ;  26th,  "  several  snow  storms,  water  on  roads,  deep  mud  and 
slush  ";  8.30  A.  M.  to  1.30  A.  M.  (of  27th),  to  Clashmore,  778  m.  ;  27th,  3.30  A.  m.  to  3.25  p.  m., 
J.  O'G.,  871.     Pace-makers  accompanied  him  nearly  all  the  way,— the  most  efficient  being  F.  S. 
Buckingham,  who  was  with  him  at  the  finish. 

Marriott's  record  on  the  tri.  was  just  45  min.  better  than  the  best  bi.  record,  which  had  stood 
for  3  mos.  ;  but  the  maker  of  this  (J.  Lennox),  within  9  mos.  after  M.'s  ride,  bettered  his  own 
time  by  7  h.  42  min.,  in  the  face  of  even  worse  weather  than  M.  encountered.  Only  4  weeks 
later,  G.  P.  Mills  took  the  wonderful  bi.  ride  which  reduced  this  record  by  i  day  6  h.  25  min. ; 
and  then,  in  Aug.,  on  a  tri.,  he  reduced  Marriott's  record  by  i  day  5  h.  22  min., -thus  also 
btnering  by  22  h.  the  best  bi.  record  of  Lennox.      The  lalter  printed  in  Wheeling  (}u\\e  23,  '86, 


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p.  I7J)»  lhree<olumn  report  of  hit  ride,  whose  detaiU  were  authenticated  by  an  abundance  of 
pace-makers  and  other  wiine.«r<».  I  hunder  storms  or  other  pouring  rains  prevailed  on  ever» 
day  of  the  6,  making  the  roads  almost  continuously  wet  and  heavy  ;  and  the  rioer  was,  on  j  or 
days,  arenched  to  the  skin,  for  hours  at  a  time.  Uaving  L.  E.  just  after  midnight  of  M,,,„Uy* 
June  7,  he  reached  J  O't;  at  H  ,5  a  m  of  Sunday,  with  a  record  of  87;  m.  fo,  the  6  days.  «  h 
«nd  15  min.  The  mileage  of  the  successive  daily  stretches  between  sleeping-place-.  was  as  fol 
lows:  Bridgewater,  163;  Wellington,  134^ ;  Garstane,  104J ;  Selkirk,  134;  Ilalwhmnie  14! 
(thence  to  J.  O'C,  ,  198).  The  amount  of  sleep  may  be  inferred  from  the  hours  of  arrival  ji  and 
departure  from  these  places,  thus  :  B,  15  »nd  4.20  a.  m.  ;  W  ,  u  ,0  and  6,5  a.  m  ;  (J  ,,  ,, 
*.  M  and  .15  A.  M,;  S  ,  1.5  f.  m.  and  3  A.  M.  D.,  ,,55  a.  m  and  3  .to  a.  m.  It  th'u,  a,>- 
pears  that  the  journey  began  with  35  h.  of  conlii.uous  riding,  and  ended  with  a  still  longer  puil 
of  jg  h.  ;  yet  the  rider  gained  5^  lb.,  on  the  way.  "  Writing  with  a  fresh  recollection  of  tl»- 
difficulties,"  he  says,  "  I  am  of  the  opinion  that,  with  dry  weather,  and  with  no  great  am^uht 
of  opposing  wind,  the  distance  from  L.  K,  to  J.  O'G.  ought  to  be  completed  in  5  days,  by  a 
competent  rider,  on  bi.  or  tr;."  He  arranged  to  attempt  this,  Aug.  16,  '86;  but  bad  weaiht'r  (or- 
bade.  I  believe  the  weather  also  caused  A.  Nixon  to  abandon  the  plan  (announced  in  H'lutlmg, 
June  9,  '86)  of  trying  to  push  a  tri.  from  Land's  Knd  to  London  in  1  days,  by  a  route  of  287  m., 
"  whereof  the  first  118  m.  are  almost  mountainoa,.  and  the  rest  very  rough  and  hilly." 

"  Beautiful  weather  and  favorable  wind  "  helped  G.  P.  Mills,  of  Liverpool,  during  the  first 
half  of  his  5  days'  marvelous  ride  of  8^>i  m.,  which  began  at  I..  K  ,  just  after  midnight  of  July 
5,  '86;  b.it  .1  gale  was  then  encountered  "  which  blew  the  three  riders  off  their  machines,  i^me 
after  time,"  and  the  wind  continued  adverse  to  the  finish,  wiih   intense  cold  and  cKcasional 
down-pours  of  raiiA     Gretna  Green,  almost  5^0  m.  from  L.  E.,  was  reached  in  a)  days,  by  the 
aid  of  various  pace-makers,  and  A.  H.  Fletcher  accompanied  him  thence  to  J.  O'G.     The  lirsi 
wretch  from  L.  E.  was  25J  h.,  to  Gloucester,  230  m.,  where  a  2  h.  halt  was  made  lor  sleep  be- 
fore the  second  stretch  of  34J  n.    to  Kendal,  200  m.  ;  and    Edinburgh,   150   m.   further,  was 
reached  at  11  p.  m.  of  that  third  day.     Crossing  here  by  Granlon  Ferry,  at  midnight,  he  had  a 
•hort  sleep  in  a  r.  r.  c.irriage  at  the  station,  with  three  companions,  and  then  wheeled  to  Perth, 
27  m.,  at  8.55;  Athole,  62  m,  at  1.30;   Kingussie,  loom,,  at  9.21,  and  Caribridge,   121  m.,  at 
J  1.55.     On  the  fifth  and  final  day,  he  reached  Dingwall,  35  m,  at  7;  Helmsdale,  99  m.,  at  5.45; 
Wick,  141  m.,  at  10.30;  and  thence  kept  right  on  to  J.  O'G.,  160  m., -finishing  at  1.45  a.  m.  of 
July  10.     A  month  later,  he  drove  a  Kumber  tri.  over  the  course,  881  m.,  in  5  days,  10  h. ;  and 
I  condense  the  following  facts  from  his  own  two-column  report  (lyhetling,  Sept.  i,  '86,  p.  331) : 
The  start  was  just  after  midnight  of  Monday,  Aug.  15,  the  roads  being  wet  and  heavy  from  rain 
which  had  fallen  until  .0.30;  and  rain  fell  again  from  2  to  6  A.  M.,and  also  in  the  evening  after 
7.     Nevertheless,  he  reached   Bristol,  203  m.,  at  ...30  p.  m.  ;  started  oa  after  3  h.  halt,  and 
reached  Warrenton,  164  m.,  in  spite  of  head-winds  during  the  day,  at  11.30  p.  m.  (367);  after 
another  3  h.  halt,  rode  for  26J  h.,  :o  Crawford,  175  m.  (542) ;  after  2  h.  halt,  the  fourth  stage  was 
completed  to  Dalwhinnie,  7  a.  m.  to  3  a.  m.,  ,44  m.  (686),  slowness  having  been  enforced  by  a 
dangerously  rough  road,  and  inability  to  use  his  lantern  ;  after  3  h.  halt,  he  rode  .og  m.  more  dur- 
mgthat  fifth  day,  to  Golspie,  at  11,25  (809^;  and  then,  after  \  h.  sleep,  started  at   .2.40  a.  m. 
for  the  final  72  m.,  and  reached  J.  O'G.  (S81)  exactly  at  10,  "  fre,sher  than  at  the  start,  though 
having  had  only  10  h.  sleep  on  the  trip."     Dilworth  Abbott,  of  the  trcston  C.  C,  in  a  Wednes- 
day's  ride  of  162  m.,  accompanied  him  for  several  hours;  but  A.  W.  Gamble  was  his  most  effi- 
aent  pace-maker  and  assistant  during  this  great  journey;  and  the  proofs  of  it,  as  well  as  of  his 
July  bi.  ride,  were  promptly  accepted  by  the  officers  of  the  N.  C.  U.     Neither  of  these  "  rec- 
ords" seem  lik- !y  soon  to  be  essentially  lowered  ;  and  if  the  distance  "  from  corner  to  comer  " 
•hall  ever  be  covered  more  quickly,  unexampled  good-luck  in  respect  to  winds  and  weather  will 
doubtless  be  a  chief  factor  in  the  phenomenon.     But  the  end  of  'S6  certainly  finds  all  the  long- 
distance racers  in  the  world  ready  to  accord  the  highest  place  of  honor  among  the.a  to  this  young 
George  Pilkington  Mills  (b.  Jan.  8,  '67),  whose  po-trait   forms  the  frontispiece  of  the  fourth 
annual  issue  of  the  "  Liverpool  Cyclists'  Guide  "  (by  Geo.  E.  Young,  b.  July  30.  '52  ;  a  wheel- 
man continuously  since  '69),  and  faces  a  table  of  his  monthly  riding-record  for  '85,  cut  from  the 


BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  557 

Bi  S^^  J.n^  ,*  '«^      Thi.  .how.  „;o  n..  .ccr«i.,.d  to  „  day.. or  .„  ..er.,.  daily  rid.  ol 
57»  a.     On  .,  of  ih...  day.  h.  rod.  more  ,tun  .«,  ra..  and  on  5  ot  the  „  he  rode  JL^^l 

nd       ».o„.hly  m.lea,e   average  r.de.  lo.ge.,  r.de,  and  ,o,al  mileage  from  Jan.  ,.  •,,       Jan  - 
5. '15.  »7.  j8,  MSi   ►eb— 4,  1,7,  a,|,  j8.  ,5j;  Mar  -,.    ,11    ,,i    a,    .a.      a 

6^  ;  Au,.-,,  ;„,  83^  ,^  ,,„ ;  Sept.-,.  „».  334,  „.  ,;», ,  Oc,.-,.  .„/„,  J;  'J^ ."j};:*^ 

.8  h.  .  thu.  :  May  ,5  he  rod.  from  Liverpool  to  Daventry  .nd  back  to  Covent^  .,6  m  in  'i 
h.,  wh.ch  mcluded  .,  h.  of  ra.n  (hi.  father.  W.  Down,.  M-IU.  accomp:^r'7;n^',hr  f'u  1  jt 
.ance.on  a  tricycle);  May  ,6.  C.  .0  Glouc.er.  .,.  m.  :  May  ,;  to  Jul  ,  G  .'  I  O'^ 
«3  n,..  .n  6  day,.  ,  h. -accompanying  L.  Kle.ch.r.  who  ..ar.co  frl  L  7.  Ma^  ,6  /„d  wo,' 
the  r..  record,  by  reach.ng  J.  O'G..  8;,  m.  In  8  day,.  5  h.  ,0  mi„..  in  .pi,;  „f  'b^'^d.In^ 
wea  her.  Three  mo.  later.  Sep..  „  .0  Oct.  ,.  Mr.  F  pu.hed  a  tri.  from  L. T  to  GretnJ 
Oreen.  500  .-.. .  .„  J  h.  le„  than  4  day.,  though  having  rain  and  wet  road,  for  360  m.  The  «,^ 
00  m^were  covered  by  G.  P.  M..  a.  the  outset  of  hi,  great  bi.  ride  of  July.  '86.  in  a  da«  u, 
h.  and  with  only  J  h.  of  ,leep.     Of  the  latter'.  24  h   bi   .  ,Je,  ol  '8.   nam.a  „r  * 

him  ■.  the  record  "  of  th.  Anfield  B.  C.  the  .on  e,t.  asc  "  Ll^       .  "•   r'om  kZJ 

and  i:d  ff  .."'xk"'  '"  ^'-^  ""''"''•  --""'-^y.  "P  -"  down  hill.'ov"  Jd.T«^72 

and.nd.ffereni."    The  ,5.  m.  rid.  wa.  on  July  „.  from  Liverpool  to  Dunchu^ch  anrb^cT^ 

r::r:rr..:'aZ::rp;?aK^'  ""• ''-  -'  ^-^  ■•'  -  '^^  -  -•  --  -« ■-  - 

.hu!r  •'.***  ^°"""":  ^"'%'l"''«  ""P"'^  h"  earlier  day's  ride.,  and  he  al«,  made  the  retr.ark- 

ble  datly  average  of  75  m.  for  8a  ride,  between  Jan.  .  and  Oct.  9.  by  covering  .  total  o   6  »  ^ 

I.  was  on  Aug.  j-.en  days  before  hi.  tri.  ride  to  J.  O'G.-that  he  .urpri«d  people  bywtelir; 

He7a.7H%  r"  k""*"'  '"•  "'''""  '^"•"•''  ^^«-*"  """-'-"ring  h^'which  wa  J 
nE,d  at  the  finish  as  when  .tartins."  The  start  wa.  ,  m.  n.  of  Biggleswade  at  tl-e  46th  m  ^ton^ 
of  the  Great  North  Road.  Along  thi,  he  went  straightaway  from  „  to  ^  !<  4  I.  .Tr^h!' 
turnedbacj.o  Lynn,  for  breaWa,..  with  .0.  m.  donl-.ho'ugh  ^..L.m.wa"- finished  « 
7.5.  be.ng  J  h.  better  than  the  previous  record,  held  by  Appleyard.     He  dined  a.  Holl^ch  (a  1 

,  ;  ^  u  f  ?  S'^S''''*'""'  «  "•".  with  ^65  m. :  and  finished  at  the  45th  m.-stonrt^j  m 
0:  T'8r  "shT"''"'" '«''•  fr»'='-«P--— ord  was,66jm..madeby  ,.  H.' Ii:.'. 
^.r  ••  n  ,^^'!'y.  "  ""'  *°'"'*'''"  °'  =»  ^""i'^"ct  for  the  last  .80  m.  Signatures  we^ 
taken  ,n  al  the  ch.ef  towns,  and  pace-maker,  were  with  him  for  much  of  the  way.-l^  .hauh^ 
cta,l.  of  the  r.de  were  proved  beyond  doubt.  Two  mos.  later.  Oct.  6.  in  the  .a;7region  t, 
bettered  th.s  record  a.J  m..  starting  again  a.  B.,  and  finishing  on  the  troke  of  ,a.  whe r*  ^ 
from  .  a  town,  wuh  ,,,»  m.  done.  "  Hi.chin.  Peterborough.  Wisbeach.  Cambt^ie  d  Be" 
ford  w  re  the  pnnc.pal  places  on  the  chosen  route,  which  is  one  of  ,he  very  best  that  can  be  go 
m  England  ;  the  roads  were  in  grand  order  and  the  weather  most  favoraWe.     The  firs,  .»  m 

bTnanTlb'  '*     ;  T  '"."  '■  ""'  ^°°  '"  ''*  "•     "'  ''^'  -  '-'  --<^"ving  saLy  b  ..  na"; 
by  Dan  Albone.  of  B     anH  was  accompanied  by  Dan  for  about  .60  m.,  and  by  others  neariyS 

ar,"  A   G   H  ll"  ""'  °'  '  ■''  "»«-"'="'"-   -^^  '^--^^'^  "P.  f-h  an'd  strong  as    tt^i 

O  ,  .«M  ■    .,.  *"  T"""  '""^  "'"'•''"P'^  •»>«  ''""e  as  on  the  ride  of  Aug.  5  "  (W-^^^/iW 

Sorth'koad  C  C  :::^'  ""  ""'  ""•'"''•  °"  '*•''•  -■  '^""'  *°"  '"=  '^  b'road.racr:S 

bv  r    W   R        C --^"'"K  "7  "1-  a«  against  aaj  m.  by  — .  Waterhouse.  of  Sheffield ;  a.-  m 

?J'    uT'  "'  ■"•  ''^—-   "'•"'""»".  °f  London;   .90  m.  by  T.  R.   Marriott  friT 

darkne«   h    H  "V    ";,«  ^'"^yt"  *ho  escaped  any  falls,  on  account  of  the  keavy  m  st.  pitd^ 
S  cole  t"        '  ;'  '""  °'  ''"  """■""    °"  ^'P'-  ^'  J-  K-  Conway  rl  ,55  m.  on 

ngaT;  lt'"RTrb";    :,^  l'^  '".'"•'"■  ""   '^-  ^-  ^  ^^"-^  °"  ^ept.  7.  G.  B.  Merce" 
Wo4  8  .  J      H  ■  ^-^        "  'f  ""^  '»'"'-<'°i"g  "7  m.  before  breakfast,  and  aao  m. 

before  8  ".  m.    He  wm  accompanied  for  aoo  m.  by  N.  Crooke,  who  then  had  a  bad  faU  which 


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forced  him  to  give  up  at  2Jo  m.  All  four  of  these  men  belong  to  the  AiificM  B.  C,  and  their 
'85  .ides  are  recorded  on  p.  553,  along  with  those  of  Mi. Is.  The  latter  lowered  the  -o  ni  bi 
road-record  19  miii.,  on  Saturday,  Oct.  2,  starting  at  3.10  v.  m.,  on  an  Ivel  safety  bi.,  from  the 
3olh  m.-po.st  (which  is  4  ni.  s.  of  Hitchin)  and  riding  to  the  i'oth  m.-post,  at  Peterborough  in  1 
h.  47  min.  36  sec.  "  The  •■  jad  was  in  perfect  condition,  and  the  breeze  slightly  favorable.  1  he 
first  15  m.  to  Biggleswade  were  done  in  45  min.,  and  Dan  Albone  was  pace-maker  thence  to 
the  finish."  I'he  time  was  1  min.  33  sec.  more  than  that  on  the  notable  50  m.  ride  which  Milk 
took  with  A.  J.  Wilson,  Sept.  22,  on  a  Ueeston  Humber  tandem,  from  the  76th  m.-post,  4  ni  .^ 
of  Peterborough,  straightaway  to  Langford.  The  first  20  m.  occupied  only  i  h.  4  min.  ;  the  lirst 
38  m.,  2  h.  (being  faster  than  the  bi.  record  on  path);  and  the  total  of  2  h.  46  min.  3  sec.  was 
only  s  sec.  slower  than  the  bi.  path  record,  and  was  23  min.  52  sec.  faster  tiian  the  previous  best 
50  m.  tandem  ride,  accredited  to  S.  Lee  and  Dr.  Turner.  Droves  of  cattle  hindered  progress 
at  several  places,  and  the  wind  was  contrary  near  ^he  finish.  On  Sep'.  25,  Mills  and  Wilso,, 
began  an  attempt  to  do  300  m.  in  a  day  ;  but  a".  2.45  A.  m.,  when  44  m.  had  been  covered,  their 
tandem  was  overturned  and  disableci,  by  running  into  a  heap  of  road-metal. 

The  most  notable  !■  ng-distance  tri.  ride  reported  in  Frai.ce,  was  that  of  Daniel  (known  a:i 

"  Baby  "  ;  see  p.  553),  from  Pau  to  Calais,  Aug.  12,  at  4  .\.  s..,  to  Aug.  17,  .it  2.17  v.  m.,— a  di:^ 

tance  of  66r  m.,  in  5  days,  10  h.  17  min.,  whereof  99  h.  37  min.  were  spent  m  the  saddle.     "He 

reached  Bergerae,  about  137  m.,  at  9.40  p.  m.  of  Aug.  12 ;  then  plodded  on  from  4.20  a   .m.  of 

the  13th  to  3  A.  M.  of  the  14th,  and  slept  2  h.  at  Laumont  ;  reached  Orleans  at  8.30  v.  m.  „f 

14th  ;  passed  through  Paris  to  Pontoise,  on  15th  (after  a  delay  of  2  or  3  h.  by  mistake  in  road); 

reached  Auxy-le-Chateau  on  i6th,  and  Calais  on  17th.     He  sent  back  postcards,  from  each  vill 

lage,  signed  by  th.^  officer  in  charge,  to  verify  the  ride."     I   quote  from  the  Paris  mr  of  il.e 

Wheelnun's  Gazette  (Oct.,  '86,  p.  ,07),  who  also  said  :     "  H.  O.  Duncan  tried  a  similar  .  ,.k 

earlier  m  the  year,  but,  after  fighting  5  or  6  days'  rain,  gave  up  any  idea  of  making  a  record  " 

IVheelmg,  of  Aug.  4,  '86,   said  :     "  Mr.  lortner,  of   Vienna,  has  just   ridden  a  bi.  from  V   to 

Pans,  in  :i  days,  2  h.,  thus   beating  Lieut.  Zubowitz's  famous  horseback  ride  of  14  days  " 

(Forroute  of  T.  Stevens,  P.  ,0  V.,  May   ,6-3.,  '85,  see  pp.   480-8,.)    On  Sept.  2.,  '86,  J    V 

Warren  and  G.  Adams,  of  St   Helens,  rode  from  '      H.  to  LlandafiF.  Wales,  ,93*  m    in  -,  I, 

8  mm.     As  regards  the  rumored  "  ,2,000  m.  done  on  a  tri.  in  '82,  by  W.  W.  Williams,  of  Lon^ 

don      I  am  obliged  ,0  report  that  he  has  neglected  to  answer  my  letters  of  enquiry,  though  oth.r 

Londoners  have  told  me  that  the  "  record  "  has  no  known  basis  of  cvclom.  or  written  log      I, 

;L'?'"f,"'  "7'  ';  ^«=P:"-'  a  "general  guess  of  about  .000  m.  a  month."  ridden  chieflv  in 

riX;:f '".p     /..       r^^'"  ^         °'  msurance-agent,  I    think);  but  since  such  well-knnwn 

public   as  If  It  were  authentic  ("  Faed  "  did  this  in  Spr.  IVh.  Gaz.  Julv,  '83.  p.  3;).  I  feel  forced 

13  V  T  ''""'  7P'"""°"'  '"  ^"^"^  "^'■•*   I  did  not  write  in  ignorance,  on  p.  53,,  when  f 
named  E.  Tegetme.er's  .0,053  m.  as  the  highest  annual  record  then  accedited  to  a  wheelman. 


[The  first  part  of  this  chapter,  as  far  as  the  break  in  p.  554,  is  9  mos.  older  than  the  res.  of 
t  having  all  bee^  put  m  type  by  Feb,  .5,  '86,-whereas  these  final  page,  are  writte,.  and  e).c- 
trotyped  during  the  latter  half  of  Nov.  Meanwhile,  my  correspondents  at  the  Antipodes,  ex- 
pectmgeach  month  to  receive  the  completed  book,  have  failed  to  send  reports  of  their  more 
recent  "des;  so  that  the  following  summaries  are  mostly  prepared  from  materials  which  1 
.ccumulated  in  84-s,-supplemented  by  a  file  .r  ;he  fortnightly  Australian  Cycling  .V«t-r,  up 
to  the  date  of  its  discontinuance,  Sept.  25.  '86.] 

My  earliest  subscriber  in  that  pari  of  the  world-enrolled  as  "  No.  ,,38  "  on  the  list-i. 
Geo.  \\.  Rurston  Capt.  of  the  Melbourne  B.  C,  which  is  not  only  one  of  the  largest  cli-bs  of 
he  sort  on  the  Island  Continent,  but  is  also  one  of  the  oldest  anywhere  existing,-for  it  was 
formed  about  the  middle  of  Aug,.  '78.     Hi,  letter  to  me  of  Mar.  22.  '84.  said  :    "As  vou  ask 

c.....  ..  ...c   .uo  M,.  straightaway  ride  which  brought  my  name  to  your  notice,  I  enclose  a 

correct  .ccount,  written  by  T.  A.  Edwards,  from  the  hftlb^n*  Bu,tin  of  May  25,  '83,     I  also 


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BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS. 

•end  you  our  little  club-book,  conuining  records  of  such  tours  and  loo  ra.  runs  as  have  been  take, 
by  our  80  members.  You  will  observe  that  a  club  rule  grants  a  gold  medal  to  each  member  on  the 
first  occasion  of  h.s  wheeling  .00  m.  within  .2  h.,  provided  he  rides  at  least  50  m.  straiehUwav 
so  as  not  to  traverse  the  same  road  twice,  except  on  the  return.  The  book  n.Tmes  6  such  medall 
takers,  and,  since  it  was  priuttd,  these  7  have  also  ridden  the  .00  m  :  G  S  Gedde.  r,« 
Irwin.  J_ /arnsworth,  J.  F.  Cole,  Chas.  Walker.  T.  B.  Mason,  A.  Wa.erman.'  i  am  now  ust. 
a  57  '»•  Lrilish  Challenge,  which  is  my  fourth  bicycle,  and  I  have  ridden  at  least  »  000  m  dJ 
i„g  the  last  s  years."  His  ,00  m.  ride  of  Sunday.  May  ,0.  '83,  in  9  h.  50  min.,  though  much 
imidered  by  bad  roads  and  weather,  was  a  h.  better  than  any  previously  made  in  his  club  and 
,.  ■ema.neci  for  5  mos.  "  the  best  Australian  record."  1  think  no  earlier  rider  in  that  region  had 
done  he  ,00  m.  straightaway,  or  stayed  in  the  saddle  for  48  m.  "  Starting  from  Ballarat  (Uster's 
Hotel)  a.  6..0  .,  M     in  pitchy  darkness,  he  found  the  cold  increase  in  bitterness  to  C    „nt„ 

.0  1.  faced  for  a  ...  to  the  Batesford  H^l.  which  forcedS;!  '^:::::::S:^T^ 

iiext6i-.).  were  done  in  28  min..  to  Geelonc  where  ,nr„;,  ,•  .  1  j  j  ,  "*  ^7 '"^-  '"' 
.    , -..i  .  •    ,       '  *'*""^  2°  """rest  was  had,  and  a  breeze  hebed  then 

.0  Little  river,  where  rain  began.  This  soon  made  a  certain  b,d  stretch  of  clay  unridable  and 
,0  mm.  were  spent  m  walking  .  m.  at  the  end  of  it.  Werribee  was  reached  at  ,37.  and  ao  min 
res  was  had  ;  thence  a  good  pace  was  taken  ,0  Footscray.  where  .  m.  across  the"  t  was  unr  d! 
able;  andthendee..dedatMelbourne(MitreTavern)..oom..at  4P.M."  On  Oct.  .4, '83  T  P 
Jenkins,  of  Ballarat,  lowered  this  record  ,5  min..  "  on  a  54  in.  D.  H.  F.  Premier,  which  he  had 
recently  won  in  a  ,0  m.  Premier  road-race."  Starting  from  the  post-crfice  in  B.  at  5.30  a  m  he 
reached  Elaine.  20m..  in  ,  h.  25  min..  and  Geelong,  54  m..  3  h.  later.  After  25  min.  for  bath  and 
refreshments,  he  began  the  return  at  10.25,  and,  with  wind  ac  his  back  and  roads  in  perfect  order 
sped  swiftly  to  Lethbndge,  at  .1.45  ;  halted  .  h.  at  Meredith  for  food  and  rest ;  passed  through 
Clarendon,  and  finished  at  Buninyong,  at  3,  with  a  record  of  10:  m.  On  Jan.  31.  '84,  F.  W. 
Hriggs,  sec.  of  Wamiambool  C.  C,  took  14  min.  less  in  doing  the  100  m..  on  a  51'in.  Invinci- 
ble, weighing  28  lbs.,  thus :  Starting  from  W.  (Pumim)  at  7.37  a.  m  ,  he  rode  through  Mort- 
lake  and  Terang  to  Camperdown.  44  m..  in  3  h.  38  i-in.  without  dismount.  After  20  min.  for 
lunch,  he  began  the  return,  at  11.35.  through  T.  and  M.  to  Darlington  ;  then  turned  again  and 
finished  v  \\.,  at  4.48.  completing  the  100  m.  in  9  h.  11  min.  (8J  h.  of  riding).  This  seems 
to  have  remained  record"  until  Sept.  28.  '85,  when  T.  F.  Hallam  rode  100  m..  straight 
across  Tasmania,  in  9  h.  9  min.  "  The  longest  road-race  ever  held  in  Australia  "  was  that  of 
7;  ni.,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Warrnambool  C.  C.  (which  has  about  100  members),  Nov.  9, 
'83,  and  it  was  won  by  the  captain.  E.  White,  in  6  h.  17  min.  43  sec.  ;  F.  Proudfoot  was  second, 
W.  P.  Croll  was  third ;  but  the  fourth  and  last  man.  A.  J.  Foote,  did  the  whole  distance  with- 
out a  dismount,  and  was  less  than  7  min.  behind  the  winner.  On  Oct.  11,  '83,  be  rode  100  m. 
in  9  h.  54  min.,  2nd.  in  the  autumn  of  '85,  170  m.  in  two  diys.  I  think  all  three  ol  these  rides 
were  straightaway ;  and  the  7;  m.  stay  in  the  saddle  is  the  longest  reported  to  me  from  Austra- 
lia,—the  nearest  approach  to  it  being  made,  a  month  later,  P'C.  14,  '83.  by  R.  O.  Bishop  (x.  16), 
who  rode  without  stop  from  Geelong  to  Melbourne,  52  n.  ,  in  4}  h.  (For  comparison  with 
Londoners'  straightaway  stays,  106  m.  and  70  m.,  see  p.  540.)  On  May  9,  '83,  F.  W.  Briggs 
and  A.  J.  Foote  both  wheeled  100  m.  in  9  h.  26  min.  of  "  riding  time." 

On  Oct.  10,  '83,  H.  R.  Stokes,  of  Melbourne  B.  C.  did  .00  m..  in  it  h.  4  min.,— probably 
on  the  same  road  where  he  won  the  50  m.  straight  race,  from  Kyneton  to  M.,  in  3  h.  13  min., 
Oct  27,  '83.  On  this  road  also  were  made  the  three  earliest  100  m.  records  of  the  c!ub,  from  M. 
to  K.  and  back,  thus  :  Jan  3,  '82,  W.  S.  Harelton,  11  h.  54  min.  ;  Jan.  8,  '82,  H.  R.  Stokes, 
II  h,  54  min. ;  Nov  -6.  '82.  Alf.  Joy,  11  h.  46  min.  The  club's  next  record  was  made  straight- 
away by  G.  W.  Burston,  as  already  detailed;  and,  after  this,  Sept.  26,  '83,  O.  A.  Thome  and 
F.  J.  Lcwellyn  rode  from  M.  to  Moolap  and  back  (4  m.  past  Geelong),  100  m.,  in  10  h.  59  min. 
On  Apr.  4,  '85,  starting  from  Camperdown  at  6  A.  M..  G.  \.  Thome  (54  in.  British  Challenge) 
rode  100  r.i.  in  9  h.  49  min.,  while  trying  to  lower  the  record  of  F.  W.  Briggs  but  was  hindered 
by  the  wind.     The  club-book  gives  nc  date  for  the  earliest  recorded  tour,  254  m.  in  three  day^ 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


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which  was  taken  by  J.  A.  K.  Clarke,  A.  S.  Ma<on  and  A.  B.  Mason,  from  M.  to  Castlemaine 
Ballarat,  Geelong  and  (Jueensoiffe, — but  it  was  presumably  in  '79.  In  '80,  at  Easier  G.  W 
Burston,  E.  C.  Carter,  H.  C.  Bagot,  A.  E.  Bui^ard,  W.  S.  riazelton,  D.  K.  J^ng,  e.  i>nmb  U 
Stevenson  and  H.  H.  Turner  rode  from  Ueelong  to  Warmambool,  121  m. ;  and,  at  Chrisuim 
the  two  first  named  sailed  across  to  Tasmania  aud  wheeled  from  l>uuuceston  to  Uubari  121 
m.,— while  H.  C.  Bagot,  J.  A.  K.  Clarke,  W.  Caivert,  E.  J.  Giil,  J.  flail  aud  Lu  Mo<Kiy  rode 
from  M.  to  Ballarat.  In  '8«,  at  twister,  O.  W.  Burston,  K.  Lister  and  D.  R.  Long  rode  from 
Colac  to  Hamilton,  Ararat  and  Bailarat,  246  n.  (incl.  125  m.  ic  16  h.);  and,  at  Lhrisinias,  the 
first  two,  with  G.  Hope  and  H.  R.  Stokts,  rode  310  m.  in  4  days,— 10  GeeiOng,  Moruake 
Ballarat  and  Melbourne.  In  Oct.,  '8a,  H.  C.  flagot  and  K.  J.  Empsou  rode  joo  m.  iu  9  days.— 
from  Ballarat  to  Hamilton,  Warmambool,  Camperdown,  Derringalmm,  tack  to  fialiarai,  ilicuce 
to  Talbot,  Malmesbury  and  Melbourne.     Ai  Christmas,  '82,  G.  W.  Burston,  E.  H.  fyif^  aud 

F.  Stokes  rode  to  Marysville  and  back;  while  Alf.  Joy  took  a  two  days'  circuit  of  175  m.  iliTough 
Geelong  and  Ballarat.  At  Easter,  '83,  G.  W.  Burston,  H.  C.  B.>got,  C.  Carter,  H.  C.  Haud- 
ford  and  W.  S.  Haielton  rode  to  Geelons,  Ballarat,  Warmimbool  and  Co.ac,  290  ni.  in  4 
days, — while  G.  A.  Thome  rode  from  M.  to  Echuca  and  back,  320  m.  in  5  days, — E.  being  a 
border  town  whence  a  bridge  crosses  the  Murray  into  N.  S.  W.  Melbourne's  iilust.  mag.,  Once 
«  Month,  of  May  15,  '85,  contained  a  6-column  sketch  of  the  club's  Easter  tour  of  ilut  y<;ar 
written  by  K.  J.  Empson,  who  named,  as  the  other  participants,  G.  W.  Burston,  E.  C.  Carter 

G.  S.  Geddes,  J.  Baird,   H.  Hars:on,  .  Skoglund  and  C.  Wragge, — together  wiih  Geo. 

Spicer,  Captain  of  the  Victoria  B.  C.  (and,  at  the  start,  two  long-distance  lourisis  from  Ade- 
laide). Train  was  taken  to  ballarat,  as  astarting-poin*,  and  the  officers  of  the  club  there  accom- 
panied the  party  |o  a  midnight  supper  on  arrival,  and  gave  an  escort  of  20  nicn  for  the  first  few 
miles  of  the  tour,  next  morning.  Then  at  Beaufc-t,  28  m.  on,  :  other  escort  of  30  welcomed 
them  to  a  banquet  in  the  Shire  Hall ;  and  at  Buangor,  14}  m.,  still  others  were  waiting  to  ride 
with  them  the  last  14  m.  to  Ararat,  for  the  night.  The  second  day  ended  at  Hamilton,  70  m.,— 
the  first  50  m.  being  covered  in  s  h.  10  min.  of  the  forenoon,— but  on  the  outskirts  of  the  town 
Ihey  found  the  local  club  awaiting  them  with  a  stack  of  bottled  lager,  and,  after  this  introduc- 
tion, "a  drag  and  four"  took  the  entire  company  out  to  supper  at  Wannon  Falls,  uj  m.  In 
spite  of  a  rainy  night,  82  m.  were  covered  on  the  third  day,  the  last  14  m.,  to  Camperdown, 
being  done  in  the  darkness  without  a  dismcunt.  A  previous  stretch  of  14  m.,  to  Terang,  was 
covered  in  i  h.  12  min.  The  fourth  day's  record  wras  75  m.,  to  Geelong,  making  a  total,  includ- 
ing  detours,  of  300  m.  Breakfast  on  that  final  day  was  at  Colac,  after  39  m.  The  lake  and 
mountain  scenery  of  the  route  WiS  highly  praised. 

The  two  Adelaide  men  mentioned  in  the  above  tour  were  A.  Gault  and  R.  C.  Cox,  who  had 
recently  (Mar.  21-29)  pushed  their  bicycles  across  from  A.  to  M.,  508  m.  except  that  they  took 
train  from  Kingston  to  Narracoorte,  53  m.  of  uii.idable  swamps  and  sand  hills.  Mr.  G.,  after 
a  day  with  the  Melbourne  tourists,  returned  by  train  to  M.  and  thence  by  boat  to  A. ;  while  Mr. 
C,  after  two  days  with  the  party,  retraced  his  former  route  alone  by  wheel  and  train  to  A. 
The  pioneer  tour  between  the  two  capitals  had  been  taken  3  mos.  earlier  (Christmas,  '84),  by  A. 
H.  Padman,  of  A.,  who  wheeled  495  m.,  but  resorted  to  the  train  from  K.  to  N.,  "because 
assured  that  a  previous  tourist,  Mr.  Nimmo,  had  done  this,  and  that  the  53  m.  stretch  inc  udcd 
at  least  12  m.  of  positively  unridable  sand,  and  3  or  4  m.  of  swamp,  a  or  3  ft.  deep."  A  part 
of  this  bad  stretch  was  tried,  in  the  opposite  direction,  by  W.  J.  S.  Story,  who,  on  Jan.  14,  '85, 
wheeled  from  Mt.  Gambier  to  Narracoorte,  54  m.,  10.30  a.  m.  to  8.20.P.  m.,  "  enjoying  the  fine 
•cenery,  in  spite  of  the  great  heat  " ;  and  on  the  15th,  tramped  22  m.  through  the  sanHs  and 
swamps  and  along  the  r.  r.  ties  to  Lucindale,  where  he  was  glad  to  take  train  for  K.  Thence, 
on  the  afternoon  of  the  i6th,  he  wheeled  33  m.  to  Coolatoo,  along  with  the  mail  coach,  thn«t:h 
much  of  the  ro.id  was  bad  ;  and  then  the  drivers  of  the  coach,  as  a  practical  joke,  fnrribly  put 
him  and  his  bicycle  on  top  thereof,  rnd  insisted  on  having  his  company  to  Mcnin;jic,  60  m., 
through  the  nig.'-  ,  during  which  the  thunder  storms  raged  until  all  were  soaked.  On  the  17th,  2 
to  8  p.  M..  he  pushed  Ihrnnch  heavy  sanH  to  WelUiirton.  i.«  rr..  :  .-.r.H.  nr.  \\:r  s.o.!^  .-.  -.r-.  a  v  !."5 
to  P.  M.,  by  67  m.  of  generally  good  roads  to  Adelaide  ;  total  aaj  m.     Bad  as  is  thi»  route  f.om 


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BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  36, 

Wellington,  along  the  Coorong.  the  only  dtern.tive  i.  a  wor«  one,  for  it  leads  throuirh  .K.  " 
de^rt  to  Bordemown."    Hi.  report  oi  thi.  tou.  wa.  printed  in  ;.  C  ^<:^,  a""*.'  %  ^,\ 

*h.le  A  H  Pad^an's  report  likewise  occupied  ,  or  4  issues,  bfginninK  Jan  "7^'  1^'  ''  '' 
age  of  the  Gault  and  Cox  ride  stood  thus:  32  w  «q  «  .6  ..  w.  "''•""• ''•  «»«  daily  mile- 
g,ve  a.uch  interesting  evidence  to  show  that'tj^  ^X:  h  SoufhTr^L"  '"k"""  "^'^ 
cult  than  in  Victoria,  whose  Western  District  seems  to  contJn  a  g^"  ^  "lea  I."  ^T  '"*■ 
than  any  other  section  of  the  continent.  Ballarat  U  a  sort  oTcen.er  or  !  ^^  ^  u.'~"^ 
.em,  and  the  B.  B.  &  T.  C.  (org.,  '„)  is  second  in  age  o";  To  he  Me^fnTH  r  ""7" 
alrnost  equally  act.ve  in  the  promotion  of  tours.  The  L/W  C^^^.f J^;™',f -S'  '"'  " 
column  account  of  the  club's  annual  ride  of  4oj  m     Veh   .  '  ^'  *f""  » 

trothers,-K.  A.  &  T.  H.  Thompson,  H  p"&  G:'H.1l,.Z^;/rrE"Mr^''rr";' 
first-named  was  captain  and  the  last  named  was  "  a  boy  no,  v^  .'6  v;.fr  M  I  '~!  ?°'"  "" 
way  without  showing  any  signs  of  fatigue  "    So  lar.e  a  .     f    .,  V  '  "^^^  "^'  ""  *'"''• 

a  r,dc  in  Victoria  ;  and  all  L  loil  dubs  ea!e  11  ''  ""'  P"""''""^'^  '"'="  «>  '="8 

days  was  thus  distributed  G  et  g  "'  ^oUc  T-  W™  'T'T'  ""'^  ""'"^^  °'  ">'  » 
..  .S  m.  like  a  race  track',.  H.^^ :::2^,  .^-^    ^n^  LTJ.  ?!:' 

s,on  of  hills  and  dales,   covered  Ju.   fe       and  „  L     h™ J  ^l^r'"'""  '""" 

30  ,n^  of  dasmal  progress  across  the  S.reatham  plains  ;  but  .he  second  "  took  in    1^  ?,'Sott^ 
tin      ZTl    1  -d  T-ng."    On  Apr.  .,.  '83.  H.  P.  Shimmin  rode  .dm   in  „  h 

7  m  n.  and  he  d.d  .t  agam.  Oct.  .,,  ;„  company  with  R.  A.  Tho-npson.  also  in  ..  h.  57  min 
C.  M^  Bennett,  of  the  same  club,  with  favorable  roads  and  weather,  made  .00  m.,  Feb  .0  'S6 
.n  .0  h  3.  m.n..  wh.ch  included  .J  h.  for  rests.  He  used  a  50  in.  British  Challenge  ;  and' thai 
same  style  of  b>.  earned  5  of  the  6  tourists,  without  break,  in  the  400  m.  ride  of  '84.  Mr  B  w„ 
awarded  a  |,o  trophy  in  May,  for  having  attended  every  weekly  club-ru..  for  6  mos  ,-the 
T'frn  1  *'J""'^  '"  ^    "•  ^^'"^'"'"''  *•"'  "''^  =''^^"'  ^"'  °"^«-    The  Easter  .;ur  in 

were  r  B,?L  T  p  "i'  'f  '"""""f  '''""="  '°  ^"'''"^'  '*"'"■  '"  '  ^"y^-  ^""^  '>>e  participanu 
were  (,.  Blauk.  E.  E.  Lording  and  A.  Starkey. 

At  Christmas,  '83,  Walter  Hume,  of  Melboame,  "  covered  530  m.  in  6*  days  of  actual  riding," 
through  Geelong,  CoIac,Warmambool.  Ararat,  Stawell,  Castlemaine  and  home  to  M.  A  year  later 
-on  the  same  bi..  a  D.  H.  F.  Premier,  which  gave  entire  satistactio.i  both  times.-he  rode  from 

M  to  Sydney,  about  5S3  m. ,  a-companied  by  H.  G.  Keefe.  an  English  visitor.  From  the  second 
part  of  his  report  (A.  C.  News,  Jan.  3.,  '85),  I  find  that  the  last  343  m.  were  distributed  through 
Srinys  thiis  :  Dec.  23,  Tarcutta,  55  ;  24,h,  Colac.  48  ;  25th,  BogalonR,  35  ;  26th.  Gunning.  44  ; 
27th,  Goulbum,  30;  28th,  Mittagong,  55:  29th,  Liverpool,  54;  30th,  at  .0  a.  m..  Sydney,  21 

niense  heat  was  the  chief  hindrance  to  quicker  progress.  On  Nov.  26,  '83,  C.  Greensidcs  and  J 
Uoije  of  Castlemaine  wo.,  the  gold  medals  offered  by  their  club,  for  doing  ,00  m.  inside  of  12  h  ' 
bv  ndu.fe  ^rom  C.  to  Melbourne,  5.30  A.  M.  to  5.20  P.  m.  Thev  covered  the  first  27  m.  in  2  h 
25  min. ,  and  the  first  49  m. ,  to  Kyneton ,  inside  of  5  h.    Their  rests  amounted  to  1  h. .  and  their  last 

..  m,  were  done  in  exactly  ,  h.     On  Dec.  30,  '83,  A.  C.  Destree,  S.  A.  Mott,  and .  Gray,  of 

Hamilton  rode  thence  to  Colac.  ,,2  m.,  6  A,  M.  to  5.35  p-  M.,-Juing  the  first  .00  m.  in  ,0  h. 
tr.  min.  The  two  former  reached  H.  again  at  5.45  p.  m.  of  Jan.  .,  with  a  record  of  264  m.  A 
few  day,  earher,  J.  A.  Little,  sec.  of  the  Ararat  B.  C  tarting  at  6  A.  M..  reached  Ballarat  at 
noon  and  Leigh  Road  before  dark.  .02  m. .  in  9  h.  36  mi        f  actual  riding ;  next  day,  to  Geelonr 

; '      , .""  ■""■  '         •  '""  ■■"■■■"  -'''  '"  "■»=iS="'"C,  ,j  ill..  Ill  4  ii.  55  min.. — a  total  of  ibom., 

>n  .5  h.  43  mm.  of  actual  riding.     From  a  list  of  28  Australian  ,00  m.  road-rides,  to  the  close  of 
IM  iprepared  for  me  by  a  Melbourne  subscriber  and  printed  in  Wtutlnun's  GautU,  July,  '85 
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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


■p.  4»),  I  take  the  following  f  of  '83,  u  being  the  only  onos  no'  elsewhere  mentioned  by  me  in 
greater  detail  :    Jan.  1,  A.  Bartram,  of  Carlton  B.  C,  11:58;    May  14,  in  Tasmania  ("  riding 

time"),   H. Knight,  10:55;  F.  Turner.  10:53; .   Hodgman,  11:49;  Sept.  18,  at  Melbourne, 

C.  Walker,  11:4;  T.  B.  Bason,  11:55;  A.  L.  Wood,  11:55;  Ddc  a8,  J.  S.  Foulkes,  10:15.' 
The  same  letter  said  that  the  best  day's  lide  on  a  tri.  which  had  then  been  taken  ia  Vic'.oru 
was  accredited  to  R.  J.  P?rker,  Nov.  2,  '83,  90  m.,  in  lo}  h.,  when  the  breaking  of  machine 
prevented  a*ioo  m.  record. 

About  the  close  of  Mar.,  '85,  a  Miss  Douchier  and  two  other  young  ladies,  of  Ballarat,  drove 
their  tricycles  to  Melbourne,  nearly  loom.,  in  a  single  day;  and  their  renort  in  the  Ballarat 
Courier  said  :     "As  to  the  effects  of  the  ride,  w^  all  felt  much  better  during  the  latter  part  of 
the  journey  than  in  th;  middie  of  it,  for  thj  nu:nbir  of  cxcssdingly  steep  hills  at  th;  outSL-t,  up 
which  we  had  to  shove  our  machines,  tended  greatly  to  exhaust  us,  and  proved  more  fati-uin" 
than  the  whole  of  the  work  on  the  machines.     None  of  the  party  felt  any  distressing  eff.'cis  che 
next  day,  md  the  whole  trip  was  a  very  pleasant  one."    Similar  testimony  was  given  {A .  C.  Neu't 
Nov.  7,  '85,  pp.  89-90)  by  Miss  E.  M.  Thomfeldt,  in  reporting  "  the  longef*  tri.  t.-ip  yet  taken 
by  ladies  in  Victoria  "  ;   FromSUwell  to  Ararat,  Oct.  16,  4  to  8  p.m.,  i3m.,  through  intense  h.at; 
thence  to  Ballarat,  58  m.,  on  17th,  and  homi  to  S.,  on  19th,  5  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.,— a  three  days' 
ride  of  15a  m.     "  Almost  incredible  as  it  seems,  we  were  no  more  tired  after  tlii  5!  m.  of  the 
second  day  than  after  the  iS  m.  of  the  first.     Though  people  at  home  said  it  was  a  most  danger- 
ous thing  for  tvro  girls  to  attempt  riding  such  a  distance  alone,  every  one  whom  we  met  was  both 
kind  and  respectful  to  us ;  and  we  wer2  in  fact  escorted  almost  every  yard  of  the  journey,  eitl.cr  by 
family  friends  or  by  members  of  the  local  clubs,— not  to  mention  the  protection  of  our  little 
dog,  '  Dandy,'  who  showed  more  weariness  than  we  ourselves  felt.     We  each  rode  a  4S  in.  rear. 
steering  Cheylesmore  Club,  and  both  machines  stood  the  journey  splendidly.    The  last  8  m. 
were  accomplished  in  }  h., — a  glorious  moonlight  finish  for  the  trip."    The  writer's  father,  M. 
Thornfoldt,  pushed  a  tricycle  straightaway  to  Sydney  about  750  m..  Mar.  8-14,  '86,  as  deuiled 
later  (pp   565-6).     Another  elderiy  rider,  Geo.  R.  Brcadbent,  took  the  earliest  tri.  tour  in  Vic- 
loria,  some  time  before  the  close  of  '84, — Melbourne  to  Murchison,  94  m., — which  was  increased 
to  135  m.  on  the  return,  when  bad  weather  forced  a  resort  to  the  tr?'n.     His  letter  to  mc,  dated 
at  Crowie  Villa,  Flemington  Bridge,  Hotham  Hill,  Melbourne,  Apr.  18,  '85,  said  :    "Though 
a  grandfather,  I  am  a  great  enthusiast  at  cycling,  which  is  truly  '  the  king  of  sports ' ;  and  noth- 
ing suits  me  I  ;iter  than  a  good  long  ride.     In  '83,  I  wheeled  considerably  more  than  5000  ri. ; 
in  '84,  my  total  reached  5767  m.,  being  an  average  of  15}  m.  per  riding  day,  and  forming  the 
largest  year's  record  in  the  colony ;  while  in  '85,  to  date,  I  have  ridden  iSoo  m."     His  complete 
record  for  '85  was  6814  m.,  distributed  through  345  days,  making  a  daily  average  of  i8g  m.     In 
the  following  summary  of  it,  the  figures  sh^w  respectively  riding  days,  monthly  mileage,  longest 
day's  ride,  and  largest  weekly  mileage  :    Jan.,— 27,  518,  50,  157;  Feb.,— j8,  621,  45,  164  ;  Mar., 
—31,688,  50,  165;   Apr.,— 29,  602,  70,  159;    May,— 30,  541,  50,  133;   June,— 24,  367,  20,  104; 
July,— 2S,  496,  46,  140;   Aug.,— 31,  58S,  so,  137;    Sept.,— 28,  604,  73,  182,    Oct.,- 30,  55,  43, 
154;  Nov.,— 29,  585,  60,  201  ;    D'c- 30,  619,  53,  151.     This  is  an  exhibit  of  very  evenly-dij- 
trib-.ited  riding,  appropri.nte  for  an  elderly  man,  absorbed  in  business  cares.     I  copy  it  from  the 
A.  C.  Aews  (Jail.  16,  '86),  which  says  that  the  costs  for  wear  and  tear  of  his  machine  during  the 
63i4  m.  were  I38.     The  three  years'  wheeling  of  this  enthusiastic  "  grandfather  "  amounted,  as 
may  be  seen,  to  17,600  m.     From  earlier  issues  of  the  iVnvs,  I  learr.  tliat  on  Nov.  2,  '85   C. 
Neuhoffer  rode  from  Sa.idhurst  to  Melbourne,  loo  m.,  between  6.30  A.  M.  and  5.30  p.  M.,  thus 
winning  one  of  the  gold  medals  offered  to  those  members  of  the  Sandhurst  C.  C.  who  could 
cover  the    distance   in    11  h.      The  weather   was  perfect,  and    the   roads   were    in   very  fair 
order,— the  first  14  m.  being  covered  in  i  h.     J.  W.  Tonkin  and  S.    Keam  also  accompanied 
him,   except   that   they  reached    M.   a   little   too  late  for  the   medal ;    while    M.  E.  Gilbert, 
the  fourth  member  of  the  party,  withdrew  near   Kyneton,  the   half-way  point,  because  his 
bicycle  broke,  in  fork,  head  and  tire.     The  first  of  the  club's  medals  was  won  by  T.  Goyne, 
about  a  lortnight  earlier;  and  the  third,  on  Nov.  19,  by  W.  Upstill,  who  wheeled  from  S.  to 
M.,  in  10]  h.,  ending  at  5.1$  p.  m.,  and  who  found  all  the  roads  in  fine  condition. 


--,   'vi-^ .  •*:/*■-  >-■;■/  ..^••-  ;>.■'  -i)* 


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BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  353 

Until  the  clo«  of  '8j.  the  only  longer  tour  in  Victoria  thau  that  of  the  M.  B.  C    in  Oct 
8a  (soom    a  ready  described),  was  one  of  5.0  m.,  in  8  days,  accredited  .0  A.  E.  Robert^ ;  but  on 

.         i'^t     .  °.  ""',""•  *"''  '"'*  "°'  •''"  =°"'P'"«'  '''•  '*'"  y'".  b^gan  a  fo^nighf. 
tour  of  66,J  m.  (w  days  of  actual  .iding)  thus  :    ,3rd.  South  Va,.a  to  Gee  ongVs^  ;  24th   Bun 

Y^^^^"%T'\'1'      ^^""'"'  r  •/'"' '^"'^  »"'» '«c>c.  M ;  Sth,  Kyneton  and  bad;  to  S. 

days  (4.76  m.  n,  297  days  of  '8a.  and  ^.ao  m.  in  33.  days  of  Jj)  ;  and  I  've  already  noted  hi. 
b^s  sra.gh.away  stay  ...  the  saddle.-ja  ™.  in  ,i  h.,  G.  .0  M.,  Dec.  .,.  He  rL  a^in 
Mauhless  dunng  ,h.  tour,  .nd  was  highly  pleased  with  it ;  and  h=  was  accompanieffor  „o  m. 
by  Wm.  Harr-son.  Pr.v.ous  m.-  .h.nes  ridden  had  varied  from  50  to  55  in. ;  but,  assuming  5a  in 
as  he  aveiage  size  dunng  the  8296  m.,  he  estimated  that  he  had  taken  7..34.7a4  strokes  at  the 
pedals  ■nforcu,g,567.,,6a  revolutions  of  the  driver,  and  ao8,684,o3o  revoh.tions  of  the  .Sin 
rear  wheel  Ihe  followng  ,s  n  summary  of  his  riding  days  and  mileage  for  each  month-the 
first  pair  of  numerals  stai.du.K  for  '8a,  the  second  for  '83  :  Jan.-o,  o  ;  ,9,  67,  •  Feb  -.0  66  • 
.9,3^9;  Mar.-3o,332;  27,400,  Apr.-a6,  443  i  28,464;  May-a3,a89;  3-.  378;  Junel3„; 
33.;  aa,a5a;  July-a8,3a9;  30,,.,;  Aug.-a8,394;  3..  .84;  Sept.-jo,  377  aS  «,  •  Oct 
-31.  4^3;  3..  3.a;  N0V.-30.  4a6;  30,  309;  DCC.-3.,  726*;  aj,  ajj.  Early  in  '84,  he 
removed  from  Me.bourrc  to  Hobart,  the  capital  of  the  island^olony  of  Tasmania  and  on 
Mar  .8,  wheeled  from  Snakeshanks  .0  H.,  .0,  m..  n  ..  h.  .9mln.;  'on  Sept.  4  ;;;m  Lb 
^  H.,  ,,a  m  m  .0  h.  35  mn,.;  and,  in  '85.  Apr.  a  .0  7,  329  m.  along  the  east  coast.-each  ride 
bem^  the  best  on  record  "  there.  His  letter  to  me  of  June  a,  '85,  .aid  :  -  My  riding  diary, 
.0  May  a4.  shows  a  total  of  .3,352  m.,  dating  from  F-  b.,  '8a,  when  I  took  my  first  ride  a- 
l^he  age  of  .5.     My  lon^^s,  record  for  a  day  is  ..a  m.,  and  for  a  week  473  m.     I  have  ridden 

rowh"o'dTc„Hl"°"''    T'^"'"  '  "•^i"'"— f  .rick  riding,  at  Hobart  and  Lannces.on  ; 
now  ho.d  record  for  3.  4  and  5  m.  on  grass,  and  for  ,  a,.d  a  m.  on  board  track  ;  have  starteH  « 
scratch  in  most  races,  and  won  trophies  .0  value  of  |6o6.     I  now  ride  5,  in.  Rudge      My  en 
ployment  .s  that  of  agent  for  the   Davis   Sewing   Machine  Co.,  which  has  offices  at  Hobart 
Uunceston,  Melbourne,  Sandhurst,  Geelons  and  Warraambool.     I  was  for  some  time  capt' 
of  the  Marm.on  C   C,  of  this  town,  and  sec.  of  th.  Tasmanian  Cyclists'  Union,  and  was  the 
founder  of  both.     I  send  yon  the  7««.-.«,a«  JV^.  of  June  6.  which  devotes  a  column  to  me  " 
His  successor,  as  capt.  of  the  Marmion  C.  C,  Thos.  F.  Hallam,  wrote  to  me  thus  •  "I 
purchased  a  b.cycle  Sep..  6,  '83.  when  I  was  .3  years  old,  and  have  ridden  it  i,,f>-^  miles   up  to 
this  present  day,  Aug.  .0,  '8s,-my  longest  journey  being    .00  m.,  in  ,0  h.  38  min.,  through  a 
h.,ly  country,  wuh  ligh.  winds  to  contend  against.     On  June  a9,  '85,  I  won  the  50  m.  road-race 
of  the  club,  m  J  h.  50  m.,  the  fastest  time  ever  made  in  Tasmai.ia,  though  3  m.  of  the  road  had 
been  newly  metaled.     I  have  competed  in  a.  other  races,  winning  .3  first,  j  second  and  3  ihird 
prizes.       On  Sept.  aS,  '85,  he  rode  .00  m,  straightaway,  in  9  h.  9  min.-being  a  min.  less  than 
the  record  nde  of  F.  W.  Rriggs,  of  Warrnambool,  Jan,  3.,  '84.     The  rice^pt.  of  .he  same  club, 
F.  J.  Bowen  (builder  and  con.ractor  of  Campbell  St.,  who  pledged  a  dozen  subscribers  to  this 
book),  ,hus  reported  to  me,  Aug.  aS,  '85  :     "  There  are  ,60  members  now  belonging  to  the  4 
clubs  in  this  city,  the  Tasmanian  beins  the  oldest,  with  38,  next  the  Marmion,  with  66,  the  City 
with  as,  and  the  Hobart,  with  3,.     Cycling  has  lately  been  making  rapid  strides  here,  as  a  popu- 
lar pastime.     The  li.ile  '  Excursionists'  Guide '  which  I   enclose  will  show  you  that  the  r-ad 
5lre.ch.ng  northward  ta.  m.  across  the  island  to  Launceston,  our  second  important  port  and  the 
nearest  to  Melbourne  on  the  opposite  continent  '  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  worid,  having  been 
built  by  convicts  when  this  was  a  penal  colony.     The  first  settlement  of  prisoner,  was  made  here 
...  .803,  under  Lieut.  Bowen.    Townships  are  now  found  about  ,0  m.  apart,  along  the  road, 
with  good  hotel  accomi,.,4ation  at  most  of  them.     The  railway  between  H.  and  L.  is  .3,  m 

inner     *-ttlin!n»  .«-_    _/  .1.   .     *  .  .     .  _  J**  • 

^         ._........._.,  ...  ..._  .-i:::~:cr.::  siy.c,  or;  a  imiruw  hourc  of  3J  ft.,  iwo  through  trains  dally 

...  each  direction,  at  a  speed  of  ,3  m.  per  h.'    The  starting  point  in  our  .00  m.  rides  is  ,a  m 
Jrom  L.  and  .  m.  s.  of  the  village  of  Perth,  and  the  finish  i.  at  S.  Bridgewater,  9  m.  n.  of  H. 


564  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

Our  dub  offers  a  gold  medal  to  each  member,  the  first  time  he  covers  the  disunre  fiukle  o(  u  I, 
I  myself  did  tnis,  in  10  h.  48  rain.,  Oct.  16, '8j,  only  3  mos.  after  learning  how  to  ride.  Six  oihtrs 
have  also  taken  the  medal  :  T.  F.  hallam.  J.  Needhain  (10  h.  48  rain.,  Oct.  16,  '83),  G  Ami 
ing,  G.  Gregory,  T.  N.  Spong  a-id  R.  O.  Bishop.  In  the  50  :n.  road-race  of  3  mos.  ago  whe>^ 
a  medal  was  given  to  all  who  did  the  disUnce  in  5  h.,  I  reached  the  finish  in  4)  h.  —though  1 
had  a  broken  pedal  for  the  last  37  m.,  which  forced  me  to  walk  up  the  hills.  Thu  was  the  re- 
sult of  a  bad  fall,  produced  by  some  miscreants'  alacing  timber  right  across  the  road  ;  and  I  've 
not  been  well  enough  to  do  much  riding  since.  The  best  50  m.  records  of  the  club  are  held  in 
the  following  order,  by  T.  F.  Hallam,  C.  Bailow,  R.  O.  Bishop,  T.  N.  Spong  and  W.  Rice  " 
Wheelbig  of  Scot.  8,  '86,  mentioned  th.-.t  Bishop  had  rcwcnlly  lowered  .he  record  to  3  h.  44  min 
though  ntaking  a  sto  'jr  lunch.  The  first  long  tri.  ride  on  the  island  was  taken  by  Kdwj,<i 
Ash,  July  9.13,  -S  'i.  to  L.  and  back,  244  m.  An  entire  day  was  devoted  to  business  at  1 
and  two  nights  were  spent  there,— the  first  and  fourth  nights  being  spent  at  Campbelltown  x,' 
tn.  from  H.  The  A.  C.  ATeius  of  Jan.  30  and  Mar.  vi,  '86  (pp.  .88,  236)  gnve  a  pleasant  rep... 
of  a  Lhnstmas  toi-.r  along  this  road,  by  \V.  R.  Roijerts,  of  Ballarat,  who  was  charmed  by  the 
granrleur  of  the  scenery,  especially  along  the  southern  half  of  it,  where  much  hill-climbing  was 
required.  The  steamship  passage  from  Melbourne  to  L.  was  24  h.  He  found  the  hotels  ratl.cr 
inferior  and  h;Kh-priced,  and  he  took  several  short  excursions  out  from  Hobart. 

New  South  Wales  sent  out  four  long-dislancj  tourists  from  its  capital,  Sydney,  in  '84 ;  and 
the  second  of  them,  James  Copland  (b.  Oct.  27,  '51)  covered  no  less  than  1282  m.  on  a  tricycle 
before  his  return.     His  tri.  ride  of  Oct.  16,  '83,  120  m.  in  20  h.  (incl.sJ  h.  of  rests),  compris.d 
100  m.  m  16  :..  (incl.  3^  h.  of  rests),  and  was  called  "  the  longest  and  fastest  straighlasvay  tri 
ride  1:-  Australia  '*  at  the  close  of  '84,  by  a  writer  who  said  the  scene  thereof  was  '•  i}  picked 
road  on  the  north  shore  at  Sydney."     Whether  this  phrase  was  designed  to  signify  a  course  of 
1^  m.  or  a  longer  one,  it  could  hardly  signify  a  real  straightaway  course  of  120  m.     Mr.  C.  wai 
ed.  of  the  Australian  Cyclist,  for  its  7  fortnightly  issues.  May  16  to  Aug.  8,  'S5  ;  a;id  his  letter 
to  me,  enclosing  6 subs,  f.om  the  Sydney  B.  C,  Jan,  29,  '85,  was  as  follows  :  "  Our  moit  assiduous 
rider  here  is  W.  R.  George,  who  is  out  wheeling  daily,  all  the  year  round.     He  has  sons  aud 
a  daughter,— grown  up,  and  all  cyclists,— and  we  sometimes  call  him  '  the  father  of  cycling  in 
this  colony,'  besides.     The  Rev.   Geo.   Martin  and  Mr.   F.   G.   Sloper  are  two  other  elderly 
enthusiasts  of  the  tri. ,  who  are  on  their  machines  nearly  every  day.     I  myself,  though  now  in  my 
34lh  year,  rank  among  the  oldest  of  r.icing  men.  .'or  I  posf -ss  first  prizes  won  in  hi.  races  of 
July,  '72,  in  England.     I  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the  old  Surrey  B.  C,  of  London,  a.;<l  .im 
a  life-member  of  it.     My  height  is  5  ft.  iii  in.,  and  my  weight  is  180  lbs.     I  gained  ij  lbs.  dur- 
ing the  tour  to  Melbourne,— whereof  my  reports,  as  printed  in  A.   C.  News,  are  hereby  for- 
warded to  you.     Mr.  Alf.  Edwards,  who  took  the  same  trip  3  mos.  ahead  of  me,  says  he  will 
write  you  an  account  direct."     I  regret  that  no  such  account  has  ever  come  to  me  ;  but  I  learn 
from  other  sources  that  Mr.  E.,  after  wheeling  for  ,1  day  or  more  from  S.,  took  train  for  43  m. 
to  Mittagong,  and  thence  drove  his  bi.  through  to  Melbourne,  about  500  m.,— thus  making  ilie 
longest  straightaway  trail     len  known  in  Australia.     The  Sydney  B.  C.  honored  the  event  bv 
voting  a  commemorative     ledal,  which  was  presented  to  him  at  a  public  dinner,  Apr.  11,  'S5. 
From  /J.  C.  News  of  Ai-^.  30,  '84,  I  con-^vnsi  Mr.  C.'s  13  days'  itincr^^ry,  with  mileage,  thus  ; 
"  Aug.  14,  Campbelltown,  33  (last  14  bad);   15th,  Mittagong,  47  (last  27,  all  up-hill  and  la-^t  16 
in  rain);   i6th,  Marulam,  37;   17th,  beyond  Goulbiirn,  25  :   18th,  Yass,  47 ;   iglh,   'ugiong,  4j; 
20th,    Mund.irloo,  46 ;  21st,   Billabong,  45;  22nd,  Albury,   57;  23rd   (crossed  the  border  int.. 
Victona,  3  ni.  from  A.),  Wangaretta,  .;5  (last  15  m.  in  2  h.  in  the  dark);  24th,  Violet   lown, 
44 ;  2sth,  Seymour,  52  ;  26th,  Melbourne,  62  (through  continuous  rains  and  bitter  blasts  of 
wind).     The  weather  was  disagreeable  and  unfavorable,  except  for  two  days  ;  and  of  the  ro.ids 
traversed  (583  m.  by  Stanton's  log,  incl.  slight  detours),  100  m.  were  good,  400  m.  middling  tn 
fair,  and  the  rest  utterly  unridable."     During  18  d,ns'  stay  in  and  about  M.,  he  rode  121  nv,  in 
company  with  local  wheelmen,  who  treated  him   u    I,   great  consideration,— escorting  him  in 
liiiuusli  lO  III.  oi  rain  on  his  arrival,  and  going  out       ili  him  when  he   began  the  return  trip,  at 
3  P.  M.  of  Sept.  i3,as  far  asWalLm,  3oni      The  m.,eage  for  the  next  11  days  stood  thus  :"  141I., 


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Avendale,  45i   .5th,    Benalla.   ro ;    .5th.  Chiitern.  49;   ./th   (crowed  the  border  bridge  from 
Wodonga  ...to  N.  S.  W.,  ,0  m.  iron,  «art).  Bowna.  35  ;  ,8th.  Billabong.  4a  ;  .9th,  Gundagai.  66 

u  ^!,*;  u'  u°/f  ,''*•  ""■  "  '  '""*"'  "^'  "'  '°"''  ''"P"'  '''"*  "^'*«  »"d  '•'■ay  '«>  f'Pair  wheel, 
buckled  by  bad  fall  ...  careless  down-hill  riding) ;  aoth,  Bookham,  46  (ove,  3  big  range,  of  hill,) 

..St.  Gunn.,-,  46  (last  a6.  worst  of  route);  aand,  Marulam.  ja  (,0  Ly  lautem);  ajrd.  Picton  6a 
(7  30  A  M.  to  .0  p.  M.  ;  hrst  28  m.  were  bad.  but  a  dociine  of  ,500  ft.  in  the  last  28  m  made 
such  pleasai.t  r.dn.g  that  even  a  thunder  shower  could  noc  mar  the  e..joy.  .ent);  24th  Syd,.ey 
53.  On  this  last  day,  i  started  just  after  midnight  a..d  got  over  Mt.  Razorback.  into'camden' 
.2  m  ,  at  3.40  ;  camped  out  there  on  a  hotel  veranda  until  5,  then  rode  8  m.  to  Campbelltown' 
(or  a  poor  breakfast,  and  during  the  next  7  m.  had  snch  an  attack  of  illness  that  I  gave  up  hope 
..f  pushmg  any  further ;  but,  after  a  while.  I  felt  better.  a.,d  jogged  slowly  into  Sydney  at  8  30 
. .  «.  .My  btanu„.'s  log  made  9  revolutions  of  6.  m.  each  and  29  m.  more.~a  total  of  578  m 
.A-Uhng  the  5S3  m.  of  outw.ud  trip,  and  ,2,  m.  .nade  between,  the  whcle  mileage  from  Aug  .4  to 
Sept.  24  was  .2S,  My  tool-bag  and  baggage  weighed  2,  lbs.  On  the  outward  trip,  my  Cheyles- 
.nore  Cuo  t...  w.nt  through  wi.l.out  any  breakage  or  loosening.  On  the  return.  I  used  a  '  two 
t...ck  Club  double  driver,  front  steerer,  and  I  praise  it  for  showing  no  sign  of  weakness  for  the 
ya  nnles  fo.Iown.g  the  accident  which  buckled  one  wheel.  My  mackintosh  coat  also  got  wound 
up  ,n  the  Chan,,  four  days  earlier,  and  loosened  it ;  but  I  was  able  to  tighten  the  chain  in-o  work- 
ing order  again,  though  the  coat  was  utterly  destroyed." 

Five  days  behind  this  pioneer  tricycler.  on  hi.  outward  ioumey,  were  two  youthful  acquaint- 
aocesof  h,.,.  f.om  the  Redfern  B.  C,  on  bicycles.-jas.   F.  Rugg.  its  sec.etary.  and  Geo.  L. 
liudds.-who  printed  a  report  of  their  tour  in  the  A.  C.  News  of  Sept.  .3.     The  latter  rod-  a 
52  .n.  Columbia  (No.  4.42).  which  he  had  been  using  for  2  years  previously  and  which  we.,"t 
through  w.thout  mishap.-staying  safely  on  the  bridge  while  he  took  a  header  into  a  creek   on 
the  6th  day  of  the  tour.     On  the  previous  day.  his  companion,  who  rode  a  52  in    Club   new 
look  a  bad  header  on  a  steep  down-grade,  disabling  the  brake  ;  and.  on  the  final  day,  his  spring 
snapped,  just  behind  the  saddle,  so  that  about  60  m.  of  "  backbone  jolting  "  had  to  be  erdured 
•'  Despite  the  bad  state  of  the  roads,  adverse  winds,  and  la-:k  of  previous  training,  both  enjoyed 
the  tour  immensely  and  finished  in  perfect  health.     The  best  meal  of  the  trip  was  had  at  Vin- 
cent s  hotel  .n  Colac  (50  c.) ;  and  the  return  to  Sydney  was  made  by  express  train  (.9  h.),  as  our 
L-ave-of-absence  lasted  but  a  fortni-,ht."    The  total   mileage  (,82  for  ,3  days.  incl.  6  m    for 
detours)  was  divided  thus  :    Aug.  ,9,  8  A.   m.  to  5.45  r.  M.,  Camden,  4,  ;  20th,  Mittagonj;.  36 
tiearly  2000  ft.  above  the  sea  level  of  the  start);  2,st,  9.40  to  7.30,  Goulburn.  55  ;  22iul,7.,5,o 
8,  Yass,  55  (frost  and  bitter  cold  at  start);  23rd,  7  to  6,  Jugiong,  39;  24th,  9.30  to  7,  Adelong 
Crossing,  37 ;  25th,  8.30  to  8,  Kyamba,  46^  (tel.  station ;  no  hotel) ;  26th.  9  to  4,  Germanton 
2f.  (ram) ;  27th,  9.30  to  ^.,5,  Alb.iry,  38  ;  28th.  8  to  5,  Wangaretta.  47  ;  29th,  7-  .5  to  7.30,  Violei 
lown,  43  ;  30th,  2.30  to  7,  Avenal,  4. ;  3,st,  7  a.  m.  to  ...45  p.  r.i.,  Melbourne,  72.     The  to,, 
of  W.  Hume  and  H.  G.  Keefe,  at  the  end  of  Dec, '84  (desoibed  on  p.  56,),  was  the  earliest  bi 
rule  made  on  this  route  in  the  opposite  direction,  M.  to  S.  ;  and  no  one  seems  to  have  cone 
ov.r  it  at  all  during  '85. 

fn  Mar..  '86,  however,  it  was  again  traversed  by  a  pair  of  elderly  Victorians,  on  bi  and  tri 
*Ho  "  made  the  longest  straightaway  trail  in  Australia,"  about  670  m,,  in  ,7  davs,  and  had  drj^ 
woather  throughout  the  trip.  They  were  5  days  in  doing  their  first  202  m.,  from  Stawell  to 
\;olet  Town  (which  is  only  ,,3  m.  from  Melbourne);  and  thence  to  Sydney  they  followed  the 
nv.te  of  >he  earlier  tourists.  This,  by  the  mileages  latest  quoted,  was  463  m. ,  but  they  added  at 
liast  5  m.  tc.  it,  by  losing  the  way  near  Liverpool.  At  the  end  of  their  first  w^k,  when  about 
J75  m.  had  been  traversed,  a  third  companion,  the  little  dog.  "  Dandy,"  began  to  j;row  footsore 
-iKl  weary  ;  and  he  was  thenceforth  allowed  to  ride  on  the  tri.  during  many  miles  of  bad  -oing 
when  the  owner  had  to  walk  and  push  it.  Sometimes  also  he  was  given  a  ride  when  the  owner 
rode,-being  packed  in  the  valise  with  the  other  baggage.-but,  at  Vass,  187  m.  from  the  finish. 
"1  agent  was  instructed  to  catch  the  belated  dog  or  his  arrival  and  forward  him  bv  tr.nin  ,0 
oyu.„ry.  ,  ne  subsequent  tate  ot  "  Dandy  "  is  not  told  in  the  record  from  which  I  quote,-thi. 
record  being  in  the  shape  of  sheet-reprints  from  six  donble-tolumn  articles  in  the  weekly  Nnvs 


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566  TEN  THOUSAND  .dILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

<&♦  ChronuU,  of  S'awell,  written  by  the  projecto.  of  the  tour,  M.  Thomfeldt,  and  giving  fairly 
full  details  of  the  670  m.  traversed.     He  alludes  to  himself  as  having  taken  a  losjng  contract  to 
build  a  brick  bridge  at  Sandhurst  ("  Bendigo"),  in  '5S,  "  when  his  knowledge  o.'  the  English 
language  was  very  limited,"  and  when  he  "  used  to  congregate  with  his  compatriots,  on  Satur- 
day  nights,  at  the  '  Stadt  Hamburg  '  tavern,  and  take  part  in  the  strange  babel  of  tongues  which 
prevailed  there."     I  infer  from  this  that  hi  is  a  German,  aged  about  50;  and  I  have  alnady 
lecorded  (1 .  56=)  the  tri.  lour  taken  by  his  grown-up  daughter,  in  Oct.,  '85.     He  mentions  a 
pleasant  tri.  tour  of  his  own,  through  Western  Victoria,  in  the  summer  of  '85,  as  inspiring  the 
later  r,ie  ,  and  he  secured  as  a  companion  C.  H.  Lyne,  of  Ararat,  who  rode  a  Club  Safety  bi 
whii  •  he  himself  used  a  rear-3teering  Cheylesmore  Club  tri.     Both  machines  were  as  good  at  the 
finish  (after  aboi!t  750  m.)  as  at  the  start,  and  neither  rider  suffered  any  accident,— except  that 
the  tri.  once  upset  the  bi.  by  a  careless  colii.sion.     "  Why  should  two  old  blokes  like  you  be  R.iing 
about  the  country  in  knickerbockers  and  on  them  things  .>  "  was  the  pleasant  greeting  of  a  w.iy. 
side  landlady,  on  the  third  day ;  and  on  the  5th,  a  wagon-driver  whose  horses  took  fright  at  the 
tri.,  seemed  greatly  amused  at  it,  when  he  got  them  under  control,  and  remarked  :    "  Though 
you  don't  look  like  a  big  man,  you  must  have  a  great  stomach  to  go  tramping  about  the  country 
on  a  thing  like  that,— vhich  seems  to  be  a  horse  and  buggy  all  in  one."     A  good  stomach  was, 
indeed,  as  usual,  essential  to  pleasant  touring,  "  for  the  country  seemed  inundated  with  corned 
beef,"  and  in  many  cases  not  even  that  delicacy  could  be  had  ;  while  at  least  two  nights  were 
devoted  to  fighting  bed-bugs.     The  orly  other  live  animals  encountered  were  "  two  wallabies 
and  a  very  large  iguana  "  ;  though  a  ''ead  snake,  5  ft.  long,  gave  the  tri.  rider  a  great  scare  when 
he  suddenly  ran  over  it  in  the  road.     The  tourists  regulated  their  pace  simply  by  personal  c„  n- 
fort,-bemK  tcx)  o|d  for  any  silly  ambition  about  "  making  a  record  for  swiftness, "-and  though 
they  expected  in  advance  to  average  about  50  m.  a  day,  they  were  quite  content  with  the  actual 
average  of  40  m.     Their  itinerary  was  as  follows  :     Monday,  Mar.  8,  from  7  a.  m.  till  about  5 
p.  M.,  Stawell  to  Moonambel,  40  m.  (very  tired  from  lack  of  previous  training  ;  much  heavy  and 
Sfndy  road);  9th,  Eddmgton  (sandy  and  then  good,  through  undulating  field.);  .oth,  Sandhurst 
(breakfasted  on  grapes  in  a  fine  orchard) ;   Mth,  Rushworth,  a  large  town,  reached  in  th-  dark 
u    »,"^;  '     '""^  '"veling  ;  ,2th,  a  farm  house  within  5  m.  of  Violet  Town  ;  ,3th,  Glenrowan  • 
Mth,  Wodonga,   54  m.  (first   favorable  wind);   .jth  (entering  N.   S.    V/.,  by  bridge  over  the 
Murray   with  no  sign  of  customs  officers).  Germanton,  43  m.  (detour  to  50  m. ;  last  .0  m  very 
fine);  .6th,  private  house  called  Kelvin  Grove;   ,7th,  Gundagai,  50  m.,  by  bridge  i  m.  long; 

I   noo    '" ?H  '  "    ••         7^'  '"  ■"■  '  '°'^'  ^''""'"S  =  '"''  ^""'='"-  S^--  (through  Goulbum), 
at  noon        the  prettiest  and  most  compactly-built  .own  on  the  route  " ;  a.nd,  Mittagong;  ,3rd. 

M     «        y^i  '  '•'°  '°  '°  *•  "•'  ^'^  "'■"^^'''^  '  "'*"  =>  ^  h.  rest  before  climJng  ove; 

r.lW     fl     f :'"  ^°'"P'"'^"7'!h  -''ich  "'«  "revious  hills  seemed  easy,  to  Camden,  ..  m  ;  and 

!  V  IL  ^  ^"^  ""■""^  '°1  /  '"  •'''''""'■  '°  ^'"'^°°''  ^  '"'=''  °f  ^-  >"•  '  ^^.h,  reached  Syd- 

ney about  ,.30  P.  M.  escorted  for  the  last  ,6  m.  by  a  party  of  about  40  on  bi.  and  tri.  Six  days 
a  r,  steamer  was  taken  for  Melbourne  (a  ride  of  65  h.,  a.  compared  to  :,  h.  by  tr,in) ;  and  the 
las.  stage  of  the  ,ourney  home  to  Stawell  was  wheeled  Apr.  6-8,  about  .75  m.,  finishing  a.  .0.30 
p.  M  an  exac.  calendar  mon.h  from  the  s.art.  "  In  spite  of  some  hard  up-hill  work,  it  wa,  .. 
most  p  easant  experience.  We  saw  a  vast  tract  of  country,  and  saw  it  better  than  any  o'.her 
kind  of  locomotion  wou.d  enable  us  to  do  ;  and  we  did  no.  feel  in  the  leas,  fatigued  a.  the  end. 
In  fact,  I  was  less  tired  .he  las.  day,  riding  6a  m.,  .ban  the  fi.s.  day.  riding  only  forty." 


New  Zealand  lies  about  ,200  m.  s.  e.  of  Aus.ralia.  and  its  cycling  season  las.s  from  Sept.  to 
May,  though  riders  in  the  northern  districts  are  active  for  most  of  the  other  3  mos.  Of  .he  .wo 
dis.inc.  islands  which  comprise  .i,e  colony,  North  Island  has  Auckland  for  its  northerly  port  and 
Wellin^.on  for  „s  por.  nearest  .0  Sou.h  Island.  "  Pakeha."  .h,  Christchnrch  cor.  of  the 
Wheelman  t  Gazette,  who  has  "been  identified  with  the  pastime  since  its  infancy"  in  the 
colony,  writing  July  .8,  '85,  said  :  "  Though  we  are  now  snnnoseH  ..  h„  in  „:d-»;n,.,  ,h. 
weatner  nas  tnus  tar  been  so  exceedingly  mild  .ha.  we  can  scarcely  .erm  i.  w:n.er,     I  see  no 


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reason  why  we  should  recogniie  any  ■  c1  season  ' ;  for  the  >  -atralians  do  not.     The  season  just 
closed  has  been  the  most  successful  recorded  in  the  colony.     The  N.  Z.  C.  Alliance  has  had  good 
luck  1.1  carrying  through  .ts  series  of  championships  (,,  5  and  ,0  m.).  with  faster  times;  and  the 
number  of  nders  has  doubled  .-causing  a  great  improvement  in  the  merobershio  «d  finances  of 
li.e  older  clubs,  and  the  springing  up  of  new  ones."    A  year  earlier  he  wrote  (Aug   .c   -JU)  • 
•    Ihe  number  of  b.cycle  riders  ia  N.  Z.  is  estimated  as  at  least  ,000.  though  the  clubs  do  not 
exceed  a  doien.-the  largest  U-ing at  Christchurch,  Dunedin  and  Auckland.     In  '^^  there  were 
h.ndly  so  riders,  all  told,  but  the  mcrease  in  their  number  has  been  very  rapid  during  the  last 
years.     The  oldest  club  is  the  Pioneer  B.  C.  org.  Apr.  .0,  '79,  at  Chnstchurch,  the  capital. 
1  .e  flat  nature  of  the  country  around  C.  allows  ,00  m.  to  be  traversed  without  encountering  a 
iMl..     Though  some  machines  are  made  here,  most  are  imported  from  England  "     His  letter  of 
M..y  22,  'ab,  said:     "  The  advance  of  cycling  during  the  season  now  closing  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  as  great  as  I  expected.     I  attribute  tins  chiefly  to  the  very  dry  summer,  which  has 
,v„dered  the  roads  too  loose  for  easy  riding  ;  though  several  tours  haye  nevertheless  been  m- 
du,ged  ni.     The  recent  extensive  popularity  won  here  by  the  safety  bi.  has  almost  entirely  ban- 
ished the  tncycles."    Another  resident  of    that  town,  who  was  my  earliest  subscriber  in  the 
colony.  J.  toxley  Norris  (b.  Feb.  6,  '57).  a  law  stationer,  v^ote  to  me  thus,  Apr   -.   '84  •     "I 
don't  think  It  possible  to  ride  50  m.  without  a  dismount,  here  in  N.  Z.,  owing  to  the 'river  beds 
and  shingle.     At  Easter,  '82,  I  wheeled  and  walked  from  C.  to  Dunedin,  J42  m.  (in  5  days   3  of 
which  were  rainy),  crossing  3  mountain  ranges  and  finding  rough  roads.     This  still  remains  tne 
longest  straight  iway  trail,  though  J.   Fitton   made  a  tou.  of  considerably  greater  mileage  at 
Christmas,  '83,  and  I  will  try  to  have  him  send  you  the  details  of  it.     The  following  have  ridden 
.00  m.  in  a  day  :     F.  R.  Dunsford,  H.  J.  Jenkins,  R.   W.  Mountfort,  J.  F.  Norris,  and  A    E 
Preece,  of  Pioneer  B.  C.  ;  F.  W.  Painter,  J.  W.  Painter  and  T.  W.  May.  of  Christchurch  B. 
C.  ;  and  F.  A.  Cutten,  of  Dunedin  C.  C.     Four  of  us  rode  together  to  Hurunui  and  back,  114 
ni.  in  14  h.,  and  I  believe  an  account  appeared  in  one  of  the  English  wheel  papers  in  '82  or  '83. 
It  was  a  much  harder  journey  than  the  114  r.i.  I  rode  in  '77,  with  the  Middlesex  B.  C,  from 
P.ath  to  London  (East  End).     My  longest  stay  without  dismount  was  made  July  6,  '79.  in  a 
drizzling  rain,  just  50  m.,  from  Bath  to  Newbury,  over  Box  and  Marlboro  hills ;  and  I  then  kept 
onto  Maidenhead.  30  m..  for  second  dismount,    and   to   the  outskirts  of  London,  20  m..  for 
third,— making  100  m.  in  the  day.     I  formerly   held  the  position  of  '  Mr.   Perker '  in  the'  old 
Pickwick  B.  C,  of  London.     More  recently,  I  have  been  sec.  of  the  Pioneer  B.  C,  and  sec,  of 
the  N.  Z.  C.  Alliance,  and  am  now  its  treasurer ;  but,  being  a  married  man  and  much  occupied 
with  business,  I  am  trying  to  give  up  active  club  work."     Replying  to  later  enquiries  of  mine, 
his  letter  of  Oct.  2,  '85,  dated  at  London,  said  :     "  I  left  N.  Z,  in  July,  and  do  not  think  it  likely 
that  I  shall  return  there.     My  riding  began  on  a  hired  bone-shaker,  in  '74 ;  but  I  soon  bought  a 
?6  in.  bone-shaker,  then  a  48  in.  Gentleman,  and  I  've  had  20  machines  in  all.     My  mileage  for 
^n  years— while  I  was  ?.n  rpprenlice,  and  only  had  a  week's  holiday  at  mid-summer— stood  thus  : 
'74,  13'  ;  '75.   '052;  '76.  "05;  '77.  •&'4;  '78.  2546;  '79.   1676.     This  small  total  of  8274  m. 
represents  short  morning  rides  and  Saturday  afternoons  with  the  club.     .Since  then.  I  've  not  kept 
-ount.     I've  done  no  distances  worth  chronicling.     My  height  is  s  ft.  5  in.,  and  weight  140  lbs." 
The  long-distance  Christmas  tour  alluded  to  in  the  foregoing  was  taken  by  J.  Fitton  (of 
Service  &  Fitton,  makers  and  importers  of  bicycles,  35  Grey  St.,  Auckland),  who  printed  a  two- 
column  report  of  it  in  the  Auckland  Her.%ld,  of  Jan,  19,  '84.      In  the  19  days,  Dec.  25  to  Jan. 
■  2,  hiscyclom.  registered  611  m.,  but,  as  it  usually  fell  short  3  m,  in  20,  he  estimated  the  dis- 
tance covered  as  702  m.     He  rode  a  52  in,  kudge,  which  sustained  no  serious  damage,  despite 
Its  lightness  (35  lbs,),  though  he  had  a  great  many  tumbles,  one  of  which,  at  the  end  of  the  first 
v/eek,  snapped  the  brake-handle,  so  that  he  was  forced  to  walk  down  5  good  many  ridable  hills 
during  the  next  5  days,  until  he  got  it  repaired.     The  worst  fall  of  the  trip  was  had  wi'hin  6  h. 
of  the  start,  Dec.  25,— cutting  his  hand  on  the  rough  road-metal.     On  the  5th  day,  he  rearhed 
Ohinemutu,  148  m.,  after  a  straight  tramp  of  i.  m,  through  'he  bush,  and  from  there  took  a  de- 
'"'"■"•  "•••-S=  V""'~'^  "'IS  w.T-.;;  a^toriisricd  ific  imlin;a),  ihe  j;eysers  arm  the  boiling 
springs.    On  the  9th  day,  Jan.  2,  10  a.  m,  to  6  p,  m,,  Tarawera  ^o  Puhoi,  23  m,,  the  road-sur- 


568  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

«»ce  was  good,  out  the  fint  9  m.  led  up  hill,  ...d  the  denccntt  could  not  be  ridden   for  wani  of 
br»ke.     At  one  of  two  creek  croMingi.  ho  dropped  his  bi.  and  then  jumped  into  (he  water    a  "d 
■  timllar  bath  had  been  taken  two  day.  before,  in  trying  to  ride  through  a  creek.     MaEnificr,  1 
Tiewaof  rough  and  rugged  country  could  be  had  at  every  sharp  turn  in  the  mountain  road 
Napier,  his  objective  point,  jjj  m.  from  A.,  was  reached  at  5  p.  m.  of  Jan   j   after  a 
journey,  half  of  which  was  along  the  gully  of  the  Kiwaka  creek  and  the  edgei'of  the  Peu*" 
nver.  where  constant  wading  was  necessarv.  a-i  almost  50  crossings  had  to  be  made  within  i,'? 
The  only  other  ro-ie  was  the  "  telcRraph  tracU,"  which  was  thought  to  be  even  more  d.fficul,' 
He  halted  a  day  1..  N.,  to  gel  hi,  brake  repaired,  »nd  talk  with  local  cyclers  about  the  road,  .0 
Wellington.     He  also  met  an  English  touriM.  W.  K.  Adam,  who  was  wheeling  in  ihe  opp„.i„ 
direcon.  from  W.  to  the  hot  springs.     The  "  shinjled  road  "  out  of  N.  wa«  good  enou.h  ,0 
allow  ,9  m.  in  a  h.,-t:ie  last  5  m.  in  ,5  min.,-and  then  a  stretch  of  „  m.  was  done  w.ihou.  .lis- 
-nount.  in  aj  h  ;  .0  that  the  day's  record.  „  a.  m.  to  .0  -.  m..  ending  at  Takapo,  wa,  65  n, 
the  longest  of  the  tcur.  though  it  included  a  bad  and  swamny  stretch  of  ,S  m..  where  the  tourint' 
lost  his  way  in  the  dark.     Next  day.  Jan.  6.  9.5  to  7  ,5,  he  rode  50  m.  to  Pahinau    •'hav 
in^  nice  and  cool  wheeling  through  the  Koi'y  Mile  Uush  " ;  and  on  the  7th,  to  MaMrrt,.n   4, 
m.,  m  5  h.  50  min..  which  included  i  h.  of  stop,.      He  t.n.k  train  there  to  Wellington   inlculm' 
to  wheel  back  next  day  to  Al  .  over  the  Rimataka  hills ;  but.  as  rain  was  falling  then,  he  cime 
back  by  tram  as  far  as  Featherston.  and  thence  wheeled  through  Masterton,  and  along  his  f„r 
mer  raid  to  I.kefahuna,  55  m.  .1  a.  m.  to  6  p.  m.     On  the  ,oth,  he  kept  along  his  old  course 
till  some  distance  beyond  Pahiatau,  and  then  turn-d  by  new  road  "  through  the  famous  M.ma 
watu  (.orge,  up  which  the  wind  was  blowing  great  guns."  t„  Fielding,  60  m.,  8.20  to  6  .5  whc-re 
helo<.k  tram  to  \Yan:.;anui.     On  the  nth  and  .jth,  he  rode  by  tram  as  well  as  wheel,  and' on  ih- 
.ath  also  by  boat,  from  New  Plymouth  to  Onehunga.  whenre  his  cycling  friends  escorted  hi,n 
home  to  Auckland.     Of  the  700  m.  estimated  as  a  total  for  the  .9  days,  nearly  500  m.  were  .lone 
before  the  first  taking  of  train  ;  and,  during  those  first  14  days,  the  repetitions  seem  not  .0  h.ive 
exceeded  50  m.     Mosquitoes  were  named  as  troublesome  on  the  loth.  and  his  waterproof  cn.ie 
was  found  of  go<Kl  service  on  that  day  and  on  previous  occasions  of  rain.     The  places  where  he 
lodged  were  generally  alluded  to  as  "accommodation   houses."     In  reference  to  the  to  ,rist 
whom  he  met  at  Napier.  Jan.  4.  W.  K.  Adam,  I  may  say  that  he  pushed  his  bicycle  thence  to 
Ohinemutu,  about  .50  m.,  and,  after  seeing  the  hot  lakes,  took  coach  and  steamer  to  Auckland 
Previously,  however,  he  had  wheeled  from  Masterton  to  Maketoke.  where  he  took  train  to  N 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Oxford  Univ.  B.  C,  and  the  London  B.  C,  and  was  named  in  the 
Cyclist  of  Nov.  7,  '83,  as  having  ridden  43  m.  in  -a.  h.  20  mill,  19  sec.  (at  the  Crystal  Palace  track, 
July  29,  '82),  which  was  then  a  "  best  record." 

I  printed  in  the  Wluelol  Oct.  31,  '84,  a  four-column  report,  prepared  at  my  request  bv  H 
J.  Jenkins,  clerk  in  the  Bank  of  N.  Z.,  concerning  a  23  h.  ride  of  170  m.  taken  by  himself' and 
F.  W.  Painter,  eariy  in  the  year  (only  one  of  many  which  the  pair  hav;  bad  in  company),  and  I 
now  give  an  abstract  of  the  same  :  "We  started  from  Chrislchr.rch  at  4  a.  m.  of  Feb.  3,  for 
Waiau,  8s  m.  due  north.-getting  to  Kaiapoi,  12  m.,  in  i  h.,  and  then  by  a  better  road  to  Luth- 
field,  at  6.40.  making  our  first  dismount  here  after  26  m..  ii  i!;-  river  Kowai.  The  streams  in 
N.  Z..  being  fed  by  snow  in  the  back  ranges,  are  for  long  periods  ilmostdry.  and  at  other  times 
they  are  boiling  and  rushing  between  two  high  banks,-perhai>.s  .}  m.  apart.-...id  are  inipossi- 
ble  to  .ord.  on  account  of  the  trees,  bowlders  and  all  sorts  of  d/^brU  sweeping  along.  We  found 
the  Kowai  ve.y  low,  however,  and  had  no  trouble  in  fording  its  treacherous  bed ;  but  the  Wni- 
para,  l  m.  beyond,  was  deeper  and  swifter,  and  wet  ii.s  to  the  waist,  as  we  waded  through. 
You  must  know  that  we  keep  on  our  shoes  and  stockings  at  such  fording  places,  and  dry  off  as 
we  whiri  along.  Beyond  the  river  we  reached  the  famous  Weka  Pass,  and  went  up  and  down 
a  multitude  of  spurs  abng  a  20  ft.  road,  with  a  wall  of  stone  towering  on  one  side,  and  a  rocky 
slope  of  70  or  80  ft.  sheering  down  to  the  creek  on  the  other.  After  the  hills,  we  passed 
Waikan,  46  m.,  but  our  first  real  stoppage  was  at  Hurunui,  57  m.,  just  before  1 1  o'clock,  showing 
an  average  of  8  m.  per  h.  from  the  start.     A  good  breakfast  was  had  here  at  the  little  hotel,  and 

«lvA   w\A,^   „».,     -^ -J     _.     _  ^rt(    ■  .  .  . 

----rtir-^  ::•.  ::  3c,     ;i:;;3  wss  lac  luiiituj^  ^Kiuii  in  ihe  114  m.  run  which  Mr.  N. 


BRITISH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  569 

•nW  you  wi  took  with  him,  .t  an  orlier  date,  and  which  remained  until  ..ow  the  lonn.t  da,', 
nrcord  .n  N.  Z  )    The  road  virtually  end.  at  H..  but  we  puUied  on.  .cro«  the  '  riddl.n,.  of 
•reation.    wtthaut  Memg  a  houw  or  even  a  wire  (ence.  to  the  little  clump  of  building,  called 
kotherham.  .,  m  ;  and  -hen,  by  ,o  m.  o.  the  roughe.t  riding  I  ever  experienc«J,  to  Waiau   the 
»„.l  o.  our  hops,,  at  ,  P.  m.     We  were  met  by  ;  cavalcade  of  nearly  all  the  inhabitant.,  at'  th. 
r..nd  new  br,dse.  about  .  m.  from  W,  anJ  given  a  triumphal  en.ry  into  town,-«,m.  one  in  H 
hAvmg  telegraphed  our  approach,  quite  to  our  .urpri.e.     The  hotel-keeper.  in  both  place,  de- 
clined to  take  any  pay  for  our  lefre.hmenl.,  k>  great  wa.  the  popular  intere.t  in  the  affair 
Starting  again  at  j  40.  we  reached  H.  at  7.  ;u,t  after  .undown  ;  rode  Weica  Pas.  in  the  dark   l.iM 
b -fore  the  moon  came  up ;  forded  the  Waipara  in  utter  darkness,  and  the  Kcwai  at  , ,  30    .«w.rd 
Karapot  at  ,.30,  and  finished  )u,t  bifore  3  a.  M-.-luving  done  170  m.  wul.in  J4  h.,or45  m'  more 
than  tiK-  b'st  previous  record  in  N.  Z.     My  next  long  r.de  was  on  Good  Friday,  to  Akaroa   60 
m  ,  in  company  with  F.  Cooper  and  W.  Skii.ner ;  but  the  head  of  my  British  Challenge  cracked 
. hen,  so  that  I  lud  to  get  it  and  myself  brou-^lu  home  by  carrie  .arriving  Sunday  night    .oon 
aft.r  my  fn.-n  U.  wl.o  rode  back.     Canterbu,  y,  in  which  our  city  lies,  has  a  greater  .tretch  of  flat 
country  than  the  neishborins  provinces.-th-re  being  so.ne  15,  m.  contained  on  its  >/«,>,-but 
there  are  no  goo<l  roads  for  more  than  half  the  distanc-."     In  "  i'akeha's  "  letter  of  May  j> 

'S6,  It  was  .aid  that.  "  at  the  o|,enii,g  of  the  year.  F.  W.  Painter.  A.   I.owry  and Parker 

look  a  .o  days' tour  of  380  m.  from  Christchurch  to  Hokitika.  or  across  the  entire  country 
Many  large  rivers  had  to  be  forded  and  mountain  ranges  cros«d.  so  that  the  journey  proved  one 
uf  toMsid.-raole  difficulty.  In  fad.  though  previous  tours  had  been  made  on  that  route,  the  full 
distance  had  never  before  bfen  traversed." 

I  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  a  personal  call,  Sept  ,0,  '86.  from  a  native  New  Zealan.ler 
«lK.,  having  subscribid  for  this  book,  two  years  before,  decided  at  last  that  he  must  make  the 
,^ooo  m.  journev  to  New  York,  in  ord.-r  to  ;nake  sure  of   getting  ,..     Incidentallv,  he  may  de- 
a.le  t.  reside  here  for  a  few  months  or  years,  after  really  securing  the  volumes-engaged  it 
minor  business  aflfairs  of  his  own.     H.  is  a  native  of  Christchurch.  though  hi,  parents  were 
born  in  England,  and  he  had  never  left  his  i>,'land.  home  until  he  sailed  for  San  Franciwo   last 
July.     I  refer  to  \Vm.   H.  Langdown  (b.  Nov.  i,  '64).  ex-Cant,  of  the  Pioneer  B.  C,  a  fairly 
recgnuable  likeness  of  whom  was  printed  in  the  IVJuehntn' .,  Gazttte  (Aug.,  p.  86),  apropos  of 
hi.  competing  in  the  autumn  races  at  Springfield  and  elsewhere.     His  letter  of  Sept    30  replv- 
M.^  to  my  appeal  for  statistics,  is  as  follow,  :     "  From  Oct.,  '78,  to  Dec,  'Si,  when  I  rode  a  bi  , 
10  m.  daily,  to  and  from  school.  I  must  have  covered  at  least  6000  m..  for  I  did  not  miss  riding 
a  .lozen  tun;.,  and  I  used  to  do  about  40  m.  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday  afternoons.     First  lone 
da>  s  ride  was  ,n  Apr..  •8t.-66  m..  whereof  I  did  30  without  dismount.     Longest  day',  ride   I 
.ver  took  was  84  m.  on  Dec.  8.  '83.  whereof  57  were  done  in  4  h.  34  min.. -including  time  Uken 
in  walking  over  two  river  beds.     Month  with  longest  mileage.  No    .  '84,-821  m.     First  bi., 
tx.ught  Oct..  '78,  had  no  name ;  neither  had  the  second,  bought  Nov.,  '7^;  jrd  wa.  a  special 
Club;  4th,  a  IJentleman's  Club;  5«ii.  a  5,  in.  D.  H.  F.  Premier;  6th.  an  Excelsior  tri.  ;  7th.  a 
52  in.  D.  fc    H.  F.  Excelsior.     On  the  latter.  I  rode  8940  m.-Nov.  i.  '84.  to  Oct.  30   "85  -  in- 
cluding my  longest  tour  (558  m.)  as  follows  :    Left  Wellington  Sept.  5.  '85.  ca^rving  8  lbs.  luggage 
m  knapsack,  and  rode  to  Upp.r  Hnit,  where  I  took  train  to  Fealherston,  and  rode  from  there 
to  Masterton.  making  day's  total  wheeling  48  m.  by  McDonnell's  cvclom.     I  had  tested  this 
several  times,  riding  slow  and  riding  fast,  over  good  and  Kid  roads,  and  had  always  found  it  cor- 
rect when   compared  with  the  m.-stones.     On  6th,  rode  to  Woodville,  50  m.  (walked  9);  7th, 
Takapan.  44  m,  (walked  8);  8th,  Hastings.  48  m..  15  of  which   \  had  to  walk  at  one  stretch. 
9lh,  Napier,  12  m      Stayed  here  until   ,7th.  at  5  p.  m.,  but  reached  Waipawa.  41  m..  that  same 
night.     From  he-e  to  Opunake.  I  had  a  strong  h>ad  wind,  and  it  took  me  1 1  dayn  to  do  234  m. 
One  day  I  walked  18  m.  without  mounting,  and  this  was  included  in  a  44  m.  stretch  I  had  to 
go  without  coming  across  a  hotel.     One  day  I  made  only  9  m,  on  account  of  the  wind.     During 
the  whole  trip  I  only  had  3  days  without  rain  and  none  without  wind.     From  Opunake  to  New 

"•" -  ■'^  "■  '  '  -•■-  •■•"  ===*="==  ;"•  •»<  •"..  iuciiuiiiig  acvcrdi  stoppages.     Next  evening,  1  rode 

•»t  12  IP.  to  Stratford,  and  on  the  following  morning  left  before  breakfast,  so  as  to  do  a  good 


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day's  nde.  When  I  had  covered  jb  iti.,  at  It  A.  m.,  my  crank  broke  and  I  had  to  lake  th;  car* 
(or  NV'inganui  and  the  *teaiii<-r  from  there  to  Wellington.  My  tilil  ol  separate  or  l  ri-iieaird 
road  was  454  m  The  only  mishap  of  the  tour  was  a  spill  caused  by  a  bullock's  kicking  me  off 
the  machine.  I'hls  bent  the  crank  and  afterwards  caused  it  to  break.  During  the  last  djy'» 
ride  I  h.id  to  walk  6  m.  on  the  car  track,  the  road  being  impassable.  This  was  the  first  bi.  lour  ever 
made  .icrossihe  North  I."  (Population  of  N.  Z.,  joo.ooo;  with  1461  ni.  of  r,  r.  and  4111  m  of  id  1 
"■■Vintralian  "ictures,"  by  Howard  Willoughby,  of  the  MtltxntrM*  Argm,  with  large  mnpind 
107  illiiit.  from  photographs  and  sketches  (8vo,  cloth  and  gilt,  %%.  50),  was  named  as  a  "  new  liook  " 
ill  Oct  ,  'S'),  bv  Scribiier  &  Welford,  of  N.  V  ,  whose  adv.  says  :  "  The  author  is  tnoronnliiy 
acquainted  with  the  scenery,  life,  produce  and  bu.siness  capacities  of  the  different  parts  <il  Aus- 
tralia, and  has  tried  to  award  adequate  space  to  each  of  the  colonies."  The  //<t/io«  ((Jet  n, 
'86,  p.  33 1)  thus  alludes  to  Percy  Clarke's  book,  called  "  The  '  New  Chum  '  in  Australia  " 
(London  :  Virtue  &  Co.)  :  "  Though  his  travels  were  not  very  extensive,  he  had  1  pportiinities 
to  see  life  there  under  nearly  all  i'.  conditions,  in  the  cities,  at  the  mires,  on  a  sheep  station, 
and  on  a  sugar  plantation  (in  (Queensland);  and  he  devotes  a  final  ch;iptrr  to  Tasmania.  He 
desc'ibes  station  life  with  coiisider.ible  graphic  power,  and  is  least  efltctive  in  hi.,  accounts  of 
Melbourne  and  Sydney,  though  he  g'ves  a  fair  idea  of  their  ?ppe.irance  and  characteristics." 
He  seems  not  to  have  "isited  New  Zealand;  and  though  I  thi-i'.  arother  traveler  has  recently 
printed  a  book  about  that  double-island,  I  cannot  now  find  any  exact  reference  to  it  on  my  files. 
(  may  add,  however,  for  the  guidance  of  the  numerous  wheelmen  whom  a  perusal  of  this  chap- 
ter will  naturally  send  across  the  Pacific  Ocean,  that  "  N.  Z."  is  given  as  fair  a  show  as  the 
other  colonics  in  the  Auslralasiat,  published  in  New  York  every  fourth  Saturday,  just  before 
the  closing  of  eack  direct  mail  for  those  regions,  and  presumed  to  contain  the  latest  information 
useful  for  visitors  to  the  same.  I  write  in  the  present  tense,  though  1  have  not  happened  to  see  a 
specimen  of  the  paper  since  Dec,  'S4.     It  was  then  issued  by  K.  W.  Gade,  at  40  West  Broadway. 


As  an  apprcr.riate  ending  to  the  chapter,  1  give  the  final  9  months'  travels,  through  Persia, 
Afghanistan,  India,  China  and  Japan,  of  T.  Stevens,— the  first  two  stages  of  whose  marvelous 
round-the-world  bi.  tour  (San  Francisco  to  Boston,  3700  m.,  Apr.  21  to  Aug.  4,  '84;  Liver|xx)l 
to  Teheran,  4300  m.,  M.iy  a  to  Sept.  30,  '8s)  have  been  detailed  at  the  opening'of  Chap.  30,— 
PP-  473-84,— which  I  wrote  a  year  ago.  "  Starting  out  from  T.  on  Mar.  10,  '86,  wi:h  summer 
helmet  and  low  shoes,  I  reached  Meshed  on  the  30th,  through  a  ft.  of  snow,— after  an  almost 
continuous  struggle  with  the  elements,  which  made  all  troubles  of  the  previous  8000  m.  seem  like 
child's  play  in  comparison.  The  route  would  be  fairly  agreeable  -n  pleasant  weather,  for  much 
good  wheeling  surface  would  be  found,  and  no  difficult  mlns.;  jut,  in  March,  Khorassan  is  a 
fearful  country.  After  a  rain-storm,  streams  of  liquid  mud  come  down  from  the  mtns.  and 
spread  over  the  plain,  forming  an  air.  est  in-passable  barrier  to  a  cycler.  I  have  forded  as  miny 
as  5(.  streams  in  a  day ;  and  the  wind  blows  worse  than  it  does  in  Wyoming  or  Nebraska.  The 
changes  in  temperature  are  also  sudden  and  violent.  On  Mar.  iS,  when  45  m.  from  M.,  I  got 
caught  in  ablizzardthatwoiiM  do  credit  to  Minnesota.  In  the  midst  of  it,  I  fell  down  in  a  stream, 
dropped  the  bi.  a..d  wetted  everyth!  V     h  clothes  frozen  stiff,  hands  numbed,  o-ie  finger 

slightly  froFSbitten,  and  the  blizzard  -i.  1  had  to  wade  through  o..ow-drifts,  ford  otlici 

es,  before  i  i  ihe  meanest  shelter  was  fir.  illy 
jiolt  .0  struggle  ahead,  along  the  single  trail  broken 
but  by  noon  the  sun  grew  uncomfortably  hot,  makins 
ankle-deep  mud  and  slush,  through  which  I  trundled  the  bi.  for  14  m."  On  Mar.  8,  the  Russi.ui 
minister  at  r»lieian  had  assured  Stevens  that  no  official  obstacles  shouM  hinder  his  ;iassage 
through  Siberia  ;  and  he  therefore  intended  to  steer  for  Irkutsk,  and  thence— if  the  s.  route  for 
Pekin  seemed  utterly  impracticable— reach  the  Pacific  by  way  of  the  Amoor  valley.  Merv 
Bokhara,  Samarkand,  Tashkent  and  Tomsk  were  intermediate  places  which  he  had  planned  to 
touch  at  durinsr  this  "  journey  of  6ooo  m.  over  camel-paths  and  desert  wastes  "  ;  but,  even  be- 
XOt'C  tic  goi  Iv  .--icsricu,  iuc  Ku.-MMu  auutuiuic?t  »ciit  a  uicsiscii^er  to  fioiiiy  iiiiu  liiat  iic  cuuiii  iiui 


streams,  and  toil  on  over  the  desolat 

reached.     Next  morning,  it  was  b 

by  p.ick-aniina's  through  1  ft.  of  snow 


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liRITlSH  AND  COLONIAL  RECORDS.  jy, 

p*,.  beyond  their  fron;i«r.  So,  after  a  week'*  delay,  he  turnad  ..,  in  a  va>n  attempt  to  reach 
Inau.  Hi.  inn.rary  f„r  the  next  i\  mo*.  w.i*  mailed  to  me  from  Constantinople,  June  i6  ,d  I 
4uote  as  follow,  ,»,>'  7.  Me.hed  to  Sherlfabad,  hUly  ;  8lh,  mo.lly  hilly,  with  eome  e««ll,nt 
'«•  '"  •'■'y»"le  carava.l^Jry     9th,  Torbet-i-Hiiderie,  mountainoua  ;   lolh,  eplendid  wheeling, 

I  .niihted  iu  dcwrrt .  iilli,  Kak. a,  lome  Mnd,  Kiine  good  gravel ;  lath,  Nukhab,  bad  Mountami;' 
Mil.  mall  hamlet,  average  fair  wheeling;  Mth,  Hirjand,  joo  m  from  M.good  wheeling;  15th! 
All  abid(Kue.tof  Ameer  of  Sei.tan) ,  i6ih,  iJarniian,  bad  mountains;  17th,  Tabbat,  acroes  a 
ll.im,  fairly  ridable;  i8lh,  inouniainoiu  journey  to  huu  on  edge  of  the  desert;  i<,tli,  enter 
AfKJianUtan  and  camp  out  on  Ua.hl-i-na-oomed  ('  Desert  of  Despair  ');  joth.  nom.i.l  camp,  half 
tl..  wheeling  fair,  much  of  It  ,ough ;  Jist.bad  sand-hills  after  li    .ing  camp,  reacli  a  village  near 

II  iriid  ;  jand,  Ghalikue,  irrigating  ditches  and  cultivated  land  ;  ajrd,  nonud  camp,  good  wheel- 
in;  on  gravel   plain;  14th,    Karrah,  about   aoo  m.    from    UirjanJ."     Here   the   Governor  of  (■. 
irreited  him,  and  sent  him  back,  under  escort  of  Afghans,  to  Herat.  160  m.,  asth  to  loth.     For 
half  this  distance,  to  Subgowan,  on  the  a7th,  he  found  most  of  ihe  wheeling  fairly  good,  though 
r.uhcr  Uin'.y ;  but  for  the  linal  80  m.  thence  to  h.  he  and  the  bi.  were  carried  on  horses',  ami  ,1 
siK,Ucs  were  broken  from  the  front  wheel  by  an  attempt  of  the  carrying  liorw:  to  roll  ,.,>on  it. 
Having  6  extra  spokes,  he  managed  to  partly  repair  the  damage,  and  he  used  the  machine  1,  this 
,i,.ipe  for  the  next  680  m.  to  the  Caspian  Sea.     During  9  days'  delay  at   H.,  he  wrote  to  i  ol. 
Kulgway,  o'.  the  British  Boundary  Commission,  asking  his  intercession  for  a  permit  tc    r..  ,  ,he 
.-  ■  hundred  m.  b       .^n  that  place  and   I.-.dia;  but  Col.   R.'s  only  answer  was  to  in,truct  the 
Dovemor  of  H.  that  he  be  escorted  ba.  W  into  Persia.     So.  on  May  10,  he  resumed       e  back- 
ward journey,  by  a  road  about  \  ridable,  to  a  village  whose  name  his  Afghan  guar.i  d  to 
tdl;  on  i.th,  toa  "  water  umbar,"  with  very  little  wheeling ;  on  lath,  Ly  bad  road  to  ca.i.p  ir 
lltrirud  jungle;  and  on  13th,  by  fair  riding,  to  Kar.z,  100  m.  from  Herat.     K.-re  the  Afghans 
released  him,  after  19  days'  arrest;  and  on  i.,t''    he  kept  on  ...one,  Miiough  Persia,  to  n    nad 
camp;  on  15th,  to  Kurriman.and  on  i6th,  to  Mesi.ed,at  i  p.  M,  -thus  covering  160  m.  of  good 
road  m  a}  days,  and  corfipleting  a  vain  circuit  ;f  about  920  m. ,  which  began  Apr.  7,  at  M.     "  The 
next  300  n..  to  Sharood,  oflered  a  decent  road  the  whole  distance  and  no  bad  mtns.,  to  that  I 
reached  S.  in  8  days,-the  nightly  halu  being  as  fellows  :  May  19,  caravansary ;  aoth,  village  near 
Ni^hapoor;  jist,  Lafaram ;  aand,  water  umbat  ;  a3rd,  Mazinan ;  a+th,  camped  out  ..ear  cara- 
vansary  ;  a  5th,  camped  out.     From  S.  to  Bunder  Qua,  the  port  on  Caspian  Sea  where  !  embarked 
June  „  wasa  4  days' journey  of  iao.n.,-the  first  part  of  it  by  fearful  trail  over  the  mtns., 
with  mule  carrying  the  wheel,  to  Asterabad,  May  aS-so ;  and  on  the  31st  I  reached  B.  G.     The 
r.st  of  my  route  is  shown  thus  :    June  6,  Baku;  7th,  Tiflis  ;  8th,  Batoum  ;   isth,  Constantino- 
P    ."    Outing  tor  Sept.  (p.  671)  printed  a  letter  dated  at  C,  June  a4,  from  Erne.:  Raleigh,  who 
describes  h,  ..self  as  "an  unhappy  and  discomfited  tourist,  forbidden  to  travel  anywhere  beyond 
.Meshed,"  and  says  he  "therefore  f^veled  back  with  Stevens,  from  M.  to  the  Caspian,  whence, 
after  many  days,  we  finally  turned  up  at  Constantinople."     He  declares  that  the  push...„  of  a 
bicycle  across  Afghanistan  to  Farrah-"  inrluding  a  clear  120  m.  of  howling  wilderness  which 
no  European  had  heretofore  traversed  in  its  entirety  "—was  "one  of  the  most  adventurous  feats 
of  modern  times";  a;.d  he  speaks  with  sarcasm  of  the  "strained  diplomacy"  which  caused 
S.  -.0  be  turned  back  when  he  had  thus  "  penetrated  to  within  370  m.  of  the  British  out-posts  " 

Thus,  the  middle  of  June,  '86,  found  Stevens  again  on  the  edge  .f  Europe,  at  the  same  city 
"Inch  he  first  reached  July  1,  '^'s,  and  from  which  he  had  sailed  75  m.  to  Ismidt,  Aug  lo  (mis- 
printed "Aug.  .2  "  on  p.  482),  to  begin  the  stretch  of  .576  m.  ending  at  Teheran,  Sept  30 
During  the  3  mos.  of  his  return  wanderinf ,  between  T.  and  Constantinople,  he  seems  to  have 
Pi«l,ed  the  bi.  neariy  2000  m.  On  July  3,  '86,  he  wrote  from  Suez  :  "  I  expect  the  steamer,  on 
which  I  take  passage  to  India,  to  arrive  here  to-morrow  or  next  day.  The  monsoon  season  will 
be  ...  full  swing  when  I  reach  Kur.achee,  but  I  don't  know  yet  whether  it  will  delay  my  start 
across  India."  Writing  from  K.,  July  26,  he  said  he  was  in  good  health  and  was  about  lo  start 
on  a  good  road  straight  for  Calcutta  ;  and  he  announced  his  arrival  there,  in  'etter  of  Sent    la 


th 


'  My  tour  has  been  accnmplish'jd  in  the 


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escape  from  business  are  up  in  the  hill  stations,  and  when  exposure  and  much  exertion  IrVc^n 


572  TE.W  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

sidered  highly  indiscreet.  1  have,  however,  escaped  with  only  one  slight  a.tack  of  fever,  which 
laid  me  up  for  a  couple  of  days  at  Benares.  This  is  worthy  of  mention  only  as  being  the  6rst 
occasion  on  the  entire  journey  that  I  have  had  anything  approaching  a  day's  illness,  oi  even'a 
day's  i..disposition.  Altogether,  it  is  regarded  as  remarkable  by  'he  English  in  Calc'u^.a  thai  I 
have  traversed  1400  m.  of  Indian  road  on  a  bicycle  at  this  season  of  the  year  and  escaped  wiili  on! 
one  slight  attack  of  fever.  The  weather  has  bjen  very  trying  and  fever-inducing.  All  tliiuurh 
Lower  Bengal  the  clouds  were  hovering  near  the  tree  tops;  v/hen  it  wasn't  pouring  rain  it  w  ,s 
drizzling,  and  the  roads  wjre  shallow  streams.  What  with  the  profuse  perspiration,  the  lain  aii,l 
the  excessively  humid  atmo^ihere,  a  dry  thread  of  clothing  was  entirely  out  of  the'queslion  I 
passed  through  districts  wlierL-  the  nr.tives  were  dying  at  a  fearful  rate,  with  a  peculiarly  maii'- 
nar.t  type  of  fever.  My  own  immunity  from  serious  illness  I  credit  to  the  daily  exercise.  It  niuM 
be  this,  bjcausi,  from  sliu-er  ii>.-c«sity,  I  have  daily  drank  indifferent  water,  slept  in  damp  c'cUk-v 
and  committed  various  other  indiscretions  inseparable  from  a  bicycle  tour  through  Ii.dia  in  An-usi 
and  September.  Notwithstanding  these  discomforts  and  drawbacks,  there  has  bejn  all  alnn..  , 
genuine  element  of  pleasure  and  satisfaction  in  the  splendidly-metaled  roads,  smooth  for  U,. 
most  part  as  an  asphalt  pavement,  as  well  as  in  the  many  interesting  objects  and  equally  interest- 
ing  people,  so  dlfl-'rent  from  any  other  country.  From  Labor.-  to  Sasseraw,  a  dis.ance  of  about 
1000  m.,  the  road  may  truthfully  be  described  as  the  finest  in  ilie  world.  It  is  perfectly  level, 
metaled  with  kiink.ih,  which  makes  a  smooth,  c;ment-like  surface,  and  for  a  good  portion  nf  the 
way  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  call  it  an  avenue.  Through  the  Bengal  hills  it  is  less  level,  and  is 
metaled  with  rock  ;  the  drenching  monsoon  rains  have  washed  away  the  earth,  and  left  the  sur- 
face rough  and  trying  on  a  wheel.  My  stay  in  Calcutta  will  be  but  three  or  four  days,  as  I  am 
anxious  to  push  dn  to  China  and  avoid  the  possibility  of  being  overtaken  there  by  winter." 

The  same  page  of  /,.  A.  11^.  Bit/Mi>i  which  printed  the  foregoing  letter  (Nov.  5,  '86,  p,  4.7-) 
also  quoted  a  longer  one  from  "  A.  W,"  a  correspondent  of  IF/teetiiis:,  who  talked  with  Stevens 
at  Allahabad,  Aug.  29-31,— after  lie  had  passed  through  Umballa,  Delhi,  Agra  and  Cawnpore 
At  6  A.  M.  of  the  31st,  "  \.  W."  and  another  cycler  wheeled  out  with  him  to  the  Ganges,  anil 
saw  him  well  started  by  boat  across  the  broad  river,  totake  the  road  for  Benares.  " k.  W."  .savs  : 
"  It  was  perhaps  lucky  that  he  was  turned  back  in  Afghanistan,  because,  if  he  had  been  allowetl 
to  continue  his  ride,  the  chances  were  m  favor  of  his  being  stuck  by  the  Afghans  for  his  m.ichine 
and  revolver ;  or  he  might  have  succumbed  to  the  heat  if  the  Indian  sun,  as  he  would  have 
rrrived  here  early  in  June,  and  the  hardships  he  would  have  been  compelled  to  go  through  must 
have  been  terrible.  Indeed,  the  actual  hardships  which  he  has  had  to  contend  with  here  are  what 
very  few  Europeans  wo>ild  care  to  try,  even  in  the  cold  season,  But,  in  spite  of  bad  food  (and 
very  little  of  that,  at  times),  wet  clothes,  mosquitoes,  ants,  jackals,  dogs  and  other  disagreeables 
too  numerous  to  mention,  he  keeps  his  health  and  spirits  and  is  gaining  in  musclt-  cnnsider.-.Wy." 
His  experiences  in  China  were  the  most  difficult  and  dangerous  of  all.  Leaving  Canton, 
Oct.  14,  he  reached  the  British  consulate  at  Kiuki.ing,  Nov.  14;  thence  by  s.  s.  reached  Shang- 
hai on  iSth,  and  Nasasaki  (Japan)  on  21st.  "  For  4  days  out  from  C,  there  were  no  roads  but 
an  intricate  maze  of  tracks  through  the  rice-fields.  Then  even  these  paths  stopped  and  left  lunli  - 
ing  but  the  Pe-Kang  river  and  the  rocky  mtns,  sloping  ;o  its  edge.  F'our  days'  poling,  rowin;.; 
and  towing,  to  Chao-choo-foo,  and  4  more  with  coolies  carrying  the  bi.,  brought  me  over  tl:? 
.\leeling  |)asr>,  into  the  province  of  Kiang-tse  Its  paths  were  better  than  those  of  (hiang-tui  c, 
and  I  wheeled  my  way  down  to  Kin-_-an-foo,  Here  the  mob  would  have  killed  nif,  except  for 
the  two  soldiers  appointed  by  the  authorities  of  the  previous  city,  Ta-ho,  to  escort  me  within  the 
gates  of  the  chief  magistrate,  .^fter  midiiiiiht  \vh"ii  he  had  succeeded  in  dispersing  the  rioters, 
I  was  spirited  away  in  a  boat,  under  guard  of  (>  soldiers.  Thenceforth  tlv  authorities  never 
allowed  mc  to  wheel,  but  jiassed  iiie  on  dowi.  stream  by  boat,  fiom  town  to  town,  to  Wii-chiug, 
where,  by  .nuch  persuasion,  I  obtained  leave  to  take  a  shirt  cut  across  country  to  Kinkiang,  but 
still  with  an  escort"  In  Japan,  however,  where  the  native  journals  had  heralded  his  advent, 
"  officials  and  people  viev'  with  each  other  in  paying  him  attention,"  so  that  his  tour  (Nov.  23  to 
I'zz.  17;  ■"  .^cc~.c,t,  ;ri  contj'tai  imhi,  iiive  «  soil  i>\  pT(»v;rrss  iiirougii  paratiise."  S.ihini;  iiooi 
Yokohama,  Dec   22,  he  reached  San  Francisco,  Jan    7,  '87,  and  was  vpry  warmly  welcomed 


■     — .O*       ^,li._,*J«,',_ 


XXXIIl. 


SUMMARY  BY  STATES. 


'■t-\=. 


Under  this  heading,  I  originally  i)lanncd  to  present  not  only  a  special 
"index  by  counties"  to  such  roads  of  each  State  as  the  book  might  describe; 
init  also  complete  references  to  road-reports  which  have  been  printed  in  the 
cycling  press  (giving  date  and  page  of  each,  witli  abstracts  of  the  more  im- 
l)ortant)  ;  a  digest  of  all  similar  information  prepared  for  mo  by  private  cor- 
resjiondcnts;  and  a  list  of  mai)s,  guide-books,  local  histories  and  other  jiubli- 
cations  of  possible  use  to  the  tourist  in  any  given  State.  Such  a  chapter 
would  needs  be  so  very  long  and  laborious,  however,  that  I  find  myself  obliged 
to  substitute  for  it  something  of  smaller  scoi)e.  When  I  l.iegin  writing  this 
(Nov.  22,  '86),  not  only  have  the  previous  569  pp.  been  electrotyped,  but  also 
Chaps.  34  to  41,  comprising  the  last  210  pp.  of  the  book,  which  thus  already 
contains  four  times  the  number  of  words  originally  intended.  For  the  short- 
comings of  this  latest-written  chapter,  the  jnomise  of  "  My  Second  Ten  Thou- 
sand "  is  the  best  excuse  and  remedy  which  I  can  offer  ;  and,  if  I  ever  print 
such  a  book,  I  dc.-<ign  that  it  shall  possess  a  complete  "county  index"  to  all 
the  roads  described  in  both  the  volumes.  Contributors  of  information  which  I 
iiave  been  regretfiiily  forced  to  omit  from  this  chajiter,  may  rest  assured  that 
it  has  not  l)een  thrown  awav,  for  I  have  carefully  fiied  it  all,  to  take  a  second 
possible  chance  in  "2  X.  .M."  In  the  roll  of  States  now  given,  the  references 
which  immei!  cly  fjllow  the  name  of  each  are  of  minor  importance,  signify- 
ing simply  that  its  name  was  printed  on  the  specified  pages.  A  numeral 
higher  than  764  (/.  e.,  the  last  one  given  in  each  case)  shows  where  the  State's 
■subscribers  to  this  book  may  be  found,  in  the  "Directory  of  Wheelmen." 

Maink  :  2,  12,  20,  ji,  42.  50.  ';?.  loi.  132.  177.246.29.!.  295.  353.  354.370,  5'2-i5,  525,  53". 
V):^,  594.  609,  610,  617,  OiS,  627,  Mji,  (>6i,  765-66.  Chap.  XX.,  "  In  the  Down-East  Fog.s  " 
(.'ij-Si),  tells  of  my  tour  with  K.  A.  Klwell's  '83  party,  Kastport  to  Calais,  2.;  ni. ;  Lubec  to 
M.ichiasport,  32  m.,  and  30  m.  on  Mt.  Desert,  with  10  m.  of  other  roads,  and  a  total  whteliiii; 
'  f  171  in.  Routes  leading  into  Portland  are  noted,  pp.  257-59;  3°  '"•  of  good  shore  road,  p.  274: 
lVrb.\in's  500  m.  ride,  p.  515.  "Along  the  Kennebec  Valley"  was  the  route  of  the  second 
Klwell  tour,  July  30  to  Aug.  3,  '84,  which  altr.ictud  27  participants.— several  of  whom  had  iu'.t 
t.iken  part  in  the  Chicago  H.  C.'s  second  amuijl  tour  (p.  320').  which  ended  at  Hosinn.  I  think 
It  w.is  one  of  the  latter.  K.  E.  Prtillard.  of  Huffal".  who  p'i.ited  in  the  /j;.  ll'arJi^ {^^pi.  19,  p. 
U3)  a  four-column  report,  from  wnich  I  condense  the  following  :  T.oston  was  the  rendezvous, 
July  29,  when  train  was  taken  direct  to  .\ugusta,  on  account  of  rain.  tliou;.;h  the  intention  had 
hien  to  take  it  only  from  I,ynn  to  C.ardiner,  wheeling  thence  the  last  7  ni.  to  A.     On  30th,  after 

_..;«:..   f^.*_  'r---;;^     j    ...       ~«J    Ut.  rl.'     ^  \'. .~    "  ^s  T  t  V  r.-.,4  p  !  ".    W-t.irvP.1^      .^    -.-.-.         ,    -;       :,.    '.;*- • ...      -  " 

m.    in  I   h.  ;  Aug.    i,  to  liingham,  26  m.  (dinner  at  Solon,  half  way);   2nd,  to  Forks  of  the 
Kennebec,  25  m.  (dinner  at  Carney's  hoi. ',  half  way),   "  .i  charn 


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574  TEJV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

looking  (he  river,  with  high  slopes  above,  and  lofty  trees  forming  an  arcliway  over  a  ro.     jid 
fit  for  a  i;ark.'"     Sunday  was  spent  iiero,  and  a  visit  pii<)  (o  tlu  picturesque  Moxey's  Kaiis 
{t.  liigh.     On   4tli,  .1  return  was  made  to  lilngham,  and  on  stli,  to  Skow!iegan,  by  new    'xo2l 
on  other  side  of   river  (dinner  at  North  Anson),— mist  and  rain  on  this  last  day  fo.iowing  (,  d.i^i 
of  pleasant  weather.     Rev.  H.  F.  ruller,  of  Chicago,  printed  a  sketch  of   h.a  trip,  in  //  i<,/of 
Oct.  lo,  showing  that  .5.  m.  were  ridden.     A  paragraph  of  Aug.,  '85,  gave  the  4  days'  milt.!-. 
of  a  Boston  m.in,  F.  W.  Heym-r,  in  the  same  region,  thus  :     WaterviUe  to  Forks  of  KeniicuV 
42J  ;   Moose  River,  46  ;   Mariow,  31  ;   St.  Joseph,  3S.     The  two  latter  towns  are  in  (•inada   In,i 
he  took  train  from  St.  J.  to  QuLbcc.     "  From  the  lake  in  the  mountains  to  the  mountains  by  the 
«ca  "  was  the  characterization  cf  the  ihiiU  ainiual  tour,  whose  i^r  jector,  F.  A.  Elwell  sert  ni< 
this  report  :     "  ]!y  far  the  most  successful  of  all.     Here  is  its  summing  up  :    A  pleasant  party 
of  30;  perfect  weather  ;  the  finest  scenery  in  Maine  ;  and  the  best  130  m.  of  str.iij;htaway  wheel 
ini  I  ever  experienced.     You  know  my  ideal  of  these  tours  is  enjoyment,  pure  and  sin.ple,-i,ni 
to  'cover'  a  big  stretch  of  country  at  speed,  but  to  see  what  is  woilh  seeing  at  leisure '    SV9 
arranged  to  take  oi'r  meals  together  at  specifod  times  and  places  ;  and  our  b.-.gpage-wa'on  fol- 
lowed  in  the  rear,  to  provide  against  accidents;  but  we  chose  our  own  companions  on  the  road" 
and  went  as  we  pleased,  fast  or  slow,  without  any  attempt  at  regularity.     Saturday  aflernnoii 
and  the  whole  of  Sunday  were  spent  most  delightfully  at  Moosehead  Lake,— sailing,  fishing 
church-going,  c.imbing  Mt.  Kineo  and  the  like,  as  c.ich  one  pleased,— ar.d  the  Mt.  K.  lloiel 
where  we  stayed  was  a  very  fine  one.     On  Monday,  July  20,  we  b^gan  our  5  day.v  leisure'y  ride 
to  the  sea-coast  at  Mt.  Desert,  and  went  only  14  m.,  Oeenville  to  Monson,  through  maciiificent 
scenery,— the  rorvd  being  excellent  except  that  2  or  3  big  hills  had  to  be  walked  up  aiid  down 
The  wind  favored  us,  and  our  leader  reached  M.  in   li  h.     Next  forenoon,  j.st,  we  jopged  on 
to  Dexter,  17  m.  :  and  on  22nd,  to  Uangor,  2i   m.,  through  fine   far'ning   country,  with  read 
smooth  enough  for  12  m.  per  h.  ;  24th,  to  Ellsworth,  2S  m.,  on  rein  .lot  quite  so  good;  25th,  to 
Bar  Harbor,  24  m.,  entering  the  town  in  a  body  at  11.30  a.  m.     Just  then,  the  weather  grew 
very  hot,  and  wc  were  glad  to  vary  our  enjoyment  during  Saturday  afternoon  and  Sunday  by  try. 
ing  the  elevated  r.  r.  to  the  top  of  Green  mtn.,  or  riding  in  buck-boards,  sail-boats  or  canoes. 
We  took  steamer  homeward  to  Portland  on  Monday,  and  thus  pleasantly  terminated  the  tour. 
At  Bangor  we  were  escorted  in  by  the  local  wheelmen,  and  halted  a  day  to  attend  their  races,  a 
public  reception  and  a  moonlight  ride  on  the  Penobscot,  Ma'ne'.s  largest  river." 

W.  B.  Page's  report  :  "  On  July  23,  '86,  7  a.  m.  to  8.  .5  p.  m.,  I  went  from  Bridgeton  to 
Augusta,  71  m.,  whereof  I  walked  19.  Good  clay  prevailed  through  Harrison,  6  1,1.,  and  Nor- 
way,  14  m.,  to  S.  Paris,  but  from  there  over  the  mtns.  the  road  was  sandy  and  stony,  and  rain  de- 
layed me.  I  descended  to  Bucksport,  12  m.  fron.  N,,  for  noon  dinner  (ij  h.  halt),  and  u.ilked 
much  of  the  next  8  m.  to  N.  Turner,  at  3. 15,  where  I  t.  1.  to  Wayne,  12  m. ,  over  an  improved  road. 
From  5.30  to  6.15  p.  M.,  I  enjoyed  a  finely  shaded  shale  course  along  two  pretty  lakes,  to  Wiii- 
throp,  8  111.,  and  then  climbed  the  long  hill  towards  .Augusta.  On  24th,  throu;.-h  Palermo,  Mont- 
ville  and  Belmont  to  Belfast,  48  m.  in  5J  h.  of  riding  ;  on  25th,  2  to  5  p.  m.,  back  to  Buck^iioil, 
18  m.,  by  good  loam  and  shale  road,  through  Starsport  and  Stockton  ;  on  26th,  by  fine  clayronci 
to  Ellsworth,  20  m.,  and,  at  last,  through  the  afternoon's  rain,  to  Bar  Harbor,  on  the  island  (,f 
Mt.  Desert.  I  had  been  22  days  in  doing  the  836J  m.  from  Phila.  to  this  objective  pc  irt. 
but  my  stops  on  the  way  amounted  to  more  than  a  week.  During  a  15  days'  stay  at  I!.  H  ,  ! 
covered  only  31^  m.  ;  but  on  Aug.  10,  wheeled  to  South  West  Harbor,  16  m.,  in  1}  h.,  ana  uwV 
boat  to  Rockland, — wheeling  thence  on  nth  to  Augusta,  52  m.,  in  6  h.  of  riding  ;  !2tli,  9 -o 
A.  M.  to  7.30  p.  M.,  to  Solon,  fK)  m.,  in  7 J  h.  ;•  4  and  13th,  8. 15  A.  M.  to  6.45  p.  M.,to  the  l;cirGcr 
cuslom-liouse  at  Moose  River  Plantation,  62  m.  Tl-isis3om.  beyond  the  forks  of  the  Kennebec, 
which  I  left  at  1.45  p.  m.  :  and  th?  b.ilf-w.iy  house  called  Tackman's  Plantation  i^  ilie  only  dwell- 
ing on  the  route.  .At  the  Forks  I  entered  '  the  100  .n.  fou'^t  ' ;  and  for  the  whole  15  m.  of  myjcur- 
ney  up  the  sth.fith,  7»h  and  ist  ranges,  to  Jackman's,  the  thick  branches  of  the  trees  overlapped 
and  caused  pleasant  shade  over  a  fine  road  :  the  next  4  m.  al.so  were  good,  and  then  1  had  o  m. 
of  continuous  descent,  with  imiiressive  views  of  rugged  mtn.  peaks,  and  glimpses  of  rivers  and 
of  Moosehead  Lake.     Rain  delayed  my  start  on  the  14th  till  1.15  r,  m.,  when  I  began  a  climb  of 


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i6  m.  to  the  summit  of  the  Bald  ridge,  where  stands  the  huge  iron  post  .uurking  the  divide  be- 
tween U.  S.  and  Can.  ;  but  at  4  o'clock  I  was,  for  the  first  time  in  my  lifo,  on  British  soil.  I 
reached  St.  Come,  21  m.,  in  3  h.,  as  the  hills  were  in  my  favor.  On  the  15111,  3tarting  at  S.30 
I  found  a  good  clay  road  to  St.  George,  9  m.,  and  then  loose  stones  and  grass,  through  which  I 
tried  to  ride  fast,  t>  avoid  being  overtaken  by  the  customs  officers.  I  reached  St.  Joseph,  34 
m,  at  I  p.  M.  (dinner,  \\  h.),  and  for  much  of  the  next  35  m.  of  wretched  road  to  St.  Henry  (7 
p.  M.)  f  ran  and  pushed  my  bi.,  for  I  still  feared  pursuit  by  the  customs  men.  Thence  to  Point 
I^-  ■  'retched  12  m.  of  mac,  and  I  crossed  the  ferry  by  moonlight,  and  rode  i  m.  more  to  the 
House  in  Quebec,  at  8.30.  This  8i  m.  spurt  was  a  severe  trial  of  endurance  both  for 
the  machine,  but  the  fear  of  having  the  latter  seized  and  confiscated,  because  of  my  fail- 
u.  leposit  550  surety  for  it,  kept  me  up  to  my  work.     After  2  days  in  Q  ,  I  rode  on  iSth 

to  Desch.imbault,  43  m.  ;  on  19th,  to  Mas-kiiionge,  74i  m.,  and  on  20th,  to  Montreal,  66j  m., 

the  last  13  m.,  on  the  island,  being  the  only  good  riding  of  all,  for  the  rest  was  through  sand 
grass  and  weeds.  The  food  of  thi  se  3  days  was  hardly  fit  to  eat  and  the  beds  had  no  sheets 
On  the  23rd,  10  A.  M.  to  4  p.  m.,  I  wheeled  from  M.  »o  St.  Anne,  22  m.,  across  the  island  of 
Perrot,  3  m.,  and  to  Coteau  du  Lac,  10  m., — ending  there  my  tour  of  1423  m."  (For  earlier 
sections  of  the  same,  in  Vt.  and  N.  H.,  see  pp.  578,  577-,  for  fuller  details  of  the  who'e,  see 
Wheelmen's  Gazette,  Jan.,  '87 ;  for  other  reports  about  Quebec,  see  pp.  32S-330.) 

In  a  letter  of  Aur.  20,  '81,  "  Telzah  "  said  :  "  The  road  from  Biddeford  to  Prrtland  is 
very  good,  and  the  side  trip  from  Saco  to  Old  Orchard  Beach  and  return  is  excellent."  On 
Sept.  3,  '85,  F.  C.  Kirkwood,  of  Baltimore,  in  the  course  of  a  3  weeks'  tour  of  336  m.,  rode 
from  Portland  to  Saco,  15  m.,  in  3  h.,  with  J  h.  of  stops ;  and  then  from  Dover  Point  to  Kittery, 
10  m.,  in  \\  h.  The  former  stretch  was  so  badly  cut  up  as  to  be  only  barely  ridable,  but  the  lat- 
ter was  better  and  offered  attractive  water-scenery.  (In  Mass.,  a  few  days  later,  Mr.  K.  rode 
without  dismount  from  a  point  near  Wakefield  to  S.  Framingham,  26  m.)  Osgood's  "  New 
England  Guide,"  described  on  p.  293,  will  be  of  service  to  any  tourist  in  Maine  or  the  other 
5  States.  "  Muosehead  Lake  and  Northern  Maine  Wilderness,"  with  map  of  the  lake  region 
('84,  7th  ed.,  219  pp.,  iliust,),  and  "  Androscogfm  Lake  and  the  Headwaters  of  the  Connecti- 
cut, Magalloway  and  Androscoggin  Rivers  "  ('84,  gth  ed.,  319  pp.),  are  a  pair  of  paper-covered 
guides,  by  C.  A.  J.  Farrar,  pub.  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  chiefly  for  the  benefit  of  those  who 
fish  and  hunt.  Two  township  maps  of  Maine  are  issued  by  the  Coltons,  iSj  Wi.liam  St.,  N.  Y.  : 
40  b^  32  in.,  at  $150,  and  18  h-  14  in.,  at  50  c 

Nbw  Hampshire:  12,  37,50,  112,  i77>24>^, '57.  259. '93.  5".  594.  597.610,617,  618,627, 
631,643,654,  766.  Reports  from  Portsmouth,  Manchester  and  Nashua  are  on  pp.  101,  128,  500 
507,  508;  and  two  rides  down  Mt.  Washington  are  noted  on  pp.  525,  671.  The  Bi.  World  of 
Aug.  I,  '83  (p.  210),  described  the  -oast  down  the  mtii  by  the  trio  of  tourists  from  St.  Louis: 
C.  F.  A.  Beckers,  J.  S.  Rogers  and  A.  Young,— the  first  of  whom  reacned  the  Glen  House  in  51 
min.,  the  others  25  min.  later.  They  rode  Expert  Columbias,  fitted  with  special  brakes;  and 
they  had  a  tota'  of  31  falls  (divided  thus  :  B.,  7 ;  R.,  14 ;  Y.,  10),  but  struck  on  their  feet  in 
every  case.  J.  A.  Spead,  of  So.  Newmarket,  vn-ote  to  me  thus  :  "  We  often  ride  to  Ports- 
mouth, 12  m.,  without  dismount,  inside  of  i  h.,  in  spite  of  a  stiff  hill  and  100  rod:,  of  sand.  The 
road  to  Dover,  12  m.,  is  rather  sandy  and  hilly,  but,  by  using  care,  I  can  cover  it  with  one  dis- 
mount. The  4  m.  from  here  to  Exeter  are  all  ridable,  but  include  two  steep  hills."  C.  F. 
Sawtelle,  of  Manchester,  went  through  Francestown,  Hillsboro,  Washington  and  Lcmpster,  to 
Charlestown,  85  m.,  in  10  1'..  of  actual  riding,  and  returjied  nrxt  day  in  %\  h.  (full  time,  11  h.) 
the  last  14  m.  being  done  in  i  h.  of  almost  continuous  coasting  {IVherl,  Aug.  15,  '84').  C.  D. 
Hatchelder,  of  Lancaster  (pub.  of  "  Rec.rd  Book  " ;  see  p.  676),  reported  to  me  as  follows  :  "  I 
first  mounted  a  crank  bi.  Aug.  17,  '82,  and  rode  it  one  s-  ,ison.  I  now  use  a  Star  and  think  ii  tiie 
best  wheel  miide.  Mileage:  '82,  500;  '83,  800;  '84,  1200;  '85,  1500;  '86,  to  July  17,  53S. 
My  longest  ride  in  '85  has  been  40  m.,  as  I  work  10  h.  a  day,  and  have  not  lost  an  hour  on  ac- 

" " ^       r;*!TTT----  .-.  ;-;*jl*-„':t::c::  eyes....,  ir.rrGu^r.iy  T.~St>i»;.      ,  uiSv.^iucd 

two  specimens  as  unsatisfactory,  but  I  think  that  when  a  man  gets  a  good  McDonnell  he  will 
find  it  quite  good  enough.     My  longer  tour  was  in  July,  '85,  L.  to  Machias,  Me.,  and  back,— 


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576  TEA  rnuUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

300  m.  in  10  days  of  wheeling,  besides  mucli  ridinj;  on  train  and  boat.     Longest  stretch  in  ihi 
tour,  142  m.  in  4  days.     Longest  run  ever  mad.-  by  daylight  was  .Sept.  19,  'S5,  a  circuit  of  80  m" 
around  the  Pilot  Range,  an  offshoot  of  the  Whiiu  \Itns.,  forming  a  chain  of  beautiful  w.hhM 
hills,  2000  to  3000  ft.  high.     From  L.  we  rode  n.,  along  the  winding  Connecticut,  to  (;r„v,ion 
10  m.,  and  Stark  Water,  8  m.,  on  stretches  of  hard  gravel  and  through  groves  of  beech  and 
maple.     Thence  through  a  rougher  country,  acros-,  the  watershed  between  the  Com.    ,„rl  the 
Androscoggin,  to  West  Milan,  8  m.  ;  followed  by  2  m.  upward  tramp  and  2  m.  of  descent   „„  > 
stony  and  sandy  road  to  Pontook  Falls;  th.-nce  along  the  r,  bank  of  the  river  to  Kethel    i>  „, 
was  the  swiftest  spin   of  the  day.     We  arrived  at  12.3c,  and  after   \  h.   for  dinner,  !  pr(^eeHtd 
alone  to  Gorham,  6  m.,  expecting  to  make  good  lime  for  the  26  m.  thence  to  L.,  though  np-grade 
and  rather  rough  ;  but  a  gale  of  wind  opposed  me  for  a  while,  and  I  got  on  a  wrong  road  which 
forced  me  to  retrace  3  m.     Reaching  home  sjon  after  sundown,  I  was  comparatively  fre^i,   .„ 
that  I  might  have  done  20  m.  more  without  trouble.     The  route  is  a  pleasant  one   but  mi  In  l,e 
enjoyed  better  by  giving  2  days  to  it.     The   stretch   of  25  m.  up  the   river  from   Gorham  ,.  ,he 
only  good  road  of  any  length  in  the  whole  of  Coos  county." 

K.  F.  Peavey,  of  Fannington,  filled  p.  26,  in  Ui.   ir^rld nl  Oct.  7.  '8.,  with  an  intert-ln^e 
sketch  of  his  3  day.s'  straightaway  tour  from  F.  to  Fabyan's,  47  m.  in  21  li.  of  actual  time  on  tl,e 
road.     Starting  S.!pt.  7,  on  a  52  in.  Standard  Columbia,  he  leach.d  Ossipee,  26  m.,  at  noon  .ind 
spent  night  at  Tamworth,  ir,  m.,— having  walked  a  good  deal  Ihrough  hilly  and  sandy  slreicli.-. 
On  7th,  throjgh  N.  Conway  to  Hartlett,  35  m.  of  superb  scenery  and  fair  riding.     (;n  the  Sih 
he  tramped  most  of  the  15  m.  t,,,-gradcs  to  Crawford's  Notch,  in  5  h.,  a.-i  thence  along  il,  ■ 
sandy  level   for  5  m.  to   Fabyan's,  whence   he  went  home  by  train,-well   satisfied  with  hav- 
ing pushe."  "  the  first  bicycle  over  that  route."     Allusion  is  made  on  p.  503  to  the  tour  taken 
throu.-h  the  White  .Mtns.,  before  Aug.,  '79,  by  W.  K.  Gilman ;  and  I  think  he  gave  an  acox  .., 
of  .'  n,  B,.  World,  but  1  cannot  now  refjr  to  date  and  page.     Four  carefu!lv-writ;en  chapters 
of  White  Mtn.  travels  were  printed  in  B.  /K,  June  23  to  Aug.  4,  '82, giving  the  '8,  experiences 
and  observations  of  three  Worcester  men,  who  mention  a  Waiting's  map(2i  in.  to  i  m.)  as  seiv 
ing  them  well.     The  writer  of  the  report  appended  to  it  several  outline  routes  for  tours  of  4,  ., 
or  15  days,  and  said  :     "  I  advis-  moving  from  w.  to  e.,  as  the  up-grades  are  much  easier,  in  ilic 
Ammonoosuc  valley,  approaching  the  Notch,  than  those  of  the  Saco  valley  from  the  e.     An 
average  of  5  m.  an  hour  and  25  m.  a  day  will  be  enough  for  comfort.     From  Plymouth,  the  lii^t 
5  or  6  m.  up  the  Pemigewass^t  valley  are  reported  sandy  and  the  next  20  m.    o  the  ^-lume.  fair 
ndmg.     At  N.  Conway,  g  m.  may  be  done  with  only  2  dismounts,  and  the  roads  in  the  redon 
around  Littleton  are  also  exceptionally  good.     We  struck  2  m.   of  unridable  sand  just  n.  of 
Franconia,  5  m.  of  it  from  Fabyan's  to  Crawford's  and  2  m  of  it  e.  of  Fryeburg.     We  met  few 
grades  too  steep  to  ride  up,  if  llu  ir  surface  had  been  good,  though  the  big  hills  were  all  aninnrf 
us.     Little  hills,  softness  of  surface  ami  occasional  patches  of  sand  are  the  bicycler's  troubles  in 
the  White  Mtns."     Four  years  later,  in  Oct.,  '85,  Geo.  B.  Thayer  wheeled  from  Vernon,  Ct  ,  to 
the  White  Mtns.  (Profile  Hous.:),  236  ni.,  in  5  days.     He  rode  a  46  in.  Expert,  carried  his  bag- 
gage on  his  shoulders,  in  an  army  knapsack,  and  covered  1200  m.  during  the  tour.     Going  np 
the  Conn   valley,  he  crossed  fr,„n  Bcrnardston  i:  -o  Vt.  on  the  evening  of  the  second  day:  on 
the  third  into  N.  H.,  through  Charlestown  and  W»st  Claremont ;  on  the  fourtli,  back  into  Vt  ,  at 
Windsor,  and  to  a  point  25  m.  beyond  White  River  Junction.     On  the  forenoon  of  the  fifth  div. 
he  turned  from  the  Conn,  river  at  Wells  River,  and  followed  up  the  Ammonoosuc  to  N.  Lisbmi, 
wlie'e,  after  climbing  a  hill  about  i  m.  long,  he  found  an  easy  descent  into  Franconia,  and  then 
3  m.  of  up-hill  to  the  Profile  (the  route  first  intended,  through  Littleton,  would  have  taken  a  da> 
longer).     "  The  24  m.  thence  to  Fahvan's  can  easily  be  ridden  in  an  afternoon  ;  hnt  the  next  / 
m.  through  Crawford's  Notch  to  Willey's  art  poor  riding.     An  excellent  road  of  17  m.  led  me 
do«n  the  Saco  to  a  poi   .4  m.  beyond  Upper  Pi-fUtt,  and  next  daj  through  N.  Conway  to  W 
Ossipee.     The  day's  ride  the.,ce  to  Center  fi  md  around  Lake  Winnipiseogee  to  \Veir«, 

wasoneof  the  best  on  the  trip;  nnd  frnm  Lacot:!.L  vt;  !o  Cniirr-.rH  ^j  rr.  fh.- r.-.3.-!  U  fr:-  t!\n:r.-b 
mostly  through  the  woods.  Above  and  below  Marchesier,  the  wheeling  was  poorer  :  but  the 
whole  trip  was  so  pleasant  that  the  poor  coads  have  almost  been  forgotten  "  (RulUti,,.  Jan   33. 


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'S6,  p.  52).  Willi  ihl.i  may  be  compared  the  report  of  W.  15.  Page  :  "  On  afternoon  of  July  19, 
•S6,  my  riUeof  16  in.,  Baili  10  Kraiico;iia,  was  interrupted  by  thunder  storms,  wiih  rain  and  hail, 
III  iking  the  usually  good  road  difficult.  On  2oih,  I  took  a  detour  10  the  Kiume  (13  in.,  incl.  6  m.' 
up  ano  6  m.  down,  on  good  sha.e,  each  way),  and  ihjn  went  by  hiiiy  clay  road,  from  Kranconia 
10  H.lhiehem,  6  m.  (dinner  at  i);  thence  past  Maplewujd,  Iwin  Mtn.  House,  Kabyai.'s  and 
Cra-'{„r,l  Hojsj  to  Wiiley  Housj,— makiii-  52  in.  for  8  h.  of  riding.  On  2  -st,  a  tine  12  ni.  run 
1-  ••  for  breakfast  i  then  6  m.  to  U.en  .Siaiion  and  16  ni.,  inost.y  unridubie,  up  the  Peabody 

r  le  Gien  House,  though  the  wond.Tfnl  vijws  w.re  a  compensation,     between  3  and  8 

.  -.,  1  I  -k  a  tramp  to  the  top  of  Mt.  W.ishingion  and  back,  lO  m.,— .hns  comp.eting  one  of 
ill  ■  h.iidj'^t  50  m.  records  in  my  experijiic.-.  On  22nd,  I  retraced  my  course  to  Glen  .■Ration  ; 
reached  N.  Convv.iy,  22  m.,  at  noon;  walked  most  of  12  m.  thence  to  tryeburg,  M ,-.  ;  whcncj 
10  lirid^.'ton,  I)  m.,  h.i.f  the  ro.Ad  is  s.md,  thro.i-h  a  siunted  forest,  and  the  rest  is  fi.u  shaie, 
ill  si'.4iit  of  pretty  lakes."  (See  p.  574  for  itniaiiid,.r  of  route  through  Me.,  and  p.  5,8  for  first 
p.nt  of  to  r,  fioin  I'hi.adelpliia  to  Uaih.) 

A  fortniju's  tour,  July  31  to  Aug.  13,  '8),  was  reported  by  E.  H.  Corson  to  his  home 
paper,  ih  :  Rj.kjsUr  Cjnr,er  of  An,'.  2 1  ;  and  ih  .•  M  h  i.i..  .iliei  wards  cL voted  4  cohnnns  to  a 
rei>riiit()f  ill:  skjlch.  I'he  rider  combined  busi.i.si  witli  p..  .isure,-b  cause  his  fun  <in  the 
r.ad  gave  an  "  object  lesso..  "  as  to  the  merits  of  th  •  i.ir  bi.,  f,.r  which  he  is  a  most  enlhn.si.istic 
s  .ing-a,'jnt,  and  -iiabed  him  to  take  or-d.rs  fioni  purcli.is  rs  in  almost  every  town  :  "O.erthe 
1;  u  .•  Hi.ls  of  .Sira.ford  to  Pi.isfi  ;:d,  6.30  to  1 1  A.  .\!  ,  and  ih  jnce  to  Concord,  43I 111.,  was  a  hard  and 
rou-h  day's  ri  1 ; ;  and  1  ad^is;  tourists  th.it  a  b.ttjr  route  from  K.  to  C.  is  by  the  o.d  Ports- 
ini.i  hand  C,  pike  frmi  E.  Morthw.K>d.  Au-.  1,  i^'an.icook,  lics;awen  and  Frank  in  Fills; 
2  k1.  very  fine  rid;  along  the  bhore  of  Sanboi  ton  bay  to  L.iconia  ;  3rd,  to  Weirs  aid  b.ick  ;  4ih, 
tiTOiiJi  Ashland  and  PiyinoaJi  10  Haverhill;  whenc:  o.,  5J,.  |  followed  the  Conn,  river, 
aniid  beauilful  scenery  to  Welis  Kiv.r,  and  then  the  Anmonoosnc,  by  s.iiidv  roads  10  Liiile- 
tn  1 ;  :.:ood  hard  road  to  Whit  fi.-ld  .ind  hilly  ih  mi  10  Lancaster,  56  m.  ;  6lh  to  <>ih,  in  and  around 
I..,iiic,nding  a  tramp  to  th;  top  of  .M:.  Pro.p -ct  iwh  r;  may  b:  had  one  of  the  finest  views  in 
tl'2  Stat  •)  and  a  ride  to  Gui  dh.ill  Falls,  Vt.  On  loih,  by  \m\  road,  to  (iorh.-m,  2;  m.  ;  nth, 
to  l!:,hi',  .\I  ..,  2ii  m.  in  3}  h.,  thence  in  rain  to  Lovell  ,  12, h,  E.  1  ry.  burg  and  Kezah  Falls, 
3 'in.;  13. h,  ill  rain,  lhioj;h  Cornish,  Lime.ickand  Milton  Mills  home  to  Rochester  at  r.30 
r.  .M.,-ih  ;  last  ,5  m.  in  i\  h  "  The  whole  mileage  ^s  vapu-Iy  alluded  to  as  "  500,"  but  no 
detal.s  of  It  are  givn  sav;  ih  .-se  q,iot.-d.  Th;  sam;  "  .Star  man  "  (p.  25;)  on  July  lo,  'Sj,  ro<Ie 
from  K.  to  Lacuni.i,  3,}  m,  in  5}  h.,  throu  h  Farminrton  and  Alton  H.-y ;  ,iih,  through 
I'.ymoulh  to  Campio.i  Vi  lage  (with  detours,  75  m.  in  2  days);  ,2th,  affr  4  m.  of  wa. king 'in 
s,ind,  a  b.tt:rro.id  was  found  on  w.  side  of  riv.-r;  throiji  Thornton,  Woodstock,  ihe  Flume. 
I'll  Proilli  Hois.-,  I!  thleh  m  and  Whitefiold  'o  Lancast-r,  5  20  A.  M.  to  6  p.  m.,  50  m.  ;  i3lh,to 
lunenbure,  Vt,,  and  back,  27  m.,  incl.  a  5  m.  sir  Ich  of  sand;  15, h,  23  m.,  to  a  farm  house, 
wiiliiii  4  m.  ot  the  Glen  House;  16th,  climb.-d  to  rummit  of  .Mt.  Washington  and  then 
coasted  do.vn  (s.-e  p.  671),  23  m.  ;  i7ih,  home  to  Kochesi-r,  abo,it  85  m.,  ilirough  Jackson, 
Loiuv.iy,  .M.ulisnn,  Freedom,  O.-i'ef,  Wake  field  and  Milton. 

Os;,«.d's  "  Whi.;  \\  n.  (;iiije  "  ($1.50;  s-  p.  2)t)  slu.  ,M  br^  st-idiH  by  ev-rv  one  who 
P  .1  is  to  uk:  a  to  ir  in  thi;  Stale.  S.  C.  K.isiman's  "  While  .M;n.  Guid:"  (Concord,  '7.1,  uth 
c>!  ,  250  lip,),  a  smaller  and  cheap-r  book,  proved  vrry  servlc  able  to  me.  as  a  pede.strian,  in  '71- 
';-.  .111 1  I  pr.sum?  it  is  siill  in  the  market.  Ft  contains  a  pv^d  mnp  nf  the  mtns.,  as  do  s  W. 
il.  Pickeaii-'s  "  Walking  Guile  to  the  Mt.  Washington  Range  ''  (lioston:  A.  Williams  &  Co., 
'v- :  Hi  pp.,  75  c.),  which  won'd  presumably  be  of  use  to  the  wh  ■elman,  ihoii'^h  I  'vp  n»ver  s-cii 
a  copy.  I  may  say  the  same  of  "  Gaz.-tterr  of  Gr.ifton  County,  .70.,-iSSf.,"  -ompii-d  and  piib. 
by  Hamilton  U.ild,  at  .Syracuse,  V..  Y.  (large  8vo;  pp.  64,,  ,<?o;  portraits  and  mnnl;  for  the 
3''JPP-  of  its  S'cmd  part  "  comn,: ,  ■  .1  dlr -c'ory  of  all  the  iidnhitants,  and  affr  p.ich  pnsnn'i 
ni>ie  is  ih"niiinb>rof  me  road  where  his  house  mav  be  found  on  ihe  iicomi-ianvin-  wnv — 

. ' '  "  '■■'^■'  •-■  '■"■'A  "•-■p.:ra:e;y  :u::,.or--,-.      /;.  g,^  ■  ;•,  ,   ;;.  i'ii,.li|-.,  1  25  tcr  71  '  siuiws 

in  t  where  he  lives  in  the  town  of  Lisbon."     The  Coltons  publish  a  township  map  of   N.  H., 
'S  by  14  i.i.,  at  so  c  ;  J.  15.  Deers  &  Co.,  a  wall  map  of  Portsmouth,  at  $8. 
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578  T-^-iV  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

VlRMOMT  :     J,,  „j,  .,9,  .77,  ,93,  soj,  S08.  S16,  sSo,  594,  609.  6.0,  617,  6.8,  627.  63,   6,4 
671.  7M.  766.     My  ride  up  the  river  to  Bellows  Falls,  and  tl.en  from  Rutland  to  Lake  George' 
182-84;  other  lake  tourists  in  s.  w.  cor.  of  Vt.,  .79,  ,93  ;  route  from  White  River  Junction  to 
Montpeher,  Lake  Champlain  and  Canada,  500.    Colton's  maps  :   40  by  30  in    Jiso-iSbvi 
50  c. ;  Vt.  &  N.  H.,  3.  by  ,5  in.,  |..     The  Bi.  IVorUi  (Apr.  .4.  'Ss,  p.  457)  .Printed  a  .olul' 
about  the  Vt.  roads,  by  F.  W.  Sherburne,  of  Barre,  who  said  he  had  explored  some  400  m  of 
then    -his  best  day's  ride  being  68  m.,  from  B.  to  Windsor,  in  Sept.,  '83,  though  he  hoped 
soon  10  do  .00  m.     His  letter  to  me  of  Aug.  ,,,  '85,  reported  this  as  accomplished  thus  ■    "  On 
July  J7,  between  3  A.  m.  and  9.4s  P.  M.,  on  a  5a  in.  Rudge,  I  covered  i.jj  m.,  reg  by  l!utch-.r 
cyclom.     Roads  and  weather  were  at  their  best,  and  a  very  light  wind  prevailed.     I  maae  fr'e 
quent  stops,  amounting  in  all  to  3}  h. ;  used  a  Lillibridge  saddle,  but  no  lantern,  though  1  h  of 
morning  and  i  h.  of  night  were  quite  dark.     From  B.  I  went  to  Montpelier,  Middlesex   M„re 
town  and  Wakefield,  26  m.  at  6.20  (i  h.  stop  for  breakfast) ;  back  by  same  road  to  near  Mont- 
pelier, thence  through  Northfield,  to  W.  R.iMdolph,  70  m.,  at  1.2s  ;diimer  till  3);  W.  Bethel    K 
Bethel  (supper);    E.   Randolph,    N.   Randolph,    K.   Brookfield,   Williamstown,  Barre,-,!,',i„j. 
last  27  m.  in  3J  h.     The  longest  day's  ride  previously  takrn  in  Vt.  was  on  July  9,  '.S,,  l,y  two 
Rutland  boys,  W.  Egleston  and  N.  .S.  Marshal,  looi  n-..     1  have  ridden  from  Bellows' Falls  to 
Montpelier  and  Burlington,  and  call   the  roads,  as  a  whole,  fair.     From    B.  F.  to  Windsor, 
25  m.,  I  took  the  N.  H.  side  of  the  Conn.  riv-.  and"  found  some  patches  of  .sand;  thence  tn 
White  River  Junction,  15  m.,  some  fine  stretches,  some  unridable  ;  thence  to  Royalton,  20  m 
ridabic  but  rather  sandy  ;  thence  to  Montpelier,  38  m.,  all  good  but  the  first  4  m.  (or,  for  bettfr 
ar.d  shor-er  road,  turn  from  r.  r.  about  i  m.  beyond  R.,and  go  to  Willian.stown  (;ulf,  whence  10 
Barre  is  a  charming  run  of  10  m.);  xM.  to  Burlington,  46  m.,  quite  fair,  with  some  spots  of 
sand.     Mt.  Mansfield,  highest  p^ak  of  the  Green  Mtns.,  where  a  tuperb  view  may  be  had,  i» 
only  30  m.  from  Barre,  and  may  be  reac'.ied  by  a  half  day's  ride,  through  the  valley  and  .Middle- 
sex  Notch,  where  another  fine  sight  is  given  by  the  Winooski  rushing  through  the  narrows." 

Vermont  supplied  3  days'  wheeling  in  the  I4i3  m.  tour  of  W.  B.  Page,  July  5  to  Aug.  j,, 
'86.  His  eariier  rides  (7500  m.)  are  detailed  on  pp.  41)4-99.  and  his  report  to  me  of  Dec.  i.S,  '80, 
says  :  "  In  my  delightful  summer  outing  of  50  days,  only  26  were  used  in  active  riding,— show- 
ing a  daily  average  of  about  59}  m.,— and  only  3  riding  day-,  were  stopped  by  rain.  I  had  only  j 
falls:  the  first  between  Saratoga  and  Lake  Oeorge,~the  others  between  Quebec  and  J.ront- 
real.  I  used  a  new,  full-nickeled  Expert,  which  I  h:id  ridden  80  m.,  a  few  days  before  startin-.: 
In  the  eariy  autumn,  I  indulged  in  499  m.  of  local  riding,  and  a  tour  of  158^  m.  to  Pottstown 
and  Reading.  At  the  end  of  Nov.,  I  tookarun,  through  rain  and  snow,  m4  m.,  to  Winchester, 
Va.,— doing  the  last  50  m.  in  8  h.,  through  about  6  "i.  of  snow,— and  this  raised  the  total  of  nir 
'86  record,  since  July  i,  to  2306  m.  I  was  5  days  in  riding  from  Phila.  to  Saratoga  (jig  m, 
with  detours),  and  I  rested  there  as  well  as  at  Lake  George,  40  m.  beyond.  On  the  afternoon  of 
July  14,  1  wheeled  from  the  lake,  at  Baldwin's,  by  rutty  clay  roads,  through  Ticonderoga  and  the 
old  fort,  to  W.  Cornwall,  Vt.  (no  hotel),  22  m.  On  15th,  10  A.  M.  to  5  p.  M.,  with  many  step.- 
.m  account  of  rain  and  mud,  through  Middlebury  (7  m.),  E.  M.  (6  m.),  and  by  vile  road  up  mm. 
to  Ripton  and  the  Bread  Loaf  Inn  (6  m.),  near  the  summit.  Rain  fell  till  1..30  on  i6th,  «1kh 
I  walked  i  m.  to  summit,  and  thence  had  beautiful  descent  over  good  shale  road.  At  Han- 
cock (10  m.),  where  grand  effect  is  produced  by  closing  in  of  mtns.  on  all  sides,  I  t.  r.,  at  . 
r.  M.,  and  followed  White  river,  along  a  fair  loam  road  to  Rochester  (4^  m.),  where  I  t. 
ihe  last  and  steepest  spur  of  the  Green  Mtns.,— walking  ij  m.  to  ammit  at  3.30  v.  11. 
scent,  of  red  shale,  was  ridden,  and  surface  continued  fine  to  Bethel  (11  m.),  at  4.30;  men 
sandy,  along  the  river,  to  hotel  in  S.  Royalton  (8  m.),  at  6,-making  n\  m.  for  5J  h.  of  ridin.-. 
On  17th,  by  good  mud  road  to  C:iieisea  (14  m),  where  t.  r.  and  walked  a  3  m.  hill,  from  whosr 
top  I  rode  most  of  the  22  m.  to  Bradford,  on  Conn,  river;  along  which,  by  good  limestone  ro.irl. 
winding  in  and  out,  with  fine  views  of  the  stream  and  the  White  Mtns.,  I  went  to  Wells  River 
(14  m.),  and  there  crossed  into  N.  H.  at  Woodville  and  walked  most  of  7  m.  of  sand  to  Bath  " 
:  ?-.-.r  .-.-.r-..-Ti,=,.-7-.  ..!  (,||,^  iiiioui;ii  N.  H.  auo  Me.,  see  pp.  577,  574. 

reports  {Vt.  Bicycle.  Sept.,  '%)  that  the  road  from  Bellows  Falls  to  Clare- 


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SUMMA RY  BY  STATE"^:    VERMONT. 

mont  (N.  H.).  20  m.,  is  mostly  good,  with  one  fine  5-ni.  stretch;   then  10  m.  to  Windsor  by 
nver  road :  but  a  better  route  from  C.  to  W.  is  by  Hanover  st.  and  the  Cornish  road.  ^\  m.  „  , 
.ind  then  si  m.  w.     Rather  sandy  and  hilly  roads  prevail  for  16  m.  from  W,  to  Woodstock ;  and 
they  are  sandier  and  hillier  for  the  50  m.  w.  fr-m  Claremont  to  Rutland,-the  last  half,  Ludlow 
10  R.,  being  the  worst,  including  deep  sand  from  E.  Wallingford  to  R.     From  R.  to  Brandon 
17  m.  of  fairly  good  road;  then  towards  Middlebur>',  Mr.  U.  encountered  j  cr  3  m.  of  sand  and 
did  not  explore  further.     The  best  stretch  between   C.  and  R.  is  the  level  7  m.  leading'  into 
Ludlow.     The  old  stage  road,  which  is  the  continuation  of  R.'s  Main  st.  n.  towards  Pitlsford 
.s  fairly  good,  and  the  road  between  R.  and  Proctor  is  still  better.     G.  P.  MacCiowan  reports 
an  easy  j  h.  ride  of  ,8  m.  from  Middlebury  to  Larrabee's  Point,  where  ferry  boat  and  lake 
steamer  ...ay  both  be  taken,-the  intermediate  towns   being   Cornwall,  6  m.,  pnd  .Shoreham, 
<4i  m.     Wilmington,   no  m.  from  Boston,  was  reached  in  a  2  days'  ride  by  U   L   Parmeley' 
who  "started  from  B.  at  4  A.  M.  of  Oct.  8.  '83,  and  rode  67  m,  .0  A.hol,  taking  breakfast  »i 
•Stowe.  23  m.  from  B.  and  .4  m.  beyond  Waltham.     The  roads  continued  good  f.om  S   for  .7 
m  ,  through  Lancaster  to  Leominster;  then  came  7  m.  of  up-hill  and  deep  sand  to  Westminster 
(longer  route  through  Fitchbur,'  would  have  been  easier);  then  20  m.  of  decent  riding,  through 
(.ardner  and  Templeton  to  A.     Next  day's  route  led  through  Orange,  and  the  3  N.  H   towns  of 
Winchester.  Ashuelot  and  Hinsdale,  to  Brattleboro  (ridable  side-paths  where  road  is  sandy) 
M.ulboro'  and  Wilmington  (a  -ery  steep  mtn.  had   to  be  walked,  between    M.  and  W     ai.H 
another  one  on  entering  N.  H.),  47  m.     Third  day's  ride  led  down-hill  6  m.  from  W   to  Jack- 
sonville ;  then  .2  m.  mostly  ridable  to  Coleraii.e  ;  then  ,  m.  up-grade  and  6  m,  easy  descent  and 
S-K-d  road  to  Greenfidd  ;  and  so  to  Deerfield,  Sunderland  and  N.  Hadlev,  45  m.     Fourth  day 
Amherst,  Belchertown,  Ware,  Hardwick  (36  m.),  Coldbrook,  Paxton,  Worcester  and  Boston' 
77  m.,-a  total  of  232  m.  without  repetition.     Good  roads,  H.  to  P..  tl.en  7  m.  sandy  but  down- 
grade to  W."     The  Siar  AdvocaU  (Nov.,  '86)  details  a  July  ride  of  .70  m.   from   Milford, 
N.  H.,  to  Stowe,  Vt.  (excursion   thence  to  top  of  Mt.   Mansfield),  and  a   day's   return-ride  of 
6.  m.  to  Roy^lton.     In  regard  to  the  rumor  tl  at  the  Vt.  and   N.  H.  Divisions  would  jointly 
publish  a  road-book  of  the  two  .States,  or  else  that  tne  Vt.  Division  would  supply  material  for 
several  pages  in  the  forthcoming  book  of  the  N,  Y.  Division.  I  received  the  following  denial 
from  the  chief  consul  of  Vt..  C.  G   Ross,  Dec.  .6,  '86  :     "  I  have  found  it  almost  impossible  to 
get  any  reports  at  all,  as  to  roads,  from  Vt.  wheelmen  ;  and  mv  own  riding  has  been  too  largely 
local  to  furnish  much  information."     Colton's  maps  of  Vt.  are  40  by  30  in.,  $..-  ■  ,8  by  14  in 
50  c,  and  31  by  25  in.,  Ji,-the  latter  containing  N.  H.  and  parts  of  adjoining  'Mtes. 

Massach-sbtts  :  26,  3,,  42,  50,  09,  .29,  132.  i.!3-4,  m8,  176-8,  182,  20S,  .46,  258-9,  269 
2'^;.  .152.  36.1,  3&7.  37J,  383,  385-6,  466,  480,  525,  579,  59^,  594.  597,  6og,  6.0,  6.7,  6.8,  625  627 
^,,,643,  653-65,  672-So,  723,  766-g.  My  "  Boston  "  and  "  Springfield  "  chapters  report  a  pretty 
thorough  exploration  of  this  State,  100-128;  "winter  wheeling"  around  S.,  with  sketch  of 
nradley's  road-map,  251-54  ;  State  and  county  maps  and  atlases  and  local  guides.  .11-113  126 
673.  677,  700;  Southwick  to  S.,  .46;  Sheffield  to  S.,  .47,  .21  :  Williamstown  to  8.,  .93  ;  (jonn.' 
valley,  ,79.8,,  25.,  377,  50.;  Andover  to  State  Line,  20-5 ;  Worcester  to  Boston,  w  d  5.4- 
throiish  tours,  479,  488,  500:  mileage  of  Mass.  "veterans,"  503-8,  5,o-.4.  5.8,  524,  5.7  529-30 
I'uring  the  3  years  since  Chap.  X.  was  written,  much  gravel  has  been  spread  in  the  environ".' of 
>,  for  the  bettering  of  the  roads.  C;ates's  hill  (,,p.  ,,8,  .83)  is  now  smooth  enough  to  be  readily 
ndden,  and  the  n.  ascent  from  the  r.  r.  crossing,  just  below  it,  is  also  ridable,  though  rough  and 
d.mcult.  This  IS  6  m.  above  the  bridge  at  Hampden  Park  ;  and  the  next  3  m.  n  continue 
Mi.ooth  and  hard  along  a  level  ridge,  which  ends  with  a  fine  view  of  river  and  mtns  where 
the  downward  slope  begins  towards  Smith's  Ferr>'.  Just  at  this  point  a  private  wood-road  or 
path  may  be  taken  by  a  pedestrian  who  wishes  to  scale  the  summit  of  Mt.  Tom,-leaf!ng  !,is 
wheel  at  the  adjacent  farm  house.  I  reccmmend  such  a  one  to  do  this,  in  preference  to  trying 
the  other  route  from  Craft's  corner,  .  m.  below,  with  its  2  m.  of  up-grade  to  the  half-way  house, 
a.id  a  tramp  thence  to  the  summit  fp.  118).  No  pleasanter  spin  need  be  25>.k?H  f.-ir  s^  r<=-ar.-l= 
either  road-smface  or  scenery  (in  fair  weather),  than  this  9  m.  stretch  n.  from  the  brid-e  ^'^^x^A 
when  ridden  s.,  it  may  be  covered  w.  d.  by  the  weakest  of  wheeImen,-for  its  single  sizable 


58o  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BfCVCLE. 

««cent  is  quite  smooth.     For  14}  m.  ».  of  the  biidRC,  I  found  no  obstacle  to  cau-w  a  Mop  in  Dec 
*i\  (p.  I2i),  and  ill.-  mad  il)rou..;li  A,.;awaiii  lia>  be^ii  improved  since  then.      Hcnc.-,  ihi,  ,«irai  •l,t'^ 
TiiM  do*.,  .he  vaiiuy,  2»  in  .  iii.iy  L..-  r.adi.y  done  w.  d.,— from  ihe  river  het'  nts  opp.  .Mi    1"^ 
to  Ih-  rivr  bi.ik    b.-.ow    Winds.,,   Locks.     The  "loo  soft"  ic.ad   (p.    i84>  from    Wi,!i,nji,«-it 
thro,i:h  CMicni:.-  .Stre.-t  ui  the  town  ha.i  in  C,  jj  ni.,  I  found  a.l  ridab.e  (.Oct.  17,  S(,j -i|,e 
lHtt:rhalf,  iromih;  charc.i   ».,  having  an  exc,;..en:  gray  l^.iy  surface,  whi,e  me  n'.  part  «.!, 
loler.ib;  •,  ia  sid>.i,iihi  a. id  ruts,  ih.m-h  its  scenery  is  mucii  poorer  than  ih.ii  of  the  tine  lo.id  ,,n 
Ih.-  w,  si.I:  of  ih;  riv;r.      A  f  ir  b.-tt.r  rojte  to  th.-  M  •inorial  Church  than  that  named  on  ,,    u, 
m  w  noA-  bi  h.id  by  ridi..;^  u..  ih.-  s;,.;v..  n.  of  the  town  hall   in  C,  and  then  turning  r   alon-^  ,l,r 
r.  w  ilk  of  ,h  .•  str.-jt  01.  wi.  >s :  I.  si.f.-  st  m»U  th  ■  hish-school  bui.dii,.- -for  thi.  .-.treet  soon  le  „I, 
into  S,..i,i'^f.:;d  St.  (.'so  cill,-l   th-  liouluvard),  whose  1.  waik  may  be  kept -ill  one  read  e.  ,!,• 
sm.H.ih  v-raveled  r.,.ulway,  whicl.  used  to  b--  deep  sand.     A  siraifl.t  ,  m.  ihrou:;h  ihe  «,„ds  ', 
sh  ir  .  and  somewhat  wi,.Ji.u  dsdit  of  J  m.  (I  rode  up  this,  N„v.   ,4,  ,h„„.h  it  lir.d  nul    „'„| 
a  stru  -ht  \  Ml.  <.  1  IJhjstnut  St..  wi  I  brin-  the  rider  1..  the  corner  of  Car  w  St.,  «h  re  the  sn,r»,ili 
prav  -I  ends  anl  ti...-  roa,-h  r  inacul.iin  1.  .iJiis.  on  boih  streets.     This  is  3  m.  from  the  town  h.ill 
li.  C.  :  anJCar:wst.  enjs  J  m.  w,  .,t   .Main   s!..  just  bc.ow  the   Memorial  Church      If  a  rider 
w,  ,h  's  to  -tvoul  Ih ;  ,,i  .v.iy .  ,11  ul  ly  m  .cadam,  and  the  horse-car  tracks,  of  M..,n  st.  (when  he  ciers 
Ih.-  cty  from  th.  n.  w..  by    ih.'  brid:^e  above  liamp<len  Park)  iei  him,  as  soon  as  he  passes  this 
ch  lie  ..  ril  ■  t:.ro   Cir.-Ar  to  Ch.-stnut  and  s.  on  this  to  Wortliinsion  st.     On  W.  he  mny  t.  r  l<, 
M  III. :  or  h  •  m  >y  avoid  that  b  isiness  section  of  th.-  ciiy  ei  lireiy  by  niaki   gal.  !.,  whic.i   at  the 
I..p  of  Ih.-  I.., I  (1  ro  I;  u..  thisby  Kreat  .rf.irt,  Nov.  ..),  wil  l.rini-  him  to  the  sireet'lendin-'r  p,st 
Ih:  U.  S.  .»..,-.. ry,  to  Stat.;  st.,-ihi  oid  Hosto.i  road.-wh.re  he  should  <.  I.,  if  bouncU,,r  she 
la;t:rcny.      la    /.in;  acr-ss  th  ;  plain  to  Indian  <  )rcharH,  he  will  find  ihat  the  new  bridge  over 
Ih  ■  r.  r.  trie':  xn\  th:  ,,  or  4  m.  of  i.:w  .uravel   will  enab:e  him  to  get  there  easi!v,  w.  d.     On 
No/.  !:,  Ini.lrnonini  at  the  Armory  corner,  on  State  st.,  hut  kept  straight  s,  throuh  Wal- 
m.tst,  .Jm  .toth:  w.it  .-r-shop. ;    ih.-n  rode  up  the  hill  whh  difncuhy,  and  turned  s.  for,,irn 
to  ;■,.  l/>.:.nMlov,  »:.;r:6ro,dsm-t.     Th.;  o.ie  that  leads  w.  4  m.  10  the  main  street  of  I, 
at  th  •  cl.  irch,  , .  ,h  I!  i  I  by  wo<k1^  and  his  .,0  houses  u|«>n  it.     The  sur/ace  havins;  been  recnily 
se,  i^.-d  and  s.<n..:d  by  th :    "  m.-nders,"  and  darkness  overtaking  me,  I  walked  most   of  the 
da.inc-,  th.  i.-h  m  i:'i  ,.f  if  wi;  a  -entV  dnwn-i^rnd-  and   f  encountered  only  one  -.iece  of  deep 
sand,  o.   a   ■.'i.rt  u:.-;rtd.-.      In   s'lmm-r,  wh:n  trodden   by  trsffic,    I   think  the  stretch  would 
n.  .st  y  b  •  r,..  .V  -,  .:     ■.  w  .  especially  affr  da.  ,p  or  rainy  weather.     The  w,  sidewalks  and  pa.hs 
of  th  -  in  in.  str  •  -t  tliro'  I,,  are  continnons'y  lidab'e   for  5  m.  s.  from  ihe  crest  of  the  Pecousic 
hi',  wh  -r  ■  th  :  n.-bnmd  Irav.-ler  gets  his  nrst  vi-w  of  the  river  and  01  Sprincfield,  whose  clivhall 
.-^  .^1  m.  abn,- :.      f.,  Oct.,  'Se,  H.  K.  Ducker.  of  S.,  rode  s.  from  that  hill  w.  d.  throuu'h  I.,  and 
K  ,h  .-1  I  to  th  ■  n.-wbril:  ,  leadi:,.,'  across  !h-  Conn,  rivr  from  Warehouse  Point  to  Windsor  I.ncks 
(10  m.  or  so) :  a  ul,  as  no  ston  wo-.l-l  be  forcrd  th.-re,  if  a  .id.-r  conid  hand  his  toll  to  the  bri.Iic- 
k:  ;pLr,  .t  would  1.2  possib!-  to  rid-  back  n    on  the  w.  side  of  th"  river,  24  m.  w.  d.,  to  the  at..re. 
m  -ntion-:.!  d  -sc  ..t  or;,osit :  Mt.  Tom.      Indeed,  I  think  a  50  m.  circuit  w.  d.,  with  no  repetitions, 
mi   htb-  m.-l:  by  a  stron-;  and  hickv  rid^r.  who,  starling  from  Craft's  comer,  should  go  c. 
.acros.;  th  •  bri  I T  •  10  S.  Had-y  Kails,  then  s.  th-ongh  Willlmnnsett  and  Chicopee,-for  I  believe 
th-  hill  at   Pn  vsic  ha;  b--n  s-veral  tim-s  ridd-n.     The  smoothest  and  pleasantest  short  cir- 
ciit  in  th  •   ■  n-iroi  >  of  S.  has  b-en  alreadv  hinted  at,  thus  :     Ch  -stnnt  st.  at  Carew,  to  Memorial 
Chnrrh.  to  \-,;h  hrid- ■,  to  Chico'.e-  brid--,  to  inwn  hall,  to  hi.eh  school,  to  Boulevard,  and  s. 
to  starlin  ;  ;v,i-,t,  S  m.      Four  short  and  easi'v  ri.lab'"  ascents  are  ;he  only  obstacles  on  this  route, 
.and  ih  >M'  \  ..f  is  .-nrfac-  ar;  of  almost  id:al  smoothness,  in  mod  we.ather. 

An  <!  tlav  .'  circ  lit  of  ,'>t  m  ,  including  every  State  in  New  Kngland.  was  begun  May-?*,  ''6, 
at  ^  r.  f  ,  bv  X  trio  of  Hartford  riiiers,  who  finished  at  Pawti-cket,  June  5.  at  i  r.  m.  Fr.m 
rv.rt  .n  :i.'",-f;,i  (Vtc.  v  np.  i;i;o-q.>,  T  learn  that  they  "coasted  down  the  i  m.  n.  slope  of 
M'.  Tti.,  'ho  :-'i  it  mid'  th«ir  hair  rise":  and  from  report  in  Sfiring-Mrt  Union  (Sept.  7,  '"^V 
I  ■  -irn  that  goo.l  sid.-.oath  riding  may  be  had  from  foot  of  mtn.  to  the  r.  r.  station  called  Mt, 
1  ••■::.  1  r.;.,  rxy.x  ;;, ,;  ;;,,■  ,,,  •,ii.in...i,,..-  aopie-trees  are  apt  to  scrape  ott  the  rider's  hat  (s.'e  p-. 
1 13,  (>}o).     P.  4o5  in  Bulletin  of  Oct.  15,  '86,  described  the  suburban  riding  of  Boston,  "  as«xi«- 


SUM  MAR  y  By  STA  TES .    MASS  A  UIUSE  ITS.      58 , 

ricnccd  by  a  Wos.en.  man,"  John  R.  Clarke;  and  p.  ,,4.  in  issue  of  Sep,.  ,;,  described  ,he 
manym.les  of  well-made  roads  i„  the  3  valleysof  .he  Ilerkshire   Hills."     Ihe   BuUrl,^  (Dec 
.0.  p.  572)  gave  an  account  of  the  League's  projecto.l  Mass.  koa.l-liook.  essentially  the  s;,me  a. 
XV.  fol  ow„,g.  comained  in  a  letter   received  by  me  at  that  time  from  the  chief  consul  of  the 
Mass.  l),v,s.o„,  H.  W.  t.ayes  :     '■  The  work  of  e.li.in.  n,.,,  ,o„„,i,i,„  ;,  j,,  „,,  ,,^„.,,  „j  ^ 
nn.tee,  co,,s„„nK  of  J.  H.  Grime,    K,    '..  T-.u,  and  myseif.     The  book  will  follow  the  i'enn. 
.....del.  and  w.ll  probably  appear  next  s  .mmer,  tho.,(;h  it  is  st.ll  in  an  embryo  Mate      A  cony  will 
I.  ■  };.ven  ,0  each  member  of  the  Divisi  m.     I  estimate  its  cost-for  an  ed,  of,  say    .500  copies- 
...  from  ?6oo  to  #700."     This  w,ll  be  mnch  superior  to  the  ',^4  book  (p.    ,.,),  a.'.d  will  ren  ler 
....necessary  the  cheaper  affair  authoriz.d  '»  Keb.  (p.  ^,77)  and  .he  club  book  which  Mr    Pratt 
...tended  to  tomp.le  (p.  67S).     "  History  ot  the  Conn.  Valley  in   Mass."  (Philadel,  l,ia  •   I     H 
Kv..r.s;   '79.  4to,  2  vols.,  .,.2  pp.,,  which  „,ay  be  cnsui.ed  in  every  local  l.bra,y,  contains  a 
.ceneral  account  of  the  valley  ,  of  Hampde  ,,  Hamnshho  and   I-ranklin  counties;  and  of  each 
..ne  o   their  towns,-wi,h  ,nany  illustrations  and  biographical  sketches.     lis  r.atcnal  was  sup- 
l...ed  by  a  Rroat  number  of  volunteer  conrributors,  and  covers  a  great  variety  of  subjects  •  and 
.IS  preface  mentions  J.  G.  Holland's  "  Hist,  of  Western  Ma.,..,"  as  a  standard  reference-lxx.k 
Rhode  Island  :     3.,  4^.  ^95,  50S,  50^  5^.7.  6.5.  6,7,  6,S,  f,2S,  63,,  643,  670,  760,  800.     My 
route  to  Pawtucket,  Warren  and  Bristol, -.hence  back  to  Providence  and  Woonsocket    ,07.., 
student  s  route  from  15.  ,0  Middletown  and   Newport,  loS;  clerRyman's  report  from  K  '(Ireen 
w.ch    5...     Mapr.,  ,.2,  .,3,  .49,   .77,  ^9^  55^-     Colton's  map  of  R.  J    [,,  by  27  in.,  $,.,0)  ha, 
ndded  to  .t  a  plan  of  the  surroundings  of  Newport,  giving  names  of  chief  owners  ;  also  a  plan  of 
Providence,  H„h  statistics  ;  map  01  R.  J.  and  M.tss.,  ,8  by  ,4  in..  50  c.     "  Road-Iiook  of  Mass 
Division,     above,willp,obablycontainseveralpp.  of  R.  I.  routes.     On  July  5    '86    Rev    S    H 
Day  rode  from  K.  Greenwich  to  N.  Dighton,  42  m.,  and  then  back  to  N.  Easton    is  m  '  "  ' 

C0N.SF.CT.CUT  :     3..  42,  43,  57.  7,1,  ..o,  .55.  .97,  230,  246,  24S,  2SS,  295,  352.' 4W,,  500.  593. 
597,  609,  6,o,  6,7,  .  .S,  028   63.,  032,  643,  (y,o,  723,  769-70.     Chap.  XI.  ^,,^4,)  ,ives  my  rotite 
*.f  .85  m.  along  the  shore  of  th.e  Sound  from  New  London  to  New  Haven,  .29-33   thence  up  the 
Naugat.,ck  valley  to  the  hill-tops  of  Litchfield,  and  through  the  Farmington  valley  to  Granby 
and  Springheld,  .39-46 ;     'so  my  more  direct  routes  between  N.  H.  and  S..  through  Hartford 
.33-38  ;  my  ride  t'irough  the  n.  w.  corner,  ,47  ;  and  other  riders'  experiences  along  the  shore  be' 
tween  Greenwich,  at  the  s.  w.  corner,  and  New  Havui ;  and  between  N.  H.,  H   and  S      138 
142.  149.         ,•  "  winter  wheeling  "  between  Greenwich.  N.  H.,  H.  and  .S..  ,41.53.  ,22.     Mai«' 
99,  112,  T,3,  , .      ,77.  293.     Dr.  Tyler's  statistics.  5.0.     On  Oct.  4.  '86,  I  wheeled  from  N    h' 
to  West  Springfield,  64i  m.  by  Pope  cyclom.,  9..5  A.^,.  to  8.. 5  P.  M.,-,he  last  2  h.  in  .he  moon! 
Iig,.t.     This  was  one  of  the  longest  rides  I  ever  look  in  1,  h.  ;  and  in  all  previous  tours  between 
.Hose  two  po.nts  I  had  spent  i\  days  upon  the  -oad.     The  surface  averaged  better  than  on  any 
previous  trial,  and  I  was  helped  somewhat  by  the  wind.     I  went  out  of  N.  H    on  the  macad 
of  Dixwell  av.,  and  then  the  1.  sidewalk  of  the  sandy  Boulevard,  to  Centerville  (6i  m  )  the.',  due 
n.  3  m.  to  the  first  brick  house  above  Mt.  Caimel,  where  sign  savs  "  6  m.  to  Wallin-ford  "  and 
«here  I  obeyed  advice  given  on  p.    ,34,   by  turning  off  to  explore  4}  .n.  new  to  me,   m.til   I 
reached  the  W.  turnpike.      I  did  not  regret  the  experiment,  for  the  road  was  a  rather  plets.nt 
..ne.  and  mostly  ridable,  but  it  ended  wiih   .  m.  of  descent  so  rough  .hat  I  walked  parts  of  it 
a.id  I  am  sure  1.  could  not  be  ridcl.-n  up.     A  Meriden  ric':r  confirmed  my  previous  belief  that  the 
-MMest  route  between  M.  and  Mt.  Carmel  (an.l  so  fortourists  between  N.  H.  and  H  )  i,  through 
<  hesh.re  ;  but  1  understoo.l  him  to  say  that  the  one  given  by  mc  at  the  foot  of  p    ,34  mig/it  be 
...proved  upon  by  t.,rning  r..  at  end  of  the  "smooth  ridge,"  where  ny  advice  says,  "follow 
.el.  poles  to  I.  '  (7th  line  from  bottom).      He  tol<l  me.  also,  that  the  old  turnpike  which  coes  in 
..  l.er-line  for  .0  m.  n.  from  the  corner  hotel  at   Berli.;,  to  Hartford,  had  been  greatly  improved 
s.nce  I  rode  the  last  9  m.  of  it  (s.,  Dec.  4,  '84,  i.,  2  li.)  and  wrote  the  description  on  p.  ,36-  and 
he  said  I  could  save  time  by  taking  it,  instead  of  the  longer,  more  civilised  and  less  hiily  route 
through  New  I?ntair,.     This  proved  true,  for,  with  the  wind's  help,  I  covered  the  o  n,   in  ,  h    _ 
..u.ng  up  liie  .-.rs.  long  hiii  and  almost  ic  the  top  of  the  second  one  (        .  n.  of  B     first  stop)  • 
and  dismounts  were  forced  at  only  5  of  the  many  other  u,>grades.        .,e  surface  i.'self  wa.  aU 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


ridable,  and  I  probably  found  it  at  its  besl.     A  fine  i  m.  ittretch  of  macad. ,  almott  parallel  to  ihe 
pike,  offer-,  belter  riding  into  the  suburbs,  at  the  eni   of  the  qt'n  m.  from  H.      I  know  if  no  oilier 
lo  m.  of  air-line  highway  in  New  KnglancI ;  anil  I  recommend  this  only  to  through  tourists  wlio 
are  in  a  hurry, — for  no  gDod  views  reward  one's  hill-climbing,  and  both  Ihe  roundabout  routes 
throuRh  New   llritain  (p.  137)  are  pleasanter.      1  wheeled  across  the  river  to  K.  Hartford,  and 
thence  kept  the  w.  sidewalk  or  path  for  most  if  the  next  11   m.  lo  the  new  brid(;e,by  which  1 
crossed  back  to  Windsor  Locks.      I    think  the    bridge   was   officially  opened  on  that  very  day, 
though  traffic  had  been  allowed  upon  it  s'nce  its  acceptance  from  the  contractors,  Sr|i|.  17,  nnd 
indeed  for  some  time  previous.      1   reached  ihr    bridge  just  8  b.  from  the  start,  and  tin-  cycium 
showed  just  50  m.      Hctween  Cirecnwiili  and  New  Haven,  Oct.  2,  it  showed  only  ^5  m  ,  as  cini 
pared  with  50  n;    between  the  same  points  on  previous  tmirs.      I  rode  to  (;.,  25  m.,  mi  the  aim 
noon  of  Oct.  I, — thus  doing  the  140  in.  between  N.  V.  anil  S    in  2J  ilavs. 

.\s  regards  route  between  H.irtford,  Waterlniry  and  New  Haven  (pp.  14-,  250  ,  (,.  ( 
McNeil,  a  student  in  the  Mass.  Inst,  of  Technology,— whose  previous  wheeling  comprised  onl-, 
Soo  m.,  mostly  in  the  Moston  region, — wrote  lo  me  thus,  Aug.  24,  'H5  :  "  Koad  is  goo<l  fri  m 
I'lainville  to  Bristol,  but  when  we  got  fairly  into  the  hills,  i  m.  from  It.,  we  had  to  tramp  2  m 
to  the  summit,  and  do  much  other  walking  on  rough  down-grades,  as  well  as  up-grades,  iiiiiil  >*e 
got  to  Walerville,  whence  goo<l  road  reaches  to  Waterbury,  14  m.  from  If.  At  Naugatuclt,  5  n. 
s.,  we  struck  into  the  hills  again,  to  Hethany,  5  m.,  and  then  to  VVestville  and  New  Haven,  ij 
rn.,— almost  all  being  ridable."  In  lii.  World ui  Feb.  17,  '82,  "  I",.  liugle,"  of  Slaten  Isl.ind 
(see  p.  157),  printed  a  4-column  skt;ch  of  a  week's  lour,  taken  the  previous  Aug.,  when  \n,\i^ 
were  at  their  worst,  on  account  of  long  drought  .ind  recent  "  repairi.ig  " ;  and  %;hcn  he  saw  iii.t 
a  single  bicycler:  "First  day,  Tarrytown  to  Lake  Mahopac;  2nd,— fine  scenery  at  t  rotcn 
reservoir, — then  by  bad  roads  thro'  wo  ids  and  over  Shenandoah  mtn.  to  Kishkill  (last  5  m.  fine) ; 
3rd,  I'oiigl-.keepsie  and  Dover  Pla-ns  (good  iiotel);  4th,  to  S.  Dover,  just  beyond  which  lie 
crosses  into  Conn.,— between  2  big  bowlders— and  walked  every  step  from  Gaylord's  HritlKe  to 
New  Milford,  whence  he  continued  down  the  Housatonic  until  tired  of  wretched  roads  and  tame 
scenery,  and  then  struck  across  through  a  painfully  desolate  country  to  Newt  i  n  ;  5tli,  a  simil.ir 
dreary  and  tiresome  ride  to  New  Haven;  6th,  Stamford;  7th,  New  York  C!'  ."  During  'S6, 
materials  for  a  "  League  Koad-Book  of  Corn."  were  collected  by  the  State's  Touring  (.'ommit- 
tee,  W.  T.  Williams  (b.  Keb.  i,  '63),  of  Vannc,  W.  T.  Baldwin,  of  Stamford,  and  K.  Y.  Judd, 
of  Hartford,  and  were  compiled  at  IL,  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  consnl,  C.  ('<.  Hunting- 
ton, to  wh"m  all  communications  should  be  addressed.  The  hook  will  contain  tabulated  routes. 
after  the  f'enn.  pattern,  and  also  descriptfve  letterpress. 

New  York  :  15,  28,  31,39,  42,  57,  132,  147,  248,  253,  258,  288,  295,  323,  326,  34S,  370, 
480,503,  5aS,  511,  519,  592-97,  609-10,  617-iS,  628,  631,  643,  654-59,  665-68,674,677-78,7:0, 
770-76.  Chap.  VIII.  (64-100)  describes  the  metropolis,  and  the  approaches  to  it,  with  best 
means  of  gettlni;  a  bicycle  carried  "around,"  by  ferr)',  horse-car,  r.  r.  nnd  s.  s.  lines;  Chap. 
XII.  (150-5S),  Long  Island  and  Staten  Island;  Chap.  XIV.  (179-9.8),  Lake  Cenrge  and  the 
Hudson;  Chap.  XV.  (199-208^,  the  Krie  Canal  and  Mohawk  Valley;  Chap.  XVI.  (209-23^  ex- 
cursions from  the  same  valley  to  the  waterfa'.ls  at  Trenton,  Portage,  (;enesee,  KaaterskiU 
and  Niagara, — with  an  abstract  of  "Western  New  York  I  lad  Book";  "winter  wheeling" 
from  Harlem  to  Port  Chester  (246-7);  Ogdensburg  to  Port  Jervis,  298-9,  333-40;  Suffern  to 
Newburg,  171  ;  long-distance  tourists,  377,  479,  487-8,  497-8,  500,  501,  580;  maps,  99,  100,  112. 
'4S1  >77.  '7'^>  '87,  331  ;  (juide-books,  100,  177,  186,  293,  19S,  221,  678,  700.  My  declaration,  en 
p.  71,  that  "  I  once  managed  to  ride  up  "  the  hill  from  Kingsbridge  towards  Jerome  Park,  h,15 
based  upon  the  word  "  climbed  "  in  a  ms.  report  of  such  early  date  that  f  cannot  now  recollect 
whether  all  the  "climbing"  was  done  on  wheel  or  part  .if  it  on  foot.  I  mention  this  becall^e 
the  riding  up  of  the  hill  in  '86  was  noted  in  the  papers  as  "  first  on  record,"  and  I  do  nnt  wi?.h  to 
detract  from  the  glory  due  any  one  else  for  a  difficult  exploit.  As  I  am  told  'hat  many  h  >ve  tried 
in  vain  to  surmount  this  hill,— though  its  surface  is  smoother  now  than  formerly— and  as  I  am  not 
a  Rneriallv  nnwerf'jl  bill-dimber.  I  think  it  like!.'  that  I  never  resllv  wheeled  to  the  summit. 
Anyhow,  J  have  no  wish  to  claim  a  thing  which  1  cannot  certainly  recall  to  memery ;  and,  if  1 


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iMti  kn.iwn  Ihal  m.iny  kockI  riders  hid  bee-^  vanquithed  bv  ...i,  hill,  I  sliould  not  have  ventured 
iM  interpret  "climbed"  in  the  original  log  by  rode  up."  InMead  ..f  "  dekcendiiig  tliii  hill,  to 
...ich  the  head  of  Itroadway  in  Kingsbridge  "  (p.  711,  ihe  wheelman  may  lu.w  go  n.  }  ■...  along 
ih.-  creM  of  it,  on  ideal  i.iac,  and  then  I.  I  by  a  r.ithcr  ron^h  diiccnt  to  K  ;  or  he  nay  ^o  v  on 
niw  mat.  to  the  road  for  lordham  Landing  (p.  71),  and  then  t.  I.  for  Rid-e  av  and  hordliam. 
Ihe  work  of  lowering  the  grade  from  Washington  Heights  n  tc  .ards  Kiiigsbri-iii..  (p.  72)  is 
r 'iMirted  unfinished  at  the  close  of  '86  ;  but  a  new  route  in  thai  region,  ridable  in  all  weathers, 
I-  now  supplied  by  a  strip  of  asphalt,  bctweer  the  tracks  of  the  cable  r.  r.,  sirclching  from  115th 
n.  throu;h   loth  av.,  3J  m.,  to   Kort  St.  George  (p.  70).      Instcid  of  climbiMj;  down  the  steps 


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lu  reach   Hi^h  Bridge  (p.  70),  a  path  may  be  taken  n.  e.  tl.rou:.;h  the  l.otel-yard.     Tlic  road  w 

li'in  the  Itoiilevard  through  frcinont  to  Central  av.,  1)  m.,  is  all  mac,  .ind  it  naches  lli.-  a/,   ij 


ni  n  of  Gab!  Case's  hotel  (p.  73).  Much  o.  the  av.  itself  was  so  soft  during  ',S6  as  to  rtuke  iis 
«  si<k-walk  preferable  for  cycling,  fn  riding  from  it  to  Mt.  Vernon,  the  wlicclman  vliouiil  lake 
ihf  first  roi.  '  to  r  ,  n  of  Woodlawn  Cemetery  (p.  71),  cross  r.  r.,  mount  a  stiff  liiil,  take  fust 
IMC  to  left,  and  follow  tel.  poles  to  Mt.  V.  The  road  w.  from  Mt.  V.  to  Yonkcrs  is  calle<l  a 
I  luasaiit  though  liilly  one,  ^\  m.,  in  J  h.,  in  report  of  Henry  Tate  (Bulletin,  Oct.  2,  '85,  p.  j^.S), 
uhicli  says  the  1 1  m  from  Y.  to  White  Plains  may  be  done  w.  d.,  inclmling  "  6  m.  of  excellent 
lii.ic  on  Central  av."  The  note  on  p.  74,  that  the  remaining  25  pp.  of  Ihe  chapter  appeared  in 
ilk-  iCkerl.  should  be  corrected  to  include  only  the  first  part  of  thtni,  for  none  were  priited  in 
'    .Mav  " ;  and  I  have  abandoned  the  plan  (p.  100)  of  preparing  a  special  index  to  the  chapter. 

'•'V   I,  'S  ),  marked  the  ope.iing  of  an  important  new  ferry,  from  W.    14th  St.,  N.  Y.,  to 
Mill  Hobokcn,  which  is  about  3  m.  n.  of  the  old  Hoboken  Ferry  (I).,  L.  &  W.,  p.  82),  and  i 

iM  s  <i.  the  bi'.;  brick  water-lower  (pp.  81,  84),  just  above  which  a  descent  may  be  made  to  Ihe 
ferry  of  the  West  Shore  r.  r.,  whose  I  oats  not  only  go  to  42nd  St.,  as  noted  on  p.  16S,  but  also 
III  jay  St.,  which  is  between  Chrisiophei  and  Desbrosses  sts.  (pp.  82,  85).  Regular  trips  during 
ihe  nii;ht  are  mad?  at  the  14th  St.  ferry,  and  less  frequent  ones  at  the  West  Shore  to  connect  with 
the  iJght  trains.  Both  ferries  seem  to  me  preferable  to  all  except  the  one  from  130th  st.  to 
Kort  I.ee,  in  case  a  city  wheelman  wishes  to  promptly  reach  the  smooth  riding  of  New  Jersey. 
From  'h»  14th  st.  ferry,  he  may  go  w.  d.  (up-hill  on  the  sidewalk  to  the  water-tower)  to  Kort 
I-ee  ;  anil  perhaps  the  ascent  from  the  West  Shore  ferry  is  also  ridable.  On  Aug.  3,  '86,  in 
piloting  visitor  to  the  14th  st.  ferry,  I  rode  thither  w.  d.  from  Washington  Sq.,  ij  m.  of  stone 
blocks,  by  a  iig-zag  'oute  which  was  new  to  me.  A  convenient  new  ferry,  on  the  other  side  of 
ihe  city,  is  froc,-i  \C.  23rd  St.,  N.  Y.,  to  Broadway,  Brooklyn  (p.  91).  Since  Jiil>,  '85,  the  "An- 
nex "  boats  of  the  Erie  r.  r.,  between  B.  and  J'  >ey  City  (p.  97,  fare  10  c),  have  made  no 
charge  for  carrying  a  passenger's  bi.  During  the  summer,  boat  may  b  taken  at  Market  St. 
wharf,  Newark,  and  a  pleasant  sail  of  1}  h.  had  to  Bay  Ridge,  within  eas  ;  wheeling  distance  of 
Prospect  Park  and  Brooklyn  ;  or  the  excursion  may  be  prolonged  by  connecting  train  to  Coney 
Island  (p.  89) ;  for  the  fare,  30  c,  is  the  same  in  either  case,  and  no  charge  is  made  for  wheel. 
Ihe  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  r.  r.  (p.  158)  was  opened  Mar.  8,  '86,  with  34  connecting  boat- 
d.iily  between  S.  I.  and  N.  Y., — all  starting  from  a  single  landi.  •;■  '  m.  from  the  Battery.  Thf 
BulUtii.  (Jan.  8,  '86,  p.  24)  qu^^lcd  a  Herald  report  that  some  Elizabeth  capitalists  were  inteiid- 
1113;  to  spend  $5oo,o.»  upon  a  toll-bridge,  crossing  Newark  bay,  \\  m.,  alongside  the  r.  r,  brid-c, 
to  connect  Elizabeth|)ort  with  Bergen  Point  (foot  of  Av.  D),  whence  a  ferry-boat  makes  quick 
trips  to  S.  I.  (p.  157);  but  I  've  heard  nothing  later  of  the  project,  and  fear  it  may  lie  as  basel- 
as  that  ancient  scheme  about  building  a  6  m.  asphalt  toll-track,  from  Prospect  Park  to  '  ,ey 
Island,— which  scheme  the  Ftiiletin  recorded  seriouslv  as  "  news,"  Apr.  9,  'S6 

Broadway  can  no  longer  be  inspected  from  the  roof  of  an  omnibus,  as  advised  01,  ,99:  for, 
in  June,  '85,  some  horse-car  swindlers  captured  the  street,  from  the  Battery  to  Union  Sq.,  and 
drove  off  the  ancient  vehicles.  Encouraged  by  this,  the  highwaymen  then  attempted  to  despoil 
the  city  of  its  only  remainint;  thoroughfare  ;  and,  as  a  first  step  in  their  villainnns  scheme,  filed 
:irticles  concerning  the  "  Fifth  Av.  R.  R.  Co."  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  at  Albany, 
.•^"pt.  9,  '85.  Popular  indignation  over  the  Broadway  r.  r.  fraud,  whose  exposure  came  a 
little  later,  ''oubtless  deterred  them  from  active  efforts  to  upset  by  bribery  the  law  which  declares 


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/•£A'  THOUSAXD  MII.llS  ().\  A  UlCYCLE. 


thit  s!ic  tiiy'*  .ioMeU  avci  uc  xhaii  never  l>c  cut  .iiiu  bound  by  llic  vulg.ir  lyraniiv  of  ih. 
raiU,  ll.cir  formal  llirc.K,  however,  forced  the  fricnUi  of  llie  .wciui.-  to  at  one.  e„|,veti  I'l  w',ih 
an  omnibus  In-,  ..lul  improved  vehicle,  were  put  ui«)U  ilie  same  ul  the  close  of  >,e,,t  'v, 
The,.-  run  from  ihe  illeccker  st.  Mjlion  .,(il,c  cleaned  r.  r  .jiM  IkIow  \V..,hiii^ion  St,  i„  Cen' 
tral  l'.i,k,  .11  j.^.h  >t.  ;  and  I  advise  a  trial  thereof,  on  the  .Iriver'.  ,eat,  by  every  vsi'ior  «h„ 
wishes  bi  see  the  cily  and  enjoy  th :  best  attainable  subslilule  which  it  now  ofTers  for  ,  ,„le  ,  „ 
to,,  of  the  B.HKl  old  l;road«.,y  -bus.  Contract  for  the  re-jMving  of  I- ifth  av.,  uhich  involve  in 
iinineiise  expenditure  of  money,  have  been  aw.  ded  miicc  the  spring  ot  '.Sj,  and  troubV*  ha'vr 
insen  on  acu  mt  of  ihe  inspector's  refusal  to  accept  inferior  work.  Co.nmontin;;  „n  these  the 
// <W./ has  openly  charged  "  corrui«i.m  "  as  the  real  reason  for  New  Vo,k*.,  :io  ,d  M.ckn'j:  to 
stone  b;<K:ks,  in  f.R  ■  of  the  universally  .icknowledged  superiority  of  ..sphalt.  It  .say»  that  con 
tractors  for  the  latter  pavemci  t  ca.i  be  held  strictly  to  their  promises,  because  b.id  »„ik  is  ,.i 
easily  d.iected  mat  it  doesn't  p,-y;  whereas  contr.ictors  for  stone  blocks  cm  ho«l«nik  a'l  Km 
the  most  scientific  and  painst.ikin- of  inspectors,  and  can  with  dilTicully  be  convicted  of  actuii 
frau.l  HI  respect  to  material  and  workmanship,  ilenci  they  can  afford  a  bribery-fur.d  fi.r  the 
winnn;;;  of  every  coiiir.ict  away  from  the  asphalt-meii,  whose  narrow  margin  of  fair  profit  forces 
them  to  be  honest.  I  know  iiosliins  as  to  the  truth  of  this  ajl-too-plausibie  theorv  ;  but  I  feel 
disheartened  by  the  unkiiul  f  ite  which  gives  .im.lher  costly  coatin-  of  io,i..,h  stone  blocks  In  nur 
famous  "street  of  pa.ices,"  and  thus  postpones  beyond  my  life-time  the  happy  d.ry  when  tin- 
bicycler  can  glide  northward  from  Washington  Square  „ii  as  smooth  a  surface  as  he  might  fmd 
al-'iig  the  show-.streets  of  other  civilized  capitals. 

Uorsc-car  tracks  row  sonuwliat  im|niir  tlie  pleasure  of  riding  on  the   lioulevard   fmn,  c/h 
to  125th  St.  ;  at      anotlier  new  line  runs  from  the  latter  s.  e.  ;•.  K.  ,  ,oth  st.  and  th'roug'   it  i,. 
ferry,  where  boat  may  be  .akcii  across  to  Astoria.     Cars  also  run  through  42nd  st.  dircctl>  from 
the  West  Sliore  ferry  to  the  central  r.  r.  terminus  on  4th  av.     Since  p.  yS  was  printea     '  the 
fence"  ha.  been  removed  from  the  iifuh  st.  station  on  8th  av.,  so  that  new  payment  of'i.ue  is 
.10  longer  needed  111  making  transfer  between  trains  going  in  opposite  directions.     The  rate  was 
reduced  to  5  c.  at  all  i.iurs,  on  all  the  elevated  line>,  Oct,  ..  '86.     Ihe  same  fare  also  prev.iu, 
on  l.rooklyn's  elevated  r.  r.,  which  was  opened  between  the  big   IJridge  ana  Kast  New  York 
in  the  summer  of  'Sj.     On  .Su.idays,  when    D.,  L,  &  W.  trains  do  not  run,  the  best  mode  of 
transfer  between  N.  V.  and  the  "  Oange  triangle  "  (p.    ,5^,)  is  given  by  the  Krie  (23rd  s,   and 
Chambers  st.,  about  8.30  a.  .m.  :  no  charge  for  wheels),  to  liloomfield  av,  in  Newaik  or  Main 
SI,  in  0.,-returning  about  5  f,  m.     An  excellent  cycling  map  of  the  "  t.iangle  "  (,  m'  to  1  in  ; 
showing  Its  mac,  and  other  good  roads,  is  on  the  s„me  sheet  with  2  similar  m.nps.  showing  the 
chief  roaas  of  Long  Island,  w.  of  a  line  <lrawi.  from  Cokl  Spring  Harbor  to  Amityviile  -vvh  ch 
sheet  accompanies  the  "  Long  I-.land   Road-liook"  (pub.   Mar,  'S6,  under  the  auspici-s  of  the 
Brooklyn  li.  C,  by  A.  li,  liarkmai.  •  04  pp  ,  incl.  .3  adv.  pp.  .  ..,       and  gil, :  weight  3  02.  ;  pric 
$1  ;     -e  pp.  625,  67S),      Ihis  book  also  contains  smaller  mps  of  the  whole  island  and  of  Staten 
Island,  d.scnbed  on  pp.  158,   17S,  as  good  features  ol      .  ood's  road-bcok  of  Prnn.  and  N   J., 
on  wl,:ch  it  is  modeled.     All  these  maps  will  be  given  with  the  League's  nfTicial  "  Road-liook 
of  New  York,"  together  with  t.ie  most  important  of  the  printed  information  abmv  the  L.  I.  and 
S.  I.  roads;  but  I  nevertlieless  urge  that  every  cycler  or  pedcslria,-  or  horse-driver  who  travels 
on  either  is'and  ought  to  buy  this  compact  little  book,  for  its  many  speci.il  features.     Besides  the 
20  pp.  of  Libulated  routes  on   L.  I.,  there  are  22  others,  including  nearly  all  those  described  n, 
my  N.  J,  chapter,  and  through  routes  from  Philadelphia  to  Boston,  from  N.  Y.  to  Albany,  and 
around  Greenwood  L.ak-  ..  r'  the   Berkshire   Hills.     The  index  gives  references  to  350  towns 
The  topographv,  scene'     i-n  '  r  jads  of  both  is'ands  ,ire  all  intelligently  described,  outside  of  the 
tables,  and  full  details  ar.   i:n-:,i  as  to  the  ferries,  horse-cirs,  r.  r.  and  s.  s.  lines  whch  connect 
their  towns  with  the  city,     A  chapter   of  interesting   f.icts  and  opinions   .1^  to  "The  Law  .4 
Cycling"  (5  pp.')  is  contributed  by  \.  B.  Potter,  a  lawy;r  of  N.  Y.     Th  •  index  to  the  '.Sf,  cd.  of 
Pcnn.  road-book  (see  p.  5S0)  refers  to  343  N.  Y,  towns,  in  a  total  of   isf.6,  and  the  book  has  a 
good  miniatare  map  of  the  "  city  riding  dis'rxt,"  showing  the  chief  roads  below  Yonkers.      I'liii 
ii-.ap  ».ii  uuuuiiess  be  leprodi  ced  in  the  otiiciai  road-book  ot  the  New  York  nivision,  which  the 


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BuU^tm  wy.  (Dec.  .7,  •»6.  p.  593)  w.ll  probably  «p|,.ar  m  Mar  ,„d  conr-in  about  ,00  np  o. 
ti.e  Penn.  model.  Prcse.u  membcr>  o»  the  iMvu.oi.  *,ll  each  re«,v«  a  (r«  copy,  b..i  iho«  who 
loii.  during  the  and,  jrd  and  4lli  qaara-ri  inu.t  re.iHrct.vcly  pay  13  c  ,  15  t.  a„cl  3;  c  (or  (he 
book,  *ho»e  price  lo  olher  Uatjuc  m.n.  and  to  per«,n,  not  cl.RiUe  to 'n.einber.h.p  v,||  be  <■ 
All  letter,  conccrinnx  ih...  or  the  "  L.  I.  koad-!l,K,k.-  ,|.oald  be  Knt  to  the  con.'p.ler  A  h' 
lUiknian,  60S  Kurlhav.,  Urooklyn,  N.  Y.  Upi>oioted  Uookmaster  of  League,  Dec,  18,' '86; 

The  rule,  of  Dec.  4,  '84,  for  the  restriction  of  cycling  in  Central  Park  (p.  94),  have  not  been 
liUc:raliied  in  the  two  years  since.-except.  I  believe,  that  the  queer  di«;,n-unaiion  against  tricy- 
c:ci  has  been  revoked.  My  impression  is  that  the  lack  of  au  "  official  bad«c  "  on  his  left  breas- 
.uvercaus>"  a  mature  rider  to  be  dismissed  from  the  kiversidc  Drive,  after  he  is  once  fa,  ly 
ui.on  It,  and  .hat  even  the  keeper,  of  11,  terminal  entrances  very  rarely  turn  ,urh  a  man  back 
I.I,  IS  forrnshim  lo  gain  hi*  r.^hl,  f,,rtively,  throush  one  of  the  nu.nerous  s.de-approaches)  •  but 
.1,.  sate,  of  Central  Park  itself  are  more  .arefull)  guarded,  and  the  rule  of  carrying  3  hght-d 
u.,..ri.  after  dark  ,s  strictly  enforced  there,  even  thoush  the  absence  of  badjje  be  passed  ur 

",""v  V  ^^\-'''^'!f  """■  '^'  ''^'  ''"'""•■'*  "  '"'"  '"^^^"»"'  '"  '•"=  »^"''  i:ommis.sioi.er,  bv 
-I.--  N.  Y.  R  C.  and  xion  H.  C,  as  an  accompaniment  to  a  ,>etitioii  that  wheelmen  be  now  pu, 
,m  an  equality  w„h  olher  ci.uens.  in  respect  to  having  equal  rixhl,  upon  all  the  drive-wa.sof 
lie  parks,-,ust  a,  in  Pl.iladelpliia.  lialiimore.  ChicaRo,  and  all  olher  civilized  cine,  Ihe  let 
ur  «.ves  a  statement  of  f.ic,,,  in  live  para«rapl„,  ,I,„wi„g  that,  •'  as  not  a  single  accident  from 
cull.sion  of  bi.  or  tri.  w„h  olher  vehicle,  horse  or  pedestrian  has  happened  in  nearly  3  years'  ex- 
prience  u,»n  the  most-frequented  roads  controlled  by  the  commi,Moners,  iherc  is  no  logic  in 
cxcUiding  cycle,  from  .lie  other  and  less-frequenled  roads,  a,  if  they  were  peculiarly  danjrou, 
or  obnoxious  vehicles.  The  pe.itio,,  itself  received  the  signatures  of  several  hundred  wheel- 
n,..,  (.he  two  clubs  making  a  thorough  canvass  of  all  League  member,  in  the  citv),  and  many 
,  .a.pendent  endorsements  of  it  were  addressed  directly  to  the  commissioner,  by  citizens  who  ore 
.-!  cyclers.      1  he  committee  of  the  clubs  also  had  personal  interview,  with  the  commissioners 

the  president  of  whom,  H    R.  Heekn.ai,.  w...  : ic  candidate  for  the  presidcncv  of  the 

l.o,rd  of  Aldermen  ;  aud  they  recomm-nded    ';  cyclers  t,     ote  (or  him.  as  an  assured  supporter 
o    llie.r  claim  to  equ.:  rights  upon  all  the  city  roads.      He  received  about  .0,000  majoritv  '.t  the 
.1.  c.ion  of  Nov.  ^.     In  case  the  commissioners  persist  in  a  stolid  refusal  to  do  justice   the  rext 
or^.„r     d  endeavor  will  probably  lake  the  form  of  pressure  through  the  Ne-.-.  York   I  ,  c  ■  hture 
Ihe  Brooklyn  cor.  of  the  ^«//.//«  (Nov.  .9,  '86,  p.  5..)rep„rts  a  recnt  sa,i.f..,„ry  inter! 
V,:.   of  the  local  wheelmen's  committee  with  the  governors  of  Prospect  Park    '    ImI.p.,  to  a 
bCK,  ihat.in  the  spring,  cycles  will  be  allowed  on  all  the  roads  of  the  parkcxcepMl,    1  ast  Orivc 
l.o,n  the  mam  .....ince  to  the  end  of  the  woods  l,ey«nd  the  Deer  Pad<l«:k.     This  uill   -,ve  a 
ccuit  of  about  4  m      The  question  as  to  b.  Iges  is  still  in  abeyance,  but  it  is  believed  iha.  the 
woanng  of  them  will  be  strictly  enforced  wl  en  we  obtain  the  increased  privileges  "     Tli,  htier 
";;■";  ;' '"  '"    absurd  mle.  included  among  a  series  adopted  in  Aug.,  '8,  (printed  in  fuil  bv 
/^/,../ of  .Sept.    .,,,andby  "  L.    I.    Ro,.d.Book,-  Mar.  '86).  which  savs  that  e..ch  wheelman 
must  register  his  name  and  address  at  the  office  of  the  Chief  Engineer  and  .Superintendent,  a.  the 
-uclifiec  Mansion,  m  the  park,  and  there  learn  of  a  certain  lime  and  place  for  cjivin,  an  exhi- 
l.K.on  of  his  skill  to  a  committee  of  the  clubs,  who  will  issue  to  him  a  certificate,  if  he  is  worthy 
o.  ,t  rid.ng-badge.      Returning  then  to  the  mansion,  with  this  certificate  and  50  c.  he  is  given  a 
orclar-badge.  larger  and  uglier  tha,i  the  cart-wheel  silver  dolhr,  and  told  that  he  must  wear  it 
co.,.p,c,,ously  on  the  left  breast,"  whenever  he  rides  in  the  park,  or  on  the  boulevards  which 
.xle„cl  e^  from  its  main  entrance  and  s.  from  its  lower  entrance  to  Conev  Island  (but  Central 
1  .irk  bad.,es.  when  worn  by  visitors  from  the  city,  will  be  recognized  as  a  proper  substitute  •  and 
oth.r  visitors  may  procure  ten.porary  permits,  at  certain  times  and  places  whereof  they  may  leam 
at  the  Litchfield  Mansion).     So  stands   the  law  of  A.ij.,  '85  ;  but  no  badges  were  real'v  issi-rd 
.'nti  June,   36,      and  in  Aug.,  after  about  #300  w.rth  had  been  sold,  applicants  were  u.ld  that 

l!'!'!"!."''/.'!"  """/'''"''''^•''  ".''  -^'  ""'"  '•'"'  ""  ""'necessary  and  con.e.-^ptible  an  in- 
...,.,.,, ...  ;,.:;...::...;  ;:y-_.^.  ..,---  .,o,„.„^ii,  ajopted  by  the  commissioners  "  at  the  suL'cestioB 
of  .he  most  experienced  rider,  in  the  Brooklyn  clubs,"  the  names  of  those  misguided  ones  ought 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


lo  be  nailed  up  for  general  execration.     I  do  not  believe  that 


ny  competent  cycler  will  ever  bt 


dismissed  from  Brooklyn's  boulevards  for  lack  of  a  badge;  and  I  hope  that  the  managers  of  its 
•hief  pleasure-park,  who  have  been  warmly  praised  by  me  for  intelligence  and  good-nature  ('  ' 
yj),  will  never  disgrace  it  and  themselves  by  favoring  any  such  silly  flummery  as  comp„|.o!^ 
badge-wearing  fo:  those  who  wish  to  wheel  within  its  1  ;ts.  The  only  pretext  that  I  am 
of  for  even  making  the  threat  of  such  a  thing-after  6  ycirs'  safe  experience  with  badgeles^aTd 
unregistered  wheelmen  in  Prospect  Park— was  the  death  of  a  little  girl  (June  3,  '85,  i  ,)  caiisid 
by  a  careless  bo-  riding  at  dange:ous  speed  upon  one  of  the  park  walks,  who  jumped  fn^m  his 
bicycle  and  let  u  ul  upon  her.  But  he  made  no  attempt  to  sneak  away  from  the  lesponsibiliiy 
of  his  unfortunate  act,  and  he  was  duly  forthcoming  when  the  jury  ordered  his  arrest  for  culpa- 
ble negligence.  I  suppose  the  illogical  public,  who  t.ike  no  thought  of  the  hundreds  of  children 
annually  killed  by  horses  and  wagons,  raised  some  son  of  a  clamor  over  the  event ;  and  that  \\\<- 
restrictions  of  Aug.,  '85,  were  proclaimed  byway  of  peace-offering.  They  were,  in  fact  Ex- 
cept the  "  badge  order,"  which  has  always  been  a  dead-letter),  a  logical  and  practical  improvf- 
ment  on  previous  rules,  for  they  gave  wheelmen  the  right  of  way  through  the  park  on  the  West 
Drive,  instead  of  on  the  sidewalks,  at  all  hours.  Even  the  restrictions  as  to  sidewalks  appiT 
only  to  the  half-year,  May  i  to  Oct.  31,  and  to  the  hours  10  A.  n.  to  7  p.  m.  during  that  half-year: 
'or,  at  all  other  times,  all  the  paths  may  be  ridden  upon,— and  the  paths  from  the  s,  entrance, 
to  the  flower  garden  at  the  like,  may  be  ridden  upon  at  all  times. 

In  Aug.,  '86,  the  Booklyn  B.  C.  leased  the  three-story  brick  dwelling  at  112  St.  Felix  st  . 
which  is  within  a  half-block  of  the  asphalt,  and  abandoned  366  Livingston  st.  (pp,  97,  7-0). 
The  I^.  I.  Wheelmen,  having  absorbed  the  Bedford  C.  C,  are  now  (Dec,  '86)  looking  lor 
larger  quarters'.  C.  Schwalbach  will  use  their  old  house  as  a  bi.  agency.  Since  p.  96  was  printed, 
the  three  clubs  there  named  have  all  changed  their  abodes,— the  time  of  transfer  in  the  first  two 
cahes  being  about  the  ist  of  May,  '86.  The  N  \  .  B.  C.  now  have  the  house  at  302  \V. 
SSlh  St.  ;  the  Citizens  B.  C,  32S  W.  6oth  (newi>  numbered  as  "  26  W.  6oth  "; ;  the  Ixion  B. 
C:.,  351  W.  59th  .St.  (Oct., '85),  and  the  Harlem  Wheelmen  104  W.  124th  st.  (for  lists  of  members, 
see  pp.  772-4) ;  while  the  Citizens'  former  house,  313  W.  58th  ■  ,  is  now  leased  as  a  cycling  sale.s- 
room,  riding  sclit"'  and  repair-shop,  by  G.  R.  Bidwell,  who  has  taken  thither  the  business  ac- 
credited to  him  on  )6,  as  at  E.  60th  St.  The  new  numbering  of  the  Citizens'  pre: .  iit  house 
results  from  an  edict  of  the  aldermen,  in  the  autumn  jf  '86,  that  the  'Street.,  running  w.  from 
Central  Park  (6oth  to  109th  incl.)  shall  have  their  houses  tiumbered  i,  2,  3  and  so  on,  from  8th 
av.  (which  is  the  w.  border  of  the  park),  just  as  if  it  were  5th  av.,  which  is  the  park's  e.  border. 
As  explained  on  pp.  65-66,  the  "  e."  and  "  w."  enumeration,  for  the  whole  region  above  Wash- 
ington Square,  has  hitherto  started  from  5th  av.  as  a  central  line ;  and  that  so  intelligible  and 
convenient  a  system  should  be  thrown  into  confusion,  for  the  sake  of  gratifying  the  vanity  of 
those  residents  who  object  to  "  unfashionably  high  numbers"  (see  p  452),  seems  a  freak  more 
suited  to  fickle  Paris  than  sedate  America. 

Since  my  reports  about  Niagara  were  put  in  type  (pp.  203,  215,  325),  the  environs  of  that 
noble  waterfall  have  been  form.-.lly  ass'.imed  by  the  State  of  New  York,  for  a  public  paik  (July 
'5i  '85);  and  'he  tourist  is  thusgivi  11  a  new  motive  for  turning  his  wheel  thither,  and  seeing  with 
his  own  eyes  how  grand  a  piece  of  nature  has  been  everlastingly  rescued  from  the  mill-owners 
and  the  hackmen.  I  have  been  told  that  many  charming  views  along  the  Hudson  may  be  had, 
and  the  hi' -climbing  between  Yonkers  and  Hastings  may  at  the  same  lime  be  avoided,  if,  in- 
stf  ad  of  walking  up  the  rough  hill  at  the  end  of  Warburton  av,  (as  noted  at  foot  of  p,  7s),  the 
tourist  keeps  due  n.  on  the  aqueduct :  for  the  2  or  3  fences  which  cross  it  can  be  easily  got  over. 
My  remark  (p,  81)  that  a  tourist  had  best  turn  inland  from  the  Hudson  at  Piermont.  to  Sjiarkill 
aiul  other  towns,  "  because  the  ;  ath  on  top  of  the  Palisades,  from  Alpine  to  S.,  would  pie>um- 
ably  demand  more  walking  than  riding,"  deserves  modification  by  these  words  of  an  actual  <t\- 
p\orcT  (If'Aee/,  .\ug.  13,  '86) ;  "  In  approaching  A.  from  s.,  a  large  white  house  on  the  roadside 
is  a  sort  of  landmark,  for  there  the  av.  turns  somewhat  to  1.,  up  a  long  hill,  by  the  side  of  large 
'■  -  •  "■■'-  •*  -::-„'::  roau  ;;. ;,  jiigntjy  i.p-ni;;,  ICTtus  to  A.  ti.^cii,  v^i.iiiCC  v.r.c 
may  go  to  Nyack  by  coasting  down  a  rather  rougii  and  sandy  hill,  and  following  the  very  Miidy 


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587 


Valley  road.     I  think  .t  far  pleasanter,  however,  to  keep  straight  along  Palisade  av..  up  the 
long  hill,  for  the  surface  is  fair,  though  the  crown  of  the  mac,  is  somewhat  worn.     The  av  is 
shady  and  cool,  but  without  any  houses,  and  the-e  are  several  sandy  turnings  from  it  I    into  the 
Valley  road.     When  the  av.  ends,  in  a  sort  of  commrn,  .lesce.id  across  this  to  a  broken  path 
through  a  gulley.  and  then  up  to  the  1.,  ,1  m.  of  rough  walking  through  the  woods,  to  an  enclosed 
.-.a.ture^     Beyond  the  further  fence,  t.  r..  alon^      very  fair  dirt  road,  until  you  reach  a  square 
with  a  flag-pole  ;  t.  1.  around  :l,e  church.     A  fine  coast  may  be  had  just  before  reaching  Sparkill 
where  keep  to  r.  of  little  lake  and  cross  it  at  lower  end,  for  straight  road  through  Piermont  to' 
•Nyack.        As  regards  my  allusion  on  p.  ,98  to  probable  n,  .;e  between  N.  „nd  Suflfern    it  was 
tried  Sept.  5,  '86,  by  E.  J.  Shriver,  and  another  meml-r  of  the  N.  V.   B.  C,  who  reported  ■ 
"Of  the  IS  m.,  there  were  not  2  m.  which  did  not  offer  fair  riding.     We  took  br-akfa's-  at 
Nanuet,  .  h.  after  leaving  Nyack;  dinner  a.  Tu.edo,  .   h.  after  leaving  .Suffcra,  and  continued 
through  Turners  to  Chester,  4.  m.    from  the  start.      Next  day,  we  had  another  leisurely  ride  nf 
4.'  m.,  through  (ioshen,  Middletown,  Cuddcbackville  and  Port  Jervis  to  Milford   7  30  a   m   to 
'.  f.  M.     Our  whole  route  was  very  well  chosen,  both  as   regards  road-surface  and  scenery  "'    I 
there'    e  recommend  it  to  every  through  tourist  between  Port  J.  and  N.  Y.  or  Boston   fo^  it 
allows  hiin  a  trial  of  the  ,5  m.  of  mac.  s.  of  Tairytown.     Instead  of  trying  this,  and  thin  ,he 
shore  route  to  Port  Chester  (p.  247).  however,  a  tourist  from  P.  J.  to  B.  mav  go  direct  from  T 
to  P.  C.      y  route  shown  o„  p.  74.     .See  p.  ,67  for  routes,  Newark  to  Suffern.     As  for  mv  ex- 
pressed hope  of  ridable  roads  in  the  Adirondacks  (p.  .„),-»   region   about   which   the  official 
road-book  promises  to  say  Iittle,-,he  BMeiin  (S.pt.  ,;,  '86,  p.  3.6)  quotes  a  Pittsburg  writer's 
s.o  y  th..t  two  friends  of  his  would  finish  in  Oct.  a  four  months'  exploration  of  that  wMderness, 
and  would  probably  produce  a  wheelman's  illustrated  road-book,-"  as  they  have  found  far  bet- 
ter wheeling  than  expected,  and  not  over  half  the  distances  unridable  " 

The  summary  of  W.  S.  Bull's  "  Western  New- York  Road  Book"  (pp.  ^a.-^^j)  may  be 
supplemented  by  some  remarks  which  the  President  of  the  Jamestown  B.  C,  C  K  Gates  Tf 
-erry  sent  to  me  July  26,  '85  :  "A  pleasant  day's  run  may  be  made  by  wheel  around  Chautauqua 
Uke  (20  m.  long,  and  2  m.  wide  at  its  broadest);  or  the  round  trip  may  be  taken  in  4  h  ,  by  re- 
porting .0  one  of  .he  20  steamers,  which  start  at  almost  ever,  hour  of  the  day  during  summer, 
rhe  first  week  in  August  is  as  good  a  time  as  any  to  visit  the  place.  The  road  from  Chautauqua 
to  Panama  Rocks  (.0  m.)  is  somewhat  hilly,  but  the  wheelman  would  be  well  repaid  for  going 

"Z.k  "":.K  K  1  7  r'"  •'"  "=  "^^-  ^  5-"-  "'^'^  '™-  f'-'^™-  brings  the  tourist  ,0 
Cassada,..,  at  the  head  of  the  valley  of  that  name,  whe-e  there  are  three  clear  water  lakes,  each 
about  i  m.  long  extending  in  a  chain  about  a  piece  of  land  perhaps  \  m.  square.  Two  associa- 
t.o.isof  spiritualists  camp  out  here  in  August,  and  there  is  excellent  fishing  in  these  and  the 

1  eZd^f  V  f "'  ^""r  '"""'"'^  ""  ""^  '^^"«'^'  •'^  '^o"-'  -y  -Sht.  Both  Mdes  of 
h  ro  d  rom  Fredonia  to  Cassadaga  are  weU-sh.ded  by  trees,  and  though  the  hills  require  some 
«alk,ng,  the  picturesque  scenery  repays  the  effort.     About   -i  m.  s.  of   Laona  may  be  seen  a 

,t  Ik  .,:'"';'  '  '"'^'=  ■'''°"'  •■'  f°"'  *''^'^'  -"^  ="""''^'  peri^endicular  sid.s."  1  ,,uote 
.)-e  road-book  further  :  From  Fredonia  to  Mayvil'.e,  .7  m.,  the  first  7  m.  (to  Broct„n,  where  ) 
are  called  "excellent,  level  gravel,"  and  the  rest,  "dirt,  hilly  but  fair."  The  same  ..Ijealves 
apply  to  the  .0  m.  gravel  road  from  .Sherman  to  Cnautauqua.  which  is  thus  noted  :  •'  Ha  f-wav 
.u  Summer^ile  t  r.  At  next  corners  ,.  r.,  at  next  t.  1.  After  this  nearly  straight  line  to  Chau! 
.  nciua  L.ake.  On  reaching  lake  road  t.  r."  Fiom  .Sherman  to  Jamestown,  23  m.,  through 
•  -  ma  .,nd  Ashville,  "  ,s  a  gravel  and  hard  clay  road,  wnh  a  slight  sprinklin;  of  sa;i      Itt 

!:::;':  :'";?>;;  ''-'"■r'y  ■^"'V-  ^^^  --"y  HdaWe.  Panama  Rocks  is  the  chief  point  ^f 
".'^rcs t  A  nilly  route,  d  ,  f,,  leads  from  Sherman  to  Findley's  Lake.  8  m.,  thus  ■  "  T  1  at 
vchoo   hou.se   then  t.  r.  and  keep  straight  away  w.  ;"  and  this  is  the  direction  for  20  m.  of  good 

TZ\r  n",  T';',"^- '•  ="  ^'""^"  ^^'="'"' ''  '-""-^  'f°-  — .'  '■  -. -xtt. ,. 

'.>ke  I.  f.  v^a  Columbus."     From  Siierman  to  Westfield,  „  m..  bv  wav  nf  V,.l„«;,    "  ,),„„  ;„  , 

u7i  "'"T  "'."■'"'  T  ""  ''  "  ""'  """'"y  "''•'''''  •  '■'''"=  ""-"  "'<>  P'''"''  f"'-'^  "     ^>om  Westfield 
Mayvule.      7  m.  of  gravel  road,  with  some  sand  ;  all  up-hill  "  (.u-e  p   206) 


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588  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


A  I  .  ip  of  the  city  of  Buffalo  (40  by  26  in.,  about  i  m.  to  1  in.)  compiKd  by  Wm.  McMillai 
Park  .Superintendent,  and  showing  the  park  system,  is  published  by  Matthews,  Northrup  i4  e.i  ' 
at  the  office  of  ihc  Express  ;  and  another  one  (28  by  liJ  in.,  about  i  m.  to  i  in.)  is  publishtdby 
Peter  Paul  &  liro.,  at  303  Main  st.  The  attractions  of  the  city  as  a  scene  for  the  sixth  .nniM 
meet  of  the  League  were  thus  described  {S.  (K  G.,  June,  .S85J  :  "  Buffalo  is  full  of  trees  "and 
fo'iuge,  and  is  conr.tintly  fanned  by  breezes  from  the  lake,  .n  th.-t  it  is  always  cch,1  and  sha.lv  in 
Euninier  time.  It  has  a  beautiful  system  of  drive-ways,  and  parks,  and  m.re  m.  of  a.sphaii  pavir.t; 
than  any  other  city  except  Washington.  The  ^-.reots  ui>-town  are  lined  with  handsome  resi- 
dences, and  bordered  with  rows  of  large  trees,  making  at  onc3  pleasing  conti.nsts  in  architecture 
an....  grateful  shade  for  the  wheelman  as  he  spins  over  the:  smooth  surface  of  the  roadway' 
I>ilawire  av.  is  the  longest  of  these  ;  but  some  of  the  side  streets,  such  as  North,  may  fairly  vie 
with  it  -n  the  beauty  of  their  b.iildings.  Both  Delaware  av.  and  North  st.  are  asphalted,  as  ij 
also  Liinvood  av.— a  broad  and  b  jautiful  street  oi.e  block  east  of  Delaware.  By  way  of  North 
St.  the  wheelman  reaches  '  the  circle,'  a  broad,  circular  plaza,  from  which  wide  and  handsome 
streets  radiate  in  all  directions.  This  is  the  grand  rendezvous  for  Buffalo  wheelmen,  and  almost 
all  the  club  runs  and  tours  start  from  it.  No,thw  stward  .stretches  the  broaH  smooth  macndam 
surface  of  Porter  avenue,  by  which  is  reached  '  the  front,'  .>  small  park  with  graveled  drive- 
ways and  foot-paths,  a  splendid  .qreen  lawn,  and  a  terraced  green  slope  dotted  with  trees 
and  shrubs.  Here  is  obtained  the  f^rst  good  view  of  Lake  Erie.  At  the  northern  end  of  '  the 
front '  stands  the  military  post  known  as  Fort  Porter,  occupied  by  two  companies  of  the  23d  U. 
S.  Infantry.  A  part  of  the  old  redoubt  is  still  standing,  and  from  its  top,  fo  ft.  above  the  Uke 
a  fine  view  is  obtained."  More  del  liled  accounts  of  the  fine  wheclir.g  offered  by  the  city  were 
printed  it.  the  SH.lMm  (Au^.  ■  \ug.  .3,  Nov.  ,2,  '86;  pp.  ,28,  ,5,,  497) -the  latest  being  by 
F.  J.  Shepard,  of  the  B,<fr.,h  Courier,  who  describes  the  process  of  laving  the  universally 
popular  asphalt,  whereof  the  city  now  boasts  nearly  30  m.  At  5S5  Mai  ..t.,  E.  N.  Bowcn 
(a  practical  mechanic,  the  success<,r  of  Bull  &  Bowen)  makes  a  specialty  of  bi.  repairs. 

New  Jek;,hv  ;  28,  3,,  42,  5.,  64,  72,  155,  157,  ,58,  295,  3S7,  487,  500,  593-4,  609-10.  r„j, 
617,  618,  628,  631,  643,  668-9,  733,  776-8.  Chap.  XIII.  (159.7S)  gives  my  own  evplorations  l>ere 
supplemented  on  pp.  80-85,  5'<3.  Reports  of  local  riders,  164,  .70,  50S-10,  521-2,  530.  M.ips 
and  guides,  99,  ,00,  159,  ,68,  174-S,  5«9-  Nos.  i,  9,  ,3  and  ,7  of  the  officiM  atlas  (p.  .7S)reached 
me  Mar.  19,  '86  ;  and,  at  about  the  same  time,  a  map  showing  good  and  bad  roads  for  5  to  S  m  out 
of  Westfield  was  issued  by  Dr.  F .  A.  Kiiich,  jr..  League  consul.  A  large-scale  map  of  •'  the 
Orange  triangle,"  reproduced  from  the  city  directory  but  having  the  mac.  roads  specially  marked, 
IS  sold  for  15  c.  by  L.  H:  Johnson  (biog.  on  p.  50S).  whose  new  and  handsome  store,  for  the  sale 
and  rent  of  cycles,  is  close  beside  the  East  Orange  station  of  the  D.,  L.  &  W.  r.  r.  I  know  ,.f  no 
other  place  where  ladies  of  the  metropolis  may  so  conveniently  and  unobtrusively  learn  the  art 
of  tricycling,— or  start  forth  on  so  many  easy  and  pleasantly-vaned  tri.  runs,  with  their  friends, 
when  they  have  grown  experienced  in  the  art.  .Several  smooth  streets  lead  from  the  store  int« 
almost  immediate  retirement ;  and  beginners  can  practice  in  peace  along  these  shaded  levels  ard 
gentle  grades,  without  dread  of  any  such  observation  and  comment  as  may  attach  to  first  t.ials 
in  the  region  of  Central  Park.  Trains  are  frequent,  and  the  round  trip  costs  but  50  c.  On  June 
20,  '85, 1.etween  midnight  and  10.27  P-  "-,  Mr.  J-  and  li  ,ife  drove  a  Beestoii  Humber  taiulera 
150J  m.  (r.  f.,  16  h.  37  min.)  over  a  tolerably  level  circuit  o'  13  m.  The  first  60  m.  were  done  at 
6.25  A.  M.  (stop  for  breakfast  till  8.5);  looj  m.  at  12.40  p.  m.  (stop  for  &  r  and  nap  till  3 
next  30  m.  at  6.35  (stop  for  supper  till  8).  Various  friends  went  with  them,  as  pacemakers,  i..r 
most  of  Ihe  distance;  and  the  tri.  used  was  the  same  on  which  they  made  an  English  tour  of 
85S  m.  in  Oct.,  '8s  (p.  '.^o).  As  regards  the  illegal  local  by-laws  mentioned  at  foot  of  p  725,  Mr 
J.  wrote  to  me.  D  t.  28  :  "  No  one  has  b»en  ari-»sfed  for  breaking  them,  although  they  are 
linivcrsallv  broken."  On  p,  82,  the  "disagreeable  suburb  of  Newark"  should  not  be  called 
"  Marion,"  for  that  nam-  belongs  to  the  Penn.  r.  r.  station  at  Bergen  hill.  In  bad  wcailier, 
the  preferable  route  from  N.  to  N.  Y.  is  th-  one  named  at  foot  of  p.  82;  l-''  at  other  lini.s. 
when  neither  mud,  frost,  nor  deep  dnst  prevail,  the  he«t  route  is  alons  the  siQswalk  of  Mi-,,,H 
St.  and  Belleville  av    2  m,  mac.  3  m.,  to  cross-roads,  where  descend  r.  across  bridge  at  Avondale, 


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5^9 


and  follow  side-paths  and  board-walks  3^  m.  to  Carlstadt,  where  djsc^nd  r.  by  so-called  Pat.;rs<)n 
ro.ii'  and  cross  ih.j  marshes  (\>\).  166,  loi,  Sj).  !■  rum  C  lo  ih.'  uuc.  ui  liji^eii  Li.u  iJua  cvard 
(/.  e.,  to  the  lop  of  ihj  West  ahor^  tuuiul,  p.  84)  isoi  m.,  which  I  foaiid  ailruUb.j,  Apr.  1^,  '6), 
whjii  1  covered  it  in  tho  opposite  direction.  1  wliee.ed  dow.i  a  st.-.-p  hui  at  ihj  lirat  I.  tur.i  s.  of 
thj  iiiniiel  to  thi  tiac.tj.isacii  road  \l  in.»,  at  a  point  a  iittio  s.  of  ihj  ton-gaie  at  thj  ceaui-iy 
(p.  S«);  thin  want  s.  J  in.  ;  then  t.  r.  to  ihj  inar^hjs  1^  m.  to  fori,  wlurj  t.  r.  and  weiit  2  111.  to 
second  bridge,  wh.-re  road-houie  sign  says  "9  ni.  to  Paterso.i."  Between  here  and  r.  1.  at  toot 
of  hill  at  C  is  ij  m.  of  cay,  which  woa.d  'ive  iroubie  in  wet  weathjr.  A  riJer  fioni  C.  10  N. 
Y.  need  not  t.  n.,  aftir  crossiim  marshes,  but  may  go  directly  up-hi.l  to  a  point  near  ilie  .Wonas- 
t.ry,  and  th;nci  to  fjrriis  entering  thjcity  at  Jay  st.,  14th  st.,42nd  st.  or  ijoJi  si.,aaslio*ii  011 
pp.  81,  S(,  I'j),  5<o.  If  h;  prefers  my  o*.i  roal,'  to  the  Uuai.-vard,  he  may  lUence  i^.t  lo  me 
f;rri-s  with  equal  eas?.  As  regards  exteiidin:;  this  mac.  Boul.  12  m.  s.  to  S.  1., — inentlo.i.J  on 
p.  84  as  a  remote  pos.ibi  ity,— the  (Governor  of  N.  J.  has  latejy  decided  that  th;  vole  in  f.4vor  vl 
it  was  legal,  and  work  will  soon  be  begun  (ly/u-el,  Nov.  26,  '66,  p.  gj).  In  /i:t//eiiH  (Oi^l.  !<, 
'S6,  p.  388),  Willi  im  Prince,  of  Orange,  gave  an  extended  history  of  roads  in  that  le^io.i,  and 
short  riding  roatasljjyond  it.  The  most  extensive  eyeing  trade  in  the  State  is  accredit  ;d  to  H. 
A.  Smith  &  Co.,  who  succeeded,  in  the  spring  of  'ib,  to  the  "Z.  &  S."  good-will  at  Oratoii 
Hall,  Newark  (pp.  83,  712),  and  whose  "  corner-siore  "  stiil  serves  as  a  wheein.iii's  landmark. 

Penn.sYI.va.nia  :  12,  28,31,42,  44,  46,  8e,  <)j,  1O8,  17/,  17^,222,  25  ■,2/.,  300,  302,  32),  3  •,7, 
347.  479.  485.  4''7.  500.  503.  5>3.  52',  593-6,609-10,  O17-18,  625,  628,631.  643,652,  f)6o,  6/|,  6/;, 
6/8,  778-81.  .My  rides  alo.ig  Lake  Erie,  2o5-(j;  aiong  the  Delaware  to  the  VV.aer  Gap,  207  :  to 
Bristol  and  Phila.,  173;  in  P.,  23^;  P.  to  Chester,  ;/2;  Towaiida  to  VVi.kesbarre,  2i>-2o; 
6trai;.;ht  across  the  State,  Susqu.-hanna  to  (ireencastle,  339-14,  2j};  VVayn  sboio  to  Gettysb.ir" 
and  Easton  (165  m.),  385-7.  VV.  W.  Darnell's  tour,  Phila.  10  Meyersd.ile  (322  m.i,  2(4-  W. 
1!.  Pace's  tours,  Phila.  to  Pittsbur.;  (\y)  m  ),  49'i;  '/i.liainspnrt  to  Greeiicast'.e  (205  111. >,  49'^ ; 
Phiia.  to  Water  Gap  and  beyond,  4  ,  5/8;  A.  J.  tilth's  tou^  Potlsiown  to  Pi:i,bur;,'  (2^1  in.), 
4^5,351.  In  the -All.'ghani.-s,  215,  j  io.  Susquihanna  tow-;)ath,  378.  Trips  from  Scnnton, 
3(0.  Beaver  Valley,  515.  Environs  of  Phiia.,  16),  37  sJ^^-g.  495,  497,  49),  522.  Whn.'vcr 
attempts  any  tourin;?  in  this  .-jnie  slioul  1  Ciiry  with  hi  n  the  Le.iga/s  o.ficiil  ro.id-book,  whos; 
1st  ed.  is  fully  describ.'d  on  p.  17;,  and  whov;  3rd  ed.  (2000  printed,  Apr.,  '86  ;  20S  pp.,  8  in  ips) 
is  reviseJ  aid  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  48  pp.,  with  an  index  referring  10  658  P.M)n.  towns  on 
the  tabulated  routes.  Penn.,  N.  J.  and  Md.  members  receive  th :  book  gratis ;  other  Lea;n' 
•:ijn  may  buy  ii  for  $1,  but  it  is  not  sold  to  wh  ^eimen  who  do  not  join  ih;  L-.igue.  All  viiitorj 
are  welromjd,  tiowever,  at  the  rooms  of  th';  Phila.  "  Association  for  th  ■  .\dvanc;m'nt  of  Cy. 
ciin-,"  5  S.  .Merrick  St.,  opp.  the  Public  Bji.din  :s.  The  d  .dicatory  m  ;;ting  was  01  A'lr.  ,j, 
•86,  wh;ii  E.  M.  Aaron  was  chosen  president.  He  may  be  found  also  at  ih;  olic"  of  the  Z..  A. 
W.  Bulletin,  506  Walnut  st..  Room  12.  Didlcation  was  made  Dec.  3,  '86, of  the  Phila.  B.  C.'^ 
new  b  liiding,  at  cor.  of  26;h  a  id  P.-rot  sts.,  wh)s;  cost  was  about  517,000  ;  and  anoih  -r  exp.vi- 
siv;  structure  is  in  procjss  of  erectio.i  by  tli ;  P  ;  11  B.  C.  (r.p  777.^0).  Th  •  chief  ho  ise  i>i  the 
cycling  tr.id;  of  Phila.  i*  at  Si  I  Arch  St.,  condnct"d  bv  H.  B.  Hirt,  on;  of  ih;  found -rs  of  ihj 
Le.igne,  and  a  local  pion-er  in  th :  literature  and  bnnness  of  th:  spo-t  (s?- op.  f^-^n.nh^.  ■j%3\. 

Dklawakb:  31,  177,  2(4.  521,  59"^.  617.  ''rS,  62S,  631,  fsi.  Map,  352.  Mv  22  ni.  ride 
across  the  Stale,  372-3.  A  fine  ro.ite  of  about  68  m.,  from  WinniiTton  to  To'ch  :ster,  M  1., 
whence  boat  may  be  t,-k':n  to  Bi'timore.  12  m.,  is  report-d  iBu'Min,  V>>'c.  17,  '86,  p.  5)5)  by  J. 
E.  Palmer,  c.  c.  of  Lea^^u  .-'s  D  ;1,  Division  (ort.  Nov.  2  (,  '86,  wilh  C.  W.  To  Id  as  s-c.-treas.). 

Makyla.s'd:  12,31,42,99,  177,  2M.  4%,  4^7.  S^,  S?^  514.  605.  617,  61S,  628,  631,  643, 
781-2.  Map,  352.  My  '81  rid  :  of  26  m.  from  Frederick  lo  Wi  linn  port  and  12s  m.  ,1  C.  &  O. 
caii.il  p.^th,  238-42  ;  tour  of '83  ihrouph  W.,303,  3M;  throti:li  Biltimore  in  '8(,  373-, ;  s-cond 
txp-rience  of  to^v-path  and  Hag^r^town,  3S4.  0;h-r  tourists  on  C.  &  O.  path,  2tt-5,  3t'' ;  be- 
tween B.i't.  and  Wishin  -ton,  30.  371.  377-  S'*''-  4'^'''-7,  497.  Environs  of  B.ilt.,  377.  National 
pike  in  o'd  lim's.  243-  The  3rd  ed  of  Ecat-ue's  guid  •,  described  above,  contains  a  kev-ma->  of 
rt(,...icii  M..I.U  in  .Viii.,  wnh  12  oil.  of  labu  it-d  rout -s  and  an  ind»x  to  1  r2  towns  namied  upon 
them  ;  also  a  detailed  account  of  the  Bait,  riding  district  and  a  sketch  of  the  general  topography 


590  TEN  THOL/SAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYLLE. 

of  the  State.     Latest  local  information  for  tourists  may  be  had  in  Halt   at  2  Hanover    i       \ 
the  largest  cycling  stor',  in  Md.  (the  largest  in  the  U.  S.,  indeed,  s.  oi  Phila  )  is  earthed        \' 
S.  T.  Clark,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  League  and  its  recording  secretary  durin.  ,he  seuJ 
year.     He  was  f..r  a  longtime  Pres.  of  the  Md.  B.  C,  whose  elegant  club-house  cuW*„ 
was  specully  buUt,  of  brick,  is  3  stories  high,  24  by  80  ft.  in  size,  and  contains  a  gymna'sium       ' 

District  OF  Columbia  :    3,,  497,  503,  508,  5..,  594,6.0,  r,;,  618,  62S    63,    ,82      M 
352.      My  ndesmWashmgton,  24,,37,,374,     Suburban  routes,  376.     .ff«//^/;«  (.Sept   ,   •% 
232)  gave  an  account  of  the  District  and  its  enviro-is,  bv  N.  L.  Collamer      On  Dec  4   'Sfi  'h' 
Capital  B.  C.  dedicated  a  $20,000  club-I  ouse  on  ,5th  St.;  and  its  front  was  pictured'in'o  /, 

ViR-.INIA:      3.,     42,     46,    .69,     173,    ,76,     ,77,     204,    20S,    242,     296,    307,    487      50S      rn,      / 

6,0,  6,7   6,s,  628.  63.,  782.     M.,ps  and  guide-book.,,  245.  34^  35^,  382.'  -My  '83  tour  up  ,1,1' 
Shenandoah  10  Staunton,  543-,  ;  '84  tour  from  the  Potomac  to  Hull  Run  and  Warrento-,  , 

orerthe  Blue  Pdgeto  Luray  and  down  the  Shenandoah  to  Harper's  Kerry  37H  84  'ca  i  i 
a  C.  tour,  H.rper's  Ferry  to  Natural  Brid.;e  ^.nd  back,  348-9,  382.  W.  1!.  Pace's  rides  LL 
Shenandoah  a,.,i  elsewhere,  495-98,  578.  H.  J.  High's  rough  route  to  Staunton,  486  ,„  „ 
S.  Wood,n  Shena.Kloah,  388.  Other  Va.  roads,  35.,  376.  Topography  of  the  Shenandoah 
347.  K.r^connect.onsbetween  Natural  Bridg.  and  Luray,  350-5.,  382.  The  Shenandoah  pit' 
between  Mart.nsburg  and  Staunton,  offers  a  course  for  a  longer  and  more  interesting  road  race 
than  has  yet  been  wheeled  in  Am.-rica  :  and,  if  the  proper  conditions  could  be  ensured  ,0  me 
I  should  rather  hke  to  assume  the  management  of  such  a  contest.  The  fi.st  condition  ,s  thai 
the  manufacturers  (who  would  be  profited  by  a  demonstration  of  that  sort  in  a  region  so  well 
adapted  for  the  use  of  the  bicycle  as  an  economical  vehicle  for  every-day  business)  should  pro 
v,de  me  w„h  n,„rtey  enough  to  pay  for  perfect  arrangements.  The  second  condition  is  that  the 
owners  of  the  road,  and  the  officer^-  of  the  towns  situated  upon  it,  should  enter  heartily  into  the 
scheme,  and  co-operate  with  me  in  maintaining  an  efficient  police. 

Kentlckv.  30,3..  38,  50,  53,  57,58,  .97.  5'M,  595,  609,6.0,  617,  6.8,628.  6m  78, 
Chap.  XVII.  ,s  g,ven  to  my  8  days'  tour  of  340  m.  (224-34),  and  to  reports  of  roads  in  9  counties 
by  J.  M.  Verhoeff  (235-7),  who  has  sent  other  routes  which  I  cannot  here  make  room  for  J 
D.  Macauley's  report,  587.  In  BuiUtiu  (Oct  .,  '86,  p.  538),  N.  G.  Crawford  describes  the  Ky 
roads,  and  says  that  a  man  may  v.i.ecl  from  them  w.  d.  into  I„d.  by  the  new  bridge  at  Louisville 
"  Although  some  fine  ro  ^--s  are  found  in  the  part  of  the  St  -.f-,"  says  a  writer  in  the  Wheel 
(Jan.  23,  '85),  "  those  counties  bordering  on  the  Ohio  seem  to  be  specially  favored.  At  Asl,- 
land,  in  the  extreme  e.  end  are  some  nice  routes,  such  as  the  one  to  Catlettsbiirg,  5  m.  Skipping 
then  M  Owensboro,  perhaps  70  m.  s.  w.  of  Louisville,  the  '  finest  gravel  pikes  '  are  reported, 
hke  that  to  Gelvington,  .2  m  n.  e.  Henderson  and  Paducah,  river  fowns  beyond,  have  a  goodly 
showing  of  cyclers.  Augusta  to  Milford,  22  m.  s.  ;  Augusta  to  Germantown.  ,2  m.  e.  ;  Mays- 
ville  to  Germantown,  12  m.  w  ;  Newport  to  Alexandria,  .3  m.  s.  e.  ;  Covington  to  De  Moss- 
v,lle,  28  m.  s.,— these  are  among  the  many  routes,  embracing  a  network  of  1500  m.  of  as  pretty 
roads  as  any  one  could  desir  whereof  I  might  give  you  minute  descriptions."  The  above 
words  were  signed  by  P.  N.  Myers  (b.  Sept.  .6,  '66),  League  consul  at  Covington,  who  .,';,ve 
much  time  during  the  following  six  months  to  the  systematic  compilation  of  materials  for  a  State 
road-book,  which  he  hoped  that  the  Kentucky  Div.  might  publish  (see  p.  678).  Colton's  ma,i  of 
Kentucky,  25  by  .4  in.,  sells  foi  50  c      Kentucky  and  Tennessee  combined,  27  bv  .7  in.,  75  c. 


Though  I  began  thi^  chapter  on  Nov.  22,  the  interruptions  caused  by  proof-readiny  .iiu! 
correspondence  have  combined  with  my  general  weariness  to  prevent  its  advance  at  more  than  .1 
snail's  pace;  so  that,  as  I  write  these  fin.a!  lines,  midnight  of  Dec.  3.  Is  almost  at  hand.  The 
plates  of  pp.  591  to  800  have  already  been  cas'. ;  and,  much  as  I  dislike  to  cut  short  thi-  ml', 
of  States,  there  is  no  room  left  in  which  to  prirt  the  facts  that  I  have  collected  about  the  others. 
I  shall  try  to  give  full  references  to  those  omlited  States  in  the  general  index  ;  but  now  the  strik- 

ins  clocic.  W^^ifH  *v.~r!:^"t:r.~!v  '-      -.-V-  ....;    ;!...  r\\J^   \*-.^_        cs.-  .  a  .— .-  :  .     s 

,....^.„    -_;;    .  -3  -;.j.   .^;;;-  ■^•;^    «Cur,    looO,  ScOiVtS  iu  say  .      "   i  iliitt    >  u\^'.    iiCi 

the  rest  wait  for  '  2  X.  M.' !     Stop  :  "    Thus,  after  all,  I  leave  my  task  unfinished. 


t 


XXXIV. 


THE  TRANSPORTATION  TAX. 


"  In  the  case  of  the  railroads,  it  seems  right  that  some  payment  should 
be  made  where  trouble  is  actually  caused  ;  but  I  hope  that  bicyclers,  whether 
traveling  singly  or  in  clubs,  will  stand  firm  against  paying  any  transportation 
tax  at  all  to  steamboat  agent;,  anywhere." 

Such  were  the  final  words  of  a  four-column  article  (5/.  World,  May  6,  '8r,  p.  416)  in  which 
I  detailed  my  two  years'  experiences  among  the  baggage-smashers,  in  the  days  before  the  League 
made  any  attempt  to  reform  the  chaotic  conditions  under  which  public  carriage  was  granted  to 
tourists'  bicycles  ;  and  such  are  the  ideas  whose  truth  I  stili  strongly  insist  upon.  This  distinc- 
tion between  boat  and  train  cannot  be  drawn  too  sharply,  but  it  has  been  generally  ignored  in  all 
printed  reports  and  discussions  aLout  the  matter.  The  remarkable  success  achieved  by  the 
Transportation  Committee  of  the  League  (as  noted  on  p.  518,  where  a  sketch  is  given  of  its 
energetic  chairman,  B.  B.  Ayers),  in  persiipding  so  many  of  the  railroads  to  carry  passengers' 
bicycles  free,  the  same  as  any  other  peKonal  baggage,  has  1  ad  th-.  effect  of  turning  attention 
away  from  the  important  truth  that  the  lesser  matter  of  water-l.ar.bportation  remains  almost  un- 
touched. The  circumstances  which  characterize  this,  however,  roder  possible  the  accomplish- 
ment of  much  from  mere  individual  effort ;  and  it  was  a  part  of  the  original  plan  of  my  book 
that  I  would  make  the  preparation  of  t  present  chapter  a  pretext  f  -r  personally  pledging  to 
the  free-.'st  a  majority  of  the  chief  American  steamship  lines  (river,  lake,  coast  and  ocean),  by 
■tiering  ,hem  the  free  advertisemen;  of  a  mention  here  as  being  thus  pledged.  Lack  of  tim« 
has  forced  me  to  regretfully  abandon  this  scheme,  as  too  burdensome  an  addition  to  my  pro- 
tracted labors  as  a  publisher ;  but  such  steamship  managers  as  I  have  had  occasion  to  state  the 
case  to,  incidentally,  were  all  so  quick  to  see  tlie  merits  of  it,  and  give  their  consent,  that  I  am 
sure  any  extended  canvass  would  have  shown  a  notably  good  result.  Since  a  bicycle,  even 
when  crated  or  boxed  for  a  long  voyage,  comes  well  within  the  limits  of  space  and  weight 
allowed  a  pas.senger's  baggage,  and  since,  on  a  short  voyage,  it  does  not  require  any  handling  or 
alter,  in  whatever  (as  the  owner  trundles  it  on  and  off  the  boat,  and  stows  it  in  some  convenient 
corner),  there  is  a  plain  injustice  in  discriminating  against  it.  In  a  crowded  baggage-car,  on  the 
other  hand,  a  bi-ycle  may  sometimes  cause  more  inconvenience  than  a  trunk.  Hence,  whenever 
a  railway  company  agrees  to  take  it  as  a  trunk,  the  act  should  be  recognized  ;.s  a  genuine  conces- 
sion,—as  a  definite  premium  for  attracting  the  patronage  of  wheelmen. 

The  reported  experiences  of  others,  added  to  my  own,  encourage  the  belief,  that  on  very 
many,  if  not  on  most,  of  the  boats  which  ply  along  our  rivers,  lakes  and  coasts,  no  attempt  will 
be  made  to  levy  an  extra  tax  against  a  tourist  who  is  accompanied  by  a  bicycle.  There  are  very 
few  Imes,  I  am  sure,  which  wiil  refuse  to  give  a  written  pledge  to  abstain  fro-n  any  such  attempt, 
if  the  tourist  seasonably  insists  upon  (hat  pledge  as  a  condition  of  buying  his  ticket,  liy  "  season- 
ably "  I  mean  several  days  in  advance  of  the  time  when  he  proposes  to  embark,— for  he  will 
thus  be  able  to  use,  as  an  argumentative  club,  his  determination  to  gn  to  the  same  place  by  some 
other  line,  or  to  take  a  tour  in  some  other  direction,  in  case  any  hesitation  is  shown  in  granting 
the  desired  pledge.  The  ease  of  pt  -uring  these  individual  p-^rmits  shows  that  not  much  extra 
effort  and  explanatory  argument  would  be  needed  to  convince  the  steamboat  people  of  the  profit- 
ableness of  proclaimin?  free  rnrriagre  as  a  seneral  tioHcv.  I  !hirpf.".rr  :'.r=^.-  .-nrh  ?.-.::rUf  Kv  K.~.=t 
lot  to  rest  satisfied  with  simply  securing  for  himself  immunity  from  imposition,  but  to  endeavor 


592 


TE^r  THOUSAND  M/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


to  secure  from  llic  managers  of  the  line  a  formal  letter,  authorizing  the  Transf)ortatIon  Commit. 
Ice  of  thj  I-.eagu;;  to  announce  that  the  line  will  regular. y  class  bicycles  as  pa-ienpcrs'  ba'ij;a"e 
Setting  asido  ihj  i.b-lrati  jusiici  of  th.-  case  entlr.ly,  the  practical  point  to  be  insi^ied  uixiu  is 
this  :  thai  bicyclers,  in  diciuing  abo.it  where  to  go  on  a  vacaiioii-liiur,  are  not  r^itncleJ  to  ant 
iiitgle  locitlcty.  "Thj  whole  boundless  continent  islhjirs;  "  and,  as  tht:  atti  active  i()uiiii''-|)laces 
are  i.icxhaustible,  tirjy  .re  under  no  possible  compulsion  to  choose  one  which  iinp.ies  iiavine 
incidental  t:  ibiil  -■  to  an  unreasonable  steamboat  corjioraiion.  Thjy  may  occasioi'.ally  b  •  forced  to 
patronize  railroads  wliosi  regulations  are  unfair, — but  water-routes  can  almost  always  b^- avoided 
wiihnut  ?.ny  gr^-at  inconvenience  or  loss  of  \\mi.  Hone,  thj  correct  caper  for  llu  sieanibo.it 
owners  evid.ntly  is  to  outbid  the  railroads,  by  off  jring  as  attractive  a  bait  as  possible  for  ilie 
capture  of  this  special  sort  of  excursioi  iralBc.  The  problem  for  wheelmen  simp'y  is  toconvii:ce 
th  jm  that  such  traRic  is  worth  the  captur;, — that  bicycle  touring  is  a  substantial  fact  (incompa- 
rably more  important  to  its  volaries  tlia  i  any  incidental  resort  to  a  given  line  of  steanibonis),  and 
thpt  th.-  abi  ity  to  advertise  a  line  as  off . 'ring  cheap  and  comfortable  passage  to  a  good  ion  int; 
ground  h-lps  to  ensure  it  substantial  patronajte.  Th  y  sliou  d  be  made  plainly  lo  undiiv:,-ii(i, 
furlh.rmore,  that,  if  th  •/  insist  on  being  blind  to  ihfir  own  i;it:;rests,  their  infliciion  of  an  un- 
just transportation  tax  upon  an  individual  bicycler  will  bo  resented  by  the  whole  fratcriiiiy, 
Tho  first  duty  of  every  tourist  who  is  thus  discriminated  against  on  any  water-route  in  this  coun- 
try is  to  proc'aim  his  misfortune  ai  widely  as  possible,  in  th  •  cycling  press,  in  order  that  others 
may  avoid  being  similarly  swindled  there.  I^et  such  lines  oT  boats  as  may  presume  to  infringe 
on  a  passenger's  ordinary  rijht  of  carrying  a'ong  hii  necessary  personal  outfit,  be  put  under  the 
ban,  so  far  as  the  just  hosii'ity  of   cyclers  and  their  friends  may  be  able  to  accomplish  it. 

On  the  other  hand,  in  contrast  to  this  dutiful  utterance  of  warning,  there  exists  the  inore 
pleasing  duty  of  advertising  the  names  <!f  those  who  proclaim  a  fair  and  honorable  policy  tor 
the  attraction  of  wheelmen's  patrona;;e ;  and  f  am  glad  to  j;lve  prominence  to  the  result  of  such 
slight  and  incidental  efforts  As  f  myself  have  been  ab'e  to  inali;  in  the  CauSC  of  "  free  ships." 
A  memorandum  from  the  White  Star  Line,  New  York  to  Liverjiool,  says  (Mar.  .^i.'.S;): 
"  Saloon  passengers  are  allowed  2^.  cubic  ft.  for  baggage,  and  bicycles  are  stowed  as  such  in  the 
baggage-room.  Heyond  these  limits,  our  rub  admits  a  charge  of  25  c.  per  cubic  foot ;  but  this 
is  interpreted  so  liberally  that,  in  practic-,  a  tax  for  extra  baggage  is  seldom  levied."  The  sec- 
retary of  the  Quebec  Steamship  Co.,  A.  Ahem,  writes  to  me  thus  (Feb.  20,  '?5) :  "  liicycles, 
the  property  of  passengers,  will  be  taken- free  on  our  steamers."  These  ply  in  the  river  and 
gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  from  May  i  to  Nov.  20  (leaving  Montreal  and  Pictou,  N.  S.,  every  alter- 
nate Monday,  and  touching  at  Quebec  and  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  L) ;  also  all  the  ye.ar  be- 
tween New  York  and  Bermuda,  and  between  New  York  and  St.  Kitts,  Anticua,  I")oi.iiiiica, 
Martinique,  St.  Lucia,  Barbados  and  Trinidad, — the  sailings  being  at  intervals  of  7,  10,  14  and 
17  days.  S.  Cunard  &  Co.  write  from  Halifax  (Feb.  13,  'S5)  :  "  We  shall  be  glad  to  treat  as 
b.igeage  the  bicycle  of  an;  passenger  by  stemir  from  here  to  Bermuda," — the  sailinps  being 
month'y.  "We  do  not  charge  freight  for  the  bicycle  owned  I  y  the  passenger  on  onr  Xorih 
G  trtnan  Lloyd  steamers,  from  Baltimore  to  Bremen  ;  neiiher  on  our  Allan  Line  steamers,  frrm 
Baltimor.:  to  Halifax ;  "  such  are  the  words  of  the  American  agents,  A.  Schumacher  &  (n. 
(Aug.  i;,  '3();  and  the  rule  would  presumab'y  hold  roo  1  of  the  Al'an  steamers  from  H.  In 
Liverpool.  Mention  was  made  on  p.  291  of  the  authority  piven  me  (.Aug. , '80 'o  annnutice 
that  the  Boston,  Halifax,  and  Prince  Ldward  Is'and  line  will  carry  passengers'  wheels  'ree  b  - 
tween  those  jxiints  (also  between  Boston  and  Savannah,  in  the  wintr>r),  thmi'^h  formerly  cliari;- 
ing  8  c.  per  cubic  ft.  of  space  occupied  ;  and  that  the  r..-me  rule  i<:  rbserved  by  ihe  r  thei  Nmi 
Scotia  line,  connecting  Boston  with  Yarmouth  and  Dicby.  The  International  line,  between 
Boston,  Portla-.id,  F.astport  and  St.  John  (p.  259),  and  the  Portland,  Binrror  and  Machias  line, 
whose  boats  also  run  to  Boston  (;}.  279>,  were  on  the  free-list  in  '83,  ard  doubtless  so  continue. 
A  note  to  m;  from  C.  D.  Whitcomb,  passenger  ag^nt,  says  (Feb.  27,  'S^) :  "  You  mayannnnnce 
that  the  holder  of  a  first-class  ticket  can  have  his  bicycle  carried  free  on  any  of  the  steamers  of 
the  Detroit  and  Cleveland  S.  N.  Co." 

The  League's  official  free-list  includes  the  "  Anchor  Line,"  which  has  43  steamers  eag&ged 


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in  tlie  tr.ins-Atlantic,  Peninsula,  Meditrrranean  and  Oriental  service,  and  which  sends  boat^ 
from  Boston  as  well  as  New  Vork  ;  and  I  presume  that  the  oiher  ocean  lines  which  start  from 
thobe  cities  grant  free  can-iaRe  whenever  the  passenger  insists  upon  it  in  advance.  Frobably 
ail  of  them  coLld  be  easily  won  for  thi>  ^,  ral  free-list,  if  ihe  effort  were  made,  by  exhibiting 
to  their  agents  the  examples  of  the  Anchor  and  White  Star  lines.  Two  short  water-routes  are 
advertised  by  the  League  committee  as  exacting  a  tax  against  bicycles,  as  follows  :  the  boats  be- 
tween New  Vork  and  Fall  River  (170  m.)  charge  $1;  and  the  People's  Line  (night  boats)  be- 
tween New  York  and  Alba  ;■  (145  m.)  charge  40  c.  for  the  bicycle  of  a  solitary  passenger,  and 
.•;  c.  each  for  those  of  a  party  of  two,  three  or  four ;  while,  for  parties  of  five  or  more,  no  charge 
rth.itever  is  made  I  Adherence  to  any  such  queer  rule  seems  all  the  more  singular  because  the 
^.ime  League  li^t  also  advertises  that  the  day  line  of  boats  between  those  two  cities  carries  Licv- 
lits  free.  As  to  the  Fall  River  Line,  it  should  be  added  that  the  $1  tax  pays  for  passage 
tliroiish  to  P.oston  on  50  m.  of  the  OH  Colony  r.  r.  (whose  separate  charge  is  50  c.  for  that  or 
r  ,  less  distance,  and  i  c.  a  mile  for  greater  distances),  and  that  a  similar  rule  is  maintained  l)y 
the  "  pooling  system  "  of  three  competing  lines  which  run  steamers  from  New  Vork,  respectively, 
tn  Stonington  (120  m),  Norw'ch  (133  m.)  and  Providence  (iSo  m.),  and  trains  thence  to  Boston. 
Ihe  charge  for  bicycle  between  N.  Y.  and  I!.,  by  cilher  of  these  four  routes  is  $1 ;  though  the 
League  has  relations  only  with  the  first  nan-"d.  When  the;  passenger's  ticket  relates  simply  to 
\h<:  boat,  and  implit-s  no  r.  r.  ride  between  its  terminus  and  Boston,  h  •  is  forced  to  pay  no  more 
ihan  50  c.  for  his  wheel.  The  cost  of  taking  it  through  by  train,  between  N.  V.  &  B.  on  either 
the  Springfield  or  the  Providence  route,  is  Si  25  ;  and  the  r.  r.  from  P.  to  Boston  (44  m.)  charges 
50  c.,  without  regard  to  distance.  I  believe  the  three  lines  of  boats  from  New  Vork  to  New 
Haven,  New  London  and  Hartford,  which  gave  free  carriage  to  my  wheel  in  'So-'Si,  have 
more  recently  enforced  a  50  c.  rate,— perhaps  under  the  influence  of  the  "  pool  "  just  mentioned. 
Kxactions  against  bicyclers  on  other  short  water-routes  leading  from  New  Vork  have  been  re- 
ported to  me,  but  I  will  not  make  ihjm  matters  of  record  here,  because  I  hoiie  that  the  mana- 
C'-rs  of  them  all  may  soon  be  induced  to  terminate  such  suicidal  policy,  and  adopt  the 
"pposite  i/an  of  encouraging,  and  baiting  away  from  the  railrn.ads,  a  profitable  sort  of  pleasure 
traffic.  The  League's  "  Road  Book  of  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and  Maryland  "  (May,  'S6, 
H.  S.  Wood)  gives  the  following  facts  about  steamers  from  Baltimore,  none  of  which  have  evi  / 
fhargedfor  bicycles:  "The  EricsEon  Line  leaves  for  Phila.,  except  Sunday,  at  3  p.  m.  The 
Maryland  Steamboat  Co.,  for  Boston,  and  Oxford,  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday,  9  p.  m. 
The  Hay  Line  to  Norfolk,  8.30  p.  M.  daily,  except  Sunday ;  fare,  $3.00.  The  Richmond  and 
Vork  River  Line,  for  Richmond,  Monday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday,  5  p.  m      ■irt, 

J1.50.     The   Eastern  Shore  S.   B.  Co.,  for  Clearfield,  Tuestlav,  Wednesday,   Friday,  S «,y. 

5  IV  M.  E:xcursion  Steamers  daily,  in  summer,  to  all  points  on  the  Chesapeake  and  tributaries; 
tare,  50  cents.  From  Philadelphia  the  Ericsson  Line  propeller  .eaves  for  Baltimore  via  Canal! 
every  afternoon,  except  Sunday,  at  3  o'clock.  The  steamcr"Repub!ic  starts  at  7  a.  m.  daily! 
from  the  Arch  st.  wharf,  for  Cape  May  and  its  hard  teaches  ;  but  this  boat  charges  a  transpo'r- 
taii.m  fee."  A  recent  tourist  on  Lake  Ontario  reports  a  free  steamer  from  Niagara  to  Toronto, 
though  the  boat  from  Toronto  to  Hamilton  levied  a  tax  against  his  bicycle. 

It  is  no  reproach  to  the  Transportation  Committee  of  the  League  that  they  have  thus  far  en- 
tirely neglected  the  water-routes;  for,  in  grappling  with  the  railroad  problem,  they  have  ex- 
pended  all  the  t-me  and  energy  which  co-  .A  be  expected  of  a  volunteer  band  working  without 
pay  for  the  general  t.  ,d.  The  results  accomplished  by  this  concentration  of  effort  are  very  re- 
n.irk.ible,  and  ofifer  the  most  notable  example  yet  given  of  the  power  inherent  in  the  League, 
A-^  representatives  of  an  organization  with  a  membership  of  several  thousands,  whose  patronage 
IS  in  their  control,  the  Committee  have  seemed  to  the  railroad  men  well  worthy  of  respect,  and 
have  been  able,  by  appealing  to  the  fierce  competition  between  rival  trunk  lines,  to  make  sati'sfar- 
t"rv  treaties  with  th_m  in  regard  to  that  patronage.  It  should  never  be  forgotten  that  a  rail- 
road's consent  to  class  bicycles  as  baggage  is  a  definite  surrender  of  its  own  undoubted  nght  in 
t:ie  case,  and  is  made  with  the  idea  that  profit  will  iiltimntply  accrue  from  th.e  offer  of  -.-.irh  t, 
liiemium  for  placating  the  good-will  of  wheelmen.  Individuals  would  be  powerless  thus  to  treat 
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594,        TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


wilh  the  companies  on  a  large  »c.ile,  because  they  could  not  pretend  to  offer  .-.n  eqii!   ilent  in 

patr..nage  for  the  concession  granted ;   but  the  League  cm  make  bargains  wrth  the  ro...!-,  as  wt'l 

as  any  other  one  of  their  customers,  and  each  member  of  it  should  feel  in  duty  bound  to  see  th  .1 

his  personal  share  in  these  bargains  is  honestly  carried  out.     I  mean  that  he  should  not  onl'' 

travel   on  the  "  League  railroads,"  in  preference   to  rival  lines,  *hcre  a  choice  is  offered   b'i 

should  influence  his  friends  to  do  the  same.  '    " 

In  anticipation  of  the  annual  meet  at  Boston  a  "  map  of  the  L.  A.  W.  trunk  lines"  (as  far 

s.  and  w.  from  that  city  as  Washington,  .St.  Louis  and  Chicago)  was  published  in  the  BulUtin  ,  f 

May  7,  -86,  and  in  three  other  cycling  weeKlies  of  the  ,  ame  date,  accompanied  by  the  following: 

remarks  from  the  Chairman  of  the  Transportation  Com  nittee  :    "  These  lines  work  verv  c'osel 

in  the  interest  of  wheelmen,  and  form  the  foundation  of  present  facilities  accorded  the  craft'^in 

the  United  Stales,     The  main  n.  trunk  line  is  the  Michigan  Central  r.  r.,  whose  through  trah.s 

run  from  Chicago  to  Boston,  with  connections  in  Michigan,  Canada  and  Ohio.     From  St    Louis 

its  through  sleepers  run  over  the  Wabash,  connecting   with  the   Michigan   Central   at  Detroit 

Its  connection  from  Cincinnati  and  Ohio  points  is  the  Cin,,  Hamilton  and  Dayton  r  r    also  at 

Detroit.     From  Cleveland  and  Eastern  Ohio  points  the  Lake  .Shore  r.  r.  runs  through  cars  con 

nectmg  with  the  New  York  Central  at  DufTalo.     The  Baltimore  &  Ohio,  old  and  staunch  League 

road,  from  Chicago  to  New  York,  can  take  Southern  members,  from  Washington  northward 

There  is  no  League  trunk  road   in  New  England  save  the    Fitchburg.     Wheeimen  bound  for 

Boston  from  the  n.  and  w.  parts  of  New  Yo,-k  should  take  the  West  Shore  road,  wli.ch  is  the 

only  line  running  through  cars  over  the  Fitchburg.     The   Boston  connection  of  the  New  York 

Central  from  Albany  east,  is  a  road  that  practically  prohibits  wheel  travel   over  its  line  during 

the  year,  but  maizes  concessions  to  our  parties  whe.i  traveling  in  numbers.     The  Fitchburg  is 

its  competitor  and  accommodates  wheelmen  all  the  year  round,  when  traveling  alone  as  well  as 

in  parties.     From  Ea  ,tern    Pennsylvania  and   Southern   New  York,  the   Erie  and  the  Lehi-h 

Valley  roads  afford  every  accommodation.     From  Portland  down,  the   Eastern  r.  r,  has  worked 

closer  with  us  than  any  other.     The  map  gives  a  perfect  general  index   of  L.  A.  W.  trunk  lines 

and  the  regular  printed  list  will  show  all  others.     Arrangements  for  transportation  c  .n  be  made 

very  conveniently  by  O.  R.  Bidwell,  New  York,  he  being  in  correspondence  with  all  lines  run- 

ning  from  N.   Y.   and  Phila.  to  the  East;  W.  S.  Bull,  Buffalo,  can  arrange  matters  with  lines 

running  from  Buffalo  and  Canada  to  the  East;  while  F.  T.  Sholes,  Cleveland;  H.  S.  Livings- 

ton,  Cincinnati ;  W.  M.  Brewster,  St.  Louis,  and  B.  B.  Ayers,  Chicago,  place  their  „-vices  at 

the  disposal  of  the  craft  journeying  from  their  respective  sections  of  country." 

The  quotation  gives  an  idea  of  the  business-like  way  in  which  the  matter  has  been  s,-stem- 
atized,  and  also  the  general  policy  which  has  been  pursued  of  making  favorable  terms  with 
certain  through  lines,  and  trusting  to  their  example  and  a  sort  of  "  law  of  gravitation  "  for  forc- 
ing the  local  roads  affiliated  with  them  to  adopt  the  same  liberal  practices.  The  names  of  the 
railroads  which  have  agreed  with  the  League  to  carry  passengers'  bicycles  free  are  advertised 
hy  \\\c  Bulletin  in  two  geographical  groups,  the  first  comprising  those  "east  of  Buffalo  and 
Pittsburg,"  as  follows  :  Alleghany  Valley  ;  Atlanta  Zi  West  Point ;  Baltimore  &  Ohio  ;  Ben- 
nington &  Rutland;  Boston,  Hoosac  Tunnel  &  Western;  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  &  Phil.i.  ;  C.ma- 
dian  Pacific;  Chesapeake  &  Ohio;  Credit  Valley  ;  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  ;  Elmira, 
Cortland  &  Northern;  Erie  (N.  Y.,  L.  E.  &  W.);  Fall  Brook;  Fitchburg;  Grand  Trunk; 
Lehigh  Valley;  Montrose  ;  New  London  Northern  ;  N.  Y.,  Buff.ilo  &  Pittsburg;  N.  Y.,  Lak  > 
Erie  &  Western;  N.  Y.,  West  Shore  &  Buffalo;  Portland  &  Ogde.isburg;  Portland  &' Wor- 
cester  ;  Rochester  &  Pittsburg  ;  Rome,  Watertown  &  Ogdensburg  ;  Southern  Central  of  N.  Y. ; 
Syracuse,  Ontario  &  N.  Y.  ;  Tioga;  Troy  &  Bo:-ton  ;  Utica  &  Black  River;  WallkiU  Valley; 
West  Shore  (N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B);  Western  Alabama;  Western  Maryl.and. 

The  much  larger  group  "  west  of  Buffalo  and  Pittsburg  "  is  alphabetized  thus  :  Alliance, 
Niles&  Ashtabula;  Ashtabula  &  Pittsburg  ;  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  F^  ;  Atlantic  &  Pacific, 
Baltimore  &  Ohio;  Burlington,  Cedar  Rapids  &  Northern;  Canada  Sou.nem;  Canadian 
Pacific;  Central  Pacific;  Central  Iowa:  Chartiers;  Chicaso  &  Atlantic:  (>..  .«.'  F.ir'.lprn  !]!■ 
nois ;  Ch.  &  Grand  Trunk  ;  Ch.  &  Iowa  ;  Ch.  &  Western  Michigan  ;  Ch.,  Alton  &  St.  Louis ; 


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Ch.,  Burlington  &  Qiiincy  ;  Ch.,  Inwa  &  Oakota ;  Ch.,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul ;  C'l.,  St.  Louis 
.V  I'ittsburg  ;  Chcsai)eal' •  &  Ohio  ;  Lintiimati  li  Muskingum  Valley;  Cin.,  Hamilton  &  Day. 
1  11  ;  Cin.,  Indianapolis,  St.  l.ouis  i4  Chicago;  Cin.,  New  Orleans  &  Texas;  Cleveland  & 
e  .mlon  ;  CI.  &  Marietta  ;  CI.  &  I'ittsbuig  ;  CI.,  Akron  &  Canton  ;  CI.,  Columbus,  Cincinnati 
.V  Indianapolis;  CI.,  Lorain  &  Wheeling;  CI.,  Tuscarawas  Valley  &  Wheeling;  Columbus, 
Hacking  Valley  &  Toledo  ;  Des  Moines  &  Ft.  Dodge;  Detroit,  Lansing  &  Northern;  Krie  & 
Pittsburg ;  Kvansville  &  Tcrre  Flaute ;  Klint  &  P4re  Marquette ;  Tt.  Wayne,  Cincinnati  & 
1  oil  sville  ;  (irand  Rapids  &  Indiana;  C  and  Trunk;  Illinois  Central;  Indianapolis  &  St. 
I.nuis;  Ind.  &  Viiicennes;  Ind.,  Bloomington  &  Western  ;  International  ^  Great  Northern; 
Kffersonville,  Madison  &  Iiulianapolis;  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph  &  Counci.  'luffs;  Kentucky 
Central;  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  South-.rn  ;  Little  Miami;  Louisville  &  Nashville  ;  Louisville, 
New  Albany  &  Chicago;  Michigan  &  Ohio;  Michigan  Central;  Milwaukee  &  Northern; 
Minneapolis  &  St.  Louis;  Missouri,  Kansas  &  l>.xas;  Missouri  Pacific;  N.  Y.,  Penn.  &  O.  ; 
Newport  News  &  .^lississippi  Valley;  Nickel  Plate  (N.  V.,  Chicago  &  St.  L.);  Northwestern 
(lliio;  Northern  &  Northwestern  of  Canada;  Ohio  &  Mississippi;  Ohio  Central;  Pennsyl- 
vania; Pittsburg  &  Lake  Krie;  Pilts.,  Cincinnati  &  St.  Louis  ;  Pitts.,  Ft.  Wayne  &  Chicago; 
Port  Huron  &  Northwestern ;  St.  Louis  &  Cairo  (St.  L.,  A.  &  T.  H.) ;  St.  L.  &  San  Francisco; 
St.  L.,  Des  MoinesS:  Northern  ;  Southern  Pacific;  Texas  Pacific;  Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  ck.  Grand 
Trunk;  Vandalia  ;  Valky(0.);  Wabash,  St.  Louis  &  Pacific;  Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie;  Wis- 
consin Central ;  Wisconsin,  'owa  &  Nebraska.     (As  corrected  by  the  committee  June  lo,  '86.) 

"The  agreement  is  that  the  bicycle  goes  at  owner's  risk  for  loss  or  damage.  Some  roads 
require  it  to  be  checked,  like  baggage.  In  every  case  the  owner  should  apply  to  the  depot  bag- 
gage-master, before  getting  on  cars,  and  have  him  mark  the  bicycle  to  destination.  Dealings 
should  be  with  him  as  much  as  possible  and  not  with  the  train  baggageman.  In  case  charges 
shmild  be  exacted  by  baggagemen,  receipts  should  be  taken  and  forwarded  to  the  chairman  of 
the  League's  Transportation  Committee."  The  ultimate  result  of  the  latter  process  has  always 
bjen  the  refunding  of  the  money  by  the  company,  with  an  apology,  accompanied  by  a  reprimand 
oi  ihe  offending  ba-'gageman,  or,  in  some  cases,  his  dismissal  from  the  service.  Private  at- 
tempts of  this  sii  '  to  disregard  th";  rules  'vould  be  still  further  discouraged,  I  think,  by  printing 
with  ihe  name  ^  ich  road  on  the  League's  official  list  the  exact  date  of  its  circular  ordering 
tliat  bicycles  be  carried  as  baggage,  and  perhaps  also  the  name  of  the  officer  issuing  the  circular. 
.\  passenger's  ability  to  point  to  such  exact  evidence  would  probably  convert  even  the  most  igno- 
r.int  or  obstinate  of  baggagemen  ;  for  it  vould  scom  only  second  in  authority  to  the  official  circu- 
l.ir  itself.  If  1  meet  such  a  man  on  the  Erie,  for  instance,  and  am  able  to  say  to  him  :  "  See 
1;  re  '.  Vour  general  passenger  agent,  J.  N.  Abbott,  gave  orders,  Nov.  i8,  '84,  that  this  bicycle 
should  be  carried  in  your  car,  free  cf  ;'.  ~  and  .should  be  handled  carefully,"  the  man  will  get 
a  pretty  clear  idea  that  I  know  what  I  am  talking  about,  and  know  how  to  have  him  punished  if 
he  insists  on  swindling  me.  My  mere  showing  of  the  name  "Erie,'"  m  the  League's  printed 
list  of  free  roads,  might  not  have  so  powerful  an  effect  upon  him.  The  Eric  regulations  say  : 
"  The  owner  of  bicycle  to  be  transported  should  be  required  to  deliver  it  at  the  baggage-car  of 
the  train,  and  notified  to  be  on  hand  there  promptly  upon  arrival  at  destination  to  receive  his 
property.  If  he  desires  to  have  it  taken  beyond  our  line,  or  beyond  the  run  of  the  baggage- 
master  or  car,  he  should  be  distinctly  informed  at  what  point  to  claim  and  receive  it,  and  ar- 
r.iiij;e  iox  its  further  care  and  transportation." 

Such  conduct  on  the  wheelman's  part  is  always  wise,  even  in  the  casi.  of  roads  which  do  not 
formally  demand  it.  While  firmly  insisting  on  his  right  to  enjoy  the  privilege  which  the  company 
his  conceded  to  him,  he  should  endeavor  to  give  the  baggage-sn.  '  -s  as  little  trouble  as  pos- 
sble,  — to  conciliate  rather  than  exasperate  them.  Working  as  they  do  under  great  strain  and 
pressure,  it  isonlynaturalthat  they  should  occasionally  relieve  their  souls  by  the  ,'tteranceof  vio- 
lent bnpuage  ;  but  the  bicycle-owner  should  not  take  this  seriously  or  resent  it.  I  have  generally 
f  uiid  them  to  be  at  heart  a  good-natured  set  of  men,  whose  conduct  quickly  illustrates  the 
truth  ot  the  proverb  that  "  a  solt  answer  tumeth  away  wrath."  Let  the  bicycle  be  held  pa- 
tiently on  the  platform  until  all  the  heavy  baggage  has  been  thrown  in,  and  the  commander  of 


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Ti:\  TIIOUS.LVD  M/LIiS  OX  A  niCWl.E. 


the  car  gives  iIil  signal  lliat  iie  is  ready  to  take  this  also.  1',-rliaps  he  nay  then  inviie  the  owner 
inside  toallcnd  to  the  machine  until  the  blR  trniikj  have  been  packed,  and  a  place  made  where 
it  may  l>e  stowed  securely.  It  is  a  rikkI  plan  to  carry  alonn  -onie  pieces  of  cord  and  a  few  pici- 
ure-franie  screws,  l.y  the  use  of  which  the  wheel  may  !«  readily  fastened  to  the  side  of  the  car 
in  case  the  emptiness  of  this  suggests  insecurity  and  rolling.  On  the  other  '.  -"nd,  if  the  car  U 
known  to  be  crowded,  the  pedals  and  handle-bar  should  be  closely  packtii ;  and  this  m.iv  \«- 
wisely  done  in  anticipation  of  any  long  journey,  unless,  in  such  case,  the  to-rist  prefers,  as  I  ,1,, 
to  send  the  bicycle  in  advance  by  fast-freight  line.  Where  a  car  is  so  full  of  baggaijc  that  the 
presence  of  the  bicycle  causes  evident  trouble,  I  think  it  fair  and  proper  to  placate  the  lia—n-e- 
liian  with  a  personal  fee  of  25  c.  for  looking  after  its  safety  ;  and  whenever  accident  or  dam.u-e 
results,  I  think  the  tourist  ought  to  accept  it  placidly  rarher  than  render  the  whole  frateniiiv 
odious  in  the  eyes  of  the  railro.ul  managers  by  "  making  a  row  about  it."  The  League  could 
afford  to  say  to  every  such  unfortunate  one  who  feels  unable  to  pocket  the  loss  :  '  We  will  pav 
you  the  full  amount  of  it,  if  only  you  will  keep  quiet,  and  not  nag  the  railroad  officers  back  into 
their  first  belief  that  a  bicycle  is  too  fragile  and  troublesome  a  thing  for  handling  in  th'  r  b.i-- 
gage-cars."  The  will  of  the  men  in  immediate  control  cf  these  should  always  be  recognized  .is 
supreme,  in  regard  to  all  details  of  handling  and  packi-,,;  and  diffetenccs  of  opinion  should  he 
arranged  by  the  adoption  of  a  persuasive  and  deferential  air,  rather  than  by  a  show  of  imperious 
ness  and  truculence.  Whoever  thus  affronts  the  proper  pride  of  these  men,  by  any  such  wanl.m 
■  display  of  hostility,  or  is  tempted  by  arrogance  or  k.J  language  on  their  part  into  making  an  uii- 
dignified  retort,  not  only  lowers  his  own  self-respect,  and  lessens  his  influence  with  them,  but 
he  inflicts  a  detinite  injury  upon  all  well-mannered  cyclers  who  may  chance  to  follow  in  his  foot- 
s.eps.  In  the  baggage-car,  as  upon  the  highway,  the  wheelman,  while  insisting  upon  his  rccoi;- 
nizcd  rights  with  firmness,  should  also  do  it  with  calmness  and  courtesy,— both  for  his  persoii.il 
profit  and  satisfaction,  and  fur  "the  good  of  the  cause"  in  general.  Whent  ?r  the  horsf- 
driving  Hog  publicly  froths  at  the  mouth  in  the  presence  of  a  bicycler,  the  latter  c  n  perforin  no 
Iwlter  service  as  an  educator  of  opinion,  than  to  let  him  enjoy  a  monopoly  of  all  the  cursing  and 
vituperation.  Silence  is  the  one  thing  which  surel  convicts  the  Hog  of  havir.g  encountered  a 
superior  order  of  intellect.  In  his  liearl  he  knows  that  all  who  witnessed  his  outburst,  and  its 
inability  to  provoke  a  retort,  are  secretly  laughing  at  him  for  the  discomfiture  which  is  produced 
by  this  bitterest  form  of  contempt. 

In  addition  to  the  ra"  ids  which  have  issue-'  general  orders  for  free  carriage,  the  I.eauue 
advertises  two  trunk  lines  ("  Chicago  &  Northwestern  "  and  "  Chicago,  Rock  Island  ^\;  Pacilic  "1 
which  grant  such  concession  only  by  special  permits,  to  be  had  by  calling  upon  or  addressini; 
thdir  general  baggage  agents  at  the  first-named  city.  The  Lake  Erie  and  Western  r.  r.  (San- 
dusky to  Bloomin^-'ton,  37S  m.)  charges  a  passenger's  bicycle  the  same  rate  as  if  it  were  "  100 
lbs.  of  excess  baggage  ";  while  the  arrangement  with  the  Del.  &  Hudson  Canal  Co.  is  reported 
as  "pending."  Three  other  important  lines  advertise  a  tariff  of  \  c.  per  m.,— except  that  the  min- 
imum charge  is  25  c.  (or  as  much  for  i  m.  as  for  50  m.):  Pe.insylvania  (e.  of  Pittsburg),  Phila.  cV 
Reading,  and  N.  Y.  Central  &  Hudson  River.  I  consider  this  rate  of  j  c.  per  m.  a  reasnnalile 
one,  but  think  that  for  a  distance  of  10  or  15  m.  the  charge  should  be  no  more  than  10  c.  Inr 
such  short  distances,  indeed,  I  believe  the  r.  r. 's  would  find  it  profitable  to  make  no  charge  at 
all,  even  while  re'aining  their  present  rule  as  to  long  distances.  A  touring  bicycler  who  wcju!'! 
willingly  pay  his  fare  on  a  local  train,  for  the  sake  of  getting;  past  a  few  miles  of  sand  or  mud, 
will  determine  to  push  through  it  rather  than  submit  to  a  tax  of  25  c  on  his  wheel's  account. 
I  remember  of  acting  thus  severa"  times  (once  even  after  buying  my  train-ticket),  and  on  one 
occasion  I  deliberately  tramped  8  m.  through  the  darV,  in  preference  to  letting  a  r.  r.  wrest  50  c. 
from  me  for  carrying  my  bicycle  that  distance.  I  believe  the  amount  of  such  possible  fares  lost 
considerably  exceeds  the  amount  of  such  unjust  taxes  collected, — to  say  iiithing  of  the  loss  of 
good-will.  Bicyclers  who  might  be  persuaded  to  tak'i  tours  along  tlie  line  of  certain  r.  '  's 
(where  good  and  bad  wheeling  are  both  found)  if  brief  resorts  could  be  freely  had  to  the  trains, 
will  simply  make  their  excursions  elsewhere,  in  the  face  of  threatened  exactions.     The  Eastern 


r*  r.  ^liostOii  iO  1't.^riiaiiii, 


>  ^1  crt  Lmiiu  lu   V  aiit.cLJolu,  I'^yj  iti./,  v\ , 


-^^4. 


THE  TRANsrORTATIOX   TAX. 


597 


various  branches,  l.ix  the  bicycle  15  c.  for  any  distance  up  to  50  m.,  and  50  c.  for  any  greater 
(il^tance.  The  "  N  Y  ,  N.  H.  &  H."  (Niw  Vork  t..  Si.rinKfield,  1)6  m  ,  and  New  York  to 
New  London,  114  tn  ,  with  several  leased  lines)  pui ,  the  tax  .-.I  50  c.  /or  any  distance  up  -o 
51  m  ,  and  75  c.  for  any  greater  distance;  while  the  liost.m  &  Albany  r.  r.  (201  m.),  starting 
with  a  similar  ininiinutn  tliar(;e  of  50  c,  outranks  all  others  by  .idlieriiiK  stiffly  to  the  extreme 
tariff  of  I  c.  per  m.,  even  for  a  bicycle  which  is  carried  the  «hole  length  of  its  line.  As  the 
highways  alongside  this  are  in  many  places  attractive  lo  the  tourist  and  in  many  places  unridable, 
•'le  road  ml'-ht  make  considerable  money,  on  the  theory  just  now  explained,  l,y  offering  gi«]<l 
treatment  to  cyclers.  Instead  of  this,  it  p:  fers  to  lose  considerable  money  by  driving  them  to 
tike  ex'  irsi.ms  in  other  regions,  and  by  kitin;  '.he  rival  Kitchburg  line  get  h<,ld  of  all  the  through 
iraflfic  nd  "  goml-will."  The  sight  of  the  Ki  .hburg  upon  the  League's  fne-li.st  will  doubtless 
M,oii  ■j.id  other  New  Fngl.ind  roads  to  place  their  names  there.  I  l)elieve  that  most  of 
tliem  now  levy  a  25  r  tax;  though  the  Old  Colony  and  Providence  roads  have  already  been 
named  as  levying  50  c.  The  Fioston  &  Lowell  (26  m.)and  the  Concord  (141  m.)  combine 
.IS  one  ro.id  to  offer  a  single  through  rate  of  50  c,  as  an  option  to  p.i;-ing  )  c.  per  m.  beyond 
5)  in.,  or  J5  c.  for  less  than  50  m.  on  either  road.  The  Boston  &  Lynn  r.  i.  (gj  m.)  carries 
wheels  free.  No  reasonable  man  vsho  has  occasion  to  use  a  b.igg.-ge-car  for  25  m.  or  ni  ,e  can 
object  to  paying  25  c.  for  it  ;  but  the  same  charge  for  only  2  or  3  m.  is  vexatious.  My  own 
f.eling  is  that  if  the  railroads  could  carry  bicycles  fret,  f,  -  10  or  15  m.,  charge  10  c.  up  to  25  m., 
th-n  25  c.  up  to  50  m.  and  beyond  that  50  c.  (or  else  \  r.  ler  m  ).  they  would  satisfy  every  de- 
mand of  justice.  Whenever  they  offer  free  carriage  fcr  long  distances,  the  fact  should  always 
be  recognized  as  in  the  nature  of  a  reduction  of  rates,  tendered  in  the  hope  of  attracting  spe- 
cial good-will  and  pairon?ge.  On  the  other  hand,  free  carriage  by  steamers,  for  all  distances, 
should  be  demanded  not  as  a  favor  but  as  a  right,  and  a  denial  of  it  should  be  resented  to  the 
utmost.  In  this  matter  individual  effort  may  make  itself  felt ;  and  every  wheelman  who  \\a\^ 
reus  to  patronize  a  water-route  not  already  on  the  free-list  should  assume  the  duty  of  persuading 
its  managers  ti,  formally  request  the  League's  Transportation  Committee  to  place  it  there. 

I  believe  that  in  no  case  has  th-  ■  Ttme  policy  of  refusing  to  take  a  passenger's  bicycle  in 
the  baggage-car  on  any  terms  (insisi  '  that  the  express  company  only  could  carry  it)  been  re- 
turned to,  when  once  the  League  had  caused  its  abandonment.  It  is  more  likely  that  the  roads 
which  are  now  classed  as  maintaining  a  tariff  will  modify  this  in  favor  of  free  carriage  (for  short 
distances,  or  without  regard  to  distance)  than  that  any  of  the  "  free  roads  "  will  go  back  to  a 
less  liberal  policy.  An  inspection  of  the  list  shows  that  there  are  now  very  few  important  points 
in  the  West  to  which  a  r.  r.  traveler  may  not  carry  his  bicycle  without  t.-x  ;  but  a  majority  of  the 
local  lines  in  the  Kast  yet  remain  to  be  won.  liarknian's  road-book  (Apr.,  '86)  says  "The 
Long  Island  r.  r.  charges  from  40c.  to  Soc,  according  to  distance,  for  carrying  a  bicycle"; 
though,  a  year  eariier,  announcement  was  made  {Tribune,  Apr.  26.,  '85)  that  "  bicycles  are  now 
cirried  free  by  the  L.  I.  r.  r.,  -vhe"  de!i-.XT..;  lu  and  taken  from  the  cars  by  passengers,"— and 
m  '8o-'8i  I  several  times  resorted  to  that  road  without  any  charge  for  wheel.  In  '8j,  W.  C. 
Herring  had  his  bicycle  checked  throut,>-  Trom  N.  Y.  to  Atlanta,  without  charge  ;  and  again 
from  Atlanta  to  Augusta  ;  and  I  think  the  same  may  be  done  on  the  Shenandoah  Valley  r.  r. 
i-Moir..,seep.  350).  In  M.iy, '86,  W  J.  Farrell  orought  his  bicycle  from  Fernandina,  Fla  , 
to  N.  Y.,  without  any  other  trouble  than  that  implied  in  transferrin;,  it  from  one  b.n:.;gnge-car  to 
.mother,  at  the  terminal  points  along  tl  j  route  ;  and  he  expressed  t  >  me  the  opinion  that  all  the 
r  r.'s  in  the  South  could  be  depended  ,  n  to  grant  this  privilege,  though  they  might  not  think  it 
worth  while  to  make  a  formal  arrangei.-ent  with  the  League,  because  of  the  rarity  of  bicycle 
touring  in  that  region.  On  the  other  hano,  complaints  were  printed  in  May,  '85,  of  the  baggage- 
men on  the  L,  &.  N.  r.  r.,  between  Cincinnati  and  Louisville,  as  "  invariably  refusing  to  take 
wheels  on  their  cars,"— though  I  had  no  trouble  about  the  free  carriage  of  nun  n  the  same 
ine,  between  Cave  City  and  Louisville,  in  June,  '82  ;  and  printed  mention  was  made  of  it  in 
I  let,,  '84,  as  regulariy  granting  thr.L  privilege  between  Louisville  and  New  Orieans.  The  re- 
c^^iitlv  published  notion  of  an   Tndi.in.T  min    that  tV/>*»   rTrri'-i<T«  /.n  '*  i  .>.,„..„  j..  »t  „i — u  i.. 


granted  only  to  those  bicycles  whose  ownei     can  show  "League  tickets,"  deserves  mention 


598 


TEX  THOUSAXD  MILES  OX  A  n/CVCLE. 


simply  that  it  may  Im!  Hrnnunrp.l  Kvfn  were  it  practicable,  the  di^jnity  of  the  I.r.iKue  would 
not  iHjrniit  a  resort  to  such  a  iwlty  policy  for  recruiting;  its  iiiemlH.p,hip;  and  it  woul.l  U-  an  un. 
wiic  and  di%aMrous  confession  of  weakness  U-M<les.  The  Lca^u.  s  pow.r  to  treat  wiih  the  rail. 
r..ad  |>.-oi.le  arises  from  their  belief  that  it  not  ,,iily  co.nmands  the  pair,  riagc  of  its  H.«,  member- 
but  indirci  tlv  controls  that  of  the  other  wheelmen  (say  4o,ix).,l  who  arc  not  members.  It  is  f,,r 
the  cviJert  merest  of  the  f^anue  to  strengthen  this  U-lief,  and  magnify  its  own  ability  f!,r 
swinging  in  a  given  direction  tli  •  entire  wheel  interest  of  the  continent.  The  greater  the  iium- 
l)orof  bicyclers  wh..  patroni/e  a  Kiveii  "  I  cague  road,"  the  greater  the  respect  whicl.  its  managers 
will  nave  for  Uie  League's  apparent  power  to  influence  traffic.  A  policy  of  exclusion  and  ?elf. 
belittlemeri.  Aould  show  that  the  organization  had  no  practical  capacity  for  "bi'siness." 

"The  C.  W.  A.  (luide  li.H.k  "  (Apr,  •S4 ;  see  p  jju)  devotes  three  pages  to  priming  i,, 
full  the  replies  received  to  the  circular  letter  <,f  Keb.  ji,  "84,  addressed  by  the  secretary  of  the 
Canadian  Wheelmen'.  AsvMriation  to  the  general  managers  of  all  the  r.  r.  lines  in  the  Dominion 
asking  that  pas.sengers'  bicycles  be  allowed  free  cirriage.  The  affirmative  responses,  in  behalf 
of  seven  road.s,  are  signed  and  dated  as  follows:  Michigan  Central  (().  W.  Ruggles,  ChicaE. 
Keb.  26);  (;rand  Trunks  Stevenson,  M(mtreal,  Feb.  27);  Ontario  &  Quebec  (I).  McNicoll' 
Tonmto,  Keb.  js);  Midland  (A.  While,  Peterboro',  Feb.  29);  Canadian  Pacific  fC.  \\.  H,l,! 
bard,  Montreal,  Mar.  1);  Intercolonial  (A.  liasby,  Moncton,  Mar.  4);  Northern  .t  Northwest- 
ern  (K.  Kerr,  Toronio,  Mar.  8).  These  seven  are  said  to  "  include  nearly  all  the  railr.iads .  f 
Canada";  iiid  any  wheelman  against  whom  exactions  are  attempted  by  baggagemen  shou„l 
send  exact  details  of  the  s.ime  (with  rec.-ipts  for  any  money  actually  paid)  to  the  .if  losaid  secre- 
tary, \\.  !!.  Donly,  Simcoe,  Ont.  The  r.  r.'s  of  Prince  Kdwnrd  Island  and  Nova  .^cr.tia.  which 
I  briefly  resorte^  to  in  Sept.,  '83  (p.  2f;i-2\  made  no  cha.;;e  for  the  bicycle,— though,  in  tiie  case 
of  one  rather  crowded  baegage-car,  I  was  told  that  I  "must  get  in  and  attend  to  it  niysolt  " 
In  Kngland  (where  liberal  ideas  of  traffic  management,  such  as  prevail  in  this  free  com.try 
are  seldom  put  in  practice),  the  r.  r.  charge  for  a  bicycle  "  when  accompanied  by  p,-.ssenger  aiul 
at  owner's  risk  "  was  formerly  25  c.  f.-r  any  distance  up  to  50  m.,  37  c.  to  7;  m  ,  50  c.  to  100  m,, 
61  c.  to  150  m.,  and  so  on,  increasing  12  c.  for  each  additional  50  m.  or  fraction  thereof.  The 
fifth  edition  of  the  "  B.  T.  C.  Handbook"  (Apr.,  '82),  from  which  I  extract  the  tit;ures,  said: 
"  These  n-^w  rate'  show  a  material  reduction,— in  response  to  the  memorial  and  through  the  in- 
fluence of  the  Council  of  the  B.  T.  C.  They  are  in  for  on  every  li.  In  the  kingdom,  with  the 
exception  of  the  London,  Brighton  &  South  Coast,  the  South  Eastern,  and  the  Londi.n,  Ihat- 
ham  &  Dover  r:  --vs,  which  corporations  are  earning  an  unenviable  notoriety  by  their  obdurate 
resistance  to  what  we  hoped  was  a  universal  concession."  During  the  four  years  which  have 
elapsed  since  those  words  were  written,  tricycling  has  come  into  general  vogue,  and  the  latest 
edition  of  the  "  C.  T.  C.  Handbook  ''  (Apr.,  '86)  devotes  pp.  30-34  to  the  transportation  question. 
It  gives  a  tabulated  statement  of  the  charges  made  on  e?-h  of  the  22  railways  in  England,  Scot- 
laiid  an;  Ireland  for  distances  of  .2,  25,  50,  75,  100,  150,  200  and  250  m.,— the  rate  for  a  tricycle 
being  usually  double  that  for  a  bicycle.  The  lowest  for  the  latter  is  25c.,  which  is  not  increased 
until  the  50  m.  limit  is  passed;  while  a  tricycle  is  charged  at  least  25  c.  for  12  m.,  37  c.  up  to  23 
m.  and  50  c.  up  to  50  m.  These  rates  are  for  "  luggage  at  the  owner's  risk,"  but  when  classed 
as  ■•  parcels  at  the  owner's  risk  "  (/.  t.,  as  we  Americans  say,  "  sent  by  ex^.ess  ")  the  rates  are 
increased  about  25  percent,  for  bicycles  and  50  per  cent,  for  tricycles;  and  still  another  .'5  or 
50  per  cent,  is  added  in  case  of  classification  as  "  parcels  at  the  company's  risk."  The  three 
roads  named  as  "  obdurate  "  in  '82  still  retain  their  bad  eminence,— their  charge  for  carr\ing 
a  tri.  200  m.  being  ^3,  and  #1.50  for  a  bi.  ;  and  these  r.ites  are  doubled  for  "parcels  at 
owner's  risk,"  and  all  machines  so  sent  must  be  packed,  and  no  admittance  to  the  cloak- 
rooms is  granted  them  at  any  price.  The  charge  of  the  other  r.iads  is  only  half  as  great,  in  these 
several  cases,  and  the  rule  about  packing  is  enforced  by  only  two.  The  cloak-room  charge  fnr 
storing  machii  es  at  the  various  r.  r.  stations  varies  from  4  c.  to  12  c.  .'or  a  period  not  exceeding 
three  days,  and  from  2  c.  to  4  c.  for  each  day  after  that.  A  list  i:,  also  printed  of  five  places  in 
London  where  they  may  be  stored  at  rates  varying  from  4  c.  to  12  c.  a  day,  and  from  12  c  ■  > 
37  c.  a  mon'.h.     "  Cycles  gc  free,  when  accomnanitd  by  own.^r.  on   Belgian  mail  steamers  fr.-:-. 


THE  TRANSrORTAriOX   TAX. 


S99 


I  lover  to  Ottend  ;  on  Danish  steamer*  from  Newcastle  and  Hull  to  Bergen,  and  from  Harwich 

I"  Kibjcru;  un  the  United  line  from  Newcastle  to  C  opcnhajten  ;  and  un  the  river  buats  (run 
■  Mily  ill  sumriier)  from  Lundun  to  Margate,  KamSKate  and  Varmculh." 

The  Cjeneral  b.  N.  Cu.  charges  for  a  Loiidun  i>assenger''«  bicvcle  to  Hull,  Havre,  Doulogne, 
<>>lend,  iif  Antwerp,  fu  c.  ;  to  Kdinburgh,  |i.i;;  to  (iurdeaux  or  H,\inburg,  ^i.S;,  and  to 
I  >|)orto,  ^3,  with  .ulvano.'d  rates  for  tricycles,  according  to  »i/c.  The  Loiulun  &  ^Alinbiirgh  S.  N. 
t  ci.  ch.irges  li  J5  for  bicycle;  and  the  London  &  Alwrdcen  S  N.  Co  |i.J5  fur  bi.  and  #i.S; 
[nrtri., — whether  packed  and  dcspitchcil  as  parcels  or  taken  along  as  luggage.  The  London 
and  Ch.uinel  S.  S.  Co.  takes  a  i)as»onger's  bi.  to  tiravescnc'  or  Southsca  for  15  c.,  and  to  Ips- 
Willi,  H.irwich,  Walton  and  Clacton  for  6i  c.  From  Ifarwich  to  Rotterdam  or  Antwerp  the 
<.li.irge  is  75  c.  for  bi.  and  ^i.S;  for  tri.,  as  com  red  to  the  $1.25  and  |i. 50  exacted  up  to  '84. 
.Aher  tabul;:ting  ili<  rates  charged  by  the  various  railway  steamers  from  Southanii^ton  and  other 
■.ua-coast  towns  to  various  ports  in  Krance,  the  "  Handbook  "  says  :  "As  the  charges  from  I 'over 
tn  Calais  and  from  Folkestone  to  Iloulognc  are  so  exorbitant,  and  as  duly  is  levied  at  both  C. 
,\tul  li.,  these  routes  should  be  avoided.  The  French  duty  a|>pears  to  be  about  #5  for  b  and  $10 
f'tr  tri.  Dieppe  and  Cherbourg  apjx^a.  to  be  the  only  two  ports  where  cycles  accompanied  by 
llie  rider  enter  duty  free.  Tourists  entfring  byroad  sometimes  pay,  as  at  the  '  douane  '  near 
keiorville,  coining  from  .Meti  to  Vc  but  riders  ii.ive  entered  by  road  from  liilc  to  lielfort, 

and  also  at  Delle,  without  beirg  nui  .  .  any  charge.  The  French  railroads  u-iually  carry  pas- 
sengers' cycles  as  luggai^c,  for  a  verv  small  charge.  Cycles  entering  Switzerland  by  rail  are 
li.ible  to  a  duty  of  10  per  cent,  ad  milorem  (returnable  on  leaving  the  country) ;  but  tourists  en- 
tet  ng  by  road  are  not  usually  called  upon  to  pay  anything.  A  tricycle  in  a  crate  (up  to  112  lbs) 
may  be  sent  by  '  petitff  vittsse  '  fri ..  ,ondon  to  Udle  (10  days  on  the  road),  for  >a.j7,  on  appli- 
cation to  Wheatley  &  Co.,  23  Regent  st.,  whose  agent  at  B.  (where  loc.il  charges  of  6j  c.  must  be 
added)  will  store  cycles  for  10  c.  a  month.  Tourists  entering  Germany  with  cycles  are  in  some 
places  required  to  pay  duty  (returnable)." 

In  Sept.,  '83,  the  lielgian  customs  officers  at  Antwerp  prohibited  the  landing  of  three 
London  tourists'  bicycles  until  a  duty  of  #2  each  had  been  paid.  The  owners  were  Fl.  Teget- 
nieier,  W.  E.  Milner,  and  R.  P.  Hampton  Roberts  (subscribes  to  this  book,  whose  wheeling 
records  may  be  found  on  pp.  531-543);  anil,  as  they  afterwards  noticed  that  another  F.nglishnian, 
<;.  D.  Ingall,  who  had  been  similarly  treated  in  Holland,  had  secured  redress  by  appealing  to 
the  Minister  of  Finance,  hey  thought  it  worth  while  '■  write  to  the  C.  T.  C.  consul  at  Ant- 
werp (Alban  Thorburn  i>  n  at  Uddevalla,  Sweden),  to  soe  what  could  be  done.  He  put  the 
cise  so  effectively  before  the  .iiinistire  des  Fi„ances  de  Belgique,  that  that  functionary  not  0  \ly 
returned  the  J6  but  on  F"eb.  6  issued  the  following  Decree  No.  S179  (Cyclist,  Mar.  26,  '84,  p. 
351)  "  In  future  the  agents  of  customs  may  admit  freely,  and  without  any  formalities,  veloci- 
pedes of  tourists  who  can  prove — by  means  of  a  railway  circular  return  ticket,  for  instance — that 
ihey  only  pass  the  territory  of  Belgium,  when  there  can  be  no  suspicion  of  fraud."  In  Hollard, 
t  ■>,  a  similar  rule  v. as  put  in  force,  ?.f;  a  result  of  the  Ingall  piotest.  Nevertheless,  a  complaint 
ot  "vexatious  imposts"  was  made  in  the  C.  T  C.  Gazette  of  Feb.,  '86  (by  "  1410,  14  S.  W. 
K  D,"  p.  54),  because,  "  some  time  ago,"  he  had  to  pay  fj  to  the  customs  officer  at  Ant- 
werp, who  at  r..  ;t  demanded  $20,  for  duty  on  a  tricycle.  The  same  magazine  for  May  (p.  185) 
I'.a.^  a  letter  from  G.  H.  Rutter,  saying  :  "  I  have  found  that  some  of  the  French  ports  are  more 
particular  than  others  ;  for  instance,  Havre  S!  .-ms  to  have  the  pre-eminence  in  charging.  After 
consultation  with  the  C.  C.  for  France,  I  have  decided  to  leave  matters  as  they  are,  in  preference 
til  stirring  up  the  authorities  and  thereby  making  it  lik.Iy  that  the  laws  will  be  rigidly  enforced 
at  all  ports  in  future."  With  this  may  be  compared  Thomas  Stevens's  report  of  considerable 
trouble  had  in  persuading  the  cus.^ms  people  to  "  pass  "  him  at  Dieppe,  in  '85  {Outing,  Oct.,  p. 
42  ;  also  the  letter  writien  in  '84,  to  the  Ca,uxdian  Wheelman,  by  A.  C.  Beasley.  "  Vou  will 
not  be  required  to  pay  duly  on  your  machine  at  the  French  frontier,  and  the  French  railways 
will  all  carry  it  as  luggagi  ,  for  every  passenger  is  allowed  30  kilos,  (about  60  lbs  They  seldom 
weigh  the  machine,  but  stick  on  a  label  and  charge  you  'he  nominal  sum  of  one  -.  ly  for  regis- 
iiaiiou.      Usuaiiy  yuu  aiu  ie'|uiieu  Lu  :>igi'   a  lori.i  cxoucrdtiiig  ihc   cuinpany  iroi      any  damage 


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6oo  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

that  may  be  sustained."     A  telegram  from  Rome,  Dec.  ij,  '85.  announced  the  decision  of  ,|,e 
managers  of  the  railway  system  -f  Italy  to  carry  cycles  as  personal  baggage  (a  later  report  s.us 
"  free  '•),— reversing  thus  the  prohibitory  policy  proclaimed  in  a  September  order  that  the  r  a  ■' 
would  not  tran.si>o.t  cycles  at  ».ll  except     .   freight  trains.     This  reform  was  apparently  ^Z'^\ 
by  the  influence  of  the  C.  T.  C,  while  the  N.  C.  U.  has  the  credit  of  a  simi.ar  one    in  perM„<i 
mg  the  Italian  Government  (June,  '85)  to  allow  tmirists  to  cross  its  frontier  by  train  withou"  I'a 
ing  duty  for  their  cycles.     Previously  the  practice  had  been  to  collect  about  *6,  with  the  prm'ue 
of  returning  it  to  the  owner  in  case  he  took  tiie  trouble  to  come  back  to  the  sam.:  r,  r  station  leau, 
on  leaving  Itaiy.     Tourists  actually  driving  their  wheels  across  the  frontier  had  not  been  boll, 
ered  m  this  way,  unless  tlieir  appearance  gave  the  customs  officers  "  reasonable  suspicion  th.i 
the  machines  were  being  run  in,  as  merchandise,  for  defrauding  the  revenue    '     Tlio  reform  \  f 
June   16  consisted  in  extending  the  rule  to  tourists  accompanying  machines  by  train  -an,l  it 
was  effected  by  an  official  correspondence  of  two  months,  which  included  the  writln.^  of  onlv  f  ur 
letters  by  th-  secretarj  „f  the  N.   C.   U.     These  were  printed  in   /-«•  /^«r«„/ Uuly  ,-    •«- 
p.  3'),  together  with  a  tran^■lation  of   the  order  of  the  Minister  of    Finance    "that  cycles  l' 
passed  without  guarantee,  provided  they  have  been  used,  and  provided  the   officers  are  co,!" 
vmced  they  are  not  to  be  left  in  Italy  for  speculation."     The  "  CV  T.  C.  Handbook  "  of    Vpr 
'86,  nevertheless  says  (probably  through  inadvertence  in  retalnin^'  the  formul.i  of  its  '8-  eciJMoMi' 
''Tourists  entering  Italy  by  rail  may  bo  called  upon  to  pay  the  impost,  which  is  returnable  If 
they  t,-t  the  necessary  documents  at  the  time  of  making  the  deposit  " ;  and  it  alludes  not  at    'i 
to  the  -eformed  policy  of  the  Italian  railways.     Recent  interesti.ig  experiences  of  Rev   .S   ('; 
Harnes  were  detaileo  in  two  columns  of  Recreatian  (July  24,  'S6,  p.  73  ;  see  p   3^3  ante)   ^how 
nig  that,  when  he  landed  at  N.ples,  lie  was  forced,  in  spite  of  all  protests  that  the  existing  liw 
allowed  h,s  tncycle  free  en-ry,  to  make  a  deposit,  "under  the  explicit  and  repeated  assurvu. 
that  u  would  be  tefundeu  to  lilni  at  any  custom-house  through   which  he  might  pass    „„  of 
Italy.        He  produced  the  receijU  for  such  depo.it.  a  few  weeks  later,  at  the  frontier  town  nj 
\entim.glia,  but  the  functionary  there  in  charge  resolutely  refused  to  refund  the  mone-  or  •.. 
supply  ,  ,y  wn-ten  proof  of  such  refusal,  or  of  the  passage  of  such  tricvcle  through  his  o'lsion,. 
house  into   France.     The  French  customs  men  at  the  same  station  then  insisted  on  exacn^ 
another  duty,  before  the  tricycle  could  be  returned  to  the  train.     "  They  ignored  the  protest  that 
no  duty  had  beer  ,U.,naiided  when  it  entered  France  at  the  port  of  Dieppe ;  but  said  that  when  I 
embarked  again  from  D.   the  present  deposit  would  be  refunded.     Their  premise  was  kept 
and  I  then  learned  that  there  was  a  special  treaty  between   England  and  France,  for  the  fre. 
transm-s.on  of  cycles  accompanied  by  their  owners,  but  that  no  such  agreement  existed  bc.ween 
Franc  and   Italy.     I  sent  my  papers  to  the  Naples  customs  officers,  but  tliev  refused  pavmeni 
because  there  was  no  v,se  by  Ventimiglia,  though  I  testifKd  to  fruitless  application  for  the  vne 
and  could  prove  my  departure  from   Italy  by  my  entrance  into  France.     The  matter  is  now  in 
the  hands  of  the  C.  T.  C„  and  M,.  Stead,  the  chief  of  its  'Foreign  Divi.^on,'  expresses  the 
hope  that  the  Ventimigha  man  can  be  made  an  examjile  of." 

A  customs  duty  of  "  about  ten  cents  a  pound,  gross  weight,"  was  reported  as  the  Mexican 
standard  for  velocipedes  (in  Outing,  Nov.,  '84,  p.  97,  "  Wheeling  Among  the  Aztecs"),  bv  Svi- 
vester  Haxter,  a  Boston  tourist,  who  paid  $.4.50,  because,  in  ignorance  of  this  law,  he  failed  to 
strip  off  the  heavy  packing-case  from  his  bicycle  before  showing  it  to  the  -ustoms  officer  Hv 
mentioned  that  the  steamer  carried  it  free  as  l,a,^gage  ;  and  I  presume  such  i,  the  usu.al  ruU- 
Ihe  manner  ,n  which  my  own  excursion  to  Hermuda  forced  the  United  States  to  issue  th,-  or.k-r 
of  Apr.  o,  '84,  classifying  passengers'  bicycles  as  "  pergonal  effects,  exempt  from  dmv,"  ha» 
been  detailed  on  p.  3^0:  and  j.p.  3,1-3,2  maybe  consulted  for  the  antiquated  regulations  hv 
w-hich  the  Dominion  ot  Caua<la,  almost  alone  among  civilized  governments,  pretends  to  pro'. 
hibit  all  nuemaiKmal  touring  with  the  wheel.  The  Di.  World ^{  Aug.  <..  'Sfi,  reported  that  the 
lrea.sury  Department  had  sustained  the  appeal  of  Edwin  Brown,  of  Worcester,  Ms  ,  apains, 
tlK  Collector  of  the  port  of  Boston,  „  ho  at  first  refund  to  grant  free  entry  to  B.'s  tricycle,  on  ih. 
i-:r.:  •..•lul  :;.-:  Having  n,l>k,.  ,;  oiiiy  a  single  time  in  t-,ngland  did  not  constitute  such  "actual  ii>. 
abroad      as  was  contemplated  by  the  regulations  of  the  Treasury. 


XXXV. 


If 


THE  HOTEL  QUESTION. 

Bed-bugs,  cold  victuals  and  bad  service  are  things  which  the  wheelman 
who  patronizes  country  hotels  cannot  always  -"'"""d.  The  question  is,  "  Why 
increase  the  probability  of  his  suffering  from  them,  by  adopting  a  policy 
which  must  render  him  an  object  of  contempt  to  every  landlord  pretending  to 
recognize  it?"  In  the  previous  chapter,  I  have  given  unstinted  praise  to 
the  League,  for  the  wise  use  made  of  its  power  in  lessening  the  transporta- 
tion tax  levied  by  the  railroads  upon  passengers'  bicycles;  but  in  the  present 
one  I  wish  most  unreservedly  to  denounce  the  folly  of  attempting  any  similar 
cut-down  in  respect  to  the  charges  of  country  hotels.  In  so  far  as  the  League 
may  be  considered  as  committed  to  the  support  of  such  foolishness,  I  am 
forced  to  part  company  from  it,  and  to  cry  aloud,  in  the  name  of  economy  as 
well  as  humanity,  for  a  reversal  of  its  policy. 

To  those  hotel-keepers  who  have  proclaimed,  by  the  offei  of  "reduced 
rates  to  wheelmen,"  that  they  consider  them  to  be  a  cheap  and  despicable  set, 
for  whose  entertainment  "  the  leavings "  of  more  respectable  patrons  are 
quite  good  enough,  let  me  say:  "  Vou  are  mistaken.  It  will  be  money  in 
your  pockets  if  you  promptly  abandon  that  plan  of  giving  your  houses  an  evil 
reputation,  among  a  well-to-do  class  of  people  who  hate  humbuggery.  An- 
nounce !  ather  that  you  shall  charge  full  rates  to  touring  bicyclers,  because 
you  think  them  worthy  of  the  very  best  of  treatment,  and  because  you  want 
to  win  the  permanent  good-will  of  their  friends  as  well  as  themselves."  On 
the  other  hand,  I  say  to  tourists :  "  Take  pains  to  avoid  all  hotels  which  offer 
'  reduced  rates  ';  or,  if  obliged  to  patronize  any  such,  be  careful  to  make  their 
managers  understand  in  advance  that  you  prefer  to  pay  full  price  and  enjoy 
decent  u^commodations,  including  a  bathing  privilege." 

It  has  always  seemed  to  me  a  great  misfortune  that,  in  the  absence  of 
any  other  model,  the  "  C.  T.  C.  plan  "  has  been  so  generally  allowed  to  guide 
the  u  erances  and  actions  of  such  League  otiTicers  as  have  attempted  to  say 
or  do  anything  in  regard  to  getting  together  a  select  list  of  American  hotels  for 
the  patronage  of  bicycle  tourists.  They  have  taken  a  purely  perfunctory  view 
of  the  matter,  without  giving  serious  thought  to  the  bodily  discomforts  in- 
flicted upon  innocent  victims  as  an  ultimate  logical  result  of  adoptnig  a  wrong 
theory  of  "official  duties."  They  have  been  more  officious  than  wise,— more 
zealous  than  di.screet.  The  tourists  themselves  have  had  no  voice" in  shapinir 
.ii-.y  sucn  suiCia.ii  poiii,^.  Aii  men  wiio  iiave  pustied  their  bicycles  straight 
through  the  country  for  as  mucl    \s  a  week  seem  to  agree  with  me  in  demand- 


6o2  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

ing  better  food  and  lodging  rather  than  cheaper.  At  least,  no  one  of  them 
has  ever  tried  to  controvert  my  numerous  articles  in  the  cycling  press,  show- 
ing the  deplorable  tendency  of  the  opposite  demand  ;  nor  have  I  ever  found 
an  experienced  tourist  to  express  in  private  any  other  than  a  hostile  opinion 
of  the  picayune  policy  which  misrepresents  him  as  a  poverty-stricken  and 
penurious  person,  humbly  begging  for  a  petty  "  reduction  of  rates."  Kven  in 
England  (where  the  social  conditions  and  inn-keeping  customs  are  so  sharply 
contrasted  fo  our  own  as  to  render  a  "  reduced-rates  plan  "less  obtrusively 
absurd  than  here),  the  results  A.\i  not  entirely  admirable,  as  may  be  judged 
by  this  recent  extract  from  a  London  weekly's  leading  editorial  ( Whediii:-, 
May  5,  '86,  p.  49)  :  "  We  object  to  the  greater  number  of  C.  T.  C.  hotels,  be- 
cause at  them  the  cyclist  is  regarded  as  a  sort  of  strange,  wild  beast,  to  be 
packed  away  in  a  bed-room,  into  whose  window  the  tile-prowling  cat  can  sing 
the  whole  night  long ;  and  as  a  waif,  to  be  fed  in  a  careless  sort  of  w.-iy,— 
quantify  being  the  only  item  studied  with  reference  to  his  comfort.  That 
such  is  the  rbU  of  many  C.  T.  C.  houses  we  know  from  personal  experience, 
and  it  is  against  such  treatment  that  we  protest."  So  thorough  a  condemna- 
tion from  an  expert  seems  specially  \\°11  calculated  to  show  the  wisdom  of 
what  was  sajd,  after  English  experiences  of  five  years  ago,  by  the  League 
consul  for  Boston,  in  the  e;:rliest-published  report  ever  addressed  to  that  body 
concerning  the  hotel  question.     His  words  were  substantially  as  follows: 

"  Having  seen  repeatedly,  since  my  return  from  England,  how  much  fault  has  been  lately 
found  with  the  B.  T.  C.  method,  the  more  I  have  thought  of  the  matter  the  more  firmly  I  have 
become  fixed  in  the  belief  that  any  reduction  should  be  made  a  secondary  consideration  in  the 
appointment  of  hotels.  What  we  want  is  goodiooA  and  beds,  at  a  fair  rate.  The  main  thin- 
is  to  have  in  each  town  and  village  some  place  where  suitable  refreshment  can  be  secured.  I 
should  recommend  that  consuls  in  small  places  select  the  best,  regardless  of  any  reduction.  k\. 
present,  the  tourist  is  ignorant  as  to  which  is  'the  best,'  in  towns  where  two  or  more  hotels 
exist,  and  ignorant  also  as  to  towns  where  any  sort  of  entertainment  may  be  had.  The  accom- 
modations in  our  average  country  hotels  are  so  poor  that  the  proprietors  should  understand  th.it 
it  will  be  for  their  advantage  to  make  an  extra  effort  in  their  treatment  of  bicyclers;  that  they 
want  good  fare  and  good  attendance,  for  which  they  are  willing  to  pay." 

The  d.ite  of  these  remarks  was  Oct.  20,  'Si,  and  they  were  signed  by  J.  S.  Dean,  now 
editor  of  the  Hi.  World.  They  were  printed,  with  the  rest  of  his  report,  in  that  paper  of  Xuv. 
4,  and  they  so  commended  themselves  to  my  approval  that  I  at  once  offered  congratulations, 
saying  (9.  ".,  Nov.  25,  '81,  p.  28)  ;  "  Yes,  indeed  !  What  the  touring  wheelman  wants  of  the 
country  t?vern-keeper  is  not  a  '  reduction  of  rates,'  but  an  increase  of  comforts.  The  League 
ought  to  issue  a  list  of  the  hotels  known  to  be  '  the  best '  in  the  smaller  towns  visited  by  bicy- 
clers, and  the  proprietors  thereof  should  be  made  to  pledge  themselves,  in  return  for  the  adver- 
tisement thus  given  them,  to  provide  'the  best'  in  their  power  for  the  acconinio<iation  of 
wheelmen.  They  should  be  made  to  understand  that  these  persons  have  a  hkiiig  for  bath- 
rooms, or,  in  lack  of  thern,  large  wash-bowls  and  pitchers  and  plenty  of  towels  ;  that  they  often 
want  their  damp  clothes  dried,  or  their  dirty  clothes  washed,  in  very  short  order  ;  th.it  thrv 
prefer  to  sleep  in  large  and  quiet  rooms,  to  which  the  air  and  sunlight  have  ready  access;  that 
they  can  all^appreciite  good  food  ;  and  that  most  of.  them  consider  good  milk  the  best  drink 
wherewith  to  satisfy  their  raging  thirst.  If  inn-keepers  could  be  convinced  that  the  attraction 
and  retention  of  wheelmen's  patronage  Hepenrjed  upon  n'-'ins  attentir^n  in  •hir.cr.  ,nf  thi';  '.^.^r^. 
they  would  soon  get  into  the  way  of  providing  better  accommodations  than  are  now  usually 


THE  HOTEL  QUESTION. 


603 


met  with.  If  'reduction  of  rates'  is  sought  for  at  all,  it  should  be  only  in  the  lar^e  cities, 
where  'an  increase  of  comfort:  '  is  not  a  crying  want.  Were  the  League  thus  to  be  the  means 
c.f  raising  the  grade  (rather  than  lowering  the  price)  of  a  series  of  country  hotels,  ii  would  per- 
furm  for  the  general  public  a  not  insignificant  service." 

Those  words  were  written  while  I  was  still  smarting  under  the  recent  memory  of  the  "  125 
bites  "  which  the  bed-bugs  had  out  of  me  during  a  single  night  in  Maryland  (see  p.  23.^) ;  and  I 
also  recall  with  some  bitterness  that,  on  the  sole  occasion  of  my  allowing  the  advice  of  a  local 
cyder  to  tempt  me  into  patronizing  •' the  League  hotel,"  despite  my  usual  rule  of  patronizing 
•  the  highest  priced,"  I  was  again  bitten,  as  well  as  badly  fed.  This  proper  punishment  of 
folly  perhaps  helped  inspire  the  warning  against  "reductions"  which  I  printed  -  few  weeks 
later,  as  a  preface  to  my  "  circular  to  hotel-keepers  "  {Sfiringfield  Wheelmen's  Gazette,  Aug.. 
■S4,  p.  51),  and  from  which  I  extract  the  followir.-  .  "Additional  experience  of  hotel  horrors! 
'  in  24  difft  ent  States  and  Provinces,'  has  only  confiimed  my  belief  that  what  the  country 
towns  ne-d  is  better  hotels— not  cheaper  ones.  The  curse  of  Canadian  touring  is  the  difficulty 
of  finding  a  tavern  which  charges  more  than  ji  a  day.  The  accommodations  offered  there  for 
that  price  are  sometimes  as  good  as  one  gets  in  the  United  States  for  $2,— while  on  the  other 
li,ind,  the  last-named  rate  often  ensures  here  (as  it  always  does  in  Canada)  a  thoroughly  com- 
forlable  treatment.  It  is  the  standard  daily  price  all  over  the  Union,— outside  the  large  cities,— 
and  is  usually  assigned  equally  to  the  four  items,  lodging,  breakfast,  dinner  and  su|.per.  What 
sensible  traveler  will  pretend  that  a  single  one  of  these,  if  x^^Wy  good,  can  be  profitablv  supplied 
by  a  hotel-keeper  for  less  than  50  c.  ?  Some  very  bad  meals  and  rooms  are  supi)lied  at  that 
rate  by  many  hotels,  and  these  are  naturally  the  ones  which  will  consent  to  a  pitiful  '  reduc- 
tion,' of  five  or  ten  cents  on  an  item,  '  to  League  me«.'  Believing  this,  I  take  special  pains  to 
avoid  all  places  where  'reductions'  are  announced;  and  no  traveler  of  experience  needs  any 
assertion  -f  mine  as  to  the  wisdom  and  economy  of  doing  so.  '  The  best  is  always  the 
cheapest  :'  that  is  the  simple  rule  for  transient  patrons  of  hotels  to  follow.  Were  they  planning 
to  stay  a  week  or  a  month  at  a  place,  they  might  contrive  to  save  money  by  choosing  a  second- 
r.ue  hotel ;  but  for  a  single  meal  or  lodging  they  will  save  money,  as  well  as  their  self-respect, 
by  patronizing  the  best.'  Let  the  League,  therefore,  lend  its  influence  not  to  the  breaking 
down  of  rates,  which  are  already  too  low,  but  to  the  building  up  of  the  standard  of  the  poorest 
of  the  two-dollar  houses  to  the  very  creditable  level  now  held  by  the  best  of  them.  The  price 
is  really  a  fixed  quantity,  and  any  appearance  of  '  cutting  under '  simply  ensures  to  the  assumed 
beneficiary  the  poorest  accommodations  which  the  hotel-keeper  can  palm  off  upon  him.  If  it 
is  known  that  the  '  League  hotel  '  is  always  designed  to  be  the  '  best '  one  in  its  locality,  its 
owner  will  have  a  motive  for  keeping  it  up  to  the  standard  ;  and  he  will  welcome  touring  wheel- 
men to  enjoy  its  choicest  comforts,  as  being  a  class  of  patrons  who  expect  to  have  good  things 
and  to  pay  the  full  price  for  them.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  picayune  policy  of  seeking  'spe- 
cial rates'  be  persisted  in  (in  stupid  disregard  of  the  different  conditions  of  hotel-keeping  in 
Ei.gland  and  America),  the  man  who  '  reduces  '  a  50  c.  dinner  to  40  c.  will  take  good  care  that 
he  reduces  the  cost  of  it  to  h.ilf  that,  and  he  will  despise  the  cycler  besides." 

"The  methods  of  the  C.  T.  C.  and  L.  A.  W.,  in  the  direction  of  hotel  appointments,  are, 
to  our  mind,  all  wrong.  Reduction  in  rates  too  often  carries  with  it  reduction  in  fare.  We 
hope  to  see  the  time  whe.i,  through  the  influence  of  these  two  societies,  wheelmen  (paying 
regular  rates)  will  get  increased  attention  and  special  privileges."  So  said  the  editor  of  the 
Bi.  iror/riiJan.  2,  '85,  p.  138),  in  his  review  of  the  previous  year's  wheeling  proi^res- :  .  1  he 
reprinted  the  words  (Jan.  16,  p.  171),  in  response  to  my  cry  that  "  the  only  effective  way  for  an 
intelligent  minority  to  drive  the  stupid  majority  over  to  the  side  of  reason  and  commiin-sense 
i>  to  keep  pounding  away  at  them  everlastingly  with  the  sledge-hammer  of  tnith."  I  added; 
"Let  me  say  to  those  non-touring  wheelmen  who  mi.stakenly  suppose  that  anything  is  really 
gained  by  a  pretended  'reduction  of  rates,'  There  is  no  such  thing  in  this  world  as  'eating 
your  cake  and  having  it  too  ' ;  and  any  apparent  reduction  of  10  or  20  per  cent.,  which  a  hotel- 
Kccper  li.ay  rnak.^  Imm  ioauiuinary  piiees,  means  a  real  reduction  by  him  of  twice  as  great  a 
percentage  in  the  accommodations  which  he  supplies  for  the  money.     By  the  b'.er  memories  of 


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6o4  TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


many  bed-bug  bites,  I  warn  every  tourist  to  patroniie  the  highest-priced  hotels  within  his  reach 
and  to  shun,  as  he  would  shun  a  pestilence,  those  hostelries  which  announce  a  'reduction  ,,( 
rites.' "    A  fortnight  later  (A  W.,  Jan.  30,  '85)  1  again  plied  the  sledge-hammer,  thus  :  "  s, 
long  as  '  champagne  '  continues  preferable  to  'cider,'  so  long  as  clean  and  costly  thmgs  coi,' 
tinue  preferable  to  cheap  and  nasty  ones,  the  trader  who  enters  the  markets  of  the  world  witna 
really  good  article,  will  dutse'il  the  '  Cheap  John,'  every  time.     Nothin-,'  is  cheap  which  .i  m.ui 
d<xs  n't  want ;  and  certainly  no  touring  wheelman  wants  a  mouldy  bed  in  an  ill-ventilated  ruimi' 
as  a  resting-place  after  a  hard  day's  ride.     The  ultimate  logical  result  of  '  reduced  hotel  rate.  • 
is,  necessarily  and  inevitably,  that  the  assumed  beneficiaries  thereof  are   forced  to  accept  '  the 
leavings  '  of  those  who  pay  the  regulation  price.     Witness  the  sarcastic  remark  of  the  U'lued 
editor  concerning  his  sad  experience  of  last   September  :  '  We   noticed  the  great  advantage  c.J 
"League  rates"    at   the   recent    Albany  meet,  where  some  of  the  wheelmen   were  carcfulK 
stowed  under  the  roof,  at  a  saving  of  50  c.  a  day.'     Likewise    take   the   testimony  of  a  recent 
traveler  in  England  :  '  I  went  to  several  C,  T.  C.  hotels,  but  found  them  to  be  uncomfortable, 
and  in  many  cases  third-class.     I  was  obliged  to  go  elsewhere.     I  found  that  a  C.  T.  C.  tai!,.r 
who  made  me  a   uniform  h.i.l  one  price  for  a  C.  T.  C.  man    and  another  price  for  him  «h,i 
wished  a  well-made  suit  '     All  this  merely  illustrates  the  venerable  truth  tliat  there's  no  such 
thing  as  getting  any  really  valuable  service  in    this  world  without  pay:.,g  a  good  price  for  ii. 
The   fallacy  of  supposing   that  by  some   trick   or    '  arrangement  '  something   can  be  got  '  f(,r 
nothin','  is  very  dear  to  the  human   heart,  especially  to  the  youthful   human   heart ;  but  it  is 
absolutely  a  fallacy.     Yet  an  editorial  supporter  of  the  League's  ostensible  policy  asks  :  '  What 
does  the  B.  Z^'.   refer  to  when   it  speaks  of  "increased  attention  and  .special  privileges '' ?     Is 
it  not  dealing  in  glittering  gener.ilities  ?   "if  not,  we  would  be  glad  to  know  it.     Good,  first-class 
food  ;  good,  accessible,  and  well-furnished  rooms,  and  polite   and  prompt  service  is  all  that  any 
visitor  at  a  public  hostelry  can  ask.     What  more  does  a  wheelman  need,  save  safe  stonse  ii\ 
his  wheel  ?'    To  this  I  reply  :  '  The  wheelman  certainly  needs  nothing  more,  and  he  can  cn- 
sider  himself  wonderfully  fortunate  if  he  gets  as  much.     My  own  experience  is  (and  it  reprt- 
sents  hundreds  of  miles  traveled  in  every  year  since   1S60,  and  thousands  of  miles  in  several  of 
those   years)  that  "good,   first-class   food"   can    rarely  be   obtained;  that  "good,  acces.sible 
rooms"  can  raiely  be  obtained;  that  "polite   and  prompt   service "  can   rarely  be   obtained. 
The  chances  are  always  against  a  traveler's  getting  these"  things,  even  when  he  pays  full  price; 
and  I  protest  that  it  is  absurd  to  diminish  or  destroy  those   chances  by  any  talk  about  "  rediii^ 
ticm  of  rates."     There  is  no  "  glitterin-  generality"  in  the  demand  for  "increased  attention 
and  special  privileges  "  as  a  reward  for  the  League's  recommendation  of  a   given  hotel  to  the 
patronage  of  wheelmen.     On  the  c-^ntrary,  it  is  a  specific  and  exact  demand.     It  me.ms  th.it 
the  landlord  should  favor  this  particular  sort  of  guest  with  a  choice  room,  where  he  will  not  be 
kept  awake  by  the  trains  or  by  the  rattling  of  dishes  in  an  adjacent   kitchen  or  dining-hall ;  it 
means  that  the  landlord  should  provide  a   late  siip|ier  or  early  breakfast  for  him  with.uit  grum- 
bling ;  it  means  that  wet  clothes  =hou  d  be  dried  and  dirty  clothes  should  be  washed  quickly 
and  cheerfully  ;  it  means  that  there  should  be  an  abundance  of  water  and   towels ;  it  means,  iii 
short,  just  those  "increased  attentions  and  special  privileges  "  which  constitute   the  difference 
between  comfort  and  wretchedness.' 

"  There  are  certain  classes  of  people  whom  landlords  always  try  to  please  and  pl.icate  by 
offering  them  the  '  the  best '  ;  and  there  are  other  classes  whose  patronage  they  ai  j.id  to  get 
by  offering  them  the  worst  at  'reduced  rates.'  As  an  individual,  I  insist  on  getting  myself 
included  among  the  former;  and,  in  so  far  as  the  policy  )f  '  L.  A.  W.'  or  '  C.  T.  C'  tends  1.. 
make  the  hoiel-kecpers  look  contemptuously  upon  all  wheelmen  as  a  low-priced  crowd,  fir 
whom  '  the  leavings'  are  quite  good  enough,  I  cry  out  against  it  as  a  personal  aflfront.  I  will 
never  knowingly  patronize  a  hotel  of  '  reduced  rates  to  wheelmen,' except  under  compuls.m 
The  very  fact  of  consenting  to  offer  such  rates  shows  that  the  landlord  thinks  their  p.iironaue 
of  a  trivial  and  undesirable  sort.  Most  of  them,  so  far  as  my  fjbservatlnn  .qoes.  ar,.  Ii,r;i.u<l  1., 
look  Jipon  all  the  red-tape  formalities  of  '  official  appointment  '  as  so  much  fol-de-rol  ami 
child's  play,  which  they  submit  to  because  it  costs  them  nothing,  but  not  because  they  have  an> 


THE  HOTEL  QUESTION. 


605 


sr-Mt  faith  m  .is  attracting  customers  to  their  houses.  I  say  'costs  them  nothing,'  because 
.h,-,r  promise  of  '  reduced  rates  '  implies  the  intention  to  reduce  he  accommodations  propor- 
tim.ately,  in  case  any  victims  are  drawn  ii  by  such  promise.  When  asked  to  make  a  definite 
H.ulay  for  attracting  patronage  (even  so  small  an  outlay  as  #,,  to  ensure  the  presence  in  ,h-ir 
-ffices  of  'the  great  American  road-book,  club-directory  and  hotel-guide,'  for  the  convenience  of 
t.H.nng  wheelmen,  and  for  the  world-wide  advertisement  of  their  own  hostelties),  they  are  so  slow 
and  .-eluctant  about  it  as  to  prove  their  general  scepticism  on  the  subject  of  wheeling"  The  diffi- 
HMies  of  overcoming  this  scepticism  were  detailed  m  a  four-column  article  of  mine  (;r>l,r/ 
n...  26,  84),  showing  that  most  of  the  SS  hotels  then  enrolled  as  supporters  of  my  scheme  had 
he.,,  won  to  It  by  the  verbal  persuasion  of  local  subscribers.  Only  .0  responses  came  ,0  me 
f'  -m  90  hotels  to  which  1  addressed  sealed  hectograph  letters,  reminding  each  proprietor  of  the 
.x,.ct  date  when  I  registered  at  his  house,  while  touring  on  a  bicycle,  and  asking  him  to  fairlv  con- 
•.:.ler  the  argument  of  my  printed  "  hotel  circular,"  As  originally  published,  in  the  Spyi„gfield 
■..elmensGazftte,M,d  freely  mailed  by  the  editor  thereof  to  the  61S  leading  hoiels  with 
hose  names  I  suppUed  him,  the  circular  brought  "  just  one  "  response  !  A  trio  of  exception- 
aJy  intelligent  and  goml-natured  landlords,  whom  I  severally  met  ^.hile  touring  in  Pennsvl- 
vama,  New  York  and  Connecticut,  and  persuaded  to  take  the  book,  told  me  they'did'so 
Lecause  they  believed  its  road-reports  might  be  worth  a  dollar  to  them,  and  not  because  of  my 
argument  that  the  advertisement  implied  in  the  book's  triple  mention  of  hotel's  name  would  be 
nf  value.  They  professed  an  entire  disbelief  as  to  the  existence  of  any  bicycling  traffic  worth 
m.ikmg  a  bid  for.  Now,  if  such  men  cherish  this  mistaken  idea  of  the  case,  and  attach  no 
l.usiness  importance  to  so  tangible  a  thing  as  an  advertisement  in  a  book  with  a  guaranteed  cir- 
niiation  of  5000  copies,  what  value  would  they  be  likely  to  put  on  so  shadowy  and  remote  a 
iliiii;,'  as  "  official  recommendation  of  the  L.  A.  VV."  or  C.  T.  C.  ? 

I  answer  this  by  again  reiterating  the  truth  that  their  willingness  to  "  offer  reduced  rates  to 
;lie  League"  will  always  be  in  exact  proportion  to  their  contempt  for  the  League  If  that 
"-^anuation  wishes  to  convince  the  landlords  of  its  respectability  and  practical  importance,  the 
vt,y  hrst  step  must  be  in  the  line  of  proving  that  the  people  whom  it  represents  demand  the 
best  attainable  treatment,  and  are  willing  to  pay  the  highest  price  for  it.  The  age  of  the  vast 
m,.jnntyof  American  cyclers  ranges  between  20  and  35  years;  and  they  are  not  only  young 
ni'-n.  but,  from  the  nature  of  things,  they  are  active  and  enterprising  men  ;  they  are  men  who 
travel  (by  train  and  boat,  as  a  matter  of  business,  as  well  as  by  bicycle  as  a  matter  of  pleasure) 
a.id  whose  family  friends  and  connections  also  travel ;  they  are  me,  .vho,  if  not  wealthy  are  as 
1  d.iss  distinctively  well-to-<Io  ;  and,  as  such,  they  not  only  spend  money  themselv 's,  but  they 
.ire  mlluential  in  shaping  the  direction  in  which  their  mimerous  acquaintance-,  spend  money. 
In  .1  word,  they  are  a  se  of  people  whose  patronage  and  good-will  are  specially  worth  securing 
liv  the  hotel-keeper.  If  the  League  can  convince  the  latter  of  this  truth,  and  also  <.f  its  own 
|'.>«,-r  to  divert  tliat  patronage  and  good-will  towards  the  hotels  which  make  a  bid  for  it  by 
■  ifirinc;  the  highest  standard  of  comfort,  it  will  fimlly  f„rce  them  to  reco-uize  its  recommend,!- 
tinn  as  worthy  of  real  respect.     For  a  certificate,  -  hung  in   the    hotel-offices,  I  should  sue- 

2est  some  such  formula  as  the  following  :  "  The  .  ,ue  of  American  Wheelmen  recommends 
iliis  hotel  to  the  patrona-c  of  all  tourists  by  wheel.  The  consid -ntion  offered  by  the  owner  is 
1  willingness  to  help  ensure  the  comfort  of  such  tourists  by  certain  special  attentions  not  needed 
t  ir  travelers  by  rail.  Any  wheelman  who  may  be  denied  these  advantages  (such  as  the  serving 
"1  nieals  e.^riier  or  later  than  regular  hours,  the  prompt  drying  of  clothes,  the  convenient  storage 
•>f  machine,  the  assignment  to  a  quiet  and  well-ventilated  sleeping-room),  or  wl.o  may  suffer 
incvihty  or  neglect,  at  this  hotel,  is  requested  to  write  a  definite  statement  of  his  grievances  to 
il'e  Secretary-Editor,  Box  916,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  On  the  other  hand,  every  (me  who  may  be 
■mprossed  with  the  comfortable  and  courteous  treatment  accorded  him  here  should  take  pains 
I"  proclaim  the  fact  among  his  acquaintances,  and  thus  help  give    the  hotel  a  reputation  as  a 

*  "  " '  ""-"-'"-■"''-'  it;i;r:::g  v*'ncc:,i,Cii.      i  Tus  ».t;il(u\,dlt;  is  issued  lo  Brown 

\-  Jones,  proprietors  ol  the  American  House,  May  20,  '86,  and  may  be  withdrawn  at  the 
pleasure  of  the  League."    (Signatures  of  president  and  chief  consul.)    Those  who  are  cu-ious  to 


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TEN  THOUSAXD  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


compare  this  with  the  League's  actual  formula  "  reported  by  the  committee  on  hotel  certificate ' 
and  approved  by  the  board  of  officers  "  may  find  the  same  in  the  Wluelo\  Apr.  ii,  '84.  I  pre- 
sume this  is  still  nominally  in  vogue,  though  I  have  never  been  able  to  discover  a  copy  in  prim 
elsewhere  ;  but  I  should  think  that  a  consul  whu  could  seriously  secV  a  hotel-keeper's  signature 
for  so  trivial  a  document  must  be  a  person  of  great  innocence,  or  -ilse  hau^ihood. 

It  may  be  worth  remembering  that,  as  keepers  of  country  taverns  often  rely  chiefly  for  profit 
upon  sales  at  the  bar  (food  and  lodging  being  supplied  incidentally),  and  as  bicyclers  rarely  pur- 
chase any  firetwater,  a  suggestion  of  "  reduced  rates  "  for  such  abstemious  guests  must  seem 
specially  exasperating  to  them.  The  absurdity  of  the  case  is  intensified  by  the  fact  that  out- 
door exerci.se  tends  to  give  the  touri,st  a  ravenous  appetite.  The  extra  quantity  of  food,  the  extr.i 
labor  of  serving  it  outside  of  regular  hours,  the  extra  trouble,  however  slight,  of  drying  clothes 
and  storing  the  wheel, — these  are  things  which  a  good-natured  landlord  will  concede  with  cheer- 
fulness, though  they  would  justify  him  in  charging  more  than  the  regular  rates  ;  but  what  can  he 
think  of  a  policy  which,  besides  these  concessions,  tries  to  knock  ofl  a  beggarly  five  or  ten  cents 
from  his  regular  half-dollar  charge  ?  The  active  tourist  rarely  stops  "  a  day  "  at  any  one  place  ; 
but  he  often  in  that  time  uses  four  hotels  for  his  breakfast,  dinner,  supper  and  lodging.  .\nv 
one  hotel's  "  reduction  "  therefore  affects  not  a  full  day's  rate,  but  only  a  fractional  part  of  it,— 
and  is  thereby  made  to  appear  all  the  moie  contemptible.  As  regards  myself,  the  one  time  of 
all  others  when  a  consciousness  of  a  hotel-man's  looking  upon  me  with  contempt  has  power  to 
depress  my  spints  is  at  the  end  of  a  long  day's  ride.  Tired  thus,  it  annoys  me  to  think  that 
some  "  League  consul  "  may  have  worried  him  into  the  belief  that  every  bicycle  owner  is  a  fair 
victim  for  "  rqduced  rates,"  Then  is  the  one  time  when  it  cheers  me  to  be  treated  with  some 
show  of  welcome  and  friendliness.  I  like  to  have  the  clerk  act  as  if  he  recognized  the  fairness 
of  rewarding  my  day's  struggle  on  the  road  by  a  prompt  endeavor  to  make  me  comfortable, — In- 
showing  me  to  a  bath-room,  if  there  is  one,  giving  me  a  quiet  chamber,  and  accepting  cheerfuliv 
my  rule  of  "  a  half  hour's  rest  before  supper,"  As  an  ordinary  traveler  by  train,  I  do  not  care 
for  any  special  attentions  of  this  sort.  Anything  that  is  offered  is  "good  enough,"  and  the 
less  said  about  it  the  better.  But  at  the  end  of  a  day's  wheeling,  a  few  pleasant  words  and  a 
manifested  effort  to  be  obliging,  help  take  away  the  sonse  of  weariness.  Examples  of  the  opp.i- 
site  kind  have  been  described  on  pp.  338,  241  ;  and  it  is  for  the  prevention  of  that  sort  of  thing 
that  the  League  should  use  its  influence.  As  regards  food,  likewise,  I  speak  as  an  economist, 
in  denouncing  the  folly  of  "  reduced  rates  " — not  as  an  epicure.  Blessed  with  a  good  digestion, 
I  can  live  on  very  simple  fare,  or  even  abstain  entirely  from  eating  for  many  hours  at  a  stretch, 
without  any  special  discomfort.  It  is  only  when  I  am  "  on  the  road  "  that  the  desire  to  pro. 
cure  the  best  of  food  seems  exalted  to  a  wo.thy  ambition.  The  chance  of  getting  a  "  75  c.  din- 
ner," instead  of  the  usual  "  50  c.  dinner,"  seems  then  worth  riding  many  miles  to  improve. 
The  prospect  of  finding  a  "high-priced  hotel"  seems  as  tempting  then  as  the  mirage  of  an 
oasis  to  a  traveler  in  the  de.sert.     The  severest  economy  seems  then  to  demand  "  the  best." 

The  quasi-adoption  by  the  League  of  a  "  reduced-rates  "  policy,  contrary  to  the  recommen- 
dation of  that  earliest  one  of  its  officers  who  had  given  any  study  to  the  matter,  was  doubtless 
due  in  part  to  the  feelinr;  that  there  was  need  of  having  some  "  tangible  argument  "  to  offer 
candidates  wh.i  hesitated  'bout  paying  membership  fees  merely  as  a  matter  of  sentiment.  In 
these  later  days,  however,  v.li  ••.)  each  member  receives  a  weekly  newspaper  which  would  alone 
cost  more  than  those  fees,  iid  when  members  of  the  older  Divisions  also  freely  receive  maps 
and  road-hooks  similarly  expensive,  the  hotel  question  may  well  be  omitted  from  the  "  money 
argument."  The  wrong  policy  was  also  due  in  part  to  a  confusion  of  ideas, — a  failure  to  dis- 
tinguish sharply  between  city  and  countr\', — a  careless  assumption  that  the  conditions  which  give 
satisfaction  when  a  lot  of  officers  hold  a  committee  me  ing,  or  a  lot  of  club-men  assemble  for  a 
parade,  and  employ  a  grand  hotel  as  their  rendezvous  and  headquarters,  are  identical  with  the 
conditions  which  the  individual  tourist  encounters  when  pushing  his  bicycle  straight  along 
through  the  little  towns  and  villages.  It  it  to  the  defense  of  the  interests  of  this  countrv  tour- 
ist that  I  have  been  careful  to  restrict  my  remarks,  in  condemnation  of  the  "  cheap  and  nasty  " 
system  ;  whereas  such  slight  defense  as  I  have  ever  seen  given  the  system  has  been  in  the  inter- 


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e  ,  0  .he  on,m..t^.m*n  and  clubmen,  who  go  by  train  from  one  big  hostelry  ,0  another,  and 
«l,o  feel  pleased  by  a  pohcy  wh.ch  materially  lessens  their  expenses  at  those  place.  The  error 
.  ,n  assuming  that  such  experience  i  pairs  my  argument  a,  all,  or  is  in  any  wav  analogous  to 
.h.  of  genu,„e  explorer,  of  remote  .oun.ry  highways.  When  some  touring  neophv.e  having 
■Kledadayswheel.ng  from  Providence  or  Worcester  ,0  Boston,  rests  two  days  at' th;  Hotel 
\  e,K  ome,  he  may  perhaps  devote  one  of  them  to  writing  a  letter  ,0  show  that,  ''  as  the  deduc- 
..on  from  h.s  b.ll,  on  account  of  his  League  ticket,  amounted  .0  more  than  t^e  cos,  of  it  and 
■rnpl.ed  no  perceptible  d.mmut.on  tn  comfort,  the  '  reduced-rates  policy  '  is  a  wise  one  "  •    b,.t 

"     ";:!/"'! u"''  '"  ""'  "^°P''y'''^  -^^'  -"'^  drag  him  off  for  a  little  experience  with  the 
straw  beds  and  broken  v.ctuals  of  Podunk  and  Waybackville,  he  would  sing  a  differen    «  ain 
As  restncte    to  t   e  cities'  high-priced  hotels  (those  whose  daily  char,e\  ,5,  or  J.^ even 

M  n  ^     '"      '^t'    .  '        '  """^"^  "'"  '"'■'^'"  *"  •^""'^''^'y  ''^f-'l^d     and     hough   I 
should  ,^0.  approve  of  .t   there  ar.  ^veral  reaso.,s  which   would  deter  me  from  offering  any  vio 

.e„.  protest  agatnst  ...     On  the  one  hand,  a  variety  of  choice  as  regards  lodging-places  and  res- 
...rants  ,s  offered  the  wayfarer  in  every  great  city  ;  and,  on  the  other  hand   the  hi«he  t  pri'e" 
represent  so  broad  a  marg.n  of  profit  and  so  great  a  degree  of  luxury  that  a  reductt,n  in  th  m 
d..s  not  s,gn,fy  loss  to  the  landlord  or  discomfort  ,0  the  beneficiarj-.     E.  g.,  the  very  po<  re^t 
accommodations  wht'ch  would  be  offered  a  "  reduced-rates"  patron  of  an  establishment  like  the 
cKlome  would  probably  be  superior  ,0  the  best  which  can  be  got  a.  any  of  the  ordinary  coin 
.y  hotels.     S  ,1!  further,  there  may  be  manifest  justice  in  arranging  for  reduced  rates  when  a 
.tr^e  party  of  wheelmen  quarter  themselves  upon  a  small  hotel.-inasmuch  as  they  will  inevi- 
tab  y  have  to  subm.t  to  a  loss  of  comfort,  from  the  exhaustion  of  its  resources,  even  though  fu  1 
Pncebe  pa.d.     Thus,  when   a  little  city  like  Springfield  is  invaded  by  several  thousands" 
smngers,  on  an  occaston  I,ke  the  tournament,  no  one  of  them  can  reasonably  ex,  ect  ,0  eet  as 
q.„e,  a  room,  or  as  good  a  variety  of  food,  or  as  prompt  service,  as  when  he  has  the  town  more 
toh.mself.      He  may  nghtly  then  demand  reduced  rates   for   diminished  comforts,  because  his 
con,for,s  wtll  be  d.m.n.shed  anyhow.     The  best  that  the  hotel-keepers  can  do  in  taking  care  ol 
suchacrowdtsof  necessity  much  inferior  to  their  ordinary  ■■best."  and  they  can  make  a  fair 
profit  by  rhargtng  less  than  the.r  ordinary  prices.     Let  no  one  presume  ,0  misrepresent  me 
there  ore.   as  object.ng  to  special  ho.el-ra.es  for  special  occasions.     If  a  party  of  wheelme,; 
wshtobargam  w.th  an   tnn-keeper  for  a  specified  sort  of  supper  or  lodgings  at  a  specifi  d 
pnce  (whether  greater  or  less  than  his  usual  one).  I  say  well  and   good.' I,' is  slmpfv    he' 
ownpnvate  bus„,ess;  and  the   arrangement  of  it  cannot  affect  the  reputation  or  comfort  o 
tnvse.f  or  any  otner  tour.st.     What  I  cry  out  against   is  the   poor  economy  of  trying  to   knock 
7,      ^'::l^^  benefit  of  the  touring  bicycler."  any  ordinary  hotel-rate  which  st.'nds  at  less 
than  $3.        Penny  w,se  and  pound  foolish  "  is  the  only  title  for  such  a  policy.     What  I  in^^  t 
.hu  the  tounng  b.cycler   really  wants  is  the  reputation   of   cheerfully  paving  for  "the  best" 
wh.ch  the  hjghes,  prtced  hotels  can  offer,  and  of  freely  advertising  the  names  of  those  which 
cheerfully  offer  him  "their  best."  c  wmtn 

I  think  it  unfortunate  that  the  cheapest  and  meanest  of  our  countrv  hotels  should  persist  in 
.m.tat.ng  the  h.gher-pnced  ones,  by  clinging  to  the  "  American  system  "  of  offering  a  great  pro- 
.us.nn  and  variety  of  food  .t  a  fixed  rate  per  meal.  I  should  be  much  better  pleased  if  the 
average  bilKof-fare  were  simplified,  by  omitting  half  its  items  and  improving  the  qualitv  of  the  re- 
mainder. But  the  contrast  which  is  presented  by  the  cut-and-dried  '■  English  svstem  "  goire 
to  the  other  extreme  .,f  frugality  and  sameness,  is  not  entirely  admirable;  and  "the  followine 
i..u>.tration  of  it  seems  worth  reprinting  as  a  curiosity  (■'  C.  T.  C.  Hand-book  "  Apr  '86  nn 
35-^?'):    '   J.  Smith,  proprietor  of  the  Bull  Hotel,  hereby  agrees  (,), hat  he  will  at  all  timjsrecdve 

"em  rr  W  "vl  T.  """'""  °'  "'^  '■  ""•  ""  •  "'''="^"  ''■'^■"  "^  f^'^""*^"'-'  -d  -i"  charge 
.hem  a  tariff  wli.ch  shall  in  no  case  exceed  the  following  :     Breakfast  or  tea,  of  eggs,  with  tea 

flee,  c hoco^te  or  cocoa.  „  c.  (or  43  c.  if  ham,  chops,  steak,  cold  joint  or  fish  be  added);  lun! 

eon.  ot  cold  meat,  salad  and  cheese,  CO  c.  :  dinner,  .-.f  =.-.:;-.  .-.r  f.=H   I..:..:   •; 

chee=.,  50  c,  ;  supper,  of  cold  meat  and  salad,  43  c.  ;  .singleUeddedVoom'foront'so'c'rdluble'! 
bed.    ,  room  for  two,  87  c.;  chambermaid's  fee  for  each  member  each  night,  ..  c.  ;  booth's  fee  for 


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TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  BICYCLE. 


each  membtfreach  night,  6  c.  ;  waiter's  fee  for  each  member  each  meal,  6  c.  Stabling  or  warehous- 
ing of  cycles  provided  free  during  the  member's  stay  at  his  lujuse.  (i)  Thp,  he  will  charge  the  vi  .1 
tariff  only  to  the  boni/iiii'  members  of  the  club,  but  they  shall  first  be  required  by  him  to  prixlikc 
their  respective  and  individual  tickets  of  membership  for  the  then  current  year,  and  furihir  th.it  li. 
will  not  accord  or  admit  to  any  privileges,  benefits  or  reduction  derivable  under  this  ,i'.;rrcmeiii 
any  cyclist  or  tourist  who  is  not  a  member  of  the  C.  T.  C.  (3)  That  he  will  at  any  time  sit  a  ul.  i 
room  for  the  holding  of  any  conmiittee  or  council  meeting  (pf  the  club  without  charge.  (4)  Tli.it 
upon  the  termination  of  this  agreement,  he  wiil  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  any  and  everv 
sign,  notice  or  advertisement,  which  may  have  been  exhibited  upin  any  part  of  his  hole!  ir 
premises,  or  in  any  publication,  si'.5nifying  that  his  said  hotel  is  a  he.ulquartersof,  or  in  any  oilur 
way  connected  with,  the  club.  This  agreement  to  be  terminable  only  by  the  giving  of  eillior 
party  to  th'.-  other  one  calendar  month's  notice  in  writing  of  his  or  their  intention  so  to  do." 
Such  is  the  formula  signed  by  the  secretary  of  the  C.  T.  C,  in  certifying  the  appointment  of 
"official  hotels"  in  England  ....d  Ireland.  The  one  used  in  Scotland  is  identical,  except  that 
the  tarifif  is  as  follows  :  "  Tea  or  coffee,  with  eggs,  in  the  morning,  or  plain  tea,  with  eggs,  at 
evening,  37  c.  (or  50  c.  if  ham  or  li>h  be  added  to  either  rcnast) ;  luncheon,  in  the  foreniHin,  nr 
Slipper  at  night,  of  cold-meat,  bread  and  cheese,  37  c.  j  dinner,  pf  soup  or  fish,  joints,  sweets, 
bread  and  cheese,  62  c.  ;  single-bedded  room  for  onj,  50  c.  ;  double-bedded  room  for  two,  S7  c. ; 
attendance  fees  per  night  for  each,  25  c."  The  C.  T.  C.  hotels  in  France  agree  to  a  cIrm]  tr 
tariff,  thus  :  "  Coftee,  tea  or  chocolate,  with  bread  and  butter,  20  c.  ;  tahU  d'libte,  with  wine 
or  cider,  50  c.  for  breakfast  and  60  c.  for  dinner;  b'^d-room,  40  c,  waiter's  fee,  5  c.  ;  chamber- 
maid's fee,  10  c."  "  On  the  continent,  outside  of  I'rance,  it  has  been  found  that  the  charges  in 
the  various  tow^is  and  villages  vary  to  such  a  degree  that  no  advantage  would  attend  the  adop- 
tion of  a  fixed  tariff.  The  figures  exacted  at  the  hotels  recommended  in  the  Hand-book  v.\\\, 
however,  as  a  rule,  be  found  to  be  a  reduction  upon  those  in  force  in  England,  while  the  ac- 
commodation is  such  as  has  commended  itself  ti>  the  majority  of  wheel  tourists.  In  the  Uiiitid 
States,  the  hotels  under  arrangements  with  the  C.  T.  C.  adopt  no  tariff,  but  make  a  reduction  of 
20  per  cent,  from  their  ordinary  prices  upon  production  of  membership  ticket."  (See  pp.  639-41  1 
The  foregoing  statement  shows  that  all  the  C.  T.  C.  hotels  of  Great  Hritain  and  Ireland 
charge  75  c.  for  lodging  (with  attendance  fees),  as  against  50  c.  of  the  usual  $2  hotels  in  this 
country;  and  it  is  a  fair  inference  that  the  three  meals  which  could  be  got  for  the  remaiiiinL; 
#1.25  in  the  former  case  would  be  far  less  satisfactory  than  the  "  breakfast,  dinner  and  sup- 
per" which  could  be  got  for  the  remaining  ;fi.5o  in  the  latter  case.  In  other  words,  after  ail 
the  fuss  and  petty  dickering  imjilied  in  the  quoted  arrangement  for  British  C.  T.  C.  hoiels,  tlif 
patron  thereof  cannot  pretemi  to  get  along  for  less  than  $2  a  day ;  and  the  comforts  ensured 
him  by  that  expenditure  appear  in  most  cases  to  be  much  inferior  to  what  a  man  gets  at  the  b -st 
of  our  own  *,2  country  taverns.  This  again  demonstrates  the  folly  of  trying  to  beat  down  that 
standard  rate.  C.ood  accommodations  cannot  profitably  be  provided  for  less.  What  bicycle  tour- 
ists should  strive  for  is  the  encouragement  of  the  more  poorly-appointed  among  the  ?2  houses  to 
rise  to  the  very  creditable  level  of  the  best  in  that  class.  What  every  really  economical  tourist 
longs  for,  is  a  larger  number  of  country  hotels  of  the  ^2.50  and  ^3  class,  which  will  charge  him 
75  c.  or  $1  for  dinner,  and  give  him  his  money's  worth.  As  I  account  it  unprofitable  for  ilie 
I,.  A.  W.  to  copy  the  "  small  potatoes  "  policy  of  the  C.  T.  C.  in  regard  to  "  reduced  rates,"  ^n 
I  account  it  undignified  in  the  L.  A.  W.  to  copy  the  narrow-mindedness  implied  in  the  C.  T. 
C.'s  endeavor  to  exclude  wheelmen  who  are  non-members  from  such  benefits  as  may  attach  to 
its  negotiations  with  the  inn-keepers.  Rather  should  the  League  try  to  magnify  its  own  impor- 
tance by  assuming  to  have  a  good  degree  of  control  upon  the  inclinations  of  all  cyclers, — in  re- 
spect to  their  patronage  of  certain  hotels,  as  well  as  of  certain  railways  (p.  59?).  It  should  sny 
nothing  to  the  landlords  about  tickets  or  badges,  but  strive  s-mply  to  assure  them,  by  the  issue 
of  a  certificate  such  as  I  have  suggested,  that  every  tourist  who  ccmc-  to  their  houses  with  a 
bicycle  deserves  specially  good  treatment,  and  that  he  will  advertise  the  fact  of  such  treatment 
amon?  all  his  cvclinc  friends,  .^r.  eictreme  ."vnmr.l."  .-.f  --i-V.-t  tt-..-^  1  .-^rirr;-.,--  .-.-.-...rht  i^.-.i  t.-.  .-^.-.  V.^-^  l'.;-:>:; 
offered,  oddly  enough,  by  its  chief  consul  in  the  great  gold-bearing  State  which  is  specially  cred- 


THE  HOTEL  QUESTION. 


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ited  with  faTonng  largr  and  liberal  idea-,  about  money  matters ;  for  he  announced  in  the  IngUsiJs 
(June  16, '86.  p.  , .),"  official  organ  of  the  California  Divi.ion,"  that  he  had  sent  to  each  appointed 

hotel  a  copy  of  the  following  letter  :  "  ()n  the  recommendation  of  ,  your  hotel  ha>  been  ap. 

pomted  the  League  Hotel  for ,  at  rate,  a.  agreed  upon,  viz   :  You  are  not  expected  to  give  th. 

benefit  of  favorable  rates  and  accommodations  to  wheelmen  *ho  are  not  members  of  the 
League,  and  unless  they  are  personally  known  to  you  as  such,  you  must  require  them  to  prov, 
.he>r  nght  to  claim  League  benefits,  by  producing  the  printed  membership  ticket,  which  every 
League  member  has.  GraKting  equal  rights  and  priviUgt,  to  ivluflmen  who  an  not  Loagnt 
member,  wUl  be  consuUred  sufficient  cause  /or  revoking  thU  appointment.  This  action  is 
rendered  necessary,  by  the  fact  tl«t  there  are  wheelmen  perfectly  willing  to  avail  themselves  of 
the  adva..tages  secureH  by  our  organization,  without,  however,  .eing  possessed  of  sufficient 
.nanlmess   o  jom  m  :  ,p„rt  and  advancement.     Please  post  this  in  a  conspicuous  place  for 

your  own  conven.em  ..d  our  protection."  If  any  California  tavern-keeper  really  has  so  little 
respect  for  himself,  and  such  unmitigated  contempt  for  wheelmen,  as  to  consent  to  a  manifesto 
of  this  sort,  an  unusual  frigidity  and  staleness  may  be  assumed  to  characterize  the  cold  victuals 
and  other  leavings  which  he  doles  out  to  "  League  members,"  and  the  bed-rooms  to  which  he  as- 
signs them  must  be  unusually  dirty  and  ill-ventilated.  Such  a  certificate  is  useful  to  the  intelli- 
gent tourist  only  as  a  danger  signal,  like  the  yellow  flag  of  small-pox  or  cholera,  telling  him 
the  places  to  avoid.  Its  promulgation  in  Califomi;;  seems  to  show  that  the  silly  formula  already 
noted  as  recommended  to  the  League  in  April,  '84,  by  its  "  committee  on  hotel  certificate."  has 
never  come  into  general  use. 

Whether  or  not  the  executive  officers  of  the  League  shall  repudiate  this  and  the  California 
plan  for  my  own  straightforward  one,  the  duty  is  incumbent  upon  every  consul  and  every  tour- 
ist, who  believes  as  I  do,  to  recommend  all  hotels  which  are  known  to  him  as  honoring  bicyclers 
by  the  offer  of  their  best  accommodations,  instead  cf  humiliating  them  by  the  infliction  of  "  re- 
duced rates."  Though  a  few  of  the  latter  sort  are  included  in  the  following  list  of  towns  whose 
hotels  have  subicribed  for  my  book,  I  trust  that  a  perusal  of  these  remarks  may  persuade  their 
proprietors  into  a  prompt  change  of  policy  ;  since  it  is  my  earnest  wish  that  the  list  shall  have 
distinctive  value  as  a  directory  to  those  hotels  where  the  touring  wheelman  can  always  be  sure 
of  a  welcome  to  indulgence  in  "  the  best "  : 


Academy,  Pa.,  Gen.  Wayne. 
Akron,  O.,  Sumner. 
Allentown,  Pa.,  American. 
Altoona,  Vi..,  Logan. 
Annapolis,    N.  S.,  Dominion. 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Cook. 
Ardmore,  Pa.,  Ardmore. 
Ardmore,  Pa.,  Red  Lion. 
Augusta,  Ky.,  Taylor. 
Augusta,  Me.,  Augusta. 
Aurora,  III,,  Evans. 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Rennert. 
Bardstown,  Ky.,  Central. 
Bedford,  Pa.,  Bedford. 
Bdis^  City,  Id.,  Overland. 
Bordentown,  N.  J.,  Washing- 
ion. 
Boston,  Ms.,  International. 
Boston,  Ms.,  Vendome. 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  Brooks. 
Brookline,  Ms.,  Hawthorne. 
Brownsville,  Pa.,  Bar. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Gene^;. 

3» 


Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Ti/t. 
Calais,  Me.,  American. 
Caldwell,  N.  J.,  Caldwell 
Caldwell,  N.  Y.,  Lake. 
Canton,  O.,  Barnett. 
Cave    City,    Ky.,    Mammoth 

Cave. 
Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  Stanton. 
Chambersburg,  Pa.,  National. 
Chatham,  N.  Y.,  Stamvix. 
Cheshire,  Ct.,  Wallace. 
Cheyenne, Wyo.,  Inter-Ocean. 
Clearfield,  Pa. ,  Leonard. 
Clearfield,  Pa.,  Windsor. 
Columbia,  Pa.,  Franklin. 
Constantinople,  Turkey, 

Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Corftwall-on-Hudson,   N.    Y., 

Elmer. 
Corry,  Pa..  St.  James. 
Curwinsville,  Pa.,  nraucker. 
Curvrinsville,  Pa.,  Park. 
Defiance,  O.,  Crody. 


Devon,  Pa.,  Devon. 

Kaston,  Pa.,  UniUd States. 

Elyria,  O.,  Beebe. 
Garrison's,  N.  Y.,  Highland. 
Gettysburg,  Pa  ,  Eagle. 
Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  RockweU. 
Gloucester,  Masr.,  Belmont. 
Grand  Forks,  Dak.,  Griggs. 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  Mansion. 
Greenwich,  Ct. ,  Lenox. 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  Baldwist. 
Hailey,  Id.,  Hailey. 
Hailey,  Id.,  Merchants'. 
Halifax,  N.  S.,   Halifax. 
Hamilton,  Ber.,  Hamilton. 
Hartford,  Ct.,  MerrUTs. 
Hawley,  Pa.,  Keystone. 
Henderson,  Ky.,  Barrett. 
Highland  Mills,  N.  Y.,  HigK. 

land  MiUs. 
Ho'voke.  Ms..  Witt.'issr 
Howard  Lake,  Mi      "Windsor. 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  WortK. 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Indiana,  Pa.,  Amtrican. 
Indianapulii,  \x\A.,  Battt. 
Indianapolii,  Iiid.,  English. 
Jamestown,  N.  V.,  Shtrman. 
Kinderltook,  N .  Y.  ,KiHcUrh'k. 
Kingtion,  Onl.,  h'lntfsor. 
Lake  (Jeorge,  NY.,  La**. 
Latrobe,  Pu.,  Parker. 
I^cbanon,  Ky.,  Norrit. 
Lee,  Mast.,  Morgan. 
Lehighton,  Pa.,  Exchangi. 
Lubec,  Me.,  Cobscock. 
Meridtn,  Ct.,  iVinthrop. 
Montgomery,   Al\  ,  Windsor. 
Morristown,  N.  J.,  MaMsion. 
Morristown,  N.  J.,  Park. 
My  -stown.  Pa.,  Baney. 
Na      \\  Bridge,  Va.,  Fortst. 
Newark,  N.  J.,  Continental. 
Vev»buTf,N. v.,  l/t''' estates. 
New  London,  Ct.,  Crocker. 
New  Vork, Carntansvi/.  Fork. 
New  York,  Grand  Union. 
Niagara  Falls,  Cataract. 
'Niagara  Falls,  International. 
Northampton,  Ms.,  Mansion. 
Orange,  N.  J.,  M.xnsion. 
Penfield,  Pa.,  PenfitU. 
Philadelphia,  t'a.,  ColoinneU. 


Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Lafayette.    I  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  Ensign 
Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  Amis.  \  Strasburg,  Va.,  Chalybeate. 

Port    Jervis,    N.  Y.,    Ctaren-  i  Suffern,  N.  Y.,  Eureka. 


daman  and  Delaware. 
Portland,  Me  ,  PrtbU. 
Portland,  Or. ,  HoUon. 
Portsmouth,    N.    H.,    Kear- 

sarge. 
Princeton,  Ms.,  H^achusett. 
Punxsutawney,  Pa.,iV.  Elmo. 
Rochester,  N.  H.,  Dodge's. 
Rutland,  Vt.,  Bardwell. 
St.  Cloud,  Minn.,  GrandCen- 

tral. 
St.  George's,  Ber.,  Globe  and 

St.  George's. 
indhurst,  Wcx.,  Niagara. 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  Carley. 
Schuylerville,   N.  Y.,  Schuy- 

lerville. 
Scranton,  Pa.,  Forest. 
Shepherdst'wn,W.Va.,£>«//>r 
Silver  C.celc,  N.  Y.,  Main  St. 
Soloi,  Me.,  Maynard. 
Son-.erville,  N.  J.,  County. 
Springfield,  III.,  Revere. 
Stamford,  Ct.,  Stamford. 
Stamford,  Ct.,  Depot  Rest. 


Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  V'inc'-~t. 
Titusville,  Pa.,  Bnnnvi.k 
Towanda,  Pa.,  H'arJ. 
Trenton,  N.  J.,   Trenton 
Uniontown,    V».,  MiClei7,ind 
Ulica,  N.  Y  ,  Bagg's 
Vicksburg,  Mis.,  U'mhinglon 
Warrenton,  Va.,  t^'ar.  (irren. 
VVishington,  U  C. ,  H-'itlard's. 
Washington,  N.  J.,  St.  Sloud 
Waterville,  Me.,  ElmuvoJ. 
Waynesboro,  Pa.,  National. 
Waynesburg,  Pa.,  Downey. 
Wellsboro,  Pa.,  Colee. 
Westboro,  Ms.,  H''estioro 
West  Orange,  N .    J . ,  Llnvel- 

lyn  Park. 
West  Point,  Ga.,  Clark. 
W.  Randolph,  VL.^rrf /./en. 
Wheeling,  W   Va.,  New  Mc- 

dure. 
Williamstown,  Ms.,  Mansion. 
Windsor,  N.  S.,  Victoria. 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Getty. 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  .Mansion. 
York,  Pa.,  Washington. 


Staunton,  Va.,  Virginia. 
Ten  times  as  many  tciwns  as  are  named  above  might  well  keep  this  book  on  file  in  their  chief 
hotels  ;  and  the  size  of  the  supplementary  list  of  such,  which  I  hope  to  print  in  the  second  and  later 
editions,  will  depend  largely  upon  the  disposition  of  my  subscrii'>ers  t(  exhibit  the  volume  to 
the  landlords  of  their  respective  loctlities  and  persuade  them  to  buy  it.  For  the  use  of  volun- 
teer agents  of  this  sort,  I  reprint  the  following  plea  for  it  as  a  valuable  piece  of  "  hotel  litera- 
ture," entirely  independent  of  its  power  to  attract  the  special  patronage  of  wheelmen  (Spr.  Wh. 
Gat.,  Aug.,  '84,  p.  52)  :  "  Its  descriptions  of  roads  will  be  of  service  to  riders  and  drivers  of 
horses  and  wagons  as  well  as  to  bicyclers ;  the  appearance  of  the  book  will  be  ouite  as  orna- 
mental as  that  of  the  '  city  directory,'  and  the  '  railroad  and  steamboat  guides,'  which  it  will  lie 
among ;  and  the  novelty  of  its  title  will  compel  the  perusal  of  it  in  preference  to  them,  by  trav- 
elers who  are  engaged  in  killing  time.  Some  of  these,  noticing  the  book's  list  of  hotels,  will 
naturally  be  attracted  to  make  trial  of  one  or  another  of  those  mentioned  there.  Hence,  it  is 
lor  the  interest  of  each  hotel  which  has  the  book  that  the  hotels  of  as  many  other  towns  as  pos- 
sible should  have  it ;  for  the  copies  thus  placed  will  be  consulted  by  a  much  larger  number  of 
people  than  those  which  are  privately  held.  It  is  for  the  interest  of  each  private  owner,  who 
may  be  tempted  to  do  any  touring,  that  the  book  should  be  thus  kept  publicly  accessible  to  liim 
in  as  many  towns  as  possible,  in  order  that  its  information  as  to  roads,  hotels  and  clubs  should 
always  be  at  his  command,  without  the  need  of  dragging  about  the  heavy  volume  itself.  It  is 
for  my  own  private  interest,  as  calculated  to  assist  the  sal«  of  the  book,  that  a  very  large  hotel 
list  should  add  to  its  value  in  the  eyes  of  purchasers,  by  giving  ther-  a  knowledge  of  as  many 
places  as  possible  to  which  baggage,  letters  and  telegrams  may  sifely  be  sent,  in  advance  of 
their  own  arrival.  Still  further,  though  it  is  conceivable  that  some  tourists  might  be  deterred 
from  purchasing  the  book  by  a  knowledge  that  they  couid  consult  it  '  ior  iiuiimis '  it  even' 
hotel  on  their  route,  the  mere  presence  of  the  book  in  all  these  public  resoru  could  not  fail  t-j 


THE  HOTEL  QUESTION. 


6ii 


Kcure  for  it  *  great  many  private  purchaaere. "  Indeed,  aa  I  do  not  intend  making  aaJet  through 
the  bookstores,  this  exhibition  of  it  in  the  hotel  officea  may  probably  be  my  chief  means  of  catch- 
ing the  eye  of  the  non<ycling  public.  Those  friends  of  my  scheme,  therefore,  who  may  think 
the  book  a  crediuble  representative  of  the  sport,— and  likely  to  impress  iu  respecubility  upon 
outsiders,  if  not  also  to  make  converts  of  them,— may  manifest  their  friendliness  most  acceptably 
by  doing  missionary  work  among  the  local  iiin-keepera.  That  class  of  men  are  not  apt  to  pay 
much  heed  to  circulars,  or  spe  imen  chapters,  or  written  appeals  which  come  to  them  through 
the  mails  ;  but  if  a  personal  ac.uaintance  actually  exhibits  the  volume,  and  explains  the  amount 
ol  advertising  which  its  purchase  incidentally  ensures,  they  will  listen  to  him  civilly  and  yield  to 
the  force  oi  his  argument.  In  buying  this  book,  each  one  of  them  gives  a  practical  token,  ho<v. 
c^er  small,'*  his  belief  that  touring  wheelmen  are  worthy  of  the  best  possible  treatment,  and 
that  they  stand  quite  superior  to  the  st^^^a  vhich  would  mUrepresent  them  as  candidates  for 
"  reduced  rates,  cold  victuals  and  contem       ' 

"  Appletons'  Diciioiiary  of  New  Yo.    "  (described  on   p.   loo)   devotes  several  pages  to 
cLtssifying  the  innumerable  hotels  and  restaurants  of  the  city,  and  I  know  of  no  other  guide 
which  can  give  the  stranger  so  much  trustworthy  information  on  the   subject.     The  30  c.  which 
it  costs  will  be  saved  to  him  in  a  single  day,  or  even  in  the  price  of  a  single  meal.     From  i.s  list 
(if  130  hotels,  I  select  for  mention  the  Dri  /oort,  as  the  one  nearest  my  own  residence,— its  loca- 
tion being  in  Fifth  av.,  on  the  first  corner  above  Washington  Square.     Old-fashioned  elegance  and 
rc[X)se  are  its  characteristics,  and  they  render  it  a  favorite  resort  ?mong  wealthy  visitors— espe- 
cially the  linglish— who  like  the  solid  comfortsof  a  quiet  lif ..     Lodging  there  costs  a  solitary  guest 
»i.5oor  %i,  and  his  day's  expanses  in  its  restaurant  cann^      isiiy  be  kept  below  >4.     There  are 
not   many  better  restaurants  in  the  world,  and  I  do  not  suppose  that  the  best  in  either  Paris  or 
London  can  p'-sent  so  extensive  a  bill-of-fare  ;  but,  if  this  be  ordered  from  with  discretion,  two 
fnends  may  dine  together  quite  sumptuously  for  $1.50  each,  or  satisfactorily  even  for  f  1.     The 
secret  of  it  is  that  a  single  "  portion  "  (of  soup,  fish,  meat,  vegetables  or  what  not)  is  liberal 
enough  to  suffice  for  two.     The  same  rule  holds  good  at  the  Delmonico,  Brunswick,    Hoffman, 
St.  James  and  other  high-priced  resUurants,  where  the  solitary  diner  must  pay  for  about  twice 
as  much  as  he  can   consume.     Only  four  blocks  n.  of  Washington  Square,  is  the  Hotel  St. 
Stiphen,  on  nth  St.,  and  a  few  rods  e.  of  this,  at  the  comer  of   Broadway,  is  the  St.   Denis. 
Comfortable  ruoms  can  be  had  at  each  place  for  %i  or  I1.50  a  day,  and  I  recommend  them  as 
liKlgings  for  those  who  feel  oppressed  by  the  heavy  r-spectability  of  the   Brevoort.     Their  res- 
taurants are  rather  gilt-edged,  as  to  style  .iixl  prices,  but  several  other  satisfactory  ones,  of  less 
elegance  and  lower  rates,  may  be  found  near  by,— such  as  the  Sinclair,  on  the  comer  of  Broad- 
way and  8th  St.,  and   McManus's  oyster  and  chop  house  (open  irom  noon  until  a   a.    m  ),  at 
52  University  Place.     For  visitors  who  insist  on  patronizing  "  American  plan  "  hotels,   1  can 
recommend  these  two  which  are  nearest  to  me  on  Broadway  :  the   New  York,  at   No.  721  and 
the  Grand  Central,  at  No.  671,     I  believe   their  daily  rate  is  $3.50,  which  is  liable  lo  be  in- 
creased  when  specially  fine  rooms  are  ordered ;  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  Metropoli- 
i.in,  at  584  Broadway.     I  mention  the  latter  for  the  sake  of  recommending  its  tabU  d'hdte  dinner 
(8  or  9  courses,  with  a  bottle  of  wine),  which  is  served  for  $1,  from  5  to  8  p.  m.     Similar  dinners 
m.iy  be  had  at  those  hours,  for  75  c.,  at  the  St.  George  (No.  823,  just  above  12th  .st).  and  the 
Hungaria  (s.  e.  corner  of  Union  Square,  just  above  14th  St.).     The  Hungaria  serves  an  exc.-llent 
lunch  (soup,  meat,   vegetables  and  dessert)  for  35  c,  from    12  to  a  p.   m.,  except  on    Sund.iys, 
when  its  dinner  hour  begins  at  i  instead  of  5.     Dinner  from  1  to  9  p.  m.  may  be  had  on  every 
day  in  the  week,  fur  65  c,  at  Colombo's,  51  Third  av.  ;  also  from  11  a.  m'  to  8  f.  .m.  (except 
Sundays),  at  Delisle's,  in  the  basement  of  92  Fulton  st.,-the  price  being  50  c.  for  X  courses,  or 
25  c.  for  4  courses  which  constitute  "  lunch."     Wine  or  beer  costs  extra  at  each  of  the  three 
V    ces  last  named,  but  is  included  in  the  50  c.  rate  charged  for  taiU  cC/i3te  at  the   Plevano,  13O 
Third  av. ;   at  Theodore's,  47  E.  loth  st.  ;  at  Jacquin's,  107  W.  25th  st.  ;  at  400  Sixth  av  ,' ju« 
above  24th  St.  ;  at  5  W.  14th  st.  ;  at  133  Third  av. ;  at  >oth  st.  corner  of  Third  av  .  and  at  several 
"'=«ci'e'"  st-  region  w-  o«   Broadway.     This  dinner  may  be  had  from  i  to 
It  begins  at  5  or  other  days,  when  a  lunch  is  served  from  la  to  2,  at  25  c. 


I  resiaurani: 


6i. 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON    i  B /CYCLE. 


or  3J  c.  RreakfaM  may  be  had  for  the  latter  price,  8  to  ii  a  m  ,  at  moat  auch  place*  Th,- 
proprietor*  o(  ihei*  (and  of  the  higher-priced  one*,  whose  names  and  location*  may  ht  foun.'  .„, 
p.  187  ol  the  "  dictionary  "  before-mentioned)  are  generally  (oreignem,  as  also  are  many  of  ihi-i. 
patrons  ;  and  this  fact  should  be  an  additional  attraction  to  those  American*  who  rnjoy  a  ch.inc.' 
for  incidentally  studying  the  diileient  phases  of  metropolitan  life.  I  advise  tach  visitor  to  1^.,,, 
hi*  ;ity  experience*  at  the  cheapeM  places  nan.  ,  in  order  to  convince  himself  ho»  much  nor,- 
excellent  and  better-served  a  dinner  these  French  and  Italian  caterers  will  cflfcr  him  than  hr 
can  Ret  (or  50c  at  any  "American  plan  "  hotel.  Afterwards,  he  m«y  pay  ft,  (iij  ,,,  ;,  ,„  („, 
hi»/<iM'  (CMile,  by  way  of  comparing  its  superiority  to  "American  "  dinners  of  the  same  price 

As  1  have  explained  (p.  8j)  that  the  touring  wheelmen's  projier  entrance  into  the  city  fn.n, 
New  Jersey  is  by  ferry  from  Kt.  I.ee  to  ijsth  st.,  I  will  add  that  ihe  most  respectable  hotel  nr.ir 
his  landing-place  is  the  Hamilton,  newly  built,  at  the  corner  of  that  street  ami  gth  av  ,  whrrr 
also  is  a  .station  of  the  elevated  r.  r.,  which  will  quickly  take  him  down  town,  ihe  club-roonl^ 
of  the  Harlem  Wheelmen  are  only  two  blocKS  to  the  e  ,  at  104  VV.  124th  st.  If  the  touri;  m- 
»«ts  on  entering  the  city  at  the  "  wrong  end  "  (by  any  of  the  r.  r.  ferries,  7  m.  below),  f  can  s.iv 
to  him  that  the  Asfor  House,  opposite  the  Post  Office,  has  had  a  good  reputation  for  fifly  ye.ir., 
«nd  is  a  safe  place  to  seek  a  lodging.  H  he  enters  by  train  at  ^ld  st.,  he  will  find  himself  at  il.r 
very  door  of  the  Grand  Union,  which  is  a  "  League  hotel "  in  the  sense  that  it  welcomes  ihe 
officer*  thereof  to  hold  their  staled  meetings  there,  without  exacting  any  charge  for  the  meeting. 
place,  but  which  makes  no  pretended  "  reductions  to  wheelmen,"— as  might  be  inferred  from 
the  fact  that  the  Captain  of  the  Citizens  H.  C.  is  connected  with  the  managemeut,  and  undcr- 
derstands  the  policy  of  assigning  them  to  comfortable  rotms  instead.  Dan  Sweeney's  Saloon, 
500  E.  133d  St.; offered  shelter  to  my  "  234  "on  the  first  occasion  when  I  ended  a  tour  at  the  ciiJ 
(night  of  Nov.  11,  '79).  -ind  has  similarly  favored  me  many  times  since.  It  is  situated  a  few 
rods  e.  of  Harlem  Bridge,  just  about  at  the  end  of  the  Boulevard's  smooth  macadam  ;  and  !!ie 
terminal  station  of  the  3d  av.  elevated  r.  r.  is  at  i  Hil.  m  ,  ,,ist  below  the  bridge.  Similarly,  ,it 
the  155th  St.  terminus  of  the  west-side  line,  my  wheel  li.is  often  found  shelter  at  the  Carmans- 
yille  Park  Hotel,  which  is  on  a  level  with  the  station  and  a  few  rods  w.  of  it,— i  (light  of  steps 
■nd  an  inclined  platform  leading  down  to  both  from  Washington  Heights.  This  is  chiefly 
noted  as  a  summer  restaurant  and  concert-garder,  iho,;^h  the  bar  U  kept  open  the  year  around, 
and  lodging  is  also  procurable.  At  one  or  tb.-  other  of  these  two  places,  I  find  that  my  bicycle 
may  conveniently  be  stored,  after  riding  from  the  n.,  when  night  overtakes  me,  or  when  I  .im 
for  other  re^-sons  in  a  hurry  to  take  tr?:n  for  the  lower  part  of  the  city  ;  and  I  presume  that  .inv 
city-bound  toirist,  under  similar  circumstances,  would  t>e  welcomed  to  a  temporary  shelter  for 
his  wheel  at  eithe.  plac^.  John  Fleig,  the  first  owner  of  the  Carmansville,  now  keeps  a  snloon 
on  the  w.  side  of  loth  av. ,  at  about  isgth  st. ,  and  would  doubtless  be  as  good-nitured  towards  any 
new-comer  as  he  always  used  to  be  towards  me  ;  and  the  "  104th  st.  Hotel,"  on  the  corner  of 
the  Boulevard,  also  deserves  gratetul  mention  here,  as  havinj  often  provided  me  with  a  free  club- 
room  in  '79-'8o.  Since  no  money  was  ever  accepted  for  such  favors,  at  any  of  these  four  hnstel- 
ries,  I  think  it  only  fair  to  give  them  all  a  monumental  advertisement ;  and  so  I  say  that  wheel- 
men in  those  regions,  when  they  thirst  for  the  beer  which  perisheth,  should  resort  to  these  same 
shrines  of  Gambrinus  and  (haply)  drink  from  the  sa  .e  glasses  which  invigorated  the  author  of 
this  book  during  the  historic  hours  which  he  gave  to  polishing  the  nickel-plate  of  "  No.  234." 

As  a  proper  tail-piece  for  the  chapter,  I  append  an  index  to  all  the  hotels  mentioned  in  the 
text.  The  towns  containing  them  are  alphabetized,  and  the  numeral  after  each  hotel's  name 
shows  the  page  where  mention  is  made  :  Academy,  Pa.,  Gen.  Wayne,  389  ;  Allentown,  Pa.,  Allen, 
J20,  American,  387  ;  Amenia,  N.  Y.,  Pratt's,  147 ;  Amityville,  L.  I.,  Douglass,  152  :  Annapolis, 
N.  S.,  Dominion,  285;  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  Osborn,  212,  221  ;  Aylmer,  Que.,  Pitcher's,  327;  Bar 
Harbor,  Me.,  Grand  Central,  275;  Beacon  Falls,  Ct.,  Beacon  Falls,  141,  High  Rock,  141; 
Bedford,  N.  S.,  Bellevue,  287;  Belleville,  On..,  Dafoe,  317;  Berlin,  Ont.,  American,  317; 
Bemardston,  Ms.,  New  England,  182  ■,  Bland'.'rd,  Mi.,  Mountain,  131,  208;  Blue  Lick  Spring, 
Ky.,  Larue,  xit.  Boston,  Ms  ,  RrnrswiVV  loi  '06.  Crawford.  :s:.  ;;;.  Tntemstir.r.ri!.  ::f^. 
Pirker**,   loj,  Rerere,  105,  Tremont,   105,  Ui      i  States,   H4,  Vendome,  ag,  102,   103,  io6, 


////:•  HOTEL  QUESTIOX. 


613 


hoo,  Youns's,   105;   Hridsriwrt,   O  ,  AiUniic.    24».    J49.    Sterling,  ,48;    BrklRtlowti     N    S 
(.ruml  C  tntr»l,  iM,  ;   llmt..l   Kerry,  K.    I.,   Unstol   Kerry,   io«  ;   Hr.Krkv.lle,  ()m  ,   Revere    ,,« •' 
K.iffalo,   N    V  ,  Mansion,  ,03.  Power,.  115  ,  IluUikill.  Pa.,   Maple  lirove,  199;  Caco-.  a    (Jue  ' 
M.iMwon,  jjq,  St.  Lawrence  Hall,  ,j.;;  CalaU,  Me  ,  American,  j6j,  i6j  ;  Caldwell,  N.  Y  .  V\ 
kViliam   Henry,   iSy;  Caledonia  Spring!,  (Jue,  (;rand,  ja8;  Camix.bello,  N.    »  ,  Owen    ^70- 
C        )ohar.e,  N    V  ,  Nelli,.  100;   Caneadea,  N.  Y.,  Garriwn,  1.4;  CaniMeo,  N.  Y.,  C.m»i«,' 
..7.  a,.;lam.m,  C,  ,    Hawk.,   ,45;  Carli.le,  Pa.,  Horence,    ,44;  Ca«bum  Comer,,   y,«  ' 
(.ttaw,i,  j,H;  Catsk.ll  ,mtn,.),  N.  \.,  (Jrand,  498.  Kaa.er.ki:i,  .S7,  ,M,  Uurel.  ,M,  M,«n.ain' 
.XH,  lW,>ect  Park.  .88;   Ca.enovia,  N.   Y.,  Sunton,  336;  Chambcrsburg,  Pa..  Nalioual    ,44' 
I  harle,.own,  W.   Va  ,  Carter,  3S4  ;  Clinton.  Ct.,  liacon,  ,u  ;  CoU.urg,  On...  Arlington,'  ,.7,' 
(  oUimbia,  Pa  .  Kranklin,  j86;  Coney  Island,  N.   Y  ,  Vandcrverr'.,  90 ;  Corning    N    Y     Dick 
mson,  2,8,  .i,;  Cumberland,  M,i  ,  (Jueen  City,  240  ;  Dan.v.lle.N.  Y.,  Hyland,„4   "i     '>atby 
Pa  .  ButtonwcKKl,  37,;   Delaware  Water  (iap,  Kittatinny,  ,07;   Detroit,  Mid,      Mit.u  tx 

change,  jV,.   3m;    Devon.   Pa.,   Devon.  39";   Pixon,  Cal.,    Arcade.    4',.:    KaMon,  Pa  ;  Ur.iled 
State,.  .73.  JS?;   Kllicott  City.  Md.,  fjoward.  349;   F.phrata,  Pa..  Mt.  Vernor,  ,«7:   Krie    N 
\..  Reed,  50,  J04,  105;    Fairfield,  Pa..  Mansion.  385  ;    Farmersville,  Pa.,  387  „■,    ['   I  ' 

Harry  Hill's  ,5,;  Fonda,  N.  Y.,  Snell.,08;  Fort  Kdward.  N.  Y.,  St.  James.  '4';  For^ 
Hunter,  N.  Y.,  Mohawk,  aoo ;  Frankfort.  Ky..Iiul.rV,  233;  Frederick.  Md,  Ci:y  ,38  377- 
(.alt,  Ont  ,(^ueen,  3,7;  C.ananoque,  Om  ,  International,  3,7,  315;  Garrison's,  N.  Y  Hikk! 
land,  ,<,4;  ( ;etty,burt;.  Pa.,  Kagle.  3S5  ;  (;o,hen,  Ct..  Goshen.  .43;  G,  verneur  N  Y  Van 
Huren,334;  Great  Harrington,  .Ms.,  Berkshire,  ,48;  (;reat  Bend,  Pa.,  liodfrey  '^o;-  Green- 
castle,  Pa.,  National.  344;  Greenfield,  Ms.,  Mansion,  .83;  Greenport,  I..  I.,  Wya.ulank  .w- 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  Bald  :n,  23S,  348,  384;  Halifax,  N.  S.,  Four  Mile,  287,  Halifax  ,87  aW 
Seaside  ,88,  Three  I.iile,  a88;  Hamilton,  Ber,  359;  Hancock,  Md.,  Light,  ,39/Han*r'; 
terry.  W.  Va..  Mountain  View,  384;  Harr.«lsburg,  Ky.,  Curry's  Nation,.!,  a,;;  Hatfield  Ma 
Kagg's.  183;  Hawley.  Pa..  Keystone,  340 ;  Haydenville,  Ms..  Briggs.  ,,9;  Hicksvill,  'l  l' 
(Jrand  C-.mral,  ,53  ;  Highland  Mills,  N.  Y.,  Highland  Mills,  ,7.,  Lake,  .7.  ;  Hoffman's  F.'rry.' 
N  v..  Patterson,  200;  Holyoke,  Ms.,  Craft's,  i.S,  Holyoke,  ,.7,  „8,  ,24.  .25.  .a6  «,  • 
Hone^ale.  Pa.  Allen  339;  Hudson,  N.  Y..  Worth,  ,„,;  Jersey  City,  N.  J,  Taylor's,  8..  85! 
.68;  Kingston,  Ont..  Windsor,  3,7;  Kingston,  N.  V.,  Kagle,  .88;  I.ickawaxen,  Pa  ,  William! 
son,  340;  Lake  George,  N.  Y..  Ft.  William  Henry,  .8,,  Horicon  Pavilion,  .86;  Ubanon 
Ky.,  Noms,  2J9;  Lee,  Ms..  Morgan,  ,ai,  148;  Lehighton,  Pa.,  Kxcl.ange,  34,;  Lexington' 
.,  Monument,  .03;  Lexington,  Va.,  National,  349,  350:  Li-c'-fieM,  Ct.,  Pantam  Lake' 
.42,  Uke  View,  142,  Mansion,  142,  United  States,  .42  ;  Little  F;  v     -.j^,,,   ^^.  Li,„J 

Metis,  Que.,  Astor,  329,  Tariff  Hall,  329  ;   Little  Neck,  L.  L,  Sr  ■  d's  Neck'  I     I 

Columbia  Grove,  .5.;  London,  Eng.,  Anderton,  5^6;   London,  .  .leh    312-   'l  ubec' 

Me    Cobsc.K>k,  268  ,  Luray,  Va.,  Luray,  34S,  378,  38.,  382,  387  ,   Viac.ias,  Me.,  'Eastern^  27,  :' 
Malvern,  Pa.,  Indian  King,  389;    Martinsburg,  W.  Va.,  Continental,  ,44;  Mattituck    I      I 
Matt.tuck,  .54;    Meriden,  Ct.,  Wimhrop,  .33;  Millersburg,  Ky.,  Pumell,  233;  Milto'n    Ms' 
Blue  Bell,  29.   .02,   109,   5.7;  Mitchell,  Out.,   Hicks,   ,.3;  Montclair,    N.  J.,  Mansion,  ,67' 
Monterey,   Cal.,  EI  Monte,  490;  Morristow.  ,  N.  J.,  Mansion,  ,63;  Mt.  Desert   Me     Grand 
Central      275;  Mt.  Jackson,    Va.,    Wilson's,   382;    Mt.    McGregory,    N.  Y.,  Balmora'l,   ,92; 
Mount  Morns    N.  Y     Scoville,  58.  2.3;  Mt.  Washington,  N.  H.,  Glen,  5.5 ;  Myers.own,  Pa.. 
Baney.  343  ;  Natural  Bndge,  Va.,  Natural  Bridge,  348,  35°  i   Naugatuck.  Ct.,  Nauga.uck    .4.  ■ 
Newark,  Del..   Deer  Park,   37^;  Newburyrort.  Ms.,   Merrimac.   10,;   Newfou.idland    N    J 
Brown  s,  ,70  ;  New  Hartford.  Ct.,  Carter.  ,44  ;  New  Haven,  Ct.,  Madison,  400,  Park    ,oo-  New 
Haven,  Ky.,  New  Haven,  230;  New  London,  Ct.,   Pequot.  ,30;  New  Ma.ket,  Va     Central 
34^  348,  38',  Valley  View  Springs,  ^S.  382  ;   New  Oxford,  Pa.,  Eagle,  495  ;   Now  York    Fifth 
Avenue,  470,  Grand  Union,  138,  N.w  York,  428;   Niagara,  N.  V.,  International,  203  ;  Nor^h- 
ampton.Ms,.  Mansion,  .,9,   ,20;   Nor.h.East,   Pa.,  Haynes,  205,  2or,:   North  Vallejo,  Cal. 
Four  Mile.  49.;  Nerval,  Ont.,  Dew  Droplnn^j.g;  Ogdensburg.  N.  V..  Seymour.  326.  33, : 
■■•:=.y::^,  •.:      •^:nr;cs,    132;  Une.ua,   N.   Y.,    h.agie,  212;  Orwigsburg.   Pa.,  Arcadian,    34J; 
Osprey,  Ont..  Bristol,  3,6,  3.8;  Paterson,  N.  J.,  Pickwick,  .65  ;  Peekskili,  N.  Y..  Eagle.  .94; 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Pfrth,  Ont.,  Hick's,  327  ;  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Bingham,  173,  37J  ;  Pitf  burg,  Fa.,  Monongahela, 
496;  Pompton,  N.  J.,  Norton's,  165,  170;  Pond  Eddy,  N.  Y.,  Dv.'**are,  304;  Portage,  N.  Y 
Cascade,  222  ;  Port  Clinton,  Pa.,  Center,  342  ;  Port  Elgin,  Ont.,  Half  Way,  315  ;  l>(,rt  Jervis 
N.  Y.,  Delaware,  29S,  340 ;  Port  Richmond,  S.  1.,  Bull's  Head,  156,  Continental,  156;  port 
Stanley,  Ont.,  Fr'ser.  331  ;  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Rockingham,  loi  ;  Prescott,  Ont.,  Revere 
a96,  317;  Princeton,  N.  J.,  Nassau,  377;  Providence,  R.  I.,  Dorrance,  108,  109;  Putney,  Vt. 
Kendrick's,  182;  Quincy,  Ms.,  Robertson,  109;  Rahway,  N.  J.,  Farmers' and  Mechanics' 
167,  Sheridan,  167;  Reading,  Pa.,  Keystone,  343,  Temple  House,  387;  Richmond,  Ont., 
Reilly's,  327 ;  Riverhead,  L.  i..  Griffin,  154;  Riviire  du  Loup,  Que.,  La  Roche'le,  329 ;  Rob- 
binston.  Me.,  Brewer,  ~6i,  265,  266;  Rome,  N.  Y.,  Stanwix,  201 ;  St.  Anne's,  Que.,  Clarendon 
32S;  .Salem,  Ms  ,  Essex,  lot  ;  Salem,  Va.,  Roanoke,  34S;  Salisbury,  Ct.,  Maple  Shade,  147; 
Sandy  Creek,  N.  Y.,  Sandy  Creek.,  335  ;  San  Jose,  Cal.,  St.  James,  493  ;  Sarat0(;a,  N.  Y.  Con. 
gress  Hall,  213,  Knickerbocker,  213,  221  ;  Savin  Rock,  Ct.,  Beach,  402  ;  ..chcoley's  Mm.,  N. 
J.,  Belmont,  173;  Seymour,  Ct  ,  Wilbur,  141;  Sharon,  Ms.,  Cobb's,  106,  109;  Shippensburg, 
Pa.,  Sherman,  344;  Simcoe,  Ont.,  Battersby,  332;  Smith's  Creek,  Cal.,  Junction,  490;  Smith's 
Falls,  Ont.,  Butler's,  327;  Somerset,  Ber.,  Somerset,  361 ;  Somerville,  N.  J.,  Moore's  County, 
172;  Spencer,  Ms.,  Massasoit,  no,  114;  Staunton,  Va.,  Virginia,  300,  346;  Stillwater,  N.  Y. 
Center,  192,  Ensign.  192;  Strasburg,  Va.,  Chalybeate  Springs,  345,  348,  383  ;  Stratford,  Ont, 
Windsor,  317;  Strouiisburg,  Pa.,  Burnett,  341 ;  Susquehanna,  Pa.,  Starucca,  338,  339  ;  Suflem, 
N.  Y.,  Eureka,  171  ;  Tamaqua,  Pa.,  Unitsd  States,  299;  Tairytown,  N.  Y.,  Vincent,  75,  76,  77, 
194,  281  ;  Thompson,  Pa.,  Jeilerson,  3^9  ;  Toronto,  Ont.,  Rossin,  317  ;  Tracadie,  N.  S.,  Lome, 
291;  Trenton  Falls,  N.  \.,  Moore's,  200;  Tuscarora,  N.  Y.,  Tuscarora,  214;  Utica,  N.  Y., 
American,  2or,  Bagg's,  201,  209,  210,  220;  Warrenton,  Va.,  Warren  Green,  374;  Washing. 
ton,  D.  C,  National,  497,  St.  Marc,  374,  Wormley's,  241 ;  Washington,  N.  J.,  St.  Cloud,  173; 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Woodruff,  334;  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  Nationrl,  385;  Wliitehall,  N  Y.,  Opers 
House,  184;  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  3S2  ;  Wilkesbarre,  P^.,  Wyoming  Valley,  220;  Will- 
ian.sport,  Md.,  Taylor,  239;  Williamstown,  Ky.,  Campbell,  225,  Sherman,  225;  Wilmot  Cor. 
ners,  N.  Y.,  Wilmot,  210;  Winchester,  Va.,  Taylor's,  344;  Windca.,  N.  S.,  Victoria,  286; 
Windsor,  Ont.,  Crawford,  296;  Woodstock,  Va.,  Shenandoah,  383,  trickier,  346;  Yi  nkers,  N. 
Y.,  Getty,  53,  77,  79,  Peahody,  19    •    Vork,  Pa.,  National,  386;  Yoscmite  (Val.),  Cal.,  491. 

I  "vish  it  wer«  possible  for  me  to  compel  every  landlord  in  America  to  read  and  reflect  up  'a 
the  "reasons  for  the  stagnation  of  country  hotel-keeping,"  as  given  in  the  Naiun  (Sept.  11, 
'84,  p.  217),  to  explain  the  general  losses  in  the  summer-resort  business  of  that  year  "  Intelli- 
gent people  look  to  the  quality  rather  than  the  quantity  of  what  is  announced  upon  a  bill  of  fare. 
They  want  well-i  epareU  food  of  the  simpler  kinds,  instead  of  an  endless  variety  of  nferior 
cocking,  and  dabs  of  vegetables  everlastiifgly  served  in  small  bird  dishes.  They  want  complete 
quiet  and  darkness  at  night,  instead  of  rattling  hallways  heated  up  to  'he  furnac  pitch  by  flar- 
ing gas-jets.  They  want  bed-rooms  without  glass  transoms  wltich  let  in  the  light  and  noise 
from  the  halls,  and  wit'iout  thin  and  ill-fitted  doors  which  connect  with  adjoining  mums  and 
(July  repor  the  mover"?nts,  the  talk  and  the  snoring  of  their  occupants.  Then  take  the  water 
supply.  Tliere  is  no  greaier  luxury  in  summer  than  abundance  of  water  and  convenience  for 
bathing  in  it.  Many  a  man  is  reconciled  to  a  sun.mer  in  town  by  the  possession  of  a  bath  in  his 
house.  But  go  where  one  will  to  the  summer  hotels  all  over  the  coun*-v,  he  will  find  thai  there 
are  no  bathing  arrangements  in  the  house,  except  one  or  two  'jath-roi  ■  ..,,  j  bably  at  1  consider- 
able distance  fron-.  his  room,  and  which  can  only  be  had  at  cenain  times  and  by  i  .evious  engage- 
ment. Such  a  simple  thing  as  thr  prox'ision  of  a  tub  and  a  pail  of  z^ater  .'a  his  room  at  a 
ttHoil  extra  c/uirge,  is  probably  unk.ioum  thrmighout  the  country ;  we  certainly  never  heard  of 
it  or  met  with  it,  and  yet  what  a  luxury  it  would  be.  How  many  hotel-keepers  are  there  to 
whom  one  couh'  mention  it  without  having  him  shak.'  his  head  over  it  as  visionary  or  impracti- 
cable? "  I  quote  this  for  the  sake  of  saying  that  every  landlord  who  owns  a  bath-rcom  should 
make  a  tcrdci  of  it  to  the  touring  bicycler  as  soon  as  he  arrives ;  and  that  all  hott!s  which  will 
Ssres  iQ  si.t?t5lv  every  such  tourist  with  a  t^oriable  listK.Jiih  \x\  Hi'',  n'^vn  H?r?-rnniTi  ri:'",?ivt*  to  hay? 
their  names  freely  advertised  in  the  League's  various  rocd-books  and  in  its  weekly  Bulletin. 


XXXVI. 

THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  WHEELMEN.^ 

•*  We  may  not  care  to  fight ;  but,  by  Jingo !  ifvt  do, 
We  've  got  the  votes  !  We  've  got  th-;  men  !  We  'v!  got  the  money,  too !  " 

The  Great  American  Hog  (Porcus  Americanus)  has  been  elsewhere  de- 
fined by  me  as  an  unfortunate  species  of  humanity  "  in  whose  mind  the  mere 
act  of  purchasing  a  horse  creates  the  curious  hallucination  that  he  simulta- 
neou  'y  purchases  an  exclusive  right  to  the  public  highways"  (p.  to).  Thia 
sin;.  delusion  suffuses  the  Si'  ul  of  the  Hog,  in  spite  of  the  unanimous  ad- 
vcrf.  ..greement  of  all  the  laws,  judges,  and  juries  in  Christendom,  that  who- 
ever ventures  ui^op  the  road  with  so  unruly  and  dangerous  a  beast  as  the 
horse  ■::  ust  "  sta-n.  jy  his  own  accid  .s."  There  is  no  civilized  country  in 
tht  world  where  the  horseman  has  any  legal  right-of-way  superior  to  that  of 
the  footman  or  the  wheelman  ;  and,  in  a  dei.iocratic  country  like  ours,  the 
final  source  of  all  authority  is  lodged. in  the  votes,— which  are  cait  not  by 
horses  but  by  men.  Like  other  mor.omaniacs  who  are  bereft  of  any  sense  of 
natural  justice,  this  horse-ownmg  !Iog  is  not  o!ily  submissive  to  the  actual 
application  of  physical  force  but  he  is  cowed  in  ^dvance  by  ary  impressive 
display  of  it.  He  tee,  th'- ugh  an  individual  wheelman  who  suffers  dam;tge 
from  him  on  the  road  can  always  be  sure  of  an  exemplary  verdict  when  he  drags 
the  Hog  into  a  law-court,  it  is  the  part  ui  wisdom  as  well  as  of  economy,  for 
wheelmen  in  general  to  combine  for  his  intimidation  before  he  does  the 
damage.  The  success  thus  far  achieved  encourages  the  hope  that  in  the 
course  of  a  decade  this  'epulsive  type  of  a«iimal  ly  become  as  extinct  as  the 
dodo  ;  and  the  credit  of  suppressing  it  will  th'  ,  as  a  matter  of  history,  be- 
long m  large  measure  to  the  League  of  AmenLan  Wheelmen. 

Newport,  in  Rhode  Island,  was  the  birthplace  of  this  assccialioii ;  and  Monday,  May  ji, 
iSSo,  its  natal  day.  The  initiative  must  be  accredited  to  KirK  Munroe  (at  tl.at  lime  editor  of  Har- 
fer's  Young  reople  and  President  if  the  New  York  Bicycle  Club)  who  ai-anRed  that  the  other 
clubs  should  join  with  his  own  in  making  a  public  display  of  tnei  wheelmanship,  and  who  in- 
vited the  unattached  also  to  take  part  in  the  pageant.  Two  'iozjn  of  ihim  did  in  fact  help  sus- 
tain this  "  first  annual  parade  of  the  League,"  when  the  whole  number  of  bicycles  in  line  wa* 
133.  The  editor  of  the  Di.  ll^c.~ld,  who  was  also  the  President  of  the  Boston  Bicycle  Club  (Chas. 
E.  Pratt,  whose  biog.  may  be  found  on  p.  503),  in  alluding  to  th:  assured  success  of  the  New 
Yo.kers' scheme  for  a  ^'--y  meet  at  Newport,  sugc-stcd(5.  ,'('..  March  20,  'S<j,  p.  150)  that 
the  gathering  '■  would  offer  a  suitable  occasion  for  organizing  t.  wheelmen's  protective  league, 
which  should  combine  the  best  points  of  the  '  B.  U.'  and  '  B.  T.  ''.'  in  England '' ;  and,  by  the 


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time  the  delegates  actually  assembled,  the  idea  had  gained  such  acceptance  among  them  that 
they  readily  adopted  the  brief  constitution   which  he  had  formulated,  and  elected  him  as  the 
first  President  under  it.     About  four  months  later,  Sept.  .8,  at  New  York,  the  board  of  officers 
held  a  seven  hours'  session  to  perfect  their  organization,  by  the  adoption  of  rules  and  bv  law. 
(pnnted  in  Bi.    World,  Oct.  2),  and  by  the  appointment  of  directors  to  fill  vacancies  in-  the  lis! 
originally  cho.sen  at  Newport.     The   membership,  meanwhile,  had  ii....oased  to  527  •  and  a  sil 
ver  badge  was  adopted  "  representing  the  continent  of  North  America   encircled  by  a  whe.i 
surmounted  by  a  ham.    -bar."    The  words   "League  of    American    Whe-lmen,"  i,-   cari.a 
etters    formed  a  circular  label    directly  around  "the  Continent";  but  this  looked  so  much 
like  a  ham  that  the  badge  soon  came  to  be  spoken  of  as  the  "  ham  and  cart-wheel  "  or  "  suear 
curea  medal."    The  first  hand-book  exhibited  upon  its  cover  and  title-page  a  picture  of  this 
ill-fated  disc,  which  was  nearly  as  large  and  clumsy  as  a  silver  dollar,  "  though  the  orisinal  idea 
was  to  have  it  much  larger,  and  with  the  initials,  L.  A.  W.,  engraved  upon  the  map  in  the  center 
It  was  designed  by  A.  S.  Parsons  and  Jo.  Pennell."     So  said  the  Bi.  World  (Jan   j8   '8,   p' 
188),  m  presentmg  a  picture  of  it,  with  the  remark  that  the  Treasurer  would  soon  be 'able'  to 
supply  members  with  badges,  at  the  rate  of  %i  for  silver-plated  and  %i  for  nickel-plated  speci 
mens.     Only  a  few  months  later  (at  the  officers'    nesting  of  Oct.  6,  '81,  when  the   League's 
membership  was  reported  as  2.03,  an   increase  of  ^49  from  May  30I,  this  "  continental  ham  " 
was  formally  superseded  by  the  more  artistic  and  less  obtrusive  emblem  which  has  since  con- 
tinued  in  vogue,  without  serious  criticism  or  suggestion  of  improvement.     The  design  is  a  tiny 
suspension  wheel,  with  three  golden  wings  flying  from  the  center,  and  the  League's  three  ini-ials 
resting  on  the  spokes  between  them.     The  "  hub  "  can  be  formed  of  any  precious  stone  that 
may  be  preferred.     The  inventor  and  manufacturei  of  the  badge  is  C.  H.  Lamson,  a  practical 
jeweler  of  Portlahd,  one  of  the  pioneer  wheelmen  of  Maine  and  for  some  time  Chief  Consul  for 
that  State.     The  "  C.  T.  C,"  of  England,  adopted  a  close  copy  of  it,  in  Sept.,  '86. 

At  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the  League  (Boston,  May  30,  '81),  all  of  the  original  officers 
who  consented  to  serve  again  were  re-elected;  and  such  little  opposition  as  appeared  was  quite 
good-natured.  A  salary  was  attached  to  the  office  of  Corresponding  Secretary.  The  reported 
membership  was  1654,  and  the  Bi.  World's  list  of  61  clubs  which  appeared  in  the  parade 
accredited  them  with  597  men,  besides  137  from  the  unattached.  This  corresponds  with  the 
count  which  I  myself  r.  ie,  two  or  three  times,  of  "  about  750  "  in  the  procession,  though  the 
daily  papers  pretended  to  find  a  much  larger  number  there.  The  Star  bicycle  introduced  itself 
to  the  7)ublic  on  this  occasion,  and  the  few  tricycles  which  appeared  were  looked  upon  as  novel- 
ties. The  police  arrangements  were  entirely  inadequate  for  keeping  the  streets  clear,  but  no 
deaths  or  serious  disasters  resulted  from  the  numerous  falls  caused  by  the  closing  in  of  the 
crowd.  "  The  grand  organ  pealed  forth  aiptirring  march,  as  the  bicyclers  enterti  Music  Hall, 
to  take  seats  at  the  tables;  "  and,  later,  towards  the  close  of  the  repast,  when  the  after-dinner 
speeches  were  attempted,  the  grand  army  of  waiters  "kept  up  such  incessant  rattle  and  con- 
fusion, in  clearing  the  uishes  away,  to  prepare  for  the  evening's  exhibition  of  club-drill  and 
fancy-riding,  that  speaking;  was  rendered  unpleasant  and  hearing  impossible."  -Seme  racing 
had  been  indulged  in  at  Beacon  Park,  May  28,  chietly  by  League  members;  but  "the  first 
regulsr  annual  races  of  the  League  "  were  run  at  the  Polo  Grounds,  New  York,  Oct.  6  (a  few 
hours  before  the  officers'  quarterly  meeting,  already  alluded  to),  and  were  truthfully  di?scribed 
as  "the  dreariest  and  deadest  occasion  of  a  sporting  sort  which  the  most  gloomy-minded  cycler 
could  dream  of."  Spite  of  fine  weather,  only  about  30  wheelmen  took  nart  in  the  "  grand 
parade"  and  only  about  200  other  spectators  attended  the  races.  Ctiicago  was  the  scene  of  the 
thir-^  annual  meet  (May  30,  '82),  when  the  editor  of  the  Bi.  World  recorded  that  "there  were 
only  2<n  men  in  the  procession,  by  a,  tual  count,"  while  he  praised  the  police  arrangements  for 
protecting  these,  s  oi^eiing  a  shining  contrast  to  their  inefficiency  .u  Boston.  A  few  races 
served  as  a  side-show  on  the  previous  afternoon,  and  the  election  of  officers  was  not  completed 
until  late  at  night,  after  the  banquet.  Considerable  ill-feeling  was  developed  by  1  dispute  about 
»s,  as  affecting  two  new  candidates  for  President,— the  original  incumoent  having  for- 


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utiuic.iu  si.tiiu  ior  ic-cisciioii.      Tile  caudidaie  of  liie  Busiuii  15.  C. 


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was  defeated  by  a  vote  of  207  lO  156 ;  and  he  had  been  defeated  a  year  earlier,  224  to  196,  when 
running  for  the  office  of  "Commander,"  though  favored  on  that  occasion  by  the  majority  report 
of  the  nominating  committee.  This  last-named  office  wjs  abolished  by  the  convention  of  '82, 
and  the  original  plan  of  "  two  directors  for  each  State,  elected  at  the  annual  meeting,"  was 
superseded  by  the  present  system  of  "  a  Chief  Consul  and  one  or  more  representatives  for  each 
State,  elected  by  a  mail-vote  in  March."  The  new  rulei  and  a  full  report  of  the  procei^ings 
were  printed  in  the  Bi.  IVorld  oi  June  16.  The  accessions  of  new  members  during  this  second 
year  amounted  to  979  (of  whom  228  were  una'lached,  and  751  represented  45  cl'.;*«<) ;  and  the 
total  membership  was  vaguely  alluded  to  as  "  about  2500."  This  was  probably  an  overestimate, 
for  the  1135  accessions  of  the  next  year  (727  admitted  as  club  members  at  50  c.  each,  and  the 
rest  at  ft  each,  though  only  223  of  the  latter  were  unattached)  brought  the  total  then  to  2131, 
representing  172  clubs.  Such  was  the  official  report  at  the  fourth  annual  meet  (New  York, 
M.\y  28,  '83),  when  the  Bi.  World's  editor  again  "  made  an  accurate  count  of  the  riders  actually 
ill  the  parade  and  found  it  to  be  723,  of  whom  91  were  unattached."  The  orderly  movement  of 
tliese  wheelmen  through  Central  Park,  by  special  permission,  gave  the  rulers  of  it  an  excuse  for 
taking  the  first  steps,  a  week  later,  to  relax  their  previous  prohibitory  policy  ;  in  the  same  way 
(hat  the  parade  of  '82  resulted  in  the  removal  of  all  discriminations  against  the  use  of  the  park 
roads  by  the  cyclers  of  Chicago.     The  evening's  banquet  was  the  best  in  the  series  of  seven. 

At  the  end  of  its  third  yea.,  two-thirds  of  the  League's  members  (1413  out  of  2 131)  belonged 
to  these  five  adjoining  States,  Mass.,  N.  Y.,  Pa.,  O.,  and  Ct.,  and  the  geographical  distribution 
of  the  whole  list  was  as  follows  :  Me.,  20;  N.  H.,  59 ;  Vt.,  12  ;  Mass.,  518  ;  R.  I.,  31  ;  Ct., 
loi;  N.  Y.,360;  N.  J.,  74;  Pa.,  218;  Del.,  2;  Md.,  58;  D.  C,  7;  W.  Va.,  i;  (Va.);  N. 
C,  5;  S.  C,  8;  (Ga.,  Fla.,  Ala.,  Miss.);  La.,  i;  (Tex.,  Ark.);  Tenn.,  i;  Ky.,  29;  O.,  216; 
Mich.,  42;  Ind.,3;  111.,  95;  Mo,5s;  la,  4 ;  Wis.,  55 ;  Minn.,  6  ;  (Dak.) ;  Neb,  13;  (Kan., 
Ind.  Ter.,  N.  Mex.);  Col.,  2;  Wy.,  10;  Mon.,  5;  (Id.,  Wash,  Or.,  Utah,  Nev);  Ariz.,  i  ; 
Cal.,16;  Ontario,  23;  Que'oec,  43  ;  Nova  Scotia,  4  ;  England,  n;  Belgium,  i;  Germany,  i. 
(The  parenthesis  designates  16  States  and  Territories  not  then  represented  in  the  League.)  The 
President  and  Vice-President  both  declined  re-elections,  but  the  former  finally  consented  to  take 
the  vice-presidency.  The  votes  were  cast  by  the  official  board,  instead  of  by  the  memlers  at 
large,  as  on  the  three  previous  elections,  and  there  were  no  rival  candidates  or  disputed  opinions 
of  any  sort ;  but  the  Corresponding  Secretary  %^as  afterwards  suspended  (Feb.  8,  '84),  and  his 
du'ies  were  transferred  to  the  Treasurer  for  the  rest  of  the  official  year,  because  of  a  protest 
raised  against  him  by  tlje  Sprii.gfield  B.  C,  on  account  of  a  '.etter  which  he  had  printed  (^/. 
World,  Dec.  21,  '83,  p.  76),  reflecting  on  the  honesty  of  that  club.  At  the  officers'  meeting  of 
Feb.  22,  the  membership  committee  sustained  the  protest  and  expelled  him  from  the  League  ; 
but  the  verdict  did  not  meet  with  general  approval,  and  he  was  ultimately  re-admitted  as  a  mem- 
ber. The  report  of  his  official  term  showed  that  2351  new  members  had  joined  during  the  eight 
months,  and  that  1247  of  the  2131  who  were  on  the  roll  in  May  had  continued  their  membership 
(844  dropping  out),  making  a  total  of  359S.  A  few  months  later,  on  the  occasion  of  the  fifth 
annual  meet  (Washington,  May  ig,  '84),  the  total  membership  was  announced  as  4250;  and  the 
Bi.  :yorld reponer  "counted  just  600  in  the  parade,  including  72  of  the  unattached  and  a  dozen 
tricyclers."  His  count  at  the  sixth  parade  (Buffalo,  July  3,  '?-'  was  605,  though  this  was  taken 
after  30  had  dropped  out  of  line.  The  official  reports  showed  the  accessions  of  new  members  as 
2742,  and  the  treasury  balance  as  $998.  All  the  old  board  of  officers  who  consented  to  serve 
were  harmoniously  re-elected,  .-s  had  been  the  case  a  year  earlier,  when  trouble  and  dissension 
were  predicted,  and  as  was  the  case  a  year  l.Mer  (Boston,  May  28,  '86).  Just  before  this  seventh 
election,  I  wrote  for  the  Wheelmen's  Gnzette  a  four-column  protest  (May  5,  pp.  33-34)  against 
"rotating"  the  L'ague  presidency,— repeating  there  the  irgument  of  my  short  articles  of  '82 
and  '83,  that  executive  officers  ought  to  be  kept  in  service  as  long  as  possible.  As.suming  that 
the  President  would  not  consent  to  stand  for  another  re-election,  I  expressed  regret  that  the 
influential  clubs  had  not  taken  formal  action  to  ensure  such  consent  ,  and  I  expressed  the  hope 
that  his  unknown  successor  would  be  retained  for  manv  terms  and  [k  freed  from  all  fear  of 
•■  rotation."    As  the  President  did  in  fact  accept  a  fourth  term,  a>id  as  he  is  not  an  acquaintance 


6i8  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


of  mine,  I  cannot  be  accused  of  any  personal  motive  in  now  applying  to  him  the  same  hope. 
My  GazttU  article  shows  why  the  number  of  really  Jewrable  men  who  can  afford  to  take  the 
presidency  must  always  be  small ;  and  I  wish  its  facts  and  logic  mijth*.  be  considered  by  such 
writers  as  are  accustomed  to  prir.:  gossip  about  possible  "  candidates  "  for  :he  place,  in  advance 
of  (he  appearance  of  any  signs  of  dissatisfaction  with  ''.e  holder  of  it.  Space  forbids  my  quot- 
ing  more  than  the  follow.  :ig  :  "I  believe  that  no  cr  ^e  of  incompetency  or  neglect  of  duty  has 
yet  been  raised  against  any  executive  officer ;  and  1  think  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  high 
average  of  personal  and  official  character  in  the  men  chosen,  and  the  ab-ence  of  a  spirit  of 
political  scheming  for  '  rotating '  them  out  of  office,  have  both  helped  greatly  to  build  up  the 
reputation  of  the  League.  It  will  be  a  bad  thing  for  it  if  prevalence  is  ever  given  to  '  Hal's ' 
idi..,  that  the  offices  are  a  sort  of  baubles,  -vhich  ought  to  be  portioned  out  geographically  for  the 
soothing  of  sectional  pride,  as  playthings  are  divided  equally  among  children." 

The  seventh  annual  parade,  according  to  detailed  statement  in  Bullttin  (June  4,  '86,  p.  -:i), 
attracted  824  riders,  of  whom  hardly  half  belonged  outside  Mass.,  and  only  200  outside  "  w  Kng.; 
but  by  other  accounts  the  number  really  riding  was  considerably  smaller  (.  Icbt^i  said  653,  incl. 
50  tri's).  The  Secretary's  report  showed  the  membership  on  May  28, '86,  to  be  8463,  an  increase 
of  nearly  64  per  cent,  from  Dec.  31,  when  it  stood  at  517^  Of  the  latter,  a  very  large  propor- 
tion (4379)  paid  their  renewal  fees;  hence,  ''^e  new  members  of  the  five  months  numbered 
4084,— the  largest  weel  ■:  atccssion  being  318,  fcr  the  week  ending  May  15.  During  the  sum- 
mer, 12 13  new  men  join^  1.  so  that  on  Sept.  t  the  Secretary  was  able  to  report  a  total  of  9676,— 
more  than  three-fourths  of  whom  (7315)  were  accredited  to  these  7  states  :  N.  Y.,  Mass.,  I'a., 
N.  J.,  O.,  Ct.  and  III.,  i.amed  in  the  order  of  their  ni;mbership.  The  ,'eographical  distribution 
of  the  entire  9676,  and  of  tho  5176  who  formed  tho  League's  membership  just  8  months  earlier, 
are  shown  by  the  following  pairs  of  numerals  :  Me.,  199,  63 ;  N.  H.,  143,  82  ;  Vt.,  100,  58 ; 
Mass.,  1418,  591 ;  R.  I.,  133,  30;  Ct.,  571,  355  ;  N.  Y.,  1655,  1028;  N.  J.,  918,  493  ;  Pa.,  1411, 
«39;  Del,  24,  4;  Md.,  199,88;  D.  C,  59,  49;  \V.  Va.,  46,  21;  Va.,  54,5;  N.  C,  11,9;  S. 
C,  .,  3  ;  Ga.,  27,  I ;  Fla.,  9,  o ;  Ala.,  13,  i  ;  Miss.,  3,0;  La.,  59,  lo ;  Tex.,  14,  3  ;  Ark.,  4, 
o;  Tenn.,67,  6;  Ky.,79,  42;  0.,8o9,  58';  Mich.,  218,77;  Ind.,  185,  75;  111.,  433,  283  ;  Mo., 
236,94;  la.,  no,  67;  Wis.,  30,  17;  Minn.,  105,67;  Dak.,  8,4;  Neb.,  67,  15;  Kan.,  70,  7; 
Ind.  Ter.,oi  N.  Mex.,o,  i;  Col.,  46,  28;  Wy.,  49,  33;  Mon.,  3,2;  Id.,  20,0;  Wash.,o;  Or., 
3,0;  Utah,  10,  6;  Nev.,  o;  Ariz.,  o;  Cal.,  148,  13;  Ontario,  7,  5;  Nova  Scotia,  4,  2;  Ber- 
muda, I,  o;  England,  2,  o;  Germany,  i,  i.  This  shows  only  5  States  and  Territories  having 
no  League  members,  as  compared  with  16  unrepresented  three  years  earlier,  when  the  total  was 
2131.  My  statistics  are  from  tables  in  the  Bullttin  of  June  11  and  Sept.  17,  '86,  pp.  533,  297 ; 
and  the  editor  thereof  took  a  natural  pride  in  proclaiming,  Oct.  29,  that  the  membership  had 
"grown  to  five  figures  "  (10,175),  and  the  Bulletin'' s  regular  edition  to  10,850. 

The  record  of  the  first  convention  shows  that,  "  on  motion  of  Mr.  Longstreth,  of  Philadel- 
phia, it  was  unanimously  voted  that  the  Bi.  World  be  made  the  official  organ  of  this  League." 
This  was  then  the  only  American  cycling  journal,  having  but  lately  begun  .is  a  fortnightly,  Nov. 
15,  '79,  at  $2. 50.  A  year  later,  it  became  a  weekly,  at  ti,  and  has  so  continued  ever  since,  ex- 
cept that  the  price  was  reduced  to  %i,  on  May  13,  '81,  and  to  $1,  on  June  4,  '86.  The  conven- 
tions of  '81  and  '82  perfunctorily  repeated  the  unanimous  vote  of  '80,  retaining  the  paper  as 
"  League  organ  " ;  and  a  friend  of  its  publisher,  in  nominating  him  for  the  presidency  at 
Chica?o,  alluded  to  it,  "  as  a  journal  which  has  the  honor  of  diminishing  his  yearly  income  very 
considerably,"  in  proof  of  his  enthusiasm  for  advancing  the  interests  of  bicycling.  The  three 
successive  annual  appointments,  which  no  one  thought  of  opposing  or  disapproving,  were  simply 
hap-hazard  votes  of  thanks  and  recommendation.  They  had  no  othe'  practical  value  than  that 
of  formally  advertising  the  paper  as  worthy  the  individual  palroEiage  i)f  League  members  and 
of  wheelmen  in  general.  Its  publishers  received  no  s' sidy,  nor  did  they  make  any  definite 
agreement  as  to  the  amount  of  space  they  would  give  to  .  dvertising  the  League  in  return.  lu 
fact,  however,  the  names  of  applicants  for  membership,  official  notices,  reports  of  meetings  and 
tptc  iiivc,  Were  ail  priiucii,  in  ritliaCiivo  ar.cl  rca^laLfic  sriiipc  ,  niiu  !  am  not  avvarc  triar,  ariyscr^cuj 
objection  was  ever  urged  against  the  B.  W.  for  failure  to  fulfill  all  the  functions  of  an  "  organ." 


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Meanwhile,  the  IVfuel,  a  smaller  and  cheaper  paper,  had  become  esublijhed  at  New  York 
beginning  a  weekly  issue  at  I1.50,  "  as  the  official  organ  of  the  (English)  U.  T.  C.  in  America,'' 
Ocj.  4,  '8a,-after  two  years'  existence  as  a  %i  fortnightly  (Sept.  25,  '80,  to  Sept.  13,  '82 ;  ex- 
cept  that  Its  price  was  I1.25  until  ]^x)^  6,  '81,  and  its  "  organship  "  began  June  7,  '82).    The  pub- 
lishers  of  this  came  before  the  convention  of  '83  with  an  offer  to  mail  it  to  each  member  of  the 
League  at  50  c.  (one-third  the  regular  rate),  provided  it  were  recognized  as  the  official   organ 
and  provided  the  payments  were  made  monthly  by  the  League's  Treasurer.     This  scheme  was 
adopted  by  a  vote  of  368  to  260,  its  most  active  advocate  being  the  first  President  of  the  League 
and  first  editor  of  the  Bi.  iVorld,  whose    name  had  been  printed  as  "  editorial  contributor  "  to 
the  first  3.  weekly  issues  of  the   .'fA/r/,-<nding  May  4,  '83.     The  Corresponding  Secretary 
who  was  chosen  by  the  same  convention  which  adopted  the  Whetl  as  organ,  had  been  editor  of 
It  from  the  start,  and  was  one  of  the  firm  which  published  it.     No  censure  was  ever  pronounced 
upon  him.  that  I  am  aware  of,   for  failing  to  do     is  duty  as  secretary  and  editor  (the  increase  in 
I.tague  membership  being  greater  during  his  year  than  ever  before) ;  and  the  cry  which  was 
raised  against  him  by  those  who  professed  to  think  that  his  contract  with  the  League,  as  pub- 
lisher,  had  proved  too  profitable,  seemed  to  me  quite  childish  and  unju^*.     His  suspension  from 
office,  and  subsequent  expulsion  from  membership,  was  the  result  of  the  Springfield    B   C  's 
protest  against  the  harsh  language  he  had  applied  to  it  in  his  private  capacity,  and  had  no  avowed 
relation  to  his  conduct  as  secretary  or  editor  or  .is  profits  as  a  publisher;  but,  on  the  same  day 
with  the  expulsion  (Feb.  22,  '84),  a  committee  was  appointed  to  "  obtain  proposals  and  estimates 
from  such  parties  as  might  ofler  to  provide  a  League   organ  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  25  c  a  year 
for  each  member,"  and  also  to  "consider  the  advisability  of  the  League  conducting  its  own 
organ,"  after  the  expiration  of  the  contract  with  the  Wheel. 

The  committee  reported  (Washington,  May  ,9)  against  the  League's  attempting  to  publish 
Its  own  paper,  because,  as  it  wo.-ld  not  be  transmissible  at  second-class  mail-rates,  the  need  of 
paying  a  cent  a  copy  foi  postage  would  alone  absorb  half  the  sum  allowed,  even   though  the 
issue  were  made  monthly  ;  and  "  the  condition  of  the  trr     ury  and  estimated  receipts  "  forbade 
the  indulgence  in  any  such  scheme.     They  also  rer         .  (,)  that  the  Wheel  offered  to  add  a 
large  4  p.  supplement  to  the  first  weekly  issue  of  ear       ,onth,  and  to  mail  both  to  every  League 
.^embcr  for  20  c.  a  year  (or  ,0  c.  to  those  whose  membership  began  after  Dec.  i) ;  (2)  that  the 
B,.  World  offered  to  give  the  League  4  pp.  in  the  first  weekly  issue  of  each  month,  and  mail 
those  12  issues  to  each  League  member,  also  to  print  the  names  of  applicants  every  week  and 
mail  to  each  one  the  paper  containing  his  name,-the  League  paying  2  c.  for  each  paper  thus 
supplied;    3)  that  the  Springfield  Wheeunen^,  Gazette, S^^^x  then  reestablished  as  a  monthly, 
offered  to     give  the  League  all  the  space  needed  for  its  official  business,"  and  to  mail  a  copy  to 
every  member  during  the  term  of  contract,-the   League  to  make  monthly  payments  of  2  c  for 
each  paper  thus  mailed  ;  and  (4)  that  the  AnuUeur  Athlete  offered  to  mail  a  weekly  supplement 
to  each  League  member  at  five-thirteen.hs  of  a  cent  a  copy  (^o  c.  a  year);  or  to  mai!  a  monthly 
supplement  to  each  at  five-sixths  of  a  cent  a  copy  (,oc.  a  year) ;  or  to  mail  the  complete  paper 
weekly  to  each  for  50  c.  a  year  (its  regular  rate  to .  non-members  being  $2),  and  give  all  needed 
space  for  League  announcements.     Behind  each  one  of  these  four  journals'  proposals  was  the 
understanding  that  the  League's  Corresponding  Secretary  or  other  official  representative  should 
prepare  and  edit  for  the  printer  all  the  League  material,-the  editors  of  the  several  papers  having 
no  responsibility  for  it,  and  keeping  their  own  work  quite  distinct,  bv  appropriate  typof,raphical 
devices.     In  spite  of   the  committee's  adverse  report,  the  convention  of  '84  adopted  a  series  of 
resolutions  (proposed  by  A.   H,   MacOwen,  and  warmly  supported  by  E.   M.  Aaron,  both  of 
Philadelphia)  to  the  effect  that  the  League  should  thenceforth  issue  its  own  or-an  -the  Re-ord 
ing  Secretary  serving  as  editor,  without  pay,  and  the  other  four  executive  officers  forming  with 
nim  a  board  of  publication. 

This  plan,  which  seems  to  have  contemplated  a  monthly  issue,  was  quickly  wrecked  on  the 
rock  ot  whicn  the  committee  had  given  warning  r  the  postal  law  wh!rh  r^'.-.-.^i^^  f.-.  T~.=t^^  ^^f,\^ 
a  Sheet  tor  cheap  transmission  as  "  second-class  mail-matter."  The  Executive  BoarX'ing  \^^ 
forced  to  contmue  the  "  organ  "  as  a  fixture  to  some  existing  journal  having  this  orivUege  of 


620  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


registry,  accepted  the  first-named   offer  of  the  AmaU^r  AthUU.^nA  received  much  hostile 
cnticwm  in  consequence.     My  opinion  is  that  most  recipients  of  the  badly-printed  8  p  sh    t 
wh>ch  came  to  them  each  week,  in  consequence  of  this  contract,  felt  almost  affronted  whenever 
reramded  by  its  staring  sub-title  that  it  was  really  "  the  official  gazette  of  the  Leaeue  "    The 
acceptance  of  either  one  of  the  other  three  offers  would  have  insured  an  "  organ  "  of  far  s 
nor  typographic  appearance ;  and  I  think  they  deserved  acceptance  in  the  order  named    Tn' 
either  case,  the  monthly  reception  by  each  League  member  of  an  interesting  newspaper  enclos 
ing   his  official  gazette,  must  have  been  far  moro  satisfactory  than  the  weekly  arrival  of  this 
blotchy  collection  of   black-letter  advertisements,  which  was  habitually  hurled  unopened  into 
the  waste-basket  by  many  disgusted  recipients.     The  utmost   efforts  of  the  hardworkiiie  "  pro- 
fessional »  editor  in  Philadelphia  were  unable  to  make  the   sheet  rise  superior  to  the  trammels 
imposed  by  its  "  amateur  "  printing  contractors  in  New  York.     1  do  not  say  that  any  particular 
blame  attached  to  them,  for  they  offered  a  cheap  job  and  probably  lost   money  on  it      The  mis- 
take was  rather  in  the  Executive  Board's  assuming  that  their  "  quarter-dollar  allowance  "  si,«,d 
a  chance  of  swing  a  better  return  from  investment  in  a  wild<;.t  « ,ekly  experiment  than  from  the 
monthly  patronage  of  a  well-printed  journal,  whose  established  character  gave  assurance  of  a  re 
spectable  result.     Whatever  error  of   judgment  was  committed,  however,    was  paid  for  most 
heavily  by  those  who  were  chiefly  responsible  for  it ;  and  f  presume  that  no  one  else  in  the  I  eaizue 
•  hated  the  sight  of  the  official  gazette  "  so  thoroughly  as  the  Recording  Secretary  «  hose  duty  it 
was  to  supply  the  material  for  the  printers,  and  whose  ambition  it  was  to  produce  a  creditable 
paper.     With  the  long-hoped-for  "  expiration  of  the  amateur  printing  contract,"  a  chance  Nvas 
given  him  to  gratify  his  ideal  by  an  order  from  the  President  that  he  issue  a  specimen  copy  of 
what  such  a  galette  ought  to  be. 

Hence  originated  the  first   number  of  "  the  L.  A.  IV.  Bullttin,  a  journal   devoted  to  the 
interests  of  cycling  in   America;  published  weekly  at  «i  a  year,  or  3  c.  a  cooy,  by  Ei  -ene  M 
Aaron,  for  the  Executive  Committee  of    he  League  of  American  Wheelmen,  at  the  1°  A   W 
office,  506  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia  ;  p,;,.ied  by  E.  Stanley  Hart  &  Co.,  32.  Chestnui  .t.'and 
entered  at  the  post  office  as  second  class  matter."    The  convention  at   Buffalo  adopted  this  on 
the  day  of  its  date  (July  2,  '85),  and  it  has  appeared  every  week  since  then,-the  first  9  issues 
dated  Thursday,  the  later  ones  Friday, -in  spite  of  the  fears  expressed  by  many  well-wishers  ,.f 
the  scheme  that  ihe  League  could  not  afford  to  supply  its  members  with  so  handsome  and  ex- 
pensive  a  print.     A  title-page  and  index  to  the  416  pp.  of  the  1st  vol.  accompanied  the  26th 
number  (Dec.  25,  '85) ;  and  the  report  of  the  Secretary-Editor  to  the  officers'  meeting  of  two 
months  later  seemed  to  show  that  the  journal  was  in  a  fair  way  of  reaching  a  permanent  finan- 
cial  basis  of  self-support.     Its  ad  vol.  (Jan.  .,  to  June  25,'86)  had  624  pp.  and  was  indexed  even 
more  thoroughly  than  the  first.     Tabular  statements  of  the  receipts  and  expenses  for  14  mo 
were  pnnted  June  11  and  Sept.  17  (pp.  534,  2.9),  in  the  reports  of  the  officers' meetings,  and 
showed  an  actual  profit  for  2  mos. :    #37  in  Aug.,  '85,  and  «.3o  in  May,  '86.     The  first  44  issues 
of  the  Bulletin  (285,075  copies)  cost  the  League  $.245,  or  less  than  half  as  much  as  its  "  ama- 
teur organ  "  of  the  previous  year,  though  the  812  pp.  of  those  issues  contained  a  much  greater 
amount  of  ietterpress,-the  official  matter  alone  covering   143  pp.     The  next  17  Bulletins.  .May 
to  Aug.,  '86(160,650     opies;  460  pp.),  cost  i;59o,  "  or  at  the  rate  of  less  than  19  c.  a  yt-.ir  for 
each  League  member,-s     wing  the  remarkable  cheapness  of  thus  publishing  a  superior  ^veekiy 
paper  on  the  co-operative  plan."     The  net  adv.   recdpts  for  14  mos.  were  ». 0,445,  .md  the 
printing  expenses  #12,280.     One-third  the  League's  income  from  membership-fees  during  the 
year  ending  with  May,  '86,  was  spent  in  procuring  and  printing  verbatim  reports  of  all  the  talk 
at  the  officers'  meeti.    s;  and  the  Secretary-Editor  suggests  that  money  be  saved  hereafter  by 
restr:-ting  the  reports  of  such  meetings  to  things  actually  done.     During  the  first  year,  he  relied 
upon  volunteers  for   supplying  the  Bulletin  with  "  news  "  ;  but  regular   correspondents  have 
since  been  employed  at  the  chief  c  cling  centers  to  furnish  it,  and  carefully-compiled  reports  of 
"famous  riding  Histricis"  have  regularly  appeared  upon  the  paper's  second  page.     The  need 

contributions   because  the  p.     lability  of  delay  dampens  the  ardor  of  volunteer  writers  ;  but  he 


THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  IVHEELMEN.       621 

has  succeeded,  nevrrtheless,  in  making  a  very  readable  journal,  and  in  proving  that  the  other 
papers  were  wrong  when  they  predicted  that  his  estimates  of  the  adv.  patronage  requisite  for 
supporting  it  would  never  be  realized.  His  report  of  Sept.  i  says  that  thr  adv.  pp.  average  i8 
or  thrice  as  many  as  first  hoped  for,  and  that  the  rales  have  not  been  raised,  though  the  circu- 
lation has  increased  f.om  5000  to  10,500.  I  should  think  that  an  advance  of  50  or  100  per  cent, 
might  well  be  made  in  adv.  rates ;  and  I  urge  the  policy  of  inviting  quarter-year  subscriptions 
to  the  Bulletin,  for  I  believe  that  nearly  every  reader  thus  secured  will  be  persuaded  to  join  the 
League.  Criticisms  of  the  paper  and  its  editor  may  be  fairly  assumed  as  based  on  business  or 
personal  rivalry,  unless  their  writers'  sincerity  be  shown  by  the  clearest  proof.  Ihere  is  an 
overwhelming  presu-nption  that  the  man  who  originated  the  BuUttin,  and  brought  it  to  its  pres- 
ent plane  of  success,  in  the  face  of  general  scepticism  and  opposition,  will  take  more  pride  in 
nushin-  it  higher  than  any  one  else  could  take  ;  and  the  first  principles  of  justice  forbid  that  he 
should  be  superseded  in  office  for  anything  less  than  demonstrated  incompetency.  Mistakes 
must  be  made,  and  enemies  must  be  made,  by  every  holder  of  such  a  pla'.e ;  but  good  business- 
policy  nevertheless  demands  that  the  Secretary-Editor  should  be  a  fixture,  even  more  than  the 
President.  The  officers'  debate,  in  advance  of  their  vote  which  practically  made  him  so,  may 
be  found  in  the  Bulletin  of  Mar.  19,  p.  246 ;  while  as  regards  their  policy  of  excluding  from 
the  paper  all  discussions  of  rival  machines,  the  arguments  for  and  against,  as  presented  at  the 
BufJalo  meeting,  cover  p.  304  of  the  issue  of  Sept.  17. 

I  consider  the  act  of  joining  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen  one  of  the  very  first  duties 
which  every  cycler  in  this  country  owes  to  his  fellows  ;  but  I  think  that  the  considerations  which 
can  be  effectively  used  for  the  attraction  of  desirable  members  may  be  reduce.!  to  two.  First, 
and  incomparably  the  strongest,  is  the  argument  of  sentiment  and  sympathy,— the  gratification 
of  the  sense  of  partnership  and  power  by  the  mere  act  of  standing  up  and  being  counted,— the 
ability,  in  short,  to  feel  that  one  plays  a  personal  part  in  swelling  the  chorus  which  I  have  quoted 
at  the  head  of  this  sketch  for  the  possible  enlightenment  of  the  Great  American  Hog.  As  Presi- 
dent Bates  says,  "  the  organization  is  more  valuable  because  of  the  political  power  it  possesses, 
and  may  wield  when  necessary,  than  for  any  other  of  its  qualities  " ;  and  no  one  will  pretend 
that  such  a  veteran  journalist  can  have  worked  a  quarter-century  in  a  newspaper  office  without 
attaining  some  degree  of  shrewdness  as  a  politician.  I  quote  the  phrase  from  his  article  in  the 
Whetlman  (May,  '83,  pp.  98-100),  descriptive  of  the  manner  in  which  an  Ohio  legislator  named 
Green  made  a  bid  for  the  ballots  of  the  Hog,  by  proposing  an  enactment  for  the  suppression  o£ 
bicycling  in  that  State ;  and  of  the  manner  in  'which  his  verdant  little  boom  was  obliterated  when 
the  League  formally  showed  its  hand  before  the  legislative  committee.  That  hand  held  alto- 
gether too  many  voters  to  be  laughed  out  of  court.  The  committee  saw  clearly  that  the  inflic- 
tion of  :.ijustice  upon  them,  for  the  sake  of  currying  favor  with  the  Hog,  would  be  bad  politics. 
The  fmal  words  of  the  article  are  these  :  "  The  fact  that  we  possess  political  power  is  our  shield ; 
the  fact  that  we  are  ready  to  use  it  when  attacked  will  double  the  strength  of  our  shield.  We 
trespass  upon  the  rights  of  no  man  ;  let  us  make  it  plainly  understood  that  no  man  vriU  be  per- 
mitted  to  trespass  upon  our  rights  with  impunity.  .  I  say  again  that  the  latent  political  power  of 
the  L.  A.  W.  is  its  most  valuable  quality,  and  is  alone  worth  much  more  than  its  cost."  The 
second  and  final  argument  which  can  be  effectively  employed  for  attracting  recruits  to  the 
League— such  recruits  as  insist  on  having  a  direct  and  tangible  return  for  their  money— is  the 
fact  that  no  other  weekly  cycling  journal,  of  as  much  merit  and  attractiveness  as  the  BulUtin,  is 
to  be  purchased  except  at  a  price  about  equal  to  the  entire  cost  of  membership  ;  and  that  most  of 
the  official  road-books  are  supplied  only  to  League  members,  and  are  generally  supplied  with- 
out charge  to  members  of  those  Divisions  which  publish  them.  I  am  sure  that  it  is  a  waste  of 
time  to  rehearse  the  lesser  arguments  and  advantages.  Men  who  cannot  be  converted  by  the 
two  principal  ones,  are  not  worth  having  at  all.  The  cycler  who  takes  no  pleasure  in  contribut- 
ing his  personal  mite  to  increase  the  "  solidarity  "  of  cycling— in  helping  perfect  a  system  which 
shall  convince  the  horse-owning  Hog  that  whenever  his  cloven  hoof  is  shown  for  the  tramriing 
down  of  wheelmen's  rights  in  the  backwoods  of  Maine,  its  appearance  there  will  make  enemies 
for  him  clear  across  to  the  coast  of  California,— is  a  cycler  not  specially  wanted  by  the  brother- 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


hood  ■  but  the  one  v.ho  doesn't  even  care  enough  about  the  busineu  to  read  a  repreuntatirc 
newspaper,  or  to  supply  himseii  with  valuable  iiiformation  about  the  roads,  had  best  be  left  out- 
side the  League  entirely. 

As  defined  in  its  official  hand-book,  "  The  League  of  American  Wheelmen  is  an  organiia- 
tion  to  promote  the  general  imerests  of  cycling  ;  to  ascertain,  defend,  and  protect  the  rights  o£ 
wheelmcM  (which  are  those  of  any  driver  of  liurse  and  wagon),  to  encourage  and  facilitate  lour- 
ing, »  id  to  regulate  the  government  of  a.l  amateur  sports  connected  with  the  use  of  the  wheel 
As  7.  national  organization,  it  is  chiefly  composed  of  bute  Divisions,  which  bear  relations  to  it 
very  similar  to  those  between  State  and  Nation  in  the  political  world.  The  Sutes  not  yet 
possessed  of  sufficient  membership  (25)  to  organize  a  separate  Division  are  governed  directly 
from  headquarters,  as  are  the  Umtorits  by  the  nation,  politically  considered.  It  is  miter  of 
experience  that  id«al  efficiency  is  only  reached  when  a  rider  belongs  to  a  club,  the  club  to  a  well- 
organized  State  Division,  and  the  State  Division  to  the  national  body,  with  well  paid  and  centr^l- 
iied  machinery  of  business  and  information."  The  mode  of  government  adopted  may  be  shown 
by  the  following  extracts  from  the  League's  organic  law  :  "  Its  officers  shall  be  a  President,  a 
Vice-President,  a  Secretai^- Editor,  a  Treasurer,  Chi'^f  Consuls  (one  from  each  State),  and 
Representatives  (each  State  being  entitled  to  one  Representative  for  every  50  members);  and 
these  officers  sh.-iil  form  a  Board  of  Officers,  of  whom  15  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  who  shall 
direct  and  decide  in  a'.l  matters  not  provided  for  in  this  Constitution,  and  shall  have  power  to  fill 
vacancies.  The  President,  the  Vice-President,  and  one  other  member  of  the  Board  of  Officers 
annually  chosen  by  the  board,  shall  form  an  Executive  Committee,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all 
matters  relating  to  revenue  and  disbursements  and  League  funds,  and  all  routine  business  not 
otherwise  disposed  of ;  and  such  comm-ttee  shall  report  to  the  board  at  each  regular  meeting. 
Each  State  in  which  there  are  aj  or  more  nembers  may  organize  a  State  Division,  with  a  code 
of  by-laws,  in  keeping  with  this  Constitution,  and  governed  b/  an  Executive  Board  comprising 
the  Chief  Consul  and  Reps. ,  together  with  the  Secretary-Treasurer.  The  latter  may  be  chosen  at 
large  by  a  vote  of  the  Division,  and  it  shall  hold  at  least  one  meeting  each  year  for  that  purpose. 
"All  officers  shall  hold  office  until  their  successors  are  elected  or  appointed  ;  but  the  Secre- 
tary-Editor shall  hold  office  during  good-behavior  or  until  death  or  his  resignation  shall  cause 
his  removal.  (The  Board  of  Officers  may,  however,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  and 
proxies  present,  after  one  month's  notice  has  been  given.  Je.lare  his  offici  vacant,  and  order  a 
new  election.)  He  shall  receive  a  salary  of  $1500  per  annum,  and  shall  be  allowed  to  draw  from 
the  treasury  such  part  of  I2000  as  may  be  necessaVy  for  the  support  of  his  office  ;  and  from  this 
sum  he  shall  pay  all  assistants  whom  it  may  be  necessary  for  him  to  employ,  but  he  shall  be 
reimbursed  for  his  stationery  and  posta7e  expenses.  He  shall  give  bonds  for  the  faithful  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  in  the  sum  of  %\a,  ,  and  the  bond  must  be  acceptable  to  the  Executive 
Conimiitee;  he  shall  at  all  times  be  under  the  control  of  the  Executive  Committee  ;  he  may  be 
suspended  by  them  to  await  the  action  of  llie  board  ;  he  shall  report  to  the  Board  of  Officers  at 
their  meetings,  anfl  once  every  three  months  he  shall  publish  in  the  official  organ  a  report  of  the 
general  status  of  the  League."  The  rules  as  to  his  salary  and  official  jjermanency  were  adopted 
Feb.  22,  '86.  The  previous  rules  required  his  annual  election,  the  same  as  the  other  officers ; 
and  the  ru  adopted  Feb.  23,  '85,  said  :  "  He  shall  receive  a  salary  of  #83.33  ?*"■  month,  and 
shall  be  reimbursed  for  his  stationery,  postage  and  kindred  expenses."  The  first  salary  voted 
to  any  League  officer  was  I250  a  year  for  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  May  30,  '81  ;  and  the 
same  w.is  afterwards  given  to  the  Recording  Secretary,  Feb.  23,  '85.  When  both  secretaryships 
were  consolidated,  and  combined  with  the  editorship,  June  i,  '85,  the  salary  which  had  been 
raised  to  $1000  by  rule  of  Feb.  23, '85,  on  condition  of  such  consolidation,  really  began  to  be  paid. 
Of  the  half-dozen  standing  committees,  appointed  by  the  President,  for  a  year's  service,  end- 
ing with  the  annual  meeting,  those  on  "membership,"  "rules  and  regulations"  and  "rights 
and  privileges  "  must  consist  of  j  men  each,  who  must  be  taken  from  the  Board  of  Officers; 
■while  the  committees  on  "transportation,"  "racing,"  and  "touring"  may  be  taken  from '.he 
ssembershii-  in  creneral.  and  the  t^o  former  mav  ezrh  have  £  n^i^n  The  last-nnfned  cotntD'tt^e 
is  the  youngest  of  all,  having  been  established  by  vote  of  Feb.  aa,  '86,  which  says  it  "  shall  be 


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tailed  the  Touring  Board,  and  thall  consist  of  a  Tnunnaster  and  a  liookmaster,  as  assocat: 
chairmen  of  sub-committees.  The  former,  as  chief  director  of  League  tours,  is  empowered  to 
appoint  members  as  liis  assistants  in  any  quarter,  for  organizing  and  conducting  such  tours;  and, 
wiih  the  concurrence  of  the  President,  he  may  assume  other  duties  appropriate  for  a  manager. 
The  liookmaster  shall  have  as  associate  tx-offLio  members  of  his  sub-committee  (to  be  known 
as  the  Bureau  of  Information)  all  compilers  or  assistant-compilers  of  read-books,  or  hand-books, 
past,  present  or  prospective,  as  long  as  they  remain  League  members  ;  and  he  is  empowered  to 
obtain  and  keep  on  file  books,  maps,  road-reports  and  all  other  written  or  printed  facts  of  inter- 
est  to  cycling  tourists,  and  to  supply  information  to  applicants."  Th;  committee  on  racing 
"shall  bi  called  the  Racing  Board,  and  shall  have  charije  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  racing  and 
the  championships.  They  shall  make  all  arrangements  for  the  annual  championships  which  are 
held  under  L^eague  auspices,  and  sliall  assign  such  other  championships  as  arj  now  or  may  be 
established,  to  be  run  under  thi  auspices  of  such  clubs  or  associations  as  they  may  consider  most 
desirable.  They  shall  have  power  to  make  such  rules  for  their  government  and  thi  govern- 
ment of  race  meetings  as  may  be  deem;d  expedient,  and  may  appoint  one  or  morj  oflScial  handi- 
cappers  at  their  discretion."  No  member  shall  belong  to  more  than  two  committees  ;  and  every 
committee-chairman,  who  may  not  b^  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Officers  by  election,  shall  be- 
come one  ex-afficio,  "  and  shall  bj  remunerated  for  all  expenditures  which  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Executive  Committee  were  made  for  the  good  of  the  department  under  his  charge." 

"There  shall  be  an  annual  business  meeting  of  the  League  at  such  time  and  such  place  as 
the  Board  of  O.licers  may  determine  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  at  least  2  mos.  previous  to  the  15th 
day  of  May,  and  of  which  general  meeting  at  least  one  month's  public  notice  shall  be  given.  At 
this  meeting,  each  member  present  shall  have  one  vote  on  any  question,  and  50  members  shall 
constitute  a  quorum.  Two  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Officers  shall  h:  held  each  year,  one  at  least 
2  mos.,  and  not  more  than  4  mos.,  previous  to  May  15th,  and  one  in  the  fall,  subject  to  the  call 
of  the  President.  The  Presidjnt  and  Secretary  may,  at  any  time,  submit  any  matter  of  busi- 
ness properly  before  the  board  in  writing,  in  the  form  of  a  vote  or  resolution,  to  each  member 
of  the  board  by  mail,  upon  which  thi  members  may  indicate  their  approval  or  disapproval ;  and 
when  replies  in  approval  shall  be  received  from  a  majority  of  the  members,  the  President  shall 
diclare  such  vote  or  resolution  carried,  and  it  shall  be  taken  as  the  action  of  the  board,  as  if 
done  at  a  regular  meeting.  Between  the  ist  and  loth  day  of  March  each  year  the  Secretary 
shall  send  to  each  member  of  the  League  a  voting  blank  for  Chief  Consuls  and  Representatives. 
Each  member  who  was  admitted  or  whose  dues  were  paid  up  to  the  ist  day  of  March,  shall  be 
entitled  to  one  vote  for  Chief  Consul  for  the  State  wherein  hi  resides,  and  one  vote  for  each 
Representative  that  his  State  is  entitled  to  under  these  rules  ;  each  vote  shall  be  signed  by  the 
member  voting  it,  and  returned  to  the  Secretary  before  the  10th  day  of  April,  and  by  him  de- 
livered to  the  Committee  on  Rights  and  Privileges.  This  committee  shall  sort  and  count  the 
votes,  and  make  a  return  of  the  same  to  the  President  on  or  before  the  loth  day  of  April ;  the 
person  obtaining  the  largest  number  of  votes  in  each  State  for  Chief  Consul  shall  be  elected,  and 
the  persons  receiving  the  largest  number  of  votes  as  Representatives  shall  be  elected.  (A 
Division  having  a  membership  of  500  or  more  may,  however,  adopt  the  rule  of  sending  votes  to 
the  Division  Secretary,  before  April  10,  and  he  shall  certify  the  result  directly  to  the  League's 
President,  before  April  jo.)  The  President  shall,  on  or  before  the  ist  day  of  May,  declare  the 
result  of  the  election,  cause  the  sami  to  be  published  without  dday  in  the  o.'ficial  organ  and  also 
notify  every  member  of  the  Board  of  O.Ticers  and  persons  so  elected  of  the  result.  At  the  same 
time  and  place  as  the  annual  meeting  the  Chief  Consuls  and  Representatives  so  chosen  shall 
meet  and  form  themselves  into  a  Board  of  Officers  for  ths  ensuing  year.  At  this  meeting  they 
shall  elect  from  the  membership  a  President,  a  Vice-President,  a  Treasurer,  and  a  third  member 
for  tl»e  Executive  Committee.  If  any  of  th^se  officers  be  chosen  from  the  general  membership 
but  not  from  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Officers,  such  officer  shall  become  a  member  of  the  • 
board,  and  shall  rontintif  »%  ^uch  SO  \oTiz  as  he  shall  hold  r.:;rh  r.?9,rr 

"  Each  Chief  Consul  shall  have  general  management  and  oversight  of  the  affairs  of  the 
League  in  his  respective  State ;  he  shall  call  and  preside  at  all  Sute  meetings,  shall  approve  and 


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appoint  one  Consul  for  each  locality  tl.at  in  his  juagment  is  entitled  .ireto,  and  Mi.i;!  api-mit 
League  hotels.  KeprcMntatives  5h.ill  recommend  to  their  Chief  Consuls  names  of  mcnilxTs  i,f 
the  League  to  serve  as  Consuls,  and  shall  recommend  hotels  lor  apjmintment  as  Leai;ue  head- 
quarters. They  shall,  in  jonneclion  with  their  Chief  Consul,  have  power  to  decide  all  local  nut- 
t'-'s  in  their  .States  as  provided  for  in  these  rules,  and  shall  have  a  general  oversight  over  the 
.airs  of  the  League  in  their  immediate  district.  The  iJivision  .Secretary-Treasurer  shall  keep  ,i 
lull  register  of  all  members  of  his  Division,  shall  keep  suitable  books  of  account  of  all  rc(ri|)ii 
and  expenditures,  and  shall  transact  such  other  busnicss  for  his  Division  as  may  be  assigned  him 
by  the  members  thereof  at  any  of  their  meetin:,'s.  Consuls  shall  acquire  and  give  any  inforniatinn 
a'ito  roads,  hotels,  laws,  and  other  matters  of  interest  in  their  localities  'o  members  of  the  Lcigue 
calling  upon  tliem  in  person  or  by  letter;  keep  the  -State  officers  infi  ined  from  time  to  time  by 
rc|X)rt!  perform  such  duties  as  the  latter  may  require  of  them,  and  generally  promote  the  in.er- 
«st.  C.I  ih-  :  •^a:  .e  .iiid  its  members.  Consuls' term  of  office  shall  expire  July  i,  but  they  nnv  lie 
rem  ..ed  for  '■luse  at  any  tune  by  the  Chief  Consul  of  their  State,  whose  lieutenants  they  are 

"Any  amateur  wheelman,  in  good  standing,  eighteen  years  of  age  or  over,  shall  be  eligible  to 
membership  in  this  League  upon  payment  of  an  initiation  fee  and  dues,  and  with  the  indorse- 
nieiitof  two  League  members  in  good  standing,  or  of  three  reputable  citizens  of  the  Inited 
States  or  Canada.  Upon  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Officers  or  a  committee  thereof,  two 
weeks  after  the  publication  of  his  name  in  a  list  of  candidates  in  the  official  c  gan  of  the  I,.'  i-uc, 
the  applicant  shall  become  a  member.  An  amateur  is  one  who  has  never  engaged  in,  nor  a^-.l^lcd 
in,  nor  taught  any  recognized  athletic  exercise  for  money  or  other  remuneration,  nor  knowingly 
competed  witjt  or  against  a  professional  for  a  prize  of  any  description.  To  prevent  misunder- 
standing in  interpreting  the  above,  the  League  draws  attention  to  the  following  explanation  :  A 
wheelman  forfeits  his  rights  to  compete  as  an  amatetir,  and  thereby  becomes  a  professioii.il,  by 
engaging  in  cycli  ig  or  any  other  recognized  athletic  exercise,  or  personally  teaching,  training,  or 
coaching  any  other  person  therein,  either  as  a  means  of  obtaining  a  livelihood,  or  for  a  stated 
bet,  money  prize,  or  for  gate  money,  competing  with,  pace-making  for,  or  having  the  pace  mad,- 
by,  a  professional,  in  public  or  for  a  prize  ;  selling,  realizing  upon,  or  otherwise  turning  into  ca>li 
any  prize  won  by  him.  Thii  rule  does  not  apply  to  teaching  the  elements  of  bicycling  solely  for 
the  purpose  of  effecting  the  sale  of  a  bicycle.  The  League  recognizes  as  athletic  exercises  all 
those  sports  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  National  Ass'n  of  Amateur  .Athletes  of  America,  includ- 
ing running,  walking,  jumping,  pole-leaping,  putting  the  shot,  throwing  the  hammer,  ihrowiiiK 
the  weights,  tug-of-war,  and  rowing,  boxing,  sparring,  lacrosse,  polo,  roller  and  ice  skating  " 

An  application-blank  containing  the  above  definition,  may  be  found  in  each  issue  of  ihe 
Bulletin,  or  procured  from  any  I^eague  officer.  Appended  to  it  are  the  following  words,  ad- 
dressed to  the  Secretary-Editor  :  "  Inclosed  you  will  find  initiation-fee  and  annual  dues  for  the 
L.  A.  W.  I  hereby  certify  that  I  am  over  18  years  of  age  and  an  amaieur  within  the  meanitit; 
of  the  definition.  I  refer  to  the  persons  named  below."  The  applicant  whose  member^lnp  is 
to  begin  during  the  first  quarter  of  the  year  (Jan.  to  March)  must  enclose  %i  ;  second  quarter 
(April  to  June),  $1.75  ;  third  quarter  (July  to  Sept  ),  $1.50;  fourth  quarter  (Oct.  to  Dec),  $1.25. 
Continuance  of  membership  costs  %\  a  year,  payable  in  advance  on  January  i  ;  and  all  names 
not  paid  for  by  March  i  are  dropped  from  the  rolls.  Life-memberships  are  obtainable  on  pay- 
ment of  $10.  A  certificate  of  annual  membership,  in  the  shape  of  a  card  signed  by  both  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  is  issued  to  each  member  each  year,  and  contains  his  name  and  en- 
rollment-number, together  with  a  "  series  letter."  Thus,  as  the  cards  of '86  belong  to  scries 
"G,"  those  of  '87  will  belong  to  series  "  H,"  and  so  on.  The  new  member  usually  receives 
his  card  about  a  month  after  sending  in  his  money,  though  the  Bulletin  meanwhile  comes  to 
him  each  week,  beginning  with  the  issue  which  prints  his  name  as  an  applicant.  The  act  of 
joining  the  League  makes  him  a  member  of  a  State  Division  also,  if  one  exists  in  the  State 
where  he  resides ;  and  no  direct  tax  is  levied  for  the  support  of  this,  inasmuch  as  one-half  the 
annual  dues  which  he  pays  the  League  are  returned  to  the  treasury  of  his  State  Division. 
Aii  applications  and  money  lor  membership  must  be  sent  to  the  League's  aecretary-iiuiioi.  i. 
M.  Aaron,  Box  gi6,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  WHEELMEA\      62 

K.e..  .CO..  n.a, ...  „^„;"::  Z";::i  x^'^^^^^^^^  -^ '-. 

of  eyeing.     KorexaiiiDle   the  S.;,.,  !»,.;.:        to     '^  ,"*""'*"''  '""ne  encouragcn.ein 

has  pa.d  ou.  no  less  .ha..  ,.ooi  for  pHml^;.^!:  .  ^    ^^f oTa   J^^":":  "'  '"'.'•""-'-"'•" 
lar  report,  of  .,.000  .„.  of  road».  ch.efly  .n  Pa.,  N   J     a.  d  MJ      t  ?  "^'""""  """ 

.idered  .h.  joi...  p.Ulica.io..  of  ...e  Div.L...  of'.hose-'.hr      s'  ts  I.  ofT^L'T"  "^  ^""• 
-e  cop.es  of  ...  .hough  i.s  ,,nc.-  ,0  Uague  „,e,.  of  o.her  S.a.cs  L  J  The  aT         r"'" 

u..sj(pi^,,trr;::e:i:  's  i^.^r„^:,:ir^^^ ^'•"•r'^"" '"-  ^'---^ 

.a..,s  a  large  road-.ap  of  .h.  Su.e  (',;„.  for  >    by  .hlh      c  Zirfn  '  'T'":!  '"'  ^""■ 
California  Division  w>s  h.r,!I„  ,  V    <  "J"";- "-""-"-o"*"'.  J- K.  Dunn,  Massillon)    The 

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s.ub;on  lich  l-p^^'eihe  ..^^ta^rwhi  rr.rK  ""'^  'I'T  '"'  *"'""  "''"•'°--  ^"'  »'- 
*l.en  ,h=  comple.e  book  wil    ll  ^M  f  *"''•""''  "  "'"""''y  P""*  ""'"  J^'v.  '5*7- 

t«  .        cover  and   t.tle-page,  as  already  recorded  :  but  the  book's  wor..f  m;.f-,« 
w,.s  to  pn„t  as  ,ts  opening  phras=  .h.  folio*!,,-;  perversion  of  his.orv     "^     I  -"^^fortune 

can  Wh=eln,.n  was  born  a.  N   .v,.,rt,  R.  I     M^v  ,0  Tso  "    ^7  '  c    ^"^"'  "'  '^'""'- 

-late  of  na.ivi.y  was  Mond.y   U,.  ,,st     but  Z  I  T  u-  '^  '^"  ^""'^'^'  ^"^  ""=  '"' 

■aions  about  Hnin,;rrei^r:;^;;^  f''™''-^"^^  R-"«   Board.     In- 

pr.n.ed  in  ,h  .■  /^W  and  as  .^'^A./  ^"-"f;""  »"<>  ""-»  important  rep.latlon^  were 

F"u-  oy   tn»!  .'secretary  about  a  year    aterfFeh     ic    >Sr  •  -j  \   / 

usedonthe-amatrurpatette."    As  earlv  as  Dec     'Sc     h.  /?  //7'   k  ^5°°^  f^""'  «yP«^ 

■  "  L.  A.  W.   Handbook   .„  , ._  2^."  „       1   ^?'  "'^  ^'"'''""' began  .0  print  articles  for 

■itterwards  destroyed  unns-H  lv.«,„-    <   u    "'    •""'";   -'^^""'M'"  were   made  from    these,  and 

.l-eactualpublicatllytStTow         v"'"*''"''"      ^-'—her  causes  have  delaved 
P       cafon^ay  so  that  now,  m  Nov.,  ,t  seems  unlikely  to  arrive  before  '87.     The 


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Tl■:^f  THOUSAND  miles  on  a  bicycle. 


fwmphlct  is  designed  a:i  an  electioneering  document,  and  is  to  be  supplied  to  all  a.>plicjnis 
who  will  pay  I'le  |x.stage.  It  wi.l  b  ive  about  70  pp.,  and  5000  copir,  will  be  printed  as  a  isi  ed 
In  Aug.,  'i«>,  a  little  pimphlct  was  prepared  by  the  Sec.-Kd.  for  officers' use (34  pp.,  150  copies, 
from  type  which  had  been  used  in  Bu/Utin).  contaiiiin;.^  constitut'on  and  by-law-,  on  its  lefi-hand 
pages,  and  on  ihe  opi)Osile  pages  certain  proposed  anicndnimts  which  were  adopted  I  pt.  , 

A  vole  was  passed  at  the  .-...nual  meeting  of  July  2,  '-5,  authorizing  the  Executive  Lom- 
mi'tee  to  tal.c  m.-asures  f„r  getting  the  League  incor|X)rati  :  iiiuUr  the  laws  of  some  State  ;  but 
Ihe  commitire,  having  examined  the  difficulties  of  the  case,  d  cided  not  to  act  until  af--r  rf|)ort- 
ing  the  same  to  th;  board.  These  didiciillies  were  d.scrib.-d  bv  the  Vice-PreMdent,  .S.  1  mv  a 
lawyer,  in  a  report  which  was  printed  in  Bulletin,  Dec.  25,  p.  410;  and  again  Mar.  5,  'gf,.  p 
i-^f),  with  the  account  of  the  tx)ard  meeting  of  Keb.  la,  which  voted  to  rescind  the  act  of  July; 
b-it  the  matter  was  revived  Sept.  3  when  the  board  voted  that  "  the  Ex.  Com.  should  proceed 
with  the  incorporation,  if,  as  a  result  of  consulting  witli  the  Committee  on  kights  and  I'rivi- 
Ifges,  they  consider  it  practicabi-  "  The  same  meeting  ameii(kd  the  clection-iaw  s,.  as  In  ,nn„w 
any  Division  having  a  membershi|)  of  5^0  or  more  to  adopt  ihe  rule  of  sending  ballots  m  ihe 
Divi.sion'.s  .Secretary,  instead  of  the  I.ea^ue'i  Secretary,  and  ordering  the  former  to  tcriify  tin 
resu.t  directly  to  the  Lea-ue's  President.  The  Now  V,.rk  Division  at  once  took  advantage  of 
•he  change  by  apiwrtioning  the  Stale  into  six  votiiij-districts,  according  to  county  lines,  and 
ordering  that  each  district  be  entitled  to  one  representative  for  every  50  members  residing  then  in. 
If  these  district  representatives  prove  f  -t  than  the  State  is  entitled  to,  the  Chief  Consu.  ,s 
•uthorized  to  nomina.e  the  needed  r  r  of  representatives-at-Iarge,  for  appointment  by  the 

P-.sident.  Tl»p  Secretary-Treasure-  ,  i«  directed  to  keep  a  geographical  list  of  members'  ri-si- 
deuces,  as  well  as  an  alphabetical  list,  and  was  voted  an  allowance  of  #joo  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Hereafter,  he  is  to  be  elected  on  the  same  mail-vote  v\ith  ;i'  representatives,  and  so  is  the  Vice- 
Consul ;  and  the  latter,  in  case  the  office  of  Chief  Cons.il  becomes  v?:ant,  is  to  hold  that  office 
until  the  next  election,— though  these  provisions  seem  to  conflict  with  the  conslitutic  .  of  the 
League.  On  r.eit.  1,  the  Division  had  a  cash  balance  of  %ii\i,  after  expending  |46g  during  the 
year.  (The  balance  in  the  League  treasury  at  the  same  me  was  1(1757;  and  the  Executive 
Committee  reivjrted  the  adoption  of  an  improved  system  of  book-keep'ng,  \  hich  cures  the  evils 
of  the  plan  inherited  from  the  early  day?  f  the  League,  and  allows  its  exact  financial  status  in 
be  very  promptly  discovered.)  Rules  similar  to  those  of  New  York  will  doubtless  soon  be 
adopted  by  the  other  large  Divisions  of  the  League,  and  help  ensure  the  •lection  of  its  repre- 
sentatives from  a  much  greater  number  of  localities.  The  Secretary- Editor  is  earnestly  in  favor 
of  a  long-studied  plan  for  allowing  every  Division  to  c.  nvass  its  own  votes,  by  a  local  relurn- 
ing-board  of  three  ;  and  a  part  of  the  plan  is  that,  if  this  local  board  fails  to  act  by  Mar  n,  ihe 
Division  Secretary  must  send  the  ballots  to  the  Executive  Committee,  .n  order  that  thev  may 
canvass  the  same  not  later  than  Mar.  30,  and  report  to  the  Pre«ident  b  Apr  2c.  The  plan  also 
contemplates  that  voting-blanks  shall  be  supplied  to  the  members  of  (  ach  Division  by  its  (  '  ief 
Consul,  so  that  the  League  Secretary's  task  of  sending  blan;»s  and  recei  in;-  v  les  ma'  .  re- 
stricted to  the  case  of  non-Di.-ision  members  only.  His  attempt  to  secun  the  adoption  of  ibis 
reform  did  not  succeed  at  the  meeting  of  Sept.  3,  and  he  then  announced  t'  en'-in  of  appeal- 

ing to  a  mail-vote;  but,  on  further  reflection,  he  decided  not  to  do  this  until  afte.  seeing  ihe 
operation  of  the  local  election-law  already  adopted.  Allusion  may  be  made  here  to  the  scheme 
of  "President  13ates  "  (in  the  Cycle,  May  or  June,  'S&)  for  superseding  the  "  bureaucraiic 
svstem  "  now  in  vogue,  by  a  congress  of  real  representatives,  wl  shoii'd  convene  siricilv  for 
business  and  should  actually  govern  the  League,  I  think  the  plan  implies  too  mut.i  patriotism 
to  be  practicable,  but  the  ideas  advanced  in  favor  of  it  are  interesting  and  suggestive.  My  own 
tend"ncy  is  towards  letting  well-enough  alone  :  and,  as  the  present  League  governmert  is  hnnest 
and  fairly  efficient,  t  .im  not  alarmed  at  all  when  f  hear  it  called  a  "  bureaucracy  "  ;  but  if  ideal- 
ists yearn  to  radically  reform  it,  I  urge  them  to  work  on  the  lines  laid  down  by  President  Bates 
The  League's  seven  annual  boards  of  executive  officers  have  been  constituted  as  follows  ? 


Longstreth,  Philadelphia;  Commander,  C.  K.  Munroe,  New  York ;  Corresponding  Secretary, 


THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  WHEELMEN.      627 

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,.      """'"''•  "''!■     /'•^,    ••-•    *-""•  «-°":    ^--Z-.  J.    M.    Fairfield.  Chicago;   C    CK. 

yj:      ""s     s"T[T[l"f'''-    '''"^'"^  N-  Haven);   f.  ^..  K.  N.  Pu.^a™     New 
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...  A.  S.  H.bbard,  Milwaukee  ;    T.,  W.  V.  Oilman,  Nashua  """ua;. 

S-    c'k";/.''''?;     ''•'  "'x.'"-   "-'"'*'"'•  "^^^  ^"^'''   ^•/'-  W-   H.  Miller,  Colun.bu.  •   C 

S,L    X'  T'/'J'J-^    ''■.  ^"'•"'  ''""^'^'T-H-;    /•..  S.  Terry,  Hartford.         ' 
Ken!an^h'M  'T  \  V  '   I^=^''*"'>.  New  York  ;   K-/'..  S.  Terry,  Hartford  ;   T    F    P 

KendalKb^May   ..,  -5,),  Worcester ;  S..rr,ar^.Edi,,r,  E.    M.   Aaron.  PhUadelphia    ^TW 
M.,.i.r  ./E.,rutn..  T.  J.  Kirkpa.r.ck  (b.  Sept.  ,3.  '55),  Springfield,  a  '^       '  '' 

O      tTL:ZL    ,'''^'^!-':-^-'>.  New  York;  K../-., 't.  J.  Kirkpa.rick,  Springfield. 

m'c/eI'  ^  cr    ■■  ITT-   ''\^"""«'^^^-''''  ^''  •  ■^-^■.  E.  M.  Aaron,  Pbilade^hif;  r 
fli.  oj  I.X.,  J.  C.  Gu.ick  (b.  Apr.  11,  '52),  Ne*  York. 

In  the  following  Hst   of  League  cmmittees,  serving  Oct    ,0   '86    the  d,;,;rm,n  „f       1.  • 
..r.t.named:     Memdersmip.-E.  K.  Hil!    Peekskill    Yi    \.  c   r    i7  '^™»"  °' "ch  .. 

te.h.  N.  J.  ;  J.  K.  Dunn,  Massillon.  O    '  kIc        -^^  1  as'seu.b '  MaT'  '•   ^        ^V  •"'"■ 
Boston  ;  E.  L.   Miller,  .34  S.  Front'  st.,  PhJael  hia ;  N    H  \^^^„'L    kl';.;  tvTrl:'' 

V.     [Offica!  Hand.capper,  N.  P.  Tyler  (b,  Oct.  .,,  '4S).  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y  ]     RutBs  ^nd 
Kegui.at.ons.-W.  I.   Harris,   Boston;  C.   S.    Butler,  ,63   Main  s,     Buffalo   N    V       K^ 

d  elp'hia    F  A  tlwe^'r       "*r'.'-"°'o ''=^'='"'''  ^^  =  ^""''  '*"''•  ^-^"^  Building   pE 
v^a  . ,  r .  A.  Mucid,  A.  *£  W.  P.  Railroad,  Montgomery,  Ala.  ;  W   M   Biew^tPr    V,n,l,i;,  i  ■ 

>5.  '64),  General  Agent,  I$oston  ;  F.  Jenkins,  Chief  Quart  rmalrNe;  Yorf:  E  Ol "  i""' 
retary.  Chicago  ;  W.  G.  Kendall  (b.  July  ..'54),  Boston  ;  V^S  Bulf  Bullo  W  G  e'p  '"' 
Clucago;  N.  L.  Collamer.  Washington ;  I.  P  -11  London  tL  c  1  .  '  ^  '  u  ' 
peclive  marshals  of  the  E..stem,  Middle  SoleJw.  T.Jl  '  '"'""''"''d  "«  'h«  '«- 
In  .h.  f  n  •  1-  ,  ,  '"i-uie,  oojinern,  w*.,  ni,  and  European  tourine  d  v  si-  i« 
In  the  following  list  of  Stale  officers  who  are  serving  the  League,  Oct    ,0   'sf  the  fir^  ' 

hetndated  siateT  r    .h        J  "         '"''     "''''  *^°*'  *''"="  '"  ^'-^'°"  -"  °^"-«« !  and 
ne  undated  States  are  those  having  no  organization  or  Secretary-Treasurer      RirTh^^^      t 

known,  are  enclosed  in  parenthe.:.;  and  re-elections  are  des  Ztld  by  .he  •     The Ir.' 

aTotfdT^'^t'-''^^^^^'^''^'"^  "-'^  '-'"-  where^o'll'-^ave  Z'n^ZZ 
a,.pomted,  though  League  members  reside  in  most  of  them 

f.  Hi,^ G^..  r.„..  j„„ I  .i.  V.-,;,.  rri.- e'r:  "ij.  S'tt' •,';r,='f'!,'.L?: 

^  r..  iju:^„T^„.  j„„^  ,^^  ;jg,^  ^y^^j  Randolph,  July  5,  '86.     Mass  -Oci  2,"'8/-"h' m' 
Haye,(b.  Mar.  .6,  ...,,.  Sute  ....  Boston;    S.  LawtL'.(b.  June  ao. ^^ Sprli    A^.' 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


•86.  R.  I.— Dec.  9,  '85;  J.  A.  Chase,  Pawtucket ;  II.  L.  Perkins,  Providence,  Dec.  10,  '85. 
Ct.— Jan.  22.  '84;  C.  G.  HuntinRton,*  Hartford;  D.  J.  Post  (b.  Jan.  2S,  V,i),  Hartford,  June 
29,  86.  N.  V  —May  -g,  "83  ;  G.  R.  Lidwell,  313  W.  sSlh  St.,  N.  V. ;  K.  K.  Austin*  <b!  Dec. 
4,  "60),  55  Hart  St  i.rooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  3,  'S5.  N.  J.— .May  30,  '83  :  E.  \V.  Johnson,  212 
Broadway,  N.  V  .  ;  i' .  R.  Boiineil,  51  Crescent  a".,  Jersey  City,  Aug.  2S,  '86.  Pa.— June  17, 
•83;  J.  A.  Wells,  321  Chestnut  St.,  Phila^-lphia :  T.  H.  Wright*  (b.  Mar.  24,  '60),  P.ox  ir,ir|[ 
Philadelphia,  Aug.  19,  '86.  Del.— J.  K.  Pa.iner,  1225  Market  St.,  Wilmington.  Md.— June 
27,  'S4 ;  J.  K.  Uartlctt,  .South  and  Second  sts.,  lialtimore  ;  W.  S.  Da;.  ,ey,»  j66  North  av.,  Haiti- 
more,  June  2,  '86.  D.  C— Nov.  21,  '84 ;  E.  T.  Petten-il!,*  1713  N.  Y.  av.,  Washington ;  G. 
M.  Myers,  Citizens  Nat.  Bank,  Washinf;ton,  Mar.  31,  '36.  W.  \'a.— .\ug.  31, '36;  W  L 
Wright  (b.  Apr.  8,  '59),  Wheeling;  H.  P.  Wilkinson,  Wheeling,  Au-.  31,  '36.  Va-'ocI.  2., 
'60;  y.  L.  Harris,  Harrisonbur-  ;  A.  K.  Scha.ip,  Richmond,  (Jet.  21,  "86.  N.  C— J.  L.  Yopp^ 
Wilmington.  [3.  C,  Ga.^  Ila.— W.  J.  Farrcll,  lernandina  [Ala. J  Miss.— J.  P.  ISruce 
(b.  June  7,  '65),  Vicksburg.  La. -Mar.  3,  '85;  E.  A.  ShieMs  (b.  Nov.  28,  '59),  93  Race 
Rt.,  New  Orleans;  Geo.  Caquid,  Kox  7S2,  New  Orleans,  June  23,  '86.  Tex.— W.  A.  L.  Knox 
(b.  June    16,  '57),  D.ii;.-s.     [Akk.]    TiiN.s.— Jan.  18,  '36 ;  W.  L.  Surprise  (b.  Dec.  9,  '55),  254 

Front  St.,  Mempliis;  C.  J.  Scheier,  211  Main  st..  Mj.-nphis,  Jan.  iS,  '86.     Ky. '84;  N.  G. 

Crawford,  Louisville;  T.J.  Willison,  Dayton,  July  3,  'S6.  O.— July,  '83;  J.  R.  Dunn, 
Massillcii;  (1.  S.  Atw.iter,  Massillon,  Sept.  6,  'Sj.  i-Iicii.— May  30,  'S3;  J.  H.  Johnson*  ^b! 
Mar.  18,  '60),  10  Sprice  si.,  Detroit  ;  J.  E.  IJcal  (b.  E-b.  23,  'Oo),  Ann  Arbor,  June  29, 
'86.  iND— Sept.  27,  '83;  A.  n.  Irwin  (b.  Ju:y  14,  '50),  Pui-hviilo ;  J.  /Zimmerman,  37  S.' 
Alabama  St.,  ^idianapoMs,  Ma;  15,  '36.  III.— ^•  y  31,  '3(,  J.  O.  Blake*  (b.  May  23,  '4S), 
68  Wabash  av.  ;  B.  B.  Ayers*  (b.  Oct.  8.  "58),  152  S.  Hoyne  av.,  July  5,  '86.  Mo.— June 
iS,  '85;  J.  S.  Rogers  (b.  Aug.  19, '64),  St.  Louis;  J.  A.  Lewis,  U.S.  Treasury-,  St.  Louis,  June 
19,  '.S6.  Ia.— May  31, '84;  W.  M.  Eeigrson,  Jcflerson  ;  J.  K.  Rail*  (b.  Mar.  18,  'O3),  Inwa 
Falls,  Dec.  3,  '85.  Wis.— A.  A.  Hadiaway,  D  ix  451,  Milwaukee.  Mi\n.— Sept.  10,  'Sj ;  .S. 
F.  Heath,*  Armory  Hall,  Minneapolis  ;  II.  A.  Aim  (b.  Nov.  27,  '4;),  Farmers  and  Mechanics 
Bank,  Minneajwlis,  Sept.  22,  '85.  [Dak.]  Nhb.— Apr.  29,  '36;  V/.  F.  Rogers,  1321 
Famam  St.,  Omaha  ;  Be"p  '"ell,  7502  Harney  St.,  Omaha,  May  10,  '86.  Kan.— Sept.  22,  '86; 
J.  H.  Everest  (b.  Dec.  m,  '63),  Lyon.-;;  C.  C.  Candy  (b.  June  22,  '()5\  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Sept! 
13,  '85.  [Ind.  Ter.,  N.  Mex.]  Col.— Feb.  17,  '36;  L.  B.  Johnson  (b.  Nov.  13,  '63), 
Denver;  F.  J.  Chamard,  4J2  G'enavon  st.,  Denver,  Feb.  17,  '36.  Wv.— F.  IL  Clarke,  Chey- 
enne. [MoN.]  Id.— E.  C.  Coffin.  (Wash.,  Or,  Utah,  Nev.,  Ariz.]  Cal.— Feb.  Is, '36; 
R.  M.  Welch  (b.  Nov.  13,  '50),  Stock  Exchange,  San  Francisco;  P.  E.  Haslett  (b.  Nov.  11,  'fig), 
Green  and  Front  sts.,  Feb.  20,  'S6.  (A.  W.  Laird  was  elected  Sec.-Treas.  of  Minn.  Div  Sept 
13,  '86.) 


''The  American  Cyclists'  Union  "  (org.  May  27,  '36)  is  an  iffshoot  of  the  League,  having 
been  called  into  existence  by  the  fact  that  the  lattcr'sr.acing  rules  formed  a  barrier  to  the  success 
of  the  Springfield  tournanent,  as  an  "  i.-.temr  .ional  "  annual  competition.  The  ultimate  reason 
for  their  thus  forming  a  barrier  lies  1..  a  peculiarity  of  cycle  racing  which  distinguishes  it  from  every 
other  sort  of  competitive  sport,— the  pec.  iarity  being  that  a  victory  ii,  such  racing  has  advertis- 
ing value  to  the  maker  of  the  cycle  upon  which  it  is  Aon.  This  fart  re.iders  extremely  difBcult 
the  maintenance  of  any  rule  which  tries  to  class  in  separate  soci.tl  grades  the  racers  for  glory 
and  the  racers  for  gain  ;  and  the  attempts  to  maintain  it  cause  a  great  deal  of  bitterness  and 
aciimory  to  be  displayed  in  puMic,  and  an  endless  amount  of  hypocrisy,  humbug,  sl.iily-sha'Iv, 
sophis'..y,  treachery,  deci'it  and  downright  lying,  to  prevail  in  private.  "  They  do  these  things 
mucii  better  in  France,"  it  .■^eems  to  me  ;  and  the  argument  of  those  Englishmen,  represented 
by  J.  R.  HoRg  and  the  editors  of  Wheeling,  who  protest  against  the  folly  of  the  pr.-tense, 
which  is  made  in  "los;  other  countries,  at  discriminating  b<>twefn  "  amateur"  and  "prn- 
fessional  "  racing  cyclers,  is  to  my  mind  conclusive  and  unanswerable.  Almost  any  young  fel- 
low who  l.kes  to  exhibit  liiniself  on  the  race  tnck,  and  who  has  power  to  do  any  specially  swift 
wheeling  ihe.e,  will  accept  pay,  in  one  shape  or  another,  from  the  maker  of  the  machine  which 


THE  LEAGUE  OF  AMERICAN  WHEELMEN.      629 

his  victories  help  advertise  into  popularity  ;  and  no  v^t  of  rule,  which  aim  to  make  .uch  accent 
ance  put  h,m  at  a  soc.al  d.sadvantage  alongside  a  less-lucky  racer,  whose  swiftness  i  n't  wohS: 
maker's  payng  for  will  command  general  support  in  a  democr^t.c  commun"r  If  '' in^e^ 
lu.nal  tournaments  "  are  to  exist  at  all,  they  ,nust  be  p  .moted  by  "  the  trade  "  !  ~S 
are  to  be  held  on  a  scale  large  enough,  and  with  busineLmanagemen.  1^  etu.h  o'c  ,""' 
the  notice  of  the  outside  public,  ti.ey  must  be  "  professional  "r^Z'  •  r       ^   '  "^' 

.hey  may  be  called.  President  BatL  showed  thrt^T^rlyTs  ;i„rS'  "Zr^f 
'«.,  p.  .65) :  "  I,  is  the  flying  Got  There  whocaptures  the  money  and  enth.  stsm  oT^tl'  [^  ■' 
can  people.  They  want  to  see  the  flier.  ;  they  don't  care  a  straw  for  h  dXT  uu  T' 
wants  .0  captivate  the  American  people,  i,  bas  got  ,0  parade  the  fli  r         f  ,f  \  '"'"« 

Somebodyhasgottopayfortheircuhivation.  Hendee^^rKlr^d wTbe  td':;  -rra?. 
beat  the  tngl.sh  unless  they  spend  months  of  ,„ne  and  hundrcls  of  dollars  of  exp  nse      .ra  n 

ers  IS  a  r,ch  man.     The  flymg  stock  ,s  usuallv  derived  from  the  ra,  ks  of  '.Ln,   ,„  1      .•      u 
ness.     Unless  somebody  foots  the  bills,  you  don't  have  fliers      wtth  r'         dub  ^ '^.a::' 

result.  It  IS  the  framed  cracks  who  draw,  and  who  alwavs  will  dnw  "  n(  ■  , 
the  following  extract  from  /.^..V^  .eading  ed.  of  Sept":^::^  ^e.^tin^a;";  sT'^Z  fe\r 
fu  wa  te  of  money  ,,u„k  ,n  useless  prizes,"  and  against  the  lack  of  logic  and  of  wi  dom  n  the 
rule  wh,ch  tempts  tacers  mto  dishonesty  by  forbidding  them  to  compete  openly  ^,r  ^a  h  " 'cvcl 
racng  .s  a  sport  the  expenses  attending  which  are  .so  heavy,  and  Ihe  order  'f  men  p^.^onlin' 
wh,d,  .s  proportionately  so  poorly  endowed  with  this  world's  gifts,  that  the  srntimn.a'i.y  of 
acmg   or  honor  has  no  real  chance  of  general  adoption.     1.  many  parts  of  England  Slma 

ffi'  T  7    I         "■"''  ■"  '^"='^^"'«'-  stockbrokers',  lawyers',  and  all  kinds  of 

offices  .  they  are  employed  m  warehouses,  they  are  l«.hi„d  the  counter  in  sho  ,s  Allow  nf  fo 
exceptions,  the.r  ages  range  between  .7  and  34.  T:.eir  wealth  is  not  great  but  Their Tve  o 
athletic  sport,  which  IS  .  national  characteristic,  prompts  them  to  go  in  foTcv cle  c  ng  and  ou 
contention  is  that,  than  s  to  '  amateurism,'  they  do  so  under  thelorst  possible      spl^    -' 

At  the  sixth  annual  general  meeting  of  the  League  (fulv        'Sr^    <■-,  ,K     a  \r    .  ,. 

greeted  the  motion  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Racing  Boa;,  thl't^the  wo     '■■  an    .'rr'^.-rsSe 
from  the  phrase  defining  the  conditions  of  membership.     His  own  <'  .-.ve  -  was  the  or^     o  " 
given  in  1,,  ...ppor, ;  but  the  plan  which  he  favored  was  not  designed  to  abol^h       ss  diLr 

t.ff  law      ,0  protc  true  amateur  racers"  against  further  competition  with  'makers'  rr,^ 

essional  amateurs,"  and  it  was  adopted  with  a  heartiness  which  showed  that  J.e  I.eaTue  fav^ed 

ts  stnc,  enforcement.     Tins  '■  stiff  law  "  w..s  the  definition  quoted  on  p.  ,.,,  which  has  snce 

been  in  vogue  ;  and  1.  is  practically  identical  with  the  one  which  professes  ,„  gover^^  he  f',g     h 

I  .  rxecu.ive.  nunng  the  latter  half  of  '.5,  f-c  Racing  Hoard  collected  evidence  that  almost 
very  prominent  pr.e-w„iner  known  to  American  wheeling  h..d  accepted  pay  frol  some 
l>.cyce.maker,  and  they  perfected  a  plan  by  which  they  could  fairly  expd  from  I  eaTue 
membership,  as  "professionals,"  all  such  suspected  ones  as  would  not  si^n  a  ce  tah  formni 
certificate  'which  made  it  easily  possible  for  every  innocent  man  to  clear  I  'nisel  '■  Th  sl^' 
was  thoroughly  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee,  on  Feb.  =.  ;  and  the  b  ard  thi  iss^d 
their  manifesto.-priniing  a  list  of  the  "  s„s„oc's  "  (Bu'/,f,„   \lJ    ,  L 

.h.  documents  which  they  had  forwarded  to  tlm  for^^::^^ 'sign:.,    ',  "^  r^onTh   a:;';!:' 

::^'Z"^^'::z-:::;t^i:^:  t^-^i-^:^.  -''-  --"  ^«  --  whom  they 

^ —      ......   ..i„„i  (,»,ui   toe   debate   which 


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enlhusiastically  approved  iu  adoption,  and  an  attorney's  written  opinion  that  the  acts  taken  had 
been  strictly  legal  as  well  as  just)  covered  pp.  538-42  in  Bulletin  of  June  11,  '86,  and  contained 
many  instructive  revelations  of  the  difficulties  which  beset  "amateurism."     It  showed  that  the 
clubs  which  are  prominent  as  race-managers  "  were  in  favor  of  the  amateur  rule,  but  agin'  the 
enforcement  of  it,"  thus  :     "  One  large  club  in  Mass.,  of  good  standing  in  the  League,  filled 
the  entry  list  of  a  race-meeting  without  personal  communication  with  a  single  racing  man,— every 
one  of  these  '  amateurs  '  being  entered  by  a  dealer,  and  every  entrance-fee  coming  from  a  dealer's 
till."    I  suppose  that  enterprising  clubs  of  this  sort  took  all  possible  pains  to  increase  the  torrent 
of  abuse  which  the  sporting  papers,  and  most  of  the  cycling  papers,  poured  out  upon  the  head 
of  the  Chairman  of  the  Racing  Board,  as  a  sort  of  autocralic  monster  who  had  suddenly  broken 
loose  for  the  destruction  of  American  racing  interests.     There  was  something  very  funny  in  the 
illogical  fury  with  which  these  writers  "pitched  into"  a  man  who  was  simply  doing  the  duty 
demanded  by  his  official  position.     His  three  associates  unanimously  agreed  with  him  as  to  ihii 
duty,  and  their  report  thus  forniulated  the  evideni  truth  about  it :     "  We  have  acted  under  tlic 
rules  of  the  Leagui  ;  .and  any  criticism  of  our  course  reflects,  not  upon  us,  but  upon  the  rules 
which  you  have  given  us  to  enforce."     A  reader  who  got  his  opinio-is  solely  from  the  cyclins 
press,  during  the  three  months  of  spring,  must  have  supposed  that  llicsc  rules  luid  been  forced 
upon  the  Leag.ie  by  some  sort  of  trickery;  that  thiy  would  be  altered  at  the  next  anrual  n.eet- 
ing,  so  as  to  rehabilitate  si    ihe  swift  racers  as  "amateurs";  and  that  the  Chairman  of  the 
Racing  Hoard  would  be  dismissed  in  disgrace.     The  round  after  round  of  applaus-  which  greeted 
him,  in  fact,  as  the  most  popular  man  of  the  occasion,  when  he  related  how  effectively  he  had 
done  the  exact  things  which  the  League  liad  ordered  him  to  do,  showed  that  the  cycling  papers 
had  failed  to  reflect   or  to  influence   League  opinion  upon  this  matter.     T.i  y  had  mer  'v  as 
trade  circulars,  reflected  the  wishes  of  the  dealers,  who  disliked  to  have  their  summer  acK  eras- 
ing interfered  with  ;  but  all  their  talk  and  bluster  represented  such  a  pitiful  mino-ity  of  actual 
votes  that  not  even  an  attempt  was  made  in  open  meeting  to  change  the  well-established  policy. 
The  League's  steadfast-sticking  to  this  honorable  line  of  conduct  gave  good  proof  of  excjp- 
tionally  excellent  moral  fiber  as  a  controlling  element  in  its  membership,  and  offered  a  no;abIe 
contrast  to  the  vacillating  and  irresolute  action  of  the  English  N.  C.  U.,  which,  after  a  few  half- 
hearted attempts  to  exclude  the  "  makers'  amateurs,"  openly  pleaded  a  fear  of  the  libel-law  as 
an  excuse  for  inability  to  enforce  its  own  definition  against  them.     The  League's  firmness  nf 
course  won   it  great  respect,— both  from  those  who  furiously  denounced  it  for  not  adhering  to 
the  hypocritical  English  plan  («,  e.,  classing  the  men  who  are  secretly  paid  for  racing  as  socially 
superior  -.0  the  men  who  professedly  race  for  a  livelihood),  and  from  those  who,  like  myself, 
believe  it  unwise  for  the  League,  or  for  any  similar  body,  to  encourage  bitterness  and  bad-blood 
by  setting  itself  up  as  a  social  censor  between  wheelmen.     This  firmness  has  shamed  even  the 
N.  C.  U.  into  plucking  up  a  little  courage  for  a  new  attempt  to  assert  its  rule ;  and  if  its  recent 
edicts  of  ostracism  against  the  best  racers  of  England  shall  arouse  public  sentiment  for  the  abol- 
ishment  of  lh.it  rule,  the  ^eagiie  may  ultimately  Mke  some  credit  for  such  abolishment,— and  I 
hope  may  be  led  by  it  to  abolish  its  own  rule,  improbable  as  such  act  now  seems.    The  Insical 
line  of  d.-markation  which  should  b;  insisted  on  by  those  who  favor  a  social  separation  between 
rich  and  poor  in  the  cyclnig  world  (for  that  is  all  which  their  contention  about  "  amateur '- 
and  "  professional  "  really  amounts  to\  is  the  line  drawn  between  wheelmen  who  exhibit  them- 
selves on  the  race-track,  and  wheelmen  who  do  not.     The  wealthy  ones  may  be  said  never  to 
race,  because  so  many  other  pleasanter  paths  to  enjoyment  and  distinction  are  open  to  them  ; 
while  the  young  fellows  who  enjoy  making  a  display  of  their  speed  would  almost  always  prefer 
to  earn  a  litt'e  money  as  an  incident  tn  such  display.     Almost  every  such  one,  at  heart,  reseru 
the  injustice  of  a  rule  which  brands  him  as  a  "  professional  "  if  he  competes  for  public  money, 
or  accepts  a  private  gift  from  the  maker  of  a  machine  which  he  hns  pushed  to  victory,— ralher 
than  some  trumpery  medal  or  costly  eew-sjaw,  of  no  practical  use  to  him,  and  which  he  is  for- 
bidden to  sell.     To  my  own  mind,  it  is  perfectly  clear  that  the  only  legitim.ite  let;islatlve  function 
for  those  bodies  which  assume  the  government  of  cycle  racing  is  to  so  clas'sifv  cnmpelitors  that 
each  shall  be  encouraged  to  develop  his  highest  possible  speed.     Racers  of  similar  records  and 


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experience  should  be  matched  with  one  another,  and  those  of  evil  repute  should  be  ruled  out ; 
but  no  social  stigma  should  bo  attached  to  any  one  for  earning  either  public  or  private  money  by 
earning  a  victory,  and  no  further  use  should  be  had  in  the  cycler's  vocabulary  for  either  of  those 
two  tiresome  epithets,  "  amateur  "  and  "  professional."  The  social  position  and  value  of  each 
individual  racer  may  well  be  left  to  the  personal  decisions  of  those  who  come  in  contact  with 
him.  Estimates  of  character  are  formed  from  such  a  great  variety  of  circumstances  and  private 
prejudices,  that  no  one  has  a  right  to  complain  because  his  own  is  not  actively  "  recognized  " 
as  admirable  by  a  given  person  or  society ;  but  I  think  c  'int  may  rightly  be  made  against 

an>  person  or  society  for  proclaiming  a  hard-and-fast  rule  which  tends  to  impair  a  racing-man's 
social  recognition  because  he  U  poor,— which  assumes  such  infallible  knowledge  of  every  human 
heart  as  to  say  that  a  racer  who  makes  money  from  his  racing  must  necessarily  be  any  less 
genuine  and  enthusiastic  a  sportsman,— any  less  honest  and  earnest  a  competitor  for  the  glory 
of  victory,— than  the  racer  who  strives  for  the  laurel-wreath  alone. 

Returning,  now,  from  the  digression  of  the  last  paragraph,  I  resume  my  narrative  at  the 
end  of  the  previous  one,  which  left  the  friends  of  the  expelled  "  makers'  amateurs  "  listening  in 
dismay  to  the  roars  of  acclamation  by  which  the  League's  general  meeting  (Boston,  May 29,  '^  <) 
showed  that  any  attempt  to  reinstate  them  would  be  hopeless.  Yet  it  was  plain  that  if  all  these 
"  American  cracks  "  were  to  be  excluded  from  the  Springfield  tournament,  none  of  the  English 
makers  would  send  over  t/uir  "  amateurs  "  to  give  it  an  "  international "  attractiveness.  H  nee 
the  manager  at  once  brought  forth  "  tlu  Americ.in  Cyclists'  Union  "  as  a  device  for  getting 
around  the  dilTiculty,— 18  other  League  men  (from  the  Springfield,  Lynn  aiul  Newton  clubs) 
convening  with  him  in  a  parlor  of  the  Hotel  Vendome  to  give  it  recognition  a  ,i  appoint  th>  fol- 
lowing officers  :  Pres.,  H.  E.  Pucker,  Springfield;  V.-I'res.,  J.  H.  Lewis,  Boston;  Sec, 
A.  O.  McGarrett,  Springfield;  Trem.,  G.  F.  I3arnard,  Lynn;  Iix.  Com.  (in  addition  to  the 
three  first-named),  T.  A.  Car'oll,  Lynn ;  W.  E.  Wentworth,  Newtonville.  These  officers  were 
confirmed  for  an  annual  term  by  a  later  and  more  formal  vote,  and  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
which  they  prepared  were  printed  as  a  supplement  to  the  Guelmen's  Gtzette  for  June, 
together  with  a  set  of  racing  rules  which  were  identical  in  most  respects  with  those  of  the 
League.  "  This  association  shall  consist  of  bicycle  and  tricycle  clubs  ($10),  unattached  amateur 
riders  (50  c.),  and  cycling  track  associations  ($20). "  Their  respective  annual  fees  are  the  sums 
named,  which  are  payable  on  Jan.  i  to  the  Secretary,  and  he  on  th.it  day  must  mail  a  voting- 
blank  to  the  two  representatives  whom  each  club  or  association  has  elected  to  the  governing 
board  (provided  all  their  dues  and  fines  have  bee.i  paid)  ■  whicli  representatives  shall  remail  to 
him  by  Feb.  i  signed  ballots  showing  their  choice  for  the  next  year's  officers,  a,,d  the  result  shall 
be  announced  by  the  President  between  Feb.  15  and  Mar.  i.  The  annual  meeting  shall  beheld 
in  March  ;  special  meetings  on  written  application  of  8  representatives;  and  10  repr»senl..,ives 
person-illy  present  at  any  meeting  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  have  power  to  adopt  such  rules 
as  they  please  for  the  guidance  of  racing.  So  long  as  they  refrair  fr--  asserting  this  power, 
however,  all  such  rules  shall  be  at  the  discretion  of  the  Racing  Board,— consisting  of  the  Sec- 
retary, ex  officio,  and  four  others,  appointed  by  the  President.  He  shall  also  appoint  a  mem- 
bership committee  of  three,  who  shall  count  and  certify  to  him  the  .>;  on  Feb.  15;  but  they 
shall  "  leave  to  the  dccisioi.  of  the  Racing  Board  any  quesiionof  si;sper«ion  or  expulsion  which 
is  due  to  the  non-amateur  Ei.>Mding  of  a  member."  The  Pres.  pnd  Sc  may  at  any  time  take  a 
mail-vote  of  the  governing  board  upon  any  business  mat'er  ,  1;  to  rest  with  a  majority  of 

all  the  representatives);  and  constitutional  changes  may  1,  ..^^  at  the  annual  meeting,  and 
changes  in  by-laws  at  any  meeting,  by  a  J  vote,—  ./rovided  -.  weeks'  notice  o'  every  change  has 
been  sent  to  each  member  of  the  poi'Tiiing  board.  The  continent  is  apportioned  into  racing 
districts  as  follows  :  (i,  "  Eastern")  New  England  and  Canad  ,.  "  Atlantic  ")  N.  Y.,  N.  J., 
Pa  ,  Del.,  Md.,  D.  C,  W.  Va.,  Va.,  .'■  C,  S.  (  ,  Ga.  a:  Ila.  ;  (3,  "  Central  ")  O.,  Mich., 
Ind.,  lil.,  la..  Wis.,  Minn.,  Dak.,  Neb.,  Kar  ,  N.  Mex..  Col.,  Wy.  ;  (4, "  Southern  ")  Ala., 
Miss. ,  La,, Tex. ,  Ark. , Tenn. ,  Mo.  atul  Indian  f er.;  (5,  "  Pacific  ")  Mon.,  Id. ,  Wash, ,  Or,,  Utah, 
Nev  ,  Ariz.,  Cal.  The  "chairmen  of  district  boards.'' to  whom  application  should  be  made 
by  promoters  of  "  race  meetings  under  A.  C.   U.  ru! .;.-,*  in  those  respective    districts,  are  as 


632  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


follow*  :  (i)  C.  H.  Burt,  Hartford,  ft.  ;  (s)  W.  F.  Coddington,  Newark,  N.  J.  ;  (3)  j  3 
Rogers,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  (4)  W.  L.  Surprise,  Memphis,  T.-nn.  ;  (5)  S.  F.  Booth,  jr.*  Sau  Frani 
Cisco,  Cal.  These  names  arc  derived  from  a  vest-pocket  pamphlet,  printed  by  the  Sprinafield" 
Printing  Co.  (Aug.,  '86;  pp.  20;  mailed  free  on  application  to  the  Sec.  of  A.  C.  U  ;  givin 
constitution  and  rules  but  no  other  information  and  no  statistics  of  membership.  My  'requ'e« 
that  the  President  supply  mj  with  the  latter,  brought  the  following  response  (Nov.  4) ;  "  | 
pose  that  if  you  count  individuals  as  members,  we  have  nearly  1000 ;  if  clubs,  about  1 1." 

The  A.  C.  U.'s  earliest  definition  of  "amateur  "  was  designed  to  let  the  "  makers'  hired 
men  "compete  under  that  guise,  in  spite  of  the  League's  having   branded  them  as  "  profss- 
sionals";  but  the  hopelessness  of  persuading  any  of  the  English  makers  to  defy  the  League 
by  sending  their  men  across  to  race  against  the  branded  ones  at  Springfield,  became  almost 
immediately  evident.     However  great  their  contempt  for  the  N.  C.  U.'s  ability  to  suppress 
evasions  of  its  own  rules,  the   Knglish  makers  knew  it  would  never  tolerate  the  open  violation 
thereof  implied  by  having  its  "  amateurs"  compete  with  men  whom  the  ruling  government  in 
a  foreign  country  had  declared"  professionals."     The  A.  C.  U.,  therefore,  submitting  to  the 
inevitable,  changed  its  animus  towards  the  League  from  hostility  to  friendliness,  and  early  in 
July,  adopted  a  "  strict  amateur  rule,"  in  harmony  with  the  League's,  thus  (the  signifidnt  addi 
tions  being  italicized) :  "  The  standard  of  A.  C.  U.  membership  shall  be  determined  by  these 
rules  :  (A)  An  am.iteur  is  any  person  who  has  never  engaged  in,  nor  ass^ted  in,  nor  laugki 
any  recognized  athletic  exercise  for  mi>,iey,  or  who  ,'*.«  never,  either  m  public  or  in  private   raced 
or  exhibited  his  skill  for  a  public  or  for  a  private  ^X3.V<t,or  oth^r  remuneration   or  for  I'purse 
or  for  gate  money,  and  never  backed  or  allowed  himself  to  be  backed  either  in  a  public  or  private 
race.    (B)  A  pr,mateur  is  one  who  at  any  time  or  in  any  degree  has  violated  his  amateur  stand- 
ingas  defined  above,  by  receiving  expenses  or  otiur  remuneration  for  cycle  riding  or  any  r'hcr 
recognized  athletic  exercise.     (C)  A  professional  wheelman  is  one   who  at  any  time  ar.e'  y^    „y 
degree  has  violated  his  amateur  or  fromateur  standing  as  defined  above.     To  prevent  arv  m^s 
understanding  in  interpreting  the  above,  the  Union  draws  attention  to  the  following  expian-icn- 
A  wheelman  forfeits  his  right  to  compete  as  an  amateur  and  therebv  becomes  a  fromaUur  by 
Receding  expenses  or  other   remuneration  for    riding  the  cycle,    or  training  or  coaching 
others  for  cycie  racing.     A  wheelman  forfeits  his  right  to  compete  as  an  amateur  or  promateur 
and  thereby    becomes  a   professional,  by    (A)  Hiding  the  cycle  or  engaging  in   any  athletic 
exercise  for  a  money  prize  or  for  gate  money:  (B)  Competing  with,  or  pace-making  for  or 
having  the  pace  made  by  a  professional   a.  public  or  private  for  a  prize  or  gate  money  (C) 
Selling,  realizing  upon,  or  otherwise  turning  into  cash  any  prize  won  by  him.     (Dj  The   Union 
recognizes  as  athletic  exercises  all  the  sports  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  N.  A.  A.  A   A    and 
the  N  C.  U.,  viz  :  Running,  walking,  jumping,  pole-leaping,  putting  the  shot,  throwingihe  ham- 
mer, throwing  of  weights,  tug-of-war,  and  also  rowing,  boxing,  sparring,  lacrosse,  polo,  roller 
and  ice  skating." 

The  new  word  thus  first  formally  proclaimed,  in  sanctioning  this  special  class  of  riders  is 
a  contraction  for  "  professional-amateur,"  which,  in  the  form  "  pro-amateur"  is  current  in  En- 
gland,  though  the  -ommoner  term  there  is  "  maker's  amateur."  or  "  M.  A  "  Of  course  the 
League  was  ind.fifTent  as  to  how  the  "  non-amateurs  "  should  be  classed  rr  designated  so  long 
as  Its  own  definition  of  "  an  ama.,„r  "  prevailed.  As  it  never  assumed  ^unsdic.icn  of  tnai.s 
outside  the  regular  race-track,  many  of  its  members  wne  ■,..  !  (  see  the  A.  C.  U.  supply  an 
authority  for  hill-climbing  contests,  and  also  give  recognition  to  road-racing,  by  the  following 
rules  :  Road  records,  whether  made  in  open  competition  or  against  time,  must  be  made  over  a 
course  so  laid  out  that  no  portion  of  the  road  shall  be  traversed  more  than  twice,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  in  a  ^^  h.  contest  the  rider  may,  if  he  choose,  select  at  any  point  i„  his  course  a  strip 
of  not  less  than  50  m.  and  retraverse  as  often  as  time  .v„l  permit.  In  a  race  against  time  the 
competitors  must  be  accompanied  .he  entire  dist.-.nco  Oy  a  pace-mak,r.  The  board  of  review 
will  receive  and  pass  upon  all  claims  for  records,  .i.d,  if  required,  claimants  must  furnish  a 
statement  from  th-  judges  and  time-keepers  of  the  meeting,  together  with  a  sworn  statement 
from  a  competent  3,  r.ey..r  certifying  to  the  measurement  of  the  track  or  road  ;  and  road  records 


K. 


MINOR  CYCUNG  INSTITUTIONS.  g 

uremem  of  which  ha.  been  taken  "    ("•' Drofe-  „    !'    -^         ^^'°"'"'".  «he  lowest  meas- 

cUa>b.n,  or  road-racing  spoils  ,„::;uti  of  a7' a™  .?  ^   rer/hr  "'  """'""''"«  ^'  •""- 

The  autumn  r.port  of  League's  Racing  Board   2^1"!;,/-^  "  °"  ?  ""■'"''> 

believe  there  is  room  for  the  A   C    U      I.  will  h.      ^        „ '"'.  ''7"    '7-   86,  p.  299)  „id  ;  ■■  w, 

racing  and  road-racing  are  rfguUted  •  and     s  we  ca"       f 'V"  °"'  'P'^"  '*''"  P-'"*'-*' 
operation  of  an,  hod^hich  ^.iU^e'it^rn 'h^d^'  '    •    wtst'esTt:'""",  ^'T '  '"'  ^- 

.^.nseso,  .„,, -er':Sa:rni:Tir/argrrd'° t:.t^^ 

.Ins,  without  such  sanction,  and  also  forbids  the  acceptance  of  ex^nses  iro™  ,  ' 

and  the  ma.l-vote,  just  taken,  decides  that  the  rule  shall  Itand    ^Ih!  f  """■ ' 

occasion  to  expel  a  man  for  receiving  expenses  from  his  club  bm  in^h  Ah  "'"I  '"  ''"  '=''• 
manufacturer  might  easily  '  get  up  a  itttle  club  to  pav  a  lo,  of  ex'pe^L  "  Th"":  "^  "'''  ' 
"  Kule  H  •'  was  made  by  the  organizers  of  the  I  r  V  "f^"""',  ,  ^^'^  """^"^P'  ">  rt^^^d 
n^eetingof  May  ,,  .0  th^e  sobe?s:rori;s"oiceV.  :nd^i::aTy"ir.:e'';:.e:rSl^^^^^^^ 

of  the  League's  President  n,  deposing^he  A  Tu  .;  p7es  1  '    /r^^^  '?.  ?^""  ""=  '« 

the  Massachusetts  Division  (87  to  9).  ''•''•  ^ '  "  ^'■"'dent  from  the  chief   consulship  of 

The  correspondence  between  the  latter  and  the  Secretary  of  the  N   C   ir    ,.1„- 
formation  of  '■  an  International  Alliance  ,0  co.urol  racing  "  wTs  printed^n  LV.'       .  "       '^" 
209),  together  with  letter  from  the  Leag-e's  Kacn^  Boafd    *^!  P""'"*  '"  ^"^^""'  (•'^•'g-  ='7,  p. 
i..g"  amateurs"  .ha-  -He  I,eague  ■' woLd  L'^^^es.  :«    n«  thrN"cT':i''^  ^"t''  "^- 

be  allowed  to  compete."    The   actual  "  proma,e„r  races  "of    W      S ,    het         "°        "  » 

™p,H,i»„.„,,,„.„a„|,;MhopirL„Zf  i,  J     '^    .7    "      T  ""''  ™''""' 

or  ...   „.,„p.,„i„  .,*,„„..■„„„  i^,!  ,     ;  "  i"  vl,  "  J7"'°;v:T*  '"",""?"" 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


ciation"  :  H.  S.  Tibbs,  Montreal;  R.  H.  McBride,  Toronto;  J.  S.  Brierley,  St.  Thomas;  P 
Doolittle,  Aylmer  ;  F.  Weslbrook,  Brantford ;  J.  H.  Eager,  Hamilton;  W.  Payne,  London- 
and  J.  K..  Johnston,  St.  Catherines.  All  except  the  first-named  were  residents  of  Ontario  and 
that  province  supplies  (  of  the  present  membership.  Arguments  were  offered  in  favor  of  organ- 
izing as  an  Ontario  Association,  and  as  a  Canadian  Division  of  the  L.  A.  W.  (not  of  the  Englisli 
C.  T.  C,  as  might  have  seemed  probable),  but  the  plan  of  an  independent  national  body,  to 
represent  the  entire  Dominion,  finally  prevailed  ;  and  a  committee  of  4  were  appointed  to  draft  a 
constitution  and  by-laws,  and  submit  the  same  to  the  ratification  of  the  clubs.  About  a  dozen  dt 
thesa  were  represented  in  a  meeting  of  some  50  wheelmen,  at  St.  Thomas,  Sept.  11,  when  the 
committee's  work  waf  -dopted  and  a  provisional  government  was  formed  to  serve  uniil  the  first 
regular  annual  meet  and  election,  at  London,  July  2,  '83.  The  parade,  then,  attracted  250 
riders  ;  a  year  later,  at  Toronto,  there  were  350;  the  third  meet,  in  '85,  at  Woodatwk,  had  nearly 
HOC, — "  thi  most  representative  gathering  of  cyclers  and  the  largest  crowd  of  spectators  ever  seen 
at  a  wheeling  event  in  Canada  "  ;  and  the  fourth,  in  '86,  at  Montreal,  was  the  greatest  social  suc- 
cess of  the  series, — thoa:;h  there  were  only  165  parader? ,  of  whom  the  local  club  supplied  53,  be- 
cause the  mjeting-pl.\ce  was  more  distant  from  most  members'  homes  than  had  been  the  ca.se  in 
previous  years.  The  provisional  president  of  the  C.  W.  A.  was  J.  B.  Boustead,  Pres.  of 
Toronto  B.  C,  and  the  Secretary-Treasurer  was  J.  S.  Brierley.  As  he  declined  to  serve  longer, 
the  first  regular  election  made  by  the  directors  conferred  the  office  upon  H.  li.  Donly  (b.  Jan. 
4,  '61),  of  Simcoe,  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  weekly  Norfolk  Reformer,  and  the  subsequent 
boards  have  unanimously  re-elected  him  each  year.  In  '36,  an  annual  salary  of  ^200,  payable 
monthly,  was  attached  to  the  office,  and  an  allowance  of  J150  for  the  past  year's  service",  was 
also  granted.  The  President  and  Vice-President  are  chosen  at  and  by  the  annual  meetings  (f 
July  I  (DoiT.inion  D.iy),  and  are  ineligible  for  second  terms.  The  four  elections  have  resulted 
as  follows  :  '83— R.  H.  .McBride,  of  Toronto,  and  P.  Doolittle  (b.  Mar.  22,  '61),  of  Aylmer; 
'84— H.  S.  Tibbs,  of  Montreal,  and  J.  S.  Brierley  (b.  Mar.  4,  '5S),  of  St.  Thomas;  '85— J.  S. 
Brierley,  of  St.  Thomas,  and  W.  G.  Eakins,  of  Toronto;  '86— W.  A.  Karn  (b.  June  27,  '57),  of 
Woodstock,  and  J.  D.  Miller,  of  Montreal. 

Of  the  8  districts  into  which  Cai.ada  is  divided  for  the  government  of  membership,  5  belong 
to  Ontario.  Each  if  i-ntitled  to  elect  a  Chief  Consul  and  a  Representative  (also  one  additional 
Rep.  for  each  50  members  beyond  the  first  50),  on  ballots  which  must  be  sent  out  by  the  Sec- 
Treas.  before  April  10,  be  returned  to  him  before  May  10,  and  be  counted  and  reported  to  the 
President  (by  3  scrutineers  whom  he  appoints)  before  May  20.  He  declares  the  result  as  soon 
as  practicable  ;  and  the  new  officers  organize  on  July  i,  immediately  after  the  annual  meeting, 
and  elect  the  Sec.-Treas.,  who  becomes,  ex  officio,  a  member  of  their  board  and  of  every  stand- 
ing committee.  The  officers  must  meet  at  least  once  a  year,  not  less  than  two  months  before  the 
annual  meeting  ;  and  they  may  be  ordered  to  meet  at  any  time  by  the  President,  or  by  5  mem- 
bers of  the  board  ;  and  a  quorum  of  the  board  shall  be  constituted  by  5.  Each  Chief  Consul 
shall  appoint  a  consul  for  every  town  or  village,  and  their  terms  shall  expire  Dec.  31,  but  they 
may  be  removed  for  cause  by  the  President.  He  may  also  remove  any  officer  of  the  board  f(ir 
misconduct,  and  he  shall  remove  any  officer  at  the  written  request  of  15  members  of  his  district 
who  charge  misconduct  against  him.  Such  act  of  the  President  may  be  revoked  by  an  appeal  to 
the  board,  if  a  J  vote  can  be  gained  at  one  of  their  meetings,  or  if  a  majority  of  a  mail-vote  can 
be  gained.  The  Pres.  and  Sec.  may  order  a  mail-vote  at  any  time,  and  so  may  a  minority  greater 
than  two,  at  any  board  meeting,  when  they  wish  to  give  any  defeated  motion  a  second  trial. 
The  board  of  officers  also  may  order  a  mail-vote  of  the  members  in  general ;  and,  in  case  of  a 
proposed  change  in  constitution,  a  majority  of  votes  thus  cast  shall  decide.  Otherwise,  such 
changes  must  be  made  by  §  vote,  at  the  annual  meeting  ;  and,  in  ?ither  case,  a  fortiiiiiht's  notice 
must  be  given.  The  Racing  Board  shall  be  formed  of  the  Chief  Consuls,  each  hnvinj  chart-e  of 
his  own  district  (its  chairman  is  now  F.  J.  Gnsdinger,  of  Montreal);  the  Membership  Committee 
shall  consist  of  the  Sec.-Treas.  and  two  other  members  of  the  board  who  live  most  convenient 
to  him  ;  the  Committee  on  Rules  and  Regulations  shall  consist  of  3  members  of  the  board  ;  but 
»lte  Transiwrtation  Committee  may  be  appointed  from  the  general  membership. 


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Any  amateur  wheelman  in  good  .tanding  may  become  a  member  of  the  C.  W  A  "  by 
procurmg  from  the  SecrcUry  an  appiication-blank.  and  returning  it.  .igned.  with  >.  endo^d 
together  w,th  the  mtroductory  signatures  of  ,  member,,  or  of  3  reputable  citizen,  of  ,h.  place  b 
wh,ch  he  hves.  A  prov.s^onal  certificate  U  at  once  «:nt  to  him.  and  if  no  prote«  i.  raised  within 
afortn,gh.a£terh.s  name  appears  in  the  monthly  "  official  organ,"  a  full-membership  card  is 
5ent.  cov.r.ng  the  penod  until  July  .  foUowing.-except  that  the  tickets  of  those  who  join  after 
Apr.  .extend  to  July  .  of  the  next  year.  Clubs  of  5  or  more  whose  rules  require  every  clut 
n^ember  to  ,on,  the  C.  W.  A.  may  be  admitted  at  50  c.  per  member ;  and  their  renewal  ee. 
shall  also  be  at  the  same  rate,  though  others'  renewals  cost  $,.  Renewal  fees  are  payable 
ayearn,  advance,  on  July  ..and  membership  ceases  in  the  case  of  those  uhose  fees  are  not 
pa,d  by  Sep,.  .  The  parade  at  each  annual  meet  shall  be  arranged  and  commanded  by  the 
apuu>  of  the  oldest  local  club ;  and  clubs  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  of  their  joining  the 

,h   r  ■  w    A     \     """'  ""*  ''''"  ''''"'  ^  '"='''  ^  ^^'^  ■""''"8-  f"'  championship  prizes  of 

he  C.  W.  A.  Its  motto  ..  -  A  pas  He  Cant,"  and  its  badge  is  a  wheel,  .he  same  Le  as  .he 
League  s.  wuh  the  three  uuuals  in  relief,  but  >.  has  a  maple-leaf  in  the  center,  ard  above  this  a 
beaver,  fepecmens  n,  gold  (#3.50)  and  silver  (#,.50)  may  be  had  of  .he  Sec  -Treas..-wl,„  de- 
.Mgned  the  badge  .n  D.c,  '83.  and  has  sold  mo  in  all.  He  also  supplies,  a.  40  c.  ^er  yd  the 
.vpeoal  make  of  dark  gray  Hal.fax  .weed  which  was  adopted  for  a  uniform  in  '85,  and  which  is 
sa,d  to  have  given  grea.  satisfaction  for  its  wearing  qualities  on  the  road.  My  next  chapter  ,p 
669)  explains  how  the  Cuui.an  IV/ueinu^n,  which  began  in  Sept.,  '83.  has  been  mailed  each 
month  smce  Nov..  '85,  .0  every  member  of  the  C.  VV.  A., -.he  net  cost  for  .he  first  year  being 
es.una.ed  a,  J.ao.  Ihe  account.s  of  the  .Sec.-Treas.,  July  .,  '86,  as  published  by  .he  two  audi- 
tors whom  the  President  must  annually  appoint  ,0  examine  the  same,  show  I33,  received  for 
membership  fees.  Uok  for  profit  on  the  races  of  the  annual  meet,  and  a  balance  on  hand  of  |3,„ 
or  $48  more  than  on  July  ..  '85.  The  year's  expendi.i.r.,  were  #500,  whereof  .he  largest  si.  g^^ 
sum  wem  to  the  ^^^ heel,nan.     That  paper  of  Feb.,  '..  .  .e  a  .able  of  membership,  showing  66z 

Sept..  86.  .he  Sec.-Treas.  prmted  a  statement  showin  ;  2;  unat..    I,ed  members  in  a  total  of  566 
assigned  .0  the  several  districts.     The  numbers,  name.,  limits,  me  nbersh.p.  a.d  officers  of  these 
stand  as  follows,-the  Chief  Consul  being  memioned   first  in  each  case  :  .st,  "Huron"     the 
counties  of  Elgin.  Middlesex,  Perth  and  Bruce  and  the  others  west  .0  .he  lake;  ..3;  W  M   IW 
of  London  j  J   S.  Brieriey,  of  St.  Thomas;  R.  M.  Ballantyne,  of  Stratford,     zd.  "  Niarara  " ' 
the  counties  of  Norfolk,   Haldimand.   Welland,   Lincoln,  Wen.wor.h,   Waterloo,  Oxford  and 
Brant;  .38;  W.    E.  Tisdale,  of  Simcoe ;  S.    Woodroofe,  of   Woods.ock  ;   H     C    Goodman 
of  St.  Catherines.     3rd.  "  Toronto  "  ;  the  counties  of  Halton.  Peel,  Wellnig.on,  Dufferin   Grey' 
^.mcoe,  York  and  Ontario;  92;  C.   Langley  (b.  May  3.,  '56).  G.   H.    Orr,    H.   Ryrie  '  all  of 
Toronto.     4th,  "  Midland,"  the  8  counties  of  Durham  and  Victoria  u     i  ron.enac,  inclusive- 
84 ;  VV.  P.  Way,  R.  H.  Fenwick.  W.  E.  Tester,  all  of  Belleville,     jih,  '   ,  )t.a«a  " ;  the  remain^ 
.nRC8unt.es  of  Ontario;  27;  F.  M.  S.  Jenkins,  W.  C.  Bly.he,  both  of  Ottawa.     6ih,  "Quebec" 
.he  en.ire  province ;  97  ;  F.  J.  Gnidinger,  W.  G.  Rxiss,  both  of  Mon.real.     y.h,  "  Winnipeg  ''  • 
Mani.oba,  the    North   West   territories   and   British   Columbia;   .0;  S.    B.    Bla  ;  hall    J    S* 
Housser,  botn  of  Winnipeg.     8th,  "  Maritime  "  ;  the  provinces  of  N.   B.,  N    s   .,    d  p.'  E    I   • 
5  ;  C.  Coster,  J.  M.   Barnes,  both  of  St.  John.     In  a  letter  .0  me   of  Oct.  .-(  ,  ih,-  Sec.-Trcas' 
s.-.:,s  the  membership  has  almost  reached  700  again,  and  will  increase  to  .000  1.1  ,!„■  spring  and 
take  another  sudden  drop  in  Sep.,,  '87,  because  of  failures  .0  renew.      Hardiy  rmre  than  20 
fees  of  $1  come  to  him  in  a  vear,  for  the  cliib  men  pav  only  the  50  c.  rate.     Even  tliis  sum  will 
ensure  ,7  months'  membership,  if  a  man  joins  on  March  31  and  declines  to  pay  a  renewal  fee. 

The  C,  VV.  A.  defines  an  amateur  as  "a  person  who  nev»r  competed  (a)  in  an  o|ien  com- 
petition,  (6)  or  for  a  stake,  (c)  or  for  public  money,  (rf)  or  for  gate  money,  (e)  or  under  a  fal.e 
r.ame,(/)orw..h  a  professional  for  a  prize,  f^-)  or  wiih  a  professional  when  ga.e  money  is 
charged;  '  and  its  "  explanation  of  the  definition"  is  verbally  identical  with  .he  one  printed 
each  week  m  the  [,ea,.:ne's  Buf/eiin.  "  Rule  D  "  of  its  Racing  Board  says  :  "  No  competitor  in 
amateur  events  shall  accept  from  hi.  own  dub,  or  from  a  club  or  any  person  promotine  sportaat 


636  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

which  he  competes,  or  from  any  cycle  manufacturer  or  from  any  such  source,  any  payment  for 
his  expenses."  The  complete  racing  rules  occupy  11  pp.  in  the  new  "  C.  W  A  (iuid-  "  1 
are  generally  similar  to  those  of  the  L.  A.  W.  and  A.  C.  U.  The  constitution  and'by-',iws"as 
amended  at  ih.- offiirors' meeting  of  Feb.  ig,  '86,  and  adopted  by  mail-vote  in  May  occiw' ,, 
pp.  in  the  sam;;  b<x)k,  and  road-reports  extend  from  p.  27  to  p.  109,  followed  by  an  s'p  in^Jx  to 
all  the  towns  named,  a  5  p.  list  of  hotels  and  10  pp.  of  adv.  The  foregoing  matter  was  all  |,rintcd 
in  mid-nutumn  of  '86  led.  1250),  and  the  editors  were  about  to  print  the  16  pp.  of  inlro<l„ciion 
(containing  lists  of  consuls,  free  r.  r  lines,  wheel  literature,  and  the  like)  and  put  the  complete 
book  in  the  members'  hands  by  the  end  of  Oct.,  when  a  mail-vote  ordered  that  its  puliic.iiion 
should  be  ijostponed  until  Mar.,  '87,  on  the  theory  that  it  could  then  be  used  more  effective!, 
for  atlracting  recruits.  A  new  book  at  the  opening  of  the  riding  season,  when  most  of  the  new 
men  join,  is  believed  to  be  a  better  magnet  for  membership  than  an  old  one.  In  a  previ.ns 
chapter,  I  have  descrlljed  (p.  330)  and  made  many  extracts  from  the  excellent  ist  ed  of  tlil, 
guide  ('84) ;  and  no  one  shou'd  think  of  attemi-tint;  to  ride  in  Canada,  without  first  sending-  50  c 
to  the  .Sec.-Treas..  at  Simcoe,  Ont.,  and  procurin-  a  copy  of  its  enlarged  nnd  improved  successor 
The  question  of  preparing  a  id  ed.  of  the  ro.ad-n-  ,p  is  still  under  discu.ssion  (Nov.,  '86) 


"  Minor,"  as  a-.,  ad-ectiv:  applied  to  a  club  "  the  size  of  which  the  annals  of  sport  have 
rev-r  previously  know  ,"  might  be  ..-sented  as  misapplied,  we,e  I  not  to  restrict  its  application 
to  the   Am-ncan  Division  thereof,  which  I  believe   numbers  liale  i.iore   than  800  i.icn     .At 
Hairogate,  Eng.,  on  May  5,  '7**.  was  organized  the  '•  iiicycle  Touring  Club";   ..nd  I  think 
that  !.ve  years    lapsed  before  the  first  word  in  its  11  :!e  suffered  the  regrettable  change  to  ''O- 
cl.^ts'.  "     It  is  now  known  and  alluded  to,  i:.  every  part  of  the  cycling  world,  only  as  "  C.  T. 
C."  ;.  and  its  former  initials  also  h.,d  po|  ular  vogue  inste..d  of  its  name.     Hardly  100  men  be- 
longed to  it  in  Mar,  '79.  "lien  I  first  mounted  the  bicycle,  though  the  ist  and  .d  e(!s  of  it, 
"  hand-book  "  ,ip|.tared  in  .'uly  and  Oct.  of  that  year,  and  its  note-size  Monthly  Cirailarht. 
gan  -o  be  sent  to  members  .is  early  as  Oct.,  '78.      The  number  of  these,  on  Dec.  3,,  's^,  l,.id 
mcr  ased  to   10,625,   whereof  An.jrica  supplied  534,  or  nearly  ha'f   of  all  outside  the  United 
Kingdom  (Mot),  Germany  ranking  2d,  with  .77;   Austria  3d,  with  80,  and  Franc  4th,  with 
only  52.     A  year  later  the  "  outside  "  contingent,  w''ch  is  supposed  to  give  an  "  international  " 
color  to  the  ■ ,.  T.  C,  had  increased  to  i6x),  whereoi  the  U.  S.  supplied  669  and  all  other  coiin- 
iries  o?r,-lhe  chief  quotas  «•   nding  thus:    Germany,  300;   Austria-Hungary,   ..5;   Holland, 
7>;  Fr.-.nce,  60;  Canada,  56;  Denmark,  23  ;  Belgium,   2..     The  government  of  the  club  is 
vested  m  a  Council  ot  abort  12;  men,  known  as  Representative  Councilors  and  Chief  Consuls,- 
the  latu-r  beinp  appointed  by  the  former,  who  are  elected  by  the  37  Divisions.    A  Division  which 
has  less  than  200  m^-mbers  ca-   elect  r  R.  C. ;  200  to  399  members,  2  R.  C.'s  ;  400  to  799  mem- 
bers, 3  V.  C.'s;  800  to  1499  members,  4  R.  C.'s;   1500  to  2499  members,  5  R.  C.'s;  2500  to 
3499  memb:;rs   6  V    C.'s  :  3500  to  4499,  7  R.  C.'s,  and  so  on.     At  the  end  of  '85,  the  largest 
Divisions  were  the    ..th   (Middlesex,    Es-.ex  and   Suffolk,   3687)  and   12th  (Kent,   Surrey 'nnd 
Sussex,  3275),  which  divide  the  city  of  London  between  them  and  include  the  s.  e.  cornp.     t 
Englani,  from  Yarmouth,  its  easternmost  town,  to  Port.-imou;h,  on  the  s.  coast.     The  combined 
membership  of  the  two  (6962)  comprised  much  more  than  J  that  of  the  entire  C.  T.  C,  which  was 
reported  as  .9,05^  at  the  anr    al  meeting  o'  May  8.  '86,  when  the  Secrctai-y  said  he  "  expected 
It  would  regain  the  20,000  by  ,Miie.   nid  hoped  it  might   reach  25,000  by  Dec."     The  Nov.  Ga- 
=^//*  gr,ve  th-.  .accessioi:       f '86  thus  :     Jan.jjj;   Feb., 688;   Mar., 972;  Apr., 970;   May,  qvs ; 
June,  iom;  July.  027;  Aug.esi;  .Sept.,  347;  Oct.,  19-   Nov.,  64,-a  total  of  7190  new  mem- 
bers in  ■.' e   II  m.nths;  and,  as  there  were   15,095  renewals  from  ',S5,  an  entire  niemlx-r^^hlp  of 
22,2'5.     The   Divisio  15  rankiuLr  next  in  size  to  the  two  which  surround  London,  are  ihe  4th 
(L;.ncashiro,  1510I  anr"  3d  (Yorkshire,  1383),  which  lie  well  to  the  n.,and  contain  Liverpool  and 
Leeds.     The  14th  Div.  includes  the  s.  w.  corner  of  England  ;  the  15th  and  i5th.  Wales;  the 
«7th  to  2olh,  Ireland;  the  21st  to  27th,  Scotland  ;  the  2Sth,  the  U.S.;  the  29th,  all  the  rest  of 
the  world  c  .oept  th.-  7  countries  which  comprise  the  other  foreign  Divisions  :     30th,  France; 


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,.M,  Germany;  jjd,  IJelgium;  33d.  Holland;  J4th.  Auitria-Hungary ;  jsih.  Canada;  i6ih 
t  ..nmark  ;  37th.  Switicriand.     '•  It  is  desirable  Hut  K.  C.-»  .hail  reside  wuh...  the  l.m.u  of  the' 
Divisions  ihey  represent;  and  that  their  residences  shall  be  widely  «;parated.  in  the  case  oi 
li.visions  having  more  than  one  R.  C;  but  non-residence  in  a  particular  district  shall  not  dis- 
qualify  a  candidate  for  election  there,  nor  for  service  as  its  k.  C."    The  hand-book  of  Apr 
•X6,  showed  that,  in  fact,  resident,  ot  Great  Britain  serve  as  R.  C.'s  for  5  of  the  foreign  t)iv»  ' 
and  that  for  the  other  5  (including  U.  S.  and  Canada)  none  had  then  been  elected  or  appointed! 
"  1  he  number  of  R.  C.'s  to  which  the  several  Divisions  are  entitled  shall  be  set  out  in  each 
Jan.  Gaultf ;  and  any  member  may  be  proposed  and  seconded  for  R.  C,  by  two  members  of 
any  D.vu^.on.  who  shall  file  with  the  Secretary  (before  Feb.  7.  on  a  blank  obtained  from  him)  the 
name,  address  and  description  of  such  member,  with  his  written  statement  that  he  is  prepared 
u,  undertake  the  duties  of  R.  C.  \i  elected.     The  March  Gazette  shall  contain  a  separate  vot- 
iHR-paper  for  each  Division,  naming  the  candidates  who  seek  its  suffrages.     Each  member  may 
rote  for  as  many  R.  C.'s  as  the  voting-pjper  shows  his  Division  is  entitled  to ;  but  the  vote  shall 
be  invalid  unles.  the  Secretary  .ecei-es  the  paper  within  8  days  after  its  original  despatch  by 
hnn.     The  votes  sha-1  be  counted  by  5  scrutineer,,  appointed  by  the  Council,  to  whom  they  shall 
report  the  result^    The  R.  C.'s  thus  chosen  shall  come  into  office  Apr.  .  and  form  a  p!ovisioni 
Council   whose  first  meeting  shall,  if  possible,  appoint  a  Chi.f  Consul  for  each  Division,     ft  is 
ist.nctly  provided  th.nt  they  shall  be  at  liberty  not  to  re-appoint  any  C.  C.  who  may  previously 
have  held  office;  but  any  C.  C.  so  superseded  shall  have  power  to  appeal  to  the  next  generJ 

to  the  posts  of  President  and  Vice-President  of  the  C.  T.  C,  for  an  annual  term  ;  and  shall  then 
elea  from  their  own  number  a  Chairman  and  Vice-Chairman  of  the  Council,  and  also  (from  their 
own  number  or  from  the  members  at  large)  an  Honorary  Trea.surer  of  the  C.  T.  C,  ..s  follows  • 
Cand,da,es  for  either  post  may  be  nominated  by  two  members  of  the  Council  (on  forms  ,0  be  had 
le,"  TuT''  '°  '«=/^'""-'l '°  him  by  May  ,) ;  and  a  voting-paper.  naming  all  such  candi- 
dates,  *hall  be  sent  to  e.-tch  of  the  C  ouncil  by  May  7,  and  be  returned  by  May  ,4  to  the  Secre- 
tary,  who  shal  keep  such  papers  sealed  until  the  Council-meeting  immediately  preceding  the 
»nnua  general  meeting  He  shall  then  hand  them  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Council,  who  shall 
cause  them  to  be  counted  and  the  result  forthwi-.h  to  be  ueclared  to  the  meeting.  The  three 
officers  so  chosen  shall  serve  from  the  end  of  the  annual  general  meeting  ,0  the  end  of  the  an- 
nual general  meeting  next  ensuing.     This  shall  be  held  each  May.  a.  a  place  and  date  fixed  by 

,         ",','■       f '^  *  *".  ^^  '  •'■'"  """^  '^''  *°'  "  h^li-y^^^r^y  general  meeting,  and  maj 

call  an  additional  one  at  any  time.     On  requisition  of   aoo  members,  the  Secretary  shall  call  a 
special  general  meeting,  at  place  and  time  requested,  provided  this  be  not  less  than  ,0  days  after 
usual  date  of  issue  of  Ah„,A/j,  Gazette,  in  which  particulars  of  the  meeting  and  names  of  the 
conveners  shall  be  announced  ;  and  the  Secretary  may  call  a  meeting  of  the  Council  at  any  time 
on  .4  days    notice.     Regular  meetings  thereof  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Saturday  of  each 
month.     The  quorum  at  Council-meetings  shall  be  5,  and  at  general  meetings  it  shall  l,e  50- 
and  precedence  in  taking  the  chair  shall  be  in  this  order  :  President,  Vice-President,  Chairman 
Vice-Cha.rman,  according  as  those  officers  are  in  attendance.     In  case  one  of  them  dies  „r  re- 
signs,  the  Council  may  either  order  a  new  election  or  appoint  a /r<,  t.m.  deputy.     If  a  Division 
fails  to  elect  a  R.  C.  to  whom  it  is  entitled,  or  if  it,  growth  entitles  it  to  an  additional  R    C 
after  the  election,  the  Council  may  fill  the  v.tcancy  by  appointment.     They  shall  have  power  to 
remove  any  officer  by  a  §  vote  of  those  present  at  any  Council  meeting,  provided  the  Secretary 
has  given  7  days   written  notice  of  their  intended  action  to  the  officer  concerned;  but  he  mar 
appeal  to  the  next  general  meeting.     They  shall  appoint  the  Secretary  at  such  salary  and  upon 
such  terms  and  conditions  as  they  may  think  proper  [the  present  salary  is  I.500J ;  and  they  may 
a.so  appoint  an  Honorary  Secretary  for  the  conducting  of  any  special  business.     They  may  expel 
a  member  who  ceases  to  be  an  amateur,  and  they  shall  expel  any  member  who  fails  to  resign  after 
being  so  requested,  when  such  request  is  based  upon  the  examination  of  charges  which  hare 
been  brought  against  h.m  in  writing,  by  any  two  Councilors  or  any  other  ten  members.     The  lend- 
ing of  membership  ticket  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  expulsion  ;  and  the  Council  are  aUo  bound 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


lo  inveitigate  the  case  ol  iny  member  who  is  expelled  from  a  cycling  or  athletic  club  l-.xiiellH 
men  may  appeal  to  the  general  meeting.  Members'  annual  tines  (6a  c  )  are  payable  ni  advan 
Jan.  I  ;  and  the  (act  of  non  payment  by  t  eb.  i  puts  an  end  to  membersliip.  i  |,e  Setreta  ' 
mint  then  forward  to  the  C  C.  of  each  Division  a  list  of  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  reside  ^ 
in  thai  Division  whose  meinbeiship  his  thus  lapsed  ;  ana  he  must  also  cause  to  be  prmicd 
book  form,  Division  lists  of  the  entire  renewed  membershi|>  of  the  club.  [The  '85  book  h.  H 
pp.  and  about  14,000  names,  whereof  the  U.  -S.  supplied  nearly  400.J  He  must  admit  immji- 
•tely  to  the  Gaulle  any  document  about  club  business  which  is  signed  by  50  members  Us 
must  receive  ail  moneys  and  dei)Osit  the  same  with  the  club  bankers;  must  attend  all  meeiincs 
of  the  Council,  and  conduct  all  club  business  under  their  direction  ;  and,  in  case  <,f  temporary 
inability  to  act,  may  appoint  a  member  as  deputy,  subject  to  their  a  proval.  The  Hon-IVcav 
iirer  fhall  make  all  payments,  under  direc:ion  of  the  Council's  Finance  CommiUce  ;  and  hii 
accounts  and  those  of  the  Secretary  shall  be  audited  at  least  once  a  year,  by  a  professional 
accountant  engaged  by  the  Council ;  and,  after  confirmation  by  ihem,  sh.ill  be  printed  in  the 
CaMttle,  prior  to  the  annual  meeting.  Chief  Consuls  shall  have  power  to  appoint  in  their 
respeciive  Divisions,  Consuls,  /ro  tern.  Consuls,  and  C.  T.  C.  hotels,  and  to  revoke  such 
aiipi)intm-nts;  but  any  one  who  feels  aggrieved  by  such  action  may  appeal  to  the  I'mincil 
through  the  Secretary  ;  and  no ^o Urn.  Consul  shall  receive  a  full  appointment  until  he  h.isbeen 
teen  and  approved  of  by  a  member  of  the  Council  or  by  the  Secretary.  No  alteration  can  be 
made  in  the  club  rules,  except  at  a  general  meeting,  after  notice  of  such  alteration  has  been  given 
in  the  Gazette."  This  final  rule  (the  70th)  declares  also  that  the  club's  regulations,  "shall, 
as  far  as  possible,  be  held  to  apply  to  lady  members,"  of  whom  there  are  "  many  hii;idredb." 

Foreign  cytlurs  are  by  the  C.  T.  C.  "  accepted  as  amateurs  according  to  the  rules  in  force 
in  their  own  country,  [  lovided  they  have  not  at  any  lime  been  guilty  of  brenches  of  the  amateur 
laws  of  any  country  when  riding  in  such  country  "  ;  but  "  the  definition  applicable  to  natives  of, 
or  residents  in,  the  United  Kingdom,  shall  be  that  of  the  N.  C.  U.,  and  a  copy  thereof  shall  be 
printed  upon  the  back  of  each  form  of  application  for  membership,"  This  definition  is  as  fol- 
lows :  "  An  amateur  is  one  who  has  never  engaged  in,  nor  assisted  in,  nor  taught  any  athletic 
exercise  for  money,  or  other  remuneration  ;  nor  knowingly  competed  with  or  against  a  profes- 
sional for  a  prize  of  any  description,  or  in  public  fexcept  at  a  meeting  specially  sanctioned  by  the 
Union).  To  prevent  misunderstanding  in  interpreting  the  above,  the  Union  draws  atten;ion  to 
the  following  explanation  :  A  cyclist  ceases  to  be  an  amateur,  and  thereby  becomes  a  profes- 
sional by— (fj)  Engaging  in  cycling,  or  any  other  athletic  exercise,  or  personally  teaching,  train- 
ing, or  coaching  any  other  person  therein,  either  as  a  means  of  obtaining  a  livelihood,  or  for  a 
staked  bet,  a  money  prize,  or  gate-money ;  (b)  Competing  with,  or  pace-making  for,  or  having 
the  pace  made  by  a  professional,  or  person  under  sentence  of  suspension,  in  public,  or  for  a 
prize;  (c)  Selling,  realizing  upon,  or  otherwise  turning  into  cash,  any  prize  won  by  him;  {<!) 
Accepting,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  remuneration,  compensation,  or  expenses  whatever,  from 
a  cycle  manufacturer,  agent,  or  other  person  interested  in  the  trade  or  sport,  for  cycle  riding." 
The  Secretary  sends  application-forms  gratis  to  all  who  ask  for  them,  and  each  candidate  when 
he  returns  to  the  Secretary  a  signed  form  must  enclose  with  it  an  entrance  fee  of  25  c,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  62  c.  which  will  pay  for  membership  until  Dec.  31  ensuing.  If  he  be  not  a  member 
of  a  recognized  amateur  cycling  club,  he  must  obtain  the  signature  of  two  introducers  who  are 
officers  in  such  a  club,  or  members  of  the  C.  T.  C,  or  from  one  introducer  who  belongs  to  the 
Council,  In  the  case  of  the  American  and  other  outside  Divisions,  it  is  convenient  to  have  the 
Chief  Consul  supply  such  signature,  and  thus  the  applications  and  cash  are  commonly  sent  by 
him  directly  to  the  Secretary,  All  names  thus  reaching  the  latter  by  the  2Sth  of  each  month, 
are  printed  in  Gazette  one  week  later,  and  a  copy  thereof  is  mailed  to  each  candidate ;  and  each 
one  against  whom  no  member  makes  an  objection  within  a  week  to  the  Secretary,  is  then  declared 
elected,  and  i  ceives  from  the  Sec,  a  signed  membership  card,  and  a  copy  of  the  70  rulei,  which 
he  has  promised  in  advance  to  obey. 

My  next  chapter  gives  an  account  of  the  Gazette,  which  is  sent  to  each  member,  and  of  the 
dub's  other  publications  (see  rp.  687-91);  and  I  have  already  quoted  its  arrangements  about 


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tran.portat.on  (p  598)  and  holel.(p.  607).     It*  uniforn  iiof  a  special  make  of  gray  cloth    "  upo. 
which  no  braiding,  e|«ulette.  or  trimmings  shall,  under  any  circumstances,  be  periniiisible  "  • 
a.iJ  "  no  local  club  shaii  adopt  this  un.torin  as  their  own  unless  ail  the  members  join  the  C  T* 
i    "    (){  course,  no  one  is  obliged  to  purchase  cither  uniform  or  badge,  but  members  are  re- 
quested to  wear  th.  latter  upon  the  left  breast.      1  he  badge  in  use  for  7  year*  or  more  was  > 
simple  sh.dd  of  silver  or  silver-plate,  with  the  club's  name  s|*lled  upon  it  in  «,uare.  raised  let- 
leis.     Copies  in  gold  were  also  made,  for  use  on  the  scarf  or  watch-chain.     Hadges  for  Consult 
hid  red  enamel ;  those  for  the  Council  had  blue  enamel,  with  "  k.  C."  or  "  C.  C."  added  ia 
K.li  :  and  that  for  the  Secretary  had  green  enamel  and  gilt.     "  The  Octopus  "  thus  annouii.  -d 
..  clLvige  (HlueUng,  Sept.  .\  '86) :     "  The  C.  T.  C.  mountain  has  been  in  lal-or.  and  has  pro. 
<luc.-d  the  most  ridiculous  mouse,  in  the  shape  of  a  badge,  that  it  has  ever  been  my  lot  to  see 
After  all  the  talk,  froth,  and  gas  that  appeared  in  the  GautU,  I  ex|M;cted  something  very  spe- 
cial ;  but.  if  imitation  is  the  sincerest  form  of  flattery,  the  L.  A.  W.  ought  to  feel  proud  over 
this  exact  fac-simile  of  its  design."     Three  weeks  later,  the  same  writer  added  :     "  It  is  a  most 
truly  ludicrous  thing.     Ever  since  Oct., '84,  Messrs.  Tanner,  Hills,  and  R.  E.  Phillips  have  been 
considering  the  question  of  the  badge  ;  and  now,  after  nearly  two  years,  thev  present  a  design 
which  has  been  duly  registered,  and  which  is  neither  artistic  or  novel,— being  si., .ply  a  wheel   with 
three   wings   upon   it,   dandling   by   chains   from  a    Ijar.     The   act   of  '  invention  '  could   not 
h.ive  taken  very  long,  for  the  L.  A.  W.  design  has  been  almost  exactly  copied,  and  the  '  patent- 
ing •  could  not  have  been  a  mammoth  undertaking,  for  Mr.  P.  is  a  patent-agent  of  experience  • 
l.ut  the  committee  seem  to  fancy  that  they  have  done  someihing  very  clever,  as  this  is  what  they 
say  about  themselves  and  their  work  :    '  In  concluding  our  report,  we  would  point  out  that  the 
matter  we  have  had  to  deal  with  has  been  one  of  no  ordinary  caliber,  and  has  received  at  our 
hands  an  amount  of  attention  in  accord  with  its  importance.'  "     With  similar  complacency   the 

r  u^T/"""'"  *"''  •  "•  '"''  '■  "  ^""'  °^  "^'  ""^"y  comments  called  out  by  the  wood- 
cuts of  the  badge,  in  our  last  issue,  can  be  considered  other  than  satisfactory.  It  is  generally 
conceded  that  the  new  article  is  graceful,  symbolical  and  appropriate,  and  there  appears  to  be 
little  doubt  as  to  its  ultimate  popularity."  He  then  explains  that,  as  the  certificate  of  member- 
•ship  (changed  in  color  or  design  each  year)  is  to  be  framed  in  the  wheel  and  show  only  on  the 
reverse  side,  the  badge  is  necessarily  swung  on  chains  from  a  bar-brooch,  "  ,0  avoid  the  trouble 
of  removing  1,  from  the  coat  whenever  a  member  desires  to  prove  his  identitv  at  a  hotel  head- 
quar^rs.-- which  necessity  arises  on  an  average  ,  or  3  times  a  day."  This  little  circular  ticket 
will  hereafter  be  issued  to  «//  members,  as  a  receipt  for  their  fees,  instead  of  the  larger  angular 
one  o  former  years  but  no  one  will  be  obliged  to  enclose  it  in  the  badge-locket,  if  he  prefer, 
some  less-secure  mode  of  carrying  it,  whenever  he  wishes  to  prove  that  "  its  details  are  read- 
ily  decipherable  "  by  country  inn-keepers. 

The  ••  burning  question  "  of  C.  T.  C.  hotel  arrangements  is  discussed  by  no  less  than  „ 
or  espondentsin  this  same  Oct.  G.«^U,  occupying  a  sixth  of  its  space  (pp'3^;) ;  and  al 
,t  L     Z       !  '"       J-  '?;  '"""'""'"'^  ^^^  ^"^•''-h  folly  of  every  such  pet.y^n  for  "  get- 
ting ^mething  for  nothing  '   is  amply  confirmed  by  their  remarks.     "  We  are  no,  .//  paupers," 

classes,  and  of  difl.ren,  purses,  to  patronize  the  same  hotels.     Let  C.  T.  C.  men  nskM  no  re- 

sis  d  lI  hi  TtV  *"  •'"""'^  ^'""^•'''''  =•""  ^  '■■^'  °'  recommended  houses  su^ 
w  h  to  cat  for  t  ,  'T'  '  rf"  "'  ^"«S"^--  f-  'he  f^id—  of  those  landlord,  who 
wi.h  to  cater  for  its   support ;  and  let  every  such  landlord  exhibit  his  tariff  (inclusive  of  all 

i"cid    :  iTm'  ""  '^  "^'"^  '""  °"  •="''""«  "'^  '"""■"    '^^^-  ^'^  --"  .hus  ::;  near' 

o,r        tiat    f     '        .        r  "  "'^"''''  '"'  P™"^^  '"'"''""  «f  "'^  ^'  T-  C.  in  reference  ,0 

snd  1        .         ""^"^-^^  'h'"  "«'""  '°  Siv-  special  welcome  to  «//who  travel  with  cycles. 

nd  no.  ,0  „s  own  members  simply.     He  resents,  however,  the  sacrifice  of  self-respect  implie<i 

hin-'    '"h  r".'  P"'"*'"^  ^^^^  Publicans  "  to  whom  one  must  prove  his  member- 

tlh  to  thriTndl  'r.  "T:    "*  li*^;""'  ^^  "''  -P"'=''"''le  suggestion  :    '<  I,  should  not 

be  left  to  the  landlord  to  define  the  C.  T.  C.  members,  but  the  member,  themselves  should  boy- 


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640  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

CMt  thow  who  do  not  show  their  cnirent  certificate."    Another  complainant  abo  "  doubu 
whether  it  is  the  C.  T.  C.'s  mission  to  attempt  lowering  the  too-dear  hotel-rates  of  Eneland 
since  this  is  more  likely  to  be  done  by  the  excellent  coffee-uvems,  rapidly  springing  up  and 
improving  in  every  direaion,"  and  says  :    "  What  the  lati-and-weary  tourist  wanu,  U  to  know 
beforehand  of  some  decent  inn  where  he  can  find  a  welcome  for  himself  and  room  for  his 
machine.    I  altogether  object  to  going  in  forma  pa^ftru,  ticket  in  hand,  to  the  hotel  bar  (occu 
pied  by  half^-doien  loungers,  smoking  and  drinking),  and  then  having  to  inscribe  my  name 
address,  and  number  in  a  big  book,-ihe  operation  to  be  repeated  at  every  fresh  hotel     This 
savors  too  much  of  the  foreign  police  system.    One  of  the  charms  of  travel  is  to  pay  your  wav 
unchallenged  and  uniiaraed.    Our  C.  T.  C.  plan  falls  between  two  stools.    On  the  one  hand 
when  a  hotel  reduces  its  rates  at  all  to  accept  the  Uriff,  it  does  so  not  very  graciously  ;  and  if 
It  does  not  lake  it  out  of  you  in  other  ways,  shoves  you  in  a  comer.     On  the  other  hand,  the 
raajoriiy  oi  dectnt  country  hotels  chargs  less  than  the  uri«F,  until  injudicious  cc  wis  force  it  on 
to  them."    Other  writers  re'ate  how  the  cheap  hotels,  in  little  places  where  the  C.  T.  C.  merely 
"recommends"  instead  of  "appointing"  them,  quickly  raise  their  rates  ("  for  C  T   C  men 
only  ")  to  match  the  tariflf  of  the  "  appo:nted  "  inns.    "  Hence,  hundreds  avoid  entering  a  C 
T.  C.  house,  when  touring,  because  of  the  alleged  high  charges."    "As  tastes  differ,  and  appe^ 
tites  differ,  1  fear  this  discussion  will  have  no  lasting  results ;  bnt  \  firmly  believe  the  tariff  is 
too  high  for  90  per  cent,  of  our  members,  which  is  why  so  few  of  them  use  C.  T.  C.  houses.     Ir. 
asking  new  men  to  join,  I  never  mention  the  tariflf  among  the  advantag  s,  for  I  have  foukid  thai 
that  information  makes  a  bad  impression.     Ut  us  put  an  end  to  this  arrangement  for  gratui- 
tously  advertising  these  houses."    "  For  freland,  the  tariff  is  altogether  unsuiuble,  as  most  of 
the  hotel  rates  are  far  below  it,  and  I  rarely  produce  my  ticket  when  touring,  because  it  would 
only  lead  to  increased  expense. "    This  last  is  from  R.  J.  Mecredy,  ed.  Irith  Cycliti  &•  A  tUtU. 
Other  writers  testify  as  to  the  other  side  of  the  dilemma,  thus  :  "  It  is  notorious  that  few,  if 
any, /irst-class  hotels  will  accept  our  tarifl ;  for  this  is  practically  a  '  commercial '  tariff,  and  we 
cannot,  therefore,  expect  better  accommodation  than  t.ie  first-class  commtrcial  hotels'  afford. 
The  suggestion  that  all  hotels  should  agree  to  allow  our  members  a  reduction  of  say,  20  per  cent! 
on  their  usual  wharges  is  evidently  unworkable,  for  it  is  very  unusual  to  find  an  hotel  in  this  country 
which  exhibits  a  fixed  scale  of  charges,  and  they  are  not  likely  to  begin  to  do  so  to  please  the  C. 
T.  C.     In  such  a  case  the  discount  would  ineviubly  be  put  on  before  it  wa»  taken  off."    "  My 
experience  of  C.  T.  C.  hotels  is  that  they  are,  as  a  rule,  places  to  be  avoided,  and  is  regards 
comfort  and  quality  of  food,  most  of  them  might  well  have  written  over  their  doors,  '  Hasciatt 
pgni  speranta,  voi  cKentratt.'    The  few  good  ones  only  prove  their  general  unsatisfactoriness. 
•    •    At  one  of  the  largest  towns  in  Kent,  we  were  given  '  gamey  •  chops  for  supper,  and  oiir 
bedrooms,  at  the  top  of  the  house,  had  not  even  decent  doors  to  ihem,  while  the  beds  themselves 
had  plenty  of  vermin.    •    •    I  have  noticed  that  C.  T.  C.  hotels  take  it  out  of  one  in  the  way 
of  drinks,— charging  10  c.  io.  milk-and-soda,  instead  of  4  c.  charged  at  temperance  inns."    "At 
the  very  last  cycling  inn  I  slept  at  my  experience  incl'ded  the  following  :    A  very  high-smellini^ 
chop  for  tea ;  a  shabby  attic-bedroom,  with  a  rough  door  worthy  of  a  cottage  outhouse,  and  a 
dilapidated  blind  which  would  n't  pull  down,  a  specimen  olptilex  irritant  stuck  on  the  tallow  of 
my  uncleaned  bedroom  candlestick,  presumably  by  a  former  customer,  and  a  sleepless  night  from 
the  combined  attack,  in  front  and  rear,  of  the  animal  which  Mark  Twain  calls  the  '  chamois.' 
It  is  true  that  this  was  at  a  '  recommended  '  inn,  a  term  which  I  understood  was  applied  to  those 
inns  in  small  towns  which  were  the  best  in  the  place,  but  where  the  charges  were  below  the  tariff. 
This  particu!ar  inn,  however,  was  ( 1)  by  no  means  the  best  in  the  place,  and  (a)  it  charged  very 
scrupulously  the  full  tariflf.    This  is  my  last,  and  I  mus:,  admit,  my  worst,  experience,  but  I  have 
had  o'.hers  which  approximate  to  it      I  feel  sure  that  this  fixed  tariff  is  acting  injuriously  by  rais- 
ing the  charees  for  cyclists,  inasmuch  as  the  smaller  village  and  roadside  inns  get  to  know  of  it, 
and  try  to  brin?  th'^ir  charges  up  to  it  directly  a  cyclist  appears  on  the  premises.    The  suggestion 
I  would  make  is  this  :    In  the  hand-book,  give  the  names  of  «//the  comfortable  inns  with  their 
tariflf  i  dMlingnish  with  a  star  those  specially  worthy  of  commendation,  a*  Badekcr  does;  and 
print  all  those  in  italics  which  are  willing  to  make  ao  per  cent,  reduction." 


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M/,VO/?  CYCLING  INSTITUTIONS.  g   , 

oughgoing  condemnation  of  i  .h^„,^."  1;  '  7"  .  "  ""'"""  ~--P°"denfs  .hor- 
n.a..er  «ou,d  be  voted  a  mere  t-J^em  dS  t^'^'lVd    '  "T"''  '"  *"""'"«  ""^ 

;'  The  Co.,„ci,  have  already  decided  thT.  ^u'7ZZ:cZ  ^LTZ' ^.^t  rtfr  ""-^'V  = 
in  the.,  op,n>on.  the  remedy  lies  in  the  adoption  of  a  second  Tariff  .nr  r  /^  u'  ^  """""''^ 
on  the  rocommended  hst."    Tl  i,  shcvs  that  ,he  1  '  "Pf'''^^''''  '°  '^e  houses  now 

sisted  -n,  after  the  fatui.v  of  it  h  s  J^^J  e  pol  d  ^^o  J'/t  """"t"'^^^^  """^^  '^  '°  ''•=  P"^' 
.oprevent  the  meanest  inns  of  En^ran"  rn^hlt  in"' th'  ^.r^^^^Mi^t^r '"'^'^rr 
charpmgthe  "  ful    tariif"  which  ha-   been  l.K^,i       i  ,  '^''"  ^^gga" "  by 

a  trifle  less  "  cheap  and  nasty  '"  Tl  e  execu.^!  b  '  '""f '  ""'  """  "'"^^  '""»  "--  -' 
alon,  in  a  rut.-from  lack  of  leader    i:.e  el  „v  cm  "^    t  '  '"'""""''  *'''^''  ""'^  >-"- 

ment  to  touring  wheelmen,  without  regard  to    'rites  ''    Th.    /.  .'      ^""^  •*'"'' ''"'  '^"•- 

wi.hthis  final  bit  of  testimony  (Sep,  6    '86)      "'r,eco..^,  T  °1   '"^"^'"'"^  ^""P'^  "" 

-y  upon  the  tariff  question,  J„,  how  long  ley  hav  suZ  d  "  "['  °'  '''/"-«'  "«=  '"  f"" 
..i.  which  they  are  now  raising.  Our  oL  priL^lt  coITc  ^w^'h  C  ;"ct'^''  '"" 
l.as  been  always,  '  Avoid  them  !  '     Last  year  we  went  to  the  C  T  P   i,  ^J'^'^''"''"'" 

upon  mentioning  the  club's  name  were  conducted  to  "he  rcll    L  T  f-  "''""^'  '""^ 

still  the  roof-though  th.  house  was  half  emnVv     XK  7       '"""  '"'=  °^  "  """'""x.  but 

houses  as  a  dangerous  speculat  n  He  LyTre'ak  L  .h7h"  "  T''1  "'  ""^"^  "'  '»>'- 
silent  watches  of  the  night,  or  he  mar,!ot      AnH  '       -         "'  ^  ^^  '"^"^"«'"  '"  '^' 

■n.e  generic  title  '  cyc.fst '' cove:s 'Ar^rrand  IrgerZ'"""''''"''"  '^  "°  '"P^""  °^  P-^^-- 

oil's  annual  report  in  the  GaL,l    "  as  comnln/  f'  ^,'^"=^""^  ^°^  ^S,  from  the  Coun- 

"f  figures  is  a  delightful  rcc'aL  "     WiZ  Vk',      f     ""^  '°  "''°'"  '»"=  '"-"ip-'ation 

n.ass  of  o«cial  figuL  wo^rrpatie:':  t^tu^^  ou  t  rmlte'teTol,"  "'  ""%"'^'* 
summaries  :    C.  T.  C.  gross  profit  on  trading  accounts  S66,       T  *     "'"^  3>gn>fican, 

f..S3  on  badges,  I39,  on  handbooks  ^^/"°""''' *,'^^'3'-""'P"«"'g  «46o9  on  uniforms. 
absorbed  by  the  net  cost  of  Ga^^^^L,  .  '  ""  f  """"•  "^"'^  P^""'  ^^'  ""^'V  «" 
printing,  ji.  for  postal  andT^f!,  ''''°^^ '°'^'  '-'  «".3.7)  consisted  of  I6804  for 
Dec.  30  b^in.  $4870  The  "tene^j"  ''"  -™™-°-.-'be  adv.  receipts  (besides  ,680  due 
excluding  theL*:.  cL.  jus  na^d  1::^,':  o'"h  H '"'  ''t  ''"'"'''''  ''^'^^  °'  *'^°°-  ^- 
ery,  and  *,64o  for  pn^taje  -a  tmal  ol/,,  .^  ,  """'  ^"  '"^^"^  '^"^  '°^  "'«"  ^•="i°"- 

shipKiues,  J.U.o      The  s^moftL  "'  °'        °''  ''  '""'''  "  ">'  ^'=^^"«  f^"""  '"-'"ber 

was  spen    for      danger  Zds  ^'  ZT  '^^''T""'^  '"  "'  "  ''•  ^^  "•  ^^^"^  f""'''"  -^  «55 

^,,.,;.  Its  revenue  exctd'd'th;::;';:;  ::t:i:h t.h'  '''"""•  "^  ^'-"'^  '°'^'  -p-- 

-  deposits,  J,38,  which  sum  added  toth.nir.l]  "  "'"*  ^""^  '^"'^'^  ^^^  '"'""t 
raised  the  total  to  $,,,,,T\n,^^Z^^^^^ 

all,  by  rule,  appro  r^d  to  e^'^serve  unV'''^  xf  ^  """"""'''  '"  ''-'''  ^"'  ^"^ 
.ions,  which  yielded  a  profit  A  |66  3  were  ,^8  .,.  and""  """''  °"  "=  '"''"^  •""^^^■ 
-ere  ,..,3,7,  the  whole  amount^C  T  C  cash  h  Ic^L"'.  -"'T"''  °"  """^"''^  ^"''""' 
excess  of  Jso.ooo      "  Those  who  r.n./ '  .7      T    ,  """"^  ""^  ^^^  '^^  considerably  in 

P ».  .„..„,  b,  P."hr:;z:  *; ; ;  ;;^,^rJ:;L;5;;^?' "^^^  r"  - 

has  no  vital  spark.     Without  th^  1:.™.  „    (.,  ^marks  M^/uel,ng,      since  but  for  th  s  it 

".e  ground..."  At  the  ainuai  ^.^^ru^^ZZZ  '"''"f  J'  '^°""  "'^^"""^  '^"  '" 
^j  "ng  01  May  8,  86,  the  Treasurer  hkewwe  said  that  each  mem- 


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ber  ai.nually  cost  the  club  S7  c,  or  25  c.  more  than  his  annual  dues.     He  repnried  ihnt  tlio 
monthly  amount  of  checks  drawn  by  him  on  the  C.  T.  C.  bankers  f  fien  reached  #7500.     Hie 
Secretary  reported  that  the  club  had  been  represented  at  England's  first  road  conference ;  had 
distributed  some  2oo,o>jo  pamphlets  on  reform  in  road-repairs,  and  had  arranged  with  the  N   c 
U.  to  lay  a  specimen  road  in  Birmingham.     The  Coi.ncil  voted  to  establish  life  menibersMps  at 
%%b ;  and  one  of  their  7  rules  about  the  same  provides  that  all  reci;ipts  therefrom  shnil  be  in- 
vested as  a  special  fund  under  4  trustees.     The  scheme  appeals  to  stntiment  rathtr  than  econ- 
omy, however,  as  shown  by  the  fact  that  a  man  wlio  should  put  #25  in  the  P.  O.  .Savinps  llank 
would  receive  62  c.  a  year,  by  which  he  might  pay  his  annual  C.  T.  C.  dues  and  siill  retain  owner- 
ship  in  the  tit,.     Me'   ion  was  made  at  the  same  meeting  that  "  the  club's  attemi  t  to  get  incor- 
porated without  the  »..rd  '  limited,'  had  not  been  successful  before  the  Board  of  Trade  "  ;  that 
the  ..ub's  long-delayed  road-book  of  Great  Britain  would  be  issued  in  the  spring  of  '87  ;  and  il.n 
the  club  was  also  engaged  upon  i  road-book  of  the  Continent.  "  which  would  be  incomparal/v 
in  advance  of  anything  hitherto  attempted  in  that  line,— its  indefatigable  compiler,  .S.  A.  Si  ad, 
C.  C.  of  the  General  Foreign  Division,  having  been  complimented  on  his  work  by  forei^;n  num- 
bers, as  knowing  more  about  their  own  count  ies  than  they  did  themselves."    The  SecKtarv 
alsc  reported  that  Council  meeting-;  had  been  field  at   Manchester,  Edinbur'^h,  Carlisle,  lli:ni- 
gnte,  Dublin,  Shrewsbury,  London,  Newcastle,  l^icesler,  Bristol,  and  Liverpool,  res|)eciivtl\, 
with  an  average  attendance  of  i4§  per  meeting;  and  that  this  peranibulatory  plan  would  be  inr- 
«isted  in.     The  weakness  of  it  was  pointed  out  long  ago  (in  Dec,  '84,  1  think)  by  l.ai.d  and 
Water,  which  said  that,  as  regarded  the  last  12  meetings,  22  of  about  75  Councilors  had  alter. dcd 
only  once.  23  twice  and  15  thrice,— so  that  only  about  a  dozen  had  attended  a  third  or  nmre  if 
the  year's  meetings :    "  Yet  each  Council-meeting  is  supposed  to  be  supreme  •  and  one  pn  at 
fault  is  that  each,  instead  of  keeping  itself  to  the  business  arising  in  its  own  disliici,  passes  n-o- 
lutions  affecting  the  most  remote  districts.     The  consequence  is  that   sometimes  a  rcsointion 
passed  at  one  Council  is  disowned  at  the  next.     There  is  '■-     iwer  of  appeal,  except  under  very 
special  circumstances,  to  a  general  meeting.     The  confusioi.  rfhich  has  thus  arisen  is  very  extraor- 
dinary.    Councilors,  not  being  watched  by  any  executive,  do  acts  to  which  there  is  grave  objection. 
E.g.,  at  one  Council-meeting  it  was  resolved  that  no  Councilor  should  participate  directly  or  in- 
directly in  any  contract  which  the  Council  issued,   yet   within   a  few  weeks  another  Comcil 
gave  a  contract  vvorth  neariy  ^2500  a  year  to  the  partner  of  one  of  their  body  wlm  was  pnsei.t 
at  the  time.     Evidently,  the  leading  members  of  the  club  have  not  been  able  to  frame  a  '^liftl- 
rienily  elastic  constitution  to  meet  its  present  growth."    At  present  these  evils  are  intensified,  for 
there  are  21,000  members,  nominally  governed  by  125  Councilor ; ;  yet  any  three  of  the  latter  wh 
may  happen  to  form  a  majority  in  a  quorum  of  five,  can  commit  the  entire  C.  T  C.  on  any  ques- 
tion or  policy  not  expressly  forbidden  by  its  70  rules.     Of  course,  under  such  an  irresponsible 
system,  the  Secretary  must  needs  be  the  real  executive  chief. 

The  influence  of  the  C.  T.  C.  upon  American  wheeling  is,  of  course,  a  purely  social  and 
sentimental  influence,— since  the  League  controls  all  pr-cticable  arrangements  that  can  be  effi- 
ciently worked  for  the  encouragement  of  bicycle  tour.ig  in  this  country.  I  recommend  every 
League  member  who  wishes  to  get  a  journal  which  can  tell  him  most  about  foreign  tours  and 
tourists,  at  least  expense,  to  join  the  C.  T.  C.  simp'y  for  the  sake  of  its  Gazeti  \  1  call  this  an 
interesting  and  valuable  paper,  in  spite  of  all  the  fun  poked  at  it  by  the  rival  trade-circulars 
which  chiefly  cater  to  the  racing  men,  and  in  spite  of  all  the  drivel  and  commonplace  which  it 
prints  for  "  filling."  Every  American  who  plans  to  do  any  riding  abroad  should  likewise  join 
the  club  for  the  sake  of  the  introduction  which  its  ticket  will  give  him  to  the  vtibal  civilities  of 
the  consuls  who  may  be  found  in  ne?rly  every  large  town.  Besides  these  two  reasons,  member- 
ship in  the  American  Division  offers  the  social  reward  implied  in  attending  its  annual  conven- 
tion and  parade,  and  there  forming  the  acquaintance  of  a  somewhat  select  body  of  cyclers,— 
"  seleitt  "  !n  the  sense  that  most  of  them  are  enthusiasts  enough  to  pay  an  annual  tax  in  supnort 
of  the  iT.ere  sentiment  of  "  int»mational  good-fellowship,"  in  addition  to  paying  loyal  tribute  in 
support  of  the  League  at  home,  f  assume  that  most  of  them  are  League  men,  thrjgh  I  do  not 
know  the  exact  proportion, — my  assumption  beiug  partly  based  upon  the   League  membership 


MINOR  CYCLING  INSTITUTIONS. 


643 


of  their  15  State  Consuls,  whos;  geographical  distribution  is  as  follows  :  A'.  //.—'W.  V.  Cil- 
rnan,    Nashua.     Af,i.xs.—f.  A.  Pratt,  3  .Somerset  St.,    Boston.     X.  /.-A.    G.   Carpenter    * 
Westminster  st.,  Providence.     C/.-F.  A.  Jackson,  608  Chapel  St.,  New  Haven      A'   >--F 
J.  Pool,  3  Broad  St.,  N.  Y.     N.  J.-h.   H.  Jolinson,  East  Orange.     ra.-V.  S.  Harris   718 
Arch  St..  Ph^ladelphi?.     Md.-?>.   T.  Clark,  2  Hanover  St.,  Bahi.-nore      f.-Alfred  Kly '  873 
■'rospeci  St.,  Cbveland.     ///.-L.  W.  Conkling,    108   Madison   St.,  Chicago.     Mo.—\/  M 
IJrewstor,  309  Olive  St.,  St.   Louis.     la.— '6.   B.  Wright,  Oskaloosa.     Wis.-^i.  K.  Miller   103 
Wisconsin  St.,  Milwaukee.     Col-G<^o.  E.  Bittingcr,  6o3  Harrison  av.,  Leadville.     Ityo'-C. 
P.  Wassung,  Rock  Springs.     These  .State  Consuls  nominate  local  consuls  and  they  also  supply 
application-blanks  to  those  who  send  stamped  and  addressed  envelopes.     Each  candidate  who 
si-ns  such  a  blank  sends  it  with  $t  to  the  Acting  Chief  Consul  (C.  H.  Potter,  99  Suj.erior  St., 
Cleveland,  O.),  who  transmits  the  same  to  the  Secretary  in  England  ;  and  the  renewal-fee  of 
later  years,  if  sent  in  the  same  way,  is 75  c,  instead  of  62  c.     These  facti  are  announced  in  each 
w.;ek's  S/.  ircrM,  together  with  the  names  .ind  addre&.ses  of  otficers  just  given  ;  and  the  canUi- 
d.ites  for  .ii^mbership  are  similarly  mentioned  there,  before  being  advertised  in  the  Ca;r«*. 
This  plan  has  prevailed  for  more  than  two  years,  and  a  very  few  additions  have  been  made  to 
th.  list  of  State  Co.isuk  .luring  ihat  period.     Previously,  the  irAeei  called  itself  the   club's 
"  official  org^n  in  America"  (June  6,  '82,  to  Feb.  29,  '84),  but  did  not  regularly  print  names; 
and  the    Canadian  Wlieelman  has  inserted  a   similar  "honorary  adv."  of  itself,  as  "official 
organ  of  the  C.  T.  C.  in  Canada,"  ever  since  Oct.,  '8...     The  slight  hold  which  the  club  has 
gained  upon  that  country  is  chiefly  due   to  the  absence  of  any  such  enthusiast  as  the  one  who 
pushed  It  into  recognition    in  the  United  States  :  namely,  F.  W.  Weston   (b.  July  14,  '43),  an 
Knglishman   long  resident  in   Boston,  an  architect  by  training,  and  originator  of  Kh^Am'.Bi. 
Jourmil,  in  '77,  as  detailed  in  the  next  chapter  (see  pp.  655,  676).     He  was  tht  eariiest  Chief 
Consul  on  this  side  the  ocean,  and  still  nominally  retains  the  position,  though  a  serious  illness  in 
the  summer  of  '85  caused  a  transfer  of  its  d,    ies  to  C.  H.  Potter  (b.  May  20,  '55),  Capt   of  the 
Cleveland   T.  C.  and  Sec.  of  the  Cleveland  W.  C,  who  has  since  acted  in  his  stead.     I  believe 
Mr.  P.  was  the  eariiest  American   R.  C.  of  the  Division,-his  predecessor  having  been  Lacy 
Hilher,  of  London,  while  E.  R.  Shipton  and  H.  Sturmey  served  in  previous  years. 

The  two  just  named  "  conjointly  devised  a  reciprocal  scheme  whereby  membership  in  the 
L.  A.  W.  should  entitle  the  holder  ipso  facto  to  th.-  benefits  and  privileges  of  the  C.  T.  C.  when 
on  a  visit  to  England,  and  vice  versa.  The  premanire  alteration  of  the  amateur  definition  in  the 
U  S. ,  however,  dealt  the  project  its  death  blow  ('82),  and  I  do  not  know  that  at  the  present  time 
of  day  I  am  m  favor  of  recurrii.,;  to  the  principle  for  which  we  then  contended.  Yet  I  believe 
that  a  great  future  lies  before  the  C.  T  C,  in  the  U.  S.,  if  only  an  efficient  corps  of  workers 
can  be  obtained  to  define  some  feasible  method  adapted  to  the  peculiarities  of  the  country  " 
These  words  of  Mr.  S.  in  the  Gazette  were  reprinted  by  "  Faed,"  as  the  text  for  a  long  article 
(«/.  IVorld,  May  15,  '85,  pp.  33.35),  which  aimed  to  show  that,  "instead  of  the  mere  senti- 
mentahsm  which  now  prompts  500  Americans  to  pay  small  annual  fees  to  the  C  T  C  "  a 
practical  plan  might  be  devised  for  levying  larger  amounts,  "  so  that  as  much  as  $250  a  year 
might  be  retained  by  the  Division  for  the  promotion  of  American  touring,  without  actually 
being  a  drain  upon  the  parent  body  in  England."  Of  the  same  date  (May  ,3  '85)  was  the 
report  of  the  Division's  treasurer,  showing  that  #62.25  had  been  subscribed  by  .5  memoers  for 
the  erection  of  "  danger-botrds  "  at  all  the  bad  hills  of  the  American  continent,  a-^d  that  one  such 
board  had  in  fart  been  erected,  at  a  cost  of  $5.27.  The  comicality  of  this  attempt  to  "do 
something  '  seems  intensified  by  the  fact  that  the  "  parent  body,"  with  a  revenue  of  more  than 
f  20,000  m  85,  ,.  propriated  an  even  smaller  sum  (I55)  for  ,he  erection  of  "  dan-er-boards  "  in 
i-  ngland.  Furthermore,  the  League  has  an  efficient  system  of  supplying  stencils  for  sip-.-boards 
and  whoever  may  wish  t  jend  money  in  that  way  can  spend  it  most  economicallv  under  League 
auspices.  "  But  it  is  a  m.stake  for  the  League  to  pattern  afte.  the  practices  of  a  small  countrv  like 
Lngland,  where  dangerous  hills  are  except.onal,"-just  as  it  is  a  mistake  for  the  League  to'copy 
he  cheap  and  nasty  "  hotel-pc.icy  of  the  C.  T.  C,  and  thus  give  vogue  to  the  wrong  idea 
that  American  tourists  are  a  beggariy  lot,  who  prefer  the  inferior  food  and  lodgings  implied  by 


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644  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

"reduced  rates."    Tlie  compiler  of  the  League's  "  Penn.  Road- Dock  "  rightly  wys     "The 
natural  conditions  render  cycling  sign-posting  impracticable  in  this  country.     A  few  danrerou., 
hills  on  the  most  traveled  suburban  roads,  and  a  few  forks  and  turns  where  habitual  mistake 
are  made,  may  be  labeled  with  advantage ;  but,  in  general,  considering  the  immense  area  l,  1 
covered  by  a  small  number  of  riders  and  volunteers,  the  placing  of  League  sign -boards  i,  | , 
less  desirable  than  the  publication  of  good  road-books.-    The  same  writer  also  gave  vicorou, 
warning,  in  the  .st  ed.  of  his  book,  that  any  endeavor,  by  the  Boston  managers  of  the  C    T  e 
(o  advance  it  beyond  the  stage  of  mere  socip.l  recognition,  and  use  it  as  a  practical  ins.rumeni 
to  U3nrpthe  government  of  touring  relations  in  the  U.  S.,"  would  be  resisted  to  the  uttermost 
The  B,.  IVorlU.  having  called  this  a  "  cowardly  attack,  which  must  bring  upon  the  author  the 
contempt  of  every  fai.-minded  man,"  becar.se  "the  country  has  ample  room  for  two  such  socie 
lies,     he  responded  by  quoting  from  itr,  columns  the  "  creed  "  which  formed  the  final  paraeranh 
in  the  report  written  by  Chief   Consul  Weston   to  the  annual    Division-meeting  at  ClevHand 
May  i8,  '85,  thus  :  "  A  legislative  cycling  club  should  be  a  national  club;  but  a  merely  natical 
o^anization  for  touring  purposes  is  a  waste  of  power.     A  touring  organization  to  be  thorouehlv 
efficient  must  be  international.     This  little  world  of  ours  is  not  large  enough  for  more  tlnn  one 
such  organization,  and  th^t  organization  is  and  should  be,  everywhere  and  always,  the  C  T  C  " 
After  this  elegant  extract,  l^e  f.eague's  defender  nailed  up,  as  an  opposing  "  creed  "  the  fol 
lowing  neat  paraphrase:  "A  legislative  cycling  club  should  be  a  State   club  with  a  na.ional 
backing.     A  touring  organization  to  be  thoroughly  efficient,  mus'  be  a  State  organization  wiih 
national  oversight.     This  little  America  of  ours  is  not  large  enough  for  more  than  one  organi- 
Mtion,  and  that  organization  is,  and  shall  be,  everywhere  and  always,  in  its  own  territory,  ,ne 
L.  A.  W."    These  words  seem  to  me  to  formulate  'he  almost  universal  belief  of  touring  wheel- 
men  in  America,  arfd  I  think  they  put  an  effectual  quietus  on  the  visionary  schemes  of  those 
who  prof.'ssed  to  believe  that  no  arrangements  to  help  such  louring  could  be  "  thoroughly  effi- 
cient  "  unless  supervised  b-  some  shadowy  authority  in  London.     However  hard  it  may  be   for 
an  American  who  has  much  sense  of  humor,  to  accept  such  professions  as  seriously  intended 
It  IS  a  matter  of  record  that  Mr.  Weston  devo.ed  most  of  the  long  report  ju3t  mentioned  to  ex! 
plaining  his  scheme  for  a  "  reformed  C.  T.  C,  composed  of  self-governing  Divisions,  and  really 
e  r.uracing  the  worid  '■  (B.  VA,  May  29,  '85,  p.  80).     As  one  of  a  committee  of  5,  appointed  at 
a  Council-meetin,;  at   Leeds,  in  Aug.,  '83,  "  to  consider  such  changes  in  its  laws  as  might  en- 
hance the  international  features  of   the  club,"  he  said  the  committee  had  delayed  reporting,  to 
await  the  action  of  the  American    Division,  and  he  urged  it  to  act  at  once.     How  the  advice 
was  followed  is  shown  by  this  extra^i  from  the  Bi.  U'orlcTs  review  of  the  year,  Jan.  i,  '86  : 
"  A  committee  was  appointed  in  May,  to  devise  a  plan  for  some   systematx  C.  T.C.  work  in 
America,  but  has  not  yet  met.     The  sign-board  fund  is  now  $56.98,  the  same  as  then."    I  do 
not  think  the  fund  will  ever  grow  any  larger,  or  that  any  further  attempt  will  be   made  to 
"  develop"  the  C.T.  C.  in  America,  outside   the  smctly  social   lines  to  which   the  nature  of 
th.-ngs  confines  its  growth.     Whoever  sincerely  wishes  to  help  the   cause  of  touring  here  can 
work  most  effectively  through  tht  League ;  and  no  attempt  to  supersede  this  by  an   inferior 
foreign  machine  for  going  over  the  same  ground  and  accomplishing  the  same  results,  will  ever 
be  supported  by  practical  Americans. 

"  The  n.  T.  C.  Handbook  "  of  Apr.,  '82,  mentioned  S.  A.  Auty,  of  Bradford,  as  Secretary', 
and  I  believe  his  immediate  predecessor  was  W.  D.  Welford,  of  Newcastle,  but  the  earliest  of 
all  was  S.  J.  A.  Cotterell.  One  of  the  committee  of  three  who  prepared  the  '82  book  was  the 
present  Sec,  E.  R.  Shipton,  who  I  think  assumed  the  office  in  Sept.,  '82  (seep.  6gi).  The 
present  Hon.  Treas.  is  W.  B.  Gumey,  of  Bradford,  re-elected.  The  handbook  of  Apr.,  '86, 
catalogued  the  Council,  whose  annual  term  began  then,  as  consisting  of  61  Representative 
Councilors  (with  none  named  for  7  Divisions)  and  54  Chief  Consuls.  These  officers  were 
arranged  in  two  lists  anu  iu  the  order  of  their  Divisions  ;  but  I  present  them  now  (except  2  C. 
C.'s  since  resigned)  in  a  single  alphabetical  list,  together  with  5  additional  R.C.'s,  and  5  C.  C.'s 
named  in  the  Oct.  Gaxtte.  The  34th  rule,  which  says  the  R.  C.'s  "  shall  appoint  a  C.  C.  for 
each  Division,"  is  modified  somewhat  by  Rule  63,  which  allows  the  Council  to  appoint  addi- 


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list,  .he  star  i.  prefixed  .„  C   C  's  -„d  .he  bn.T,"'.  rv  '"'"'  '"'"  "  '°  ""     '"  '"'  '""--8 

Leeds;  ..u..n,.c;..^Thi'h^r";:::i;.a"e:T:'Bz:'„^'rr^^ 

rd.,    Kensington;  •Bhwham   C    H     ,„  <-..h  ■       f  ,,'"•  ^'^  J'  "- 2'  Holland  Villa. 

s..,  Wolverha-nplon  .tc:iceV("e'u  '.o  J'T'l  K  tr'''  ''f  "^  *'"''"'=-^'  ^  '  '  ^^^ 
S.,  7  VVarrender  Park.  CVescen'.  ir  h  5.^  '  M.ti':  E  '  G  "w  f  ^l'  ^J'^^'^"'  '^^ 
Minrn.  John.  Victoria  Park,  Forres.  Scof  ;  »H„  w  Ken'  n'  l.T  '  '^'"''  ■^""■•■ 
iV^/.  ;  Caldcleu.h,  C  ,  3S  Silver  ..  Durham  •  fl  F  ,■  ,  '  "^^  ^""'"  *''  Aberdeen, 
.er;  Cook.  K^Vhi.e  Hon  e  K  /.n  chel'sf  h'/-  ^- '  ^=— '^^^  ^'i' «-bourne,Worce.- 
v..le.  Fores.  Hm  ;  .Coop"  (Rev  K  I  Uffi  ,  7"'  ''^  '-  '""""'^''  ^odge.  Wood- 
Chapel  s...  Penzance ;  cLrlney  G  H  w'  uSf  d  H  ""^■.^"""'"^'''  '''''"^'''  «'  P- " 
i.  J..  Huckhnrs.  Hiil.  Essex  ;'bi,":  TviaHj^H  ril'Th:  T^^^*^' '^ 'r' =  ^"°"^"'' 
i>....n«h  Hants;  Crawshay.  De  Ba^i.'  KojLds."setnoa;  S^'  l^^F  "m"  T™: 
Cas.le,  Oranmore, /r*.;  n.viesO     r  it.  v,i      »ij    1     ...  '-unm,  J,    h.,   Mucknish 

Apr.  5.  -5.).  .8  Rue  ^o^^^^'^li^S:^'^-'''''^;:"' ^  *'"'  '^--"■"- A-  (b- 
Hotanique.  Brussels,  Sel  ;  .Edwa  d     A   'w     CI    K  ""/■       '  ''  ''""'""'^  '^"  J^^"'" 

"..  8  Ai.a  rd  .  Sheemeslo'n-Sea;  Evani •/  a'  LennardV^'V^re  s'^'"'  ""r  ''  ^^'"''  ^• 
8  Queen's  Terrace.  Morecambe  ;  'FarrinAon  Thnf  w  ,  T*  ""'^  '  farrar.  (Dr.)  J., 
K.  VV..  Fernlea.  Kelvinside.  GuJZT  IZ'  H  XZ  '  '  ""7^  ""■ '"  '^'=""'"''"''' 
A.  E..  Shelbume  Villa,  Lansdown  Bath  ^^TH  r' !^u^^^^ '''•■  ^'''^°' '  •*"''". 
sliire;  *Gibb   F   W     Drume-.rn  T  ?•      '  '  <-'«"'^«''«'ale.  Iron  Works,  Shrop- 

en..  Fairfield:  wlngfo;  sTp     HaH^  "f    r '':  l''^  "'"'^"^«"'  •^^'''-  '^  *^--'   ^■'- 
Dupeti.Thouars,  ^^l2r    f7 ■   hZ   k    ^  ^"^"-t;  Salisbury ;  -Har..  L.,  5  Rue 

Sunley.  Derond^   House, 'swrn.a^.'kLnTvK-cl;''  t'    ^^'"''   '""■  •    ""^''• 
eth.VV.   T..  .67  Moss  Lane  Eas.,   ManchestC;;"  4ilde;;a?d    rxh^^^^^ 
/)««.;    *Hills.   A     I      Market   L      «•     .'.^''■^■•^"•'Ol'^^gasse,  I  Vienna, 
V        J     T^    !  ■^''    '""''*'    ^^    Biggleswade;  Hinchcliffe.    B      Ahva    Vi'la     I7.,„    . 

hill,  Glasgow.  5-fW  •  .Luke    I     ,     i.f      u  ;,       *■  ^°S^"' ^-  T-,  4  Park  Terrace,  Cross- 

I-vnton  HolmdStl'    West   Hamn  ^  I    Tl   ^''-  ^'''"''"'^'' '  •^-'-  =  r34]  Maddox,  C.  R„ 

morton   s..,  London,  E.  cftj;]  Mills    F   W    Vl       ,      ^'J^'  "  ^°''"''"  ^ourt.  Throg- 
4  Donegal   sq..  East     BeUa  ,    /L      "vfonk    P  ?""    "'  '   ""^'!"'*fi<='d ;  .Mitchell,  G.  T., 

U'O  P..  ,5  High  St     Potl.      ■  '.Mo:  s' C   Out^rf.   Ta,;?^  N  '  '^Tt '  ''"''''' 
g^test..  Bury  St.   Edmunds  •  .Oliver  (     F     r-,       "       ^'"'  '^""-  '   '^"""'  '"•  "-  ^*  West- 

-.  Pres.onTpa.tison,  Vcastle  T^ce'   H^h  w""'  K  "'n  '  ""■'■  '''■  ^-  "   ^^•■''^'°'' 

"-dhrd;  [3.]Pe.erk  :.    Lin    hglH L     tt!^^"""' p  =  '^"''"^'   ^^   ^  ' '""'   '^>^^«' 

R   E.,  Rochelle   Selh,  ,  J  T  Z  17'        i  \            '  "■•  ^^'°"  ^^"■*"'  '^^°^''l  =  Phillip,, 

..  K.OC.  eue,  belhi:  i  rd.,  South  Norv.-ood,  London.  S    E  ■  Potter   r^   u         c         • 

Ceveland,0.,J/  S.^.  ;  .po.,,,,,  (Dr.)  F.  Hihbank,  Red  Hi  J:Su?e  T'-Rank;^^':^  t' 
St.  Ronan's,  Malvern;  Kobbins,  C.  Dunkerque  House,  S.u.h  Ga.V,   G^^es.;;;  .Robert.; 


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tejv  thousand  miles  on  a  bicycle. 


H.  Croydon,  Royne  House,  Noiting  Hill,  London,  W.  ;  Roberts,  R.,  13  Victoria  Chambers, 
Leeds;  •Robinson,  T.,  36  Waierloo  pi..  North  Shields;  Roylance,  F.  W.,  11  Cannon  »t., 
Mancliesltr ;  •Kumney,  A.  W.,  Keswick;  [30]  Rutter,  G.  H.,  Glenhyrst,  Prince's  av,,  Liver- 
pool; •Savi.all,  W.  J.,  37  Marsham  St.,  Maidstone;  "Savile,  (Maj.)  A.  R.,  Royal  Military 
Coll.,  Karnborough  Sintion  ;  •Searle,  G.  F.  C,  Si.  Peter's  Coll.,  Cambridge,  SherrirF,  \-.,  J  , 
Holly  House,  Mortlake ;  Sherriff,  H.  H.,  Holly  House,  Mortlalce  ;  Sider,  C.  J.,  123  GcorRe 
St.,  Kdinburgh,  Scat.;  Simpson,  (Col.)  R.,  Salisbury,  The  Orchard,  Portishead,  Somerset; 
•Smith,  Albert,  Wilton  Park  Fart  Norih  Walsham  ;  Stacpoole-Westropp,  (Dr.)  W.  H,  Lis- 
doonvarna,  Ennis,  Ire.  ;  "Stead,  S.  A.,  19  Tabley  rd.,  Hollo'vay,  London,  N.  ;  Stoii»r,  C.  IV, 
145  Western  rd.,  Brighton;  Stoney,  Gerald,  9  Pal  .lerston  Pk.,  Dublin,  /re.  ;  •Thomas,  J.  M  , 
3  Market  St.,  Penryn  ;  ♦Thomso;:,  A.  Scarlett,  Tho  Lilies,  Upper  Richmond  rd.,  I'wtney, 
Lo.ulon,  S  W.  ;  'Tibbs,  H.  S.,  16  Union  av..  '.fintMal,  P.  O,,  Can.;  Tobias,  H.  A.,  25 
Ullct  id.  ^  Liverp(X)l ,  •Towuson,  T.  W.,  Hutton  Dene,  Bowdon,  Cheshire;  •Turrell,  W.  J  , 
Turrell's  Hall,  Oxford;  Ure,  W.  P.,  Cairndhu,  Helensburgh;  Variey,  J.  L.,  52  Holgate 
Terrace,  York;  Wide-Gery,  A.  J.,  Compton  Grange,  Shefford ;  Walker,  (Capt.)  E.,  R(Kk 
House,  Cromford,  Derby;  •Walker,  T.  H.  S.,  87  Zimmer-strasse,  Rerlin,  W.,  Oer.  ;  Warner, 
F.  H.,  The  Labumams,  Redditch ;  Waymouth,  H.,  Flora  Villa,  Hanwell  ;  'Wenley,  R.  M., 
10  Hamilton  Pk.  Terrace,  Hillhead,  Glasgow,  S-ai.  ;  •Weston,  F.  W.,  Savin  Hill,  I'.oston, 
Mass.,  (/.  S.  A.  ;  Whatton,  J.  S.,  9  Sorters  pi.,  Ilyde  Pk.,  London,  W.  ;  •Wigglcsworth,  J  , 
Long  Row,  Nottingham  ;  •WoovJs,  J.  C,  i  Worcester  pi.,  Swans-.a ;  Wright,  John,  iiS  Stone 
St.,  Newcastle-on-Tyne  ;  •Young,  J.  h.,i  Teviot  Terrace,  KelviuEide,  Glasgow,  Scot. ;  Young, 
T.  S.,  97  Buchanan  st.,  Glasgow,  Sc-?i. 


"The  National  Cyclists' Union,"' according  to  ar  official  leaflet  dated  Jati., 'S5,  "  is  the 
ruling  body  in  all  branches  of  cvcling  th-(u.ghout  the  Unittd  Kingdom.  It  i>  -ntim.ntely  allied 
with  the  C.  T.  C,  the  Am.  Athletic  Ase'.i,  and  the  Swi-nmiii^;  Ass'n  cf  Grta;  fJritain.  The 
work  of  the  Union  is  carried  on  by  a  Council  of  Delegates,  whicli  is  elected  by  the  members, 
and  meets  quarterly ;  and  by  an  Executive  Committee,  which  meets  weekly,  and  vhose  action 
is  fully  reported  in  the  press  each  week  under  t!..  heading:  ''!''!.  C.  U.  Executive  Report.' 
It  has,  throughout  England  and  Scotland,  brandies — or  Local  i^enters — which  afford  to  each 
district  the  advantages  of  local  self-government,  sul  ;ect  to  the  guidance  of  the  General  Executive, 
and  it  already  possesses  a  membership  of  many  ihousands.  The  11  Local  Centers,  with  the 
Sec.-Treas.  of  each,  are  named  alphabetically  as  follows  :  BirminghaM,  J.  P.  Derrington,  53 
Union  Passage  ;  Brighton,  H.  J.  Gimblette,  106  Church  rrl  W.  ;  Bristol,  Geo.  Ashmead, 
Glenthorne,  A'nia  Vale  rd.,  Clifton;  Devon  and  Cormva.  F.  Blanchard,  33  Bedford  st. 
(Plymouth) ;  Dot  <et,  R.  R.  Cas;,  Dorsetshire  Bank  (Bridport) ;  Edinburgh,  J.  Drummond, 
W.  S.,  16  Duke  St. ;  Glasgow,  R.  M.  Wenley,  10  Hamilton  Park  Terrace,  Hillhead;  Liver- 
pool, H.  Holt,  21  Mulgrave  St. ;  Manchester,  T.  Marriott,  Halliwell  Terrace,  Trafford  rd.  (Sal- 
ford);  Ne^vcastle,  J.  Wright,  118  Stone  St.  ;  Nottingham,  S.  Morley,  Houndsgate."  Several 
of  these  have  doubtless  chosen  new  officers  in  the  two  annual  elections  since  held.  Thus,  ac- 
cording to  "  Young's  Cyclists'  Guide  "  (Jui.e,  'S6),  L.  Fletcher,  of  the  Grange,  Edge  L.ine,  is 
now  Sec.-Treas.  of  the  Liverpool  L.  C,  which  has  a  total  membership  of  about  1050,  comprising 
22  clubs  and  about  100  of  the  unattached.  For  some  years  past,  the  President  of  the  Unicm  has 
been  "  the  Rt.  Hon.  Viscount  Bury,  P.  C,  K.  C.  M.  G.,  of  Quidenham  Hall  "  (b.  about  iS:t5>, 
the  Secretary,  Robert  Todd  (b.  1S47),  and  the  Treasurer,  A.  R.  Sheppee.  In  June,  '82,  those 
respective  offices  were  held  by  G.  F.  Cobb,  W.  P.  English,  and  T.  E.  Scrutton,— the  Pres.  and 
Treas.  both  belonging  to  the  Camb  Univ.  B.  C.  Of  the  16  men  then  serving  on  the  Executive 
Committee,  only  2  (shown  by  *)  were  elected  to  the  present  board,  who  are  named  as  follows,  in 
the  order  of  votes  received  (Jan.  28,  '86,  ranging  in  number  from  92  vo6i):  M.  D.  Rucker,  J.  S. 
Whatton,  H.  H.  Griffin,  E.  S.  Wallis  Roberts,  J.  H.  Price,  (Maj.-Gen.)  L.  R.  Christo|^her,  W. 
F.  Sutton,  G.  H.  Green,  G.  P.  Coleman,  R.  E.  Phillips,  F.  G.  Dray,  A.  Prout,^  R.  L.  Philpot, 
E.  R.  Shipton,»  H.  R.  Reynolds,  H.  E.  J.  Irons.    At  about  this  time,  the  central  office  of  the 


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Umon,  in  LoiKfon,  wa*  moved  to  57  Hasinghall  M.,  E.  C,  from  17  Ironmonger  Lane  where  :» had 
l.can   ...r  jt  least  4  years.     The  club  was  founded  in  '78,  as  the  "  llicycle  Union,"  and  a<l.,pted 
1!-.  prese-nl  name  June  1 1,  '83,  after  absotbiiig  the  "  Tricycle  Association,"  in  Mar.,  '82.     The  lat- 
i.r  .luniUl  not  I.,   confounded  with  "  that  abortive  butt  of  cycling  ix)litics  known  as  the*  Tricycle 
Lnion,"  "  whose  brief   history  was  detailed  by  "  Faed  "  in  the  Whetl  H^WIJ  (liec. ,  '84),  show. 
iiiH  I...W  cij-tain  elderly  malcontents  of  the   T.  A.,  who  objected  to  its  absorption  by  the  H.  U., 
started  the  T.  U.,  in  hostility  to  the  latter,  with  the  hope  of  robbing  it  of  all  jurisdiction  over  tricy! 
chiiK.      The  earliest  notable  act  of  the  T.  U.  showed  an  animus  which  ought  10  make  its  memory 
h.iteful  to   all    liberal-minded  wheelmen,— f.,r  it  sent  a  deputation  to  the  officer  controlling  the 
London  parks,  praying  that  tricycles  be  allowi  .1  the  privileges  thereof,  but  that  bicycles  should  be 
txc'uded.     Yetthefl.  U.  was  at  the  same  ti         rying  to  get  equal  rights  granted  there  for  all  cy. 
clers,  without  regard  to  the  style  of  wli.els  the;   used  ;  and  this  effort  succeeded  in  '83.     The  T. 
U.'slirst  president  was  Lord  Hury,  "  who  consented  to  serve  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  bringing 
about  an  amalgamation  with  the  15.  U." ;  but  when  he  had  got  the  name  of  this  changed  to  \.  C. 
v.,  the  T.  U.  refused  to  "  tumble  ";  and  so  he  gave  it  up  indi-igust,  and    became  the  I'ormer'i 
president.     Dr.  H.  W.    Richard.ion,    who   was  secured  as  a  successor,  showed  no   special  sym- 
pathy for  the  T.   U.'s  hostility  to  bicycling,  and,  after  some  vague  taik  about  exalting  it  by 
•■  hiiihjr  aims,"  soon  brought  forward  a  scheme  for  merging  it  in  "  a  high  class  association  for 
vcijntific  study,"  to  b.-  called  "  The   .Society  of  Cyclists."     Kathjr  than  see  the  T.  U.  die  out- 
ri-ht,  its  luckless   founders  (who  did   not  care   to  face   public  ridicule  any  longer)  consented  to 
tlie  transformation;  but  few  actively  allied  themselves    to  the  "scientific   gents,   whose    sub- 
sequent   nroceedings  interested  them   no  more."     Wheeling  ol  June  9,  '86,  nienlioned   briefly 
and  rather  scoffingly  that,  during  the  past  week.  Dr.  R.  had  presided  over  a  "  congress  "  of  hi* 
society,  at  Colch.-ster,  "  where  a  series  of  most  interesting  and  instructive  papers  were  read." 

The  N.  C.  U.'s  "  objects  "  are  thus  defined  in  the  leaflet  already  quoted  :  "  (i)  To  ensure 
o(iuitable  administration  of  justice  as  regards  cyclers'  rights  on  the  public  roads,     (j)  To  watch 
the  course  of  any   legislative  proposals  in  Parliament  or  elsewhere,  affecting  cycling  interests, 
and   make%nch  representations  as  the  occasion  may  demand.     (3)  To  obtain  a  more  reasonable 
tariff  for  the  conveyance  of  cycles  by  rail,  and  greater  security.     (4)  To  frame  definitions  and 
recommend  rules  about  cycle  racing,  and  arrange  for  annual  race  meetings  at  which  the  amateur 
championships  shall  be  decided.     (5)  To  watch  ai.d  urge  the  action  of  the  read  authorities,  with 
a  view  to  the  more  efficient  supervision  and  maintenance  of  the  roads  throughout  the  United 
Kingdom."    This  fifth  "  object  "  has  been  added  since  '82,  and  I  quote  its  formula  exactly, 
thou-h  condensing  the  verbiage  of   the  previous  ones.     "The  Union  offers  aid  in  all  matters 
relating  to  rights  of  way,  unlawful  obstruction,  gate-tolls,  assaults,  and  other  legal  matters.     It 
takes  active  steps  to  have  dangerous  sewer-gratings  put  in  oider  or  removed.     In  cases  where 
local  authorities  are  proposing  to  pass  restrictive  by-laws,  the  Union  gives  local  riders  every 
assistance  in  having  those  by-laws  rendered  as  little  burdensome  to  cycling  as  may  be."    •'  Cop. 
les  of  the  N.  C.  U.  racing  rules  may  be  obtained  gratis,  on  application  to  th»  Sec,  and  all  amateur 
cycling  races  must  be  held  in  accordance  with  them."     "The  Union  shall  consist  of  cycle  elubs 
unattached  riders,  individual  club  members,  makers  of  cycles,  and  such  other  interested  nersons 
as  may  be  willing  to  join.     E.ich  club  shall  be  entitled  "to  a  Delegate,  and  to  a  second  one  if  it 
have  =,0  members,  and  to  a  third  one  if  it  have  .00  membets,  and  so  on.     The  manufacturers 
sl.a.l   be  entitled  to  2  Delegates    elected  on  voilnj-papers  arranged  bv  the    Executive      The 
otlier  members  shall  te  entitled  to  a  Delegate  for  every  25  who  combine  for  such  representation 
All  subscriptions  paid  between  Jan.  ,  to  Apr.  30  shall  constitute  membership  til!  Apr.  30  of  the 
ensL-ini;  year,-the  clubs  paying  25  c  for  each  of  their  men,  and  all  others  paying  6i  c     The 
relegates  form  a  Council  (the  Chairman  and  Secretary  of  each  Local  Center  also  being  members 
of  It,  ex  officio),  and  elect  a  President  and  a  permanent  committee  called   the   Executive,  con- 
sisting of  Sec,  Treas.,  and  16  others,  of  whom  5  may  form  a  quorum,  and  whose  meetings  shall 
be  ht-ld  weekly.     Council-meetings  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Thursdays  of   Mar.,  June,  Oct. 
and  Dec.  ;  and  any  one  of  the  Exeaitive  who  shall  be  absent  from  all  its  meetings  between  any 
tv  0  (.ouiicl-meetings  (/.  e.,  3  mos.),  shall  thjreby  vacate  his  seat.    The   Executive  shall  Ml  its 


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own  vacancies,  after  due  notice  to  each  member,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  next  Council- 
raeetiiiK.  Kxlra  meetings  of  llie  Council  may  be  called,  at  a  fortnight's  notice,  either  by  iiM-ll  Ix 
by  the  Kxccutive,  or  by  requisition  of  lo  iJeleBates ;  and  the  Executive  may,  at  a  forliiiKlu', 
notice,  order  the  omission  of  a  regular  meeting.  Any  person  may  attend  these  meeim;;,  a,  1 
spectator,  provided  there  be  room,  and  provided  the  Council  does  not  vole  1.,  exclude  j!!  !,„i 
Delegates.  Twenty  of  these  shall  form  a  qi.orum  ;  and,  in  ihc  absence  of  the  1  rc-ident,  >  .ul, 
meeting  shall  elect  a  chairman,  who  shall  ha -e  unlimited  authority,— nn  api>eal  from  his  r'uline, 
being  possible  except  lo  a  special  meeting, -and  who  shall  have  the  nt,lii  lo  speak  an.l  v.,i.-  „» 
every  motion,  and  shall  also  have  a  caMm-  vole  in  case  of  a  tie.  Any  (wrson  agyrieveU  by 
action  of  a  f,ocal  Center  may  appeal  to  the  bixtculive,  and  from  it  to  the  C  ouncil.  The  Kxicii- 
tive  shall  have  full  power  over  all  proceedings  of  the  f..  C.N,  including  their  diss.  Union  i;  „,  J 
essary,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Council.  The  Sec.-Trcas.  of  each  I,.  C.  after  m,  un, 
from  the  clubs  and  unattached  belonging  thereto  the  Union  menibershii>-fees  shall  r.i.,u,  lu;^ 
for  local  use,  and  remit  the  rest  to  a  de.'ignated  meml«.-r  of  the  Kxeculive,  fur  general  u,,  i  v 
the  Union.  Kach  [.,  C.  shall  elect  at  least  .  Delegates  to  the  Coaiicil,  an.l  an  a.ldiii.i,.,!  ,,,1,. 
for  every  complete  50  members  beyond  the  first  5.>,-')ut  the  clubs  thus  reprcsenleil  of  eoui,e 
surrender  their  original  ri.^ht  of  electing  Delegates  directly  ;  and  these  need  not  be  m.nilKrs  ,  f 
the  clubs  or  1,.  C.'s  which  elect  them.  A  I,.  C.  may  be  voted  a  money-grant  by  the  l.\er„ne 
after  a  week's  written  notice  lo  each  of  its  m.-nibers.  Kach  L.  C.  is  expected  to  sup.  rv 
race  meetings  of  its  district,  increase  the  memberslilp,  erect  danger-boards,  and  work  . 
renrcssivc  legislation  by  local  authorities;  but  all  legal  c.ises,  and  questions  as  to  '  anu 
must  be  referred  to  the  txecutive."     The  amateur  definition  hai  already  been  given,  on  p  1 

1  have  condensed  the  foregoing  from  an  official  pamphlet  (llitfos,  38  pp)  dated  June,  'S.. . 
but  it  is  not  likely  that  any  of  the  quoted  rules  have  since  b'-en  essentially  changed.  A  writer  lii 
Vlhteling  .^\  Dec.  11,  '84,  declared  that  the  \.  C.  U.  work  had  grown  too  large  tobecanie.l 
on  mnch  longer  by  honorary  officers,  wiiliout  salaries,  and  added  :  "  1  am  one  who  has  l„ii- 
foreseen  the  eventual  amalgamation  of  the  C.  T.  C.  and  N.  C.  U.,  and  consider  that  the  wlieer. 
iiig  world  would  benefit  considerably  thereby;  "  but  no  movement  in  that  directioitseenis  yet 
to  have  been  attempted.  The  same  paper  ol  Mar.  24,  '86,  said  :  "  The  N.  C.  U.'s  liiiniiti.il 
statement  for  the  year  '85  is  eminently  satisfactory  and  creditable,  showing  a  balance  of  j;jS,j,y, 
including  the  reserve  fund  of  «i48o.  The  Local  Centers  alsc  have  balances  as  follows' 
Birmingham,  #129;  firighlon,  I27:  Bristol,  #37;  (llasgow,  #76;  Liverpool  (  ncl.  grant  of 
$125),  $152;  Manchester,  «-4;  Newcastle,  $92;  N'otiiiigham,  #<j ;  Portsmou'n,  JiS;  V„rk- 
shire,  Ul.  Only  the  Kdiiiburgh  t..  C.  appears  on  the  debit  .side  (J43),  though  the  Devon  aid 
Corn  1  all  L.  C.  does  not  appear  to  trouble  about  accounts."  Six  months  later,  /^'/itr//V  sii.gs 
a  difTerent  sonj,,  tlius  ((Jet.  6,  p.  406) :  "  The  N.  C.  U.  is  iwnniless.  That  is  the  /w/«.'  I'ouJii 
of  a  fact  which  the  Executive  has  just  presented  to  us  in  the  shape  of  an  announcement  Mowed 
away  in  a  corner  of  the  current  issue  of  the  N.  C.  U.  Review.  The  championships  <4  "'^6,  in- 
stead  of  resulting  in  i  handsome  profit  to  the  Union,  as  they  have  done  in  previous  years,  aiul 
as  they  should  have  done  this  season,  have  been  the  means  of  involving  that  body  in  a  loss  of 
no  less  a  sum  than  $750,— thus  swallowing  up  the  annual  subscriptions  of  3000  rlub-men.  The 
reserve  fund  still  remains  [J1743J ;  but  there  has  been  gross  mismanagement  somewhere.  The 
idea  of  J750  loss,  on  such  racing  as  we  have  had  this  year,  is  too  wicked  for  words.  As  proof 
that  we  speak  by  the  book  when  we  say  that  this  conversion  of  income  into  loss  is  unnecessary, 
we  hereby  offer,  on  behalf  of  Harry  Etherington,  to  pay  to  the  Union  #500,  in  consideralicni  of 
his  being  allowed  to  farm  next  year's  championships  of  the  N.  C.  U.,  «ilh  the  same  men  to  ride, 
and  all  the  nonsense  and  flummery  of  the  past  season,  with  its  twelfth  hour  suspensions,  swept 
away."  Thus  is  introduced  an  argument  to  prove  that  the  Union  must  either  abandon  its  pre- 
tended function  of  social  censor, — must  cease  giving  any  further  support  to  the  roaring  farce 
called  "  Amateurism," — or  el  -e  must  be  torn  in  pieces  by  the  horns  of  an  unavoidable  dilemma. 
"  At  the  very  moment  when  the  hearty  support  of  all  the  clubs  will  be  necessary  to  help  the 
Union  out  of  its  difficulty,  the  Executive  find  themselves  forced  by  the  pressure  of  public  opi-.i- 
ion  to  throw  aside  their  long  sloth,  and  deal  with  their  so-called  '  amateurism,'— thus  raising  a 


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.  om,  .1  once,  and  rendering  i,  unlikely  ,hat  the  nec<.«ry  fund,  will  be  forthcominB.     H  the 
Un.on  i.  .0  be  respected,  i.  mu.t  publ.^h  ..,  edict,  and  no»  »hr...k  (,.m  u.  re.pon..b>l.tie..     For 
.h>.  purpose    .t  muM  be  thoroughly  bucked,  fiuancaliy  and  morally,  by  .t,  dunliU.     And  herV. 
the  rub      I  here  are  too  „,a..y  cryu.g  eviU,  iu.ereM.ng  to  tl,       ....racnB  thousand,  of  the  Umon 
to  ju,l.{y  ihe.r  money  being  ,hro«n  away  ,u  l.ghtmg  p^rha^.s  .  firm  .aturally  mcen.ed  that  the' 
promateur  ,n  the.r  employ  ha,  been  taken,  and  the  pronu(c.,  in  another  cn,i,l.,y  left  "     Thi, 
Utter  phrase  allude,  .0  probable  Ubel-,ui„,  brought  in  behalf  of  -  suspend,,"  whose  name,  may 
be  offically      p.lloried  for  the  senlm.ental  and  certan.ly  not  moral  offense  of  promateuri,m  •' 
nM..g  «y,  ihat  if  the  N.  C.  U.  ExccuMve  would  only  have  courage  enon^h  .0  suspend  and 
Publ„h  the  names  of  racers  who  have  "  ropc-d  "  {/.  ,.,  «,id  out  for  bets)  o.  •     *M,dled  clubs  ou, 
..f  entry  fees,      wuh  the  connivance  of  the  l^>cal  Centers,   '■it    would  gladly  Marl  a  defense 
fund       (o  protect  them  from  the  libel-suits  of  .uch  sinners ;  but  that,  i'  they  get  into  trouble  b» 
tryn.g  ,0  U,l.,er  up  so  sorry  a  fraud  as  "  anu.eurism."  "  it  w.ll  strenuously  op,H,se  the  votM., 
of  any  n,o„ey  for  them  from  the  reserve  fund,"-a  fund  laboriously  accumulated  by  voluntary 
subscr,p,.or         ,0  enable  the  Union  more  effectually  to  take  legal  pr.^eedings  for  the  protection  J( 
rjUers.  and  for  other  purposes."     l^u.-Ung  will  al-.o  op,«se  any  attempt  to  increase  the  n.en.ber- 
.slnjvfees  from  25  c.  to  6,  c,  "  for  mat.y  of  the  clubs  are  themselves  run  on  fees  of  only  *.  ,c  -  • 
and  urges  that  a  proper  device  for  ratsing  money  is  ,0  establish  a  racn.g  register,  with  an  annual' 
en  .anc.feeof  ,..,5.and  ,hu,  force  all  the  racers  to  help  pay  for  the  trouble  taken  in   the. 
behalf,     f    says  taat  this  ha,  been  done,  hitherto,  only  by  the  "  Hiers,"  whose  pre«:ncr  at  the 
champ,on,lnp  meetn-g,  has  produced  the  gate-money  which  has  kept  the  N.  C    U   al.ve  •  and 
.tco„.,em„Mhe  special  meanness  of  enforcing  the  "  amateur  rule  "  against  these' men  a',  the 
d  of  the  sea.son   after      play.ng  them  fo.  all  they  were  worth  "  before  the  public,  instead  of 
at   he  outset  of   he  season,  when  the  proofs  of  their  offenses  against  "amateurism"  were  just 
exactly  as  complete  and  well-known.  ' 

one  fft"'  T'"^  t:ouncil-mee,ingof  '86,  all  .art.es  were  agreed  that  a  time  had  arrived  when 

Ir  M  H  ^     7  T  r  ^'  '"'""'^  °'  ''""^••'''-     "y  *  P"="""y  unanimous  vote,  the 

Council  declared  .n  favor  of  enforcing  it ;  and  undertook  the  tmpossible  task  of  transform!  g  a 

sham  mtc  a  real.ty.     Why.  then,  did  they  re-insta.e  all  the  suspected  riders  within  a  week  after 

suspendmg  them?     Because  they  absolutely  did  not  dare  .0  face  the  consequences  of  a    ig  d 

Chesion  to  the.r  ed.c.s.     ,f  they  are  suspend^.g  men  now.  it  is  only  because,  having  sev  d 

e,r  purpose  at  the  championships,  the  racing  season  is  over,  and  fhey  imag  ne  that  before 

other  season  comes  round  •  something  may  turn  up  •  to  smooth  and  allay  the  irritatio     which 

f'l'Th      M  """  T"  ""'"     ''"'"  "^""^•^^  °f  ""=   ^--"-  "-  not  fools:  they    re 

next  season  w  th  a  host  of  men  the  public  would  not  walk  a  yard  to  see,  besides  having  to  fight 

t^n    U>"     s::h°"th    J:  "°™°"^  "'""'"-^  "^^^  *■"  "^-  '--^  away.     w"fyroud 
they  do  It?        Such  is  the  dilemma  as  stated  by  J.  k.  Hogg  ( /rA.,//„^,  Oct.  6.  '86>,  in  the  first 

demand  ''''  T"  "  ?'^'  "'"'''  "^  ^-^'"""^  ■°«'^'  "^^'  "^^  only  real  remedy  I 

law      He  sa    ■"'""  W         """  ''''""    °'  ""=  "  ""^"^"^  '«*  "  '^  '»''  "»"  =>bolition  of  tha. 
law.     He  says  :      'We  want  to  see  the  Union  legislate  for  cvcling  as  a  whole  ,  to  recognize  i 
as  a  great  sport  and  not  as  a  class  distinction.     We  wan.  them  to  act  with  a  firm  hand    ,;      1 
ea  e  vis   wh,ch  are  only  .00  apparent,  and  no.  to  manufacture  others.     We  want  them   o  g    e 

li  .;:'ir'lawr  W  rr  "^  r*""  ^-^  ^^^^^.r....^  of  .he  racing  world  into  harmony 

wuh  their  laws.  We  want  them  .0  shape  .heir  iaws  in  harmony  wi.h  the  racing  world.  •  • 
1  he  members  of  the  Executive  must  surely  know  that  as  long  as  the  maker  is  willing  to  pay  for 
a  ndingadv.  ,n  .he  amateur  ranks,  .here  always  will  be  .hose  who  are  willing  .0  accep.  the  pay 
men,.  Is  1.  reasonable  .0  suppose  that  the  maker  will  ever  be  blind  to  the  splendid  adv  of  a 
man  winning  races  a  over  the  country  on  his  machine  ?  Is  it  reasonable  to  imac^ine  that  the 
average  champion  will  insist  on  paying  his  own  expenses,  and  despise  a  substantial  addition  to 


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650  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

hH  ready  money?    Time  will  ,i  o,.   all  things;  b  i'  to  ui  it  appeai,  a»  clear  ai  da-light   that 
•Bapeniiont  of  malcera'  amateurs  .a  '86  will  clear  the  way  for  a  new  crop  in  '^^  and  .u^|.rnv<llu 
in  '87  will  make  room  (or  more  paid  .r.,..  in  'Sg.     The  ^jrospect  is  not  an  invitrng  i,ne      There 
IS  no  state  more  intolerable  than  to  be  mcessantly  at  variance  with  our  fellown,    n  whaitver 
sphere  of  life  it  may  occur.    The  Kxecutive  is  setting  out  on  a  jv.ljcy  of  discord,  i\  ci  ir.itv  ami  ,A 
bitter  and  acrimonious  strife  of  which  no  man  can  foresee  the  end."     Similar  to  this  mi\  Mlutl. 
tng't  advice  of  Se|  t.  16  .     "  We  5.iy  to  the  Union  '  Al  ..lish  the  definition  !  '   but  we  ais,,  nay 
peiKlinu  that  abolition.  '  Do  not  be  so  unjust  as  to  »u  ,pend  a  score  of  crack  riders  farconimiitipK 
a  sin  «hich  only  a  tritiinx  minority  of  your  cliciiis  onsidcr  a  sin  ;  and  do  not  be  «.  im|>.,Iitic  », 
to  ruin  your  exchequer  for  next  year  by  susptndinj  the  men  whose  grand  perfnnnan< ,-,  l,ri„g 
the  public  to  your  chanipionsliip  meetings.'  "     The  contempt  which  the  general  outride  pul.iic 
mu»t  needs  feel  towards  this  "  whole  silly-Ililly  liisiness,"  -of  pretending  to  miintain  in,i  n-si. 
ble  WKial  distinctions,  under  the  guise  of  "  regulating  the  sport,"— was  shown  fairly  w.ll  l,y  a 
•arcistic  article  in  a  London  satirical  weekly  (the  But,  Oct.  6)  from  wliich   I  quote  ih,-  f,,l|,',w. 
ing  .     "I'erlups  the  natural  snobbery  of  the    liitish   middle  classes  has  never  l^en  more  th..r. 
oughly  cxi.(,sed  than  by  the  institution  of  the  e-itraordinary  sentiment  known  as  '  Vm.iliurism.' 
The  origin  of  it  is  lost  in  obscurity  ;   but  the  f  ict  of   its  existence  has  been  made  patent  of  late 
years  principally  by  the  total  disregard  of  its  la-As  Iiy  those  i«ipularlv  supposed  to  be  its  devotees." 
"  Issued  under  the  authority  of  the  Kxecitive,  and  edited  by  Wm.  Cole,  Ass't  Sec,"  is  the 
N.  C.  V.  Kevirtv  anJ  O^itii  Record,  whereof  there  lies  before  me  the  second  number  (Oct  , 
'86;  24  pp  and  blue  adv.  cover  of  4  pp,  ;  7J  by  10  in.),  the  first  having  appeared  in  June.     It  i» 
designed  as  a  quarterly,  io  be  sent  to  each    Delegate  in  advance  of  the  four  regular  truncil- 
meetings,  and  to  Contain  the  reports  and  a,;etid^i  which  arc  to  be  brought  before  those  meetings. 
Doubtless  it  is  also  mailed  to  the  unattached  or  iiide[iendent  members,  in  recognition  of  th»ir 
paying  62  c,  instead  of  the  25  c.  fees  paid  by  the  club-men  ;  but  this  is  left  to  inference,  and  no 
price  is  named  at  which  outsiders  may  siibscrilw  for  it.     A  few  might  gladly  do  this,  for  it  is 
neatly  printed,  and  has  a  seriour,  and  dignified  air  not  attaching  to  other  specimens  of  cycling 
journalism      "The  Repair  and  .Maintenance  of  Roads,"  an  article  specially  written  for  it  by 
W.  H.  Wheeler,  a  member  of  the  Insti.ution  of  Civil  Engineers,  occupies  16  columns  in  this  Oct. 
number,  and  probably  the  piece  "On  the  I-egal  Aspects  of  Road  Repair,"  by  Mr.  (Uen,  ii:  the 
June  number,  was  of  similar  length  ;  for  both  are  "  soon  to  be  re-issued,  in  pamphlet  form,  for 
general  distribution,  at  a  minimum  charge."     I  assume  that  th»  same  will  p.ove  irue  in  regard 
to  the  article  promised  for  the  Jan.  Revinv,  b>    a  legal  member  of  the  Executive,  "giving  a 
summary  of  all  the  by-laws  enacted  by  local  governments  for  the  regulation  of  cycle  traffic." 
The  pamphlet  of  Union  rules  may  be  obtained  at  50  c.  per  doz.,  and  --ntry-forms  (or  race-meet- 
ings, at  62  c.  per  too,  plus  postage.     The  reference  library,  at  57  Basinghall  St.,  may  be  fieely 
Cv-msulted  by  all  wheelmen,  10  A   M.  to  5  p.  M.     "A  list  of  its  books,  maps  and  other  mntcrial, 
with  notes  as  to  desiderata,  for  the  guidance  o(  those  willing  to  aid  in  completing  the  collection, 
will  be  issued  as  soon  as  possible.     A  classified  catalogue  will  also  be  prepared  in  ms.,  and  kept 
up  to  date,  for  readers'  use  ;  and  this  will  be  printed  whenever  the  size  of  the  collection  justifies 
such  a  step."    An  appeal  from  the  librarian,  R.  L.   Philpot  {Wheeling,  Jan.  27,  '.'<6,  p.  251), 
names  ten  classes  o(  desirable  contributions, — including  not  only  complete  sets  o(  all  cycling 
journals,  and  complete  eds.  o(  all  books  and  pamphlets  which  concern  the  spoil,  but  also  .naps, 
atlases,  plans,  ch.irts,  itineraries,  guides,  <ra7,<>tteers,  local  histories,  geographies,  books  of  travel, 
ancient  and  modern  road-reports,  arts  o(  Parliament,  worl-.s  on  road-constniction  and  repair. 
highway  law,  railway  statistics,  training  and  general  athleJcs,  athletic  hygiene ;  "  trade  lists, 
catalogues  of  cycling  exhibitions,  programmes  o{  cycling  sports :  photographs,  engravings  and 
drawings  of  well-known  cyclers,  machines,  and  views  o(  places  o(  inte.-est;  and,  finally,  news- 
paper cuttings  and  scraps  relating  to  any  of  the  above  subjects,  for  preseiTation  in  th'?  library 
albums."    The  Union  has  never  issued  a  badge  or  even  a  membership  ticket;  and  the  Oct. 
Rei'ieiv  urges  that  something  of  the  sort  should  be  done,  as  a  ::'eans  for  attracting  recruits,  and 
for  reconciling  present  supporters  to  such  an  'ncrease  of  fees  as  will  be  necessary  to  solve  the 
present  pressing  "  question  of  finance."     It  prints  on  p.  26  a  picture  of  the  "  record  medal," 


A    ill 


MIXOR  CYCLING  INSTITUTIONS.  6-i 

the  -ii.  of  a  half^ollar,  for  which  a  die  hai  l.itely  Icen  cut;  and  a  list  of  8  award*  of  it  for 
•  break, „K  records,"  b..l«,cn  Alay  and  July.  86.  On  the  back  of  each  medal  are  in«cril<d  the 
>.am«  of  the  winner  and  of  the  club  or  individual  presenting  it.  A  Ubular-view  of  the  winners 
of  a'l  N  C.  U.  championahipv  '78  to  '86.  cover,  p.  15  ;  and  on  p.  1.  ,  a  lilt  of  "  16  danij... 
I«.ard,,  erect.d  .ince  last  quarterly  report,"  with  names  of  the  persons  nd  clubs  jreaing  thrnl 
And  notices  of  the  liill-tops  where  ihey  stand.     ThrouRhout  the  wh.  !e  of  Great  llritain   after  8 

'"""''^ '''""'  'ffor'."*   N    C.  U.   ..Id  C.  T.  C,  both  of  ..vh<.»e  n.imes  are  put  upon  each 

iKiard,  ■•  .he  number  now  standing  is  lij."  '<  Thete  malleable  iron  placards  are  obtainable 
urai.H,  at  57  llasinKhall  ..t,  or  throuKh  any  o.  the  N.  C.  U.  Ivnal  Centers,  by  any  riders  or  club, 
who  w.ll  u.Klertake  their  erection,  and,  preferably,  bear  the  trivial  expense  involved  in  so  doinr  " 
.So  ,ays  the  C  T.  C.  GazetU  (Oct.,  '86,  p.  4.9),  beneath  a  reduced  facsimile  of  the  '  boara  • 
which  .s  a  rectangle,  inscribed  in  larpe  car'tals  :  "  To  Cjc'ists.  This  Hill  is  Dang..ro.,s."  A 
vimewliat  sarcaMic  s.-cKes.ion  as  to  the  impracticable  nature  of  the  device  was  offrrcd  ih.is  by 
"  The  Octopus  "  (//'/^,/,«f.,  Oct.  I,.  -86) :  "  As  these  boardsor  t.,.s(under  the  paternal  care  of 
i.r,.  Dray)  are  Renerally  placed  behind  hedges,  in  fields,  or  at  a  considerable  distance  from  the 
road,  whilst  the  paint  is  .arefully  knocked  off,  it  is  only  fair  to  assume  that  ihey  are  erected 
under  the  supervision  of  the  local  doctors  and  undertakers  who  object  to  trade  >>eing  spoilt" 


On  ifie  Continent,  the  largest  club  of  the  sort  is  the  "  Deutscher  Radfahrer-Bund  "  (C.er- 
man  Wheelme.iN  Union),  whose  fortnightly  organ,  the  RaJ/.ihrer,  was  sent  to  71S7  memljerj 
Oct.  I,  '86,  when  its  whole  ed.  was  7700.     This  shows  that  the  memb.rship  has  increased  9.6 
in  3  mos.,  and  has  more  than  doubled  in  18  mos.,— for  the  revised  list  of  Apr.  i,  '85,  had  only 
3327  "ames.     The  s.Kie:y  was  founded  at  Leipzig,  Aug.  .7,  '84,  by  th-.-  amalgam'atio.'i  of  a  pair 
of  earlier  ones,  whose  officer-  au'  delegates  co-.vened  for  that  purpose,  and  thus  amicably  put 
an  end  to  the  two  years   .actional  rivalry    -tween  the  Cycling  Un,ons  of  the  North  (org.  Oct. 
?.2,  '82,  at   Hanover)  and  the  South  ("  Gc     lan-Austrian,"  org.  May  29,  '82,  at  Munich)      At 
the  close  of  '83,  according  to  Walker's  "  Jahrbuch  "  (pp.  ,04,   .08),  the  latter  comprised  49 
dubs,  with   about  .100  members,  whose   annual  fee  of  50  c.  included  the  piic.  of  2  monthly 
"  organ  " ;  the  former  comprised  .0  clubs  with  242  members,  p.iying  25  c.  fees,  and  115  of  the 
unattached,  paying  75  c.     A  catalog  je  of  their  respective  publications  may  be  found  on  p  697 
.Since  that  was  electrotyped,  the  Radfahrrr's  office  has  been  changed  to  87  Zimmer  St.,  Berlin] 
VV.     Its  ed.,  T.  i:.  .S    Walker,  was  one  of  the  founders  at  Hanover  in  '82,  and  got  his  paper 
(then  called  the  Velociptd)  adopted  there  as  official  organ.     He  is  an  Englishman,  and  a  chief 
consul  of  the  C.  T.  C.  ;  and  the  same  may  be  said  ..f  C.  H.  Bingham,  of  Utrecht,  the  first  presi- 
dent  of  the  "  Nederlandsche  Velocipedisten  Bund  "  (Dutch  Cvclers'  Union),  founded  July  i 
'83,  who  perhaps  still  holds  that  office.     Its  publications,  and  the  official  organ  of  the  Belgians' 
Union,-"  F^d^ratio.i  V^locip^dique  Beige,"  founded  at  Brussels,  Jan  2,,  '83,-are  mentioned 
on  p.  700.     The  "  Union  Vrflocipddique  de  France  "  was  founded  at  Paris    Feb  6   '81      De 
Haroncelli's  '■  Annuaire  "  of  Jan.,  '83,  mentioned  8  leading  clubs  in  7  cities  as  sup^rting  it  • 
and,  a  year  later,  gave  a  list  of  its  chief-consuls  and  Consuls  in  29  towns.     The  eenefal  officeni 
were  as  follows,  at  both   those  dates:    Pr,s.,  E.  Varlet,  90  av.  Niel .  Sec,  H    Pagis    „,.-,? 
;  ^'''''"  '•  '(''■""•■  ^-  '^"•^^'^'  '»  "'^  ^^  '»  Z""«  (Charenton).     Mention  was  made  in  Feb    '86 
of  a      Consul  General."   Mr.  Jacquot.  as  in  the  act  of  preparing  a  road-book  of  France     The 
S.-C.  ised.  of  the  oldest   French  cycling  journal  (the  .S>«-/   Vilocipedtque ;  legun  'So-  weekly 
.2  pp.,  $2.40) :  and  Ir-s  ride  from  Paris  to  Vienna,  se-eral  years  ago,  attracted  much  notice  as 
.he  first  longdistance  tour  on  the  Continent.     H  is  paper  is  the  official  organ  of  the  Union      Th,- 
.d.  of  another  one,  the  Veto  PyrMen  of  Pau,  was  spoken  of  scofSngly,  in  the  summer  of  '85' 
..s  trying  to  form  an  opposition  society   the  "Alliance  Velocip^dique  de  France."  and  put  him- 
self at  the  head  of  it ;  but  I  think  nothing  w.s  really  done.     Switzeria.  d  is  the  fifth  continental 
countrv   known   to   me   as  possessed   of   a   cyclers',    -.emm,    t,-.he    '  Union  V.flocip.'dique 
Su.s.,e      having  been  founded  in  '8,.     I  take  this  from  De  BirotJcelU's  "  Aunuaire  "  of  '84 
which  m  .-ntions  the  clubs  of  ten  towns  as  supporting  the  Union. 


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DeB.'i  '84  book  aUo  names  the  "  N.  Z.Cyclists'  Alliance  (org.Oct.  ao.'Sa) "  and  the  '■  AuMra 
lian  Cyclists'  Union  (org.  Feb.  6,  '82 ;  2000  members;."    The  Mtlbournt  BuIUUh  of  Mar 
'84,  reported  a  council-meeting  of  the  latter,  as  having  arranged  for  a  parade  in  Apnl'and  for 
races  m  May  ;  but  1  think  Us  name  must  vtry  soon  have  been  changed  to  "  Victorian  Cyclists' 
Union,"  for  aU  the  wheel  legishtion  which  I  have  seen  mentioned  since  Tilv  '?.a  in.h..  i        ^ 

Victoria,  hasbeenthusaccreditedjandlhreeoftheothercolonicshavesimilarKovemmenis  which 
seem  to  recognize  no  superior  or  cei     a,  authority.     In  Sept.,  '86,  the  sec  of  the  V  C  U  wa    V 
W,  Moody,  of  the  Prothonotary's  Office,  Melbourne;  D.  Tough  was  treas,,and  Geo  Spi-er^., 
official   handicapper.     "His  Honor.  Mr.  Justice  Williams,"  accepted   the  presidencv^f  the 
L  1.101.  .1.  May,  '85,  and  doubtless  still  holds  it.  as  well  as  the  presidency  of  the  Mcihourne  'i 
C.  whtch  he  was  holding  i„  'Sj.-though  I  i.ifer  that  his  relation  towards  each  is  a  i>urclv  cm 
p.  nentary  ore.     The  "  New  South  Wales  Cyclists'  Union  "  was  alluded  to  as  early  as   l„ly' 
84.  as  an  old^stablished  affair,  with  James  Martin,  of  Sydney,  as  president;  aiKl  1  presunie' 
he  still  keep-  the  position,  for  he  was  reelected  at  the  annual  meeting  of  June  i  (8)   '8,   l,v  a 
v.,te  of  53  10  38,  after  an  attempt  ,0  render  liiin  ineligible,  by  adopting  a  rule  that  no  o„e  i"„  'the 
cycling  trade  should  hold  office,  had  been  defe:.ted  70  to  10.     At  the  same  lime,  t;   W  1 1,  ,n,bers 
was  chosen  sec,  and  K.   H.   Mckae  treas.     The  "South   Australian    Cyclists'   Uni„„  "  K 
younger,  for  its  first  "  annual  parade  "  was  on  Jn„   20.  '86  ^attracting  ,44  riders),  and  its  first  rat. 
meeting  was  held  Oct.  2,  in  Adelaide.     Ihe  project  of  forming  a  branch  of  the  N    '^  W  C   I 
for  the  colony  of  Queensland,  was  discussed  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  lirisbane  H  C    A-.r' 
16,  '85.  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  other  clubs  upon  the  subject      In'-Vug 
'84,  the  treas.  of  the  "  New  Zealand  Cyclists'  Alliance  "  sent  me  p  copy  of  its  rules  and  rec.n,! 
mendations,  pnnlrd  in  the  shape  of  a  broadside  or   poster,  .6  by  24  in.     Of  the  four  officers 
named  at  the  top  of  the  sheet,  I  think  these  two  may  still  be  in  service  :     Pres.,  W   H   Wymi 
Williams,  of  Christchurch  ;  sec,  E.  H.  burn,  of  Dunedin.     The  annual  fee  is' 62  c  (or  50  c 
when  an  entire  club  joins),  and  life-membershii.  may  be  had  for  $5  ;  but  the  sheet  gives  no  token 
as  to  the  number  of  members.     I  suppose  this  must  be  small,  though  there  are  nearly  ,00  riders 
.n  the  two  clubs  at  Christchurch  (the  chief  city,  pop.,  30,000),  and  sizable  clubs  exist  at  a  dozen 
other  towns  of  the  islands.     My  only  knowledge  of  the  "  Tasmanian  Cyclists'  Union  "  is  an  allu 
sion  to  It  in  a  letter  of  June  2.  '85.  from  R.  O.  Bishop,  who  said  he  founded  it,  after  con.inK  to 
Hobart  in  '84,  and  was  .ts  first  secretary.     I  suppose  its  activity  is  slight.     The  same  is  prohably 
the  case  with  the  three  Unions  on  the  contmeni       ,  neither  of  them  has  attempted  to  issue  an 
"official  organ";  and  not  even  the  V.  C.  U.  has  been  given  much  mention  in  the  Australian 
Cycling  Nnvs,  whose  hi  n.iry  may  be  found  on  p.  6q6.     Its  editor  and  proprietor,  W.  H.  „ew  is 
in  announcing  its  discontinuance.  Sep.    25,  '86,  said  he  had  "conducted  it  for  three  years  as  a 
hobby,  and  must  now  bid  farewell  to  cycling  and  to  journalism,  because  of  the  incessant  demands 
of  the  practice  of  his  profession, "-presumably  that   of  law.     The  "  Irish  Cyclists'  Associa- 
tion "  has  for  an  official  organ  ih.  Irish  Cyclist  and  Athlete  (fortnightly,  begun  May  20,  'S5  ; 
J1.35).  and  the  ed.  thereof  is  its  Secretary,  R.  J.  Mecredy,  who  successfuliv  conducted  a'tour- 
ing  party  of  30  from  Dublin  to  the  Lakes  of   Killarney.  eariy  m   Aug.,  '86.     "  When,  in  the 
autumn  of  '84,  some  emissaries  of  the  N.  C   U  sought  to  establish  a  Local  Center  in  Irtlaiul, 
they  urged  as  a  reason  that  the  I.  C.  A.  was  essentially  a  Di'blin  body,  which  only  roused  f.oni 
ts  torpor  once  a  v»ar  to  hold  the  championships,  and  then  went  to  sleep  for  another  season. 
Thouch  the  effort  failed,  because  of  Irish  antipathy  to  '  English  importations.'  it  had  Ihe  valu- 
able  effect  of  stirring  the  I.  C.  A.  into  vigorous  action,— resulting  in  an  increased  and  more  repre- 
sentative membership.     That  bcH'y  has  since  created  an  agitation  upon  the  roads  question  ;  and, 
at  the  C.  T.  C   Council-meeting  of  Mar.  13,  a  vote  was  passed  givirs  $125  to  the  I.  C.  A.,  10 
assist  its  prosecution  of  the  demand  for  better-kept  liighw.iys."    Thus  reported  the  C.  T.  C. 
Gazette,  of  .Apr..  '86,  p.  124. 

Other  "  institutions  "  deserving  a  record  are  the  expensive  club-houses  which  have  been 
erected  in  several  large  cities.  Those  of  New  York  and  Boston  have  been  described  on  pp.  (^, 
:■-■-,  ,  .-.;:•.:  :  ::r.r::;:r;:  :■■•  p:vc  ari  .~ccr,;;r.t  ocrc  01  iiic  iiiic  mansions  more  recently  built  by  liie 
clubs  of  Baltimore.  Washington.  Phila.  and  St.  Louis.     But  the  chapter  is  too  long  already. 


XXXVII. 


LITERATCJRE  OF  THE  WHEEL. 

"By  whatever  means  the  dissemination  of  information  upon  cyclini? 
matters  may  be  accomplished,  it  cannot  fail  to  aid  our  purposes  and  benefit 
our  busmess.  Tiiereforc.  although  this  catalogue  is  essentially  and  strictly 
a  business  document,  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  if  we  commend  to  our  readers 
the  perusal  of  the  columns  of  the  ycling  press.  To  some  it  may  be  news 
that  m  England,  on  the  continent  of  Europe,  and  in  far  Australia,  as  well  as 
in  th,s  country  and  Canada,  some  fifty  or  more  regularly  issued  periodicals 
are  entirely  devoted  to  cycling  matters.  The  fact  is  s.,  .ificant  in  demonstrat- 
i.ig  the  mtell.gence  of  the  class  from  which  wc  obtain  our  customers,  and  the 
permanence  of  the  interests  with  which  we  are  identified." 

Such  were  the  words  with  which  the  editor  of   the  Cunningham  Com- 
pany s  eighth  annual  catalogue  (Hoston  :  Feb..  '84)  introduced  its  most  prom- 
inent page,  in  giving  a  free  advertisement  there  to   the   names.  ,,rices  and 
publishers    addresses  of  the   chief  journals  in  the    trade.     I  commend    the 
wisdom  of  that  example  to  every  cycle  dealer  who  issues  a  catalogue  or  price- 
ist;  and  I  urge  him  to  improve  upon  it  by  adding  similar  facts  concerning  this 
book  of  mine,   and  every  other  wheeling  book  known  to  be  in  the  market 
I  urge  upon  the  authors  and  publishers,  of  all  such   books  to  adopt  the  same 
pol.cy.-assurmg  them   that  there  can  be  no  rivalrv,  but  rather  that  the  sale 
of  each  helps   instead  of  hindering  the  sale  of  al!  the  others.     Though  I  can- 
not assert  this  as  a  reason   why  each  journal  should  freelv  advertise  every 
other  journal.  I  yet  believe  it  would  be  good  policv  for   them  to  do  so-  and 
I  am  certain  ,t  would  be  a  profitable  policy  for  them  to  j;ive  such  treatment 
to  all  the  books.     A  fine-type  list  of  these  (naming  publisher's  address,  price 
date  and  number  of  pages)  would  occupy  but  a  very  small  space,  and  would 
be  likely  to  prove  "interesting  reading  matter  "  to  some  new  patron   of  the 
paper,   every   time    it   was  inserted ;  and  the   .',ame   may  be   said  of   a   list 
"f  c>-cling  journals.     I  call  this    system  "free  advertising"  merely  to  show 
that  It  involves  no  payments  of  money,  and  no  making  of  contracts ;  but  it  is 
111  fact  a  system  of  informal  exchanges,  under  which  each  beneficiary  is  likelv, 
.n  the  long  run,  to  give  just  about  as  much  as  he  receives.     Since  the  jour- 
na!s  editors  often  bargain  with  oi.e  another,  and  with  book-publisher?,  for  the 
exchange  of  a  certain  amount  of  "  advertising  space,"  in  which  to  proclaim 
'heir  names  and  prices  in  large  type,  why  would  it  not  be  just  as  business-like 

*"   '*  *""-  i*"-^*  *.T:ii-j:;  i  rccounncriu,  ul  giving  <tl  ^Uicu  inter- 

vals  a  modest  mention  (without  display,  01  puffery  or  criticism  of  any  sort) 


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654  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

of  the  essential  facts  about  every  book  and  journal  devoted  to  the  trade  ? 
Suppose  that  a  few  stupid  and  short-sighted  publishers  do  for  a  while  refuse 
to  reciprocate  the  favors  thus  shown  ihem  ?  Such  lack  of  intelligent  selfish- 
ness on  their  pai  t  will  prove  nothing  against  the  wisdom  of  the  system ;  and 
they  will  ultimatelv  be  shamed  into  adopting  it  under  pressuie  of  i)ul)lic 
opinion.  Even  the  most  hoggish  of  mortals  will  finally  get  tired  of  feeling 
that  people  despisi  him  for  withholding  his  fair  share  of  support  from  a 
scheme  which  plainly  brings  him  benefit.  I  insist,  furthermore,  that  the  sup- 
pot,  byany  or  all  of  its  beneficiaries  (of  my  suggested  scheme  f.)r  freelv 
giving  the  widest  possible  publicity  to  a  condensed  advenisement  of  all  the 
wheel  literature  in  the  market),  will  in  no  way  diminish  the  amount  of  monev 
e.xpended  by  publishers  for  "  display  advertisements  "  of  the  usual  (lorid  type. 
Those  who  believe  that  such  displays  are  effective  will  not  think  that  the 
investment  to  secure  them  is  any  less  necessary  or  proStablc  because  of  the 
line  or  two  of  "  free  ad.,"  which  is  tucked  away  in  some  obscure  corner; 
while  those  who  disbelieve  that  such  displays  are  worth  their  cost  will  not 
have  their  action  influenced  at  all  by  knowing  that  no  ''  free  ad."  is  granted. 

The  follor/ing  list  of  22  cycling  journals,  giving  date  of  first  issue  ot  each,  is  believed  to  ir- 
cli'de  all  those  which  are  nowr(  Aug.  i, '86)  regularly  published  in  the  English  Ian-:  ii-c  :  Thou 
not  otherwise  designated  are  weeklies  :  (1)  /,.  A.  \V.  Bulletin,  July  2,  'Si; ;  Philad.;Iplii.i,  I'a., 
506  Walnut  St.  ;  circuKition  is  10,000,  as  a  copy  is  sent  free  to  each  member  of  the  Le,nsiic.  (2) 
Wheelmen's  Gazette,  kyx.,'^^;  monthly;  SpringfielJ,  Mass. ;  a  published  simimary  of  its  siilv 
scription-list  showed  13,912  copies  mailed  to  1557  towns,  Nov.  20,  '84,  and  15,205  copies  mailed 
to  167S  towns,  Feb.  20,  '85.  (3)  Bicycling  iVorld,  Nov,  13,  '79;  Boston,  Mass.,  179  Tremont 
St.  (4)  Cycle,  Apr.  2,  '86;  $1.50;  Boston,  Mass.,  22  School  st.  (5)  Wheel,  Sept.  25,  'ia\  New 
York,  12  Vesoy  St.  (6)  Recreaiion,  Julys,  '86;  illustrated;  $1.50;  Newark,  N.  J.,  755  liroad 
St.  ;  "sworn  circulation  of  at  least  2500  copies."  (7)  Southern  Cycler,  Nov.,  '84;  monthly; 
Memphis,  Tenn.  (8)  Bicy,.le  Smith,  Dec,  '84;  monthly  Ne^r  Orleans,  La.,  116  C.r.ivier  st. 
(9)  Star  Advocate,  Mar.,  '85  ;  monthly;  East  Rochester,  N.  H.  (10)  American  iriuvlman, 
Aug.,  '85;  monthly;  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  516  Olive  st.  (11)  Vermont  Bicycle,  Apr.,  '86;  moiitlily, 
25  c. ;  West  Randolph,  Vt.  (12)  Canadian  Wheelman,  Sept.,  'Sj;  monthly;  $1;  London, 
Ont.  :  sent  free  to  each  of  the  900  members  of  the  Canadian  Wheelmen's  Association,  (i?)  C.  T. 
r.  Monthly  Gazette,  Oct.,  '78  ;  London,  Eng.,  139-140  Fleet  st. ;  sent  free  to  each  ol  the  21,010 
members  of  the  C.  T.  C.  (whose  annual  dues  arc  2  s.  6  d.) ;  "  this  magazine  has  incomparably 
the  largest  and  most  bona  fide  circulatio.-  ot  any  wheel  paper  in  the  world."  (14)  Cyclist,  Oct. 
22,  '79;  Coventry,  Eng.,  12  Smithford  st.  (15)  Bicycling  iVe^vs,  Jan.,  '76;  London,  Eng.,  ifi 
Fleet  St.  :  "  the  oldest  cycling  paper."  (16)  Wheeling,  April  30,  '84  ;  London,  En;;.,  152  Fleet 
St.  (17)  Cycling  Times,  ^L^y, '77  ;  London,  Eng.,  East  Temple  Chambers,  Whi.efriars  ?t. 
(18)  Triyding  Journtl,  June  15,  '81;  London,  Eng.,  Hammersmith  Rrintii  g  Works,  do) 
Wheel  World,  '.So;  monthly,  6  d.  ;  London,  Eng.,  08  Fleets*  ;  "the  only  illnstrnted  maga- 
zine of  cycling."  (20)  Irish  Cyclist  and  Athle".  May  15,  '85  ;  f-rtnightly,  5  s.  5  d.  :  Publin,  40 
Lower  .Sackville  st.  (21)  Irish  Cycling  and  Athletic  Journal,  Nov.,  '85;  weekly;  Dublin. 
(22)  Australian  Cycling  News,  May  m,  '82 ;  fortnightly,  7  s.  ;  Melbourne,  Vict.,  47  Queen  st. 
The  American  ,mpers  all  cost  5  c.  each,  and  their  annual  subscription  is  $1  for  the  weeklies  and 
SO  c.  for  the  monthlies,  except  in  the  four  cases  othenvise  specified.  The  five  London  weeklies 
cost  a  pent,  each,  and  their  annua!  subscription  is  6  s.  6  d.  This  is  increased  to  ?2  when 
papers  are  mailed  to  the  United  States,  but  Wheeling  and  the  Wheelmen's  Gazette  are  b. 
mailed  for  $2,  in  case  the  money  is  sent  to  the  latter  at  SpriniHield.  Mass. 

The  following  is,  a  lict  of  American  books  and  pamphlets  concerning  the  subject  (in  the  market 


LITER  A  TURE  OF  THE  WHEEL. 


65s 


Aug   ,,  '86):  "Lyra  Bicyclica:  Sixty  Poets  on  the  Wheel  "  (.d  ed.,  Mar..  '85.  pp.  ,60  cloth)  • 

Mass.        VV  heel  bongs,"  poems  of  bicycling,  by  S.  Conant  Foster  (July,  '84,  pp.  80.  .early  co 
.Umrafons  cloth,  ,..„);  N.  Y..  Outing  Co.,  .40  Nassau  st.     '' Wl^ls  an^Vhin,s  Tn  O",- 

7h  ,^'>t'^"T^  '  ''"•  '"'""'=  ''''^'''  ''=^'^y  ""'»  ^'-  ^»"^"  Louis.  Smirh;  pp 
288  cloth.  .Ilust.,  #...5,  boston:  Cupples,  Upham  &  Co.,  July,  '84);  ,d  ed.,  revised,  May  'S^' 
pape  covers  ma.  ed  for  50  c,  by  J.  S.  P.rowning,  9.  Oliver  St..  Boston.  "  Rhymes  o  Z 
Koadand  K.ver.'  by  Chris  Wheeler  (Nov..  '85.  pp.  .54.  cloth,  5.);  PhilauelphT  Pa  ,  E 
Staney  Hart  &  Co.  3..  Chestnut  st.  "  A  Canterbury  Pilgrimage,  ridden,  written  and  i  lut 
.rated  by  Joseph  and  Khzabeth  Robim.  Penneli  "  (.Vug.,  '85.  square  8vo.  paper,  50  c  )  ■  N 
V  :  C.  Scnbner  s  Sons,  743  Broadway.  "  In  and  Around  Cape  Ann,"  wheelman's  guide'(Aug  ' 
85,  pp.  .00,  eleven  engravmgs,  cloth  bound,  about  30,000  words);  mailed  on  receipt  of  postal! 
note  for  75  c,  by  the  author,  John  S.  Webber,  jr.,  Gloucester,  Mass.  ;  revised  ed.  in  p.epara- 

of  the    est  ndms  wuhm  50  m.  of  N.  Y.  City,  with  through  routes,  and  special  maps  of  various 
r.d.ng  districts;  mailed  by  the  compiler,  A.    D.    Earkman,  6o3   Fourth  av.,    Eroo-.Iyn    N    Y 
Canadian  Wheelmen's  Ass'n  Guide"  .Apr..   'S,,  pp.  ..8.  cloth,  50  c.) ;  a  revved  'andenl 
larged  edition,  wi.h  maps,  to  be  published  i:>  Oct.,  '86.  by  the  secretary  of  the  association,  H 
D.  Donly,  Simcoe,  Ont.         Cyclist's  Road  Book  of  Boston  and  Vicinity  "  (2d  ed  .  May  20    '86 

W  ,'    .'p'Tp"  ^"\"/^  TT'-  ""''''^^"''  "  '■  ^y  ""^  ^"'"P""'  A.  L.  Atkins.  .7  Wesi 
Walnut  Park.  Boston,  Ms.        Wh..i..iai.'s  Hand-book  of  Essex  County  "  (3d  ed.,  kul     '86 
pp.  74);  mailed  far  20  c.  by  the  compiler,  Geo.  Chinn,  Beverly,  Ms.     "  Wheelmen's  Reference 
Look      May,   86,  pp.  ,83  :  49  lithographic  portraits;  50  c.  in  paper,  J.   in  cloth;  ed    ,000)  • 
Hartforc,  Ct.  :  Ducker  &  Goodman.     "  Star-Rider's  Manual  "  (ad  ed..  Mar..  '86.  pp   „,)  •  an 
instruction  book  on  the  use  of  the  American  Star  bicycle ;  mailed  for  75  c.  by  the  author   E    H 
Corson,  ed.  of  Siar  Advocate,  East  Rochester,  X.   H.     "  A.  B.  C.  of  Bicycling  "  (Apr    ''80' 
36  pp.,  .oc);  inslructio,:,  for  beginners,  by  H.  B.  Hart,  8m  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     "Bicyl 
cle  Tactics      a  manual  of  drill  for  -lubs  (Apr.,  '84,  20  c).  by  T.  S.  Miller,  .62  Washington  I, 
Chicago.        Club   Songs"  (20  bicycle  songs  set  to  popular  airs;  25  c  ),  by    A    S    Hibbard 
Ar.hur  Young  and  T   S.  Miller.     More  important  to  the  tourist  than'mos.  of't.^"  abo"  named 
are  tlie  elab-  rate  road-books  publUhed  by  the  several  State  Divisions  of  the  League,  and  sold 
(at  10  only  to  League  members  of  other  Divisions.     The   roads  of  Penn      N    J     Md     O 
and  Mass.  have  already  been  tabulated  thus;  while  Conn.,  N.  Y..  Mich.,  lil..  Ind.  'and  other 
States  have  similar  books  in  preparation.     More  interesting  to  the  general  reader  th.,n  any  cycling 
bocKnow  in  existence,  will  be  Thomas  Stevens's    'Around  the  World  on  a  Bicycle  "to  be 
reproduced  in  '87  from  the  series  of  illustrated  articles  which   Outing  has  published  monthly 
since  Apr.,    85.     More  voluminous  than  any  other  is  "Ton  Thousand  Miles  on  a  Bicycle  " 
(Apr.,'S7,  fi,5o),  for  it  contains  a  greater  number  of  words  than  all  the  above-catalogued  books 
and  pamphlets  combined.     In  o-der  the  better  to  advertise  this  fact,  the  publisher  of  it  will  give 
an  electrotype  of  the  present  list  to  any  one  who  will  agree  to  print  (in  trade-catalogue,  book 
pamphlet  or  paper)  this  brief  summary  of  all  the  wheel  literature  now  in  the  market.     Requests 
for  such  electrotype  should  be  addressed  to  the  Univeftity  Building,  New  York  City,  D. 

Of  the  prints  which  are  no  lon-cr  in  the  market,  the  earliest  mention  belongs  to  th-.  Ameri- 
can Bicycling  Journal,  which  made  14  regular  fortnightly  issues,  Dec.  22,  '77,  to  June  22,  '78, 
and  four  later  ones  in  '7^,  dated  Jan.  25,  Aug.  r,  Oct.  18  and  Nov.  i.  "  It  will  be  publfBIied 
every  other  .Saturday,  and  mailed  post-paid  for  10  r.  a  copy,  or  H2.50  a  year,  and  all  communica- 
tions should  be  addressed  to  the  editor,  178  Devonshire  St.,  Boston."  Such  was  a  part  of  the 
formula  which  stood  unchanged  through  the  entire  18  numbers  (and  one  of  its  other  phrases  for 
the  first  half-year  w?s,  "  As  soon  as  the  .demand  will  warrant  it,  we  propos-  publishing  each 
week  ") ;  but  announcement  -vas  made  in  the  T4th  number  that  "  the  paper  will  now  become  an 
irregular  instead  of  a  regular  noun  its  fmure  dates  of  issue  being  somewhat  erratic,  regulated  in 
..L^uruance  with  the  best  judgment  ot  the  proprietors,  keeping  in  view  the  best  interests  of  the 
bicycle  movement,  with  which  their  own  interests  are,  of  course,  identified.     They  do  not  seek 


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to  shirk  any  necessary  outlay,  but  they  do  desire  .0  avoid  waste  and  make  their  loss  as  stnill  as 
possible."     No  names  were  evt.-  printed  ;  but  the  proprietors  were  Cunningham,  Heath  &  Co 
the  earliest  firm  organized  for  the  importation  of  bicycles  into  this  country,  and  the  eaitor  was 
their  junior  partner,  Frank  W.   Wjdton  (b.  July  13,  '43).     He  afterwa.ds  used  the  sig'iaturc 
"  Jack  Easy  "  for  many  articles  in  the  Bi.  IVortd,  and  his  standing  as  ?  pirneer  is  proclaimed 
by  the  nickname  "  Papa,"  applied  by  his  familiars  of  the  Boston  B.  C,  on  whose  original  ro.l 
of  founders  his  name  was  signed  sixth.     Its  pages  measured  9  by  12  in.  (a  standard-size  which 
has  been  adhered  to  by  the  Bi.  IVorldznA  most  of  the  later  journals, — thus  rendering  it  easy  to 
file  and  bind  them  tofjether)  and  were  numbered   from  i  to  16  in  each  issue, — the  lasti,  3  or  4  of 
them  being  given  to  advL-rtiscments.     An  index  to  these  2S8  double-column  pages  was  printed  as 
a  supplement  to  the  Bt.  If'ar/J(Ji.ne  26,  '80,  p.  2S9I,  whose  initial  number  gave  admission  to 
the/iwrnt/'s  illumiii.Ted  heading,  m  order  that  the  editor  might  deliver  his  valedictory  beneath 
it, — declaring  his  intention  to  fill  unexpired  subscriptions  with  the  new  pnp-r  and  also  to  serve  as 
one  of  its  regular  contributors.     This  h-^ading  was  i' ..-signed  by  C.  W.  Reed,  and  it  depicts  a  bi- 
tycler  gayly  whirling -iway  from  Father  Time  on  a  bone-shaker.     A  scroll  or  ribbon,  cUnnsily 
piled  up  botween  the  two,  exhibits  the  four  words  of  the  title,  in  black  capitals  of  surpassing 
ugliness;  but  the  main   figure  in  .Scotch  cap,  velveteen  jacket  and  white   flannel  breeches  has 
always  been  endeared  to  me,  as  conveying  a.i  admirpble  notion  of  the  airy  ease  and  gracefulness 
which  rend?r  .he  sport  so  alluring.     The  first  number  contained  a  card  from  Cunningham,  Heath 
&  Co.  (whose  advertisement  covered  the  final  page,  whereof  the  price  was  named  as  J^;,  "  or 
J 13  a  half-nage  "),  saying  that  a  signature-book  had  been  openjd  at  their  office  for  such  as  ml-ht 
wish  to  join  the  p.oposed  Boston  B.  C,  and  urging  them  to  sign  promptly  and  ensure  for  thci- 
city  the  honor  of,  having  the  earliest   American  bicycle  club.     The   same  number  also  said: 
"  There  are  now  published  in  London  two  '-eeklies,  one  monthly  and  three  annuals  devoted 
entirely  to  the  bicycling  interest ;  and  a  single  London  firm  sold  60,000  machines  last  year."    A 
large  share  of  the  Journars  matter  w,is   reprinted  from   thes»  F.nglish   papers,   and  from 
the    Boston    dailies,  whose   columns   contained  many  argumentai    e   and  descriptive   articles 
written  by  the  enthusiastic  local  pioneers  of  wheeling  ;  but  it  also  published  considerable  'resh 
material.     My  own  earliest  road-report  appeared  here  ("  Birycling  in  New  York,  "  Oct.  iS,  '79), 
and  alongside  it  a  list  of  23  clubs  then  existing  ;  while  the  issue  of  Jan.  25,  '79,  gave  an  alpha- 
betical list  of   about  250  riders,  with  their  addresses,  "  though  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  it 
does  not  represent  more  than  half  the  bicyclers  that  are  scattered  over  the  land,— whereas  a  year 
ago  they  could  almost  have  been  counted  on  one's  fingers."     This  list  was  afterwards  reprint?''. 
in  the  Bi.  World;  and  the  publishers  thereof  for  several  years  advertised  the  sale  ($4)  of  bound 
files  of  \\\f:  Journal,  which  will  always  remain  an  interesting  memorial  of  the  manner  in  which 
wheeling  first  won  recognition  here. 

Another  notable  monument  in  the  journalistic  cemetery  is  that  made  by  the  15  monthly 
numbers  of  the  Wheelman  (Oct.,  '82  to  Dec,  '83),  an  illustrated  octavo  magazine  of  So  double- 
column  pages,  handsomely  printed  by  Rockwell  &  Churchill,  who  took  oath  (Boston,  Apr.  27, 
'S3;  'at  theyhn'  issued  "  three  editions  of  No.  1,  two  editions  of  No.  2,  and  20,000  copies  uf 
No.  9,'"  and  that  the-r  "  arrangements  with  the  publishers  required  the  printing  of  never  less 
than  10,000  copies  monthly."  The  publishers  were  the  "  Wheelmen  Co.,"  of  fwS  Washington 
St.,  Boston,  who  announced  the  following  editorial  board:  S.  S.  McClure,  editor-in-chief ;  J. 
F.  McCIure,  managing  ed.  ;  J.  S.  Phillips,  literary  ed.  ;  Charles  E.  Pratt,  contributing  ed., 
and  P.  B.  Lansing,  ulverti.sing  agent.  Its  cover,  of  reddish-brown  paper,  had  a  circular  picture 
exhibiting  ten  cyclers  in  rather  awkward  positions  ;  but  this  was  superseded  in  six  months  by 
greenish  paper  and  a  medallion  design  which  lasted  a  year.  Proclamation  was  made  in  No.  15 
that  there  wujid  be  a  consolidation  with  '•  Oulinf^,  a  magazine  of  pleasure-travel,  outdcc  sports 
and  the  general  field  of  recreation,  which  was  begun  in  May,  '82,  and  has  steadily  improved  in 
quality,  influence  and  prosperity,  with  each  successive  issue,"— having  been  published  at  53  N. 
Pearl  St.,  Albany,  by  W.  B.  Howland  (b.  June  10,  '49),  editor  of  a  paper  near  there,— and  that 
"the  new  monthly,  Outint;  ami  ik^  WAff/tifaH.  will  combine  th?  r!'p_".;:r.-?=  .-.f  K-.iK  "  Th.-  r.r.:rl_ 
nation  and  style  perpetuated  the  latter  rather  than  the  former,  continuing  its  series  (No.  4  of  Vol. 


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.1     '  ^  ^k1      ''*,'~""''y  '""*  «*  "  ^^"^  ~«»vo ;  and  thi.  site  wu  retained  until  the 
30th  number  (Mar. ,  bj),  completing  the  fifth  semiannual  volume.     The  cover  «>r«  the  double- 
name  dunng  all  this  interval  (though  the  inside  heading  was  simply  Outing  after  Mar    '8^^ 
and  exhibited,  in  place  of  the  original  editorial  board,  the   following  formula  •  "  Published  .,' 
•  75  Tremont  St..  Boston,  by  the  Wheelmen  Co.  (incorporated   Nov.  7.  '80  •  Ch..    F    P„» 
president ;  Wm.  B.  How.and.  treasurer."    The   president's  name  appea  J  for  thelast'.i^ii 
July,  »5,  and  t..e  treasurer  s  m  Dec,  when  rumors  began  to  appear  that  the  ...agaxine  would  be 
sole  to  a  new  company  in  New  York.    The  editorial  work  had  presumably  been  divided  1^"!L„ 
<he  two-the  treasurer  assuming  most  of  it,  until  the  summer  of  '85,  whe..  he  became  editor  of 
the  Ca^^e  frilmne;  and   I   believe    the  work   was   thencefo.th    done   in   succession   by 
Sylves^r  Baxter  and  Charles  Richard*  DMge,  though  no  names  of  editors  were  ever  printed 
a  ter  the   Wheelman  senes  ended  m  Dec.  '83.     The  issue  of  Feb.,  '86,  simply  said  :  "The 
Ou.ing  Co.  (imme  J  will  hereafter  be  the  publishers,  at  .40  Nassau  St.,  N.  Y. ;"  and  announced 
aseduor  PouUney  Bigelow  (b.  Sept.  .0,  '55),  p.  Yale  graduate  of  '79.  whose  previous  journalistic 
trainmg  had  been  given  by  the  Herald.     The  printers  are  Fleming.  Brewster  &  Alley  a  new 
hrm,  at  31.33  W.  23d  st.  ;  and  the  chief  stockholder  in  the  Outing  Co.  is  reputed  to  be'  Theo- 
dore  Roosevelt,  a  Harvard  graduate  of  '80,  whose  sketches  of  ranching  and   shooting  in  the 
West  have  been  the  leading  feature  of  the  magaiine  under  its  present  ownership.     The  number 
o   pages  was  increased  from  80  to  .28  in  Apr.,  '84  (when  the  name  Wheelman^x^A  the  medallion 
of  a  pair  ol  bicyclers  were  removed  from  the  cover,  and  all  pretense  was  abandoned  of  claiming 
any  support  for    Outing  except  as  a  general  "  magazine  of   recreation  ";,  and  the  price  was 
increased  from  20  c  a  number  to  25  c.-from  %i  a  year  to  Jj.     The  semi-annual  volumes,  bound 
in  cloth,  are  advertised  at  $1.50  each,  for  the  first  five  (480  pp.)  and  I2  each  for  the  later  ones 
(768  pp.),  a  title-page  and  a  contents-table  being  supplied  in  every  case;  and  in  addition  an 
analytical  index  for  the  first  12  n-imbers,  at  the  end  of  the  second  volume.    Those  first  tvo  vol- 
umes,  or  possibly  the  first  three,  may  well  be  purchased  and  preserved  by  recejt  converts  to 
cycling,  as  an  exponent  of  the  highest  standard  ever  reached  by  its  journalism,— or  ever  likely 
to  be  reached.     This  is  not  to  say  that  a  high  standard  was  uniformly  maintained,  however,  for 
both  the  artistic  and  ii     ary  co.  tributions  varied  greatly  in  merit,  and  much  trashy  material 
was  used  for  "  filling  "  ;  but  the  best  of  iu  pictures  were  certainly  far  superior  to  the  best  ever 
given  in  the   London  Wheel  World  (which  has  continued  the  only  illustrated  magazine  in  the 
trade,  since  the  WhtelmaH^s  "  consolidation  "  at  the  end  of  83).  and  the  best  of  its  letter-press 
was  fairly  well- written.     A  list  jf  President  Bates's  .onlributions  may  be  found  on  p.  506  ante. 
Even  the  "  poems  and  stores  "  were  not  as  bad  as  usually  result  from  thj  struggles  of  amateurs 
to  build  such  things  "  on  the  wheel  "  ;  and  I  doubt  if  any  ot  the   English  trade  journals  ever 
printed  so  natural  and  unaffected  a  "  bicycling    romance  "  as  M.    H.  Catherwood's  "  Castle 
Trundle,"  an  entertaining  little  sketch  of  an  imaginary  night-adventure  upon  an    Indiana  road 
(Vol.  3,  pp.  139,  193.  265).     In  presenting  a  summary  (pp.  473-484  ante)  of  Thomas  Stevens's 
report,  "  Around  the  World  on  a  Bicycle,"  which  has  been  a  feature  in  Outing  since  Apr    '85 
I  have  praised  it  warmly,  for  I  think  it  alone  worth  the  price  of  the  magazine ;  but  little  or 
nothing  else  has  appeared  therein  during  this  interval  which  is  of  any  special  interest  to  a  cycler. 
I  suppose  that  the  eariiest  suggestion  of   such  a  magazine  as  the  Wheeltnan  was  contained 
m  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.'s  advertisement  of  a  "  literary  and  artistic  competition  "  (Bi.  World,  July 
29,  '81)  for  "  two  full-nicke'ed  ball-bearing  Columbia  bicycles  of  any  size  and  stvle,"-one'to  be 
given  for  "  the  best  article  on  the  uses  of  the  bicycle,"  the  other  for  "  the  best  series  of  sketches 
of  bicycling,  suitable  for  wood-engravi.igs. "    Competitors  were  to  send  in  their  matter  to   the 
editor  of  !he  B.  W.,  not  later  than  Sept.  15  (signed  by  an  assumed  name,  and  accompanied  by 
rea;  name  in  a  sealed  envelope  which  was  not  to  be  opened  until  after  the  award) ;  and  the  de- 
cision of  each  prize  was  to  be  unanimously  agreed  upon,  not  later  than  Oct.  i,  by  the  following 
judges  :  John   Boyle  O'Reilly,  editor  of  the  Bostm  Pilot ;  H.  D.  Weston,  clergyman,  now  of 
Norwalk,  Ct. ;  and  W.  F.  Halsall,  marine  artist,  of  Boston.     The  essay  was  required  to  cor- 
inm  -not  less  than  4000  words  nor  more  than  8000,"  and  "  truthfulness  of  matter  and  dignity 
"f  treatment  are  qualities  to  be  considered  as  well  as  literary  excellence."    The  sketches  were 
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required  to  be  4  by  6  in.  in  size,  and  not  lew  than  4  nor  more  than  8  in  number.     In  each  case 
the  accepted  material  w;^  to  become  the  property  of  the  prize-givers,  without  further  payment 
and  the  unsucccbsful  matter  was  to  be  returned  to  such  owners  as  enclosed  stamps  fci  the  pur- 
pose.    A  brief  paragraph  of   Oct.  7  (in  B.  tt^.'s  "  personal  "  column,  p.  a66)  said  that  the  liter- 
ary  prize  had  teen  given  to  C.  E.   Hawley,  of  Washington,  and  the  artistic  to  C.  W.  Reed  of 
Boston  ;  but  nothing  more  was  heard  concerning  •  he  matter  for  a  year,  when  the  IVhetlmaH'i 
first  number  (Oct.,  '8.?,  pp.  aj-29)  printed  the  successful  essay,  "  Uses  of  the  Bicycle,"  conip:i$- 
ing  about  6300  words,— the  first  ji  pp.  of  the  magazine  being  given  to  a  reproduction  of  (J.  K 
Pratt's  illustrated  "  Wheel  around  the  Hub,"  whose  original  appearance  (Scriitur't,  Feb.,  'soi 
may  be  considered  as  the  first  formal  introduction  of  the  bicycle  to  the  reading  public  of  America 
He  also  wrote  a  little  story,  called  "  A  Race  for  a  Ribbon  "  to  "  fit  "  the  series  of  five  pictures 
which  earned  the  prize  for  C.  W.  Reed,  and  which  served  to  illuminate  the  opening  pages  of 
the  tVheelman'i  third  issue.    The  pages  immediately  following  gave  a  reprint  of  my  own  essay 
"On   the  Wheel  "(whirh  I  had  meanwhile  sold  to  LippincoU's  Magazim  for  I54,  after  its 
failure  to  win  the  prize  bicycle);  and  the  same  issue  contained  another  unsuccessful  piece  on  the 
"  Uses  of  the  Bicycle  "  (signed  "  Major,"  pp.  J03-208) ;  while  the  next  number  gave  stii;  a 
fourth  competitor  for  the  prize  a  chance  to  air  his  rejected  article  :  "  Some  Cursory  Views  of 
Bicycling  "  (signed  "  A  Senior,"  pp.  271-275).     During  the  previous  year  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co 
had  also  offered  prizes  for  short  essays  by  clergymen  in  the  religious  press  1  and  I  presume  it  was 
a  result  of  .nis  competition  that  the  IV/uelman  was  able  to  show  in  its  earliest  issues  30  many 
clerical  contributors :  S.  L.  Gracey,  C.  E.  Bristol,   J.  L.  Scudder,  S.  H.  Day,  L.  A.  Bo^iworth 
J.  B.  Hamilton,  H.   F.  Titus,  O.  P.  Gi£ford,  A.  O.  Downs,  J.   H.  Houghton,  M.  D.  Buell' 
"  A  Country  Parson,"  "  Reverend."  "  B.  B."  and  others.      The  first-named  won  the  first  of  these' 
prizes  ' '  foi  the  best  paper  upon  the  bicycle  for  the  use  of  ministers  "  (about  1300  words,  in  Chris- 
ti0H  at  IVork),  and  the  IVfwehnan  reprinted  it  in  Dec,  '82,  p.  213.     In  addition  to  reprints  from 
English  journals  of  the  utttrances  of  London  riders   who  were  medical  men,— H.  Belcher  A 
W.  Blyth.  B.  W.  Richardson  and  B.  W.  Ward.-pieces  in  favor  of  the  wheel  were  presented 
from  American   physicians  :  J.  A.  Chase,   J.  E.  O'Brien,  S.  M.  Woodbum,  G.    E.  Blackham 
G.  E.  Corbm,  C.  A.  Kinch,  and  J.  F.  Baldwin.-the  la;;t  four  contributing  to  a  "Medical  .Sym- 
posium     (Aug.,  '83,  pp.  35S-366},  consisting  of  reprints  from  four  medical  jounals ;  and  I  think 
likely  that  the  onginal  preparation  of  these  articles  was  promoted  by  the  Pope  Mfg    Co 

which  the  "Wheelman  Co."  published  the  magazine,  and  that  they  had  previously  spent  con! 
siderable  in  getting  together  a  body  of  seriously-written  articles,  by  whose  help  an  imposin,  start 
might  be  assured  Their  legal  adviser,  whose  name  was  printed  as  "  contributing  editor''  has 
I\  504  a»/.)  that  he  was  midwife  for  the  IVfu^elman,"  and  I  presume  he  may  have  recom- 
mended this  policy  of  trying  to  discover  how  respectable  a  literary  capital  could  be  accumu- 
lated  in  advance,  by  thus  interesting  the  clergymen  and  doctor,  and  newspaper  men  and  artists. 
...  such  sort  of  compettcon.  I  think  the  actual  time  of  issue  might  have  been  later,  however, 
exrept  for  the  appearance  on  the  seen,  of  S.  S.  McCIure,  who  swooped  down  upon  Boston  from 
thepratnesof  Illinois,  m  the  early  sum.Tier  of '82,  bringing  wi-h  him  the  fresMy-won  A.  B. 
degree  of  Knox  College  and  an  inexhaustible  fund  of  youthful  enthusiasm  and  enet^y  He 
canied  m  his  pocket  an  octavo  pamphlet  of  48  pages,  called  "  A  History  of  Colleg.  Journalism  " 
(edited  and  published  by  himself,  in  his  capacity  as  "  President  of  the  Western  College  Press 
Assocation  which  he  had  been  inr.rumental  in  organizing),  and  he  trusted  that  an  advertise- 
ment  of  Columbia  bicycles,  impressed  upon  the  blue  cover  of  that  pamphlet,  would  be  the 
humble  means  of  introducing  him  into  some  sort  of  employment  in  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.  His 
persistency  and  sanguine  good-nature  forced  the  president  thereof  to  "give  him  a  chance."  and 
this  was  improved  so  well  that  in  a  few  weeks  he  recommended  himself  as  a  proper  person  to 
be  managing  editor  of  the  proposed  IVfutlman,  with  his  younger  brother.  J.  F.  McCIure,  as 
assistant,  and  a  college  classmate,  J.  S.  Phillips  (formeriy  "  literary  ed.  of  the  Knox  Student:' 
and  afterwards  a  graduate  of  Harvard  in  '8'.).  as  —riter  nf  th?  J-.-.-.'.-  =-..-.!-  -^  tv^^.-  ..-..-.-- 
collegians  (especially  the  first  named,  who  is  now  the  manager  of  an^authora'Vyndiwte/'atT^ 


v.'^\^>>:^■•'»<f^l^*-L  __^Hr*y^'^r^l  -i^^**^ :-:_. 


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Nassau  st.,  N.  Y.)  supplied  the  needed  element  of  "  push  "and  audad.v    in   Hmm-- 
..bscnbers   con.nbu.o„  and  «iverti.r,-whi.e  .he  fine   Koman' h  fd        .he  •  ~S.:! 
eduor ;  cou  d  be  depended  upon  .0  tone  down  their  exuUrance,  and  give  an  a  r  ^^2, 

mg  the  second  semi-annual  volume  Apr.,  '81.  p  68)  •  "  Sinro  .K.  wi.    1  ■  '"«««»€. 

for  financial  gain,  and  since  the  Uteratufe  den^n'de^  or  its^e,  U  .^t'liTI  ^'th"*  "  '"'"" 
only  wheelmen  «n  furnish  it,  the  voluntary  aid  of  tho«  ,.Sd  to  w  it^ S  :  ^'^^Z- 
lutelv  necessary  for  >M  success  in  the  future.     The  company  has  already  .,«„.  TV  . 

dollars  on  the  work  of  publication,  and  is  prepared  ,0  sS  $Z^(  TL  Tl*" 

ing  the  H^*.,^^   upon  a   self-supporting  Lis.     ItTs  expl«;T?;J    T^'"'  '"  T^'"^ 
cop.es  will  reach  every  library  and  every  imUnt  city' ,"  tl^'l^re  "^Lt' and  ^3^   "  °'"" 
The  latter  phnue  suggests  a  mention  of  my  belief  .ha.,  of  the  usual  monSe^i,io„  „, 
10,000,  quite  as  many  copie;   were  given  .0  libraues    reaHin-  ..    T   .      """  """""n  °' 

other  resorts,  as  were  sold  to  subiribers      in   o.h'  ^      '^""'  '  ''"^er's-shops  a-  J 

■llustrated  advertisemen.,-an  eno^r^Sl  exJLnsive  t  J^I:  '  !  ""Tu'  ""  '"  '"'~"" 
a,  .he  heads  of  .he  American  peopi.   Tthe  h^^  '"!^=^'7"'»''- *h.ch  was  hurled  monthly 

a  new  aid  .0  health  and  JomZ      Ever^  Ser  nTZil    T  T  '"  '\"T''  "'  ^''"'  ^ 
..is  indebted  .0  .me  extent  for  this  fre7arr„g^:::ir.rj:Lrr^^^^^^ 
ask  every  such  ore  .0  remember  the  fact,  when  he  hears  any  silly  talkabout  '^mono^i;  "  a„d 
.0  ask  himse!    where  "the  trade  "  would  have  been  to-day.  in  the  absence  of  a  con.rS.  cor 
pora..on.  wealthy  and  intelligen.  enough  to  stake  large  sum,  for  remote  results  which  nec^ 
sar,ly  confer  an  incidental  benefit  upon  every  one  of  i.s  rivals  ?    I  don',  suppose  Col.  Po^wt 
:::errt^deVto"  s'k  *'*''''''^''  "-''  '-"  *-  ""^^  ^ns.,^-..,,  anTTm  conStTe 
Ike  y  tha.   at  the  end  of  .he  first  year,  when  he  found  p.rhaps  a  .en.h  of  the  sum  named  hope. 
lessly  sunk,  he  may  have  called  h,s  merry  men  together  and  told  them  .hat  the  experimenT 
having  accomplished   its   purpose  ^n  arousing  a  new  and  serious-minded  set  of  patron,   foi 
the  wheel,  would  mow  be  discontinued.     Such  discontinuance  would  certainly  have  been  the 
part  of  wisdom  ;  but,  a.  .his  assumed  j.incure,  I  assume  that  the  syren  song  of  the  tempter  came 
to  him  from  the  mouth  of  his  legal  adviser,  recommending  .he  acceptance  of  a  "  consolidadon  " 
as  proposed  by  Outing's  publisher.     The  familiar  argument  in  all  such  cases  U  that,  though 
each  of  two  magazines  may  have    lost  money  separately,  money  may  be  made  when  expends 
have  been  leuened  one-half  by  the  combination.     The  fallacy  consists  in  assuming  that— instead 
cf  a  proportionate  lessening  of  receipts— "  these  convergent  streams  of  good-wiirand  influence 
will  blend  naturally  and  speedily  into  one."    The  quoted  words  are  those  of  Charles  E.  Pratt ; 
and,  though  he  has  done  more  than  any  other  American  .0  give  decency  and  dignity  to  cycling 
journalism,  th-  words  show  that  he  had  learned  nothing  from  the  failure  of  hi,  attempt  in  '81  to 
help  the  Bi.  IVorU,  by  burdening  it,  for  six  wea-?  months,  with  an  entirely  unrelated  depart- 
men.  called  .he  A  rchery  Field.     Much  wiser  was  his  earlier  remark  that  "  .he  literary  assistance 
of  enthusias.ic  bicyclers  has  been  as  essen.ial  .0  .he  success  of  .he  Wheelman's  firs,  volume  as 
was  the  capitol  inves.ed  in  i.s  publication  "  ;  for,  v^hen  they  discovered  .ha.  Outing  had  really 
swallowed  the  original  magajinc,  their  assistance  rapidly  dwindled  aw.y  until  it  quite  disap. 
peared.     A  conclusive  token  of  this,  and  of  impending  disaster,  was  given  by  increasing  the  size 
and  pnce  (Apr.,  '85).  with  the  remark:   "  As  a  steadily  growing  influence  and  circulation  have 
attended  the  combined  magazine,  Outing's  field  will  henceforth  include  the  entire  range  of  topic, 
withm  the  domain  of  refined  recreation."     Having  thu,  pushed  the  enterprise  to  a  thoroi.ghly 
ideal  and  ethereal  position,  where  i»  was  quite  beyond  the  reach  of  support  01  sympathy  fiom 
any  single  pastime,  its  originator  q.-ickly  returned  to  his  original  vocation  of  running  a  weekly 
newspaper;  and  Col.  P^pe,  as  soon  af.erwards  as  possible.  "  unloaded  "  upon  .he  li.tle  bard  of 
wealthy  New  Yorkers  who  compose  the  "  Outi'ng  Co.  ^limited)."     The    June  issue  said  that     ' 

Outing's  paid  circulation  has  doubled  since  Jan.  i.  in  this  country  al/,nr."  and  a!...o  adyertiieH 
«  cawe  despatch  for  5000  copies,  from  Sampson  Low,  Marston  &  Co.,  London  agents  of  the 
magazine."    A  month  later  (p.  476).  it  gave  the  following  "  figure,  of  circulation  :  Jan    8000  • 


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Feb.,  lo.ooc;  M«r.,  11,000;  Apr.,  15,000  ;  May,  20,000."  About  a  third  of  iu  laS  pp.  uk  now 
devoted  to  statistical,  editorial  and  miscellaneous  matter  in  brevier,  and  the  remaining  two-ihirds 
to  mor^  formal  articles  in  coarser  type.  The  pictures  and  letter-press  of  many  of  these  are 
reprinted  from  various  kinds  of  sporting  books ;  and  the  avowed  aim  of  the  periodical  is  to 
be  recognised  as  "  the  American  gentleman's  magazme  of  sport."  When  the  American  gen- 
tlemen who  now  own  it  have  had  sport  enough,  I  suppose  its  publication  will  be  stopped. 

A  very  creditable  little  fortnightly  was  the  Philadtipkia  Cycling  Rtcord,  which  made  ^h 
appearances,  on  alternate  Fridays,  from  Mar.  7,  '84,  to  Feb.  ao,  '85,  when  its  di.'continuance 
wai.  thus  announced  by  the  publisher.  H.  B.  Hart  (b.  Dec.  18,  '46):  "  1  deeply  regret  ihc 
necessity  of  withdrawing  the  paper,  which  has  been  profitable  and  well-supported ;  but  arduous 
and  exacting  duties  in  other  matters  leave  me  no  time  for  the  management  of  its  business.  The 
completed  volume  comprises  317  pp.,  containing  uver  350  columns  of  reading  matter,  of  whicli 
over  eight-ninths  is  original ;  and  it  includes  three  continued  stories,  five  original  pieces  uf 
poetry,  and  one  of  music,  and  much  other  matenal  of  interest."  A  few  sets  can  still  be  supplied 
at  the  original  subscription  rate  of  50  c.  (811  Arch  St.,  Phila. ).  The  editor  was  Melmolh  M.  Cts- 
borne.  The  paper  was  adopted  as  the  "offici.il  gazette  of  Penr..  Division  of  the  League  ";  its 
typography  was  attractive,  and  its  literary  expression  was  unpretentious,  good  natured  and  decent. 
Contrasted  to  it  in  most  ways  was  the  poorly-printed  IVtstem  'Cyclist,  "published  semi-monthlv 
for  the  good  of  the  cause,"  at  Ovid,  Mich.,  from  May  i,  '84,  to  Dec.  i,  '85,  for  50  c.  a  year,— 
after  making  la  monthly  appearances,  Apr.,  '83,  to  Mar.,  '84,  for  340.  The  publishers  were 
the  Ovid  B.  C.  ;  and  the  Mich.  Division  of  the  League  oarly  gave  it  a  sanction  as  "  official  organ." 
W.  C.  Marvin  (b.  Jan.  15, '62  ;  d.  Apr.  13,  '86)  was  n.imed  as  managing  editor,  from  the  start 
till  May  15,  'Sji,  and  C.  S.  Reeves  for  the  remaining  months.  The  pages  of  each  issue  were 
numbered  from  i  to  16,  and  the  time  of  appearance  was  often,  if  not  usually,  several  days  or 
weeks  later  than  the  date.  Much  more  creditable  was  the  "  official  organ  of  the  Ohio  Division, 
published  monthly  by  the  Cleveland  B.  C,  at  a  subscription  rate  of  to  c.  for  the  half-year,  Apr. 
to  Sept.,  '84."  Its  name  was  the  CUvtland  Mercury;  its  editor  was  Alfred  Ely,  \t. ;  its  pages 
(10  by  7  in.)  were  numbered  from  i  to  88  ;  and  though  its  chief  object  was  to  advenise  and  pro- 
mote the  August  races  of  the  Division  and  the  October  races  of  the  club,  it  made  a  specialty  of 
road  information,  and  printed  many  facts  of  value  to  tourists  in  Ohio.  Its  final  number  declared 
that  a  second  volume  would  begin  in  Oct.,  as  "  Cycling,  a  monthly  journal  of  cycling  and  the 
trade,  at  50  c.  a  year,  giving  the  latest  wheel  news  and  special  attention  to  touring."  In  fact, 
however,  "Vol.  a.  No.  1,"  under  the  new  title,  anu  with  pape  enlarged  to  11  by  8  in.,  was 
dated  Apr.,  '85,  and  the  S-jpt.  issue  announced  its  absorption  in  the  Springfitld  M^Meelmen's  Ga- 
aette,  whose  publisher  agreed  to  fill  all  unexpired  subscriptions,  besides  paying  50  c.  for  each  name 
on  the  list.  Cycling  was  well  printed,  and  the  Aug.  issue,  which  was  the  last  one  that  reached 
me,  had  a  colored  cover,  bringing  the  total  of  pages  up  to  88.  Montgomery,  the  capital  of  Ala- 
bama, could  boast  of  the  Bicycle,  a  semi-monthly  of  8  pp.,  from  July  15.  '84,  to  Oct.  15,  '85, 
with  a  subscription-rate  of  $1.  Frank  X.  Mudd  and  J.  C.  McKenzie,  the  original  "  editors 
and  proprietors,"  issued  the  first  6  numbers,  and  R.  H.  Polk  the  remaining  24.  Advertisement 
was  made  in  '83,  by  H.  L.  Nelson  a  d  C.  H.  Fisher,  at  Milford,  Mass.,  of  the  Cycle,  an  8-p, 
paper,  devoted  to  the  interests  of  L  vclers  and  tricyclers,  and  issued  by  them  on  the  nth  of 
every  month,  at  35  c.  a  year;  but  I  have  never  been  able  to  secure  a  specimen,  or  extract 
any  other  information  than  that  "  the  issue  was  confined  to  6  or  7  numbers."  The  birth  of  the 
Hamilton  Wheel  Journal,  planned  as  a  monthly,  was  announced  late  in  May,  '85 ;  but  I  rever 
heard  of  a  second  number.  Of  th"  same  date  was  the  Yale  Cyclist,  designed  to  ndvertise  the 
races  of  the  Yale  B.  C.  Similarly,  the  fourth  annual  parade  and  fall  races  of  the  New  Haven  B. 
C.  wwe  promoted  by  the  AVte/ iVrtfvit  5a5'c/?^W(ti/(Spp.,  Sept., '83,  price  s  c);  and  the  EUza- 
btlh  H^AeelmoHiS  pp.,  Dec,  '84,  drculation  5000)  was  issued  in  support  of  an  exhibition  bv  the 
enterprising  club  of  that  narnt  The  Lawrence  B.  C.  likewise  issued  the  Bicycler's  Record, 
Jan.  and  Feb.,  '84.  The  Bicyc'e,  "Vol.  i..  No.  i."  (8  pp.,  illustrated,  Feb.,  '81),  was  pub- 
lished hy  W    M    Wriebt.  I^O  Fu!tOT>  «t..  K.  V..  "  fnr  rraf;!it.--.!;f;.HUtT:h::t:.-.r:  ==  =n  =H.vrrf>--m!T.». 

nothing  more  nor  less."    The  Canadian  Whetlman't  earliest  page   (Sept.,  '83)  mentioned  as 


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LITERA  TURE  OF  THE  IVHEEL.  66i 

defunct  the  HamUt^n  BicycU,  which  perhap.  «ever  reached  ,  .econd  i»ue  ;  .nd  even  ,  fim 
.ssue  wa.  never  achieved  by  the  Main.  WW.  which  wa,  projected  in  Nov.,  '84.  a.  BanJrTJ 
W  V.  Stone.  Perhap.  I  should  add  ,0  the  catalogue  the  Cai./omu,  Af>,,u,  "a  w^^^u^ 
n..,  of  Pacfic  .port,  and  pa.time.  "  (8  pp..  U.,o).-.^^  described  a.  vo ted   .^  ir.e 

Hv-r...   ...d  publ..hed  every  Saturday  by  Ben  Benjan,.n, "-which  made  nine  app.«ancrTa   San 

...  .l,e  /,^/«,a!,.  rins  «  a  ^^ell.p^nted  weekly  (.6  pp.,  Jj.  Ju„e.  -gj),  Urgely  given  to  local 
P.....cal  comment  and  hght  literature  ;  and  one  of  it,  departments,  edited  b/c  A  .« Je  '  « 
«,.h.he..t.."  Pacific  Sports  and  Pas.im.s,"  is  called  "Ihe  offici:.  org^of  th.  Ca' D  Z  „' 
of  the  League."  .ud  exhibits  its  badge  and  list  of  officers. 

TnH  American  Cycling  Press  of  1886. 
As  my  account  of  the  H  keelman  has  shown  that  it  was  in  fact  a  "  trade  circular  "  who«! 
expensjveness  caused  ,.s  early  discontinuance,  the  less^ma.e  and  less  pretentious  cycHng  Z- 
na  s  wh,ch  st.ll  ex.st  can  lay  claim  to  r.o  higher  title.     Their  sole  reliance  for  suppcr.l  the 
patronage  of  adverfsers  ;  for  .f  they  seek  subscrioers,  by  the  offer  of  "  news  and  o.h^  i„.„  «- 
...g  readmg  matter,"  ,t  ,s  only  .0  use  the  «ime  as  a  basis  for  the  sale  of  "  advertising  space^' 
the  two  whiJ.  occupy  a  commanding  position  in  regard  to  thio  are   the  iC    >f     W   BulUti^ 
'ZTJ'Z^"^  ■"'  '^'f'""''''.^  Ga«/,.  (.3,000  circ),  for  each  of  them  distributes  more  copies 
.1..  n  all   he  other  journals  comb>..ed.     Each  can  therefore  afford  to  :„aintain  high  rates  and  tc 
hold  Itself  qu.te  independent  of  any  tradesman's  favor  or  "  influence."    As  the  BulUin  is  sent 
free  to  every  member  of  the  League,  and  as  its  printed  mailing-iists  of  nearly  .0,000  names  are  pub- 
laly  accessible,  the  editor  and  publisher  has  no  need  of  talking  with  advertiser,  about  the  genuine- 
ness  of  Its     circulation."    The  problem  before  him  simply  is  to  offset  thedry  "  official  notices  " 
«,.h  such  an  amount  of  interesting  reading  matter  as  shall  convince  them  that  the  paper  is  in 
fact  read.     The  problem  before  the  managers  of  the  other  weeklies  is  to  convince  aavertiM,, 
that  a  smaller  circulation,  as  compared  with  the  BulUtMs,  is  atoned  for  by  greater  readablenes. 
as  well  as  lower  rates.     (Its  history  has  been  given  in  the  chapter  on  the  League.     See  p  fao  ) 
Th.«=  "l^J^^  °f  'he  IVkeelmen^s  Gazette  is  to  advertise  the  annual  tournament  of  the  Spring. 
field  Bicycle  Club,  a.id  the  excellent  typograph-  of  the   Springfield   Printing  Company.-the 
editor  and  manager,  Henry  E.   Ducker  (b.  June  ,7.  '48)  being  president  of  the  former   and 
Mipenntendent  of  the  latter.     Having  thus  a  definite  business-basis  which  the  other  papers  lack 
he  IS  enabled  to  undersell  them  and  attract  an  enormous  mass  of  half-dollar  subscribers  -esti! 
mated  to  outnumber  theirs  and   the  membership  of  the    League  combined.     As  these  'lists  of 
n.imes  are  constantly  changing,  they  are  kept  in   manuscript,  but  in  such  shape  as  to  be  readily 
accessible  to  any  advertiser  who  wishes  to  assure  himself  as  to  the  localities  chiefly  represented 
there.     Occasional  summaries  are  published,  showing  the  number  of  towns  and  of  subscribers 
that  the  paper  is  sent  to  in  each   State  ;  and  the  other  journals  are  challenged  to  make  a  similar 
exhibit.     Their  refusal  to  do  this,  or  to  allow  the  inspection  of    their  subscription-books  and 
mailing-hsts  by  outsiders,  carries  its  own  lesson.     The  editor  of  the  Gazette  keeps  on  file  the 
name  and  address  of  ever>'  American  wheelman  that  he  can  discover,  and  once  a  year  he  sends 
to  each  a  sample  copy  of  the  paper,  with  a  request  that  the  postmaster  return  it  if  undelivered. 
Name;  thus  returned  are  set  aside  until  correct  addresses  can  be  found,  and  the  list  is  in  this 
«ay  kept  fresh  and  trustworthy.     It  is  arranged  by  States  and  towns,  and  is  incomparably  the 
largest  and  most  authentic  record  of  ti.e  sort  in  existence.     The  names  upon  it,  Aug.  .,  '86, 
numbered  28  423,  but  probably  included  no  more  than  half  the  wheelmen  of  the  country.     The 
owner  of  this  list,  though  freely  exhibiting,  it.  will  not  allow  copies  ;o  be  taken,  but  he  will  agree 
to  send  tradesmen's  catalogues,  circulars,  and  the  like,  to  all  the  addresses  mentioned,  or  to  any 
desired  proportion  of  them,  at  a  stipulated  rate.     He  had  hardly  more  than  8.«o  of  thes->  ad- 
dresses when  he  distributed  the  first  issue  of  the   Gaa<r«*  (Apr., '83),  "  published  monthly  by 
ine   SprmgfieldB.  C.  to  call  attention  10  its  tournament  in  Sept."     Hi?  valedictory  of  th:it 
■..onir.  ii.u  ;  ••  ii.ere  is  hardly  a  comer  ot  the  globe  where  the  paper  has  not  been  read.-  70  000 
copies  having  been  printed.     By  carefully  interiarding  our  business  announcements  with  •  good 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


reading,'  we  tucceaded  in  making  an  advertitement  which  could  not  cacapc  atuntion.     We  have 
not  (Uycd  Ions  enough  to  wear  out  our  welcome,  and  we  are  confident  thai  wc  .houW  be  kindly 
rccclv«l  if  we  thould  ever  cor.e  a^ain."    The  firtt  four  number*  each  had  i5  pp. ;  ihe  other 
two  were  a  third  larger,  and  all  were  given  away,  in  spite  of  the  imprint,  "  Price  lo  c."     The 
reading  matter  occupied  the  inaer  half  of  the  paper,  in  triple  column*  of  leaded  brevier,  and 
Ihe  adveniaemenu  were  reilricted  lo  8  or  lO  of  ihe  outer  pages.     '"  Vol.  11.,  No.  i  "  (May   '8  ) 
proclaimed  thai  the  G<u*iU  would  thenceforth  be  a  permanent  monthly  journal  ol  cycling,  en- 
tered for  second^lasa  mail-raleo  at  the  post-oflice,  sold  for  sea  copy  or  jo  c.  a  year  (joc   lo 
clubs  of  lo  or  more),  and  primed  from  plates  formed  on  a  new  font  of  type.     The  reading  mai- 
ler of  Ihe  II  numbers  was  paged  regularly  from  i  to  i\i,  and  the  numerous  advertising  pa^trs 
were  sandwiched  between  in  sucli  a  way  that,  in  ca-ie  of  binding,  they  may  all  be  removed  wiih- 
out  disturbing  it.     The  reading  matter  of  the  jd  vol.  was  also   paged  to  iii,  exclusive  of  ilc 
advertising  pages  which  were   interspersed  as  b<  fore,  but  it  came  to  a  sudden  end  with  the  nth 
number  (Mar.,  '86),  on  account  of  a  claim  raised  by  the  Overman  Wheel  Co.  that  i>.  title  pane 
could  not  be  sold  lo  any  other  patron.     Rather  than   submit  to  buch  a  view  of  •■'m\j  contr.ict, 
the  G<viiUt',  publishers  voted  to  dissolve   partnership,  put  a  legal  end  lo  the  paper,  and  arr.ii.^e 
with  H.  E.  Ducker  to  fill  all  unexpired  subscriptions  with  a  new  monthly  Whttlmen's  C,az.-lte. 
whoae  first  number  appeared  in  April.     The  removal  of  the  adjective   SptmifielJ,  which  \^. 
longed  to  the  original  title,  rather  improve*  Ihe  looks  of  Ihe  head-line  ;  otherwise,  the  new  issue 
is  the  counterpart  of  the  old,— the  siie  of  page  (g  by  12  in.)  having  remained  unchanged  frcim 
the  start,-but  il  is  called  "  Vol.  I."  instead  of  "  Vol.  IV."     Since  Apr.,  '85,  the  plan  has  been 
observed  of  having  the  outside  pages  or  cover  vary  in  color,  from  month  to  month,— thus  render- 
ing easy  the  selection  of  different  issues  when  piled  together.     Portraits,  pictorial  initials,  liiho- 
graphic  or  wood-engraved  cmoons  and  illustrated  advertising  supplements  also  help  give  variety 
to  the  Gnttttt.     It  accepts  half-yearly  subscriptions  for  25  c,  but  the   rate  is  doubled  on  all 
copies  mailed  abroad,  because  of  increased  postage.     The  American   News  Co  ,  oi  N.  V.,  is  its 
agency  for  supplying  the  trade  ;  and  it  hat  an   arrangement  with  the  publisher  of  Wh^elin!;, 
whereby  that  English  weekly  may  be  mailed  from  L^jndon  to  any  part  of  the  United  Stales,  and 
also  the  Gautti  from   Springfield,  on  payment  to  the  latter  of  %i  a  year,  which  is  the  price  of 
the  fonner  alone.     In  Jan.,  '85,  its  Canadian  subscribers  exceeded  800,  England  supplied  nearly 
aoo,  and  other  foreign   countries  50 ;  though  I  suppose  that  the  rest  of  the   American  wheel 
papers  have  no  outside  circulation  whatever.     The  typography  of  the  GatttU  is  not  only  hand- 
«omer  than  Aat  of  any  other  journal  produced  by  the  cycling  trade  in  any  part  of  the  world,  but 
it  is  much  more  accurate,— being  in  fact  the  only  one  printed  from  electrotype  plates,  after 
careful  proof-reading.     The  three  volumes  of  the  first  series,  bound  in  paper  covers,  with  the 
advertisemenU  omitted,  are  supplied  at   50  c.  each,  though  no  index  or  contents-table  has  been 
printed  for  either  of  them.     The  editorial  work  is  all  done  by  the  manager  in  person,  outside  of 
office-hours;  and,  while  there  is  no  pretense  of  maintaining  a  high  standard  of  literary  excellence 
in  regard  to  this,  or  in  regard  to  the  correspondence  and  contributions  admitted,  the  general  effect 
is  pleasing  and  satisfactory.     The  main  purpose  of  the  paper,  to  compel  the  wide  world's  atten- 
tion to  the  annual  Springfield  tournament,  is  never  bst  sight  of  ;  but  th's  does  not  prevent  the 
appearance  of  a  vast  deal  of  interesting  re.iding-matter  whose  character  is  more  general,  and  of 
much  sood  writing.     Indeed,  for  any  carefully-written  article,  designed  to  influence  cyclers,  the 
Gaulle  is   now   the  mcU  attractive  and  effective  medium,— for   the  BuUttiti's  space  is  more 
limited  and  the  othi..-  papers  run  mostly  to  short  paragraphs.     Publication  day  is  usually  about 
the  middle  of  the  month,  though  it  vs.ic.,,  iccording  So  circumstances,  from  the  5th  to  the  25th 
Perhaps  it  if  because  of  the  brightness  of  early  associations  that  the  first  volume  of  Ihe  Bky- 
cling  ;fi7rA/(442  pp.  in  26  fortnightly  numbers  ;  Nov.  15,  '79,  to  Oct.  30,  'So ;  I2.50  a  year  or 
10  c.  a  copy)  seems  to  me  superior  to  any  which  hav  •  succeeded  it.     At  all  events,  I  think  the 
cycling  trade  in  this  country  has  never  since  been  represented  by— and  is  never  likely  again  to  be 
represented  by— so  well-edited  and  decent  a  newspaper.     The  publication  office  was  at  40  Slate 
«.,  Boston,  until  Oct.  a8,  'Si ;  then  at  8  Pemberton  Square  (see  p.  104)  until  the  destruction  of  the 
buiiding  caused  a  removal,  Feb.  ab,  'St.;  since  which  time  it  has  been  at  179  Tremont  St.,  over- 


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k»kinR   the  Common.     The  later  volumes  (dating  from  Nov   11,  'fc)  have  each  rontittH  of  MS 
weekly  number.,  paged  a»  follow!  :  II,  «o;  III,jao;   IV,  j,6.  V,  jjo   numbered  from  j  17  .„ 
636);  VI,  J16;  VII,  350;  VIII,   362;  IX,  446;  X,4qo;  XI, 608;  XII,  500.     The   tct  of   la 
vols  ,  bound,  may  itill  be  procured  for  (15,  or  tingle  bound  voU.  for  Jj,  thouifh  only  a  few  of 
the  firat  four  are  left.     Each  i«  supplied  with  a  title-page  and  contentMable  if  aept  Vol.  Ill), 
and  the  series  deserves  a  place  in  every  reference-library  which  desires  to  poa>«ss  the  best  con! 
nected  history  of  the  growth  oC  American  cycling  for  the  period  covered.     The  annual  rate  was 
*j  during  the  second  volume,  |a  for  the  next  live  years,  and  on  June  4,  '86,  was  reduced  to  t\, 
—single  copies  being  priced  at  10  c.  until  May  13, ''  1  ;  then  7  c.  until  June  7,  '84,  and  5  c.  since.' 
The  B.  /K  had  16  pp.  during  the  10  c.  period,  la  pp.  during  the  7  c.  pen-xl,  and  16  pp.  to  14  pp. 
since,  with  occasion:  i  additions  to  each  of  those  sizes.     The  shape  has  i..ways  been  9  by  1  j  in. 
.ind  the  pi.per  of  a  pale  lemon  tint.     The  printing  has  been  done  by  Alfred  Mudge  &  Son,  except 
ih.^;  the  first  volume  was  from  the  press  of   Rockwell  &  Churchill.     Doutle-columns  were  used 
for  the  first  10  numbers,   givit.g  a  better  typographic  eflect  than  the  triple-columns  since  in 
vogue ;  and  the  earliest  he.iding,  which  was  of  simple  block-letters  and  lasted  about  as   long, 
wemed  superior  to  the  more  ornate  one  now  current.     This   wai  adopted  Aug.  7,  '80,  having 
"  **  ^rchtry  FUld  "  attacl.jd,  and,  when  the  latter  excrescence  was  removed  (.May  13,  '81),  an 
arrow  was  left  slicking  in  the  initial   of   World,  as  a  reminder  of  it.     Between  the  dates  men- 
tioned,  i  or  3  pages  of  each  issue  were  given  to  archery,  and  "  and  A  rcUry  Field  '  was  the  head- 
line of  every  right-hand  page.     Announcement  was  then   made  that  a  separate  sheet  of  th.it 
name  would  be  issued  fortnightly  at  |i  a  year;  but  I  suppose  the  arch.-rs  soon  let  it  die.     (Its 
pctt-mortem  "  good-will  "  attached  to  the  ArcA^ry  &•  Tennis  Nr7vt,  which  I  describe  later  as 
dying  in  the  arms  of  the  Cy.list  &•  AthUti- ;  and  this  in  turn  pas.sed  the  "  good-will  "  along  to 
the  archery  column  of  i"<  successor,  ."rfm.wK.)    The  name  of    Charles  E.  Pratt  (b.  M.>r.  13, 
'45).  as  sole  editor  and  man.      r,  appeared  at  the  head  of  the  B.  /f.,  from  Nov.  15,  '79,  to  Dec* 
31,  '80;  then  for  7  weeks,  "  C.  E.   Pratt  and  Louis   Harrison,  editors"  ;  .I.cn  from  Feb.  25  to 
May  6,"L.  Mamson,  editor;  C.   E.   Pratt  and  Will  H.  Thompson,  editorial  contributors." 
Here  ended  the  archery  foolishness  and  the  vomme,  to  whose  clamsy  double-heading  had  been 
attached  the  repulsive  legend  "  A  Weekly  Journal  of  Polite  Athletics."     Hardly  less  sickening 
than  this  to  the  heart  of  a  true  wheelman,  was  the  phrase  whch  had  disfigured  the  otherwise 
simple  heading  of  the  first  volume  :  "  A  Journal  of  Bicycling,  Archery  and  other  Polite  Ath- 
let.cs;  "  but,  since  the  beginning  of  the  third  volume,  ."le  B.  W.  has  kept  its  title  clear  from 
all  such  irrelevant  matter.     Only  8  issues  of   that  volume    carried   the  name  "  T.     Harrison 
editor."  however;  for  on  July  ,.  after  a  half-year's  service,  he  printed  a  valedictory,  introduc' 
ing  as  h>s successor  "  Wm.  E.  Oilman,  president  of  the  Chel5*a  B.  C. .  an  enthusiastic  wheelman 
for  over  three  years,  and  a  journalist  of  considerable  experience,  having  conducted  a  suburbs 
newspaper  and  reported  for  one  of  the  Boston  dailies  for  wjveral  years."     He  in  turn  offered  a 
farewell,  Feb.  23.  '83,  naming  his  successor,  J.   S.  Dean,  as  a  "  valued  assistant  to  the  paper 
almost  from  the  first  number,"-his  lame  ha/ing  in  fact  been  regularly  printed  from  Jan    ,3 
'8j,  as  "  editona'  contributor,"  which   title   was   thence'/orth  accredited  to  C.  W    Fourd-inier' 
until  Jan.  23.  '85.     Meanwhile,  beginning  with  Feb.  15,  '84,  "  Abbot  Bassett, managing  editor  " 
had  been  pnnted  alongside  the  other  two,  ranking  second ;  and  on  Jan   30,  '85,  the  style  became 
'J.  S.  Dean  and  A.   Bassett,  editors."    This  lasted  but  three  months,  and   then  A    Bassett 
was  named  as  sole  editor.  May  8,  'S;,  to  Mar.  ,9,  '86,  when  he  withdrew  to  start  a  paper  of  his 
own,  the  Cycle,  Apr.  i.     On  that  date  the   editorship  -.vas  resumed   again  by  C.  W.  Fourdrinier 
and  J.  S.  Dean  (joined  by  F.  W.  Weston,  who  retiref".  May  7). 

The  plan  of  printing  the  naiues  of  editor  and  publisher  as  a  part  of  the  heading  was  last 
observed  Dec.  7,  '83  ;  since  when  t^-y  have  appearert  on  the  editorial  page  only.  "  The  Official 
Organ  of  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen  "  formed  a  pert  of  the  heading  from  Nov.  11,  '81, 
to  May  25,  '83,  and  "  Devoted  to  the  Interests  of  Bicycling  and  Tricycling  "  has  since  stood  iti 
place  of  it.  Though  advertisements  were  allowed  to  intrude  upon  the  title-page  as  eariy  as  the 
r.ir,:h  humbc. ,  ihey  did  not  take  entire  possession  ol  it  until  July  22,  '81,  and  they  were  restricted 
to  the  outer  pages  for  two  years  following;  but  on  Aug.  3,  '83,  all  pretense  of  typographical 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


•ttractivencM  wu  abandoned,  by  adopting  the  pUn  which  h»«  since  prevailed,  oi  inUrpoUting 
auch  i«iverti  >ncnU  into  the  body  o£  the  p^per,  and  '  di.pUying  "  them  with  cnormoui  black 
type.  HeiKc.  the  B.  /f. '/ appearance  u  that  of  x  u.  .'..n  of  tradeamen'i  handbill.,  .luck 
together  by  a  few  columns  o<  letter-press;  aiiU  il.i^  descnption  applies  about  as  well  to  i.e»rl. 
•11  tie  other  trade-circulars  which  make  up  the  cycling  (.jurnalism  ..i  America  and  Kiigland 
"Published  every  Friday  by  E.  C.  Hoc'ges  &  Co."  was  a  .'ormula  of  many  year.' xwnding 
which  gave  place,  on  Apr.  j,  •»6.  to  "  by  Ui.  World  Co.,"  which  had  been  the  formula  during 
the  first  year.  I  suppose  moat  of  the  money  has  always  been  supplied  by  Mr  \U<A^n  (one  of 
tht  founders  of  the  Boston  B.  C,  and  a  long  lime  itt  president),  who,  m  In,  earlier  days  as  a 
broker,  supplied  it  "  for  fun,"  to  gratify  his  enthusiasm  in  helping  spread  ..le  k"-?-  of  cycling 
aiid  who  now,  as  a  stockholder  in  the  Overman  Wheel  Co.,  thinks  the  paper  worth  the  cost  of 
ccntuiuance,  as  a  sort  of  advertisement  of  tiiis  company's  wares.  Annouiur menl  was  made 
Sept.  II,  '«4,  that  "  the  B.  iV.  has  been  sold  to  J.  S.  Dean  and  A.  Bassett  "  ;  and  igain,  May  ,' 
85  :  "  Ihe  partiier»hip  existing  between  J.  S.  Dean  and  A.  liasaett  has  been  dis.v.lved  by  ii,u^ 
(ual  consent.  Mr.  D.  will  still  continue  with  the  paper,  as  editorial  contributor  and  - -iter  on 
ipcciai  topics,  and  the  business  will  ojntinue  under  the  same  firm  name  as  heretofore."  As  this 
firm  name  remained  "  K.  C.  H.  &  Co.,"  instead  of  "  D.  &  B,"  during  the  i*riod  „(  ihe 
alleged  partnership,  the  ii  feren;e  is  that  the  purchase  money  was  never  paid,— the  editor  pre- 
ferring to  draw  his  certain  salary  raiher  than  grasp  at  the  uncertain  profit  of  actual  owner^llip. 
A  dissolution  of  partnership,  under  the  firm  name  "  Bi.  W  A  Co.,"  between  E.  C.  Hi<lges, 
C.  E.  Pratt  and  F.  W.  Weston,  v/as  announced  Jan.  7,  '81,  and  at  the  same  time  the  as.so- 
ciation  of  the  two  former,  with  1,.  Harrison,  under  the  firm  name,  "  E.  C.  H.  &  Co."  Mr. 
Pratt's  editorial  I  valedictory  (Apr.  29,  '81),  giving  a  short  history  of  the  paper,  said  it  was 
"  projected  in  Aug.,  '79,  but  was  delajed  three  months  for  the  accepUnce  of  a  liberal  offer  for 
the  purchase  of  the  fugitive  but  enthusiastic  Am.  Bi.  Journal.  The  genial  promotcrcii  that 
harbinger  of  our  literature  v;-as  dissociated  with  us  as  publisher  until  last  January,  th.  c^h  at  the 
same  time  connected  with  a  wheel  importing  house ;  but,  with  that  exception,  there  ha-t  been 
no  connection,  of  publisher  or  editor,  with  any  manufacturer,  importing  house  or  agency."  A 
fortnight  later  the  paper  said  :  "  Mr.  Pratt  has  removed  his  office  to  the  salesrooms  of  tlie  Pope 
Mfg.  Co. ,  and  will  attend  tu  the  legal  business  of  that  corporation.  He  will  not,  however, 
relinquish  his  general  law  practice,  but  will  give  attention  as  heretofore  to  patent  ^nd  gener?!  law 
business."  .\  year  later  (May  5,  '8a),  the  Popes  withdrew  their  advertiseir<^nt,  which  had  been 
a  feature  of  the  B.  W.  from  the  outset,  because  its  publisher  refused  to  insert  their  reply  to  the 
criticisms  of  a  correspondent,  "  except  ao  a  paid  business  notice  "  ,  and  they  did  not  resume  pat- 
ronage until  .Sept.  21,  '8j  (the  "special  .Springfield  number"). 

From  the  time  ot  thi.>  rupture,  the  tone  of  the  paper  has  been  uniformly  hostile  towards  its 
first  editor,  the  Popes'  attorney.  His  wheeling  autobiography  may  be  found  on  p.  503,  and 
similar  reports  from  his  two  latest  successors  on  p.  525.  Tliis  pair  of  quondam  partners  are 
at  swords'  points,  and  the  B.  W.  continually  attacks  Mr.  Bassett,  whose  circular  announcing  the 
Cycle  (a  16-p.  sheet,  which  has  been  ii^sued  every  Friday  since  Apr.  2,  from  the  same  press  of 
A.  Mudgc  &  Son)  was  .u  follows  :  "  After  an  erpsrience  of  5  years  in  the  editorial  chair  [and 
business  department]  o'  the  B.  'K,  I  am  obli^jed  to  give  up  the  position  uecause  the  future 
Tu.icy  mapped  out  for  I'nf  paper  by  the  proprietor  is  not  one  that  I  can  endorse.  I  have  deter- 
mined to  start  an  ii.defiendent  weekly,  which  will  have  no  interest  for  or  against  any  manufact- 
urer or  dealer.  I  shall  giv2  all  the  news,  but  I  shall  let  the  courts  decide  matters  in  dispute 
between  parties  in  litiijation.  I  recognize  more  than  any  one  else  that  the  field  of  cycling  peri- 
odicals is  alrear'.y  ovcicnwded,  but  '  there  's  always  room  at  the  top,'  and  that 's  where  1  want  to 
be  I  shall  have  a  ful  corps  of  able  correspondents,  many  of  whom  foliow  me  into  my  new 
home,  and  I  can  safe 'y  promise  a  readable  and  an  instructive  paper."  The  ma.iagerof  the  B.  W. 
having  made  a  formal  iack  on  him,  because  of  this,  in  the  Bulletin,  he  replied  in  that  paper  as 
follows(May  21,  p.  450  ,  first  explaining  that  the  three  words  which  I  have  bracketed  were  omitted 
from  the  circular  by  a  printer's  error  :  "  I  joined  the  force  of  the  /?.  iV.  in  ',Si  and  was  with  it 
within  a  few  roontlu  of  5  years.     So  long  as  Mr.  Gilman  was  editor,  I  had  little,  if  anything,  to 


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MfeC.,    M^    K  t  "  "^    '^-  '"^  "•  '""""  '^'"*^  "^  "•  fi^h.  with  -h.  Pope 

Mfg  C.,  .  Mr.  ,.  h.d  ,0  rcre  .o  «„  ..pen...  .„H  I  became  eduor  in  Uc,  though  no.  i„  „.„V 
Mr.  Dc.„  w«  .e,..r  k....wn  ..  ,  cycler  .han  I  wa.  .„d  h..  na™e  wa.  pu.  forward  a.  ,d..or 
.hough  ,11  h»  manu«:np.  went  through  my  hand,  for  correction  and  revision.  When  Mr  D* 
accepted  ,h,  po...,on  .f  afomey  (or  th.  Coventry  Machinist  O..  he  wa.  discharged  from  the 
B.  ur.  t,ec.u.c  a.  attorney  for  that  company  he  wa.  oppcecJ  to  the  Overman  Wheel  Co  who 
were  preM.nR  the  Coventry  people  on  the  Uurn  patent.  From  the  time  of  M,.  D.'.  di.mii«J  I 
wa,  .K.,h  ed„or  and  editorial  writer,  though  I  wa.  forced  to  publiah  article,  that  did  no.  m  J 
my  app.ova  .     W.th  th.,  statement  of  the  case  ,  have  done  with  it.     (  leave  my  friend,  of  Z 

due,  ,h     '      '  .        °'  "°  '  ^^"^  "^^'"^  "■"  ''''"°"'''«  P*"-     "»«»  '  ^-  »"o-d  to  con- 

duct he  paper  accordmg  to  th.  dictate,  of  my  con«:.ence  ...d  good  bu.ine«  policy  I  ,hou"d 
have  ,....  ,„  my  oid  rhair.today."  The  C>^  i,  pubL.hed  at  „  Lhool  ... ,  allliTai  adver^J, 
n.em,  and  readmg  m..,c,  on  altemat.  page.      A.  =.,  .ate  i.  I..50.  the  reduction  from  ,,  .0  $^ 

a-hfrdL'""",.'"'.'  1'°'""^"'"•"'"•'"'"""'^•*'""'  -"«=' «'"'<•  .mailer  and  price 
a  rh.rd  larger  It,  b-  chance  of  lonKCv.ty  i...,ere,  in  .he  fact  tha'  the  Pope  Mfg  Co  mav  feel 
d,>,H,,cd  to  pr.  vent  i,.  „bli.era,i..n  by  .he  o!d-establi,hed  trade-circular  of  .he  opp«ii.ion  concern 

ber  "n'^"''Z  ^^ '""'.■'''•  '"'•'»""  "  *  •^•""Pi'"  *»  given  in  .he  "  B.  IV.  special  num! 
(Jan.  ,  ...and  special  numbe.-  supplemen.  "  (Oc.  ..  '83).  which  con.ain«l  League 
constnuno,  IM  ,.f  club  officer,,  racing  records,  tables  of  best  times,  and  other  .tatist^  n« 
ca«ly  obu,  .....  The  B.  /f.  ha,  also  occasionally  publUhed  wcnKut  portr-.s  and  cal^n. 
and  has  n.  •  U.-c„  .  ^K  of  extra  pages  when  important  ne^^s  nreded  to  be  chronicled.  Of 
he  fn  nH  "T     , "'"'"""'".  """"^'  "  ^»"-  '4.  '»■).  .0.000  copies  were  printed.      From 

h  foundauon  ,„  the  League  urMl  May  a,,  '83,  i.  served  satisfactorily  as  it..  "  organ  -  (a.  de- 
tailed on  p  6.8  ,  and  since  then  ha.  regulariy  printed  the  list,  of  American  applican.s  for  mem- 

fea   of  Its  S^U^,.  as  a  busmeM  competitor,  ,h.  writer  of  any  hostile  comment  concrning  either 

the  Har'vaT,       "J,  T' '.° '"  '°''"""-     ''''  ^""   was  catalogued  a,  a  special  .tuSent  at 
the  Harvard  Law  Sch«.l,  m  '83-4.  and  has  sii...  practiced   that   profession  a.  a8  State  at      He 
has  taken  two  or  three  trips  .0  Europe,  and  he  figured  somewhat  on   the  racing-oath,  in    ,he 
earlier  days  of  .he  sport.     His  connec.ion  wi.h  .he  B.  i^.  has   been   that  of  a   free-lance 
HeseemstoenjoypUying  with  the  paper,  when  nothing  more  important  is  at  hand  :  and  his 
pen  seems  most  .ffeC.ve   when  pointed  wi.h  sa.ir.  and  wrcasm.     Mr.  Ba......  on  ,he  other 

hand,  belong.  ,0  the  steady-going,  "  heavy-respectable  "  type  of  writer,  and  I  bt  ieve  he  is  the 
only  man  in  America  who  ha,  earned  a  livelihood  for  a.  much  a,  five  years  by  exclusive  devotion 
.0  the  busmess  of  cycling  journalism.  The  B.  If.  represen.s  the  expendi.ure  of  a.or.  hard 
work,  and  more  money,  .han  ly  of  .he  o.her  younger  trade^irculars  which  compete  wi.h  i.  • 
and  much  mismanagement  will  be  required  to  desiroy  the  traditional  prestige  thus  won  as  an 
enterprising  a-i  decently-written  newspaper.  It  is  quoted  more  frequently  -han  the  younger 
pnnls  and  (in  proportion  to  it,  drcula-^on,  about  which  the  proprietors  have  always  kept  silem) 
..  probably  read  more  carrfully.     Its  present  chief  editor,  Mr.  Fourdrinier  (b.  Mar.  24.  '54)  is  a 

nfr.H  kI  l"'  ^l^"'''"^^'^''-''  ^"«'  --^  i"  -^^'ged  in  the  insurance  business,  as  Jor  year! 
pabt,  though  he  has  always  done  more  or  less  writing  for  the  press. 

"In  .h ;  fall  of  'So,  three  enthusiastic  cyclers  were  si.ting  in  the  office  of  Wm.  M.  Wright,  bicy- 
cle  dealer,  at  .60  Fulton  st.     One  was  a  practical  printer,  another  a   newspaper  writer^  and  the 

S  Jl*^^  r™;  ^'"^P~""^""""«-'"'»f°""ishtly.at*..a5(halfthepnceoftrefort- 
nightly  i?.  If  the  only  paper  .hen  ,„  ,he  field)  was  snapped  up  a.  once,  and  our  three  worthies 
were  soon  racking  their  bra;...  in  search  of  a  suitable  title.  Finally  the  l^h^,!  was  selected  as  a 
name.  Shortly  after  it,  fourth  issL.e  the  associate  editor  was  laid  up  for  a  long  time,  and  hi. 
connection  with  Us  columns  unavoidably  ceased.  It,  business  manager  was  obliged  to  leave  the 
country,  and  the  burden  fell  upon  the  practical  printer,  who  has  from  that  day  to  this  controlled 
...an.:„.  J  q.^otc  ;.-.c  iiitci-,  «o,u»  from  a  hi,toncal  sketch  of  the  paper,  introducing  iu 
fifth   year  and  seventh  volume.  Oct.  „  '84.     The  first  number  (.Sep..  ,5.  '80)  announced  "  Fred 


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Jenkins,  ed.  and  proprietor ;  M.  Lazare,  associate  ed.  ;  C.  Otto  Manny,  business  manarer  " 
The  latter  name  did  not  again  appear,  and  the  second  was  last  printed  with  No.  8.     "Julius 
Wilcox,  associate  ed.,"  appeared  with  No.  15,  and  continued  for  just  a  year,  or  till  Apr.  12   '82 
He  usually  signed  "  J.  W."  to  his  writings,  which  were  of  a  serious  and  argumenutive  sort  • 
and  he  has  since  printed  considerable  in  the  B.  W.  concerning  the  Facile  bi.,  for  which  he  is 
the  American  agent.     The  first  issue  after  his  withdrawal  put  forward  the  new  style,  "  Edited 
and  published  by  the  Wheel   Publishing  Co.,  at  38  Cortlandt  st."  (the  otfice  of  the  paper  had 
been  there  for  the  first  three  months,  then  at  75  Fulton  st.  for  eleven  months,  and  then  at  1S7 
Broadway),  and  contained  a  farewell  editorial  from  F.  Jenkins  (b.  Jan.  20,  '59),  saying  :  "  As  we 
have  gone  into  the  wheel  business,  in  the  capacity  of  manager  for  the  Cunningham  Co.'s  N.  Y. 
office,  we  hardly  think  the  best  interests  of  bicycling  can  be  preserved  by  our  remaining  at  the 
head  of   this  paper."     His  name  was  put  at  the  head  again,  however,  five  months  later  (Oct.  4, 
'82),  when  the  third  year  and  volume  began  with  the  formula,  "  issued  every  Wednesday  morn- 
ing at  22  New  Chuvch  St.,  at  $1.50  a  year";  and  the  name  of  C.  E.  Pratt  was  printed  alongside 
it  as  "  editorial  contributor"  until  May  4,  '83,     C.  J.  Howard  and  A.  D.  Wheeler  were  named 
as  "  artistic  contributors,"  from  Jan.  24,  to   Nov.  9,  '83  ;  and  N.   M.  Beckwith   and  \V.    V. 
Oilman  rs  "  editorial  contributors,"  from   June  i,  '83,  when   the   Wheel  became  "the  official 
organ  of  the  League,"  to  Feb.  29,  '84,  when  Mr.  J.  ceased  to  be  its  ccresponding  secretary. 
Meanwhile,  the    name  of  Edwin  Oliver,  as  business  manager,  was  printed  from  Dec.  6,  '82,  to 
Feb.  7,  '83,  after  which  the  firm-name  "  Oliver  &  Jenkins"  took  the  place  of  "  Wheel  Publish- 
ing Co.,"  for  a  year,  and  was  followed  (Feb.  13,  '84)  by  "  Cycling  Publishing  Co."  until  super- 
seded by  "  Central  Press  &  Publishing  Co.,"  Mar.  5,  '86,  when  the  length  of  the  columns  was 
reduced  a  half-irich.     The  size  of  the  present  page   when  trimmed  is  only  about   a  half-inch 
longer  and  broader  than  the  regular  9  by  12  iti.  untrimmed  page  of  the  WheeCs  first  five  volumes. 
From  Apr.  4,  '84,  to  Sept.  25,  '85,  it  was  an  8 p.  sheet,  of  11  by  13J  in.,  set  in  four  columns; 
ar.d  the  pages  were  then  narrowed  an  inch,  increased  in  number  to  12,  and  set  in  three  columns, 
which  had  been  the  style  from  the  time  the  paper  became  a  week'y.     It  adopted  an  ornamental 
heading  then,  which  lasted  only  six  months,  the  present  one  dating  from  Apr.  6,  '83.     Its  two 
annual  volumes  as  a  fortnightly  had  double  columns  and  a  plain  heading,  and  were  paged  from 
I  to  208.     Their  typor-aphy  pleased  me  better  than  that  of  the  weekly,  which  was  paged  from  i 
to  8  cr  I  to  12  only,  until  at  the  end  of  '84  the  paging  was  entire  W  abandoned.     No  contents-tables 
or  indexes  have  ever  been  printed.     Friday  was  first  noted  as  publication  day  on  Apr.  6,  '83.     Its 
price  was  reduced  from  $1.25  to  |i,  July  6,  '8r  (after  B.  W.  reduced  to  %i) ;  raised  to  |i. 50  when 
weekly  issue  began,  Oct.  4  ;  reduced  to  75  c,    Oct.  5,  '8i,  and  raised  again  to  %\,  Mar.  7,  '84. 
Advertisements  eariy  appeared  on  the  title-page  of  the      ■  tnightly  but  were  kept  off  that  of  the 
weekly  till  the  close  of  '85  ;  and  the  rule  banishing  them  therefrom  was  again  adopted  June  25,  'S6. 
Otherwise,  the  paper  is,  like  the  B.  W,  a  "  sandwich  circular,"  with  handbills  and  letterpress 
alternating.     Vaux  &  Co.,  of  27  Rose  st.,  were  named  as  printers,  June  i  to  Nov.  2,  '8i ;  then 
B.    W.    Dinsmore  &  Co.,  of    15  Frankfort   St.,  to  Mar.  28,   '84.     The  publication   office  was 
changed  to  ai   Park  row,  on  May  30,  '84;     and  then  to  12  Vesey  st..  May  15,  '85  ;  and  the 
printing  has  since  been  done  there  by  W.  N.  Oliver  &  Co.  (the  junior  partner  being  F.  Jenkins), 
and  the  "  Central   Press  &  Publishing  Co.,"  which  was  adopted  as  a  firm  name  Jan.  22,  '86. 
A  fortnight  later,  the  simple  announcement  was  made  :  "  Mr.  Fred    Jenkins  or.  the   ist  instant 
resigned  his  position  as  editor  of  the   /*^.«**/,  and  severed  his  connection  with  this  journal" 
Since  the:,  he  has  established  hin-self  at  322  W.  59th  St.,  as  dealer  in  cycles,  and  manufacturer  of 
the  Excebior  cyclometer  (which  he  introduced  to  the  public  in  the  IVheel  oi  Nov.  20.  'Sol.  and 
he  also  finds  time  to  send  a  weel:'y  "  manifold  "  letter  to  the  Bulletin,  Cycle  and  Sfiortins:  L  if^. 
No  name  has  been  printed  as  editor  of  the  Wheel  since  Mar.  7,  '84  ;  but  the  practical  woik  of 
editorship  has  been  performed  since  Apr.  3,  '85  (except  Oct., '85,  to  Mar.'Sd).  by  Francis  I"  Trial 
(b.  Nov.  22,  '63),  who  had  been  similarly  employed  by  the  Cyclist  &'  Athlete  from  June,  '84. 
At  the  time  of  the  tournament  of  '83,  in  order  to  give  .ereater  vogue  to  the  "  Springfield 
nurir^t::  vii.   ii:r  i3.   ..  ..     :::r  (.;:i;:;3;:cr  ;nc7CGl  SUpj^rciScu  iiic  lyhrtri  \\n  iwo  weeks,  bv  liit  trtck 
of  persuading:   the  authornies   at  Washington  to  "  investigate"  its  right  of  circulnting  in  the 


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dfi-l 


ma.l.  at  the  •«ond^  -ate  of  postage  aceoried  to  registered  newpaper..    The  withdrawal  of 
this  right  would  ha«i  been  i-umous,  because  the  payment  of  third-class  postage  would  have 
swallowed  up  the  narrow  margin  of  profit  on  the  contract  for  supplying  the  paper  to  the  League 
Of  course,  the  right  was  not  withdrawn  ;  but  the  "  investigation  "  served  the  purpose  of  annoy- 
ing each  member  of  the  League  by  delaying  two  copies  of  his  paper.    The  Wyi/r/exnlained  the 

rsTvai°;eb"'"'8'':^-  i:^-^''''TTr-'^'-  "■  ''«— •'"proof  of -LCionf': 
itsnval.  feb.  29,  84.  by  publishing  the  following  "  strictly  confidential"  circular,  under  ore 
icnse  th.t  the  fact  of  its  being  printed  on  an  official  letter-head  showed  an  "  evident  intension 
Ty.  Tl  ,  ^^"  '°  bolster  and  give  color  to  .his  scheme  »  :  "  I„  order  to  extend  the  utiii.y  of 
the  H^JUe/.  .t  IS  proposed  to  incorporate  the  Cycling  Pub.  Co..  under  the  laws  of  '48.  and  iLe 
200  shares  of  stock  at  $25.  to  form  a  capital  of  $5000.  Half  of  this  stock  will  be  issued  .0  Oliver 
&  Jenkins,  in  payment  for  the  good-will,  subscription-list  and  advert.r.ing  contracts  of  the  l^Jue/ 
and  the  remaining  .00  shares  will  form  a  working  capital  of  I2500,  which  we  consider  ample' 
The  publishing  expenses  are  moderate  and  can  be  kept  at  a  low  figure.  Mr.  J.  will  be  retained 
as  editor  and  manager,  at  a  weekly  salary  of  $23.  and  Mr.  O.  will  superintend  the  advertising 
business  on  a  commission.  As  he  will  be  on  the  roau  all  .his  year,  the  advertising  can,  no  doubt! 
be  largely  increased,  and  the  paper  enlarged  to  .6  p-  From  the  business  of  last  year  we  fee! 
that  we  can  almost  guarantee  a  dividend  of  from  ,0  to  ,2  per  cent.  Should  you  care  io  enter 
mto  the  scheme,  we  will  submit  figures,  showing  the  net  profiu  under  past  management.  Upon 
subscribing,  25  per  c.;nt.  is  to  be  paid,  and  the  balance  in  three  equal  monthly  payments.  Vour 
answer  *,  1  not  be  considered  as  a  subscription,  but  it  is  necessary  to  ascertain  the  feeling  in  the 
matter  before  placing  the  stock  on  the  market  and  incorporating  the  company,  E.  Oliver,  F 
Jenkins,  N.  M.  Peckwilh,  W.  A.  Bryant,  and  others,  incorporators.  Address  replies  to  F.  J  » 
How  much  of  a  "working  capiul  "  may  have  been  raised  in  this  way  I  am  not  aware,  but  I 
presume  It  was  all  worked  out  when  the  "  Cycling  Pub.  Co."  made  its  last  appearance,  Feb 

T        !■  ,0  t''^''  ""'''  '"*"    '*'*  "  ^^^'''^  «"«»"  °^  "-^  (B)  ^-  T-  C.  in  America,"  f.  .m 

June  6  32,  to  Feb.  29,  '84  ;  and  its  year's  experience  as  League  organ  has  been  detailed  o„  p. 
6.9.  The  chief  advertiser  during  the  fortnightly  period  was  the  Cunningham  Co.,  after  which 
the  Popes  took  the  lead;  and  it  was  during  the  period  of  rupture  with  the  B.  IV.  that  their 
attorney,  Mr.  Pratt,  figured  as  "  editorial  contributor  "  to  the  first  31  weekly  issues  of  the  /r>4«/ 
and  helped  persuade  the  League  to  adopt  it  as  organ.     An  obituary  of  S.  C.  Foster  (d.  Mar.  8. 

85.  «.  3')  mentioned  him  as  having  suggested  the  paper's  name  and  contributed  much  to  its 
eariier  issues.  Boston  news  was  sent  to  it  in  those  days  by  "  Handy  Andy."  the  present  mana- 
ger  of  the  B.  H  .  Perhaps  its  most  persistent  contributor  was  Frank  A.  Egan,  president  of  the 
Ixion  B.  C,  who  never  used  that  signature,  but  preferred  to  print  his  paragraphs  beneath  the 
figure  of  an  owl,  standing  on  a  bicycle's  handle-bar,  with  a  pen  in  his  claw.  This  appeared 
Apr.  6,  '83,  and  pretty  regulariy  for  a  year  and  a  half  following;  while  longer  articles  by  the 
same  writer  were  signed  "  Selah  "  and  "  The  Owl."  The  pictures  furnished  by  C.  J.  Howard 
and  A.  r.  Wheeler  formed  an  attractive  feature  during  '83  ;  and  a  few  portraits  and  other  de- 
signs had  illuminated  previous  issues.  The  fFA<'r/'r'- special  number  "  of  Apr.  3, '85,  giving 
an  Illustrated  programme  of  the  "  Big  Four  tour,"  was  also  a  pronounced  success.  The  policy 
of  .IS  manager  was  a'-vays  favorable  to  giving  a  ''  free  boom  "  to  whatever  seemed  of  interest  to 
cyclers,— in  contrast  to  the  B.  «'.  plan  of  carefully  rejecting  all  "  gratuitous  advertising,"  in  the 
hope  of  forcing  a  sale  of  its  columns  for  "  reading  notices."  The  present  publishers  m.ike  a 
specialty  of  "  clubbing  rates  "  with  other  journals,  ko  that  subscribers  who  send  in  their  money 
to  12  Vesey  st.  "  in  effect  receive  the  l^fuel  free."  An  offer  to  ma.l  the  IVkerl Utt  to  each  of 
the  1600  League  members  of  the  N.  Y.  Division,  for  the  sake  of  the  advertising  patron.ige  as 
"  official  ortran,"  was  made  at  the  Division  meeting  of  June  29,'cV,,  and  "  declined  with  thanks." 
In  describing  the  League's  unfortunate  and  unbusiness-like  refusal  to  continue  i.i  '84  its  ron- 
nection  with  the  tVheel,  which  had  served  it  well  fcr  a  year,  I  have  said  that  the  resulting 
'  organ  "  was  a  shabby-looking  affair  (p.  620) ;  but  no  such  remark  could  apDly  to  the  first 
number  ot  the  Amateur  AihUtt,  published  by  Oliver  &  Jenkins,  Apr.  4,  '83.  which  was  a  la 
p.  sheet  of  the  same  size  and  typography  of  the  Wheel,  and  whose  plan  probably  implied  the 


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transfer  of  much  matter  from  one  paper  to  the  other  withjut  resetting.  It  was  advertised  as  a 
$2  weekly,  "  officii  rgan  of  the  National  Association  of  Amateur  Athletes  of  America,  the 
Amateur  Athletic  Base  Ball  Ass(  ion,  and  the  Intercollegiate  Athletic  Association,"  wiih  K 
Jenkins  as  editor,  and  a  half-dozen  officers  of  the  associations  as  editorial  contributors.  A  call 
for  subscriptions  appeared  as  late  as  ihe  June  issue  of  the  H'hetlmtnU  GaxeUe  ;  but  I  think  a 
susp.-r.jion  took  place  about  that  time,  as  money  was  steac'.ily  lost  on  every  number.  Several 
months  later,  W.  F.  Coffee,  jr. ,  revived  the  sheet  as  a  fortnightly;  and  after  he  had  also  lost 
enough  money  fat  the  end  of  a  half-yea',  I  think)  a  transfer  was  made  to  Baird  &  Co. ,  who  turned 
it  inio  a  week'v  in  season  to  offer  it  as  a  bait  ''  -  the  "  League  organship."  This  began  with  the 
is.sue  of  June  n,  '84,  which  was  designati  .-  No.  25  of  Xtit  AtnateHr  AthltU  and  No.  44  of 
the  Archery  &•  Tennis  News,"  and  whici  i  a  sub-title,  "  Official  organ  N.  A.  A.  A.  A.  and 

National  Archery  and  Tennis  associations  ,  >•  ains  the  official  gazette  of  the  League  of  Ameri- 
can Wheelmen."  The  latter  could  be  had  separately  on  an  ?p.  sheet,  headed  Cyclist  Edition  of 
Amateur  Athlete,  for  65  c.  a  year,  while  the  conglomerated  paper  of  16  pp.  cost  %i.  It  was 
the  8  p.  sheet  that,  by  contract,  was  mailed  to  each  League  member,  for  }  :.  per  copy,— unless 
he  chose,  by  the  individual  payment  of  $1,  to  have  the  16  p.  mongrel  sent  to  him  instead.  O' 
the  Archery  &•  Tennis  News  it  may  be  said  that  43  numbers  were  issued  independently,  the 
final  one  (June  a,  '84),  which  announced  absorption  by  the  Athlete,  being  called  "  Vol.  3,  No. 
7."  I  have  already  explained  that  it  was  a  sort  of  continuation  of  the  Archery  Field,  which 
began  as  a  %\  fortnightlv  at  Boston,  in  May,  '81,  after  having  existed  nine  months  as  a  depart- 
ment in  the  weekly  B.  W.  This  third  experiment,  the  /} .  <&*  T.  News,  was  planned  to  appear 
monihly  for  the  first  half  of  each  year  and  semi-monthly  for  the  last  half,  at  a  subscription  of 
$1.50,  and  was  welllprinted  and  edited,— the  proprietor  being  A.  H.  Gibbes  and  the  editor  J.  W. 
Auten.  In  less  than  three  months,  the  latter  got  tirtd  of  tending  to  the  AthleU's  archery 
"olumn,  and  so  spoke  his  farewel'  on  Aug.  -^i.  On  Apr.  23,  '86,  the  paper  was  revived  with 
the  reversed  title  of  Tennis  &•  Archery  News  ("  Vol.  6,  No.  17,  whole  No.  138  "),  as  a  4  p. 
supplement  to  the  Athlete,  and  it  kept  that  shape  for  two  months,  or  until  transformed  into 
departments  of  Recreation,  the  successor  of  the  Athlete.  Meanwhile,  Jan.  i,  '85,  the  name  of 
this  had  been  changed  to  Cyclist  b'  Athlete,  and  the  style  of  the  firm  *o  Baird  Brothers,  who  an- 
nounced the  suspension  of  the  concern  Oct.  30,  '85,  and  said  that,  if  they  failed  of  persuading 
any  one  else  to  continue  it,  the  amount  due  for  unexpired  subscriptions  would  be  refunded. 
Three  weeks  later,  "  D.  M.  Kurtz,  editor  and  manager,  and  J.  W.  Barnes,  treasurer,"  revived 
the  paper,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  reducing  its  price  to  |i  and  its  pages  to  8,  -hough  these  were  after- 
wards mcreased  to  12  and  16.  On  Mar.  26,  it  was  announced  that  D.  M.  Kurtz  had  withdrawn 
fro:n  and  E.  R.  Collins  joined  the  staff ;  that  the  office  had  been  changed  from  800  Broad  st.  to 
No.  755 ;  that  a  stock  company  was  being  incorporated  to  act  as  publishers ;  and  that  C.  !.. 
Meyers  would  continue  manager  of  the  branch  office  at  125  Chamben;  ...,  N.  V.  City.  Nc 
further  change  was  noted  until  the  paper  reached  the  end  of  its  semi-annual  volume,  June  25, 
and  no  notice  was  given  then  that  this  126th  number  was  the  final  one;  but,  on  the  following  week, 
there  was  issued,  from  the  same  office,  "Recreation,  an  illustrated  journal  of  outdoor  life.  Vol. 
I,  No.  I,  published  every  Saturday  by  the  Cyclist  Printing  Co.,  at  JI1.50  a  year."  The  illustra- 
tions of  this  first  number  were  taken  from  the  Stevens  series  in  Outing,  and  from  Texas  Si/i- 
ings;  and,  in  combination  with  a  well-drawn  heading,  and  the  banishment  of  advertisements  from 
tne  title-page,  they  hj![i_»d  muke  it  ati  incomparably  better-lookinf^  paper  (20  pp.,  5c.)  than  its 
predecessor  had  ever  been.  The  C.  .V  .,4.  of  July  3,  '85,  the  first  issue  after  the  expiration  of  its 
contract  for  supplying  the  League  an  8  p.  gazette  at  §  c.  per  copy,  printed  its  offer  for  contin- 
uing the  contract  at  the  same  price,  but  allowing  2§  pp.  of  reading  m?tter  (or  double  the 
allowance  of  the  first  contract)  and  charging  $3  a  cniumn  for  extra  space,  instead  A  %%  as  before. 
The  Leaj;iie  having  rejected  this  hi  favor  of  printing  its  own  Bulletin,  the  publishers  then  ad- 
dressed themselves  to  the  chief  consul  of  the  New  York  Division,  with  an  offer  to  send  the  i^p 
sheet  to  each  member  for  \  c.  per  copy.  A  "  mail  vote  "  of  the  1300  members  brought  only  1S6 
Trp::r:,  L"j:  r.3  cn.'y  50  r,r  rnc.^c  were  ne^.i;ivc,  a  iri<i;-c>jiiirav.i  was  made, lasting  from  Au^.  7 
to  Jan    I,  during  which  the  C.b'  A.  called  itself  "  official  organ  of  the  Division."     At  the  an- 


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nual  meeting  o.'  the  Division,  Sept.  u.  the  lentiment  was  unanimously  hostile  to  the  "  organ  " 
but  the  contract  was  not  canceled.    The  vote  againct  renewing  it  (taken  by  mail  in  Mar    '86) 
was  a.6  to  „  ;  and  this  probably  had  an  influence  upon  the  Division  officers,  three  months  later 
when  they  declined  to  recognize  any  "  organ  "  whatever,-even  though  the  Wluit  offered  to 
mail  .soocopies  gratuitously,  each  week.     "  The  weekly  circulation  of  Rtcrtation  is  guaranteed 
to  be  at  least  2500  copies."-a  statement  to  that  effect  being  printed  at  the  head  of  its  editorial 
colun.ns,-and  it  is  widely  distributed  by  the  American   News  Co.  among  the  dealers      'u 
chance  for  commanding  a  resi^ctable  sale  at  the  news-sunds  seems  better  than  that  of  the  older 
trade^irculars,  because  its  pictured  front-page  is  more  attractive,  and  its  well-chosen  title  is  cal- 
culated to  conceal  the  predominance  which  cycling  still  holds  in  its  letterpress.    The  archers 
and  tennis  players,  and  patrons  of  what  Mr.  Pratt   used  to  call  "other  polite  athletics,"  and 
lazy  people  who  covet  a  reputation  for  being  in;  rested  in  reading  about  "  breezy,  outdoor  life," 
—are  all  likely  enough  to  be  beguiled,  at  times,  into  squandering  5  c.  on  the  casual  purchase  of 
a  good  looking  picture-paper  with   so  comprehensive  a  name  as  Recrtatton  ;  whereas  none  of 
them   would  admit  to  their  houses  a  mere  "  advertising  sandwich  "  with  so   restrictive  a  title  as 
Wkeel  or  Bi.  H^'o,/J,  or  so  obtrusively  bruUl  a  title  as  Cyc/ist  &•  Athlete.    "  Bad-will  "  rather 
than  "  good-will  "  was  what  th    originators  of  this  title  sold  to  the  men  who  revived  the  luckless 
sheet  at  Newark  in  Novem.        and  though  the  new  owner,  very  soon  improved  the  quality 
of  the  reading  matter,  and  increased  the  circulation  to  "  2500  or  more  copies  each  week  "  (cer- 
tifying to  the  same  by  affidavit),  they  seem  to  have  finally  found  themselves  sinking  beneath  the 
weight  of  their  top-heavy  title.     Its  "  ist  "  and  its  ill-repute  were  like  a  blight  and  an  incubus 
upon  their  best  efforts  at  reform.     The  death  of  that  wild  Western  print  in  Michigan-tbe  only 
other  one  m  America  which  had  presumed  to  court  popular  contempt  by  calling  itself  Cyclist- 
perhaps  helped  to  strengthen  the  popular  desire  that  this  second  '<  ist  "  should  u.   buried  also  ; 
for  the  very  sight  of  it  was  apt  to  arouse  a  sort  of  resentful  memory  of  its  two  bad  bargains  with 
the  League.     The  happy  thought  of  wiping  out  old  score, ,  and  beginning  over  again  as  Vol.  i. 
No.  .  of  Recreation,  is  to  be  accredited  to  J.  W.  Barnes  (b.  Jan.  ,8,  -j;),  the  secreUry  of  the 

t^iZTl  t V  r  p  °'^'=",  '"^  ''"'""''"•  "'^  '"  ^^"'"^  "'  Lafayette  Coll.  in  'So 
a  b  other  of  Prof.  SO.  Barnes,  of  Iowa  Coll..  whom  I  have  q.oted  on  p.  323),  and  has  been 
the  leading  sp.nt  in  the  enterprise  since  its  transfer  to  Newark.  E.  R.  Collins,  of  Summit,  and 
C.  H.Townsend  continue  associated  with  him  in  the  editorship,  though  no  names  of  editor, 
a  e  printed.  ^..r,^,<;„  ,  best  chance  for  financial  success  seems  to  me  to  lie  in  the  direction 
of  reproducing  pictures  enough  to  make  the  paper  sell  at  sight  from  the  newsstands.  The 
use  of  old  cuts  which  belong  .0  Out,„^,  ,he  l^Aeei,  Puck  and  other  papers,  can  be  had  at  slight 
expense;  and.  If  selections  are  judiciously  made,  they  will  be  just  about  as  efficacious  as  new 
ones  m  attracting  the  patronage  of  a  new  generation  of  readers 

'•The  official  gazette  of  the  Canadian  Wheelmen's  Association  and  of  the  C.  T.  C.  in  Canada  " 
has  been  a  sub-title  of  the  C.«.^«.  ^Aeei^„  ,;„,,  .^e  beginning  of  its  s.     .nd  volume  (Oct., 

iSed  bv  th  'r  W  T  '"T"  °'  •''  ""'^^  ^"'"""^  ^^"^•'  '«5)  »>-  i«  been  directly  "pub: 
li^hed  by  the  C.  W.  A  monthly,  at  420  Talbot  st. ,  London,  Ont. ,  and  supplied  to  all  members  : 
subscnption  price  to  others,  |.."    The  editing  d„ring  this  latter  period  has  been  done  by  the 

som^wCb    r""  ■"•  '•  ''"""^  ^'-  '^^^-  *•  '5«>'  "^  '^"^  ■"■  THo^^ Journal,  asJs.ed 

somewhat  by  the  secretary-treasurer.  H.  B.  Donly  (b.  Jan.  ,.  '6,).  of  the  Sinuoe  Reform 
though  heir  names  have  not  been  printed  as  editorr.  The  first  volume  (Sept  '8,  to  Au^T 
pp.  .12)  named  W.  Kingsley  Evans  as  editor,  and  he  announced  in  June  the  pthai  b'y'h  ^l 
self  of  the  interest  of  J.  B.  Dignam.  who  was  named  as  business  manager  during  those  first  niTe 

served  dunng  that  penod,  and  was  then  superseded  by  the  more  dignified  Hesien  which  has 
since  been  m  vog.e.  The  2d  vol.  was  paged  from  .  ,0  .8,  and  publbhed  by  "  the  Wheelman 
Co.,  composed  of  24  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  C.  W.  A.."  with  J  S  Brierlev  as 
secretary-treasurer,  H.  B.  Donly  as  Association  editor,  and  W    K    £-1- -  iL.'.J,        '^^  . 

Sn^'  TT,  *'°"'"="''.f"'l  ^'-  «•  ^^--'  °f  Toronto,  as  assistants.  They  InToun^ed'jn 
September  that  they  were  "  considerably  out  of  pocket  by  their  year's  engagemem  to  provide 


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the  C.  W.  A.  with  an  organ  Subscriptions  have  been  insignificant  in  number,  compelling  the 
company,  in  justice  to  its  advertisers,  to  send  out  many  free  copies.  Apathy  and  indifference 
have  been  shown  by  the  general  membership.  The  H^/uelman  will  not  cease  to  exist,  but  will 
no  longer  be  published  under  the  same  auspices."  Its  issue  had  been  semi-monthly  from  Mav 
to  August,  and  London  h.id  continued  the  publication-place,  as  from  the  outset.  Its  cost  for 
the  year  had  been  about  #600,  and  its  receipts  |ioo  from  subscriptions,  $250  from  advertisements 
and  *96  from  grant  of  C.  W.  A.,— showing  a  loss  of  about  #150,  to  be  divided  among  its  24 
publishers.  The  lattei  declined  to  continu"  '  -.her  year,  even  for  an  increased  subsidy  of 
$200,  and  argued  that  the  C.  W.  A.  might  f-  um  (or  at  most  $250),  send  the  paper  direct 

to  each  member,— its  annual  cost  being  r  _„a  .  $500  by  the  omission  of  the  four  extra 
numbers  of  summer,  and  its  advertising  receipts  increased  by  the  fact  of  its  assured  circula- 
tion among  neariy  ijoo  wheelmen.  Accepting  this  argument,  the  C.  W.  A.  decided  by  mail 
vote  to  be  it:,  own  publisher,  a.id  the  result  was  shown  to  be  satisfactory  by  the  reiort  at  the 
annual  meet  of  ju'.)  i,  '86,  proving  the  net  cost  to  have  been  only  $120.  The  paper  is  well 
printed  and  has  12  pp.,  of  standard  size  (9  by  12  in.),  though  the  rule  for  the  first  seven  issues 
was  8  pp.  The  editorial  work  has  been  done  with  decency  and  soberness— small  space  liavitiR 
been  granted  to  quarrels  or  personal  puffery,  or  sensational  paragraphing— and  contributors  have 
been  encoun-ged  to  supply  solid  facts  of  advantage  to  tourists  and  road-riders.  The  official  re- 
port, showing  that  only  100  subscriptions  were  paid  during  the  second  year  (when  the  editors 
worked  gratuitously,  when  the  C.  W.  A.  gave  official  sanction,  and  when  no  competitor  was 
known  in  the  whole  Dominion  of  Canada)  has  a  suggestive  interest  to  those  who  reflect  upon 
the  probable  support  given  to  such  trade<irculars  in  the  United  States. 

Southern  road-riders  and  tourists  found  their  earliest  effective  exponent  in  the  Southern 
Cyc&r  (monthly,  16  pp.  50:.,  begun  Nov., '84),  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  edited  and  pub'i-ihed  by 
W.  I,.  Surprise  (b.  Dec.  9,  '59),  chief  consul  of  the  League  in  that  .State.  Its  well-engraved 
ornamental  heading  was  assumed  with  No.  7, — previous  to  which  a  block-type  design  had  ai>- 
peared,— and  the  first  four  numbers  comprised  only  12  pp.  each.  The  paper  excels  its  former 
rival,  the  Bicycle,  of  Montgomery,  in  respect  to  typography  ;  and  it  presents  fresh  reports  from 
local  roads  and  excursions,  each  month,  instead  of  "  filling  up  with  general  reprint  matter,"  as 
that  did.  Similar  praise  for  good  typography  and  proper  attention  to  local  interests  must  be 
accorded  to  the  Bicycle  South  (monthly,  16  pp.,  50  c,  begun  Dec.  '84),  published  by  Hunter 
&  Genslinger,  at  116  Gravier  St.,  New  Orleans.  The  issue  of  July,  '86,  prints  the  valedictory 
of  the  min  who  had  served  as  editor  for  15  months,  W.  W.  Crane,  captain  ci  the  N.  O.  B.  C, 
Baying  :  "  From  an  8  p.  sheet  taken  up  by  me  in  May,  '85,  this  paper  has  growm  to  12  and  then 
to  !.6  pp.,  and  I  now  withdraw  from  the  management,  leaving  it  a  sturdy,  healthy  and  paying  in- 
stitution." His  predecessor  was  G.  D.  McNathan,  and  his  successor  is  to  be  Sam  M.  Fatten 
(b.  July  17, '57).  Its  proprietors  are  E.W.  Hunter(b.  iS46)and  Chas.  H.  Genslinger (b.  1855),  who 
»re  selling-agents  for  the  caligraph  and  whose  advertisement  says  :  "  Edited  and  published  by 
wheelmen ;  official  organ  of  the  Louisiana  Division  of  the  League  ;  circulated  and  read  in  ever)- 
Southern  cycliiig  community  ;  live,  progressive,  entertaining,  and  50  c.  per  year.  A  miniature 
bale  of  cotton,  souvenir  of  the  N.  O.  Exposition,  sent  to  each  new  subscriber."  I  am  told  that 
they  profess  to  circulate  1800  copies.  Of  the  initial  letters  in  the  paper's  heading,  the  "  B  "  is 
outlined  by  a  falling  bicycle ;  and  another  one,  ridden  by  a  devil,  forms  the  lower  part  of  the 
"  S," — its  upper  half  being  represented  by  the  tail,  which  curves  over  his  head. 

New  Haripshire  roads  and  tours  get  a  fair  amount  of  attention  in  the  Star  Advocate 
(monthly,  8  pp.,  50  c.  ;  begun  Mar.,  '85^  of  East  Rochester,  N.  H.,  in  so  far  as  any  space  can 
be  spared  from  its  main  purpose  of  advocating  the  American  Star  bicycle  as  the  crowning  tri- 
umph of  mechanical  genius.  This  type  of  safety  machine,  having  the  little  wheel  in  f.  „  .1, 
seems  to  be  a  better  "  coaste-"  th-n  any  other  ;  and  t\\t  Advocate's  neatly-designed  heading 
represents  a  rider  of  it  descending  a  steep  mountain-grade.  I  presume  thic  is  designed  to  com- 
memorate the  exploit  ol  July  16,  '83,  when  "  the  only  successful  coast  down  Mt.  Washington  " 
WS3  taken  Dy  XTt^  editor  sou  puDiisricr,  ii».  ii.  t^orson  \ii,  uci.  iO,  '40 ,  ace  p.  j^^;.  i»y  >'ic  ex- 
clusion of  advertisements  from  the  title-page,  this  paper  ensures  itself  a  more  attractive  appear- 


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ance  than  the  larger  and  more  pretentioui  trade<ircular»  can  boast  of;  and  iu  existence  is  a 
more  remarkable  proof  than  theirs  of  the  genuineness  of   the  cycling  enthusiasm,  inasmuch  as 
Its  entire  literary  support  must  come  from  men  who  are  zealous  for  this  special  sort  of  cycling. 
The  strong  sympathy  wt-ich  all  wheelmen  have  with  oni  another  is  curiously  shown  by  this  fact 
that  a  single  class  of  them  take  pride  in  such  a  medium,  through  which  they  may  tel!  each  other 
hew  much  better  a  machine  the  Star  is  than  all  its  rivals ;  and  though  I  presume  the  H.  li. 
Smith  Machirj  Co.  supply  more  cash  to  the  Advecat*  than  all  its  other  subsciibers,  the  list  of 
these  is  larger  than  one  might  suppose,  considering  the  limitaUons  of  the  field  from  which  they 
must  be  drawn.     Yet  the  issue  of  July,  '86,  admits  the  failure  of  the  attempt  to  increase  them 
greatly  by  trying  a  semi-monlhiy  issue  at  75  c.  during  the  first  quarter  of  the  second  year  ;  and 
says,  rather  despairingly  :  "  We  now  resume  the  monthly,  and,  if   properly  supported,  we  shall 
keep  on;  bat  if  not— good  bye.  Star  Advocate:'    The  editor  issued  in  Jan.,  '83  (ist  ed.  500 
copies,  50  c),  the  "  Star  Rider's  Manual,  an  instruction-book  on  the  use  of  the  American  Star 
bicycle,"  for  the  sale  of  which  he  is  the  chief  New  Eiifiand  agent.     The  id  ed.  (1000  copies  ; 
Mar. ,  '86  ;  118  pp.  of  28,000  words,  weight  3  oz. )  is  double  the  size  of  the  first  and  sells  for  75  c. ; 
and   the  most  readable  thing  added  to  it  is  the  story  of  '"the  coast  down    Mt.  Washington," 
which  asserts  that  the  St.  Louis  trio,  who  afterwards  attempted  the  same  trick  on  ordinary  bic'y- 
cles,  necessarily  failed  of  covering  the  entire  disUnce,  because  of  inability  to  remount  on  the 
steepest  pitches  where  headers  were  taken.     The  book  contains  20  wood-cuts  illustrating  the 
Star,  with  portraits  of  the  author,  and  of  the  inventor,  G.  W.  Pressey,  who  gives  a  hisi.-ry  of  the 
machine  and  incid.ntally  offers  the  opinion  that  "  ball  or  roller  bearings  in  use  on  bicycles  are 
simply  frajds  and  deceptions  "  (p.  .2).     Before  the  AdvocaU  was  started,  Mr.  Corvin  printed 
several  touring  reports  and  other  sketches  in  the  M^ckanU,  "a  monthly  iournal  of  mechanics 
science,  and  literature,"  published  at  Smithville,  N.  J.,  to  advertise  the  various  products  of  the' 
H.  B.  Smith  Machine  Co.     Iu  issue  of  Sept.,  '83,  was  the  566th  ("  Vol.  13,  No.  8  "). 

The  monthly  Amtrican  Whttlman,  of  St.  Louis,  h.,s  sent  two  specimens  for  review    in 
answer  to  my  request.     Its  initial  number  (Aug.,  '85)  was  a  single  sheet,  13  by  20  in.,  priced  at 
10  c,  but  I  infer  that  all  the  later  ones  have  been  double  sheets,  priced  at  5  c    for  that  is  the 
description  of  the  Jan.  issue.     It  differs  in  shape  from  the  older  circulars  of  the  cycling  trade 
for  Its  general  appearance  is  that  of  a  country  newspaper,  of  coarse  typography,  with  five  lone 
columns  ,0  the  page.-the  final  one  being  given  to  advertise-.ents,  in  letters  .bout  an  inch  hi^h 
The  publication  office  is  at  5.6  Olive  St.,  and  the  price  50  c.  a  year.     It  announced  L.   C    S 
Ladish  as  editor,  and  J    T    Smith  as  business  manager,  though  the  latter's  half-iuterest  was 
purchased  in  July.  '86,  by  J.  S.  Rogers  (b.  Aug.  ,9,  '64),  chief  consul  for  Missouri.     Its  salu- 
tatory said  :      To  a  arge  number  of  w-.eelmen  we  are  already  personally  known  as  a  journalist. 
That  we  shall  be  thoroughly  successful  in  our  endeavor  is  already  assured     •    •    Our 
paper  is  not,  and  never  will  be,  an  advertising  sheet,  nor  is  it  in  any  way  connected  with  bicycle 
jobbers,  or  anything  of  a  sir.ilar  character.     •    •    One   regu'ar  feature  will  be  portraits  of  our 
fast  or  eminent  riders,  and  pictures   illustr-ti-.  -  of  interesting  touring  papers."    The   touring 
pai^rsin  the  January  number  were  reprinted,  without  credit,  from  the  Bi.  IVorld,  forwhich  Cola 
K.  Stone  w^ote  them  in  '83.    The  quality  of  the  editorial  paragraphs  may  be  shown  by  the  follow- 
ing specn.  .  :      In  the  course  o    our  journalistic  experie-.cc  we  have  met  with  all  kinds  of  f-  ee- 
advertising  fiends,  but  must  admit  that  for  consummate  gall  Karl  Kron  can  give  them  all  a  handi- 
..p  and  still  come  m  winner.     We  don't  object  to  giving  '  literacy  fellows '  a  little  encouragement, 
bu   we  draw  the  line  at  free  adverti-^ments  '  to  be  kept  standing  indefinitely.'     The  cLbina! 
tior.  of  gigantic  gall  and  refreshing  ruiiveti  which  prompts  Karl  to  write  that  '  it  cost,  us  noth- 
mg    IS  amusing.     Space,  dear    Kari,  is  a  newspaper  man's  rea'   estate,  and  if   you  v-ant  any  of 
ours  v„u  must  pay  for  it  at  our  regular  and  unvarying  rates.     You  may  mention  in  your  l^k 
that  we  are    over  seven."    This  was  in  response  to  my  general  request  (which  nearly  all  the 
other  ttade  papers  complied  with),  that  the  names  and  prices  of  «// cycling  books  in  the  market 
should  be  occasionally  announced  as  a  matter  of  news  and  good  business-nolic-v.  fnr  ,),.  .,..., 
r..,.w>  uiKcu  -t  the  op.  „ng  ot  the  present  chapter.     The  final  words  of  the  quotation  allude  to 
my  suggestion  that  I  desired  to  print  '  ere  the  exict  ages  of  all  the  cycling  editors.    [Since  the 


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foregoing  was  put  in  type,  I  have  seen  several  notices  of  the  paper  for  Aug.,  '86,  compliment- 
ing  its  improved  typography  and  in  cliange  in  shape  to  the  sundard  9  by  12  in.  page.  It  is  also 
reported  to  have  "  absorbed  "  both  the  Sontlum  Cydir  and  the  BicycU  Smth.  Rumor  from 
California  says  that  a  new  monthly,  the  Pacific  Whetlman,  is  about  to  appear  at  San  Kran- 
cisco.  Springfield,  Ms.,  also  sends  out  in  Sept.  the  BicycU  Herald  (monthly,  4  pp.,  ,5  c.;,  ed 
by  Kev.  H.  A.  King,  to  herald  his  new  safety  bicycle.     It  is  "  pub.  by  the  Evangtlut  Co. "J 

The  Vermont  Bicycle,  "  divoted  to  good  roads,  healthful  recreation  and  the  wheel  interest  " 
is  of  the  same  siie  and  shape  as  the  St.  Louis  sheet  first  described,  though  its  "  hand-bill  type  " 
is  rather  more  pronounced.  The  seven  monthly  numbers,  Apr.  to  Oct.,  '86,  are  sent  for  25  c  • 
and  1  suppose  the  plan  is  to  supply  seven  similar  issues  in  '87  and  later  years  ^t  the  same  rate! 
"  A  copy  is  maiLd  to  every  post-office  and  every  League  member  in  the  State  ;  and  a  column 
advertisement,  17}  by  aj  in.,  costs  only  I3."  V.  ...  issued  at  West  Randolph,  Vt.,  by  L.  P. 
Thayer,  dealer  in  cycles,  who  also  publishes  the  weekly  Herald  &•  A'ews.  The  praiseworthy 
continence  of  Chicago,  in  failing  to  foist  a  representative  journalistic  bantling  into  "  that  large 
and  struggling  family  called  the  American  cycling  press,"  is  probably  due  to  the  early  adopticn 
of  a  local  weekly,  the  Mirror  0/ American  Sports,  as  "  ofiicial  organ  of  the  Illinois  Division." 
In  June,  '86,  this  paper  succumbed  to  the  weight  of  its  name,  and,  though  briefly  revived  in 
July,  as  the  "  Pastime  Gaxette,  a  mirror  of  American  sports,"  its  suspension  sufficed  to  cause  a 
transferof  the  "  League  organship  "  to  its  hated  rival,  the  Sporting  Cj- Theatrical  Journal.  The 
editor  of  this,  Sam  Miles,  is  an  enthusiastic  wheelman,  ?nd  he  celebrated  the  happy  event  by 
adding  "  and  tVestem  Cycler  "  to  the  heading  of  his  paper,  thougli  the  full  title  is  not  repeated 
on  the  running  headlines.  Of  the  12  pp.  (13  by  18  in.),  about  2}  pp.  are  given  to  cycling,  in  the 
specimen  copy  f'pm  which  I  write  this  notice.  I  have  never  seen  a  specimen  of  the  St.  Louis 
weekly,  t!ie  Spectator,  which  is  said  to  give  much  space  to  wheeling.  "  Tail-  Talk,  a  Western 
weekly  society  and  family  journal,  and  official  organ  for  the  Iowa  Division,  L.  A.  W,,"  adver- 
tises itself  thus,  for  |i.so,  at  Oltumwa ;  and  I  have  previously  alluded  to  the  Ingteside,  San 
Francisco,  as  "  organ  of  the  California  Division."  The  Sportsman,  of  Pittsburg,  the  Sporting 
Life,  of  Philadelphia,  the  halt  dozen  sporting  weeklies  of  New  York,  and  the  similar  prints  In 
several  smaller  cities,  have  regular  departments  devoted  to  cycle  racing  ;  and  a  "  cycling  colun;n  " 
is  also  a  fixture  in  many  of  the  special  Sunday  papers,  and  in  several  of  the  prominent  dallies  at 
stated  intervals.  A  long  "  exchange  list  of  journals,  thus  giving  prominence  to  the  wheel  "  was 
kept  standing  thrcj^h  many  issues  of  the  ff«/^r« 'Cyf/Zx/,  and  it  was  about  the  only  original 
feature  in  that  defunct  handbill  which  I  can  record  to  ito  credit.  The  great  amount  of  space 
accorded  by  the  outside  press  to  the  pastime  seems  to  ensure  that  the  literary  quality  of  its  spe- 
ci;.l  trade<irculars  should  always  be  weak  and  diluted.  There  can  never  again,  it  seems  to  me, 
be  any  sr.ch  concentration  of  effort  and  enthusiasm  as  would  suffice  to  produce  so  good  a  journal 
as  the  Bi.  World  of  '79-80  ur  the  Wheelman  of  '82-83. 

American  Cycling  Books  and  Pamphlets. 
Among  books  which  are  nc  longer  in  the  market,  the  most  important  is  liie  "American  Hicy- 
cler  :  a  manual  for  the  oh<;erver,  the  learner  and  the  experi,"  some  account  of  which  lias  been 
given  on  p.  504,  by  i's  author,  C  E.  Pratt  (b.  1845).  The  ist  ed.  (Mar.,  '79;  2000  copies  at 
■  %\  ;  60,000  words)  had  211  pp.  and  19  wood-cuts,  together  with  a  heliotype  of  the  Columbia  bl. 
The  latter,  and  the  wood-cut  frontispiece,  were  omitted  from  the  2d  ed.  (June,  '80;  3000  copies 
at  50  c. ',  whose  appendix  of  new  matter  raised  the  total  pages  to  261,  but  which  was  other- 
wise identical  with  the  firtt.  The  2d  ed.  was  '  printed  for  the  author  by  Rockwell  &  Churchill," 
whereas  the  first  bore  the  i uprint  of  the  Riverside  Press,  though  the  electrotypes  were  made  by 
C.  J.  Peters  &  Son.  A  little  picture  on  p.  126  gives  a  fairly  good  idea  of  the  author's  appear- 
ance on  the  road.  His  money-profit  on  the  5000  books  was  less  than  $200,  but  the  circulation 
of  so  great  a  number  rewarded  him  at  1  ;ast  with  the  consciousness  of  exercising  a  definite  In- 
fluence  upon  the  "  tone  "  of  wheeling.     It  was  a  very  fortunate  thing  for  the  dignity  and  re- 


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r^«     littlA    s/^K/^Iarrhln    cKrtiiM   thll<;  at 


the  outset  compile  a  manual  with  such  care  and  good  judgment  as  to  render  it  an  authority,  and 


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hereby  prevent  .he  produc.on  of  r^ashy  and  slipshod  books  by  incompetent  h,«l,  Th.  Hi^ 
nbutmn  of  several  hundred  copies  among  the  newspaper  offices  and  liberies  by  ^e  Pol  m/ 
Co  made  u  poss.ble  for  every  wr.ter  on  the  press  .0  have  a  well-indexed  ^InlrH  f  T  *' 
wuhn,  easy  reach  ;  and  this  fact  helped  greatly  in  fix.ng  "  Tc  c  er " as  s  tmenca'n  " 
m  preference  to  such  forms  as  "  cyclist  "  and  '' wheelis.  '•  ^V^TL  ?  ,  Amencan  usage, 
have  given  currency  to.  and  have'even  per^^led  Lm  'ca^l  s^  the  s  ang-lov.ng  KngHshmen 
-hey  would  say.  "  revis..s  ")  in  th.s  country  to  bols^up  b7  ^"r  "tj  hoTv'"  T  A    "•  " 

...  calling  a  walker  a  "  walkist."  a  skater  a  "  skat.st."  aTwTlt  a  -   s.     J^^^^  :;':rr 
Of  cour..,  there  are  some  of  our  educated  writers  who  ioin  forces  with  the  mnh    f   I,  \ 

and  igno.ant  ones,  m  giving  vogue    to  the  hissine  "  ist  •'   Jrl      ,  .  'll-trau.ed 

Phonious  and  dignified '■  er.-.-.rnd  perhaps  the  tende:;  .0  Tir  ••'":;::  .ih'.'^  ""'"'  '"• 
.nay  at  la.t  result  in  a  semi-suppression  of  the  better  form.     ThT    o^   h';^  hi  hid      ""'' 
v.me  httle  currency  in  England,  by  the  usage  of  writers  whi  elrs  are  fit  ^.t"  'thLTn'"' 

^wc^"=;;-r^:-t;za.;^^^ 
2-t:r::r;:^::----r^^^^^^ 

otherclaims  toa  Place  in  every  reference-libfary.  is  also  I^TIZ^^^'JI^,  Z^ 
self  prepared  for  the  S,  ,r.r^,  i„  „sponse  lo  the  au^^l  t^rr;  .^^  t^Uec:  H^'  '  ""'' 

words)  were  published  by  J.  P  Burbank  at  Snl^,^  M,  ,  ,"^'  '"\  "  U3S  PP- of  4  ,,000 
i..  paper  Both  had  a  nla^tvpo^a^'^^L^:!:::^;^^:^  ^ --;:-'-;^  -  c. 
a  areer   n.i^e  and  tutv      Ti-«  <>        i-  .  ^  «"  mc  ciiu.     me  second  issue  iisine 

ser     a,e  and  type.     The     cyclmg  romance"  which  gave  a  title  to  this  '8.  hn.v  u 

an  ideal  wheel."  and  I  think  the  resi  of  -h.  "^""^  '""P''"'^  "  .^peciik,uions  for 

r.view  of  the  '^  mechanic ^  a:^^;:::^  i::^ ::f  Z  iT ^^^^H!.  J^n  '''"'  7'^'''  ' 
'  on  account  of  havine  done  the  work  „f  •,  ^  allowance  for  errors, 

effusion  of  the  busie'st'rut-itrn    s^tl^rtrStt'''  ^'"^'  ''l  "''''''-  ^^ 
limited  time  which  could  be  given  to  the  WW        7  /  expressed  regret  that  the 

•al^en  in  great  part  from  the  En,,  "h  "    s,  ^  '"  '"""  '*  ""^"^  '"""  ''^""'  •"»»-• 

i...  the  "  Bicycle  Boom  "   S   Mar  "    i  7  ""  h  "%"  °'  '""  ""'  "  "^  ^""'  '■■■^'■"^- 
^how  the  spirit  of  cvcline  be».;  ih  t'  '^^  '^'•."''°^<=  Tenn.sonian  swing  seems  to  me  ,0 

Mr.  Burbank's  review  memtned  as'.^  "'  1        Tf '""'  '"'='"•'*  "•^'^''  ''^''  ^""^^  '"  -^  "--• 

^""""'^*'' 's  the  most  notabe  eye  n-v  book  •\..<i.pr1  In  •<.    "in-       1    -n 
'"  England  and  Wales,    made  in  79  by  the  pre,ident    A    n   r^  !,,  .       B.cvcle  Tour 

Sl'arp,  jr.,  of  the  Suffolk  R   r     ,  J^'  ">^  "'^P^=■'"'«"••  A.   D.  Chandler,   and  captain.   J.    C. 

■t'-t ..  pp.  „i  ,„„  p.p„.-,h.  ,di,„, .,  .hi.H  ,, . .,.,  H"l"'.!.';„*^*'-..'' ":  ">'.!"«™<i 

...  .he  front  rank  of  all  books  of    S^ve   "     These  C"      '"-'"'--  -  P'^cing  it 
^u«,     o,  loreign  travel.       These  alhertype  pictures  account,  I  suppose, 


11' 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


lof  it»  high  price  and  lestricted  sale.  The  Whtelman  of  Oct.,  '8a,  advertised  it  at  $3,  but 
dropped  the  rate  to  |i  in  Jan  .As  regards  the  earliest  book  of  American  cycling  verse,  "  I.vra 
Bicyciica,"  by  J.  G.  Dalton  (b.  iSiS),  the  author's  own  descriptive  advertiRement  may  \k  ft.u.icl 
on  p.  505,  in  connection  with  his  wiieeling  biography,  but  his  address  has  been  changed,  since 
that  page  was  printed,  to  36  St.  James  av. ,  the  new  home  of  the  Ik>ston  B  C.  Postal  notes 
for  75  c.  should  be  sent  to  him  there  by  those  who  wish  the  revised  ed.  of  '85  ("  Sixty  I'oft.  '• 
pp.  160),  though  he  can  a'so  supply  it  in  flexible  binding  for  50  c,  and  the  iir.;;inal  cd.  of  '80 
("  Kurty  Poets,"  pp.  110)  for  20  c.  E.  C.  Hodges  &  Co.  are  the  nominal  |  u'-'ishers.  Tlie 
book  is  electrotyped  and  printed  in  attractive  shape  by  Rand,  Avery  &  Co.,  a.id  is  well  worth 
its  price  to  any  wheelman  who  has  a  taste  for  literary  curicsilies.  The  worst  thing  alxuit  it  is  ,-■ 
prefatory  remark  that  "  the  incorrect  termination,  as  in  cycler,  was  too  common  o  .eclifv  in  .ill 
the  i.mtc-.  but  it  does  not  occur  in  the  later  pieces;  "  for  this  shows  that,  thoi.c;h  the  aiitluir 
originally  had  a  true  ear  for  euphony,  he  lacked  the  courage  to  defend  it  in  his  id  ^d.,— simply 
because  there  had  meanwhile  appeared  a  "revised  dictionary,"  into  wnich  some  c.-.-se-hartkncd 
hack,  who  knew  nothing  about  the  prevalent  American  usage,  had  carele«=ly  in  erpolatid  "cy- 
c\ist  "  as  the  correct  kibosh.  More  ornate  than  the  unique  collection  of  this  eiii^rly  lioston 
bard,  whom  the  shadow  of  a  dictionary  "  revisist  "  so  thoroughly  scared,  was  the  "  elcR.ir.t 
quarto  volume,  bound  in  blue  silk  cloth,  with  side-stamp  in  gilt  and  silver  "  which  a  sprightly 
young  New  Vorker  issued  in  July,  '84,  with  the  title,  "  Wheel  Songs  ;  poems  of  bicycling." 
The  80  pp.  carried  nearly  50  engravings,  many  of  which  had  appeared  in  Outing  with  the  ac- 
companying text,  and  the  advertisements  described  this  as  "  sentimental  and  humorous."  The 
price  was  f  1.75,  and  the  publiihcis  were  White,  Stokes  &  Allen,  of  1S2  ""ifth  avenue,  who,  in 
ohoring  me  the fclectrotypes  (Dec.  11,  '85),  at  a  very  low  rate,  said  the  volume  was  then  entirely 
out  of  print.  I  see,  ho-vever,  that  copies  are  still  advertised  for  sale  at  the  office  of  Outing. 
The  author  was  S.  Conant  Foster (d.  Mar.  8,  '85,  x.  31),  known  among  his  friends  as  the  "poet 
wheelman,"  who  learned  to  ride  the  bicycle  in  '79,  wos  manager  of  the  original  wheel  agency  at 
"  No.  791  "  during  the  Wriijht  ownership,  and  was  then,  for  the  four  years  ending  with  his 
death,  in  the  employ  of  the  firm  who  make  the  Otis  elevators.  Another  notably  elegant  volume, 
which,  as  a  specimen  of  the  typographic  art,  stands  far  superior  t(  anything  yet  projected  in  the 
shape  of  cycling  literature  in  any  part  of  the  world,  is  "  Rhymes  of  the  Road  and  River,  by 
Chris.  Wheeler '' (pp.  154,  $2),  pri.-.ted  and  published  at  Philadelphia,  in  Nov.,  'S5,  by  E. 
Stanley  Hart  &  Co.,  printers  of  the  L.  A.  If^.  Bulletin.  The  pages  are  gilt-edged,  7  by  8}  in. 
in  siz"-,  and  of  a  luxurious  sort  of  paper,  almost  as  ck  "is  cardboard.  There  are  no  disfiguring 
advertisements,  and  no  illustrations,  but  th^re  is  a  1  on  amental  side-stamp,  of  gold  and  bl.ick, 
upon  the  cover,  which  is  of  olive-green  muslin  and  is  beveled,  and  it  exhibits  the  following  sub- 
title :  "  Cent  Oars  and  Broken  Spokes,  bent  and  broken  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic."  The 
title-page  also  shows  that  tic  "  rh^-mes  "  are  classed  under  these  four  divisions  :  "  La\s  of  Lan- 
caster Pike:  Songs  of  A.z  Schuylkill  River;  B';nt  Oars  and  Broken  Spokes;  Cycling  I'ab 
Ballads."  The  preface,  dated  Sept.  20,  holds  the  author's  friends  responsible  for  the  production 
of  the  book  ;  and  the  editors  of  the  cycling  press,  to  which  many  of  the  pieces  had  been  contrib- 
uted, gave  it  a  friendly  welcome.  The  author's  real  name  is  Arthur  Henry  Mac  Owen  (b.  iS6i\ 
whose  first  five  years  were  spent  in  Boston,  and  who  has  been  a  Philadelphian  only  since  'St, 
the  intermediate  or  educational  period  being  acCTedited  to  Dublin  ;  for  his  parents  are  of  Irish- 
Scotch  ancestry.  He  has  written  many  pieces  in  advocacy  of  the  pleasures  of  touring  (usin_', 
the  signattire  "  Ninon  Neckar  ■'  as  v.ell  as  "  Chris.  Wheeler  "),  has  printed  "  Steel  Wings,  a 
romance  of  the  road,  in  ten  chapters,"  in  the  Phila.  Cyc.  Record,  and  he  supplies  a  page  of 
"jottings"  f 01- each  monthly  Wheelmen's  Gnzttte.  The  latter  journal  also  printed  in  advance 
(May,  '85)  a  specimen  chapter  of  "  In  and  .\roi.nd  Cape  Ann  :  a  hand-book  of  C'"'.:cestcr, 
Mass.,  and  its  immediate  vicinity,  for  the  whe'-lman  tourist  and  the  summer  visitor,  with  eleven 
illustrations,  printed  at  the  Caf^  Ann  Advertiser  office."  The  volume  contains  100  pp.  of 
c'^out  3o,cx»  words,  is  well  printed  and  nea.ly  bound  in  cloth,  and  is  mailed  for  postal-note  of 

t-      -u  --  J  t,V    t-    _     T    !-—  C    "'^U'  .,-    t-    ,'V.     TT-i-     -     •-C\    ........  .t  ..f  jV.-  J'     T*    i^      T^v'^. 

75  C.  Dy  tTiC  uutnor  anc  piitj:t3T;cr,  jcnn  n.  it  cciDcr,  jr.  vc  r  ci^,  i,    5.";.  ct:::r.u:  *.•:  :""  '^     1    *.  ■ 

for  the  past  eleven  years  book-keeper  and  clerk  of  the  Cape  Ann  Savings  Bank.  51  M.iin  s;., 


I 


LITER  A  TURE  OF  THE  WHEEL. 


^7S 


Gloucester.     A  pioneer  rider  of  'r^  he  had  printed  many  newspaper  .ketches  about  wheelin, 
before  he  began  wntinR  this  guide-book  in  the  winter  of  '»y^.      kesun.ing   work  upon  it  in  the 
winter  of  '84-5,  be  completed  the  task  in  July  and  publish..d  in  August.     The  edition  was  ,,50 
copies,  and  the  sale  was  so  good  that,  though  rot  electrutyi«;d,  a  new  and  greatly  enlarKed  ed 
IS  to  be  issued  u.  June,  '87.     Unsolicited  orders  for  ,00  copies  were  received  before  the  book 
.appeared  (chiefly  as  a  result  of  the  sixjcimen  chapter,  before  mentioned) ;  about  100  were  givt 
away  to  newspaper  editors  and  others ;  and  a  large  share  of  the  ed.iion  was  «,ld  to  sun  ner 
VI...     ,  at  (;.     The  10  pp.  of  advenisemeiits  brought  in  ^iSj.     1  am  indebted  to  this  author  for 
freely  advertising  my  own  book  upon  his  labels  and  circulars ;  and  my  list  -{  "other  cycling  pub- 
hcations  "  was  also  impressed  by  him  j,x,n   1000  of    the  latter.     In   regard  to  "  Wheels  and 
Whims."  caflogued  on  a  previous  page,  t;«//«^  sjMke  as  follows  (July,  'S4,  p  307)  •  "  In  this 
the  tncyde  score,  its  f^rst  novel.     It  is  an  animated  little  story  of  four  young  women  on  a  tricy- 
cle trip  from   Hartford  to  the  ocean,  with  many  movii.g  girlish  adventures  u,  flood  and  by  field 
A  good  H  al  of  romance  is  interwoven,  and  it  ends  in  a  double  wedding  m  the  most  blissful 
style.     It  IS  not  the  work  of  a  skillful  writer,  and  the  illustrations  a'e  saddening;  but  it  is  an 
amusing  story    notwithstanding.     •     •      The  experienced   wheelman   will  of   course   not  rely 
upon  the  reported  roads,  which  are  in  fact  too  sandy  for  the  excursions  which  the  author's  imairi- 
nat^ion  has  made  over  them,"     The  Br  HW/J  said  (July  4,  p.  .52)  :  "  The  boo|-  :s  very  breezy 
and  the  sto  y  i,  well  told.     The  illustrations  detract  from  the  excellence  of  the  work  " 

'■  Wheelmen's  Reference  Book  "  (.May,  '86 ;  pp.  ,83  and  adv.  pp.  ,7 ;  pric  50  c.  in  paper 
and  $t  in  cloth  ;  published  by  Ducker  &  Coodman,  at  Hartford,  Ct.),  has  pages  almost  ex- 
actly  the  same  sue  as  this  present  one  and  rs  also  manufactured  by  the  S  -ingfield  Printing  to 
from  the  same  brevier  type  used  in  my  earUer  chapters.  The  superintendent  of  that  company 
IS  one  of  the  publishers,  and  the  other  is  Henry  (loodman  (b.  Nov.  27,  '60),  widely-known  as  the 
inventor  of  the  patent  cycling  score-cards  which  are  sold  at  all ,"  e  chief  race-meetings.  A  wood- 
engraved  portrait  of  Col.  Albert  A,  Pope  covers  a  page  a.  the  front  of  the  book,  and  i,  followed 
byabnef  biography;  and  the  heads  of  eight  other  men  connected  with  the  trade  supply  ma- 
tenal  for  two  pages  of  tinted  lithographs.  There  are  ten  such  lithographed  sheets  inserted,  but 
p  P  »  v^lr^J"^'  "u  "'  ^'"  '•'^^'''"'-'he  frontispiece  being  given  to  League  officers  :  C 
E.  Pran,  N.  M.  Beckwith  A^  Hassett.  I  P.  Kendall  and  C.  H.  Potter.  The  ^tourist  page  " 
shows  T.  Stevens,  H.  J.  High,  B.  B.  Avers,  C.  A.  Hazlett  and  W.  W.  .Stall;  tie  -  profe^ 
sional  page,"  R.  Howell,  J.  S.  ^Prince,  F.  Wood,  W.  M.  Woodside  and  R.  A  Neilson  h" 
"  Enghsh  amateur  page,"  P.  Fumiva.l,  R.   H.  English,  M.  V.  J.  Webber,  R.  Crip^r  n'd  R 

K^tT  R   R  VT  T'r  '"  'T  •"  "  '""'=''""  '"'''''"'  "■■    (■'  E-  P-  Burnham,  C.  E. 

P    r-\    M    »",/      c      ^"^'PP^-'d  ■'•  ''■  Hitchcock;  (a)  G.  M.    Hendee,  E.  F.  I^i  dv   F 

R.  Cook,  N^  H^Van  Sicklen  and  W.  C.  Marvin  (d.  '86);  (3)  F.  F.  Ives,  W.  H.  Huntlev    D 

E.  Hunter   L.  D^Munger  and  W.  A.  Rhodes ;  (4)  W.  A.  Rowe,  L.  B.  Hamilton.  W.  E.  Cri" 

G.  t   Weber  and  L.  A.  Miller.     Pictures  and  descriptions  of  ,9  machines  which  have  a  lend! 

ing  place  ,n  the  .Wncan  market  occupy  as  many  pages,  and  are  followed  by  the  League  racing 

-es,anda   '  club  director,- "  which  names  3,,  clubs,  alphabetically  by  States  and  .owns,  and 

he  secretary  of  each.     An  alphabe.ica,  list  of  554  A;nericans  who  have  competed  in  races  gives 

e  residence  of  each,  and  is  followed  by  brief  biographies  of  ,67  of  them,  an"^  of  .8  others  Z 

e  prominent  as  tourists    Leag-     officers  or  tradesmen.     These  biographies  cover  44  pp.  and 

xh.bit  the  subject'.,  birthday  m  nearlv  every  case.     The  next  .0  pp.  give  mv  own  sketch  of  the 

League  and  a  list  of      free  railroads."     "  Chronology  of  '85,"  a  hodge-podge  calendar  of  sligh 

^alue,  covers    .  pp.,  and  is  followed  by  "  Comparative  Cycling  Records,"  ,4  pp.,  of  fine  t^ 

carefully  :  ..uiated.     The  final  feature  in  the  book  is  a  list  of  390  "  agents  and  dealers  in  the  U 

Sairanged  by  States  and  towns.     "Touring"  and  "  training  "  are  treated  of  very  brieflv  by 

B.B   Avers  and  C.  L.  Meyers  ;  and  there  are  25  pp.  of  •'  filling,"  called  "  opinions  of  leading 

men     (copied  from  the   Popes'  advertising  scrap-book),  which  exhibit  in  brief  paragraphs  the 

various  advantage  nf  <-,-^i;t,™       a    ...u  j v.,  ,       ,  .      .  1        J-  "l'"'  '"c 


BB  various  advantages  of  cycling.     A  well-drawn  lithoar^Dh 


...t T 


'■■Idwood,  is  impt^ssed  upon^he  crver  in  blue  andorange  7atid"^  page  of'"  addll^oiir'^!?  <^ 
ctions     forms  the  append-x.    The  preface  says  that  less  than  half  the  600  racing  men  filled 


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out  the  blanks  which  were  tent  to  them,  requesting  itatistiral  details ;  and  that  only  60  dea'en 
took  the  trouble  to  make  returns,— which  ensured  them  a  Iree  advcnismcnt,— thuugh  blanks 
were  sent  to  413.  The  book  wci^hi.  7  ui.  and  has  no  index.  It  was  planned  chiefly  fur  sale  ai 
the  racing  meets,  alongside  of  the  "  official  score-cards,"  which  have  |>r<ivc<l  quite  prufiuble  in 
the  publisher ;  and  i.  circulation  u(  5000  was  guaranteed  to  the  advertisers,  who  were  charged  I7  j 
a  page.     The  trade  price  to  dealers  is  jo  c.  a  copy. 

Another   notable  issue  of   May,   '86,  is  "  My  Cycling   Log  Hook:   a   memorandum  of  lh( 

num'oer  of  miles  traveled  by ,  with  such  notes  of   roads,  routes,  occasion'  and  incidenu 

on  the  way  as  may  be  convenient  or  interesting  for  reference  by  the  owner.  Method  by  K.  W 
Weston.  Boston:  C  H.  Whiting,  publisher,  iM  Devonshire  tt.;  price,  $1.25  "  This  is  bound 
in  flexible  leather,  weiiihs  8  oz.,  is  i  in.  thii.i;  and  ;)  by  5  in.  11  size.  A  printed  hcadiiif;  for 
"  daily  record  "  rui.<  lengthwise  across  il.c  edge  of  each  left-hand  page,  and  the  ruling  is  p.irallcl 
to  this,  giving  a  sneet  :  >  ir..  long,  with  jj  lines  to  write  upon.  There  are  72  of  these  blank  sheets 
in  the  book,  and  at  its  end  is  a  page  ruled  to  contain  monthly  totals  and  anoi  her  to  contain  yearly 
totals,  "  by  the  echelon  method,"  from  '77  to  '90  inciusi'  t.  In  dcr  ihat  there  may  be  no  niis- 
take  about  using  these  blanks,  "  filled  "  specimen',  are  printed  at  the  opening  of  the  bixik,  with 
a  few  words  of  directions,  preface  and  dedication.  "The  exclusive  right  of  adveriisinR  in  the 
first  5000 copies  has  been  purchased  by  the  Overman  Wheel  Co.,  who  beg  to  call  your  attention 
to  the  last  page."  This  phrase  stands  opposite  the  title,  in  small  type;  and  the  last  page,  in 
larger  tyi)e,  exhibits  the  following  :  "  The  Victor  bicycle  is  the  most  popular,  because  ir.  nin- 
ning  it  is  the  easiest,  in  construction  it  is  the  most  costly,  and  yet— in  price  it  is  the  most  reason- 
able«  Whether  the  machine  justifies  th^se  superlatives  ■  "eave  without  fear  to  our  customers. 
Send  for  our  new  illustrated  catalogue  to  181  Columbus  ^  .,  Boston."  I  am  giad  thus  '  give 
a  "  free  ad."  to  the  man  whose  appreciaiion  of  my  own  toilsome  effort  to  put  money  in*  >  the 
pockets  of  every  bicycle  dealer  in  Amerira  was  shown  by  his  offer  lO  pay  a  monthly  subsiiy  of 
^3$  if  the  H'keelmen  s  Gazette  would  simply  refrain  from  printing  any  allusions  to  me  or  the 
progress  of  my  bonk  ;  and  as  regards  Mr.  Westoi/s  c-.«'n  effort  to  render  the  keeping  of  wheel 
revxirdi  more  eai;  ind  attractive,  I  only  wish  it  was  in  my  power  to  compel  every  rider  in  the 
country  to  buy  a  >.  ,py  of  the  "  log,"  ixjst  it  at  the  close  o.'  every  ride,  and  mail  to  me  a  copy  of 
its  monthly  table  it  the  close  of  every  year  !  Siipplen-.^nti.rv  to  the  foregoing — or,  if  need  be,  a 
substitute  for  it— is  "  Batchelder's  Record  Book,"  for  imnp  liate  use  upon  the  road.  It  was  is- 
sued in  Mar.,  '84,  at  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  by  C.  D.  lUtcheldci  (l  Nov.  22,  '57),  who  began  riding 
Aug.  17,  '82,  as  the  pioneer  tourist  of  the  White  ..-Itn.  region,  and  whose  mileage  was  4000, it  the 
close  of  '85.  It  weighs  3  oz.  and  has  4:4  leaves,  of  which  every  second  one  is  ruled  on  the  left 
to  contain  a  tabulated  memorandum  ;  and  special  directions  for  using  this,  with  convenient  ab- 
breviations for  roads  and  weather,  are  printed  at  the  outset.  Each  leaf  is  the  sii.e  of  a  post.il- 
card,  and  such  c.irds  with  the  tabular  ruling  printed  upon  them  are  furnished  by  the  publisher 
for  1  c.  each.  In  recommending  this  excellent  little  fxjcket  book  to  the  attention  of  every  rider, 
I  urge  in  particular  that  lonp;-distance  tourists,  who  wish  to  put  their  friends  (or,  let  me  say,  cer- 
tain cycling  editors)  in  prompt  possession  of  an  authenticated  record  of  the  country  gone  over, 
should  buy  a  lot  of  these  cards  to  use  with  the  book.  The  latter's  daily  table  could  be  copied 
,pon  a  card,  each  night,  with  but  a  minimum  of  trouble,  and  sent  off  by  the  first  mail.  'Ihe 
book  is  bound  with  a  lap  to  protect  the  edges,  and  its  price  is  30  c.  in  cloth  ;  50  c.  in  roan  leather 
(with  pocket  and  pencil  loop),— a  discount  of  10  p.  c.  being  given  on  orders  for  6 or  more.  'Ihe 
publisher  says  :  "A  page,  when  properly  filled,  gives  the  names  of  all  places  visited;  cyclom. 
at  starting  and  stopping  ;  distance  between  the  places ;  time  of  starting  and  stopping  ;  time  of 
wheeling  from  one  place  to  any  other;  length  of  rests  and  stops  by  the  way  ;  time  spent  at  each 
recorHing  place  ;  condition  of  roads  and  weather  all  along  the  route,  etc.  At  a  glance  are  shown 
total  aistance,  total  time,  total  rests,  and  net  riding  time.  Blank  pages  interleaved  give  nmiile 
room  for  remarks.  One  hook  is  large  enough  to  record  a  month's  touring,  and  will  serve  a  sea- 
son for  most  wheelmen."  Somewiiat  cheaper  than  this,  and  having  the  advantage  of  ofScial 
sanction,  is  H.  5.  Wood's  ''  Blank  Koad-Book,  aa  iidupicu  by  i'cuii.  aoU  K.  j.  ;  crsi^rca  :'t 
the  combined  uses  of  correspondence  and  publication,"  which  contains  125  blanks  of  the  same 


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«77 


WM  announced  (or  po»s,l,ie  publication  in    \Iar     'S.    hv   I  ,      ,      ^  *  »core-book  - 

i».e  or  Hi,  ..  annua,,.  ,Ka.  L..  .Im  ^^f^  ^li^^i^  ^lu  ic:"  rS'i:;:;"' 
wluch  no  one  seem,  to  have  clone,  for  no  book  was  >ssu.<l  '  "P'" 

(Apr''"'s7 ,;*:;;/"''■'"'''''•  ""  ""T'r  ""'  °'  ""=  ''•^"="^'"  Wheeln,an'sAs«Kia,ion 
(Apr,    84     pp.  ..S     9.0  copies,  50  c),  wh.ch  I   have  fully  described  on  p.  330      A  i,ew  ed     of 

a  different  style  and  Jesi^n  and  ..Imct  entirely  rewritten,  i,  ,0  be  nub   L  n%.M  '     ! 

'87.  at  Stmcoc    On,.,  by  the  C.  W.  A.  .ecre.arv.   If.  I,.  I   ,nly  (b    ,'„    /    6.  '  '"i^i '"..^'"8  "* 

nual"    issue  of  ,he    Massachusetts  Division '  ;f  the  Lea"  e   Mulv   -s:  ■       '  VT 

scribed  on  p.  ,.,.  has  no.  ye.  had  ,  successor;  though  a  vl^    w  s  t'Jd  ' K  b  T'^'  ',  '       ' 

n'can'^dotT"" '" "  '""^ '  ^^^  "^^"  '-^  ^'--""^  ^  "^^^  a:d  Lir  r  ■; 

1.  can  be  done  a.  an  expense  not  to  exceed  <;25."    The   ist  ed   (Miv    'S.  •    ,^  .  s  J 

••P.nn   &  X.  J.  Koad.,,ook,  ,..  A.  W,"  f,  Lscril.d  on  p      ;     l/d  t      ;    ^/^a;'' L"'  "" 
v,sed  and  enlarged  to  include  the  Maryland   Division),  on  o    cC    ■«  ll  1 IX    1!         '•     u    T 

S'f  ;''r"'  r* ""'" " ''-' ''"''  "■=  ''"'^  p-p'^>«^"?ribedo"p.'t.  ,•:;::  oT'; 

prm.  and  w.ll  not  be  reissued.     I  should  have  credited  its  compilation  to  W   S    I  uirrh         ,1 

and  Penn.  books,  but  is  uprisht  instead  of  oblong,  as  thoy  are 

The  first  Ohio  book  (Mar.,  '85  ;  pp.  62)  was  a  vest-pocket  affair   c  by  ,  in     clo.h  hnnn^ 
tainmg  league  and  Division  constitution  and  officer,   and  r.cinr    u    ,  .n       '  '''\"-^°""'''  ^^""- 
about  the  roads.     Of  the  same  sco,.,  shape  and  appe,;":  e,TuTi  s  Id       d7:^  'aL".       ""* 

suirV':  \:  "r''  ^"^  1  "-  ''--'  ^''^■^-  ••  (=^'-  Louis  :  E  M.  Sen'sen  ;  .  f'Z. 
sul).  The  ..eague's  early  and  unnamed  handbook  (Sent  '81  •  nn  ,n.  •  „.,.  y.  cniei  con- 
described  on  p.  5.5.  now  has  a  certain  historic  va  ue  falid  t^  ■' Orci'a.Toerar"'  7^' 
Seventh  A.nua.  Meet'  (May,-. 86)  was  an  illustrated  pamphW;  of  a^PP  wi^Tn  oTa^el  ' 
o  u.cue  design.  The  .d  ed.  of  A.  I..  Atkins's  ■•  Road  Look  of  LI'  a  ^  ci  i  y  "  (M^; 
.0.  86 ,  mailed  for  .5  c.  by  the  a.  hor  at  .;  West  Walnut  Park)  is  better  printed  than  the  ,s' 
eo.,    described    on    p.     .„.    ana     xhibits    55    routes  instead  of  4..      It    LJh,    .Toz      and 

tzrT]^":'  °'  ii' ''  '■  '^'''' '--'  ""•^'^  "-■=  ^'  '"•  oi  .h  "Whee,;::.' 

no  of  a^d V       r?  '     ^'"'   ''"'  °"  f'-  •  "^  ^''''"''  f™-  'he  .st  ed.  only  in  having  ,^ 

Ha!  been  rel'a:f  ai'id  ^o  L  ^"^  ex.T:.":  w^::  lilMl':,  TT'  ?''''''  '''""•  '-'^■'  '''-' 
,„,  „,  .•  .•        c      ■  rewritten,— Its  final  feature  being  an  abstract  of  these  ores 

rhiciit''r  h""'"  ,  .^'^----'-"i'erature.  <-on,ribmio' s  tothe  Mich,  o  d  boc" 
which  It  ,s  hoped  may  be  issued  early  in  '87,  should  be  sen.  to  the  chief  consul    J    H    Johnson' 

rmbiran^'i.?""";  \-'"  ^T'"  ""  ^■'^-"■•— -  -"  "e  furnished  Le  K.  D,:  o^ 
membe^,  and  its  pnce  .0  others  will  no.  exceed  50  c.  The  Conn,  road-book  is  in  preparation  by 
>-   t'.    Huntmgton,  chief  consul,  a.  Conn    p;«»,  p.,^1,    u— r..j    ,.     •  .._....       ' 

'h^rLucTT'i^  f  "'"r  ""■^''  '^ '™ "" '°  ^"- "'"  '^«''^'';;ia;;d;fi;rth'e ;;;:" 

book  pa..em.     A.  B.  Barkman,  chairman  of  the  touring  committee  of  .he  N.  Y.  S.a.e  Division, 


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writes  a  limilar  report  to  me  (/vug,  5)  .^  to  tbi  pronpe-*!  of  the  N.  Y.  road-book  :  "  Jan  'M7 
ii  the  pi.ij)abl<!  date  of  publication.  Copiei  wUI  be  given  to  I  )ivi»ion  numbers  and  »ol(l  to  other 
league  mctnlier*  at  >i.  I'eiin.  tabular  model  is  followed,  but  there  will  be  leiterprcw  al»„  and 
maps.  No  adv't  admitted.  Contributions  should  be  sent  to  nie  at  <»8  Kourlh  av.,  Urooklvn 
N  Y.  My  1,.  I.  bo.jk  has  not  yet  paid  cost  of  printiiiK,  as  200  copies  re.-nain  unsold.  I  hardly 
expect  to  isHUe  a  jd  ed.,  for  all  ess  ntial  L.  I.  facts  will  apjiear  in  N.  V.  !j<h)1(." 

Many  paragraphs  were  current,  duriiiK  the  hr»t   half  of   '85,   to   the  effect   that  the  Kenton 
W!,eel  (lub,  of  Covington,  would  soon    publish  a  book  of  joo  pp.,  describing  ail  the  r.,.uK  .,( 
Kentucky  ..nd  those  of  Ohio,  near  Cincinnati.     The    compiler  w.is    I'.  N.  .Mcycfs  (b.  S-pt     n., 
•W.),  who  thus  reiKjrtcd  to  me  Jan.  j6,  '.Vf,  :     "  The  Ix.ys  did  not  take  up  the  scheme  wiih  much 
alacrity,  and   it  has  fallen  throuKh  for  wa.,.  of  supiKjrt.     Tlie  1.  s.  exhibits  many  fine  routes  in  I ) 
and  Ky  ,  and  I  will  present  it  to  you,  if  yuu  can  u;ic  any  of  it  in  your  book."     "  The  A  U  I'  ,  f 
Uicyclins;  :  an  instrurtion-b.K.k  for  the  tyro"  (.6  pp,  of  vesi-imcket  siie,  loc.),  was  written    ,ii<l 
published  by  H.  H.  Hart,  811  Arch  st.,  I'hila.,  and  commended  thus  by  ISi-irorlJ{iuiw  u,  '.So, 
p.  164):     'Its  half-dozen    illustrations   are  carefully  drawn  and  .lid  weM  the   text,  which  sets 
forth,  unpretentiously,  but  with   practical  wisdom   aid  lucid  suggestion,  just  what  the  incipient 
learner  needs  to  know."     R.  Clarke  &  Co.,  of  Cliitiniiali,  published  in   'S^,  ur  earlier,  "  Ama- 
teur Hicyclc   Repairing;   or,  every  rider  his  own   repairer  "  (iSino,    flexible  leather,  35  c),  by 
Col.  Horace  I'ark,  who  is  a  practical  mc  h.inic  and  gunsn'.iih  and  a:>  old  mountaineer,  being 
also  author  of  the  "  Sportsman'i  Hand-Hook  "  (i6mi  ,  ft),  and  who  says  that  "  a  careful  study 
of  this  little    manual  will   enable    any  person  of  ordinary  mechanical  skill  to  make  his  own  re- 
pairs, at  a  very  slight  expense,  and  greatly  prolong  the  life  of  his  bicycle."     In  a  list  of  publica- 
tions recommended  by  C.  K.  Pratt,  in  Apr.,  '84,  I  find  the  following  :  "  Suggestions  forthoite. 
Care  and  Repair  of  Hicycles  and  Tricycles;  by  an  Old  Wheelman  (jd  cd..  36  pp.,  10  c.)"  ;    but 
I  never  saw  a  copy,  and  tlo  not  know  whf  n  or  where  it  was  printed.      A  little  pamphlet  of  some- 
what similar  scope,  "Instructions  to  Wheelmen  "    (designed  to  warn  them  against  those  special 
sorts  of  negligence  and  risk  which  threaten   to  strain,  bend,  break  or  otherwise  injure  their  ma- 
chines), is  in   preparation    for  ine    spring  of  'S7,  by  C.    M.    Richards  (b.  Keb.  10,  Vkj),  who  has 
been  for  the  last  three  years  connected  with  the  Popes'  New  York  office,  at  12  Warren  st.   Many 
of  his  leisure  hours  during  'S5  were  devoted  to  compiling  road-reports  (solicited  from  correspond- 
ents in  the  South  and  West,  a:  the   request   of  the  editor  of  Outing),  for  monthly  pubiication 
during  'S6  in  that  magazine.      Its  sale  to  new  owners,  who  give  no  space  to  cycling  matters,  look 
place  just  about  at  the  time  whei.  his  bulky  manuscrint  was  ready  for  delivery  ;  and  he  tells  me 
it  was  lost  in    the  transfer.      F.  Alcctt    Pratt,  sec.  oi      ,0  Mass.  H.  C,  informs  me  of  his  inten- 
tion to  compile  a  list  of   roads  explored  by  members  of  the  club  in   Mass.  and  beyond,  as  a  sort 
of  club  guide,  as  soon  as  he  may  have  leisure.     The  imprint  of  W.  L.  Mershon  &  Co.,  Rahwav, 
iN.     .,  is  the  only  local  hint  of  i*s  origin  given  on  a  pamphlet  (16  pp.,  Feb.,  '*.)  entitled,  "  Tie 
Advantages  of  Cycling,  with  practical  suggestions  on  leaniing  and  riding;  by  567S."     I  suppose 
it  is  no  secret  that  the  numeral  stands  for  L.  H.  Porter,  president  of  the  Orange  Wanderers, 
who  has  frequ-ntly  signed  it  to  pieces  in  the  Bi.  Wor! J  and  Cycle.     The  pamphlet  refrains  from 
naming  any  panic.  ,ar   machine,  and   it  seems  to  have    been  issued  for  distribution  among  his 
frien  is,  and  "  for  the  good  of  the  cause." 

"Wh.it  and  Why:  some  common  questions  answered"  (72  pp.,  6  by  4  in.),  compiled  and 
copyrighted  by  Chas.  E.  Pratt,  printed  by  Rockwell  Si  Churchill  and  circulated  by  the  Vo\k 
Mfg.  Co.,  is  d  ^signed  to  recommend  the  latter's  wares,  but  it  does  this  unobtrusively,  .oid  it  is 
packed  full  of  facts  and  opinions  well  calculated  to  interest  the  public  in  cycling.  Issued  in  Apr., 
84,  its  3d  ed.  of  a  year  later  was  called  "  the  loo.oooth  "  ;  and  its  final  paragraph  announ-ed  the 
free  distribution,  by  t'.e  same  publishers,  of  a  48  p.  8vo,  named  as  follows  :  "  Letters  1  f  Intere.st 
to  All  Wheelmen,  Present  and  Prosnective  ;  containing  much  experience  gathered  from  many 
points."  This  is  a  well-printed  Ci,llection  of  testimonials  in  favor  of  the  Columbia  machines,  and 
is  not  disfigured  by  advertisements.     The  same  can  be  said   of  "  What  and  Why,"  and  of  the 


nrt_nai-n^ 


their  business  and  to  that  of  every  other  dealer  in  cycles.     The  covers  of  this  represent  a  repro- 


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iluciKin  in  miniature  o(  the  title-pages  of  the  chief  American  dailiea,  weeklie*  and  nugaiinei,  ar- 
tiilicaily  hiuuped;  and  a  double  column  of  extracts  (credited  to  these  and  other  lourcei,  and 
printed  in  vdhoui  uiet  and  style*  of  type)  cover  each  .>a){e  4iid  look  like  vehubla  clippings 
(lasted  on  sheets  o(  brown  pap.-r.  Praise  of  the  Columbia  wheels  uf  course  abounds  in  these 
"  scrips,"  but  At  le4Ht  lialf  of  them  (five  testimony  for  cycling  in  general ;  and  the  sjme  rule  was 
observed  ...  putting  together  the  "  Columbia  Calendar  for  '86,"  on  whose  central  pad  \.i\  by  4 
in  )  a  new  label  for  each  day  in  the  year  brings  to  li^ht  a  bit  of  similar  testimony.  The  calendj'- 
card  itself  (ij  by  ii  in),  lithographed  in  gilt  and  colors,  is  formed  of  three  attraciive  cycling  pict- 
ures, and  the  trade-mark  of  its  publishers  is  quiet  and  inoffensive.  A  very  small  fac -simile  of 
the  ornamental  tille-page  to  their  ninth  annual  catalogue  (5a  pp.,  Svo,  Rockwell  &  Churchill, 
print.)  was  inclurled  in  the  group  on  the  !>crj|>-book  cover,  )ust  mentioned,  and  was  the  only 
hint  there  given  of  its  origin.  The  catalogue  was  reproduced  bodily,  from  electrotypes,  in  the 
L.  A.  W.  BulUtin  (Keo  16,  '86,  "o.  133-161),  and  the  latler's  printer  took  oaih  that  mori-  than 
a  ton  of  p;>i)er  was  reiiuired  for  ,  75i»  copies.  The  Overman  Wheel  Co  ,  in  !>iinilar  fashion, 
reprinted  their  fourth  annual  catalogUL-  (31  pp.,  Svo)  in  the  Bi.  /^Vr/^(.\I,iy  i6,  'f  ,  pp.  19-46). 
StoiliUril,  l,overiir<  Si  Co.  seem  to  have  set  the  example  in  this  sort  j.  enterprise,  however, 
as  the  6/r.  H'h.  Gaz.  of  Mar.,  'S5,  gave  16  pp.  to  their  catalogue  ;  and  ii'  K-b.,  '86,  they  made 
another  notable  contribution  to  tlie  trade's  literature,  calling  it  "  The  Agent's  Guide,  or  how  to 
tnake  money  by  selling  the  Rudge  bicycles  and  tricycles."  The  book  is  compiled  by  their  man- 
ager, H.  D  Corey  ^b.  Jan.  35,  '64),  from  material  collected  abroad  and  in  this  country,  and  from 
four  years'  experience  in  the  business;  and  it  includes  chapters  headed  as  folL.ws:  "The 
present  want  in  the  cycling  trade  ;  where  to  commence  and  how  ;  about  hiring, — the  jfest  plan  , 
second-hand  machinea  and  exchange  ;  repairs— what  shall  we  do  with  them  ;  advertising— when 
and  how  it  pays;  sundries,  and  how  to  select  them  ;  best  machines  for  sale  and  hire."  A  2d 
ed.  was  announced  in  July,  the  first  5000  copies  having  been  exhausted. 

An  earlier  scheme  in  the  trade  was  that  of  the  Cunningham  Co.,  who  in  '8j  issued  sheet 
music  ("  may  be  sung  in  public  without  payment  of  any  fee  "),  having  their  illustrated  advertise, 
menis  ujwn  the  second  and  last  pages.  The  Srst  of  their  proposed  "  seven  cycling  songs  at  jo  c, 
each  "  (and  the  only  one  1  ever  saw,  though  "  Over  the  (iarden  Wall  "  was  named  as  ^o.  a) 
bore  the  title,  "  All  on  account  of  Eliia  ;  air  from  the  opera  of  fjillee  Taylor  ;  words  by  '  ( luila '; 
dedicated  to  the  Boston  fi.  C."  At  the  top  was  the  legend,  "As  sung  by  (possibly)  Kol 
Kron,  and  ether  les-i  u  ninaries,"— suggested,  I  suppose,  by  my  Pinaforic  chant  at  th>;  Newport 
dinner  of  ihe  Le.i.nu"  m  "isi  In  July,  '80,  was  advertised  "  ^Mister  Tobias  Isaias  Elias,  a  rollick- 
ing bi.  .song;  woru..  by  S  Conant  Foster;  music  by  H.  N  .Sawyer;  price  40c.";  and  the  words 
were  reproduced  in  the  ''4  vol.  of  "  Wheel  Sonss."  The  Bi.  li^orld  (Sept.  4,  'Ho.  p.  370)  ac- 
knowledged ihe  rec  ipt,  fnim  Lee  &  Wa.ker,  of  Philadelphia,  of  "  Bicycle  Glide,  a  sheet  of  in- 
strumental  music,  by  W  DIederich,  prettily  illustrated  with  a  scene  from  Fairmount  Park"; 
and  the  Bulletin  CSVi,:  5,  'S6,  p.  183)  speaks  thus  of  the  illustrated  title-page  to  the  "  League 
Waltz,  dedicated  to  the  L.  A.  VV.,  by  Geo.  Fred.  lirooks,"  of  the  Albany  B.  C.  :  "  Behind  the 
folds  of  the  L.  A.  W.  banner,  is  an  oval  scroll,  on  which  are  crowded  grotesque  masks,  mostly 
in  profile,  and  among  them  is  seen  the  full  face  of  the  worthy  composer,  '  N'o.  29o.>5,'  in  riding 
cap  and  spectacles."  I  have  never  seen  either  of  the  two  little  bf^iks  published  by  T.  S.  ^!:ller, 
ex-Capt.  and  ex-Pres.  of  the  Chic,M;o  B.  C,  "  Bicycle  Tactics  "  (Apr  ,  '84,  20  c,  a  manual  ol 
drill  for  clubs),  and  "  Club  Songs  "  (set  to  popular  airs,  25  c.);  but  I  am  told  that  more  than 
1000  of  the  former  have  been  sold,  and  that  the  latter's  ist  ed.  was  chiefly  composed  of  the 
Milwaukee  B.  C.  songs  which  A.  S.  Hibbard  printed  in  the  irAe^lman  (Dec,  '82,  pp.  i87-9ot, 
and  that  to  them  were  added  (in  the  2d  ed.,  July,  '85)  the  St.  Louis  songs  printed  in  the  same 
maKazinc(.May,  •33,  pp.  140-43)  by  Arthur  Young,  and  a  few  Chicago  songs  by  Mr.  M.  "  Bugle 
Calls,  adapted  for  wheelmen  from  the  manual  of  the  U.  S.  Army  "  (5  c),  and  "  Bicycle  Primer, 
by  J.  K.  Heard,  illus  ted  by  J.  C.  Clark  ;  a  iiumorous  alphabet  of  the  wheel  "  (10  c.)  are  sold 
by  the  Bi.  l^orld,  which  advertised  the  latter  as  early  as  '82,  though  po^ibly  it  originated  in 
England.  A  Newburyport  correspondent  ot  that  paper,  W.  C.  Johnson,  recommends  (May  29, 
'85,  p.  87)  as  the  best  attainable  tract  ou  the  subject  of  road-making  and  road-repairing,  the  closing 


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pigfs  of  "  Agriculture  of  Massachusetts,  second  series,  1869-70,"  an  annual  report  officially  pub- 
lished by  the  State  at  lioston  ;  and  the  implication  is  that  the  League  ought  to  circulate  a  chea-) 
reprint  thereof  for  the  general  good.     "  The  World  on  Wheels  ''  was  the  title  of  a  bulky  octavo' 
issued  in  the  centennial  year,  "  by  a  practical  carriage  builder,"  whose  name  and  publisher  (  forgot 
to  lake  note  of   when  I  saw  the  mighty  tome  appealing  for  help  in  a  second-hand  bookstore 
The  author-builder  dismissed  cycling  quite  curtly  in  a  single  page,  as  a  subject  unworthy  of  so 
practical  a  personage  as  himself  ;  and  he  evidently  considered  that  in  giving  pictures  of  its  two 
representative  "  toys,"- the  z;^/^^  of  '68,  and  its  prototype,  the  draUiHe,oi  a  half-centurv 
earlier,— he  was  duing  the  last  act  of   history  for  this  despised  corner  of  the  "  wheel  world  " 
"  The  Koad  and  the  Roadside,"  by  Burton  Willis  Potter  (b.  Keb.  8,  '43),  a  lawyur  of  Wor- 
cester^ lioston  :  Little,  Brown  &  Co.;  uo  pp.  of  :o,ooo  words,  cloth,  J.),  is  a  well-written  and 
neatly-printed  book  which  ought  to  be  owned  by  every  American  wheel  c!ub,  and  read  by  every 
rider.     Its  preface,  dated  May,  '86,  says  :   "  The  laws  as  herein  stated  are  the  present  ones  of 
Mass.,  relative  to  public  and  private  ways,  and  therefore  may  not  all  be  applicable  in  other 
States;  but  inasmuch  as  the  common  law  is  the  basis  of  the  road  law  in  all  the  States,  it  will  be 
found  that  the  general  principles  herein  laid  down  are  as  applicable  in  one  State  as  in  another 
These  chapters  were  written  and  read  as  a  lecture  bef.e  the  Mass.  I3oard  of  Agriculture,  in 
Dec,  '85,  at  Framinghain,  and  have  since  been  pub.  in  the  '  Report  on  the  Agr.  of  Mass.  for 
'85.'    They  are  now  given  to  the  public  with  the  hope  that  ihey  will  exert  some  little  imlueiicc 
in  promoting  good  roads  and  the  love  of  rural  life,— two  iIihiks  which  I  sincerely  believe  are 
essential  to  the  lasting  prosperity  of  any  people."     The  author's  enthusiasm  for  open-air  prog- 
ress is  that  of  a  pedestrian  simply,  but  it  shows  such  a  hearty  sympathy  for  the  true  spirit  of 
wheeling,  that  I  hope  he'may  soon  decide  to  attach  the  bicycle's  wings  to  his  feet.     His  book 
wholly  ignores  the  tiresome  legal  verbiage  of  the  statutes  and  judicial  rulings,  but  gives  the  gist 
of  them  in  simple  and  clear-cut  phrases  which  are  pleasant  to  read  and  easy  to  remember.     He 
deserves  the  thanks  of  all  wheelmen  for  putting  in  their  reach  so  compact  a  statement  of  the 
defence  which  the  common  law  offers  them  against  "repressive  local  legislation,"  ainiin"  at 
interference  with  their  equal  rights  upon  the  road.     He  demonstrates  that  there,  as  elsewhere, 
thj  one  essential  thing  for  them  to  remember  is  the  ancient  axiom  (wliich,  except  for  my  dislike 
of  a  Latinized  title-page,  I  should  have  adopted  as  a  motto  for  thi.-.  book) :    "Sic  utere  tuo  ut 
Kon  alieniim  Iced i:,."    That  maxim  is  only  a  Roman  amplification  of  the  sturdy  .Saxon  pln.ise, 
"  Mind  your  business";  and  those  three  words,  when  rightly  interpreted  and  obeyed,  seem  to 
me  a  sufficient  rule  for  ensuring  to  any  man  an  honorable  pro'j:ress  along  tlie  great  highway  of  Life. 
An  authoritative  biogr.nphy  of  Col.    .Mbert  A.  Pope  ib-  May  20,  '43),  written  by  John  N. 
McClintock,  editor  of  the  Massachusetts  .lugazitu,  covers  the  first  8  pp.  of  its  June,  '86,  issue 
(Boston,  25  c),  and  is  fronted  by  a  wood-rut  ))ortrait  and  fac-simile  autograph  (the  same  block 
being  used  also  in"  Wheelmen's  Reference  Book  "),  copied  from  the  lithographic  reproductit.n  of 
a  life-size  cravon  sketch  (July,  '85;  sheet  iciby24in.  ;  25  c),  published  by  Root  &Tinkp',  Nassau 
St.,  N.  Y. ,  as  No.  6  in  their  series  called  "  Men  of  ALirk  ;  library  edition."    Another  ornament 
for  a  club-room  wall  is  a  colored  lithograph  of  a  cycling  scene  (Jan.,  '85;   12  by  24  in.  ;   15  c), 
w'lich  has  no  other  suggestion  of  advertisement  about  it  than  the  word  "  Columbia,"  half-hidden 
in  the  tessellated  pavement  of  the  foreground.     On  Feb.  14,  '85,  the  owners  of  the  same  tmdc- 
mark  distributed  among  their  patrons  many  thousands  of  a  "  Columbia  valentine," — a  card  6  by 
8111.,  lithographed  in  gilt   and  colors  with  seen -s  of  "morning,   noon  and  night,"  and  having 
appropriate  verses  upon  the  back.     As  an  advertising  novelty  in  '86,  they  issued  a  "  slate  "  ii8 
by  24  in.)  on  whose  black  surface  the  "  Columbia  records  "  were  apparently  chplked  in  white; 
and  they  promise  that  the  pictori.il  calendar  now  in  preparation  for  '87  shall  surpass  all  previous 
issues  in  magnificence.     An  early  picture  of  Col.  Pope  can  be  found  in   /?/.   World  (July  22, 
'81,  p.    120),  accompanied   by  biographical  sketch.     Mention  may  be   made  of   the   "  <":f'/vr 
Almanac"   as  ;      ejiosltory  for  tlie  race-records  of   cyclers  and  other  athletes,  which  is  often 
quoted  as  an  authority  by  "sporting  men."      The  Gov't  Printing  Office,  by  authority  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,   issues  "Official  Table   of  Distances  "  (8vo.  104  pp.,  Apr.   13,  '81;),  for  the  guid- 
ance of  disbursing  officers  of  the  Army  charged  with  payment  of  money  allowances  for  travel. 


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English  Books,  Maps  and  Papers. 
"The  Roads  of  England  &  Wales;  an  itinerary  for  cyclists,  tourists  and  travellers:  con- 

^rindLl"  °"?     J"Tr°?  °'  ""=  ""'°"  =""'  ^"^'"'='  *""  ■"''"«=,  of  the  main  (direct  and 
pnnc  [«1  cross)  roads  of  England  and  Wales,  and  part  of  Scotland ;  particularly  adapted  for  the 
use  of  bicyclists  and  tncyclists;  together  with  topographical  notes  of  the  chief  cities  and  towns 
and  references  to  the  antiquities,  natur..,  curiosit.es,  and  places  of  interest  along  the  various 

Wanderers  B.  C.  and  C.  1.  C).  tourth  edition.  London:  [Mason  &  Payne,  4.  CornhUI  t 
C  successors  in  '86  to]  Letts,  Son  &  Co.,  Limited.  .884."  So  reads  the  long^rawn-ou.  ti'tle: 
pa„e  of  the  longest  and  most  laborious  book  ever  put  together  for  the  encoura-m.nt  of  cycle 
touring,  in  advance  of  this  present  volume  of  my  own.  The  author  has  supp  led  some  little 
account  of  its  various  editions,  and  of  him, .If,  to  my  550th  page;  and  I  supplement  i,  by  saying 
that  whoever  intends  to  do  much  riding  in  England  should  study  this  standard  work  a.  home 

the  r  t"  '  t7  °"?  r  ""'"''  '"'"'"«  "  -"'-^-"^  "  '"  his  pocket  for  actual  service  upon 
he  road.  Ihe  index  of  towns,  in  triple  columns,  covers  the  last  40  of  the  437  PP.  in  the  book 
(exclusive  of  34  adv.  pp.,  some  of  which  are  interpolated  among  the  reading  matter),  and  names 
about  9000  of  them.-g.vng  p  -e-numerals  in  all  cases,  and  also  in  most  cases  mileage-numerals 
which  show  the  town's  distance  from  London  by  direct  road.  The  typography  is  compacT  and 
clea.,  .hough   not  elegant,  and  the  style  is  strictly  statistical,-no  personal  native  whatever 

Roads'"?;  fh  J-   ,    r  "-t"  "7  "''  "  '-'  '"""^'^  '^  '^^-'^  "P""  "•^'  «'-"  '"  '  P^'-son's 
Koads    (,8th  «d     ,8.6  ,  with  some  few  correction,  from  the  Ordnance  Survey  and  milestones  " 

and  ,330,  the  heyday  of  the  coaching  period."  and  gives  a  brief  review  of  "  road.."  "  maps  " 

cause  o7'ttr7ff'"'"  "'  "V  ""■   ^^  """    ^'""'"^  ""'^^  *^^  °''i-'^''  '°  ^^  "-•  -'"or  '"be- 
cause of  their  difference  in  scale;  irregularity  of  v    ir  relative  position  ;  ir.exactness  of  finish 
and  wan    of  coincidence  at  the  boundaries,  whereby  the  tracing  of  roads  from  one  coun^to 
another  is  n>ade  difficult ;  then  again,  they  seldom  show  the  hill!  well,  some  nTtat  all     and    6 

:rthe"^:hTm"::te  \::r  ""T'  rr---"  °"  '"^  °'''"  '^"'' "  •"  -^^^ 

VI  me  wnoie  may  be  had  in  no  sheets  (24  by  ie  n     i  m    tn  i  in  ^   ,.  <;,  „         u     l       ,     , 

c.  eacl..     It  IS  issued  by  the  Governmeiu  Ordnance  Survey,  and  thou-h  sorre  r  .rt,  „f  ;,  . 

than  50  years  old,  it  forms  the  basis  of  all  the  privately-p  bli^  d  m°ap  hill,     7  7" 

nons  are  shown  by  shaded  lines.-dark  and  sharply  defined  where  the  .         '        ""Zf,  T" 

0  no,  ,„clude  mounting  or  folding."    (The  Letts ed.  of  this  map  is  adve^ised  in  sn     .!  of    o  by 

„,„  /      ,  .         „ -  "■"-•'"=''"-•="'«'*  jus'  been  quoted,  IS  inserted  a  "  lii>v 

•       y  Part7t;."e 'c      7  "  '"'^  '^  ' '""'^  '''''''  ""''  '"  ^"  sheets,"'wi.h  a  marginal  note  thM 
any  part  of  the  country  embraced  wnhin  the  squares  drawn  can  be  had.  on  the  scale  of  ,  m.  .0 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILE.    ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I  in.,  27  by  21  in.,  with  roads  colored,  in  stiff  cover,  at  37  c.  per  square  (or  62  c,  If  mounted  on 
linen)."  I  have  before  me  No.  13  of  these  squares,  which  shows  the  south  coast  from  Hastinijs 
to  Brighton  and  beyond,  and  it  seems  as  perfect  a  guide  as  a  wheelman  need  ask  for.  It  is  backed 
with  cloth,  and  iointed  into  21  parf,  i\  by  4  in.,  so  as  to  fold  into  a  pasteboard  cover  of  that 
size,  and  its  weight  is  4}  oz.  The  same  publishers  have  also  sent  rne  their  "  cycling  map  of  50  m. 
round  London,"  4  m.  .to  i  in.,  the  sheet  being  jointed  into  32  sections,  so  as  to  fold  mto  a  cloth 
cover  4  by  6  in.  (#1.25,  or  62  c.  without  the  linen  back  ;  weighs  4J  oz.) ;  and  this  has  blue  circles 
drawn  at  5  m.  intervals  Irom  St.  Paul's,  and  bright  red  marks  for  dangerous  hills.  I  likewise 
have  their  "  Fiance,  compiled  and  reduced  from  the  Government  maps,  and  colored  in  de- 
partments, railways  and  roads,  28  by  26  in.,  28  ra.  to  i  in."  (62  c.  and  $1.25),  the  main-roads 
being  shown  in  yellow.  In  cloth  cover,  8  by  4  in.,  without  linen  backing,  it  weighs  3 J  oz.  ;  and 
I  should  recommend  this  cheaper  and  lighter  edition  of  all  their  maps  as  quite  durable  enousli 
for  any  ordh-.ary  usage.  Their  "  cycling  map  of  England  and  Wales  "  is  on  more  than  ci.,uble 
the  scale  of  "  Fran-e,"  being  12  m.  to  1  in.,  but  though  it  covers  a  sheet  37  by  32  ii.  ,  it  weighs 
only  I  oz.,  as  the  paper  used  is  of  the  "  bank-note"  quality,— thin  and  tough.  I  speak  of  the 
edition  which  is  supplied  at  25  c.  as  a  supplement  to  "  Howard's  Roads  "  (whose  cost,  Udund 
in  blue  cloth,  limp,  is  otherwise  Ji.25),  but  62  c.  is  charged  for  it,  if  it  be  bought,  separatelv 
from  the  "  RoadG,"  in  a  pasteboard  case  of  its  own.  I  should  say  ihat  this  map  alone  would  be 
amply  sufficient  for  the  wants  of  any  American  long-distance  rider  in  England  ;  and  to  indicate 
hs  excellence  by  comparison,  I  call  it  far  superior  to  the  lithographed  map  (34  by  34  in.,  8  m.  to 
I  in.)  which  accompanies  the  '86  ed.  of  the  League's  Ohio  road-book,  though  the  latter's  scale 
is  one-third  larger.  Two  other  more  expensive  editions  of  the  same  chart  (thick  paper  at  Jii.25, 
linen  backed  at  J2.62  ;  Weight  of  the  latter,  12  oz.)  are  offeredthe  tourist  who  isn't  content  with 
it  as  found  in  Howard's  book  ;  and  in  these  the  best  cycling  roads  are  marked  yellow  and  the 
dangerous  h''  .  red,  with  a  special  dot  showing  the  more  dangerous  side  of  the  road.  The  same 
publishers  supply  for  the  "  C.  T.  C.  Handbook"  (5th  ed.,  Apr.,  '86)  its  colored  divisional 
map  of  the  British  isles"  (13  by  19  in.,  40  m.  to  i  in.)  with  county  boundaries  ted,  and 
rivers  and  mountain  ranges  shown,  but  no  roads  ;  and  from  their  advertising  list  I  anmaince  the 
iollowing:  "  Scotland  "  and  "  Ireland,"  tai.h  21  by  27  in.,  12  m.  to  i  in.  (25  c.  or  62  c),  "  show- 
ing the  road,  rail  and  water  communicat'-in,  with  mountains,  hills  and  lochs";  "Kentish 
Watering  Places,  Her;.-  Bay  to  Dover,  2+  by  24  in.,  i  m.  to  i  in."  (12  c.  and  25  c.) ;  "  En- 
virons of  London,"  t,c)  by  30  in.  (25  and  50  c),  "  showing  each  r.  r.  system  in  distinct  color,  and 
all  the  parks,  streams  and  landmarks  in  bold  style  "  ;  and  "  County  Maps  "  (46),  17  by  14  in., 
(12  c,  25  (.'.  and  50C.).  Four  of  these  maps  form  a  monthl  ■  part  (25  c.)  in  "  Letts's  County 
Atlas,"  and  besides  their  showing  of  best  cyclin;  roads  in  yellow,  dangerous  hills  in  red  and  dis- 
tances fr.im  town  to  town,  a  great  deal  of  special  and  statistical  information  is  appended  to  each. 
Their  "  World's  .^tlas  "  (Jio  to  $25)  has  had  a  very  large  sale.  I  repeat  the  new  firm-name 
and  address  (Mason  &  Payne,  41  Cornhill,  London,  E.  C  )  of  the  men  who  have  succeeded  to 
the  old-established  map  business  of  the  Lettses,  for  the  sak  ■  of  saying  that  they  not  only  adver- 
tise to  siinplv  "  maps,  atlases,  globes,  guide-books  and  nil  standard  works  of  travel,"  but  have 
shov.-n  their  sincerity  by  subscribing  for  ten  copies  of  this  book  of  mine, — the  largest  order  which 
has  come  to  me  from  beyond  the  United  States.  .A  lesser  number  have  been  bespoken,  how- 
ever,byneo.  Philip  &  Son,  of  -•  Fleet  St.,  who  express  the  hope  that  they  may  "  want  more," 
and  wh'  id  for  my  review  1  "  map  of  Surrey"  (2  m.  to  i  in.,  with  London  in  n.  w.  corner), 
saying  th.u,  as  all  their  46  "  county  maps  for  cyclists  "  (25  c.)  arc  on  she  is  of  the  same  size  (21  by 
15  in.  :  stout  paper,  weighing  2  oz.  in  cloth  cover,  6  by  3  J  in,),  tiie  scale  decreases  in  the  larger 
counties,  the  lowest  being  5  m.  to  i  in.  The  main  roads  are  distinctly  colored  ;  red  arrows  of 
varying  designs  indicate  (i)  "  hill  to  b»  ridr'.;n  with  cautio-i,"  (2)  "  put  on  brake,"  (3)  "  danger- 
ous— dismount  "  :  red  capitals  show,  "  (C),  consul  of  C.  T.  C.  ;  (H),  recommended  hotel :  and 
(X),  repair  shop  "  :  and  on  the  back  of  map  an  alphabetical  list  of  towns  naming  the  "(H)" 
hotels.  I  ca-  hardly  imagine  a  toi-ist  wanting  a  better  guide  than  this.  Copies  with  liixn 
backs  can  be  had  at  double-price  (50c.),  and  that  sum  is  also  charged  for  "  Lancashire"  which 
covers  a  double  sheet.     The  same  publishers  advertise  "  handy  county  atlases  "  (crown  8vo, 


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cloth  87  c,  leather  $1.50)  as follo'      ■  "  England,"  43  maps;  "  Ireland,"  33  maps  ;"  Scotland," 
32  maps  i   •■  Wales,"  ih  maps  (62  c     ;  together  with  a  great  variety  of  tourist  ma;  s  of  the  liritish 
isl.-s,  and  of  various  localities  and  districts  therein  (indexes  being  promised  iviih  many  of  them), 
and  a  series  of  38  pocket  maps  (22  oy  2/  in.,  25  c),  comprising  nearly  all  the  other  countries.' 
L.  Upcott  Gill  (170  Strand,  London)  advertises  (IVfueling,  July  14,  'S6)  a  30  c.  "route  map 
of  England  and  WaVs,  linen-mounted  and  cased  in  cloth,  showing  dearly  the  main  roads,  dis- 
tances between  towns  as  well  as  mileage  from  London,  and  having  30  of  tiie  most  interesting 
tours  specially  marked  in  red."     Thi;  same  adv.  Jso  names,  as  an  eighth  annual  iosu^-,  "  bicycle's 
&  Tricycles  of  '86,  a  '.hronicle  of  all  the  new  i'  .jntions  and  improvements  of  the  present  season, 
designed  to  u^ist  intending  purchasers  in  the  choice  of  a  machine  "  (illust.,  25  c),  by  H.  H. 
Griffin,  formerly  ed.  of  the  Hi.  Ne7vs.     Wm.  Collins,  Sons  &  Co.,  llridewell  PI.,  London,   E. 
C,  pub.  a  cycling  map  of  England  and  Wales,  in   15  sections  (each,  in  a  case,  50  c.  or  62  c.;  '4 
m.  to  1  in.),  which  the  Cyclist,  of  June   11,  '84,  called  "of  an  extremely  useful  n.uure,  more 
accurate  than  many,  and  witli  main  routes  clearly  marked  m  colors."    Jarrold  it  Sons',  Nor- 
wich, were  recommended  by  l^lueling  (July  2S,  '86)  as  pub.  a  serie.,  of  cheap  but  well-p'ri'ited 
county  maps;  and  T.  Coventry  &  Co.,  Moss-side,  Manchester  (.Aug.  4,  'S6\  as  pub.  these  local 
maps  :     "  Forty  Miles  Round  Manchester,"  "  Yorkshire,"  "  Lake  Districts,"  "  North  Wales." 
Some  account  has  been  given  on  p.  5 19  of  .A.  M.  Bolton,  thi  youthful  author  of  "  Over  the 
Pyrenees  on  a  Bicycle  "  (.67  pp.  of  about  58,000  words ;  25  c.  Strand  Publishing  Co.,  London, 
'83),  wl  ich  is  a  fairly  readable  story  of  "  adventures  among  the  Spaniards,"  though  all  the  prac- 
tical information  as  to  roads  and  distances  is  compressed  into  three  pages  at  the  end      P    550 
maybe  consulted  for    R.    E.  Phillips's  description  of  his  "  Guide  to  Machines  and  Makers" 
('79-'8o),  "  Pocket  Road  Guides  "  ('8.-'86\  "  Things  a  Cyclist  Ought  to  Know  "  ('82-'S6,  25  000 
sold  at2C.),  and  "Abridgment  of  Ve!,.     .ede  Specifications"  (Ilifles,  '87,  by  subscription  at 
$5-25)-     The  paper  "  On  the  Construction  of  M,xlern  Cycles  "  which  ho  read  before  the  Institu- 
tion of  Mechanical  Engineers  (Oct.  26,  '85,  at  Co";;nt:y)  was  publish-'d  bv  tne  same  in  a  pam- 
phlet which  Wluding  characterized  "       p.ofusely  illustrated  and  invaluable  for  reference"  ; 
while  the  Bi.  IVorld  repeated  this  comp     .le     iry  adjective  and  many  others  in  devoting  its  entir^ 
editorial  page  to  a  description  and  review  c      ,e  book  (Mar.  5,  '86).     His  "  Pocket  (luides  "  cost 
only  4  c.  each  (i  c.  being  added  for  postage  .,n  every  12),  and  the  whole  set  of  160,  in  a  case  with 
key  index,  #5.25  ;  while  his  "  ke,  index,  with  skeletor  maps,  from  which  anv  desired  route  mav 
be  selected,  containing  also  the  description  of  the  contour,  and  the  surface  of  the  roa.'.  "  is 
mailed  separately  for  14  c.,-his  home  address  being  Sslhurst   Road,  South  Norwood,  Lo   don 
S.  E.     "  Self  Propulsion  andthe  Rise  and  Progres,  of  Velocipedes  and  Manumotive  C'arria-es  ''' 
by  W.  M.  Morris  (b.    Dec.  20,  '59),  Consul  of  C.  T.  C,  is  a  book  of  89  pp.,  exclusive  of  o'adv 
pp.  and  a  half-dozen   inserted  lithographs  of  queer  machines  that  preceded  the   bicycle      There 
are  30  pictures  in  all ;  and  the  last  half  of  the  letterpress  is  divided  between  "  advantages  and 
statistics,"  and  "  practical  hints  and  instructions,  useful  either  for  a  novice  or  an  adept  "  (board 
covers,  6  oz  ,  25  c. ).     The  substance  of  the  compilation  was  read  at  two  evening  sessions  of  the 
"  Pontypridd  Mutual   Improvement  Class,'"  early  in  '85,  and  publication  was  made  at  their  re- 
quest by  Morris  Brothers,  of  Cardiflf,   South  Waler,,  manufacturers  of  the  "  Cambrian  "  cycles 
-ind  dealers  in  all  sorts  of  cycling  specialties.— whose  price-list  of  Jan.,  '85,  covers ,  .  pp.  and 
says  "established  in  '72."     I  have  received  from   Fred.  Warner  Jones  (b.  1843),    "X  Treatise 
on  the  Theoretical  &  Practical  Construction  of  the  Tricvcle  "  (Iliffes,  '84,  pp.  76,  4J  oz     37  c  ) 
a  carefully  written  and  neatly  printed  pamphlet,  with  2;   illustrative  diagrams,  accompa'nied  by 
tlie  following   autograph  letter,  responding  to  my  enquiries  (Sept.  -.6,  '85)  :  "  I  was  educate,!  at 
the  Exeter  Grammar  School,  where,  at  15  years  of  .14,.,  I  took  first  mathematical  prize  among 
.70  boys  ;  and,  after   becoming   civil  engineer,  I  completed  mv  studies  in  locomotive  engineer- 
ing by  nine  months'  tuition  at  the  Bow  Locomotive  Works.     I  fir.t  turned  mv  attention  to  cy- 
cles in  '78,  when  I  patented  the  Devon  tri.  and  tlu-  Devon  Safety  bi.,-the  latter  being  now 

rnnHp  jn  Arne*'ic3  bv  Oormiillv  S-:  T;*ff;T-*    "f  f 'K-'.--.  .  .    -.    ;!.  -  — ,i      .  u       *.  ;-:-.- 

" " -"  *"  - ~'  ""■   *  -"-'--•^'-^i  --  •"-  pa:cr.:  r.as  irtji^cJ.     1  iuiiiicr  in- 

vented   and  patented  the  tri.  roller-saddle  and  swing-frame,  which   shift   the  rider's  position 
according  to  the  gradient ;  and,  this  year,  the  swing-framed  safety  bi.     The  Devon  stop  bell, 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


the  tri.  tug  and  the  sliding  spring  Tor  tricycles  were  also  originated  by  me.  Among  my  various 
cuntrib  aions  to  the  cycling  papers,  1  may  name  articles  on  the  adjustment  of  a  rider  to  a  tricycle 
and  on  the  correct  position  and  sizet  I  tricycle  wheels  ;  ana  my  treatise,  hereby  forwarded  to  you 
is  the  only  work  as  yet  published  on  the  subject."  From  W.  J.  Spurrier  (b.  Apr.  jo  '47)  u( 
3  (Jueenswood  Koad,  Moseley,  Birmingham,  there  has  come  to  me  the  following  simnle  list  of 
his  pamphlet  contributions  to  wheel  knowledge:  "  Tourists'  Guide,"  'Si  (13J1  thousand  in  'Sj)- 
"  Cycios,  with  road  maps  and  descriptive  routes  and  lists  of  dangerous  hills," 'Sj  •  "  Iluw 
to  Kide  a  Cycle,"  'S^;  "  The  Cyclist's  Touring  &  Road  Guidj,"  'iJ4 ;  "  The  Cyclist's  Ko,.tr 
liook,  for  England,  Wales,  Scotland  and  Ireland,  with  map," 'S6.  '^he  last  named  is  issued 
by  the  Iliffes  at  14  c,  and  I  presume  the  rest  may  also  be  published  by  them. 

"The  Coventry  ring  "  is  a  title  often  given  by  opposition  writers  to  this  publishine  firm  of 
IlifTc  &  Son,  whose  printing-works  are  at  12  Smithford  St.,  in  that  town,  and  whose  I.timlmi 
office  is  at  98  Fleet  St.  1  hey  apparently  issue  more  cycling  journals,  books  and  pamphlels  ili.iii 
any  other  firm  in  England, — or,  possibly,  than  all  other  firms, — and  perhaps  this  is  the  reason  why 
others  stigmatize  them  as  a  "  ring. "  I  do  not  know  whether  the  term  is  restricted  to  them,  or  is 
designed  to  include  tiic  various  cycle  makers  in  their  town  whose  wares  they  advertise  and  recom- 
mend ;  but  I  judge  that  familiarity  has  deprived  it  of  most  of  its  mtended  offensiveness  as  an 
epithet,  for  I  notice  that  it  is  occasionally  used,  as  a  convenient  descriptive  phrase,  by  writers  who 
are  iu  the  employ  of  the  Iliffes,  or  at  least  on  friendly  terms  with  them.  An  interest  in  the  firm 
seems  to  be  owned  by  Henry  Sturmey,  editor  of  their  chief  journal,  of  whom  I  have  printed  some 
account  on  pp  548-9,  and  from  whom  I  have  vainly  tried  to  coax  the  material  for  a  c-nnplete  bibli- 
ography and  free  advertisement  of  the  firm's  productions.  The  best  he  would  do  was  to  send 
(Nov.  28, 'S5)  an  undated  list  of  these9books,with  a.i  assurance  that  it  embraced  all  which  the  nrm 
then  had  in  the  market  :  (i)  "Tricyclists'  Indispensable  Annual  &  Handbook  ;  by  H.  Sturmev  ; 
describes  every  machine  made  ;  profusely  illust.  ;  new  ed.  for  '84,  revised  and  enlarged ;  demy  Svo, 
410PP  ;  75  c.  and  $1. 12.  (2)  Safety  ISicycles:  their  vnrieties,construction,  and  use  ;  by  H.  Sturmey  ; 
an  indispensable  handbook  for  nervous  ri  Jers;  demy  Svo,  18  c.  and  30  c.  (3)  Health  upon  Wheels; 
or,  cycling  as  a  means  of  preserving  and  restoring  the  vital  powers;  by  W.  Gordon  Sta  es,  M. 
D.,  C.  M.  ;  crown  Svo,  125  pp  ;  2S  c.  and  50  c.  (4)  Tricy  :ling  for  Ladies  ;  by  Miss  F.  J.  Erskine  ; 
crown  Svo,  14  c.  (5)  Nauticus  in  Scotland  ;  24*^)2  Miles  on  a  Tricycle  ;  with  numerous  Illust. ; 
demy  Svo;  new  ed.  56  c.  (6)  Training  for  Amateur  Athletes,  with  special  regard  to  Bicyclists; 
by  Dr.  H.  L.  Cortis ;  2d  ed.  ;  crown  Svo. ,  colored  illust.  ;  28  c.  and  50  c.  (7)  Complete  Guide  to 
Bicycling;  by  H.  Sturmey  ;  3d  ed.  ;  crown  Svo,  100  pp.  28  c.  and  50  c.  (S)  The  Rights  and  Lia- 
bilities of  Cyclists;  a  legal  handbook,  b/  John  A.  Williamson,  solicitor;  crown  Svo,  32  pp. 
14  c."  The  9th  book  on  the  list  is  F.  W.  Jones's  treatise  on  the  tricycle,  which  I  have  already 
described.  The  English  prices,  as  translated  by  m;  into  American  currency  and  named  first  in 
each  case,  include  a  postage  charge  of  from  2  c.  to  2  c.;  while  the  .second  and  higher  fieures 
represent  the  prices  for  which  the  books  are  mailed  by  the  firm's  American  agents,  the  Bi. 
World  Co.,  of  Boston.  "  Demy  Svo  "  means  a  page  sj  by  8J  in.  and  "  crown  "  means  one  of 
about  5  by  7  in.  All  the  9  are  in  paper  covers,  and  I  suppose  contain  many  advertisements.  I 
think  that  No.  i  appeared  in  July,  '84,  and  its  two  earlier  eds.  in  '82  a-id  '83.  No.  2  came  out 
in  the  summer  of  '85  ;  and,  in  Aug.,  '85,  No.  7,  which  the  Bi.  H'orUadw.  called  "  an  improve- 
ment over  the  two  previous  editions,  which  have  reached  pn  enormous  sale,  for  the  work  in- 
cludes everything  which  can  possibly  be  needed  by  the  novice,  and  a  great  deal  of  value  to  the 
veteran."  No.  4  was  thus  "  reviewed  "  by  IVheeUng^  (Sept.  3,  '85) :  "  '  Tricycling  for  Ladies' 
i.^  out.  Very  much  out.  It's  cheap,  and  there  we  draw  the  line.  Whether  or  no  one  cares  to 
pay  sixpence,  to  wade  through  54  pp.  of  news  as  old  as  Adam,  we  leave  to  the  judgment  of 
common-sense  ;  so  let's  pass  on."  No.  5  was  originally  issued  in  cloth  at  $t.i2.  and  an  ndv.  ol 
Mar.,  '85,  announcing  the  cheaper  edition,  says  :  "  The  author,  a  retired  naval  man,  laic',  down 
his  2500  m.  tricycle  tour  so  as  to  embrace  the  most  interesting  scenery  in  Scotlrrd.  Though 
giving  valuble  details  as  to  roads,  hotels  and  equipment,  the  record  is  so  pleasantly  written 
that  it  is  in  every  sense  a  readable  book.  Interesting,  i.istnictive  and  amusing,  it  is  also  an 
accurate  guide  to  the  country.     It  has  31  taking  illust.  and  a  map."    The  author  of  No.  6  (b 


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lime  17,  '57 ;  d.  Dec.  29,  '85)  was  the  first  man  who  ever  pushed  a  bicycle  20  m.  within  the 
hour,  and  was  probably  the  best  known  and  best  liked  amateur  racer  in  England,  benig  cham- 
pion at  all  distances  in  "So.  He  died  while  practicing  as  a  physician  in  Australi ; ,  leaving  a  wile 
,1110  two  children  ;  and  his  brother  printed  there  a  formal  contradiction  of  ih(  story  that  racing 
w.is  in  any  remote  way  a  cause  of  the  fatality.  No.  8  probably  appeared  in  June,  '85,  and  is 
.irranged  under  three  heads:  "As  Cyclists  in  General,"  "As  Tourists"  and  "As  kegards 
thj  Betting  Law."  The  Bi.  IKor/jT  called  it  "an  admirable  work;  for,  although  it  treats  mat- 
lors  of  law  from  an  English  standpoint,  it  has  much  in  it  of  value  to  Americans."  Its  appen- 
dix gives  "the  model  by-laws  approved  by  the  local  government  board";  and  its  chapter 
h.-adings  are  as  follows:  "  Vegligence ;  master  and  servant;  the  V-.rt  system;  distraint; 
hi-hways;  by-laws  and  tolls  ;  furious  driving  and  footpath  riding  ;  law  of  the  road;  accidents; 
what  to  do  in  case  of  an  accident ;  duties  of  innkeepers."  No.  3  was  issued  in  Feb.,  'S5  ;  and 
iliL-  same  author  pubhshed,  through  the  same  house,  just  a  year  bter  "  Rota  Vilae  :  a  guide  to 
h'ahh  and  rational  enjoyment,"  of  which  the  adv.  says  that  "among  other  highly  interest. ng 
.iiid  useful  matter  it  describes  his  long  tricycle  tour  (1200  m.)  through  England  and  Scot- 
l.iiid."  I  suppoise  it  is  a  shilling  pamplilet.  Such,  certainly,  is  "The  Tricycle,  in  Relation  to 
Health  and  Recreation,"  which  appeared  about  the  same  time,  though  I  think  from  another 
publishing  house.  It  is  a  collection  of  articles  written  for  the  Good  h''ords  magazine,  by  B.  W. 
Richardson,  M.  D.,  F.  R.  S.,  author  of  "Diseases  of  Moder;  Life."  and  other' books,  to 
whom  I  have  ventured  to  dedicate  a  few  verses  on  p.  63  ante. 

There  lies  before  me  "  The  '  Indispensable  '  Bicyclist's  Handbook,  a  complete  cyclopedia  of 
;lie  subject ;  profusely  illustrated ;  third  year;  eighth  thousand  "  (lliffes ;  demy  8vo,  285  pp.  and  50 
adv.  pp.,  25  c),  by  H.  Slurmey,  whose  preface,  of  June  30,  '80,  says,  as  a  reason  for  omitting  cer- 
t.iin  sections  which  appeared  in  the  -ds.  of  '78  and  '79:    "  WhUst  I  do  not  wish  to  raise  tlu  price, 
I  -nnnot  again  undertake  the  very  great  work  of  compilation  at  a  positive  monetary  loss  to  m  'self[ 
,.s  hi.:  been  the  case  with  those  twoeds.,  notwithstanding  their  unprecedented  success  fro.-ri  every 
other  point  of  vie*.     This  book  is  »  practical  guide  for  the  selection  and  purchase  of  the  bicy- 
■le,  and  s  -me  360  makes  are  concisely  described."     A  table  of  comparative  prices  is  given,  with 
V.-x  of  manufacturers  and  an  index.     New  eds.  came  out  in  '81  and  '82  ;  and  the  6th  ed.,  though 
promised  for  '85  (when  all  the  old  ones  were  out  of  print),  did  not  appear  tUI  after  '86.     At  that 
ume,  the  Bi.  ll^orld  Co.  offered  to  "  close  out  the  old  stock  of  '  Tri.  Indispensables  '  "  (before 
d  •scribed  as  issued  by  the  same  author  in  '82,  '83  and  '8.,),  at  15  c.  each,  or  25  c.  bv  mail,  in- 
stead of  #1.12.     I  mention  this  to  say  that  the  coming  of  a  new  ed.  usually  spoils  the  price  of 
tiie  old,  without  at  all  spoiling  its  value  for  ordinary  use  or  reference.     This  "  Indispensable  " 
..f  'So  announced  that  "  the  Tricycle  Annual,  or  indispensable  handbook,  will  be  ready  in  Aug." 
(though  I  believe  it  did  not  really  appear  till  '82),  and  it  also  advertised  the  following  :    "  Bicy- 
lie  Road  Book  :  a  complete  guide  to  the  roads  of  Eng.,  Scot,  and  Wales,  with  a  list  of  the  best 
lintels  and  notible   pl.ices   on    each   journey,"  by  Charles  Spencer,  author   of  "the   Modern 
(iymnast"  and  "the  Modern   Bicycle  "  (London  :  Griffith  &  Farran,  St.  Paul's  Churchyard; 
limp  c'oth,  50  c),  who  rode  i  bone-shaker  from  Londo"  to  Bath,  Sept.,  '69  ;  "  Cyclist's  Pocket 
l!.mk  and  Diary,  for  reference  and  registration,   iSSo-i  "  (London  :  170  Strand;  roan,  67  c.) ; 
•■  rhe  Golden  Rules  of  Training"  chiellv  for  cyclers  (4th  ed.,  5th  thousand,  5  c),  pub.  at  Wey- 
mouth by  H.  A.  Jiidd,  the  present  ed.  of  ll'heel  li^orid ;  "  Romances  of  the  Wheel  "  (Ilifies,  28 
0  ),  and  "  Hotel  Charges  Directory,"  by  S.  KusseU  (llif  es,  28  c).      From  another  source  I  learn 
tint  Spencer's  "  The  Modem  Bicycle,"  named  :ibove,  was  issued  b;   K.  Wan  e  &  Co.,  Londn  ., 
1  '70,  with  a  2cl  or  3d  ed.  in  '76 ;  "  but  it  is  meager  and  relates  to  the  bone-shaker."     In  Feb., 
'<h,  the  lliffes  advertised  these  three  additional  books  ;  "  The  Agents'  guide ;  a  complete  intro- 
duction to  the  cycle  trade,  giving  all  the  details  that  a  business  man  would  require  "  (crown 
^\o.  28  c.) ;  "  Cyclists'  Guide  and  Road  Directory  to  the  County  of  Nottingham  ;  "  by.  W.  H. 
Heath,  C.  T.  C.  (28  c);  "  W.  J.  Spurrier's  Cyclists'  Touring  Road  Guide  and  best  routes  to 

or  from  any  p.irf  of  C,rp3t  Britain  and  Ireland  "  Cwjih  rr.3-.  ■    :-  .-  \      t  --.-st-..-.  -.'...^    .'. _  r 

"  Land's  End  to  John  O'Groat's  on  a  tricycle,"  by  Tom  Moore,  ed.  of  Trt. /ournal (London  : 
H    Etherington,  80  pp.  and  18  adv.  pp. ;  photo,  of  T.  R.  Marriott ;   12  c,  2^  oz.),  which  is  de- 


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scribed  on  p.  554.  "  The  Liverpool  Cyclists'  Pocket  Guide  and  Club  Directory  Jor  "85  "  u,. 
pp.  aiid  40  adv.  pp. ;  8  c,  2^  oz.),  third  year,  is  edited  and  published  at  2  brunsw.ck  st.,  by 
Oeo.  t.  Voung,  "  official  tailor  and  uniform  maker  to  the  C.  T.  C."  and  various  cycling  tlubs 
lis  frontispiece  is  a  photo,  of  G.  'J.  Mercer,  president  oi  the  Anfield  iS.  C,  who  is  distii  -uished 
as  a  long-distance  rider;  and  its  "long-distance  register"  jives  details  of  103  rid-js  i.i  loo  ni 
or  more  in  24  h.,  which  were  taken  in  '84  by  men  living  in  or  near  Liverpool.  The  fourth  aiimial 
issue  of  the  guide  (July,  '86)  contains  a  photo,  of  I  i.  P.  Mills,  who  look  the  "  J.  O'G.  rtcord  " 
in  the  wonderful  time  of  5  days,  i  hour,  45  minutes.  "Tricycles  and  Ho-v  to  Ride  Them  "  a 
series  of  penny  reprints  from  the  Tricydtst,  describing  the  8  following  machines,  are  maik-d  fur 
3  c.  each  by  the  llifies  :  Humber,  Coventry  Rotary,  No.  i  Challenge,  Omnicycle,  Premier 
(Jnadraiit,  Rucker  and  Diana.  These  little  tracts  ire  "revised  from  the  original  by  (;.  L 
Hillitr  and  H.  Sturmey."  Of  similar  sii.e  is  "  Cordingley's  Penny  Guide  to  Iricycling  "  (10,- 
OOQ  printed  for  ist  ed.,  Apr.,  '86),  mailed  for  3  c.  from  office  of  Tri.  Journai namti\  below. 

A  letter  to  me  from  the  publisher  of  the  Tri.  Journal,  C.  Cordingley  (Hammersmith  Print- 
ing Works,  London,  W.,  May  27,  '84),  says  :  "  I  publish,  every  Feb.,  '  The  Tricyclics'  Wvle 
Mecnm  '  (30  c),  giving  a  history  of  the  previous  year's  improvements,  with  a  descriptioii  of 
every  tri.  in  the  Kngllsh  market.  Another  annual  of  mine,  '  The  Wheelman's  Year  Hook,' 
gives  a  chronology  of  the  year's  bicycling.  The  £/'.  W^or/rf  recommended  the  "  Vade  Mecum  " 
of '86  as  "  well  worth  tlie  money."  The  dates  given  for  the  following  half-dozen  pamjililets 
are  those  of  notices  in  Wlueiing,  whose  opinions  and  descriptions  I  quote  :  "  The  Scottish  A. 
C.  Pocket  Directory,"  compiled  by  H.  Buchanan,  Sec.  Ayr  C.  C.  (pub.  at  Ayr  by  A.  H.  I.ang,  C 
c),  gives  a  pile  of  information  in  its  columns,  including  a  complete  directory  of  Scottish  clubs, 
sketches  of  C.  T.  C.  cJnd  N.  C.  U.,  the  rules  to  be  observed  on  .jcottish  roads,  and  the  various 
railway  rates  (Oct.  8,  '84).  A  valuable  little  "  Guide  to  North-West  Kent  "  (46  routes,  6  c),  by 
Edgar  Neve,  Sec.  Facile  B.  C,  can  be  obtained  at  the  Eng.  and  Foreign  Library,  Blacklieatb, 
S.  E.  (J"ne  10,  '85);  the  2d  ed.  (60  routes,  6  c.)has  just  been  published  at  the  Cycle  Supply 
Depot  at  Blackheath  (June  16,  '86).  We  have  received  from  James  Lennox,  of  Dumfries,  the 
well-known  long-distance  rider,  a  copy  of  his  "  Road  Guide  to  the  Southern  Counties  of  Scot- 
land." It  is  an  admirably  compiled  little  book,  and  is  far  in  advance  of  any  work  of  its  kind 
that  has  ever  fallen  into  our  hands.  No  detail,  however  insignificant,  that  can  be  required  by 
the  tourist,  has  been  overlooked  by  the  compiler,  while  the  work  is  got  up  in  such  a  compact 
form  that  it  can  be  carried  in  a  coat-pocket  without  inconvenience.  Pub.  by  J.  Menzies  &  Co. 
of  Edinburgh  (St-pt.  16,  '85).  An  interesting  little  pamphlet,  extracted  from  the  Church  of 
Ireland  Temperance  Visitor,  entitled  "  From  Holyhead  to  London  on  Tricycles,"  by  L. 
MacD.  C,  has  reached  us,  and  provides  good  reading.  Pub.  by  Falconer,  Dublin  (Feb.  3, 
'86).  "  The  Tricycle  and  Tricycling  "  is  the  title  of  a  neatly  got  up  little  handbook  issued  by 
the  Ballantyne  Press.  It  contains  much  valuable  information  and  is  worth  the  price  ^12  c.)  and 
a  bit  more  to  a  novice.  The  author  is  "  B.,  C.  T.  C.  and  N.  C.  U.,"  which  is  a  gratifying 
piece  of  information  (June  g,  '86).  We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  "  Southern  Counties  Camp 
Handbook,"  which  is  a  capitally  gotten  up  little  pamphlet,  giving  every  information  to  the 
would-be  camper,  whilst  the  way  in  which  advs.  have  been  captured  for  the  handbook  reflects 
tl  e  greatest  credit  upon  the  business  capabilities  of  the  hon.  sec,  Jupiter  Pearce  (July  14,  '86). 
"  The  Training  Instructor,"  pub.  from  the  Sportsman  office,  139  Fleet  St.,  E.  C.  ('85,  cloth 
bound,  25  c),  is  recommended  to  bi.  racers  by  Wheeling,  which  also  praised  "The  Son;.; 
of  the  Wheelist,"  music  by  Harriet  Kendall,  words  by  "  Rr  Banks,"  Liverpool  (London 
Music  Pub.  Co.,  '84).  Among  the  books  advertised  for  sale  in  the  Cycling  Times  oi  Nov.  3, 
'85,  at  its  office.  East  Temple  Chambers,  Whitefriars  St.,  I  infer  that  these  two  wire  published 
there  :  "  British  High  Roads,  arranged  for  the  use  of  tourists;  illust.  by  41  splendid  maps  o;-.  a 
scale  of  J  of  a  m.  to  i  in.  Part  I.,  crimson  cloth,  93  c,"  and  "  The  Bicycle  Annual  for  'So  (a 
few  copies  only  left),  containing  170  road  routes  and  an  enorm'>us  mass  of  useful  information, 
together  with  a  photo,  of  the  Anglo-American  Professional  Bicycle  Team,  68  c."  The  similar 
ar.r,;:a:3  lor  77  (ea.  'cy  •*^.  v.-.  iNain;,  igc  pp.;,  7^  \pcnra;t  c;  j.  Keen;,  '79  vportrn::  .;:  r. 
Cooper,  III  bi.  routes),  '81  and  '82,  compiled  by  C.  J.  Fox,  editor  of  the  Times,  cost  30  c. ,  which 


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was  presumably  the  first  price  of  the  '80  issue.     Each  annual  differed  in  miscellaneous  rontents 
and  perhaps  the  series  was  prolonged  beyond  '81.     "  The  Bicycle  for  '74  "  (Svo,  250  pp     ,0  c  ) 
was  also  followed  by  '76,  '77  and  '78  issues,  differing  in  contents,  having  fewer  pa^es.  and  sell- 
ing for  15  c.     It  was  published  from  the  office  of  the  BkycU Journal (n  St.  Uride  St.]  I-idgate 
Hill),  a  penny  weekly  of  u  pp.  whic'     iiade  a  specialty  of  racing  news,  and  died  long  ago 
"  ihe  Cyclist's  Guide  to  the  Roads  of  the  I^ke  District  and  Isle  of  Man  "  ■  as  issued  previous 
to  -84  by  N.   F.  Duncan,  of  Carlisle.     "  A  Canter^jury  Pilgrimage,  ridden,  written  and   illus- 
trated  by  Josep'i  and   Elizabeth  Robins  Penuell  '■  (London  :  Seeley  &  Co.,  Kssex  st.  ;  Ju.y, 
'85  ;  sq.  Svo,  25  c),  describes  a  three  days'  tour  from  London  to  Canterbury,  taken  in  Aug     '84' 
on  a  tandem  tricycle,  by  a  Philadelphia  artist  and  his  wife.     It  was  republished  a  month  later  by 
C.  Scribner's  Sons,  of  New  Yorl:,  at  50  c,  and  has  been  praised  by  the  wheel  press  of  both 
countries.     The  same  happy  pair  will  issue  in  Oct.  a  similar  book,  "  Two  Pilgrims'  Pro-ress  • 
or,  Italy  ,rom  a  Tricycle"  (London  :   Seeley  &  Co.  ;   Boston  :   Roberts  Bros.),  bein-  a  reprint  of 
articles  contributed  by  them  t :.  the  CinturyiSUx.  and  Apr.,'86),  called  "  Through  Italy  on  a  Tri- 
cycle."    Longman  &  Co.  announce  in  preparation  a  series  of  volumes,  "  designed  as  a  standard 
hbrary  of  sports  and  pastimes,"  whereof  the  book  on  cycling  will  be  written'by  Viscount  Bury 
and  G.  Lacy  Hillier,  editor  of  Bi.  News.     That  paper  of  Feb.  12,  '86,  said  :     "  '  The   W  ir's 
Sport'  (Longmans,  550  pp.)  has  just  made  its  first  appearance ;  is  carefully  put  together  and 
readably  written  ;  and  the  cycling  section  is  supplied  by  '  B.,'  "-who  is  perhaps  the  viscount 
just  mentioned,  and  also  the  author  of  the  recent  tricycling  book,  sarcastically  alluded  to  by  irheel 
tng,  as  quoted  on  the  previous  page.     "  My  Cycling  Friends,  designed  and  compiled  for  collec 
tion  of  autographs,"  by  C.  Alan  Palmer  (London,  A.  Palmer  &  Sons;  ,00  pp.,  doth,  gilt   ,0 
c.),  was  advertised  as  early  as  Mar.,  >S4,  at  ?.,  by  the  late  W.  C.  Marvin,  of  Ovid    Mich 

sole  agent  for  .he   U.  S."     It  contains  300  spaces  for  autographs,  with  a  picture  and  poetical 
quotation  accompanying  each  ;   and  it  has  been  very  well  spoken  of  by  the  press      "  A  P.  cket 
Manual  of  the  Bicycle  "  (,,  pp.,  ji  by  5   in.)  was  issued  by  Hamilton,  Adams  &  Co.  in  '78 
The  Bicychst's  Pocket-Book  and  Diary  for  '7S  "  (,67  pp.,  2J  by  4i  in  .  morocco,  with  pencii 
and  pockets)  was  issued  from  the  office  of  the  Country,  .70  Strand,  and  had  "  contents  well 
chosen  and  valuable."     It  appeared  again  in  '79  and  perhaps  later.     "  The  Wheelman's  Ye.tr 
Book,  Diary  and  Almanack  for  '82"  (paper  30  c,  cloth  60  c. ;  edited  by  H   T   Round  com 
piled  and  pub.  by  W.  D.  Welford,  Newcastle-on-Tyne)  promised  in  its  advertisement  to  •'  con' 
tain  250  to  300  pp.,"  and  quoted  many  favorable  press  notices  of  the  similar  book  for  'S,    which 
was  sold  at  same  prices.     Perhaps  there  were  later  issues.     The  earliest  adv.  which  I  hale  seen 
of  a  touring  pamphlet   -as '.he  following  (^«.  y.?,./<;«r.,  Aug  Q   '70  D   111      '    \  p-      i    i.j 
from  Russia,-Eydk.       .  .  to  Lan.-enweddingen,  ifear  '^^{^l  Wm.  S.  ^^Z^. 
worth,  with  miniature  map,  and  photographs  of  pen-and-ink  sketches  by  the  author  (London  • 
I   Snow  &  ^0..  2  Ivy  Lane,  Paternoster  Row;  30  c.)."    The  Cyclist  ol  June  ir    '84    had  .n 

-'  The  cZd"^;'  ""  'C^.^'^T'  ''  '''  ^"^^"^  ''"'-'  ^  ^^■'  '^  ^•>     -'^  '-'to 
The  Cycle  Directory,"  by  Chas.  Spencer  (London  ;  CasseU  &  Co.,  200  pp    doth    ,0  c  )   de 

voted  to  names  and  addresses  of  dubs,  hotels,  machines,  manufactu;rs,  deal'er^^  nd'°  ^It 

men  generally.'^ no  less  than  5000  of  the  latter  being  alphabetized.     Of  the  same  date  w.s  t  e 

2d  ed.  of  Capt.  Robert  Cook's  "  Offidal   Handbook  of  the  Cydine   Cricket    Foothill       Tl 

"ci  c  HLi'Trc^r'^f:"= ""-"'  *  '-•  --  - -"  -e^^^^^^^^^  -  ".r 

c)    "com^^H       ;      k,T;      ^•''"■'  '''=  304PP.,4  by6iin..noadv.,Iimpdo,h,r,oz,25 

the    0,000  club  members.     It  contains  constitution   and  rules,   Hsts  of  officers,  local  consuls 

els,^  epairshops^  .  .  ,„d  s.  s.  charges  for  cvdes,  .4  pp.  of  blanks  for  a  diarv  (Apr.    'S6  t o 

the  ch.!  "^      r        '"  '"^"'  '"'^  '  ""'"■■"'  ""^P  ^'-^  ^y  -9  i"-.  40  m.  to  .  in  1,  ''    how  ng 

Book  '   LT"    :        '''""'  '"*  "?'  "^  •■"''^•"     '•  ^■^>'^  "^'"  "''^  "  ^  T,  C.  Ma;  and  Road 
Book,     tor  several  years  in  preparation,  will  Hp  i.;su»^  i„  ,t, ; i  .o_      ^,     ._  .       . 

the  "Handbook  "  were  dated  July  and  Oct. ,  '7,,  and  the  firs,  nine^eds.  had  aVrge^'ilnTa^Tw:; 
than  that  adopted  ,n  '86.     "  List  of  Renewed  Subscribers  for  '85  "  is  a  pamphlet  of  Tpp     7 


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by  lo  in.,  the  same  »ue  as  the  Ga,etU,  without  title-page,  or  date,  or  price-mark  ;  but  I  infer 
that  u  appeared  m  Ja;   ,  '86,  and  that  copies  may  be  bought  of  the  secretary  for  .S  c     Tl, 
...troductory  note  says  :     "  These  names  of  those  -vho  renewed  their  membership  by  payment  of 
the  annual  fee,  when  added  to  names  of  candidates  published  month  by  month  in  t  ..  Gu:.,u 
(bepnn.ng  with  Jan.J.  w.il  give  the  com.  !ete  C.  T.   C.  membership  at  any  period  during  ,l,e 
current  year.       As  each  page  contain,  95  line,  of  fine  type,  in  double  columns,  and  as  nearly 
every  lu.e  contains  the  name  and  address  of  ,  subscriber,  the  total  is  about  ,4  000      The  name, 
are  arranged  alphabetically  in  36  geographical    "divisions, "-whereof  27  belon-  to  En-land 
Scotland  ar.d  Ireland,  and  cover  all  but  j  of  the  76  pp.     Of  the  9  foreign  "  .^visions""  the 
American  .s  by  far  the  largest,  covering  a  pp.,  with  near'y  400  names.     "  Goy's  Athletic'  liub 
Directory  for    S.      (London  :  a.  Leadenhall  st.)  w..s   mentioned  in  '83   by  a  French  compiler 
A.  DelJaroncelli,  as  "giving  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  the  English  cycling  clubs  "  ■  and  l.u" 
also  cntalogued  the  following  titles  of  English  pamphlets,  without  any  other  details  than  those 

now  reproduced  :     "  The  Whizz,"  pub.  ,it  the  office  of  the  Di.  Times  ;  "  On  Wheels fi 

cyclist's   Handy  Record;"  "He  Would  Be  a  Bicyclist;"  "Velocipedes,"  by  Ve'ox  (illust 
69);  "  The  Velocipede,"  by  T.  F.  B.  (25  il,:ist., '6<^) ;  and  "  The  Modern  Velocipede  "  (illust' 
69).     It  seems  hkely  enough,  however,  that  the  real  ..riginal  of  one  of  these  latter  titles  may 
have  been  J.  T.  G<xlda-d's  American  book  of  similar  name  and  date,  described  by  me  on  p  402 
"  Velocipedeia,"  by  Jupiter,  of  the  Rovers  li.  C,  a  burlesque  extravaganza  in  3  acts,  was  ailv 
m  Bi.  A'rws  of  Apr.  4,  '84,  as  "  the  only  bicyciing  play  ever  performed ;  a  few  copies  can  sliil  be 
had  at  this  office,  price  13  c."     "  The  Guardians,"  by  Ixion  (pub.  at  Bi.   New,  office,  ,a  c  ) 
was  catalogued  in '79.  by  C.  E.  Pratt,  as  "a  burlesque  with  parodies";  .md  he  also'reconi' 
mended   Knight's  Mec\»anical  Dictionary  and  tlie  Encyclnpaidla   Britannica  for  articles  on 
"  Velocipede  "  and  "  Bicycle  "  respectively. 

Bkitish  and  Australian  Journalism. 
The  seven  Journals  now  supported  by  the  cycling  trade  in  England  may,  very  likely,  reprc- 
sent  more  than  twice  as  many  others  which  have  failed  in  the  struggle  for  existence  ;  'though 
my  own  list  of  the  dead  exhibits  only  a  round  dozen  of  i.ames.  Birmingham's  weekly,  the 
Midland  Athletic  Star  and  Cycling  News,  and  monthly,  Cyclos  (<<y  W.  J.  Spurrierl,  both  $  em  to 
ha-e  been  killed  by  their  titles, -the  former  being  to,  long  and  latter  too  Greek  for  "  Brum- 
magem popularity."  Manchester  also  had  a  weekly,  the  At/iUtic  A'ews  and  Cychsts' Journal 
(*3),  and  Ncwca.stle-i,--Tyne  a  monthly.  Cycling,  which  was  mentioned  in  Mar.,  '79,  as  "  .6 
pp.,  sm.  4to,  Illust.,  6  c,  managed  by  W.  D.  Welford,"  who,  in  Dec,  '81,  adve-'tised  f,  r 
American  subscriptions  at  ;?  i.  Appended  to  it,  for  some  time,  was  the  Monthly  Circular  of  the 
B.  T.  C,  whereof  Mr.  W.  was  then  secretary.  Deliaroncelli's  list  of  '83  said,  "  Cycling  yiM 
pub.  in  London,  by  C.  J.  I'ox,  at  the  office  of  the  Bi.  Times,"  which  soon  afte'--  '  "  ab- 
sorbed "  it ;  and  the  same  list  mentioned  the  BicycU  and  Tricycle  Gazette,  without  giving  de- 
tails. Another  paper,  the  Bicycle  Gazette  (fortnightly,  %z),  was  pub.  at  Coventry,  by  C.  Drury, 
early  in  '79,  and  perhaps  gave  way  to  the  present  Cyclist,  which  began  there  Oct.  22,  '79.  An 
adv.  of  that  date  described  the  Atliletic  Iforldipuh.  by  E.  W.  Allen,  11  Ave  Maria  Lane, 
London,  $4)  as  "a  representative  weekly  of  bicycling  and  kindred  sports";  also  a  25  c. 
pamphlet  by  the  same  piibli.>;her  :  "  How  I  Cured  Myself  of  Nervousness,  by  Clericus,"— the 
"  simple  means  of  restoration"  being  presumably  a  bicycle.  An  adv.  of  Dec,  '81,  mentioned 
/xitr.t  (12  c.)  as  "  a  new  illust.  monthly,"  issued  from  the  Bi.  Times  office  ;  though  it  began  in 
Jan.,  '75,  if  I  am  to  believe  a  chronicler  (IVkeel  World,  Mar.,  '85,  p.  412)  who  says,  "  Ij::,"i 
was  the  first  cycling  monthly  and  had  but  a  short  life."  On  the  same  authority,  "  the  BicyJe 
Rider's  Magazine  was  begun  in  June,  '76,  and  ed.  by  T.  Francis  Garrett,  a  somewhat  erratic 
medico,  who  preferred  practicing  with  his  pen,  instead  of  in  the  orthodox  manner,  and  whose 
attempts  at  facetiousness  were  particularly  extraordinary."  Perhaps  there  were  two  Ixions,— 
the  "  short-liveH  "  one  of  '75,  and  the  "  new  "  and  rot  long-lived  one  of  'Si.     On  this  theory. 

I  infer  that  tht  If^flffStt-ltyrH  n'  ~1!  t^*  .-1;=--' i-  jV-   ".■«.._.•-.  r— ,       .,,• :,:-t,  r-    -7     — ..r_   !:-.  ^r 

Mar.,  '79,  notes  as  "a  u   p.  weekly,   sm.   4to,  making  a  specialty  of  racing  news  and  selling 


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for  a  penny  "  j  becau5e  he  records  that  an  annual  called  "  the  Hicvde  "  «.  i 1  . 

office.  ,4  St.  Uride  st  .  l.udgate  Hill,  .'rem  '74  to  ',8      A,  ,hi  l7  '""  *" 

annual,  u  muM  have  begun  fully  two  yeZ  el  Jr  thl  tt  ^    r    '  T:'"'"'  ''""'*^  "*' 
...urnal  now  liv.n,  andl  .nay  L  ha^e-Z:":;"!";."  1^:;::'.:    '^  '""""'  "'""'^ 

■it.,-beKiniiingthencwsencs,  Oct.  9,  '85,  as  "  Vol    XI     No    .  "  .1         .         """"'"■  ^^  •• 'f" 
would  no,  regularly  have  ended  unti^Dec.  .,     ^^:^.^:trtrX  Tl, 

ct..  -S.       hen  Ton.  Moore  (who  had  been  his  as.stant  fron,  Mar,,  '8      t  ,    Dec     ^   'L  '  ,'h 
Marry  Hew.tt  Griffin,  tiil  the  change  in  ownership  ;  since  when  he  hi  r  n^    .'       •'.   t '     ,^ 
Chronicle,  a  permanent   3  p.   suppiement  to  the   5    V     f  r  i   ,  conducted  "the  Club 

conlinues  Friday,  .-.s  from   the  outset      "  M  sr  vil,,,Ki         1        •  1 1   A  «»»  4  c.      Its  dale 

Prati'^  i,.H^,     ►    f  ,  valuable  part   is  its  correspondence  "  was  C    F 

77.  a  Las.  Temple  Chambers,  Whitefriars  st.  ;  weekly,  6  c. ,  .0  np.  mcl,  .0  adv  pp  )  I  Z 
.hat  Its  editors  were  C.  W.  Nairn  and  C.  J.  Tnx,  as  they  edited  the  "  liicycle  Anin--;.  ."or  C" 
and  following  years,  which  was  issued  from  the  same  office  •  tnd  ih^TZTr  " 

T:^::'.rTr ''''-  --^  ^"^"-'  '^ "-  --^- -  ^-  •--  ^m^  ;::: 

knock  doff        '  ,"T  ''  ""'   ''"-"■>«d.      I  do   not   know  just    when   the  •' B,  "  wa, 

knod<edofffr.n.ts.ule;  butasub-head  proclaims  the  fact  that  it  is  a  cntiiuiation  of  the T 
'C^  J    O.,  and  a.so  of  the  Newcastle  monlhlv,  Cyciine-      It  now  h.s„j  nn  rsi  K         •    . 
■be  o.er  half  of  them  l.i,.g  adv.  ;  and  calls  ..sjlf  '^an  independent  r        : Tf         ';;t  Tn 
An  a'dTlT';:;;::";  "'^""'  '"l"'""-:  ---""-•'-.  -^^  ^-"1--^  of  conatera.  inTe^est  " 
"S^^rtingAnnu       „;       '""  ^"'^T"'"'  '°  "'^  "''"'"•"'  ?3. 50  (and  for  purchasers  of  the 
sunTthe  h^^d  o      h     /'■  ''^  "'  '■■""''  Ktherington  &  Co.  ,.s  the  publishers  ;  and  I  pre- 

s  Lh  do  "p    J:     rr  r^  '""  "^  ""*=  "■  *^-  <'•   '^"^  '^-  '">«'--  -ree'  is 

niff/VQ  V  ^^        '"■■•  '■^"  "  *'"'  ^'^'  ^"«'-'''  f"^  •''  -"OS-,  tben  sold  it  well  to 

f      ,H     ,'  "f  ~':'""'''  '"  '''«^^'="^"'  "^  ""'^"■->'  "  --l  -he  O.//.^  a.  tl^elr  offices   117^ 

:o'n  with  tht^S"       'T'-     '  ?  r"'  '^  "^""^  ''^"™'^''-  •""  --  ''^y  '«-  '•i-lved  ^n  con       : 

luy  To     'v/,;  fh   ;,"'c!  T  "'^'^'"^'  "''-^-^-"     I  ">ink  that,  at  about  this  time,  he 

•-,1   ,1,,  T         .  ^  '■'  *''^  P"'  '"  <^''arge  of  Harry  A.  Judd  (b   Aue    .6 

pensab  e      had  b.en  pub.,  at  Weymouth,  in  'j,  and  '7,.  with  other  books  before  mentioned 

r.d„cd  by  W.  liam  McWiUiain  &  Harry  Ktlierington  "  wa,  a  phras^  i,.  the  writers'  fac 

s..eta..hipofferedbyt;::p^pLtoro;i^K:tt::trZ:;^^^^^ 

one  unt,    the  , is,  issue  (though  Tom  Moore  was  his  assistant  during  ',,, ;  "wMle  silf     . 

'6,  the  autr.graph,c  .lyle  has  been  :  "  edited  by  VVm,  McCandlish  &  F.  Percy  I  ow  "  sur 

ounting  the  legend,  in  black  capitals  :    "  Sole  Proprietor,  Harry  Ftherington."     The  iatte  's 

v.sit  to  Amena  in  '79  somehow  suggested  to  him  the  title  (which  seems  to  me  bv  far  the  h  pp  es 

.ne^ye.  hit  upon  in  the  entire  cyclin.  press),  but  the  existence  of  ;k>^,/,W  itself  is  L  io  M 

^y  I  perseverance.     Hut  for  him,  I  doubt  whether  I  should  liave 


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euayed  to  rival  the  paper  I  had  previously  publi>.heu."  Thi*  was  the  O-t/u/,  issued  everj 
Wednesday  since  (Jet.  ii,  '79,  of  which  I  have  given  wmie  account  on  p.  54M.  It  was  at  ih.ii 
time  undoubtedly  the  most  prosperous  journal  in  tile  trade, — the  issue j  of  June  4  and  ii,',<« 
(which  .irL-  the  latest  ones  1  've  %  en),  each  havin)^  40  adv  pp.,  with  central  letterpress  of  jo  |.|  . 
and  lit  pp.  respectively,  double-coluiniis,  as  meat  for  the  "  sandwich  "  ;  and  "  all  for  a  penny  " 
Its  sub-title  "  bicycling  and  Tricycling  Trader'  Review,"  and  its  tinal  line  reads  ilms 
"  Printed  and  pub.  foi  the  proprietors,  W.  I.  Iliffe  li  H.  ."iturniey,  by  Ilitfe  &  Son,  li  .-iniith- 
ford  St  ,  C.jv'entry. "  Mr.  S.  is  named  as  provincial  editor,  and  C.  W,  Nairn  as  editor  for  the 
London  district.  The   H'httl  H'orld,  illust. 

monthly,  with  the  same  editors  and  publishers,  is  adv.  as  "  ..ompanion  mai;azine  to  the  Cyclat  ", 
and  from  July,  '82,  until  Oct.,  '85,  the  IlifJes  also  issued  (  "ridays,  4  c.)  the  Tricyclist,  "  duutea 
to  the  sixirt,  the  pastime  and  the  trade  ;  edited  by  Lac,   llillier  ". 

This  had  ! a  to  16  pp.  of  ■eatly-priiit'-'l  letteri  ess,  same  siie  as  Si  .Veivs  but  douule- 
columned,  and  an  outer  advertiser  of  S  or  10  pp.  ;  and  I  think  that  A.  J.  U'llsoi,  (see  p.  554  for 
bioR.)  was  employed  as  a  regular  -ibutor  or  assislant  cd. ,  thou^^h  his  name  was  not  priiUcu  as 

such.  Thus,  "  the  Coventry  ring  "  possessed  the  tield,  with  these  three  eminently  respectable 
irade-c'-culars  of  the  "  heavy  literary  "  sort,  when  their  quondam  partner  audaciously  projected 
Hf'keeliHg,  and  soiiRht  to  win  a  i.iothold  for  it  by  forcing  as  pointed  a  contrast  as  possible  in  re- 
gard to  "  style."  He  chopped  everything  up  into  short  paragraphs,  excluded  all  elaborate  racrij 
and  touring  reports,  offered  money  prizes  (or  brief  articles  on  current  topics,  printed  autographs 
and  portraits,  and  adopted  a  "  slap-bang,  hurrah-boys,"  unconventional  form  of  editorial  e;,prc<- 
gion,  garnished  with  an  abundance  of  that  well-known  s<irt  of  "American  slang"  which  i5 
never  used  in  America.,  He  was  rewarded  for  this  by  Immediate  success,  to  which  "  the  Cov- 
entry ring"  promptly  bore  testimony  by  starting  an  imitation  weekly  (Friday,  Oct.  7,  '84), 
Wheel  Life,  "  t>-^  cyclists'  society  paper,  edited  by  W.  McCandlish."  It  had  16  pp.,  the  same 
size  as  lyfueling  'q  by  13  in.),  but  better  printed,  with  a  supplementary  "  cartoon  sheet  "  and 
only  a  few  adven  seraents ;  whereas  irheeiing;  \\3d  n  adv.  pp.  in  addition  to  12  pp.  of  letter- 
press between  them,  ll'/uei  Life  devoted  innumerable  paragiaphs  and  articles  to  ridicule  and 
abuse  of  Wheeling,  though  without  printing  its  name  (and  the  latter  adopted  the  s»  'ule  in 
its  retorts,  and  also  refrained  from  priming  the  names  Cyclist  and  Tricyclist,  and  even  .  ■  word, 
"  cyclist  ") ;  but,  nevertheless,  IVheel  Life  and  the  Tricyclist  both  "  lost  money  for  their  own- 
ers with  great  hebdomadal  regularity,"  until,  in  the  early  autumn  of  '85,  the  Iliffes  gave  up  all 
hope  of  trying  to  "  run  out  "  the  h^Med  interloper,  and  adopted  a  more  prudent  way  of  lessen- 
ing the  comi  etition  in  an  overcrowd  'd  field.  In  preference  :o  a  flat  admi-ssion  of  defeat,  they 
bought  up  the  moribund  B:.  News,  as  before  related,  for  the  sake  of  "  consolid.iting  "  their 
two  unfortunate  ventures  under  the  title  of  that  "  oldest  cycling  paper,  estab.  1876,"  whose  full 
heading  now  reads  thus  :  "  Bicycling-  .\'ews  and  Tricycling  Gazette  with  which  are  incorporated 
th2  Tricyclist  and  '  Wheel  Life  '  (with  Club  Chronicle)."  The  phrase  "  edited  by  Lacy  Hillier 
&  W.  McCandlish  "  was  shortened  to  include  L.  H.  alone  when  W.  McC.  ■.■.i'hdrc-.v,  ':■:.  1..^,, 
than  three  months,  to  become  editor  of  Wheeling,  taking  with  him  F.  Percy  Low  and  E.  .\. 
Lloyd,  of  the  Bi.  AV?w  stafi,  and  leaving  there  H.  H.  Griffin,  A.  J.  Wilson,  A.  G.  M<"-:,on 
(see  p,  ^35)  and  H.  G.  Kelly,  who  had  worked  for  one  or  another  of  the  three  old  p.ipers.  A 
portrait  and  brief  sketch  of  W.  McCandlish  (b.  Oct.  14,  '60),  appeared  in  Ei.  H'arl  '  CSlir.  5, 
'86,  p.  305),  showing  that  he  was  born  in  Belleville,  Canada,  of  Scotch  parents,  and  that  he 
uses  "  Agcnistes"  and  "  Junius  Junior"  for  press  signatures.  His  associate,  F.  Pc  cy  Low 
(b.  Dec.  9,  '61),  is  a  native  of  London,  and  I  think  that  "The  Octopus"  is  a  pm-name 
which  belongs  to  him.  His  predeces.sor  as  "  joint  ed.  of  Wheeling,"  during  '85,  «vs  Tom 
Moore  (b.  June  30,  '60),  who  also  preceded  him  as  ed.  of  Bi.  Ne^vs,  '81-4.  and  whose  poi'i-ait 
and  biog.  appeared  in  Wheeling,  Dec.  31,  '84,  when  he  began  with  that  paper  a  year's  engage- 
ment. In  the  course  of  this,  he  often  used  the  signatures  "  Ubique,"  "  The  O'Flanigin  "  and 
"  The  Man  with  the  Gimlet  Eye  "  ;  and  since  Feb.  3,  '86,  he  has  been  ed.  of  the  Tricycling 
Journal,  "  the  representative  tri-newspaper  ;  also  devoted  to  amateur  photography  :.iid  kindred 
subjects ;  printed  and  pub.   every  Wednesday  by  Chas.  Cordingley,  Hammersmith  Printing 


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Wo  k     London.  W,  •    The  latter's  ICcr  .0  me.  May  .;.  •,,,  said :     "  Th.  T.  J.  w«  cMab  in 
May     S.  ;  „  ed.  by  Lh«.  tord.ngiey.  and  pub.  by  Cord.n^k.y  At  sharp  (,„  pp.,  sj  by  , .  .„  ,  •  ■■ 
bu..he    ulcpa^eof     ..I.  .  read,  U,u,  :     -  TH.  Tr.yU.n,  J.urnul  anU  ^,L;Jurl,  ^Lr- 
user:  Ihe  Ir.cycl.^l.'  Advm.s«r.  Vadc  Mccu.n  and  Gu.Uc  >«  Cycl.,.,  ;  June-  ,5  .„  iJcc   7^. 
London:  pub.  by  Aif.  d  O.bbons.  .;,  Mrand."     Announccn.en'waA.ai  Ju,      5.  ij  .h«  C 
Cord,ngley.,r..  had  assumed  .he  «l..or,h,p;    and  1  .uppo=-=   he  succeeded   hj fa   ,„  .hen  .o^ 
held  .he  place  u»..l  Keb.,  '86.     The  ed.  oi  .he  i'ho.o.  Dcp..  U  Caleb  U    Smi.h  •  .n! 
^•a..o..  ...h  reference  .0  a  .h,.uld  be  addressed  .0  h.n.  a.  ^'s  Covety ltd    J  '  :  ihrTi 
he  pap.V»  ,0  pp     «  0U..UIC  and  ,  or  3  .n.de  are  g.ven  .0  adv.  ;  and  .he  ou.er  T^^Jil 
has  an  engraved  headn.g  more  o.na.e  than  a..rac..ve  (.hougn  by  no  mean,  as  u«ly  .,  .h;I  ^ 
■ngs  of  ,he  C^./„/.  C^,y,.^  yw,  and  C.  T.  C.  O.^t,.,,  «a.  formerly  of  colored  pi;,    -bl^' 
ellow   p„,U,  and  ,he  res,.     Much  of  i..  nu..er  i.   repr.n..     The  pr.ce    has  been  a  c     undo  n   J 
from  the  outse..      f..f.,rtyJo.rn.U  .•■,  a  n.c.name  of.en  appUed  .0  i.  by  wri.er,  in  o.i.er  pa^et 
Ih,s  magazine  has  ,„comp.-.r.,hIy  ,he  large...  and  mo.s.  bon„Ji.U  circula.ion  of  any  v,Veel 
paper  >n, he  world."     .Such  i.  .he  legend  prn,.ed  at  the  .op  of   each  advertising  page  m  the 
Monthly  uazette  and  OJfuuU  Record  of  .he  Lydis.s'  Touring  Club  (f.  ^unde.l  A  u,    5    •;.   a,  H 
1.  C.„  whose  2i,oc«  mer   jers  receive  it  in  part  return  for  their  annui.1  dues  (',2  c     piy.ible  be 
fore  Dec.  3,,  l«sides  .he  firs,  entrance  fee  of  25  c.;.     There  are  jo  adv.  pp.,  of  pink  paper   m 
.he  issue  of  May,  '8r,,  which  is  called  "  New  .Series.  Vol.  V..  No.  5,"  and  ,S  pp.  of  le.'erpr^s. 
7  by  9j  m..  tn  double  columns;  .hou^h  I  ihink  the  average  number  is  somewhat  less   since  Vol* 
M.,  emhng  w„h  Ilec  ,  VSj,  shows  only  404  pp.     Monthly  Crcut.zr  was  .he  name  a<l.,p,ed  at  .he 
start  (Oct.,    78),  and  retained,  I   presume,  until  the   end   of  ihe   "  firs.  series,"-say  Sept     '81 
Indexes  have  h.en  compiled  only  for  the  two  la.est  vols.,  •84-'85.and  are  ob.ainable  at  6  c  each 
I  he  back  numbers  of  •84-'86  may  all  1«  had  for  12  c.  each,  those  of  '83  fori8  c    of  '82  for  25  c 
of  '8.  for  50  c,  and  most  of  the  earlier  ones  for  62  c.     The    Gazette  is  "  prin.'ed  for  and  pub^ 
l.shed  under  official  au.hority  by  E.  R.  Shipton.  secretary  and  editor,  a.  .he  chief  offices  of  .he 
club,  .30-140  Flee.  St..  London."     His  jmrtrai.  and  biography  appeared  in  H'heel  lyorUnl  June 
S4,  and  tn   irhee/in^,  Dec.    .0,  '84;  and  his  reply  .0  my  own  enquiry  as  .0  personal  wheelinJ 
s.at,s.,cs  was  printed  thus  (Apr.,  '86,  p.  ,55):     "  You  have  received  the  family  pedigrees  of  so 
many  o.her  nonentities  on  this  side  the  wa.er  .hat  we  beg  you  .0  excu.se  our  figuring  in  (he  lis. 
m  .he  work  you  are  compiling      We  understand  we  were  born  on  the  loth  of  April-our  critic, 
naturally  beheve  it  was  the  ,st-and  tha:  ,ou,h  for  us."     Hisofler  .0  exchange  pho.npraph, 

with  members  of  the  club  (firs.  pub.  in  S  •  '.)  has  brought  upwards  of  .200  respoi.scs ;  and 
the  names  of  those  added  to  his  collectio,  ..rin.ed  in   each  monthly  issue.     He  was  a  rider 

of  .hebo„e.shakeras  far  back  as  '68,  helped  originate  .he  \^.  T.  C.  in  '78.  and  became  secretary- 
editorin  Sept.,  '81  (at  a  salary  of  #,  =  50.  afterwards  mised  .0  $,500),  when  I  think  the  new 
series  of  Gazette  was  begun.  For  some  time  previously,  it  had  been  i.ssued  as  .-  supplement  .0 
tychHg,  whereof  his  official  predecessor,  \V.  D.  Welford.  was  editor,  as  before  rela.ed  The 
correspondence  and  editorials  of  .he  Gazette  always  contain  much  matter  of  interest  .0  .ouring 
wheelmen  outside  of  England  (as  well  as  "much  trash  of  dcxidering  faddists,"  as  the  rival  papers 
say);  and  I  recommend  all  such  tourists,  as  a  simple  means  of  getting  a  good  representative 
trade-journal  from  .hat  country  at  the  least  possible  expense,  to  join  the  C.  T.  C.  Fvery  club 
library  should  take  pains  to  procure  the  two  indexes  and  "  renewal-lists,"  for  binding  up  with 
the  Gazettes  of  '84-5,  even  if  it  cannot  aflFord  a  complete  set  of  the  earlier  vols. 

Fuch  libraries  should  also  secure  the  present  series  of  Ifh-e/  U'or/di^^  .0  56  pp  ,2  c  )  "  the 
only  illust.  monthly  mag.  of  cycling,"  for  the  Ilifies  offer  its  bound  vols.,  cloth  and  gi'lt  at  $2  each 
the  tst,  from  July,  '83,  to  June,  '84,  "  containing  600  pp.,  .3  full-page  portraits,  and  nu  nerous 
smaner  pictures  "  ;  and  the  2d.  from  July,  '84,  to  June.  '85,  "  containing  558  pp.,  ,3  portraits 
.3  cycmg  scenes  a-  .3  hill  sections."  The  thi'd  year  of  the  series,  ending  with  July  '86  has 
been  dmded  m.o  se..  annual  vols.,  "  3  "  and  "4,"  ^hose  price,  bound.  1  do  not  know.  They 
have  a  page  of  the  same  size  as  Outing's,  and  a  cover  whose  design  diflers  from  tha.  of  the  two 
■,-"-.-.ou3  ycai»,  wi.eti  the  page  was  }  in.  wider,  both  covers  were  drawn  by  Geo.  Moore  is  well 
as  nearly  all  the  pictures.    He  also  supplied  most  or  ail  of  the  17  cartoons  which  decorated 


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!Vtirtl  Lift :  and  the  llrfte^  offered  (Nov  ,  'S5)  the  bound  vol.  of  thin  (hoardt  and  cloth  back 
?'""  pp  )  for  91  c  I  ln'y  offori-fl  for  f 2  V)  each  ihe  2d  and  jd  vols,  of  IruyclUt,  fur  years  end- 
ing July,  'S4,  and  July,  'H5,  bound  in  cloth  and  gilt,  790  pp.  each  ;  .liio,  in  tame  style,  for  |i  91. 
the  5lh  vol.  of  Cj/c/iit,  for  year  ending  (Xt.,  '84,  1000  pp.  I  presume  that  the  blh  vol.  is  pro- 
cur.ible  at  the  same  rate,  and  that  all  these  journals  are  provided  with  title-pages  and  .'Iphaln-t- 
ical  lists  of  contents,  the  same  as  the  U'httl  H'ori<i,  and  the  semi-aniiuil  vols  ol  ^^'luehltr 
No  names  of  eds.  have  been  printed  with  the  monthly  issues  of  //'.  /<'. ,  I  think,  and  none  ap- 
liearcd  uiv)n  the  ll.:e-pa,;e  of  Vol.  3,  whose  ed.  was  really  H.  A.  Jiidd;  though  the  titlt-p.igi-, 
■  if  the  1  previous  vols,  said:  "  Kdiled  by  H.  Sturmey  &  f.  W.  Nairn."  I  have  never  seen  a 
copy  (if  »»'  ly's  first  series,  under  H,  Klhcringlon  and  (1  I..  Hillier,  but  sup|)ose  it  began  in 
July,  'So  (see  p.  54H),  and  had  a  smaller  page  and  a  more  free-and  easy  style.  Such,  at  Ic.ist, 
.ire  the  characteristics  of  Ih^?  H'.  If'.'s  '  Christmas  annual  of  VSo,"  a  stiilling  Hvo,  cnllc 
"  Icycles,"  with  advertisements  sandwiched  thickly  among  its  J14  pp.  of  paragraphs  and  stories 
and  rough  wood-cuts.  As  to  tb--  present  series  of  W.  M'.,  judging  from  the  half-dozen  sp<>(  i- 
mens  which  have  rome  to  mt-,  I  should  say  that  its  lithographs  and  smaller  pictures  are  <lis- 
linctly  inferior  to  the  best  ..f  .he  illiislralions  which  adorned  the  15  numbers  of  lioston's  ,1'hfel- 
mill  ('S2-O  ;  tliat  its  typography  is  less  elegant,  though  clea-er  than  that  of  any  other  Kngiish 
trade-journal ;  and  that  its  average  literary  quality  is,  at  best,  no  higher  than  the  If"  >mnn's. 
In  London,  as  in  Boston,  the  editor  of  such  an  affair    .as  a  hard  struggle  to  get  en.'  iltahie 

material  from  amateurs,  and  is  constantly  tempted  to  admit  their  "  love  stories,"  '  p'  .y  "  and 
other  trash,  no  matter  how  forced  or  flimsy  its  pretended  relationship  :o  '  the  wheel."  I  am 
afraid,  too,  that  /('.  W  sometimes  fails  to  accredit  the  original  source  of  reprinted  article.?;  ami 
I  can  testify  that  my  o»*n  contributions  to  it  have  been  carefully  "'  edited  from  C  -ntry,"  to 
the  extent  of  printing  "  cycli.ig  "  in  place  of  "  wheeling  "  which  !  wrote,— lest  the  appearance 
of  tliat  word  should  help  to  adv.nise  the  liated  weekly,  Wheelini;.  With  all  its  fa.ilis,  how- 
ever, I  should  say  that  W.  W.  >iTfers  an  American  a  smallei  propf)rtion  of  matter  neces.sarily 
uninteresting  to  him,  because  of  its  merely  personal  and  local  significance,  than  any  of  the 
weekly  Irade-circulars  ;  and  I  should  recommend  him  to  spend  J  1.50  for  it  rather  than  <2  fur  a 
weekly.  I  do  not  think,  though,  that  «'.  »'.  is  worth  twice  as  much  to  him  as  the  Gazette 
which  he  can  secure  by  paying  75  c.  to  the  C.  T.  (.'. 

"  The  Cyclist  and  IVheel  H'or/ii  AnnuaX  "  (IlifFes,  Jan.,  '84  ;  demy  8vo,  J50  pp.,  30  c.  ;  ed. 
by  C.  W.  Nairn  and  H.  Sturmey)  was  said  to  contain  "  the  fullest  statistical  information  con- 
cerning the  racing  of  the  past  season  ;  and  over  500  illust.  of  the  clubs  the  world  and  their 
badges."  It  was  out  of  print  in  Dec,  when  a  similar  book  was  annou  -d  in  press  for  Jan.. 
•85.  Perhaps  another  api>eared  in  '86 ;  and  there  may  have  been  earlier  eds. ,  as  a  sort  of  con- 
tinuation of  the  "  liicycle  Annual,"  put  forth  by  the  sam-  Mr.  N.  from  the  Bi.  Timrs  office,  '77 
to  '79  or  later.  In  another  sense,  those  supposed  ea  er  eds.  may  have  been  a  substitute  for  the 
ty.  /f.'x  Christmas  "  Icycles,"  whereof  a  second  issue  possibly  appeared  in  'Si.  I  presume 
that  nearly  all  the  other  trade-circulars,  living  and  dead,  have  habitually  offered  "  special  feat- 
ures "  at  Christmas  tin,e,  after  t'  ■  custom  of  Knglish  weeklies  in  general  ;  but  I  think  no  pre- 
vious issue  approached  in  elaborateness  "  Our  Camp,  the  '84  Christmas  Number  of  the  Cyclnt  " 
(82  pp.  an  '  57  adv.  pp.,  30  c),  with  ornate  ever,  litho.crapherl  in  gilt  and  colors,  three  double- 
page  cartoon  supplements  (portraying  racers,  legislators  and  exhibitors;  "see  key  in  IV.  II'. 
for  Jan. ''),  and  86  smaller  cuts,  drawn  by  G.  Moore.  This  seems  to  have  been  a  great  success, 
for  the  copy  which  came  to  me  in  Mar.  W3j  marked  "  3d  ed."     The  similar  issue  for  '85  wn-. 

called  "  The  Great  S ,  or,   A  Journey   through   Cyclonia  "  [gS  pp.  and  61   adv   pp.— the 

latter  of  greenish  paper,  .scattered  tl-.roughoiit  the  boo'K  and  cheapening  its  appearance),  wlicc 
adv.  •  lys  ;  "  The  illust.  are  far  in  advance  of  anything  ever  before  attempted ;  the  inventive 
genius  of  the  authors  being  splendidly  carried  into  effect  by  the  facile  pencil  of  G.  Moore,  who 
■supplies  14  full  page  lithographs,  comically  depicting  all  manner  of  cyclii^g  episodes,  and  many 
s'naller  illust.,  including  43  portraits  of  typical  racing  cyclists,  introduce-"  ;.  -.  certer-pieces  of  4\ 
medals  of  different  designs.  The  text  abounds  in  wit  humor,  fun,  satire,  in  both  prose  and 
veise ;  and  there  are  two  original  cycling  songs  set  to  music,  either  of  which  is  alone  worth  more 


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693 


than  the  co«t  of  the  Uwlc    while  '  Kailki..)'.  c  l-   i      . 

anybody  fo,„l  .,r  a  lH*„y  Uul'      1^^  .         "^•"  '"^    '^  '  """'  "°«  ^  >"'"««»  ''Y 

A    <      M         '  "  *  """'y  '•«"«''■         I I'c  joint  authors  of  theiw  two  annuals  are  A     I    U.I  5 

A.  (j.  Morrison  (seen.  5,4,    who  !u>vil..i   •■  „  "  annuals  are  A.  J     W  il»o„  and 

.uu.  out  of  the  r.,.:.  :;;^:::;ir,  i:::=:"::':7?:i::::r"'r--  7" 

with  the  variou.  phases  of  cychna      All  ih,  ,1,.,  .     i  couiietted  ...  rati»e  dealing 

.heir  r..peu  ve  'writers.  J  1,  ',  up.  s  e  ct::"' '  , """"  l"  ■"".""-  '"«^"  •""'««'  ''^ 
Marlowe.'  '  f.  I,.-  and  '  Frank  Severn  '•'A  r  ,'  "'""""  "''"""'■  ^'  ^-  '■  "*•  '^"* 
men  of  -  fum.y  business -whl^l       '   /  •"'^""^""■•"  «-k.  therefore,  a.  the  beM  .peci- 

a..c  to  pr...i  „  h::i,rr:;^;d;  :z;':^;^r:  t".:s  r "'  r^-' "-  -- 
..-  .':■;:;:;":,;:  ."f  r;.r;i:x  I'l?:;:  r  7?  "r "- -* 

'•  the  bost-hcnrtcd  rider  in  Kneland"-  C    T    Fn.   „f /-     /  '  -"^«  ■  L.  W.  Nairn,  of  C>£/„/, 

•V^,;  G.  Atkinson,  of  .>.':;  ^,>'.' .^ndf'  F^I^leCfr  ^7;^'/"    'T"'  °^  ^''''"" 
Knglish  racers,  and  these  4  American.  :  <;.  M.  „..  dee         P    Burlt    T  \  ''  "'"^  " 

Iind  ,.  pp.  (.„h  , .  pp_  „,  „.di„  j).  ..d  .n  pp.  .  .,,.,„  .„„;„„  ,,„,  „p  ,„  .,;  pp    V7,  '  pt 

.,      ,...,",",       ■■;" ^"■™'  >*■  '"""'".  or  more  than  iha.  of  afj  o.lier  cvdine  Miun.ak 

..»b,pri.'.     I„  J,    ,,  .„,  i,  ..^a,,,  H.J  „  „  ^  .J,  p^^  ,„j  ,  j^  _,^,  kncto,  K!!^; 


694 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


success  has  reduced  their  number.  The  C  T.  C.  Gazette  says,  loftily  (Feb.,  '86,  p.  43): 
"  There  are  papers  which  exist  solely  by  reasou  of  the  misrepresentation  and  effrontery  of  their 
proprietors,  but  no  one  has  yet  had  the  courage  to  point  to  them  by  name.  The  reason  is 
obvious — the  mere  statement  of  the  facts  by  an  interested  party  would,  in  all  probability,  be 
deemed  libelous,  and  few  would  care  to  be  involved  in  a  law  suit  with  unscrupulous  and  penni- 
less opponents.  We  shall,  however,  be  much  mistaken  if  the  present  enquiry — supplemented 
by  revelations  which  are  to  follow — does  not  exhibit  a  h>ipelessly  rotten  state  of  affai:  -n  cycling 
journalism.  Whatever  may  be  the  result,  however,  the  Gazette  will  be  affected  not  a  tittle.  U 
has  a  bonafide  distribution  at  the  present  moment  of  over  21,000,  a  number  which  compiettiv 
swamps  any  of  its  compeers,  and  we  can,  therefore,  await  the  verdict  with  equanimity."  As 
there  can  be  no  doubt  about  the  21,000  members  of  C  T.  C,  the  Cyclist's  estimate  would  leave 
only  9000  a  month  for  its  four  weekly  competitors  and  IV.  IV.,  or  say  an  average  circulation  for 
each  of  about  500  copies  !     Perhaps,  though,  it  refuses  to  class  the  Gazette  as  a  "  journal." 

The  present  editors  of  IVheeling;  announced,  in  taking  control  (Jan.  13,  '86),  that  the  pro- 
prietor  had  offered  the  position  of  joint  ed.  to  each  of  them,  in  succession,  15  months  earlier- 
that  they  joined  the  lliffes'  IV heel  Life  adventure,  in  the  belief  that  it  offered  a  better  chance 
of  stability;  that,  after  the  failure  of  this,  their  positions  on  the  Bi.  News  were  not  altogether 
a;;reeable ;  that,  as  Wheeling  had  meantime  become  an  established  success,  they  accepted  its 
owner's  second  proposal  to  take  it  in  hand  (their  satirical  attacks  upon  him  having  been  under- 
stood, on  both  sides,  to  be  "  mere  matters  of  business  ") ;  that  their  exodus  from  the  "Coventry 
ring  "  was  attended  with  the  utmost  good  feeling  on  the  part  of  every  one  excppt  Lacy  Hillier; 
and  that  they  hoped  hereafter  to  "  act  in  friendly  concert  with  the  Cyclist  and  Bi.  Neivs  both." 
In  the  introduction  toHhe  new  series  of  the  latter  (Oct.  g,  '85),  a  harsher  policy  had  been  pro- 
claimed, thus:  "  We  shall  consider  it  our  duty  to  the  sport  to  point  out,  pillory,  and  pelt  to  the 
best  of  our  ability  the  bad  form,  bad  English,  bad  blood,  and  bad  faith  i..hich,  we  unhesitatingly 
state,  must,  in  the  long  run,  if  allowed  to  flourish  unchecked  as  though  tacitly  acquiesced  in, 
make  cycling  a  sport  which  no  man  with  the  slightest  pretensions  to  the  description  of  '  gentle ' 
can  allow  his  name  to  be  connected  with.  The  abuses  of  wheel  life  shall  feel  the  lash  if  the  right 
hands  of  the  Bicycling  Newsmen  have  not  lost  the  cunning  enabling  them  to  curl  the  quivering 
thong  with  a  hiss  in  the  all-too-deserving  flesh--a  bloodthirsty  sentence,  but  tiie  hopes  of  cycling 
salvation  lie  in  the  application  of  the  lar  cet,  and  why  should  physicians  he'itate?"  The 
writer  of  these  curious  phrases  seems  not  to  have  accepted  the  peaceful  overture^  of  his  former 
associates,  for  they  say  of  him  {Wheeling,  Mar,  8,  '86,  p.  ^47):  "  The  state  of  the  cycling  press 
just  now  is  in  many  respects  scandalous,  and  while  we  are  ready  at  any  time  to  hold  out  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  to  our  contemporaries,  and  close  the  long-standing  war,  we  must,  of 
cou.se,  baited  as  we  are  by  semi-authorized  touts,  and  sneered  at  as  '  sham  cyclists,'  etc.,  carry 
out  a  policy  of  reprisal:,  though  it  is  distinctly  not  our  wish  to  do  so.  Hence  we  may  mention 
that  the  editors  of  Wheeling  were  active  members  of  the  Lombard  B.  C.  when  the  great  and 
praclical  Lary  Hillier  was  breeding  cocks  and  hens  and  selling  eggs  in  the  good  town  of 
Chichester,  where  he  was  not  thought  to  be  nearly  so  b!  j  a  gun  as  he  has  educated  the  public 
hereaway  to  consider  him."  Again  (June  29, '86,  p.  165):  "This  embodiment  of  egregious 
vanity,  who,  because  he  won  championships  in  a  second-rate  year,  conti.iually,  and  years  after, 
thrusts  the  fact  down  our  throats,  thought  propjr  to  r^'er  to  the  private  affairs  of  a  set  of  men 
who  chose  to  remain  in  their  hotel  instea  1  of  swaggering  about  Weston  and  playing  the  cheap 
showman.  Because  a  fe*'  i.ien  chose  to  play  cards  with  thei,-  own  money  in  their  own  apart- 
ments, and  tn  bet  among  themselves  about  the  results  of  the  racing,  Sir  Pecksniff,  who  earns 
part  of  his  living  on  the  Stock  Exchange  where  the  widow  and  the  orphan  fall  victims  to  the 
'  bull  '  and  the  '  bear  '  publicly  raises  his  hands,  and  thanks  high  heaven  that  he  is  not  as  these 
men  are."  Still  further  (July  14.  'S6 ;  p.  210) :  "  We,  on  this  paper,  do  not,  we  hope,  profi-;s 
much.  We  were  n't  champions  in  '81,  and  we  're  only  ordinary  people  in  '86.  We  don't  mind 
if  other  people  please  themselves  as  to  how  they  spend  their  leisure  time  and  spare  money,  hut 
at  the  same  time  we  don't  rim  out  a  platform  from  the  window  of  a  stockbroker'?,  i^ffire  .ind  de- 
nounce gambling,  nor  do  we  print  without  protest  advertisements  which  we  and  ail  "  ■  world 


LITER  A  TURE  OF  THE  WHEEL. 


%5 


t^^H^trTl,^"  '""  ^''V°  ''^  '"""^"'  ">'  P""'  -^  'he  Pecksniffian."  A  week 
later  (p  246),  H  heeltng  repnnted  the  following  commeutary  on  this  sort  of  talk   from  ,  I  .? 

press  which  represents  their  int-rests  is  probably  the  smalest  anrf  nl.V  ,  '*'''  ' 

.he  spirit  of  iournalism  has  assumed  as  yn  on  this  s  de  of  "  Attm  c  ThT  .'"""'''"'"'°" 
and  their  nun,ber  is  as  great  as  their  l.ves  are  short-positively  lit  uZ  ealh  0,^""^'""" 
tngs.     The  kingdo,^  of  the  cyclist  is  one  of  unending  dvil  war   and  its  v,r  ^,^'^°»«>- 

them  out  of  their  owt,  mouths,  interestingly  eccentrk  individuals  "  Simnr'  '"^  '  'I  '"'^' 
tion  uttered  in  C.  T.  C.  Gazette  (Mar     4)   bv   I     R    H  v    ^""''"  *^^  "'=  c°"demna- 

"  Coventry  ring"  and  the  -  If  J 1^  ere  w''  at  the  N    C   u'  "'^  .*^''''f  "^  ""=  -^''^  "^  'he 

^ve  th^ateur  definition  abolishedf  ..  The  sTat^oflateLr^^^^^^^^^^^ 
a£Fa<rs  between  the  newspapers  is  contemptible  and  disgusting  "     As  IVfue/iul  h!      .!        ! 
make  a  happy  hi.  in  favoring  America  (see  p.  54;).  the!,.  aL.  got  ^the  Jher  e^e  an'd 
courn  tory  popularity  by  speaking  with  hostility  and  ridicule  of  this  country     As  a     the  '.her 

^1  has  held  al  7^-1".  ."  "'  '"'  '"  ''""""'"'  ""  '-"^•'^''  ^"'^-"'"^"  f-  -«-  '^e  ^J 
Y^         ,  u      '''^^'"- «""""g  ="  'he   scheme  as  a  catchpenny  trick  of  a  tiresome 

A  lVAee/,„^  i.kes  to  pose  for  a  fnend  of  democracy  and  equal  rights,"  so  it  lik:s  to  taun,  the 
B.J^„,s  as  a  "toady  to  the  Established  Church  and  the  aristocracy."    This  fact  (like    he 

avZ IITII  r'  ""■  '■■>'•"''""  "'"^  ■"  ^"""^  ^  ''-  ''^""  ""--^  oil  from  i:'^ 
tavern  bills  seems  ,0  me  a  s.gn.hcant  token  that  the  "  heavy  swells  "  of  England  have  thus  Z 

w^r;;'  :r::r:rtr"'°^'''-^-  -r"''^^"^"'  '"^^'^'^^  havecenafmyhadno;!::; 

Whl  I  hav.      M     '         I  ""  '"^  """''  '°  ""'"''  "^"^  ^^^'^'""^  °f  'h-r  London  originals 

Wha   I  hav    ..^d  on  j.  446  ./  se,.,  about  the  phenomenal  obtrusivene.s  of  the  struggle  to  "  get 

on    _  n  £ng^„d  could  have  no  more  perfect  illustration  than  is  given  by  it,  cycling  journalism 

The  official  org.n  of  the  frish  Cyclists'  Association  "  is  the  /risA  CyLt  IL  aJ2 

pr  J:  ::^";:r  b'  "^  r  ^"'r  f  -' ''"'''-'  --'  ^"■^^^""^'  ^•^-^  ■"  ^-ht  1:1 : 

rrZ     f         M   "^       ?"      '"■""''  W»dn.sdays  by  J.  G.   Hodgins,  of  Tralee  (4  c.  or  $.  35) 

Lr  w  ^h tThe  :,y°'  ''■  ^':  "r'  '•'"  °^  '^^  -'"^  ^^^  ^^^--^^  ■-"  "^-  'he  4th  nm- 
be     which  IS  the  only  specimen  that  has  reached  me,  and  which  consists  of  ,6  pp..  8  by  .,  in 

A^lT"-  ■       •'  ''""■■''  ''""^^   '^  '°  ^°^"  ^••'^'^-"^  ^'■.  I^"Win:  and      learn  fro^ 

rj^MSrT'nrT't"""'^  "-penny  Christmas  number"  that  his  :ameTs 
K.J.McCredy  Ihe  ^rjsA  Cyci,^^ 6^  A tA/efc/our„at  (heg^^r^  ^tDubWn  in  Nov., '85)  I  presume 
^a  penny  weekly;  and  I  find  in  «>W/«^  of  Aug.  4.  '86,  an  allus.on  to  frsAcJtZZ 
AthUt,c  Ae^os,  though  whether  this  is  an  old  or  new  rival  to  the  Ja,.r„a/,  or  a  successor  oft 

t  ^ub  ir^'Th?  f  ;^"  T'°'  ''"^  ''  '''"'  ''  ''■  '"'■  ^--^^>-^-  -  «3  Middle  Abb^^; 
Ni'sb?t  &  Co     X    T1       7r  ^   '"'''''"'  '''^"'''   ^'  '■^'  P"*^-   Wednesdays  bv   Hay! 

tmde  "  and  .'now      h   ';     '''  "^T'  ""^  '"''  "  "^"^  '"'''  ^'^^^  '"^'■"-  '"  -Scdandfor  .)  e 

.mde,  and  ..Hows  aboMt  a  quarter  of  its  space  to  wheel  matters  ;  while  Xhe  Scottish  AtkUtu 
/.«.«./ gives  them  much  less  prominence.  Sports  ^  Play  (begun  Feb..  '86,  at  ,5.,  ,.<l't  d 
^.Birmingham)  was  welcomed  by   «W/„^  as  far  superior  to  the  long-named  Star  «    ih 

th    largest  and  cheapest  illust.  sporting  monthly  "  (2  c),  being  a  sort  of  elaborate  circular  fo 
proclaiming  the  goods  of  Gov,  ..  Leadenhall  st  ,  London  ;  and 'he  numerous  sport  ng  we 
of  that  city  of  course  '''recognue  "  the  wheel,  after  their  several  fashions. 

Lmler  the  Southern  Cross  "  was  the  title  of  an  article,  bv  Thon,..s  A.  Edwards   of  Mel 

^"h^^i'ne  ff  "''"t^"/  ?'  •  ''^-  '"^  ^"-^''  -"'^^  «^"  «=>-  ^-"--  adearla  f 
wheeling  aflfairs  on  the  island-continen,  beyond  the  Pacific,  though  E.  H.  Rum  had  previously 


^},<  P-  3,^.1). 


Mr.  E. 
-:j — 


was  the  editor  of 


told  something  about  the  v.heel  in  New  Zealand  (  \iig. 

the  earliest  paper,  the  Bicycte  (S  pp.).  which  anne.^rpH  on  ,«  al,„™, 

.4.    »2,  and  then  gave  way  to  the  Australian  Bicycli»^  Ne,vs  (,2  po.),  which  h,"  1  bee;  pub'o'n 
.he  same  Fridays,  beg.nmng  with  May  „,  and  which  has  continued  ever  since  as  a  fortnigh  "y 


696 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


The  "  3i"  wan  cut  {rnm  its  title,  Iiowever,  Aug.  16,  '83,  whtn  a  new  scries  was  begun  (16  pp  ) 
and  a  transfer  of  ownership  made  from  "the  /\.  B.  N.  Co."  to  W.  H.  LewiM,  whose  name  has 
ever  since  stood  at  the  head  as  editor.     His  predecessor  was  not  announced,  !.ut  was  generally 
supposed  to  be  H.C.  llagot,  local  a^cnt  for  the  Coventry  firm  of  Singer  &  Co.     The  heading  says 
"An  impartial  organ  of  the  sport,  the  pastime  and  the  trade  ;  subscribed  to  by  cyclists  throuoh- 
'>ut  the  Australian  colonies,  and  circulating  largely  in  all  up-country  towns  of  any  size ;  di». 
tributed  gratis  to  the  principal  libraries,  reading-rooms,  hotels,  etc.,  throughout  the  coJoii'ies." 
The  price  is  6  c.  a  copy  or  #1.87  a  year  to  any  part  of  Victoria ;  %i  a  year  elsewhere.    The  head- 
ing exhibits  three  groups  of  cyclers,  and  is  followed  by  adv.,  to  which  5  or  6  later  pp.  are  given 
(S  X  II  in.),  ihc  rates  per  year,  9  inos.,  6  nios.  and  3  iiios.  being  as  follows:  1^250;  /joo,  $150  ami 
>'/>;  \  P-  for  similar  periixls  :  $150,  1^125,  #^  and  $50;  \  p.  for  similar  periods;  #79,  Ji,;,  ^47 
and  I25.     H.  R.   Reynolds's  London  tract  on  "  Road  Repairs  "  (^  pp.,  Ssth  thousand),  with  a 
special  he.idlng  "  To  Vitlorian  Rate-payers,"  was  circulated  as  a  supplement  to  the  A'.-jm  „1 
I'eb.    13,  '8(1,— its  edilor  having  become  a  candidate   for  i.e  vacancy  in  the  Mclljourne  (.:iiv 
Council,— and  the  issue  of    May  22  contained  a  call  fro.n  the   "  cyclists'  committee,  (urmed  t.. 
improve  the  opportunity  to  make  a  bid  for  themselves,  and  cause  their  intlucnce  to  be  felt  in  be- 
half  of  better  highways,"  saying  :     "  Roll  up  and  support  Lewis,  the  proper  repair  of  the  mads 
and  the  proKress  of  the  wheel."     Whatever  the  result  nay  have  been,  this  altmipt  at  n.illy 
practical  ;u)litics  seems  significant  and  suggestive.     The  News  is  printed  by  C.  'I  loedel  &  Co. , 
and  its  office  is  at  47  IJiieen  st.      Tlie  Melbourne  liulletin,  the  Australasian,  and  the  Sfortsman 
each  have  a  weekly  deiurtnieiit  of  cycling,— "Ollapod  "  ( L.   A.  IMwards)  having  coiiliibuled 
J  or  3  cohimns  of  iiialtcr  to  each  issue  of  the  former  since  the  autumn  of  '«2.     "  The  Austra!i.(n 
Cyclists'  Animal,"  by  J,  P.  Russell  (Melbourne,  I>jc.,  'S3  ;  60  pp.,  25  c.)  was  mildly  welcomed, 
as  "  the  pioneer  book  from  that  region,  of  u.e  and  interest  fo  beginners  "  by  Cyclist,  June   u,' 
'S4;  but  a  local  writer  calls  it  "too  Kngiish ;  for  it  l.aks  to  a  distressing  extent  in  information 
pertaining  to  the  wheel  in  Australia."    Australian  Sports  .  »J  J'astiines,  "edited  by  H.  Ste«.\ri 
liale,  maiKiger  of  the  Melbourne   Sports  Depot,"  appeared  in  Dec,  '84,  but  was  a  mere  nivc- 
away  adv.  circular,  which  never  attained  the  dignity  of  a  .second   issue.     "  Overland  to  .Sydnc» 
on  t'ycles;  by  M.    lliornfeldt ;  printed  at  the  .\'e~.vs  &•  CkronUlt  office.  Main  s!.,  .Slawell.'' 
is  the  he.idins  attaelud  to  a  half-dozen  single  sheets,  varying  in  .si.c  and  undated,  which  c.ime 
to  me  by  Australian  ni.iil  of  Aug.  i&,  '86,  and  which  were  printed,  on  one  side  only,  from  columns 
"f  ty|)e  useil  in  six  successive  issues  of  that  paper.     The  author,  aged  about  5D,  rode  a  tri.,  and 
his  comrade  (C.  H.   Lyne,  of  Ararat),  a  bi.;  and  the  time  of  their  tour  was  Mar.  S  to  24,  'Sh 
Though  longer  rides  have  been  taken  in  Australia,  I  think  no  other  has  been  reported  at  such 
length,  for  the  story  would  ii:ake  a  good  sized  pamphlet,  if  recast  in    that  form.     "  Rules  and 
Regulations  of  the  Melbourne  U.  C."  ('S3,  16  pp.  neatly  printed  and  leather  bound)  gives  lists 
of  officers  .iiid  members,  and  also  touring  records  of  the   latter   and   100  m.  runs.     New  .South 
Wales  was  lirielly  represented  in  the  field  of  cycling  jcurnalisni  by  7  issues  <.f  the  Australian 
Cyclist,  on  alternate   Kridays  from  May  16  to  Aug.  8,  '85  (16  to  24  pp.,  iiicl.  h  to  n  adv.  pp.  . 
4  c),  ed.  by  J.  Copland  and  1  ub.  by  the  proprietor,  P.  Gornall,  at  the  Times  office,  cor.  RecUern 
and  liotany  sts.,  Redfeni  (a  suburb  of  .Sydney,  the  capital).      New  Zealand'-,  only  approach  to 
the  field  is  the  A'.  /..  Rc/eree,  "  a  journal  of  sport,  music  and  the  drama  "  ( 12  pj).,  (^  c),  wlii-  h 
has  been  pub.  at  Christclmrch,  on   I'ridays,  since  May,  '84,  with  a  regular  column  for  cyclitig. 
.Viiica's  sole  contribution  to  my  chapter  tak's  the  shape  of  this  extract   from    ll'/ieeliiig  {\m 
S,    ,S5) :     "  I  have  been  reading  1.1  a  Cape  Town  paper  a  report  of  a  rule  by  two  members  of  ihe 
Cape  Town   II.  C,  from   their  cit>    to  I'ort   Klizibeth.     They   found   poor  roads  but  scenery 
nuignificcnt  beyond  description.     They  Uepi  a  <liary  and  inti'nd  publishing  a  detailed  narrative 
in  book  form.     This  will  follow  somewhat  the  lines  gf  Charles   Hubbard's  interesting  account 
of  a  ride  over  ihe  same  route."     (The  ^.  C.  Xrws  ceased  pub.  Sept.  25, '86.     .See  pp.  553,  652. | 

Con  TINItNT.M.    Pi  llLICA  IIO.NS. 

Of  all  tlie  cycling  prints  outside  the  Kngiisii  language,  the  most  important  liy  far  is  the  Katl- 
,-:.-;•.-,-  iLi^i,;;:-.  jii.y,    wi ;    io  i„  ^u  pp    aiiii  u  lu  10  adv.  pp.,  n  by  loj  in.,  semi-monthly,  fi). 


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whose  guaranteed  circulation    ,  announced  at  the  head  of  each  issue.     That  of  July,  '86,  with 
full-page  picture  of  llic  Krcnch  racers,  Duncan,  iJe  (.ivry  and  Dubois,  was  (»^»  copies,  whereof 
6171  went  to  members  of  the   Deutchir  Kadfahrcr-Buiid  (German  Wheelmen's  Union),  whose 
official  organ  it  is,  and  whose  membersliip  is  said  to  increase  300  a  month.     The  paiwr  of  June 
I,  '«5.  which  is  the  latest  one  reaching  me,  had  an  ed.  of  4400;  that  of  Feb.  i,  3500,  and  even 
the  latter  was  said  to  "exceed  the  combined  circulation  of  all  the  other  spiting  sin  -ts  on  the 
continent."    The  paper  made  40  monthly  issues  as  the  /  V/«;/V(/(*i.j5),  ending  with  Dec,  '84, 
and  assumed  its  present  name  on  becoming  an  org.in,  Jan.  i.'Ss      It  has  been  ed.  and  pub.  from 
the  first  at  18  Kransen  st.,  Ilerlin,  by  T.  II.  .S.  Walker,  Consul  C.  T.   C,  whose  letters  to  me 
are  tlueiitly  written  in  English,  and  whom  I  lake  10  be  an  lliigHbhman.     He  has  also  sent  me 
'•  Velocipedistc      'ahrbuch,  1SS4  "  tpp.  160,  4  by  6  in  ,  4J  oz.,  cloth,  40  c),  whose  first  76  pp.  are 
ruled  in  blank  for  the  keeping  of  a  wheeling  diary,  aim  -vliose  20  adv.  i)p.  are  scattered  auKjng 
the  statistics  which  follow.     These  show  the  names,  dates  and  officers  of  cliil.s  (alphabetized  by 
towns),  not  only  in  Germany  and  Austria,  but  in  Denmark,  Holland,  Norway,  Switzerland  and 
many  other  countries,— though   the  dubs  of  Kng.  and  the  U.  S.  are  called  "too  numerous  for 
mention."     There  are  officers'  names  of  (;erman  and  foreign  Unions,  with  histories;  German 
racing  records  and  road-roir    .;    .i  tabulated  glossary  of  cycling  terms  in  Knglish,  French  and 
(kiinaii;  a  list   of  GerMi.ui  Nvlieel   litera.ure  ;  and  a  few  short  sketches  of  a  'mmorous  sort,  in 
prose  and  verse,     llie  1st  ed.  was  for  '83  and  had  the  same  name  ;  the  3d  and  4th  eds.,  for '85 
and  -86  (25  c),  have  been  called  "  Radfahrcr's  Jahrbuch."     AH  four  of  these  annuals'contain 
the  diary-blanks  and  are  otherwise  similar  in  contents  but  not  identical.     The  fifth,  for  '87,  will 
appear  in  Dec.     An  official  "  Handbook  for  Wheelmen  along  the  Rhine  "  (Honn  :  K.  Kemm'ann  ; 
40  c),  containing  38  touring  routes, and  many  statistics  about  clubs,  repair-shops  a,.d  hotels   was 
welcomed  in  the  Rad/ahrtr  of  June  i,  '85 ;  and  1  j.ulge  it  to  be  of  about  tlie  size  and  shajie  of 
the  "ye.irbook,"  just   d*:scribed.     The    Inter's  "literature    list"  mentions   three    other  such 
books,  and  three  papers  besides  the  Rad/ahrer,  thus  :     "  liundes-Almanach,"  pub.  each  Dec. 
by  the  (;erman  and  German-Austrian  Cycling  Union  (Munich  :  4  Quai  St.),  at  25  c.  to  members 
who  subscribe  in  advance,  37  c.  to  members  who  purchase,  and  50  c.  to  non-members ;  "  Hand- 
huch  des  Hicycle-Sport,"  by  Victor  Silberer  and  Geo.    Krnst  (many  illust.  ;  $1.35),  describing 
in  detail  the  parts  of  the  bicycle,  with  l-ints  on  learning  to  ride,  and  an  essay  on  training;  and 
"  Bicycle-Huch,"  b>  Vict.-    .Silberer,  pub.  each  Mar.  (club  lists  and  Union  statistics,  J.).     The 
two  latter  are  issued  from  the  office  of  the  Allgtmeine Sport-Zeitung(\\„vMi,  :  ,7  Elizabeth  St.), 
whereof  Mr.  .Silberer  is  editor.     Tin,  w.is  started  in  'So,  has  20  to  ,4  pp.,  appears  every  Thurs' 
day,  is  the  official  organ  <,(  many  sporting  associations  and  costs  I7.50  a  year.     The   (krman 
and  German-Austrian  Cycling  Union  (founded  May  29,  '82)  began  to  pub.  early  in  '83,  the 
reloci/'fdht  (Munich  :  4  Quai  st.  ;  moiuhly,  12   pp.,  #i.,o  to  non-members),  under  the  editor- 
ship of  Carl  l.anger.     The  editor  was  to  be  elected  yearly,  and  the  jiaiKr  was  sent  free  to  each 
member.     This  arrangement  probably  la-.ed    'ill  the  e,-d  of  '84,  when    the  "  organship  "  was 
given  to  the  Rad/.ihn-r,  wlil.h   had   previously  i-eeii   "organ   of  the   North   (lerman   Cycling 
Union  (founded  Oct.   2.,    '82),"  though  not   in  the  sense    of  having  e.ach  member  for  a  sub- 
scriber.    IViliaps  the.   Veloci/<edUt  still  flourishes,  on  a  private  basis,  as  its  issue  of  Jan.  i,  '85 
(No.  I  of  vol.  3,  8  pp.,  9  by  12  in,  #,.25),  now  lying  before  me,  says  :  "  pub,  semi-monthly  at  28 
^raunhofer  st.,  Munich;   F.   M.  Rittingcr,  editor."     Of  similar  shape,  but  better  printed  and 
havm.e  20  pp.  (the  last  4  pp.  being  adv.,  as  in  the  previ.ms  cast),  is  No.  1,  or  "trial  number  " 
of  the  Wftocit^cdsport,  dat.d  Mar.   25.  'Ss,  at  lierfin,  and   promising  to  app  ar  on  the  ,oth  and 
25th  of  each  month,  at  ,-,.,o.      It  is  called  "  independent   ori;an  of  ,he  hi.  and  tri.  sports  intei- 
est,  at  home  and  abro.ul  "  ;  gives  no  name  of  editor  ..r  publisher,  but  is  "  printed  at  30  Ross  st  , 
in  behalf  of  A.  I'arit.schke."     Later  numbers  may  have  been   issued,  but  I  hardly  suppose  the 
paper  is  living  now.     It  had  an  earlier  existence  at  Strassburg  (32  Alter  Fischmarkt ;  8  pp  ,  semi- 
monthly, »i.5„1.  beKinning  in  Oct.,  '83,  and   l.istin;;  about  a  year.     All  these  German  journals 
have  their  headings  illuminated  by  pictures  of  wheelmen,  but  none  of  them  seem  as  well  drawn 
a:   the  title-vignette  of  the  Hungarian  "  Cyklisht,  oiean  of  th.-  Coskv  Klub  Velorined^;!!:   r-.::K 
.     (he  rsth  of  ,'acn  month  at  Prague,  No.  352  Smichov  ;   Em.  J.  bthmied,  editor.''     As"  the 


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number  which  reached  mc  in  Mar.,  '85,  was  the  6th  of  Vol.  I.,  Cyklhta  doubtless  began  in 
Oct.,  'S4 ;  and  It  js  so  neatly  printed  (12  pp.,  9  by  12  in.)  that  I  wish  it  a  very  long  life 

France,  the  true  native  land  of  cycling,  now  boasts  of  at  least  six  towns  where  journal,  of 
the  sport  are  regularly  issued;  and  though  its  literature  is  less  voluminous  than  EngiandN  the 
chronology  of  it  is  more  extensive.-representing  almost  every  one  of  the   15  yeas    '68  to  '86 
"  U-  VelocipWe,"  pub.  at  Marseilles  in  '68,  seems  to  have  been  the  primary  pamphlet  of  all' 
and  It  described  the  mechanics  of  the   bone-shaker.     Its  author  was    A.    Favre    of  Voiro  ' 
(Isire);  and  he  issued,  at  Grenoble,  from  Jan.  to  June,  '69,  a  monthly  of  the  same  name^'Tie 
Vilociftdt,  the  first  journal  of  its  sort  in  the  world.     (I  say  this  in  the  belief  that  the  s'l 
moniMy,  VelociptdUt,  pub.  in  N.  Y.  by  Pickering  &  Davis,  with  VV.  Chester  King  as  ed    d'd 
not  come  out  until  Feb.,  though  perhaps  one  of  its  two  numbers  was  dated  Jan  )    At  (Jrenoble 
also,  in  '69,  A.  IJerruyer  issued  "  Manuel  du  Veloceman,"  a  60  c.  pamphlet,  printed  by  V 
Alher,^8  Grand  st.     At  Paris,  the  Vilo.^pede  lllustri  put  forth  .62  numbers  during  the  troublous 
years,  '69,  '70,  ';•  and  '72  {Li   Vitesse  being  substituted  as  a  title  from  No.  132  to  No   .,*<) 
Its  editor  was   L.  G.  Jacques,  who  also  p     uaced  ('69;  20  c.)  "  Manuel  du  VelocipMe  "  a 
pamphlet  of  "  etudes  fantaisistes  sur  le  bi       le,"  illust.  by  E.  Benassit.     This  was  pub.  at' the 
office  of  the  Petit  Journal,  as  were  also  the  three  annual  issues,   "  Almanach  des  Velocipedes   ' 
for  '69,  and  "  Almanach  du  Velocipede  "  for  '70  and  '7'  -the  latter  being  catalogued  as  "  v.-ry 
rare."     I  presume  Mr.   Jacques  may  have  edited  the  almanacs,  for  he  blos.somed  out  again  in 
•72  as  author  of  "  Le  Tour  du  Monde  en  V^locipWe  "  (2  vols.,  illust.  by  F.  Regamey,  $,  20)- 
anticipating  thus,  in  fiction,  the  actual  "  Around  the  World  on  a  Bicycle  "  by  Thomas  Stevens' 
In  '72,  also,  was  pub.  at  Lyons,  a  little  pamphlet  by  Marchegay  :     "  Essai  th^orique  et  pratique 
sur  le  vehicule  Bicycle;"    At  Paris,  in  '69,  appeared  "  Hygeine  du  Ve51ocipede,"  by  M,  D.  Pellen- 
coiitre,  edited  by  Richard,  11  Mazarine  st.  ;  and  "  Report  of  the  Soci^t^  Pratique  du  VdlocipMe 
for  '6,>  '^' ;  and  in  '78.  "  Tricycle  ct  Velocipede  i  vapeur,"  by  L.  G.  Perr-aux,  «  Jean-Bart  st. 
In  '74,  there  were  pub.  at  Paris  33  weekly  numbers  of  the  VHoci/>>de,  edited  by  B   Bonami^ 
which  was  the  third  French  journal  of  that  name  ;  and  it  was  apparently  the  only  one  known  in 
France  during  the  interval  between  the  death  of  its  "  Il/ustri"  namesake  in  '72,  and  the  es- 
tablishment,  in  '80,  of  the  Sport  Vihciprdiqiie  (Paris  :   iii  Villiers  av.  ;   12  pp.,  weekly,  j;2.4o) 
managed  by  Henri  Pagis,  and  named  in  '85  as  "  the  official  organ  of  the  Union  V^locipedique 
de  France."     Next  to  it   in  age  is  the  Revue    Vdocipedique,  which   was  mentioned  in  '83,33 
pub.  in  Paris,  three  times  a  month,  at  114  boulevard  National  i  Clichy  (R.  Rigoley,  manager; 
E.  Forestier,  ed.  in  chief;  $1),  and  in  '84,  as  pub.  at  Rouen,  "  semi-monthly,  but  weekly  during 
the  riding  season, "—the  ed.  retaining  the  same  address  in  Paris,  as  before.     I  have  received 
Nos.  90  to  97,  dated  Mar.  5  to  Apr.  23,  '85  ;  and  the  inscription  on  them  is  :     "  Fourth  year ; 
pub.  every    Tluirsday,  at  $2,  or  5  c.  a  copy;  independent  organ  of  French  and  foreign  cycling 
clubs;   F.  G-hert,  manager  and  publi.sher,  at  Rouen."     The  size    j   11  by  15  in.,  and  the  pp. 
van-  from  8  to  10,— the  first  and  the  last  four  being  given  to  adv.,  of  gigantic  handbill  type.     Its 
appearance  is  inferior  to  that   of  any  cycling  journal   in  my  collection,  though    [   do  i.ot  know 
whether  the  other  French  papers  attempt  a  more  elegant  typography.     I  am  not  familiar  enouf '- 
with  the  language  to  say  anything  of  its  literary  quality  ;  but  I  see  that  much  space  is  given 
tours,  inventions  and  practical  information,  as  well  as  to  race-reports,  and  I  infer  that  gossi,, 
and  short  paragraphs  may  be  made  more  prominent  by  its  rivals.     Lithographic  supplements, 
called  "  Pantheon  Vc^Iocipddique,"  to  its  issues  of  Mar.  19  and  Apr.  2  give  portraits  of  Chns.' 
Garrard  (b.  Nov.  i      '55,  at  London),  racer  and  dealer,  and  of  Adrian  De  Baroncelli  (h.  Apr. 
5,  '52,  at  Paris),  tourist,  authr-  and  publisher,  of  whom  I  shall  sneak  later.     Its  issue  of  Ian. 
22,   '85,  and  many  following  dates  contained:     "Thdorie  du   Velocipede,   by  J.   Macquorn 
Rankine,  Prof,   in  the  Univ.  of  Glasgow;  tianslation  of  M.  J.  Viollet;  reviewed  by  the  Abb^ 
Moigno."     This  is  a  learned  treatise,  with  many  mathematic.il  formulx  :  and  De  Baroncelli  says 
('S4\  "  it  was  issued  as  a  pamphlet,  at  Paris,  in  '70"     If  this  date  is  not  a  mispr'nt,  the  re-np- 
pearance  of  the  matter  as  a  serial,  15  years  later,  speaks  well  for  its  intrinsic  merits  as  a  me- 
chanical essay  on  the  two-wheeler.     De  B.  also  mentions  ('8 :)  the  Vr/nrii^d/e  ///u,tr*e.  as  issued 
from  the  Revue  office,  at  $1  a  year ;  but  I  think  it  was  short  lived.     The  same  office  pub  ,  early 


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t '^'h'e  Lv  "T'^'h?"''  ''  '"  7"^''"''^'»''  P°-  "84  "  ;  and  a  similar  one.  a  year  later,  for 

prep:;::r  jr  c'  '  ^°  ^-  '^""""  *""  '^  ■""'  '•"^-^'^  '^"'^'  ^-•^  ">"  *  '"-^  ^  - 

I  have  ;;eceived  from  the  author  (who  publishes  the   san,e  a.   .8  Rcqu^pine  ,..,  Pari,) 
Amu.a,re  de  la  v„„c,ped.e  Pratique,"  by  A.  De  Baroncelli,  Consul  of  C  T   C  •  in  V vo  , 
4i  by  7  m..  bound  in  stiff  paper  and  weighing  7  oz.  each.     The  "  First  Year,  :88,.4  "  (mo  nr," 
50  c),  appeared  early  in  '83  ;  the  "  Second  Year.  .884-S  "  (.67  pp..  55  c).  early  in  '84,  Z  each 

Pans -'  :  d  ''■  "'""•     '■''  ■''"  '""  '"  '°'  "^  ^'•'•^^  •""=  •'  ""^"^^  Environ    de 

Pa,,s,     and  g.ves  pp.  37.,3^  ,0  40  tabulated  "  routes  for  wheelmen.»-,he  introductory  pp  be- 

.ng  devoted  to  general  information  about  roads,  maps.  r.  r.  and  s.  s.  charges,  distance-  Tbbrevt 
Jons  and  the  hke.     Statistics  of  French  and  foreign  clubs  cover  pp.  .33-L  •  and  the  ™  e 

Hereof  are  urged  .0  send  corrected  hs.s  of  officers  .0  the  author,  annually,  not  later  th^n  Sb  ! 

I  he  83  book  has  a  more  vaned  contents:  "practical  information  and  advice  for  tourists  " 
ovenng.ts  first  57  PP.  ;  then  "routes"  top.  84;   French  club-lis.s  to  p.  .05;  facts  abonor- 

Mu"ch  ^f  II!:  'l'  '^^:^'  ^•■--'^  -«1  f-eiS"."  'o  p.  .30.  and  racing  records  ,0 1  4  . 
Much  of  he  n,forn.afon  m  the  first  par,  of  this  '83  book  was  republished,  two  years  later  re- 
...ed  and  corrected,  as  a  separ..,e  pamphlet  (Jan..  '85;  4.  PP,  .  oz..  ^o  adv.!  .6  c).  "  La 
bv  V  Serf  "■'"  ;  ^-"^ '"-""^— '--  'he  existence  of  another  one  of  the  sam  name 
by  V.  Uger  (presumably  pub.  >n  Paris  before  '84) ;  also  "  Le  Guide  en  France,"  for  the  us<^ 
of  cyders,  as  bemg  „,  preparation  "  by  himself.  The  original  title  announced  for  this  whe^ 
first  planned  m  '83,  was  "  Vade  Mecum  du  Touriste  V.loceman."  ,  have  not  heir^'o^h" 
book  s  appearance,  but  I  judge  from  the  works  before  me  that  De  Baroncelli  is  by  all  odds  the 

France     and  I  should  hke  to  urge  all  Americans    .ho  may  intend  to  wheel  there,  tha,  they  buy 

SvraLt"f  ■,?[■■"■"/'''""•     ""^  "''""'"*  ^^'^^""^'^  ignorance  of  the  language! 
they  cannot  fa  1  .0 d,g  out  mformation  -nough  for  doubly  repaying  the  slight  investment 

I  am  mdebted  to  this  fellow-compiler  for  most  of  ,he  foregoing  facts  about  the  trade-Iitera- 

u      of  France,  and  to  "  I3,bhopil  "  (1'elocip.asport,  Berlin.  Mar,  .5,  'Ss.  p.  ..)  for  a  list  of  hs 

alf-dozen  ex.st.ng  trade  journals.     Besides  these,  De  B.  catalogues  the  rJ,.  2.  Sports  (Paris 

S  Faubourg  Mon.mar.re  ;   weekly,  $2.,o;   F.  Pagnioud,  manager),  though  I  suppose  that  cy- 

yr^n  es),  whose  ma.ager,  Tonne.,  of  Ecoles  PI.,  never  issued  No.  ..     Pau.  however,    oon  b  - 

T)  a    LST""'?"-       '"'^  7!"  '^''"""'  ^"  ^"""'^^'^"^^  ''-  '  ^^-  -^'h  of  each  mont,, 
the  ivt  ..'r  "^^S-""'"^/'  ^''  ^"'^  '  ^"PP"-  "  i^  «»!■  i-"ed  there.     Another  monthly 

he  U;.c.ma,.,    '.Ilust.  mag.  of  the  sport  and  trade,"  was  begun  at  Mon.pellier  (:8  Nation!] 

l:rr"     n         '"  /^"-    '^5'   ""^""  ""=  -'^"^^  '"'"^'^    liy:ee//„^,  of  London";  and  i,  suc- 
:l  ctrtC    T  '"  ^       ''  ".  '  --i-n.hly  on  June   ,5,-retaining  the  same  su'b.  pnce.It 

educmg  that  of  su.gle  copies  from  ,0  c.  to  5  c.     Its  editor  is  Herbert  O.  Duncan  (b.  Nov,    '6.. 
London),  whose  portrau  appeared  in  the   re^oc:pe^j>ort,  already  quoted,  with  3  pp.  of  biog 

aphv  ,  and  ,t  agau,  appears,  combined  with  heads  of  his  fellow-racers.  De  Civry  ..nd  Duboi! 
asasupplement  ,0  -he  ra...;«.„  i.self.  Aug.  r,  'S6,_all  three  likenesses  being  called  ".ery 
excellent"  by  ,VAe.,„^.  M,  !,„„„„  j,  correspondent  of  several  English  and  Amercan 
spor,n,g  sheets.     H,s  partner,  in  founding  the    K./..,«,.„,  was  L.    Suberbie.     A  weekly,  the 

,  ret'meS'7"  r'""  "1  '"r"'""'"'  """•  ''  '''  •  ""^  '^'""^'^  f™-'  '-"  -"""^^  '^<-.  -^  I 
eat,  Knubrpr  .  ^  ^-^  (Sanhe).  the  "  Legio-.  V.locip,5diq„e  "-whose  rooms 
a  e  at  3.  Kepubhc  PI.,  and  whose  annual  fee  is  50  c. -sends  a  monthly  organ,  the  ^V/.,  free  to 
e.K:h  member.  Two  weeklies  which  the  ^«,«.  -recommends  to  cyclers  "  Ire  the  Sport  1 
../.^.(r,o.Jeaux  ,  Cours  de  Gourgues,  #.),  and  ,1,  7-/r.«.  (Paris,  ,2  St.  George  st,.  $,).  A 
.etch  of  French  cyclmg,  from  '67  to  '74.  was  contributed  by  P.  De  Villers  to  the  /fW^<,«  of 
Jan.  and  Aug.,  83  (pp.  307.  331I:  and  an  official  road-book  for  the  Union  V^locip^dique  de 
trance  was  mentioned  by  the  «W,  of  Mar.  5,  '86,  as  in  preparation  bv  Mr  Um.L 
'.^S'-  ''""'^;""'^^<'^^"^,''^d  ''  semi-monthly  numbers,  in  >8.-2,  at  Brussels;  and  was  fol- 
.owed,  m  Nov.,   8i,  by  a  s.m.lar  sheet,  the  IWoce  Beige  (45  Brouckire  PI.,  It.jo).  whose  title 


700  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

wac  changed  \.q  Journal  tUs  Sports,  on  the  loth  number.     Its  adv.  of  '84  named  E.  De  Gline  a% 

>.d.,  with  office  at  38  IJoul.  du  Jardin  Botanique.     Perhaps  it  s'ill  flourishes;  and  so,  I  presume 

does  the  Cycliste  Beige,  of  Louvaiii  (18  Uiest  St.,  semi-monthly,  J1.30),  which  began  in  Jan 

'85,  as  "official  organ  of  the  Jed^ration  V^locip^iquf  Beige."    Three  Italian     .wns  belonii 

on  my  list ;  for,  in  '83,  the  V^loc.    .lubdu  Rome  issued  an  official  organ,  RevistadegU  Sport, 

025  via  S.  Maria  Maggiore ;  80  c.)  ;  and,  at  Leghorn,  Sport  was  pub.  by  R.   Basilone,  of  , 

Scali  Manzino;  while  Turin  now  boasts  of  the  Reviita  i^ elociptdistica  {10  Corso  S.  Martino 

illust.  semi-monthly,  J2),  whi-h  finished  its  first  year  as  a  f  i  monthly,  not  later  than  June,  '84' 

when  its  manager  was  V.  Fenoglio,  and  its  chief  editor  C.  Toscani,  who,  I  suppose,  are  still  in 

control,  and  still  remain,  as  then,  the  only  cycling  journalists  in  Italy.     "  Statuto  d'ella  SocieU 

C.'clisti  Itdliani,"  issued  by  the  Turin  Wheel  Club,  and  exhibiting  in  21  articles  the  objects,  co.,- 

sti  utionand  advantages  thereof,  was  praised  by   U' fueling  {i^i^^.  6,  '85),  as  a  "  compact 'little 

thi  mb-book,  of  an  excellence  without  parallel  in   England     ..long  wlieel-clul  epitomes."    A 

fritnd  of  mine  who  visited  Christiania,  Norway,  in  May, '84,  found  a  cycling  jou.nal  issued  there, 

but  failed  to  secure  for  me  a  .siiecimen,  or  even  its  name.     The  Swedish  wheelmen  aU,  have' 

such  a  paper,  Tid-.ingfor  Idrott,  pub.  in  Stockholm,  at  13  Storkyrkobrinken,  which  the  niwel 

of  Jan.  8,  '86,  noted  as  just  begun  ;  and  I  aii  told  that  the  Spaniards  support  the  Veloijipedj, 

at  Madrid.     As  for  the  Dutch,  I  have  no  later  information  than  the  following,  which  was  writ^ 

ten  for  me  May  .0,  '84,  by  C.  H.  Bingham,  an   English  resident  of   Utrecht,  who  is  not  only 

chief  consul  for  Holland  of  the  C.  T.   J.,  but  also  president  of  the  Nederlandsche  Velncipedis- 

tenbund  (Dutch  Cyclers'  Union,  founded  July  i,  '83) :     "The  only  cycling  print  in  Holland  is 

the  ALiandblad,  a  small  monthly  circ  ilar  of  official  notices,  which  began  in  April.     We  have 

however,  pub.  a  map  «f  the  country,  for  tourists'  use  ;  and  shall  also  pub.,  before  this  montli 

closes,  an  official  road-guide,  containing  descriptions  of  the  surface  of  all  our  chief  roads,  with 

distances,  names  of  hotels,  smiths  and  cafes,  and  other  information.     This  will  be,  I  believe, 

the  first  official  and  complete  route-book  pub.  in  any  country."     (The  "  C.  W.  A.  Guide  "  was 

really  the  first,  having  appeared  before  these  words  were  written.     See  p.  330.)    "  Frankfort-on- 

Main  I's  about  to  issue  a  new  paper,  the  Steel  IVIieei;'  says  the  C.  7'.  C.  Gaaette  uf  Oct.,  '86. 

General  Guides. 
Under  this  title,  I  hoped  to  specify  many  maps,  hand-books,  local  histories  and  topograph- 
ical publications  which  seem  specially  worth  the  attention  of  touring  wheelmen,  though  designed 
for  explorers  in  general  ;  but  as  only  a  half-page  remains  to  me,  my  list  must  be  brief.  First, 
for  its  newness,  I  name  "The  Book  of  Berkshire:  describing  and  illustrating  its  hills  and 
homes,"  by  Clark  W.  Bryan  (Great  Barrington,  Ms.  :  C.  W.  B.  &  Co.,  May,  •s& ;  368  pp.  and 
30  adv.  pp.  ;  40  illust.  ;  50  c.  in  paper  covers,  75  c.  in  leatherette),  which  ought  to  be  in  the 
hands  of  every  cycler  proposing  to  visit  that  favorite  touring-ground.  It  is  accompanied  by  the 
excellent  road-mnp  of  the  county,  and  of  northern  Ct.,  which  I  have  described  01.  p.  112; 
and  it  gives  the  mileage  of  no  less  than  500  drives,  starting  from  Pittsfield,  Lenox,  Stockbridge, 
Great  Barrington,  Sheffield,  South  Egremont,  Adams,  North  Adams,  Williamstown,  Salisbury! 
Canaan  and  Norfolk.  Eariy  June  and  late  Sept.  are  named  as  the  best  times  for  seeing  the 
beauties  of  Berkshire.  In  neariy  every  public  library  may  be  found,  "  Picturesque  America;  or, 
the  Land  we  Live  In  :  a  delineation  by  pen  and  pencil  of  the  mountains,  rivers,  lakes,  forests, 
water-f.ills,  shores,  cations,  valleys,  cities,  and  other  picturesque  features  of  our  country ;  with 
illustrations  on  steel  and  wood,  by  eminent  American  artists ;  edited  by  W.  C.  Bryant  " 
(N.  Y.  :  Appletons;  410,  I., '72,  pp.  568  ;  II., '74,  pp.  5,-6).  There  are  some  60  chapters  in  this 
great  work,  supplied  by  24  contributors,  though  its  projector  and  real  editor,  O.  B.  Bunce,  sup- 
plies 10.  B.  J.  Lossing's  "  Field  Book  of  the  American  Revolution  "  (N.  Y  :  Harpers,  8vo, 
'50,  pp.  772,  842),  and  "  Field  Book  of  the  War  of  1812  "  ('68,  pp.  1084),  both  profusely  illus- 
trated, are  full  of  local  lore  for  the  tourist.  The  author  drove  his  horse  from  N.  Y.  to  S.  C, 
1400  m.,  and  traveled  1400  m.  further  (Nov  •,  '48,  to  Feb.  4,  '49),  in  visiting  the  battle-fields 
of  1777-81 ;  and  he  also  traveled  10,000  m.  in  collecting  materials  for  his  book  of  iSia. 


XXXVIII. 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT. 

"But  courage  still !  Without  return  or  swerving,  across  the  globe's  huge  shadow  keep  the  tracV, 
Till,  unperceived,  the  slow  meridian's  curving,  that  loads  thee  onward,  yet  shall  lead  thee  back, 
To  stand  again  with  daybreak  on  the  mountains,  and,  where  the  paths  of  night  and  morning  meet. 
To  drink  once  more  of  youth's  forgotten  fountains,  when  thou  hast  put  the  world  between  thy 
feet."— r^  Thankless  Muse,  by  H.  A.  Beers. 

"Money"  being  a  universal  language,  whose  eloquence  is  appreciated 
even  by  the  simplest  and  whose  significance  cannot  be  questioned  even  by  the 
most  sophistical,  I  aim  to  have  the  success  of  this  book  announced  in  golden 
letters  large  enough  to  be  read  by  eveiybody.  I  argue  that  such  sort  of  suc- 
cess must  have  a  far  more  impressive  effect  upon  the  general  public,  in 
demonstrating  the  power  and  permanence  of  cycling,  than  any  mere  "  literary  " 
success  could  have  ;  and  I  therefore,  as  a  means  of  persuading  my  3000  copart- 
ners to  help  me  achieve  it,  feel  bound  to  confide  to  them  the  inmost  history 
of  the  scheme,  the  precise  methods  which  seem  most  effective  for  working  it 
out,  and  the  reasons  why  I  hope  for  their  assistance.  If  I  am  wrong  in  assum- 
ing that  six-sevenths  of  my  subscribers  will  actively  recognize  the  "  copartner- 
ship," I  shall  be  quite  satisfied  to  address  a  smaller  proportion  of  them.  Ab 
I  insist  upon  is  that,  as  they  have  given  a  practical  pledge  of  their  friendly 
curiosity  in  me  whose  sincerity  cannot  be  gainsaid,  I  have  a  right  to  suppose 
that  at  least  a  majority  of  them  may  be  glad  to  read  my  personal  story  ;  and  a 
right  to  remind  the  minority— as  well  as  later  purchasers  of  the  book— who 
may  care  nothing  for  such  details,  that  they  should  not  censure  the  others  for 
having  an  interest  in  them,  nor  me  for  trying  to  make  money  by  catering  to 
that  interest.  The  u  dom  of  such  attempt  may  be  criticised,  and  the  failure 
of  it,  if  failure  comes,  may  make  it  a  fair  mark  for  ridicule;  but  each  reader 
is  meanwhile  bound  to  recognize  that  it  is  inspired  by  "  business  "  rather  than 
by  vanity,  and  that  his  own  perusal  of  these  pages  i.s  in  no  sense  compulson,'. 

Unique  pecuniary  ^^"^''  ^"  '^^  '"atenals  for  the  previous  chapter  had  been  laboriously 

ideal.  collected,  the  mere  act  of  writing  it  occupied  me  from  June  9  to  Aug.  28 

(275  hours'  solid  work,  divided  between  (-  davs;  besides  16  h.  of  proof- 
reading) :  and  I  mention  its  extraordinary  cost  in  order  to  emphasize  -he  importance  which  I 
auach  to  exhibiting  the  difference  between  .11  previous  attempts  at  wheel  literature  and  my  own 
I  wish  to  show  clearly  that  this  is  not  only  incomparably  more  massive  than  anv  othrr.  in  resnect 
to  mere  bulk  of  words  grouped  together,  and  unique  in  respect  to  the  amount  of  painstaking 
effort  devoted  to  grouping  them,  but  that  it  differs  essentially  from  the  rest  in  respect  to  its 
pecuniary  ideal.  All  other  books  and  pamphlet  i-save  those  issued  "  merely  for  the  fun  of  it  " 
(/.  e.,  to  gratify  the  author's  vanity,  or  "  for  the  i;ood  of  the  cause  "V-ha.  niainlv  h^..n  rnn^.,. 
and  nvals  ot  tne  trade-journals  :  seeking  to  make  money  only  from  advertisements,  and  caring 


7oa  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


nothing  for  readers  except  as  a  bait  to  catch  this  patronage  of  "  the  trade."    To 


therefo 


the  outer  world, 


erelore,  all  such  prints  seem  simply  devices  of  the  makers  and  dealers,  for  increasing  the  cycle 
business.  Hut  an  elabf.rate  and  expensive  volume  which  can  rise  superior  to  all  trade  iiiHu.-nces 
and,  by  virtue  of  demonstrating  its  independence  of  them,  can  win  profitable  support  fn.m  an 
unexampled  multitude  of  readL-rs,  is  a  thing  which  must  impress  the  imagination  of  the  outer 
world  with  the  power  'A  cycling  itself.  I  think  each  owner  of  this  book  will  like  j  better  be 
cause  it  nowhere  affronts  him  with  any  block-type  "  adv.,"  or  even  with  the  picture  of  a  bicy' 
cle  ;  and  1  hope  each  "  copartner  "  will  have  his  pride  in  it  so  increased,  by  the  knowledge  that 
not  a  single  line  has  lieen  offered  for  sale  or  barter,  as  to  render  him  eager  to  reward  me  and 
paralyze  a  sceptical  public,  by  helping  force  a  speedy  sale  of  30,000  copies. 
Germ  and  con-  "  ^"  '"'*'"'  "^  P'^"*  "  *^*  recommended  by  me  when  the  B/.  Ifor/J 

cettion  '''''*  """"  '''^  '"'^  "^  '■''  *■"'  """"'  "'''"'"*  =  ^""^  '^'^  ''^''°'''  '"  printing  my 

/  •  argument  (Nov.  16.  'S,,,  p.  36),  said  it  I  ad  induce  "       „  to  begin  on  such  an 

index,  but  that  the  threatened  bulk^  -ss  thereof  seemed  to  ,  ender  it-  iletion  and  puLlic.ition 

impracticable.  The  idea  in  that  letter  was  the  germ  from  which  1.  .  grown  this  book-  and 
when  the  ir/utlman  was  started,  nearly  two  years  later,  I  talked  over  the  same  idea  wiJh  its 
editor,  and  at  last  agreed  to  prepare  for  him  an  article,  formulating  my  scheme  for  a  series  of 
such  elaborate  indexes  as  would  "  make  the  successive  semi-.innual  volumes  of  his  monthly  m.iga- 
line  assume  the  character  of  standard  guides  to  American  roads."  I  wrote  this  in  July,  and  It  was 
printed  at  the  end  of  the  jd  vol.  of  the  lyhfelman  (Sept.,  '83,  pp.  45S-463\  with  the  title,  "  \ 
Colossus  of  Roads."  Having  shown  the  reasons  why  this  title  represented  my  ideal  of  the 
lyfuelman,  and  having  urged  the  sort  of  indexing  which  would  win  it  in  fact,  1  concludod  by 
offering  the  following  confession  :  "  Th^re  remains,  however,  tne  profound  dictum  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  :  '  If  a  man  insists  on  having  a  thing  really  well  done,  in  this  world,  he  must  do  it 
himself.'  So,  three  months  ago,  as  I  reclined  beside  my  bicycle  on  the  green  slope  of  the  old 
battle-field  at  White  Plains,  though  it  was  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  day  (April  19,  17S, ; 
see  p.  74)  when  Washington  proclaimed  the  cessation  of  hostilities  to  the  army  at  Newburghi 
my  mind  was  not  wholly  taken  up  with  patriotic  reminiscences.  I  bethought  me  at  times  of  the 
promised  production  of  the  present  article;  and  as  I  reflected  on  the  impossibility  of  ever  per- 
suading another  man  to  prepare  an  index  exactly  in  accordance  with  my  own  ideal  of  it,  the 
question  gradually  took  shape  before  me,  '  Why  not  publish  a  bicycler's  road-bixik  of  your  own. 
and  index  every  proper  name  in  it  entirely  to  your  heart's  content  ?'  To  this  question,  when 
fairly  formulated,  I  at  once  replied,  '  I  will ' ;  and  before  I  resumed  my  homeward  journey  1 
decided  that  the  book  should  be  called  'Ten  Thousand  Miles  on  a  Uit,cle,'  and  should  be 
ready  for  publicatic.i  in  J>ecember,  18S4." 

,  Simultaneous  wih  this  was  the  decision  that  a  portrait  of  my  beloved 

bull-dog  should  face  the  title-page,  that  his  biography  should  form  the 
chief  "  literary  "  feature  of  the  volume,  and  that  another  chapter  should 
describe  "  the  queer  house  that  I  live  in."  The  notion  of  writing  something  about  these  two 
unique  subjects  had  possessed  me  for  several  years,  but  the  improbability  of  .Inding  any  pub- 
lisher, for  such  sort  of  sketches  as  I  planned,  had  prevented  the  actual  writing.  On  the  fifth 
pajje  of  the  previous  chapter,  I  have  explained  how  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.'s  offer  of  a  prize  (July, 
'81)  led  me  to  produce  the  book's  introductory  essay,  "  On  the  Wheel  "  ;  but  the  incidents  of 
my  first  long  tour  (500  m.  in  Sept.,  '80;  see  pp.  199-20S)  had  previously  decided  me  to  attempt 
such  an  article,  for  Li/>/>i>u:ot/'s  Magazine,  because  I  felt  sure  that  I  could  write  more  amusinjly 
than  another  contributor  who  had  already  been  allowed  to  exhibit  the  bicycle  in  its  pages.  The 
Popes'  offer  simply  hastened  the  execution  of  this  long-delayed  plan,— for  I  thought  that  my 
magazine  article  might  as  well  take  a  preliminary  chance  at  their  prize  (which,  if  won,  would  be 
Letter  pay  than  the  usual  magazine  rates);  but  the  very  general  praise  given  to  the  article,  by 
reviewers  who  noticed  the  June  issue  of  Lifipincott  containing  it,  had  a  more  important  mental 
effect  upon  me,  ultimately,  than  the  winning  of  the  prize  could  have  had.  Remembrance  of  it, 
when  the  idea  of  the  book  first  took  shape  in  my  consciousness,  made  me  confident  that  the  essay 
would  serve  as  a  suitable  introduction  thereto  ;  and  I  have  mentioned  on  p.  519  that  the  hearty 


Early  notions  and 
influences. 


Arrani^ement  with 
Col.  Pope. 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  IHE  NEXT.  703 

enthusiasm  of  »  certain  Western  tourist,  expretsinjf  his  pleasure  ii.  my  series  of  statistical  reini- 
niscences  about  "  No.  ,34,"  contributed  to  the  MVt,,/.^«,  was  a  defiiule  factor  in  forcing  my 
thoughts  to  drift  bookward.  On  that  historic  i^lh  of  April,  when  all  these  remote  elements  and 
long-nathering  tendencies,  culminated  in  the  conception  of  the  book,  my  riding  record  lacked 
more  than  3600  m.  of  justifying  the  chosen  title  ;  but  f  have  explained  in  the  preface  ot  my 
"Straightaway  "  chapter  (p.  195)  that  I  then  anticipated  an  unusually  active  season  of  wheeling, 
as  a  means  of  regaining  my  impaired  hoalth,  and  laying  up  a  supply  of  strength  equal  tc;  .he  pub^ 
lishmg  scheme  ahead  of  me.-though  1  had  no  idea  ih.it  this  was  destined  to  develop  into  the 
extensive  and  tiresome  enterprise  I  am  now  grappling  with.  Within  a  week  from  ihe  iqth  in 
acknowledging  an  annual  payment  from  the  publisher  of  my  eariier  bo<jk,  I  took  occasion'  to 
tell  him  briefly  of  the  new  plan,  and  to  suggest  that  W  make  me  an  offer  concerning  it.  His 
te-der  of  the  regulation  reply,  that  he  "should  be  pleased  to  consider  my  manuscript,  when 
ready,"  at  once  convinced  me  that  I  must  personally  shoulder  the  whole  affair  if  I  wished  to  see 
it  carried  to  success ;  and  so  I  made  no  further  effort  to  arouse  any  one's  inlerest  until  Sept.  10, 
when  (landing  in  Boston  from  my  Nova  Scotia  tour ;  see  p.  292)  I  called  on  the  president  of  the 
Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  and  talked  the  matter  up. 

I.ike  every  other  crank  who  thinks  he  can  "  see  a  g.Tat  light"  for  the 
advancement  of  .Amt-rican  cycling,  I  had  a  natural  curiosity  to  discover 
whether  the  man  who  holds  the  greatest  pecuniary  stake  in  that  ad- 
vancement could  also  be  made  to  "  see  it."     I  found  that  he  did  not  in  fact  believe  there  was 
any  very  promising  field  for  such  a  road-book  as  I  roughly  outlined  to  him.  or  that  its  circulation 
would  greatly  help  the  cycling  trade.     He  said  that  more  than  four  years  had  been  required  for 
working  ofl  4000  of  Pratt's  "American  Bicycler,"  though  a  large  proportion  of  these  had  been 
given  away  (to  newspaper  writers,  librarians  and  others),  for  the  sake  of  dispelling  popular  igno- 
ranee  about  the  machine,— a  function  now  not  much  needed  in  a  new  book.     However,  in  spite 
of  his  slight  enthusiasm,  he  would  be  willing  to  favorably  consider  any  definite  proposition  I  n.,ght 
make  him  when  I  got  the  prospectus  of  mine  fairly  formulated.     This  happened  three  mon"h» 
later  (Dec.  3),  and  I  then  proposed  that  he  buy  at  half-price  2000  copies  of  the  %i  subscription- 
book  therein  described,— paying  #500  for  the  first  1000  on  publication-c„y,  which  must  be  within 
a  year  from  date,  and  J500  for  the  second  1000  within  a  year  thereafter.     I  reserved  the  right  to 
retain  this  second  looo  or  any  part  thereof,  and  I  offered  to  leave  the  payment  for  even  the  first 
1000  entirely  dejiendent  upon  the  purchaser's  satisfaction  with  the  actual  book.     I  insisted  ili.t 
no  advertisement  or  imprint  of  any  sort  should  be  added  to  the  2»x>  volumes  purchased,  and 
that  none  of  them  should  be  sold  for  less  than  $1.     I  agreed  that  the  ed.  should  be  at  least  4000, 
and  that  I  would  not  issue  a  new  ed.  without  first  oflering  to  buy  back  at  the  purchase  price  any 
unsold  copies  of  the  2000.     This  proposition  was  formally  accepted  by  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.,  Dec. 
19,   '83  ;  but,  on  Sept.   17,  '84,  when  I  met  its  president  again  at  the  Springfield  tournament,  1 
told  him  that  I  could  not  bring  out  the  book  within  the  specified  time,  and  that,  instead  of  being, 
as  first  planned,  an  aflair  of  300  pp.  (capable  of  being  manufactured,  say,  for  25  c.  a  copy),  it 
was  likely  to  be  so  large  as  to  leave  no  decent  margin  on  a  contract  at  half  the  subscription- 
price.     So,  by  mutual  consent,  our  agreement  was  abrogated.     I  said  I  should  probably  offer 
him  another  chance,  later  on,  to  make  money  as  a  bookseller;  but  I  did  not  do  so  in  fact  till 
June  3,  '86  ;  and  I  am  gl.id,  for  reasons  given  hereafter,  that  he  then  declined  it.  (See  p.  711.) 
My  prospectus  said,  "The  publication  of  the  volume  is  made  con- 
ditional -m.  my  ability  to  secure  m  advance  the  pledges  of  at  least  1000 
wheelmen  that  they  will  purchase  copies  at  $:  each  ;  "  but  it  of  course 
gave  no  hint  of  the  fact,  now  first  proclaimed,  th.it  double  that  number  had  previously  been  pledged 
for  at  half-price.     I  hope  I  may  make  the  truth  clcariy  understood  that  the  chief  value  to  me  of 
this  preliminary  pledge  was  a  mora!  value  ;  for,  in  the  absence  of  it,  I  should  probably  never 
have  printed  the  prospectus  at  all.     My  feeling  was  that  the  Popes  ought,  as  business  men,  to 
feel  a  thousand-fold  the  interest  which  any  individual  rider  might,  from  mere  sentiment,  feel  in 
the  success  of  such  a  scheme  ;  and  that,  unless  I  had  the  ability  to  persuade  them  to  risk  |iooo 

on    it       T   f^niilr^      wrA    ■\M.t\co\-,t    ico. .»«.<> 


Moral  support  of 
prospectus. 


^u:i:...  *_    _- 


If 


704  TEX  THOirSAND  MfLES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Having  f^ainrd  Ihii  fir»t  point,  however,  I  w.u  emb<)Mene<l  (Jan.  ii,  'd,)  to  take  to  the  prints 
the  copy  lor  my  "  prospectus  of  Dec.  3  "  and  "  circular  to  American  wheelmen,"— <latii,g  thr 
latter  "Jan.  15,"  which  wan  the  <!.iy  when  I  read  the  proofs  an.l  ordert-a  i;oo  impression. 
On  that  day,  I(k>,  the  publishers  of  ths  Hi.  iVinr/d  tent  to  me  the  following  letter  :  "  Oear  Sir  - 
rhe  prospectus  is  t.m  much  i-i  the  line  of  an  ac'vertisement  to  be  admitted  free.  We  are  wiiliiii; 
to  help  you  ail  wa  ca--,  out  you  are  .lewspaper-man  enough  to  know  that  if  you  h.>ve  roixIs  t.. 
sell  you  must  arivettise  them  and  pay  for  the  same.  We  are  in  the  business  not  for  the  love  „f 
it,  but  to  make  money,  and  we  cannot  aflford  to  j-ive  our  siiace  (or  nothing  t.  those  who  have 
Koods  to  sell  to  wheelmen.  kesjiectfully,  E.  C.  » Oixiits  &  Oi  " 

./  prophecy  from  \  ^'*'*  "'*"*•  *"'  '"  '■"rx'nse  to  my  suRRestion  that  the  B,.  World  x.A 

lioston.  **'*"/ (ihe  only  cyclinR  papers  |l,ci,  in  the  field)  should  be  given  a  chance 

I  to  m.ike  simultaneous  aiinounceiii.-nt  of  the  scheme,  either  on  Jan.  25  cir 
a  week  later,  as  they  might  agree  ;  for  1  wished  that  neith  journal  should  win  exclusive  crclii 
by  first  bringing  out  an  important  piece  of  "  news."  On  the  18th,  t  mailed  to  each  a  i.,r  '  ro  ,y 
of  prospectus  and  circular,  and  remarked  to  ed.  of  B.  If.  that  I  hope.l,  when  he  actu..  s.  w 
the  same,  he  would  think  it  cnntnined  much  m.ilter  worth  publishing,— esiwcially  as  id.  of 
W'***/  had  notified  me  of  his  intention  to  give  a  liberal  amount  of  space  to  it  on  the  25th,  lie 
replied  on  23d,  in  friendly  spirit,  admitlins  that  my  argument  h.id  so  fur  overcome  his  expressed 
objection  of  the  15th  to  "  a  free  adv."  that  alxiut  a  column  and  a  quarter  of  my  matt.r  l.id  iHcn 
marked  for  insertion  ;  and  regrelling  that,  by  a  printer's  blunder,  it  had  been  held  over  for  the 
next  issue,  Keb.  i.  He  added  these  memorable  words  :  "  And  now,  pray,  let  me  draw  a  little 
from  my  experience.  My  opinion  has  not  been  asked,  but  I  venture  toofler  a  few  hints  regiird- 
ing  your  road-book.  I  have  been  selling  bicycling  literature  for  nearly  three  years,  and  I  know 
a  little  about  the  marHet.  Let  me  say  then,  frankly,  that  you  cannot  sell  1000  copies  of  a  bicy- 
cling work  at  5i  each.— no  matter  how  good  it  is  nor  how  much  it  commends  itself.  The  m.ir- 
ket  will  not  absorb  that  quantity  of  books.  I  place  the  outside  limit  of  your  .sales  at  300  copies, 
and  I  can't  believe  you  will  se'!  that  numlier.  You  will  say  that  the  wheelmen  h.ive  been  cry- 
ing for  just  such  a  book,  and  that  the  gre.it  majority  ou-ht  to  buy  it.  Experience  will  show  yoii 
that,  no  matter  how  much  the  bicyclers  may  howl  for  a  thing,  they  fail  to  come  to  time  when 
asked  to  pay  for  it.  •  •  •  I  don't  d -sire  to  throw  a  wet  blanket  on  your  enterprise  ;  neither 
do  I  desire  to  see  you  enter  on  a  speculation  without  a  full  knowledge  of  the  facts.  I  think 
your  road-book  will  sell ;  but,  if  you  must  have  an  advance  •  -.le  of  1000  copies,  you  will  wa.te 
vour  time  and  money  working  on  the  thing," 

//(>7a  "  300  "  fixi'if  mc  \  '"'''*  mistaken  prediction  is  by  no  means  quoted  for  the  s.ike  of 

for  "  -loOO  "  i  ° -'^'■'^'''''"K  '*"=  sl'rewdness  of  its  author,  but  rather  for  showing 

'  ^        ■  !  clea.-ly   the   antecedent    probabilities  of   the   case.     The  writer  of 

those  words  w.is  more  competent  than  any  other  man  in  America  to  form  an  intelligent  and  dis- 
passionate  "  business  "  judgment  of  the  chances  for  making  money  by  publishing  such  a  book 
as  my  prospectus  described.  He  was  familiar  with  my  writings  and  had  a  good  opinion  of  them, 
and  his  warning  was  prompted  by  sincere  good-will,  and  it  deserved  the  re.siwct  always  due  t.i 
the  opinion  of  an  experienced  an.l  careful  observer.  Yet  it  supplied  the  best  conceivable  sp.i; 
for  driving  me  ahead,— as  shown  by  what  I  at  once  (Jan.  3 , )  wrote  to  the  H'luel :  "  He  believes 
that,  as  regards  the  assumed  demand  for  a  ro.id-book,  the  cyclers  of  the  country  will  '  talk  tatTv  ' 
everlastingly,  but  will  not  '  talk  money  '  worth  a  cent.  Nevertheless,  if  I  really  publish  such  a 
book,  it  will  be  with  the  intention  of  having  it  show  on  its  very  face  that  no  less  than  3000  of  the 
*  taffy-talkers  '  have  braced  me  up  with  their  %i  bills,  and  thereby  demon.strated  that  this  theory 
as  to  their  character  was  -ivrong."  In  the  same  letter,  I  suggest.- '  "  X  M,  Miles  on  a  Bi,"  as 
a  tolerable  abbreviation  for  the  long  title  of  the  book,  and  reported  th.it  almost  200  League 
members  were  subscribers  to  it,  though  only  six  d.iys  had  gone  since  the  li'httlm3.At  public^he 
scheme.  For  that  journal,  much  to  my  surpr"'^  .  printed  my  prospectus  and  circular  in  full, 
together  with  a  long  editorial  recommendation  tnereof.-giving  nearly  two  pages  of  space  in  all, 
including  its  title-pase,  I  was  thus  enabled  without  expense  to  make  a  "  preliminary  canvass 
of  the  League  "  (the  WA^-?/ being  mailed  to  each  member,  as  "  official  onran  ">:  and  !  «id  in 


Sut,  ess  of  pnlimi-  \ 
iiiiry  ,;i»7'iiss. 


THIS  nooi^  OF  Af/Xl-:,  AXD   THE  NE^ 

Ih.s  fir»t  i,ki>.K  for  pledsje,  ;  "  The  number  and  char.ictt-  of  ,he  r,.n«  •     .     ■ 

me  to  declc  whcnhcr  or  ,.o,  u  m  «„r,l,  „,„  wlul/,    ?^r     7         '«'P«"««  received  will  enable 

uix„,  a  r,ud.UK,k  f.,r  wl,.ch  .h.r<=  i,  „„  real  demand.  "  '""■" ""'  "'"""' 

1  he  enlhu-iiastic  "  clip  acttr  "  of  tl>»  ,. .  i-         i     ■_ 

, ......  ....-.._„  .,r«;..,  .ha. " 't:r:;;::::i  xr  :::r 

" w,  r.rs,  call  u.  .h.T.;i  r*^  :,  ,r  ""'''"'-r' '"''  -"  "-^  '*'''"•  •'•'>■  -^f'"  "-^ 

IxH-k.  1  e.nl..  i,.d'  s,  J  f  ,  "  1  r  T'-'f  ^  "..a..a.nable),  .vcn  for  .h.  final  sale  of  ,h  • 
i:iub-I,i.,  as  wdl  as  Road  I    oL  ••  '        '"    "'   "'"'  ""'""""   '"   »  '■^""   -""I  '•  V 

wa.  really  inserted  .n  tlJ-^^nlart::  '  I'Zd  "lu  T"''^^  '"  "'^'^^'"""^  '"^  •^'-  "  -" 
»-Wof  Jan.  ,5  ;  and  I  mention  the  fact  .fsLltci ,'""","'!'''  "'  '  '  "■  ■■'■"^""  '''"" 
i-r..al  by  its  w,llin,nes,  .„  freely  help  y  ^  .^7  I  T^': "'  ^"^^"'-™='"  ~'  •"  ••■a. 
2i),  I  reminded  l,i,  readers  thi.-"  th,„  !h  \   .,^^^''"   "  "^  '<'""•■■  '^I-'V  »  (pHntrd  May 

.'.KKi-will  towards  n,.,  forT  r  "  V  ex  e   f^  "     '   ""',"  ''"'  """'  '"  '''"'^'^  •'"y  *P-ial 

s^."-.l,..i..n  for  it.  and  f  .  "  h  ;  ^I  /  ^  ^'T  '"  "  T""  '"^^""''  ""^'"^  "'>  — ' 
..^  Had  pn.  in  type  every  word  f tcUr^ri:  :ill  ^l^:::  '-''  rT""'"- 
mony  that  for  all  this  v.ilnable  service  I  have  n,,d  not  .  ■  ^^  "^"^^'  '  *'^''  '"  ''-ar  testi- 
P..yment  in  the  shape  of  en  -aein.  ■  adv    ,' '        f      .f  ' '^   '  '''''■"  «'^"'"  ""  l'-"'-  "' 

.nuchasasharein:hestoc;:f  ^  ^^^^'''^^^  UWl'lT/  "^r  "'"^"''•^"  '"^  """  ^ 
in  Sivins  a  b.,m  to  ,ny  lx.ol<,  than  a  b  oad-m     led   .  tlf    h  t    ,     ""  T- ""  "'  '"^'"^^""" 

'l.i..S  forcycli„,s-a,ood  thin,  for  the      er     '       T,      «  '     /^  '"'""       "  *""'•'  *"-■  '  >"""^ 
...ake  any  immeliate  ^ro.t  ont:.  th    ^  i    '^  .  h'   I  ",:T;  i^V""  T  T^'  ^'  """■"""  "' 
P-Pcr  share  in   the  nUimate  pro.., '.,J.  mtl^  r^^ ' Zr  :       ,):    e  IVr^^^^ '' '^ '^ 
papers,  m  va.  ions  parts  of  the  worl.l.  have  had  kind  words  \ot7Zn  JT7     ''''". 
I  l>"pe  r  am  properly  gratefnl  for  the  sam- •   but  th  •   Il'A.  ,  u  ',  "''"■'""'•  ''"^ 

-her  papers  combined  to  make  my  prelill 'ry  ^  ts  a  ncc^s  '^r; "f""  ","":  """'  "•^"  ^" 
"on  of  the  f.act  should  be  put  .,n  nrorH    ,=  •  ','^  success,  and   I  wish  that  my  recogni- 

-era,  aid  extended  to  my  z: i:^:^^  ZZ'!:^::^!.::,:  f "---  -  - 

r;..^.Z.,.,..,J,.,^''^;i,   :^;^^.'^;;^^-  ^"--^  announcement  of  ,, 

which  .as  dated  >f  ay  S,  J^^  :ered  lie  ^uli^  ^^rS  7  T^'l  ^  ^ """'' 
was  reproduced  my  -  prospectus  and  table  of  contents,  as  arr.  ^d  \Z  '\  o'"  "'^  ""l^^  ^'.^ 
stead  of  naming  "  about  !oo  nn  •'  for  SI-,,.    ,„  1  ".    i  .  ^'•"  "-'^-  3.    'J>     except  that,  in- 

.«  PP."  and  .^bout  Oct.",;  ^.  wJ:  :::^ :L^'''  '-  "  "  '-  --^'i-'""  ^^y.  -  about 
/vr/«^/;^,-m/x,-  I  "i"-rto,  ,ny  work  had  been  tentative  and  conditional.     This  circnbr 

/.yiW;.  ^'■"'■J'^]  --  -y  --li---'  promise  to  push  on  to  a  finish       It  sa  d         '   c 

I  ceptm;;  the  tjcx,  subscriptions  already  pled-^ed  as  an  affirm,  ' 

my  enquiry  concerning  the  alleged  demand  for  such  a  voluni      ["7.  '"'^^"^'"'^'^  --"--er  to 

.ion  to  conduct  a  formal  canvass  for  subscribes  uniUst"'  ""V"""""^^-  ->'  ''^-'"-in- 
5'xx,  copies  of  th.-  book.     The  profits  on  the  sa  I         I  \  '""         """"'"•  ""'  ""■'"  '"  '""" 

veld  a  fair  compensation  for  tl'e  labo  r^  ;      rsZ:    ?  "  "'  ^'YV  ^"'^^  '" 

demands  that  my  entire  tim-  and  en-r-^'es  !      JVu  u  "'''■  "'"""''  ''"^'  ^"""* 

-ct.  Dec.  has  been  named  ^^l^^^  'Z^Jl^ T  ^^^  .^^'^"■"-''  ^  ^^'^  -^le  proj- 
...  .e  exerted  to  brin,  this  book  out  :::!:T  ^t  i^irS^v^tr^^^rr 

-..  ..-ns  of  ^ta.io  are  represented  on  my  list  by  40  subscHb^r^atid  z'towns;;  No^^  Sc^i^; 


7o6 


TEN  TltOUSAND  Af/LES  OX  A  niCVCLE. 


Attruitioit  of  Ei»;^tislt 
patrons. 


by  jo;  whitr  Hrrmiicl.i,  Kngl.iivl.  Scolland.  IIdIUikI,  Cerm.inv.  and  A(i<trali.i  irnd  an  a^frp- 
Kate  ti(  JO  namcn,  «c.ittcrcil  .iiiioiijj  a  tloien  town*,  my  mi)»i  ilixiant  'i|i|M)rtcrs  Ix-mn  the  captain 
ami  three  member?!  ol  the  *  .-llxmrne  H.  C."  The  latter  were  won  1/  circnUrn  wluch  I  nuiUd 
at  the  very  oiilvt,  in  J.in.  ;  anil  the  editor  of  the  earliest  cychnu  \m\  it  of  Melbourne  wmtr  lo 
me  thuH,  on  M.inh  ii  ;  "  An  ex|>crieni.e  of  some  three  ye.ir*  in  Soulheri'  wheel  lift-  liai  |irr- 
milted  me  to  form,  with  tolerable  certainty,  .i  estimate  of  the  mind  ui  the  average  colonial  ty- 
clist.  l.'on»e<|nen'ly  I  can  My  ;  He  not  »ani;uint  '  dismi'tinn  of  many  copies  .  i  yonr  IxMik  in 
llii-i  part  of  iht  hcmispliere.  If  you  obtain  li  <iul>»cfil>ers  I  shall  be  most  aj^retably  nurpriwil 
However,  I  shall  do  my  level  l)e»t  to  pr<x:nre  yon  what  you  desire."  Yet,  in  f.iLi,  I  obtanird 
1  li  there, — and  37  of  them  from  a  single  town  of  only  35,<x->o  inhahil.ints. 

AsrejjariK  l',n^;land,  I  waited  till  the  end  of  Keb  ,  when  <«»)  n.ini.s 
were  enrolled,  ■fore  scndinj;  my  tirciil.irs  to  llii'  eililors  of  its  cy- 
cliiiH  press.  Ni.irly  all  of  thrni  snbscrilieil,  ami  m  "minrnded  iheir 
re.idiTs  to  do  likewise  ;  but  it  rem. lined  for  ll'hteling,  which  w.is  started  a  f  w  months  l.iiir,  to 
really  pick  up  the  scheme  ".nd  "  run  it  "  as  a  re^uLir  f.-ature.  On  the  lirst  anniversary  of  mv 
pros|>eclu»  (I'ec.  ,J,  '.'*4,  p.  71),  it  printed  a  \m\f,  letter  of  mine,»howinK  that  I  had  tin  n  obtained 
as  many  -upporters  from  iNew  Zealand  as  from  Kngland,  ami  more  fiom  the  whole  of  Anstra.  :• 
«ia  (\\)  than  from  the  whole  of  Kurope.  I  explained  this  by  sayini;  that,  thnngh  I  had  from  ihe 
outset  kept  vinoronsly  at  work  in  th<'  .emoto  regions,  thrnn;;h  the  Auitr.iliiin  CyctiHf;  Sfim 
iind  private  correspondents,  "  I  had  not  yet  beRun  any  serious  attempt  for  suiiporl  am  \f,  ihr 
clubs  of  Cireat  llritaiii."  My  first  rei;iilar  broadside  was  fired  in  that  direction  Keb.  5,  '.S5,  aimiil 
at  aoo  club-orticers  and  other  wheelmen  of  iirominence.  I  sent  to  each  a  copy  of  the  chapter 
on  "  Itjrmuda,"  as  f  specimen  of  my  work,  with  a  variety  of  circulars, — one  of  which  s.iid  ihai 
my  toial  list  (1411)  included  jo^>  palnnis  outside  the  U.  S.,  whereof  41  •  ere  residents  of  drcal 
Krilain.  "lam  afraid  K..  K.  will  be  sadiy  disappointed  "  (wrote  '  Comus,"  in  H'hfel  Life, 
Keb.  17,  p.  2ji)  "  when  he  finds  the  41  Knijlishmen  on  his  b(voks  not  greatly  increased  by  this 
la- 1  bold  adv.  He  is,  I  should  say,  a  firm  believer  in  the  frecm.tsonry  of  the  wheel.  It  is  :i 
pity  to  cure  him  of  his  belief."  In  fact,  however,  the  ,-  were  increased  more  than  fourfold,  bv 
reason  of  this  '  Uild  adv."  and  later  ones, — chief  amonj;  which  was  li'heelini^'s  offer  to  frcily 
m  .il  my  circulars  to  all  applicants,  to  announce  through  its  "  Ans.  to  Correspondents  "  all  sib 
pledges  addressed  to  me  at  its  oHfice,  and  ultimately  to  acknowledjo  throir.;li  the  same  medium 
all  payments  made  to  its  pnblis'  jr,  as  my  ai;ent,  by  actual  recipients  of  the  lx>ok.  Kor  Ihesr 
valu.ible  services,  i"  should  be  understood,  ther^j  was  never  any  sort  of  "  private  bargaining  "  or 
mulua!  a:.;reement ;  but,  as  occasion  offered,  .  printin;^  thousands  of  new  labels  and  circulars, 
I  natiirany  took  pains  to  reciprocate,  by  appcndini;  thereto  u  "  free  adv."  of  ll'ltrelhii^.  I  di<' 
this  the  more  readily  because  the  act  would  at  the  sam.-  time  help  ilie  S/irimiftrld  M'hfilmcns 
Gizettf,  whose  adv.  was  combined  with  li'liftliiii^'s, —  •acli  paper  seekin'.;  supporters  in  the 
country  of  the  other,  whereas  the  rest  of  the  wheel  press  have  made  slitjht  effort  for  such  '  in- 
ternational "  patronaRe. 

When  the  G.izftte  was  revived  as  a  permanent  mnnlhly  (May,  'S4), 
it  was  by  the  editor's  special  request  that  I  contributed  thereto  a  speci- 
men article  designed  for  my  book,  with  a  full-pac:e  summary  of  in  pre- 
liminary canvass;  and  if  any  of  the  later  issues  has  failed  to  contain  a  simil.ir  .irticle,  or  some 
sort  of  par.agraph  or  advertisement  about  the  scheme,  the  omission  has  been  due  to  my  o\mi 
negligence  in  supplying  copy.  Whatever  I  have  seen  fit  to  write  has  been  given  full  and  free 
insertion,  t'oncerning  this  liberal  policy,  a  leading  editorial  of  Feb.,  VSs,  remarked  that  it  had 
been  adopted  quite  independently  of  any  interest  which  the  editor  might  have  in  getting  the 
contract  for  the  manufacture  of  the  book  awarded  to  the  Springfield  Printing  Co.,  of  which  he 
is  superintendent.  "The  policy  was  adopted  at  a  time  when  the  contract  seemed  destined  logo 
to  New  York  ;  and,  if  it  had  gone  there  instead  of  coming  to  Springfield,  the  pi;',i  y  would  havi- 
been  adhered  to,  the  same  as  now,  on  the  simple  scor  of  giving  a  boom  to  cycling."  My 
"Circular  to  Hotel  Keepers"  and  sketch  of  "The  Costs  of  Book-making"  covered  4  pp.  in 
tViA    n,tm*ff*  nf    Alio-.     V'li     artfl    T    /-ii-riiJat^^H    ir,rtn  r^nrtut^  ,_if   thi^   same        I'hrn.  Sent.  2S.  I    Dre- 


"  Cizcf/f  "  //<•//  at 
Sprin^^fielJ. 


Defensr  of  the  "  IV/uei's' 
fret  aih'. 


rma  book  oy  ailxe,  axd  the  nex^.       707 

P.r«l  a  r.»i«d  comrn,.:.,Uo.  callcj    ■  Thr  (Irra.  Am.nc4..  k.«,UUo«k."  wh.ch  fillH  .  pp  „, 
Oct    U<WU.;  4.,d    I   ultu„.,(cly  a^^d  6,c,,  rrpnnt,  thereof,    ,.,  ^  h*)f  duicn  ed.       The  «t  of 
c..mp.hng  ,1„.  «avc  mc  my  ,,„.  dv,     „.  i.l  ..  a«  to  .l,e  probable  amount  of  material  winch  I  had 
.«r«d  to  ••  -upi.ly  .or  «,  ••     K,.KlM,B  that  the   „,  chapter,  the.  in  .xi^ence  c.m,p,.,ed  about 
.01,000  *ord».  and  ., (.mating  that  a.  many  more  would  be  nee.led  fo    the  ,<>  unwritten  chap. 
ler..  I  «ul  :     "  At  th.i  w.ll  be  more  than  (.mrt.me*  tl...  ..un.brr  ol  word,  .1,    the  '  Wheelma..', 
A.inuai  for  'S,,'  wh.ch  ..,1.1  for  >.,  „.y  pr.-^n.  doubt  co.,crrns  not  .0  n.u.h  m>   .b.l.ty  ,..  ..l^dge 
the  .o',.  na.«.,  lack.ng  for  the  30.x,.  a,  ,„  ,„akr  any  profit  ...  .upply...^  v.  expen..ve  a  l«>..k  a. 
the  .,-c,(.rd  rate.      I    vc  lh.-r.fore  deeded  .0  ...creane  it.  pr,.e  to  *.  50  for  all  pur..   .h«, 
p.ibl....l..m  ,l,iy.         Two  .nonth.  before,  I    I,., I  ..,.,.ou.,ced  that  .uch  buyer,  woul,.    ..ve  . 
>.  iS  ;  and  even  my  May  e.rc.d.r  had  «.d  that  ...  .x.ra  po..ase  charge  against  the...  wa,  pr..  . 
al.l.-       I  he  Dec.  Ua^u.  g.ive  a  pag.-  to  my  "  i'ointer  for  '  the  Trade.'   '  and  tl.e  Marcl     „ue  an 
e<p.al  .pace  to  a  .um,.,ary  of  locaiitie.  rcpre^nted  by  the  ,,.84  .ub,.  en.olled  at   the  cl.«e  of 
J.in,,    85.     I  ,„ued  .•print,  of  b.th  pawe,.  and  I    wat  charged  ..oti    ,       for  une  „'      „ 

electrotype,  thereof,  n>  ,  lor  other,  previously  n.c.tioned.      I    t.K.k  pain,    l.owever    to  apm 
mar^.nal  adv.  of  th,.-  (;„«//,  a..d  H-tu.l.HgU,  ihe  later  ed,.  of  all  lhe«:  ;  and  the  -.  '.dy    wa.aU 
K.ven  75<«.  n.  ,„  in  a  c«nte..tvtaMe  which   f  prepared  in   (an.,  V  5,  f„r  .,,.■,  .s  a  final  page 

:;■'''"  '''':77 ••"'"^''  "■■   "  »'^'  ■"''•»  "  ('S-.  o-p.e,,  in   3  eds.^,  and  which  I         ,|  agai..  with 

Ho.ie-Shaker  Day,  "  (Nov.,  '85,  ..>.o  copies)  and  i.,depe„dently     ;,«»„ 

Krom  May  S.'S^.  when  1  declared  I  would  "  print  the  bo<,k 
after   getting    iScw  i.,„.-e  snbiicriptions,"  to  J  ,|y  4,  'h;,   ^he.. 
.      J  "  ''"         '»•''  "  *■>»  really  enrolled,  nearly  ev.    /  'veek's  V^'heel 

contn.ned  «,metl..,^   about  the  ca„.        -vary.ng  from  a  .wo.|i.,e  par..  .r..,„  .0  a  1..   •  letter 
Ihe  longest  coverc-d  five  columns,  Nov.  i,.  and  was  written  (I  .  response  to  t..      aitor'sre.rue.t  (or 
any<l„n,,of,||  „p.     at  a  time     hen  he  was  d,  .able<l,for  the  .ame  purpce.,.  ,hi,  pre^ntcha;. 
ter  :  nao.ely,  to  de.nons.ra.e  that  the  -  free  advertisement  "  given  my  schen.e.  by  the  cycling 
pr.-ssal,  .ver  the  wor- !,  is  defensible  on  strict  busine«,  principles,  and  f.rr,,  no  .xc     -ion  to 
■he  rule  that  noth.ng  ...Uuble  can  be  had  without   paying  the  full  pric,    for  it.     Four  ...onlh, 
l..ler.  the  ed.  offered  to  mail  hi.,  "special  illust.   iriuer  (Apr.  3.  VS,)  to  each  one  of  my  a6a. 
subscribers,  and  f  therefore  printcl  therein  an  address  to  them  saying  :  ■■  ■  I'ost, .  nement '  is  not  a 
proper  word  to  apply  to  the  delay  in  the  arrr.ai  of  my  pnblicationKlay,  for  the  dates  named  have 
..eo  ssar.ly  been  prov.sional.-expressivc  of  my  hope  and  belief  rather  than  of  knowledge      Mv 
preseot    lesperato  hope  is  to  (i..isl,  in  June;  but  I  kn.nv  nothing  aU.ut  it.      Electrotype,  of  I. 
pn.  only  have  been  cast.     The  co..tract  is  for  5000  b«.ks  of  4c«  pp.,  J  brevier  and  J  nonpareil  • 
.  •    t  •.,  amount  be  not  exceeded.tHe  cost  will  come  wthin  J^oo  of  the  #3000  which  (  expecj 
'  oscnbers.      Hence,  it  is  only  by  the  prompt  sale  of  the  f.nal  2000  at  #,  50  each  that 

.  reap  any  reward  for  my  two  years'  work  and  risk. "  Other  correspondents  of  the 
K-^..  .,av,ng  occas.onally  cried  out  against  the  -  '  or's  giving  so  much  sp.ce  t,  my  tire.some 
s  afstics  and  arguments.  I  suggested  in  reply  tha.  was  probablv      t  a  victim  to  the  delusio- 

that  all  these  we,,  „f  ,.„e„se  and  universal  interest,'  ;,„t  that  he  '  sumahly  printed  them  a. 
a.,  acceptable  subst.tute  for  the  '  padding  '  customarily  employed  by  tl.-.-  other  -„iper,  "  I  said 
too,  that  the  road  information  and  general  news,  from  var.^-u,  sour  e,,  which  f  incflrporated  into 
■nost  o  ,ny  padding,"  ought  to  help  "  take  off  the  cu^.e  >'  from  the  purely  personal  part  of 
u;  and  tha;.  .t,  the  latter  could  be  easily  skipped!,.  "  coi'stant  readers.''  they  .should  not  re- 
sent Its  presence  as  a  bait  for  new-comers. 

I  believe  th  iK.idian  U'hfelman,  Southern  Cyder, 
B;cyc!e(ni  Mr,„t  nery)and  .?/ar/(d't'<;c-a/^  printed  every! 
thing  I  ever  wrote  '  ;  them  about  the  scheme,  and  I  was 
more  than  once  n^ed  to  "  write  oftei.er."  The  League's  ofiicial  weekly  (during  the  year  which 
elapsed  between  the  departure  from  the  ^>i.,/and  the  establishment  of  the  /.W,/,„,  was  such 
a  sma  1  and  m^nly-prmted  sheet  that  I  wrote  very  little  for  it,-*specially  after  learning  that 
.is  ed.tor^had^n  cnt.ased  for  "  helping  a  non-member  of  the  League."  by  publishing  a  short 
•■••••r  •.•:  ::::::r.    .-u;  1  -.iiiur.  uia:  ill  i  »i«i  w.iic  was  printed,  except  a  long  •'  Argutnenl  to  Hotel- 


Press  ettcmirai^ement  at  Boston 
and  elscT.uhere. 


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7o8  '^EN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Keepers,"'  which  finally  filled  three  columns  irt  the  Wheel  (Dec.  26,  '34).  I  believe  too  thit 
thr  r,i.  iVoria  u;  d  almost  evfrylhii)g  1  wrote  for  it,  though  the  whole  amourt  was  small,  bc- 
LuiiSe,  as  all  the  othsr  papers  were  surely  open  to  me,  and  called  for  mort  "  adv.  copy  "  than  I 
could  supply,  1  hesitated  about  risking  time  in  a  quarter  where  ihere  w'lS  doubt  of  accei)iance 
An  odd  contradiction  was  represented  by  this  doubt ;  for,  while  the  other  papers  had  no  motive 
for  favoring  me  except  the  general  one  before  explained,  the  Bi.  World  might  have  been  pre- 
sumed, n  priori,  to  be  anxious  to  favor  me,  as  an  easy  way  ot  paying  for  the  tojring  reiwrts  and 
other  articles  which  I  had  contributed  to  its  columns,  almost  exclusively,  for  the  pievious  five 
years.  I  had  never  received  a  cent  for  these,  though  earning  my  li-elihood  wi'.olly  by  news- 
paper writing  during  al'  that  interval ;  and,  as  the  B.  /K.  would  be  advertised  by  having  several 
of  my  chapters  accredited  to  it,  and  as  .t  had  more  than  once  cried  aloud  for  some  one  to  publi-.|i 
a  road-book,  I  naturally  supposed  it  would  take  'In  lead  in  helping  m_,  scheme  along.  Thur^' 
seemed  a  •'enuine  Hoston  coolness,  therefore,  in  its  publishers'  note,  saying  that  even  my  pre- 
liminary circv'ar,  prepared  merely  as  a  scientific  tesi  of  its  own  .neory  al)(Hit  the  existing  de- 
mand for  such  a  Ixxk,  was  classed  as  "goods  to  sell  to  wheelmen,"  and  would  not  l-e  reprinted 
"  unless  paid  for  at  regular  adv.  ra*  s."  The  logic  ot  eveiit;  forced  a  quick  change  of  this  o|)iii- 
ion,  and  space  was  really  given  for  the  circular  (after  the  chajiter-titles,  the  most  readable  and 
significant  part  cf  it,  had  been  cul  cut '.),  as  well  a  -  later  "  advertising"  ;  but  the  B.  II'. 's 
delay  and  "  ofliishness  "  resulte  1  in  a  public  surren  i  the   li'keil ol  the  entire  creuit  for  the 

brilliant  success  of  my  opening  canvass, — which  1  •  .  planned  »o  have  accredited  equallv  to 
each, — and  a  gradual  transfer  thither  of  such  "good-will"  as  ma  •  line  attached  to  an  exrli'- 
sive  use  of  my  signature.  I  "ve  neve,  cherished  any  gr!»vance  agan  u  ,ie  B.  W.,  or  thouc;h  ■ 
any  one  coiinected  wyth  it  as  being  unfriendly  to  1  e  ;  but  its  "  f!or'.o;i  notion  "  of  looking  upon 
my  many-sided  scheme  as  possessed  of  no  more  pulilic  interest  tban  "  bicycling  goods  for  sale," 
was  adhered  to  so  long  that,  rather  than  contend  agamst  it,  I  got  into  the  way  of  sending  r.iast 
of  my  writings  else  vhore.  "  New  V'ork  shrew'ness,"  on  the  other  hand,  must  be  attributed  10 
the  IVheers  editor  for  at  once  recognizing  my  prospectus  as  the  most  notable  chance  of  the 
winter  in  cycling  journalism.  He  may  have  erred  afterwards,  in  allowing  me  to  "11  jp  s-  much 
sp.ict  with  a  record  •.f  the  scheme's  progress  (though  the  B.  /fVjplan  of  "filling"  with  re- 
prii  !s  about  "  crypio-dynamic  gear,"  and  the  like,  might  have  |  roved  rqually  tiresome) ;  but 
no  one  can  question  the  wisdom  of  his  iudgnient  that  the  original  lub'icat.on  thereof  would 
prove  generally  i;  leresting.  The  23S  subscription  pledge"  which  came  to  me  within  a  week 
thereafter  'howed  beyond  dispute  that  my  statements  had  been  comtiended  as  "readable." 
Ineffectiveness  of  "  lincs-  '  ''  ^'^'•'"^  proper  to  say  here  that  no  later  appeal  th.ough  any 

,,  j  paper  has  compared  in  immediate  effectiveness  with  this  initia- 

papt.    rat  ^.  j  (orycall  for  f^eague  support  made   through   the    ll'hfel.     After 

the  [..eague  had  doubled  in  size,  its  Bulletin  printed  specimen  extracts  troi.,  the  book,  with  foot- 
note :.dv.  ;  and  ilie  Wlieebnen^s  Giizette  has  often  done  likewise  (giving  2  or  3  pp.  at  a  time, 
when  sending  out  special  eds.  of  15,000  or  20,000  copies) ;  yet,  at  best,  1  never  got  more  thai.  ,•". 
dc  ,en  respon.^es  from  any  single  adv.  of  that  sort,  and  it  was  unusual  for  an  ordinary  letter,  in 
Wheel  or  other  papers,  to  bring  a  quarter  as  many.  A  half-column  editorial  in  the  leading  daily 
of  a  city  havmg  175.000  people,  among  whom  cycling  is' popular,  recommended  my  book  by 
name,  with  price  and  publisher's  address;  and  a  similar  "free  adv.,"  though  ■  lorter,  adorned 
bo:'  He  daily  and  weekly  issues  of  the  chief  "  literary  "  journal  in  the  metropolis.  Kach  writer 
subscribe^  for  a  personal  copy  of  the  book,  but  the  friendly  "  notices  "  of  neither  availed,  so 
far  ns  f  could  liscover,  to  win  a  single  additional  patron  !  My  earliest  attempt  to  proclaim  the 
scheme  at  all  outside  the  cycling  world  was  on  May  15,  '84.  when  I  sent  tirr  lars  to  100  papers. 
half  of  them  representing  colleges;  bi't  it  was  not  until  Pec.  m,  ',^5,  tliat  I  sought  to  rail  'iter- 
ary  reviewers' attention  to  it  as  an  accomplishea  fact.  To  100  repi^.i..ntativcs  of  the  general 
press  of  America,  to  30  of  the  college  press  and  40  Enc-Ush  and  foreign  journal?,  I  then  sent 
specimen  chapters  and  circulars,  with  a  special  note  saying,  the  book  could  be  a.mounced  as 
"  !:l:."!v  t.".  sr.T-.f^r  i*r..-l*-*  :r.  ^9.^.  "      T   -?.".n't   ^■.!r-.nn':.~  t.;:it  n-.-v.v  n?   thf'm  ^-i  :5r.r..'^.::nr-'».'4  it.  or  e.l\'e 

any  sort  of  mention  to  it ;  but  what  chiefly  surprised  me  was  the  refusal  of  the  college  editors  to 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT. 

pected  many,  and  rhose   ew  seem  to  '"    ,     '""'  ""'  '.'^"  ""^'^'"'^'  '"^'"^   °'  '"e  ex- 

cep.  by  .he  persistent  personal  efforts  of  hundreds  of  strX.       T  T  '"  *°"  "' 

arouse.     I  "  worked  the  Dre«  "  ,n  ,      """'!'"''"  "\  strangers  whose  enthusiasm  I  managed  to 

vo>.n.eercanvasLrs;  but.rtla  e  ::T.  ::'::;a:;\^'  ""'''  ''''  '"  ''''"-  ^^ "'"^ 
all  the  "newspaper  talk"  in  the  wor^wo  d  no  tv  aviy;:^""'' r^^^f ''7  ""^'^^ 
this  revelation  may  confer  a  benef,.  nn  ,h  ""'  "^ve  availed  to  fill  my  rcll.     nncidentally, 

u  as  a  sign  that  '  'reading  Ltes  •  se  e.^TThl  r^"'  '1  T  7'"-'  ''""''  "  ■-'"'  '° 
mcnts,  are  not  really  as  effective    in  Zm        •  ""'        ""'  '''"°"^'  ='"''  ""^"^  '^^P^^' 

...... .. ,,.  .„i.  --;;:;;:crrx:3::;.::i- ;:,:""^-"' "-- 

InJig,;„„t  ,.f\         Th.  ch.d  d,,app„l„„„,  i„  „,  ,„,,  j„  ,„^,,  , 

P.,. ...  p,.i,.„  :*r  sr.-  rzr  ^rriirr  7'? "  --  -  •"' 

packages  of  circula^wh    1    I  '       1  ^  "  .^''  '  ""^  '  '''^'^'^''^  '^"^  ^"J-^g---  '«  P"»i"g  "^ 

respo-fses  ,ver  h  rXt;  o"  i^e  N^'"  '" l'^  ''""''  '"'  ^'"'"'"'^'^  ^''^^•^■'--  ^'-' 
i  adc-.es.ed  a  second  arllmni::!  ^'^'^'^^''V'- 1^''''  ^"^  ^"^'^"<^'^' 
if  each  dealer  would  at  once  pled>:e  *.  f  r  ,wn  I         T'       "'  ^''  "•  '^5).  ^ay.ng  that 

would  appear  in  my  "  trade  d,>ec,orv"  Z  l!n  f ""'  ,7f  ""  ''^  """=  '°^  *^-  '"'^  "*™ 
appear  at  the  end  of  wint'r  Tess  than  a  d  '  -^  T  "^  ""  ""^^  '"'  ""-'  '°"''  ''-'^  -'«»« 
eral  of  those  were  old    ubscriber  Th  t  '  \    T^        """"'     "'  "■'"  "  '"''"'''"  '"''  -- 

cycling  tradesmen  of  ^^^Z  .e ':  e^^'^ctse^in'^T  ^''  ""''"' ^V''  '''^ '^  "^ 
■-  which  I  addressed  to  ,hem   callin,  a.te.    on  e     po m    /.T^^  'T        T''^'"'  """" 

by  all  thi.  effort.     On    Iu|.  .    'H.   ,t  '        ,  , '^     f"'"'^"^-       0"^  fi"-"!  only  was  captured 

note  to  .,o  English  de. is   wih    ,n       '        T  '      '''"  ^°°°'"  '  '"^'''^'^  ^  --"^  ^P^^^J 

..-anadc.e„  re^p:!!.^'  m;;     ,  c      r^Vp^r^^^^^^  "^  f^  -re  no  more 

a.-e  of  bicyclers."  reproduce/the  first  ^ndl,        ^'    ,'  •"^'^^■'"^"  ^^o  want  the  patron- 

could  be  i  doubt  aboiuthe   »1  ,  "l^"       "''  alphabetical  sub.  list,  to  show  there 

.l.e  bock  would  tTl  pp  of  "  '  T     ";:  "''"  '"'  "^"^'""^  P"n^-"-     I'  -id  that 

'.-.  .  .hat  I  aime  1    o Tree  an  u    i"r  T    /  '""■  "  ''"'■"  '  "'■""  "'^  «-'  '='^-  -"'^i  ^e 

OU.S...  for  3ooosub  d T.   th     wa^t^f  "I  ^^T  """  ^""''^""^  "'^"  '  "^^  ^'^^^  ^  '"^ 

inserted  i-  ^rade  direc.orv  '•     Ma   in  !  , M    ,  ',  "  '"  '""'' '"°  '""'^  '  ^°^  *^  -"'  "-"■  -'"= 

Clin.,  pre.s.  I  ,ot  two  r  pFes   IrlZ'       T  '"     ;"  "'"  "'"  "■^"'''"^'y  '''d-'"'-  '"  ""^  cy- 

.^-eswhichrcally    p^^h  re     ;h  vtf"h'  f  Z'"  °"''^'""^  """'  "^■""^ '^^  "- 

"cheme  to  the  u.mos.  Vna  who  h^v.  """"  '''''°"^  '"  ""'"  *'"'  "^-^^^  P'-^^ed  my 

recogni.  in  i.  a  vauJbi;  et  7' "^I '' "rr'"'^"' "  "'^^  '"''''^ '''  .-.her  dealers  to' 
would  h,.ve  helped  me,  all, he  sane  even  if  he'  J"*  ">' ^  ^-"""  ^  >'-'  <''-e  .nthusias.s 
^ee,.  whether  cvclin.  tnde  ment  1       n    "  ""  ^''"  '"  "^"^  '"''•=•     "  ^«'"^'"''  •"  be 

.-.her  rewa.d  .ban  ,he  7em  e  le  in  ,  lild  .^T  "'  "'"''  """^  "^^  ^^"^"'  -"'"«  '^  - 
^alenfwheels;  bu..  af.erXir  "  rn  it  f  !  T  "''  ''  """'^'■"^  -" -crease  .he 
-  .ive  them  a  "  f  ee    dv   '■     ..:     ir!!.!';"  *"  '■^•'^'^  ""^  ^''-"-  --<  ••"  >■'•  <"  allow  me 


Rnpri'alli 


iitMi  it)  ■•  help  along 


.">^ir  business  by  .he  ac.  of  helping  mine"     Their  ,„»„„i  i  .u  ^    "" "'*'   °'""« 


1 11 


710 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


a  "  free  adv."  in  the  "  Wheelmen's  Reference  Book,"  before  described,  only  60  took  the  trouble 
to  fill  out  the  blank  form  which  ensured  it. 

V       I  My  contract  with  the  Springfield  Printing  Co.  was  made  Jan.  19, 

Progress  tn  wrt.ing  ,^^^  ^^^  ^j^,^^  j^^  _^  ^^  ^j  _^^^^  chapter  ("  Bermuda  ")  were  finished 
and  electrotyping  |  ^^m.  month,  from  same  type  which  had  been  used  in  puUing  the  story 
into  Gazette  plates.  Copy  for  first  7  chapters  (reprint,  with  a  few  additions)  was  sent  to  printers 
Feb.  15;  and  I  worked  from  then  till  Apr.  11,  105  h.,  in  writing  the  8th.  The  nth  was  also  a;i 
entirely  new  chapter,  which  cost  me  54  h.,  and  all  the  others  to  the  21st  required  labouous 
additions.  The  plates  for  the  21  were  done  by  the  end  of  June  (except  that  the  "  last  pages  " 
of  several  chapters  were  held  over  for  completion  in  Sept.);  and  these  293  pp.  comprised  all 
the  material  of  the  book  which  existed  when  iu  first  prospectus  was  prepared.  Chap.  28  was 
next  electrotyped,  in  July  (I  wTote  it  just  a  year  earlier,  in  6  days;  49  h.);  Chap.  27  in  Aug. 
(10  days;  67  h.);  Chap.  29  in  Sept.  (29  days;  167  h.) ;  and  I  then  printed  1000  of  each  as 
separate  pamphlets.  I  gave  23  h.  to  proof-reading  of  these  3  chapters ;  and  therefore  their 
8j  pp.,  which  conuin  no  facts  about  "  roads,"  cost  me  306  h.,  and  delayed  the  book  about  2 
mos.  At  this  point  my  right  hand  gave  out,  and  I  began  pen-practice  with  my  left,  which  has 
done  nearly  all  the  later  work.  Chaps.  22  (10  days;  66  h.),  23  (17  days;  93  h.),  24  (11  days; 
60  h.),  and  26  (11  days  ;  61  h.)  were  then  successively  written  and  put  in  type  ;  so  that  on  Dec. 
15,  '85,  the  plates  of  book  were  complete  from  p.  i  to  p.  472.  I  worked  steadily  from  Dec.  5  lo 
Feb.  10,  in  preparing  copy  for  pp.  473-554,  which  comprise  Chaps.  30  (116  h.),  31  (77  h.)  and  part 
of  32  (63  h.) ;  and  after  printing  thest  I  put  in  type  39  and  40,  containing  the  two  sub.  lists. 
These  w>;re  arranged  by  other  hands,  u.-.r'er  my  direction,  and  the  alphabetical  list  gavv.  no 
special  trouble  ;  butafter  the  slips  of  the  geographical  list  had  been  pasted  in  provisional  order  for 
the  printer,  I  myself  was  forced  tr  n  k.  84  h.  in  revising  them  and  39  h.  in  correcting  proofs,— 
the  whole  process  stretching  through  2  mos.,  and  ending  May  7.  Chap.  36  was  meanwhile 
written,  in  Apr.  (by  request,  for  first  use  in  "  Wh.  Ref.  Book  "),  and  finally  enlarged  and  sent  to 
printer  in  Oct.  Chaps.  34  (7  days  ;  50  h.)  and  35(11  days  ;  67  h.)  were  mostly  written  in  May, 
and  electrotyped  in  July.  Chap.  37,  as  already  noted,  absorbed  me  till  the  end  of  summer  (52 
days  ;  275  h.) ;  the  Preface  (41  h.)  during  the  first  week  of  Sept.,  and  this  present  chap.  (21  days; 
150  h.)  until  Sept.  30.  I  plan  next  to  prepare  Chaps.  32  and  40  (final  sections),  and  33,  in  the 
order  named,— thus  making  the  latter  the  latest  part  of  the  book,  except  its  contents-tabie  and 
indexes.  This  irregularity  of  construction  will  explain  some  seeming  incongruities  in  the  text,— 
such  as  statements  of  late  and  early  dates  in  certain  pages  whose  relative  positions  appear  contra- 
dictory. I  may  say,  tno,  that  any  such  record  as  "writing  a  chapter  in  61  h.  on  11  days"  should 
not  be  cons  rued  as  excluding  other  work  ;  for  on  those  same  days  1  may  have  devoted  nearly  as 
many  more  hiurs  to  correspondence,  proof-reading  and  the  like.  The  act  of  attaching  my  left- 
handed  signature  103368  "numbered  fly-leaves,  forthe  subscribers'  autograph  edition,"  required 
36  h.  during  the  four  days  ending  with  Feb.  19 ;  and  in  reporting  this  to  the  S/>r.  IVA.  Gaz. 
for  Mch.  ("  Owed  to  Spring,"  p.  192)  I  announced  that  no  more  subscriptions  would  be  enrolled 
except  at  $1  50,  and  that  I  felt  fairiy  confident  of  publishing  before  the  end  of  May. 

Th^  >  ariiest  forms  of  the  book  were  actually  put  to  pre^s 
Sept.  3,  '85,  and  224  pp.  were  printed  within  a  month,  320  pp.  by 
the   end  of  Dec,  and  514  PP-  (first  34  forms)  eariy  in  Apr.  ;  but 


Work  0/  the  Springfield 
Printing  Co. 


all  the  remaining  press-work  will  be  done  after  the  completio.i  of  the  final  plates.  Besides  the 
.cguiar  ed.  of  6000,  there  are  200  impressions,  on  heavy  paper,  designed  for  buyers  who  may 
wish  to  indulge  i.i  a  handsome  binding.  These  sheets,  simply  folded  for  the  binde.,  cost  the 
same  as  cloth-bound  copies  of  the  ordinary  book  ;  and  they  can  either  be  mailed  for  binding 
rkewhere,  or  be  bound  on  the  premises  for  any  one  who  nay  make  a  bargain  as  to  style  ai.J 
price  witl  ;ne  Springfield  Printing  Co.  In  regard  to  this  establishment,  it  seems  proper  fnr 
me  to  say  •'cre,  that  I  have  employed  it  during  every  year  of  the  last  quarter-century  in  rin.ri; 
smaller  pieces  of  work  for  me,  and  that  I  expect  its  manufacture  of  my  book  will  be  completed 
as  satisfactorily  as  those  previous  things  have  been.  I  consider  myseif  ionunaic  m  in.  :..-": 
that  its  superintendent,  H.  E.  Ducker  (s  ;e  biog.  on  p.  524),  is  enough  of  a  cycling  enthusiast 


Col.  Pope's  reply  to 
secon  J  proposal. 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  7„ 

lo  take  a  personal  pride  in  helping  ensure  the  typographic  excellence  of  thi.  boot  „i,ich  wiU 
exhibit  the  firm  I  work  to  cyclers  everywhere,  and  to  understand  and  make  allowance  for  the 
stress  of  circumstances  which  has  delayed  the  time  of  paying  for  it  so  far  beyond  the  implication 
of  the  contract.  I  suppose  that  any  metropoliun  firm,  capable  of  carrying  so  large  a  bb,  would 
have  insisted  on  naming  specihc  times  of  payment,  instead  of  letting  them  stand  relaled  to  an  in. 
definite  publicationK^ay  ;  and  I  am  thankful  to  have  escaped  the  troubles  which  any  such  CRSt-.ron 
contract  might  readily  have  brought  .ipon  me.  The  ant.cipated  disadavantage  of  giving  .  dc^ 
and  correctip.s  proofs,  through  ihe  mails,  from  a  diotance  of  .40  m.,  1  have  found  to  be'  largely 
imaginary.  In  Apnl,  as  soon  as  the  hr.t  S44  Pp.  were  printed,  I  sent  complimentary  copies 
(special  ed.)  to  En-hsh  and  Australian  e.ltors,  who  had  subscribed,  and  to  a  few  others  saying 
that  the  final  sheets  would  be  mailed  at  the  same  time  with  their  bound  books.  I  ilso'put  the 
sneets  on  exhibition  with  certain  dealers  in  New  York,  Boston,  Newark  and  Orange  About  ao 
advance  copies  were  give-,  out,  altogether ;  and  such  printed  notices  as  J  have  seen  concerning 
them  have  been  favorable.  One  of  the  English  recipients,  however,  wrote  to  me  thus-  '•  ; 
have  casually  glanced  through  the  first  portions  of  your  book,  and  I  much  fear  that,  at  any  rate 
on  this  side  of  the  water,  its  contents  will  be  voied  dull  a  ,d  uninteresting.  Thts  of  course  in 
confidence. '  H.s  words  recall  the  London  Examiners  verdict  on  my  "  Four  Years  at  Yale  "• 
^A  dull,  stupid,  iU-written  book,  on  a  subject  which  might  have  been  made  highly  interesting."' 

'^'".J""^  3.  I  mailed  the  544  pp.  to  Col.  Pope  (together  with  proofs 
of  frontispiece,  title-page  and  sub.  list  chapters),  and  proposed  that  Ihe 
,  ^^''Pe  Mfg.  Co.  subscribe  for  1000  copies  at  }i  each.     I  argued  that 

they  could  be  quickly  sold  for  $1500,  by  reason  of  the  unexampled  advei  'sm^  already  received  • 
and  I  requested  that  a  decision  be  made  simply  on  the  merit,  of  tlie  offer,  ^^  a  business  invest^ 
ment   promising  a  ready  return  on  a  slij;ht  risk.     I  asked  nothing  as  a  favor,  and   distinctly  dis- 
owned any  claim  of  inheritance  or  obligation  under  the  'ii  agreement  about  buying  2000  books 
at  50  c.  each  ;  but  I  felt  confident  that  the  ofler  would  be  accepted.     The  actual   answer,  dated 
Boston,  June  j,  was  as  follows  :  "  D,ar  Sir:  -It  is  now  two  years  and  a  half  since  you  pro- 
posed  getting  out  your  book,  which  was  to  have  come  out  in  the  summer  of  '84.     It  has  taken 
so  long  to  get  the  book  out,  and  you  have  made  it  so  large  and  the  type  so  small,  that  I  think  it 
has  detracted  largely  from  the  interest  it  otherwise  would  have  had,  and  from  the  benefit  that 
we  would  have  received.     We  appreciate  your  hard  work,  but  we  are  sure  we  could  never  sell 
.000  copies  of  your  book,  on  which  you  think  we  could  make  #500.     Even  if  we  sold  ,000   it 
would  CO..  a  great  deal  to  make  the  sale.     The  book  is  j..st  at  hand,  and  I  have  put  on   my 
stronges.  glasses,  and  then  -find  it  difficult  to  wade  through  a  single  page,  without  my  eyes  water- 
mg  and  my  nerves  getting  out  of  order.     The  "oook,  it  seems  to  me,  will  only  be  used  as  a  T,at- 
ter  of  reference.     If  you  had  made  it  into  about  six  volumes,  with  krger  print,  I  should   have 
enjoyed  it  better;  and  still  better  if  you  had  boiled  the  -.vhole  thing  down  into  one  volume  of 
coarse  print.     Do  not  think,  because  I  criticise,  that  I  do  not  appreciate  vour  hard  work,  because 
1  do,  and  have  only  the  very  kindest  feelings  towards  you  ;  and  I  shall  be  willing  to  send   you 
a  check  for  $250,  and  in  exchange  shall  be  satisfied  to  receive  25  volume;  ■  or  shall  be  satisfied 
to  have  you  keep  the  #250,  for  the  good  you  have  done  the  cause,  and  we  will  take  some  books 
on  consignment  here,  and  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  ahd  sell  them  for  ycu,  if  we  can,  without 
any  commission.     I  think  Uiis  arrangement  will  be  just  as  profitable  to  you  as  though  I  bought 
the  1000  volumes.  With  best  wishes,  I  am 

"  Yours  very  truly,  Albert  A.  Pope,  Pres't." 
The  foregoing  letter  was  a  genuine  surprise,  but  it  also  had 
genuine  value  to  me  as  an  "  eye-opener,"— for  it  fixed  my  mind 
at  once  in  regard  to  the  methods  upon  which  I  must  rely  for 
By  demonstrating  th.-  tlifficultv  thereof,  it  supplied  the  best  pos- 
sible spur  for  clnvtng  me  forward  to  "  conquer  the  impossible,"-in  the  same  way  as  another 
Boston  man  s  friendly  warning,  that  I  could  noi  get  300  subscribers,  served  as  mv  chief  in- 
-,  ira:iu„  .„  ^cii.ng  3,00.  1  he  contrast  between  the  conduct  of  those  cycle  dealers  who  are  not 
named  m  my  "  trade  directory  "  (because  of  their  unwillingness  to  pledge  even  $2  for  my  scheme. 


Condemnation  from  com- 
petent judges. 
forcing  a  sale  of  30.000  books. 


712  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


thou^jh  that  investment  vould  directly  return  $3;,  and  the  conduct  of  Col.  Pope,  in  offering  tne 
a  gift  of  J2 50,— merely  on  general  principles  of  rewarding  energy  misapplied  in  a  good  cause  — 
is  a  contrast  whose  signiticance  needs  no  comment.  To  n.e,  however,  the  chief  importance '(.( 
the  offjr  IIl-s  in  its  showing  the  sincerity  of  his  belief  that,  from  a  business  point-of-view  my  eti- 
terpiisf  is  entirely  hopeless  and  visionary.  This,  be  it  remembered,  is  the  opinion  of  the  man 
mo.st  competent  of  all  men  in  the  world  to  pronounce  an  accurate  and  impartial  judgment  on  its 
prospects,— the  man  who  will  be  profited  more  than  any  one  else,  not  even  excepting  myself  in 
case  I  succeed  in  demonstrating  that  that  judgment  was  xvrong]  He  stands  at  the  head  of  the 
world's  cycling  industry  because  of  the  exceptional  shrewdness  of  his  foresight ;  because  ot  his 
willingness  to  stake  ,„rge  risks  on  remote  results;  and  because  of  his  sagacity  in  pronKlinj  in- 
direct and  general  advertisements  which  help  the  whole  trade,— and  help  his  own  the  most,  merely 
because  his  share  of  the  whole  is  thi  largest.  For  these  reasons  1  expected,  in  spite  of  my  fail- 
ure to  overcome  the  apathy  of  the  lesser  tradesmen,  that-he  would  be  readily  v\(  ,1  to  my  tlieory, 
which  accounts  the  three  y.?ars'  l.ibor  on  the  "  subscribers'  autograph  edition  "  as  an  advertise- 
ment ensuring  a  quick  ■^-'.  for  ten  times  as  many  books.  But  his  letter  shows  the  adoption  of  an 
opposite  theory,  whicl.  apparently  is  that  most  of  the  probable  purchasers  of  the  book  have 
already  been  worried  into  pledging  for  it,  or  else  have  grown  prejudiced  against  it  !>ecause  of  the 
long  delay,— so  that  there  is  no  hope  of  forcing  the  market  to  "  absorb  "  arvtliing  like  an  edi- 
tion of  3o,rKX).  Similar  to  this  is  the  opinion  of  another  well-known  member  of  the  trade,  C.  K. 
Z.icharias,  of  Newark  (who  has  "  made  it  a  business  as  well  as  a  pleasure  to  jjledge  n«  names 
to  my  list,"— or  more  than  have  been  put  there  by  any  one  else) ;  for  he  "  fears  the  field  is  less 
promising  than  three  years  ago,"  because  the  numerous  road-books  which  have  meanwhile  ap- 
peared om  likely  tto  diminish  the  demand  for  my  own.  Such,  then,  being  the  sentiments  of 
representative  men,  who  have  manifested  the  sincerest  desire  to  push  my  scheme  forward,  I 
record  them  here  as  an  impressive  proof  that  "  the  trade  "  in  general  look  upon  it  as  having  not 
the  ghost  of  a  show  of  financial  success.  Its  foredoomed  failure,  in  the  mind  of  every  dealer 
who  reflects  at  all  about  the  result,  seems  as  plain  as  a  pikestaff. 

Ilanniessness  of  my  \  '"^^-^  "^'''^  '"  '""'■  ^^P*^'^  proposal  admitted  that  it  was,  on  its  face, 

I,/.  ; (■    ..   ■   r    '    (more   advantageous   to   me   than   an    out-and-out   acceptance   of   mv 

:  otter,— for  his  gift  of  $250  would  ;  jst  .bout  equal  what  was  then  my 
prospective  margin  of  profit  in  letting  him  have  the  1000  books  at  the  subscription-rate,— while 
the  chance  which  I  had  thus  o.lered  him  for  making  $500,  by  retailing  them,  would  then  accrue 
to  myself  besides.  Hut  I  declined  it,  as  inconsistent  with  my  plan  of  seeking  a  profit  solely  from 
actual  sales  of  the  book;  and  said  I  preferred  to  supply  him  with  250  co|>ies  at  #1  each,  and  lo 
avajl  myself  of  his  Nev/  York  office  only,  as  a  distributing  agency.  He  ch.-erfully  consented  to 
this,  but  the  number  of  my  pages  so  increased  that,  in  Oct.,  when  I  saw  there  could  be  but  a 
nominal  profit  in  supplying  them  at$i,  I  threw  up  the  bargain  and  arranged  that  the  Pope  Mfg. 
Lo.  should  simply  keep  the  books  on  sale  fur  me,  without  commission,  at  its  offices  in  lioston, 
New  York  and  Chicago.  I  ask  this  same  f.ivor  of  every  cycling  agency  in  the  country,  no  more 
and  no  less  :  and  purchasers  of  my  book  at  any  such  place  may  know  that  they  put  the  entire 
profit  into  my  pocket  as  surely  as  if  they  made  a  direct  remittance.  I  prefer  indeed  that  these 
agencies  should  be  patronized,  whenever  practicable,  as  a  means  of  avoiding  the  risk,  trouble 
and  expense  of  resorting  to  the  mails ;  but  I  -vish  each  one  who  thus  buys  the  book  indirectly 
would  afterward?  file  with  me  his  name  and  adt'.ress,  even  though  he  may  not  care  to  send  an  ex- 
pression of  opinion  also.  Until  the  end  of  '87  at  least,  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  cash  orders  for 
books  sent  direct  to  Springfield  Printing  Co.,  instead  of  to  myself;  for  books  will  usually  be 
mailed  from  S.,  even  when  ordered  from  me  in  N.  Y.  On  Feb.  4,  '84,  when  the  Cunningham 
Co.  was  the  chief  business  competitor  of  tlie  Popes,  the  following  note  was  sent  to  me  by  the 
firm's  junior  partner,  F.  \V.  Weston  :  "Although  your  book  seems  likely— with  its  '  234  Co. 
lumbia'  allusions— to  bo  one  of  the  most  valuable  free  advs.  they  ever  received,  I  feel  sure  its 
value  in  general  will  be  none  the  less  on  that  account,  and  I  shall  deem  it  a  privilege  if  you  will 
put  me  down  for  5  conies."  Quoting  this  in  mv  "  ll'Iiee'  Fxtra  of  Feb  22."  .i.".  a  me.ms  of 
urging  other  dealers  to  adopt  the  same  liberal  opinion,  I  said  ;     "  I  never  yet  spoke  a  word,  or 


"^e 


THIS  BOOK   OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  7,, 

wrote  a  word,  or  printed  a  word,  i..  praise  of  the  Columbia  bicycle,  to  the  prejudice  or  disparage- 
ment of  any  other  n.anufac.ure.     I  never  intend  to.     When  people  ask  my  advice  about  the 
relafve  merus  of  different  n.aclunes,  I  tell  them  it  is  a  subject  ab<,ut  which  I  know  nothing  and 
care  nothmg.     As  I  lack  the  mechan.cal  aptitude  to  form  an  intelligent  and  authoritative  oph  on 
on  the  matter,  I  never  pronounce  an  opinion.     All  i  say  is  that  any  kind  of  a  bicycle  is  uood 
enough  for  me,  and  that  I  naturally  stuck  to  the  first  one  which  I  happened  to  t'ct  astride  of  ■ 
but  I  do  not  reconnnend  other  people  to  follow  my  example  in  that  respect,  or  in  any  other  " 
The  foregou.g  words  are  st.Il  true  ;   and  I  wish  to  ren.ind  every  tradesman  who  is  disposed  'to 
begrudge  the  adv.  winch  mast  needs  accrue  to  the  Popes  from  the  fact  of  my  having  ridden  a 
Cohnnb.a.  .hat  my  ent-re  .nexperience  wij,  any  other  maclune  robs  the  adv.  of  power  to  injure 
any  other   and  reduces  the  value  of  the  adv.  to  th.-  lowest  possible  terms.     My  case  is  utterly 
d.fferent  from  that  of  a  man  who  proclaims  th..t,  •'  having  thoroughly  tried  all  the  rival  makes 
he  settled  down  on  a  Columb.a  as  '  the  best,'  and  has  already  ridden  it  .5,cx»  m.,  at  a  Tott  oi 
only  .si  c.  for  o,l  and  repa.rs."     On  the  contrary,  this  book  proclaims  the  defects  and  "Jair 
and  necessary  expenses  of  my  machine,  with  a  scientific  exhaustiveness  never  bestowed  upon 
any  other  ;  a.ul  a  very  plausible  argument  against  the  Columbia's  reputation  night  be  made  by 
reprorlucn.g.  outs^e  of  the.r  connection,  all  the  damaging  f.»cts  recorded  against  "  Xo   .,.  '^ 
or  pp.  35-48.     I    feel  sure,  therefore,  that  if  my  .o,<«o  n>.  had  been  measured  on  an  EnglUh 
b.cycie,  Co  .  Pope  s  support  of  my  publishing  scheme  in  -83,  and  his  present  offer  to  help  sell 
the  actual  book,  would  have  been  just  exactly  as  li'x^ral ;  and  so  1  ask  the  friends  of  all  rival 
maclnnes  also  to  help  sell  it,  on  its  merits  as  an  aid  to  the  spread  of  their  business.     I  ask  them  to 
recog,nze  Us  value  as  an  honest  advertisement  of  the  superiority  of  bicycling  to  all  other  .nodes 
of  travel ;  and  to  banish  the  false  idea  that  it  is  planned  for  the  praise  of  any  style  of  bicycll 
Indepetidence  of  all  Popes  \  I  ''-^ve  said  on  p.  47  that  when  my  old  wheel  had  become 

and  pcnuers.  I  '"  '"T^^'-  ""-'  ^"''  ^'"^"'  ^^  ^'^'''^^'"'  ""^ '"  J'scourage  mv  plan 

,    ^  ,  I  ^*   rebundmg,  I   decided  to  have  another  built  as  nearly 'like  it 

as  poss.be  ;  and  the  makers  w.  re  well  aware  that  I  intended  to  pay  the  full  price  for  it  \n  csh 
just  as  I  had  pa,d  m  the  frst  case.     They  had  no  motive,  therefore,  of  "  hiring  me   to  ride  a 
Coa.mb,a,     or  to  be  par;:al  to   their  interests,  when  they  accepted  my  offer  to  ,,..y  for  the  new 
wheel  by  present.ng  tb,  m  with  the  old.     They  accepted  it  si.nply  because  old  -  Xo   .,.  "  was 
worth  more  to  them,  for  exhibition  purposes,  a.,  a  strictly    legitimate  adv.,  than   the  money  I 
should  otherw.se  have  pa. d  them  for  "  Xo.  .34,  Jr."     My  pushing  it  "  ,0,000  n..  through  .4 
States  and  Prov.nces,     and  writing  so  much  to   arouse  public  curiosity  in  its  individuality   had 
conferred  upo.,  ,t  a  factitious  value  ;  and  f  was  quite  justified  in  selling  it  at  that  value  to  ■  -    ,se 
who  could   prout  by  it.     I  would  .I't  have  sold  it  to  any  one  else  for  a  dollar  less.     I  would  n't 
have  sold  It  at  all,  n,  fact,  without  the  assurance  that  it  should  be  preserved  for  a  public  relic 
As  the  first  b.cycie  in  America  to  traverse  ,0,000 m.,-as  the  firs,   bicycle  in  the  world  to  make 
a  straightaway  trail  of  .400  i,..,-it  certainly  has  more  value  to  the   makers  than  the  newes 
mach.ne  n.   the.r  shop  ;  and  there  rests  on  me  not  the  shadow  of  an  obligation  towards  them 
by  reason  of  this  transaction,  or  by  reason  of  any  other.     I  am  quite  as  free  to  speak  my  mind 
about  the  Pope  of   Boston  as  about  the  Pope  of  Rome.     I  have  a  sincere  respect  for  each   as 
men  eminently  s.agacous  .n   discovering  ti      side  on  which   their  own  bread  is  buttered;  but  I 
humbly  hope  the  success  o    my  present  scheme  may  be  striki.ig  enough  to  show  that,  as  regards 
the  possib.ut.es  of  the  book-business,  I  have  power  to  "  give  points  "  to  both  of  th.m  '     When 
the  30  000  cop.es  shall  have  been  sold,  if  Col.   Pope  and  the  lesser  leaders  of  the  trade  choose 
to  publ.cly  present  me  w.tl.  a  purse  of   $,0,000,  or  55<xx,,  or  even  ^.ooo,  "  as  a  slight  -oken  of 
the,r  apprecat.on  of  what  .ts  sale  has  done   for  them,"  they  .nay  rest  assured  I  sha..        ve  no 
scruple  about  publicly  accep.ting  it. 

Objections  lo  gift-  ''"'•  '"  ''"'^'a""  of  the  fact,  I  consider  any  gif  improper,-no  matter 

takintr.      "        ^T^T^^^'-  ^""^  "'"''''^  ''"""^'^-     ^  '''^'■"'^  "  "^""^'  "ot  only  that  I 
;  f.'^°"'.'l '^f  ""l^Pe"''ent,  but  also  that  f  should  seem  to  be     ., -even  to  th,. 

IrTwt  T''  T^'"^  "m  '"'"^''     '""  "'"-■  '^'■'"  '"■""'"'*  "'•■"  ""^  acceptance  of  either  mv  '8, 
offer  (Which  allowed  a  reta.l  profit  of  .oo  per  cent..  a..d  was  accepted)  or  of  my  '86  offer  (w^ich 


7H 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


allowed  50  per  cent,  for  such  profit,  and  was  declined)  could  not  seem  worth  considering,  as  an 
ordinary  business  chance;  but,  as  I  supjX)se  there  is  about  one  m.in  in  100  small  tnough  to 
think  that  the  offered  gift  of  #250  was  designed  to  fetter  me  in  some  way,  I  would  refuse  it  on 
his  account,  if  for  no  other.  In  similar  spirit,  let  me  confes:i  for  the  benefit  of  any  one  who 
thinks  my  praises  of  the  Lamson  Uiggage-tarrier  may  have  been  iiiHuenced  by  my  accepiintt 
from  the  invciitor  thereof  a  free  sample  of  each  variety,  that  I  did  sc  accept  them  i,for  they  were 
tendered  to  me  under  such  circumstances  that  a  refusal  would  have  amounted  almost  to  rude- 
ness), though  I  paid  for  the  third  specimen  which  I  now  have  in  use.  As  regards  my  widely- 
advertised  opinion  of  it,  as  "  the  best  thing  of  the  sort  ever  devised,"  the  date,  '82,  ought  prop- 
erly to  be  attached, — for  several  other  goixl  devices  havj  since  come  into  the  market,  ard  I  do 
not  jiretcnd  to  know  anything  against  their  comj)arative  merits.  At  the  outset  of  my  Kentucky 
tour,  in  '82  (p.  225),  another  acquaintance  of  mine,  with  whom  I  had  "  shared  my  last  lemon  " 
two  years  before  (;i.  10;),  insisted  upon  attaching  to  one  of  my  spokes  a  specimen  of  the  Mc- 
Donnell cyclom.,  fur  which  he  was  the  agent,  in  order  that  I  might  give  it  a  fair  test  with  the 
Pope  cyclom.  on  i;iy  axle."  The  test  proved  its  worthlessness  ;  but  I  have  often  recommended 
the  McDonnell,  since  then,  because  of  its  low  price  and  because  of  its  maker's  willingness  to 
exchange  defective  specimens  until  a  good  one  is  finally  found.  If  any  one  thinks  my  action  in 
this  respect  has  been  affected  at  all  by  the  worthless  gift  of  '82,  I  grant  him  the  liberty  of  that 
opinion.  1  s;iecify  these  two  examples,  trivial  though  they  seem,  in  order  the  more  impressively 
to  declare  th.it  I  h.ave  taken  no  other  gifts  of  any  sort.  Whatever  things  I  have  wanted  in  bicy- 
cling, I  liave  bou^;ht  and  paid  for ;  and  such  other  things  as  have  been  tendered  to  me  I  have 
respectfully  declined.  I  have  twice  offered  to  test  new  styles  of  cyclometers,  and  publicly 
report  iny  careful  observations  (and  I  hereby  make  the  offer  a  general  one) ;  but  the  two  makers 
did  not  consent.  A  third  style  I  tested,  at  the  maker's  request,  and  then  returned  it  to  him  as 
unsatisfactory,  though  accurate.  I  am  conscious,  therefore,  of  no  other  motive  or  inspiration 
than  a  simple  desire  to  tell  the  truth,  in  any  words  of  praise  or  blame  which  I  have  printed  in 
this  book.  In  slat jments  of  fact,  I  have  trijd  to  be  colorl'  ss,  and  [  have  suppres.sed  nothing. 
In  references  to  macliines,  I  have  mentioned  the  maker  \vli'.;never  known  to  me.  In  quota- 
tions from  journals,  I  h.ive  given  date  and  page.  In  all  cases  wh»>re  a  record  of  full  name, 
address  and  price  seemed  appropriate  or  useful,  I  have  taken  pains  to  freely  advertise  the  same. 
My  refusal  to  admit  paid  advertisements  was  a  pledge  of  impar- 
tiality which  seemed  needed  for  the  attraction  of  subscribers;  but, 
besides  its  effect  in  convincing  readers  that  I  have  written  this  bonk 
solely  in  their  interest,  I  rely  upon  it  to  give  thein  a  sort  of  feeling  of  personal  pride  as  "  copart- 
ners "  in  the  prtxluction  of  a  volume  whose  handsome  typography  is  unmarred  by  such  vulgari- 
ties. Py  proving  how  my  subscrijition  scheme  has  been  carried  through  without  any  sort  of 
subsidy  from  "  the  trade,"  and  how  slight  my  hope  is  of  help  from  the  same  in  pushing  futnf^ 
sales,  I  trust  this  truth  has  been  shown  :  that  the  inain  chance  of  any  reward  coming  to  me, 
from  three  years'  work  and  risk,  now  depends  upon  the  amount  of  good-will  and  enthusiasm 
which  the  book  rtiay  be  able  to  arouse  in  its  3000  subscribers.  I  have  served  as  their  self-ap- 
pointed agent  in  doing  a  thing  which  no  one  else  in  the  world  had  power  to  do  ;  and,  if  they 
shall  decide  that  it  was  worth  doing,  I  am  confident  they  will  individually  take  pleasure  in  help- 
ing ensure  the  enormous  sale  now  needed  to  pay  me  for  thus  serving  them.  By  exhibiting  the 
volume  to  librarians,  hotel-keepers  and  cycling  acquaintances,  they  may  advertise  it  in  a  mori- 
effective  way  than  would  be  possible  by  any  expenditure  of  printer's  ink.  I  do  not  intend  to 
sell  through  the  bookstores,  for  the  price  has  been  put  too  low  for  the  payments  of  commissions 
to  middle-men,  but  I  shall  bend  all  my  energy  to  the  pursuit  of  direct  buyers  through  the  mails, 
— sending  contents-table,  preface  and  other  specimen  pages  to  thousands  of  cyclers.  I  shall 
also  print  for  them  "  opinions  of  the  press  and  of  subscribers"  ;  and  this  intention  forms  one 
of  several  rea.sons  why  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  any  one  write  to  me  just  what  he  thinks  of  the 
book,  or  of  any  part  )f  it.  I  ask  every  such  private  reviewer  to  say  what  his  preference  is,— in 
case  I  publish  any  of  his  remarks, — as  regards  attaching  to  them  his  full  name  and  residence. 
or  his  initials  and  club,  or  his  League  number,  or  no  signature  whatever.     If  his  preference  is 


A'ced  of  private  help 
and  criticisms. 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  ,,r 

that  I  publish  none  of  hi,  remarks,  even  anonymously,  I  will  re.pect  that   also;  but    I  wish 
none   ,he  less  to  pu,  them  on  file.      I  specially  urge  .hat  errors  and  faults  be  called  to  my  a.Ten 
non  w,.  .  .he  utmost   freedom.     I  mean  by  these   not  only  printers'  blunders.  mi,.Ma.en  e  .s  of" 
f.u  t,  and  defects  of  execufon,  but  everything  wh.ch  .o  the  mind  of  a  subscriber  seems  an  e^o 
of  ,udgn,en,,-as  regards  om.ssion.  a,  well  as  commission.     In  .nh.T  worxls,  I  shall  f  e,    ha.Ufu 

bee,     b,c.iuse   a      .ne,..l  agreement  of  cm.cs  concerning   objecionable  points  will    give    me  . 
V    uable  wammg  of  what  .o  avoid  in  my  next  a..e,np,  ,„  placate  th,-  same  patrons.     Th  re     r 
three  quest.ons  m  particular,  which  I  should  l.ke  ,„  have  u  large  vo.e  cast  upon   as  a  melns  of 
infornung  .e  whe.her  subscribers  think  that  the  great  size  of  .h'e  book  a.ones'f.     i  J,  ng  dela- 

a  persuad.ng  3000  stranger,  to  serve  a,  volunteer  book-agents  is  likely  10  succeed  A,  have 
...own  that  the  plate,  for  first  ..  chapters  were  finished  in  June,  '85.  I  m,gh,  have  issued  he 
book  next  mon.h,  w„h  alphabe.ical  sub.  lis.  as  Chap.  .3,  and  .hj,  k'ept  ins.d  h  ,  mi  f  ! 
ne  hf  U  '"'.'""•T""'  ""^^^'^f-"--'  -  =  "  Are  you  sorry  .ha.  I  did  no,  s.op  short,  and  g,ve  Z 
.he  book  >n  that  shape,  at  .ha.  earliest  practicable  date  (July,  '85),  raiher.han  Z^TL  \Z 

of  work    Ind  Tin  ""    "".:'°"'  "'"'"«  '"^  ™ad.informa.ion  at  all-cost  306  h. 

ot   work,  andaddayof  ,mos.,my  second  question  is  :  "Does  their  insertion  repay    you  for 

vZ  If^'  ■■       ■■^"'   ^°"  '"'""ted  in  .h.s  presen.   chapter's  attempt   to   .\ke 

D^'s  ,h  '  T"  ''""'"  ^"'""^  '"''  Pl'ilosophy,  as  connected  wi.h  and  affected  bv  the  sam  ' 
Does  the  revelat.on  ,mpress  you  as  possessed  of  any  •  potentiality.'  a.  an  appeal  to  the  s^xial 
sympathy  of  cyclers,  for  putting  money  in  my  purse .'  "  ^ 

My  labor  and  risk  as  "  publisher"  are  what  I  seek  pay  for  - 
not  my  writings  as  "  author."     These,  in  .heir  original  form,  w^re 

,h,,  ,h»fi    ,  •  /''"°"  ^"^^'■'^'^S'f"°"^^P"bHc;  and  it  seems  in  .he  nature  of  .hines 

that  the  firs,  preparation  of  road-reports  should  have   no  other  reward  t„an    the  sen^^ema 
one,-whe.her  .hey  are  prepared  for  the  cycling  press,  or  for  the   Uague'.  officia    road  Zks 
or  for  use  by  a  pr.va.e  publisher  like  myself.     The  experin.en.  which  I  am  engrg,^  up"  a^s  to 
discover  whether  the  editing  and  publishing  of  such  repor.s,  on  an  extensive  a,!d  ex^  ive  s-1 
can  be  made  ,0     pay. "     If -i.  succeeds,  I  shall  at  once  begin  work  on  a  second  collect   Ipu.t' 

ne.ther  the  present  vol.  nor  its  possible  successor  can  compete  or  conflict  at  "   w  th  the  offici 

™t^  rr^hVe  T  fTV"'""  '•""'•  ''''"  *'""  P^'^P""'  '"  '^''"'"  f-".  demand, 
^hen  '!'^-^'".*'";"  '^'  P-^«  °f  'he  League's  unpaid  officer, ;  while  mv  own  plan  of  presenting 
.hem   n  narrative  form,  as  ac.ually  observed  by  individual  .ouris.s.  demands    hat  the  ed   or  a,"d 

:7o  hi; wa" '  rs  Tr  '"'-^i  °'  '*•"  --' "°'  --  ^"^-p'  -  -™  ^sn:^z:t 

neCed  bvenoLh       ,K  ""P--"-'!  ^'a'is.ics,  and  the  book  of  narrated  observation,  con- 

TZ-  and  el  s  T  '"""l'  '''"""'  '"  "^'=  ''  "^'^'^'^'  "'=''  ''^^  '''  ^P--'  f"-,ion  and 
ill  .  .t  r  'T  T"'''  "^^  °"'--  I  recommend  every  reader  of  mine  ,0  procure  .he 
local  road-books  and  gu.de-books  of  all  regions  where  he  .ravels ;  and  I  feel  sure  that  this  vol  of 
mme  w„l  st.mulate  rather  than  discourage  the  production  of  such  book       The  r„ed      i  or 

r.heT  t''f'^°-'^^-'  '-''^  '"  •^'^P"-  'hem  of  .he  aid  of  possible  contributor,  ;  whi 
on  the  other  hand,  the  transt.ortness  of  public.y  in  the  cvcline  naners  .!.„..»  f.,..;^.  .u;..-:.:_, 

itl  rellTh"  '"  '^T  '','""'■"•  '''''•  ^'^  "^"'^^  '""^  '='""''"'^'  his'7to;;m"ust  capture  all 
.ts  reader,  withm  a  sntgle  week,  and  hence  can  do  very  little  permanent  good  to  the  cauM- 


Costs  and  conditions  of 
road-book  making. 


7i6  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


while,  as  regards  (he  former,  his  patriotism  may  not  be  equal  to  the  strain  of  suppressing  all  in- 
cident and  individuality  for  the  greater  glory  of  pure  statistics.  But  even  if  'ourists  would  write 
an  abundance  of  good  road-reports  for  a  given  journal,  any  attempt  to  print  them,  as  an  exclu- 
sive or  controlling  feature,  would  quickly  prove  fatal  to  its  prosperity.  My  history  of  cycling 
journals  has  shown  that  they  are  all,  of  necessity,  "advertising  circulars,  su|)i)ortcd  by  the 
trade  "  ;  and,  as  trade  policy  promotes  racing  rather  than  touring,  no  journal  devoted  :o  the  lat- 
ter could  make  money.  Races  possess  the  element  of  "news,"  and  tours  do  not.  Hence, 
while  the  veriest  tyro  of  the  pen  can  fling  together  a  race-report  which  will  attract  readers,  noth- 
ing sliort  of  genius  can  fashion  so  prosaic  a  thing  as  a  road-report  into  such  shape  as  to  be  gen- 
erally attractive.  "  When  you  talk  to  a  man  of  louring,  there  is  so  little  to  say,  that  he  regards 
it  as  a  very  dull  pastime, — until  he  once  tries  it.  I  suppose  there  are  a  few  writers  who  could 
make  a  report  of  a  tour  sufficiently  interesting  to  rouse  public  interest ;  but  such  men  are  very 
tcarce  and  should  coinmund  big  salaries."  The  quoted  words  are  those  of  an  enthusiastic  tour- 
ist (B.  H.  Ayers,  in  Am.  H'/ieelitiiin,  Aug.,  '86,  p.  7);  and  I  support  their  underlying  idea  by 
saying  that,  if  one  of  those  "  few  writers  "  ever  did  in  fact  prepare  a  touring  sketch  which  could 
be  called  "  readable  "  in  a  strict  literary  sense,  I  never  had  the  happiness  to  read  it.  The 
power  of  compelling  "  the  general  reader,"  who  is  indifferent  about  cycling,  to  take  an  inter- 
est in  such  a  sketch,  is  a  power  I  do  not  pretend  to  possess;  and  1  know  of  no  one  else  who 
possesses  it.  i  simply  claim  for  myself  that  a  quarter-century's  training  as  "  a  snapper-up  of 
unconsidered  trifles,"  has  given  me  a  certain  exceptional  skill  for  editing  and  compiling  road-re- 
ports, in  a  concise  and  instructive  manner  which  is  calculated  to  please  bicycle  tourists.  If  the 
cyclers  of  the  country  decide  that  that  skill  ought  henceforth  to  be  employed  exclusively  for  their 
benefit,  I  had  just  as  s<^n  sell  it  to  them  as  to  any  one  else. 

Proposals  for  "My  Second  ^'^  painstaking  style  of  compilation  is  shown  in  Chaps. 

'         ,1  30-32  ;  and  I  have  said  that  these  (pp.  473-554)  cost  me  2  inos. 

Icn   I nousaiui.  of  256  h.,  in  addition  to  the  enormous  labor  of  collecting  the 

material.  I  tried  there  to  give  each  man's  story  in  his  own  peculiar  fashion,  while  at  the  same 
time  largely  recasting  each,  after  a  fashion  of  my  own.  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  each  subscriber 
give  me  his  opinion  as  to  whether  those  three  chapters  repay  him  for  the  delay  they  caused  the 
book.  I  may  have  been  foolish  in  promising  to  insert  such  chapters,  and  in  promising  to  prepare 
a  history  of  wheel  literature;  but,  after  attracting,  by  those  promises,  a  great  quantity  of  mss. , 
maps,  pamphlets,  papers  and  books  (to  say  nothing  of  subscribers),  I  was  in  duty  bound  to  ful- 
fill them.  A  similar  remark  will  apply  to  various  other  features  of  the  book,  which  I  never 
should  have  promised  if  I  could  have  foreseen  their  cost.  In  fact,  I  should  never  have  under- 
taken  it  at  all,  if  I  'd  had  the  faintest  conception  that  it  was  to  be  so  big.  I  simply  could  n't  have 
lived  through  these  three  years,  except  for  my  unreasonable  hopefulness  ;  for  this  continually  had 
power  to  deceive  me  as  to  my  capacity  for  speed  in  "  getting  to  the  end."  Yet  even  my  actual 
speed  would  have  been  impossible,  save  under  the  inspiration  of  seeing  my  chapters  go  into 
type  as  fast  as  written,  and  of  feeling  the  printers'  prod  always  at  my  heels.  There  must  needs 
be  danger  to  an  author  in  publishing  his  own  book,  and  an  es[x;cial  danger  in  fixing  a  price  for 
it,  and  beginning  to  print,  before  the  whole  is  written  ;  but  it  is  evident  that  my  own  could  have 
been  produced  in  no  other  way.  The  bigness  of  it,  too,  seems  a  sort  of  business  necessity,  for 
an  adv.;  liecause,  since  I  am  de!  arred  from  praising  the  quality  of  my  own  work,  there  is  need 
of  a  chance  for  proclaiming  its  (  unity,  as  a  fact  extraordinary  enough  to  command  attention. 
Similarly,  I  felt  forced  to  collect  and  print  all  the  "wheeling  biographies"  within  reach,  in 
order  to  show  that  my  own  biography  was  put  into  the  book  as  a  mere  matter  of  business,  and 
not  at  all  for  vanity.  I  am  thus  enabled  to  declare  that,  even  if  all  the  pages  which  concern 
myself  and  my  travels  be  disregarded,  enough  others  will  remain  to  make  the  vol.  worth  its  price 
to  any  wheelman  who  cares  at  all  about  roads  and  lours  and  tourists.  Hence,  too,  I  plan  to 
have  my  own  travels  and  personality  hold  a  much  less  prominent  place  in  the  next  book ;  and  to 
give  it  gre.iter  variety,  by  devoting  most  of  its  space  to  the  lives  and  explorations  of  other  push- 
ers of  the  wheel.  I  plan  to  have  it  contain  not  less  than  300  pp.  (of  same  size  as  the  present, 
but  with  little  or  none  of  the  present  fine  type) ;  to  have  it  indexed  even  better  than  this  book ; 


Request  for  personal 
statistics 


THIS  BOOK   OF  M/XE,  AXD  THE  A  EXT.  ytj 

tn  exclude  all  aHver.i,*mc„„  ;  ,o  ,„ue  it  in  ,S,^  ;  and  .„  sell  i,  Un  5,.5o,-excep,  ,„  ,ho,e  who 

..|.h.^e,,c.l  1,„  of  such  supporter,;  bu.   I  do  no,  promise  i,.  or  pronuse  any  other  ••frill,  " 
wl„ch  n,,K'h,  ge,  me  .n.o  .rouble.     Kvery  reader  whom  the  pre«.n.  vol.  pleases    enough  .o  m  k. 

,n,  w.h,o  ..courage  me  n,pro.luc„.g  another  one  of  sim.lar  style,  is  hereby  n.vUed   o ^e 
*    for      My  Second    fen   Thousan,!  "  (or.  for  short.   "  ,  X.  M."),  a,  outlined  above,  with  th! 
ders  a.uhng  tha,  he  can  revoke  the  pledge  a,  pleasure,  and  that,  if  the  actual  L.K.k  shall     o 
please  h,m    he  can  return  ,.  .ns.ead  of  paying  for  it.     Thus,  by  incurring  a  merely  nonnnal  Z 

wh     To'  t      T'  ':  "'  "'"  ""'"  "'"'^'  '"  ""  ''^'"  ""=  -  -^-^'^  -'-"'"  i.  i.  worth 

and  on  '""     '  T        "f'"""  ■'"  '^  =•  P"»''i''her.      I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  suggestion, 

and  op,n,ons.  a,  to  what  ou.ht  to  go  in  or  be  kept  ou,  of  the  proposed  book  ;  and  I  spec' lly  wan. 
.0  know  whether  readers  prefer  larger  type  than  the  largest  (brevier)  used  in  the  present  one 
A"  P"'<'"s  wl"'  have  kept  a  wheeling  record  by  cvclom.,  during 
86,  M,  any  part  of  the  world,  are  requested  lo  send  the  same  to  me 
,.  .,  .         ,  "''y  '"  ''"^7,  no  matter  if  it  only  amounts  to  500  m.      I  wish  to  have 

^  r  mdeage  g.ven  by  months ;  an  est.mate  of  the  year's  ••  separate  mils  of  road."  a  dis  i , 
g.  shed  from  m.les  of  repet.t.on  on  th.  same  road  ,  a  report  of  all  tours  of  ,50  m.  o  more  (with 
w       A'c'T'  r  '"'''  "'"  -—'V  traversed  or  described),  and  name  of  cyclom 

ve  r,    I  reaT""'""  ""'  "^'""'"  ""'  '""'■      '"''"'''  "'  ^"  cydoms.,  used  in  hi,  previou 
year  ,  I  ask  each  reporter  to  tell  every  detail  he  can,  good  or  bad,  for  I  want  ,0  make  an  ex- 
haust,ve  chapter  of  test.mony  on  that  subject.     The  amount  of  it  already  contributed  „   th "e 
pages,  by  n,any  observers,  the  index  show.  .0  be  greater  than  exists  els;wi.ere  ;  and   the  rea! 

(Sent"'j  T.    '""Tf  T7'  ""'" '"  "'  '^"^""^  """  '"••'^  ''•'  '"""'' '"  "^•=  ^""^^'"'^  "T-' 
vo,d„,g  trouble  w„h  adverfsers.-  by  excluding  all  mention  of  their  wares  from  th    literary 
columns  of  that  paper      Kvery  .-Vmerican  who  has  ridden  .00  m.  of  separate  road  in  .4  h.  (either 
.  ra,gh,away  or  tn  a  c.rcu.t),  or  .5  m.  straightaway  without  dismount ;  or  who  has  taken  a  tou 
of  500  m  .  or  a  stra.ghtaway  tour  of  .50  m.,  or  who  has  explored  .00  m.  of  unreported  roads 
-s  reques  ed  .0  supply  me  w,th  exact  dates  and  details.     On  p.  485  and  p.  497  n>ay  be  found 

Tir  eTn':  1  'T"'  'TTrY'  """''''""'  "^""'"  '''"'  ^'^^  at'th^utsef.  and  n 
the  r  general  remark.s,  w.th  b..ck  references.  Contributors  of  such  special  reports.  a;d  of  gen- 
eral mdenge  records  for  'SG,  are  invited  to  observe  the  following  rules  :  Write  on  only  one  side 
of  paper ;  beg.n  first  page  with  full  name  and  residence,  occupation  or  profession,  and  exact 
.a.eofb,r,h  (place  of  .t.  also,  when  d.fferent  from  residence);  give  date  of  learning  .0  r^de 
./and  make  of  whee  s  ruUlen,  and  approximate  mileage  of  each  ;  also  annual  mileage  previou 

complete  or  exclusive.     In  general,  my  wish  is  that  each  contributor  should  tel'  all   that  he 
.hu.ks  would  tnterest  other  wheelmen  ;  and  a  g.KKl  way  for  him  to  decide  about  this  is  to  reflec 
upon  the  facts  and  style  of  others'  reports,  in  this  book  or  elsewhere,  which  have  been  of  chief 
mterest  to  himself.     My  own  aim.  in  describing  a  tour.  is.  as  said  in  the  Preface,  to  give  jus, 
that  sort  of  ,nformat,on  about  every  point,  which  I  myself  would  pladlv  have  had  in  advance 
Ihe  dates  of  tours  are  important  because  road-srrfaoe  varies  in  different  years  and  seasons.' 
C.ondmon  of  w,nd  and  weather  deserves  mention  in  reporting  long  straightaway  stavs  in  saddle 
or  24  h^ndes      I  value  such  things  not  as  exploit.,  bat  as  brief  statements  of  the  goodness  of 
he  roads.     If  a  skilful  nder  can  cover  a  given  =5  m.  of   ground  without  stop,  the  same  must  be 
fairly  ridable  by  every  one.     If  he  can  cover  a  given  ,00  m.  in  24  h.,  every  one  else  can  easily 
g.t  over  the  same  in  2  or  3  days.     Hence,  I  shall  be  glad  to  be  told  of  Ions  stretches  of  country 
which  r««  be  covered  without  dismount,  even   though   the  reporter   may  not   have  done  so  in 
fact.     So  far  as  concerns  reports  of  annual  mileage,  the  older  a  man  is.  the  more  desirous  I 
am  of  filing  his  statistics.     I  wish,  by  collecting  a  lot  of  these,  to  show  about  how  much  time 
the  average  man  of  35  or  40.  absorbed  by  business  cares,  gives  lo  wheel  exercise.     Records  of 

the  younger  and  more  active  are  also  welcomed,  of  .-.-.:■  r==  ■  K..:  T   ^  ._ !..  _•.        .; 

that  a  mileage  need  not  be  of  exceptional  size,  or  go  up  into  tVe  thousands,  in  order'o  serve  my 


7i8 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Units  to  authors  and 
{•uhlishers. 


purpo«*  -  lew  riders  uv!  cyclometers,  that  there  is  no  danger  of  my  being  overwhelmed  l>y 

ll>e  iiiu..  uUf  of  replies.  Men  wliose  records  4|>(>var  in  this  book  arc  urged  to  correct  ihuni  (nr 
nir  at  ihf  claw  o(  '«'>,  and  Kive  birthdays,  if  not  already  given.  All  lorrciiwiidents  who  may 
refuHC  the  latter  request  will  please  say  "age  declined,"  in  order  to  diow  lli.it  the  oiiiinskhi 
in  intentional.  All  who  object  to  having  tl.-ir  contributions,  or  parts  thereof,  printed  in  cyi.:inK 
press,  or  in  any  particular  paper,  in  advance  of  insertion  in  "  i  X.  M.,"  will  please  so  specify 
( )therwise,  I  shall  feel  free  to  put  them  to  such  preliminary  use. 

"  Reciprocation,"  t  trust,  will  be  the  rule  adopted  t<, wards  nii- 
by  all  to  whom  I  have  given  a  free  adv.  in  the  previous  chapter. 
Whenever  new  b'xiks  or  edj.  of  theirs  may  offer  the  chance,  I  hope 
they  wil' reprint  the  word.s  of  my  title-page,  and  announce  bricHy  the  sijie,  style  and  scope  of 
my  book,— even  tluniKh  they  refrain  from  adopting  the  larger  |K>licy  of  giving  ..imilar  treatment 
to  all  cycUng  books  known  to  bo  in  the  m.irkel.  Quite  aside  from  this,  however,  I  ask  th.il 
each  author  and  publisher  named  in  the  chapter  should  seiiil  me  corrections  of  any  errors  maile 
there,  and  should  remedy  omissions,  llii-tlid.iys  are  also  desired.  1  wish  to  receive  adv.iiicc 
announcements  of  all  new  cycling  books  and  pamphlets,  and  the  things  themselves  when  issued. 
If  my  prospective  adv.  thereof,  in  cycling  press  and  later  cds.,  docs  not  seem  worth  the  trouble. 
1  suggest  that  .It  least  the  tille-pagc,  and  a  statement  of  siie,  style  and  price,  should  be  filed  with 
me  ill  every  case.  I  offer  a  similar  wish  and  suggestion  to  publishers  of  guide-ljooks,  maps  and 
pictures  which  may  be  asMuned  to  have  a  special  interest  to  wheelmen.  I  assure  every  cycle 
dealer  who  sends  me  his  cat.ilogue  or  price-list  that  it  shall  be  carefully  preserved  ;  but  I  lio|i<- 
nothing  of  the  sort  will  hereafter  be  printed  which  does  not  at  least  fnely  reproiluce  the  w<irds 
of  my  title-page, — ev4n  though  sjiace  forbids  the  use  of  my  freely-offered  electrotype,  giving  a 
cimdensed  adv.  of  ail  the  wheeling  books  and  jiapers  in  the  market  (see  p.  655).  Adv.  circulars 
of  new  cycling  books,  which  are  small  and  light  enough  to  be  easily  folded  in  my  own  circulars 
without  an  increase  of  fMistag;',  1  am  willing  to  freely  distribute  thus, — and  I  shall  be  specially 
"  williiii;  "  if  a  brief  adv.  of  my  own  bonk  be  first  printed  on  the  margin.  Writers  who  use 
pseudonyms  in  the  cycling  press  ere  invited  to  help  me  compile  a  list  thereof  for  publication,— 
apjieiulini;  to  each  the  owner's  real  name,  the  date  of  his  birth,  the  meaning  of  the  nomdt  plumt, 
if  it  h.i>  any,  and  the  dates  of  its  adoption  and  use. 

,         ,  A         There  are  not  many  joumalists-of-the-wheel  towards  whom,  at 

-  '       ■'^  '  '     '       this  late  day,  it  seems  needful  that  I  should  shout  the  slogan  of  the 

its   Ji\e  aJv.  I  Siddall'sroap  advertiser  :"  Don't  be  a  clam  1  "    There  are  not  many 

whose  minds  run  in  a  grmive  of  such  case-hardened  impenetrability  to  new  ideas  as  utterly  to  deny 
the  existence  of  a  "  certain  something  "  in  my  scheme  which  lifts  it  a  little  above  the  common, 
and  demands  for  i:  a  somewhat  exceptional   treatment.     Yet  it  is  fitt  lat  I  should  fornuilaie 

the  logic  of  my  position  with  a  plainness  that  can  leave  no  pretext  for  srepresenting  it, — even 
to  the  stupidest  of  mortals.  Let  me  then  declare,  in  the  first  place,  that  a  vital  objection  to  what 
is  called  "  free  advertising  "  \i,  e.,  an  interpolation,  amid  a  journal's  ordinary  reading-matter,  of 
facts  and  opinions  designed  to  further  some  private  scheme  or  interest)  is  its  ^ual  lack  of  the 
"  readable  "  qualitv.  Readers  are  not  interested  in  such  stuff,  because  its  boaslfulness  offends 
their  sense  of  justice.  They  instinctively  resent  self-praise  ;  and  a  covert  attempt  of  Smith  to 
wheedle  them  into  the  belief  that  his  wares  are  better  than  ;he  similar  ones  of  Brown, 's  espe- 
cially obnoxious.  No  one  likes  puffery  or  attempted  deception  ;  and  I  think  tradesmen  oficn 
make  a  mist.ike,  even  in  their  big-type  advs.,  in  triHir.g  with  the  intelligence  of  possible  patrons, 
bv  speaking  too  well  of  themselves.  But  no  such  mistake  has  been  made  by  me  in  my  three 
years'  tiresome  campaign  as  a  free  advertiser  ;  and  it  will  not  be  made  in  the  future.  I  have 
tried  to  arouse  public  attention  and  curiosity  by  iging  all  possible  changes  on  \.he  /acts  of  the 
case  ;  but  I  have  printed  not  a  line  in  praise  of  ilie  scheme,  nor  have  I  sought  to  inspire  such 
printing  by  others.  Indeed,  by  preference,  I  would  have  suppressed  certain  fl  Utery  which  others 
have  volunteered  to  print.  Sincere  praise  is  always  sweet  to  the  object  of  it ;  but  I  do  not  be- 
i:»-^..  *\\tt*.  an  uncritical  pron^ulsition  thereof  is  jico''  '^usit^ess  I'olicv.  The  Athenisns  sot  tifd  of 
hearing  their  great  general  and  law-giver,  .Aristides,  everlastingly  called  "  the  Just,"  though  they 


Til  IS  BOOK  OF  MLXE,  AND  THE  NEXT. 

pr.,v.,ku.g  c..nusi,y.ana..,.rcbya,.ract,n«  ,,nrd,a«:r,  ...an  tl^n      f*,'       :  K'"-"'"  l-wcr  .,f 

bcs.  lHH,k  uf  „s  Class  ever  published,"  (all»  on  .l.e  „r  wi...  .  1  I        .  ''''"'"''  '""=      "" 

forKonen  ;  bu.  a  s.nar,  sarca^n.  a,  .u  ■'  .he  au„..  •  lu  ,"  t  .'o::.  '"",  ""'"'  "'"  '"  ''" 
.o  .1...  ■  nnlcage  '  of  ,„s  var.ous  pair,  o(  stocUiuK,."  suc^  , V"'  ^  "'  '  "'"  """  "'  "  " 
worry  him  into  a  bc-M.f  .ha.  he  mus.  ul.ima.dy  l.^.k  ^,,  .''""'-";  ^"■"-"•"""-».  .^"d  nc!;„ 
Therc-fure,  I  .ay  .„  c^cl.ng  c-ai.or,.  as  I  have  m   1   , „  1  ,  !"       "l'"^'^  "'"'  '""  "«"  '>" 

of  .he  booicN  fanl.s  w„l  p,ea,c  n.e  be..er  .h,   a       -u     Z::!  ^  7'  '""  '  '" "   """-'- 

""^''   "I«'-it will  be   acco„.pani.a  by  ,..o  M    a     ''  ^T''  ^"'  '  '^"'''^  '^"^ 

••  in  .pi.e  of  ,h..so  fauUs.  ,..e  uL  i,  Jn  wor  i  ^^  ?  Th^:  ''T  T  *""""'  '*'-• 
even  briefly  f,o,„  U,e  book  will  ^ive  exac.  credi,    b'  .i  ,  '      "       "'""'  *''°  """'" 

acknow,ea,n...„.  ;  and  will  append  pri  a  d  p n.  ill  r'^  ^l^^'V  T  ""'""'"  '"  ^"  "■"— 
propricies  of  the  case  allow.     1.   wi  I  be  seen  ,1  ,1  k     "    ,'  ".""'  "''•""'  *'"--'"^"  "" 

.he  cycling  papers  ;  and  .  a,k  all  pu  Ser;  ,.  o  w,::.,:  "r'  ""^  ?''  '"  '"'  '"-'""'"^  "' 
ing  me  complin.en.ary  copio,.  .o  o.,.de  h  .  h.S  "  '.'  '''  "  ""'  ''"  ''"'  "'  """• 
Kvery  such  io„rnal  .Inc.!  co^.es  .o  n.e  s  rJlt  r  .d  ,  d  '''d  '"  ',"''"  "  '"""  ^■ 
reference;  and  whenever  (K^fsion  •  '",.'"">'""''•  "flexed  and  permanently  filed  for 
give  due  credi  ^  iVr/vCI,;  j;,:;    "'   '"r'^""""«  "-"<=   -'"-CCS  into  an  article.  , 

Knglish  paper,  i.  is  U.;J^:^tZ'Z]:ZZ::)tu''  '"  '"•"  T"  ""'"  ^"^  '"-" 
se...s  no  nartialliy  „r  ..uflerv       It  :  ,  regularly  filed  for   my  use  ;  bu.  ,uch  adv.  repre- 

needs  enlploy  .,;e\:;.T:farLal\  Zd'-anV^r!  Z:ZT'"^"''  ''""-  '  ^^^ 
ii^he.  who  may  no.  care  .o  supply  me  w^h  Tlple.  ',».::  .ed'To^sl^a""™:"'"  '"^ 
numbers,  containing  s,.cia.  features  which  thoy  ,hL  worthy  o]  Znl,;"  "'"'°"" 

"Enlightened  selfishness  "  is  the  sen.i.Tient  which  I  wish 
should  govern  the  cycling  press  in  its  treatment  ot  myself      If 

''i./«.^x/,./,„.„,,^;C  wf;  ;:' t:r  '  '  -^^emplovin   pushing  i,.-^<^,^rf 

„,rh  VI,.,,-         t     ■    ^ ,'  ""''^'  **  A*'/  togfther  tn  a  ivay  conticUred  "  read,ihle  "     I  ask  ih-,t 

t;rer  u'/'h  :v,;;f ' ''"''''"" '-  -"'^^^  ---^  P<^r^^'s^^.L,-C^ 

yo.ncr.     '"  have  hterary  capacity  enough  to  concoct  an  adv.  which  can  amuse  ;,  n,n.,' 

may  be  interested  ,n  the  record  of  how  Jones  beat  Robinson  on  the  race-track   is  a.  least  v^o^h 
Z  :  :7o  Tit""'-     1'7  ''"'''  '"^'"--  '""•  "^-  ■  '--  refra.Vd  f  ;:  t"     g  to  .a 

ttlS        "J         T"^^  ''  "'""'^  •■'"^  ''''^'  "^  "^'^  ''""'^  '"  ■"'-^'--.  o^  by  starting  a    ivl 
trade-ctrcular     devoted  to  touring."     Still  further,  if  I  freelv  con.rihn,.  /.  ,ul  „!,..!^_    _     . 

^a^th^Th    ''r^'  "^'  '  "''"'  P"^'"'''^''  "•'"''"-  to  contribute 'fo^'mysec^ 
book,  and  wh,ch  I  have  labortously  recast  m.o  proper  shape  for  the  press,  is  it  not  just  thaUhe 


TAe  doctrine  of  intelligent 
selfishness. 


720 


TEX  THOUSAND  MILES  OX  A  III  CYCLE. 


/lira'  I  t^t  li-isioc' 
for  toiiriit!^. 


editor*  should  help  repay  me  by  allowing  an  advrrtising  tai^  Licked  on  to  «uch  coniribiitionn ' 
Kiually,  as  regards  the  official  orgyn  oi'  the  League,— since  I  h.tve  inentuned  some  hosiiiuy  ,l^ 
oTice  shown  me  there  because  of  my  non-m-inbcrsliip, — It  seems  fitting  to  present  a  speti,d 
ari{u"irnt  wimh  cannot  apply  to  the  other  pr,)Kr5.  Ihounh  I  niiKht  plausibly  claim  that  iis 
"amateur  dclinition  "  renders  a  "  professional" ''  "   ineligible  to  membership,  I  pnfer 

to  ur^e  the  broader  truth  t'lat  my  own  inll-ji'  refraining;  from  memlx.rship  in    anv 

huin.in  association  whatever,  is  not  .1  'o^i-    I    prvK  »4  the   League's    departing  from  sirm 

bu-.iness  principles  in  its  treatment  of  mc.  i'  I  had  offered  to  "swap  advertising  space  "  wiih 
the  Bu'Utin,  page  for  pi,.?e,  no  doubt  I  co  i  Kavs  iuneso;  but  the  business  \alue  to  ihv.' 
I.i-asue  of  the  "  free  .idv,"  whici:  1  havt  jTcft  ~  '  nive  it  instead,  is  not  lessened  al  all  by 
the  fact  of  iny  |H)sition  as  in  outsider,  and  the  >..  .lial  justice  of  rcpayiiiK  it  is  the  same  as 
under  a  formal  contract.  I  have  no  fault  >  find  '  the  liullftins  past  treatment  of  me,  m.r 
tears  of  unfairness  in  its  future   treatment  '  i  to  provide  in  advance  against  any  scnli- 

incntal  confusion  of  ideas  about  facts  whicli  iiave  no  connection.  As  a  bii«iness  man,  I  h.ive 
an  incomparably  greater  stake  in  the  success  of  the  League  th.-n  any  of  its  officers  can  cv,t 
have,  and  I  am  Ixiund  to  use  every  chance  in  my  reach  to  help  increase  its  pros|>erity  ;  but  1 
wish  each  member  to  see  clearly  that  the  l-eague,  as  a  business  institution,  is  bound  to  support 
nie  without  any  swervivg  from  the  rule  of  "  enliijhteiied  self-interest." 

"  Mister,  you  must  be  ali-tired  ri^ii ;  ain't  you,  now?"  is  a  ques- 
tion recorded  in  one  of  Kirr  Munroe's  canoeing  sketches  (/(7;,',7;«,(»<, 
Dec.  'Sj,  p.  i2o),  as  put  by  a  spec'ally  blunt  and  inquisitive  rustic  to  a 
young  city  nian,  viho  in  fact  earned  a  orecar'  >  is  livelihood  at  newspaper  work.  It  was  liis 
ownership  of  a  fijo  cynoe,  in  which  he  presumed  to  take  a  brief  vacation  voyage,  that  thus  in. 
tiamud  the  rural  imagination  into  glorifying  him  as  a  millionaire ;  and  the  glitter  of  a  nickel- 
plated  bicycle  often  lias  the  same  funny  effect,  in  the  backwoods,  as  suggested  on  p.  7.  I  ca'l 
such  misapprehension  "funny,"  because  cheapness  is  one  of  the  distinctive  recommendalions 
of  each  conveyance, — because  each  is  reajly  a  "  poor  man's  plea;.ure-carriage."  Nfy  sense  of 
humor  has  therefore  had  great  gratification  in  recogniiii.g  that  innocently-written  reports  of  in- 
expensive bicycle  travels  somehow  caused  people  to  hwk  upon  me  as  a  creature  of  vast  wealth 
and  illimitaMe  leisure.  I  have  never  been  such  a  person  in  fact ;  but,  on  the  other  hand,  I 
have  always  had  enough  of  both  those  very  desirable  things  to  make  mc  feel  loath  to  sacrifice  any 
of  the  latter  in  order  to  attempt  an  increase  of  the  former.  I  have  always  been  an  industrious 
man,  but  have  designedly  limited  my  field  of  money-making, — as  the  only  sure  device  for  avoid- 
ing the  da^t,;r  of  overwork.  When  I  established  myself  here  in  the  big  city,  on  the  first  day  of 
autumn  in  '-/(>,  I  brought  with  me  a  long-considered  plan  for  inaking  a  weekly  appeal  to  college 
interests  through  the  columns  of  some  existing  newspaper;  and  I  very  soon  persuaded  the  ed- 
itor of  tl  e  ;/'yr/./(who  knew  me  not  from  Adam)  to  take  stock  in  my  scheme, — so  that  an  en- 
gagerr  11  resulted  which  lasted  a  trifle  more  thin  6  years.  In  every  Monday's  issue,  I  printed 
2  or  3  columns  calied  "College  Chronicle";  and  the  vast  and  varied  mass  of  correspondence 
and  collog  •.  journals  whii '.  .ormed  the  raw-material  for  this,  was  all  addressed  to  me,  at  my  pri- 
vate abod  !,  as  "  H'orlu  s  Coll.  Ciinn."  Hence,  when  I  began  to  write  about  bicycling  i. 
'7c),  I  vari  ri  ''is  signature  to  "  Rol  krnn  "  ;  and  when  the  //Vr.'</ decided,  in  the  autumn  >>i 
'82,  that  II  had  .0  iriher  use  for  any  College  Chronicler,  I  expanded  the  "  Kol  ''  to  "  Kari," 
and  explained  the  change,  with  some  detail,  on  p.  230  of  Dec.  H'/ieelinm,  which  I  think  first 
printed  the  revised  version.  Now,  my  usual  rule,  as  to  this  //'£;r('i/bu.^iness,  was  to  work  at  w 
somewhat  on  6  days  of  every  week,— for  it  was  a  very  laborious  department,  in  spite  ,{  its 
liui  >ed  s.ze, — but  .  as  never  obliged  to  work  on  any  given  day  ;  and,  if  I  chose  to  do  double 
work  on  a  given  week,  I  could  win  the  following  week  for  leisure.  During  the  summer  vaca- 
tion of  the  colleges,  in  particular,  when  no  letters  or  papers  needed  reading,  I  could  easily  shove 
my  work  3  or  4  weeks  ahead,  and  roam  where  I  pleased  for  that  interval.  Hence  it  was  that  so 
unusual  a  proportion  of  my  bicycling  took  the  form  of  touring.  I  was  freed  from  the  local 
limitations  of  most  workers ;  and  so  I  was  very  apt  to  stay  at  least  a  day  in  the  saddle  whe.iever 
I  mounted  at  all.     Liut  even  lu  my  most  extended  journeys,  i  wascirawing  a  salar'  all  the  while, 


THIS  BOOK  OF  Af/NE,  AND  THE  NEXT. 


"  IVi/r/J"  txptriences  as 
a  non-<ompetitor. 


721 

«nd  wu  earning  it ;  (or  the  good-luclc  in  mv  c»e  i«.  -..«i 

hour,  0,  work  .ud  pUy  „  to  uk.  „ch  ".  iT^.  JlT    """  *"  """"  '^  *"  '-"P'  «"'  --' 

Which  tay.  that  men  1..,  bctter-natured  than  women,  "  bcca  ,« 
..  .hcm^lve..   wherea.  women   hLT.'.g     ^^  1":^:;;'.,::  t  V  "  T  """  '^^"''"- 

»po„.hi..ana  upon  the  exceptional  .moothn~    h "^  h       h,t':a^"r"-     '^'""""^ 
l.fe.  I  conclude  that  the  rea«,n  for  it  mu.,  be  attributed  trnv  .U.n  '''       '°  «"  """""^ 

•mid  the  maw  of  my  fellow-human.    •  .  ,7^  «      ^  '"  "'"'"B  »»ch  a  cout,e, 

•iwayabeen  "ayward'm    '    w^  "t*;  ;',  "  Sh°"'.n    7""'"°"  *'"•  "^  ^^     "  '  »-' 
...e'..     Thu..a.my  ;eek^cZic     in   he    J^l,'';J';i:tr  T^""^  -ith  any  one 

.ould  arouse  the  hostility  of  no  other  oatT-  T^  ,  J^        '*  "'  '''  "'  "'""ce.  a 

.he  ..ffice^ditor,.  by  whfch  th;    o    d  p^o  i  anv  re.arTai.         "'  '^°""^"''""  ""  '"  -""  "' 
«o  p  i„,  every  shred  of  copy  I  Jnt  in  to  LI  '^='""'=  '"'"'c  n.  my  work,  they  were  forced 

to  the  limit  that  hod  b^n  fixed  fo''  'Ti; '""*"'' "  "  '  *"« 'he 'di.or-in^hief.-up 
fa.rly  respectable  ^per  a,  !^own  bvTts  hT  "^"T '^"'-  '"  "'°~  ^^'  "^^  '*-''''  ""  » 
ing  daily  m  the  cu^;  bm  l^roffic  "  du r'  ^^  ^''^^  --'-'-  '"-  -y  other  morn- 
clutch  on  two  coJum  so  thiMofrvtrce"  ""  """"""'  '""'"**  "'  "»  "«-°" 
Hsh  genuine  "  news,"  of  uler^n.^r  nrT"''!"'  '"  ""*  "'*"'■  '""'  P°*"  '°  P"»- 
raps  assaults,  seductions.  Jnd^  nd  a,  .  e  ^  '  fTi  b^  Tf"'"'  "T^'-^''  -'^-•. 
..o  .  to  these  demand,  of  the  popular  appe  i te  t ha  the  n.  '  "?"f  '  bustnes^like  devo- 
years.  pushed  its  circulation  from  the  loweTt  o 'tl  hi  hes^n  .T'"  K  "•  "''"''  '"'  '"  ""'^ 
of  all  the  other  da.ly  poIice-L-azette!  JXl    1        ^  ^'  '"  '^'"  "  "  "°«  '"  '"  advance 

advance,  indeed,  is  in^hoLTharJrrin,  hT''"'"''""  '°"'""'""-  ^"^  '-"  "'  '"« 
.IBdavit-makersUoarek^tSv^nlo  H  "k'  ,r  ^"""''"  ""'^ '^  «''*  --"  <"  «»•- 
P.r«,nal  bias,  for  the  change  of  olVrZldd  '"-  h  "'""  "■.  '  """^  "'=•'  '"«'  -•'"'"'  "X 
ment  of  .he   ^„ia  was  sunore«^^H       f  ,  "'*"  "  *''  *  ''='"-y"'  '""  -"^  <"*"  d*P»rt- 

«.raw.  showing  .ha.Te  mTyToing  X  7^;^ L" '"'''"'°"  T  '""^  '  "^^^^^--^ 

prelimina^  .0  saying  IT.  Zgh  a  ;:nera  ':;^'„f'S;  'l^^Tr  "'  "•'  '^  "  ""''"' 
office,  over  the  Icng-hoped-for  dcA.h  nf  ^  k  u    """■'*"  '"'"'•y  «'"«  "P  in  the   »■«.« 

any  particular  Host.^l.yTlJe'ch:!:  .-"kTytr:  a:t^^  "'  '"'  ""^  «''-  "»' 

other,  that  I  was  no.  i„  .he  line  of  promotion  .0  any  pla«  wh-T^he  "".  T'"  u"  ''  ^"^ 
no.  employed  through  favoritism.-because  I  L  a  S  whth  "''"  ^""•'''  ""^ '»'="  '  was 
employer's  as  from  their  own  That  he  should  ^  ^ ]'^\^^'''^  *"»  »»  ">"ch  apar.  from  my 
a  thing  as  the  chronicle   seTmed  to  them  an  ""J^f  '"  "'"'•'"^"'  ""'^''  »»'»"  °"  -^^ 

to  discourage  i.;  but  tow^Tme  J^l  ,    ";;''*^"'""'=b''^ '>•"'' =  '"d  they  did  all  tl.ey  dared 

though,  tha't  their  imp^e^S  eri'^ra  ^eVa  tU'T  f ,  ''"^  "7  "'  "'■^="-  '  -"'-«• 
'•  .uch  as  we  instinctively  feel  on  reaZl  ^  ohV^'  V  ''"'  ""''  ^'^-"""^d  ^"""n-Pt. 
jus.  ceased  to  live."  The  "was  I  son  o",  1"^  '  "r''"'"'  -"'"-of-'he-world  who  has 
case  of  a  worker  whose  ,oTbr?u.h,T  T'''^'^^"""  '°  '^eir  self-love  in  contemplating  th. 
own  superior  sag,  i^h."  ducted  heTne  T""  """"  "=""  '"'^•"  '"'^'=  re..,tH  if'.heir 
men..owards  me  wouldt  ,rou«d  in 'h  mil  f  T"'""  '  '''"""'«  "^«  »  similar  sen.i- 
migh. ....  the  .rouble  to^fZ^.W,  lyTtll  Zir/o  '.r^^'^  "^ -"^  "  *»- 
enon-  _^   amoun.  of  labor  "  needlessly  inl  \::S^r^L^l  ^'^::^^T^r:'::^. 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


best,  even  though  the  reward  may  not  be  visible,"  and  that  I  "have  self-reliance  enough  (» 
trust  my  own  convictions,  and  my  own  gifts,  such  as  they  are,  or  such  as  they  may  become,  wilh- 
out  either  echoing  the  opinions  or  desiring  the  more-brilliant  gifts  of  others."  I  think,  toe, 
that  if  one  who  had  known  me  familiarly  since  childhood  were  to  try  to  convey  his  conception  of 
me  in  brief  phrase,  he  might  well  use  the  formula  by  which  Andrew  Lang  characterizes  Moliere  ; 
"a  man  who  sought  for  the  permanent  element  of  life  in  divertitumtnt ;  in  the  pieasjre  of 
looking  on,  a  spectator  of  the  accidents  of  existence,  an  observer  of  the  follies  of  mankind."  1 
hope  I  may  always  be  accredited  with  humor  enough  to  laugh  at  my  own  follies  also ;  but  mv 
ability  to  convince  certain  people  that  I  am  a  looker-on,  rather  than  a  competitor  in  their  strug- 
gles for  existence,  is  the  essential  thing  on  which  the  success  of  this  book  seems  to  depend. 

,,„,,.     „   ,  I  St'U  earlier  evidence  of  my  willingness  to  let  other  men  win  all  the 

"Elective^    honor s\..  .      .  ,  u  Tu         j    .•        r       i     i     . 

'  high  prizes  around  me  was  shown  m  the  production  ol  my  book  about 

o/  coUege.  I  YjIj^  which  fulfilled  very  acceptably  the  function  that  I  designed  it  for, 

and  crowded  out  nothing  else  to  make  a  place  for  itself, — though  the  chance  had  been  waiting  a 
quarter-century  or  more,  for  some  one  else  to  improve  it.  My  four  years'  course  of  undergradu- 
ate study  paid  no  attention  whatever  to  the  pursuit  cf  "  honors"  offered  by  the  >•  acuity,  and  1 
accorded  no  more  respect  to  their  "  marking-system  "  than  was  necessary  for  simply  "  keepini; 
in  the  class."  I  was  quite  satisfied  to  stand  at  the  foot,  by  reason  of  studying  after  an  "  elect- 
ive system,"  of  my  own,  t'lough  knowing  that  the  same  amount  of  work  expended  for  the  capt- 
ure of  "  marks  "  would  have  won  me  a  respectable  rank.  In  those  days,  20  years  ago,  while 
I  was  of  very  small  account  in  the  official  world  of  college,  I  had  great  repute  in  a  certain  stili 
smaller  world,  as  an  authority  on  a  certain  small  science  called  "  philaiely."  All  well-read 
votaries  of  this,  throtghout  England  and  Canada  as  well  as  the  United  States,  recognized  my 
initials  as  representing  "  ihe  mos.t  eminent  living  writer  on  the  subject  of  American  postage- 
stamps."  Now,  this  well-won  but  entirely  secret  fame,  which  interfered  with  no  other  creat- 
ure's complacency,  seemed  much  pleasanter  to  me  than  a  certaiiiiy  of  capturing  ihe  highest 
prize  could  have  seemed,  if  I  had  cared  to  compete  with  the  midnight-oil-burning  section  of  n\y 
classmates,  who  were  "seeking  reputation's  bubble  at  the  Prex's  mouth."  My  pleasure  was 
increased  by  knowin  j  that  even  the  existence  of  "  philately's  "  world-spread  science  and  litera- 
ture was  quite  unknown  to  these  learned  instructors,  who  sedately  recorded  the  grades  of  glory 
due  to  such  ambitious  youth  us  best  "  caught  on  to"  their  own  professorial  crotchets. 

Similarly,  the  fascination  attending  certain  explorations  in  genealogy, 
which  I  gave  a  good  many  off-hours  to,  during  a  half-dozen  years,  was 
intensitied  by  knowing  how  incomprehensible  it  seems  to  most  people, 
and  how  generally  ignorant  even  the  best-educated  are  in  legird  to  the  commonness  of  such  in- 
vestigations and  the  abundance  of  the  material  for  them.  I  wished  some  one  else  had  taken 
pains  to  collect  my  ancestral  tablets  in  advance  of  me  ;  and  a  belief  that  no  one  else  would  ever 
be  likely  to  do  it  was  what  induced  me  to  volunteer  as  family  historian.  Nothing  can  be  sillier 
than  the  off-hand  opinion  of  the  unrefli;cting  that  the  bent  o.  such  compilations  is  "  undemo- 
cratic." On  the  contrary,  they  are  the  outcome  of  a  strictly  scientific  spirit ;  and  their  most  im- 
pressive lesson  is  the  one  hinted  at  on  p.  79, — the  utter  fatuity  of  supposing  that  "  a  permancit 
family  "  can  exist  in  any  such  shifting  social  structure  as  our  own.  Almost  ill  the  first  settlers 
in  this  country,  as  in  every  other,  were  poor  people  who  came  here  to  take  a  more-or-less  des- 
perate chance  of  bettering  their  lots.  No  prosperous  American  of  to-day,  therefore,  is  likely  to 
have  his  vanity  vastly  increased,  by  a  mere  ability  to  show  his  own  exact  line  of  descent  from 
certain  ones  among  those  adventurous  emigrants;  but,  in  various  other  ways,  such  knowledge 
has  value  and  interest.  The  study  of  genealogy  may,  on  its  sentimental  side,  be  fairly  con- 
sidered as  in  the  line  of  the  Scriptural  command,  "  Honor  thy  parents  "  ;  and,  on  its  practical 
side,  as  enjoined  by,  ''  Know  thyself."  The  man  whose  name  I  have  inherited  through  six 
generations  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  Springfield,  where  I  was  born ;  and  the  man 
whose  name  my  mother  inherited  through  six  generations  was  one  of  the  founders  of  New 
Haven,  where  she  was  born  ;  and  all  my  intermediate  ancestors  of  those  two  names  spent  their 
entire  lives  in  those  two  places.     In  general,  the  same  may  be  said  in  regard  to  my  ancestors  of 


Illustrations  from 
getutilogy. 


THIS  BOOK   OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  72, 

WHO  Wishes  to  ge„en.ii7e  .bout  th^;  in  Z17Z     T  t    e    i^.:  htch"""'  '' n'  '  '"^° 
is  bound  to  procure  the  viul  stati-.ir..  ,f  ^//  u-  ■      '*'""'"=  '"*  chances  of  longevity) 

so  great  as  might  seem;  for  the  local  records  nf  hirth      ""'.^"""*   "*       '^th  century,  is  not 

if  ..lere  ever  was  one  -the  remarl,  r -■^Keeviiie,       that  I  am  »  true  son  of  the  soil, 

readily  prove  themseWes  hLr  f  y  cZe"  tr-S^Tt '' H  "T "'"^  °^  •"''"  '^""''^  "- 
my  father's  family  name   howeve    odd  or  oU  I      «         u  "  """'"  ""= '"  ''"""  «hat 

William  the  ConUror^  a~.5tri^:^l  ^it" !    7^^^^^^^  ?' 

earliest  American  progenitor  brought  across  wnh  him  in    T  T  ""^  ""'"'"» 

erations  of  Kentish  ancestors.  It  amuses  me  to  know  ha,  fh  '  T'""''  "''"■'  °'  '"'"'  «^"- 
done  by  a  man  of  my  name  in  this  couZ  ZltZl  oilt'  T  '  ^^^Jr^'^""  "'"«  "^^^ 
lived  into  his  loand  -ear.  He  lasted  so  Ion.  hJ  T  7  ^""dfather's  cousins,  who 
quiet  life.     He  worked  a  little  farm   in  "1-'n   ^^'  '"^'""'  ^'  P"'«"'»  P"«  ""d  a 

sightofarailwayra  dw£n  I  rnl  thereT'Vn  rr  ""  ""  '^"'"°"'  '-^'^"' «""  "« 
birthday,  his  talk  impresTed  my  mind  whh    ,1  ""  ""'  '™''  °"  '"  '^"^ 

much  longer  th-n  he  had  (iuZne  bv  e  ;""""'  """"'°"  "'''  '  "'y'^"  *'="»  ^'^^^y  li^.d 

world  alnLt  ;o  years  aterhLuses  me  t'o^k  ""T  "^."P"'--")-  "'-^h  coming  in'to  the 
six  generations  was  much  La    r  than    h  V  ."u  "^'"^'^  ^«'  "'  '"  ""y  ='-"'°"  'o' 

^^       " t  „       '",  ='""P'';"8  »  ■'■'"  °f  a"  the  people   who  have  borne  my 

name,  I  knew  full  well  that  it  could  interest  only  a  few  score  of 

field-however  sm^-  wL  ,  "'1:^  f"'  ""  ^^'"^''  '"'^  "'^■"'  ^"""  '  '=1.  that  in  each 
pretend  to  do  the  same  work  as 'Z  '  Jo  L"  "'  '  7'f'  "^  "'"''"  *""  ■"''  °^  """^ 
can  decide  whether  it  wasLise  y  n  nned'to  l'  '"^  ''*,  ^''""'  ^"^  "  "^"'"'"'  ""'y 
could  have  planned  ^^^11  not^.hV  .'  t*!, '""  '""'"  ''"'""'''■  ''"'  "°  °'»'"  »'""«'" 
quicksaleof  30,oLci^sTal    rei   to    he'L         7'  °""  '"1"""  "'^""'- =  --^  «»>. 

.ur.  to  newspaper  work,  and  thought  that  six  month.' would  7u«X  ^J:^:^^^ 


Preference  for  small  and  \ 
special  tasks. 


724  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Im'olvid  beyond 
my  wishes. 


road-reports  in  book  form,  with  a  fair  chance  of  $500  profit.  I  had  spent  great  care  upon  them, 
and  I  rather  haled  to  let  them  lie  buried  where  first  printed,— especially  as  there  was  an  evident 
demand  for  a  road-book,  and  no  signs  appeared  of  any  other  tourist  or  writer  voiuiileering  t* 
take  up  the  task.  So,  like  the  mariner  in  the  old  slory,  "  i  floated  away  for  the  Loadstone  Rock." 
This  chapter's  report  of  how  my  first  very  simple  plan  gradually  ex- 
panded until,  by  imperceptible  degrees,  I  found  myself  involved  beyond 
all  hope  of  returniu);  to  my  former  mode  of  livelihood,  illusirntes  very  well 
the  uncertainties  of  human  existence.  It  seems,  therefore,  like  a  sort  of  sarcasm  of  destiny  thai, 
in  spite  of  the  wish  to  confine  my  achievements  to  small  things,  "  a  great  affair  "  has  soineliow 
got  saddled  on  my  shoulders ;  that,  in  spite  of  an  indisposition  to  speculate  or  assume  liiian- 
cial  risks,  I  h.ive  perforce  staked  at  least  ;|io,ooo  worth  of  my  time  and  money  upon  a  chance 
which  all  the  wise-heads  consider  visionary  and  hopeless;  that,  in  spite  of  a  preference  for  a 
quiet  and  obscure  life,  I  am  now  driven  to  beat  the  advertising  gong  u|>on  all  the  housetops  of 
the  cycling  world,  and  make  merchandise  of  my  notoriety.  The  very  perversity  of  such  a  fate 
gives  it  a  sort  of  grotesqueness  which  is  not  unamusing  to  me ;  but  I  wjsh  to  leave  no  room 
cpen  for  doubt  upon  this  essential  fact  :  that  my  volubility  as  a  book-agent  (whether  it  shall  prove 
eflfoctive  or  not)  is  as  strictly  inspired  by  "business"  as  isth.il  of  America's  most  eminent 
political  talker,  Senator  Kvarts.  1  .tccount  it  quite  unjust  to  call  him  "  a  sophistical  rhetorician, 
intoxicated  with  the  exuberance  of  his  own  verbosity";  for  sophistry  iias  always  been  the  law- 
yers' sland-by,  since  those  early  times  when  Memosthenes  told  about  their  making  the  worse  ap- 
pear  the  better  reason.  I  never  saw  any  sii;iis  of  intoxication  in  his  talk,  or  of  in?bility  to  use 
the  simple  words  of  les.s-gifted  jieople,  when  he  cared  to  make  himself  comprehensible.  When, 
for  example,  •  ".  the  gre.tt  m.tss-nieeting  of  Jan.  11,  '75,  serving  as  the  mouthpiece  of  this  indig- 
nant metropolis  in  its  dei.  "I  for  constitutional  government  at  the  South,  he  said,  "  The  outrage 
on  f^onisiana  was  an  outrage  on  New  York  and  on  every  State  in  the  Union,"  President  Cirant 
and  his  "senatorial  group"  knew  just  what  was  meant.  They  made  no  more  experiments  at 
organizing  State  legislatures  with  foderal  bayonets. 

It  was  during  this  Presidency,  or  soon  afterwards,  that  Grant  told  a 
fr-e  idof  mine  an  incident  about  liimself  which  seems  worth  lugging  in  here, 
to  (X)int  a  comparison  with,  and  also  to  preserve  for  its  own  sake.  1  am  not 
aware  that  it  has  ever  been  printed,  though  I  was  strongly  tempted  to  publish  it  at  the  time 
when  a  cracked-brained  adventurer's  shooting  of  President  Garfuld  ilirew  the  Tribunt  into  an 
unusually  silly  fit  of  its  >'^manish  hysterics.  Though  the  Czar  of  all  the  Kussias,  command- 
ing the  unlimited  resources  of  an  absolute  despotism,  had  just  exemplified  the  utter  impotence  of 
the  most  elabor.ite  precautions  for  preserving,  in  these  modern  times,  a  single  human  !ife  which 
a  single  determined  man  is  willing  to  risk  his  own  to  destroy, — the  Tribunt  was  actually  weak 
enoiig'  to  cry  aloud  that  the  executive  chief  of  this  r.imocratic  republic  must  henceforth  be  de- 
fended by  a  personal  body-guard,  with  drawn  swords  and  rixed  bayonets !  Something  of  this 
sort  had  been  suggested  to  Ijen.  Grant,  sixteen  ye.trs  earlier,  in  Apr.,  '65,  just  when  the  assassina- 
tion of  Pres'dent  L'ncoln  and  the  assault  on  Secretary  Seward  were  causing  people  to  dread 
lest  the  conquered  rebels  had  lotted  to  bring  confusion  upon  their  victorious  government  by  a 
general  slaughter  of  its  leaders.  He  was  cautioned  a;;ainst  going  about  the  streets  of  Washing- 
ton, in  his  customary  simple  manner,  as  needle  .sly  exposing  to  peril  vhat  Ihei-  seemed  the  most 
valuable  life  in  America.  Grant  told  r  fri<^i.J  that  he  realized  the  possible  peril,  but  that  he 
also  realized,  and  so  assured  his  advisers,  \;  ,  was  a  necessity  of  his  positirn,  and  thai  it  would 
only  be  intensified  by  any  action  of  h''.  which  pave  public  token  of  recognizing  it.  "  If  political 
plotters  or  private  fanatics  have  reallydetermined  tokill  me."  'aid  Grant,  "  there  is  no  certain  way 
of  preventing  them.  Rut  the  best  way  of  disconracring  them  is  to  go  about  my  usual  business  in 
my  usu^l  manner.  If  1  thiissh'  ly  belief  that  t+iis  government  does  nut  depend  for  perpetuity 
upon  any  single  life,  I  shall  heli  recall  that  truth  to  flithty  minds  which  may  teniporat  j  have 
forgotten  it."  The  sturdy  wisdom  of  this  decision  endears  <  "irant's  memory  to  me  quite  as  much 
as  any  saying  I  recall  as  accredited  to  h'm,  for  it  shows  what  a  really  ceniiine  American  he  w.is. 
and  how  thoroughly  he  appreciated — in  spite  of  his  incapacity  to  avoid  rudimentary  blunders  in 


Anecdote  of  Gen 
Grant. 


THIS  IWOK  O/'-  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  7,5 

political  administration-il.e  ultimate  idea  on  which  the  crMtn,..  „»  .1  • 

.0  who.„  .  have  .o.u.„„.d  the  ...c.de.u  have  sonti!'  ^p"    e7i      XZ::^'TJr^ 

consider  that  Its    niportdiii  fi-arnr..      <r,..,i  k  «"="  "»      courage     ;  Init  I  do  liot 

ne.  .0  hecome  .heTrLt^e  i  ^^^^c  rZla^r  "r  .h^  Vr  1  '^  '*'""■«■ 
M.,.remely  a.trac.ve  target  for  the  as,a»i,,  ,he  ma„„„  i  .  whicT.  ,  e  fl'  .  -  """  *'"  " 
cluei  .g.„>.a„ce  ...  prov...g  h,s  dow..ri;ht  »agaci  a  7goS  ^  .1  ,7'' "  t'"'" '"' '" 
;»..  ^cc...  ..  ,0.,  prc...,„ious  preh,de  u,  explaining  «,fy  ,  If.rce^    n 'off      7"  '""'  "-^ 

'•  courage,"  for  putting  so  .nany  pa-'.s  in  „  thi.lw    I  "*  »•"'"  "'  '"V  "*" 

^'^ ■•  ■' ' ^- ^' ^-""- ^ ' w c  ,s ihjrnrrsh ' 'i f''"T' ""' -' 

»tcp  .f  I  could  hav.  for.«e..  ,he  troubles  wh.ch  i,  wa,   atL  ,     r   >  '''  '""■"  "'•"  '"'"' 

i-ist  upon  .,  .|,a.  „,y  U.«r  actio,.,  have  bee     udlr  the  sues  "n""     '^''"'  '  """  '" 

.".u.  ca..-t  turn  baC,  .,.„e  ,.  no  parucular  "  c  urag  ••  ^Zai:^!^^"'''''-  ^''"  "" 
iic-  K,«;s  ahead,  thoush  i.  n,,,v  sunnlv  a.,  in,....,'       .        T  .  "'eadfastness  wi.h  which 

andofhis  n.en.al  c^paa.y  UZl:  Ih^S"  ir  I  '^J^^::;  T''' ""'  "f— 
sometimes  used  to  dig  their  wav  on.  .hr„„   I.  7         ,        1         **"""'^  "'«  ""Prisoned  soldiers 

and  the  day  of  comple.,,,,  ,  gre.  ...arer,  .heir  own  L:d  :rd  scovfry  i  .'cr  r:  ^7  'rT 

.ndheart.brea.,;g.h^.,:^;::^;r^:::-r::^,::::;— ---3^^^^^^^ 

-  Ueep,„g  a.,  unruffled  front  t.ll  the  '^s,  was  s„.„e.hing  rather  dii^e.u  frZ  "Lurage^" '"""' 


Delay  a^rd  worry  ca'fsed 
fy    "side-issue^."* 


My  m,„ul  „„ ,hi.  ,.,1,  ,,„  ^^.,„  _.,,j,_^  1^  ^1  _^^  ^1 

2r;t,:*  TLr*'.r,.'";''Hr",'f  "i-  >-'  '■"'■■  "»--"-:;■.•■:' 

Lite  or       sobme     hn  '  "  '"''    ''''"'    °''   '="'^"B''='"-'  '^-^-^  -'ough  to 

bu.ld„^  o   a  half-m.lhon  words  into  a  book  is  no,  quite  so  simple  a  process  as  thel     ,g  „f  ',3 

r.lf  mir"  """,'  \  ""'  '  ^'""''  '^'^  ''  '  «""'•  '»'=«  '  l-ave  meanwhile  written  ano  he 

half-m.Ihon  words,  .n  advert.sing  and  pushing  the  scheme.  In  ,he  spring  of  '.5,  one  of  , he 
«  fnends  of  the  book  print,  .  carelessly-wnrded  letter,  saying  that  i's  pLpec.e  value  id 
As  thl  r  '  :T"  "'  "*"  '""'  '''='^^'  '""  "  "^-■■•"^'"K  =«  -'-  of  subscribers'  mone;-- 
to  write  r  "•  "°'r  "■•"  '  '■'"  '""  ^"""•■"'^  "'''^-  """-  '^'-  P-enses.  I  waT  fo  ced 
to  wnte  wo  long  er.e,  of  letters  .0  ail  the  cycling  papers.-explaining  that  my  pi  n  called  m 
P  y  for  prom.ses,  not  money,  in  advance.     Ab>.nt  a  year  later,  a  New  Jersey  cycling  club  of 

Teain      -M        f  "'"""^""'^'"'^  '^<^  '"""  government  ,0  enact  certa.n  illegal  discrimination, 
"to    ;?17  "1     '"''''''" r'  ""^  ■^-"••''  (J"'y  ')  -commending  wheelmen  generally  " 
llT  /f  the  actual  enactments  (wh.ch  threa.ened  them  with  "#,  f,ne  or  ,0  days'  impril. 
ntent.     for  exerc.s.ng  the.r  common-law  rights  upon  the  road)  us  -perfectly  proper  "™' 


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TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


A  political  inter- 
ruption. 


unaccountable  display  of  fatuity  was  reproved  by  me  to  the  extent  of  three  columns  (Bulletin, 
July  23,  p.  80)  of  as  vigorous  language  as  my  heart-felt  mdignation  could  inspire ;  and  much 
other  writing,  public  and  private,  was  extorted  from  me  by  the  later  necessities  of  the  case. 
These  two  "  side-issues  "  of  '85  and  '86 — such  is  the  worry  and  annoyance  and  mental  interrup- 
tion which  personal  contentions  of  that  sort  cause — combined  to  knock  a  month's  vitality  squarely 
out  of  my  life,  and  by  at  least  that  extent  delayed  the  book  ;  yet  I  simply  could  iiot  go  on  writ- 
ing it  until  those  side-issues  were  settled. 

Similarly,  in  the  autumn  of  '84,  I  had  to  sacrifice  the  equivalent  of 
two  months'  progress,  because  of  inability  to  maintain  my  usual  attitude  of 
unconcerned  spectator,  in  the  presence  of  what  seemed  to  me  a  grave 
national  peril.  "Politics"  of  the  common  sort  makes  no  more  of  a  personal  appeal  to  me 
than  any  other  outside  game,  which  I  have  no  wish  to  share  in.  So  far  as  votes  are  concerned, 
it  is  self-evident  that  the  only  sii;nificant  ones  are  those  cast  by  men  who  are  independent  of 
party  dictation, — for  all  the  rest  simply  form  two  inert  masses  whose  sole  function  is  to  offset 
each  other.  Hence  it  seems  to  me  that  every  citizen  whose  circumstances  are  exceptional 
enough  to  allow  him  to  indulge  in  a  mind  of  his  own,  owes  a  special  duty  to  the  public  in  for- 
mally registering  his  opinion  at  every  election.  P'or  myself,  it  is  quite  impossible  that  I  should 
have  the  slightest  loyalty  for  "  a  party  "  as  an  abstraction  or  a  superstition  ;  and  I  find  it  hard 
to  understand  such  a  sentiment  when  shown  by  other  people  towards  either  of  the  "  parties  " 
which  now  nominally  oppose  each  other,  though  really  "  without  form  aiid  void."  I  judge  "  a 
party  "  in  each  election  simply  for  its  value  as  an  instrument  in  expressing  an  idea,  or  btinjiing 
to  pass  a  result ;  but  I  care  no  more  for  the  name  pasted  on  the  instrument  lli.m  for  the  color  of 
the  ballot-box  into  whi^h  my  vote  is  cast.  This  is  not  by  way  of  suggestint;  iliat  I  have  no  per- 
manent political  prejudices  (for  I  am  necessarily  a  bitter  opponent  of  "  the  interference  theory 
of  government  "  in  all  its  Ghnpes  and  guises,  and  have  no  patience  with  any  scheme  which  seeks 
to  lessen  individual  fr«e;'.oni,j,  \u\  oi.Iy  by  way  of  explaining  that  the  trouble  which  delayed  this 
book  two  months  in  "S4  wr»s  q,  ' .<.  disconnected  from  partisanship.  That  deplorable  attempt  to 
destroy  an  honest  man'"!  guod-r-  ...•  s,- jviehow  appealed  to  my  personal  sense  of  justice.  It  made 
me  thoroughly  angry,  as  no  other  pisbiic  event  had  ever  had  power  to  make  me,  except  the 
assassination  of  Lincoln.  And  so,  according  to  the  measure  of  my  opportunity,  I  did  what  little 
I  could  to  he'pthe  Honest  Tricycler  win  the  great  Presidential  race.  ;  lis  triumph  may  be  mad:? 
to  teach  various  plausible  "  lessons,"  but  the  lesson  which  the  philosophic  historian  of  the 
future  is  sure  to  insist  upon  as  the  mof  t  significant  is  that  one  which  is  an  omen  of  triumph  for 
wheeling.  The  strife,  in  its  ultimate  essence,  was  between  the  old  and  the  new, — between  the 
veterans  who  "  pointed  with  pride  "  to  the  rear,  and  the  youngsters  who  insisted  on  pointing 
with  hope  to  the  front.  A  new  generation  asserted  itself  in  that  victory,— a  generation  which 
contains  the  bicyclers,  and  which  can  sympathize  with  their  demands  for  better  roads.  Many  of 
my  subscribers  no  doubt  "  voted  the  wrong  way  '' ;  but  I  hope  no  one  of  them  really  regretsa  re- 
sult which  gave  us  a  wheelman  for  chief  ruler,  and  proved  the  potency  of  those  new  ideas  and 
tendencies  to  which  cycling  makes  its  chief  appeal. 

It  is  proper  that  I  should  say  here,  to  prepare  for  a  later  remark,  that 
I  have  had  some  sort  of  direct  knowledge  (irrespective  of  all  printed  re- 
ports) about  the  lasl  seven  Presidents  and  their  cabinets  and  foreign 
ir.iaisfers;  the  Supreme  Court  judges  and  lesser  ones;  the  great  railroad  managers  and  their 
'a'.iT'ers  (who  really  rule  this  country);  Sv;nators,  congressmen,  governors,  mayors,  and  the 
political  machinists  who  "  work  "  those  automatons  in  nation,  State  and  city  ;  the  chief  officers 
of  the  army  and  navy  ;  newspaper  owners  and  college  executives  ;  distinguished  clergymen  and 
physicians,  merchants  and  bankers,  travelers  and  scientists,  historians  and  poets,  novel-writers 
and  artists,  singers  and  actors.  In  regard  to  those  Americans  who  have  been  most  prominent 
during  the  last  20  years,  I  may  say  that  I  have  talked  with  a  good  many  of  them,  have  watched 
with  my  own  eyes  a  larger  number,  and,  through  my  friends  (who  could  trust  my  discretion  in 
reyealing  their  own  experiences  among  such  peojlc),  have  been  able  to  get  a  pn-tiy  direct  judg- 
ment of  nearly  all  of  them,  and  form  a  fairly  independent  opinion  as  to  how  they  conduct  them- 


The  range  of  my 

acaua'fuance. 


*    .(  •. 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT.  ,„ 

selves  and  what  they  amount  to  when  "  out  of  harness  "     All  .Ki.  1,,,  k  j  •     ., 

.ar  order  of  business.--,  the  appointed  drift  of  :;    fe.-^d  n  tt-     LTetA        XT 

.hegener:,,  def-rence  paid  to  all  other  "people  at  the  top -'t  a^r  o  " 't  ^  """"'" 

habit  wh.ch  is  ruffled  a  little  by  a  new-c^'  .ho  ■  b^^s  buine  !>'";.  .  ■"•°^'"'"♦'' 
preliminary  incense.  ,  can.  re.e.ber  when  f  was  ever  y'  ng  e  „  ;  to  f  elThelXt  '"" 
m  the  presence  of  any  human  being;  though,  on  the  other  hand,  1  have^Iw  1  b^  f;:"::! 
accord  whatever  respect  attaches  to  silence,  when  in  the  presence  of  a  bTin  '    h  ' 

.dea  of  trymg  to  force  a  recognition  "  from  anybody,  never  occurs  to  me  ;  for  my  mind  canno! 
grasp  the  not.on  of  any  value  attaching  to  such  "  recognition."     The  proverbTal  car  hat  '  mTv 

erence  to  the  .nfluence  which  each  has  upon  the  comfort  of  himself,  the  en,  ;  and    under  simihr 
provocation,  he  w.ll  purr  for  each,  or  will  scratch  each  with  equal  claw.     I:,  ,he  same  waTt 
man^f-no^account,  who  sees  ,.s  clearly  as  Rurke  <,id  "  what  shadows  we  all  are  a  d  Jh"   sh  d 
ows  we  a,l   pursue,"  can    afford  to  laugh  quietly  in   his  sleeve   when  some  partL,  hIv  hi 
shadow-chaser  presumes  to  adopt  an  arrogant  air  because  of  the  superior  bigness  or  po puhri  v 

mir:r''fenorsrd^''' •■'  "^ " ""'-'  "^"'^"^  ^  "=  -'-^  ^'--  ^^^  --  ^^^^^ 

01  eminent  fellow-shadows  ,s  apt  to  impress  me  in  much  ,ht  same  way  as  contact  with  one 
who  dec  nes  to  nde  a  bicycle  for  fear  he  may  appear  -  undignified."-!  mean  it  r  a  s  rX 
foucau  d's  shrewd  definition  :     "  Gravity  is  a  peculiar  carria,e  of  the  body,  invented   ocorci 

he  defects  of  the  mn.d."     As  an  offset  to  my  asserted  indifference  abou.'he  sort        ^"recogn 
t.on      extended  ,0  me  by  such  "persons  of  position"  as  I  have  happened  to  meet  -to  ml 
demal  of  'awe"  and  "patronage"  as  factors  in  my  independent  gr'owth,-!  wish  t'o    Lrd 
here   very  hun.b  y,  the  genun,e  sense  of  gratitude  I  hold  towards  my  family  and  my  friend     for 
nghtlyshapM.gthe  development  of  any  good  traits  which  may  belong  to  my  character        fi 
owes  exceptionally  little  to  outsiders,  to  M,«,  it  assuredly  owes  much      The  pleasure  of  e    s 
ence,  indeed,  lies  largely  in  the  certainty  I  feel  that  the  men  who  have  known  me  o  gs.  -who" 

^the  r:  '  ,^"7--"'-y'^ ;"--y.  understand  most  fully  my  faults  and  shortcomings  - 
are  the  men  who  ike  me  best.    I  hate  to  think  of  "  what  might  have  chanced  me,  all  these  years 
as  boy  and  man,"  were  there  not  a  half^ozen  such  of  whom  I  can  sincerely  say  : 

"  The  kindly  hand  has  never  failed  me  yet.  and  never  yet  has  failed  the  cheering  word  • 
Nor  ever  went  Perplexity  unheard,  but  ever  was  by  thoughtful  Counsel  met." 


''Literary  "  types  and 
comparisons. 


The  foregoing  admission    forbids  any  one  applying  to  me  the 
characterization  which  Henry  Clapp,  jr.,  so  aptly  applied  to  Horace 
too    that  I  h,  .      ,'•='?=  "^"^"-'"'■'^=™^"   «''"'  worships  his  creator."     I,  shows 

too,  that  I  have  enough  of  the  humorous  sense  to  forbid  my  accepting  seriouslv  a  grotesoue 
nommation  for  the  Presidency,  against  a  successful  general  of  world-wide  fame  and  th'^^^ng 
from  disappom.ed  vanity  over  the  inevitable  result.  Clapp's  obscure  death,  in  a  hospital,  was 
not  a  very  noble  one  ;  but  it  was  less  contemptible  than  that  of  the  man  whom  he  satLed  -a 
man  whose  inability  to  see  his  own  limitations  was  fated  to  delay  for  a  decade  this  nation's  hope 

a      -hi      I     "f  ;"     ''""  '''"  '"•"•  *■  "  '^  ^""^^"''"e  '"  -"  -  <>-ley  a  Cireelev  " 

as  Charles  Astor  Bnsted  used  to  say.     There  is  some  slight  advantage  in  pointing  out  th.  pub  ic 

roubles  which   have  resulted  from  the  worship  of  a  defunct  popular  idol.'if  onlv  to  help  lessen 

he  number  of  worshipers  about  the  shrine  of  the  next  one.     I  doubt  if  the  name  of  \.r   Rris- 

ted(d.  Jan.  ,5,  ,874,1.  53)  signifies  anything  to  as  many  as  ,00  of  my  3000  subscribers ;  and 

yet  he  was  a  -^rt  of  man  whose  life  was  worth  more  to  the  higher  civilization  of  .-  country  tike 

h,s  than  a  whole  army  of  Greeleys.     He  was  the  only  man  of  wealth  whom  I  ever  happened 

to  know  anything  about  a:;  using  it  for  the  development  of   his  own  intellectual  freedom,  iil^ead 

of  for  fettering  ,t  by  the  customary  social  a  ,d  conventional  shackles ;  and  the  only  man  of  letters 


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TEI,    THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE, 


who  ever  wrote  a  book  tUat  I  should  have  been  proud  to  have  been  able  to  write,  because  of  its 
power,  from  first  word  to  last,  to  reHect  my  own  mind  on  the  subject  which  it  concerned.  That 
subject  was  the  trick  of  winning  popularity  by  preaching  the  suppression  of  the  individual  for 
the  flattery  of  the  mass ;  and  that  book  was  in  form  a  personal  letter  to  our  most  admired 
apostle  of  mediiicriiy  and  commonplace, — our  late  "American  I'upper,"  J.  G.  Holland, — "  Con- 
cerning his  Habit  of  Giving  Advice  to  Everybody,  and  his  (Qualifications  for  the  'i'ask"(8vo, 
45  pp.,  N.  Y.,  '04).  As  regards  my  dislike  for  most  "  literary  men,"  which  my  Preface  alludes 
to,  1  suppose  it  is  because  I  class  tlicin  among  the  "show  people  "  or  "play-actors";  and 
because,  as  regards  tha  stage,  f  asreu  with  the  remark  of  Fanny  Kemble,  whose  life-long  suc- 
cess there  makes  her  opinion  significant,  that  the  theatrical  business  is  "  incessant  excitement  and 
factitious  emotion,  unworthy  of  a  man  ;  public  exhibition,  unworthy  of  a  woman."  If  an  actor 
amuses  me,  1  am  glad  to  applaud  him;  but  f  liave  no  more  interest  in  his  personality,  after  the 
curtain  falls,  than  on  the  "  properties"  which  assist  him  to  amuse  me.  My  personal  indiffer- 
ence to  a  novelist  is  almost  as  complete  ;  though  I  must  confess  that  f  was  glad  to  see  Dickens, 
in  '69, — for  there  seemed  somethiiig  really  genuine  about  him.  I  by  no  means  condemn  any  one 
for  resorting  to  the  stage,  or  to  novel-making,  if  he  does  so  because  that  happens  to  be,  in  his 
case,  the  most  practicable  chance  for  earning  a  livelihood.  No  more  do  I  look  with  contempt 
upon  any  man  who,  for  the  same  reason,  elects  to  carry  a  hod.  The  law  of  necessity  is  a  com- 
plete defen.se  for  evcy  human  occupation  ;  and  that  is  why  I  have  brought  it  forward  so  often 
as  an  excuse  for  writing  this  chapter  and  publishing  this  book.  I  certainly  should  have  done 
neither  under  any  less  powerful  impulse.  But  I  say  of  a  man,  who,  for  the  mere  gratification 
of  vanity,  spends  a  lot  of  time  in  trying  to  "  hold  the  mirror  up  to  nature,"  either  on  the  mimic 
stage  or  the  printed  page,  that  I  have  no  more  sympathy  for  him  than  I  should  have  for  an 
amateur  hod-carrier,  w^o  thought  it  funny  to  serve  the  public  in  that  rough  way,  while  a  free 
life  of  his  own  could  be  had  for  asking.  "  If  we  really  understand  life,  we  should  command  it, 
reap  its  principal  rewards,  comfortably  live  it,  instead  of  vaguely  speculating  about  it."  So 
says  a  college  contemporary  of  mine,  W.  H.  Bishop,  whom  1  account  quite  as  good  a  story- 
teller as  any  American  of  his  age  ;  and  he  also  agrees  with  me  in  "  sometimes  thinking  that 
the  literary  faculty,  instead  of  strength,  is  a  form  of  weakness."  As  illustrative  of  the  same 
idea,  I  quote  from  a  letter  which  the  Russian  novelist,  Turgenefl,  wrote,  in  his  decrepitude,  as 
to  the  vanity  of  certain  "  fla'tering  notices."  If  I  could  assume  that  similar  praises  were  com. 
ing  to  me  from  wheelmen  of  all  countries,  that  the  quick  sale  of  30,000  books  had  won  me  a 
decent  competence,  and  that  my  health  had  meanwhile  been  broken  down  by  the  overwork 
involved, — I  anticipate  that  my  feelings  would  be  exactly  refiected  in  these  words  of  his  :  "  To 
say  that  this  does  not  touch  me  would  be  untrue ;  but  it  would  be  just  as  false  to  declare  that  it 
greatly  pleases  me.  All  that  is  '  shadow  of  smoke.'  For  a  few  weeks  of  youth — the  most  fool- 
ish, impulsive,  reckless,  but  youth — I  would  give  not  only  my  reputation,  but  the  glory  of  being 
an  actual  genius,  if  I  were  one.  What  would  you  do  then  ?  you  ask.  I  would  be  off  with  a 
[bicycle]  for  ten  hours  on  the  stretch,  without  stopping.  Ah  !  that  would  be  worth  while,  and 
that  for  me  now  is  not  to  be  thought  of."  There  is  thus  no  doubt  of  the  answer  he  would  have 
given  to  George  Arnold's  question,  as  to  the  relative  value  of  repute  and  realit,'  : 

"  Ye  who  list  Fame's  trumpet-call ;  waste  your  lives  and  pleasures  all  ; 
Vi'hen  your  eyes  in  death  are  glazing,  what  i'.te  future  glories  worth  ?  " 


The  significance  of 
"  society." 


I  have  no  possible  quarrel  with  what  is  called  "  society,"  nor  sym- 
pathy with  the  small  satirists  who  affect  to  ridicule  its  rules.  The.se  are 
just  as  necessary  as  the  rules  of  any  other  game,  and  the  man  who 
doesn't  like  them  ought  to  seek  some  other  game  for  his  amusement.  I  myself  should  no 
more  think  of  trying  to  play  at  "  society  "  than  at  billiards  or  base-ball, — for  any  such  cast-iron 
form  of  pleasuring  is  necessarily  a  bore  to  me  ;  but  I  am  happy  to  recognize  that  other  people 
can  enjoy  it  "  because  they  are  built  that  way."  Society  is  a  much  older  and  much  more  generally 
interesting  game  than  any  of  the  less  el.iborate  ones,  for  it  has  existed  as  long  as  the  institution  of 
property,  on  which  it  is  based ;  and,  as  almost  all  people  desire  to  get  property,  they  are  apt  t» 


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ttke  .n  intere.,  in  the  moyemen,.  of  thc^  people  who«  .muMment  it  i.  to  di,pl,y  ,he  fact  .ha. 
U.e,  h„e  go.  a.  Now.  1  bl«ne  no  one  .or  amusing  himself  thus,  nor  for  ado^™^„ 
«Jes  and  convent.ons  by  wh.ch  .hv  di.pUy  may  be  mo,,  convenien.i;  and  .fi.^^^l^\ 

.<xr  dumg  ..  w,.h  any  senous  purpose,  or  of  assuming  .ha.  there  i.  any  "duty"  invoTvcd  Z 
bclongmg  '  .o  „.  u  quUe  absurd.  1.  is  simply  a  game,  and  is  .o  be  judged  by  .he  o  il^ 
Uws  concemmg  spor..  A  man  pay.  money  for  going  i.uo  i..  j...  as  he  docs  for  goil,  into  bic7 
clmg,  euher  for  the  anticipated  fun.  or  in  the  hope  of  making  more  money  The  ereaf uulh  i 
these  ..professionals"  who  play  at  .'society."  though  rea!ly  bored  by  it  Ja  gam  hi  "."e 
color  to  the  delus.on  that  it  has  a  serious  side  ,  but  a  moment's  reflecLn  win  sW  .lu.  a  man 
™y  be  an  exemplary  ci.i„n.  and  fulf.  1  all  the  duties  wh^ch  he  owes  his  fd'ws   wUhlm  eiZ 

the  people  who  do  mos.  of  the  world's  work.-are  inexorably  barred  out  from  it  be^tuse  th'er 
must  always  be  poor.     To  rail  a.  society  for  being  "  purse-nroud  "  nr  "  r  f  .  ■ 

a  poor  man."  shows  an  odd  misapprehension  of  L  char^cer      To  den  '""        T.°°"'" 

tourists  a,  .-  heartless."  because  they  refuse  to  adapt  ttr  1  t^a  'p  Ztria^::,::  "w  iTto 
«n,oy  .he,r  company,  would  be  no  more  absurd.     Substantial  equality  betwe;n'L  o  L  '   l-t 
pre-arranged  system  of  rules,  are  essential  to  the  orderly  movement  of      ygT.e    'asTs'c  t'lm! 
for  enabhng  wealthy  people  to  busy  themselves  in  trying  tc  outshine  each  other  and  Lout  the 
envy  of  the  less  fortunate,  "society"  seems  to  me   less   objectionable   thll^ 
yachting;  but  it  is  more  deplorable  than  those  sports  i.rrhisritr.r.K  ^orse-raong  or 

in  the  weak-mind.d.  who  cL't  really  aSor;::  X    a^a  w  JSo^el'lorere^r"^ 
n,>sera  le  lives  to  the  '.keeping  up  of  appearances."    To  all  such  I  clmZ     t^e  ^.Xm  t 
the   following  msptred  hnes  of  a  Western  woman  who  calls  herself  "The   S*J,   c^ 
M  ch   "  in  a  printed  collection  of  her  "poems,"  and  who  once  onTLe  was  pub     l/Z'nel 
wtth  a  laurel  wreath,  by  her  admiring  fellow-citizens.     No  doubt,  they  felt   as  I  do   ,1,^.7 
three  lines  alone  were  well  worth  the  price  of  it  :  '  "'"  "'''* 

If  you  turn  and  look  around  you,  you  '11  often  have  to  smile, 
To  see  so  many  poor  people  putting  on  style  !  " 


My  personal  relations 
•with  cyclers. 


Coutjt  Tolstoi's  recent  book,  '.  My  Religion,"  show,  that  be 

oueht  to  be  a  b.cycler,  if  he  .'s  not  one,-so  hearfly  does  he  sympa- 

th-ze  with  the  thmgs  which  give  its  charm  to  wheelin<r      "  P»rrL.,     i 

contact  with  nature  "  he  thinks  the  first  condition  of  human  happTn  ss    ' -^  t  mu!  Tke  a 

ete     r'°r.     "";       '"''/''•  "'  ^'^"'"'^  "'  •'■'  ==^"'-     "«=  --'  '"row  off  h  s  dep  nd 
ence  on  valets,  coachmen  and  porters,  who  intercept  all  communication  wf^.h  his  fe  low  men 
w«h  vegetafon.  w.th  animals.     He  must  offset  m-  ntal  worry  by  doing  phy.icil  wo  k   whir 
cures  .-.ppe.ite  and  quiet  sleep;  and  he  must  hav.  some  nfode  Xltrn.a^r      .       ^'°' 

""7  TVf  r"  •^''^  ''^^^'^'^  '-'''^^ "  =«"  i"3.rutn:  foTh  x^tot:b'yTj 

word,  wh.ch  .  have  Ual.cized.  was  what  f  chiedy  praised  it  for  when  I   wro.r.heessr;    f  fi" 
years  a,o.  wh,  n  stands  at  the  head  of  this  book  ^see  pp.  3.  .4):  and  it  is  what     wan.t  c  iefly 

;.  e..ibi.  ...  ..tween  myself  a.d  the  C^lZIn  ^oE  ':,^:X  2:::^^:^ 

was  also  a  r.r-,H„,„  .  .K  ^V    .°'*^  ^'^'^  '"  '^'    "  "^3'  'he  winner  of  any  notable  prize  in  public  life 

Ther'eisagra.incu  n  ':,  Tast.fT:;:;  I'Zr  T  '"  '=''"''"^""'='  ^"'  ^'^ - 
basis  of  !..„1  pnbncspiri,  and  nat  ona  pMr  ^  sm  -anVl  rr'""'"'^  "T^  *'"'  '"'""'  '"^ 
cucceed  with  .hi.  book.  I  think  such  ^0^^' J:'J,  *=  '[^''^J' ^'^V  ^-'^  '"  »'.''P'"^  "«« 
.ear.3  of  wheelmen,  for  they  will  feel  U,a.  whate.r  ^  ^^  eT.        r.:!^:^;' 


73° 


TEN  THOUSAND  MIL.iS  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


^-m^ 


be  reflected  back  upon  the  sport,  and  so  upon  tberoielvet  as  sharers  in  it      There  is  always  a 

pleasure,  when  I  come  in  chance  contact  with  a  stranger,  in  discovering  that  he  is  college-bred 

not  because  that  fact  makes  him  essentially  better-bred  or  more  interesting  than  the  next  man 
but  because  it  at  once  puts  us  on  common  ground,  where  we  can  freely  exchange  ideas,  about  a 
certain  variety  of  topics,  without  any  danger  of  treading  on  each  other's  toes.  Similarly,  for  its 
power  ill  breaking  down  the  conventional  barriers  against  intercourse,  I  value  the  bicycle  ;  and 
1  recognize  the  possession  of  one  as — always  and  everywhere — a  satisfactory  introduction-card 
to  my  good-will.  I  am  glad  to  have  wheelmen  make  themselves  known  to  me,  while  on  the 
road,  and  jog  along  with  me  a  few  hours,  if  they  choose  to, — though  any  formal  escort-business 
by  a  large  party,  is  not  to  my  taste.  If  non-resident  subscribers  will  notify  me  of  definite  hours 
and  places  decided  upon  by  them  for  riding,  while  visiting  the  region  around  New  York,  1  will 
try  to  join  them,  whenever  practicable.  Subscribers  from  a  foreign  country,  or  from  remote 
regions  in  this  country,  or  who  have  exchanged  many  letters  with  me,  are  specially  invited,  when 
they  visit  this  city,  either  to  make  n  riding  appointment  as  above,  or  else  to  call  on  me  at  my 
chambers,  between  4  and  "S  p.  M.  I  prefer  not  to  be  interrupted  earlier,  except  by  definite  en- 
gagement ,  and  even  an  afternoon  call  may  be  more  certainly  assured  if  notice  be  sent  in  advance. 
Considering  how  common  the  custom  is  among  "  literary  men  "  to  let  the  walls  of  their  habita- 
tions be  pulled  down  lor  the  amusement  of  the  populace,  1  hope  no  posbible  visitor  of  mine  will 
feel  affronted  if  1  here  give  plain  warning  that,  as  regards  self-advertisement,  I  "draw  the  line  " 
at  vny  own  doorway.  What  a  man  may  see,  inside  '.he  same,  I  do  not  wish  that  he  should  re- 
p.irt  to  others.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  my  surroundings  are  comfortable  and  orderly,  md  that  any 
proclan'ation  of  the  exact  nature  of  them  is  not  consistent  with  my  ideal  of  a  private  life.  As 
to  this,  and  as  to  thQ  suppression  of  my  family  name,  it  is  well  to  remember  that  "  there  is  a 
preat  difference  between  having  your?'  H  discusseU  among  your  acquaintance,  and  having  your- 
self discussed  by  the  world  at  large,  and  discussed,  too,  against  your  will,  when  you  have  no  desire 
for  notoriety."  Reports  about  upholstery  and  bric-i-brac  seem  to  me  more  appropriately  spread 
abroad  by  brilliant  '  operators  on  W.iU  St.,"  as  a  part  of  their  game  in  stock-gambling.  I  recall 
that  ?A0  of  my  former  associates— both  a  trifle  younger  than  I  am — so  distinguished  themselves 
in  this  game,  while  posing  as  bank  presidents,  that  one  of  them  was  sentenced  to  prison  for  ten 
years,  while  the  other  chose  exile  in  Canada.  Still  a  third  "  young  Napoleon  of  finance  "  was 
casually  known  to  me,  years  ago,  before  he  began  to  tread  the  path  of  glory  which  has  brou^jht 
him  10  State's  Prison.  1  think  that,  on  one  of  the  occasions  when  I  met  Gen.  Grant  driving,  in 
tiie  upper  part  of  the  city,  this  phenomenon  (who  brought  misery  to  his  last  days)  was  on  the 
seat  beside  him  ;  but  the  notion  never  occurred  to  me  that  either  one  of  them  was  having  a 
pleasanter  Ume  of  it  than  I  on  the  bicycle.  Indeed,  as  regards  the  entire  trio  of  bank -wreckers, 
— whose  villainies  were  monumental  even  in  an  era  when  betrayals  of  great  trusts  are  common,— 
I  ha,'  no  more  envy  of  them  in  the  days  of  their  "  great  financiering  "  (when  the  people  whom 
they  have  ruined  were  bowing  down  to  them,  as  to  golden  calves  of  uncommon  splendor  and  pro- 
ductiveness), tliaii  I  have  to-day.  Bicycling  seemed  then,  as  it  seems  now,  a  much  pleasanter 
game  to  play ;  ^.ic  it  is  in  no  spirit  of  personal  exultation  that  I  allude  to  the  fate  of  these 
acquaintances  who  tried  to  play  a  more  pretentious  one.  I  use  their  example  merely  for  its 
power  to  sharply  point  anew  :  iiis  underlying  appeal  of  my  book  : 

"  Why  struggle  for  fame  or  for  riches  ?    Why  throw  away  health  and  youth's  joys? 

'  With  bold  heart  and  a  stout  pair  of  breeches,'  let 's  wheel  through  the  world,  my  brave  boys  !" 

Sinceritv  and  it<:  I  "^^  interest  which  people  feel  in  the  "  last  words"  of  criminals  about 

.  to  be  executed,  is  not  entirely  a  morbid  one,  but  is  inspired  somewhat  by 

compensa  tons.  ^^^  belief  that,  on  this  ultimate  occasion,  they  will  probably  say  what  they 
think.  Similarly,  if  there  be  any  literary  quality  in  these  words  of  mine  powerful  enouch  to 
attract  the  attention  of  readers  who  are  not  wheelmen,  I  presume  it  must  be  their  quality  of  con- 
veying the  impression  that  the  writer  of  them  has  pot  to  the  end,  and  docs  n't  care.  I  think 
their  tone  of  sincerity  must  be  too  pronounced  to  leave  any  chance  for  suspicion.  At  all  events, 
if  I  knew  these  words  were  really  the  last  ever  to  be  printed  by  ri'e,  I  would  n't  recall  any  of 


THIS  BOOK  OF  MINE,  AND  THE  NEXT. 

which  *,.y  one  d.e  care,  to  reclll  "     iTn  .    w        ^  ?  """  '"  "**'  *"""  "^'hiinf 

Jewnes.  o^,  one.  .e^r U \r„  "  .He' erit^.X"  .w'^i:'  l^  ^  l^"  '^ 
•   Never  .peak  ill  o£  anybody,  unless  you  are  sure  .^Zltj^,  and  untl t  U  ™1'  = 

their  amendment  or  for  the  «.fe.y  and  benefit  of  other.  "-TsTn^^lTh.        i  '^  '" 

Hence,  .uch  enemies  as  I  may  l»ve  in  the  world  -iTher  „„  T  "^  ""**  "''°"°''- 

or  on  any  o.heraccount.-must  hate  ne  „  ,  ^n  ^imt^^^^^^  """'  '[''""'"  °'  •'*''"' 
bear  them  any  malice,  or  have  done  .hem  IZ  ^XTu  'jTcTr "l  "sel'^rerb!;''  '"'  ' 
o  character  which  they  recognise  as  in  deadly  oppo,  .ion  to  .hi  own      !.^Z  I  '  ""^ 

of  .he  outward  circumstances  of  my  life  may  havTvoted  the  ^m  .u  T"^"  """'  "^"^"'"^ 
few  can  have  magnified  then,  to  the  pitch  of  „ci  .W  envy      pZ^  r""".'  '"'  '  "'"'' 

as  "a  successful  man."  because  (although  f  neve   falledl  an  7     f""="'y-°u'd  not  class  me 

been   negative.     By  keepTn^ouTof  the  fith     ,r'",l"°"''' ^  n,y  sa.isfacons  have 

Lifemay'noth:  e  ;ten  me  ";:  f  rrhT^f  °  H",r  ""^  "'^  ''*=  *°'"=""  *""■"  '  --•'^''• 
ou.  of  .he  chances  !n  art^al  reach  ri  .tr  .  '  "  /  ''""  '°  '^='^^  "'^'''^  "''^  ""-••  ^"^  P°»*ible 
been  robbed  of  ^    han  e  1 1^^^^^^^^^^  '-''  ,^" ''^^  '-«=  "--  -^  ").  and  .o  have 

compensations  of  nature  is  strong:,  ough  .o t  ke  me7e  '.'  It"  '  ""'  ''T'  '"  ''"  ■"*°^ 
have  been  offset  by  proportionately  g.eLr  trout,:  hwte:r^r"'H;h?T^^ 

I  would  no.  have  .he  pa.h  I  have  .rod  more  pleasan.  or  easy,  more  smlrh  or  wide 

Nor  change  my  course,  .he  bread.h  of  a  hair,  this  way  or  that,  to  either  side 

My  pas.  u  mme,  and  1  take  i.  all  :  its  weakness,  i.s  folly,  if  you  plelsl- 

Nay   even  my  sms   if  you  come  to  that,  may  have  been  my  helps,  no.  hindrances. 

So  let  my  pas.  sUnd,  ,us.  as  it  stands,  and  let  me  now,  as  I  r^.y,  grow  old 

My  pas.  ,s  mme.  and  a  H,  for  me.  the  bes.,  or  i.  had  no.  been,  i  holl"     ' 

The  pleasures  of  speak-  \  T^''*  surprise  sometimes  expressed  at  a  man's  willingness  to  put 

ing  squarely.  .  ""  •'^=  P"";«=d  P^S'^.  "here  every  s.ranger  may   read  them,  those 

acquaintances,  is  not  real,  Sed  L^^^lk'Th^e  is^'wa 'V'^"  T^'^  "^"'^  '°  »>'* 
saying  so  much  about  one's  self  as  no,  ,o  llw  th!  T    ^"^"\       '^'°"''"«  ""  ^"'''  "  ^^ 

A'>.self."     No  one  can  be  bored  hvTh  7  /""''  '"^"  '  "'"""  '°  '"^  """fih  about 

while,  as  for  the  ,!r  te  ^  tl  '  /  Tf  ■"^''  ^"^  ""=  "  ""^"  "°  compulsion  .o  read  it ; 
hisid  albythe  -rdn  ,         "    /   '    ''""^"  °^  ^'"^  '^'^'""^''  'nd  turned  away  from 

he  tl -nks  w'oi  te  ing  ^^rhTmrnlr"'"  '"""^""'^-  "=  '^"'  ^^-•"^  ""^  ^^^  ^hich 
far  as  an  author's  immedi.  '"'^.'"""'^*  =""°^"y  '°  »<"P  when  he  is  done.  Still  further,  so 
"  familiarity  has  Lrht,  T""""  '^^^°""-'d,  he  reali.es  that,  as  Hamerton  says, 
.lightest  c  Is. vrnt.'7epri^^^  '"  '•^--V- '"at  they  have  only  ,he' 

fectly  outside  of'wsIo^L  .hey  reeard"  h  wf '  ^''T'  "'=^'  '""'  ''"'''  ''"°"  ''-  ^^■ 
he  perfor.ns  before   helbl-c  '•     fTI  '^  ""  ''"'  °"'^  =*  '°'-'  "'  ^"'"""'^  '"  ^'^''^h 

tempt  any  one  els.   „  revea  L  characTer  r^e"'!.        H^'^'^^"^'^  "  "^  '  ""'""'  '^  '  "" 
he  inevitably  knows  more    han  lA^VVlu      "      '  °"'  "^'"^  '"  ""=  ""^'"^  a^^"'  *hich 
y  Knows  more  than  I  do ;  and,  ,f  he  be  a  good  enough  talker  to  interest  me  at  all,  he 


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can  surely  interest  me  most  in  that,  r(  only  he  will  talk  iquarely.  In  thi'^  "  if"  lies  a!l  the  trouble, 
The  insincerity  of  a  man's  egotism  is  what  makes  him  a  bore, — not  the  amount  of  it  Kew  mea 
are  willing  to  discus  themselves  in  a  scientific  spirit.  Nearly  all  wear  a  mask  of  some  sort,  aii4 
are  in  a  constant  worry  lest  any  casual  remark  may  reveal  the  cracks  in  it.  flcnce  they  weary 
us  by  th^  munmuiiy  with  which  the  b^st  (not  is  thrust  forward  ic  admiration  ;  by  the  tiresome 
cndjavur  to  make  themselves  seem  better  than  they  an;.  It  is  for  the  0|)|x>sito  rc;iSoD  that  the 
egotism  uf  unsui>hi:ilicated  childhood  is  so  charming.  It  aims  simply  to  reveal  the  truth  ;  it  has 
DO  scheme  or  thiory  to  work  off  upon  us.  Now,  the  highest  function  of  any  really  ennobling 
sport  is  to  bring  men  back  towards  this  condition  of  child.ike  simplicity,  in  their  relations  to  each 
oth.-r,  as  votaries  of  it  (see  p.  14).  In  the  presence  uf  this  idol,  they  have  no  ambitions  or  rival- 
ries or  concjalinenls.  They  simply  like  to  free  their  minds  and  exchange  ideas  in  regard  to  its 
iurassing  m.-rits  and  altr.iclioiis.  Thinking  of  cyclers  thu«,  I  have  assumed  that  they  would 
take  kindly  to  this  "  cxhibiiion  of  my  mental  processes,"  as  indicative  of  a  character  that  (ci  m- 
biniiig  pridj  without  ostentation,  conceit  without  vanity,  and  enthusiasm  without  ambition)  can 
be  counted  on  to  serve  them  squarely,  f  wish  them  to  sec  that  my  mind — though  it  may  not 
be  very  brilliant,  nor  very  profound,  nor  very  original — is  at  least  my  very  own.  If  any  are 
curious  to  know,  beyond  this,  the  statistical  details  of  the  life  from  which  it  has  been  developed, 
they  may  discover  the  same  in  the  privately-printed  graduates'  biographies  which  are  preserved 
by  the  college  library  at  Yale.  As  for  my  "  patient  treating  of  small  things  as  if  they  were 
large," — my  "  acceptance  of  Emerson's  maxim  that  no  man  can  do  any  work  well  who  does  not 
regard  it,  for  the  timj  being,  as  the  center  of  the  universe," — the  business-basis  thereof  is  a  belief 
that  those  who  are  ple.is--d  by  ths  resulting  show  will  take  pains  to  increase  my  gate-money. 
I  shall  proclaim  to  them,  therefore,  the  exact  costs  of  the  enterprise,  as  soon  as  the  same  are 
known  to  me,  and  its  exact  prosp.-cts  of  profit  or  loss.  Meanwhile,  the  risk  I  incur,  in  putting 
so  small  a  price  as  I1.50  upon  a  collection  01  more  than  500,000  words,  may  be  guessed  at  by  a 
comparison  with  the  best-known  of  recent  subscription-works,  "  Grant's  Memoirs,"  whose  12  n 
pages  contain  only  300,000  words,  though  the  price  is  $7.  My  chance  of  gain  consists  solely  ni 
the  possible  demand  for  large  Inter  editions,  after  the  ist  ed.  of  6000  shall  have  been  disposed 
cf :  because  thase  later  eds.  can  hi  produced  at  slight  expense  from  the  "  plant  "  alre.idy  pos- 
sessed,—whereas,  in  Kick  of  such  demand,  these  electrotype  plates,  which  have  cost  me  so 
much,  will  be  no  better  than  waste  copper.  I  think  the  cycling  world  can  be  made  to  "  absorb  " 
30,000  of  these  books;  but  the  private  profit  and  the  public  impressivejiess  of  the  process  both 
depend  ui>on  its  promptness.  D.-sirins,  therefore,  to  "  get  through  "  in  3  years  rather  than  30, 
I  say  to  my  assumed  volunteer  helpers,  "  Please  be  quick  about  it !  " 

.  .  With  his  b3st  ten  years  just  in  front  of  him,  a  healthy  man  of  15  is,  to 

his  own  consciousness,  practically  immortal  ;  and  that  may  be  his  general 

down-grade.  fgeii„g  at  35,  in  spite  of  the  death-darts  which  must  needs  meanwhile  strike 
those  near  to  him.  But,  at  40,  a  man  has  "  climbed  the  peaks  of  Darlen  "  ;  he  has  begun  the 
descent ;  and,  if  at  all  refl:ctiva,  he  sees  clearly  what  the  end  must  be.  I  have  no  special  appre- 
hension of  reaching  that  end  in  l.-ss  than  30  years.  My  chances  of  filling  the  appointed  span 
seem  as  good  as  a  man's  well  can  be ;  and  I  hope  I  may  be  able  to  keep  fairly  light-hearted  to 
the  last.  But  it  is  ri-ht  th.it  I  should  record  certain  events  which  have  tended  >  give  a  serious 
tinge  to  my  recent  meditations.  On  the  afternoon  of  my  return  from  the  prinling-oflicc,  whither 
I  h.id  carried  the  first  prospectus  of  this  book  (Jan.  12,  'S4),  the  breaking  of  an  iron  handle  on 
the  top  of  a  Broadway  sta-;e  ciused  m^  to  fall  thenci  to  the  icy  pavement,  at  the  very  place, 
where,  two  years  earlier,  I  had  had  a  remarkably  narrow  escape  from  being  struck  by  a  runaway 
horse.  A  few  hours  Later,  while  still  pondering  over  this  grim  coincidence  (for  each  event  might 
well  have  been  fatal),  word  came  to  me  thit  a  friend  of  long-standing  had  deliberately  killed 
himself.  He  was  the  oldest  man  of  the  200  in  my  college  class,  and  I  always  looked  ujxjn  him 
and  took  pride  in  him  as  its  most  representative  man.  He  w\s  a  good  comrade  who  appealed 
effectively  to  men  of  diverse  tastes  and  likings.  H2  had  commanded  a  battery  in  the  regular 
army  during  the  civil  war,  and  was  of  exceptionally  fine  physique.  No  one  of  us  seemed  more 
competent  to  quit  himself  well  in  the  struggle  for  exi!>teDCe.     He  had  faced  Death  in  a  hundred 


Iirs  IIOUK   OF  MIA  H.  AND  THE  NEXT.  73, 

who  was  .1..  greatest  physical  eiant  I  evTr  haH  ■'^■°"«"'".  of  an  academy  cla«in,a.e. 

fitted  to  Mand  the  „res'  when  fa"    I  UhelirrT  *L''''  "''  "''  *''°  •*""'««  -"' 

Washington.  „.s  voice  was  Powe'lM^et^ To  th  aTd'^XnTn,"";""'*  '^"■"'•'"  " 
mere  physical  ma,.,  supported  a.  ,t  was  bv  re,n.^,M  """"«''  •'"">«  »"y  "P'oar.  nnd  hi. 
advantage  over  the  ruck  of  Congre  sme„  've,  he  h" 'T"'  '  '  '"'  '*""  ""  '■"°""'"» 
i  recan  that  .ore  than  .  do.en  ofri:  Ji'tlr  ^  L'loT'avTSred'y  "'  \  '""  ^""• 
of  .t.-ihnugh  they  were  all  younger  men  than  mvJif  T  •  .  u  '''"' •*"""«  the  progres. 
presumably  under  a. uch  ^..^Z^ ^:::^:::'::;t  1^7^^  T'''^' 
my  own  narrow  escape  from  destruction  lune  a.  '«A  J,  f  I  1  ^'  '""  *"''  '■"°'''* 
Tille.  N.  J..  .5  m.,  before  breakfal"  7  was.h^  ,  •  7  !'  "u**'"*  '™'"  '"'""'"R'O"  «o  Somer- 
S. .  that  I  brought  my  bicycle  near  y  to  rtandt,  '  "  7'  """^  °"  '  "  "  "°»'"'''  '  ^  '-" 
my  right  that  a  par,  of  the  mol  g  mach  '  e  S    H  I  T  '"'°™  ""  ''"^"  "'  »  -"^on  oo 

.hor.  distance  b  hind.     At  ."7^1  1     !„  ^  *"'  '"^^'""^  '"''  '*"'"  '"">  '*■«  '-''.  • 

direction,  on  my  left-  and  the  rr.r„  Tk"'        .."'?"'  *"  """'"^  "'«  '"'''•  '"  '"e  opposite 
est  warning  of  the  fac't  "at  ah  W  1-  ""^     "r^'r"""-".  P-vented  my  having  theTgh.. 

.  ii«ht  bu^y.  being:;:dt:d'rm  ITa.  r^ttT/re  'V^IH.  ^  *'''''"'  Horse,  at.ache^d  to 
den  leap  from  the  same  -the  dnver  of  ,h!  K  ,   ?  ^°''"'  »'"*  "^^  »  '^y'"  «"««■ 

•ween  me  and  the  omnibus      Hewould  h,      T  T  u^'  "'""'  "'''""  °'  '^'"«  '°  P"«  »-- 
•inued  straight,  but  Th     variation  Z  L        " T'  '  ",''"''*  ''""''''' ''  ""^  """<=  "ad  con. 

His  buggy  ;Ld  ™y  fi^tZo     t  ;tn  :  wasHnsh":    chT''  "'V'"  '^''"  '"  ""«'  °' 
horse's  heels.     As  I  struck  the  «-o,,„H    ,K  ^         """^  ""*  ''"^'•■''  "sHt  under  hi. 

of  th.  beast  were  n  the  a  r  a^vfrn  ?■   u"  '  '""'""'*  *'"""°"  "^^'  «He  forward  hoof. 

.eriously  hurt.-neither  was  thrbicv    e      H    K  ,  .    ^^^  "''  "''""'  *""  ""«-  '  -"  "«" 

nightfall.  The  Ieather<o"r«.  oa  ^  f'  w  .  T  '°'"'  '°  '''"  ^°"''  ^'^  ""•  '""Her.  befor. 
a  week  or  two.  bu.  my  arT w«  no  mat?  '  .'I'T.'  ""  '"""  °'  "'«  ^="''  »■"•  "-  «>-  '<" 
well  have  stru;k  the  L„  J.  wi  ^  ml  riuT'  A,'  .h  "'  ""'  '"J"^  "  ""'  "'°"«''  "  "'«•" 
came  to  me.-no.  even  «cep  in  "t  «rl"rtll  off  °^  K  '."  '"f  ""  "  ""'"•  ""'  "  "'•''  «^' 
h  suggested  th:-  enquiry  as  ,^1 !  Jom  in ir  ,  .f  '  '  """'"  °'  ""  '""-'''"'  'P"  "*):  »"<» 
«lherence  .o  it  had  reL"  Id  me  di ',  I  t  ''  "°"  '''°''''''<"'  P-  388,  after  .5  n.onth.' 

occasional  resort  to  the  whlel      Intf     1  '  "'"!'''  '°  '"^^'  '"""'"  »""'"'«  '^tHou.  an 

our  choice  of  peri  s   but  we  1  neve  "I  "^       ■"  ''"'""  "  ""'  "  '"'■°"-     ^^  «"  «-T 

"  We  stand  oT.Z^Z-Z  "the  'mTr  f  H^*?  "'  ""'''""'  *"  °"'  ""'«"  -vironml^ 
we  get  glimpses,  now  anT:h  ^  o,  pa  hTth  ch  :a:t'd'"'':""  w"""^  ""*''  "'™"«'^  **"^ 
frozen  to  death.     If  we  Uke  the  wronl  r„^J       "lay  be  decept.ve.     If  we  stand  still,  we  shall  b. 

Know  whether  there  is^ary'rirhtoT^Wha;  Z^^JZ^''  '"  ''''^    ^^  ">  -«-""r 


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writtin  bv  l"'"''  i.""^'""°"  °f  "'^  •'''°'«  -"y^'ry  °f  human  life  wa. 
written  by  James  Fitzjames  Stephen,  for  his  book  on  "  Liberty  Equal- 

which  cycler,  should  ever^wherrSTowlrd"'  '*  ""V'"  "°"''  "'"  "'""'  "'*  relaiionship 
well  with  their  own  specTaT  exirience  n  .rt  T^":  *"  •'^'  "'"""•■°"  «  -«  -Hid.  fit. 
together  with  the  answT  wh^ch  he  "".ei  .T  """  '"  "'  "'""°'^'  "  '''»"  ^^^  ''^o. 
which  I  have  decided  to  reprint  as  the  fini,  wo^!  ''TtT'  l*  '"^  '""'  *°^'*  "'  ""  ^"^  ""» 
words  may  seem  as  ,„  ansTr    eve^  one  m     ,  'u""""     "°*""  ■""^""'■'''  'H. 

injunction  is  that  of  Moses  to  j'oshuaTr f  ''"^'""  "'   '""  °'  ""''  "'^'<=' ^^^   «"» 

Act  for  the  best,  hope^foTthe  ist  aS  ^  T  "  ^"'^  '  '  ^'  "^°"«  ""^  »'  ^ood  courage.' 
and  tell  no  lies,  but  ^o  our  wa-^wher.         .  \  T"\^'^'"  ""'  '"  "  "^"^  ■">  d-am. 

If  death  ends  all.  we  cannot  m^ttl^:;     7'  ",''  "'"'  ""'  ''"  °'""'  "">  ^^  ''"<^'  "««. 

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colonies  of  Australia.  Italics  are  used  in  referring  to  all  these  regions  outside  the  U.  S.  For- 
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111.,  Cincinnati  in  O.,  Philadelphia  (shortened  to  "  Phila.")  in  Pa.,  San  Francisco  in  Cal., 
St.  Louis  in  Mo.,  Washington  in  D.  C,  and  that  the  name  of  the  State  must  always  be  added 
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Aaron,  Eugene  M.,  Philadelphia  108,  2216-29 

Abadie,  E.  R.,  New  Almaden,  Cal.  2012 

Abbott,  Edward  G.,  Diss,  Eng:  2939 

Abel,  P.  L.,  Riverside,  Cal.  2065 

Abom,  Geo.  P.,  Wakefield,  Mass.  1848 
Abrams,  Edwin  H.,  Croton  Falls,  N.  Y.   3271 

Acker,  W.  Wallace,  Norristown,  Pa.  2551 

Adams,  C.  Franklin,  Bordentown,  N.  J.  2274 

Adams,  C.  M.,  Mansfield,  Pa.  1782 

Adams,  D.  C,  P!ainfield,  N.  J.  1338 

Adams,  D.  C  ,  Randolph,  N.  Y.  86 

Adams,  E.  C  ,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.  2863 

Adams,  Edv.iu  W.,  New  York  75 

Adams,  F.,  Newark,  N.  J.  i486 

Adams,  Frank  M.,  Rockville,  Ct.  333 

Adams,  Horace  A.,  V.'illimantic,  Ct.  756 

Adams,  J.  Fred,  Haverhill,  Mass.  245 

Adams,  J.  Howe,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  573 

Adams,  J.  H.,  Yarmouthville,  Me.  2646 

Adams,  I,.,  Eastbourne,  Sng:  2584 

Adams,  R.  G.,  Henderson,  Ky.  2324 

Adams,  Walter  H.,  Worcester,  Mass.  J158 

Adams,  W.  E.,  Melbourne,  Kk-/.  17 10 

Adams,  William,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1671 

Adcock,  A.,  Hobart,  Ttu.  3214 

A dtlphi  Library,  Easthampton,  Mass.  3201 

Adriance,  J.  R.,  Poughlreepsie,  N.  Y.  490 


Aekison,  J.  D.,  Oakland,  Cal.  3238 

Affleck,  Robert,  Gateshead,  Eng.  2784 

Aiken,  W.  H.,  College  Hill,  O.  1933 

Albee,  E.  D.,  Wakefield,  Mass.  102 

Albright,  H.  S  ,  Orw=ssburg,  Pa.  3362 
Aldrich,  James,  Spencer,  Mass.      3152,  3153 

Alexander,  A.,  Liverpool,  Eng.  2904 

Allen,  Add  S.,  Summit  Point,  W.  Va.  1437 

Allen,  jr.,  Chas.  W.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1305 

Allen,  F.  H.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  1565 

Allen,  N.  G.,  Athens,  N.  Y.  2? 

Allerton,  jr.,  O.  H.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  2958 

Alley,  Chas.  K.,  New  York  1683 

Allison,  Geo.  F.,  Oswego,  N.  Y.  89 

Allison,  J.  G.,  (Galveston,  Tex.)  318 

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Aim,  H.  A.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  281 1 

Alter,  C.  H.,  Homestead,  Pa.  2115 

Alvord,  C.  E.,  Detroit,  Mich.  665 

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A  merican  Hotel,  Alletitown,  Pa.  1265 

American  House,  Calais,  Me.  2090 

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Ames,  E.  H.,  Titusville,  Pa.  1301 
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Arnold,  H.  B.,  New  Britain,  Ct.  „ 

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Ashton,  Frank  J.,  Rockford,  111.  ,. 

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Auschutz,  Louis  F.,  Ansonia,  Ct.  ,63 

Austin,  E.  K.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Austin,  M.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  Jj 

Austin,  W.  H.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y  g, 

Auten,  James  W.,  New  York  ,,4 

Avery,  F.  C,  Elgin,  111.,  ,  .* 

Axtell,  W.  C,  Gardner,  Mass.  „. 

Ayer,  Ira,  Morristown   N.  J  Jj 

Ayers,  Burley  B.,  Chicago,  III.  L 

Aylsworth,  Robert  M.,  Milford,  Pa.        ,0,, 
Ayres,  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  j.g^ 

Babcock,  G..  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ,.,- 

Badcock,  Joseph,  London,  Eng.  ,,,, 

Baetjer.  J.  Frank,  Baltimore,  Md.  ,,5 

Bagg,  Ernest  N.,  Boston,  Mass.  Cxi± 

Bagg.  Harvey  D..  W.  Springfield,  Mass.  .87a 
Bagg,  John  S.,  Springfield,  Mass.  ,4,, 

Bagg.  Lyman  H.,  New  York  ,,^ 

Bagg.  Sam.  F.,  Watertown,  N.  Y  ,0^ 


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Bagg,  W.  S.,  W.  Springfield,  Mass 
Btigft  Hotel,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
Baggot,  E.  p.,  Jen^y  city,  N.  J 
Baglej,  W.  J.,  Rutland,  vt. 
B»«ot,  H.  C,  Melbourne,  Vict 
Bahmann,  Wm.,  Cincinnati,  O 
BaUey,  Herbert  M.,  Portland,  Me. 
BaJey,  L.  Herbert,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Bam,  Kenneth,  Oamani,  N  Z 
Ba.rd,  A.  W.,  New  York 
Baird,  E.  P.,  New  York 
Baird,  G.  D.,  New  York 
Baird,  R.  B.,  New  York 
Baird,  Wm.  Raimond,  New  York 
Baird,  W.  T.,  New  York 
Baker,  E.  H.,  Cumberland,  Md. 
B»ker,  J.  E.,  Newark,  N.J. 
Baker,  J.  O.,  Indianola,  la. 
Baldwin,  R.  B..  Covington,  Ky. 
Baldwin,  S.  W.,  N.  Y. 
Baldwin,  W.  L.,  Stamford,  Ct. 
Baidtvin  House,  Hagerstown,  Md. 
Ball,  Geo.  F.,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt 
Ball,  W.  M.,  Boeton,  Mass. 
Ballard.  Clarence  W.,  Chicago,  lU 
Ballou.  John  6.,  Doston,  Mass. 
Bancroft,  George,  Brooklyn  N.  Y. 
BoKty  House,  Myerstown,  Pa. 
Bar  House,  Brownsville,  Pa. 
Barclay,  John,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Bardeen,  C.  W.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Bar Jwell  House,  Rutland,  Vt. 
Bardy,  N.  R.,  Rutland,  Vt. 
Barker,  John,  Mirfield,  Eng. 
Barkman,  A.  B.,  New  York 
Bartow,  Chas.,  Hobart,  Tas. 
Bartow,  F.  G.  F.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Barlow,  G.  H.,  Corry,  Pa. 
Barnes,  B.  G.,  Corpus  Christi,  Tex 
Barnes,  E.  W.,  New  York 
Barnes,  Harry  S.,  Orange  Valley,  N 
Barnes,  J.  M.;  St.  John,  A^.  A 
Barnes,  S.  G.,  Grinnell,  la. 
Bamet.  E..  Canton,  O. 
Barnett,  E.  G. ,  Springfield,  O. 
Barrett  Hotel,  Henderson,  Ky. 
Barrick,  C.  M.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Bartholomew,  C.  C,  Ogdensbun;,  N. 
Bartlett,  Geo.  F.  H.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Bartlett,  J.  Kemp,  Baltimore,  Md., 
Barton,  John  M.,  Rome,  N.  Y. 
Barto.1,  Uwis  N.,  Winchester,  Va. 
Barton,  O.  M.,  Rutland,  Vt. 


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Banett,  Abbot,  Boston,  Mass.  8a8 

Bassett,  C.  F.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.  3084 

Bassett,  Harry  J.,  Coldwaier,  Mich.  3176 

B.uutt  Hotel,  New  Hritain,  Ct.  1314 

B.ustU  House,  Birmingham,  Ct.  987 

Batchelder,  C.  D.,  Lancaster,  N.  H.  307 

Batet  House,  Indianapolis,   Ind.  2304 

Bates,  J.  R.,  Rutland,  Vt.  2163 

Bates,  W.  G.,  New  York  1389 

Batterfi.;ld,  Arthur  R  ,  Hobart,  Tas.  itn 

Btttersby,  James,  1    iladclphia.  Pa.  3265 

I     vn,  'Jhas.  E.,  Ix)ndon,  Eng.  2618 

Baxter,  Caleb  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1669 

Bayer,  J.  E.,  Grinnell,  la.  1947 

Bayne,  Geo.  H.,  Halifax,  J^.  S.  634 

Beach.  Geo.  O.,  New  York  3181 

B'ach.  Leonard,  Ojata,  Dak.  3166 

Beach,  William,  Orange,  N.  J.  aio? 

Beal,  E.  E.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  676 

Beal,  Junius  E.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  323 

Bean,  Clarence  H.,  Oshkosh,  Wis.  2658 

Beatty,  H.  W.,  Arlington,  Minn.  1686 
Beavis,  b'rank  S.,  Peoria,  111.            190,  2493 

Beavis,  Horatio  S.,  Macomb,  III.  299a 

Beck,  jr.,  Fred  W.,  Baltimore,  Md.  553 

Beck,  John  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  370 

Beck,  W.  L.,  Lockport,  N.  Y.  1815 

Becker,  T.  M.,  Portsmouth,  O.  2113 

Beckwilh,  E.   L.,  (Galveston,  Tex.)  319 
Beckwith,  N.  Mahlon,  New  York     51a,  1601 

Beckwith,  T.  S.,  Cleveland,  O.  1916 

Beddo,  Horace,  Louisville,  Ky.  3010 
Bedford  Cycling  Clui,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  2437 

Bedford  House,  Bedford,  Pa.  1618 

BeeAe  House,  Elyria,  O.  2352 
Beers  &  Co.,  J.  B.,  New  York        2567,  23^.8 

Beers,  Henry  A.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  1215 

Beers,  Jas.  L.,  New  York  2275 

Begg,  W.  M.,  London,  Out.  826 

Beggs,  Chas.  N.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  238 

Beggs,  W.  F.,  Paterson,  N.  J.  479 

Belden,  David  A.,  Aurora,  III.  1642 

Belden,  F.  E.,  Hartford,  Ct.  790 

Bell,  Grant,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  1699 

Bell,  H.  H.,  Halifax,  A'.  S.  1499 

Bell,  jr.,  Henry  H.,  New  York  »i,8 

Bell,  Malcolm,  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.  609 

Benedict,  A.  J.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  2657 

Benedict,  Gilbert  S.,  Stamford,  Ct.  680 

Benedict,  J.  G.,  Lebanon,  O.  1229 

Benjamin,  Alfred,  L-ncoln  Park,  N.  J.  399 

Benjamin,  B.  S.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  2354 

Benjainiii,  T  Eugene,  New  York  1967 


Benjamin,  W.  R.,  New  York  1324 

Bennett,  A.  A.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1121 

Bennett,  A.  P.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  13J6 

Bennett,  Edgar  R.,  Amherst,  Mass.  *359 

Bennett,  G.  W.,  London,  Ehj.  2941 

Bennett,  H.  M.,  Manchester,  N.  H.  3312 

Benninghofen,  P.,  Hamilton,  O.  1J13 
Benson,  Clarence  E.,  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  2690 
Benson,  Ernest  R.,  Cambridf^eport,  Masa.  266 

Bergen,  Frank,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  2347 

Bergen.  J.  B.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  45 

Berger,  L.  J.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  228 

Bernard,  Chus.  E.,  Elgin,  III.  ^697 

Bemhard,  Percival  J.,  Jamaica,  N.  Y.  1497 

Berry,  G.  M.,  Columbia,  S.  C.  1296 

Besserer,  John  W.,  Bozeman,  Mont.  1360 

BeSi,  James  B.,  Kinderbook,  N.  Y.  797 

BeswicK,  Will,  AucUisuu,  iV.  Z.  1405 

Bettison,  P.  R.,  Louisville,  Ky.  1423 

Betts,  Frederick  H.,  New  York  1077 

Bevin,  Leander  A..  New  York  1154 

Bibb,  Harry,  Montgomery,  Ala.  19^5 

Bick,  Charles,  Greenville,  Pa.  1579 

Bick,  Eli,  Greensburg,  Pa.  180S 

Bickford,  L  M.,  Portland,  Me.  2843 

Bidweti  Geo.  H.,  Utica,  N.  Y.  155^ 

Bidw.  ,  G.  R.,  New  York  9-1 1 
Bidwell  &  Co.,  Geo.  R.,  New  York  27 15-272 3 

Bidwell,  H.  E.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  2244 

Biedcrman,  Chas.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  2S05 

Bictte,  Harry,  Woodstock,  Ont.  935 

Bily,  J.  G.,  338 

Binford,  Fred,  Pawtucket,  R.  L  2997 

Bingham,  C.  H.,  Utrecht,  Holland  806 

Bingham,  Wm.  W.,  Newark,  N.  J.  ((99 

Binns,  Henry,  Angora,  Asia  Minor  3297 

Binns,  Walter,  Salford,  Eng.  2632 

Bird,  Rollin  R.,  Waterbury,  Ct.  530 

Bird.«all,  Edward  T.,  New  York  298 

Bi-.iop,  Phil.  H.,  Sittingboume,  Eng.  2089 

liishop,  Roland  A.,  Hobart,  Tas.  3039 

Bissell,  Frank  C,  Neenah,  Wis.  2539 

Bissell,  W.  S.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  1467 

Bittinger,  Geo.  S.,  Leadville,  Col.  1629 

Bixby,  James  E.,  Dayton,  N.  Y.  499 

Black,  Owen  J.,  Albion,  Ind.  3245 

Black,  Wm.  M.,  Halifax,  A^.  S.  m 

Blackham,  Geo.  E.,  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.  i8oq 

Blake,  Henry,  New  York  1602 

Blair,  G.  H.,  Truro,  A^.  S.  1038 

Biasing,  H.  W.,  Henderson,  Minn.  1685 

Btenett,  jr.,  Wm.  E.,  Newark,  N.  J.  397 

Slock,  J.,  Moscow,  Ruuia  J>49 


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Bloodgood,  W.  D  ,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Bail',  W.  C,  Le  Roy,  N.  Y. 
Bcrdman,  C.  E.  C,  MarsWltown,  la. 
Bochm,  G  ,  Hoboken,  N.  I. 
Soger,  J.  H  ,  hindlay,  O.  ' 
Bo.and,  J  A  ,  MU.ville,  N  J. 
Bolion.  Alfred  M  ,  Sydcsiham,  £ng 
Bond,  Stephen  T  ,  Jort  Wayne,  Ind 
Bonnett,  D   UlaJte,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Bonnett,  L  B.,  E.izabeth,  N.  J. 
Book,  W.  H.,  New  York 
Booth,  Richard,  Medford,  Mass. 
B«>»h..  jr.,  S.  F.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Booz,  Washington  B.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Borst,  Chas.  A.,  Clinton,  N.  Y. 
Borton,  Fred  S.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Boston,  F.  H.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Umitm  AthtixM'n  Library,  Mass 
Bo6worth,  N.  C,  Cleveland,  O. 
Eoudrias,  jr.,  L.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 
Bourn,  A.  W.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Bourne,  Ednar  K.,  New  York 
Bouttell,  Thomas,  York,  Eng. 
Bowditch,  I.  S.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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Bowen,  P.  J.,  Ilobart,  TVw. 
Bower,  D.  11,,  Newbur^h,  N.  Y. 
Bowcrfind,  Geo.  J.,  Adrian,  Mich. 
Bowers,  Ralph,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Bowkcr,  C.  H.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Bowler,  F.  W.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Bowles,  Pv.  J.,  Brighton,  Ont. 

Bowles,  Wm.,  Castlemai'yr,  Irt. 

Bowman,  II.  N.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Bowtell,  jr.,  S.,  Rutland,  Vt. 

Boycc,  Chas.  S.,  Portland,  Or. 

Boyd,  Chas.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Boyd,  T.  H.,  Ardmore,  Pa. 

Boyle,  Samuel  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brackett,  F.  H.,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 

Bradeen,  Fred  J.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Bradford,  Ed^vard  A.,  New  York 

Bradford,  William,  New  York 
Bradley,  K.  K.,  Meridtn,  Ct. 
Bradley,  ■    m.,  Kinderhook,  N.  Y. 
Bradley,  W    H.,  Sandhurst,  VUt. 
Brainard,  J.  E.,  M-riden,  Ct. 
Braisted,  Otis  S.,  './ooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brakeley,  P.  F.  H.,  Bcrdentown,  N.  J.       gj 
Braman,  W.  M.,  Mariner's  'larb.,  N.  Y  2o8< 
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Brangs,  P.  H.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Bratt,  Wm.  S.,  Oxford,  Md. 
Braunsdorf,  E.  J.,  New  York 
Brayton,  jr..  Geo.  B.,  Bo«on,  Mai* 
Breck,  Geo,  Portland,  Or 
Breck,  M.  B.,  Springfi.W.  m,m. 

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Bresee,  Winston,  Baltimore,  Md, 
Brewer,  Sterling,  Cleveland,  O 
Brewster,  W.  M.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 
Bndgeman,  Geo.  S.,  Paignton,  Eng. 
Bridgman,  M.  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brij-gs,  F.  W.,  Warrnambool,  Via 
Brigham,  C.  P'iny,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Bnmer,  Fred  J.,  Toronto,  Can. 
Bristol  Library,  Bristol,  Pa. 
BHtish  ATuitum,  London,  Eng 
Broadbent,  G.  R.,  Melbourne,  Vict 
Brock,  Fred  W.,  Bristol,  Eng. 
Brooklyn  Public  Library,  N.  Y. 
Brooks,  Benjamin,  Kolyoke,  Mass. 
Brooks  House,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
BrcumS  Hotel,  Newfoundland.  N.  J 
Broi*-n,  B.  F.,  Lock  Haven,  Pa. 
Brown,  C.  A.,  Genoa,  III. 
Brown,  C.  M.,  Greenville,  Pa. 
Brown,  Chas.  R.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brown,  C.  Ross,  Dansviile,  N.  Y. 
Brown,  C.  W.,  London,  Eng. 
Brown,  Elmer  E.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Crown,  E.  L.,  Rahway,  N.  J. 
Brown,  Fred  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Brown,  Frank  H.,  Rockvi:ic,  Ct. 
Brown,  G.  C,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Brown,  Geo.  R.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Brown,  Geo.  T.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brown,  Geo.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Brown,  H.  D.,  Weedsport,  N.  Y.  .^.^ 

Brown,  H.  H.,  Wappinger's  Falls.  N  Y  r,, 
Brown,  Herbert  L.,  Harrisburg,  p,  „g 

Brown,  John  G.,  Danville,  Pa  "° 

Brown,  John  W.  M.,  L.ng  Su;ton,  Eng. 

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Brown,  Louis  H.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
Brown,  Morris,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Brown,  Orvon  G.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Brown,  Rodney,  Northampton,  Mass. 
Brown,  R.  W.,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 
Brown,  Thos.  Case,  Sandhurst,  Viet. 
Bmwn,  T.  McKee,  New  York 
Brown,  W.  C,  Cincinnati.  O. 


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Brown,  W.  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1676 

Browne,  John  T.,  Faterson,  N.  J.  iji6 

Browne,  William  G.,  Orlai.do,  Fla.  886 

Brubaker,  J.  C.  &  P.,  Ashland,  Ky.  3191 

Brnimukh  H»tel,'X'\\.ii&s\\[t,  Pa.  1535 

Bryan,  G.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1978 

Bryan,  H.  R.,  Hudson,  N.  Y.  758 

Bryant,  W.  A.,  New  York  2135 

BrycL-,  Wm.  '£..,  Indianapolis,  InJ.  aia6 

Buchanan,  C.  P.,  Newport,  Ky.  2734 
Buchanan,  jr.,  James,  Gateshead,  Eng.  7753 

Buchanan,  W.  H.,  Autigonish,  //.  S.  ijai 

Buck,  Livy  Jay,  Empsria,  Kan.  2506 
Buckingham,  Harry  W.,  Pittsfi^-ld,  Mass.  62} 

budden,  A.  H.,  Sandhurst,  Vict.  3051 

Budds,  Geo.  L.,  Sydney,  A'.  S.  IK  38S6 

Buehler,  L.  M.,  GMtysburg,  Pa.  1255 

Bucll,  Frank  S.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  3320 
Bull  &  Bowen,  Baifaio,  N.  Y.          2356-2262 

Bull,  Sumner,  Wald.n,  N.  Y.  2571 

Bull,  Wm.  H.,  West  Springlitld,  Mass.  2013 

Bull,  Will  S.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  301 

Bulk>ck,  Carl,  Worcester,  Mass.  3183 

Bunner,  H.  C,  New  York  917 

Burbank,  J.  P.,  Boston,  Mass.  693 

Burch,  jr.,  John  G.,  Albany,  N.  Y.  513 

Burchell,  John  A.,  New  York  1292 

Burdekiii,  R.  E.,  York,  Sng:          233;,  2333 

Burdj't,  J.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn.     2387,  2395 

Burkert,  C.  O.,  Ashland,  Pa.  3269 

Burklin,  Wm.  C.  H.,  Portland,  Or.  2673 

Burley,  C.  F.,  Stamford,  Ct.  1727 

Burn,  David  W.  M.,  Wellington,  JV.  Z.  1882 

Burn,  Edgar  Hine,  Ounedin,  A^  ?.  18,81 

Burnett,  J.  G.  D.,  New  York  2810 

Burnett,  P.,  Dover,  Del.  3009 

Burnett,  W.  Kendall,  Aberdeen,  Scot.  841 

Eurnham,  Edw.  P.,  Newton,   Mass.  3075 

Burnham,  W.  H.,  Adrian,  Micii.  431 

Burns,  D.  C,  Bedford,  Pa.  1617 

Burns,  E.  F.,  Smithville,  N.  J.  1512 

Burpee,  Herman  N.,  Rockford,  111.  683 
Burr,  T.  S.,  New  York                            470-71 

Burr,  W   W.,  Rutland,  Vt.  2168 

Burrell,  B.  W.,  Weymouth,  Mass.  602 

Burrill,  Charlos,  Weymouth,  A^.  5".  889 

Burrill,  Frank  H.,  Wakefield,  Mass.  2546 

Burroughs,  Fred.  C,  Bridgeport,  C*.  2140 

Burrowes,  Chris  F.,  Springfield,  Mass.  3277 

Burston,  Geo.  W.,  Melbourne,  Vict.  1138 

Burt,  Geo.  H.,  Hartford,  Ct.  rjs 

Burt,  H.  L.,  Rutland,  Vt.  2169 

Burt,  Wm.  Vinal,  Bosi.»n,  Mass.  2307     i 


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Burtis,  E.  H.,  .Smithville,  N.  J. 

Bush,  E.  A.,  New  York 

Bush,  jr.,  Geo.  M.,  Peoria,  III. 

Butcher,  Joseph,  Boston,  Mass. 

Butcher,  Nelson  R.,  Toronto,  Otit. 

Butler,  Augustus  R.,  W.  Brighton,  N.  Y.1507 

Butler,  jr.,  John  T.,  Richmond,  Va.        3024 

Butler,  W.  H..  Olean,  N   Y.  ,701 

Butt,  W.  L  ,  Oamani,  N.  Z.  ,70, 

Buttle,  George  M.,  New  York-  3039 

Buzby  &  Co.,  G.  N.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1982 

Cabell,  James  B.,  Henderson,  Ky.  2325 

Cade,  S.  I.,  Brownsboro,  Tex. 

Cain,  George  E.,  Lynn,  Mass. 

CcUdiuell  House,  Caldwell,  N.  J. 

Caldwell,  James,  Elgin,  111. 

Calkins,  Chas.  A.,  Tomah,  Wis. 

Calkins,  W.  Scott,  Millville,  N.  J. 

Callan,  Hugh,  Glasgow,  Scot. 

Cameron,  Alex.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Cameron,  G.  D.,  London,  OtU. 

Cameron,  W.  H.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Camp,  S.  P.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Campbell,  A.  B.,  Bradford,  Pa. 

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Campbell,  M.  F.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

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Campbell,  R.  E.,  Florida,  N.  Y. 

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Canaiy,  D.  J.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

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Canfield,  W.  W.,  Randolph,  N.  Y.  518 

Capell,  V,'ill  H.,  Mansfield,  Pa.  1781 

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Card,  Eugene,  Shennan,  N.  Y.  644 

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Carney,  L.  J.,  Portland,  Me.  1624 

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Carter,  C.  G.,  Titusville,  Pa.  1314,  1536 

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Comes,  Arthur  N.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1047 

Comley,  William,  Lincoln  Park,  N.  J.  1108 

Comsiock,  W.  C,  Cava  City,  Ky.  1093 

Condon,  T.  G.,  Urooklyn,  N.  Y.  178 

Conger,  A.  L.,  Adrian,  Mich.  334 

Conger,  Kenyon  B.,  Akron,  O.  2466 
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Cooper,  r.,  Christchurch,  K.  Z.  i8?6 

Cooper,  W.  H.,  London,  Ont.  825 

Copeland,  A.  D.,  Springfield,  Mass.  3278 

Copland,  James,  Sydney,  A^.  .S.  W.  2057 

Cppp,  Wm.  A.,  Now  York  462 

Corbctt,  J.  E.,  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  2467 

Corbin,  Albert  F.,  New  Britain,  Ct.  1059 

Corbin,  C.  E.,  Si.  Johns,  Mich.  1653 
Cordingly,  C,  London,  Eng.            869,  3360 

Corey,  H.  I>.,  P-oston,  Mass.  2373 

Corken,  Chas  II.,  Boston,  Mass.  1239 

Cormick,  H.  M.,  East  Portland,  Or.  2391 

Corriveaut,  A.  J.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.  2473 

Corson,  Elmer  E.,  Roch-ster,  N.  H.  2316 

Corson,  E.  H.,  East  Roch-^ster,  N.  H.  717 
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Corthell,  W.  M.,  Sprinpfield,  Mass.  619 

Corwin,  Chas.  E.,  Newburp,  N.  Y.  1172 

Cosack,  jr.,  H.,  Buffa'o,  N.  Y.  1822 

Cnssum,  C.  F.,  Pnuirhkeepsie,  N.  Y.  702 

Coster,  Charles,  S'.  John,  A'.  B.  205 1 

Cotant,  E.  S.,  Dc"  Moines,  la.  1090 

Cottrell,  F.,  Oamaru,  A'  Z.  1705 
Cottrell,  M.  Bourdon,  Friendship,  N.Y.  1708 


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Coughlan,  J.  C,  Christchurch,  N.  Z. 
Couaer,  M.  W.,  Cornwall,  N.  Y. 
Covert,  M.  K.,  Flushing,  L.  \. 
',"owan,  J.  F.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Co  wen,  A.  H.,  Petaluma,  Cal. 
Cowhick,  W.  S.,  Cheyenne,  Wy. 
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Cox,  Chas   M.,  Salem,  Or. 
Co/,  W.  H.,  Kingston,  Ont. 
Craig,  B.  J.,  Springfield,  Masr 
Cramer,  Geo.  H.,  Lyons,  N.  Y. 
Crarier,  W.  P..  Albia,  la. 
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Crane,  A.  S.,  Elixabeth,  N.  J. 
Crane,  jr.,  J.  E.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Crane,  Samuel  C,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Crapo,  F.  H.,  Concord,  Mass. 
Craven,  Geo.  F.,  Philadelphia,  P«. 
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Crawford,  Wri.  C  ,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Craycroft,  B.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Creagh,  C,  Brick  Church,  N.  J. 
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Cresswell,  A.,  Sandhursi,  Vict. 
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Crofton,  W.    .  A.,  Welwyn,  Eng.  1974 

Cromwell,  S.  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  2621 

Crosby  House,  Defiance,  O.  2343 

Crosby,  C.  R.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  1557 

Crosby,  Frank,  Elgin,  111.  1478 

Crosby,  J.t     •?,  Bangor,  Me.  iioo 

Grossman,  Henry  S.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1191 

Grossman,  M.  R.,  Springfield,  Mass.  118ft 
Grossman,  W.  F.,  Washington          637,  873 

Crothers,  A.  M.,  Springfield,  O.  1911 

Crouch,  Thomas  E.,  Branford,  Ot.  801 

Crumley,  Harry,  Mt.  Vernon,  O.  440 

Crow,  William,  Dunedin,  N.  Z.  2767 

Crowe,  W.,  Halifax,  tf.  S.  659 

Crowle,  John  D. ,  Staunton,  Va.  1371 

Croier,  W.  M.,  Trenton,  N.  J.  1772 

Cudworth,  H.  J.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  1564 

Culver,  J.  Dana,  Whitehall,  N.  Y.  2706 

Cumminp,  Thomas,  Stanford,  Ct.  2507 

Cumminps,  S.  W.,  Truro,  A^.  S.  1040 

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Currier,  A.  F.,  New  York 

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Ciirtue,  w.  Jl.,  Kocheiter,  N.  V. 

Curtis,  Frank  Z.,  Dttroit,  Mich. 

Curtii,  Howard,  Waterbury,  Ct. 

Curtis,  J.  Arthur,  Reading,  Pa. 

Curtis,  J.  W..  New  York 

Curtis,  Sam.  f.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

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Daly,  John  J.,  Newark,  N.  J.  ,57^ 

Danell,  Edward,  I^ndon,  Eng.  jj,, 

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Dangers,  E.,  Windsor,  Vict.  ,-,,, 

Daniels,  Georges,  New  York  ,405 

Daniels,  M.  O.,  Ruggles,  O.  ,„ 

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Dan  Sweeney's  Saloon,  Hariei.i,  N.  Y.     1,57 

Daniiger,  Samuel,  Chicago,  III  „,, 

Darby,  George  B.,  Phila.,  Pa.  ,368,  3,7. 

Dare,  Robert,  Sandhurst,   yicl.  276, 

Darnell,  W.  W.,  Cumberland,  Md.  „.„ 

Dartmouth  ColUge  Library,  N.  H.        ,85, 

Dartt,  Robert  R.,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

Dausch,  Pierre  Geo.,  Baltimore,  Md 

Davenport,  Edgar  L.,  Canton,  Pa. 

Davenport,  F.  E.,  Auburn,  Ind. 

Davenport,  Harry  B.,  Canton,  Pa. 

Davidson,  Frank  E.,  New  York 

Davidson,  Henry,  Woodstock,  Ont. 

Davies,  David,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

D.ivies,  H.  C,  Monmouth,  111. 

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Davis,  Chas.  S.,  Junction  Citv,  Kan 

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Davis,  F.  C,  Auburn,  Ind. 

Davis,  H.  L.,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

Davis,  J.  W.,  Montreal,  Qut. 

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Day,  George  H.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Day,  jr.,  Jamei  H.,  Ithaca,  N   Y. 
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Deans,  Frank  A..  We'Uboro,  Pa. 
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DeBaroncelli,  A.,  Paris,  Framct 
DeBlois,  Wm.  M.,  Annapolis,  M  J 
DeCamp,  Frank  E.,  Stamford,  Ct. 
DeForest,  H.  G.,  New  York 
DeForest,  Harry  L..  New  York 
DeForest,  Henry  W.,  New  York 
Deforest,  Johnston,  New  York 
DeForest,  Lockwood,  New  York 
DeForest,  R.  W.,  New  York 
DeGraaf,  Wm.  H.,  New  York 
Deguire,  Chai.,  Fredericktown,  Mo. 
DeKlyn,  John  Q.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Delaware  Htuu,  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 
Demarest,  J.  A.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 
Demorest,  Wm.  H  ,  New  York  ,3 

Demphrey,  Edwin  R.,  Jamestown,  N.Y  3,60 
Demple,  W.  L.,  Halifax.  N.  S. 
DeMunn,  S.  C,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Dennison,  C. ,  Newark, .  N.  J. 
Deislow,  P.  E.,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Denton,  S.  S.,  Coming,  N.  Y. 
Devon  Inn,  Devon,  Pa. 
Dewell,  Henry  C,  London,  Eng. 
Dewey,  O.  E.,  Mansfield,  Pa. 
Dewhurst,  John,  Bury,  Eng. 
Dewitt,  David,  New  York 
Dexter,  F.  E  ,  New  Haven,  Ci. 
Dezendorf,  L.  S.,  Cassadaga,  N.  V. 
Diamond,  C.  Herbert,  New  York 
Dickerson,  Wm.  L.,  Walden,  N.  Y. 
Dickinson,  C.  H.,  Coldwater,  Mich. 
Dickinson,  F.  Percy,  Sheffield,  Eng. 
Diet!,  Frank,  Woodland,  Cal. 
Dietzman,  A.  S.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Dikol,  J.  W.,  Charleston,  111. 
Dilks,  P.  Kenney,  Elizabeth,  N   J. 
Dimock,  Clarence  H.,  Windsor,  N.  S. 
Disney,  W.  H.,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
Ditterdirg,  Wm.,  Chatham,  N.  Y. 
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Dixon,  Fred  A.,  Otwego,  N.  Y.  1864 

Dixnn,  Robert,  Clreenock,  Sett.  3015 

Dobbie,  Jt)hn,  Thoiold,  Ont.  777 
Dobbini,  Edwin  A.,  Middletown,  N.  Y.    751 

Pt'bbins,  Kmnk  S  ,  Allentown,  Pa.  Ii8j. 
Dockham,  Chas.  M.,  Kochetter,  N.  H.  Jj6$ 

Doiigt't  ffaUl,  Rochester,  N.  H.  1364 

Dodge,  Charles,  Bloomington,  111.  as '3 
Dodge,  Chas.  Richards,  Boston,  Mat*.    163] 

Dodge,  jr.,  H.  W.,  Austin,  lex.  356 

Dods,  A.  Wilson,  Silver  Creek,  N.  Y.  19J7 

Dodson,  J.  S.,  Bethlehem,  Pa.  mS, 

Doland,  S.  C,  Newark,  N.  J.  1340 

DominioH  Houst,  Annapc.lis,  A''.  S.  1846 

Donaldson,  W.  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  1813 

Donly,  A.  VV.,  Simcoc,  Ont.  nyj 
Donly,  Hal.  15.,  Simcoc,  OtU.              534,  535 

Donou^h,  C.  R.,  Mjrcrslown,  Pa.  3077 

Dco'itile,  Perry  E.,  Toronto,  Ont.  843 

Dorion,  S^vire,  Caierovia,  N.  Y.  8;4 

Dorr,  (Mrs.)  J.  C.  R.,  Rutland,  Vt.  1357 

Eorsey,  Frank,  Glcnwood,  Md.  JgSo 

Dortsch,  J.  R.,  Nashville,  Tcnn.  1464 

Dottcr,  Will  S.,  Readinr,  Pa.  976 

Doty,  W.  11.,  Vonkcrs,  N.  Y.  2153 

Doughty,  Kcnj.  W.,  Jamaica,  N.  Y.  1498 

Dou:;hs,  F.  II.,  Drooklyn,  N.  V.  951 

DouMas,  II.  C,  East  Orange,  N.  J.  1631 

DowHn-,C.T.,  Cleveland,  O.  jSjs 

Dowlin^,  James  D.,  Camden,  N.  J.  1397 

Downey,  G.  P..,  Lancaster,  Pa.  1J64 

Darjmey  House,  Wayncsburg,  Pa.  1806 

Downin-,  C.  II.,  Pcor-a,  111.  250a 

Downin-,  S.  C,  Yonken,  N.  Y.  177$ 

Downing,  jr.,  V/m.  M.,  Kristol,  Pa.  178S 

Downs,  A.  O  ,  Rivcrhcad,  L.  I.  1375 

Downs,  Jnmcs  P.,  Newark,  N.  J.  ^96 

Downs,  r.I.  II.,  Boston,  Mass.  1747 

Doyle,  C.  E.,  London,  ii«i-.  1973 

Dr=l:c,  D.  D.,  Newark,  N.  J.  1577 

Drake,  II.  Ecudder,  Wjstboro,  Mass.  100 

Draucktr  Hot:se,  Curwinsville,  Pa.  aiga 

Drcvr,  E.  R.,  Dostor.,  Mass.  496 

Drew,  Fred,  M.,  Ansonia,  Ct.  911 

Drew,  G.  Fred,  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  3575 
Driscnil,  Cornelius  T.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  i4«7 

Driscoll,  John,  Sandhurst,  yici.  jasS 

Drown,  J.  W.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  5a 

Dr\illard,  Frank  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  1619 

Dryer,  J.  B.,  Tuskejfee,  Ala.  1891 

DuBois,  F,  E.,  W.  Rand  Iph,  Vt.  241 

Dubois,  Frank  G.,  New  York  25 

Ducker,  Henry  E.,  SprinRfield,  Mass.  349 


Dudley,  Chas.  B  ,  Altoona,  Pa.  mj^ 

Dudley,  Chas.  E.,  Detroit,  Mich.  66( 

Dudley,  W.  W.,  Whitinsvillc,  Mais.  joft 

Duff,  James  C,  Charlcstown,  Mass.  1084 
Duffill,  T.  P.,  Great  Kails,  N   H     7574. 1873 

Dunahue,  Will  J.,  Sinclai.ville,  N.  Y.  511 

Dunbar,  A.  D.,  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  344 

Dunbar,  P.  H.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1011 

Dunbar,  W.  R.,  Cleveland,  <).  2780 

Duncan,  A.  T.,  Hamilton,  Ont.  2734 

D-incan,  Bowman,  Nashville   Tenn.  2379 

Duncan,  Wm.,  Allegheny  City,  Pa.  597 

Dunn,  A.  P.,  Troy,  N.  Y.  1203 

Dunn,  James  R.,  Massillon,  (>.  1914 

Dunn,  W.  Ellis,  Bloomington,  III.  2119 

Dunn,  W.  E.,  Noble«vJlle,  Ind.  1341 

Dunnell,  Alex.  R.,  Brnnklyn,  N.  Y.  1404 

Durnell,  F.  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  357 

Durham,  J.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  2854 

Durkee,  Albert,  Chicago,  III.  1347 

Durrie,  John,  Brick  Church,  N.  J.  2911 

Duryea,  Charles  E.,  Wyoming.  111.  106 
Dusenberry,Chat.  K.,  Middletown,  N.Y.  233^ 

Duston,  John  S.,  Newark,  N,  J.  3S2 

Dutton,  Wm.,  London,  Eng.  3142 

Dwyer,  Thomas  J.,  Caxencvia,  N.  Y.  853 

Dyer,  S.  F.,  Christchurch,  N.  Z.  1887 

Dyotte,  E   J.,  Springfield.  Mass.  1016 

Eady,  B.  F.,  West  Point,  Ga.  932 

Eagle  Hotfl,  Gettysburg,  Pa.  1254 

Eakins,  Arthur  W.,  Yarmouth,  N.  S.  1892 

Eakins,  W.  G.,  Toronto,  Out.  586 

Earhart,  M.,  Indiana,  Pa.  1899 

Eaton,  Alfred,  Ne.v  York  i6oj 

EUiton,  A.  L.,  OtiumwA,  ia.  244 

Eaton,  Will.  E.,  Wakefield,  Mass.  1847 

Eberman,  J.  W.,  Baltimore,  Md.  3267 

Ebert,  Horace  M.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2552 

Eck,  T.  W.,  New  York  2463 

Eckert,  W.  F.,  Curwinsville,  Pi.  1898 

Edgar,  E.  A.,  Rutherford,  N.  J.  773 
Edge,  David,  Newark,  N.  J.  (d.  June,  '84)  387 

Edgerton,  C.  W.,  fort  Wayne,  Ind.  1749 

Edman,  G.  A.,  Melbourne,  Vict.  2637 

Edmands,  Wm.  H.,  Boston,  Mass.  3287 

Edmans,  Fred  P.,  Troy,  N.  V.  286 
Edwards,  Edward  T.,  St.  Gallen,  Switz.  2566 
Edwards,  Thomas  A.,  Melbourne,  Vict.  1354 

Egan,  Frank  A.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  475 
Ehrich,  Louis  R.,  Colorado  Springs,  Col.  3342 

Ehrllch.  Julius  J,,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  2802 

Eldred,  Fred  C. ,  Springfield,  Mass.  1189 

Eldred,  Will.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1190 


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KIwell,  Frank  A  ,  Portland,  Me. 
J.lwell,  Krank  I)..  Sai.  Francisco,  Cal 
KIwell,  I»aac,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Kly,  jr.,  Alfred,  Cleveland,  O. 

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Evans,  Clark  W.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Evan«,  David  J.,  Llandyssul,  Enf. 

Evans,  Jonathan,  Coal  Dale,  Pa. 

Evans,  Lumley  E.,  Newark,  O. 

Evans,  0?tar  E.,  New  Castle,  Ind. 
Evans,  Walter  H.,  Newark,  O. 
Eians,  W.  Kingsley,  London,  Ont. 
Evans,  Wm.  P.,  Columbia,  Pa. 
Evarts,  Allen  W.,  New  York 
Everett,  Arthur  H.,  Allston,  Mass. 
Everett,  C.  M.,  New  York 
Everett,  W.  B.,  Boston    Mass. 
Ewalt,  Harry  W.,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
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Famsworth,  E.  D.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Farr,  H.  M.,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
Farrally,  Joe  F.,  New  Milford,  Ct. 
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Fergu«,n,  W    M      [rfTerson,  la. 
Ficlithom,  W    k  .  Keadinp,  Pa 
field,  C.  H.,<:reenfie!d,  Mas.s. 
Field,  F.  F,  West  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Field,  W.  R,  Greenville,  Pa. 
Fi.-lding,  Fred.  A.,  Boiem.in,  Mont. 
Filbert,  Charles  L.,  Columbia,  Pa. 
Fillmore,  Henry  D,,  Bennington,  Vt. 
Filmcr,  Herbert,  New  York 
Finch,  I.  H.,  Adrian,  Mich. 
Finckel,  Geo.  M.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Fink,  Leon  C,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Finkler,  H.  C,  .San  Francisco,' Cal. 
rirzcr.  Wm.  T  ,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Fischer,  John  I!  ,  New  York 
Fish,  Eben,  Abington,  Mass. 
Fish,  H.    I.,  Chaiham,  N.  Y. 
Fish,  jr.,  Wm.  H.,  So.  Scituate,  Maw 
Fisher,  Chas.  H.,  Milford,  Mas.. 
Fisher,  Ed.  D.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Fisher,  Fred.,   New  Brunswick,  N   J. 
Fisher,  Janon,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Fisk,  Chas.  A.,  Brightwnod,  Maw. 
Fisk,  Ed.  F.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Fiske,  C.  S.,  Springfield,  Mas*. 
Fiske,  George  F.,  Chicago,  111. 
Fiske,  Willie  H.,  Holliston,  Mass. 
Fitlon,  J.,  Christchurch,  A^.  Z. 
Fitzgerald,  Ed.  A.,  Aurora,  III. 
Fitz  Gerald,  J.,  New  York 
Fitzgerald,  J.  L.,  London,  Ont. 
Fitzpatrick,  John  J.,  Ft.   Uavenworlh, 

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Flack,  Chas.  L.,  So.  Bethlehem,  Pa.        i,,o 

Flanders,  Charies  W.,  Maiden,  Mass. 

Fleming,  H.  M.,  Portland,  N.  Y. 

Fleming,  J.  N.,  Aupusta,  Ky. 

Fleming,  W.  T.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Flint,  Henry  Wame,  CariliflF,  Eng. 
Flint,  Herbert  White,  Cardiff,  Eng. 
Flister,  jr.,  Herman,  Boston,  Mass. 
Floumoy,  Chester,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 
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K<>«K,  Kiioch  S.,  WcmkUiow:!.  V..  J.  4^6 
Kolxim,  JoM|>h  K.,  Nrw  YorU         1990-1999 

Ko:»om,  W.  Hurt,  Kxeler,  N.  H.  3JJ9 

Kool«,  A.  J  .  W^rniambool,  I'Ui.  J641 

Foote.  jr.,  W    T.,  Port  Henry,  N.  Y.  iilto 

f'orbct,  K.  J.,  Oamaru,  A^.  Z.  1706 

I    Ford,  Simeon,  New  York  iho6 
■    Farttt  nnd  S/rram  Fi'b.  Co. ,  N  Jw  York  JJ19 

Kormalt,  KImer  I..,  Columbia,  I'a.  1646 
Koniey,  Kdward  I!  ,  Waihington,  I).  C.  191J 

homey,  j.  Wiliun,  llarrisburg.  Fa.  ioij 

Forrtil  Houu,  Scranton,  Va.  jjqi 

Korreit,  Andrew,   (irecnock,  Siat.  jt>8o 

Korreit,  John,  Greenock,  Scot.  1840 

Koraythe,  (ieo. ,  London,  Ott.  1180 

FoM,  A.  H.  K.,  SprinKfield,  Mau.  999 

FiMter,  C.  H.,  Middletown,  N.  Y.  1197 

Foster,  J.  F.,  lluffalo,  N.  Y.  33^4 

Foiiter,  J.  K.,  Lancaster,  Pa.  15 j/ 

Fosti . ,  S.  Conant,  N.  Y.  (d.  Mar.  8,  '85)  14.(0 

Foulds,  jr.,  J'  H.,  SpringAeld,  Maw,  lojo 
Fowler,  jr.,  Nathaniel  C,  H<>st»n,  Masi.   ihi 

Fox,  C.  J.,  London,  Eng.  1665 

Fox,  Sidney  Chester,  Knfield,  Eng.  ij8j 

Francis,  J.  T.,  New  York  1390 

Friinklin  Houu,  Columbia,  Pa.  labi 

Franklin,  .S.  J.,  Corry,  Pa.  419 

Fraaer,  A.  G.,  Toronto,  Ont.  467 

Fraser,  John  F.,  Carnii,  III.  30a 

Frasse,  H.  F.,  New  York  aaSi 

Frazee,  William  C,  New  York  1607 

Frazier,  Chas.  F.,  Smithville,  N.  J.  1519 

Fraxier,  Kdward,  Aurora,  Hi.  a]4T 

Freatman,  K.  B.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  649 

Freeborn,  Fred  IL,  Jersey  Shore,  Pa.  4^5 

Freeman,  C.  W.,  Peoria,  III.  2501 

F'reeman,  Henry  V.,  Chicago,  lU.  1407 

Freeman,  S.  H.,  Cleveland,  O.  a8a 

Freeman,  jr.,  W.  C,  Needham,  Mass.  614 

Freidgeon,  Geo..  Columbu.i,  Ind.  1124 

Frishie,  William  M.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  926 

Frissell,  Glen.  C,  Merrick,  Mass.  1420 

Frost,  R.  T.,  West  Point,  Ga.  933 

Fry,  K.,  F.aling,  Eng.  3037 

Fulford,  H.  B.,  Clearfield,  Pa.  2284 

Fuller,  E.  W.,  McMinnville,  Or.  2676 
Fuller,  Frank  H.,  Sprinjjfield,  Mau.  781,782 

Fuller,  H.  F.,  Chicago,  III.  1622 

Fuller,  L.  I.,  Halifax,  A'.  J.  66j 

Fuller,  W.  J.,  Haydenvilltf,  Mass.  705 

Fulton,  J."M.,  Bloominpton,  III.  2482 

Fulton,  Wilbur,  Irwin,  Pa.  2311 


Gabriel,  John,  Liverpool,  Kng. 

Gage,  Clmnnii'i;.  I'.,  Uatioit,  Mich. 

Gacer,  IC.  U.,  Birmingham,  Ct. 

Gale,  F.  E.,  Concord.  N.  H. 

Gale,  Jat.  Alvord,  Ph:iadcl[>hia,  Pa. 

Gale,  Wm.  E.,  Millbury,  Maaa. 

GalI.e,  C'ha*.  R.,  Jamaica,  L.  I. 

Grlway,  Warner  E.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Gamwcll,  Roland  G. ,  Providence,  R. 

Gaunctte,  A.  N  ,  Rockviile,  Ct. 

Gardner,  B.  W,,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

(iardner,  I>.  M.,  Calais,  Me. 

Gardner,  William,  Catenovia,  N.  Y. 

Gardner,  jr.,  W,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Gardner,  Wm.  L.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Garrett,  Robert  I)  ,  Dulaney,  Ky. 

Garrison,  Charles 

GairiHon,  G.  F.,  Garrison's,  N.  V. 

Garrison,  Lloyd  McKim 

Garrison,  J.  R.,  Memphis,  Tenn, 

Garvey,  Richard,  New  York 

Garvin,  M.  T.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

Gattrock.  John,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Gaterin,  W.  R.,  Belleville,  OtU. 

Gates,  Chai.  E.,  Gerry,  N.  Y. 

Gay,  T.  E.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Gearhart,  Wm.  M.,  Clearfield,  Pa. 

Geddes,  Geo.  S.,  Melbourne,  Vtct. 

(ieery,  Samuel  W.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Geery,  W.  W.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Geil,  John  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Geisenheimer,  Ed.  G.,  Port  Jervis,  N. 

Geisreiler,  S.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 

Ottural  Wayn*  Hottl,  Arademy,  Pa. 

GtHtstt  Hmiit,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Genung,  Arthur  L.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Genung,  Chas.  H.,  Madison,  N.  J. 

George,  Will  A.,  Orange,  Ind. 

George,  W.  R.,  Sydney,  A^.  S.  IK 

Gttty  Houst,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Gibbs,  L.  H.,  Scrantoii,  Pa. 

Gibbs,  William,  Eliiabeth,  N.  J. 

Gibson  &  H?rt,  Rockford,  III. 

Gibson,  J.  T.,  Rockford,  III. 

Giddings,  A.  H.,  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Gideon,  Geo.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Giffin   jr.,  J.  H.,  New  York 

Gilbert,  H.  Win,  Derby,  Ct. 

Gilbert,  Melvin  E.,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 

Gilbert,  S.  Eldred.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gilchrist,  Harry,  Bedford,  Pa. 

Gill,  James  D.,  Springfield,  Mass.  2848,  2849 

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Gilmer,  T.  T.,  Lluriocte,  N.  C.  ,08 

Gilmour,  W.  O.,  Malbourna,  K*-/.  ,,,', 

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Olidden,  Hany,  Cleveland,  O  ,„, 

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Clover,  John  S.,  Columbia,  Pa.  ,6ys 

lilover,  Thomai,  Hanford.  Ct.  jj, 

tJobey,  C;eo.  W.,  Cirenceiter,  Etg.         ,60$ 
Godct,  K.  Lennock,  Hamilton,  B*r.  614 

Coetic,  Will.  K.,  Lockland,  ().  ,004 

Golder,  Stephen,  Coventry,  Eng.  800,  i7j( 
Conialei,  O.  G..  '.v^hington,  D.  C.  1141 
OcKxlall,  George,  London,  Kng.  ,jj, 

Goodhue,  F.,  Brattleb»>ro,  Vt.  j^t^ 

Goodrich,  E.  P.,  New  Britain,  Ct.  ,o« 

Gjodwll,  F.  W,,  Newark.  N.  J.  ,8a 

Goodwin,  Henry  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ,84a 
Goodwin,  H.  R.,  Manchester,  Eng.  ,631 
Goodwin,  S.  D.  M.,  Albany,  N.  Y.  j,„ 
Gordon,  D.  J.,  Plainfield,  N.  J.  j,8j 

Gorgat,  Geo.  A.,  I li. rrisourg,  Pa.  3, 

Gormully  &  Jeftery.  Chicago,  III  ,45,  ,^6 
Gorrecht.  W.  Frank,  Lancaater,  la.  a868 
Goaa,  Edward  O.,  Boaton,  Maaa.  ,,,, 

Gotwald,  Geo.  D.,  York.  Pa.  ,„8 

Gould,  Chai.  W..  New  York  ,616.  a6i7 

Gourley,  N.  R.,  Glena  Fall.,  N.  Y.       90,  9, 
Graf,  E.  P.,  Punxsutawney,  Pa. 
Graham,  jr.,  J.  S.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Graham,  \V.  E.,  St.  John,  N.  B. 
Graif,  Philip,  Athena,  N.  Y. 


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Grand  Centrai  Hotel,  St.  Cloud,  Minn    ,46, 


Grand  Union  HottI,  New  York 

Grant,  Jas.  E.,  Liverpool,  Eng. 

Grant,  John  C,  Chic;<go,  III. 

Graves,  B.  F.,  Shepherdstown,  W.  Va. 

Graves,  C.  P  ,  Buffalo,  N.  V. 

Graves,  F.  B.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Graves,  Louis  B.,  Minneapolia,  Minn. 
Graves,  M.  E.,  New  York 
Gray,  H.  P..  Cortland,  N.  Y. 
Gr?y,  John  W.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Green,  B.  (>K:ar,  West  Chester,  Pa. 
Green,  Charles,  Columbus,  Ind. 
Green,  H.  Martin,  Havant,  Eng. 
Green,  Wm.  O.,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
Greene,  S.  T.,  Belleville,  Ont. 


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Greenfield,  J.  H,,  Pi.ufieU.  Maaa. 

Greenlj-ai,  A.  K.,  Amesbury,  Maaa. 

Greer,  RobMNi  C.  Covington,  Ky. 

Gregg,  F   W.,  Tucaon,  Ariion.. 
C'^Ut.  Geo.  M.,  Ktniielt  Square,  Pa 
Gridky.  (Ulward  L..  New  York 
tiHc«iDger,  C.  L.,  Medina,  O. 
Griggs,  John  B.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Griffln,  Chaa.,  Greenwich,  N.  Y. 
(JrifRn,  C.  H.,   Ravenna,  O. 
Griffin,  .Seth  J.,  Ogden,  Utah 
Griffith,  M..  Berry villc.  Va. 
Griffiths  &  Co.,  Coventry,  Eng. 


GriffiH.s,  H.,  Much  Wenlock,  Eng. 
Griffiths.  J.  B.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 
Griaconi,  Joseph  W..  Jcnki.iiown,  Pa. 
Griswold,  Chas.,  Aurora,  III. 
Grosch,  August,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Grover,  T.  L.,  Galveston,  lex. 
Grow,  Arthur  R.,  Summit,  N.  J. 
Grose,  A.,  Chicago,  III. 
Gue,  Joe,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
Guerin,  B.  C,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Gulick,  John  C,  New  Yoric 
Gullen,  W.  F.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Gulliver.  Wm.  C,  New  York 
Gump,  A.  W.,  Da>lon,  O. 
Gunckel,  E.  W.,  Middletown,  O. 
Gunnis,  Russell  H.,  PhiladelphU,  Pa. 
Gunther,  H.  P.,  Louisville,  Xy. 
Guy,  Arthur  W.,  New  York 
Gwen,  Robert,  Carnarvon,  Eng. 
Haas,  J.  Franklin,  Summit,  N.  J. 
Haberbush,  Chas.  E.,  Unc;«ster,  Pa. 
Hafer,  John,  Bedford,  Pa. 
Hager,  Stansbury,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hahi.e,  August,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Hali/ajc  Hottl,  Halifax.  N.  S. 
Hall,  A.  M.,  Smithville,  N.  J. 
H.ill,  George  O.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Hall,  jr.,  H.  G.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hall,  jr.,  Harry  J.,  New  York 
Hall,  jr.,  Thos.  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 
Hall,  jr,  Wm.  H.,  New  York 
Hall.  W.  J.,  BoMon,  Mass. 
Hall,  W.  J.,  Reading,  Mas*. 
Hallam,  Chas.,  Hobart,  Tas. 
Hallam,  Thos.  F.,  Hobart.  Tat. 
Hallett,  F.  B.,  Orange,  N.  J. 
Hallock,  L    H.,  Portland,  Me. 
IJaIsey,C.  \^.  K  ,  Eliaabeth.  N.  J. 
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Halstead,  C.  T.,  Morristown,  N.  J.  375 

Hainan,  George  £.,  Ellington,  N.  Y.  2069 
Hamill,  i>.  B.,  Springfield,  Mass.  3205 

Hamilton  Holtt,  Hamilton,  Btr.  2455 

Hamilton,  Jay  Benson,  Providence,  R.  1.  2966 
Hamilton,  Robert  A.,  Albany,  N.  V  1863 
Hamlin,  Arthur  S.,  Canandaign  1,  N.  Y.  489 
Hamlin,  George  W.,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.  488 
Hamlin,  H.  B.,  Wadena,  Minn.  2028 

Hamm,  J.  J.,  Halifax,  N.  S.  664 

Hammar,  A.  H.,  Worcester,  Mass.  714 

Hampton,  jr.,  S.  Wade,  Memphis,  Tenn.  2237 
Hananer,  Chas.  W.,  Covington,  Ky.  aii3 
Hananer  &  Myers,  Covii-.gton,  Ky.  2984-86 
Hancock,  B.  P.,  Corpus  Chr'sli,  Tex.  1954 
Hand,  Fred  C;.,  Scranion,  Pa.  226 

Hannon,  G.  E.,  Denver,  Col.  im 

Htnson,  Conrad  R.,  Gloucester,  Mass.  1976 
Hanson,  Linwood  E.,  Gieat  Falls,  N.  H.  2688 


HapgoofI,  O.  D.,  Orange,  Mass. 
Haradon,  C.  R.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Harberson,  Ben,  Aupusta,  Ky. 
Harder,  J.  E.,  Clearfield,  Pa. 
Hardinf;,  EdA-ard  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
H.nrdinp,  M.  A.,  Chnlham,  N.  Y. 
Hardy,  T.  S.,  Oakland,  Cal. 
Hare,  Thomas,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Harley,  jr.,  Chas.  R.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Harlow,  Fred.  M.,  Springfield,  Yt. 
Harmon,  John  M.,  Meriden,  Ct. 
Harmony,  W.  P.,  Sidney,  O. 
Harper,  Wm.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Harpster,  J.  W,  Canton,  O. 
Harriman,  Smith  A..  New  York 
Harriman,  S.  F., Vineyard  Haven,  'lass. 2981 
Harrington,  Chas.  R.,  Lyons,  N.  V.  891,  1149 
Harrington,  E.  D.,  Newark,  N.  j.  1599 

Harrington,  George  S.,  Mald"n,  Mass.  1290 
Harris,  Frank  L.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Harris,  Frank  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hanis,  Howard  P.,  Buffalo,  N.  V. 
Harris,  J.  M.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Harris,  P.  M.,  New  York 
Harris,  Will.  ..,  Boston,  Mass. 
Harris,  W.  M.,  Calumet,  Mich. 
Harrison,  F,  H.,  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 
Harrison,  Reginald  Fairfax,  New  York  2174 
Harrison,  W.  H.,  Mercer,  Pa.  776 

Hart,  A.  A.,  ,St.  Louis,  Mo.  3343 

Hart,  Amos  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.        1117 
Hart,  E.  Stanley  &  Co.,   Philadelphia,  Pa. 

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Hart,  George  S.,  Rockford,  IH. 

Hart,  H.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hart,  H.  R.,  Croydon,  Eng. 

Hartford,  Willie  M.,  Rochester,  N.  H 

H.-rtshorn,  A.  E     Worcester,  Mass. 

Hartshorn,  E.  E.,  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J. 

Hartung,  Henry,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Hanwell,  Edward  M.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Harvard  College  Library,  Mass. 

Harvey,  E.  W.,  Sparta,  Wis. 

Harwood,  Henry,  Ishperning,  Mich. 

Harwood,  John,  Paterson,  N.  J. 

Hasbrouck,  D.  C,  Peekskill    N.  Y. 

Hasbrouck,  jr.,  R.  S.,  New  York 

Hasking,  C,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 

Hastings,  W.  H.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Hatch,  H.  L.,  Portland,  Or. 

Hatch,  H.  L.,  Salem,  Or. 

Hatha*ay,  A.  A.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Hathaway,  A.  S.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Hathaway,  D   J.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Hathaway,  S.  T.,  St.  Mary's,  Kan. 

Haven,  Hrrry  B.,  Florence,  Mass. 

Haviland,  Thomas  T.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  96; 

Hawkes,  F.  E.,  Greenfield,  Mass.  3183 

Hawley,  C.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C.  1425 

Hawley,  Harry  W.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.      678 

Hawley,  John  H.,  Washington,  D.  C.     1638 

Hay,  J.  G.,  Woodstock,  Ont.  1222 

Hayden,  H.  A.,  Allentown,  Pa.  1265 

Haydock,  R.  R.,  New  York  T325 

Hayes,  Alfred,  London,  Eng.  1550 

Hayes,  Chester  C,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.    588 
Hayes,  Harry,  London,  Eng.  1943 

Hayes,  Herbert,  London,  Eng.  1944 

Hayes,  John  Joseph,  Hatfield,  Eng.  1942 
Hayes,  William,  London,  Eng.  2793 

Hayford,  H.  Hartley.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  708 
Haynep,  Fred.  W.,  London,  Eng.  271  •, 

Haynes,  Gideon,  Boston,  Mass.  2262 

Haynes,  Nelson  T.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  3263 
Hays,  A,  A.,  Newark,  N.  J.  1799 

Hayward,  A.  H.,  Greenville,  N.  J.  1107 

Hayward,  A.  H.,  New  York  2737 

Hayward,  F.  H.,  Providence,  R.  f.  379 

Hayward,  J.  E.,  St.  Cloud,  Minn.  2461 

HaywarH,  T.  A.,  Susi|uehanna,  Pa.  2835 

H.-.rellon,  W   S.,  Melbourne,  Vict.  2919 

Ha/lfti,  Charles  A.,  Portsmouth.  N.  H.  i 
Hailelt,(Mrs.)C.  A.,  Portsmouth, N.  H.  3000 
Heales,  H.  C,  Hamilton,  Vict.  2036 

Healy,  Wm.  F.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.  1452 

Heath,  S.  K.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  928 


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Helwrd,  F.  S.,  Cheyenne,  V/y. 
Heberhart,  Wm.  G.,  Madison,  Ind. 
Heckman,  J.  W.,  Halifax,  A^.  S. 
Heermans,  W.  J.,  Corning,  N.  Y. 
Hegeman,  TSomai  B.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Heming,  A.,  New  York 
Hemmenn-ay.  E.  A.,  Dorchester,  Mass 
Hendee,  George  M.,  Spri.igfield,  Mass. 
Henderson,  E.  C,  Cleveland,  O. 
Henderson,  John,  Ashland,  Ky. 
Henderson,  J.  S.,  Elitabeth,  N.  J. 
Henderson,  M.  S.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Henderson,  S.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Henderson,  S.,  New  Yorl. 
Hendrickson,  Hlake,  Meilma,  ' ) 
Hendrie,  C.  W.,  Stamford,  Ct. 
Henry,  H.  S.,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
Hentz,  F.  A.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Hepinstall,  C.  H.,  Si.  Thomas,  Ota. 
Herendem,  F.  Albert,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
Herfurth,  Paul,  Elgin,  III. 
Henick,  C   B.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Herring,  W.  C,  New  York 
Hertz,  W.  H.,  Hazleton,  Pa. 
Hetz,  Lewis,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Heweitzer,  J.  L.,  Reading,  Pa. 
Hewitt,  E.  H  ,  Columbia,  S.  C. 
Heymer,  F.  W.,  Boston,  Mass 
Heyser,  E.  R.,  Huntingdon,  Pa. 
Hibbard,  Angus  S  ,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Hibson,  Robert  F.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hichbom,  C.  S.,  Augusta,  Me. 
Hickling  &  Co.,  Maidenhead,  Eng. 
Hickman,  J.  R.,  Newcastle,   Ind. 
Hickok,  Lester  E.,  Birmingham,  Ct. 
Higdon,  jr.,  John  T.,  Owe-isboro',  Ky. 


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Higgins,  C.  W.,  Smithville,  N.  J 

Higgins,  F.  E.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Higgins,  Henry  C,  Cincinnitus,  N.  Y 

Higgins,  H.  Stephen,  Portland,  Me. 

Higginson,  T.  W.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Higham,  H.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Highberger,  J.  B.,  Clearfield,  Pa. 
HigKlnnd  House,  Garrison's,  N.  Y. 
Highland  Mills  Hotel,  High.  M's,  N.Y 
Higlie,  T.  C,  Canton,  111. 
Hfldrelh,  Charles  D.,  Rome,  N.  Y. 
Hill,  A.  M.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Hill,  E.  F.,PeekskilI,  N.  Y. 
Hill,  E.  .S.,  St.  Cloitd,  Minn. 
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Hill,  Tho».  L.,  San  Francisco,  Gal. 
Hill  &  Tolman,  Worcester,  Mas*. 
Hiller,  Y.  J.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 
Hiilis,  F.  D.,  Halifax,  M  ,y. 
Hills,  Arthur  C,  Brighton.  N.  Y. 
Hinckcli£fe,  B.,  Derby,  Eng. 
Hinds,  C.  G.,  San  Louis  Obispo,  Cal. 
Hinman,  J.  A.,    :alikosh.  Wis. 
Hobart,  C.  H.,  East  Portland,  Or. 
Hobbs,  C.  A.,  Wi.kesbarrc,  Pa. 
Hoddick,  A.  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Hodges,  E.  C,  Boston,  Mais. 
Hodges,  F.  B.,  Kome,  N.  Y. 
Hodgins,  John  G.,  Tralee,  Ire. 


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Ho<lgson,  T.,  Amherst,  A'.  S. 
Hoffman,  jr.,  E.  A.,  New  York 
Hoffman,  J.  C,  Jefferson,  Wis. 
Hogg,  •   K.,  North  Shields,  Eng. 
\\o^,  W.  L.,  Belleville,  Ont. 
Holcombe,  John  M.,  Hartford,  Ct 
Holden,  W.,  Belleville,  Ont. 
Holland,  Charies  J.,  Medford   Mass. 
Holland,  Lincoln,  Worcester,  Mass. 


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Hollister,  Frank,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Holiister,  F.  R.,  Greenfield,  Mass. 
Hollister,  G.  T.,  Rutherford,  N.  J. 
Hoilister,  J.  C,  Portland,  Or. 
Holloway.  M.  F.,  Henderson,  K>. 
Holloway,  W.  Dosh,  Danville,  Pa. 
Holman,  C.  F.,  Millbury,  Mass. 
Holman,  G.  y.,  Willimantic,  Ct. 
Holmes,  G.  C,  Brockton,  Mass. 
Holmes,  Herbert,  Rockvillc,  Ct. 
Holmes,  S.  J.,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
Holt,  Arthur  B.,  Kankakee,  III. 
Holton  House,  Portland,  Or. 
Honiss,  W.  H.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Honk,  George  W.,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 
Honybun,  W.,  London,  Eng. 
Hooker,  Thomas,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Horn,  Charies  A.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Home,  Clark  H.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Home,  R.  H.,  .Stamford,  Ct. 
Horton.G.  H.,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Horton,  W.  P.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Hosford,  E.  B.,  Denver,  Col. 
Hotchkiss,  John  B,,  Washington,  D.  C. 
House,  Edward  S.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Hovey,  C.  F.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Howard,  (.has.,  London.  Eng. 
Howard,  Chas.  S.,  Boston,  Mass. 


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Howard,  Chas.  W. ,  Boston,  Mas». 
Howard,  H.  T.,  New  York 
Howard,  Leiand,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Howard,  T.,  Salim,  Or. 
Howe,  A.  A.,  Denver,  Col. 
Howe,  ().  K.,  Brati.  boro,  Vt. 
Howe,  H.  E.,  ChesI  ire,  Ct. 
Howe,  W.  L.,  Oskaioosa,  la. 
Howell,  Altred  E.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Howell,  Charles  L.,  Winter»et,  la. 
Howell,  Edgar,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Howell,  Kred  L.,  St.  Thomas,  Ont. 
Howell,  H.  v.,  Sandhurst,  Vul. 
Howell,  Lewis,  Millville,  N.  J. 
Howell,  L.  A,  Miilviile,  N.  J. 
Howland,  Wm.  B.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Hoyt,  Charles  L.,  Stamford,  Ct. 
Hfbbard,  Chas.  P.,  Birmingham,  Ct. 
Hubbard,  Lyle,  Toledo,  O. 
Hubbell,  H.,  Norwich,  Ct. 
Hi;bbell,  L.  L.,  Danbury,  Ct. 
Huber,  J.  W.,  Ashland,  Pa. 
Huber,  Stanley  B.,  Louisvillk,  Ky. 
Huggins,  James,  New  York 
Hughes,  C.  W.,  Shreve,  O. 
Hughes,  Isaac,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
Hughes,  J.  E.,  Newmarket,  C«/. 
Hughes,  T.  J.,  Liverpool,  Eng. 
Hughs,  f.  M.,  Bardstown,  Ky. 
Hull,  George  S.,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
Hull,  H.  H.,  Waynesb'irg,  Pa. 
Hull,  O.  E.,  Chariton,  la. 
H  umber  &  Co.,  London,  ^w/*.^       3126, 
Humphrey,  Eugene,  Yarmouth,  Me. 
Humphrey,  Osman  B.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Humphreys,  Henry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Humphreys,  R.  E.,  Irwin,  Pa. 
Hunt,  E.  P.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Hunt,  Riley,  Orange,  Ind. 
Huntington,  C.  G.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Huntington,  J.  T  ,  Cleveland,  O. 
Hurlbutt,  Harry  W.,  Stamford,  Ct. 
Hurlbutt,  \Vm.  A.,  Stamford.  Ct. 
Hurxthal,  jr.,  Benj.,  Mansfield,  O. 
Huss,  George  Martin,  New  York 
Huss,  Theodore,  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 
Husted,  George  \V.,  Camden,  N.  I. 
Husted,  J'amuH  G.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Hutchins,  C.  W.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
HutcliiMs,  Lovell,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Hutchinson,  Chas.  A.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
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Iddings,  Frank  A.,  Warren,  O.  1913 
Ideal  Pen  Co.,  The,  New  York       1758, 1759 

Ingalls,  D.  W.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  280c, 

Ingham,  Alfred  M.,  Brattl  boro,  Vt.  1568 

Ingram,  T.  L.,  Columbus,  Ga.  1956 

/nterfuiiiffHo/ f/oU!,  Boiton,  Miss.  --^j 

Inur-OctaH  Hottl,  Cheyenne,  Wy.  1450 

Iredell,  George  -S.,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  1366 

Ireland,  J.  E.,  La  Chute  Mills,  Oni.  2967 

Irving,  Arthur  B.,  Westfield,  N.  J.  1135 

Irving,  J.  G.,  Danbury,  Ct.  979 

Irwin,  A,  B.,  Rushville,  Ind.  373 

Irwin,  Wm.  G  ,  Columbus,  Ind.  2121 

Irwin,  W.  R.,  Emporia,  Kan.  2-3 

Irwin,  W.  T.,  Peoria,  III.  2492 

Isaacs,  Chas.  C,  Baltimore,  Md.  559 

Isbell,  W.  H.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.  2173 

Isham,  James  H.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  679 

IxioH  BicycU  Club,  New  York  1155 

Jackson,  B.  F.,  Lockport,  N.  Y.  1810 

Jackson,  C.  L.,  Rutherford,  N.  J.  771 

Jackson,  Fred  A.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  416 

Jackson,  H.  H.,  Ir  lii^napolis,  Ind.  2305 

Jacksoi.,  jr.,  H.  R.,  Rutherford,  N.  J.  328 

Jackson,  Schuyler  fi.,  Newark,  N.  J.  3303 

Jackson,  Thomas  W.,  Newark,  N.  J.  386 

Jacobi,  G.  N.,  Baltimore,  Md.  3076 

Jacobs,  Albert  P.,  Detroit,  Mich.  1079 

Jacobs,  Chas.  H.,  Detroit,  Mich.  1344 

Jacobsen,  Peter  N.,  Detroit,  Mich.  240? 

Jaffiay,  H.  S.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  2175 
Jagger,  L.  Courtlandt,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  968 

James,  Frank  B.,  New  York  2396 

James,  Mortimer  E.  O.,  London,  Eng.  1745 

James,  Sam'l  R.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  '125 

Janes,  Henry  E.,  New  York  24S8 

Jansen,  L.  W.,  Walden,  N.  Y.  2541 

Jaques,  J.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  1505 

Jarvis,  C.  W.,  Port  Arthur,  Ont.  723 
Jarvis,  H.,  Oxford,  Md.                    2210,  3273 

Jarvis,  H.  E.,  Burlington,  la.  606 

Jeffords,  H.  R.,  Cazeno/ia,  N.  Y.  993 

Jenidon   W.,  Columbia,  S.  C.  1295 

Jenkins,  Chas.  H.,  Louisville,  Ky.  122 

Jenkins,  Fred,  New  York  119 

Jenkins,  F.  M.  S.,  Ottawa,  Ont.  1854 

Jenkins,  H.  J..  Christchurch,  N.  Z.  1885 
Jennings,  A.  F.,  Springf.eld,  Mass.  2900,2901 

Jennings,  George  H.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  922 

Jennings,  Walter,  Salt  Lake  City,  U  1323 

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Jewell,  L.  W.,  Georgetown,  D.  C.  a8o8 

Jewett,  J.  Waldo,  New  Haven,  Ct.  1138 

Jimenis,  J.  0«wald,  Kew  York  38 

Johnfon,  A.  A.,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  849 

Johnson,  A.  B.,  New  York  963 

Johnson,  B.  F.,  Weymouth,  Mass.  1958 

Johnson,  C.  E.,  Salt  Lake  tity,  Utah     3034 
Johnson,  Elliott,  New  York  ,387 

Johnson,  Eph.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  950 

Johnson,  E.  P.,  Marshall,  Mich.  198a 

Johnson,  Fred  H.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  757 

»     Johnson,  Frank  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     J398 
Jbhnson,  (leo.  H.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.  3599 

Johnson,  Harold,  London,  Eng.  2666 

Johnson,  H.  G.,  North  Andover,  Mass.  3898 
Johnson,  Henry  J.,  Ashford,  Eng.  1977 

Johnson,  Joseph  L.,  Indianapoli>,  Ind.    1303 
Johnson,  J.  Q.  A.,  New  York  964 

Johnson,  L.  H.,  Orange,  N.  J.  ,489 

.»,  inson,  William,  Brisbane,  Queentland  2880 
Johnson,  Will  S.,  Newark,  »'.  J. 
Johnston,  C.  F.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Johnston,  Paul  S.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Johnston,  Sam.  B.,  Columbus,  Miss. 
Johnston,  W.  H.,  Irwin,  Pa. 
Jones,  A.  A.,  Willi^mstown,  Mass. 
Jones,  Clift  W.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Jones,  Edward  Jas.,  London,  Eng. 
Jenti  Hotel,  Forbet,  Weymouth,  N.  S. 
Jones,  Gerry,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Jores,  H.  C,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Jones,  Harry  John,  London,  Eng. 
Jones,  John,  Jamestown,  O. 
Jones,  O.  M.,  Simcoe,  Ont. 
Jones,  P.  W.,  Pittsiield,  Mass. 
Jones,  R.  L.,  Charlotte,  N.  C 
Jones,  T.  D.,  Henderson,  Ky. 
Jones,  Wm.  A.,  Richmond  Hill,  L.  I. 
Jones,  Walker  J.,  Harrisbuix,  Pa. 
Jones,  Wm.  T.,  Coal  Dale,  Pa. 
Jordan,  W.  H.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Joslin,  JameiT.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Joslin,  Joel  A.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Jouet,  C.  H.,  Roselle,  N  J. 
Joy,  Charles  F.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Judd,  H.  A.,  London,  Eng. 
Judge,  Herbert  E.,  Helena,  Mont. 
Judge,  Henry  M..  Adrian,  Mich. 
Judson,  A.  L.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Jullien,  H.,  Sandhurst,  K/W. 
Kahler,  Wm.  S.,  B.:simore,  Md. 
Kam,  W.  A..  Woof'stock,  Oti/. 
Katzeotack,  P.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 


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Kauffman,  Bruner,  Columbia.  Pa. 

Kaufman,  Abe,  Clarion,  Pa. 

Kaulbach,  G.  H.,  Greenfield,  Mass. 

Kavanaugh,  H.  S.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

Keam  &  Co.,  S.,  Sandhurst,  yict. 

Ktartargt  Hotat,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Keck,  George,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Keene,  Chas.  J.,  Era  hampton,  Masr 

Keer,  Frank,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Keller,  A.  L.,  Elgin,  III. 

Kelley,  Wm.  S.,  Smiihville,  N.  J. 

Kellogg,  Chas.  A.,  Hartford,  Ct. 

Kells,  W.  S.,  Piitsfield,  Mass 

Kelly,  H.  P. ,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Kelly,  W.  S.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Kelly  &  Ballard,  Ubanon,  Ky. 

Kemper,  A.  P.,  Harris,  nbuig,  Va. 

Kendall,  F.  P.,  Worceste-,  Mass. 

Kendall,  Hugh  H.,  Coming,  N.  Y. 

Kendall,  W.  G.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Kenly,  A.  C,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Kennard,  J.  B.,  Clearfield,  Pa. 

Kennedy,  C.  C,  Pitufield,  Mass. 

Kennedy,  Erwin  H.,  Pittsfield,  Mas*. 

Kent,  G.  W.,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

Kent,  Wm.  Geo.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

KtnyoH  College  Library,  Gambier,  O. 

Kern,  L.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Kerr,  D.  W.,  New  Castle,  Ind. 

Kerr,  Henry  H.,  Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

Kefcham,  Reeve,  Cornwall,  N.  Y. 

Keyer,  C.  E.,  Elyria,  O. 

Keyitotu  Houst,  Haw'.^/,  Pa. 

Kidder,  H.  3.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Kimball,  Edward  J.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  3811 

Kimball,  Fred.  H.,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.      3687 

Kimkrkook  Hotel,  Kinderhook,  N.  Y 

King,  A.  B.,  Smithville,  N.  J. 

King,  A.  Foster,  Flushing,  L.  I, 

King,  A.  J.,  Halifax,  A^.  J. 

Kings  County  IVheelmen,  Biooklyn,  N.Y.  94^ 

King,  Fred  G. ,  Corry,  Pa.  87 

King,  John  C,  Brook'yn,  N.  Y.  1388 

King,  L.  Stone,  Baltimore,  Md.  417,  418 

King,  Moses,  New  York  3858 

King,  Thomas  Geo.,  Ixindon,  En;,  1941 

Kingsbury,  R.  S.,  Xenia,  O.  ,904 

Kinnamon,  J, E. ,  Tilghman's  Island,  Md.  3470 

Kinch,  Charles  A,,  New  York  1834 

.Kinch,  jr.,  Fred.  A.,  Weitfield,  N.  J.      230S 

Kipp,  P.  E.,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  3974 

Kirkpatrick,  Chas.  R.,  London,  Eng.     3361 


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Kirkpatrick,  Sam.  H.,  Middlc.own,  Ct.  1098 
Kirkpalrick,  T.  J.,  Springfield,  O.  1910 

Kirk  wood,  K.  C,  Baltimore,  Md.  1658 

Kirtley,  jr.,  Wm..  Defiance,©.  1343 

Kitchell,  H.  N.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1122 

Kilchell,  J.  C,  Cincinnati,  O.  1935 

Kilching,  K.  W.,  New  York  127,  2382 

Kittinger,  Chas.  H.,  Seattle, Wash.  Ter.  1166 
Klots,  Walter,  New  York  1219 

Kluge,  Chas.  E.,  jersey  City,  N.  J.         2100 
Knapp,  U.  L.,  ?oston,  Mass.  iu6i 

Knapp,  C.  P.,  Wyoming,  Pa.  2903 

Knapp,  F.  W.,  Rutland,  Vt.  2164 

Knapp,  Lawrence,  Portland,  Or.  2671 

Knapp,  S.  Norris   Peekskill,  N.  Y.  546 

Knapp,  W.  K.,  Cleveland,  O.  3021 

Knauss,  Chas.  C,  Bethlehem,  Pa.  1439 

Knight,  Henry  C,  Silver  Creek,  N.  Y.    1926 

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Knight,  J.  H.,  Sandhurst,  yict. 
Knight,  T.,  Eastbourne,  Eng. 
Knowles,  R.,  Gan  (pris  Pau),  France 
Knowlton,  Chas.  M.,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y 
Knox,  C.  D.,  Lime  Rock,  C|. 
Knox,  J.  H.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Knox,  Thos.  W.,  New  York 
Koch  Brothers,  Peoria,  111. 
Koch,  John  H.,  Peoria,  III. 
Kohler,  G.  A.  Edward,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  346 

Kelp,  A.  J.,  Scranton,  Pa.  34 

Kostovitz,  L.  D.,  Budapest,  Austria  3307 

Krag,  C.  J.,  Columbus,  O.  1907 

Krank,  J.  W.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan.  2205 

Kreis,  Harry  P.;  Baltimore,  Md.  374 

Kroh,  C.  E.,  Foboken,  N.  J.  2293 

Kroppack,  Otto,  Burlington,  la.  1959 

Krug,  Wm.  B.,  Fordham,  N.  Y.  214 

Kudner,  Chas.,  Detroit,  Mich.  671 

Kiigemann,  E.  E.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1086 

Kugler,  John  G.,  Pottstown,  Pa.  2910 

Kuhns,  John  M.,  F'ort  Wayne,  Ind.  1752 

Kumler,  L.  M.,  Berwick,  Pa.  1259 

Kusel,  I.  J.,  Springfield,  111.  3328 

Lafayitlt,  Hotel,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  909 

Lailey,  C.  E.,  Toronto,  Ont.  1271 

Lake  House,  < 'ildwell,  N.  Y.  1877 

Lake,  Edwin  1  ,  New  York  2660 

Lake,  Frank  L.,  Rockford,  111.  684 
Lakin,  T.  A.  &  Co.,  Westfield,  Mass.  3331-2 

Lamb,  James,  London,  Ont.  11 77 

Lambert,  F.  P.,  York,  Eng.  2897 

Lamoreaux,  D.  A.,  High'd  Ms.,  N.  Y.  1866 
Lamson,  Chas.  H.,  Portland,  Me.      180,447 

Lamson,  J.  H.,  Poniand,  Me.  587 


I.>indes,  W.  G.,  Springfield,  Ma&s.  640 

l^ndis,  D.  B.,  Landisville,  Pa.  ^^q 

Landy,  E.  F.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1934 

Lane,  A.  T.,  Montreal,  Que.  jgi 

Lant,  Chas.  H.,  Templeton,  Mass.  2411 
I.angdown,  W.  H.,  Cnristchurch,  A'.  Z.  1883 

Langlcy,  Charles,  Toronto,  Ont.  i860 

I.angley,  H.  W.,  Daytoi.,  Ky.  2019 
I^nier,  Henry  &  Frank,  West  Point,  Ga.  931 

Lansford,  Thos.  Coll,  Coal  Dale,  Pa.  3340 

I^nsing,  R.  R.,  Detroit,  Mich.  113 

Larkiii,  W.  L.,  Haydenville,  Mass.  704 

Lathrop,  C.  E  ,  Armada,  Mich.  202 

La  louche,  R.  M.,  Scranton,  Pa.  2200 

Latta,  A.  G.,  Friendship,  N.  Y.  302/ 

Latta,  E.  G.,  Friendship,  N.  Y.  3026 

Lauterbach,  John,  Birmingham,  Eng.  2663 

Lnutz,  Howard  O.,  York,  Pa.  1096 

Lawrence,  G.  H.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  3321 

Lawson,  Orville  W.,  Louisville,  Ky.  645 

Lawton,  Sanford,  Springfield,  Mass.  222 

Lazarus,  S  ,  oandhurst,  Vict.  3045 

L'-nr,  Henry,  Doylestown,  Pa.  3301 

Learned,  D.  W.,  Y^mXo,  Japan  2627 

Learned,  W.  H.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  647 

Leddell,  C.  S.,  Morristown,  N.  J.  750 

Ledry,  W.  "  ,  Fostoria,  O.  503 
Lee,  N.  DeKoy,  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.  2510 

Lee,  R.  E.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  367 

Lee,  W.  H.  L.,  New  York  2022 

Leeson,  Arthur  J.,  Birmingham,  Eng.  2910 

Le  Fevre,  Lynn  A.,  Belleville,  O.  227* 

Lefferts,  L.  E. ,  New  York  1940 

Leffingwell,  Geo.  E.,  Hartford,  Ct.  79; 

Leibert,  Frank  J.,  Bethlehem,  p2.  3146 

Leisen,  C.  L.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  2912 

Lemeris,  A.  O.,  Newark,  N.  J.  389 

Lenox  Htmse,GttKnyi\c^,C\.  1723 

Lenox,  J.  G.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  650 

Z..j»»arrf//<7»«r,  Clearfield,  Pa.  1896 

Leonard,  E.  F.,  Springfield,  Mass.  looi 

Leonard,  O.  R.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  1569 

Leonard,  Wm.  D.,  New  York  1326 

Lesh,  H.  A.,  Auburn,  Ind.  2427 
Leslie-Lickley,  Alex.  Wm.,  Wandsworth- 

(Common,  London,  Eng.  3240 

Lester,  C.  E.,  Miller's  Falls,  Mass.  3o'^9 

Letcher,  jr.,  J.  H.,  Henderson,  Ky.  2323 

Le  Touman,  J.  K.,  Baltimore,  Md.  209 
Letts,  Son  &  Co.,  London,  Eng.      3093-3101 

Leve  &  Alden,  New  York  80 

Levering,  T.  D.,  Champaign,  III.  3032 

Lewis,  Arthur  P.,  Pfaiiadeiphia,  Pa.  139 


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Lewis,  Brandon,  La  Fayette,  Ind. 

Lewu,  D.  B.,  Yonkere,  N.  Y. 

Lewis,  E.  G.,  Caienovia,  N.  Y. 

Lewis,  Eugene  H.,  New  York 

Lewis,  Henry  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lewis,  Harold  R.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Lewis,  S.  R.,  Otego,  N.  Y. 

Lewis,  Wilbur  E  ,  Sumford,  Ct. 

Lewis,  W.  H.,  Melbourne,  Vict. 

Leypoldt,  Rudolph  G.,  New  York 

Libenow,  F.  E.,  Walden,  N.  Y. 

lightfoot,  F.  S.,  Fort  Wayn;,  Ind. 
Lighthouse,  Benj.,  Rochester,  N.  V. 
Lilley,  G'jrge  P.,  London,  Ont. 
Lillibridge  Brothers,  Rockiord,  III. 
Lincoln,  L.  J.,  Lubec,  Me. 
Lindemuth,  E.  E.,  Wichita,  Kan. 
Lindenberg,  Henry,  Columbus,  O. 
Lindner,  jr.,  John,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Lindquist,  N.  E.,  Menekanne,  Wis. 
L;ndsay,  John  S.,  Chattanooga,  Tenr.. 
Lindsay,  Frank  A.,  Lynn,  Mass. 
Lindsley,  jr.,  A.  V.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
LinkfieH,  R.  E.,  Elgin,  111. 
LinoniaH  Library,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Lintz,  W.  D.,  New  York 
Lippincott,  Benj.,  Cinnaminson,  N.  J. 
Lippincott,  G.  A.,  Mt.  Holly,   N.  J. 
Littell,  Hiram  E,,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Little,  Arth      *f.,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
Littlejohn,  Edw.^rd,  Chatham,  N.  J. 
Livingston,  H.  S.,  Cincinnati,  O. 


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Llewelyn,  F.,  South  Y»rra,  Vict. 
Lloyd,  S.  M.,  Goderich,  Ont. 
Locke,  Herbert  E.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Locke,  W.  S.,  City  of  Mexico,  Mix. 
Lockwood,  S.  A.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 
Logan  House,  Altoona,  Pa. 
Logan,  John  L.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Logan,  John  W.,  Merrimac,  Mass. 
Logan,  W.  T.,  Glasgow,  Scot. 


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Long,  J.  H.,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y. 
Longenecker,  C.  b.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Longood,  S.  S.,  Meadville,  Pa. 
Lorber,  L.  J.  E.  J.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Lord,  Frank  N.,  New  York 
L«reni,  Wm   A.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Loucks,  A.  C.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N   Y. 
Lovell,  George  M.,  Southbridge,  Mass. 


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Lucas,  liurt  G.,  Monmouth,  Or. 
Lucas,  G.  H.,  Sprii.^fSela,  Mai*. 
Lucas,  G.  Loutrel,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Lucas,  Philip  H.,  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

Ludwig,  Charles  B.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Lufkin,  E.  C,  Titusville,  Pa. 

Luke,  J.   H.,  Sandhurst,   Vict. 

Lunger,  John  B.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Luse,  Stephen  W.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 

Lyman,  Charles,  Montreal,  Qut. 

Lyman,  W.  I.,  Springtield,  Masa. 

Lyne,  Lewis  F.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Lyon,  Charles  A.,  Bangor,  Me. 

Lyon,  C.  L.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Lyon,  C;eorge  A.,  Pittsburg,  Pa, 

Mabbett,  Edwin  J.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Mabie,  Geo.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

McAuslan,  John  W.,  Providence,  R.  I 

McBride,  R.  H.,  Toronto,  Oni. 

McCarthy,  John,  London,  OwA 
M'Glintock,  W.  C,  W.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ^47 
McCIure,  S.  S.,  New  York  4,, 

McComas,  W.  E.,  Hagerstown,  Md.  861,86a 
McCormack,  W.  H.,  New  York  4, 

McCoy,  Wm.  D.,  Wheeling,  'V.  Va.        1850 
McCre.-..ry,  W.  J. .  Nr  -*  York  ,33, 

McCroskery,  L.  W.  Y.,  Newburj;h,  N.  Y.  9C6 
McCulIoch,  Arch.,  T-.iiro,  N.  S.  ,041 

McCulIouch,  W.  G.,  Trenton,  N.  J.  j,,; 
McCune,  Jos.,  Columbus,  O. 
Macdonald,  Samuel  J.,  Newark,  N.  J 
McDougall,  Chas.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Macduff,  R.  E.,  CleveUnd,  O. 
McElwain,  J  S.,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
McEwen,  D.  C,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 
McFaddcn,  Walter  C,  Mt.  Vernon,  O.  1791 
McFadden,  Will.  C,  Mt.  Vernon,  O.  1839 
McFnrland,  A.,  Corry,  Pa.  1030 

McGarrett,  A.  O.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1007 
MacGowan,  G.  P.,  NewHaven,  Ct.  1548 
McGowin„  J.  W.,  Pittsburp,  Pa.  2033 

McGuire,  Philip,  Halifax,  A'.  5'.  ,501 

Mclntire,  John  W.,  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.  2578 
Mclntire,  W.  W.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.       43, 


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Mcintosh,  H.  A.,  Kincardine,  Ont. 
Mclnturff,  A.  P.,  Strasburj;,  Va. 
Mack,  F.  O.,  Wabpeton,  Dak. 
Mack,  J.  S.,  Warmambool,  Vict. 
McKay,  G.  W.,  Auburn,  Ind. 
McKay,  S.  L.,  Woodstock,  Ont. 
McKee,  Chas.  W.,  St.  John,  A^.  B. 
Mackee,  HE.,  Stamford,  Ct. 


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McKenna,  Louis  A.,  Anuapolift,  N.  S.  1462 

McKenney,  C.  K.,  Lake  City,  Col.  2376 

McKenzie,  Alf.  E.,  Vruro,  iV.  S.  104a 

Mack.in,  W.  C,  Frankfort,  Ky.  767 
McKnight,  Clias.  H.,  Springfield..  Mais.  536 

Macknight,  J.,  Newry,  Eitg.  7937 

McKnight,  J.  B.,  Krookville,  Pa.  2786 

McKnight,  W.  M.,  Clearfield,  Pa.  2287 

McLain,  Cha».  J.,  Kort  Wayne,  Ind.  1750 

McLaren,  James,  Ft.  William,  Ont.  50"; 

McLaughlin,  J.  K.,  Hagtrstown,  Md.  1251 

McLindon,  Wm.,  Schuylerville,  N.  Y.  1878 

McN ,  New  Orleans,  La.  25 ,3 

McNeil,  G.  C,  Akron,  O.  260S 
MacOwen,  Arthur  IX.,  PhilatJelphia,  Pa.  520 

MacOwen,  Frederick,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1345 
McQueston,  E.  A.,  Manchester,  N.  H.    432 

McRae,  E.  H.,  Sydney,  A^.  S.  IK  2212 

McWorkman,  Wm.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  2131 

Maddux,  J.  H.,  Warrenton,  Va.  1246 

Mapill,  Frank,  Irwin,  Pa.  2179 

Mahafifey,  James,  Clearfield,  Pa.  22S3 

Maier,  Geo.  E.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  322 

JtfaiH  S/.  Houst,  Silver  Creek,  N.  Y.  1926 

Mains,  Isaac  N.,  Pleasant  Gap,  Mo.  2957 

Mallalicu,  S.  M.,  Meiiphis,  Tenn.  2086 

Maltby,  L.  U.,  Philadtlphia,  Pa.  909 
Malvern,  Frank.  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.  uoS,  3199 

Mammoth  Cave  Hotel,  Cave  City,  Ky.  2093 

Manaway,  John,  Uniontown,  Pa.  1807 

Mandell,  A.,  Titusville,  Pa.  1538 

Mang,  A.  G.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  1812 

Mann,  Chas.  A.,  Cizenovia,  N.  Y.  2154 

Manning,  David,  Worcester,  Mass.  14  iS 

Manning,  W.  B.,  Kokomo,  Ind.  3179 

Mansfield,  Geo.  E.,  Sprin^eld,  Mass.  64 

Mansfield,  Howard,  New  York  112S 

A(i»u/«i //<WM«,  Morristown,  N.  J.  1784 

.W!i«i<w« //«»«*,  Northampton,  Mass,  2248 

Mansion  House,  WilHamstown,  Mass.  1893 

Mansion  House,  Yonkcrs,  N.  Y.  2775 
M^rbUtuad  Bi.  Club,  Marblchcad,  Mass.  494 

Marcy,  Arthur  D.,  Boston,  Mass.  1358 

Marion,  Wm.  C,  New  York  2739 

Markell,  Edward,  Baltimore,  Md.  2001 

Ma  :;den,  G.  F.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  1534 

Marsh,  A.  L.  C,  Plainfield,  N.  J.  2689 

Marsh,  Clarence,  Chicago,  111.  3262 

Marsh,  D.  W.,  Coldwater,  Mich.  1969 

Marsh,  Geo.  E.,  Hartford,  Ct.  794 

Marsh,  W.  C,  Springfield,  Mas*.  995 

Marshall.  A.  S.,  Rutland,  Vt.  »i6i 

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Martin,  Alf.  F.,  Qearfield,  Pa. 
Maniu,  Frank  P.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Martin,  George,  Sydney,  N.  S.  W. 
Ma. tin,  Geo.  J.,  Kiiiabeth,  N.  J. 
Martin,  James,  Sydney,  A'.  .S.  W. 
Martin,  W.  E  ,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Martin,  W.  W.,  Salem,  Or. 
Mariiue,  J.  B.,  New  York 
Marvin,  Will  C,  Ovid,  Mich. 
Maslin,  G.  William,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Mason,  Crawford,  New  York 
Mason,  Elliott,  New  York 
Mason,  H.  P.,  So.  Kilvington,  Eng: 
Mason,  jr.,  Volney  W.,  Providence,  R.  I.  1312 

Maisey,  L.  J.,  Charlotte,  S.  C.  1298 

Matem,  W.  J.,  Bloomington,  111.  2483 

Mather,  Geo.  E.,  Mentor,  O.  2824 

Mathers,  Hugh  T.,  Sidney,  O.  1865 

Mathews,  Albert,  New  York  2925 

Matthews,  Brander,  New  York  908 

Matthews,  J.  R.,  Madison,  Ii.d.  2597 

Maurer,  J.  M.,  Washington,  Pa.  2n5 

Mayer,  Geo.  L.,  Scranton,  Pa.  2194 

Mayer,  V.  F.,  Chicago,  111.  2137 
Maynadier,  Henry  D., Washington,  D.  C.  203 

Maj/nard House,  Solon,  Me.  1831 

Mead,  jr.,  Fi   derick.  New  York  2209 

Mead,  Robert  D.,  Newark,  N.  J.  395 

Mead,  S.  Allen,  Peekskill,  N.  Y.  754 

Mealy,  A.  E.,  Baltimore,  Md.  <4i 

Meeker,  James  R.,  Newark,  N.  J.  894 

Meeker,  W.  M.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  2613 

Meerhoff,  Charies,  Irwin,  Pa.  2181 

Meeteer,  W.  H.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1350 

Mehring,  H.  W.,  Elgin,  III.  1481 

Menus,  W.  K.,  Burhngton,  Vt.  1970 

Mellor,  Wm.  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  84 

Mentz-^l,  A.  W.,  Baltimore,  Md.  352 

Morccreau,  E.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1678 

Mirgenthaler,  A.  E.,  Fostoria,  O.  442 

Merrill,  Edwin  R.,  Yarmouthvillt,  Me.  264$ 

Merrill,  Fred.  T.,  Portland,  Or.  1573 

Merrill's  Hestaurant,  Haniord,  Ct.  2138 

Merritt.  Henry  K.,  Morristown,  N.  J.  246 

Merritt,  W.  H.,  Woodstock,  Ont.  936 

Mersch,  Herman,  Appleton  City,  Mo.  2573 

Merwin,  jr.,  E.  P.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  2273 

Messer,  Frank  H.,  Stoneham,  Mass.  1625 

Mes-sler,  Leon  B.,  Canton,  III.  2677 
Mctcalf,  H.  J.,  So.  Framinphain,  Mass.  2187 

Metiver,  C,  St.  Heliers,  Eng.  2934 

Meyer,  Frank  C,  Canton,  O.  104 

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Meyer,  H.  J.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  ,754 

Meyer,  jr.,  Jos.  A.,  Canton,  O.  1849 

Meyer,  O.  H.,  Richmond,  Va.  3090 

Meyen,  Geo.  M.,  Washington,  D.  C      a6«4 

Michels,  Walter,  Stamford,  Ct.  1715 

Mickey,  H.  E.,  Fostoria,  O.  501 

Middleton,  W.  H  ,  Harrisburg,  Pa.  194 

Mfid.iUtown  tV/uelClub,  Middletown,Ct.  3J00 

Midgley,  Thomas,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa. 

Mildrum,  W.  W.,  Easi  Berlin,  Ct. 

Miles,  Samuel  A.,  Chicago,  111. 

Miles,  W.  G.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Milhau,  R.  L.,  Brcwkiyn,  N.  Y. 

Milieman,  W.  i!.,  New  York 

Miller,  A,  E.,  Shepherdsiown,  W.  Va. 

Miiler,  jr.,  B.  K.,  P    'waukee.  Wis. 

Miller,  C.  Herbert,  Huntington,  Pa. 

Miller,  Chas.  H.,  Springfi;ld,  Mass. 

Miller,  Chas.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Miller,  Dayton  C,  Berea,  O. 

MiUer,  D.  E.,  Spriusfield,  Mass. 

Miller,  E.  C,  Haydenville,  Mass. 

Miller,  E.  E.,  Cantor,  O. 

Miller,  Edw.  H.,  Portland,  Or. 

Miller,  Frank  A.,  Susquehanna,  Pa. 

Miller,  Frank  S.,  Westfield,  N.  J. 

Miller,  F.  W.,  Ashland,  O. 

Miller,  G.  A.,  Sandhurst,  yict. 

Milhr,  Geo.  D.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Miller,  Geo.  S.,  Springfijld,  Mass. 

Miller,  Howard,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Miller,  H.  G.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Miller,  J.  D.,  Montreal,  ^«». 

Miller,  J.  E.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Miller,  Julius  M.,  Emsworth,  Pa. 

Miller,  John  P.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 


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Miller,  T..  Ballarat,  yici. 
Miller,  Wm.  Allen,  New  York 
Miller,  W.  H.,  Columbus,  O. 
Mills,  B.  O.,  Camden,  N.  J. 
Milner,  W.  E.,  London,  Eng. 
Milner,  Wm.  N.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V 
Milton  Bradley  Co.,  Springfield,  Ma&i. 
Milvin,  Samuel,  Waynesburp,  Pa. 
Minton,  Joseph  C,  Chatham,  N.  J. 
Mirick,jr.,  Frank  B.,  New  York 
Misner,  John  S.,  Peoria,  III. 
Mitchell,  Alex.,  New  Preston,  Q. 
Mitchell,  Z.  T.,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
Mitchell,  J.  T.,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 
Mitchell,  W.  E..  Portland,  Or. 
Mitchell,  W.  L,,  Middletown,  Ct 
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Mixer,  Earl  A.,  Van  Homesville,  N. 
Moessnrr,  Thomas  E.,  New  York 
Moflelt,  C.  L.,  Newton,  N.  J. 
Monell,  S.  H.,  New  York 
Monfort,  W.  L.,Wapp'ger'«  F'lls,  N. 
Montrou  Bicycle  Club,  Montrose,  Pa, 
Moody,  F.  C,  Springueld,  Mass. 
Moody,  M.,  Dennison,  O. 
Moore't  County  Hotel,  Somerville,  N. 
Moore,  Douglas  G.,  Oamaru,  N.  Z. 
Moon,  Frank  C,  New  York 
Moore,  Frank  H.,  Calais,  Me. 
Moore,  H.  C,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Moore,  J.  L.,  Moorestown,  1..  J. 
I     Moresby,  W.  H  ,  With.im,  Eng. 
Mjrgan  House,  Lee,  Mass. 
Morgan,  II.  P.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Morgan,  James,  Bath,  Eng. 
Morgan,  J.  Howard,  Westerly,  R.  I. 
Morgan,  W.  J.,  Chicago,  111. 
Morrill,  E.  H.,  Rochester,  N.  H. 
Morrill,  G.  B.,  Portland,  Me. 
Morris  Bros.,  Pontypridd,  Eng. 
Morris,  G.  W.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 
Morris,  Marriott  C,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Mo.-ris,  Wm.  M.,  Pontypridd,  Eng. 
Morrison,  W.  J.,  Moorestown,  N.  J. 
Morrow,  J.  F.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Moses,  Frank  W.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Moses,  Howrrd  B.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Moses,  O.  I..,  New  York 
Mothersill,  G.  A.,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Mott,  J.  A.,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Mott,  J.  C,  New  York 
Moulton,  F.  O.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Moulton,  F.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Moultrie,  Lloyd,  San  Jose,  Cal. 
Mount,  W.  B.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 
Mountjoy,  Chas.  E.,  London,  Oni. 
Mudd,  Frank  X.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
Muger,  jr.,  C,  Now  York 
Muirhead,  J.  A.,  London,  Ont. 
Mulford,  Herschel,  Millville,  N.  J. 
Mtilford,  W.  S.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Mtimford,  W.  B.,  Adrian,  Mich. 
Mnndy,  H.  L.,  (Williamsport,  Pa.) 
Miinsell,  F.,  Albany,  N.  V. 
Mun?on,  Arthur,  Stamford,  Ct. 
Murdock,  J.  M.,  Johnstown,  Pa. 
Murphy,  John  W.,  Oxford,  Md. 
Murray,  Wm.  J.,  Truro,  .V.  .9. 

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Mycr*,  Frank,  l^ndon,  En^-  1964 

Myers,  Philip  N.,  Covingtu.i,  Ky.  joo 

National  HfM,  Chambersburg,  Pa.  2790 

NatioMcUHoUl,  Waynesboro,  Pa.  1253 

Nedels,  S.  T.,  Uroveport,  O.  1199 

Neill,  Jm.  W.,  Mine  U  Motte,  Mo.  2310 

Newby,  Geo.  Rayaon,  New  York  ij6 

J4ewcastle,  C.  C,  Portland,  Or.  1665 
Newliall,  Kugene  P.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  300 

New  McClurt  Houu,  Wheeling,  W.Vx  2145 

Newman,  J.  Ernest,  Canton,  Pa.  2626 

Newman,  W.  G.,  New  York  1379 

Neui  York  BicycU  Cltib  2400 
New  York  Toy  Co.,  New  York        2062-2064 

Nichol,  Robert  W.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  2436 

Nicholas,  Arthur  I.,  Youngstown,  O.  104) 

Nichols,  John  W.,  Westfield,  N.  J.  1131 

Nichols,  W.  C,  Oxford,  Md.  2295 

Nicholson,  A.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  2948 

Nicholson,  John  C  ,  Cleveland,  O.  2651 

Nicholson,  J.  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  2791 

Nickerson,  H.  C,  Portland,  Or.  2675 

Niesley,  C.  M.,  Mechanicsburg,  Pa.  681 

Niles,  Aaron  R.,  Wellsboro,  Pa.  2420 

Nivling,  Curtin,  Clearfield,  Pa.  22S9 

Nixon,  Alfred,  London,  Eng.  841 

Nixon,  T.  S.,  Stafford,  Eng.  2531 
Nixon,  W.  G.,  Chambersburg,  Pa.  1127,2747 

Norman,  Benj.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  284 

Norman,  C.  W.,  Cleveland,  O.  1587 
Norman,  Wescott,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  248,  249 

Normecutt  ci  Co.,  J.  E.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  19S0 

Norris  House,  Lebanon,  Ky.  ao88 

Norris,  Albert  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  59 

Norris,  J.  Foxley,  London,  Eng.  1250 

Norris,  Will  E.,  Helena,  Mont.  2324 

North,  Wm.,  Teheran,  Persia  3361 

Northern,  C.  C,  Nashville,  Tenn.  2297 

Northern,  J.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  229S 

Northern,  K.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  rjggS 

Northrop,  C.  W.,  Newark,  N.  J.  393 

Norton,  F.  J.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  2145 

Norton,  M.  J.,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  .  an.  247 

Norton,  P.  T.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  1526 

Novirse,  C.  G.  K.,  Whitby,  Ont.  724 

Nourse,  W.  H.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  607 

Nunn,  C.  _H.,  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Eng.  2562 

Nutting,  A.  F.,  Lewiston,  Me.  2970 

Oak,  H.  C,  Merrimac,  Mass.  2300 

Obreiter,  S.  H.,  Lancaster,  Pa  3239 

O'Connell,  jr.,  Colman,  Lime.-itk,  Ire.  3028 

O'Connor,  Frank,  London,  Eng.  3324 

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Odeil,  Chas.  H.,  Salem,  Ma.vi. 
Odell,  Chas.  W.,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Odell,  W.  P.,  Pittsfield,  Ma&s. 
Oeters,  George  C,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Oettinger,  Jacob,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Ogden,  H.  C,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 
Ogilvie,  James,  i^undee,  Scot. 
Oglesbee,  R.  B.,  Plymouth,  Ind. 
Ohnhous,  Louis,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 
Okey,  J.,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 
Oliver,  E.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Oliver,  Edwin,  New  York 
Oliver,  W.  George,  Edinburgh,  Scat. 
Oliver  &  Co.,  W.  N.,  New  York 
Olmstead,  W.  W,,  Mt.  Carmel,  111. 
Olney,  Charles  M.,  Mansfield,  Pa. 
Ormsbee,  James  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Orr,  C.  P.,  New  Castle,  Ala. 
0.rr,  G.  H.,  Toronto,  Oni. 
Osbom,  George  P.,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 
Osbome,  G.  N.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Oslxime,  M.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Osgood,  W.  S.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
Osterhout,  W.    E.,  Orange,  Mass. 
Otis,  Charles,  New  York 
Ottman,  A.  B.,  Titusville,  Pa. 
Otto,  Frank  R.,  Williansport,  Pa. 
Oviatt,  N.  C,  Waterbury,  Ct. 
Ovid  Bicycle  Club,  Ovid,  Mich. 
Owen,  O.  L.,  Whitinsville,  Ma5->. 
Owen,  W.  O.,  Laramie  City,  Wy.  Ter. 
Owens,  J.  E.,  Liverpool,  Eng. 
Packard,  W.  D.,  Warren,  O. 
Page,  Arthur  H.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Page,  Fred  S.,  Willimantic,  Ct. 
Page,  Irvin  N.,  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass. 
Page,  W.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Paillard,  Alf.  E.,  New  York 
Paine,  Richmond  P.,  Meriden,  Ct. 
Painter,  J.  W.,  Christchurch,  N.  Z. 
Painter,  R.  S.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Painter,  Will  H.,  Williamsport,  Pa. 
Palen,  Wm.  W.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Palmer,  C.  R.,  Burlington,  Vt. 
Palmer,  jr.,  Robert,  Noank,  Ct. 
Palmer,  Ralph  H.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Paoli,  M.  G.,  New  York 
Park  House,  Curwinsville,  Pa. 
Park  House,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Parker  Hoiue,  Latrobe,  Pa. 
Parker,  A.  B.,  Norristown,  Pa. 
Parker,  Edwin  C,  New  York 


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Parker,  K.  K.,  Chico{y!e,  MaM. 

Parker,  F.  M.,  C:hicop<;  KalU,  Maa*. 

Parker,  Will  W.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Parkhill,  Charles  K.,  Belvidere,  111. 

Parks,  C.  W.,  Springfield,  Maia. 

Parkyn,  Chas.  C,  Boaton,  Mas*. 

Parmelee,  Edwin  I,  ,  New  Haven,  Ct.    J874 

Parme'ee,  G.  L.,  Huston,  Mass.  uj6 

Parmenter,  Jas.  S.,  Woodstock,  Ont.       laii 

Parris,  J.  \V.  L.,  Augusta,  Ky.  ,,6i 

Parry,  W.  J.,  Sandhurst,  Vict.  J766 

Parshley,  F.  B.,  East  Rochester,  N.  H.  J368 

Parsons,  Albert  S.,  Lexington,  Mass.       iji8 

Parsons,  F.  H.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Parsons,  Fred  W.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Parsons,  H.  C,  Natural  Bridge,  Va 

Parsons,  Walter  H.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Partridge,  W.  H.,  Portland,  Or. 

Pa.ierson,  Sam,  Logansport,  Ind. 

Paltillc,  J.  B.,  Halifax.  N.  S. 

Pattillo,  T.  .S,  Truro,  V.  .y. 

Pattison,  Arthur  E.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Patton,  Geo.  E.,  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

Patton,  J.  Hervey,  Harrisburg,  Pa 

Patton,  S.  M.,  Holly  Springs,  Miss. 

Patton,  T.  M.,Truro,  A'.  J. 

Payfair,  Jos.  E.,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Payne,  Geo.  S.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Payne,  H.  R.,  Clev»land,  O. 

Payne,  W.  E.,  Rockville,  Ct. 

Payne,  William,  London,  Ont. 

Pearce,  W.  J.,  London,  Eng. 

Pearson,  Geo.  B.,  New  York 

Peck,  Albert  F.,  Detioit,  Mich. 

Peck,  Wm.  L.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Peirson,  E.  E.,  Batavia,  N.  Y. 

Pelouse,  Frank  H.,  Washington,  D.  C.   "07 

Pendleton,  J.  Louis,  Belfast,  Me. 

Pendleton,  Wm.  H.,  Taunton,  Mass. 

PtHfitld  Hotel,  Penfield,  Pa. 

Penfield,  Chas.  H.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Pennell,  G.  C,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Penney,  Frank  E.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Penniman,  Yates,  Baltimore,  Md 


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Pentecost,  J.  W.,  Scranton,  Fa. 
Ptnria  Public  Library,  Peoria,  III. 
Perego,  Arthur  W.,  New  York 
Perham,  Will  L.,  Paris,  Me. 
Perkins,  H.  A.,  Genoa,  III. 
Perkins,  Howard  L.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Perkins,  L.  C,  Philadelphia,  Fa. 
Viiiiy,  vViuU  o.,  Coiumbus,  O. 


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Peters.  Wm.  C,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  .g,, 

Petiee,  jr.,  J.,  S.  Abiogton  Station,  Mass  250 
Pettengill,  1   'w.  T.,  Waahington,  D.  C.   47J 


Pettus,  Edv  „d,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Pferd,  John  A.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Pforr,  Geo.  J.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Pharo,  Charles,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Pharr,  Will  L.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
Phelps,  Henry  C.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Phi  of  Psi  Upsilon,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich 


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PhiiaJtlpkia  BicycU  Club,  60  N.  13th  st.  306 
Philbrick,  A.  J.,  Salem,  Mass.  ,5, 

Philips,  Clayton,  Waynesboro,  Pa.  2708 

Philips,  Geo,  &  Son,  London,  Eng  3334, 3335 
Phillip,  Frank,  Scranton,  Pa.  ,508 

Phillips,  A.  A.,  London,  Eng.  197,,  jj,, 
Phillips,  A.  L.,  Pottsville,  Pa.  ,7,6 

Phiilips,  R.  E.,  London,  Eng.  2239,  3'36 
Photo- Electrotype  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  2449 
PIckard,  Daniel,  Northamptcn,  Mass.  2536 
Pierce,  Ash,  Butte,  Mom.  ,330 

Pierrepont,  J.  Shepherd,  New  Haven,  Ct.  921 
Pierson,  Arthur  N.,  Westfield,  N.  J.  1132 
Pierson,  John  V.  L.,  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  2785 
Pierson,  Leopold,  Uoinford,  Eng.  2018,  2933 


Pigman,  J.  R.,  Cincinnati,  O 
Pilling,  Chas.  J.,  PhiUdelphia,  Pa. 
Pinkerton,  Chas.  E.,  Zanesville,  O. 
Pitcher,  Wilbcrt  R.,  Portland,  Me. 
Pitman,  Will  R.,  New  York 
Pittenger,  Wm.,  Haddonfield,  N.  J 


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Place,  V.  C,  Pinos  Altos,  N.  M. 

Piatt,  H.  M.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Plowe,  C.  Harold,  Peoria,  III. 

Plumb,  Clarence,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Plumb,  jr.,  Willie  E.,  Birmingham,  Ct. 

Plummer,  jr.,  W.  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Poage,  AsMand,  Ashland   Ky. 

Polhill,  J.  H.,  Macon,  Ga. 

Polk.  J.  Knox,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Polk,  R.  H.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

Pomeroy,  B.  F.,  Meriden,  Ct. 
Pomeroy,  C.  S.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Pool,  Frar.k  J.,  New  York 
Fool,  Harwood  R. ,  New  York 
Pool,  S.  E.,  West  Newton,  Pa. 
Pool,  S.  H.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Pope,  Albert  A..  Poston,  Mauj. 
Pope,  Edward  W.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Pope,  George.  Soston,  Mass 
Pope,  Louia  A.,  Warren,  R.  I. 


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Porter  &  B^iker,  Bay  Ci»y,  Mich  1093 

Porter,  E.^.,  Ueerfield,  Mau.  lifto 

Porter,  John  A.,  Wathingtoii,  D.  C.  1100 
Porter,  J.  Madiaon,  Hackettttown,  N.  J.  uh? 

Porter,  l.ulher  H.,  Eait  Orange,  N.  J.  Mqj 

Pest  Library,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan.  J707 

Poat,  U.  J.,  Hartford,  Cl.  796 

Potter,  Charles  M.,  Cleveland,  O.  4JS 

Potter,  Howard  W.,  Keadiiig,  Pa.  io<) 

Potter,  Samuel,  Callan,  Irr.  3197 

Pound,  Robinson,  Plainficid,  N.  J.  901 

Powell,  Abr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1817 

Powell,  Joe,  Smithville,  N.  J.  isiS 

Power,  Chai.,  New  York  1407 

Powers,  H.  D.,  Tomah,  Wis.  J803 

Pratt,  Arthur  M.,  Chelsea,  Masa.  1151 

Pratt,  Charles  E.,  Boaton,  Mass.  311 

Pratt,  Ed.,  Rockville,  Ct.  196a 
Pratt,  F.  Alcott,  Concord,  Mass.       3a9,  1299 

Pray,  Chas.  F.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1718 

Pray,  William  E.,  Coldwater,  Mich.  3317 

Pray,  W.  P.,  Bristol,  Pa.  49 

Pray,  W.  S.,  Simco,  C?»i/.  1177 

PribU  Haute,  Portland,  Me.  1279 

Preece,  A.  E.,  Christchurch,  A^.  Z.  3220 

Preston,  Frank,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  426 

Price,  C.  A.,  Jamestowr,  N.  Y.  3159 

Price,  Ed.  A.,  Huntington,  Ind.  3921 

Prince,  A.  K.,  Eliiab.th,  N.  J.  1699 

Prince,  John  S.,  tiew  York  1244 

Pritchard,  W.  J.,  Elgin,  111.  1483 
Probst  &  Fisbeck,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  2231-33 

Probst,  J.  F.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  1709 

Procter,  T.  R.,  Utica,  N.  Y.  3104 

ProvidtHCt  Bi.  Club,  Providence,  R.  I.  2789 
Psi  UfisUoH  Library,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.      19 

PMk  Library,  Bridgeport,  Ct.      3150,  3151 

Pugh,  jr.,  J.  D.,  New  York  1590 
Punderson,  San.uel  F.,  New  Haven.  Ct.  533 

Purington,  A.  J.,  Boston,  Mas.s.  2176 

Putnam,  Kingman,  New  York  2487 

Putnam,  L.  R.,  Ashland,  Ky.  3189 

Putnam,  S.  G.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  2693 

Putnam,  T.  J.,  Washington,  D.  C.  878 

Pyle,  Geo.  C. ,  D    ton,  O.  1342 

Ragan,  H.  H.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  2755 

Rahter,  Chas.  E.,  Lancaster,  Fa.  1431 

Rail,  J.  F.,  Iowa  Falls,  la.  3352 

Ramage,  Chas.  W.,  Holyoke,  Mass.  2068 

Ramsay,  John,  Fife,  Scot.  J017 

Ramsey,  Wm.  Sidney,  Danville,  Pa.  1448 

Randall,  Howard  E.,  Millersville,  Pa.  1198 

RandaU,  W.  West.  Philadelphia.  Pa.  4Q1 


Rathbone,  Wm  L  ,  R»ndoli>h,  N.  Y. 
Kay,  Frank  S.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich 
Raymond,  Samuel  A.,  Cleveland,  (). 
Kayl  &  Co.,  T.  B.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Kaven,  H.  S.,  Ne«  York 
Read,  Frank,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Read,  Geo.  T.,  Belfast,  Me. 
Read,  John  G.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Redman,  W.  F.,  Henderson,  Ky. 
Reed,  Charles,  Antonia,  Ct. 
Reed,  jr.,  C.  C,  New  York 
Reed,  Isaac  D.,  Newton,  N.  J. 
Reese,  James  S.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Reeser,  Wm.,  St.  Thomas,  Unt. 
Reeve,  A.  B.,  Princeton,  111. 
Reeve,  Sidney  A.,  I)aylon,  O. 
Reid,  C.  v..  Clarion,  Pa. 
Reid,  F.  F.,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Reifold,  Louis,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Reimbold,  E.  H.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Reist,  H.  G.,  Florin,  Pa. 
Retmngton,  W.  D.,  Springfield,  Masa, 
Rennie,  Will  H.,  T.-uro,  N.  S. 
Renninger,  John  S.,  Marshall,  Minn. 
Retallack,  S.  C;.,  Belleville,  Ont. 
Rivtrt Houit,  Springfield,  III. 
Reynolds,  F.  W.,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa. 
Reynolds,  jr.,  H.  R.,  London,  Eng. 
Reynolds,  Joshua,  Stockport,  N.  Y. 
Reynolds,  (Mis.)  J.,  Sttckport,  N.  Y. 
Reynolds,  R.  B.,  Stockport,  N.  Y. 
Rheubottom,  jr.,  J.  R.Weedsport,  N.Y.  1869 
Ribble,  George  W.,  Harrisonburg,  Va.  726 
Rice,  A.,  Columbus,  Ind.  2125 

Rice,  Albert  D.,  Boston,  Mass.  504 

Rice,  Arthur  W.,  Millbury,  Mass.  1230 

Rice,  Dan.,  Girard,  Pa.  3067 

Rice,  H.  B.,  Cheyenne,  Wy.  3353 

Rice,  Lewis  C,  Denver,  Col.  626 

Rice,  Reuben,  Meriden,  Ct.  2795 

Rich,  A.  C,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.  118 
Richards,  Charles  I.I.,  New  York  2185 

Richards,  Frank  B.,  Chicago,  III.  1348 

Richards,  Geo.  O.,  E.  Roi:hester,  N.  H.  3008 
Richards,  H.  E.,  Toledo,  O.  312S 

Richardson,  A.  C,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  2781 

Richardson,  A.  J.,  St.  George's,  Ber.  2499 
Richardson,  Harry,  WeslSeld,  N.  J.  42J 

Richardson,  W.  H.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2553 
Uichardsnn,  T.  J.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  929 
Riddle,  Robert  M.,  Altoona,  Pa.  3234 

Rideout,  E.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  3070 

P.idlev.  Henrv  E..  Fairfield.  Ont.  17!* 


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Riley,  Alfred  t  ,  Goulburii,  N.  S.  W 
Ringer,  Kred.  C,  New  York 
Ripley,  Kdwiii,  Sherman,  N.  Y. 
Ripley,  K.  E.,  Springfield,  Mm. 
Roache,  A.  L.,  Iiidnnapoli*,  Ind. 

Robbint,  Uert   C  ,  Auburn,  Ind. 

Robbing,  J.  M.,  l^wrcnce,  Kan. 

Robert*,  C    .\  ,  I'hiUdelphia,  Pa. 

Roberts,  K.   M  ,  Ashland,  Ky. 

Roberts,  t.   I'.,  Titusvillc,  Pa.        , 

Robert!.,    i.  L.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Roberts,  J.  K  ,  Wobiirn,  Mass. 

Roberts,  Jamei  W.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Roberts,  l.yman  S.,  Wellslv.ro,  Pa. 

Roberts,  P.  H.,  Ithaca,  N,  Y. 


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Roberts,  Wm.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Roberts,  W.  R.,  Bangor,  Me. 
RoHtrt.son,  Gecree  M.,  St.  John,  A'.  B 
Robertson,  Robert  C,  Greenock,  Scol. 
Robins,  (leorge  H.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Robinson,  George  L.,  Garnett,  Kan. 
Robinson,  J.  A  ,  Hamilton,  OhI. 
Robinson,  J.  «•:.,  Ann  Art.-,  Mid. 
Robinsf.n,  J.  No,      ,  Wilmington,  Del.     .„„ 
Robinson,  Thoma.s,  North  Shields,  Eng  865 
Rocl-wcll,  C.  J.,  East  Windsor  Hill,  Ct.  j,8j 
Rockwell,  G.  F.,  Stamford,  Ct.  ,735 

Rockwell  Hautt,  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.         ,879 
Rodifers,  Howard  S.,  Covington,  Ky 
Roe,  jr.,  John  F.,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Roether,  Samuel,  Port  Elgin,  Ont. 
Rogers,  A.  C,  Cleveland,  O. 
Rogers,  A.  W.,  Columbia,  Pa. 
Rogers,  H.  Taylor,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Rogers,  John  S.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rogers,  John  Z.,  Lowell,  Mass. 
Rogers,  S.  Edgcumbe,  London,  Eng. 
Rogers,  S.  M.,  Ottawa,  Ont. 
Rogers,  W.,  Nev.-  York 
Rolfe,  C.  J.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Romaine,  Girard,  New  York 
Ro<irbach,  A.  S.,  Eliiabeth,  N.  J. 
Root,  Fred  P.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Root,  Geo.  L.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Ropes,  C.  J.  H.,  Bangor,  Me.  .^ 

Roques,  jr.,  C.  P.  C,  Ec'inburgh,  Sr,t.  at,. 
Rose,  B.  S.,   r.enlon,  N.  '  57 

Rose,  Will,  Ashmore,  III.  ^^3^  ^^^ 

Ross,  C.  B.,  Holyoke,  Mass.  ',78s 

Ross,  G.  A.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.  ,748 

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Ross,  J.  S.,  Nishville,  Teiin. 

Ross,  William,  Rutland,  Vf. 

Rossberg,  C.  C  ,  New  Britain,  Ct. 

Rosaman,  jr  .  Wm.  F.,  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

Rolhe,  Theodore,  Bo«ton.  Man. 

Rourke,  Edward,  London,  Eh^. 

Rouse,  C.  A.,  Greenville,  Pa. 

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Rowland,  John,  Dublin,  Irt. 

Rowland,  T.  '.V.,  Chicgo,  111. 

Roy.  F.  Austin,  New  York 

Roy,  J.  B..  New  York 

Ruck,  Robert,  Cleveland,  O. 

Rudd,  W,  C,  Cleveland,  O. 

Ruddle,  Richard  S,,  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.  27^ 
Rudy,  H.  S.,  Henderson,  Ky.  ,3,7 

Rudy,  Martin,  Uncaster,  Pa.  .,73,  ,,,7 

Rugg.  Jas.  F.,  West  Sydney,  N.  S.  IV.  1885 
Ruggles,  Edwin  D.,  Westfield,  N.  J.  ,,,4 
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Ri'nyon,  D.  M.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Runyon,  J    F.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 

Ruoff,  George  i.,  Washington,  D.  C 

Rushworth,  G.  H.,  Friiinghall,  Eng. 

Russell,  E.  L.,  Blossburg,  Pa. 

Russell,  Howard  H.,  Oberlin,  O. 

Russell,  Talcott  H..  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Rus.sum.  T.  B.,  Eliiabeth,  N.  J. 

Rust,  T.  S.,  Meriden,  Ct. 

Rutland  Bicycit  Club,  Rutland,  Vt. 

Ryder,  E.  J.,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 

Ryle,  Reuben.  Paterson,  N   J. 

Ryrie.  Harry,  Toronto.  Out. 

Sackett.  Henry  W.,  New  York 
Sadlier,  C.  W.,  Walden,  N.  Y. 
Saff,:r,G.  C,  New  York 
Sagendorf.  H.  W.,  Hoboken.  N.  J. 
St.  Cloud  Hotel,  Canton.  O. 
St.  Cloud  Hotel,  Washington.  N.  J. 
St.  Elmo  Hotel,  Punxsutawney.  Pa. 
St.  George's  Hotel,  St.  Geerge's,  Ber. 
St.  Jamet  Hotel,  Corry,  Pa. 
Saker,  S.,  Eastbourne,  Eng 
Salem  Bicycle  Club,  Salem,  Mass. 
Salsbury.  Frank,  London.  Eng. 
3alsbury.  J.  E..  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Salter,  Wesley  B..  New  York 
Sanders,  W.  H  .  ro!ij.>nh;:s.  Ir..J. 
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Sandcrum,  *>.  K.,  Kochcitci,  N.  H.  i)i'> 

Sanford,  IJen.  CJ.,  New  York  11  j 

Sanford,  Pardon  B.,  Greenville,  S.  C.  >V' 

Sanioni,  Krancii  J.,  Pornmouth,  Fmg.  3917 

Sargeanl,  S    H.,  Newark,  N.  J.  74'' 

Sargent,  F.  L.,  Cincinnati,  U.  19)7 

Sargent,  John  R.  W.,  Chicago,  Hi.  779 

Saunders,  W.  E.,  London,  Ont.  1693 

Savell,  J.  E.,  Koxbury,  Maia.  aoio 

Sawtell,  Everett  E.,  Springfield,  Maia.  jjoj 

Sawyer,  E.  I.  ,  Faribault,  Minn.  1951 

Sawyer,  Jo«.  H.,  Easthampton,  Mau.  jSjj 

Sawyer,  Will.  T,  Akron,  O.  1085 

Saxe,  John  W.,  Troy,  N.   Y  1097 

Saxman,  S.  A.,  Allegheny  City,  Pa.  598 

Saxtoiv  Will.  G.,  Canton,  O.  310J 

Saylei,  Wm.  H.,  Corning,  N.  Y.  691 

Scatei,  John  R.,  Paaiich,  Ky.  318X 

Scearce,  Frank  P.,  Lexington,  Ky.  90; 

Schaeffer,  T.  A  ,  Philadelphia,   P  458 

Schaufelbcrgcr,  Curt  E.,  Foxtoria,  O.  yn 

Schauher,  Joe,  Negaunee,  N^ich.  3366 

Scherer,  C.  J.,  Memphis,  Tenn.  1654 

Schieser,  jr.,  G,  Bristol,  Pa.  1838 

Schlegel,  Adolfo,  Milan,  //-->  3308 

Schmitt,  N.  B,  Woodstock,  Va.  3168 

Schnauber,  F.  W.,  London,  Eng.  joo6 
Schneider,  Louis  H.,Wa.*hington,  D.  C.  1115 

.Schofield,  James  S,  Penfield,  Pa.  1374 

Schooley,  Frank,  Indianola,  la.  3165 

Schoorimaker,  H.  D.,  New  York  113a 

Schroeter,  H.  M.,  Watertown,  Wis.  2654 

Schumacher  ft  Co.,  A.,  Baltimore,  Md.  1691 
SckuylervJUHcHU,  Schuylerville,  NY.  1878 

Schwalbach,  Charles,  Brooklyn,  NY.  944 
Scoit,  Austin  W.,  Wew  Brunswick,  N.  J.  1301 

Scott,  C.  W.,  Portland,  Or.  1667 

Scott,  Julius,  Hawley,  Pa.  J076 

Scott,  Jonathan    F.,  New   Brunswick,  580 

Scott,  Truman  H.,  Morristown,  N.  J.  1797 

Scott,  W.  E.,  Lockport,  N.  Y.  1818 

Scoville,  W.  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1J36 

Scranton  Bicycle  Club,  Scranton,  Pa.  2191 
Scribner,  Wm.  C,  Washington,  D.C.  630-635 

Scrimgeour,  C.  M.,  (Jalveston,  Tex.  2756 

Scroggs,  C.  J  ,  Bucyrus,  O.  1095 

Scudder,  Townseiid,  Glen  Head,  L.  I  2801 

Seabrook,  Wm.   L.    Westminster,  Md.  1256 

Searle,  F.,  Sprincfield,  Mass.  1065 

Sears,  Proctor  1    ,  Orrville,  O.  3295 

Seaver,  James  \\  ,  Sheldon,  III.  1549 

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Scccombc,  S.  H.,  SantM  Agency,  Neb.  7^9 

Seely,  L.  W  ,  Washington,  I).  C.  1)41 

^giir,  W.  B.,  Arxlover,  Mats.  jjj 

Scibt.n,  E.  S.,  Brooklyn,  N    Y.  1336 

Seigle,  T   B.,  Charlotte,  N.  C.  uj; 

Seller,  A.  P.,  Mansfield,  ().  1C81 

Sclden,  R.  C  ,  Titusville,  Pa.  ijoj 
Selvey,  W.  H.,  West  Springfield,  Mas*,  looj 

Serrell,  Harold,  Plainfield,    N.  J.  17; 

Service  &  Fitton,  Auckland,  A'  Z.  1889 

Shafer,  >1arriii  T. ,  «..hica!;o,  ill.  601 

Shaffer,  A.  N.,  PouRhkefpsie,  N.  Y.  1951 

Shaffer,  jr.,  F.  L.,  Haliimore,  Md.  613 

Shakespeare,  Wm  ,  Waltham,  Mass.  6i> 

Shannon,  R.  T.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  2841 

Shannon,  W.  J.,  Cambridgejio. .    Mass.  622 

Share,  W.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N    V  1673 

Sharp,  Arthur  D.,  Amherst,  A'   .S  114^ 

Sharp,  Edward  F.,  Chicago,  111.  780 

Sharpe,  J.  Henry,  Philadelphi.i,  Pa.  3147 

P'  ...^e,  jr.,  T.  H.,  Helena,  Mont.  1944 

Shaw,  Edgar  C,  Clearfield,  Pa  229> 

Shepard,  C.  H.,  Orange,  Mass.  2773 

Shepard,  Fred.  J.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  860 
Shepard,  Geo.  G.,  Niagara  Fall*,  »I.  Y.  2600 

Sherburne,  F.  W.,  Barre,  Vt.  313. 

Sherman  Houtt,  Jamestown,  S.  Y.  312J 
Sherman,  Geo.  C, Watertown,  N.  Y.  833-837 

Sherriff,  Edgar  J.,  Mortlake,  Eng.  198} 

Shillaber,  C.  F.,  Little  Rock,  Ark.  234 

Shimmin,  G.  H.,  Ballarat,  Vk:.  3044 

Shimmin,  H.  P.,  Balla.at,  Vict.  304* 

Shipton,  Emeat  R.,  London,  Eng.  1357 
Shirley,  P.  Howard,  Marblehead,  Maw.  1208 

Shoemaker,  George  A.,  Bristol,  Pa.  1785. 

Sholes,  Fred  T. ,  Cleveland ,  O.  112s 

Shriver,  Edward  J.,  New  York  49J 

Shrom,  C.  B.,  Greenville,  Pa.  158J 

Sibbald,  E.  W.,  Belleville,  Ont.  \tg, 

Sibell,  H.  Gardner,  Brooklyn,  N.  V.  628 

S'eweke,  L.  W.,  Ashland,  Ky.  3187 

Sikcs,  Leroy  H.,  Suffield,  Ct.  2152 
Silkworth.W.  W.,  E.  Long  Branch, N.  J.  139s 

Simmons,  W.  H.,  Sandhurst,  Vict.  3054 

Simons,  John  F.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  407 

Simpers,  Harry  H.,  North  East,  Md.  41s 

Simpson,  H.  L.,  Passaic,  N.  J.  774 

Simpson,  H.  P.,  Scranton,  Pa.  2197 

Sinclair,  Eugene,  Nashville,  Tenn.  2378 

Sinclair,  James  A.,  Liverpool,  Eng.  2606 

Sinclair,  Percy  L.,  Sr.yre,  Pa.  2545 

Sinclaire,  jr.,  H.  P.,  Coming,  N.  Y.  689 

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Siier,  Htnry  D  ,  Cleveland,  O. 
Skinner,  KImer,  Hr.mklyn,  N    Y. 
Skin,    r,  K.  H.,  Hamilion,  Oni. 
Slade,  John  A.,  Columbia,  Pa. 
Slanler,  V.  S.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
-Slater,  K  ,  Mew  Britain,  Ct. 
Slater,  Sam  A.,  Oenoa,  III. 
Slegel,  Samuel  E  ,  Reading,  Pa. 
SInKht,  K.  H.,  Moline,  111. 
SliK-um,  Clias.  E.,  Defiance,  O. 
Slncum,  W'infield  S..  Boston,  Ma»«. 
Sl.>cuml),  JtMe  E.,  Macon,  Ga. 
SInper,  F.  ( ,  ,  Syr'ney,  ;V.  .$•.   «'. 
•-'osson,  T.  M.,  Minneapolis,  Mir  .. 
Smnli.  (ha^    H.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

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Gran',  Aimiy,  Or. 
P.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
I.a  Crosse,  Wis. 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Detroit,  Mich, 
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Bethlehem,  Pa. 
Smith,  D.  Sherman,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Smith,  Ernest  B.,  East  Brimfield,  Mass.  313! 
Smith,  Edward  C  ,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.        J184 
Smith,  E.  D.,  Allegheny  Cit),  Pa. 
Smith,  Eugene  L.,  Springfield,  Ma.ss. 
Smith,  Eugene  M.,  Jersey  City,  N.  j 
Smith,  Frank  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Smith,  Frank  W.,  Beech  ClifiF,  Pa. 
Tmith,  Gordon  F.,  New  York 
Smith,  George  L.,  Little  Fa!I»,  N.  Y. 
Smith,  Howard  A.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Smith,  H.  B.,  Smithville,  N.  J. 
Smith,  Horace  E  ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Smith,  H.  Kessler,   Cincinnati,  O.  ..„. 

Smith,  Harry  S.,  Martinsbur^,  W.  Va.    3180 
Smi.:  ,  J.  Chas.  V.,  Washington,  D.  C.  2685 


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Smith,  J.  Edwa.-ds,  Cleveland,  O. 

Smith,  J.  E.,  St.  I..ouis,  Mo. 

Sm!»h,  J.  W.,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Smith,  L.  Logan,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Snith,  Robert  A.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Smith,  Reuben  G.,  Ardmore,  Pa. 

Smith,  Sigma,  London,  Eng 

Smith,  Thompson,  Cheboyg.in,  Mich. 

Smith,  T.  C,  New  York 

Smith,  W.  E.,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Smith,  Willard  P.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.    92,  93 

Smith  Machin;  Co.,  The  H.  B,  mfrs.  of 

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Snow,  Charles  F,,  Worcester,  Maia. 
Snow,  H.,  Oamaru,  A^.  Z. 
Snow,  J.  W  ,  Orange,  N.  J. 
Snyder,  A.  A..  Caldwell,  N.  J. 
Snyder,  A.  M.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Snyder,  J.  W.,  Belleville,  0«/. 
Solyom,  Charles  J.,  New  York 
So!/om,  Louii  C,  W«ihin!;ton,  D.  C. 
Somen,  Thos.  B  .  Millville,  N.  J. 
Soper,  B.  W.,  High  Wycombe,  Eng. 
.Sorzano,  jr.,  J.  M.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y 
Soule,  George  T  ,  New  Milford,  Ct. 
Sourbeer,  Chas.,  Columbia,  Pa. 
.Southard,  Wm.  B.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Southern  CycUr,  The,  Memphis,  Tenn 
Southworth,  George  C.  S.,  Gambitr,  O. 
Spalding,  George  M.,  Wellsboro,  P.. 
Sparling,  Fred  J,  Toronto,  Ont. 
Sp.-\rrow,  John  P. ,  Portland,  Me. 
Spaulding,  W.  D.,  Jackson,  Mich. 
.Spead,  J.  A.,  .So.  Newmarket,  N.  H. 
.Spenceley,  J.  Winfred,  Boston,  Mass. 
Spencer,  I.  A.,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Spencer,  J.  B.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Spencer,  Lee,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Spillane,  P,  H.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 
Spindler,  Frank  L.,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
.Spindler,  Frank  N.,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
Spinning,  L.  N.,  Summit,  N,  J. 
Spohn,  Frank  M.,  Ardmore,  Pa. 
Spooner,  A.  L.,  SpringfieU,  Mast, 
Spooner,  C.  W.,  Bridgeport,  Ct. 
Spooner,  D.  M.,  Law.en,  ■,  Ma«8. 
Spoo.ier,  H.,  London,  Eng. 
Spottsylvania  Hotel,  Uniontown,  Pa 
Spranger,  jr.,  F.  X.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Sprigg,  W.,  Edgar,  Baltimore,  Md. 
S^tHgfield  Bicycle  Club,  Mass. 
Sprinkel,  C.  C,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Spurgeon,  Wm.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Spurrier,  W.  J.,  Birmingham,  Eng. 
Squier,  Burt  O  ,  Bellville,  O. 
Staates,  C.  F.,  Washington,  N.  J. 
Stadelman,  S.  F.,  Ardmore,  Pa. 
Stadelman,  W.  A.,  Ardmore,  Fa. 
Stafford  &  Co.,  Buff.ilo,  N.  Y. 
Stahl,  Henry  A.,  Buffalo,  N,  Y. 
Stairs,  J.  Wiseman,  Halifax,  A^.  S. 
Staley,  E.  T.,  Portland,  Or. 
Staley,  Paul  A.,  Springfield,  O. 
Stall.  Sylvaniis,  Lancaster.  Pn. 
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Siam/erd  House,  Stamiord.Ct.  1712 

Stamm,  Alex,  Carson,  H-.msburg,  Pa.  10S9 

Standish,  Chas.  D.,  Detroit,   Mich.  215 

StaDton,  A,  N.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.  903 

Stantrn  Hn.e,  Caienovia,  N.  Y.  851 

Stanwix  Hall,  Chatham,  N.  Y.  2634 

Staples,  S.,  Morristown,   N.  J.  466 

Stark,  Jas.  H.,  Uoston,  Mass.  244S 

Starr,  John  T.,  Coldwater,  Mich.  3177 

Starr,  R.  West,  Wichita  Falls,  Tex.  906 

Stearns,  Charles  W.,  Elgin,  111.  1484 

Stebbins,  W.  K.,  Worcester,  Mass.  2742 

Stedinan,  Frank  B.,  Cleveland,  O.  1684 

Steel,  R.  G.,  .St.  Johns,  Mich.  2603 

Steele,  Allen  D.,  Elmira,  N.  Y.  2705 

Steele,  T.  Sedgwick,  Hartford,  Ct.  791 

Stephens,  E.  V.,  Sandhurst,  Vict.  3259 

Stephe.is,  Frank  L.,  kiverton,  Ct.  1554 

Stephenson,  A.  H.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  2537 

Stephenson,  Fred  J.,  Belfast,  Me.  840 

Stephenson,  John  V.,  Greensburg,  Pa.  526 
Steigus,  J.  J.,  New  Tacoma.Wash.Ter.  1719 

Stetson,  A.  L.,  Sioux  City,  I4.  882 

Stevens,  Chas.  A.,  Cincinnati,  O.  434 

Stevens,  C.  S.,  Melville,  N.  J.  2143 

Stevens,  David  M.,  Chicago,  111.  1281 
Stevens,  Geo.  Thaddeus,  New  York  2796,  2797 

Stevens,  John  C,  Portland,  Me.  451 

Stevens,  L.  W.  P.,  New  York  1547 

Stevens,  Thomas,  Laramie  City,  Wy.  1689 

Stevenson,  E.  P.,  Fittsfield,  Mass.  3 110 

Stevenson,  John  M.,  Pittsfielfi,  Mass.  1409 

Steves,  R.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1760 

Stewart,  Chas.  E.,  Chatham,  N.  Y.  2609 

Stewart,  R.  L.,  Roselle,  N.  J.  2987 

Stickney,  E.  R.,  Springfield,  Mass.  3204 

Stiles,  P.  H.,  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  2692 

Stiles,  Wm.  H.,  Henderson,  Ky.  2326 

Stimson,  W.  F.,  Ann  Arlir,  Mich.  677 

Stine,  W.  C,  Sycamore,  111.  2916 

Stippick,  H.  B.,  Aurora,  111.  1949 

Stiles,  vV.  .Scott,  Wn  ,minj;,  Pa.  2976 
Stoddard,  S.  R.,  Glens  Falls,  N,  Y.  2850,  2S51 

Stokes,  F.  C,  Moorestown,  N.  J.  61,  62 
Stone  C.  E.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  (d.  Sept., '80  '^21 

Stone,  Henry  D.,  Westboro,  Mass.  1948 

Stone,  W.  C,  Springfield,  Mass.  694 

Stone,  W.  E.,  Concord,  Mass.  -,316 

Stone,  W.  F.,  Bangor,  Me.  2083 

Storey,  B.  W,,  Smilhville,  N.  J.  1514 
Story,  Will.  J  ,  Goldendale,  Wash.  Ter.  2331 

Stover.  H.  E..  AUoona.  P?i,  .1^37 

Strait,  H.  N,,  Troy,  NY.  3 131 


S^ran,  Chas.  S.,  Baltimore,  Md.  71 

Strong,  A.  Warren,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  946 

Strong,  E.  L.,  Cleveland,  O.  1J94 

Stubblefield,  Smiili,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.  2727 

Stults,  H.  H.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  2049 

Sturdevant,  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  132 

Sturmey,  Henry,  Coventry,  Eng.  870 

Sturtevant,  A.  F.,  Concord,  Mass.  3317 

Sturtevant,  James,  Madison,  N.  Y.  1211 

Styles,  Fred  W.,  New  York  '306 

Sullivan,  R.  E.,  Harrisonburg,  Va.  728 

Sumner  House,  WroT[,  O.  1786 

.Surprise,  W.  L. ,  Memphis,  Tenn.  1543 

Surrey  Machinists  Co.,  London,  Eng.  3124 

Sutton,  E.  S.,  B.ooklyn,  N.  Y.  2857 

Swain,  Fremont,  Cambridge,  Mass.  2589 

Swain,  S.  H.,  London,  Eng.  2661 

Swaine,  Seorim,  Rochester,  N.  H.  2367 

Swallow,  Francis  O.,  Westboro,  Mass.  603 

Swan,  Cameron,  Bromley,  Eng.  2565 

Swarthout,  Fred,  Aurora,  111.  1643 

Sweeley,  Frank  L.,  Adel,  la.             778,  1091 

Sweet,  F.  Grant,  Carpenters,  Pa.  2023 

Sweetser,  M.  F.,  Boston,  Mr.ss.  937 

Swift,  Samuel,  Chatham,  N.  Y.  2893 

Swinden,  S.,  Scarborough,  Eng.  2936 

Sylvester,  (Miss)  Annie,  Chicago,  111.  1466 

Symonds,  Frank  P.,  Salem,  Mass.  182 

Tabor,  K.  S.,  Schuylerville,  N.  Y.  70 

Talbot,  J.  D.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  892 

Tate,  Henry,  Verplank's  Pt.,  N.  Y.  547 

Tatnall.  Richard  P.,  Wilmington,  Del.  7308 

Taylor,  Edgar  A.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  2202 

Taylor,  Edie,  Preston,  Minn.  2159 

T.T  'or,  E.  Howard,  New  Britain,  Ct.  1205 

T.I..  or,  G.  Burton,  Newark,  N.  J.  749 

Taylor,  Geo.  J.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  1399 

Taylor,  H.  L.,  Augusta,  Ky.  1162 

Taylor  House,  Augusta,  Ky.  i  "63 

Taylor,  Joseph  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  30 

T.iylor,  Lewis  D.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  324 

Taylor,  Kobt.  E.,  Pmighkeepsie,  N.  Y.  617 

Taylor,  Theodore  E.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2618 

Tay'or,  Will  G.,  Birming'.iam,  Ct.  642 

Teames,  H.  H.,  Thomaston,  Ct.  2783 

Tears,  Erwin,  Walden,  N.  Y.  2572 

Teet/el,  J.  J,,  St.  Thomas,  Oni.  1854 

Tegetmeier,  E.,  London,  Eng.  13SS 

Temple,  Herbert,  Halifax,  A^.  S.  30? 

Tenlon,  Arthur  M.,  Boston,  Mass.  1744 

Terry,  A.  R.,  New  York  21 

Teny,  H.  Warren,  New  Castle.  Pa  I445 

Terry,  Stephen,  Hartford,  Ct.  23 


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rhalimer,  A.  G.,  Greenville,  Pa. 
Thayer,  Francis,  New  York 
Thayer,  Glenroy  A.,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Thayer,  Geo.  B.,  Vernon  Depot,  Ct. 
Thayer,  Herbert  A.,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 
Thayer,  John  M.,  Norwich,  Ct. 
Thayer,  Willard  A.,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Theberatli,  T.  E.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Thieme,  T.  F.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 
Thomas,  Aaron  S.,  New  York 
Thomas,  Elmer  I.,  Lewiston,  Me. 
Thomas,  Fred.  C,  New  York 
Thomas,  P.  S.,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Thomas,  W.,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Thomas,  Wm.  A.,  Conway,  Mass. 
Thomas,  W.  E.  P.,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 
Thomas,  jr.,  Wm.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Thomas,  Wm.  H. ,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Thompson,  Alfred  C,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Thompson,  A.  E.,  Rockford,  III. 
Thompson,  Arthur  L.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Thompson,  James,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Thompson,  J.  F.,  New  York 
Thompson,  John  M.,  VVatkins,  N.  Y. 
Thompson,  Robt.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Thompson,  R.  A.,  Ballarat,  Vict. 
Tho.mpson,  W.  B.,  Bound  Brook,  N.  J 
Thorburn,  Alban,  Uddevalla,  Sweden 
Thorn,  John  T,  Bristol,  Pa. 
Thome,  Wm.  C,  Chicago,  111. 
Thowe,  Robert,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Thrasher,  J.  M.,  Elgin,  111. 
Thurber,  Harry  J.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Thurston,  A.  E.,  N.  Adelaide,  3.  Austr.  31^ 
Tibbs,  Horace  S.,  Montreal,  Que.  H43 

Ticknor  &  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  1649-1651 

Tiffany,  J.  K.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Tiffany,  M.  L.,  Bristol,  Ct. 
Tift  House,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
TiKinghast,  L.  M.,  Brattleboio,  Vt. 
Tillman,  Chas.  J,,  Baltimnre,  Md. 
Timberlake  &  to.,  Maidenhe.id,  Eng. 
Tisdale,  D.  R,,  Simcoe,  Ont. 
Titchener,  Chas.  E.,  Binghamton,  N.Y 
Titus,  CJeorge  F.,  Norwaik,  O. 
Todd,  Fred  J.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Tolles,  E.  N.,  Birmingham,  Ct. 
Tomlinson,  J.  H  ,  Birmingh.im,  Ct. 
Tonkin,  J.  W.,  Sandhurst,  Vict. 
Towne,  Frank  B.,  S.  Hadley  Falls,  Mass.  28 
Townsend,  H.  C,  Wallingford,  Vt.  2924 

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Tracy,  A.  E.,  Chatham,  N.  Y.  261Q 


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Trego,  Albert,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Tremere,  Francis  H.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Trenton  Home,  TrentOB,  N.  J. 
Trigswell,  James,  London,  Eng. 
Trimmer,  Daniel  K.,  York,  Pa. 
Tripp,  S.  H.,  Peoria,  111. 
Troth,  Henry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Trotter,  Frederick,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Troup,  Montague  L.,  London,  Eng.        «,„. 
Trowbridge,  John  M.,  New  Haven,  Ct.  3837 
Truslow,  John  K.,  Amherst,  Mass.  2363 

Tryon,  James  M.,  Toledo,  O.  j.jo 

Tubby,  C.  A.,  Toronto,  Ont.  ,,;, 

Tucker,  George,  Smiths,  Ber.  1080,  3498 

Tucker,  H.  M.,  Portsmouth,  N.   H.        3113 
Tukesbury,  Charles  C,  Portland,  Me 
Tulane,  V.  B.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Tullis,  W:  J.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
Turner,  W.  J.,  H«mi!ton,  Cnt. 
Turpin,  W.  A.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Tuttle,  Chas.  A.,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
Tuttle,  F.  G.,  Rutland,  Vt. 
Tuttle,  Geo.  J.,  Aurora,  111. 
Tyler,  Morris  F.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Tyler,  N.  P.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
I'yson,  Robert,  Toronto,  Ont. 
Tytus,  John  B.,  Middletown,  O. 
Ulbrich  &  Kingsley,   Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
United  Siatet  Hotel,  Easton,  Pa. 
United  States  Hotel,  Newburgh,  N.  Y 
Unseld,  B.  C,  New  York 
Updegraff,  George,  Hagerstown,  Md. 
Upham,  Chas.  J.,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
Valentine,  John,  Chicago,  111. 
Valentine,  Sterling  G  ,  Lebanon,  Pa. 
Vanaman,  Ellsworth,  Millville,  N.  J. 
Van  Doom,  J.  W.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Van  Hom,  Lyman,  Chicopee,  Mass. 
Van  Liew,  H.  A.,  New  York 
Van  Nort,  John  J.,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Van  Pelt,  J.  C,  Harrisonburg,  Va. 
Vanschoick, Walter  M. ,  ShrewsburyT  N.J.  608 
Van  Sicklen,  Norton  H.,  Chicago,  111.     1541 
Van  Tuyl,  F.  R.,  Monmouth,  111.  ^f^ 

Varaey,  G.  f .  ,  East  Rochester,  N  H.  2,1  j 
Veeder,  Curtis  H.,  So.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  2330 
Vendotnr,  Hotel,  Boston,  Mass.  2074 

Verhoeff,  Harry,  Louisville,  Ky.  3193 

Verhoeff,  John  M.,  Lou;s>ille,  Ky.  1129 

Verhoeff,  (M=ss)  Mattie,  Louisville,  Ky.  3194 
vcrriiiijrd,  iiniig,  Tuckaiioe,  N.  Y.  1164 

Veysey,  W,.lter  H.  P.,  New  York  1655 


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Victoria  Hotel,  Windsor,  A''.  S.  914 

Vincent,  Harry  '^.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  J071 
Vincent  Hota€,  ^arrytown,  N    Y.  3211 

Vino,  Monroe  L.,  New  York  409 

Vinton,  W.,  Sandhurst,   Vict.  5764 

V-ginia  Hotel,  Staunton,  Va.  1371 

Von  Brandis,  G.  A.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  1953 
Voorhees,  jr.,  Geo.  E.,  Morristown,  N.J.  354 
Voorhees,  James  D.,  Morristown,  N.  J.  1798 
Wackuteit  Hotue,  Princeton,  Mass.  5 

Wade,  B.  F.,  Cleveland,  O. 
Wade,  jr.,  J.  H.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Wady,  C.  S.,  Fall  River,  Mass.       2815, 3 

Wagner,  Chas.  W.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  326 
Wagner,  H   A.,  I.aramie  City,  Wy.  2425 

Wainwright,  L.  M.,  Noblesrille,  Ind.  174 
Wakefield,  Frank  A.,  Springfield,  Mass.  3276 
Wakefield,  J.  L.,  Preston,  O.  1932 

Walcott,  J.  W.,  Boston,  Mass.  2074 

Walker,  D.,  Wappinger's  Falls,  N.  Y.  3144 
Walker,  Geo.  R  ,  West  Randolph,  Vt.  236 
Walker  &  Co.,  G.  H.,  Boston,  2782,  3792 
Wa'.ker,  T.  H.  S.,  Berlin,  Ger.  7S6 

Walker,  V.  G.,  Cleveland,  O.  2779 

Walker,  W.  F.,  Brattleboro,  Vt.  1570 

Walkley,  A.  B.  A.,  Plantsvillc,  Ct.  1524 

yVallace  House,  Cheshire,  Ct.  2075 

Wallace,  H.  C,  Scranton,  Pa.  4195 

Walley,  Joseph  H.,  Chester,  Pa.  461 

Walter,  Geo.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  3141 
Walter,  T.  A.,  Hyde  Park,  Mass.  73 

Walton,  Cyrus,  Latrobe,  Pa.  2818 

Walworth,  A.  W.,  Collamer,  O.  1972 

Wanner,  Ellwood  J.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2554 
Waid,  Harry  C,  Middletown,  Ct.  1928 

Warder,  Chas.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  2328 
Wardwell,  J.  F.,  Stam'ord,  Ct  1736 

Waring,  E.  J.,  Plainfield,  N.  J.  305 

Warner,  D.  D.,  Bloomington,  III.  2475 

Warner,  F.  Howard,  Redditch,  Eng.  939 
Warner,  Russell  D.,  Greenfield,  Mass.  2361 
Warren,  F.  E.,  Portland,  Me.  2844 

Warren,  Henry  J.,  Stamford,  Ct.  2242 

Warren,  Henry  P.,  Lawrence ville,  N.J.  2659 
Warren,  H.  W  ,  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.  loi 
Warren,  W.  E.,  Astoria,  Or.  1652 

h''arreH  Green  Hotel,  Warrenton,  Va.  1246 
hVarrnamliool  Mecktincs'  Institute,  Vi,  2644 


Waslihum,  H.,  Solon,  Mr. 
iVashington  House,  York,  Fa. 
W.is.sall,  J.  W.,ChicaKo,  111. 
W,Tss(>riri.Tn    Ben.  'St.  Louis.  Mo.) 
Wassung,  K.  B.,  Springfield,  Mass. 


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Waterbury,  Lyie,  Denver,  Col.  ij^g 

Waterman,  L.  E.,  New  York  ijp 

Waikins,  W.  W.,  Caienovia,  N.  V.  854 

Watson,  H.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1,48 

Watson,  Jamns,  New  York  J45 

Watstn,  J.  H.  H.,  Boston,  Mass.  2594 

Watson,  Perry  S.,  New  York  159 

Watt  &  Lanier,  Montgomery,  Ala.  1988 

Walters,  J.  H.,  Cincinnati,  O.  1939 

Watts,  Frank  D.,  Scranton,  Pa.  48 

Way,  Robert  F.,  Hartford,  Ct.  1062 

Way,  T.  B.,  Troy,  N.  Y.  2334 

Weaver,  Harry  P.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2555 

Webb,  Arthur  N.,  Salem,  Mass.  259 

Webber,  jr.,  J.  S.,  Gloucester,  Mass.  528 

Webber,  W.  S.,  Caienovia,  N.  Y.  850 

Webster,  A.  F.,  Toronto,  Ont.  1269 

Webster,  B.  A.,  Jackson,  Mich.  3119 

Webster,  J.  W.,  Dublin,  Ire.  3038 

Webster,  Ralph  D.,  Schenevus,  N.  Y.  2629 

Weed,  Edw.  O.,  Chicago,  III.  585 
Weed  S.  M.  Co.,  The,  Hartford,  Ct.  810-821 

Weekes,  R.  H.,  Detroit,  Mich.  885 

Weeks,  Francis  H.,  New  York  2615 

Weeks,  Jos.  H.,  Norristown,  Pa.  2556 

Weir,  Ross  W.,  New  York  1329 

Welch,  Woodbury,  Yarmouthville,  Me.  2695 

Weller,  John  A.,  Sf.  Louis,  Mich.  1051 

Welles,  A.  J.,  Hartford,  Ct.  792 
Wells,  Channing  M.,  Southbridge,  Mass.  3247 

Wells,  F.  E.,  Corpus  Christi,  Tex.  1955 

Wells,  Geo.  A.,  New  York  1612 

Wells,  Geo.  H.,  tjt.  Albans,  Vt.  3091 

Welter,  Frank  T.,  Hoboken,  N.  J.  2649 

Wendell,  Harmon,  Detroit,  Mich.  670 
Wentworth,  Nathan,  '''eat  Falls,  N.  H.  ■)l,^^ 

Wesley,  E.  L.,  Chambersburg,  Pa.  2790 

'.Vessels,  C.  T.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  .523 

Wessels,  E.  T.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1679 

West,  H.  G.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.  3108 

Wetiboro'  Hotel,  Westboro,  Mass.  2826 

Westervelt,  F.  W.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1004 
Weston,  Edward  B.,  Highland  Park,  111.  1334 

Weston,  F.  C,  Bangor,  Me.  3^48 
Weston,  Frank  W.,  Boston,  Mas.s.  2<)i-2()i; 
West  Sf>riugfield{}A-\'.%.)  Toivn  Library  1737 

Wesfwood,  William  H.,  New.irk,  N.  J.  893 

Wetmore,  John  C,  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  njg 

Wetzel,  C.  J.,  Chicopee,  Mas.4.  1010 

Wetzel,  jr.,  Wm.,  Elgin,  III.  i486 


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Wheeler,  Edw.  S.,  Bowon,  Mass 

Wheeler,  jr.,  J.  R.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Wheeler,  Joseph  H.,  Medford,  Mass. 

Wheeler,  L.  B.,  Leonardsville,  N.  Y.      2656 

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Wherrett,  (Jhas.,  Hobart,  Tas. 
Wherry,  F.  P.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Whipple,  C.  E.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Whipple,  O.  N.,  Spriugfield,  Mass. 
Whiuker,  Geo.  E.,  SomerviJle,  Mass. 
White,  Arthur  E.,  Westfield,  Mass. 
White,  E.,  Warmambool,  '^ict. 
White,  Geo.  R.,  Wellesley  Hills,  Mass 
While,  Nyhan,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
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Whitehead,  B.  S.,  New.rk,  N.  J. 
Whitehead,  John,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Whtehead,  Robert  V.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Whitehouse,  Henry  W.,  Hartford,  Cl 

Whiteside,  Wm.,  New  York 

Whiting,  Homer  J.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Whiting,  John  H.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Whiting,  W.  A..  New  York 

Whitman,  Fred  W.,  Baltimore,  Md 

Whitner,  Harry  K.,  Reading,  Pa. 

Whitney,  jr.,  Eli,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Whitney,  E.  G.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Whittemore,  Chas.  E.,  New  York 

Whittemore,  Jas.  O.,  Fairfield,  Me. 

Whittlesey,  J.  C.  Rockville,  Ct. 

Whysall,  George,  Beaver  Falls,,  Pa. 

Wickersham,  J.  E.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa. 

Wickham,  Edd  C,  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 

Wiegel,  Wm.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Wiese,  Fred.  G.,  Bordenfown,  N.  J. 
Wiese,  H.  Benson,  Bordentown,  N.  J. 
Wiese,  Louis  W.,  Bordentown,  N.  J. 
Wiesenfeld,  Joseph,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Wiesinper,  Chas.  G.,  Adrian,  Mich. 
Wight,  Fred  G.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Wilcox,  Ed.  H.,  Genoa,  III. 
Wilcox,  Fred.  A.,  Maiden,  Mass. 
Wilcox,  Julius,  New  York 
Wilder,  A.  D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Wilder,  Edward  P  ,  New  York 
Wilder,  W.  n.,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
Wilhelm,  W.  I.,  Reading,  Pa. 
Wilkins,  jr.,  Ben).  F,,  Washington,  D 
m.Kir.s,  ■>^.  il.,  M.iDciiesier,  N.  H. 
Wilkins,  E.  M.,  Springfield,  Mass. 


Wilkinson  Co.,  The  J.,  Chicago      15,4.2,,, 
Wilkinson,  T.  K.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  ,„ 

Wilkinson,  Will  W.,  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 
Willard,  W.  C,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Willbum,  F.  W.,  Doncajter,  Eh^. 
Willever,  J.  C,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Williams,  Chas.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     2399 
Williams,  jr.,  D.  E.,  Montgomery,  Ala.     784 
Williams,  Edward  H.,  Bethlehem,  Pa.    2955 
Williams,  Edwin  S.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  3306 
Wilhams,  F.  J.,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 
Williams,  G.  P.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Williams,  Geo.  W.,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 
Williams,  H.,  Level,  O. 
Williams,  H.  D.,  Johnstown,  Pa. 
Williams,  Henry  W.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Williams,  J.  Ellsworth,  Delaware,  O. 
Williams,  Ramon  V.,  New  York 
Williams,  Walter,  Boonville,  Mo. 
Williams,  Wm.  C,  Taunton,  Mass. 
Williams,  Winslow  T.,  Yantic,  Ct 
Williams,  W.  L.,  Ridgeway,  Pa. 
Wills,  jr.,  Thos.,  Calumet,  Mich. 
Willson,  Chas.  G.,  "-ading,  Pa. 
Willscn,  Joh.1  I.,  Winona,  Wis. 
Willson,  T.  E.,  New  York 
Vilmarlh,  H.  C,  Mansfield,  Mass. 
Wilson,  A.  J.,  London,  Em^. 
Wilson.  A.  L.,  Rockland  Lake,  N.  Y. 
Wilson,  Chas.  E.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 
Wilso.i,  D.  R.,  Sandhurst,  Kji:/. 
Wilson,  E.  A.,  Nilei,  O. 
Wilson,  Geo.  A.,  Fitchbutg,  Mast. 
Wilson,  Geo.  T.,  New  York 
Wilson,  jr.,  James,  Rockville,  Ct. 
Wilson,  J.  E.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 
Wilson,  L.  S.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.         ,300,  1595 
Wilson,  Samuel  E     Montgomery,  Ala.    2270 
Wilson.  T.  J.,  Pine  liluff.  Ark.  2J1S 

Wilson,  W.  W.,  Leytonstone,  E»g:         3337 
Winans,  H.  J.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1006 

Winans,  Wilbur  N.,  Springfield,  Mass.   1002 
Winans,  jr.,  W.  S.,  Katonah,  N.  Y. 
Winberg,  J.  C,  Macon,  Ga. 
Winchell,  M    R.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
lytndsor,  Haiti,  Clearfield,  Pa. 
Windsor  Hotel,  Kingston,  Ont. 
Windsor  Hotel,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
Windsor  Hottse,  How.ird  Lake,  Minn.     2234 
Winfield,  H.  W,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.        2950 
Winslow,  G.  B,  Brooklyn,  N.  V  ,6ga 

Winter,  Percy,  New  York  209J 

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Wirterrowd,  Ed.  C,  Shelbyville,  Ind.  605 

Wir.temteen,  W.  S.,  BethLhem,  Pa.  1441 

IVintkrop  HottI,  Meriden,  Ct.  jijg 

Wintringham,  C.  V.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  1283 

Wiseman,  A.,  Auckland,  A^.  Z.  2884 

Wistar,  Dillwyn,  Germantown,  Pa.  1046 

Wocher,  Wm.  K.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  jijo 

Wombaker,  H.  Z.,  Pipestone,  Minn.  3327 

Wood  Rivtr  Bi.  Club,  Hailey,  Idaho,  3.: 

Woo<i,  Corey,  West  Springfield,  Mass.  2' 

Wood,  C.  J.,  Hackensack,  N.  J.  i^:j 

Wood,  H.  M.,  Worcester,   Mass.  713 

Wood,  H.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  435 

Wood,  jr.,  John,  Biverly,  Mass.  871 

Wood,  N.  H.,  Auiora,  111.  164c 

Wood,  O.  K.,  Auburn,  Ind.  2433 

Wood,  Wm.  B.,  New    'ork  1964 

Woodburn,  S.  M.,Towanda,  Pa.  1050 

Wooden,  W.  H.,  Greensburg,  Ind.  3285 

Woodman,  C  M,,  Omaha,  Neb.  360 

Woodman,  F.  W.,  Portland,  Me.  481 

Woodruff,  Chas.  B.,  Dulu'h,  Minn.  1352 

WocJruff,  I.  O.,  New  York  3319 

Woods,  Chas.,  Sandhurst,  Vict.  J04S 

Woodside,  W.  M.,  New  York  1243 

Woodward,  E.  W.,  C-osso,  Mich.  301 1 
Woodward,  R.  W.,  Elizabeth,  N.J.  2-3o.  2344 

Woolworth,  C.  C,  New  York  iS6i 
Woolworth,  jr.,  C.  C,  Brooklyn   224,  1453-56 

Woolworth,  Chas.  M.,  Ottumwa,  la.  2081 

Worcester  Free  Public  Library,  Mass.  1209 

Worley,  N.  J.,  Cleveland,  O.  1739 

Worrell,  H.  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  105 

Worth,  F.  E.    Indianola,  la.  2961 

Worthington,  Arthu',  Springfield,  O.  1909 

Worthington,  C,  Baltimore,  Md.  3336 

Worthington,  L.  W.,  Winona,  Minn.  19S7 


Wotherspoon,  W.,  Sandhur»t,   Vict. 
Wright.  Albert  J.,  Montdair,  N.  J. 
Wright,  C.  F.,  Richmond,  Ind. 
Wright,  Cha«.  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Wright,  J.  B.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Wright,  J.  Bidmead,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Wright,  John  H.,  So.  Boston,  Mass. 
Wright,  J.  H.,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
.Vright,  Sam.  B.,  Oscaloosa,  la. 
Wright,  T.  Houard,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
..'right,  Wm.  S.,  Bristol,  Pa. 
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Yates,  Frank  E.,  Chicago,  111. 
Yates,  Walter  F.,  Memphis,  Ten.i. 
Yerkes,  Chas.  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Yesbeia,  G.  H.,  Auburn,  Ind. 
Yingling,  H.,  Gettysburg,  Pa. 
Yopp,  James  L.,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
Young  Afen's  Library,  Norwalk,  O. 
y.  M.  C.  A.  Library,  Nashville,  Tenn.  2943 

Young,  Arthur,  St.   Louis,  Mo.  365 

Young,  C.  Dwight,  Mt.  Vernon,  O.  1795 

Young,  Harrie,  Aurora,  111.  1950 

Young,  John  J.,  Braceville,  111.  3246 

Young,  Mason,  New  York  2146 

Young,  Philip,  Upper  Montclair,  N.  J.  751 

Young,  S.,  Dublin,  Irt.  1855 

Young,  Wm.  H.,  Peoria,  111.  189a 

Youngmai  ,  Will  B.,  (Lancaster,  Pa.)  1263 

Yotmgs,  A.  J.,  Summit,  N.  J.  2549 

Zacharias,  Charles  R.,  Newark,  N.  J.  384 

Zacharias,  Frank  R.,  Harper,  Kan.  3138 
Zacharias  &  Smith,  Newark,  N.  J.  2188,  2i8<y 

Zem,  E.  G.,  Coal  Dale,  Pa.  3310 

Zem,  John  F.,  Weissport,  Pa.  3350 

Zimmerman,  Joshua,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  2118 

Zuchtmann,  L.  E.,  Springfield,  Mass.  1024 


The  foregoing  list  contains  3196  names,  as  may  be  readily  proved  by  showing  that  it  covers 
1 1  lines  (22  names)  more  than  an  ev:rn  30  pages  of  106  names  to  the  page,  except  that  6  name* 
must  be  subtracted  for  taking  double  space.  These  subscribers  have  pledged  for  3370  copies  of 
the  book  ;  .-.nd  the  largest  single  order,  from  the  80  of  them  who  ordered  more  than  one,  came, 
oddly  enough,  from  the  man  whose  name  was  placed  by  the  alphabet  at  the  verj-  head  of  the  list. 
He  took  16 ;  tlie  second  hi-jhest  order  was  for  12  ;  there  were  seven  orders  for  10,  and  fewer  for 
6,  5,  4  and  3  copies  ;  while  "  a  "  was  the  order  of  about  40  subscribers.  The  "  enrollment  num- 
bers "  for  these  diplir^.te  copies  have  been  omitted  from  the  printed  list  in  some  cases,  where 
their  insertion  would  have  caused  a  blank  line  in  the  column. 

The  supplementary  lisi  of  200  later  subscribers,  enrolled  between  t  eb  it,  i.\\A  Oct  iS,  i<V. 
luav  be  found  on  pp  794-6.  Following  this  is  a  directory  of  122  sub'iTibing  tradesmen,  j- 
whose  offices  (he  book  iVuiy  be  consulted,— their  names  being  ?rranged  alphabetically  ou  pp 
790-7,  and  geographicaiiy  on  pp.  79^-9- 


XL. 


DIRECTOR  (  OF  WHEELMEN 

elupter.     Librarie,.  hotels  and  clubs  are  itiriicized  andarl         V       \  °'  ""  P'"^'""* 

.criLers.    The  double  asterisk  («)  den"  e  IZtn  "'  "T^dTf  T  f I""  °'  ""'"'  •"'*■ 
book  may  be  bought  or  consulted";  which   isT^Zs  the  TonJ  ,  t^'"""  *•""  '''» 

.nd  whichagencies  belong  for  .he  .ost  part  t^La C  iX,"  "Z  a™    I  """"J  '•*'"""' 
by  the  single  asterisk  (•).     Clergymen  arrmarked  \Ti  Z  u' .    t       ""'"*'"  ^e^'icnated 

''t"tr7he"„r'  rn^'"'  ,"  TT"  "  "''^^  =•  "='='™  -  ="'  "-"  -•  «c  P  ed  J!  ^^'^ 

«uy*nc^  lo  lis  mev-.i^>le  sho.tcommgs  and  errors.     Yet  with  all  ;».  fa„i..  :. 
represents  an  enormous  amount  of  pain^takinp  •  =,n,»  i  ,u      i      7  .  *'  " 

I)     t»»t  they  danced  w(";  the  wonder  was  they  dar.ced  at  all."  >son  .  Ume- 


MAINE. 

AognsU :    {Ktnntbec  County  H"rn\ 
Augusta  Houst,  C.  ,S    Michbom. 

BangOP:  {Pine  Tree  IK  C,  Oct.  21,  '83), 
James  Crosby,  W.  R.  Rober-.s,  VP 

Geo.  O.  Hall,  C.  J.  H.  Ropes,  In] 

O.  B.  Humphrey,  I  L,W.  F.  Stone, 
Charles  A.  Lyon,«      F.  C.  Weston. 

BelfHt :   J.  Louis  Pendleton. 
Geo.  T.  Read,*  Fred  J.  Stephenson. 


Brunrwlck  :  Bmudnn  College  Library. 
CaUu  :  {Calau  B.  C,  18S5), 

Amtrican  Heme,  by  D.  M.  Ganlner, 

Frank  H.  Moore,  S. 
Dext  .r  :  W.  A.  Small. 
Fairfield  .-  James  O.  Wfchtemore. 
Lewiiton  : 

^  A.  F.  Nutting,  Elmer  I.  Thoou» 

i^Ut.-==  :  i-iCic^i  iioiei,  hy  T.  J.  Lincola. 
P»rl«  :  Will.  L.  PerhaiiL 


766 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


FortUnd  :  (/•.«'  C.org.as/'.A.C.Mar.'So), 
I'rebU  Houu,  C.  H.  La.nsoii,**  lk, 

Herbert  M.  Bailey,     J.  H.  I^mson, 
L.  M.  BicWford,  (J.  H.  Morrill, 

L.  J.Carney.tLK),  iL,Wilberl  R.Pilcher.B, 
F.  S.  Clarke,  I L,        John  P.  Sparrow, 
(J.  L.  Clough),  J.  C.  Stevens,  (C),P, 

F.  A.  Elwell,  LCC,  C.C.Tukesbury,S-T, 
L.  H.  Hallock,  tN,  F.  E.  Wanen,  (S-T), 
H.S.Higgins,  (iL),C,  F.  W.  Woodman. 

Solon  :  R'ayn.tt-d  House, 

Waterville :  Elmwood  Hottl. 
Yarmouth ;  Kugene  Humphrey. 
YarmouthTille  :  J.  H.  Adams, 

Edwin  R.  Merrill,       Wooflbury  Welch. 

NEW  HAMP.SIiIRE. 

Concord:  (.ManclusUr  B.  C,  Mar.  21,  '82), 

F.  H.  Crapo,  W.  E.  Stone, 

F.  E.  Gale,  A.  F.  Stnrtevant. 

Eaat  Bochester :    (Star  ir.  C. ,  Oct.  6,'82), 

Mabel  E.  Corson  (Miss),     G.  O.  Richards, 

F.  B.  Parshley,  P,      G.  C.  Vamey. 
Exeter :  A.  H.  Giddings, 

Fred  S.  Feijowes,        W.  Burt  Folsom. 
FitZWilllam  :  Edwin  W.  Annable. 
Great  Falle  :  (Crescent  C.  C. ), 

Clarence  E.  Benson,  Geo.  F".  Hill,  S-T, 

G.  Fred  Drew,  P.  H    Stiles, 
Thos.  P.  Duffill,**      Nathan  Wentworth. 
L.  E.  Hanson,  P,  C, 

Ebmover  :  Dartmouth  Coll.  Library, 
C.  S.  Cook,  J.  H.  Wright. 

Lancaster  :  C.  D.  Batchelder,*  lr. 

Manchester  :  (M.B.C.),  H.M.  Bennett,  ixc, 
Elmer  E.  Brown,        F.  O.  Moulfon, 
E.  A.McQueston,(i^.),  C.  H.Wilkinstixc). 

Milford  :  Chas.  S.  Emerson.* 

Nashua ;  Wm.  V.  Gilman,  lc,  tcc,  (lT). 

Portemoutk  :  (RockinghamB.  C.  ,May8,'8o), 
Kearsarge  House,       W.  W.  Mclntire,  C, 
C.A.  Ha»lett,(LCc),P,  Frank  W.  Moses. 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Hazlett,    Frank  Preston, 
J.  H.  Knox,  H.  M.  Tucker,  S-T. 

Rochester :  {Star  W.  C,  Oct.  6,  '82), 
Dodge's  Hotel,  T,        C.  M.  Dockham, 
Fred  L.  Chesley,        Willie  M.  Hartford, 
C.  H.  Cole,  ^.  H.  Morrill, 

E.  H.  Corson,**  re,  S.  F.  Sanderson,  5 
Elmer  E.  Corson,        Seorim  Swaine. 

Salmon  Falls  :  John  W.  Mclntire. 

South  Newmarket :  J.  A.  Spead,  *lc. 
VF.RMONT. 

Bam  :  F.  W.  Sherburne. 


BeUowa  Falls  :  Geo.  F.  Ball, 

Fred  H.  Kimball,  lc,  J.  T.  Mitcnell. 

Bennington  :   Menry  D.  Fillmore. 

Brattleboro  :  (^>r»«tf«/;f'.C.,May6,'84),  U 
Brooks  House,  LT,  C.  R.  Crosby,  L,  lc, 
K.  H.  Allen,  J.W.  rjiovvn,LH,S-T. 

E.  H.  Atherton,  O.  R.  Leonard, 
A.  W.  Childs,*  (C),     F.  F.  Reid,  C. 

The  following  are  not  club  men.bers  : 
-M.  Austin,  o,  G.  H.  Horton,  o, 

F.  H.  Brackett,  o,       O.  R.  Howe,o, 

F.  Cressy,  Alfred  M.  Ingham,  o, 

H,  J.  Cudworth,         (L.  M.  Tillinghast), 
J.  G.  Esiey,  W.  F.  Walker,  o, 

F.  Goodhue,  o,  W.  C.  Willard. 

Burlington:  W.K.  Menns,C.R.  Palmer., u.c. 

Rutland  :  Rutland  Bi.  Club,  L,  Nov.  12, '81, 
Bardwetl  House,  L,     F.  W.  Knapp,  L, 
W.  J.  Bagley,  A.  S.  Marshall,  P, 

N.  R.  Bardy,  (P),        N.  S.  Marshall, 
O.  M.  Barton,  C.  G.  Ross,  LCC,  C, 

'   R.  Bates,  S,lc,tc,  William  Ross, 
S.  Bowtell,  jr.,  F.  G.  Tuttle,  (T), 

W.  W.  Burr,  lc,  H.  L.  Burt,  (B),  N. 

St.  Albans  :  Geo.  H.  Wells. 

Springfield  :  Fred  M.  Harlow,  lc. 

Wallingf ord  :  H.  C.  Townsend,  lc. 

Waterbury :  Fred  E.  Atkins,  lc. 

West  Randolph : 

F.  E.  DuBois,  LC,       Geo.  R.  Walker. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Abington  :     Eben  Fish,  LC,  Charles  Reed.t 

Allston:  (/I. .ff.C, Mar. i4,'85),A. H.Everett. 

Amesbury  :  A.  F.  Greenleaf,  lc. 

Amherst: 

Edgar  R.  Bennett,      Willard  A.  Thayer, 
Glenroy  A.  Thayer,     John  K.  Truslow. 

Andover :  W.  B.  Segur. 

Beverly :  (Thomdike  B.  C),  J.  Wood,  jr.* 

Boston  ;  State  Librarj^,  State  House, 
Boston  Athentrum  Library,  Beacon  St., 
Hotel  Vendome,  L,  Commonwealth  av.. 
International  Hotel,  623-625  Washington  st. 
Abbot  Bassett.LR,  (ed.  Cycle),  22  School  St., 
John  R.  Chadwick,  75  State  St., 
Joseph  G.  Dalton,  87  Boylston  st., 
J.  S.  Dean,  t  (lc,  C),  i  L,  28  State  it., 
Wm.  H.  Edmands,  (C),  87  Boylston  St., 
W.  B.  Everett,  (T),  338  Washington  st., 
Willis  Farrington,(Lc),  TC,  (Lowell), 
E.  C.  Hodges,  P.,  28  State  st , 
i        Cbas.  S.  Howard,  48  Chester  sq., 


DIRECTORY  OF  VVHEELME,\/. 


767 


W.G. Kendall,  ||  lc,  lr,  tc,  176  Treinor;&t., 
B.  L.  Knapp,  161  Tren;ont  St., 
Theodore  Rothe,  613  Washington  it., 
Frank  W.  Weston,  (rcr),  Savin  Hill, 
Edw.  S.  Wheeler,  45  H.gh  st., 
E.  G.  Whitney,  lc,  jL,  106  Dartmouth  tt. 
The  14  names  above  given  belong  to  mem- 
bers of  the  Boston  B.  C,  the  oldest  in  Amer- 
ica,   now  at   36   St.  James   avenue,— wo/  as 
noted  on  p.    .05.    The  a8  names  following, 
arranged    in    double<olunin,    represent   tne 
Massachusetts  B.   C,  whose  house  is  at  152 
Newbury  st.  (also  described  on  p.   105),  and 
whose  membershir  of  250  exceeds  that  of  any 
other  similar    club    in    the   world.     The   26 
names  in  the  third  list  are  those  of  unattached 
riders,  or  men  whose  club  connections  have 
not  been  reported  to  me.   Total  for  Boston,82 


John  S.  Ballou, 
F.  H.  Bosson, 
J.  P.  Burbank, 
Wm.  Vmal  Burt, 
Daniel  W.  Colbath, 
H.  D.  Corey, 
Chas.  H.  Corken, 
(E.  R.  Drew), 
N.  C.  Fowler,  jr., 
J.  J.  Gilligan, 


Frank  P.  Martin, 
Stuart  C.  Miller, 
Arthur  H.  Page. 
A.  S.  Parsons,  (P), 
Arthur  E.  Pattison, 
A.  A.  Pope,  (P),  •• 
Edward  W.  Pope, 
George  Pope,  (C,S), 
Chas.  E.  Pratt,  X  lr, 
F.  A.  Pratt,   tcc,  S, 


W.  I.  Harris,  lc,  lr,  W.S.  Slocum,(VP,S), 
F.  W.  Heymer,  Arthur  M.  Tenlon, 

T.  W.  Higginson,  P,  F.  J.  Williams, 
Charles  F.  Joy,  H.W.  Williams,t(P), 

Geo.  B.  Brayton,  jr.,  143  Tremontst., 
W.  D.  Ball,ir674i  Tremontst., 
Joseph  Butcher  6  <&•  8  Berkeley  st., 
D.  J.  Canary,  care  of  Pope  Mfg.  C*., 
James  E.  Colbath,  381  Northampton  st., 
Charles  R.  Dodge,  (175  Tremont  St.), 
M.  H.  Downs,  o,  23  Water  St., 
Henry  Parker  Fellows,  Xo,  28  School  St., 
Herman  Flister,  jr.,  16  Fayette  St., 
Edward  O.  Goss,  43  Bowdoin  st., 
W.  J.  Hall,  II  Mt.  Vernon  St., 
F.  A.  Hentz,  a  Kenilworth  st., 
Chas.  W.  Howard,  lc,  21  Milk  st., 
Arthur  D.  Marcy,  453  Blue  Hill  av., 
Wm.  W.  Talen,  72  South  st., 
Chas.  C.  Parkyn,  143  Tremont  St., 
Pope  Mfg.  Ce.,  ••  597  Washington  .tt., 
A.  J.  Puri-.ig.on,  88  W.  Newton  St., 
Albert  D.  Rice,  65  Blackstone  St., 
J.  Winfred  Spenceley.  »oo  Shawmut  ay.. 
W.  K.  Stebbins,  70  Winter  St., 


M.  F.  Sweetser,  o,  an  Tremont  su, 
Ticknor  &  Co.,*»  211  Tremont  st., 

F.  H.  Tremere,  30  .Alaska  st  ,  (Highlands^ 
Geo.  H.  Walker  &  Co..">  160  Tremont  st, 
J.  H.  H.  Watson,  499  Dudley  st. 

Bridgewater.  A.  Cushman. 
BrightWOOd:  Chas".  A.  Fisk. 
Brockton.  (CUy  B.  C,  May  24,  '81), 

G.  C.  Holmes,  (K.  H.  Johnson,  C). 
Cambridge:  Harvard  CoU.  Library, 

T.  W.  Higginson,       C.  J.  Rolfe, 
W.  B.  Howland,  Fremont  bwain.t 

Cambridgeport:  Ernest  R.  Benson^ 

Stuart  r.  Miller,        W.  J.  Shannon. 
Charlesu:---^:  (C.  B.  C),  Jas.  C.  Duff. 
Chelsea:  (C.  B.  C,  1879),  Arth-r  M.  Pratt 
Chlcopee:  D.  Albert  Cushing, 

F.  F.  Parker,  ^  v,     C.  J.  Wetzel. 
Chicopee  Fall*:  I.-vin  w.  Page, 

F.  M.  Parker,  Corey  Wood. 

Concord:  F.  Alcott  Pratt,  lc,  tcc 
Conway:  Wm.  A.  Thomas,t  o. 
Deerfleld:  E.  R.  Porter. 
Dorchester:  (r.B.c.'Sz),  W  s.  Doane.  TC, 

E.A.Hemmenway,S,  C.  J.  Upham,  P. 
East  Brimfield:  Ernest  B.  Smith. 
East  Cambridge  :  W.  C.  Dillingham. 
Easthampton:  Ade/J^A,  Library  0/  IV.  S., 

Chas.  J.  Kuene,         J.  H.  Sswyer.f  o. 
Fall  Eirer:  (i?.  C),  C.  S.  Wady,  S-T. 
FitChbnrg:  {F.  ^.C.,'79),  G,  A,  Wilson,  ,.c 
Florence:  (/^.C.C),  Harry  B  Haven,  jr.,  iL. 
Framlngham:  Franklin  Hwchinsor  t 
Gardiier:  W.  C.  Axtell. 
Greenfield:  (C.  B.  c,  July  14,  '82), 
(Hollis  B.  BagK,  P),    F.R.  Holliste'r,  lc,C, 
C.  H.  Field,  2L,  -.  H.  Kaulbach,  S, 

F.  K.  Hawks,  I  R,       R.  D.  Warner. 
Gloucester:  Conrad  R.  Hanson, 

J.  S.  Webber,  jr. ,  lr,  tc. 
HaverhUl:  (//.  b.  C.\  J.  F.  Adams,  (S),  lc. 
HaydenvUle:  W.  j.  Fuller, 

W.  L.  Larkin,  E.  C.  .Miller. 

HolL  iton:  Willie  H.  Fiske,  lc. 
Holyoke:  (H.  B.  C,  Sept.  ..  'Si), 

Benj.  Brooks,  o,  J.  S.  McEIwain,  o, 

E.  C.  Clarke,  lc,  C,  C.  W.  Ramage, 
H.  M.  Farr,  iL,         C.  B.  Ross, 
Herbert  Fenno,(  I  L),(F.  B.  Towne), 
Wm.  O.  Green, Lii.P,  Chas.  A.  Tuttle,  B. 
Hopedale:  Fred  L.  Fay. 

Jamaica  Plain:  H.  W.  Warren. 


768 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Le...?«Be*:  (L.  B.  C,  '79),  E.  E.  Branch, 
M.  I).  Currier,  (l.cc),  P,  D.  M.  Spooner,  B. 

ZiM:  Morgan  HouM. 

Lezlacton:  Albert  S.Panont.LC,  (lr,  lCS). 

Lowell:  (/..^C.,  Apr., '8j),  E.  L-Coolidge,} 
Edw.Kllingwood.LC,  J.Z.  Rogers, 
Willis  Karrii'.gton.TC,  W.  S.  Kelly. 

Lynn:  {StarB.  C,  Nov.  s.Vv  ^-  C.  C.,«nd 
Boscobtl  B.  C),        Geo.  E.  Cain, 
K.  A.  Liiidsey,(P),S,  W.E. Smith, lc,(VF). 

Maiden:  {A/.C.C,  July,'84),C.W.  Flanders, 
Geo.  S.  Harrington,  Fred.  A.  Wilcox. 

MillsSsId:  H.  C.   Wilmarth. 

M&rbleheAd:  {M.  B.  C,  May  21,  '80, 
MarbWd Bi.  Club,  cor.  School  and  Pleasant, 
Geo.  Chiim,  lr,  P,     P.  Howard  Shirley,S. 

Medford:  Richard  Booth,  C, 
Cl.as.  J.  Holland,  iL,  17  Park, 
Joseph  H.  Wheeler. 

Merrick:  Glen.  C.  Frissell,  o. 

Merrimac:  (M-  B.  C,  July,  '84), 

John  W.  Logan,  C,    H.  C.  Oak,  LC,  iL. 

MUford:  (B.C.,  May,'8o'»,  C.  »!.  Fi.her,  LC 

&>:mbury:  (M.  a.  C),  Wm.  E.  Gale,  P, 
C.  F.  Holman,  S,  T,  Arthur  W.  Rice,  L. 

MlUefi  Falll:  C.  E.  Lester. 

Milton:  Arthur  Cunningham. 

Keedham:  W.  C.  Freeman,  jr. 

Newton:  (Nonantum  C.C),  E.  P.  Bumhaui. 

Morttuunpton:  (A^.  S.  C,  March  i,  '8i), 
ATansUm  Houu,  (W.  J.  Fuller), 

E.  C.  Davis,  C,  Daniel  Piciard,  T  P. 

North  Andoyer:  H.  G.  Johnson. 

Cracge:  (O.  W.  C,  Sept.,  &♦), 
O.D.Hapvrood,(S,P),  C.  H.  Shepard,  C, 
W.  E.  Osterhout,  L,  (M.  R.  Winchell). 

Palmer:  Louis  E.  Chandler,  LC. 

Pittsfleld:  {Berkshire  C    H^rti), 
L.  L.  Atwood,  5  tx,   CO.  Kennedy  ,(iL),C, 
C.  F.  Bassett,  E.  H.  K-nneUy,  P, 

H.  W.  Buckingham,  W.  P.  Odell, 
Chas.  E.  Churchill,    E.  P.  Stevenson, VP, 
J.  H.Greenfield,(2L),  J.  M.  Stevenson,  o, 
H.  E.  Henry,  H.  G.  West,  (C),  T, 

P.  W.  Jones,  (S),        W.  R.  Wilder. 
W.  S.  Kells,  S,    (Org.as/'.5.C.,May,'79) 

Princeton:  iVackuseti  House  (Beamans'). 

Reading:  V.  J.  Hall. 

Boxbtiry:  Arthur  M.  Little,  J.  E.  Savell,  j.c. 

Salem:  Saiem  Bicycle  Club,  252  Essex  St., 
Chas.  H,  Odell,  F.  P.  Symonds,  P, 

A.  J.  Philbrick,  Arthur  N.  Webb. 

MOmerriiie:  (o.  C.  C),  0*0.  E.  Whitaker. 


Boath  Abiagton  Station: 

F.  V.  Ames,  Joseph  Pettee,  Jr. 
South  Boeton:  John  B.  Given, 

Geo.  P.  Osborn,  F.  J.  William^ 

Herbert  A.  Thayer,    John  H.  Wright. 

Southbrtdge:  G.  M.  Lovell,  LcC.M.WelU. 

South  Framlngham:  H.  J.  Metcalf. 

South  Gardner:  kKmoc'uUkm  ir.  C,  1884), 
Lewis  C.  Travers,LC,  (P),  41  Broadway. 

South  Hadlejr  Falls:  F.  }j.  lowne. 

South  Scltuate:  Wm.  H.   Fish,  jr.  t 

Spencer:  James  Aldrich.  •* 

Springfield:  <,S.  B.  C),  l,  <  /V>  Library, 
Sprifif field  BicycU  Club,  l.  May  6,  1881, 
H.  N.  Bowman,  W.  L  Lyman, 

M.  B.  Breck,  A.  O.  McGarrett,  C, 

Charles  CU-V,  C.  H.  MoKnight, 

B.  J.  Craig,  W.  C.  Marsh,  T, 
Henry  S.  Grossman,  C.  H.  Miller,  F, 
M.  R.  Grossman,        D.  E.  Miller, 
(Orel  E.  Davies),        Geo.  S.  Miller, 
H.E.  Ducker,Lcc,P.,  F.  O.  Moody, 
P.  H.  Dunbar,  C.  W.  Parks, 

E.  T.  Dyotte,  F.  E.  Ripley, 

Fred.  E.  LIdred,  2L,  Everett  E.  Sawtell, 
Will  Eldred,  W.  H.  Selvey,  VP, 

(A.L.Fennessy,S,T),  Eugene  L.  Smith, 
J.  H.  Fennessy,  jr.,  A.  L.  Spooner, 
Chas.  A.  Fisk,  ^T),     W.  C.  Stone, 

C.  S.  Fiske  A.  B.  Wassung, 

A.  H.  R.  Toss,  B,      (Chas.  P.  Wassung), 
J.  ;L  Foulds,  jr.,  F,  C.  J.  Wetzel, 
M.  D.  Gillett,»  F.  W.  Westervelt, 

C.  R.  Haradon,  C.  E.Whipple,(C),LC,, 

^^orge  M.  Hendee,  O.  N.  Whipple, 
(C.T.Higginbotham),  Robt.  D.  White, 
C.  W.  Hutchins,         Fred  G.  Wight, 
W.  H.  Jordan,  (VP),  E.  M.  Wilhins, 
San{ordLawton,LR,S,  H.  J.  Winans,  2L, 
E.  F.  Uonard,  iL,    W.  N.  Winans,  (C), 

G.  H.  Lucas,  L.  E.  Zuchtmann. 
These  54  names  are  outnumbered  by  only 

one  club-representation  upon  my  list;  and,  as 
20  non-club  subscribers  are  named  below,  the 
total  representation  of  Springfield  is  mu-^h 
larger  than  that  of  any  other  town  having 
35,000  people,  and  is  only  exceeded  by  a  few 
of  the  great  cities. 


John  S.  Bafw.lfo, 
Fred  J.  Bradley, 
Chris.  F.  Burrowes, 
Thos.  W.  Cobum, 


A.  D.  Cooeland, 
W.  M.  Corthell, 
Frank  H.  Fuller,  o, 
J.  D.  Gill,**  o. 


^~ --^«=c^-^ 


Dlh  ECTOR  Y  OF  WHEELMEN. 


769 


(Jeo.  S.  Payne, 
W.  D.  Kemingtoii, 
F.  Searle.n  o, 

E.  R.  Slickney, 

F.  A.  Wakefield. 
n.  Me»ser,(S). 


S.  B.  Hair  ill, 

A.  F.  Jennings, •• 

W.  G.  Landes, 

C.  E.  Mansfield, 

M.  Bradley  Co.,»» 
Stoneluun:  (-?  .s.f./si),  K 
Taunton:  {T.  B.  C), 

Wm    H.  Pendleton,  Wm.  C.  Williams,  C. 
Templeton:  'Jhav   H.  Lane. 
Vineyard  Haven:  .S.  F.  Harriman.t 
Wakefield:  (/f.  B.  C,  July,  '83), 
f'eo.  p.  Abom,  C,     Frank  H.  nurrill,  (I), 
ED  Albee,LC,(S.T),  Will  K.  Katon,  (VI'), 
Waltham:  Wm.  Shakespeare,*  O.E.  Davies 
Wayland:  Clias.^'.  Parkyn. 

WeUesley  HlllM  (leo.  K.  White. 
Westboro:  ( ir.  B.  C.  ,  Apr.  '83),  H^eit'o  l/cul, 
Henry  L.  Clnise,         Henry  D.  Stone, 
H.  Scudder  Drake.t  F.  O.  Swallow,  lc  J 
Vastfleld:  I^H^'oronoco  H^Th,  Aug.  14, '«4), 

J.  A.  Likin  &  Co.,**  Arthur  E.  White' 
West  Sprinjfleld:  if.  S.  r<r,o„  Library, 
Harvey  D.  Bag^/,  o,  Maurice  Connell,  J, 
Winthrop  S.  Bagg,     W.  H.  Selvey, 
Wm.  H.  Bull,  o,        Robert  D.  White, 
Richard W.Cartter.o,  Corey  Wood. 
Weymouth:  (/K.  B.  C,  May  4,  '83), 

B.W.  Burrell,(S),  P,  B.  F.  Johnson,  lc. 
WhlttaBviUe:  W.  W.  Dudley,  O.  L.  Owen. 
WlUlamatown:    Mansion  Homu. 
Wobupn:  J.  E.  Roberts. 
Worcester:  ( IV.B.  C. ,  consolid'd  witli  ^EoIhs 
H^Th,  Nov.  10,  '82;  incoqi.,  July,  '85), 
Free  Public  Library,  Bay  State  House, 
Walter  H.  Adams,     Lincoln  Holland,*  T, 
F.P.Kendall,LR,LT,P, 
David  Manning,  Xo, 
Chas.  F.  Snow, 
W.  K.  Stebbins, 
Homer  J.  Whiting, 
H.  M.  Wood. 


Carl  Bullock, 
H.  W.  Carter. 
A.  H.  Hamraar, 
A.  E.  Hartshorn, 
F.  E.  Higgins, 
Hill  &  Tolman,** 

RHODE  ISLAND. 
East  Greenwich:  S.  H.  Day.t 
Pawtuoket:(/'./;.C.),L,  Fred  Binford,  (C), 

J.  A.  Chase,!  Lcc,  P,  B.  W.  Gardner. 
Providence;  {P.  b.  c.  July  7,  '79), 
Providence  B.  C,      R.  G.  Gamwell,  n, 
W.  P.  Anthony,  tc,  J.  B.  Hamilton,  tN, 
F.  B.  Armington.iL,  F.  H.  Hayward, 
A.  G.  Carpenter, Tcc.P, J.  W.  McAusIan,  F, 
E.  C.  Danforth,  (C),  V.  W.  Mason,  jr., 
S.  C  De  Munn.         H    P  »?.-.;=..... 

E.  G.  Fanner,  jr.,       H.L.Perkins,(S),  VP 
49 


Warren:  Ix>uis  A.  Po|)e  t 
Westerly:  J    Howard  Morgan.  T 

CONNECTICUT. 
AasOQla:  Loui»  F.  Auschuti, 

John  C.  Carl,  Fred.  M.  Drew. 

Birmingham:  (Derby  ly.  c), 
Bassett  House,  by  Wm.  Kell^,  o, 
E^B.  Oager,  Willie  E.  Plumb,  jr . 

(H.  W.  Gilbert),  Will  G.  Taylor, 

Lester  E.  'lickok,       E.  N.  Tolles, 
Charles  P.  Hubbard,  J.  H.  Tomlinson. 
Branford:  Thomas  E.  Crouch,  lc. 
Bridgeport:  (/Vyw«.«««ivi  *f.C.,JuIy  is.'So), 
Public  Library,         Geo,  H.  Johnson,  P  ' 
I  red.  C.  Burroughs,  C.  W,  .Spooner,  (lh), 
Wm.  F.  Healy,(Lc),  A.  N.  Stanton,  (C) 
Bristol:  M.  L.  Tiffany. 
Cheshire:  (C.  If.  C.  March  ,7,  '85). 

Wallace  House,  b^  H.  »••,  Howe 
Danbury:  (Pahguio<,ur  B.  C.  ,883,  merK.<l 
in  the  Danbury  It-'.  C,  Mar.  5,  '85), 
L.L.HubbelI,LH,(Lc),S.T.,J.G.IrvinK,i'xC 
Derby:  (/)/  "O.M.  E.  Clarke,  H.W.Gilbert 
East  BerUn:  W.  W.  Mildrum,  LC 
East  Windsor  Hill:  C.  J.  Rockwell. 
G   lenwlch:  Lenox  House. 
Hartford:  (Connecticut  /f.C.Oct.  3o,'79),  1 
MerriirsRestaurant,(ieo.  E.  Leffingwel'l  ' 

F.  E.  Belden,  S-T,   Geo.  E.  Marsh, 
G.H.Burt,(LT),  LC,     D.  J.   Post, 

G.  H.  Day,  (lr),»*  T.Sedg'ckSteele,(P), 
John  W.  Gray,  S.  Terry,tP,  LK,VP,(LT)i 
C.  G.  Huntington,  lcc,  (2L),  A.  J.  Welles. 
C.  A.  Kellogg,  LS,  Robt.  F.  Way,  (lc).  iL. 

1  i-.e  following  are  not  club  members: 
Thomas  Glover,  Wm.  A.  Lorenz, 

John  B.  Griggs,  J.  B.  Spencer, 

JohnM.Holcombe.o,  Robert  Thome, 
W.  H.  Honiss,  Weed  S.  M.  Co.,»* 

Edward  S.  House,     H.  W.  Whitehou'se. 

Lime  Bock:  C.  D.  Knox. 

Meriden:  (.\r.  ly.  c.May  .7,  '82), 
T/u  lyinthrof,  by  G.  H.  Bowker, 
E.  K.  Bradley,  H.  G.  Miller,  S, 

J.  E.  Brainard,  T,     Richmond  P.  Paine, 


Louis  Casper, 
William  Collins,  C, 
James  F.  Gill, 


Will  W.  Parker,  F, 
Frank   E.  Penney,  n. 
B.  F.  Poraeroy, 


J.  M.  Harmon,  (S),  Reuben  Rice, 
C.  L.  Lyon,  (P),         T.  S.  Rust,  ||  (C),  P. 
Middletown:  MiddUtmvn  W.  C,  May,  '84, 
(o.  K.  Kirkpatrick;,   (Elmer  I.  Thomas), 
Chas.  S.  Perry,  H.  C.  Ward,  P. 


770 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


P*' 


■^C--'^- 


1  1. 


N«w  BriUln:  ',  /.  /».»'.  C,  Keb.  15. '84). 
Haiti  Btutttt,  K.  I'.  (J.HKlrich, }  n, 

M.  U.  Arnr.;d,(S),  iL,  C.C.  RoMberg,  (L  ),l', 
W.  S.  C*ie.  (I  L),         K.  SUler,  ( V),  i  L, 
A.  r.  Corbiii,  (iL),      E.  IL  Tjiylor. 

N«w  Haven:  (.V.  //.  fl  C.  Jan.  14,  '80), 

>W#  CiM.  Library,     Li'unian  Library, 
Jamc»  B.  Brand,  LcRoy  J.  Kirkham, 

M.  K.  Campbell,  Wm.  L.  Peck,  aL, 

H.  A.  Chldsey,  J.  S.  Pierrepont, 

W.  M.  Kri»bic,  I  .i.K,  Sam  K.  Punderson, 
Samuel  (J.  Uustcd,      K.  S.  Sianter, 
K.  A  jackson,  Tc,      W   H.  Thomai,  (us), 
G.  H.   (eiminnn,  M.  K.  ''yler,  t  (P). 

J.W.Jewrtt.UCn.jL,  John  H.  Wliiting.  J 
The  following  are  not  club  nien-'wrs: 
Wyllys  Atwater,  o,      G.   P.  MacCiowan, 


(Geo.  D.  Miller,  o), 
E.  L.  Parmelee, 
T.  H.    Russell,  X 
Robert  A.  Smith,* 
W.  K.  Townsend.to 


Henry  A.  Heers,  o, 

F.  B.  Dexter,  o, 

C.  T.  Dilscoll,  to, 

Thomas  !Iooker,  o, 

W.  E.  Martin, 

Ed,  P.  Merwin,  jr.,   J.  M.  Trowbridge, 

E.  O.  Jeralds,  Eli  Whitney,  jr.,  o. 

New  MUford;  (Cornelia  »'.  C), 

Joe  K.  Karrally,  S,     Georgii  T.  Soule,  C. 

New  Pretton:  Alexander  Mitchell. 

NOVL^'  Robert  Palmer,  jr. 

Nor*   !h:  (.V.  LonJart  CoirTn,  Jun,,'84), 
H.  i.ubbell,  John  M.  Thayer,  to. 

PUntlvlUe:  A.  B.  A.  Walkley. 

RlvertOQ:  Frank  L.  Stephens. 

Bockvllle:  {R.  B.  C.,Oct.  jj,  '84), 
Frank  M.  Adams,      W.  E.  Payne,  i.R, 
Frank  H.  Brown,        Edw.  R.  Pratt,  i.c.S, 
A.  N.  Gaonette,  J.  C.  Whittlesey, 

Herbert  Holmes,        James  Wilson,  jr. 

Stamford:  {S.  ir.  c,  Jan.  10,  '84), 

Stamford  House,  I.,    Harry  W.  Hurlbutt, 
Depot  Restaurant,  I.,  W.  A.  Hurlbutt, I.R, P, 
W.  I..  Ii.ildwin,i.i.',S-T, Nelson  Jessup, 
Gilbert  S.  Benedict,    Wilbur  E.  Lewis, 
C.  F.  Burley,l|  H.  E.  Mackce,  VP, 

Thos.  Cummings,         Walter  Michels,  C, 


Arthur  Munson,  n, 
G.  F.  Rockwell, 
J.   F.  Ward  well, 
Henry  J.  Warren. 


Frank  E.  DeCamp 

C.  W.  Hendrie, 

R.  H.  Home, 

Chas.  L.  Hoyt, 
SufSeld:  Leroy  H.  Sikes,  LC. 
Thomas  ton: 

C.  T.  Higginbotham,  H.  H.  Teames, 
Venion  Dflpot:  Geo.  B.  Thayer,  ^r, 

Waterbury;  (»'.  W.  C,  April,  '81), 


Hollis  B.nagg,(P),N,  Howard  Curtin, 
Rollin  R  Bird,  iL,      N.  C.  Ovialt,  S-T. 
West  Ansonla:  Wm.  (i.  Brown. 
WUUmantlC:   Horace  A.  Adams,  ix, 
(;.  W.  Holman,  t        Fred  S.  Page. 
TantlO:  Winsl<iw  F.  Williams,  Hut.* 

NEW  YORK. 
Albany:  (A.  B.  C  Aug.  15,  'So), 

J.i;.Burch,jr,LK,(S)C,H.  (iailien,  S-T,  lr, 
J.  L.  Clough,  N,  Hubert  A.  tiamiltoii, 

J.  E.  Crane,  jr.,  A.   L.  Judion, 

S.I).M.(ioodwin,to,   F.  Muntell. 
Athena:  N.  G.  Allen,  Philip  Graif.  t 
Aubltm:  (.■l.5.C.,June,'8a),E.F.Parker,LC 
BaUvia:  {B.li.C,  June  i5,'.S3),E.E.Pcir»on. 
Bi-.ghamton:  (5.  B.  C,  June,  •»!), 

(;  Jones,  (i.c),  i.R,C,C.E.ritchener,(C,P).» 
Brighton:  Arthur  C.  HilU 
Brooklyn:  (B.  B.  C,  June  ai,  '79), 
Brooklyn  Public  Library,  Montague  st., 
Wm.  Adams,  Wn..  F.  Gullen,  (P), 

(J'.orge  Bancroft, VP.  Frank  B.  James, 
\.  B.  Barkman,  lc,    W.  H.  Meeteer, 
H.  R.  Elliott,  C,         Eh.  .;r  Skinner. 
The  rooms    of    the    Bro<.klyTi   B.    C,    to 
which   the   above   8  belong,   are   at    iia  St. 
Felix  St.      The  following  6  are  members  of 
the    Heights  Wheelmen,    159   Montague  st 
The  6  representatives  of  the   Bedford  C.  C. 
stand  next ;  then  the  44  of  the  Kings  County 
W'l'n ;    then   the    15  of    the    I^ng    fsland 
W'l'n;  and  finally  the  21  unattached.     (.See 
p.  97  for  further  details;  also,  N.Y.  City  UgI.) 
V.  C.  Condon,  (C),  64  Livingston  St., 
Alex.  R.  Dunnell,  C,  159  Montague  •♦., 
F.  L.  Dunnell,  S,  186  Joralemon  St., 
John  C.  King,  iji  Montague  St., 
R.  L.  Milhau,  191  Henry  St., 
C.  V.  Wintringham,  73  Willow  st. 
Bedford  C.  C,  729  Bedford  avenue, 
Geo.  Babcock,  VP,     S.  Henderson,  (P>, 
E.  A.  Bradford,  ■° ,     Chas.M.RIchard^.fS) 
R.  N.  Chich  ster,  C,  J.  B.  Wright,  If  m. 
Kings  Co.  Wheelmen ,\.,\fi<^  Clymer st.,E.P., 
(org..  Mar.  17,  '81  ;  incorp..  May  7,  '84), 
W.  \.  Amerman,  240  Lafayette  .iv. , 
E.K.Austin,(i.R),i.s,(S,B),  (loiWillTiby  av., 
W.  H.  Austin,  (B),  268  S.  Fourth  St., 
(F.  G.  F.  Barlow,  (T),  170  Lee  av.), 
W.  D.  Bloodgood,  10 1  Wilson  St., 
L  S.  Bowdish,  100  Patchen  av., 
M.  T..  Rndirman.  i.R,  iT.,aia  Adelnhi  St.. 
Chas.  R.  Brown,  232  Power*  st.. 


DIRECTORY  OF  liHEELMEN. 


77« 


I 


(fieo.  T.  Ilrown,  (P),  m  Roid  av  ), 

((rto.  W    Ilrown,  iv5  I'enn  m.), 

K    W.  Caiididun,  jjS  S.  Niiiih  •!., 

(Chjrlo  Clulli,  .,00  Grand  %\..), 

Ar.iiur  N.  Comes,  lo*.  Hancock  »«., 

I  ho».  C.  Crichton,  70  S.  Sixth  »t., 

K.H.lJounUs,  (S,  sub  t ),  J5  lltdford  av., 

hrank  N.  l-instrrmukcr,  Si  .S.  Ninth  »«., 

Kd.  V.  KiiJt,  (,!,;,  y6  Kee  av., 

Auuuiit  (.ronch,  H  jjj  Ur.ind  »t., 

H    J.  Hall,  jr.,  43;  I  laiuMm  av., 

Th'«.  J.  Mall,  jr.,  7<)7j  Myrtle  av., 

ll'w    H.  Hcgcnian,  VI',  ijv  SuMiii-r  av., 

Kobt.  V.  Hibwjn,  I',  LK,  64  S.  lenth  »l., 

Kph,  Johusoii,  (.ub  C';,  156  HedfurU  av., 

Kobert  J.  Kiio»,  ;  ,  i74  S.  jih  .(., 

Herbert  E.  Locke,  44  S.  Ninth  »t., 

J.  H.  !xmg,  (K),  356  K.o»ciu8ko  St., 

A    C.  U.  LoULks,  S,  i.Sj  McDonough  St., 

K.  W.  Loucks,  181  McDonough  st., 

William  Lowey,  72  Cumberland  St., 

C'lias.  MclJougall,  ^,^  I.eeav,, 

F.  H.  Meeker,  844  liusliwick  av., 

J.  IJ.  Miller,  aL,  ai8  Koss  »i., 

R.  VV.  Munr,  iji  MtDonouxh  st., 

Edward  Pettus,  C,  i.c,  49  S.  Ttnlh  St., 

Chas.  .Schwalbach,"  T,  i.R,  13 1  Penii  st., 

K.  S.  Seibert,  106  Penn  St., 

(Frank  J.  .Smith,  (P,  C),  195  Division  av.), 

J.  M.  .Sorzano,  jr.,  (T^   146  Carlton  av., 

(\.  Warren  Strong,  A.,  171  F.mrth  St.), 

H.  H.  Stults,  1134  Fnlton  St., 

E.  Valentine,  (Mt.  Vernon,  N.  V.), 

H.  Watson,  101  Division  av., 

r,.  P.  Weber,  36  Bedford  av. , 

{K.  V).  Wilder,  Sr  S.  Ninth  st), 

Ramon  V.  Williams,  ,,  Cambridee  Place. 

L.  /.   IV'Pn,  cor.  Flatbnsh  av.  and  Ninth  av., 

(org.  Nov.  2s:%i\,  O.W.  Mahic,  fF),VP, 

R.W.  Baldwii    (S\T,  D.  C.  McF.wen,  A.] 

Hen.-y  H.  Bel     jr.,      E.  W.   Mercereau, 

W.  J.  Brown,  .S.  H.  Monell, 

Edw.  A.  Caner,  (  r),  W.  W.  .Share,  P, 

H.  F.  Frasse,  C.  T.  Wes.sels, 

Arthur  W.  O     ,  (Q,  E.  T.  Weswls, 

James  H     „ins,  O.  B.  Winslow,  lr. 

The  fr"       ng  are  not  club  members: 

W       XL.  .^twnter,  276  Madison  St., 

Alex.  Cameron,  to,  (62  Wall  St.,  N.  V), 

S.  L.  Cromwell,  18S  Columbia  Heights, 

A.  M.  Cunningham,  to,  189  Montague  St., 
r    c    r^ I :_  ^,       

Stansbury  Hager,  (Bojt  532,  N.  V.  P.  O.), 


J   M.  Harris,  7  Halscy  at., 
thar    A    Horn,  llrcMjklyn  L.bnry, 
H.  .S.  Jailray,  1^4  Carroll  »t., 
H.  C.  Jones,  39  (juinry  n., 
Edwin  \.  Lake,  229  Hamilton  a»., 
Wm.  N.   Milner, 

Ja<i.  J.  Ormsbee,  i8.    'nralemon  it., 
Chas.  F.  Pray,  yj  (Juincy  st., 
W.  L.  bcovillc,  yo  Amity  si., 
H.  Gardner  SiU:ll,  j,;  Kr,,„k|i„  ^^^ 
Edw.  c:.  .Smith,  22.  WashiiiKl.n.v., 
R-  W.  Steves,  44H  Van  llnrtn  M  , 
E.  S.  Sutton,  ,34  WillouRhby  av  , 
M.  R.  Winchell,  ,39  Ma,>le  av., 
C.  C.  Woolworth,  jr.,  582  Washington  av 
Buffalo.  (//.  *  C-.,  Feb.  '7.,),t,  0>«,,„  „ou,r, 
I'/t  llouit,  465  Main  st., 
<;    F.  H.  Hartlcit,1l3„  Delaware  av.. 
V    N.  Itowen,»37i  Pennsylvania  st  , 
Will.S,  l!ull,»  I.R,  T. .  5,S7  Main  St., 
Harry  E.  Choale,  75  W   Tupper  it., 
C.  P.  Churchill,  jr., 
H.  Cosack,  jr.,  203  Clinton  St., 
Samuel  J.  Curtis,  204  .Seneca  St., 
J.  E.  Danicl.v.n,  P,  754  Main  st., 
"..  E   I'onaldson,  <,73  Delawarcav., 
Frank  E.  Drullard,  (2L),  tc,82  Hodge  av., 
Julius  J.  Ehrlicli,  6X8  Elliott  St., 
J.  F.  Foster,  68  Main  St., 
(     H.  Graves,  200  N.  Division  St., 
I         H.  Hartley  Hayford,  235  Conicut  st., 
'        A.  E.  Hoddick,  222  Eagle  st., 
I         James  B.  Ishani,*  14  E.  .Seneca  si., 
A.  (;.  Mang,  212  Main  st., 
Ralph  H.  Palmer,  r',,  College  st., 
Fred  W   Parsons,  4<yo  Delaware  av., 
Wm.  C    Peters, 
John  A.  Pfcrd,  150  West  av., 
W.  E.  Plumme;,  jr.,  4;  '.loyd  st., 
Fr.'fl.  J.  Si.epard,  Courier  office , 
Henry  A.  .Stahl,  73  W.  Huron  st.,    . 

A.  H.  ."Stephenson,  F,  254  Fifteenth 

Edgar  A.   Taylor,  22  White  Building. 
The  following  are  not  club  members: 
Wilson  S.  Bi>:sell,  to,  276  .Main  st., 
Bull  &  Bowen,**  587-589  Main  st., 
Frank  S.  Buell.o,  192  Niagara  St., 
L.  W.  fJay,  184  Franklin  st., 
W.  J.  H.  Nourse,  22  West  Eagle  st, 
Ulbrich  &  Kinjjsley,**  365  Main  »t. 
Burke:   Elmer  A.  Day. 
i/'aldweli  (Lake  George;: 
Lake  H(mte,  by  F.  0.  Tucker. 


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772 


TEN  THOUSAND  AflLES  ON  A   BICYCLE. 


OaUMldAlfUa:  (('.  B   I   .  June,  '8i), 

A  G.Coleman,  11.11, TIC,  (Jec   W    Hjmlin, 
A    W.  Crittenden,  ix,     Chester  C.  Hayei, 
Arthur  S.  Hamlin,  n,      C.  I.  Mitchell. f 

CMSadAfk:   :.    S.  Dezendorf. 

CuenOTlft:  (C   B    rffttr.  C  ,  May  lo,  '»»), 
•Stanton  Hcmu,  v      M.  Knowlton,  C, 

t     C.  Clarke,  Ctias.  A.  Mann,  o, 

Wm.  II.  Curtiv(T),     Ch-- ,.  W.  Odell, 
P.  K.  Dennlfiw,  n,      J.  K.  Sal»bur>,1[ 
Severe  Dorion,  l',**5(Jr.».  Sturtevant), 
Tho».  J.  iJwyer,  N,     W   Thomas,  H, 
W.  A.  Kmerick,  n,      W.  W.  Watkins,  n, 
A.  A,  Johnson.  W.  .S.  Wtbljr. 

Chatham:  St,t>r.vix/f<ill,{C.C.C  ,iu\.  i.'i-i), 
Wm.  DitlerdinK,  Cha.i.  K    Stewart, 

H.  I.  Ki»h,  Samuel  .Swift, 

V.m.  K.  Patton,»»S,  A.  E.  Tracy. 

Clinton:  t  has.  A.  H.irst,  I.e.* 

Cinclnnatui:   Henry  C.  Hi!;g' is. 

Cohoei:  (C  B   C  .  Nov.  I,  '84), 

1,.  liuiidrias,  jr  ,||         H.  S.  KavanauRh, 
K.  J.  Miller,  P.  H.  Sjiillane  § 

ColdSprinKHarbor,L.I. :  H  G.  Ue  ForcNt ,ti  >. 

Coming:  (C.  B.  C),  S.  S.  Denton,  S,  LC, 
W    J.    Heerma"s,        Wm.  H.  Sayles, 
H.  H.  Kendall,  P,      H.P.Sinclaire,  jr.,  C. 

Cornwall:  M.  W.  Couser,  Reeve  Ketcham. 

Cor^wall-On-Hudaon:  Elmer  Hovse. 

Cortland:  H.  P.  Gray. 

Croton  Fails:  Edwin  H.  Abrams. 

Danaville:  C.  Ross  Brown. 

Dayton:  James  E.  Bixby,  i.c. 

Dunkirk:  (^.  C),  Geo.  E.  Blackham,  ^- r. 

Ellington:  Geo.  E.  Haman,  LC. 

Klmira:  (E.B.C.),  Lou. H.Brown,  P,  lt, 
H.  S.  Kidd-  -.C.lLx),  Allen  D.  Steele. 

Florida:  R.  E.  Can.,;bell,t 

FlUBhing,  L.  I. :  {Aferairy  /K.  C. ,  Api .  10, '84), 
A.  P.  Cobb,  LC,  C,      A.  Kotter  King,  IIP, 
(.\I.  E.  Covert,  S-T),  Townsend  Scudder. 

Fordhif'in:  Wm.  B.  Krug. 

Fredonia:  E.  H.  Harrison. 

FxiendBhip:  (AlUgany  Co.lV'PitJune.'Si), 
M.BourdonCottrell,ir  A.  C.  Latta, 
I^tla  Brothers,  •*       E.  G.  Latta. 

OaiTlson'a: 
Highland  Home,  byG.  F.  Garrison. 

Oeceva:  .''.  Albert  Herendem. 

Gerry:  C.   E.  Gates,  V  Jimestmun  B.  C. 

OlenaFalla:  .^«:/hw//V/i>«j^,byC.L.Rock'l, 
N.  R.  Gourley,  S.  R.  Stoddard.** 

Gruenwicu:  iG.o.C),  Ciios.  Giuiiu,  C 


HATtom:  (//    K'Tn,  104  W.   ■14th  M  ), 
Vitn SturfHeyt  Stt/tum,  500  E.  ijjd  >t  , 
(lulgar  K.  Bourne),     Fred  W    Styles, 
Wm.  H   iJegraaf,   P,  Frank  N.  Lord, 
C.   H.  Diamond,  Ed.  C.Parker,  (C),T 

See  fourth  list  of   New  Vork  City  for  full 

addresses  ol   the  above,  and  for  10  later  sub- 
scribers from  the  same   club.     The  following 

Harlem  subscribers  are  not  mert.bers  of  it: 
Geo.  O.  Boach,  Writer  Klots. 

J.  (i.  D.  Burnett,        Frank  C.  Moore, 
;■:.  V    Conner,  J.  FitiGerald. 

Highland  Mlll«:  }ligkland  Mills  Hotel. 

Hudson:  (/{  BC.,}n.  i,'S2),  n'or.hHouif. 
H.R. Bryan, i.c,TL-,C,*Wm.  V.  Rossman,  jr 

Ithaca:  (Ccrn.  Univ.  B.  C),  J.  i\.  Day,  jr  , 
L.J.  E.  J.  Urber,(C),  P.  B.  Roberts. 

Jamaica:  Percival  J.  Bernhard, 

lleiij.W. Doughty, LC,  Chas.  R.  Gallic. 

Jamestown:  (/.  B.  C,  Oct.  4,  '84), 
Sherman  House,         E.  R.  Demphrey,  lc, 
r".  A.  Clapsadel,  C.  A.  Price,  T. 

Katonah:  W.  S.   Winans.t 

Kinderhook:A-/>//i'r'»'*iV<7/?/,byW.Br'dry, 
James  B.  Kest,(C./«wA^rj/C<»//.5.C.  1H841. 

Lake  Gsorge:  Lake  House,  by  F.G.Tucker. 

LeonardSVille:  (UnadillaV'al.B.C.,]n.  '84), 

C.  L.  Crandall,  T,       L.  B.  Whiel"    '■    : 
LeBoy:  {L.  B.  C),  W.  C.  Boaii.  P. 
Little  FlOlS:  A.  J.  Bened.:t, 

D.  W.  Ingalls,  Geo.  L.  Smith. 
Lockport:  {Lock  City  IV'Cn,  May,  '84), 

W.  L.  Beck,  B.  F.  Jackson,  C. 

Lyons:  G.H. Cramer,*  C.  R.  Harrington, lc. 
Madison:  James  Sturtevant. 
Mariner's  Harbor,  8.L:  W.  M.  Braman. 
Middletown:  {M.  B.  C,  Aug.  15,  '82), 

Wm.  Clemsen,  C.  H.  I  oster, 

C.  S.  Dusenberry,       H.  C.  (gden,  lc,  C* 
Mt. Vernon:  {.Mt.  V.  B.  C,  Aug.  8,  '81), 

A.E.Fauquier,(P,LR),  Chas.  E.   Nichols, 
Philip  H.  Lucas,  S,     E.  Valentine. 
Newburgh:  (.v.  B.  C),  t,  U.  states  Hotel, 
A.  J.  Barton,  L.Courtlandt  Jagger, 

D.  H.  Bower,  J.  T.  Joslin,  §••  TC, 
Chas.  E.  Corwin,         Jod  A.  Joslin,§ 


Thos.  T.  Haviland, 
Frank  Hollister, 


L.W.Y.McCroskeryt 
J.  E.  Wilson. 


NewBochelle:  Chas.  F.  Cancdy.t 

New  York  City:  (-V,  K.  B.  C,  Dec.  i8,'79), 

Grand  Union  Hotel,  L,  4th  av.  at  42d  St., 
A^.  y.  Bicycle  Clui,  l,  302  W.  58th  St., 


DIRECTORY  Of   M'HEELMEA. 


773 


W.  R.  Amhony,  311  Produce  Exchange, 
(Walter  R.  Henjamin,  Jwi,  office), 
C.  E.  Chapman,  7  Wall  .1., 
Howard  Conkling,  (C),  17  E.  loth  »t.. 
Clarkion  Cowl,  41J  Produce  Exchange, 
<;eorge  Daniels,  140  Nassau  »t., 
(Frank  E.  Davidson,  610  Lexington  av  ), 
Edward  I,.  (Iridley,  jjS  W.  a8th  St., 
Smith  A.  Harriman,  46  W,  16th  St., 
R.  R.  Haydock,  T,  83  Chambers  St  , 
Edw.  F.  Hill,  LR,  (Lcc),  (Peekskill,  N.V.) 
Henry  t.  Janes,  Broadway  at  36lh  St., 
J.  Oswald  Jimenis,  (iL),  iL,  113  Wall'st., 
F.  W.  Kitchi  -'.  94Readest., 
(Thos.  W.  K,    <,  Lotos  Club), 
H.  H.  Meyer,  (T),  38  Exchange  Place, 
J.  C.  Mott,  118  Warren  st., 
Charles  Power,  31,  Produce  Exchange, 
Kingman  Putnam, t  (.S.lCS),  54  Wall  tt 
H    .S.  Raven,  15  Wall  St., 
Cirard  Romaine,  ?»  Beaver  St., 
J    B.  Roy,  (,L),  C,  31a  Produce  Exchange, 
E   J.  Shriver,  S,  N.  Y,   Metal  Exchange, 
Rr>ss  W.  Weir,  105  Front  St., 
W.  A.  Whiting,  Grand  Central  Hotel, 
CitiuHS  Bi.Club,  (June  i,'8i),  3i8W.6oth  St., 
Chas.  K.  Alley  (lCS),  33  W.  13d  St., 
H.  O.  Barnard,  9  Clinton  Place, 
W.  G.  Bates,  154  Madison  av., 
N.M.Beckwilh,||(C,ixc,LP),2,  W.  37th  st., 
VP,  LR  [C,  June,  '82,  to  March.'Ss  ;   lP, 
May,  '83,  to  May,  '86], 
.Civ    M.  Benedict,  94  Beekman  st., 
n    R.  KidwJl,  (LR),  LCC,  ••315  W.  58th  St., 
I[.nr-   Blake,  7  Bee'Kinan  St., 
W.  li    r5ook,  P.  O.  Box  1147, 
!  red  '  ;    Bourne,  (VP;,  25  W.  23d  st., 
Om'..  F.  Bouton,  225  E.  60th  st., 
Ir.nnj;  P.  Boyd,  Produce  Ex.  Buildli>g, 
T.  McK.ee  Brown,  (P),  226  W.  45th  st.', 
Wm.  A.  Bryant,  (2L),  ,2  Maiden  Lane, 
S.  H.  Byro  1,  Union  League  Club, 
J.  G.  Case,  S.  W.,  301  Sixth  av. 
Robert  Center,  18  W.  21st  st., 
Knight  L.  Clapp,  lr,  S,  280  Broadway, 
Fred  A.  Coleman,  Windsor  Hotel, 
W.G.Conki;n,Frank.Sav.B'k,  8av.  &42  st, 
Atherton  Curtis,  16  W.  S3d  st., 
J.  W.  Curtis,  I  r    53d  St., 
Frank  G.  Dubois,  512  W.  30th  St., 
Ce      E.  Dunlap,  228  E.  baxii  st., 
Alfred  Eaton,  206  W.  loth  st., 
John  B.  Fischer,  339  W.  83d  st., 


J.  FitiGerald,  494        ij-j  g| 

Simeon  Ford,  (K),  C,  (;rand  Union  U...CI, 

J.  T.  Francis,  jo  E.  41st  st  , 

Wm.  C.  Fraiee.  T,  156  Brvjadway, 

O.  Benedict  Frisbie,  43  South  »t., 

J    H.  Giffin,  jr.,  156  Broadway, 

•imesG.  Gulick,  371  W.  Ijd  st  , 

John  C.  Gulick,  tLK,  P,  ,3,   Nassau  st., 

Harry  J.  Hall,  jr.,  ft,  W.  56th  st., 

Frank  L.  Handlen,  Produce  Kx.  Building, 

t.  A.  Hoffman,  jr.,  B,  Azi,  W.  23d  st  , 

W.  K.  Howell,  lao  Broadway, 

r.eo.  Martin  Htiss,  1285  Broadway, 

Fred  Jenkins,  (lCS),  45  W.  35,1,  st., 

A.  B.  Johnson,  4  Warren  ^t., 

J-  »J.  A.  Johnson,  4  Warren  st., 

H.irry  S.  Jones,  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel, 

W.  B.  Xrug,  No.  River  Savings  Pank 

L.  E.  Leffert8,6W.  33d8t., 

Wm.  D.  Leonard,  32  Nassau  st., 

A.  W.  Lozirr,  339  W.  46th  St., 

W.  H.  McC<,rmack,  F,  736  \/.  jjd  st., 

J.  B.  Martine,  Naval  office, 

Elliott  Mason,"  12  Warren  .st., 

Wm.  Allen  Miller,  805  Broadway, 

E.  A.  Morrison,  jr.,  893  HroaJway, 
Chas.  E.  Nichols,  (Mt.  Vernon,  N.   V), 
John  Nightingale,  525  W.  83d  s  ., 

Alf.  E.  Paillard,  680  Broadway, 
Oeo.  A.  Paillard,  <  ^o  Broadway, 
Arthur  W.  Perego,  128-130  {■ult'on  st.. 
Frank  J.  Pool,  tc,  (T),  3  Broad  st., 
Harwood  R.  Pool,  2L,  Produce  Exchange, 

F.  Austin  Roy.ll  165  W.  53d  St., 
M.  Schachtel,  jr.,  ,53  W.  lOth  st., 
James  Simpsoti,  426  W.  35ih  st., 
S.  W.  Simpson,  ,26  W.  35111  st., 
A.  P.  Smith,  Tribuiu  (m<x, 

T.  C.  Smith,  (T,S),  ,L,  lc,  40  Warren  st., 

T.  C.  Stratton,  310  W.  83d  st., 

Chas.  F.  Terhune,*  89  Liberty  st., 

A.  B   Terry,  248  W.  24th  st., 

Fred  C.  Thomas,  2B,  26  E.  41st  st., 

Wm.  Ford  Upson,  t  59  Wall  st., 

George  A.  Wells,  1067  M?dison  av., 

Wm.  Whiteside,  no  E.  36tli  .';t., 

Geo.  T.  Wilson,  P.  O.  Box  555, 

John  S.  Wood,  t    39  Nassau  St., 

Wm.  B.  Wood.lT  Union  League  Club, 

W.  J.  Vuengling,  128th  st.,  at  loth  av., 

(E.  a    Bradford),        (M.  E.  Graves), 

;■■      --    i,-_Lt;:r.3;,  ;;,Jivm  Uiiver), 

Chas.  F.  Joy,  Arthur  E.  Pattison, 


% 


774 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Albert  A.  Pope,  F.  Alcott  Pratt, 

Edward  W.  Pope,       H.  W.  Williams. 
I'lie  four  ill  parenthesis  resigned  from  the 
c'.ub  after  subscribing,  and  the  six  next  named 
subscribed  from  tlie  Mtus.  B.  C,  though  as- 
sociate members  of  tiiis  one  also.     Another 
such  is  C'has.    H.    Potter    of  Cleveland;  so 
lint  the  tot.il  representation  of  the  Citizens 
B   C.  is  SC,  or  by  f.ir  the  largest  on  my  list. 
/xioH  Bi.  Club,  (Mar.  I, '82),  35iW.59th  St., 
\V.  A.  Anderson,  iS  \V.  9th  St., 
Frank  A.  Egan,  (lr,P),  151  W.  59th  St., 
Thos.  Chalmers,  25  W.  17th  St., 
C.  M.  Everett,  P.  O.  Box  452, 
P.  M.  Harris,  (il.),  351  W.  Mth  St., 
W.  C.  Herring,  342  W.  s8lh  St., 
Rudolph  G.  Leypoldt,  S,  964  Sixth  av.« 
().  L.  Moses,  Cor.  S,  122  E.  41st  St., 
W.  G.  Newman,  Niblo's  Garden, 
M.  G.  Paoli,  (VP),  C,  25  E.  74th  St. 
(;.B.Pearson,(iL),  HomerLeeR'kNoteCo., 
Will  R.  Pitman,  (C),  351  \V.  59lh  St., 
C.  C.  Reed,  jr.,  47  W.  9th  st., 
Fred  C.  Ringer,  112  E.  22d  St., 
G.  C.  Safier,  (2L),  318  E.  23d  St., 
Hen  G.  Sanford,  (S,  ls),  P.  O.  Rox  2425, 
Fmncis  Thayer,  353  W.  22d  St., 
Walter  H.  P.  Vesey,  31  Nassau  St., 
(has.  C.  Whedon,  85  E.  53d  st. 
llarUin  <f'r«.(Nov.,'82),  104  W.  i24thst., 
Y .  L.  i;l..gh.iin,  409  E.  143d  St., 
(Edgar  K.  Bourne,  309  E.  T24th  st.), 
H.  D.  Cochrane,  B,  2086  Madison  av., 
('..  S.  Curtis,  157  W.  130th  st  , 
Wm.  H.  Degraaf,  47-49  W.  iiili  st., 
C  Herbert  Diamond,  102  Franklin  St., 
Wm.  Dutcl.er,  VP,  231  W.  128th  st., 
W.  D.  Edwards,  C,  144th  st  ,  at  4th  av., 
E   J.  Halstead,  iL,  705  Sixth  av., 
Geo.  A.  Hill,  149  E.  127th  st., 
P.  S   Jones,  10  E.  126th  st., 
A.  A.  Knowles,  166  W.  130th  St., 
Geo.  Lane,  jr.,  102  W.  130th  St., 
J.  A.  Lefferts,  176  Alexander  av., 
C.  H.  Leggett,  24  W.  128th  St., 
Frank  N.  Lord,  249  E.  128th  st., 

E.  C.  Parker,  (C),  T.  241  E.  124th  st., 
C.  M.  Phelps,  2I.,  331  E.  124th  St., 
W.  C.  Phelps,  331  E.  124th  St., 

F.  /    Phillips,  jr.,  220  E.  124th  St., 
J.  W.  Powers,  jr.,  34  .Mt.  Morris  av., 
A.  kauchfuss,  F,  III  E.  77th  st., 

F.  A.  Ryer,  S,  336  E.  124th  st., 


C.  P.  Sackett,  1406  Sixth  av., 
A.  Steiner,  4S  E.  124th  St., 
Fred.  W.  Styles,  262  W.  129th  St. 
Page  96  may  be  consulted  for  details  con- 
cerning the    four    clubs  whose    subscribing 
members  (2('>-j-S6-)-i9-)-26)  are  listed  above. 
The  following   117  subscribers  are  sup,    ..ed 
to  be  outside  the  membership  of  those  clubs, 
but  the  names  of  some  of  them  will  be  found 
catalogued  again  with  the  clubs  at  Brooklyn, 
Harlem,  Jersey  City  and  elsewhere.     It  is  to 
be  noted  that  there  are  many  non-riders  on 
this  list,  and  that  many  of  the  addresses  i.eed 
to  be  verified.     The  last  26  names  are  alpha- 
betized separately,  without  addresses: 

".  \j.  Amory,  70  Reade  St.,  {Mass.  B.  C), 
Grosvenor  Atterbury,  7  E.  33d  st. , 
Lyman  H.  Bagg,  Washington  Square, 
Geo.  O.  Beach,  63  E.  J25th  St., 
J.  li.  Beers  &  Co.,**  36  Vesey  St., 
J.is.  L.  Beers,  36  Vesey  St., 
T.  Eugene  Benjamin,  654  Broadway, 
Frederick  H.  Belts,  to,  78  Irving  Place, 
Geo.  R.  Bidwell  &  Co.,»*  315  W.  58th  St.. 
Edward  T.  Birdsall,  107  E.  70th  st., 
Edward  A.  Bradford, tP,  Times  office, 
Wm.  Bradford, t  55  Broadway, 
E.  J.  Braunsdorf,  223  W.  loth  st., 
H.  C.  Bunner,  Puck  Building, 
John  .\.  Burchell,  1143  Park  av., 
J.  (J.  D.  Burn.:tt,  138th  st.  ,betw.  3d  &  4th  avs. , 
T.  S.  Burr,  24  Thomas  St., 
E-.'V.  Bush, prof,  fancy  bi.rider,(234  E.  35th), 
Geo.  M.  Buttle,  310  W.  32d  St., 
CarmansvilU  Park  Hotel,  155th  st.. 
Central  Press  and  Pub.  Co.    12  Vesey  St., 
Wm.  t'.  Clarke, o,  75  Maider  Lane, 
G.W.&C.B.Colton&Co.,**  182  William  st, 
E.  V.  Connor,  129  W.  33d  st., 
Wm.  A.  Copp,  to,  206  Broadway, 
A.  F.  Currier.Uo,  38  W.  36th  St., 
Frank  E.  Davidson,  610  Lexington  av., 
Harry  L.  DeForest,  7  Washington  Sq.,  N, 
Henry  W.  DeForest, to,  15  W.  30th  ^i., 
Lockwood  DeForest,  o,  9  W.  17th  St., 
Johnston  DeForest,  7  Washington  Sq.,  N, 
Robert  W.  DeForest,  to,  120  Broadway, 
Wm.  H.  Demnrest,  25  Catherine  slip, 
David  Dewitt,  S2  Br'dway,  f//.  C.  H^Tn), 
Allen  W.  Evarts.to,  52  Wall  st., 
Herbert  Filmer,  318  Broadway, 

Josepll  K.    Koisoiii.^~'"u,  751   iJludtiwrty, 

Forest  and  stream  Pub.Co.,39,4oP'k  R'« 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


H.  F.Frasse,  6a  Chatham  sf.,  (L.  1.  WPh), 

Charles  W.  Gould,  to,  2  Wall  st., 

W.  F.  Gullen,  37  Broadway,  (^'ytT*  ^.C.), 

Wm.  C.  Gulliver.to,  120  Broadway, 

Wm.  H.  Hall,  jr.,  61  W.  56th  St., 

Reg.  Fairfax  Harrison,  n  Lexington  av., 

R.  S.  Hasbrouck,  jr.,  .yi  Liberty  St., 

A.  Heming,  i8  Cedar  St., 

S.  Henderson,  56  Worth  St.,  {Bed/.  C.C.), 

Ideal  Pen  Co.,**  155  Hroadway, 

Fred.  D.  Ives,  52  White  St., 

Elliott  Johnson, iiC,2 12  Br'dway,(yy.C.  W.) 

Henry  K.  Jones,  19  K.  17th  St., 

Charles  A.  Kinch.H  256  W.  54th  St., 

Moses  King,o,  279-283  Broadway, 

Walter  Klots,  i62d  St., 

W.  H.  L.  Lee, to,  20  Nassau  st., 

Leve  &  a;  len,*»  207  Hroadway, 

Eugene  H.  Lewis.to,  120  Broadway, 

W.  D.  Lintz,  315  W.  42Hst., 

W.  J   McCreary,  801  liioadway, 

Howard  Mansfield.+o,  15  Broad  st., 

Wm.  C.  Marion,  126-1^0  Nassau  st., 

Albert  Mathews,+o,  31  Pine  St., 

Brander  Matthews.o,  121  E.  i8th  st., 

Frank  B.  Mirick,  jr.,  457  W.  43,:    t., 

Thos.  E.  Moessner,  107  Liberty  st., 

S.  H.  Monell,  2  Maiden  Lane,  (L.I.  IVTri), 

Frank  C.  Moore,  59  W.  i3oih  st., 

C.  Muger,  jr.,  23  E.  37th  st,, 

Geo.  Rayson  Newby,  247  W.  52d  st.. 

New  York  Toy  Co.,»»  ,4  Howard  st.', 

Charles  Otis,  313  Greenwich  st.. 

Pope  Manufacturing  Co.,**  12  Warren  st. 

John  S.  Prince,  prof,  rder,  Clipptr  office, ' 

W.  Rogers,  107  Liberty  st., 

Wesl.-y  H.  Salter,  314  E.  79th  st., 

Gordon  F.  Smith,  \>.  O.  Box  3640, 

Geo.  Thad.  Stevens,  37  E.  20th  st., 

L.  W.  P.  Stevens,  20  Warren  st., 

Dan  S-ceruy's  Saloon,  500  E.  133d  St., 

B.  C.  Unseld,  76  E.  9th  st., 

H.  A.  Van  Liew,  21  E.  73d  st., 

L.  [•:.  Waterman,o,  155  Broadway, 

Perry  S.  Watson,  520  W.  43d  st., 

Francis  H.  Weeks.to,  120  Broadway, 

White,  Stokes  &  Allen,**  192  Fifth  av., 

C'las.  E.  Whittemorc,  579  Broadway, 

Julius  Wilcox,*  15  Park  Place, 

T.  E.  Willson,o,  M-Vr/rf  office, 

L  O.  WoodrufT.o,  88  Maiden  Lane, 


Mason  Young,to,  35  Wall  st.. 


'.iifftr  umce, 


Geo.  F.  Allison,o, 
James  W.  Auten, 
A.  W.  Baird, 
E.  P.  Baird, 
G.  D.  Baird,o, 
R.  B.  Baird, 
Wm.  R.  Baird,to, 
W.  T.  Baird, 


775 

Monroe  Le  Vino, 
S.  S.  McCIure, 
(Crawford  Mason), 
Fred.  Mead,  jr.,o, 
J.  D.  Pugh,  jr., 
H.  D.  Schoonmaker, 
Chas.  J.  .Solyom, 
(Thomas  Stevens), 


Leander  A.  Bevin,o,  Aaron    S.  Thomas.o. 
W.  F.  Coffee,  jr.,      (James  Watson,o), 
T.  G.  Condon,  Edw.  P.  Wilder.to, 

(Richard  Garvey),        Percy  Wintei,  tc, 
A.  H.  Hayward,         (     C.  Woolworth. 
Niagara  FalU:  (A'.  F.  B.  C,  Aug.  29,  '85), 
Neil  Campbell,  lc,C,  Geo.G.Shepard,  S-T. 
Norwood:  L.  L.  Ashley. 
Olean:  (O.  B.  C,  Aug..  '83),  W.  H.  Butler. 
Ogwego:  (O.  IV.  C),  Fred  A.  Dixon,  VP, 

(Geo.  F.  Allison,  o),  John  P.  Miller,  lc 
Otego:  S.  K.  Lewis. 

ParkvlUe,  L.  I.:  W.  F.  Gullen,  Wash'n  av. 
Peconlc:  Joe  C.  Case. 

Peeklklll:  CortUindt  WheelmenJ th.22:%i, 
A.  D.  Dunbar,  .S-T,   S.  Norris  Knapp. 
D.C.  Hasbrouck,  (C),lc,  S.  A.  Mead,  L, 
R.  S    Hasbrouck,  jr.,  Henry  Tate. 
Edward  F.  Hill,  (lr.lcc),  lr,  {N.Y.BC), 
Plattsburg:  Curtis  H.  Veeder. 
Port  Henry:  Wallace  T.  Foote,  jr. 
Port  Jervls:  {Delaware B.C.,  May  20,  '83), 
D.'Uivare  Hotel,  by  J.  E.  Wickham, 
C/arf«--«/a«/,r^/,/,byEd.G.Giesenheimer, 
F:jr-      .ivern,**       Edd  C.Wickham,(S). 
Por  ••.!,>  M.Fleming. 

Poujj.     .epwo:  ArieUVfuel Club,Xiic.,''%i, 
J.  R.  .\  '.riance,P,i.R,  A.  N.  Shaffer,* 
C.F.Cossum,S-T,Tc,  Robt.  E.  Taylor.to. 
C.  B.  Herrick,to, 
Bandolph:  (R.  B.  C),  D.  C.  Adams,  C, 

W.W.Canfiek!.»(S),C,  W.L.  Rathbone,P 
Richmond  Hill.  L.I.:  Wm.  A.  Jones,  o. 
Riverhead,  L.I.    A.  O.  Downs,  t* 
Rochelle  (New):  Charles  F.  Cane^y.to, 

N.  P.  Tyler,  ITtc,  (lc<;),  l  ha-  Jicapper. 
Rochester:  {R.  B.  C,  Feb.  f,  '80), 
Phil  A   (  lum,  J.  G   Lenox, 

W.  J.  CLirtice,  C,        Gejrge  E.  Maier, 
F.  R.  Freatman,         Jacob  Oettinger, 
F.  B.  Graves, (T),LC,  S.H.Pool,P,(C,S,T), 
A.  C.  Hills,  Geo.  H.  Robins, 

C.  F.  Hovey,  S.  Robert  Thomnson, 

W.  H.  Learned,  (P),  W.  A.  Turpin. 
Rockland  Lake:  A.  L.  Wilson.t 


.,^!l* 


776 


TEN  THOUSAND       ILES  ON  ^.   BICYCLE. 


Borne:  (^.^.  C.Jan.  J9,  '84),  J.  M.  Barton  ,• 
G.  Harry  Chase,  F.  B.  Hodges, 

Chas.  D.  Hildreth,    H.J.Rowland,LC,S-T. 
Saratoga:  \.S.B.C.,]va.  29,'8o),A.  C.  Rich. II 
Schenectady:  {S.  B.  C,  r.ov.  13,  '83), 
Carle^'  House,  by  L.  Sickler, 
Jacob  W.  Clute.t  C,LR,  Sam.  R.  James, 
Ed.  L.  Davii,  i.c,        P.  E.  Kipp,  tN. 
Schenevui:  Ralph  D.  Webster. 
Sci<uylerTille:  SchuyUrvUU  Houu, 
Wm.  McLiiidon,o,      E.  S.  Tabor. 
Seneca  Fallfl:  H.  j.  Emmett. 
Sherman:  Eugene  Card,*  Edwin  Ripley,LC. 
Sliver  Creek:  Main  Strett  //(7<M«,(Knight's) 

A.  Wilson  Dods,1I       O.  A.  Fairchild. 
Slnclairville:  W.  J.  Dunihue,  H.  C.  Sloan. 
Stll'Tater:  Ensign  House,  by  T.  S.  Ensign. 
Stockport:  {Columbia  IVTn,  June  19,'83), 
J.  Reynolds,  lc,  P,     R.  B.  Reynolds,  S. 
Mrs.  Josh.  Reynolds,  (Hudson  B.  C,  '82.) 
Suffem:  Eurela  House,  by  R.  Riggs. 
Syracuse:  (S.  B.  C,  Feb.  8,  '81), 
C.  W.  Bardeen,(P),     H.  H.  Ragan.o, 
William  Gardner,        T.  K.  Wilkinson, 
Fred  H.  Johnson,        L.  S.  Wilson,  C. 
Ta''  ,'town:   I'incent  House, hy  Z. Carpenter. 
Troy:  (r.  B.  C.  and  Trojan  IV'tn), 
G.R.Collins,(C),VP,  J.  E.  Miller,  aL, 
A.  P.  Dunn,  iL,         John  W.  Saxe, 
Fred  P.  Edmans,*       H.  N.  Strait,  n, 
W.  Gardner,  jr.,         T.  B.  Way,  P, 
Wm.L.Gardr..r,TC,F,Chas.  E.  Wilson,  T. 
Tuckahoe:  Irving  Vermilya. 
Utica:  (Fort  SckuyUr  WhtflnuH,i\xat;ii), 
Hagg's  Hotel,  by  T.  R.  Procter, 
Geo.  H.  Bidwell,(S),  J.  B.  Griffiths. 
VanHomesville:  Earl  A.  Mixer. 
Verplank'8  Point:  Henry  Tate. 
Walden:  (IV.B.C),  Sumner  Bull,*  S-T, 
Wm.  L.  Dickinson,    K.  E.  Libenow, 
W.H.  Faulkner.HP,  C.  W.  Sadlier,  C, 
L.  W.  Jansen,  Erwin  Tears. 

Wappinger'8  FalU;  (/f./r.  C,  Jan. 2, '84), 
Harry  H.  Brown,  P   C,  lc, 
Valter  L.  Monfort,     Daniel  Walker, 
vvatkln*.:  (TAe  Gun  Cyclers,  June,  '85), 

John  M.  Thompson,!  C. 
Watertown:  Saml.  F.Bagg.o.G. C.Sherman. 
Weedsport:  Weedsport  B  C,  Dec.  if), '84, 
H.D. Brown, P,  lr,  J.R.Rheubottom,jr.,C. 
West  Brighton,  S.  I.:  Augustus  r  Butler. 
We*'"iioreland.  N.  Del-  'y  Lee. 
WbiMhaU:  J.  Dana  Culver. 


Tonkert:  Getty  House,  by  W.  H.  Doty, 
Mansion  House,  D.  B.  Lewis. 

NEW  JERSEY. 
Beverly:  R.  C.  Clarkson,  \.z. 
Bloomfleld:  John  V.  L.  Pierson. 
Bordentown:  (Owl  B.  C,  July  10,  '82), 

C.  Franklin  Adams,    F.  G.  Wiese,»*C,  lc, 
Phil.F.H.Brakeley,iL,  H.  Benson  Wiese, 
Wilson  Cutter,  Louis  W.  Wiese. 

Bound  Brook:  W.  B.  Thompson,  lc. 

Brick  Church:  C.  Creagh,  John  Durrie. 

Caldwell:  Caldivell House,  by  A.  A.  Snyder. 

Camden:  (Camden  B.  C,  1881), 

G.  R.  Brown,  S,         Geo.  W.  Husted, 
G.  N.  Buzby,P,  lr,    C.  L.  Leisen, 
Jas.  B.  Dowling,        B.  O.  Miller,  lc. 

Chatham:  (Morris  H^anderers,  June,  '83), 
Edw.  I.ittlejohn,  C,     Jos.  C.  Mintcn,(C). 

Cinnaminson:  Renj.  Lippincott. 

East  Long  Branch:  Wm.  W.  Silkworth. 

East  Orange:  (O.  H^anderers,  Nov.  11, '80), 
H.C.Douglas,(C,P),LR,  L.H.Johnson,** 
W.  W.  Geery,  L.H.Porter,(C),P,TC. 

Elizabeth:  (E.  WPn,  l,  June  7,'83.  Head- 
quarters,  116  Broad  St.),  Frank  Bergen, t, 

D.  Blake  Bennett,      J.  S.  Henderson 
L.B.Bonnett,(F),2L,  ^T    H.  Henderson, 
G.  C.  Brown, IlLCC,  P,  <     as.A.  Hutchinson, 
A.  S.  Crane,  T,  (Jeo.  J.  Martin,  C, 
Samuel  C.  Crane,        P.  T.  Norton, 


P.  Kenney  Dilks, 
Harry  Floy, 
William  £.  Gibbs, 


G.  C.  Penneil,  S, 

A.  K.  Prince, 

A.  S.  Roorbach,  B, 


C.H.K.Ha]sey,VP,    T.  B.  Russum, 
IfW.  Halsey,  J.C.Wetmore,  (S-T), 

W.  H.  Hastings,  (P),  R.  W.  Woodward,P. 

Greenville:  A.  H.  Hayward. 

Hackensack:  (H.  B.  c,  Mar.  17, '82), 
C.  J.  Wood. 

Hackettstown:  J.  Madison  Porter. 

Haddonfleld:  Wm.  Pittenger.t 

Hoboken:  G.  Boehm,  37  Hudson  St., 
C.  E.  Kriih,  H.W.Sagendorf,LC, 

J.  V.  I,.  Pierson,         Frank  T.  Welter. 

Jersey  City:   (Hudson  County  If^'Pn), 
E.  P.  Ba^^ot,  H.  M.  Piatt, 

A.  P.  Bennett,  S.  G.  Putnam, 

Thos.Chamberlain.jr.jH.W.  Sagendort,  iL, 
David  Dewitt,  Eugene  M.  Smith, 

E.W. Johnson, IIC.LR,  W.  P.  Smith,  LC, 
Chas.  E.  Kluge,         V.  B.  Tulane, 
Lewis  F.  Lyne,         (N.P  Tyler ,f(LCc),Tc), 
Geo.  J.  Pforr,  H.  W.  Winfield.t 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


Lawrencaville:  Henry  p.  Warren.o. 

iJncoln  Pai 
Alfred  Benjamin,        William  Comly. 

Madiflon:  C.  H.  Genung. 

MlUviUe:  iM.  B.C.,  Nov.  ao,'8a,  see  p.  S2o), 
J.  A.  BolandjLR,       T.  B.  Somers,  lc.C, 
W.  Scott  Calkins,        C.  S.  Stevens, 
Lewis  Howell,  E.  Vanaman,  aL. 

Herschel  Mulford,  P, 

MontcUir:  (M.  /*"/'«,June,'83),Phil.  Young, 
S.  J.  Holmes,  Ross  W.  Weir,  C, 

R.G.Hutchinson,  jr.,    A.J.  Wright.U  S-T, 
Mooreitown:  J.  L.  Moore,  Lc, 

Wm.  J.  Morrison,  L,s,  F.  C.  Stokes,  Tc. 
Morrittown:  (Morris  IVanderers,  May, '83), 
Mansion  House,  by  B.  C.  Guerin, 
Park  House, u,  by  Stephen  W.  Luse, 
'"Ayer,  (Jos.  C.Mmtcn,(C),), 

Geo.  W.  Collis,  P,       W.  S.  Mulford, 


G.  P.  Farley, 
C  H.  Genung, 
C.  T.  Halstead,  L, 
C.  S.  Leddell, 


J.  F.  Runyon,  (L), 
Truman  H.  Scott, 
S.  Staples, 
G.E.Voorhees,  jr.,LC, 


(Edw.  Littlejohn,  CV  James  D.  Voorhees. 
Mt.  Holly:  G.  A.  Li|  i>incott. 
Newark:  Cont in'/ Hotel,  L,opp.  D.  L.&W., 
Newjersey  Hrpn,  (Oct.,'83).  Jraton  Hall.' 
J.  E.  Baker,  748  :      id  '•., 
P.  H.  Brangs,  3a  i»ov     -d  St., 
r>.  E.  Drake,  vp,  ,^     a.  Pleasant  av., 
John  S.  Duston,  (VP),  60  Fifth  av., 
T.  E.  Gay,  R,  ag;  New  St., 
F.  W.  Goodsell,  114  Commerce  st., 
Arthur  R.  Grow,  (Summit,  N.  J.), 
August  Hahne,  649  Broad  St., 
Thomas  W.  Jackson,  u  Myr"!e  av., 
Clift  W.  Jones,  (aL),  375  Broad  St., 
Frank  J.  Keer,  aL,  liroadway, 
A.  O.  Leroeris,  iL,  880  Broad  st., 
John  Lindner,  jr.,  1,9  S.  Orange  av., 
Hiram  E.  Littell,  P,  460  Broad  st., 
C.  B.  Longenecker,  289  Washington  st., 
Howard  Miller,  48  Webster  st., 
C.  W.  Northrop,  (.L,  F),  VP,  as  Cedar  St., 
W.  H.  Parsons,  P,  lr,  119  Belleville  av., 
Howard  A.  Smith,**  494  Broad  st., 
Louis  N.  Spinning,  (S),  (Summit,  N   J.), 
T   E.  Theberath,  Clifton  and  Filiii  avs., 
Wm.  H.  West  wood,  4a  Eighth  av., 
J.  C.  Willever,  S,  494  Broad  st., 
G.  P.  Williams,  C,  390  Washington  av.. 
r^-..yj.  ITiurDci,  i4yrourihst., 
C.  R.  Zacharias,  (C),**  494  Broad  st. 


777 

The  Essex  B.  C.  (Mar.  8,  '70)     aim.  the 
JoUowing  .a,  and  the  rest  are  not  member,  of 
either  club,  though  one  or  two  belong  to  the 
A/alan/a  M^T*,  (org.  Mar.  .,,'86): 
E.  D.  Famsworth,      Charle.  Pharo, 
Arthur  L.Genuag.      S.  H.  Sanjeant,  .L, 
wm  b.  Johnson,  Nate  B.  Seaver, 

John  B.  Lunger,  C    Clifford  Smillic, 

Robert  D.  Mead,(C).  Wm,  B.  Southard, 
J.K.Meeker,  G.  Burton  Taylor, 

'Adams,  784  Broad  st., 
Wm.  W.  Bingham,  a -a  S.  Sixth  st., 
Wm.  E.  Blen^tt,  jr.,  .86  W.ishington  av., 
A.  W.  Bourn,t  67  Sherman  a.  , 
Wilbur  F.  Coddinj'ton,  a4  Taylor  .t.,  S-T, 
John  J.  Daly,  593  Broad  St., 
C.  Dennison,  107  Pacific  st., 
S.  C.  Doland,  140  Union  st., 
James  P.  Downs,  N.  Seventh  st., 
Samuel  W.  Gcery,  769  Broad  St., 

A.  H.  Hayes,  as  Walnut  st., 

E.  D.  Harrington,  153  Orange  St., 
Schuyler  B.  Jackson,to,  756  Broad  St., 
Samuel  J.  Macdonald,  75  Libe  ty  st., 
N.  T.  Slee,  Oralon  Hall,  494  Broad, 
Howard  A.  Smith  &  Co.,**OratonHal], 

B.  S.  Whitehead,  94  Market  «t 

New  BrUMWick:  (B  B.  C,  May  ,9,'8.),L, 
frank  H.  Cook,  J.  French  Scott,  n, 

A.Wakeman  Scott,N,  C.D.Snedecker,(LT> 
Newton:  C.  L.  MofJett,  Isaac  D.  Reed. 
Newfoundland:  Br<nvn's  Hotel. 
Oranfe:  (O.  H^anarers,  Nov.  .1,  '80), 
Mansion  House,  F.  B.  Hallett,  li, 

R.  H.  Atwater,  o,       J.  W.  ■i-nith,  (C), 
Wilham  Beach,  J.  W.  Snow, 

H.  A.  Smith  &  Co.,*»opp.Mansion  Hoi;  e. 
Orange  Valley:  Harry  Seymour  Barnes. 
Passaic:  J.  D.  Pugh,  H.  L.  Simpson. 
Paterson:  (.^olus  IV.  C.),W.  F.Beggs,S-T, 
JohnT.  Browne,         Jol  -..  Harwood,'jr.,  * 
Chas.  D.  Cooke,  C,    Reuben  Kyle. 
Pemberton:  F.rnest  H.  Diver. 
Perth  Amboy:  (Pert A  Amboy  Cyclers), 

E.  W.  Barnes,  tc,P,  E.  E.  Hartshorn,  C 
Plainfleld:  (P.  B.  C).  D.  C    Adams, 
Robt.  W.  Anderson, II  A.  L  C.  Marsh, 
Geo.  Stuart  Collins,     Robinson  .  jund,(S), 
J.  A.  Demarest,  D.  M.  Runyon, 

Clark  W.  Evans,         Harold  Serrell,  ls, 
D.  J.  Gordon,  E.  J.  Warins.  tc. 

Princeton:  (Princeton  College  B.  C.,  1880), 
Thomas  Chalmers,  (N.  Y.  City). 


.i| 


778 


TEX  THuJSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Bfthway:  yMonmoMth  County  /K'/'w), 
K.  I..  Urtiwn,  AH. Chamberlain,!/:. 

Red  B«nk.  (.tfoMmauth  C(mnty  (t^YH), 
J.  II.  Ik-rgrn,  H.K.Mar!iden,t(P,U:), 

S,A.I.i>ckw(HHl,Ji.c,C'.W.  B.  Mount. 

Rldgefleld:  Robert  t.  larke,  W.  f.  Clarke,  o. 

Roselle.  (Kosti/t  Rambltrs,  1885), 
C  .  H    Jouct,  R.  L.  Stewart,  C. 

Rutherford:  (/Vmkj/i tV.  WTn, Nov. ij/gj), 
K.  A.  K.lK.>r,  T,  C.  L.  Jackson,  S, 

'"i.  T.  Iliillister,  H.R.J.icksoii.jr  ,(C),L,LC. 

Seftbright:  Jdhnslon  DeKorett,  (N.Y.City). 

Shrewsbury   M    Hell,  W.  M.  Vanschoick. 

StnithvUle;   The  H.  B.  Smith  Mach.  Cc..,»*' 
K.  K.  Burns,  u,  Wm.  S.  Kelley, 

K.  H.  Biirtis,  A.  H.   King, 

C.  H.  Chickering,       (\.  A.  Lippincott, 
C'has.  K.  Kraiier,         Joe  Powell, 
A.  M.  Hall,  H.  B.  Smith, 

C.  W.  HiKRiiis,  B.  W.  Storey. 

Somerville :  County  Hi>itl^%s  KwfXm  Moore. 

Summit:   {Xnv  JersfY  H-'Tn,  Newark), 
Arthur  R.  Grow,  L.  N.  Spinning, 

J.  Kranklin  Ha.w,       A.  J.  Youngs. 

Trenton:  (T.  B.  C,  Mar.  15,  '80), 
TrtHtoH  Houst,  by  P.  Katzentack, 
S.  P.  Camp,  S,  W.  P.  Pray,(nristol>, 

W.  M.  Crozer.  F.,  B.S.  Rose,LC,VP,iI,, 
W.(;.McCullo,iRh,»Pi.Kir  JohnWhitehead, 
How.nrd  B.  Moses,      R.V.  Whitehead,  B. 

Upper  Montclftir:  Philip  Young. 

Wuhington; 

.SV.  Cloud  ffotfl,  by  C.  F.  Staates. 

Westfleld:  (Hfl/erofihoH  irTn,  Dec.  j,'85), 
John  Carberry,  F,       John  W.  Nichols, 
Arthur  B.  Irving,        Arthur  N.Pierstin,C, 
F.A.Kinch,jr.,1IP,TC,  H.  Richardson,  N. 
F.  S.  Miller,  S-T, 

West  Long  Branch:  J.  W.  Curtis,  (N.Y.) 

West  Orange:  LlrwfUyn  }\rk  HcUl. 

Woodstown:  (S.  C,  '83)  E.  S.  Fogg,t  (lr). 

PKNNSYLVANIA. 

Academy:  Gfn.  IVitynt  Hotel,  by  J.  Baird. 
Allegheny  City:  W  Duncan,  S.A.Saxman. 
Allentown:  Am.  Hotel,  hy  H.  A.  Hayden, 

Frank  S.  Dobbins,  t  607  Chew  st. 
Ashland:  C.  O.  Burkctt,  J.  W.  Hnber. 
Altoona:  Logan  House,  by  W.  R.  Dunham, 

Chas.  B.  Dudley.o,     Robert  M.  Riddle, 

H.  E.  Stover,_j3ii  Broad  st. 

AnImnrA ;    4  •-//mt/m*^  Houtf    f?e{i  A  triM  Ht*tel 


T.  H.  Boyd, 


W.  C.  McClintock,§ 


R.  G.  Smith,  S.  F.  Stadelman.J 

Frank  M.  SiM)hn,        W.  A.Stadelman,  tc 

Beaver  Falls:  (B.Vaileyty'rn,  May  7,'8s), 
A.  B.  Chalfant,  Will.  H.  Leigh,  P, 

J.  M.  Critchlow,  Thomas  Midgley,  (. 
S.  H.  Dawson,  S,  J.  E.  Wickersham, 
W.  H.  Hubbard,        Geo.  Whysall. 

Bedford:  Bed/ord  House,  by  John  Hafer, 
1).  C.  Burns,  Harry  Gilchnat, 

Beech  Cliff:  Frank  W.  Smith. 

Berwick:  L.  M.  Kumlcr.t 

Bethlehem:  (Al/^Ma  ly.  C,  Mar.  i6,  '83), 
J.  .S.  D(Kison,  P,         C.  T.  Smith,  S, 
C.  C.  Ki.auss,C,  i.c,  F.dw.  H.Williams,  jr., 
Frank  J.  l.eibert,        V.S.Wintersteen,  B. 

Blossburg:  V    I..  Russell. 

Bristol:  Bristol  Library, 

W.  M.  Downing,  jr.,  Geo.  A.  Shoemaker, 
W.  P.  Pray,  i.c,  John  T.  Thorn, 

G.  .Schieser,  jr.,  Wm.  S.  Wright. 

Brookville:  J.  B.  McKniRht. 

Brownsville:  Bar  Houst,  1.,  by  Eli  Bar. 

Canton:  (C.  H'.  C),     E.  L.  Davenport, 
H.  B.  DaveniK)rt,TC,  J.  F>nebt  Newman. 

Carpenters:  F.  Cirant  Sweet. 

Chambersburg:  (C.  IV.  C), 
JVittiotal  Hotel,  by  E.  L.  Wesley, 
Geo.  S.  Hull,  t  P,      W.  G.  Nixon,  C.»« 

Chester:  Joseph  H.  Walle^. 

Clarion:  (C.B.C.),  A.  Kaufman,  C.  V.  Reid. 

Clearfield:  (C.  B.  C),  Leonard  House, 
}{otel  \Cindsor,  L,  J.  B.  Kennard, 
H.  B.  Fulford,  W.  M.  McKr.ight, 

W.M.Gearhart,VP,iL,  Alf.  F.  M.irtin, 
J.E.  Hardcr,*P,C,LR,  Curtin  Nivling,  S, 
J.  B.  Highberger,  N,  Edgar  C.Shaw,T,2L. 

CoalDlUe:  Jona.  Evans,  Wm.  T.  Jones, 
T.  C.  Lansford,  E.  G.  Zem. 

Columbia:  (C.  IVtu),  Franklin  House, 
Wm.  P.  Evans,tN,      Bruner  Kauffnian, 
Chas.  L.  Filbert,        John  S.  Musser,  C, 
Elmer  L.  Formalt,L,  A.  W.  Rogers, ||P, 
John  S.  Glover,  Chas.  Sourbeer. 

Corry:  St.  James  Hotel, \., 
G.  H.  Bailow,  Fred  G.  King,  LC. 

S.  J.  Franklin, 

Curwinsville :    Draucher  House, 
Park  House,  i.,  bv  W.  F.  Eckert. 

Danville:  John  G.  Urown, 

W.  Dosh.  Holloway,  Wm. Sidney  Ramsey. 

Devon:  Devon  Inn,  fc    H.J.  &  G.R. Crump. 

DoyleStOWn;   Htnry  I.ear.tn. 

Easton:  ^''.^'.Mit//,  by  Kershaw  &  Brandon. 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


779 


Florin:  H.  O.  Reidt. 

0«riIUUltOwn:  (for  G.  B.  C,  net  ■'  I'hi'a") 
M.  C.  Morrill,  Dillwyn  Wistar.d.r). 

Oetty.  buTf:  Engl,  Hotel,  by  H.  Yingli.ig, 
1..  M.  Huchlcr.J         (T.   \\,  Seigle). 

Oirard:  Dan  Rice,  jr. 

Olenfleld:  K.  I».  Smith,  (PiKsburg). 

Oreeniburf:  K.Hick,  J.V.  Slephenson,»i.R. 

QrocavUle:  {.yktvr  B.  C,  Nov.  n,  '83), 
Charles  Mick,  V.  C.  I'lacc, 

Ralpli  Howers,  C.  A.  Rouse, 

C.  M.  Urown,  C.  B.  .Shrom,  TC, 

W.  R.  Field,  C,  A.  G.  Thalimcr. 

Hanisburg:  (Harritburg  Cycling  CluS), 
Herbert  I,.  Hrowii,H,  W.  H.  MiUdleton, 
J.  WilRoii  Kortirv,       J.  Hervey  Patton,* 
(;eo.A.(«)rKa>!,§.S-r,  Jas.  W.  Roberts,  L, 
Jonn  (lastrock,  C.  H. Small,  lc,  tc,P, 

Walker  J.  Jones,        Alex.  C.  Si.amm. 
Hayerford  College  P.  O.:  Alfred  Chase. 

Hawley:  Keystone  House,  by  Julius  .Scott. 

Haileton:  J.  A.  Chase,  W.  H.  Hertz.|| 

Homeitead:  C.  H.  Alter. 

Huntingdon:  (AC.,()ct.,'84),E.  R.  Heyser, 

C.  Herbert  Mi:ier,C,  Frederick  Snare,  P. 

Indiana:  Anurkan  House,  by  M.  Earhart. 

Irwin.  Will  Coughenour, 

Wilbur  M.  Fulton, ix,  John  Long, 

R.  E.  Humphreys,      Frank  MaRill, 

W.  H.  Johnston,        C.Meerhoff,  (mayor). 

Jenklntown:  Joseph  W.  Griscom. 

Tertey  Shore:  Kred  H.  Freeborn,  i.e. 

dkhnstown:  {Mountain  B.  C,  May  8,  '8j), 

J.  M.  Murdock,  H.D.Williams. 

Kennett  Square:  CJeorge  M.  Gregg. 

Lancaster:  (L.  B  C.  Dec.  7,  '81), 

E.  P.  Day,||(L),  P,     S.  H.  Obrei'ter, 

S.  B.  Downey,  VP,    Chas  E.  Rahter, 

J.  R.  Foster,  Martin  n'idy,**(C), 

M.  T.  Garvin,  D.  Sherman  ."T-nith, 

W.  F.  Gorrecht,  B,     Sylvanus  S    'I,tN,..«, 

C.E.Haberbush,iR,(W.H.Yrungman,S.T). 

Landl«ville:  D.  h.  Landis,  LC,  ed.  rigil. 

Latrobe:  Parker  Hous^x,  by  Cyrus  Walton. 

Lebanon:  (Lebanon  Wheelmen,  181)4), 

John  H.  Cilliy,  P,      ftrrKngG. Valentine. 

Lr-tk  Haven:  B.  F.  Bicwn. 

Mansfield:  (M.  Ramblers,  Aug.  j8,  '84), 

C.  M   Adams,  S,        O.  E.  Dewer, 

Will  H.  Capell,  Chas.  M.  OIney. 

James  Cockbtim,  ix. 

%^.. i_  y^« «      «.—   ___    _ 

raau-wii  -wUUiis:  \.M.  c.  iJ.  C,  i/ct.   i,  '03), 

Ira  G.  Ross,S-T,LC,   Richard  S.  Ruddle. 


Meadvllle:  s.  s.  l,ongoo<>. 
Mercar:  W.  H.  Harrison. 
Meohan insburg:  C.  M.  Niesley. 
MUfor-l:   Robert  M.  Aylsworth.t 
MUlenvUle:  Howard  E.  Randall. 
Montrose:  Montrose  Bi.  Club,(OcX.  17, '83), 

Mt  Pleasant,  Westmoreland  Co.: 

E.  E.  CritchSeld,         F.  W.  Reynolds. 
Myerstcsn:  Baney  //««»,byC.R.Donough. 
Nazarech:   Harry  E.  Clewell. 
New  Castle:  H.  Warren  Terry,  i.c 
Norrlstown:  (N.  B.  C,  Dec,  '83),  L, 
W.  Wallace  Acker.C,  Theo.  E.  Taylor, 
H.  M.  Ebeii,  (S),  U    Elwood  J.  Warner, 
A    B.  Parker,  Harry  P.  Weaver, 

W.H.Richardson,  T,  Jos.  H.  Weeks. 
Orwlgsbur^':  H.  S.  Alb.=ght. 
Penfleld:  Penfield  Hotel,h^  }.  .S.  .Schofield. 
Philadelphia:  Colonnade  Hotel  (Crump*'), 

Hotel  Ln/ayette,  by  L.  U.  Maltby, 
1'hil.idelfkia  Bi.Club,  l,  (May  a2,'79),  houM 
at  cor.  of  26th  and  Perot  sts., 
.S.  Eldred(;ilbert,  1237  Arch  »t., 
H.  B.  Hart,»*,?ii  Arch  St., 
H.  P.  Kelly,  ,3,8.  3d  St., 
Harold  R.  Lewis,  JJ),  lk,  115  N.  adst., 
(J.  N.  C)sbrrne,i.R,  115  N.  2d  St., 
Melmoth  V..  Osborne,  1025  Arch  St., 
E.  C.  Stokes,  (Moorestown,  N.  J.), 
Joseph  H.  Taylor,  1924  Green  St., 
Chas.  B.  Warder,  1212  N.  Broad  st. 
Germantovm  Bi.  Club,  (Sept.  5,  '79),  l, 
rooms  at  2314  Fairmount  av., 
John  A.  Beck,  133 1  Race  St., 
Geo.  F.  Craven,  1440  N.  7th  St., 
John  P.  Curran,  jr.,  1451  N.  14th  St., 
Geo.  B.  Darby,  231  Arch  St., 
Geo.  D.  Gideon,»S,  (lr),  6  S.  Broad  St., 
Harold  E.  Gillingham,  466/  .vnox  St., 
Chas.  R.  Harley,  jr.,  223  1 ..  2olh  St., 
Frank  S.  Harris,  C.Tcc,  718  Arch  »t., 
Geo.  S.  Iredell,  227  Chestnut  St., 
J.  »V.  Nicholson,  :     410  Race  St., 
Westcoti  "/orman.  Chestnut  and  12th  eU., 
Abr.  Pjwell,  1539  R.ice  St., 
W.  \Vest  Randall, 

Frank  Read,  VP,lr,  400  Chestnut  rt., 
H,  Taylor  Rogers,  1015  Vine  St., 
John  F.  Simons,  2105  Venango  St., 
L.  Logan  Smith,  4653  Main  St., 
H.  S.  Wood,  LC,  310  Chestnut  St., 
Chas.  G.  Wright.  1028  New  Market  »t., 
T.  Houard  Wright,  ls,  232  Walnut  st. 


I 


ySo 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


I'eHKtylvaMia    Bi.    Club,    (Aug.    3,   '8j),  i., 
club-house  at  41st  st.  and  Kim  av., 
Kugene  M.  Aaron,  lS-E,lcc,  39  S.  4th  St., 
Jas.  Leslie  Alvord,  43J  Chestnut  St., 
Kred.  A.  Brown,  (T),  23*5  St.  Albans  PI., 
S.  W.  Cheyney,  S,  654  N.  43d  st., 
Isaac  Elwell,t  (C,S),  P,  lag  S.  6th  st., 
W.  T.  Fleming,  1317  N.  Broad  st., 
Wm.  S.  Harper,  233  S.  4th  st., 
Edgar C.  Howell,  (VP),  3435  Lancasterav., 
Frank  M.  Johnson,  1713  Jefferson  St., 
(J.  A.  Edward  Kohler,  1339  "arish  st., 
Arthur  P.  Lewis,  1909  Green  st., 
Henry  A.  Lewis,  1909  Green  St., 
Arthur  H.  MacOwen,  S,  216  S.  3d  m  , 
Frederick  MacOwen,  lk,  (P), 
Chas.  M.  Miller,  (C),  1600  Hamilton  st., 
C.  A.  Roberts,  lr,(C),  1203  Arch  St., 
H.  L.  Roberts,  211  Arch  St., 
T.  A.  Schaeffer,  216  S.  3d  st., 
C.  Shillard  Smith,  125  Market  st., 
W.  A.  Stadelman,  LC,  (Ardmore  Station), 
Chas.  I).  Williams,  (P),  lr,  122  S.  nth  St., 
H.  B.  Worrell,  UR,(VP),  560  N.  17th  st. 
For  early  history  of  the  tiiree  clubs  above 
catalogued  (10+21+23),  see  H.  B.  Hart's  il- 
1  unrated  sketch  in  the  lyfuelmaH  (July,  'S3, 
pp.  257-265).     The  following  40 are  presumed 
to  be  unattached  riders,  though  there   are  a 
half-dozen    lesser  clubs    in   Philadelphia   to 
which  some  of  them  may  belong: 
J.  Howe  Adams, LR,  1901  Chestnut  jt., 
Geo.  H.  Atkinson,  162  N.  2d  st., 
H.  Ayers,  527  Arch  St., 
James  Battersby,  879  N.  30th  St., 
Samuel  A.  Boyle, t  733  Walnut  St., 
Geo.  R.  Brown,  Front  and  Market  sts., 
G.  B.  Bryan,  36  N.  4th  St., 
(i.  N.  Buzby,  LR,  517  Market  St., 
F.  D.  Canfield,  Mt.  Airyav., 
Fred  A.  Colvin,  3906  Fairmount  av., 
N.  F.  Cressman,  Chestnut  Hill, 
H.  J.  &  G.  R.  Crump,  Colonnade  Hotel, 
J.  S.  Durham,  Univ.  of  Penn.,ed.  Maga., 
Edward  H.  IiardinR,  28  N.  6th  St., 
Jas.  Alvo-d  Gale,  6  Chestnut  St., 
John  H.  Geil,t  30  N.  5th  St., 
Henry  M.  Goodwin,  1119  N.  4th  St., 
Russell  H.Gunnis.n.  w.cor.aist  &  Chestnut, 
Thomas  Hare,  2045  N.  13th  st., 
E.  Stanley  Hart  &  Co.,*»  321  Chestnut  st., 
Henry  Humphreys,  1315  Mt.  Vernon  st., 
J.  W.  Johnson,  3600  Market  St., 


L.  S.  Kern,  425  N.  3d  Et., 
C  L.  Leisen,  Putnam  and  Maacherit*., 
L.  U.  Maltby,o,  Hotel  Lafayette, 
Wm.  E.  Mellor,  2030  N.  nth  st., 
Benj.  M.  Norman,  831  Ani.  st., 
Albert  A.  Norris,  1525  S.  Broad  st., 
W.  B.  Page,  381  S.  Fourth  st., 
L.  C.  Perkins,  i8i8  E.  Lehigh  St., 
Chas.  J.  Pil'   g,  3412  Sansom  St., 
Wm.  H.  Roberts,  127  Catherine  st., 
J.  Henry  Sharpe,  4006  Pine  st., 
Horace  E.  Smith,  1213  Walnut  st., 
H.  Sturdevant,  Wissohickon  Station, 
Henry  Troth,  150  N.  aolh  st., 
Frederick  Trotter,  255  S.  3d  st., 
Harry  B.  Vincent,  1  4087  Locust  st., 
Charles  E.  Vrrkes,  1535  Girard  av., 

Pittsburg:  (Keystone  B.  C,  Dec.  14,  '79), 
O.  H.  Allerton,  jr.,      Paul  3.  Johnston, 
H.E.Bidwell,LR,C,     G.  A.  Lyon,  (P), 
Harvey  Childs,o,        J.W.Mc(Jowin, 
C.M.Clarke,LC,P,(S-T),  R.  T.  Shannon, 
J.  F.  ^owan,  E.  D.  Smith. 

J.  E.  Norrnecutt  &  Co.,**  94  Fifth  av., 
Pittsburg  Fire  Arras  Co.** 

Pottatown:  (/». .ff. C. ,  Aug.  i , '84), J. C. Kugler. 

PottsviUe:  A.  L.  Phillips. 

PunxBUtawney:  St.ElmoHotel.hyE.P.Grni. 

Reading:  (H.  B.  C),   J.  Arthur  Curtis, 
Will  S.  Dotter,(B),     Samuel  E.  Slegel, 
W.  R.  Fichthom,       H.  K.  Whitner,S,LR, 
J.L.Henreitzer,(S),W.LWUhelm,LC,(P,C), 
Howard  W.  Potter,    Chas.  G.  Willson. 

Ridgway:  W.  L.  Williams,  ITlc. 

Sayr<s:  Percy  L  Sinclair. 

Scott  Haven:  Ed.  W.  Cole. 

Scranton: (5".  B.C.,  Jun.  2o,'8i),  Forvst  Ho., 
Scranion  Bicycle  Club, I.,  121  Wyoming  av., 
C.  C.  Conklin,  J.W.  Pentecost,(VP), 

W.  L.  Connell,  Frank  Phillip, 

B.P.Connolly ,(F),iL,John  F.  Roe,  jr., 
L.  H.  Gibbs,1I        G.Sanderson,jr.,(P,Lcc), 
Fred  C.  Hand,  LC,      H.  P.  Simpson,  F, 


A.  J.  Kolp,*  C, 
R.  M   La  Touche, 
Geo.  u.  Mayer,  C, 
J.  A.  Mott. 


J.  A.  Spencer,  iL, 
Joh..  J.  V.in  Nort,S, 
H.  C.  Wallace, 
Frank  D.  Watts,  T. 


Sewickley:    Seward  H.  Murray. 

South  Bethlehem:  (Lehigh  Univ.  B.  C), 

ChaHes  L.  Flack,       C.  H.  Veeder,  (lc). 

H.  vi.   Reist, 
Susquehanna:  (S.  B.  C..1881), 

T.A.Hayward,LC,     F.A.Miller,  ed  Trans. 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


TltUlvlUe:  (T.  B.  C),  HoUl  Brunnukk,  t. 
K.  H.  Ames,  P,lc,    A.  Mandell, 
C.  W.  Burtis,  S,  A.  B.  Oilman, 

C.  G.  Carter,  K.  T.  Roberu, 

E.  C.  Lufkir..  R.  c.  Selden,  C. 

TowaniU:  iya,d  houst,  S.  M.Woodbum.ir 
UniontOWn:  McClelland  House,  i.. 
Waahington:  J.   M.  Maurer.t 
Waynesboro:  iVaiional  //o/*/ (Wheler's), 

Clayton  Philips,  E.  j.  Ryder. 

Waynesborg:  Downey  f louse,  by  S.Milvin, 

H.  H.  Hull,  Lc,  W.  S.  Pipes. 

Wel««port:  v..  C.  Deat.s,  John  F.  Zern. 
WolUboro:  {IVelhboro  IV' Cn,  May  12,  '84), 
Coles  House,  by  James  S.  Colis, 
Robt.R.Dartt,(.L),VP,  A.R.  Niles,  tS-T, 
H.  L.  Davis.lT  Lyman  S.  Roberts, F, 

F.A.Deans,LR,(P),C,  Geo. M.Spalding  §P 
Geo.  W.  Honk,(C),    Geo.  W.  Williams,.v' 
Westchester:  li.O.Green,(C),  jooS.Ch.  st. 
West  Newton:  .S.  E.   Pool. 
W.  PhUadelphla:  J. S.Durham, Univ. of  Pa., 
F.K.  Field,  s.e.  cor.  ,6th  and  Powelton  av. ' 
W.C.  McCIintoc:c,§  Brown  and  Preston sts 
Wilkesbarre:  (/K.  b.  c), 

E.  Carpenter,  C.  A.  Hobbs. 

Wllllamsport:  (/K  ;K.  C,  June  ,0,  '83) 

Frank  R,  Otto.t  Will  H.  Painter. 
Wyoming:  C.  P.  Knapp.H  W.  S.  Stites.t 
York:   H'ashiHfrton  Hous^,  G.  D.  Gotwald  f 
Howard  O.  Uutz,  Daniel  K.Trimmer,tLR. 

DELAWARE. 
Dover:  P.  Burnett,       John  S.  Collins 
WUmlngton:  J.  N.Robinson,  R.P.Tatnall. 

MAPYLAND. 
Baltimore:  Pratt  Library,  Hotel  Rennert 

Mary/ami  Bi.  Club,  (Mar.    ,4,   '8a),    club- 
house   opp,   Mt.    Royal    Reservoir,   cor 
Reservoir  St.  and  Mt.  Royal   av.,  Druid 
Hill  Park  (dedicated  Oct.  29, '85), 

G.  H.  Balderston,  125  Park  av 

.S.T.Clark,«Lc,TC,(P),  2  and  4  Hanover  st., 

Albert  C.  Kenly,  (S),  92  Carev  St., 

N.  A.  S.  Keyser,iriL,  375  Madison  av. 

L.  Stone  King,  lc.  (C),  6S   Exchange  PI 

Edward  Markell,  ,33-,35  W.  Lombards/., 

G.  W.lham  Maslin,  B.  &  Q.  Building, 

Yates  Penniman  (lr), 

W.  H.  Perkins,  jr.,  22  N.  Charles  st., 

William  Spurgeon,  233  W.  Baltimore  St., 

John  W.  Taylor,  s  \ jr-r.r-.r.-  =t 

Alfred  C.  Thompson,  S.  47-49  German  st.. 


781 

James  Thompwn.Lcc.ai,  W.Baltimore  st 
Albert  Trego,(Lcc),  B.  &  O.  Building. 
BaltimoreCycUClub,(or%.  as  Lafayette  Vyfuel. 
"un,  July  .1,  '83),  at  727  Madison  av. 
C.  W.  Abbott,  VP,  642  W.  Fayette  «., 
J.  K.  Baetjer,  (T,C),  34.  W.  Baltimore  st 
W.  S.  riayley.  (S,vp,p),L.s,  366  North  av.. 
FredW.  B.ck.jr..S,    ,7  Harlem  av., 
Chas.  H.  Boyd,  86  St.  Paul's  Extended, 
W.  B.  Brown,  iL,  2  N.  Charles  st.. 
J.  E.  Davidson,  P,  .77  w.  Baltimore  st., 
C.CVIsaacs,T,cor.Careyst.and  Edm'sn  av., 
G.  N.  Jacobi,  C,  648  Druid  Hill  av 

VVm.S.Kahler,(P;,2«5  N.Gilmer  St., 
Harry  P.  Kreis,  2L,  3,8  Myrtle  av., 
R.  M.  Lockwood,  jr.,  .S,  22  Second  St., 
Chas.  B.  Ludwig,  (C\  ,50  N.  Howard  st  , 
A.  E.  Mealy,  (i.K,C,V),  452  Mulberry  st., 
A.  W.  Mentzel,  B,  240  Lanvale  St., 
A.  M.  Snyder,  2L,  136  N.  Howard  st 
W.  Edgar  Sprigg,  (F), 
Wm.  H.  Thomas,  jr.,  100  S.  Charles  .st., 
Fred  W.  Whitman,  281  McCulloh  st., 
Chas.  J.  Winterle,  61  Park  av., 
C.  Worthington,  F,  6  Rialto  Building 
{^yhirlinglV^Pno/Md.,  disbanded  Jan    '86) 
VVaslungton  B.  Boo2,C,lr,  40  Jackson  sq..' 
Pierre  G.  Dausch.lTP,  325  E.  Baltimore  st., 
Lewis  Hetz.F,   14  Water  st., 
J.  K.  Le  Touman,B,  38  N.  Ann  st., 
G.  Loutrel  Lucas,  14  Water  st., 
E.J.Mabbett,LR,T,cor.Fa}   tte&Front  sts., 
F.  L.  Shaffer,  jr.,  421  E.  Baltimore  st., 
J.  R.  Wheeler,  jr.,(S),  P.  O.  Box  485, 
Joseph  W  ieserfeld,  F,  143  N.  Gay  st. 
The  first  three  following  belong  to  the  Jun- 
ior Wheelmen  of  Bait.,  (org.  Nov.  3,'82),  and 
the  next  five  to  the  Druid  Cyclists  cf  Bait., 
(org.  March,  '84),  while  the  remainder  are  pre^ 
sumed  to  be  unattached. 
C.P.Brigham,(S,C).McCulloh  &  Presstman 
C.  B.  Chatworthy,    184  McCulloh  St.,  [sts., 
Wm. C. Crawford, (S), 469  Eutaw  .''I., 
L.  Herbert  Bailey,  361  Madison  av., 
J.  Kemp  Bartlett,  C,  lr,  m  Lexington  st., 
F.  C.  Kirkwood,  P.  O.  Box  364, 
James  S.  Reese,B,  366  W.  Baltimore  st., 
Chas.  S.  Stran,  (lt),  16  Eastern  av., 

W.  J.  Atkinson, N.E.cor.Lex'gton&Libeny 
Morris  Brown,  199  HoflTman  St.,  [sts., 

S.  T.  Clark  &  Co.,*«2  and  4  Hanover  st..' 
Cushings  fit  Bailey,**  262  Baltimore  st., 
J.  W.  Eberman.  i6i  Riggsav., 


782          r^.V  THCL/SAND  AflLES  OX  A   BICYCLE. 

Janon  Fisher,  39  Cathedral  st., 

John  B.  Hotchkiss,    John  A.  Porter.o, 

M.  Hartwi    ,0,  Juhiis  Hopkins  University, 

Henry  D.Maynadier,  Geo.  F.  Ruoff, 

^^1 

Loveil  Hut  bins,  141  W.  Pratt  St., 

R.  S.  Painter,              (Wm.  C.  Scribner), 

E.  Oliver,  378  tutaw  PI., 

F.  H.  P.    «n8,            Geo.  W.  Walter. 

'■'  '^1 

A.  Schumacher  &  Co.,«»  9  S.  Gay  St., 

"  '^H 

Chas.  J.  Tillmau,  1  Block  st. 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

^.■^,  ^1 

Cumberland:  E.H.Baker.H,  W.W.Damell. 

Martinaburg:  H.  S.  Smith,  195  Front  st. 

Olenwood:   Krank  iJorsey. 

Shepherdatown:  A.  E.  Miller, 

Hagentown:  (//.  n.  C,  May  26,  '84), 

Entler  Hotel,  by  B.  F.  Graves. 

^H 

liii/Jwin  House,  by  James  R.  McLaughliti, 

Summit  Point:  Add.  S.  Allen. 

\S  .  K.  McComas,  P,  tJco.  Updegraff,  C. 

Wheeling:  (»'.  ;rr»,  Sept.  22,  '80), 

North  Eaat:  Harry  H.  Simpers. 

Xew  McClure  House,  by  F.  J.  Norton, 

^H 

Oxford: 

William  D.  McCoy. 

Wm.  S.  Bratt,             Johi;  W.  Murphy, 

H.  Jarvis,ir§*«            W.  C.  Kichols. 

VIRGINIA. 

Tilghman'l  laUnd:  J.  E.  Kini.amon. 

Berryrllle:  M.  Griffith.5 

WMtmlaster :  ( <K.  /(.  C ),  W .  L.  Seabrook.JS 

Harriaonburg:  (Star  B.  C,  Oct.  10,  '84), 
Frank  L.  Harris, ||P,  Carter  C.  Sprinkel.y, 
John  L.  Logan,  S,      P.  S.  Thomas,  (S), 

DISTUCT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Qeorgetown:  L.  W.  Jewell,  3ioo  Virst  st. 

Geo.  W.  Ribble,»»C,  J.  C.  Van  Pelt. 

i^^B^^^^I 

Waahington:  Library  0/  Congress, 

Natural  Bridge:  Nalurad  Bridge  J^otel, 

WUlarcTs  Hotel,  by  O.  tJ.  Staples, 

[by  H.  C.  Parsons. 

Penn.  av.,  at  14th  st. 

Norfolk:  (SeasiiU  B.  C,  May,  '80), 

Capital B.  C,  (Jaiv.  31, '79).  club-house,    15th 

C.  A.  Field,  j^.,  P. 

C.  M.  Barrick,  (sub  C),  2 1 3  8th  st. ,         [st. , 

lB,iclamond:(Oli/ DominionfV'rn,  June.'Ss), 

Fred  S.Church,(C),sub  C,i  127  17th  st.  n.w., 

J.T.Butler,  jr.,Vr,L,0.  H.  Meyer,  S-T. 

Wallace  F.  Crossman,  708  gth  st.  n.  e.. 

Linn  B.  Enslow, 

Edw.B.  Forney,  Penn.  av.  &  12th  st.  n.w.. 

Staunton:   Virginia  Hotel,  by  J.D.  Crowle. 

:.---; 

C.  E.  Hawley,  1353  Conn,  av., 

Straaburg:   Chalybeate  S/>rings  Hotel, 

■'■^:  -'   -'. 

Leland  Howard,  (P),  1407  15th  st.. 

[by  A.  P.  Mclnturff. 

:V— .--"^ 

L.  W.  Seely,t(LC,S,C),  56  Pacific  Building, 

W   -renton:  Warren  Green  Hotel, 

:'   • 

Benj.  F.  Wilkins,  jr.,  923  23d  st. 

[by  J.  H.  Maddux. 

---;' 

Washington  C.  C,  L,  (Mar.  31,  '83), 

Wincheater:  Lewis  N.  Barton,  Union  B'nk. 

'  ''M 

club-house,  1023  iith  st.  n.  w  , 

Woodatock:  N.  B.  Schmitt. 

J"? 

(James  I.  Brereton,  (C),  A  st.  n.  e.), 

V,  "'* 

A.  P.  Crenshaw,  jr.,  T,  621  19th  St., 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 

-   ^ 

(Geo.  E.  Emmons,  (lr),  602  E  st.  s.  e.). 

Charlotte :(C. .S.  C. ,  Mar.  1 5,'82),T.T. Gilmer, 

^1 

Wm.  T.  Fizer.ITT,  1819  15th  st.  n.w., 

R.  L.  Jones,  S-T,     V/iu  „  I .■-.arr,(F),sub  C, 

^1 

W.  B.  Hardy,  25  Lafayette  sq., 

L.  J.  Massey,              T.  B.  Seigle. 

J2_^l 

Amos  W.  Hart,(P),  1112  N.  Y.  av., 

Wilmington:  (W.  B.  C,  Nov.  9,  '83), 

d^^^l 

John  H.  H?.wley,S,  (Chicago), 

James  L.  Yopp,  P,LC 

^^^^H 

Wm.  Geo.  Kent,  1117  Penn.  av.. 

^^^1 

G.M.Meyers,(L,S-T),S,  Citizens  Nat.  B'k, 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

^^^H| 

F.  W.  Moulton,  1420  N.  Y.  av.. 

Columbia:(C.  B.  C. ,  Aug.9,  '82),G.  M.  Berry,C, 

I^^Hfl 

F.  H.  Pelouze,(P\  314-316  8th  St., 

E.  H.  Hewitt,             W.  Jenidon. 

^^^13 

E.  T.  Pettengill,§P,(S),  lcc,  1713  N.  Y.  av.. 

Oreenville:  Pardon  B.  Sanford. 

^^^Hj 

T.  J.  Putram,(S),  Library  of  Congress, 

^^^H 

L.  H.  Schneider, t(i.cc),  611  20th  st.  n.  w., 

GEORGIA. 

^^Bfi 

J.  Cha3.V.  Smith,*(C,VP),  1206  Penn.  av.. 

Columbua:  iC.B.C),    T.  L.  Ingram, 'C. 

^^^^1 

Louis  C.  Solyom,  Library  of  Congress. 

Macon:  (Af.  B.  C,  May  13,  '83), 

2^^^^H 

The  rest  are  supposed  to  be  unattached: 

John  C.  Flynn,  iL,    Jesse  E.SIocumb,2L, 

IH^H 

V.  ston  Bresee,  1324  F  St.  n.  w., 

oco.  ill.  i  mi-iwci,          ii.  VV.  Uigiiain,               i 

J.  H.  Polhill,§C,        Jas.  C.  Winberg,  S. 

Xhomtutvilie:  W.  F.  Ivioss, 

DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


We«t  Point:  (W.  p.  8.  C), 
Clark  //oust,  by  R.  S.  Clark 
B.  F.  Eady,  Kranit  Unier, 

R.  T.  Frost,  Henry  Lanier.* 

FLORIDA. 

Fernandiaa:  W.  J.  Farrell  (Pioria  B  C.) 

Orlando.  William  O.  Brown. 

ALABAMA. 
Blpinlngham:  (B.  B.  C),  Geo.  L.  Root 
Montgomery:  (Ar  B.  C     .884), 
T/u  Windsor,  by  Watt  &  Lanier, 
Harry  Bibb,  R.  H.  Poiki 

Oliver  A.  Ciapp,  W.  J.  Tullis, 

Joe  One,  d.  E.  Williams,  jr., 

Frank  X.  Mudd.»       Sara.  E.  Wilson. 
Wow  Caatle:  C.  P.  Orr. 
Tiukegee:  (r.  B.  C),  J.  B.  Dryer,  C. 

MISSISSIPPL 
Coliunbua:  .Sam,  B.  Johnston. 
Holly  Springs:  S.  M.  Patton. 
VlckBburg:  James  Purvis  Bruce, 
lVashi,igton  Hotel,  by  Welch  &  Co. 
LOUr,SIAN.\. 
Mew  Orleans:  {N.O.B.C),  G.  G.  Gonzalez, 
A.  M.  Hill,  (P),  J.  F.   Morrow, 

W.  C.  Macklin,  John  M.  Parker. 

TEXAS. 
AuBtln:  H.  W.  Dotlpe. 
Brownsboro:  S.  I.  Cade. 
Corpus  ChrlBtl:  (Victor B  C,  May  7,  '84), 

B.G.  Barnes.C,  B.P.  Hancock,  F.E.Wells.' 
Fort  Worth:  Henry  H.  Kerr.o. 
Oalveston:  {G.  B.  C), 

(J.  G.  Allison, C),        T.  L.  Grover, 

(E.L.Beckwith,(Lcc,S),).  C.M.Scrimgeour. 
Wlchlto  Falls:  R.  West  Starr. 

ARKANSAS. 

Little  Kock:  Charles  F.  Shillaber. 

Pine  Bluff:  A  mU  House,  by  Sam.  H.  Amis 
Jos.  P.  Angell,*  Smith  Sti.bblefield,   ' 

Chester  Flournoy,       T.  J.  Wilson. 
S.  Geisreiter, 

TENNESSEE. 

Chattanooga:  {Crescent  B.  C,  ,883), 
Clarke  H.  Home.C,  John  S.  Lindsly,  S. 

Memphis:  {AT.  B  C,  June  23,  '84), 
J.  R.  Garrison,  c.  J.  Scherer,* 

S.WadeHamptor,,jr.,B,W.L.Surprise,LCc, 


783 


S.M.Malb!;!-:;  C 


.r.  xatc5,/L,,     [S-T, 


Tht  Southern  CycUr,  pub.  at  209  Main  st 


NashTiUe:    Library  0/  /*,  Y.  Af,  C  A 

{.WatkvUlt  BUycU  Club,  .Sept.  14,  'go), 
J.  B.  Uurdett,"C,  A.E.Howell,(C,P  lcc) 
J.  Howard  Cole.,        J.  Knox  Polk,  B       ' 
Ed.  D.   Fisher,  J.  s.  R„„.  p. 

{Rock  City  Bicycle  CM,  Feb.,  '84) 
Bowman  Duncan,        C.  C.  Northern,  VP 
Henry  Hartung,  P,    J.  B.  Northern,  B,    ' 
AdnanV,  Lindsley,jr.,o.K.  Northem.v, 
Henry  Morris.T,         Eugene  Sinclair, 
Robert  W.  Nichol,     J.  D.  Talbot,  S. 
KENTUCKY. 
Ashland:  (Park  City  H'Tn,  Apr.  ,0,  '84), 
J    C.  Brubaker,P,  Ashland  Poage,  S-T  Lc 
P.  Brubaker,  L.R. Putnam, 

Edw.  Crawford,  E.  M.  Roberts,  (P), 

John  Henderson,        L.  W.  Sieweke 
Augusta:  {A.  B.  C), 

Taylor  House,  l,  by  F.  S.  Andrews, 
R.  L.  Armstrong,        Ben  Harbesson,  T, 
T.  H.  Armstrong,  S   J.  W.  L.  Parris, 
J.  N.  Flemms',  .x,      H.  L.  Taylor. 
Bardstown:  Central Hc'.l  by  I.M.Hughs 
C  ave  City:  Mammoth  C       Hotel, 

[by  W.  C.  Comstock. 
Covington:  (/Centon  IK  C,  Oct.  15,  83), 
R.  B.  Baldwin,  Hananer&  Myers  •• 

RobsonC.Greer,(C),  P.N.  Myers,(.S.T,L'c), 
Chas.  W.  Hananer,     H.  S.  Rodgers,  B 
Dayton:  H.  W.  Ungley. 
Dulaney:  Robert  D.  Garrett. 
Henderson:  {H.  B.  C.),l,  Barrett  Hotel, 
R.  G.  Adams,  J.  H.  Letcher,  jr., 

Jas.  B.  Cabell,  W.  F.  Redman,  B, 

M.  F.  Holloway,         R.  '.',.  Rudy,  S-T, 
T.  D.  Jones,  Wm.  H.  Stills. 

Lebanon:  AWr«Af,««*,byKellv&  Ballard 
Lexington:  {L.  B.  C,  May  15,  '80), 

Frank  P.  Scearce.* 
Louisville:  (Falls  City  B.  C,  Feb.,  '81), 
P.R,Bettison,C2L),B,     Hugo  Helbum,!  L, 
A.  S.   Dietzman,  S-T,  (ls), 
C.  F.  Johnston,  L.<;,(P,S),  C. 
The  last-named   belongs  to  the  Louisville 
W.  C.  (org.  1884),  and   perhaps  some  of  the 
following  do  also,  as  some  were  members  of 
the   Kentucky  B.   C.  (org.    1881),  which  dis- 
banded early  in  '85: 
Horace  Beddo,  'lr,   Orville  W.  Lawson, 
Newton  G.Crawford,  Arthur  L.Thompson, 
H.  B.  Gunther,  Harrv  Verhopff 

StanleyB.Huber,«(iL),  John  M.  Verhoef!, 
Chas  H.  Jenkia',  (Mi^s)  MattieVerhoeff.' 


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784           T/tA'  THOUSAND  Af, 

f/.ES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

^^H 

Newport:  C    P.  Buchanan,  )r 

1        C.  W.  Norman,  (Si,  68  Rr^it  «l  . 

■  ^^^H 

Owensboro:  John  T.  Higdon,  jr.,  LC. 

M    R.  P.iyne,  (C),  P,  11  .Standard  Block, 

««^tiB 

PadUOah:  John  R    Scales. 

C.  H    Pi)t;er,  (H),  rci ,  (^j  Sujirrior  st., 

Priac«tOn:  John   M.   Verhoeff  (Louisville). 

A.  C.  Rogers,  2L,  i\  Standar.l  Block, 

OHIO. 

Fred  1'.  R<K)t,  (iL;,  C,  579  Prospect  si  , 
FredT.  Sholes,  (C,l.CS), 

^   ^^^^^1 

Akron:  {Akri>H  H'/uelmrn,  May  15,  'Si), 

Frank  li.  Stednian,  (P),  323  Cedar  av., 

SuntHfr  Houst,           (1.  C  McNeil, 

K.  L.  Strcing,  Euclid  av., 

C.  K.  Cankey,  i.c.        Will.  T.  Sawyer 

11.  F.  Wade,  17  Cheshire  St., 

Alhland:   K.  W.  Miller.n. 

J.  H.  Wade,  jr  ,  986  Kuclid  ;■.  ■  , 

^^^^^H 

Avondale:  ^A.B.C.)Xk.  Steven5,P,(Cin.). 

U.  ...  Walker,  25S6  Broadway. 

^^1 

BellevlUe:   l.ynn  A.  I.eKevre,  B  ().  Squier.; 

CVnr/,i«(//"r.,(M,ir  2i,'M5),io32\   ilUonav., 

Bereft:    Dayton  C.  Mil'-r,  i.c 

H.  T.  Collins,  iKx)  Willson  av  , 

Bucynu;  C    J,  ScroRKS. 

J.  H.  Collister,  S-T,  147  (Jniariost., 

^^^H 

Canton:  (C    B.  C),  S          'ud  Hotel, 

<;.  T.  Do.vlins.t  965  Euclid  a^.. 

J '__^^B 

K.  Barnet,  n,                »• .  C.  Meyer,  u,  VP, 

E.  P.  Hunt,  425  Woodland  av., 

Wade  Chance,             Jos.  A.  Meyer,  jr.,],, 

K.  E.  Macduff,t  1252  Slater  av.. 

C.  S.  C<H:k,S-T,(i.t),  K.  K.  Miller, 

Chas.  H.  Penfield,  66  Ontario  st., 

J    W.  Harpstcr.tN,     Will  (i.  Saxton. 

Chas.  H.  Potter,  C,  Ttr,  9.J  Superior  st.. 

1  -  ^^^^^ 

Cincinnati:  ^C.  B.  C,  Sept,  2,  '80), 

W.  C.  Rudd,  L,  33  Cheshire  st.. 

^Bi 

A.  A.  Bennett,  *l\  166  Main  St., 

Henry  D.  Siier,  P,  1032  Willson  av. 

H.  N.  Kitchell,  (S),  345  Race  st.. 

The  following  are  not  club  members: 

K.  F.  I.andy,  il.,  208  W.  4th  St., 

N.  C.  Bosworth,  Euclid  av., 

H.  S.  Livingston, (lcc.C),  443  W.  7th  St., 

J.  S.  Cary,  e^s  Euclid  av.. 

•T—"  '^"-^^^^H 

W.  r.   Miles,  244  Clark  St., 

E.  C.  Henderson,  0,  21  Standard  Block, 

J.  R.  Pigman,  2L, 

W.  P.  Horton,  jr.,  177  Euclid  av., 

F.  L.  Sargent,  90  W.  3d  st., 

W.  F.  Knapp,  959  Woodland  St., 

J.  H.  Watters,  Queen  City  Na».  Bank. 

KenryG.  Phelps,  145  Ontario  st.. 

^^^^^^^^^j 

Cincinwiti  l(''andfrers,(,J\me  9,'82),  Madison 

C.  S.  Pomeroy,t  961  P-     '^ect  St., 

Road,  E.  Walnut  Hills, 

Samuel  A.  Raymond,  1     ushing  Block, 

Chas.  A.  Stevens,  P.Bigelow  st.  ,Mt.  Auburn. 

Robert  Ruck,  192  Superior  st.. 

Brighton  B.  C,  (Nov.  i5,'82),7oMcLean  av.. 

J.  Edwards  Smith, IT  33  Euclid  av., 

Wm.  Bahman,(S),  264  '''indlay  st. , 

J.  W.  Van  Doom,  134H  Willson  av., 

John  Barclay, C,  269  Vin>:  st., 

N.  J.  Worley,  21  Standard  Block. 

H.  Kessler  Smi'h,(T),  168  York  st. 

College  HUl:  {B.  C ),  W.  H.   Aiken,  l.c. 

The  following  are  not  club  members: 

ColumbtlS:  (Buckeye  B.  C,  Oct.  21,  '80), 

Chas. W.Allen,jr.,s.w.cor. Main  andsthsts., 

C.  J.  Krag,  (S),           Jos.  McCune,  (C), 

Warner  E.  Galway,  125  W.  Seventh  st. 

Henry  Lindenburg,     Ward   B.  Perley,  (S). 

Cleveland:(C.  5.  C, Sept., '79,927  Euclid  av.). 

W.  H.  Miller,  P,  ' «,  (lP,  lVD, 

T.  S.  Beckwith,  (iL),  974  Euclid  av., 

Dayton:  (/?.  B.  C,  1881),  A.W.  Gump,*«S, 

Fred.  S.  Borton,  (S),  743  Euclid  av.. 

Geo.  C.  Pyle,               Sidnoy  A.  Reeve. 

F.  W.  Bowler,  208  Superior  St., 

Defiance:  Crosfy  House,  byWm.  Kirtley.jr., 

Sterling  Brewer,  14  Champlain  St., 

Charles  E.  Slo-um.lT 

Geo.  Collister, 

Delaware:  (Roz>ers  C.  C,  Aug.  20,  '83), 

J.  H.  Collister,  147  Ortario  st., 

J.  Ellsworth  Williams,  ('.,). 

John  Q.  De  Klyn,  41  Euclid  av.. 

DenniBon:  Maurice  Mooo',  lr. 

W.  R.  Dunbar,  2530  Sawyer  St., 

Elyrla:  (E.  B.  C,  Sept.,'83\  Bee/v  House,  L. 

Alfred  Ely,  jr.,  lr,  tcc,  S,  873  Prospect  st.. 

Findlay:  J.  H.  B..ger,  LR. 

S.  H.  Freeman, 

FoStOrU:  {F.  B.  T.  C,  May  18,  '82), 

Harry  Glidden,  Weddell  House, 

W.  G.  Ledry,              H.  E.  Mickey,  (S,C), 

A.  S.  Hathaway,  2578  Broadway, 

A.  E.  Mergenthaler,  lc,  C.  E.  Schaufelberger. 

J.  T.  Huntington,  106  Summit  St. , 

John  C.  Nicholson,  21  S.andard  Block,          ' 

Gambler:  Kenyan  Colleze  Library, 

Geo.  C.  S.  Southworth,  to. 

Directory  of  ivheelmen. 


OrOTeport:  S.  T.  Nredel.. 
H*mUtoij:  p.  Heiiniiighofen,*  LC 
Jamestown:  Join.  J   .ie». 

Labanon:  J  u.  3eiiet'.ict. 
Uvel.  H    Williams,  lc. 
Lockland:  Will  K.  Ooctie. 

ManafleM;  (M,rcury  W.  C,  Aug.  JO,  'JU), 
Honj.   Hur«ih.i;,  jr.,     A.  J'.  Seiler  • 

MaaaUlon:  (.1/  ;k.  c,  June  i,  '84), 

0*0.  .S.  A- water,  C,     Jamei  K.  Dunn,  lh 
Medina.  (,I/,r,/.,.,  Co.  iVCn,  July  4,  '84), 
Blake  Hendriclc«>n.  lc,  Phanix  Nat  B'l.'k 
Mentor:  O.o.  K    Maiher. 
Mlddletown.  iC.  W.  Gunckel,     J.  n.  Tytus 
Mount  Vertioa:  (■«?.  K/KV«,  Feb.  .9. '84) 
Harry  Crumley,  S,      Will.  c.  McFadden  ' 
W.H.Di8ney.LC.(T),  Frank  L.  Spindler 
H  rry  W.  Ewalt.        Will  W    Wilkin«,n. 
Iwac  Hughes,  C.  Dw.gnt  Young. 

W.C.  McFadden.,  L, 
Kewark:  (ValUy  H   C,  June,  '8i). 

I.uinley  E.  Evan.s,       Walter  H.  Evans, 
Nilet:  E.  A.  Wil.s(,n. 
Norwalk:   Voung  Afe„',  Li/^ary 

O.  F.  Titus. t 
Oberlln:  H.  H.  R>,ssell,t  Oberlin  College 
OmrUle:  Procior  E.  Sears. 
Portamouth:  (P.  B.  C.  Nov.  8.  '8j) 

T.  M.  Becker.  i.c. 
Proaton:  J.  L.  Wakefield. 
Rivenna:  C.  H.  Griffin. 
Buggies.  M.  O.  Daniels. 
Shreve:  C.  W.  Hu         lc 
Sidney:,  r«//,^  a  r,  March  ..'83>. 

W.  K  H:,rm„ny,  P,  .^h  T.  Mathers,  B 
Springfield:  (CAam/i^  C,/y  B.  C  , Jun  '8 , ) 
K.  <;.  Barnett.  S.  Paul  A.  .Staley.  L,  ' 
A.  M^  Crothers,  lt.  Arthur  Worthington. 
IJ.Kirkpalrick.LCC.*' 
ToledO:(ir.  5.  C,  Dec.,'8o\,., 

W  G.  E  liott,  James  M^Tryon. S-T 

Lvle  Hubbard,  H.  E.  Richards,  C. 

Warren:  (Trumbull  B.  C). 

Krank  A    Idding,.       W.  b.  Packard,  lc. 
Xenla:  (X  B  C..Mar..'8,),  R.  .S.  Kingsbury 
Youngstown:  (Y.BC.\\.  I.  Nicholas, S,lc. 
Zanesvme:(-?.  5.  CMayj.'s,^ 
Chas.  E.  Pinkerton. 

MICHIGAN. 
Wan:  M.  B  C\  Geo.  J.  Bo^rfind, 
*^.  H.  Biirnham,  S-T,  Henry  M.  Judge.VP, 
A.  L.  Conger,  W.  B.  Mnmf,.,^  •  o' 

1.  M.  Finch.  C,  C.  G.  Wiesinger,  .L.' 

60 


7«'j 


Ann  Arbor  (a.  a.  B.  C,  '8,).  C^  Hou.,, 
iuUp..UHL^.,r,,  (;eo.  K.  Keck,  S.  ,.c. 
t.t.  Beal,  J.  E.  kobin«,n. 

Jun  E.B«al,P,Lcc,  W.  F.  S,in,K,n. 
C.  B.  Dav.»on,  B,       Louis  D.  Taylor  C 
JUrry  W    Hawley,     Chas.  W.  Wae,,;,  .' 
Armad*.:  c.  E.  Uihrop,  u.  ' 

Battle CreeL.  E.C.Adams,  Franks  Rar 
BayClty:,/?.  c /•.  c. -83).         "*•**'• 
Porter  &  Baker.* 

Calumet:  W.M.  Harris.  Th.,.  Well..  jr.,LC. 
Cheboygan:  Thomp„,„  Sm\ih    LC 

C0ldwater:(C./?    C.,July,..-83',, 
HarryJ.Bassett.F.  D.  W.  Marsh. 

C.A.Conover.(C,P),C,u:,  Wm    E.  Pray 
C.  H    Dickinson,  John  T.  .Starr' 

Detrolt:(/>   5.  C.,Sept.,,';9). 
C.  t.  Alvord,  K.  R.  ,  ,„,; 

FrankZ.Curti.,.(L),  A,  F.  Peck.  Lc,S.T 
Chas.  E.  Dudley,        T.  B    Kayl  &  Co  •• 
W.  H.  Elmer.tS-T).  John  G.  Read        ' 
LeonC.Fmk.(.S-T),    C.  H.  Smith,  (C) 
Chanmng  T.Gage.J     F.  H.  Spranger.  jr 
Albert  P.  Jacobs.to,  C.  D.  Standi.sh,  (pj 
Chas.  H.  Jacobs,  o,     Fred  T.  Todd 
Peter  N.  Jacobsen,     R.  H.  Weekes. 
Chas.  Kudner.  'O,      Harmon  Wendell 
East  Saginaw:  (e.  s.  b  c.  May  ,4,  ■84). 
Theo.  Hnsx,  P.  " 

Grand  Bapids:  Frank  H.  Escott  lc 
Greenville:  W.  G.  c:iark. 
iahpemlng:  Henry  Harwood. 

JackBon:(y.  ^.  Cjuiyj,, '85), 
W.  D.  SpauK'ing.       B.  A.  Webster.  P 

Lansing: i^.,  lc. 

MarshaU:  E.  P.  Johnson.f 

Negaunee:   Joe  Schauher.§ 

Ovid:  O.  B.  C,  (Apr..'82),W.  C.  Marv.n.(.S) 

OWOSSO:  E.  W.  Woodward. 

St.  Johns:  G.  E.Corbm.H  R.  G.  Stee'   lc 

St  Louis:  (St.  L.  B.  C),  John  A.  Wel'ier." 

INDIANA. 

Albion:  Owen  J.  Black. 

Auburn:  (A.  B.  C,  Sept..  •84>, 
F.  E.  Davenport. §•     C.  W.  McKay, 
F.  C.  Davis,*  Bert.  C.  Robbins,  S, 

O.  P.  Ensley,  O.  F.  Wood. 

H.  A.  Ush.  G.  H.  Yesbera. 

Columbus:  (Indiana  B  C),  G.  Freidgeon, 
Charles  Green,  A.  Rice.H 

M-:t7.  C   liwii,.  LC.      vv.  H.  banders, 
(C.  F.  Smith.  InaianapoIU). 


786 


TEN  THO(ri:AND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Fort  Wayna:  (Ft.  U'ayn*  B C,  Apr  %'^^), 
Stephen  I)  Hond.t,,  H.  J.  Meyer, 

C.W.KdKarion,»C,VP,  G.  W.  Morris, 
John  M.  Kiihns,  Louis  Ohnhous, 

V.  S.  I.iKhtfoot,  G.  A.  Ross.t  V, 

Chan.  J    Mcl-ain,  S,        T.  K.  Thieme. 

Qraenaburs:  W  H.  Wooden.Hu:. 

Huntlnr;ton;  Kd.  A.  Price,  lc. 

IndiaoApolU:  (/.  B.  C  ,  Sept.  24,  '84), 
Bat  1  Home,  by  \jn\in  Keifold, 
Hottl  Engtiih,  L,  by  H.  H.  Jackfon, 
Wm.  K.  Bryci-,  ST,  13  E.  South  St., 
Wm.  H.  Daggett,  100  'j.  Meridian  St., 
Gus.  Davore,  320  E    Vermont  Jt., 
Josepli  L.  Jolmso'i,  24  Kentucky  av., 
Wm.  McWorkman,  35  S.  Alabama  St., 
C.  Plumb,  (S-T),  LC,  iS  N.  Meridian  St., 
A.  L.  Roache,  Ind.  IVidge  Works, 
W.  H.  Sanders,  142  N.  Mississippi  St., 
C.  F.  Smith,**  C,  59  S.  Illinois  St., 
Wm.  Wiegel,  10  W.  Louisiana  St., 
Wm.  K.  Wocher,  179  E.  St.  Mary's  sf.. 
Jnshii.i  Zlmm'!rman,  (S),  39  V.  Alabama  st. 

Jrvlngfton :  L  ihrary  of  Butter  University. 

Kokomo:  W    H,  Man-ing,  LC. 

La  Fayette:  (L.  B  C,  '79),  B.  Lewis,  (S). 

Log^ansport:  Sam  Patterson. 

Madiaon:  W.(;.  Heberhart,  J.  R.  Matthews. 

New  Castle:  Oscar  E.  Evans, 
J.  R.  lllckm.m,  D.  W.  Kerr. 

Nobleaville:  (.v.  B.  C,  March  II,  '85>, 
W.  K.  Dunn,  lc,     L.  M.\Vainwright,»i.cc. 

Orange:  Will  A.  George,  Riley  Hunt. 

Plymouth:  R.  !$.  Oglesbee,  o. 

Richmond:  C.  V.  Wright. 

Eushville:  (Rush  Co.  ir'fn),  A.B.  Irvin,LC. 

Bussiaville:  Sam.  p.  Hollingsworth,  LC. 

ShelbyviUe:  E.  O.  Winterrowd.* 

Terre  Haute:  (T.  H.  B.  C),  J.  F.  Probst, 

Probst  &  Kisbeck,"  ^j.25  S.  Fourth  st. 

ILLINOIS. 

.^.flhmore:  Wilt  Rose.** 

Aurora:  (A.H'Tn,  May,'84),  Hotel  Evans, 
David  A.  Belden,  H.  B.  Stippick, 

G.O.Clayton, '(S-T),  Fred.  Swarthout, 

E.A.Fitzgerald,(C),S-T,  G.I.Tuttle,C,VP, 
Edward  Frazier,  P,  Harric  Voung, 

Chas.  Griswold,  N.  H.  Wood,  n. 

Belvldere:  Charles  E.  Parkhill. 

Bloomington:  (B.  B.  C.,'83), 

Chas.  Dodge,  C,  J.  M.  Fulton,  HP, 
W.Ellis  Dunn,(C),B,  W.  J.  Matern,  tN. 
Benn  FeU,  F,  D.  D.  Warner. 


BracevlUe:  j»hn  J.  Young. 

Canton     I'  (.     Higbie,  Leon  B.  Mesalct. 

Carmi:  ,C.  B   C),  John  K.  Kraser. 

Champaign:   K.  D.  Levering. 

Charleston    J    W.  Dikol. 

Chicago:  (C    B   C,  Sept.  1,  '79), 

Chwgo  Biiycit  Club,  189  Michigan  «»., 
Uurley  H.  Aycrs,  54  Clark  St., 
J.  O.  Blake.  P,  LLL,  68.70  Wabash  av., 
L.  W.  Conkling,  S,  tcc,  108  Madison  »t., 
H.  F    Fuller, f  470  N.  State  »t., 
John  R.  W.   Sargent,  C,  1720  !•    .  .ly., 
Edward  F.  Sharp,  (S),  iL,  i243Wabaih  a»,, 
ilarrie  T.  Slafer,  5X36  Division  st., 
David  M.  Stevens,  477  V/.  Madison  tt., 
Wm.  C.  Thome,  S-T,  227  Wabash  av., 
lohn  Valentine,  80  Taylor  st., 
N.  H.  Van  Sicklen,  '",      Adams  st., 
J.  W.  Wassail,  20';  H  m  av., 

E.O.  Weed.n.  wrcir  M...;.aon  st.&  Mich.av., 
F.  E.  Vaics,  (VP,  LC,  84  La  Salle  st. 

The  following  are  not  club  members: 
Clarence  W.  Ballan"      ■<  I^  Salle  st, 
Kennetn  Brown,  289  Erie  st., 
Sam'l  Danzijer,  10  N.  Jefferson  St., 
Albert  Durkee,  157  Dearborn  st., 
Frank  P.  Eldredge,  Woodruff  Hotel, 
Geo.  F.  Fiske,ir  789  Fullerton  av., 
Henry  V.  Freeman, t 

Gormully  &  Jeffery,*»  222-214  N-  FTcliti  st  , 
John  C.  Grant,  21C1  Indiana  av., 
A.  Gruse,  '33  E.  Pearson  st., 
J.H.Hawl'     cor.  Wabash  av.  &  Adams  st., 
Clarence  i... .  H.  4900  Washington  av., 
V.  1'".  Mayer,  95  Fifth  av., 
Sam  Mile's,  125  S.  Clark  st., 
W.  J.  Morgan,  (C////«- office,  N.  Y.), 
Edwin  Oliver,  222  N.  Franklin  st., 
Pope  Mfg.  Co.,**  291  Wabash  av., 
Frank  B.  Richards, 

A.  G.  Spaldinrr  &  Bros.,**  108  Madison  st., 
'Miss)A.  Sylvester,  prof.rider,  2501  Ind.av., 
The  J.  Wilkinson  Co.,**  68-70  Wabash  av. 

Elgin:  (E.  B.  C,  June, '84),  F.  C.  Avery, 
Chas.E.Bemard.LC,    R.  E.  Linkfield,  (C), 
Jar..es  Caldwell, VP,    H.  W.  Mehring,  F, 


Frank  Carr, 
Frank  Crosby,  (S) 
Paul  iloifurth, 
A.  L.  Keller, 
Genoa:  (K  utukc.'  B.  C), 
C.  A.  Brown,  Sam  A.  Slater, 

H.  A.  Perking,  Ed.  H.  Wilcox 


W.  J.  P.-;tchard, 
C.W.  Stearns,  (P), 
J.  M.  Thrasher,C, 
Wm.Wetzel.jr.,  S-T. 


HlfWwid  Park.   Kdward  B.  We-.on  t 
lUnkakee.  (A'.  B   C,  June  ,4,  -8,). 

C«r«.  K.  Crawford.      Arthur  11.  llolt.VP 
Macomb:   Horaiio  S.  Beavi».t 
Mollne:  K.  H.  Sleight,  lc 
Monmouth:  He   Davie..  F.R.VanTuyl.Lc 
Mount  Carmel:  ' 

W.  W.  Ulmsicul,  (P)  CarmiJJ   C 
i^rU:  (P.  B.  C,  Jan..  'S,,,  I'ub  Library 
t-fank  S.  Ilcavi,,         J„h„  n.  Koch   C 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


787 


Koch  Bros  ,•• 
John  S.  Misncr, 
(".  Harold  Plowe, 
G.W.  Rouse  &  Son,* 

'.  G.  Rouse,  S,  LR, 
!■'•  J.  Soldan,  n. 
&•  H.  Tripp. 
Wm.  H.  Young. 


Geo.  M.  Hush,  jr., 
W.  E.  Coe, 
E<Jw.  A.  Cole. 
C.  H,  Downing, 
(W.  J.  Farrell). 
G.  W.  Freeman. 
(T.  C.  Hisbic), 
J^T.UWm,V,  „m.  „.  vol 

Princeton  (/•,  a.  C),  a    B.  Reeve 
Bockford:  (R.  B.  C,  ,S8i), 

K.  J,  A„dr.w,,  Geo.  S.   Hart,  .S   tc 

>  rank  J.  Ashton,         Frank  L.  Lake,  P      ' 

J.  S.  G.bson,  A.  E.  Thompson,  lk. 

G.bson  &  Hart,-       (E    H.  Wilcox). 
Sheldon:  James  \\.  Senver 

Springfield:  R„,.re  m^,^  j.  j  y^^^ 
Sycamore:  W.  c.  Stine. 
Wyoming:  Chas.  K.  Duryea.  lc 

MIS.SOURI. 
Appleton  City:  Herman  Mersch 
BoonvUle:  Walter  Williams,  ed.  Topic 
Fredericktown:  (Madison  CountylV^m)  L 
Chas.  D...,ire,  C.       (Jas.  W.  Ne.ll,  L)'  ' 
K««a«  City:  (A-,  C.  ty^),  C.  B.  Ellis,,  c 

Nelson  TH,ynes,,L,     (F.  S.  Ray.  C). 
MineLaM-.lte:  Jas.  W.  Neill.  lc 
Pleaaant  Gap:  Kiac  W.  Mains 
St.  Joseph:  W,  H.  Cameron,  W.  S.  Osgoc., 
St.  Loma:  The  Afissouri  B.  C.  (org.  Jufy  ./ 
SO.has  a  club-house  on  the  w.  of  Cardinal 
av.,  between  Pine  and  Olive  sts.     Eurola 
^  C(Oct.,'8.),  >?^,«^^,,^C.andJ/ 
LOU.S  SUr  B.   C.   are   also  represented 
anions  the  following    ,6  subscribers,  of 
whom  6  belonged  to  Frisco  IV^P„  f'84,. 
Chas.  N.  Beggs.  R,  r.  Lee  C 

.^^  •l/"^''"  '-"''  A.  NichoIs<^n.' 

V.M.Brewster.(C),  G.C.r-ters,(P,LR), 
^.W.Carpenter,jr.,(S-T).J.S.Ro^,„  L»  d 
vm  i^avies,  (L),      J.  E.  Smith"^      "     " 

'     ^   "^^'  Lee  Spencer, 


J-  K.  TifIany,to.         F.  P.  Wherry  fP> 
("«.>  Wa-erman).      Arthur  You^lS's. 
IOWA. 

Adel:  Frani  L.  Sweeley,  lc 

AlWa:  W.  p.  earner,  x.c 

Burlln,toa:H.  E.Jarvi..O,.oKr„pp,ck 
Charlton:  O.  E.  Hull. 

De.     .0in«    (^,/.^C.  of  la.  Mav  ..'««) 
*-•  S.  ^oti.nt.  ■ 

Orinnell:  S.  O.  Bames.t  J.  E.  Bayer. 

IadiaaoU:(/.y,.  o.j.o.  Bake, 

Jrank.Schooley,  F.  E.  Worth,  .^ 

Iowa  FalU:  J.  f.  fall,  us. 

Jeffrr,on:  W,  M.  Fergn.«>n.  lcc 
Marshalltown:  C.  E.  C.  Boardman.       • 
Oskaloo.*   (a  ly.  c,  Feb  ,'85^  l 

W.  L.  Hnwe,(Lcc),  P,C,    S.  B.  Wright.  Ttx. 
Ottumwa:  (a  /?,  C,  Feb.  ,6,  -^s)  1 

A.L.Eaton,.S.T,(LT),  C,  M.  Woo'wo'rth  P 
Sioux  City:  A.  L.  Stetson,  LC 
Winterwt:  Chas.  D.  iiowell.  (ux). 

WISCONSIN. 

Beloit:   R.  B.  Clark. 

Jefferson:  J.  C.  Hoflman  T 

La  Crosse:  (La  C.  B.  C.,-8„,c.  A  Smith.P. 

Menekanne:  N.  E.  LinH- 

MUwaukee:  (Af.  b.  C,  Ap...  ..,,     _) 
A.A.Hatl.away.Lcc.    G.  H.  La«    -rce  n 
Angus  S.  Hibbard,      B.  K.  Miller,  tc'    ' 

Neenah:   Frank  C.  Bissell 

?D^V«?""""    ''""•JA.Hinman 
Sparta:  (BC,  Mar.  ,5,'8,),  E.W.  Harvey,.S.  " 
Toma*:   Ch..s.  A.  Calkin,,  H.  D.  Powe^ 
Watertowr:  Herman  M.  Schroeter 
Wmona:    («'.  B.  C).  John  L  Wilson,  ^.T. 

MINNESOTA. 
Arlington:  H.  W.  Beatty 
Duluth:   Chas.  B.  Woodru.T 
Faribault:  (^.^CJnly  7,'8,).E.  L.Sawyer. 

Henderson.  H.  W.  Biasing. 
Howard  Lake: 

ll-in,lsor  House,  by  H.  C.  Bra  ;'.ett 
Marshall:  John  S.  Renninger.TT 

Minneapolis:  (Mercury  IV.  C)    H   A   AI 
Grant  Bell,  F.-rene  P.  Newhall    ' 

Lou.sB.Gn...s,LC,    T,J.Richardson,(Lcc). 
S.F.  Heath,- LCC.   T.  M.  .Slossor, 
Kdw.  J.  Kimball,       Edwin  S.  Williams.tN 

?~!f.!!°V!"'';.^".^  "='^*'  "  I  Wombak... 

St  Cloud:  (St.  C.  B  C,  March,  '85), 
Grand  Central  Hotel,  by  J.  E.  Hayward. 


788 


TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


St.  P»ul:  E.  H.  Reimbold,  670  De  Soto  «t. 
Waden»:  H.  U.  Hamlin. 
Winona:  L.  W.  Wonhington. 

DAKOTA. 

Grand  Forks:  (Dakota  B.  C,  May  i3,'82), 
Griggs  Hotat,  by  F.  W.  Boardman, 
G   A.  Baichelder,  C,  Joe  E.  Clifford,  S-T. 

OJata:  Leonard  Beach. 

Wahpeton:  F.  O.  MacW. 

NEBRASKA. 

Omaha:  (O.  W.  C,  Mar.  19,  '81), 

C.  M.  Woodman,  S-T. 
Sai^M  Agency:  Samuel  H.  Seccombe. 

KANSAS. 

Dulaney:  Robert  D.  Garrett. 

Emporia:  (E.  B.  C,  1882), 

Livy  Jay  Buck,  W.  R.  Irwin ,•  P. 

Fort  Leavenworth: 

Tht  fast  Library,      John  J.  Fitzpatrick, 
Chas.  C.  Candy,  Josef)h  W.  Krank, 

William  E.  Dalton,     M.  J.  Norton. 

(lamett:  George  L.  Robinson. 

Harper:  Fr<^nk  R.  Zacharias. 

Hazletcn:  W.  M.  Fulton,  lc),  S.  E.  Pool. 

Howard:  Thos.  P.  Campbell. 

Junction  City:  Chas.  S.  Davis. 

Lawrence:  (.t.^.C.,Dec.,'82),J.M.Robbmt. 

OlwegO:  Sam'l  Carpenter,  jr. 

Ottawa:  Clarence  N.  Brown. 

St.  Mary'8:  S.  T.  Hathaway. 

Topeka:  D.  J.  Hathawny. 

"(Wichita:  E.  E.  Lind.:muth. 

NEW  MEXICO. 

Plnoi  Altos :  V.  C.  Place  (Greensburg,  Pa.)i 

COLORADO. 

Colorado  Springs: 

L.  R.  Ehricli,  o,  211)  N    Nevada  av. 
Denver:  {Colorado  ly.  C,  Sept.  26,  '83), 

F.  J.  Chamard,  A.  A.  Howe, 

G.  E.  Hannon,  (C),     Lewis  C.  Rice,  (S), 

E.  H.  Ho-,ford,  S,        Lyle  Waterbury. 
Lake  City:  C.  F.  McKenney. 
Leadvllle:  Geo.  E.  Bittinger,  tcc 

WYOMING. 
Clieyenne:  (C  B.  C,  Nov. »,  »82), 
Inter  Octan  Hate!,  by  John  Chase, 

F.  H.  Ciark,  5,  u-i.,    V.  b.  iicuira,"  r, 
W.  S.  Cowhick,  H.  B.  Rice,  C. 


Laramie  City:  (L.  B.  C,  Aug.  j6,  '82), 
C.  S.  Greeubaum,  lc,  (Thomas  Stevens), 
W.  O.  Owen,  lk,  H.  A.  Wagner. 

Bock  Springs:  Chas.  P.  Wassung,  tcc 
MONTANA. 

Boseman:  J.W.Besserer,F.A.Fielding,*ux. 

Butte:  Ash  Pi;:rce. 

Helena:  (H.  B.  C),  Herbert  E.  Judge, 
Will  E.  Norris,*  S,     T.  H.  Sharpo,  jr.,  C. 

IDAHO, 

Boise  City: 

Overland  Hotel,  by  Eastman  Brothe,  3. 

Halley:  (Vi^ood  River  B.  C,  Feb., '86),  L, 
Hailey  Hotel,  by  Don  McKay, 
Merchants'  Hotel,       P.  A.  Reagan, 
H.  Z.  Burkhart,  Norman  M.  Ruick, 

E.  C.  Coffin,  LCC,  C,  Chas.  J.  Selwyn,VP, 
Scott  Keiper,  Fred  B.  Tinker, 

J.  A.  McCloud,  John  J.  Trr.cy, 

Lyltleton  Price,  S-T,  Wm.  H.  Watt,  P. 
WASHINGTON. 

Ooldendale:  Will  J.  Story. 

New  Tacoma:  J.  J.  Siergus.T 

Seattle:  Chas.  H.  Kittinger. 
OREGON. 

Amity:  A.  Grant  Smith. 

Astoria:  W.  E.  Warren. 

E.  Portland:  H.  M.  Cormick,  C.  H.  Hobart 

Eugene  City:  Sterling  Hill. 

HcMinnville:  E.  \/.  Fuller. 

Monmouth:  Hurt  G.  Lucas,  lcc 

Portland:  (Oregon  B.  C,  Nov.  17,  '83), 
HoltOH  House,  by  David  HoHon, 
Chas.  S.  Boyce,         EJw.  H.  Miller, 
George  Breck,  P,      W.  E   Mitchell, 
Wm.  C.  H.  Burklin,  C.  C.  Newcastle, S-T, 
(H.  M.  Cormick),      H.  C.  Nickerson,(P), 
W.  H.  Cushman,      T.  J.  O'Connor, 
H.  L.  Hatch,  W.H.Partridge,aub.C, 

J.  C.  Hollister,*        C.  W.  Scott,  B, 
Lawrence  Knapp,      E.  T.  Staley, 
FredT.  Merrill  ,*C,  (W.  E.  Warren). 

Salem:  {Chemeketa  B.  C,  Nov.  27,  '84), 
Chas.  M.  Cox,  L,       T.  Howard, 
H.  L.  Hatch,  C,         W.  W.  Martin,  P. 
UTAH. 

Ogden:  Seto  J.  Griffin. 
Salt  Lake  City:  'Salt  Lak*  B.  C,  May,'8i), 
Barnes  &  Davis,**      W.  JeniiiiiRS,  S-T, 


r^    I?     T-U.. 


J.  Jaques, 


0-0.  J.  Taylor,  P. 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


ARIZONA. 
Tnctoa:  F.  W.  Gregg. 

CALIFORNIA. 

I^AnjfelM:  {Ctntomt  B.  C,  1883) 

Nathan  White,  C,       G.  A.  Von  Brandis,  S. 

New  Almaden:  E.  R.  Abadie. 

Oakland:  (O.  B.  c,  Aug.,  '80), 
J-  D.  Aekison,  T.  S.  Hardy. 

Petaluma:  A.  H.  Cowen. 

Riverside.  P.  L.  Abel. 

San  FrancUco:  The  S.  F.  B.  C.  (Nov.  28, 
'78)  is  one  of  the  very  oldest,  and  its  ab^ 
sorption  ot  the  California  C.  C,  in  Jan., 
'86,  will  doubtless  give  it  increased  pros-' 
perity.  The  B»y  CUy  IV  Pn  (Sept. ,  '84) 
boasts  a  membership  of  nearly  ,00,  and 
supports  the  League.  The  Golden  CUy 
B.  C.  (Nov.  30,  '84)  wras  organized  by 


789 


I 


professional   racers.      See  pp.   489.494. 
Subscribers  from    all    these  clubs,  atxl 
from  the  unattached,  are  arranged  below 
B.  S.  Benjamin,  518  '  jn  Ness  av 
Milton  Berolzhime,  7  and  8  Batterir  st 
Chas.  Biederman,  (C),  8,8  Sutter  st 
Melville  A.  Bley,  905  Ellis  St., 

S.  F.  Booth,(VP),c,  s..Shotwellst.. 

tredR.  Cook,  C,  4.5  Market  St., 

Frank  D.  El  well,  3.6  California  St.. 

Munro  Falkenstein,  300  Battery  st. 

H.  C.  Finkler,  (C,P),  ...Postst., 

Thos.  L.  Hill,  HP,  .46Eddy,t., 

VV.  M.  Meeker,  813  2,st  St., 

E.  Rideout,  804  Filbert  st. 
San  Jose:  (Garden  City  B.  C,  Aug.  .0  '84) 
Lloyd  Moultrie.  L.  8        -  «H;. 

San  LouiB  Obiapo:  C.  G.  Hinds. 
Woodland:  Frank  Dieti. 


DOMINION  OF  CANADA. 


ONTARIO. 

Belleville:  {RambUn  IV.  C), 
W.  R.  Carmichal,        W.  Ho'lden, 
W.R.Ga,erin  S.G.  Retallack.(C),v, 

!5-  T.  Greene,  VP,       E.  W.  Sibbald,t 
W.  L.  Hogg,  J.  w.  Snyder. 

Brighton:  R.  J.  Bowles,  wr,  wc. 

Fairfield:  Henry  E.  Ridley. 

Fort  William:  Jrmes  McLaren 

Ooderich:  (G  B  C,  Apr.,'83),  S.  M.  Lloyd. 

Hamilton:  (//.  S.  C,  Aug.  23,  -S,), 
A.  T^  Duncan,  B,  J.A.Robinson, 

JoeH.G,tchell,(S.T),,L,R.H.  Skinner, 
W.  J.  Turner,  N,  Mountain  Top 
Kincardine: 

F.  E.  Coomb.;,  wc.     H.  A.  Mcintosh. 
Kingston:  (K.B.C.,  Aug..  '83). 
H^'indsor  Hotel,  by  Martin  O'Brien 
W.  H.  Coy,  S-T. 
La  Chute  Mills:  J.  E.  Ireland 
London:    Ariel  Touring  Club.,  w,  (Aug.  9, 
'«3),  Albion  Block.  ' 

^V'W.Begg.(S),wc,     James  L.-,mb.  2L. 
G.  D^  Cameron.  (P).  Geo.  P.  Lilley,  .L, 
W.  H.  Cooper.  John  McCarthy, 

J.  L.  Fitzgerald,  Chas.  E.  Mountjoy.B, 

Geo.  Forsythe,  J.  a.  Muirhead.  { 

(j^^r«/O?,-5.C.,w,0ct..'82,Vic.o,ia  B'Id'gs)      I 
A.N.  Chisholm.jL,   William  I'ayne* 

W     K     F-=r.-     -.-  -.5-     -- 

.,    .        .-^  ._.  ...    j^    oduiiders.  \ 

Newmarket:  J.  E.  Hughes.  | 


Ottawa:  (a  B.  C,  Aug.  4,  >8,),  w, 

F.M.SJenkins,C,wc.S.M.Rogers,(aL),.L. 
G.  A.  Mothersill,  (P).  wcc. 

Port  Arthur:  C.  W.  Jarvis.' 

Port  Elgin:  (p,  E,  B.  C),  w, 

Samuel  Roether.  S-T,  wr. 
St  Mary's:  (St.  M.  B.  C),  w, 

C.  S.  Rumsey,  C,  wc. 
St  Thomas:  (St.  r.  B.  C.,Aug.  .4,'82).w, 

Jas.  S.  Bnerley,  (wcc).wP,     Wm.  Reeser 

C.H.  Hepinstall,C,wc,WR,    J.  J.  Teetiel.'l 

{•  red  L.  Howell, 
Simcoe:  (S.  B.  C,  Sept.  8,  '82),  w, 

Ceo.  R.  Cook,  F,        O.  M.  Jones, 

A.  W.  Donly,  L,         W.  S.  Perry,  P,  wc 

Hal.B.Donly.w.S-T,  n.R.Tisdale.S-T.WR. 
Thorold:  John  Dobbie,*WR. 
Toronto:  (  T.B.C,  Apr.  ij.'S, ;  Adelaide  st  ) 
A..E.  Blogg,  S,  Chas.  Langley,  (,L), 

F.ed  J.  Brimer.iL,  R.H.McBride,(C,wP) 
N.R.Butcher.(S).  Harry  Rj.He.  (2L)  wr' 
P.E.Doolitlle.(wVP),  Fr,d  J.  Spariing,  ' 
W.  G.  Eakins.  C.  A.  Tubby. 

A.  G.  Eraser.  Robert  Tysor. 

C.  E.  Lailey.(T.  VP, wr),A.  F.  WebMer,(C).  P 
O.  H.  Orr.  iL,  (IVanderers  B.  C.Oct   '82) 
Whitby:  C.  G.  K.  Nourse. 
Woodstock:  (ir.  B.  C).  Harry  Biette.jL, 
Henry  Davidson.         S,  L.  McKsv 
J   G.  Hav,  C,  W.  H.  MerWtt, 

W.A.Kat.,.I.,wcc,    Jas.  S.  Parmenter, 


'^1 

790          TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

MANITOBA. 

J.  W.  Heckman,         (J.  B.  Pattillo), 

Winnlpes:  {W.  B.  C), 

r.  D.  Hillis,               J.  Wiseman  Suirs, 

W.  H.  Nourte.  (Buffalo,  N.  Y.)i 

G.  W.  Kent,t              Hei  oert  Temple, 
A.  J.  King,                 W.  L.  Temple. 

QUEBEC. 

Philip  H.  McGuire, 

^^1 

Montreal:  (A/.  B.  C,  Dec.  a,  '78:  rooms, 

Truro:  {T.  B.  C), 

Hiiriiside  Place),      J.  W.  Davis, 

G.  H.  Blair,  S-T,        Wm.  J.  Murray, 

A.T.Lane,»wn,J.D.Miller,(S-T,VP),B,WR 

S.  W.  Cummings,       T.  S.  Pattillo,  C, 

^^^^H 

Chas.  Lyman,  0,      H.S.Tibb8,(P,wP,LCc). 

Arch.  McCulloch,        T.  M.  Patton, 

Alf.  E.  McKenzie,      Will.  H.  Rennie,  L. 

NEW  BRUNSWICK. 

WestviUe:  D.  R.  C:ampbell. 

8»ckvUl0:  A.  E.  Cogswell. 

Weymouth:  Fortes  Jones's  Hotel,C.  Burrill. 

^^^^^B 

at  John:  (St.  J.  B.  C),  J.  M.  Barnes, 

Windsor:    Victoria  Hotel,  by  T.  Doran, 

-  ^^H 

Charles  Coster,  aL,     Chas.  W.  McKce, 

J.  Fred  Carvei,           C.  H.  Dimodu 

':    j^l 

W.  E.  Graham,          Geo.  W.  Robertson. 

Yarmouth:  Arthur  W.  Eakins. 

NOVA  SCOTIA. 

BERMUDA. 

Amhent:  A.  C.  (7asey, 

Hamilton:  HamUton  Hotel,  by  W.  Aike» 

T.  Hodgson,*             Arthur  D.  Sharp. 

F.  Lennock  Gudei. 

AnnapoUa: 

St.  George's: 

DommioH  Hotel,  by  A.  H.  Riordan, 

St.  George's  Hotel,  by  N.  Escobel, 

W.  M.  De  Blois.tTC,    Louis  A.  McKenna. 

Globe  Hotel,  by  A.  J.  Richardson. 

Antigonish:  W.  H.  Buchanan, pub./4»roni. 

Smith's:  George  Tucker. t 

Halifax:  Halifax  Hotel,  by  H.  Hesslien, 

^ 

(Geo.  H.  Bayne),        A.  W.  Cogswell, 

MEXICO. 

f^<: 

H.  H.  Bell,                  W.  Crowe, 

City  of  Mexico:  {.El  Club  Naciotul  Veloci- 

y^H^ij'' 

Wm.  M.  Black,           L.  I.  Fuller, 

Pedista,  1883), 

i^^m 

J.  A.  Clark,                J.  J.  Hamm, 

W.  S.  Locke,**  I*  Cinco  de  Mayo  No.  4. 

%m 

EUROPE,  ASIA  AND   AUSTRALIA. 

■1 

ENGLAND. 

Cirencester:  Geo.  Wm.  Gobey,  73  Castle  st. 

S 

ashford  (Kent  C.  C):  H.  J.  Johnson,  C 

Coventry:  (C.  C.  C),  S.  Colder,  65  Butts, 

^B 

Bath:  James  Morgan,  26  Union  St. 

Griffiths  &  Co.,**  Priory  Mill, 

■'    ai 

Beeston:  Humber  &  Co.** 

Henry  Sturmey,  12  Smithford  st.,ed.O'f/«/. 

^1 

Birmingham: 

Croydon:  H.R.  Hart, Beachley, Chichester  rd. 

^K^H 

John  Lauterbach,  33?  New  John  St.,  w.. 

Derby  (Derbyshire):  Ben  Hinchclifle. 

^H^l 

Arthur  J.   Leeson,  Florence  Viila,  Albert 

Diss:  Edward  G.  Abbott,  Mere  st. 

^^^H 

rd.,  Aston,  sec.  Birchfield  B.  C, 

Doncaster:  F.  W.  Willbtim,  Lin&en  View. 

^^^1 

W.  J.  Spurrier,  3  Queengood  rd.,  Moseley. 

Ealing:  F.  Fry,  Wyvenhoe,  Castle  Bar  Hill. 

^^^H 

Bradford:  Day  &  Raisbeck,**  i  E.  Parade, 

Eastbourne  (Sussex): 

^^^H 

A.  Fame)],  51  Cross  Lane,  Great  Horton. 

L.  Adams,  Brooklyn  House,  capt£.  B.  C, 

^^^1 

Frisinghall:  G.  H.  Rushworth. 

T.  Knight,  36  Terminus  rd., 

I^^^H 

Bristol:   Fred  W.  Brock,  Belle  Vue  House. 

S.  Saker,  35  Terminus  rd. 

^^^1 

Bromley  (KeiiiY.  Caineron  Swan,  Lauriston. 

Enfield  (Middlesex): 

^^^H 

Bury:  John  Dewhursv    21  Market  st. 

Sidney  Chester  Fox    Bush  Hili  Park. 

^^^H 

Bnrv  St.  Edmunds:  C.  H   Nunn. 

Oateshead-on-Tyne : 

-  ^^^^1 

Cambridge:  A.  B.  M.  Whatton,C.  U.  B.  C. 

James  Buchanan,  jr.,  2  Osborne  Terrace, 

^^^^B 

Cardiff:  Henry  Warne  Flint,  36  Park  PI., 

Robert  Affleck,  10  Osborne  Terrace. 

^^^1 

Herbert  White  Flint,  St.  John's  Square. 

Hatfield  (Herts):  John  Joseph  Hayes. 

^^^^^H 

Camavon  {f/.  lyales):  R.  Gwen,  St.  David's 

Hayant:  K.  Martin  Green,  Southbrook. 

^^^H 

Catford  HUl  (A'e»t):                            [rd. 
Charles  f.  bisley,  15  Exbury  rd. 

High  Wycombe  (Bucks): 

B.  Waison  Soper  (i^ondwater). 

Kaswiek: 

A.  W.  Rumney,  tcc,  (ex^ec.  C.  V  B  C) 
Lead.:  J.  Ardill  &  Co.,^  St.  George'.  Wlu.' 
Leytonitone:  W.  W.  Wilson. 
Uverpool:  A.  Alexander,  The  Gymna.ium, 
John  Gabriel,  a  Priory  rd.,  Everton, 
Ja».  E.  Grant,  5  Parkfield  rd., 
VV.  J.  Hughes,  ijj  Whitetield  rd., 
J.  E.  Owens,  69  Sowther  st.  (Crown  St.), 
bugler  of  Se/ton  ami  DingU  C.   C.  ; 
hon.  sec.  and  treas.  of    Liverpool  Cv- 
cit  Buglers'  Clui, 
Jas.  A.  Sinclair,  55  Whitechapel. 
LlandjTMUl  (S.  lyaUs):  David  J.  Evans. 
lK)ndon.  Library  o/t/u  British  Afuseum. 
Joseph  Hadcock,  270  Victoria  Park  rd.,  e., 
Chas.  1.    Hawn,  4,.S01d  Kordrd.,e. 
O.W.Bennett,;.  .St. Peter's  St., Mile  End.e  , 
A.  M.  Bolton,  Pense  Lane,  Sydenham,  n., 
C.  W.  Brown,  2  Oak  Villas,  Feyern  Park, 
W.  E.  Ciay,  6'.Tnrnpike  Lane,  Hornse/,  n. 
G.  P.-mbrokc  Coleman,  Craig's  ct.,  Charing 
Cross,  ex-official  h^ndicapper  N.  C.  U  , 
W.  F.  Collier,  47  Weedington  rd.,  n.  w. 
Charles  Cordingly.  pres.  If.  Ke.uingtcn  T. 
C.  and  pub.  Tricycling  /ournai.  The 
Grove,  Hammersmith,  w.,  also  6  Marl- 
boroushrd.,  Bedford  Park,  w., 
Edward  Daneil,  22  Barbican,  e  c 
Henry  C.  Dewell,  2.  Arlington   sq'.,  Isling- 

ton,  n.,  hon.  sec.  N.  London  f farriers, 
t.   E^  Doyle,    ,4   Osbaldeston    rd..  Stoke 

Newington, 
William  Dutton,  Penrhyn  Lodge,  Amesland 

rd.,  Wandsworth, 
Harry  Etherington,  publisher  of  IVhtelinr 

151  Fleet  St.,  e.  c, 
C.  J^f-ox.  ed.  Cyclin.  Ti»u.-  East  Temple 

Chambers,  Whitefriars  st     e    - 
G.Goodall,.  Everingrd.,  Stoke'  Ne;vington, 
H   R^  Hart,  Ouchester  rd.,  Crovdon. 

Alfred  Hayes,  „4  Maiden  rd.,  n.  w.,  capt 
Haver  stock  B.  C, 

Harnr  Hayes,  97  Pemberton  rd.,  Kilbum     I 
Kise,  n.  w.,  I 

Herbert  Hayes  and  William  Hayes,  2  Whit- 

t.ngton  Terrace,  Highgate  Hill,  n   w 
►red^W.  Haynes,  ,22  Albany  .t  ,  Regent's 

Park,  hon.  sec.  Sxuallmvs  C.  C 
W.  Hon^ybum,  jr.,  204  Uxbridge  rd.'  Shep- 

ard's  Bush,  w.. 


DIRECTORY  OF  IVf^EELAfEN. 


791 

H^  John«,n.  ,0  Harvest  td.,  HoIIoway,  „.. 
tdw.  J  lone.,  ,  .6  Stoke  Newington  rd..n  . 
Harry  John  Jones,  .9  Gillie.  «.,  Rentuh 

Town,  n.  w.,  (Haverslock,  B  C) 
H.  \.  Judd,  .d.  U'Aeel  IVorlJ,  98  Flee'. .... 
Tho,^  Geo.  King,  ,  Lancaster  rd.,  Upp.; 
ToUmgton  Park,  „..  (c«„^„^^^.t-,. 
C  R.  K,rkpatnck,  Wandsworth  Common, 
Alex.  Wm.  LesJie-Lickley.  ,3  Strathblain. 

rd.,  Wandsworth  Common, 
London  Cycle   Supply  A»'n.^  j;  gueen 
Victoria  St., 

Mason  &  Payne,*.  4,  Cornhill,e.c., 

W.   t.  M,,„er,   ,7   Park   rd.,    Haver.,ock 

"'II,  n.  w.  (Belsize  B.  C), 
F.  Myers,  .  Testerton  st..  No.t'ing  Hill,  w., 
Aifred  Nixon,(capt.  London  T.C.),  Beacon- 
^alcKockmont  rd.,Central  Hill,Upper 
Norwood,  s.  e., 
J.  Foxley  Norris,  .  Wenlock  s,.,  Hoxton,  n., 
I" rank  O'Connor,  .08  Croftonrd.,s.e 
W.    J.   Pearce,   18  St.  John's  Wood  Ter- 
race, n.  w., 
Geo.  Philip  &  Son,**  32  Fleet  st  , 
Alfred  A.  Phillips,  Hope  Cottage,  Hill  ,t.. 

Upper  (.:iapton, 
Robert  E.  Phillips.t*.  70  Chancery  Lane 
(also  Rochelle,  Selhurst  rd.,  s.  e.),       ' 
H.  R.  Reynolds,  jr.,t  3,  Craven  st.,  w.  c 
R.  P.  Hampton-Roberts,  .70  Alexandra  rd.,' 

St.  John's  Wood,  s.  w., 
S.  Edgcumbe  Rogers,  Rockley,  Champion 

PArk,  s.  e., 
Edward  Rourke,  ,3  Bow  Lane,  Chcapside 
Frank    Salsbury,  80   Albert  st.,   Regent'. 

Park,  n.  w., 
F.  W,  Schnauber,  Spanish  Patriots,  White 
Conduit  St.,   Pcntonville,  n.,  {Haver- 
stock  B.  C), 
E.  R.   Shipton,  ed.  C.  T.  C.  Gazette,  ,3,. 

•fo  Fleet  St.,  e.  c, 
Sigma  Smith,  Hornsey,  n.,  (River  Cottage), 
H.  Spooner,  18  Royal  av.,  Chelsea,  s.  w., ' 
Surrey   Machinists    Co.,**    "  Jnvincibl- " 
Cycle  Works,   128-.29  Gt.  Suffolk  st., 
Borough,  s.  e., 
S.  H.  Swain,  .93  Carlton  rd.,  Kilborn, 
E.  Tegetmeier,  Field  ofdce,  346  Strand 
James  Trigwell,**  49  Boston   PI.,  Do'rset 

Square,  n.  w., 
Montao.,,  L.Trf>:;r.  'xf    ^f^^v-U-^f-  — :..t 


i\ 


w 


792          TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 

, 

J,  S.  Whatton  and  A    B.  M.  Whatton,  9 

GlaagOW:  Hugh  Callan,  6  Wilton  Terrace, 

1 

Somers  PI.,  Hyde  Park  Square, 

W.  T.  Logan,  72  Buchanan  st. 

"  WkttliHg"  Library,  15a  Fleet  St.,  e.  c. 

Qreenock:  (Amateur  B.  C), 

■4 

A.  J.Wilson,  Powerscroft  House,  Clapton. 

Robert  Allison,  43  Esplanade, 

■  A- 

Lutton,  Long  Sutton:  J.W.  M.  Brown,  TC. 

Robert  Dixon,  Dempster  St., 

Maidenhead:  Hickling  &  Co.,  39  King  St. 

Andrew  Forrest,  Fairmount,  40  Esplanade, 

^i_  s 

Manoheater:  H.  R.  Goodwin,  6  Swan  st. 

John  Forrest,  C,  Fairmount,  40  Esplanade, 

Mlpfield(  Korifo):  John  Barker. 

Robert  C.  Robertson,  68  Union  tt 

Mortlake  (SMrrey): 

Kdgar  J.  Sherriff,  Tcc,  Holly  House. 

IRELAND. 

Much  Wenlock:  H.  Griffiths,  The  LaureU. 

Callan:  Samuel  Potter,  Bank  of  Ireland. 

Ne  wcaatle-on-Tyne : 

Caatlemartyr:  Wm,  Bowles.rc,  Epringfield. 

1).  M.  M.  Dawson,  17  Warden  st. 

Dublin:  John  Rowland,  30  Westland  Row, 

Newry:  J.Macknight,  j6  Barrack  St. 

J.  W.  Webster,  23  Geraldine,  Berkley  rd., 

Northampton  :G.  Hodgson.S  St.  Edmundsrd. 

S  Young,  43  Portland  Row. 

North  Shields:  J.  R.  Hogg,  Unioi    .., 

Limerick:  Colman  O'Connell,  jr. 

Thos.  Robinson,  tcc,  36  Waterlr     pl. 

Tralee:  J.  G.  Hodgins,  Castle  st. 

Paignton:  Geo.  Soudon  Bridgeman. 

SWEDEN. 

Pontypridd:  Morris  Bros.,Wm.  M.  Morris. 

ITddevalla:  Alban  Thorbum,  tc 

Tortamouth:  F.  J.  Samson,  36  Fleet  St. 

Bedditch: 

HOLLAND. 

F.  H.  Warner,  C,  tcc,  Laburnum  Villa. 

Utrecht:  C.  H.  Bingham,  Tcc,  pres.  N.V.  B. 

Bomford  (Essex): 

SWITZERLAND. 

Leopold  Pierson,  Stanford  Aiver. 

St  GaUen:  £.  T.  Edwards,  Zur  Alten  Bank. 

St.  Heliera  (Jersey,  Channel  Islands): 

C.  Metiver,  60  King  st.,  VP,/.  B.  &'  T.  C. 

FRANCE. 

Salford:  Walter  Binr-,  235  Chapel  st. 

Oan  prea  Pan  (I^asses  Pyrenees): 

Scarborough:  S.  Swinden,  70  Oxford  st. 

R.  Knowles,  tc. 

Sheffield:  F.  Percy  Dickinson,  Farm  Bank. 

Paris: 

Sittlngbourne:  (S.  C.  C), 

A.  de  Baroncelli,  18  Ru"-  Roquepine,  ed. 

-■■-"?— -"'^^^H 

Phil.  H.  Bishop,  Station  St. 

"Annuaire  de  la  V^Iocip^die  Practique." 

South  Kilvington:  H.  P.  Mason. 

ITALY. 

SUfford:  T.  S.  Nixon,  69  Marstoa  td. 

Milan: 

Stanford  River: 

Adolpho  Schlegel,jr.  ,*Via  Filodrammatici  8. 

Leopold  Pierson,  The  Wayletter. 

GERMANY. 

Sydenham:  Alfred  Bolton,  Penge  Lane. 

Wandaworth  Common  (Surrey): 

Berlin:  T.  H.  S.WaIker,Tcc,  18  Krausen  str.. 

Chas.   R.    Kirkpalrick,    Fernhill,    Boling- 

editor  of  Der  Radfakrer. 

broke  Grove, 

AUSTRIA  (HUNGARY). 

Alex.W.  Leslie-Lickley,43  Strathblaine  rd. 

Budapeat:  L.  D.  Kostovitz,  TC. 

Welwyn  (Hertfordshire): 

W.  d'A.  Crofton,t  Hillside. 

RUSSIA. 

Witham:  W.  H.  Moresby. 

Moscow:  J.  Block,*  capt.  M.  B. 

York:  Thomas  Bouttell,  14  Feasegate, 

TURKEY. 

R.  E.  Burdekin,** 

Constantinople :    Chamber   of  Commerct 

F.  P.  L,T  ibert,  5  St.  Clements  PI. 

Hotel,  William  V.  Shelton,  (Bey),  0. 

^^^^1 

SCOTLAND. 
Aberdeen: 

Angora  (Asia  Minor):  Henry  Binns,  0. 

~"  ~  ^^H 

W.  Kendall  Burnett, t  tcc,  \^l\  Union  st. 

PERSIA. 
Teheran: 

Dundee:  Janes  Ogilvie,  86  High  st. 

Edinburgh:  W.Geo.01iver,9  S.E. Circus  PI., 

Wm.  North,  0,  Indo-European  Tel.  Ca 

C.  P.  C.  Roques,  jr.,  16  George  st. 

JAPAN. 

TPifA-     Tnhn  Ra.TKUv     Ralmal/^rtlr,-     T  a/1i.K.i.ib- 

iriAfA.      Ti       W       T    ^'i^t^m.A     ♦/% 

1 

*  ^***  M^i  J'  >         *   «  .         ■  •     -        A  — — -*  >  -«*.^*«.    **  ^a 

SOUTH  AUSTRALIA, 

North  AdeUlde:  {N.  a.  B  c.) 

Albert  E.  Thurston,  S-T.  6  Connell  St. 

QUEENSLAND. 

^^••(BrisUn.AmaUurC,clinfCM). 
Wra.  Johnson,  C,  9.  Edward  st. 

NEW  SOUTH  WALES. 
Goulburn:  Alfred  E.  Riley 
Sydney:  (SyJ„^  BicycU  CM), 

Geo.  L.  Budds,  253  Elizabeth  it, 

James  Copland,  85  Market  st, 

W.  R.  George,  T, 

E.  H.  McRae,  S,  60  Wynward  So 
George  Martin,!  Cleveland  st 

James  Martin,  pres.  "  N.  S.  W.  Cyclists' 
Union,"  389  George  St., 

F.  G.  Sloper,  Oxford  st. 

West  Sydney:  Jas.  F.  Rugg,  Kent  Brewery. 

VICTORIA. 

B»U*rat:(i?. /?.&.7-.  C.   ,879), 
T.  Miller,  u    p    ci,-—    •     ..„ 

G   M   ck-       •  t>himmm,  VC, 

ir._iii.         ,  ^"     ^ompson,  C. 

Hamilton:  (H.  a.  C), 

Walter  G.Farroll.c",.  Gray  St., 
H.  C.  Heales,  Colonial  Bank 

Melbourne:  (^  AC,  Aug.  .5.  V8), 
w.    E.   Adams,   Lonsdale   st.,  (hon.   see 

Normamhy  B.  C), 
H.  C.  Bagot,  VC,  ,00  Bourke  :t.,  w 
Geo.  R.  Broadbent.  Crowle  Villa,  Fleming- 
ton  Bridge,  Hotham  Hill  (C,  B   Eu- 
rtka  B.  C),  ' 

Geo^W.Burston,C,„3  Flinders  St.,  e 
t-  C.  Carter,  58  Russell  st 

^'  ""pTc.  'cT"""'  "•(^-dsor),(capt. 

Thos.A^Edwards,  ..Little  Collins  St..  w.. 
O.  A.  Ekman,  .00  Victoria  st.,  w 
Fred.  J.  Empson,  Little  Collins  st. 
Oeo^eS.Geddes...LaTrollest. 

Z  t  ""^'"°"'  T,  Whitehall  St., 

i-ychng  Nnvs, 

F.  Llewelyn,  60  Col/ins  st., 

Sandhurst:  (.S-,  AC,,  June  a..  -80;    ,eor- 

ganued  as  ^.C.C,  June  .,,'84), 
W.  H.  Bradley,  Pall  Mall. 

A.  H.  Budden,  B,  Willianaton  st. , 


DIRECTORY  OF  WHEELMEN. 


793 

John  DriscoII,  Honeysuckle  st 

Melvin  E.  Gilbert.  George  Ter;;ce,  Bull «. 

H.  y.  Howell.  C,  Bank  of  Austraiia,' 

H.  Jullien.  Charing  Cross, 

S.  Keam  &  Co,* 

S.  Lazarus,  West  End  Hall, 

J-  H.  Luke,  Police  SUtion,' 

G.  A.  Miller,  S,  Kent  Brewery, 

W- J.  Parry,  (C,S),Kenfig  Villa,  Will.  «., 
W.H.  Simmons,  (C),  Pan  Mall. 
U.  R.  WiUon,  Hargreavesst., 
Chas.  Woods,  Mitchell  st., 
W.  Wotherspoon,  Barnard  st. 

were  Pledged  for  the  list  by  Le^e^^tf'v^^ 
J-  Parry,  consul  of  the  Victorian  Cyclisu^ 

resided  since  '75.  Sandhurat  is  .00  ra  d^ 
tant  from  Melbourne,  the  capital.  Tnd  ha^  t 
population  of  about  ,c  000  •  .iT^.,  '""'"»»» 
•«   itwa,»,„.  '  "'°"8'',  as  Ute  as 

w"d  bl^     f  "'"''  °'  calico-tents  in  the 

IZtl'  ""2"'  '"  *"'■•  -•"•'"e-woriJ 

Par^^'s  1/  ''~"l''.''°«'  °  'he  wheel  "  as  Mr. 
.n  "theeoM"     """r'  '''""  "-V  Pa.rons 

on  B  c  '!k  ""If  '""•""='•"  '^he  Bos- 
In.  T    ^  °''^"' '"  "'«  United  States," 

and  one  of  the  richest -did  not  put  up  ^s 
much  money  to  encoun.ge  the  publication  of 
the  American  road-book  as  did  each  of  two 

An^rl^  r  "J""'^"«d  ■"-'"«  town  at  the 
Antipodes!     (See  pp.  558-70). 

D.  Ande.-son,  Viewpoint, 

Richard  Andrews,  Golden  Square 

R.  W.  Brown,  S,  Bullst., 

T.  Case  Brown,  Crystal  Palace,  Pall  Mall. 

Guy  Carwardine,  Chariston  rd., 

H.  S.  Carwardine,  Chariston  rd., 

Hugh  Carwardine,  Chariston  rd.' 

Robert  Dare,  Viewpoint, 
Chas.  J.  Davis,  Kangaroo  Flat, 
A.  G.  Daymond,  Viewpoint. 
C.  Hosking,  jB,  Olindast., 
Hutchinson  &  Myera,  Mitchell  .t.. 


.-.^.i-' 


r                                                    '                                                                          ■ 
794          r^iV  THOUSAND  MILES  OJV  A  BICYCLE. 

J.  H.  Knight,  Myers  st.. 

Will  Beswick,  C. 

J.  Okey,  C,  Kangaroo  Flat, 

J.  M.  Chambers,  (S-T  IVaUtmata  B.  C), 

^^^^^^^1 

E.  V.  Stephens,  Kangaroo  Flat, 

J.  Fitton,  35  Grey  St., 

W.  E.  P.  Thomas,  (C),  Bailey  St., 

Service  &  Fitton, ••  15  Grey  St., 

A.  Cresswell,  VC,  Ca'''omia  Gully, 

A.  Wiseman,  L. 

Chas.  J.  Fly,  Barnard  St., 

Christchurch:  {Pioneer  B.  C,  April,  1879), 

^^fc 

J.  W.  Tonkin,  S,  Bailey  st.. 

F.  Cooper,  Tuam  St., 

-Tf-  *  .^^H 

W.  Vinton,  C,  C  lifornia  Gully. 

J.  C.  Coughlan,  Bank  of  N.  Z., 

South  Yarra:  F.  Llewelyn,  37  Lang  st. 

S.  F.  Dyer,  Higl.  st.. 

^1 

Warmambool:  (/f.  C.  C), 

H.  J.  Jenkins,  Bank  of  N.  Z., 

H'arrnainbool  Mechanics'  Inst.  Library, 

[W.  H.  Langdown,  134  St.  Asaph  st.J, 

-'  J^l 

F.  W.  Briggs,  S,         A.  J.  Foote, 

A.  Lowry,  S,  Coshcl  st.. 

.'  '^^^H 

D.  Ceamond,              J.  S.  Mack, 

'  I.  Foxley  Norris,  226  Hereford  st.  (S,  T, 

R.  J.  Davokins,          E.  White,  C,B 

New  Zeala-     Cyclistb'  .•MWancc).     Re- 

TASMANIA, 

turned  in  1885  to  London  (i  Wenlock 

-  ^  ^^^^^^1 

Hobart:  {.Marmion  C.  C,  1S83), 

St.,  Hoxton)], 
J.  W.  Painter,  Church  rd.,  St.  Albans, 

A.  Adcock,  Hampden  r4., 
J.  Andrews,  Hill  st., 

A.  E.  Preece,*  sub.  C,  Cyclists'  Exchange. 

G.  A.  Arming,  (C),  Liverrool  &  Harrington 
Chas.  Barlow,  B,  Coolley  s  Hotel,       [sts., 
Roland  A.  Bishop,*(C),  58  Elizabeth  st., 

Dunedin:  {D.  C.  C,  Aug.,  '79), 
Edgar  Hine  Burn,      William  Crow. 

' '4ii_!^^B 

Oamaru:  {MartA  Otago  C.  C,  1881), 
Kenneth  Bain,  S, 

P.  J.  Bowen,  VC,  112  Arjyle  St., 
Arthur  R.  Butterfield,  S,  Elizabeth  st 

44.^^^H 

W.  L.  Butt,  Ure  st., 

^^ 

Chas.  Davis. 

't 

L.  P.  Christeson,  Thames  St., 

Chas.  Hallam,  Glenorchy, 
Thos.  F.  Hallam,  C,  Glenorchy, 
Chas.  Wherrett,  New  Town. 

F.  Cottrell,  Thames  St., 

F.  J.  Forbes,  North  School  st.. 

^•qrr-^--^  -  ^H 

Douglas  G.  Moore,  Union  Bank, 

:^~  -'                     ^H 

H.  Snow,  C,  Porough  Engineer',  office. 

NEW  ZEALAND. 

Wellington:  (t^.  Cyclists'  Ass' n,  Oct., '81), 

Auckland:  (A.  B.  C,  Nov.,  '81), 

David  W.  M.  Bum. 

SUPPLEMENTARY  LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 

After  the  main  list  (Chap.  39)  was 

electro 

yped,  the  following  200  subs,  were  enrolled, — 

three-fourths  of  them  during  the  two 

months 

ending  Apr.  24,  '86.     The  price  was  then  ad- 

vanced  to  $1.50,  and  Nos.  3520  to  3571 

were  pledged  at  that  rate,  during  ihe  next  six  months. 

Almost  all  the  names  up  to  No.  3500  may  be  fou 

nd  in  the  geographical  directory  just  preceding. 

Abbott,  C.  W.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

34>S 

Bouton,  Chas.  F.,  New  York                    3457 

Amerman,  W.  I.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

347S 

Eoyd,  Irving  P.,  New  York.                       3458 

Balderston,  O.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

3469 

Brown,  Clarence  N  .Ottawa,  Kan.          3386 

Baltimore  Cycle  Chtb,  Baltimore,  Md. 

34>3 

Brown,  W.  B.,  Baltimore,  Md.                 3416 

Barker,  C.  L.,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

35'S 

Bruce,  Jas.  P.,  Vicksburg,  Miss.               3490 

Barkman,  A.  B.,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

3.S02 

Bnrkhart,  H.  Z.,  Hailey,  Id.                     3407 

Barnard,  H.  G.,  New  York. 

3441 

Butler  Utiiv.  Library,  Irvington,  Ind.    3525 

Karnes,  J.  W.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

3549 

Byron,  S.  H.,  New  York.                          3443 

Barton,  A.  J.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

33»3 

Campbell,  A.  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.              3548 

Batchelder,  Geo.  A.,  Grand  Forks,  Dak 

3495 

Carley  House,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.           3489 

Bayley,  W.  S.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

3412 

Case,  Chas.  V.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.         3534 

Belmont  Hotel,  Gloucester.  Mass. 

35"9 

Cataract  House,  Niagai,\  F'alls,  N.  Y.    3497 

Benedict,  Chas.  M.,  New  Vork. 

3442 

Center,  Robert.,  New  York.                      3464 

Bennett,  A.  A.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

J50V4 

Chalfant,  A.  B.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.          3376 

Bingham,  F.  L.,  New  York. 
Boardman,  f.  W.,  Grand  Forks,  Uak 

* 
• 

3421 
3496 

Cilley,  Geo.  B.,  Kingston,  N.  H.             3568 

Clemson,  Wm.,  Middletown,  N   Y.         3393 

Clifford,  Joe  E..  Grand  Forks.  Dak.        ,.^ 
Cochrane,  H.  D.,  New  York.  ,^ 

Coffin,  Edwin  C,  Hailey,  Id.  '*!. 

Co  a,ner,  N.  L.,  Washington,  D.  C        \2 
Con„,Geo.W.,Morristo;n,N.J  '' 

Connell.  Maurice,  West  Springfield,  Ms.  \2 
Cooney,  R.  L.,  Atlanta,  Ga.  , 

l^Per,jr..Jas..RedBank,N.J  '"° 

Cord,ngley,  jr. ,  chas. ,  London,  £„^       \^'' 
Coss,ns.E.R..  London,  £„^.'       ^^  "? 

Crenshaw,  jr.,  A.  P.,Washing,on,  D,  C.  3!^ 
Cruchlow  J.  M.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.  ~ 

Cr^k^  House,  New  London,  Ct.  "" 

Curtis,  Atherton,  New  York 
Curtis,  G.  S.,  New  York. 
Karrow,  P.  f.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Davidson,;.  E.,  Baltimore,  Md 
I>avis,  Chas.,  Hobari,  Tas. 
Davis,  Fred  M.,  Madison    Wis 
Dawson,  Sam.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa  ,,5, 

^'^oUPublULU^^ry,  Detroit,  Mich.  3  40 


f f"*  ^''>''*  C/«^.  Hud«,„,  N.  V.  ,,^ 
Internai^'UUt.  I,  Niagara  Falls.  N.  Y  \Z 
Ives.  Fred  n     V v..  '       'J*?" 


3-M4 
34J3 
3547 
34«7 
3561 
3565-6 
3381 


Doane,  W.  S.,  Dorchester,  Mass 

Dunlap,  Geo.  E.,  New  York 

Dutcher,  Wm.,  New  York. 

Edwards,  W.  D.,  New  York 

fixckange  Hotel,  Lehighton,  Pa. 

'■'■Hd,  C.  A.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

Fraser,  Ed.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J. 

Krisbie,  G.  B.,  New  York. 

Oallien,  Henry,  Albany,  N  Y 

Oay,  L.  W.,  Biffalo,  N.  Y. 

Gibson,;.  W.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

(•oodman,  Henry,  Hartford,  Ct 

Gulick,  ;as.  G.,  New  York. 

HaiUy  Hotel,  Hailey,  Id. 

Halstend,  E.  J.,  New  York. 

Hammond,  ;.  H.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Handlen,  Frank  B.,  New  York 

Hardy,  W.  R,  Washington,  DC 

Harris,  C.  M.,  Red  Bank,  N   J 

Hartley,  W.  G.,  Kingston,  Tenn. 

Hawthorne,  The,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Henry,  Patrick,  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

Hill,  E.  F.,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Hill,  Geo.  A.,  New  York. 

Holland,  Lincoln.  Worcester, Mass.  3508-3  J'^ 

Hotel  Re^nfrt,  Baltimore,  Md.  ,,„ 

Howe  (Miss)  Jennie  M.,  Springfield,  Ms.    30 

Howell,  W.  E.,  New  York.  "  o 

Howland,  Chas.  H.,  Provider  :e,  R   I     ,„, 

Hubbard.  T---.!:U  V.     zs .--...:    ...  ^^^ 

Mubbard,  W.  H.,'^^;;;';Falls.^Pa.        3J75 


3373 
337« 

3483-« 
346J 
34*S 
3520 
3409 
3470 
3429 
3473 
j430 
•563 
3431 

343a 

3379 

35'6 

3418 

3474 

3449 

3398 

3556 

3545 
3526 


Ives,  JredD.,  New  York 

John«>„.;.w.,  Philadelphia.  Pa 
Johnson,  L.  H.,  East  Orange.  N.  ;, 
Jones,  Harry  S.,  New  York 
Jones,  P.  s.,  New  York. 

Judd,  Edwin  Y..  Hartford,  Ct. 
Keiper,  Scott,  Hailey,  Id 
Keyser,  N.  A.  S.,  Baltimore.  Md. 
Knowles,  A.  A.,NewYork 
Knox.  Robt.  ;.,  Brooklyn,  N   Y 

Lane,  jr.,  Geo,  New  York 

Latliam,  Calhoun,  Bridgeport.  Ct. 

Leflerts,;.  A.NewYork 

Leggett,  C.  H.,  New  York 

Leigh,  Will  H.,  Beaver  Fa'ls  Pa 

L.vermore,F.H.,  Pittsfield,  Mass 

Lockwood,  jr..  R.M.,  Baltimore,  Md, 

Loucks,  F.  W..  Brooklyn.  N   Y 

Lozier,  A.  W.,  NewYork. 

McCloud,  J.  A.,  Hailey,  Id 

McCurdy,  I.  P.,  Philadelphia.  Pa 

Magill,  S.  E.,  Athens,  Tenn 

f ;'"'';"  """'^  Greenfield,  Mass.  ,  „6 

Maryland  tricycle  Club,  Baltimore,  Md.    ,' 

Mass^  State  Lrirary,  B^ton,  Mas^.         \'2 

Meeker,  F.  H.,  Broo"      ,    N   Y 

^^"■^f^'t's'  Hotel,  Hailey]  Id 

M.dgley,  Thos.,  Beaver  Falls  Pa 

Milord  IVheel  Clul,  Milford,'Ma„ 

^I'  lard,  J.  A.,  Dinard  les  Baines,  Fr 

Miller,  J.  D.,  Brooklvn,  N   Y 

Millikin,  Wm.  H..  Plainfield,  N  J 

Morrison,  jr.,  E.  A.,  New  York 

Moss,  W.  F.,Thomasville,Ga  ' 
Mumfnrd,  W.  B.,  Adrian,  Mich 
Afuns,  R.  \V.,  Brooklyn,  N   Y 
Nichols,  Chas.  E.,  Mt.  Vernon.  N   Y 
Nightingale,  John,  New  York. 
Overland  Hotel,  Bois^  City    Id 

Parker,  John  M..  New  Orleans!  La. 
Perkins,  W.  H.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Phelps,  W.  C,  New  York. 

Phillips.jr.,F.  A.,  NewYork 
Potter,  B.  W.,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Powers,  jr.,  J.  W.,  New  York. 
Price,  Lyttleton,  Hailey,  Id. 
Rauchfuss.  A.,  New  York. 
Reagan,  P.  A.,  Hailey,  Id. 

Red  Lion  Inn,  West  Randolph.'Vt' '  ■* * 
Reilly,  P.  Harvard,  New  York. 


3479 
3405 

3374 
3544 
3533 
3477 
3535 
3450 
3390 

3522-23 
3475 
33S0 

3451 
34U 
3387 
3468 
3433 
3435 
3562 

3436 

3400 

3417 

3410 

3550 

3532 

346$ 


796 


TEN  THOUSAND  Af/LES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Robbinr,  J.  N.,  Pittifield,  M«««.  3517 
Robinson  &  Co.,  C, ,  Toronto,  Ont.  3539,  3543 

Rockwell,  K.  S.,  Red  Hank,  N.  J.  3527 

Ruick,  Norman  N.,  Hailey,  Id.  lyf) 

Ryer.  F.  A  .  New  York.  343S 

Sackett,  C.  1'.,  New  York.  3439 

Schaclitel,  jr.,  M.,  New  York.  3403 
Schott,  W.  C,  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kan.    3561 

Selwyn,  Chas.  J.,  Ilailey,  Id.  3397 
Shelton,  W.  V  ,  Constantinople,  I'ltrkfy.  3392 

Sheriden,  W.  H.,  Pittsfield,  Mjss.  3514 

Simpson,  J.1S.,  New  York.  345^ 

Simpson,  S.  W.,  New  Yr  «.  3453 

Slee,  N.  T.,  Baltimore,  Md.  34f.6 

Sloan,  Henry  C.,  Sinclairville,  N.  Y.  3456 

Small,  W.  A.,  Dexter,  Me.  33S5 

Sneeden,  R.  H.,  Red  Bank,  N    J.  3530 

Snyder,  A.  F.,  Weissport,  Pa.  3537 

Spalding  &  Hro.,  A.  C,  New  York.  3505-6 

Sleiner,  A.,  New  York.  3440 

Stratton,  T.  C,  New  York.  3460 

Swartout,  A.  K.,  Auburn,  N.  Y.  3553-4 

Taylor,  John  W.,  Baltimore, 'Md.  3467 


Terhune,  Chas.  F.,  New  York. 
Thompson  Kngraving  Co. , Camden,  N. 
Tinker,  Fred  U.,  Hailey,  Id. 
Tolten,  R.  J.,  New  Wilmington,  Pa. 
Tracy,  John  J.,  Hailey,  Id. 
Tracy,  W.  C  ,  Kockville,  Ct. 
Tuck,  Fred  H  ,  Kingston,  N.  H. 
Upson,  Wm.  F.,  New  York. 
Valentine,  E.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
WashinglOH  Hotil,  Vicksburg,  Miss. 
WaskingtoH  House,  Bordentown,  N. 
Watt,  W"<    H.,  Hailey,  Id. 
Weber,  ,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Whysall,      >.o.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa. 
WicUersham,  J.  E.,  Beaver  Falls,  Pa, 
WilUrd's  Haiti,  Washington,  D,  C. 
Windsor  Haiti,  Holyoke,  Mas*. 
Wood,  John  S.,  New  York. 
n'ooil  River  Bi.  Club,  Hailey,  Id. 
lyorth  House,  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Yopp,  Jas.  L.,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
Yojng,  Geo.  E.,  Liverpool,  Eng. 
YuenRling,  W.  J.,  New  York. 


3461 
J  3$'4 
3408 
J55'* 
J30 
33'* 
3567 
3454 
3480 
349' 
J-  3546 
3395 
347^ 
337S 
3380 
3499 
3507 
3455 
3401 
3  49  J 
339' 
3557-8 
3461 


TRADE  DIRECTORY 


Copies  of  this  book  may  be  consulted  or  purchased  at  the  offices  of  the  following  subscrib- 
ers. The  (*)  designates  those  who  are  either  authors,  editors,  publishers  or  bookseller?  ; 
and  nearly  all  the  others  are  dealers  in  cycles,  or  selling-agents  for  the  same.  I  have  found  it 
impracticable  to  particularize  each  man's  business,  as  originally  intended,  though  I  give  many 
exact  addresses  and  other  details  in  the  geographical  list  which  follows  the  next  p7j;e.  If  any 
subscriber  will  report  to  me,  within  a  month  after  receiving  the  book,  that  he  is  so  dissatisfied 
with  this  "  directory  "  as  to  regret  having  agreed  to  support  it,  I  will  refund  any  money 
which  he  may  have  paid  me,  and  will  at  the  same  time  send  to  him  some  stamped  labels  by 
which  he  may  mail  thr  books  to  later  purchasers. 

Aaron,*  F.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Aldrich,  Jas  ,  Spencer,  Mass. 
Amee  Brothers,'*  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Angell,  Jos.  P.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 
Ardlll  &  Co.,  J.,  Leeds,  Eng. 
Hardeen,*  C.  W.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Barkman,*  A.  B.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Barnes  &  Davis,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 
Batchelder,*  C.  D.,  Lancaster,  N.  H. 
Beers  &  Co.,*  J.  B.,  36  Vesey  st,  New  York. 
Bennett,  A.  A.,  14  W.  4th  st.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Bicycling  World  Co.,*  Boston,  Mass. 
Bidwell,  G.   R,  35S  W.  58th  st..  New  York. 
Biederman,  Chas.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Block,  J.,  Moscow,  Russia. 
Bradley,  Co., 'The  Milton,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Bowen,  E.  N..  Buffalo.  N.  Y. 
Burdekin,  R.  E.,  York,  Eng. 


Burdett,  J.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Central  Press  &  Publishing  Co.  ,•  la  Vesey 

St.,  New  York  (pub.  U-'keel,  $2). 
Childs,  A.  W.,  Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Chinn,  Geo.,  Beverly,  Mass. 
Clark  &  Co.,  S.  T.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Clayton,  G.  O. ,  Aurora,  111. 
Colton  &  Co.,*  G.  W.  &  C.   B.,  182  William 

St.,  New  York  (map  publishers). 
Cordingley,*  Chas.,  London,  Eng. 
Corson,*  E.  H.,  Rochester,  N.  H. 
Dalton,*  J.  G.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Davis,  Frank  M.,  Madison,  Wis. 
Day  &  Raisbeck,  Bradford,  Eng. 
Deans,  F.  A.,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 
Donly,*  H.  B.,  Simcoe,  Oni. 
Ducker  &  Goodman,*  Hartford,  Ct. 
Duffill,  Thos.  P.,  Gt.  Falls,  N.  H. 


TRADE  DIRECTORY. 


Ednrton,  C.  W..  Fort  Wayne.  Ind 

•idJMin,  Fred  V.,  Iroy,  N    Y 

EJ'i«.  C.  B..  Kanw,  ci.y,  Mo. 

Klherinron.'  Harry.  London.  Kni 

Folding,  K.  A.,  Uoieman,  Mont 

/•r«/&.  Strr.uH  Pub.  Co..  New  York. 

*•"«.•(-•■  J..  London,  £'«,^. 

Cibeon.*  J.  W..  San  Franci«:o.  Lai 

Cib«)n  &  Hart,  Rockiord.  III. 

Gideon.  Geo.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Ta. 

CiH,»  J.  D.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Gillett,  M.  D.,  Springfield.  Ma.^ 

Gormi.lly  &  Jeffcry,  Lhicago,  IlL 

Griffith*  &  Co.,  Coventry,  Eng. 

Gump.  A.  W.,  Dayton,  O. 

Hananer &  Myers,  CoHngton,  Ky 

Harder,  J.  E.,  Ue.rfield,  Pa. 

Hart  &  Co.,»  E.  Stanley,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Hart   H.  B..  8..  Arch  St..  Philadelphia.  Pa 

Heath.  S.  F.,  Minneapolis,  Minn 

Hebard.  F.  S..  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 

Hill  &  Tolman,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Hodpon,  T.,  Amherst,  N.  S. 

Holland,*  Lincoln,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Hollister  &  Merrill,  Portland.  Or. 

Huber  &  Allison,  Louisville,  Ky 

Humbet  &  Co.,  Beeston,  Eng. 

Ideal  Pen  Co.,  15$  Broadway,  New  York. 

Ingram,  T.  L.,  Columbus,  Ga. 

Irwin,  W.  R.,  Emporia,  Kan. 

Jarvis  H.,  Oxford,  Md. 

Jenkins.Fred,3«  W.  59«h  8t.,N.Y.(cydom.) 

Jennings,*  A.  F..  Springfield,  Mas^ 

Johnson,  L.  H.,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Joalin,  J.  T.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Judd,»  H.  A.,  London,  Eng. 

Kirkpatrick,*  T.  J.,  Springfield,  O. 

Koch  Bros.,  Peoria,  III. 

Kolph,  A.  J.,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Lakin  &  Co.,  J.  A.,  Westfield,  Ms.  (cyclom.) 

Lamson,  C.  H.,  Portland,  Me. 

Lane,  A.  T.,  Montreal,  P.  Q. 

Lanier,  H.  &  F.,  West  Point,  Ga. 

Latta  Broi,,,  Friendship,  N.  Y. 

Leve  &     Iden,  207  Broadway,  New  York 

Lewis,*  W.  H.,  Melbourne, Vict.,  ^„Wi,. 

Lilhbndpe,  Freeman.  Rockford,  III.  (saddles) 

Locke,  W.  S  ,  City  of  Mexico,  Mtx. 

London  Cycle  Supply  Ass'n.  London,  Eng 

McComas,  W.  E.,  Hagerstown,  Md. 

Malvern,  Frank,  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 

Mawin.  F.llinit    1.  \u, .     »t       ..    .  I 

........  „,  ..^  _,_y  jjj^jj_ 

Mason  &  Payne,*  London,  Eng.  \ 


797 


Mudd    Frank  X..  Montgomery,  AJ.. 
Mumford,  W.  B.,  Adrian,  ..l,ch. 
New  York  loy  Co..  u  Howard  .t..  N   Y 
Nuon.  W.  O.,  Chambsrsburii,  P«. 
Normecut.  &  Co.,  J.  E..  Pit.sburg,  p.. 
^'O'"'.  Will  .'..  Helena,  Mom. 
Patton,  Geo.  E.,  Chatham,  N.  Y. 
Payne,  Wm.,  Undon,  OhI. 
Philip  &. Son.*  Geo.,  Undon,^„- 
Phillip*.*  Robt.  E.,  London,  Eng 
Pittsburg  Fire  Arms  Co..  Pit..burg,  P.. 
Pope    Mfg.    Co..    HoMon  (;,  Franklin   .tk 
Chicago  (i„  Wabash  av.), Hartford  (We«l 
b.  M.Co.),and  New  York  (.,  Warren  M  L 
Porter&Baker,  Bay  City.  Mich. 
Probst  &  FiUjeck,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Rayl  &  Co.,  T.B.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Read,  Geo.  T.,  Belfast.  Me. 
"R.creati,»,r*  Pubiishersof.  Newark.  N.  J. 
Kibble,  Geo.  W..  Harrisonburg.  Va. 
Rob.n«>n  &  Co.,  Cha...  Toronto.  Ont, 
Rogers.*;.  S.St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Rose,*  Will,  Ashmore,  III. 
Rouse  &  Son,  G.  'V.,  Peoria,  IlL 
Rust,  T.  S.,  Merid.n,  Ct. 
Scherer,  C.  J.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Schlegel,  jr.,  Adolpho.  Milan,  Itai,. 
3chwalbach,  Cha*.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y, 
Service  &  Fitton,  Auckland,  N.  Z.  ' 
Shipton,*  E.  R.,  London,  Eng. 
Smith  &  Co.,  Howard  A.,  Newark,  N.  J, 
Smith,  C.  F.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Smith.  J.  C.  v.,  Washington,  D  C 
Smith  Mach.  Co.,  H.  B  .  SmithviUe',  N.  J, 
I     Smith,  Robt.  A.,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

Spalding  &  Bro.,  A.  G.,  Chicago  and  N  V 
Spnngfieid  Printing  Co.,*  Spring^t'd,  MaM. 
Sturmey,*  Henry,  Coventry,  Eng. 
Surrey  Machinist  Co.,  London,  Eng. 
Swartout,  A.  E.,  Auburn,  N    Y 
Terhune  &  Co..  C.  F.,  89  Libe.iy  st.,  N  Y 
Ticknor  &  Co.,*  Boston,  Mass. 
Triffwell,  Ja...  49  Boston  p|.,  London,  Eng. 
Wady,  C.  S.,  Fall  River,  Mas<i. 
Wainwright,  L.  M.,  Noblesville,  Ind. 
Walkers  Co.*  Ceo.  H.,  Boston,  MaM. 
Walker,*  T.  H.  S..  Berlin,  Crr. 
Webber,  jr.,*  J.  S.,  Gloucester,  Mas*. 
Weed  S.  M.  Co.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Weston,*  Frank  W.,  Boston,  Mas* 
Wilkinson  Co.,  The  John.  Chicago.  IIT 
voornees,  ,r.,  G.  E.,  Morristown,  N.  J. 
Young,*  Geo.  E.,  Liverpool,  Eng. 


798  TEN  THOUSAND  MILES  ON  A  BICYCLE. 


Adrian,  Mich.,  W.  n.  Mumford. 

Amhent,  N.  S.,  T.  fiodgson. 

Aitunore,  III.,  Will  Rose. 

Anbum,  N.  Y.,  A.  E.  Swartout. 

Auokland,  N.  ''  ,  Service*  '•"ilton,  35  Grey. 

Aurora,  III.,  (;.  O.  Clayton. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  S.  T.  Clark  &  Co.,  im- 
porters  of  the  "  New  Rapid"  bicycle,  a 
&  4  Hanover  st.  ;  A.  Schumacher  &  Co., 
9  S.  (!ay  St  ,  s.  J.  agents  (or  Halifax. 

Bay  City,  Mich.,  Porter  &  Baker. 

B«eston,  Eng.,  H  umber  &  Co. 

Belfast,  Me.,  Geo.  T.  Read. 

BerUn,  Oer.,  T.  H.  S.  Walker,  editor  of 
K.iif/.tkrrr,  87  Zimmer  St.,  W. 

Beverly,  Mass.,  (Jeo.  Chinn,  pub.  "  Wheel- 

n:.\u\  Und-book  of  Essex  Co.,"  20  c. 
Boston,  Mass.,  Abbot  nassett,  22  School  st. 
(pub.  Cycle,  5i  50);  Bicycling  World  Co., 
i79Trcmont  St.  (pub.  B.  /K,  $1);  J.  G. 
Dalton,  36  St.  James  av.  (pub.   "  Lyra 
Bicyclica,"   75c);    Pope   Mfg.  Co.,    79 
Franklin  st.  ;    Ticknor  &  Co.,  211  Tre- 
mont  St.  (guide-books);    G.   H.   Walker 
&  Co.,  160  Tremont  st.  (maps);  V.  W. 
Weston,  Savin  Hill  (pub.  "  My  Cycling 
Log  Book,"  $i). 
Boieman,  Mont.,  F.  A.  Fielding. 
Bradford,  Enj.,  Day  &  Raisbeck. 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  A.  W.  Childs. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  A.  B.  Barkman,  60S  4th 
av.,  pub."  Long  Island  Road-Book,"  $1  ; 
Chas.  Schwalb.ich,  121  Penn  st. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y..  Will  S.  Bull,  587  Main  st. 
Cambridge, Mass.,  .An.ee  Bros.,  Harvard sq. 
Chambersburg,  Pa.,  W.  G.  Nixon. 
Chatha-n,  N.  Y.,  Geo.  E.  Patton. 
Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  F.  S.  Hebard. 
Chicago,  111.,   Gornmlly  &  Jeffery,  makers 
of  ill--  "Am:!rican"  bicycle,  222-224  N. 
Franklin  st. ;  Pope  Mf^.  Co.,  291  W?bash 
av. ;  .\.  G.  Spalding  &  Bros.,  loS  Madison 
st  ;  The  1.  Wilkinson  Co.,  77  State  st. 
Cincinnati,  O.,  A.  A.  Bennett,  14  W.  4th  st. 
Clearfield,  Pa.,  J.  E.  Harder. 
Columbus,  Ga.,  T.  L.  In-ram. 
Coventry,   Eng.,    Griffiths  &   Co.,    Priory 

Mill ;   Henry  Sturmey,  ed.  of  Cyclist. 
Covington,  Ky.,  Uananer  &  Myers. 
Dayton,  O.,  A.  W.  Gump. 
Detroit,  Mich.,  T.  B.  Ravi  &  Co. 
East  Orange,  N.  J.,  L.  H.  Johnson. 
Empc-rlii,  Kia.,  W.  R.  irwiii. 


Fall  River,  Mass.,  C.  S.  Wady. 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  C   W.  Edgarton. 

Friendship,  N.  Y.,  Latla  Bros 

Gloucester,  Mass.,  J.  S.  Webber,  jr.,  puiv 
Usher  of  "  In  and  Around  Cape  Ann  " 
wheelman's  guide,  75  c,  2nd  cd.  in  '»7. 

Great  Falls.  N.  H,  Thos.  P.  Duffill. 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  W.  E.  McComas. 
Hamilton,  O.,  P.  '.enninghnfcn. 

Harrisonburg,  Va.,  Geo.  W.  Ribble. 

Hartford,  Ct.,    Ducker  &   Goodman,    pub. 

"Wheelmen's  Reference  Bmik,"  200  pp., 

49  portraits,   50  c;  W-  •<  S.    M.    Co, 

makers  of  Columbia  bicyc     . 

Helena,  Mont..  Will  E.  Norris 

Indianapolis,  Ind..    C.    F.   Smith,   59  s. 

lllini.is  St.  (Indiana  Bicycle  Co.). 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  C.  B.  Ellis. 
Lancaster,  N.  H.,  C.  D.   B..ichelder,  pub. 

"  Record  Book,"  for  log  keeping,  30  c. 
Leeds,  Eng.,  J.  Ardill  &Co  .'liquid  en.imel  " 
Liverpool,  Eng.,  Geo.  E.  Young,  2    Hrun- 
wick  St.,  pub.  "Cyclists' Guide  .nnd  Club 
Directory"(annua!,6c.),tailorlo  C.  T.  C. 
London,  Eng.,  Chas.  Cordingley,  pub    Tri 
Journal,     Hammersmith,     W.  ;     Harry 
Ethcrington,  pub.    Whrftini;,    152    Fleet 
St.,  E.  C.  ;  C.  J.  Fox,  ed.  Cycling  Times, 
East  Temple  Chambers,  Whitefriars  st., 
E.  C.  ;  H.  A.  Judd,  ed.  tl-'keel  ly'orld,  98 
Fleet  St. ;  London  Cycle  Supply  Ass'n,  57 
Oueen  Vict.  st.  ;  M.ason  &  P.iyne,  maps 
and    guides,    41  Cornhill.  E.    C.  ;   Gei. 
Phiiip  &  Son,  maps  and  •juiiles,  32  Fleet 
St.  ;  Robt.  '•"..  Phillips,  solicitor  of  patents 
and  pub.  ro.id-cards,  70  Chancery  Lane ; 
E.    R.    Shipton,  ed.  C.    T.  C.    GazcUe, 
139-140  Fleet  St.,  E.  C;  Surrey  MachiiK 
i.sts  Co.,  makers  of  "  Invincible"  cycles, 
128-129  Ot.  Suffolk  St.,  Borough,  E.  C.  ; 
Jas.  Tri:;well,  49  Boston  pi.,  Dorset   sq. 
London,  Ont.,  Wm.  Payne. 
Louisville.  Ky..  Huber  &  Allison,  44S  W. 

Main  St.  ;   Horace  Beddo. 
Madison,  Wis.,  F.  M.  Davis.  404  N.  Carroll. 
Melboume.Vict,  W.  H.  Lewis. 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  C.  J.  Scherer. 
Meriden,  Ct.,  T.  S.  Rust. 
Mexico,  Mex.,W.  S.  I.ocke,  Cincode  Mayo. 
Milan,   Italy.    Adolpho    Schlegel,   jr.,    54 

Koro  Bonaparte. 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  S.  F.  Heath. 
Montgomery,  Aia.,  Frank  A.  M  udd. 


TRADE  DIREl 


•K 


799 


Montreal,  P.  Q.,  A.  T.  I^ne. 
MorrUtOwn,  N.  J.,  ().  K.  Vf>orhces,  jr. 
Moscow,  RustU,  J.  lllock,  Capt.  M    U.  C. 
NMhvlUo,  Tenn.,  J    It   liurdett. 
Natural  Bridge,  Va.,  K.  N.  Bagg. 
Newark,  N.  J., 

HA    Smilh  S  Co.,  Oraton  Hall. 

Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  J.  T.  Joslin. 

New  Haven,  Ct.,  Rnbt.  A.  Smiih. 

New  York  City,  J.  U.  Hetrs&  Co  ,  36  Vescy 

»t.  (map,);  ' ..    K.    liidwell,  315  W.  s.Sih 

•t.  ;  Central  Press  &  i'ub.  Co.,  11  Vesey 

%\..{n-luel,%,y,  K,.  W.  &    C.    II     Coltoii 

&Co. ,    1S2    William   st.  (maps);   h'jrfit 

&•  Slrfani  Pub.  Co. ,  39-40  Park  Row  ; 

Ideal  IVn  Co.,  155  liroadway  ;  F.  Jenkins, 

321  \V.    srjtli  St.  ;     I.eve    &    AUlen,    207 

Broadway;  N.Y.'i'o    Co.,  14  Howards!.; 

Popo  Mt-.Co.,  12  Warren  St.;  C.  F.  Ter- 

hiuie  &  Co.,  89  Liberty  si.  ;  A.  G.  Spald- 
ing it  liros  ,  241  lirnadway. 
NobleeviUe,  Ind.,  I..  M;.   Wainwright. 
Orange,  N.  J.,  Howaid  A.  Smith  &  Co. 
Oxford,  Md.,  11.  Jarvis,  M.  D.,  druggist. 
Peoria,  111.,  Knch  llros.  ;  C;.  W.  Rouse. 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  K.   M.   Aaron,  506  Wal- 
nut St.,  editor  and  publisher  of  L.A.  W. 

Bulletin,  weekly,  ^i  ;  Geo.  D.  (Jideon,  6 

S.    liroad  St.  ;    E.    Stanley  Hart  Si.  Co., 

321  Chestnut  St.,  printers  of  Bulletin  and 

publishers   of    "  Rhymes   of    Road    and 

River,"  $2  ;   H.  IJ.  Hart,  811  Arch  st. 
Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  Jos.  P.  Angell. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  J.  K.  Normecutt  &  Co.,  94 

Fifth  .IV.  ;    Pittsburgh  Fire  Arms  Co. 
Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,  Frank  Malvern. 
Portland,  Me.,  C      H.    I.amson,  inventor  of 

the  luj,'!;a;.;e-car:  ier  and  L.  A.  W.   badge. 

This  book  may  be  bought  at  the  four  main  offices  of  the  Pope  Mfg.  Co.:  Boston  (79 
Franklin  st.),  Chicago  1291  Wabash  av.),  Hartford  (Weed  S.  M.  Co. 's  works)  nnd  New 
York  (12  Warren  St.);  also  of  the  John  Wilkinson  Co.,  77  State  ..,  Chicago,  and  of  G.  R. 
liidwell,  315  W.  58th  St.,  New  York;  and  in  ten  other  cities,  as  follows  :  Baltimore,  S.  T. 
Clark  &  Co.,  2  &  4  Hanover  St.;  Buffalo,  E.  N.  Howen,  505  Main  St.;  Cincinnati,  A.  A. 
Bennett,  14  W.  4th  st.;  Cleveland,  C.  H.  Potter,*  99  Superior  st.;  Newark  and  Orange, 
H.  A.  Smith  &  Co.,  Oraton  Hall;  Philadelphia,  H.  B.  Hart,  Sii  Arch  st.;  St.  Louis,  L.  J. 
Berger,*  Temple  Building;  San  FranciSCO,  Chas.  Bied  rman,*  Fourth  &  Townsend  sis.; 
Washington,  K.  T.  Pettcnpill,*  1713  New  York  av.  All  these  will  act  as  agents  without  pay. 
Orders  for  single  copies,  to  be  mailed  at  $1.50  each,  should  be  sent  directly  to  the  Springfield 
Printing  Co.,  Springfield,  MasS.,  because,  when  such  orders  reach  me  in  N.  V.,  I  shall  gen- 
erally send  the  mailing-labels  for  them  to  S.      'T'  e  four  thus  marked  are  not  engaged  either  in 


Portland,  Or.,  Hollister  &  Merrill. 
Rochester,  N.  H.,  K.    H.    Corson,  ed.  and 

pub.   "Star   Rider's  Manual,"  75  c. 
Sockford.   HL.    (.ibson  &  Hart;   Freeman 

l.illibridge  (saddles). 
St.  Louis,  Mo,  J    S.  Rogers,  516  Olive  st 

(pub    Am.   iyiutlmaH,    niomhly,  50  c.) ; 

I..  J.  Berger,  Temple   Building. 
Bait  Lake  City,  Utah,  Barnes  &  Davis. 
Sandhurst,  Vict.,  W.  J.  party,  Will.s  st. 
San  Francisco,  CaL,  Chas.    Biiderman  ;  J 

W.  tiibson.  On  Hyde  St.,  ;iib.  "  League 

Road  BookofCal,"  25  c.,  75  c.  and  |i. 
Scranton,  Pa.,  A  J    Koip. 
Slmcoe,  Ont.,  H.   B.  Donly,    pub.       C.  W. 

A.  (unde,"  iiid  cd.  in  Mar.,  '87;    50  c. 
SmithviUe,  N.  J.,  The    H.    B.   Smith  Ma- 
cliiiie  Co  ,  makers  of  the  Star  bicycle. 

Spencer,  BCaas.,  Jas.  Aldrich. 
Springheld.  Maaa.,  American   Bicycle  Co. 

(Cooke    iS:     Dunbar):      Mi'tnn     Br.ulley 

Co.  (maps);    J.   D.   Gill   (L     ks) ;    A.   F. 

Jennings  (books);    Springfield     Priming 

Co.,  printers  of   i/heelmen''s  Gazftle{td. 

H.  I'.    Ducker,  monthly,  50  c). 
8prlngfleId,0.,T.J.Kirkpatrick  ;  L.F.Olds. 
Terre  Haute,  ind.,  Probst  &  Fi^beck,  23-25 

S.  Fiiurth  St.,  gen.  agents  for  cycles. 
((TTacuse,  N.  Y.,  C.  W.  Bardeen,  publisher. 
Toronto,    Ont.,    C.    Robinson     &    Co.,    2: 

Church  St.,  cycles  and  sporting  goods. 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  Fred  P.  Edmans. 
Washington,  D.  C,  J.  C.  V.  Smith,  1206 

Penn.  av.  ;    E    T.  Pettengill. 
Wftllsboro,  Pa.,  F.  A.  Deans. 
West  Point,  Ga.,  !•.  &  H.  Lanier. 
Westfield, Mass.,  J  A.  Lakin  &Co.,cyclom. 
Worcester,  Ms., Lincoln  Holland. 
York,  Eng.,  R.  E.  Eurdekin. 


;ii>  i(»jr  dAica  uuiin^  iiic  lust  iiait  oi    07, 


THE  LAST  WORD. 

fa.hil?o"l7'H    '"   ''''"    °'    '""''    Unattached."    chanted    after    the 
fa.h.o„  o.    The   Roatswa.n  in    "Pinafore."    at  the   conclusion   ot    the   first 

Newport,  R.  I.,  Monc!.^    evening,  May   31,  ,880.] 

For   he   himself    has   said   it, 
And   it's  greatly   to   his   cnait, 

That    he    is    a    Bi-cy-r/^rr/ 
TAaf   he   is    a    Bi-cy-cL^n  ! 
For  he  might  have   played   at   base -ball, 
Or  i.1   ten-nis,   or   at  foot -ball, 

Or    pe.-haps    at    po-lol 
Or  per-haps    at  po-lol 
But,   in   spite  of    all   temptations. 
Towards   other  recreations, 

He   remains    a    Bi-cy-cL^Kl 
He    remains    a    Bi-cy-cleri 


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